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Saturday Night Live Season 22

Saturday Night Live

Season 22

September 28, 1996 20 episodes

The twenty-second season began on September 28, 1996 and ended on May 17, 1997 with 20 episodes in all. Many changes happened before the start of the season. David Koechner and Nancy Walls were both let go after one season with the show. David Spade left the show on his own terms. This season is also notable for the people who hosted. Seven of the twenty hosts were former cast members. They included Dana Carvey, Robert Downey, Jr., Phil Hartman, Chris Rock and Martin Short. Chevy Chase and Mike Myers would host later in the season. This would mark Chase's final time hosting before getting banned.

All Episodes

Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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E1. Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

67m Sep 28, 1996

Sketches include ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" and ""Classic Sing-along with the Drunken Asses.""

Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow
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E2. Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow

67m Oct 5, 1996

Sketches include ""Bob Dole,"" ""Suel Forrester,"" Single and Loving It,"" ""The Randolph Hotel,"" ""Women's Poetry Night,"" and ""Gene the Ex-Convict.""

Bill Pullman/New Edition
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E3. Bill Pullman/New Edition

67m Oct 19, 1996

Sketches include ""Alien Presidential Debate,"" ""AT&T Clerks,"" ""The Rules Show,"" ""John W. Hayward,"" and ""Women's Kickboxing.""

Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre
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E4. Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre

67m Oct 26, 1996

Sketches include ""Russell and Tate: Attorneys at Law,"" ""Larry King Live,"" ""Tom Brokaw,"" ""Johnny Carson and Phil Donahue,"" ""Church Chat,"" and ""Goat Boy.""

Chris Rock/The Wallflowers
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E5. Chris Rock/The Wallflowers

67m Nov 2, 1996

Sketches include ""Bob Dole and George Bush,"" ""Charles Grodin,"" ""The Dark Side with Nat X,"" and ""The Culps.""

Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple
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E6. Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple

67m Nov 16, 1996

Sketches include ""Bob Dole,"" ""Spartan Cheeleaders,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Don King's Press Conference,"" ""Mr. Music,"" ""Musical Cobras and Panthers,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Streets of L.A.,"" and ""Shopping at Home Network.""

Phil Hartman/Bush
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E7. Phil Hartman/Bush

67m Nov 23, 1996

Sketches include ""The O.J. Trial,"" ""Thanksgiving Song Auditions,"" ""Acting Class,"" ""World War II,"" and ""The Joe Pesci Show.""

Martin Short/No Doubt
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E8. Martin Short/No Doubt

67m Dec 7, 1996

Live from New York, it's...Tim Meadows Sketches include ""O.J. Simpson,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Ed Grimley Goes To Heaven,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Barbara Walters Interviews Jackie Rogers, Jr.,"" ""The Gantner Family Workout,"" ""The Tinseltown Tattler,"" ""Martha Stewart's Topless Christmas,"" and ""Happy Holiday Tales.""

Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston
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E9. Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston

67m Dec 14, 1996

Sketches include ""Bill Clinton and Bob Dole,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Delicious Dish,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Rita Delvecchio,"" and ""The Local News with Joe Blow.""

Kevin Spacey/Beck
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E10. Kevin Spacey/Beck

67m Jan 11, 1997

Sketches include ""New Television Rating System,"" ""The Late Show with David Letterman,"" ""Marijuana Doctor,"" ""Star Wars 20th Anniversary,"" ""Janet Reno's Dance Party,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Pet Shop,"" and ""The Atteburys.""

David Alan Grier/Snoop Doggy Dogg
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E11. David Alan Grier/Snoop Doggy Dogg

67m Jan 18, 1997

Sketches include ""Bill Clinton Police Line-Up,"" ""Maya Angelou Commercials,"" ""Waiting to Exhale Viewers,"" ""Both Sides with Jesse Jackson,"" ""Wong & Owens,"" and ""Bill Gates and Bill Clinton.""

Neve Campbell/David Bowie
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E12. Neve Campbell/David Bowie

67m Feb 8, 1997

Sketches include ""O.J Simpson,"" ""Jackpot,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Rolf,"" and ""Adventures of the White Trash Disaster Trailer.""

Chevy Chase/Live
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E13. Chevy Chase/Live

67m Feb 15, 1997

Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""O.J Simpson,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Chopper Four.""

Alec Baldwin/Tina Turner
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E14. Alec Baldwin/Tina Turner

67m Feb 22, 1997

Sketches include ""The Late Show with David Letterman,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""The Quiet Storm,"" ""The Gossip Show,"" ""Phone Sex Operators,"" ""Yard Sale,"" ""Wong and Owens,"" and ""Bill Brasky.""

Sting/Veruca Salt
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E15. Sting/Veruca Salt

67m Mar 15, 1997

Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Evita,"" ""The Nude Crusade,"" ""Rolf,"" ""The Atteburys,"" ""Kyle DeMarco,"" and ""Race and Racism.""

Mike Myers/Aerosmith
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E16. Mike Myers/Aerosmith

67m Mar 22, 1997

Sketches include ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Prime Minister's Questions,"" ""Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly,"" and ""Barbara Walters Oscar Special.""

Rob Lowe/Spice Girls
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E17. Rob Lowe/Spice Girls

67m Apr 12, 1997

Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Perspectives,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Goth Talk,"" ""Food, Sex, or Cars?"" and ""La Politica Non Correcto con Ramon Diaz Rojo.""

Pamela Lee/Rollins Band
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E18. Pamela Lee/Rollins Band

67m Apr 19, 1997

Sketches include ""Janet Reno,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""A&E Biography: Tiger Woods,"" ""Goat Boy,"" and ""Roxbury Guys.""

John Goodman/Jewel
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E19. John Goodman/Jewel

67m May 10, 1997

Sketches include ""Oprah,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Suel Forrester,"" ""Eddie Murphy,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""The Culps,"" ""Collette Reardon,"" and ""Bill Brasky.""

Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue
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E20. Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue

67m May 17, 1997

Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Space, the Infinite Frontier,"" ""Kennedy Kapers,"" ""Larry King,"" ""Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp.""

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