Saturday Night Live (Season 22)

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Saturday Night Live (Season 22)

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 twenty-second season during the 1996-1997 television season on NBC. Nancy Walls

Nancy Walls

Nancy Ellen Walls is an Actor who has appeared in several comedies....
and David Koechner

David Koechner

David Koechner is an American character actor , comedian and musician.Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before moving on to joining the The Second City....
did not return. New cast members Ana Gasteyer

Ana Gasteyer

Ana Kristina Gasteyer is an United States actor and comedian, best known for being a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002....
and Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan is an American actor and comedian, best known on the television programs Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock....
began this season; they would both go on to have long tenures with Saturday Night Live. The twenty-second season began on September 28, 1996 and ended on May 17, 1997 with 20 episodes in all.

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Nancy Walls

Nancy Ellen Walls is an Actor who has appeared in several comedies....
and David Koechner

David Koechner

Ana Gasteyer

Ana Kristina Gasteyer is an United States actor and comedian, best known for being a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002....
and Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan

Cast

Repertory players

Jim Breuer
Jim Breuer

Jim Breuer is an United States comedian and actor, largely known for his appearance between 1995 and 1998 on Saturday Night Live.Breuer grew up in Valley Stream, New York in Nassau County, New York, just east of the border with New York City....
Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell

'John William' "'Will'" 'Ferrell' is an United States comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career, starring in the comedies A Night at the Roxbury , Old School , Elf , Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Bur...
Ana Gasteyer
Ana Gasteyer

Ana Kristina Gasteyer is an United States actor and comedian, best known for being a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002....
Darrell Hammond
Darrell Hammond

Darrell Augustus Hammond is an United States comedian. He has been a regular on Saturday Night Live since 1995, and currently holds the record for longest tenure as an SNL cast member, having earned the title in 2004-2005....
Chris Kattan
Chris Kattan

Christopher Lee Kattan is an American actor/comedian, best known for his work on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live....
Norm Macdonald
Mark McKinney
Mark McKinney

Mark Douglas Brown McKinney is a Canada comedian and actor, best known for his work in the long-running sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall....
Tim Meadows
Tim Meadows

Timothias Jazzmina "Tim" Meadows is an United States actor and comedian. He is most notably a popular former member of the TV show Saturday Night Live....
Tracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan is an American actor and comedian, best known on the television programs Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock....
Cheri Oteri
Cheri Oteri

Cheri Oteri is an United States actress and comedian, best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000....
Molly Shannon
Molly Shannon

Molly Helen Shannon is an American actress, comedienne and writer. She is best known for her work as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1995-2001, and is currently starring on the NBC sitcom Kath & Kim ....

Featured players

Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn

Colin Quinn is an Irish-American comedian, best known for his five years in the cast of Saturday Night Live, and as an MTV personality in the late 1980s....
Fred Wolf
Fred Wolf

'Fred Wolf' is an United States animator. His works include the 1967 short subject The Box, for which he won an Academy Award; television specials such as The_Point!#The_animated_film and Free to Be......
(Final Episode: October 19, 1996)

