The BEST episodes of Saturday Night Live season 14
Every episode of Saturday Night Live season 14, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Saturday Night Live season 14!
Each week, a famous guest host appears in sketches and parodies alongside a roster of up-and-coming comedians. A popular musical guest, short films, and Weekend Update - a recurring satirical newscast - form the backbone of one of the most influential and culturally significant TV shows in history.
#1 - Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies
Season 14 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/1989
Sketches include "The Pat Stevens Show", "The 60's Movie", "Subliminal Man and Friend" and "Wayne's World".
#2 - Tom Hanks/Keith Richards
Season 14 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/1988
Sketches include "Pumping Up With Hans and Franz", "ABC Presents Debate '88", "Mr. Short Term Memory", "Jew, Not a Jew", "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" and "Class of 1978 Ten Year Reunion: Two Sad Losers Want To Score With The Ladies".
#3 - Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin
Season 14 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/1988
Sketches include: A Trump Christmas, Game Breakers, Plug Away, Musical Performance "Drive", Weekend Update, The Big Chill, Executive Island, Musical Performance "The Star-Spangled Banner", Raspberry Response, Roy Orbison Tribute
#4 - Tony Danza/John Hiatt
Season 14 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/28/1989
Sketches include "Ted Bundy Lives", "Come Back to Carbon Paper", "War of Da Woilds", "Frankie's Proposal" and "What Are You Looking At?".
#5 - Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Season 14 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/20/1989
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" and "Big Red".
#6 - Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals
Season 14 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/13/1989
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".
#7 - John Malkovich/Anita Baker
Season 14 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/21/1989
Sketches include: Super Bowl Call, First Citiwide Change Bank, Barbara & Nancy, Attitudes, Gary Busey Motorcycle Helmets, Musical Performance "Giving You The Best That I Got", You Mock Me, Weekend Update, California Condor, Musical Performance "Just Because", Show Johnny Canal, Talk Radio
#8 - Dolly Parton
Season 14 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/15/1989
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".
#9 - Ted Danson/Luther Vandross
Season 14 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/1989
Sketches include "Cheers", "Iranian People's Court", "Plug Away", "Kevin's First Love" and "The Long Goodbye".
#10 - Melanie Griffith/Little Feat
Season 14 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/1988
Sketches include: Christmas Eve, First Guardian MetroCard, Miss Self-Esteem USA Pageant, CIA Christmas Party, Musical Performance "Let It Roll", Weekend Update, Sweeney Sisters, Schiller's Reel Love is a Dream, Chapstick, Misreading Signals, Musical Performance "Hate To Lose Your Lovin", Season's Greetings
#11 - John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman
Season 14 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1988
Sketches include: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Long White Beard, Animal Confession, Master Thespian, Musical Performance "Mountains O' Things", The Pat Stevens Show, Weekend Update, The Alamo, Musical Performance "Freedom Now", "Baby, Can I Hold You", Thanksgiving, Skeleton
#12 - Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Season 14 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1988
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".
#13 - Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
Season 14 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/1988
Sketches include "Nicknames", "The Republican Party", "The Liberal", "Dukakis After Dark" and "Church Chat". The New Bohemians perform "Little Miss S".
#14 - Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes
Season 14 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1988
Sketches include: Seduction, McDonnell-Rand, The Five Beatles, Cooking With Monkey, Musical Performance "Birthday", Weekend Update, Nude Beach, The Thumper Family, Learning to Feel, Laurie Has a Story, Hollywood Salute, Musical Performance "Motorcrash", Baby
#15 - John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler
Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/1988
Sketches include: Alien Dukakis, Carbon Paper, Dan Quayle: President, Portrait Of The Artist, The Crests And Troughs Of Vernon Hawley Jr., Bush, Pete's Fountain, Musical Performance "It's Money That Matters", Weekend Update, Sex Life, Musical Performance "Dixie Flyer", This Old House, Gay Communist Gun Club
#16 - Geena Davis/John Mellencamp
Season 14 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/1989
Sketches include "George Bush", "Bob Waltman Special", "The Snow White Story", "Attitudes", "The Palmer Bunch", "Suspended Animation", "Game Show Models" and "The Apocalypse".
#17 - Danny DeVito/The Bangles
Season 14 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/3/1988
Sketches include: Pumping Up With Hans & Franz, Big Red, Sex Tonight, Reclino Love Lounge, Scrooge, Musical Performance "In Your Room", Weekend Update, You Shot Me!, The Bastard Battalion, Musical Performance "Hazy Shade of Winter", Celebrity Restaurant, Guardian Angels
#18 - Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings
Season 14 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/1989
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".
#19 - Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello
Season 14 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/25/1989
The 61st Annual Academy Awards, The Dan Quayle Show, Customs, Musical Performance "Veronica", Weekend Update, Sweeney Sisters, Robot Repair, Lady Rhemington, Musical Performance "Let Him Dangle", Requiem For Death, Schiller's Reel: Broadway Story, Wayne's World
#20 - Mel Gibson/Living Color
Season 14 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/1/1989
Sketches include "Raymond the Bookie", "Tales of Ribaldry", "Mel Gibson, Dream Gynecologist", "Cooking with the Anal Retentive Chef", "Josh Acid" and "Tonto, Tarzan, & Frankenstein".