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The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 2

Every episode of Saturday Night Live Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 3 - Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff
    7.7/10(212 votes)

    S2:E3

    Live from New York, it's..Chevy Chase (on telephone)! Sketches include-- Hospitalized Chevy confronts impostor, Designer Babies, KLOG Deejay, The Killer Bees, Cufflinks of the Gods, Drag is Not Funny, Dragnet, Drag Racing Today, Jacques Cousteau, Joe Cocker and his doppleganger(Belushi), "Ken Norton is more talented than Muhummad Ali".

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis, Eric Idle
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Bruce McCall, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  2. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 10 - Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa
    7.7/10(192 votes)

    S2:E10

    Live from New York, it's... Gilda Radner! Sketches include: "Patty Hearst At Home," "Jimmy Carter Can't Keep His Promises," "Santi-Wrap," Consumer Probe, Fern and Friend in PSA for The Right to Extreme Stupidity League, FX-70 Cheese Slicer, The Killer Trees trailer, "Adopt John Belushi For Christmas," "Radioactive Fallout Report," and "Let's Kill Gary Gilmore For Christmas."

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  3. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 15 - Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin
    7.7/10(190 votes)

    S2:E15

    Live From New York, It's...Sissy Spacek! Sketches include-- "Dave Wilson's Dead," "Burger Master," "Ask President Carter", ""Belushi's Olympic Dream," "Gidget's Disease," "Bad Playhouse," and "White Trash Couple.

    Directors:Robert Altman, Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray

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  4. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 5 - Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman
    7.4/10(195 votes)

    S2:E5

    Sketches include "Yankees Lose," "Jeopardy 1999," "Speak Out For Milk", "The Beatnik Club," "Ted Baxter Kills Mary Richards," "Looks at Books," and "Mysteries in Medicine." Kinky Friedman performed "Dear Abby."

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Bruce McCall, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  5. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 6 - Buck Henry/The Band
    7.4/10(189 votes)

    S2:E6

    Sketches include-- Trick or Treating Land Shark, "Not For Ladies Only", Samurai Stockbroker, Garrett Morris's Family History, Debate 76, Super Bass-O-Matic 77, "The OintMENt", Mr. Mike's Least Loved Bedtime Tales, Houdini's Ghost.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Bruce McCall, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  6. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 8 - Paul Simon/Paul Simon, George Harrison
    7.4/10(229 votes)

    S2:E8

    Live from New York, It's...George Harrison Sketches include-- Paul Simon meets pauper Chevy Chase on sidewalk while Lorne talks with George Harrison, Quarry, "Baba Wawa at Large", The Twilight Zone, Billy Paul, "Tomorrow with Tom Synder".

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis, Eric Idle
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  7. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 21 - Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading
    7.4/10(166 votes)

    S2:E21

    Live From New York, It's...John Belushi Sketches include-- Bee Sketch Is Pre-Empted by Norton-Bobick Fight, Video Vixens, Badly Disguised Bank Robber, Viva Las Vegas II, "Baba Wawa At Large", Feuding Couple, "Bad Ballet", "Night of The Moonies", Audience Member Chevy.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis, Sharon Sachs
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray

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  8. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 11 - Ralph Nader/George Benson
    7.3/10(172 votes)

    S2:E11

    Live from New York, It's...Ralph Nader Sketches include-- Ralph Nader wants to cut loose, Badmouthing Grandfather, Dress Rehearsal for Execution, The Confederate Takeover, "Baba Wawa At Large"" The Coneheads, "Youth Ask Questions", Andy Kaufman as Elvis, Testing Party Dolls.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  9. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 16 - Broderick Crawford/Dr. John, The Meters
    7.0/10(178 votes)

    S2:E16

    Live From New York, it's... Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, & Linda Ronstadt! Sketches include "Goodbye Saccharine," "Samurai Hit-Man," "Broderick's Old Neighborhood" (film), "Mel's Hide Heaven", "Bill Murray, The New Guy," "Lucy Ricardo's Nuke Job," "Highway Patrol," "Baba Wawa At Large," and "Nixon and Hoover."

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray

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  10. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 1 - Lily Tomlin/James Taylor
    6.9/10(207 votes)

    S2:E1

    Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- Big shot Lily Tomlin will do the show without rehearsing, "Debate 76", Legionnaire's Disease Outbreak, The Phone Company, "Women In Literature", Tess DiSenzo, The Antler Dance, Judith Beasley.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Bruce McCall

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  11. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 2 - Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs
    6.9/10(186 votes)

    S2:E2

    Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase (On telephone) Sketches include-- Gilda plans to do the fall, Jimmy Carter speaks on sexual performance in the White House, Chevy's Girls, Trial sitcom--"The Snakehandling O'Sheas", Joseph Franklin--The Metric Clock, Abusive Divorce Lawyer, Rhodesian Peace Talks.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Bruce McCall, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  12. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 17 - Jack Burns/Santana
    6.9/10(162 votes)