Episodes

Episode #	Air Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
407 (22.1)	September 28, 1996	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...	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Olympic athlete Kerri Strug made a cameo appearance on Weekend Update alonsgide Chris Kattan, who would often imitate her on the show. Ana Gasteyer and Tracy Morgan's first episode as cast members
408 (22.2)	October 5, 1996	Lisa Kudrow Lisa Kudrow Lisa V. Kudrow is an Emmy Award- and Screen Actors Guild-winning United States actor, best known for her roles as Phoebe Buffay in the popular television situation comedy Friends and as Valerie Cherish in the HBO series The Comeback , which she produced and co-created....	Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an United States singer-songwriter and musician. Her music blends rock music, country music, pop music and folk music, into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards....	Steve Martin Steve Martin Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an Emmy Award-winning United States actor, comedian, writer, playwright, Film producer, musician, and composer.... was rumored to host this episode, but rejected.
409 (22.3)	October 19, 1996	Bill Pullman Bill Pullman William James Pullman is an American film, television, and stage actor....	New Edition New Edition New Edition is an United States R&B/Pop group formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978, that was most popular during the 1980s. Their success led to the creation of late-1980s and 1990s boy bands like New Kids on the Block and Boyz II Men....	Fred Wolf's last episode as a cast member
410 (22.4)	October 26, 1996	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 ....	Dr. Dre Dr. Dre Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to tho...
411 (22.5)	November 2, 1996	Chris Rock Chris Rock Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an United States comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and Film director....	The Wallflowers The Wallflowers The Wallflowers are a Grammy Award-winning rock music band from Los Angeles, California....	Dana Carvey makes a cameo appearance, most notably as George H. W. Bush, who tells Norm Macdonald's Bob Dole to give up hope on the 1996 election. Abe Vigoda makes a cameo appearance, saying only the line: "Clinton's a shmuck."
412 (22.6)	November 16, 1996	Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr. Robert John Downey Jr., is an United States Golden Globe-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated actor and musician. Downey made his screen debut at the age of five when he started to appear in Robert Downey, Sr.'s films....	Fiona Apple Fiona Apple Fiona Apple is a Grammy Awards of 1998 United States singer-songwriter. She gained popularity through her 1996 studio album Tidal , especially with the single "Criminal ", and because of the music video made for it....	Bob Dole made an appearance in the cold opening in which he and his wife, Elizabeth, ask Norm Macdonald to stop impersonating him after the 1996 elections were over, and Dole lost. Robert Downey, Jr. is one of four cast members from SNLs 11th season (the 1985-1986 season) to host SNL (the others are Don Novello [who hosted as his character, Father Guido Sarducci], Damon Wayans [in season 20], and Jon Lovitz [in the next season]).
413 (22.7)	November 23, 1996	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.... †	Bush Bush (band) Bush was a United Kingdom post-grunge band, formed in London in 1992. Their debut album was the self-released Sixteen Stone in 1994 in music....	This episode came only seven months after Hartman first hosted the show (and, unfortunately, would be the last time he appeared on SNL).
414 (22.8)	December 7, 1996	Martin Short Martin Short Martin Hayter Short, Order of Canada is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, singer and television producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs Second City Television and Saturday Night Live....	No Doubt No Doubt No Doubt is an American Rock music band from Anaheim, California, founded in 1986. The ska-pop music sound of their first album, No Doubt , failed to make waves due to the popularity of the Grunge music movement at the time....	Chevy Chase makes a cameo appearance (to massive applause) during a sketch featuring Short's Ed Grimley character. This marked the fifth consecutive episode hosted by a former castmember.
415 (22.9)	December 14, 1996	Rosie O'Donnell Rosie O'Donnell Roseann "Rosie" O'Donnell is an American television host, stand-up comedian, actress, singer and author. She has also been a magazine editor and continues to be a celebrity blogger, LGBT social movements activist, television producer and collaborative partner in the LGBT family vacation company R Family Vacations....	Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an United States singer, songwriter,actress, record producer, film producer, and former model . Houston rose to international fame in the mid-1980s and her crossover success opened doors for many other African American women to find success in booty shaking & pop music and movies....	O'Donnell's co-star in Kmart TV commercials, director/actress Penny Marshall, makes an appearance during the monologue and in a Mary Katherine Gallagher sketch.
