Saturday Night Live - Season 14
Description: 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.
Episodes
Tom Hanks/Keith Richards
Aired: Oct 8, 1988
Sketches include ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""ABC Presents Debate '88,"...
Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes
Aired: Oct 15, 1988
John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler
Aired: Oct 22, 1988
Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
Aired: Nov 5, 1988
Sketches include ""Nicknames,"" ""The Republican Party,"" ""The Liberal,"" ""Duk...
Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Aired: Nov 12, 1988
Sketches include ""Bush's Final Negative Campaign Ad"", ""Beauty and the Beast: ...
John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman
Aired: Nov 19, 1988
Danny DeVito/The Bangles
Aired: Dec 3, 1988
Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin
Aired: Dec 10, 1988
Melanie Griffith/Little Feat
Aired: Dec 17, 1988
John Malkovich/Anita Baker
Aired: Jan 21, 1989
Tony Danza/John Hiatt
Aired: Jan 28, 1989
Sketches include ""Ted Bundy Lives,"" ""Come Back to Carbon Paper,"" ""War of Da...
Ted Danson/Luther Vandross
Aired: Jan 28, 1989
Sketches include ""Cheers,"" ""Iranian People's Court,"" ""Plug Away,"" ""Kevin'...
Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies
Aired: Feb 18, 1989
Sketches include ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""The 60's Movie,"" ""Subliminal Man ...
Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings
Aired: Feb 25, 1989
Sketches include ""Barnes & Noble Under Siege,"" ""Therapy Session,"" ""Pumping ...
Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello
Aired: Mar 25, 1989
Mel Gibson/Living Color
Aired: Apr 1, 1989
Sketches include "Raymond the Bookie", "Tales of Ribaldry", "Mel Gibson, Dream G...
Dolly Parton
Aired: Apr 15, 1989
Sketches include ""Rock Cleaners,"" ""Celebrity Restaurant,"" ""Planet of the En...
Geena Davis/John Mellencamp
Aired: Apr 22, 1989
Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Bob Waltman Special,"" ""The Snow White Stor...
Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals
Aired: May 13, 1989
Sketches include ""Carter in Panama,"" ""Fishing With the Anal-Retentive Sportsm...
Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Aired: May 20, 1989
Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""Tammy Wy...