The musical segments with Paul Simon and George Harrison were recorded on the Thursday before the show.
When the camera pans the audience prior to commercial breaks two celebrities are visible: Paul Simon's former partner Art Garfunkel, and 14 year-old Jodie Foster, who would host the following week's show.
Paul Simon and George Harrison's performance of Simon & Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound" later appeared on the 1990 charity album "Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal," which was organized by Harrison's wife (later widow) Olivia Harrison.
Includes the legendary opening monologue in which Paul Simon sings "Still Crazy After All These Years" in a turkey costume, stopping partway and through and then "arguing" with producer Lorne Michaels that the sketch isn't working and he just looks like an "idiot."
This is the first time the show had a former Beatle appear as a musical guest. The only Beatle not to appear on the show was John Lennon, although after he restarted his musical career in 1980, he had offered and made plans to appear on the show. Unfortunately, he was murdered in December of that year and never got the chance.
Shelley Duvall: In the Billy Paul sketch, Duvall is sitting at one of the tables with her back to the camera. She and Paul Simon were dating at the time.