. With the exception of Mike Myers and Ben Stiller being hired as featured players, there were no major cast changes. There were, however, many memorable sketches featured this season, such as "Wayne's World" (with Dana Carvey as Garth and Mike Myers as Wayne) and the controversial "Nude Beach" sketch where the word "penis" is said 17 times (and sung 26 times).
(who was scheduled to come back and host in season 13, but plans for the episode where canceled due to the Writers' Guild strike of 1988), who died on the day of the season finale from
. In memory of Radner, Steve Martin (the host of the season finale) showed a clip from the famous "Dancing in the Dark" sketch from the 1978 episode hosted by Martin himself (with
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October 8, 1988 |
Tom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander James...
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Keith RichardsKeith Richards is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm playing. In 2003 he was ranked 10th on Rolling Stone magazine's "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of...
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- Keith played "Take It So Hard" and "Struggle"
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October 15, 1988 |
Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick is an American film and stage actor who is best known for his roles as the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Nick Tatopoulos in Godzilla and David Lightman in WarGames. He voiced Simba in The Lion King and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. He also voiced Tack the...
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The Sugarcubes The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic alternative rock band formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. They received critical and popular acclaim internationally.-History:...
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This episode is notable for a sketch written by Conan O'BrienConan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, television writer, comedian, producer, and the current host of The Tonight Show on NBC. He rose to fame as the host of NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993 to 2009, before leaving to succeed Jay Leno to The Tonight Show helm,...
that has the word "penisThe penis is an external sexual organ of certain biologically male organisms, in both vertebrates and invertebrates....
" said or sung a whopping 42 times. This sketch has since been known as "The Penis Song". Originally, "The Penis Song" sketch was supposed to air on the Tom Hanks/Keith Richards episode, but was pulled after causing problems with the censors (the dress rehearsal version of this sketch can be seen on the DVD version of the SNL clip show episode, "The Best of Tom Hanks").
This episode has a Beatles-related sketch, called "The Five Beatles" |
| 249 (14.3) |
October 22, 1988 |
John LarroquetteJohn Bernard Larroquette is an American film and television actor. His best known roles include Dan Fielding on the series Night Court, Mike McBride in the Hallmark Channel series McBride and Carl Sack in Boston Legal....
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Randy Newman Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman is an American singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
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| 250 (14.4) |
November 5, 1988 |
Matthew ModineMatthew Avery Modine is an American actor, perhaps most famous for playing Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket and high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest.-Early life:...
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Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Edie Brickell & New Bohemians is a rock band that originated in Texas in the mid-1980s. The band is best known for their 1988 hit "What I Am" from the album Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars. Their music contains elements of rock and folk...
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| 251 (14.5) |
November 12, 1988 |
Demi MooreDemi Guynes Kutcher, professionally known as Demi Moore is an American actress.After minor roles in film, and a role in the television drama series, General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St...
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Johnny Clegg & Savuka Savuka was a band formed in 1986 by English-born South African Johnny Clegg after the disbanding of his first band, Juluka. Both of his bands were inter-racial in the racially segregated Apartheid South Africa...
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Jodie FosterAlicia Christian Foster, better known as Jodie Foster , is an American actor, film director and producer.Foster began acting in commercials at 3 years old, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she received a nomination for the...
was scheduled to host, but backed out.
Future host Kirsten DunstKirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories . At the age of 12, Dunst gained widespread recognition playing the role of vampire Claudia in Interview with the...
appears in the cold opening as one of George Bush's (Dana Carvey) grandchildren. A brief clip of this was later rebroadcast in her opening monologue when she hosted in 2002. |
| 252 (14.6) |
November 19, 1988 |
John LithgowJohn Arthur Lithgow is an American actor, musician, and author, best known for his starring role as Dr. Dick Solomon on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He has also achieved success on stage, film, and radio. He has earned multiple Emmy Awards and Tony Awards, as well as two Academy Award...
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Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman is an American singer–songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Chapman was born in...
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| 253 (14.7) |
December 3, 1988 |
Danny DeVitoDaniel Michael "Danny" DeVito, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal of "Louie De Palma" on the ABC and NBC TV series Taxi...
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The Bangles The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade.-Formation and early years :...
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| 254 (14.8) |
December 10, 1988 |
Kevin Kline Kevin Delaney Kline is an American theatre and film actor. He has won one Academy Award, two Tony Awards and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009.-Early years:...
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Bobby McFerrin Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is a jazz and a cappella vocal performer, vocal improviser and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy".He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.-Life:...
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This episode was dedicated to Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter and musician, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly / country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records...
