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Saturday Night Live
Season 14
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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Episode 1
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 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"".
Episode 2
Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes
Episode 3
John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler
Episode 4
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.""
Episode 5
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 Bleu Cheese Cooler"".
Episode 6
John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman
Episode 7
Danny DeVito/The Bangles
Episode 8
Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin
Episode 9
Melanie Griffith/Little Feat
Episode 10
John Malkovich/Anita Baker
Episode 11
Tony Danza/John Hiatt
Sketches include ""Ted Bundy Lives,"" ""Come Back to Carbon Paper,"" ""War of Da Woilds,"" ""Frankie's Proposal,"" and ""What Are You Looking At?""
Episode 12
Ted Danson/Luther Vandross
Sketches include ""Cheers,"" ""Iranian People's Court,"" ""Plug Away,"" ""Kevin's First Love,"" and ""The Long Goodbye.""
Episode 13
Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies
Sketches include ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""The 60's Movie,"" ""Subliminal Man and Friend,"" and ""Wayne's World.""
Episode 14
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 perform ""Bamboleo.""
Episode 15
Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello
Episode 16
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, & Frankenstein".
Episode 17
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 of the Hill People.""
Episode 18
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 Apocalypse"".
Episode 19
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 ""Waikiki Hockey"".
Episode 20
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,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""Get to Know Jon Lovitz,"" ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein,"" ""Big Red"".