Saturday Night Live (Season 15)

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Saturday Night Live (Season 15)

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
aired its fifteenth season during the 1989 - 1990 television

Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
season on NBC. This season saw the first hosting gigs of three celebrities who would go on to be frequent (and favorite) SNL hosts: John Goodman

John Goodman

John Stephen Goodman is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning United States actor. He is known for his deep, booming voice, and his large and robust size....
(who actually auditioned to be a castmember on SNL during the disastrous 1980-1981 season), Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

'Christopher Walken' is an Academy Award winning United States actor of theater and film, on which he has spent more than 50 years. A prolific actor, he has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles, notably including A View to a Kill, At Close Range, The Deer Hunter, King of New York, Batman Returns and Pulp Fictio...
(whose singing and dancing monologues and recurring sketch "The Continental

The Continental

The term "The Continental" may refer to:*The Continental , a 1952?53 television series on CBS*The Continental , a recurring sketch the NBC program...
" have been a staple in six of the seven episodes hosted by Walken), and Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin

Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an United States film and television actor. Working as Alec Baldwin, he has appeared in prominent films such as Beetlejuice, as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October , in the Martin Scorsese films The Aviator and The Departed....
(who went on to break John Goodman's record of most frequent SNL host in 2006).

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Television

John Goodman

Christopher Walken

The Continental

Alec Baldwin

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew "Dice" Clay is an United States actor and comedian. Dice performed his first HBO Special in Philadelphia called, The Diceman Cometh, in 1989, and had his first starring role in a feature film entitled, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, in 1990....
, which led to controversy with critics and fans.

The fifteenth season started off with a 15th anniversary

Anniversary

An anniversary is a day that commemorates and/or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event....
special on September 24, 1989 and ended on May 19, 1990.

Cast

Repertory cast members

Dana Carvey
Dana Carvey

Dana Thomas Carvey is an United States comedian and actor, known for his work on Saturday Night Live and the spin-off movie Wayne's World ....
Nora Dunn
Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn is an American actress and comedian known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live....
Phil Hartman
Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman was a Canada-born United Statesn actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family emigrated to the United States when he was ten....
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Jan Hooks
Jan Hooks

Jan Hooks is an United States actress and comedian best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live , on which she appeared from 1986 to 1991....
Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson

Victoria Jackson is an American comedian, actress and singer best known as a cast member of the NBC television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1992....
Jon Lovitz
Jon Lovitz

Jonathan M. "Jon" Lovitz is an American actor and comedian perhaps best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live and the voice of Jay Sherman in The Critic....
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, political commentator and sports commentator, and television/radio personality. He is known for his uncanny ability to improvise critical assessments laced with pop culture references....
Mike Myers
Mike Myers (actor)

Michael John "'Mike" 'Myers is a Canada 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 Shrek...
Kevin Nealon
Kevin Nealon

Kevin Nealon is an US comedian and actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1995, and his role on the series Weeds ....

Featured cast members

A. Whitney Brown
A. Whitney Brown

Alan Whitney Brown is an Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian probably best known for his recurring appearances on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s in a Weekend Update segment called "The Big Picture"....
Al Franken
Al Franken

Alan Stuart Franken is an United States politician, comedian, writer and Modern liberalism in the United States political commentator. He first became famous as a writer and a performer for the television show Saturday Night Live, then moved into writing several films....

Episodes

Episode # Air Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks
Special September 24, 1989 15th Anniversary Special
267 (15.1) September 30, 1989 Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis

Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an United Statesn actor and film producer. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since....
Neil Young
Neil Young

Neil Percival Young Order of Manitoba is a Canada singer-songwriter, musician and film director.Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice....

268 (15.2) October 7, 1989 Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis

Frederick Alan "Rick" Moranis is a Canadian comedian, actor and musician, known for his work on Second City Television, as well as his appearances in several Hollywood films including Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors , Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs, Parenthood and My Blue Heaven ....
Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones is a two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer from the United States. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including Rhythm and blues, blues, pop music, soul music, and jazz standard ....

269 (15.3) October 21, 1989 Kathleen Turner
Kathleen Turner

Mary Kathleen Turner , better known as Kathleen Turner, is a Tony Award- and Academy Award-nominated United States actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor....
Billy Joel
Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel is an United States rock music musician, singer-songwriter, and Classical music composer. He released his first hit song, "Piano Man ", in 1973....

