Saturday Night Live

Season 14

October 8, 1988 20 episodes

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.

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E1. Tom Hanks/Keith Richards

67m Oct 8, 1988

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"".

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E2. Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes

67m Oct 15, 1988

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E3. John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler

67m Oct 22, 1988

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E4. Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

67m Nov 5, 1988

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

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E5. Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka

67m Nov 12, 1988

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"".

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E6. John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman

67m Nov 19, 1988

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E7. Danny DeVito/The Bangles

67m Dec 3, 1988

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E8. Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin

67m Dec 10, 1988

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E9. Melanie Griffith/Little Feat

67m Dec 17, 1988

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E10. John Malkovich/Anita Baker

67m Jan 21, 1989

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E11. Tony Danza/John Hiatt

67m Jan 28, 1989

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

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E12. Ted Danson/Luther Vandross

67m Jan 28, 1989

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

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E13. Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies

67m Feb 18, 1989

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

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E14. Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings

67m Feb 25, 1989

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.""

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E15. Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello

67m Mar 25, 1989

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E16. Mel Gibson/Living Color

67m Apr 1, 1989

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

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E17. Dolly Parton

67m Apr 15, 1989

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.""

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E18. Geena Davis/John Mellencamp

67m Apr 22, 1989

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

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E19. Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals

67m May 13, 1989

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"".

Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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E20. Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

67m May 20, 1989

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"".