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Saturday Night Live
S9.E7
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The Smothers Brothers/Big Country

  • Episode aired Dec 3, 1983
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Dick Smothers, Tom Smothers, and Smothers Brothers in Saturday Night Live (1975)
ComedyMusic

Sketch's include, "Rain Delay, Crisis Game '83, Know your Neighbor, Carvel, Mentl, DreamLand, The Point, Clark Street Garage Band, Autograph." Musical numbers were "In a big Country" and "Fi... Read allSketch's include, "Rain Delay, Crisis Game '83, Know your Neighbor, Carvel, Mentl, DreamLand, The Point, Clark Street Garage Band, Autograph." Musical numbers were "In a big Country" and "Fields of Fire"Sketch's include, "Rain Delay, Crisis Game '83, Know your Neighbor, Carvel, Mentl, DreamLand, The Point, Clark Street Garage Band, Autograph." Musical numbers were "In a big Country" and "Fields of Fire"

  • Director
    • Dave Wilson
  • Writers
    • Andrew Smith
    • Jim Belushi
    • Andy Breckman
  • Stars
    • Tom Smothers
    • Dick Smothers
    • Jim Belushi
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    90
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dave Wilson
    • Writers
      • Andrew Smith
      • Jim Belushi
      • Andy Breckman
    • Stars
      • Tom Smothers
      • Dick Smothers
      • Jim Belushi
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Robin Duke
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    Big Country
    Big Country
    • Themselves - Musical Guest
    Don Pardo
    Don Pardo
    • Self - Announcer
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    Nate Herman
    • Restaurant patron
    • (uncredited)
    Larry Holmes
    Larry Holmes
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Ron Luciano
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Malone
    Tom Malone
    • Bass Player
    • (uncredited)
    The Saturday Night Live Band
    • Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Dave Wilson
    • Writers
      • Andrew Smith
      • Jim Belushi
      • Andy Breckman
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The Clark Street Garage Band sketch was originally written for Jerry Lewis/Loverboy (1983), with Jerry Lewis playing the role of the music agent here played by Dick Smothers.
    • Quotes
      • Tom Seaver: You can see a few of the members of the cast here on the stage. Timmy up there, and Mary Gross, the... The Belush-Man, Jim Belushi up the top... I know these kids would love to get this game in the show and they're really gamers. They're troopers, the show must go on and that's what they believe.
    • Alternate versions
      The March 1984 network rerun removes Know your Neighbor and Casino Quintet and replaces them with an alternate take of Jazz Riffs (recorded from the September 21, 1983 preview show).
    • Connections
      Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Jerry Lewis/Loverboy (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head
      (uncredited)
      Music Burt Bacharach (uncredited)
      Lyrics Hal David (uncredited)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • December 3, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Studio 8H, NBC Studios - 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Broadway Video
      • NBC Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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