416 (22.10)	January 11, 1997	Kevin Spacey Kevin Spacey Kevin Spacey is an American character actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television....	Beck Beck Beck Hansen is an United States musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and irony lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating sample , drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public...	Monty Python cast members Michael Palin and John Cleese have cameos, appearing in the cold opening as well as in select sketches (at one point, Palin announces that he is "the star of TV's Home Improvement, Tim Allen"). Near the end of the show, Cleese and Palin took over the show for one segment to perform their classic Dead Parrot sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, which was notable for the near-total audience silence during the performance. In an interview on NPR's Fresh Air Fresh Air *Fresh Air* is a radio talk show hosted by Terry Gross, broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States. In 2004, the show was syndicated to 445 stations and claimed 4.4 million listeners.... , Palin attributed this to his seeing audience members reverently mouthing the words of the sketch, rather than laughing at it.
417 (22.11)	January 18, 1997	David Alan Grier David Alan Grier David Alan Grier , also known as "D.A.G." , is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color....	Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg , is a Grammy Award-nominated American rapper, record producer, and actor....
418 (22.12)	February 8, 1997	Neve Campbell Neve Campbell Neve Adrianne Campbell is a Canada film and television actress. Beginning her career on stage, she came to fame on the 1990s television series Party of Five, playing the role of the teenager Julia Salinger....	David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....	David Spade makes an appearance during the monologue, and he also does The Hollywood Minute during Weekend Update.
419 (22.13)	February 15, 1997	Chevy Chase Chevy Chase Cornelius Crane ?Chevy? Chase is an United States Emmy Award comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit quickly became a staple of the show....	Live Live (band) Live is an United States alternative rock/post-grunge band from York, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, comprising Edward Kowalczyk , Chad Taylor , Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey ....	As an SNL host (as opposed to cast member), Chase had long had a reputation for being difficult and insulting to the cast and crew, as described in the book, "Live From New York: The Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live". During the week of his 1997 appearance he offended the staff with lewd comments, and embarrassed Lorne Michaels so badly that he was subsequently banned for life from hosting SNL (although he would later cameo in several episodes, including the Chris Farley/Mighty Mighty Bosstones episode from season 23, the Bill Murray/Lucinda Williams episode from season 24, the 25th Anniversary special from season 25, the Seann William Scott/Sum-41 episode from season 27, and the Seth Rogan/Spoon episode from season 33).
420 (22.14)	February 22, 1997	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....	Tina Turner Tina Turner Tina Turner is an United States singer and actress whose career has spanned over 50 years and who has won numerous awards. Her achievements in the Rock genre have led to her being referred to as "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll"....
421 (22.15)	March 15, 1997	Sting	Veruca Salt Veruca Salt Veruca Salt is a fictional character from the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the subsequent film adaptations....
422 (22.16)	March 22, 1997	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...	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"....
423 (22.17)	April 12, 1997	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 ....	Spice Girls Spice Girls The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. They consist of Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell....	Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro make cameo appearances during a "Joe Pesci Show" sketch. Colin Quinn portrays DeNiro (alongside Jim Breuer's Pesci) after Alec Baldwin had to back out of the guest role. Norm Macdonald slips and says "What the fuck was that?" to himself after choking on his words in the middle of a Weekend Update joke. The audience applauds the error, prompting Macdonald to reply "My farewell performance" and "Maybe I'll see you next week, folks." NBC received only three complaints about the goof and all reruns on NBC and syndication mute out the obscenity.
424 (22.18)	April 19, 1997	Pamela Lee Pamela Anderson 'Pamela Denise Anderson' is a Canada-born actor, sex symbol, model , Television producer, author, and former show girl. Anderson is best known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement , Baywatch, and V.I.P....	Rollins Band Rollins Band Rollins Band was an American rock group led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins.They are best-known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar ", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the early 1990s....	Anderson's then-husband, rocker Tommy Lee, makes an appearance as himself in two sketches.
425 (22.19)	May 10, 1997	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....	Jewel Jewel (singer) Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide, and almost twenty million in the United States alone....	Mike Myers makes a cameo appearance to promote Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
426 (22.20)	May 17, 1997	Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum is an Academy Award-nominated United Statesn actor. He often portrays quirky, intense or eccentric characters. He is also known for his distinctive appearance and staccato delivery of lines....	En Vogue En Vogue En Vogue is a Grammy nominated United States female Contemporary R&B vocal quartet assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy....	Robert Smigel's "Fun With Real Audio" cartoon (about a talk show made from animal excrement, bodily fluid, and trash) was almost cut from this episode because it depicted animals defecating, but it aired anyway. Mark McKinney's final episode as a cast member.