Season 14

Oct 08, 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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Episodes

Episode 1

Tom Hanks/Keith Richards

Oct 08, 1988 67 min

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

Oct 15, 1988 67 min

Episode 3

John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler

Oct 22, 1988 67 min

Episode 4

Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

Nov 05, 1988 67 min

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

Nov 12, 1988 67 min

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

Nov 19, 1988 67 min

Episode 7

Danny DeVito/The Bangles

Dec 03, 1988 67 min

Episode 8

Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin

Dec 10, 1988 67 min

Episode 9

Melanie Griffith/Little Feat

Dec 17, 1988 67 min

Episode 10

John Malkovich/Anita Baker

Jan 21, 1989 67 min

Episode 11

Tony Danza/John Hiatt

Jan 28, 1989 67 min

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

Jan 28, 1989 67 min

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

Episode 13

Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies

Feb 18, 1989 67 min

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

Episode 14

Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings

Feb 25, 1989 67 min

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

Mar 25, 1989 67 min

Episode 16

Mel Gibson/Living Color

Apr 01, 1989 67 min

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

Apr 15, 1989 67 min

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

Apr 22, 1989 67 min

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

May 13, 1989 67 min

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

May 20, 1989 67 min

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"".