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  • Saturday Night Live Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads (Season 4, Episode 11)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

Saturday Night Live

Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads (Season 4, Episode 11)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

The host for the episode is Cicely Tyson, and the musical guest is The Talking Heads. The skits for this episode are as follows: Jane and Gilda run in panic when John comes on the set, thinking he's going to throw a tantrum after learning ...See moreThe host for the episode is Cicely Tyson, and the musical guest is The Talking Heads. The skits for this episode are as follows: Jane and Gilda run in panic when John comes on the set, thinking he's going to throw a tantrum after learning that his Deng Xiaoping act has been cut. Before Cicely Tyson can give her opening monologue, Garrett Morris comes out dressed as her because he think he's supposed to play all black roles, leading Cicely to berate him for throwing his talent away on degrading parts. Elvis Presley's coat continues to perform to sell-out crowds after its owner's death. The Widettes meet up with another family with similarly large backsides. Receptionist Sherry is now working for the Shah, where she keeps all his visitors waiting. The frontier midwife delivers a baby in front of a room full of men. Nick the lounge singer performs on an auto-train bound for Florida. Garrett invites Cicely to talk about the lack of positive perceptions regarding black characters and black actors, and Cicely blindsides him by blaming it on the poor behavior of black men. The X-police burst in on a pair of women they think are lesbians and proceed to beat them up. Cicely performs a selection of songs about Sicily. Emily Litella acts as host for her production of "Porky & Bess". The Talking Heads perform "Take Me to the River" and "Artists Only". Written by Jean-Marc Rocher See less
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Writers
Dan Aykroyd (written by) | Anne Beatts (written by) | James Downey (written by) | Brian Doyle-Murray (written by) & 10 more
Producer
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 10, 1979

Release date
Feb 10, 1979 (United States)

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19 cast members
Name Known for
Cicely Tyson
Self - Host / Wilma Bass / Various Self - Host / Wilma Bass / Various   See fewer
Dan Aykroyd
Bob Widette / Various Bob Widette / Various   See fewer
John Belushi
Jeff Widette / Various Jeff Widette / Various   See fewer
Jane Curtin
Weekend Update Anchor / Betty Widette / Various Weekend Update Anchor / Betty Widette / Various   See fewer
Garrett Morris
Earl Bass / Various Earl Bass / Various   See fewer
Bill Murray
Weekend Update Anchor / Nick Rails / Richard Burton / Various Weekend Update Anchor / Nick Rails / Richard Burton / Various   See fewer
Laraine Newman
Various Various   See fewer
Gilda Radner
Tammy Widette / Emily Litella / Various Tammy Widette / Emily Litella / Various   See fewer
Talking Heads
Themselves - Musical Guest Themselves - Musical Guest   See fewer
David Byrne
Self - Musical Guest (as Talking Heads) Self - Musical Guest (as Talking Heads)   See fewer
Chris Frantz
Self - Talking Heads Self - Talking Heads   See fewer
Jerry Harrison
Self - Talking Heads Self - Talking Heads   See fewer
Don Pardo
Self - Announcer (voice) Self - Announcer (voice)   See fewer
Tina Weymouth
Self - Talking Heads Self - Talking Heads   See fewer
Tom Davis
Various (voice) (uncredited) Various (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
Al Franken
RenĂ© (uncredited) RenĂ© (uncredited)   See fewer
Yvonne Hudson
Elvis Presley's Coat Fan (archive footage) (uncredited) Elvis Presley's Coat Fan (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Andy Murphy
Police officer (uncredited) Police officer (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Shaffer
Paul (uncredited) Paul (uncredited)   See fewer
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