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Saturday Night Live Season 15

Saturday Night Live

Season 15

September 30, 1989 20 episodes

Saturday Night Live aired its fifteenth season during the 1989 - 1990 television season on NBC. The fifteenth season started off with a 15th anniversary special on September 24, 1989 and ended on May 19, 1990. 21 episodes were produced, including the anniversary special. Few changes happened before the start of the season. The only change was the absence of Ben Stiller. After being on the show for five episodes, Stiller left the show due to creative differences with Lorne Michaels. Mike Myers was upgraded to repertory status. This season saw the first hosting gigs of three celebrities who would go on to be frequent SNL hosts: John Goodman, Christopher Walken, and Alec Baldwin. This season is also notorious for an in-cast spat towards the end of the season. Nora Dunn staged a boycott over the host of the episode, controversial comedian Andrew Dice Clay. Dunn refused to appear in the episode because of Clay's profane jokes about women. The original musical guest for the episode, Sinéad O'Connor, joined Dunn in her boycott and canceled her scheduled appearance. O'Connor was replaced by Julee Cruise and The Spanic Boys.

All Episodes

Bruce Willis/Neil Young
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E1. Bruce Willis/Neil Young

67m Sep 30, 1989

Sketches include: Thirtysomething, Wayne's World, Donahue, Home Improvement, New Leading Man, Sprockets, Bruce Willis: The Man and His Music

Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones
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E2. Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones

67m Oct 7, 1989

Sketches include: The Big Bitch Bulldyke Bust Out of '89, Honey I Shrunk Hans & Franz, Resorts International Hotel, Wild Horse, New Commissioner, Baby Talk, Word Busters

Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel
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E3. Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel

67m Oct 21, 1989

Sketches Include: Plug Away With Harvey Fierstein, Die Squaren Ost Berliner, Egg Man, Really Ordinary People, All About Deborah Norville, Lank Thompson: I'm A Handsome Man, 555-Toon, Maxwell House

James Woods/Don Henley
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E4. James Woods/Don Henley

67m Oct 28, 1989

Sketches include ""The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,"" ""Yard-a-pult,"" ""Dracula and AIDS,"" ""Primetime Live,"" ""Ventriloquist Act,"" ""Falling in Love,"" ""Three Dudes Holistic Automotive,"" ""Hemsley Spook House,"" and ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein.""

Chris Evert/Eurythmics
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E5. Chris Evert/Eurythmics

67m Nov 11, 1989

Sketches include ""Wimbledon,"" ""Oneupmanship,"" and ""Lothar of the Hill People.""

Woody Harrelson/David Byrne
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E6. Woody Harrelson/David Byrne

67m Nov 18, 1989

Sketches include ""Jack Nicholson,"" ""Pumping Up with Hans & Franz,"" ""A&E Attitudes,"" ""Sprockets,"" and ""Three Very Lonesome Cowboys.""

John Goodman/k.d. lang & The Reclines
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E7. John Goodman/k.d. lang & The Reclines

67m Dec 2, 1989

Sketches include ""It's a Wonderful Savings and Loan,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""Cooking with the Anal-Retentive Chef,"" ""Toonces The Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""The Mike Ditka Type-A Christmas Special,"" and ""The Referee Pitman Show"".

Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
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E8. Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville

67m Dec 9, 1989

Sketches include ""George Bush and Dan Quayle"", ""Yard-A-Pult,"" ""Messy Date"", ""Tales of the Runaway Boulder,"" ""Attack of the Masturbating Zombies,"" ""Rockefeller is Evil,"" ""A Betty Ford Straight Arrow Christmas"", and ""In the Middle."" Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville performed ""Don't Know Much"" and ""When Something Is Wrong.""

Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman
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E9. Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman

67m Dec 16, 1989

Sketches included ""Interrupted PSA,"" ""Church Chat,"" ""The Night Hanukkah Harry Saved Christmas,"" ""Hal Jerome Tribute,"" and ""Before the Wedding."" Tracy Chapman performed ""Gimme One Reason.""

Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr.
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E10. Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr.

67m Jan 13, 1990

Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Bizilady,"" ""I Got What You Need,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""The Nagging,"" ""Dennis Woo's Real Estate Fortunes The Easy Way,"" ""Ceaucescu's Wake,"" ""Lothar of the Hill People,"" and ""SNL in the 90's"".

Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt
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E11. Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt

67m Jan 20, 1990

Sketches include ""The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,"" ""Eternity,"" ""Hired Break-Up,"" ""The Continental,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""Lease With an Option to Kill,"" ""Hardbound""

Quincy Jones
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E12. Quincy Jones

67m Feb 10, 1990

Sketches include ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""Century 21 Marriage Counselors,"" ""Toonces,"" ""Bob Waltman Special,"" ""Jazz Perspective,"" ""Reverend and Rabbi,"" ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein,"" ""Soviet Central Committee,"" ""House Committee on Dials and Gauges"".

Tom Hanks/Aerosmith
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E13. Tom Hanks/Aerosmith

67m Feb 17, 1990

Sketches include ""Ivana Trump Pre-Nup"", ""Wayne's World,"" ""Tales of Ribaldry,"" ""Tradtional Irish Drinking Songs for St. Patrick's Day,"" ""The Mob,"" ""Singles Cruise,"" and ""Black History Minute."" Aerosmith performed ""Jamie's Got a Gun"" and ""Monkey On My Back.""

Fred Savage/Technotronic
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E14. Fred Savage/Technotronic

67m Feb 24, 1990

Sketches include ""Church Chat,"" ""Left Alone with a Gun,"" ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""Imaginary Friend,"" and ""Hooked on Sushi"" (film). Technotronic performed ""Pump Up The Jam.""

Rob Lowe/The Pogues
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E15. Rob Lowe/The Pogues

67m Mar 17, 1990

Sketches include "George Bush/Rob Lowe", "Irish Drinking Songs", "Church Chat", "Sprockets", "Arsenio Beckman Show", "Lambada Prison", "Helmet Head", and "Alexander's Fur World".

Debra Winger/Eric Clapton
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E16. Debra Winger/Eric Clapton

67m Mar 24, 1990

Sketches include ""Reagan Census Count,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""Toonces the Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""Calamity Jane,"" and ""Senate Record Labelling Hearings"", ""Weekend Update""

Corbin Bernsen/Smithereens
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E17. Corbin Bernsen/Smithereens

67m Apr 14, 1990

Sketches include ""Cable Shopping Network,"" ""Celebrity Lawyer Court,"" ""Hanukkah Harry,"" ""George F. Will's Sports Machine,"" ""His Face,"" ""Movers and Shakers,"" and ""Playgirl Models"".

Alec Baldwin/The B-52's
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E18. Alec Baldwin/The B-52's

67m Apr 21, 1990

Sketches include "Bush Talks to Nation", "Greenhilly", "The Environmentally Conscious One", "Sexual Tension Diner", "The Garbo I Knew", "Only In New York", "Nude Talk Show" and "Middle Aged Man". The B-52's perform "Cosmic Thing" and "Channel Z".

Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise
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E19. Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise

67m May 12, 1990

Sketches include ""It's a Wonderful Dice,"" ""Diceman Employment Agency,"" ""Cooking With the Anal-Rententive Chef,"" ""What's Sex?"", ""DJ Tony Trailer,"" ""Jan Hooks Protest,"" ""Cool Mite,"" ""Ridiculous Bull,"" ""Kevin Nealon Protest""

Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies
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E20. Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies

67m May 19, 1990

Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Toonces The Cat Who Can Drive a Car,"" ""The Carsenio Show,"" and ""Wayne's World.""

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