Saturday Night Live Dick Cavett/Jimmy Cliff (Season 1, Episode 12)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

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Saturday Night Live

Dick Cavett/Jimmy Cliff (Season 1, Episode 12)

TV-14

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

The host for the episode is Dick Cavett, and the musical guest is Jimmy Cliff. The skits for this episode are as follows: Garrett Morris uses voodoo to get Chevy to fall down. Commercials attempt to draw students into The Dick Cavett ...See moreThe host for the episode is Dick Cavett, and the musical guest is Jimmy Cliff. The skits for this episode are as follows: Garrett Morris uses voodoo to get Chevy to fall down. Commercials attempt to draw students into The Dick Cavett School of Auto Refinishing and The Dick Cavett School of Hydroplane Operation. An accounting firm talks about just how far they'll go to lower their customers' tax bills. Dick Cavett does his version of "Our Town" about New York City, a swell place where crime is rampant and nothing works. Betty Ford gives a personal advice talk where she compares life's problems with dancing. Gary Weis presents a film about a tailor and a plastic surgeon altering each other. An author pitches his new book about pimping in Nebraska. For the Weekend Update, one of the reporters finally reaches Angola, where she is accosted by horny mercenaries, and Emily Litella expresses her displeasure over the Eagle Rights Amendment. Jimmy Cliff performs "The Harder They Come," "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Wahjaka Man". Written by Jean-Marc Rocher See less

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Dick Cavett Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Forrest Gump (1994)
Jimmy Cliff Self - Musical Guest Self - Musical Guest See fewer	The Harder They Come (1972)
Marshall Efron Dwayne Christiansen Dwayne Christiansen See fewer	Robots (2005)
Dan Aykroyd British Mercenary British Mercenary See fewer	Ghostbusters (1984)
John Belushi Lowell Brock / Various Lowell Brock / Various See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Chevy Chase Weekend Update Anchor / Various Weekend Update Anchor / Various See fewer	Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Jane Curtin Betty Ford / Various Betty Ford / Various See fewer	Coneheads (1993)
Garrett Morris Self Self See fewer	Coneheads (1993)
Laraine Newman Various Various See fewer	Problem Child 2 (1991)
Gilda Radner Emily Litella Emily Litella See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Al Alen Petersen Self Self See fewer	The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
Harry McDevitt Self - Director of 'The Apple Follies' (uncredited) Self - Director of 'The Apple Follies' (uncredited) See fewer	Opening Night of the Living Dead (2010)
Lorne Michaels Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Don Pardo Self - Announcer (voice) (uncredited) Self - Announcer (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	Radio Days (1987)
Tom Schiller Thomas Schiller (uncredited) Thomas Schiller (uncredited) See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Rosie Shuster Fan (uncredited) Fan (uncredited) See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Robert Van Ry Self (voice) (uncredited) Self (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	Winning Streak (1974)
Mary Louise Wilson Mrs. Fran Bartman (Felina Cat Food) (uncredited) Mrs. Fran Bartman (Felina Cat Food) (uncredited) See fewer	Nebraska (2013)