"I Can See Clearly Now" "What'd I Say?" "Oh! What A Beautiful Mornin'" A Medley Of: "I Got A Woman" "I Believe to my Soul" "Them Got That" "Hit The Road Jack"
The 51st episode and 5th episode of Season 3 of Saturday Night Live premiered on November 12, 1977, hosted by singer, songwriter and pianist Ray Charles, who also was the musical guest, and performed "I Can See Clearly Now", "What'd I Say?", "Oh! What A Beautiful Mornin'", and a medley of "I Got A Woman", "I Believe to my Soul", "Them Got That", and "Hit The Road Jack". Comedian Franklyn Ajaye and Buck Henry made an appearance. This was both his only hosting and musical guest stint on SNL.
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No More Godfather On NBC
Don Coreleone (John Belushi) warns Tom Hagen (Bill Murray) that he's had enough.
Montage
Updated for Episode 5. Some minor differences such as at the beginning, with the glaring car headlights in a busy street.
Ray Charles' Monologue
Ray Charles admits that he was relunctant to host the show, but finally agreed when the producers promised he could host from Carnegie Hall.
Ray Charles performs "I Can See Clearly Now"
Carter's Energy Program
President Jimmy Carter (Dan Aykroyd) is angry that the American people have ignored his energy program.
Mamorex
Ella Fitzgerald (Garrett Morris) tries to fool Ray Charles into thinking her voice recording on a Mamorex audiotape is really her.
The Doody Girls
Dottie Doody (Laraine Newman) tries to push her widowed sister Debbie (Gilda Radner) back into the dating world.
Tomorrow
Tom Snyder (Dan Aykroyd) stumbles his way through an interview with Ray Charles.
The Young Caucasians
In a Memphis rehearsal hall in 1957, Mr. DeWitt (Garrett Morris) asks Ray Charles to listen to a back-up group who call themselves the Young Caucasians (Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner).
Ray Charles Performs "What'd I Say?"
Weekend Update With Jane Curtin & Dan Aykroyd
Entertainment correspondent Bill Murray lays criticism to Time Magazine's review of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind".
Ray Charles Performs "I Believe In My Soul & Hit The Road Jack"
Frankyn Ajaye
Franklyn Ajaye jokes about reruns of "Star Trek".
Evelyn Woodski Slow Reading Course
Use Evelyn Woodski's slow reading course to read with ease at a managable pace.
Blackout
Burglars (Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris) face difficultly in robbing Ray Charles in his hotel room when the lights go out.
Next Week
Buck Henry announces that he's hosting the show next week.
Ray Charles Performs "Oh What A Beautiful Morning"
Brother Ray Meets Mr. Mike
After Ray Charles and the cast sing "I Can't Stop Loving You", Mr. Mike (Michael O'Donoghue) presents Ray with a fake Monet painting.
Goodnights
Ray Charles promises to get Mr. Mike, then sings "On Saturday Night".