The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between October 7, 1978, and May 26, 1979, the fourth season of SNL.

Honker the Homeless Man

A Bill Murray sketch. Debuted October 14, 1978.

Appearances
Season Episode Host
4October 14, 1978Fred Willard
4December 16, 1978Elliott Gould
4March 10, 1979Gary Busey
5November 10, 1979Buck Henry
5March 15, 1980none
7December 12, 1981Bill Murray
12March 21, 1987Bill Murray
18February 20, 1993Bill Murray

At the Mall

Debuted October 14, 1978.

This sketch satirized the trend of suburban shopping malls sucking the life out of American cities.

Appearances
Season Episode Host Location
4October 14, 1978Fred WillardScotch Boutique
4February 17, 1979Ricky NelsonD&R Men's Hairstylists
4May 19, 1979Maureen StapletonCandy Store
5November 3, 1979Bill RussellBarry White's Big and Tall That's All

Woman to Woman

A talk show sendup where feminist Connie Carson (Gilda Radner) speaks with professional women about their careers. Debuted October 21, 1978.

Appearances
Season Episode Host Carson's guest
4October 21, 1978Frank ZappaMrs. Post (Jane Curtin)
4December 2, 1978Walter MatthauVanessa Lake (Laraine Newman)
5November 17, 1979Bea ArthurRosemary O'Connell (Bea Arthur)

Uncle Roy

A Buck Henry sketch; made two appearances in season 4 and one in season 5. Debuted November 11, 1978.

Appearances
Season Episode
4November 11, 1978
4May 26, 1979
5May 24, 1980

St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus

A small series of sketches set in the "spaghetti dinner" meetings of a Knights of Columbus lodge. Each sketch involves a prize being given to someone ironically in absentia and ends with a traditional song that only the least expected person remembers the words to. Debuted November 11, 1978.

Appearances
Season Episode Host
4November 11, 1978Buck Henry
4December 16, 1978Elliott Gould
4March 17, 1979Margot Kidder

Chico Escuela

Chico Escuela (literal translation: "Boy School", but more likely "Little School," as Chico means small or little when used as an adjective - essentially little education), played by Garrett Morris, was the Weekend Update sports correspondent. A retired Hispanic ballplayer with limited command of the English language, he wrote the tell-all book Bad Stuff 'Bout the Mets ("Ed Kranepool - he once borrow Chico's soap and no give it back"). The character was first introduced in a St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus sketch, but subsequently Escuela appeared solely on Update.

Typically he would be introduced by Jane Curtin, thus compelling him to say, "Thank you, Hane!" Soon would follow his standard catchphrase: "Beisbol been berry, berry good to me!" In spring training of 1979, Chico's unsuccessful comeback attempt was documented on several Update segments.

The segments were actually filmed at the Miller Huggins Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sammy Sosa, at the peak of his stardom in the late 1990s, would sometimes repeat Chico's catchphrase as a joke to the media, albeit in his true-to-life strong Hispanic accent.[1]

Appearances
Season Episode Host Notes
4December 9, 1978Eric Idle
4January 27, 1979Michael Palin
4February 17, 1979Ricky Nelson
4April 7, 1979Richard BenjaminChico's Comeback (part 1 of 3)
4April 14, 1979Milton BerleChico's Comeback (part 2 of 3)
4May 12, 1979Michael PalinChico's Comeback (part 3 of 3)
5December 8, 1979Howard Hesseman
5April 19, 1980Strother Martin
5May 24, 1980Buck Henry

Telepsychic

Telepsychic was a sketch that only appeared twice, and opened the show both times. featuring Dan Aykroyd as Ray, a pseudopsychic with his own TV show. For the character, Aykroyd wore a blonde wig and tinted sunglasses, and sat behind a desk with five telephones on it. Callers asked for advice about personal issues, and his flippant delivery and outrageous suggestions while answering phones are indicative that he was a fraud. In response to a series of questions that involved time spans, his answer for each was, "Ohhhh... about a month."

Episodes featuring Telepsychic

Candy Slice

Candy Slice was a character played by Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live. An intense but troubled rock and roll artist, Candy Slice recorded a track for an album in a sketch on December 9, 1978, in an installment Eric Idle hosted, the song being "If You Look Close (You Can See My Tits)."[2]

She also performed in the Rock Against Yeast sketch on February 17, 1979, while Ricky Nelson was hosting.[3] Her song was dedicated to Mick Jagger and was about how Candy Slice was his "biggest funked-up fan". Other musician impressions in the sketch included Olivia Newton-John (Laraine Newman), Bob Marley (Garrett Morris) and Dolly Parton (Jane Curtin).

Candy Slice was based loosely on punk rock pioneer Patti Smith.[4]

Episodes featuring Candy Slice

The Widettes

A Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, and Gilda Radner sketch. Debuted December 16, 1978.

Appearances
Season Episode Host
4December 16, 1978Elliott Gould
4February 10, 1979Cicely Tyson
4April 14, 1979Milton Berle

Miles Cowperthwaite

A Michael Palin sketch. Debuted January 27, 1979. The second appearance aired on May 12, 1979.

Dick Lanky

A Bill Murray sketch. Debuted February 17, 1979.

Rosa Santangelo

A Gilda Radner character, who appeared in three sketches over seasons 4 and 5. Debuted May 19, 1979…….

References

  1. Quinn, T.J. (October 10, 2004). "THE RISE & FALL OF SAMMY SOSA Cubs slugger goes from baseball's savior to Windy City villian [sic]". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. SNL Transcripts: Eric Idle: 12/09/78: Candy Slice Recording Session
  3. SNL Transcripts: Rick Nelson: 02/17/79: Rock Against Yeast '79
  4. Patti Smith blazes the comeback trail
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Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1977–1978
Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches (listed chronologically) Succeeded by
Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1979–1980
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