Season 5

“ Thank you all for coming. Goodnight... and goodbye. ”

—Buck Henry on the season's last episode, May 24, 1980

Season 5
Premier:	October 13, 1979
Last episode:	May 24, 1980
Episodes:	20
Weekend Update anchor(s):	Jane Curtin and Bill Murray
Previous	Season 4
Next	Season 6

Season 5 began in 1979 and ended in 1980. Since John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd had left the show at the end of the fourth season, many thought the show was coming to an end, but NBC was determined to keep it going.

Season 5 introduced the "featured players" cast category, which remains a part of the show today. Most of the original featured players were writers who had made many uncredited cameos throughout the show's first four seasons.

Cast Edit

RepertoryEdit

Jane Curtin	Garrett Morris	Bill Murray
Laraine Newman	Gilda Radner

FeaturedEdit

Peter Aykroyd	Tom Davis	Jim Downey
Brian Doyle-Murray	Al Franken	Don Novello
Tom Schiller	Paul Shaffer	Harry Shearer
	Alan Zweibel

Births: Mikey Day (March 20, 1980) Casey Wilson (October 24, 1980)

ChangesEdit

Harry Shearer: Promoted to Repertory Player as of February 9
Peter Aykroyd: First January 26
Brian Doyle-Murray: First January 26
Tom Schiller: First April 19
Alan Zweibel: First April 19

Episodes Edit

October 13, 1979 Steve Martin / Blondie
October 20, 1979 Eric Idle / Bob Dylan
November 3, 1979 Bill Russel / Chicago
November 10, 1979 Buck Henry / Tom Petty
November 17, 1979 Bea Arthur / The Roaches
December 8, 1979 Howard Hessemen / Randy Newman
December 15, 1979 Martin Sheen / David Bowie
December 22, 1979 Ted Knight / Desmond Child, Rogue
January 26, 1980 Teri Garr / The B-52's
February 9, 1980 Chevy Chase / Marianne Faithful
February 16, 1980 Elliot Gould / Garry Newman
February 23, 1980 Kirk Douglas / Sam & Dave
March 8, 1980 Rodney Dangerfield / The J. Geils Band
March 15, 1980 / James Taylor, Paul Simon, David Sanborn
April 5, 1980 Richard Benjamin, Paul Prentiss / The Greatful Dead
April 12, 1980 Burt Reynolds / Anne Murray
April 19, 1980 Strother Martin / The Specials
May 10, 1980 Bob Newhart / Amazing Rhythm Aces with Bill Murray, Bruce Cockburn
May 17, 1980 Steve Martin / 3-D, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
May 24, 1980 Buck Henry / Andrew Gold, Andrea Crouch, Voices of Unity

BirthsEdit

Mikey Day (March 20, 1980)

Casey Wilson (October 24, 1980)

Preceded by: Season 4	Season 5 (1979 - 1980)	Followed by: Season 6

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