, the musical guest of the 1986-1987Saturday Night Live aired its twelfth season during the 1986-1987 television season on NBC. Despite plans to have SNL canceled due to its disastrous 11th season, Lorne Michaels pushed Brandon Tartikoff to give the show another chance, provided that a better cast be found for the next season...
season finale, who died on December 6. |
| 254 (14.9) |
December 17, 1988 |
Melanie GriffithMelanie Griffith is an American actress. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 film Working Girl...
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Little Feat Little Feat is an American rock band formed by singer-songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in 1969 in Los Angeles....
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| 255 (14.10) |
January 21, 1989 |
John MalkovichJohn Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, producer and director. Over the last 25 years, Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures...
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Anita Baker Anita Baker is a popular American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit.-The Songstress :...
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Mike Myers Michael John "Mike" Myers is a Canadian-English actor, comedian, screenwriter and film producer. He was a long-time cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s and the early 1990s and starred as the title characters in the films Wayne's World, Austin Powers, and ...
' first episode as a cast member |
| 256 (14.11) |
January 28, 1989 |
Tony Danza Tony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which Danza was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...
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John Hiatt John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country...
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| 257 (14.12) |
February 11, 1989 |
Ted DansonEdward Bridge “Ted” Danson III is an American actor best known for his role as central character Sam Malone in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as Dr. John Becker on the series Becker. He is currently a regular on Larry David's HBO sitcom, Curb Your Enthusiasm and starred alongside Glenn Close in...
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Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
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| 258 (14.13) |
February 18, 1989 |
Leslie NielsenLeslie William Nielsen, OC is a Canadian comedian and actor. Although Nielsen's acting career crosses a variety of genres in both television and films, he has achieved his greatest film success in comedies, including Airplane! and The Naked Gun series of films...
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Cowboy Junkies Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative rock band. The group was formed in Toronto in 1985 by Michael , Margo and Peter Timmins , and Alan Anton ....
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The very first Wayne's World appears in this episode. |
| 259 (14.14) |
February 25, 1989 |
Glenn CloseGlenn Close is an American actress and singer of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as deranged stalker Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction...
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The Gipsy Kings |
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| 260 (14.15) |
March 25, 1989 |
Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler Moore is an American actress, primarily known for her roles in television sitcoms.Moore is best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show , in which she starred as Mary Richards, a 30-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and for her earlier role as Dick...
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Elvis Costello Elvis Costello is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres...
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Costello appears for the first time on the show since his unauthorized song switch on the Miskell Spillman episode.
Mary Tyler Moore refers to the nude beach sketch from the Matthew Broderick/Sugarcubes episode, notorious for its numerous repetitions of the word "penis." After feigning discomfort, Moore announces, "Elvis Costello's penis is here."
On the night of the live broadcast, Don Pardo had laryngitis, but he still announced during the opening montage, despite the deterioration in his voice. After his voice returned, his announcement was re-recorded for reruns.
Ben Stiller Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
's first episode as a cast member
This episode marks the debut of Sprockets featuring Mike Myers as Dieter. |
| 261 (14.16) |
April 1, 1989 |
Mel GibsonMel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American Australian actor, film director and producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in the Mad...
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Living ColourLiving Colour is an African American funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983. Stylistically, the band's music is a creative fusion influenced by heavy metal, funk, hard rock, free jazz, hardcore punk and hip hop...
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| 262 (14.17) |
April 15, 1989 |
Dolly PartonDolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....
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The sketch "Planet of the Enormous Hooters" was originally written for episode number 18 hosted by Raquel Welch back in 1976.
| 263 (14.18) |
April 22, 1989 |
Geena DavisVirginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist.-Early life:...
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John Cougar MellencampJohn Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is a Grammy-winning American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his rootsy, organic brand of heartland rock that is infused with catchy pop hooks and...
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Susan SarandonSusan Sarandon is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Oscar for her performance in the 1995 film, Dead Man Walking...
was originally scheduled to host, but backed out. |
| 264 (14.19) |
May 13, 1989 |
Wayne GretzkyWayne Douglas Gretzky, CC is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently a part-owner of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League...
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Fine Young Cannibals Fine Young Cannibals is a British band formed in Birmingham, England in 1984, by guitarist David Steele and bassist Andy Cox , and singer Roland Gift...
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| 265 (14.20) |
May 20, 1989 |
Steve MartinStephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician, and composer. He was raised in Southern California in a Baptist family, where his early influences were working at Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm and working magic and comedy acts at these and...
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
In the opening monologue, Steve Martin held back tears as he paid tribute to Gilda Radner, who had died of cancer on the afternoon before the broadcast. Martin and Radner's "Dancing in the Dark" sketch, originally shown in episode 64 in 1978, was also offered in tribute.
With this episode, Steve Martin becomes the most frequent host in SNL history, breaking the record previously held by Buck Henry.
Ben Stiller's final episode as a cast member. |