Bowie Is in the Building! David Bowie’s Saturday Night Live Performance (1979)

Bowie is in the building! David Bowie appeared on Saturday Night Live from New York City NBC Studios, New York City, New York, USA, December 15, 1979, performing "The Man Who Sold the World," "TVC 15," and "Boys Keep Swinging" with a specially prepared backing group, including Jimmy Destri (keyboards) and Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias (backing vocals).

Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza was buzzing with excitement as

SNL regulars Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman ran around backstage squealing, "Bowie is in the building!"

After a brief introduction from Martin Sheen, Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias carried Bowie - encased in his solid body costume - to the front of the stage for 'The Man Who Sold The World'. Bowie then donned a blue Natasha Korniloff dress for

'TVC 15'. He described the idea as "a pipe-smoking Chinese airline stewardess, dragging a huge fake pink poodle on a leash.