270 (15.4) October 28, 1989 James Woods
James Woods

James Howard Woods is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning United States film, Theatre and television actor....
Don Henley
Don Henley

Donald Hugh " Don " Henley is an United States rock music singing, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful Grammy Award-winning solo career....

271 (15.5) November 11, 1989 Chris Evert
Chris Evert

Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open....
Eurythmics
Eurythmics

Eurythmics are a United Kingdom musical duet, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart.The pair have achieved significant global, commercial and critical success, selling 75 million records worldwide, winning numerous awards, and have undertaken several successful world tours....

272 (15.6) November 18, 1989 Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson

Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an United States Emmy Award-winning and Academy award-nominated actor. Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the classic sitcom Cheers as Woody Boyd....
David Byrne
David Byrne (musician)

David Byrne is a Scotland-United States musician and artist perhaps best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1974 and 1991....

273 (15.7) December 2, 1989 John Goodman
John Goodman

John Stephen Goodman is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning United States actor. He is known for his deep, booming voice, and his large and robust size....
K.D. Lang & The Reclines
K.D. Lang

k.d. lang Order of Canada is a Canada pop music and country music singer-songwriter. The artist gives her name in lowercase letters, with the given names contracted to initials and no space between these initials....

274 (15.8) December 9, 1989 Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner

Robert John Wagner is a Golden Globe- nominated prolific United States film and television actor of theatre and screen, who starred in movies, soap operas and television....
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt

Maria Linda Ronstadt , known as Linda Ronstadt, is an United States popular music Singing and entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career....
Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville is an United States soul music and Rhythm and blues singer. He made his debut in 1966 with the hit single "Tell It Like It Is", a Number One hit on the Billboard R&B charts....

275 (15.9) December 16, 1989 Andie MacDowell
Andie MacDowell

Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell is an American model and actress. She is the winner of two Golden Globe Awards....
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman is an United States singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "New Beginning " and "Telling Stories"....

276 (15.10) January 13, 1990 Ed O'Neill
Ed O'Neill

'Edward "Ed" O'Neill' is an United States actor. He is best known for his role as the main character, Al Bundy, on the Fox Broadcasting Company Network's sitcom, Married......
Harry Connick Jr.
Maury Povich cameos during the monologue
Ed O'Neill is the first castmember from a FOX TV show (Married...With Children) to host SNL.
According to IMDb, Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actor and singer. She made her film debut in New York Stories#Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories ....
appeared in this episode as the girl in the Bizilady commercial.
277 (15.11) January 20, 1990 Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken

'Christopher Walken' is an Academy Award winning United States actor of theater and film, on which he has spent more than 50 years. A prolific actor, he has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles, notably including A View to a Kill, At Close Range, The Deer Hunter, King of New York, Batman Returns and Pulp Fictio...
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...

278 (15.12) February 10, 1990 Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. , is an United States music Conductor , record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991....
Tevin Campbell
Tevin Campbell

Tevin Jermod Campbell...

Andrae Crouch
Andrae Crouch

Andra? Edward Crouch , is an United States Gospel musician, recording artist, songwriter, arranger and record producer....

Sandra Crouch
Sandra Crouch

Sandra Crouch is an United States Gospel music performer, drummer and songwriter....

Kool Moe Dee
Kool Moe Dee

Mohandas Dewese , better known as Kool Moe Dee, is an United States Old school hip hop MC prominent in the late 1970s, throughout the 1980s and early 1990s....

Big Daddy Kane
Big Daddy Kane

Antonio Hardy , better known by his stage name, Big Daddy Kane, is an African-American rapper. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group, the Juice Crew....

Melle Mel
Melle Mel

Melvin Glover , also known by his stage name Grandmaster Mele Mel, and formerly Grandmaster Melle Mel, is an United States hip-hop musician ??? one of the pioneers of old school hip hop as lead rapper & main songwriter for Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five....

Quincy D III

Siedah Garrett
Siedah Garrett

Siedah Garrett is an Academy Award-nominated, Grammy-winning United States singer-songwriter....

Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau

Alwyn Lopez "Al" Jarreau is an United States singer. A seven-time Grammy Award winner, he is the only vocalist in history to win in three separate categories: jazz, pop music, and R&B....

