Saturday Night Live — S04E20 — Buck Henry/Bette Midler
1979 · 67 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · DIR. Dave Wilson, Walter Williams, Tom Schiller
Overview
Sketches include "Mr. Bill at SNL," "Disco Roller Fishing Park," "Samurai Bakery," "Uncle Roy," "Watergate Was a Joke," and "Olympia Cafe." Bette Midler performs a medley of standards.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,928 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 HEY, KIDS, IT'S TIME FOR "THE MR. BILL SHOW"! HELLO, KIDDIES!
00:02:04 JANIE, WE'RE ON THE AIR. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE SHOW. I DON'T CARE. I DON'T CARE.
00:05:28 INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT, QUALITIES THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO GENERATE BIG RATINGS.
00:07:56 AND I ASKED MYSELF, "WHY CAN'T TELEVISION BE VIEWED THE WAY PROUST VIEWED LITERATURE," AS A
00:10:18 AND YOU CAN EAT IT LATER. EVERY SATURDAY, WE HAVE OUR ROLLER DANCE FISHING CONTEST,
00:13:20 OH, THAT'S REAL NICE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I NOT ONLY INTRODUCED HIM TO HIS FIANCéE...
00:16:34 THAT ALL YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH DEAN WERE TAKEN FROM THE TAPED TRANSCRIPTS.
00:18:37 THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN. YOU SEE, MOST OF THE TIME, WE WERE MAKING PARTY TAPES...
00:21:57 NO, THAT'S OKAY, DAVID. WELL, GOOD NIGHT, SIR. GOOD NIGHT.
00:27:59 TO THE SIZE OF A LABRADOR RETRIEVER. BILL?
00:30:38 TED KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT HAS BEGUN A FULL 18 MONTHS BEFORE THE 1980 ELECTION.
00:33:09 JONES BEACH?!" BUT JANE WASN'T LISTENING TO ME. AND YOU KNOW WHY?
00:35:53 GET GOING. HI! UNCLE ROY! HI! HI!
00:38:01 I'M GONNA SEARCH HIM FOR THE BURIED TREASURE! SEARCH ME! SEARCH ME!
00:40:22 WICKED TICKLE MANIAC WHO TICKLED SO MANY LITTLE GIRLS THAT THE JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO TICKLE
00:43:28 AZHNA DIPPY VOD AND DAVIS. OKAY, WELL, LET'S, UH... LET'S JUST JUMP INTO IT.
00:45:47 FORCE COME THROUGH THE COMEDY. ISN'T THAT RIGHT, EVERYBODY? DON'T YOU ALL LOVE ME?
00:48:30 UH, 10 MINUTES, ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. HI, PETE.
00:50:21 WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, UH, $2.28, HONEY. ALL RIGHT.
00:52:10 YOUR EMPLOYEES LOSE ANY PERSONAL BELONGINGS? YES! EVERYBODY! EVERYBODY!
00:55:20 ♪ WILL HE REMEMBER MY OLD VOICE WHILE I FIGHT THE TEARS? ♪ ♪ HELLO, HELLO, THERE, IS THIS
01:01:05 ALWAYS WANTED A MUSICIAN IN THE FAMILY, AND WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A FINE OPPORTUNITY.
01:03:23 WE'VE DECIDED NOT TO GET EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED BECAUSE WHEN I'M AROUND LYNN I FEEL SORT
01:06:33 MICHAEL O'DONOGHUE. THANK YOU ALL.
Cast & Characters
John Belushi
Self - Various Characters
Laraine Newman
Self - Various Characters
Gilda Radner
Self - Various Characters
Jane Curtin
Self - Various Characters
Dan Aykroyd
Self - Various Characters
Garrett Morris
Self - Various Characters
Bill Murray
Self - Various Characters
Bette Midler
Self - Musical Guest
Walter Williams
Mr. Bill Characters (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Davis
Self
Buck Henry
Self - Host
Al Franken
Self
Howard Shore
Self (uncredited)
Michael O'Donoghue
Self
Tom Schiller
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,928
Dialogue density28.8 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:06:33
Production Record
DirectorDave Wilson, Walter Williams, Tom Schiller
LanguageEnglish
Factoids
Episode
Saturday Night Live, season 4, episode 20: Buck Henry/Bette Midler.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1667/season/4/episode/20
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