Saturday Night Live - Season 15

Saturday Night Live - Season 15

Season 15

Saturday Night Live aired its fifteenth season during the 1989 - 1990 television season on NBC. The fifteenth season started off with a 15th anniversary special on September 24, 1989 and ended on May 19, 1990. 21 episodes were produced, including the anniversary special. Few changes happened before the start of the season. The only change was the absence of Ben Stiller. After being on the show for five episodes, Stiller left the show due to creative differences with Lorne Michaels. Mike Myers was upgraded to repertory status. This season saw the first hosting gigs of three celebrities who would go on to be frequent SNL hosts: John Goodman, Christopher Walken, and Alec Baldwin. This season is also notorious for an in-cast spat towards the end of the season. Nora Dunn staged a boycott over the host of the episode, controversial comedian Andrew Dice Clay. Dunn refused to appear in the episode because of Clay's profane jokes about women. The original musical guest for the episode, Sinéad O'Connor, joined Dunn in her boycott and canceled her scheduled appearance. O'Connor was replaced by Julee Cruise and The Spanic Boys.
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Episodes20
DatesSept. 30, 1989 - Mai 19, 1990
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Episodes

Bruce Willis / Neil Young
Season 15Episode 190 min

Bruce Willis / Neil Young

Bruce Willis hosts with musical guest Neil Young.

Sept. 30, 1989
Rick Moranis / Rickie Lee Jones
Season 15Episode 290 min

Rick Moranis / Rickie Lee Jones

Sketches include ""Jackie Mason,"" ""The Big Bitch Bull Dyke Bust Out of '89,"" ""Honey, I Shrunk Hans and Franz,"" ""Merv Griffin's Money-Losing Hotel,"" ""Wild Horse,"" ""New Baseball Commissioner,"" ""Baby Talk,"" and ""Word Busters"".
Okt. 7, 1989
Kathleen Turner / Billy Joel
Season 15Episode 390 min

Kathleen Turner / Billy Joel

Sketches include ""The Miracle Of Fatima '89,"" ""Plug Away,"" ""Die Squaren Ost Berliner,"" ""Donheiser,"" ""The Eggman,"" ""Lank Thompson,"" ""All About Deborah Norville,"" ""Average Blind Date,"" ""Last Maxwell House Ad""
Okt. 21, 1989
James Woods / Don Henley
Season 15Episode 490 min

James Woods / Don Henley

Sketches include ""The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,"" ""Yard-a-pult,"" ""Dracula and AIDS,"" ""Primetime Live,"" ""Ventriloquist Act,"" ""Falling in Love,"" ""Three Dudes Holistic Automotive,"" ""Hemsley Spook House,"" and ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein.""
Okt. 28, 1989
Chris Evert / Eurythmics
Season 15Episode 590 min

Chris Evert / Eurythmics

Sketches include ""Wimbledon,"" ""Oneupmanship,"" and ""Lothar of the Hill People.""
Nov. 11, 1989
Woody Harrelson / David Byrne
Season 15Episode 690 min

Woody Harrelson / David Byrne

Sketches include ""Jack Nicholson,"" ""Pumping Up with Hans & Franz,"" ""A&E Attitudes,"" ""Sprockets,"" and ""Three Very Lonesome Cowboys.""
Nov. 18, 1989
John Goodman / k.d. lang & The Reclines
Season 15Episode 790 min

John Goodman / k.d. lang & The Reclines

Sketches include ""It's a Wonderful Savings and Loan,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""Cooking with the Anal-Retentive Chef,"" ""Toonces The Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""The Mike Ditka Type-A Christmas Special,"" and ""The Referee Pitman Show"".
Dez. 2, 1989
Robert Wagner / Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
Season 15Episode 890 min

Robert Wagner / Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville

Sketches include ""George Bush and Dan Quayle"", ""Yard-A-Pult,"" ""Messy Date"", ""Tales of the Runaway Boulder,"" ""Attack of the Masturbating Zombies,"" ""Rockefeller is Evil,"" ""A Betty Ford Straight Arrow Christmas"", and ""In the Middle."" Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville performed ""Don't Know Much"" and ""When Something Is Wrong.""
Dez. 9, 1989
Andie MacDowell / Tracy Chapman
Season 15Episode 990 min

Andie MacDowell / Tracy Chapman

Sketches included ""Interrupted PSA,"" ""Church Chat,"" ""The Night Hanukkah Harry Saved Christmas,"" ""Hal Jerome Tribute,"" and ""Before the Wedding."" Tracy Chapman performed ""Gimme One Reason.""
Dez. 16, 1989
Ed O'Neill / Harry Connick, Jr.
Season 15Episode 1090 min

Ed O'Neill / Harry Connick, Jr.

Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Bizilady,"" ""I Got What You Need,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""The Nagging,"" ""Dennis Woo's Real Estate Fortunes The Easy Way,"" ""Ceaucescu's Wake,"" ""Lothar of the Hill People,"" and ""SNL in the 90's"".
Jan. 13, 1990
Christopher Walken / Bonnie Raitt
Season 15Episode 1190 min

Christopher Walken / Bonnie Raitt

Sketches include ""The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,"" ""Eternity,"" ""Hired Break-Up,"" ""The Continental,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""Lease With an Option to Kill,"" ""Hardbound""
Jan. 20, 1990
Quincy Jones, 10 Musical Guests
Season 15Episode 1290 min

Quincy Jones, 10 Musical Guests

Sketches include ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""Century 21 Marriage Counselors,"" ""Toonces,"" ""Bob Waltman Special,"" ""Jazz Perspective,"" ""Reverend and Rabbi,"" ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein,"" ""Soviet Central Committee,"" ""House Committee on Dials and Gauges"".
Feb. 10, 1990
Tom Hanks / Aerosmith
Season 15Episode 1390 min

Tom Hanks / Aerosmith

Tom Hanks hosts with musical guest Aerosmith.

Feb. 17, 1990
Fred Savage / Technotronic
Season 15Episode 1490 min

Fred Savage / Technotronic

Sketches include ""Church Chat,"" ""Left Alone with a Gun,"" ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""Imaginary Friend,"" and ""Hooked on Sushi"" (film). Technotronic performed ""Pump Up The Jam.""
Feb. 24, 1990
Rob Lowe / The Pogues
Season 15Episode 1590 min

Rob Lowe / The Pogues

Rob Lowe hosts with musical guest The Pogues.

März 17, 1990
Debra Winger / Eric Clapton
Season 15Episode 1690 min

Debra Winger / Eric Clapton

Sketches include ""Reagan Census Count,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""Toonces the Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""Calamity Jane,"" and ""Senate Record Labelling Hearings"", ""Weekend Update""
März 24, 1990
Corbin Bernsen / The Smithereens
Season 15Episode 1790 min

Corbin Bernsen / The Smithereens

Sketches include ""Cable Shopping Network,"" ""Celebrity Lawyer Court,"" ""Hanukkah Harry,"" ""George F. Will's Sports Machine,"" ""His Face,"" ""Movers and Shakers,"" and ""Playgirl Models"".
Apr. 14, 1990
Alec Baldwin / The B-52's
Season 15Episode 1890 min

Alec Baldwin / The B-52's

Sketches include "Bush Talks to Nation", "Greenhilly", "The Environmentally Conscious One", "Sexual Tension Diner", "The Garbo I Knew", "Only In New York", "Nude Talk Show" and "Middle Aged Man". The B-52's perform "Cosmic Thing" and "Channel Z".
Apr. 21, 1990
Andrew Dice Clay / Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise
Season 15Episode 1990 min

Andrew Dice Clay / Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise

Sketches include ""It's a Wonderful Dice,"" ""Diceman Employment Agency,"" ""Cooking With the Anal-Rententive Chef,"" ""What's Sex?"", ""DJ Tony Trailer,"" ""Jan Hooks Protest,"" ""Cool Mite,"" ""Ridiculous Bull,"" ""Kevin Nealon Protest""
Mai 12, 1990
Candice Bergen / The Notting Hillbillies
Season 15Episode 2090 min

Candice Bergen / The Notting Hillbillies

Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Toonces The Cat Who Can Drive a Car,"" ""The Carsenio Show,"" and ""Wayne's World.""
Mai 19, 1990

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