Saturday Night Live: 1989-1990

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  Season 15: 1989-1990


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Starring:

Dana Carvey

Nora Dunn

Phil Hartman

Jan Hooks

Victoria Jackson

Jon Lovitz

Dennis Miller

Mike Myers

Kevin Nealon

Featuring:

A. Whitney Brown

Al Franken

Episodes

09/24/89: 15th Anniversary Special

09/30/89: Bruce Willis / Neil Young

10/07/89: Rick Moranis / Rickie Lee Jones

10/21/89: Kathleen Turner / Billy Joel

10/28/89: James Woods / Don Henley

11/11/89: Chris Evert / Eurythmics

11/18/89: Woody Harrelson / David Byrne

12/02/89: John Goodman / k.d. lang & The Reclines

12/09/89: Robert Wagner / Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville

12/16/89: Andie MacDowell / Tracy Chapman

01/13/90: Ed O’Neill / Harry Connick, Jr.

01/20/90: Christopher Walken / Bonnie Raitt

02/10/90: Quincy Jones / Tevin Campbell & Kool Moe Dee & Big Daddy Kane

02/17/90: Tom Hanks / Aerosmith

02/24/90: Fred Savage / Technotronic

03/17/90: Rob Lowe / The Pogues

03/24/90: Debra Winger / Eric Clapton

04/14/90: Corbin Bernsen / The Smithereens

04/21/90: Alec Baldwin / The B-52’s

05/12/90: Andrew Dice Clay / Julee Cruise, Spanic Boys

05/19/90: Candice Bergen / The Notting Hillbillies

Summary1989 marked the beginning of the 15th season of “Saturday Night Live,” though the celebration began on a sad note. On the night of May 20th, 1989, the 14th season finale, Steve Martin delivered the sad news during his monologue, that original cast member Gilda Radner had died of ovarian cancer earlier that day. With mourning in his eyes, Steve presented a clip from his April 22nd, 1978 hosting of him and Gilda “Dancing in the Dark” to instant audience applause. Later, during the 15th Anniversary Special, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman presented a series of clips of Gilda’s performances.

Despite the sad news, the 15th season of “Saturday Night Live” brought many new laughs to compete with all the previous laughs performed on the show. It also features the debuts of frequent 90’s hosts John Goodman, Alec Baldwin and Christopher Walken, three mostly dramatic actors who show that they can be just as funny as original repeat hosts Steve Martin and Buck Henry. And for the first time in its history, “SNL” is boycotted by one of its cast members (Nora Dunn) when foul-mouthed comedian Andrew “Dice” Clay is asked to host the show.

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