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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!

The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 2

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed...
  1. Background image for Lily Tomlin/James Taylor
    7.0/10(189 votes)

    #1 - Lily Tomlin/James Taylor

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs
    7.0/10(171 votes)

    #2 - Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff
    7.7/10(194 votes)

    #3 - Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff

    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".

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Karen Black/John Prine
    6.3/10(171 votes)

    #4 - Karen Black/John Prine

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman
    7.4/10(179 votes)

    #5 - Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman

    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."

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Buck Henry/The Band
    7.3/10(173 votes)

    #6 - Buck Henry/The Band

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder
    6.6/10(150 votes)

    #7 - Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Paul Simon/Paul Simon, George Harrison
    7.5/10(208 votes)

    #8 - Paul Simon/Paul Simon, George Harrison

    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".

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson
    6.6/10(169 votes)

    #9 - Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson

    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".

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa
    7.7/10(177 votes)

    #10 - Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa

    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."

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Ralph Nader/George Benson
    7.2/10(159 votes)

    #11 - Ralph Nader/George Benson

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry
    6.8/10(156 votes)

    #12 - Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer
    6.7/10(147 votes)

    #13 - Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer

    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."

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Steve Martin/The Kinks
    6.4/10(113 votes)

    #14 - Steve Martin/The Kinks

    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."

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin
    7.7/10(178 votes)

    #15 - Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin

    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.

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  17. Background image for Broderick Crawford/Dr. John, The Meters
    7.0/10(165 votes)

    #16 - Broderick Crawford/Dr. John, The Meters

    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."

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Jack Burns/Santana
    7.0/10(151 votes)

    #17 - Jack Burns/Santana

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Julian Bond/Brick
    6.9/10(150 votes)

    #18 - Julian Bond/Brick

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Elliott Gould/McGarrigle Sisters
    6.5/10(147 votes)

    #19 - Elliott Gould/McGarrigle Sisters

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Eric Idle/Neil Innes
    7.0/10(144 votes)

    #20 - Eric Idle/Neil Innes

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading
    7.4/10(152 votes)

    #21 - Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes
    6.9/10(145 votes)

    #22 - Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes

    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.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Lily Tomlin/James Taylor" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 2. It scored 7/10 based on 189 votes. Directed by Dave Wilson and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/18/1976. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs".