Saturday Night Live Johnny Cash/Elton John (Season 7, Episode 17)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

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Saturday Night Live

Johnny Cash/Elton John (Season 7, Episode 17)

TV-14

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

The host for the episode is Johnny Cash, and the musical guest is Elton John. The skits for this episode are as follows: Andy Rooney stars as Ralph Kramden in an episode of "The HoneyRooners", doing his usual observational monologuing. ...See moreThe host for the episode is Johnny Cash, and the musical guest is Elton John. The skits for this episode are as follows: Andy Rooney stars as Ralph Kramden in an episode of "The HoneyRooners", doing his usual observational monologuing. When a condemned prisoner insists on his right to a final request just before execution, he gets Johnny Cash to sing "99,999 Bottles of Beer on the Wall". After coming back from another tropical vacation, Reagan opens up a dialog over the Falklands between Thatcher and Galtieri by having them act out a love scene together. Two women test their hair for dandruff by shaking it over Johnny Cash. A wandering poet muses on the beauty of the commuter train he's riding, but the other passengers don't share his enthusiasm. Johnny Cash performs "Ring Of Fire", "Folsom Prison Blues", "I Walk The Line" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down". Elton John performs "Empty Garden" and "Ball And Chain". Written by Jean-Marc Rocher See less

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Johnny Cash Self - Host / Various Self - Host / Various See fewer	The Johnny Cash Show (1969)
Robin Duke Various Various See fewer	Groundhog Day (1993)
Christine Ebersole SNL Newsbreak Anchor / Various SNL Newsbreak Anchor / Various See fewer	The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Mary Gross Various Various See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Tim Kazurinsky Various Various See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Eddie Murphy Various Various See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1996)
Joe Piscopo Various Various See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Tony Rosato Various Various See fewer	Night Heat (1985)
Brian Doyle-Murray SNL Newsbreak Anchor / Various SNL Newsbreak Anchor / Various See fewer	Caddyshack (1980)
Elton John Self - Musical Guest Self - Musical Guest See fewer	Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Mel Brandt Self - Announcer (voice) Self - Announcer (voice) See fewer	Our Five Daughters (1962)
Jimmy Tittle Self - The Johnny Cash Band Self - The Johnny Cash Band See fewer	Strategy and Pursuit (2018)
Nelson Lyon Prisoner (uncredited) Prisoner (uncredited) See fewer	The Telephone Book (1971)
Lee Maymen Commuter (uncredited) Commuter (uncredited) See fewer	Breakdown (I) (1997)
Andy Murphy Commuter (uncredited) Commuter (uncredited) See fewer	I Will... I Will... For Now (1976)
The Saturday Night Live Band Themselves (uncredited) Themselves (uncredited) See fewer	Live from New York! (2015)
Clint Smith Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Akira Yoshimura Kenjo Yoshimura (uncredited) Kenjo Yoshimura (uncredited) See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)