Season 1 (24 episodes)

• 1. Episode 1   George Carlin/Janis Ian
• 2. Episode 2   Paul Simon/Art Garfunkel, Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, Jesse Dixon Singers
• 3. Episode 3   Rob Reiner/
• 4. Episode 4   Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips
• 5. Episode 5   Robert Klein/ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III
• 6. Episode 6   Lily Tomlin/Howard Shore and His All Nurse Band
• 7. Episode 7   Richard Pryor/Gil-Scott Heron
• 8. Episode 8   Candice Bergen/The Stylistics, Martha Reeves
• 9. Episode 9   Elliott Gould/Anne Murray
• 10. Episode 10   Buck Henry/Bill Withers, Toni Basil
• 11. Episode 11   Peter Cook, Dudley Moore/Neil Sedaka
• 12. Episode 12   Dick Cavett/Jimmy Cliff
• 13. Episode 13   Peter Boyle/Al Jarreau, The Shapiro Sisters
• 14. Episode 14   Desi Arnaz/Desi Arnaz, Jr.
• 15. Episode 15   Jill Clayburgh/Leon Redbone, The Singing Idlers
• 16. Episode 16   Anthony Perkins/Betty Carter
• 17. Episode 17   Ron Nessen/Toni Basil, Patti Smith
• 18. Episode 18   Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian
• 19. Episode 19   Madeline Kahn/Carly Simon
• 20. Episode 20   Dyan Cannon/Leon and Mary Russell
• 21. Episode 21   Buck Henry/Gordon Lightfoot
• 22. Episode 22   Elliott Gould/Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins
• 23. Episode 23   Louise Lasser/Preservation Hall Jazz Band
• 24. Episode 24   Kris Kristofferson/Rita Coolidge

Season 2 (23 episodes)

• 1. Episode 1   Lily Tomlin/James Taylor
• 2. Episode 2   Norman Lear/Boz Scaggs
• 3. Episode 3   Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff
• 4. Episode 4   Karen Black/John Prine
• 5. Episode 5   Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman
• 6. Episode 6   Buck Henry/The Band
• 7. Episode 7   Dick Cavett/Ry Cooder
• 8. Episode 8   Paul Simon/George Harrison
• 9. Episode 9   Jodie Foster/Brian Wilson
• 10. Episode 10   Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa
• 11. Episode 11   Ralph Nader/George Benson
• 12. Episode 12   Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry
• 13. Episode 13   Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer, Donny Harper
• 14. Episode 14   Live from the Mardi Gras
• 15. Episode 15   Steve Martin/The Kinks
• 16. Episode 16   Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin
• 17. Episode 17   Broderick Crawford/The RCO All-Stars, The Meters
• 18. Episode 18   Jack Burns/Santana
• 19. Episode 19   Julian Bond/Tom Waits, Brick
• 20. Episode 20   Elliott Gould/The McGarrigle Sisters, Roslyn Kind
• 21. Episode 21   Eric Idle/Neil Innes, Alan Price
• 22. Episode 22   Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading
• 23. Episode 23   Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes

Season 3 (20 episodes)

• 1. Episode 1   Steve Martin/Jackson Browne
• 2. Episode 2   Madeline Kahn/Taj Mahal
• 3. Episode 3   Hugh Hefner/Libby Titus
• 4. Episode 4   Charles Grodin/Paul Simon and The Persuasions
• 5. Episode 5   Ray Charles and the Raylettes
• 6. Episode 6   Buck Henry/Leon Redbone
• 7. Episode 7   Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson
• 8. Episode 8   Mrs. Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello
• 9. Episode 9   Steve Martin/The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Randy Newman
• 10. Episode 10   Robert Klein/Bonnie Raitt
• 11. Episode 11   Chevy Chase/Billy Joel
• 12. Episode 12   O.J. Simpson/Ashford and Simpson
• 13. Episode 13   Art Garfunkel/Stephen Bishop
• 14. Episode 14   Jill Clayburgh/Eddie Money
• 15. Episode 15   Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf
• 16. Episode 16   Michael Palin/Eugene Record
• 17. Episode 17   Michael Sarrazin/Keith Jarrett
• 18. Episode 18   Steve Martin/The Blues Brothers
• 19. Episode 19   Richard Dreyfuss/Jimmy Buffett, Gary Tigerman
• 20. Episode 20   Buck Henry/Sun Ra

Season 4 (20 episodes)

• 1. Episode 1   The Rolling Stones
• 2. Episode 2   Fred Willard/Devo
• 3. Episode 3   Frank Zappa
• 4. Episode 4   Steve Martin/Van Morrison
• 5. Episode 5   Buck Henry/The Grateful Dead
• 6. Episode 6   Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers
• 7. Episode 7   Walter Matthau/Garrett Morris
• 8. Episode 8   Eric Idle/Kate Bush
• 9. Episode 9   Elliott Gould/Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
• 10. Episode 10   Michael Palin/The Doobie Brothers
• 11. Episode 11   Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads
• 12. Episode 12   Rick Nelson/Judy Collins
• 13. Episode 13   Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton
• 14. Episode 14   Gary Busey/Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Eubie Blake and Gregory Hines
• 15. Episode 15   Margot Kidder/The Chieftains
• 16. Episode 16   Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones
• 17. Episode 17   Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman
• 18. Episode 18   Michael Palin/James Taylor
• 19. Episode 19   Maureen Stapleton/Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow
• 20. Episode 20   Buck Henry/Bette Midler