Take 6
Take 6

Take 6 is an influential United States a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy Awards wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two NAACP Image Award nom...

This broadcast has ten musical guests, far and away an SNL record (though most of them were uncredited).
Much like Jack Burns
Jack Burns

Jack Burns is an United States comedian and Voice acting....
, episode host Quincy Jones went on to produce the FOX sketch show MADtv
MADtv

MADtv is an United States sketch comedy television series. It licenses the name and logo of Mad , but otherwise has no connection with the humor magazine outside of animated Spy vs....
in 1995, which, like Fridays, has been compared favorably (and unfavorably) to SNL.
Some reruns of this episode include a sketch where Quincy Jones and Phil Hartman play a psychiatrist and a patient respectively who speak-sing about their problems.
279 (15.13) February 17, 1990 Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, film director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia , the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander J...
Aerosmith
Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....
Aerosmith were special guest on the popular sketch Wayne's World where they perform the theme song. Tom Hanks plays their roadie.
280 (15.14) February 24, 1990 Fred Savage
Fred Savage

Fredrick Aaron Savage is an United States actor and television director and film director, and Television producer.He is best known for his role as Kevin_Arnold#Major_characters in the hit television series The Wonder Years....
Technotronic
Technotronic

Technotronic was a studio-based Belgian music project formed by Jo Bogaert in 1988, who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various new beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo. Together with Ya Kid K , he produced the hit single "Pump Up...
Fred Savage is the first host to have been born after SNL premiered on television.
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris is an United Statesn Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated actor and magician. Prominent roles in his career include the title character of Doogie Howser, M.D., the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, Col....
(back when he was on Doogie Howser, MD) was originally scheduled to host, but was dropped in favor of Savage.
281 (15.15) March 17, 1990 Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe

Robert Hepler Lowe is an United States actor. He became famous after appearing in popular 1980s movies such as The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire , which included other members of the Brat Pack ....
The Pogues
The Pogues

The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish music with influences from punk rock and jazz, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan....

282 (15.16) March 24, 1990 Debra Winger
Debra Winger

Debra Winger is an Academy Award-nominated United States actress....
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...

283 (15.17) April 14, 1990 Corbin Bernsen
Corbin Bernsen

'Corbin Dean Bernsen' is an United States of America actor, known for his work on television. His greatest fame came from his role of Arnold Becker on L.A....
The Smithereens
The Smithereens

The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The group, formed in 1980, has consisted of Pat DiNizio , Jim Babjak , Mike Mesaros , and Dennis Diken until 2006, when Mike left the band....

284 (15.18) April 21, 1990 Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin

Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an United States film and television actor. Working as Alec Baldwin, he has appeared in prominent films such as Beetlejuice, as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October , in the Martin Scorsese films The Aviator and The Departed....
The B-52's
The B-52's

The B-52's originated as a New Wave music rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States, in 1976. The band's name comes from a particular Beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the B-52 Stratofortress of the same name....

285 (15.19) May 12, 1990 Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew "Dice" Clay is an United States actor and comedian. Dice performed his first HBO Special in Philadelphia called, The Diceman Cometh, in 1989, and had his first starring role in a feature film entitled, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, in 1990....
The Spanic Boys Julee Cruise
Julee Cruise

Julee Cruise is an United States pop singer, and actress.With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult following U.S....

Sinéad O'Connor was originally scheduled as the musical guest, but pulled out in protest against the controversial host, Andrew Dice Clay. O'Connor subsequently appeared at the beginning of Season 16.
SNL castmember Nora Dunn would also protest and did not appear in the episode due to Clay's profane jokes about women.
The musical segment featuring the Spanic Boys is not shown in syndication.
286 (15.20) May 19, 1990 Candice Bergen
Candice Bergen

'Candice Patricia Bergen' is an Academy Awards-nominated and Golden Globe- and Emmy Awards-winning United States actress and former fashion model, best known for her starring role on the television situation comedy Murphy Brown, and as Shirley Schmidt, the legal partner of Denny Crane , on the American Broadcasting Company comedy-drama B...
The Notting Hillbillies
The Notting Hillbillies

The Notting Hillbillies was a country music project formed by Mark Knopfler, who was then lead guitarist and singer with Dire Straits, with Brendan Croker, Steve Phillips , and Knopfler's bandmate Guy Fletcher....
This is Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz's final episode as cast members.