Season 14 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 20
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Saturday Night Live Season 14 (1988-1989)

Saturday Night Live Tom Hanks/Keith Richards 14x01 Tom Hanks/Keith Richards
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 ...
Oct. 08, 1988
Saturday Night Live Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes 14x02 Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes
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Oct. 15, 1988
Saturday Night Live John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler 14x03 John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler
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Oct. 22, 1988
Saturday Night Live Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians 14x04 Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
Sketches include ""Nicknames,"" ""The Republican Party,"" ""The Liberal,"" ""Dukakis After Dark,"" and ""Church Chat."" The New Bohemians perform ""Little Miss S.""
Nov. 05, 1988
Saturday Night Live Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka 14x05 Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka
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 ...
Nov. 12, 1988
Saturday Night Live John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman 14x06 John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman
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Nov. 19, 1988
Saturday Night Live Danny DeVito/The Bangles 14x07 Danny DeVito/The Bangles
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Dec. 03, 1988
Saturday Night Live Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin 14x08 Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin
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Dec. 10, 1988
Saturday Night Live Melanie Griffith/Little Feat 14x09 Melanie Griffith/Little Feat
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Dec. 17, 1988
Saturday Night Live John Malkovich/Anita Baker 14x10 John Malkovich/Anita Baker
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Jan. 21, 1989
Saturday Night Live Tony Danza/John Hiatt 14x11 Tony Danza/John Hiatt
Tony Danza, star of Who's The Boss, hosts tonight's episode. Singer John Hiatt is the musical guest.Sketches: "Ted Bundy Lives," "Come Back to Carbon Paper," "War of Da Woilds," "Frankie's ...
Jan. 28, 1989
Saturday Night Live Ted Danson/Luther Vandross 14x12 Ted Danson/Luther Vandross
Cheers star Ted Danson hosts. Musical guest is soul singer Luther Vandross.Sketches: "Cheers," 'Sleepytime Rat Control," "Iranian People's Court," "They Can't Say No," Plug Away," "Living ...
Jan. 28, 1989
Saturday Night Live Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies 14x13 Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies
Sketches include ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""The 60's Movie,"" ""Subliminal Man and Friend,"" and ""Wayne's World.""
Feb. 18, 1989
Saturday Night Live Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings 14x14 Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings
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 ...
Feb. 25, 1989
Saturday Night Live Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello 14x15 Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello
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Mar. 25, 1989
Saturday Night Live Mel Gibson/Living Color 14x16 Mel Gibson/Living Color
Sketches include ""Raymond the Bookie,"" ""Tales of Ribaldry,"" ""Mel Gibson, Dream Gynecologist,"" ""Cooking with the Anal Retentive Chef,"" ""Josh Acid,"" and ""Tonto, Tarzan, & ...
Apr. 01, 1989
Saturday Night Live Dolly Parton 14x17 Dolly Parton
Sketches include ""Rock Cleaners,"" ""Celebrity Restaurant,"" ""Planet of the Enormous Hooters,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""The Stories of Dolly Parton's Mom,"" ""Broadway Story,"" and ""Lothar ...
Apr. 15, 1989
Saturday Night Live Geena Davis/John Mellencamp 14x18 Geena Davis/John Mellencamp
Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Bob Waltman Special,"" ""The Snow White Story,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""The Palmer Bunch,"" ""Suspended Animation,"" ""Game Show Models,"" and ""The A ...
Apr. 22, 1989
Saturday Night Live Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals 14x19 Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals
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 ...
May. 13, 1989
Saturday Night Live Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 14x20 Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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,"" ...
May. 20, 1989

Season 14 Characters

Weekend Update Anchor played by Dennis Miller
Himself - Announcer voiced by Don Pardo
Himself - Bandleader played by G.E. Smith
Himself - Saxophonist played by Lenny Pickett (II)
Various played by Nora Dunn
Himself played by Robert Van Ry
Himself - Host played by Tony Danza
Themselves - Musical Guest played by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Himself - Musical Guest played by Bobby McFerrin
Herself - Host played by Mary Tyler Moore
Herself played by Kim Alexis
Pianist played by Cheryl Hardwick
Sketch Announcer voiced by Al Franken
Church Lady played by Dana Carvey
Caller voiced by A. Whitney Brown
Musical Guest played by Canut Reyes
Audience Member played by Andy Murphy (II)
Announcer voiced by Mark McKinney
Paul McElroy played by James Downey
Passerby played by Bob Odenkirk
Cowboy played by Conan O'Brien
Herself - Musical Guest played by Tracy Chapman
Skip St. Thomas played by Marc Shaiman

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Season 14 Videos

Leslie Nielsen Monologue
Leslie Nielsen Monologue (02:13)

Alien Dukakis Cold Open
Alien Dukakis Cold Open (03:49)

Mel Gibson Monologue
Mel Gibson Monologue (03:38)

Pete's Fountain
Pete's Fountain (04:49)

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Season 14 Quotes

14x01 - Tom Hanks/Keith Richards Season 14 / Episode 1: - Tom Hanks/Keith Richards

George Bush: [during the 1988 Presidential debates] What am I going to do? Can't say. Wouldn't be prudent. Got to watch out for the vision thing. Wouldn't be prudent.
Michael Dukakis: [looking in the camera] I can't believe I'm losing to this guy.
14x01 - Tom Hanks/Keith Richards Season 14 / Episode 1: - Tom Hanks/Keith Richards

Tom Hanks: 'Look up Nice in the latest edition of Webster's Dictionary, you'll find a new definition: Tom Hanks.' No, you won't! I looked it up, it's not there!
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Season 14 Trivia

  • Episode 15 - On the night of the show, Don Pardo had laryngitis but still announced during the opening credits. His announcing was later re-recorded for reruns.
  • Episode 01 - Robert Smigel and 'Conan OBrien's infamous "Nude Beach" sketch (aka "The Penis Song") was first tried out during dress rehearsal for this show but NBC censors would not allow it. A week later it did get green lighted with [url=/person/matthew_broderick]M
  • Episode 08 - Roy Orbison died four days before this episode. His performance of "Cryin'" from episode #12.20 is shown as a tribute to him.
  • Episode 20 - This was Steve Martin's eleventh time hosting. With this episode, he became the most frequent host in the show's history, breaking the record previously held by Buck Henry (10 times).
  • Episode 02 - 'Conan OBrien's infamous "Nude Beach" sketch (aka "The Penis Song") was first tried out during dress rehearsal for the previous episode with Tom Hanks but NBC censors would not allow it. But it did get green lighted for this episode with [url=/person/matthew

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