Season 5 (20 episodes)

• 1. Episode 1   Steve Martin/Blondie
• 2. Episode 2   Eric Idle/Bob Dylan
• 3. Episode 3   Bill Russell/Chicago
• 4. Episode 4   Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• 5. Episode 5   Bea Arthur/The Roches
• 6. Episode 6   Howard Hesseman/Randy Newman
• 7. Episode 7   Martin Sheen/David Bowie
• 8. Episode 8   Ted Knight/Desmond Child
• 9. Episode 9   Teri Garr/The B-52s
• 10. Episode 10   Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull
• 11. Episode 11   Elliott Gould/Gary Numan
• 12. Episode 12   Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave
• 13. Episode 13   Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band
• 14. Episode 14   (no host)/Paul Simon, James Taylor, and David Sanborn
• 15. Episode 15   Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss/The Grateful Dead
• 16. Episode 16   Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray
• 17. Episode 17   Strother Martin/The Specials
• 18. Episode 18   Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn
• 19. Episode 19   Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney
• 20. Episode 20   Buck Henry/Andrew Gold, Andrae Crouch

Season 6 (13 episodes)

• 1. Episode 1   Elliott Gould/Kid Creole and the Coconuts
• 2. Episode 2   Malcolm McDowell/Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
• 3. Episode 3   Ellen Burstyn/Aretha Franklin, Keith Sykes
• 4. Episode 4   Jamie Lee Curtis/James Brown, Ellen Shipley
• 5. Episode 5   David Carradine/Linda Ronstadt with Rex Smith, George Rose
• 6. Episode 6   Ray Sharkey/Jack Bruce and Friends
• 7. Episode 7   Karen Black/Cheap Trick, Stanley Clarke Trio
• 8. Episode 8   Robert Hays/14 Karat Soul, Joe
• 9. Episode 9   Sally Kellerman/Jimmy Cliff
• 10. Episode 10   Deborah Harry/The Funky Four One More
• 11. Episode 11   Charlene Tilton/Todd Rundgren, Prince
• 12. Episode 12   Bill Murray/Delbert McClinton
• 13. Episode 13   Chevy Chase/Jr. Walker and the All Stars

Season 7

All
20	Olivia Newton-John		Full Episode	38:22	05/22/1982
19	Danny DeVito		Full Episode	51:13	05/15/1982
18	Robert Culp		Full Episode	32:30	04/24/1982
17	Johnny Cash		Full Episode	29:37	04/17/1982
16	Daniel J. Travanti		Full Episode	20:33	04/10/1982
15	Bythe Danner		Full Episode	39:13	03/27/1982
14	Robert Urich		Full Episode	38:04	03/20/1982
13	Elizabeth Ashley		Full Episode	42:56	02/27/1982
12	Bruce Dern		Full Episode	32:51	02/20/1982
11	James Coburn		Full Episode	34:03	02/06/1982
10	John Madden		Full Episode	29:41	01/30/1982
9	Robert Conrad		Full Episode	25:10	01/23/1982
8	Bill Murray		Full Episode	41:06	12/12/1981
7	Tim Curry		Full Episode	38:29	12/05/1981
6	Bernadette Peters		Full Episode	29:03	11/14/1981
5	Lauren Hutton		Full Episode	34:10	11/07/1981
4	Donald Pleasance		Full Episode	27:04	10/31/1981
3	George Kennedy		Full Episode	30:24	10/17/1981
2	Susan Saint James		Full Episode	30:30	10/10/1981
1	No Host		Full Episode	40:07	10/03/1981

Season 8

20	Ed Koch		Full Episode	43:19	05/14/1983
19	Stevie Wonder		Full Episode	24:00	05/07/1983
18	Susan Saint James		Full Episode	30:04	04/16/1983
17	Joan Rivers		Full Episode	38:08	04/09/1983
16	Robert Guillaume		Full Episode	36:27	03/19/1983
15	Bruce Dern		Full Episode	41:16	03/12/1983
14	Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges		Full Episode	42:04	02/26/1983
13	Howard Hesseman		Full Episode	34:55	02/19/1983
12	Sid Caesar		Full Episode	42:08	02/05/1983
11	Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas		Full Episode	31:43	01/29/1983
10	Lily Tomlin		Full Episode	45:11	01/22/1983
9	Eddie Murphy		Full Episode	43:57	12/11/1982
8	The Smothers Brothers		Full Episode	35:18	12/04/1982
7	Drew Barrymore		Full Episode	41:19	11/20/1982
6	Robert Blake		Full Episode	20:59	11/13/1982
5	Michael Keaton		Full Episode	31:09	10/30/1982
4	Howard Hesseman		Full Episode	40:19	10/23/1982
3	Ron Howard		Full Episode	42:41	10/09/1982
2	Louis Gossett Jr.		Full Episode	45:35	10/02/1982
1	Chevy Chase		Full Episode	47:49	09/25/1982

Season 9

Season 10