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Saturday Night Live — Season 14

Saturday Night Live aired its fourteenth season during the 1988 - 1989 television season on NBC. The season began on October 8, 1988, and ended on May 20, 1989. 20 episodes were produced. Before the start of the season, no changes were made to the cast. However, as the season progressed Lorne Michaels would hire two new people to the cast: Mike Myers and Ben Stiller, who joined the show midseason as featured players. Stiller had actually appeared on the show before; his film made it onto the show in the episode hosted by Charlton Heston in 1987. This season notably saw the second death of an original cast member, Gilda Radner, who died on the day of the season finale from ovarian cancer. In memory of Radner, Steve Martin showed a clip from the famous "Dancing in the Dark" sketch from the 1978 episode hosted by Martin himself as part of his monologue. This was the only season of the show for Stiller. After being on the show for five episodes, Stiller left the show due to creative differences with Michaels.

Episodes

  • E01 Tom Hanks/Keith Richards

    Oct 8, 1988 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""ABC Presents Debate '88,"" ""Mr. Short Term Memory,"" ""Jew, Not a Jew,"" and ""The Pat Stevens Show."" ""First Citiwide Change Bank: Our business is making change"", ""Tom Hanks Bullying Kids: Never-Before-Seen Outtakes from the movie BIG"", ""Class of 1978 Ten Year Reunion: Two Sad Losers Want To Score With The Ladies"".

  • E02 Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes

    Oct 15, 1988 · 1h 7m

  • E03 John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler

    Oct 22, 1988 · 1h 7m

  • E04 Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

    Nov 5, 1988 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""Nicknames,"" ""The Republican Party,"" ""The Liberal,"" ""Dukakis After Dark,"" and ""Church Chat."" The New Bohemians perform ""Little Miss S.""

  • E05 Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka

    Nov 12, 1988 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""Bush's Final Negative Campaign Ad"", ""Beauty and the Beast: The Double Date"", ""In a Camping Site at Night with Hans and Franz"", ""One Man's Demons"", and ""Neuburg's Bleu Cheese Cooler"".

  • E06 John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman

    Nov 19, 1988 · 1h 7m

  • E07 Danny DeVito/The Bangles

    Dec 3, 1988 · 1h 7m

  • E08 Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin

    Dec 10, 1988 · 1h 7m

  • E09 Melanie Griffith/Little Feat

    Dec 17, 1988 · 1h 7m

  • E10 John Malkovich/Anita Baker

    Jan 21, 1989 · 1h 7m

  • E11 Tony Danza/John Hiatt

    Jan 28, 1989 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""Ted Bundy Lives,"" ""Come Back to Carbon Paper,"" ""War of Da Woilds,"" ""Frankie's Proposal,"" and ""What Are You Looking At?""

  • E12 Ted Danson/Luther Vandross

    Jan 28, 1989 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""Cheers,"" ""Iranian People's Court,"" ""Plug Away,"" ""Kevin's First Love,"" and ""The Long Goodbye.""

  • E13 Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies

    Feb 18, 1989 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""The 60's Movie,"" ""Subliminal Man and Friend,"" and ""Wayne's World.""

  • E14 Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings

    Feb 25, 1989 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""Barnes & Noble Under Siege,"" ""Therapy Session,"" ""Pumping Up With Hans & Franz,"" ""The 49th Westminster Mad Dog Show,"" and ""Master Thespian."" The Gipsy Kings perform ""Bamboleo.""

  • E15 Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello

    Mar 25, 1989 · 1h 7m

  • E16 Mel Gibson/Living Color

    Apr 1, 1989 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include "Raymond the Bookie", "Tales of Ribaldry", "Mel Gibson, Dream Gynecologist", "Cooking with the Anal Retentive Chef", "Josh Acid" and "Tonto, Tarzan, & Frankenstein".

  • E17 Dolly Parton

    Apr 15, 1989 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""Rock Cleaners,"" ""Celebrity Restaurant,"" ""Planet of the Enormous Hooters,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""The Stories of Dolly Parton's Mom,"" ""Broadway Story,"" and ""Lothar of the Hill People.""

  • E18 Geena Davis/John Mellencamp

    Apr 22, 1989 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Bob Waltman Special,"" ""The Snow White Story,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""The Palmer Bunch,"" ""Suspended Animation,"" ""Game Show Models,"" and ""The Apocalypse"".

  • E19 Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals

    ★ 9.0

    May 13, 1989 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""Carter in Panama,"" ""Fishing With the Anal-Retentive Sportsman,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""This Week with David Brinkley,"" ""Stanley Cup Loss,"" ""Point Blank,"" and ""Waikiki Hockey"".

  • E20 Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    May 20, 1989 · 1h 7m

    Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""Tammy Wynette Sings the Classics,"" ""Toonces, The Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""An Ode to the Woman I Love,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""Get to Know Jon Lovitz,"" ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein,"" ""Big Red"".

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