Saturday Night Live - Season 21

Saturday Night Live - Season 21

Season 21

The twenty-first season began September 30, 1995 and ended on May 18, 1996. 20 episodes were produced. SNL once again dodged cancellation from season twenty's low ratings and scathing reviews about the show's decline in quality. Only five cast members: Norm Macdonald, Mark McKinney, Tim Meadows, Molly Shannon and David Spade returned to the show from the previous season. This would be the final season for David Spade. Spade had agreed to stay only for a year so that he could be a bridge between the old and new casts. Newcomers David Koechner and Nancy Walls were also let go after this season.
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Episodes20
DatesSep 30, 1995 - May 18, 1996
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Episodes

Mariel Hemingway / Blues Traveler
Season 21Episode 190 min

Mariel Hemingway / Blues Traveler

Sketches include: ""OJ Today,"" ""Leg Up,"" ""The Taylors,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Long Phone Call,"" ""Nightline,"" ""Biography"".
Sep 30, 1995
Chevy Chase / Lisa Loeb
Season 21Episode 290 min

Chevy Chase / Lisa Loeb

Chevy Chase hosts with musical guest Lisa Loeb.

Oct 7, 1995
David Schwimmer / Natalie Merchant
Season 21Episode 390 min

David Schwimmer / Natalie Merchant

Sketches include ""Darius Rucker,"" ""Kids vs. Grownups,"" ""Rita Delvecchio,"" ""Fuzzy Memories,"" ""The Elevator,"" ""Secrets,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Slim Shannon,"" and ""Triumph Performers"".
Oct 21, 1995
Gabriel Byrne / Alanis Morissette
Season 21Episode 490 min

Gabriel Byrne / Alanis Morissette

Sketches include: ""Halloween in New Hampshire,"" ""Grayson-Moorhead,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Cooking With Keith,"" ""Marshall Power Tools,"" ""Spade in America at the 1995 World Series,"" Fuzzy Memories, and ""Firing a Prison Guard.""
Oct 28, 1995
Quentin Tarantino / The Smashing Pumpkins
Season 21Episode 590 min

Quentin Tarantino / The Smashing Pumpkins

Sketches include: ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Old Glory Insurance,"" ""Clara Turley's Bible Challenge,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Bug Off,"" ""Directors on Directing,"" and ""All Aboard"".
Nov 11, 1995
Laura Leighton / Rancid
Season 21Episode 690 min

Laura Leighton / Rancid

Sketches include ""Air Force One,"" ""Psychic Reading,"" ""Midgets,"" and ""Spade in America.""
Nov 18, 1995
Anthony Edwards / Foo Fighters
Season 21Episode 790 min

Anthony Edwards / Foo Fighters

Sketches include ""Inside Politics,"" ""Grimaldi's,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Nightline,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""G-Dog Does the Nasty,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Turning Point,"" and ""Hulk Hogan Talk Show"".
Dec 2, 1995
David Alan Grier / Silverchair
Season 21Episode 890 min

David Alan Grier / Silverchair

David Alan Grier hosts and with musical guest Silverchair.

Dec 9, 1995
Madeline Kahn / Bush
Season 21Episode 990 min

Madeline Kahn / Bush

Madeline Kahn hosts with musical guest Bush.

Dec 16, 1995
Christopher Walken / Joan Osborne
Season 21Episode 1090 min

Christopher Walken / Joan Osborne

Live from New York, it's...Rudolph Giuliani Sketches include: ""Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki Apologize For SNL's Low Quality,"" ""Rita Delvecchio,"" ""Spade In America,"" ""The Continental,"" ""Fuzzy Memories,"" ""T-Bone The Executioner,"" ""Connie Stinston"", and ""Mary Katherine Gallagher's Dancing Fantasy"". Joan Osborne performs: ""One of Us""
Jan 13, 1996
Alec Baldwin / Tori Amos
Season 21Episode 1190 min

Alec Baldwin / Tori Amos

Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Navy Guys,"" ""Talking About Bill Brasky,"" and ""Accidentally Shot by Hunters.""
Jan 20, 1996
Danny Aiello / Coolio
Season 21Episode 1290 min

Danny Aiello / Coolio

Sketches include ""Inside Politics,"" ""Spaghetti Sauce,"" ""The Kevin Franklin Show,"" ""Time Life's Valentine's Day Arguments,"" ""Althea,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Hi-C and Turkey,"" ""Martha Stewart Living,"" and ""Fuzzy Memories"".
Feb 10, 1996
Tom Arnold / Tupac Shakur
Season 21Episode 1390 min

Tom Arnold / Tupac Shakur

Sketches include ""Presidential Candidates,"" ""The Life We Lead/Channel 7 Action News,"" ""Ranger Ron and his Tree Slice,"" ""St. Gabriel's Annual Bake Sale,"" ""A Criminal and his Grandmother,"" and ""Drunk Surgeon.""
Feb 17, 1996
Elle MacPherson / Sting
Season 21Episode 1490 min

Elle MacPherson / Sting

Sketches include ""Presidential Candidates,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Winston Graff,"" ""Stan Hooper,"" ""Dinner at Oliver's,"" and ""Australian Phone Sex.""
Feb 24, 1996
John Goodman / Everclear
Season 21Episode 1590 min

John Goodman / Everclear

Sketches include ""Suel Forrester,"" ""The Real World,"" ""Steve Forbes,"" and ""The Joe Pesci Show.""
Mar 16, 1996
Phil Hartman / Gin Blossoms
Season 21Episode 1690 min

Phil Hartman / Gin Blossoms

Sketches include ""Leg Up,"" ""Acting Class,"" ""Fuzzy Memories,"" ""Bug-Off,"" ""Unfrozen Cave Man Lawyer,"" ""Petchow Rat Poison,"" ""Hollywood Minute With David Spade"".
Mar 23, 1996
Steve Forbes / Rage Against the Machine
Season 21Episode 1790 min

Steve Forbes / Rage Against the Machine

Sketches include ""Class Reunion,"" ""Nightline,"" ""House Workers,"" ""Entering Penn State,"" ""Seattle Today,"" ""Greyson-Moore,"" ""Gibberish Sergeant,"" ""Fuzzy Memories,"" ""Steve Forbes and the Flies""
Apr 13, 1996
Teri Hatcher / Dave Matthews Band
Season 21Episode 1890 min

Teri Hatcher / Dave Matthews Band

Sketches include ""Kazinsky and his Lawyers,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""The Princess and the Homeboy,"" ""Romantic Music,"" and ""St. Gabriel's Women's Charity for the Needy.""
Apr 20, 1996
Christine Baranski / The Cure
Season 21Episode 1990 min

Christine Baranski / The Cure

Sketches include ""Bob Dole Press Conference,"" ""AM Ale,"" ""The Courtney Love Show,"" ""Get Off The Shed!,"" ""20 Years and One Week,"" ""Terminally Ill Amateur Singer,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Rolf,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Personality Alteration,"" ""Lansing Phone Sex,"" ""Fuzzy Memories"".
May 11, 1996
Jim Carrey / Soundgarden
Season 21Episode 2090 min

Jim Carrey / Soundgarden

Sketches include: ""Nightline,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Overprotective Lifeguard,"" ""I'll See You In Hell,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" and ""Jimmy Tangen's Fat Busters"".
May 18, 1996

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