    S2:E17

    Live From New York, It's...John Belushi Sketches include-- Belushi Refuses to Say Live From New York, The Coneheads, Marine Wedding, "The Untouchables", "The Story of The Squatters", "Ask Big Daddy", Washed Up Comedy Writer, Suicidal Buisnessman, Old-Fashioned Pharmacist.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray

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  13. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 20 - Eric Idle/Neil Innes
    6.9/10(156 votes)

    S2:E20

    Live From New York, It's...Bill Murray Sketches include-- Potato Torture, The American Dope Growers Union, "The Nixon Interviews", Flight Attendant Sherry, "Plain Talk", "Heavy Wit Championship", Bill Murray's Bad Childhood Memories, "Telethon for Britian", "The Battle of Britain". Gary Weis film: Body Language.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray

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  14. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 18 - Julian Bond/Brick
    6.8/10(163 votes)

    S2:E18

    Live From New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Emily Litella's New Love, Lowell Brock, Black Perspective, "Dr.X, Family Counselor", Right On Afro Lustre, Great Moments In Motown, Creeley's Soup, Bad Cinema, George Wallace, Julian and Andrew Young Talk With President Carter.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray

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  15. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 22 - Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes
    6.8/10(158 votes)

    S2:E22

    Live From New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Carter's Energy Saving Message, Buck Performs A Live Sex Act, Samurai B.M.O.C, The Shower Mike, The Coneheads Return to Remulak, Rhonda Weiss's Bridal Shower, Charles Lindbergh Meets the Land Shark.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis, William Wegman
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray

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  16. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 12 - Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry
    6.7/10(167 votes)

    S2:E12

    Live from New York, it's...Ruth Gordon! Sketches include-- Belushi's too sick to do the show, Barbara Streisand, Emily Litella and Her Sister, Tomorrow with Tom Snyder, Little Old Ladies of The Night, Asking the Babysitter About Sex, E. Buzz Miller, Crazy Frank Commercial parody, and Mr. Mike's Least-Loved Bedtime Tales.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis, Walter Williams
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  17. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 13 - Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer
    6.6/10(160 votes)

    S2:E13

    Live from New York, it's...Fran Tarkenton! Sketches include "Locker Room Pep Talk," "Swiss Army Gun," "Amy Carter in School," "Chambers' Missing Arm," "Black Perspective," "Home Restaurant," "Community Appeal," "Fran's One-Night Stand," "Grand Stand," "French Liquid," and "Rhonda's Credit Card Counseling."

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  18. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 7 - Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder
    6.5/10(163 votes)

    S2:E7

    Live from New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Chroma Trak Girl, Puppy Uppers and Doggie Downers, Nixon's Watergate Frame-up, Crossroads, Grandparent Bees, Mr.Mike's Least Loved Bedtime Tales--"The Blind Chicken", Mobile Shrink, "How Things Work", Marines--Looking For A Few Good Men.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  19. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 19 - Elliott Gould/McGarrigle Sisters
    6.5/10(161 votes)

    S2:E19

    Live From New York, It's...John Belushi! Sketches include-- Brezhnev Wants to Appear on Carson, The Castration Walk, Nick The Lounge Singer, You've Come a Long Way, Buddy, United Face Bank, Jason and Sunshine, Pilson Feedbag Dinners.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray

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  20. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 9 - Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson
    6.4/10(184 votes)

    S2:E9

    Live from New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Gilda wont be in much of tonight's show, Wendy, Bee Peter Pan and Tinkerbee, Rovco's Puberty Helper, Metal Man, Steve Bashekis, Im Not Black, The Crush on the Biology Teacher, Don Pardo--The First Fifty Years, Laraine Newman's talents, Mr.Mike's Least Loved Bedtime Tales--""he Little Train That Died".

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  21. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 14 - Steve Martin/The Kinks
    6.4/10(121 votes)

    S2:E14

    Live from New York, It's... Steve Martin! Sketches include "Steve Martin's Ego Trip," "Coneheads' Tax Audit," "Celebrity Weightlifting," "Dr. Breadloaf's Quickloss Diet Book," "Pulling the Plug," "Broadway Baby," "Hollywood Bingo," "From the Big Orange to the Big Apple" (film), "Roots II," and "Plenty in Common."

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Jim Downey, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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  22. Saturday Night Live Season 2 Episode 4 - Karen Black/John Prine
    6.2/10(183 votes)

    S2:E4

    Live from New York, it's...Chevy Chase! Sketches include-- Chevy returns, "Baba Wawa at Large," Debate '76, A*M*I*S*H, Cancer-free Cupcakes, "Love Russian Style," The Lunch Counter Reunion, Mr. Bill, Ode to American Coinage.

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Gary Weis, Walter Williams
    Writers:Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Bruce McCall, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 212 votes. Directed by Dave Wilson, Gary Weis, Eric Idle and written by Lorne Michaels, Tom Davis, Anne Beatts, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Bruce McCall, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, it aired on 10/2/1976. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa".