The BEST episodes written by Conan O'brien

#1 - Justine Bateman/Terrance Trent D'Arby

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 11

""53rd. Debate of the 1988 Republican Presidential Candidates"", ""Learning to Feel with Denise Venetti, Ph.D."", ""Family Ties: If These Old Walls Could Talk (Flashback-Flashback Episode)"", ""Blocked songwriter Derek Stevens loses his Muse"", ""An older man, the bimbo girlfriend Linda and his Judgemental Friends"".

#2 - Sean Penn/L.L. Cool J., Michael Penn & the Pull

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 2

Live from New York, it's... Sean Penn! Sketches include "Fatal Attraction 2," "Wall Street Week," "Church Chat," "Pitman & Bullock," "The Teeny Cafe," "Keister Family Talk," "Discover," "The Spimozo Brothers," and "Cat Dentist" (film). LL Cool J performs "Go Cut Creator Go." Michael Penn and The Pull performs "This & That."

#3 - Robert Mitchum/Simply Red

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 4

Sketches include: The Rolling Paper Chase, Compulsion, Death Be Not Deadly, The Mountain Man, Musical Performance "The Right Thing", Weekend Update, Sweeney's Comeback, Out Of Gas, Andre & Rex: Macho Hairstylists, BeautyBath, Musical Performance "Suffer", Mysterious Old Man

#4 - Steve Martin/Sting

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 1

Sketches include ""Ronald Reagan and George Bush,"" ""Gary Hart Ad,"" ""Common Knowledge,"" ""NFL Today,"" ""Slide Whistle Sound Effects,"" ""Bullets Aren't Cheap,"" ""Permission to Speak Freely,"" ""Adventures in the Lost Realm,"" and ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz"".

#5 - Carl Weathers/Robbie Robertson

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 10

Sketches include ""Bush-Whacked,"" ""The NFL Today,"" ""Handi-Off,"" ""Democratic Debate '88,"" ""Helen and Cheri,"" ""TV Actress,"" ""Master Thespian,"" and ""The Garden"" (film). Robbie Robertson performed ""Testimony"" and ""Somewhere Down the Crazy River.""

#6 - Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 13

Sketches include "The Pat Stevens Show", "The 60's Movie", "Subliminal Man and Friend" and "Wayne's World".

#7 - Dabney Coleman/The Cars

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 3

Live from New York, it's... Dana Carvey! Sketches include "Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous, and Scary," "Nature's Broom," "The Winning Spirit," "Don't Go Down To The Basement," "Scary Campfire Stories," "Marriage Counselor," "Count Dracula, Self-Taught Auto Mechanic," "The Pat Stevens Show," "New High School Mascot," and "Lambert & Fitch Securites." The Cars performs "Strap Me In" and "Double Trouble."

#8 - Mel Gibson/Living Color

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 16

Sketches include "Raymond the Bookie", "Tales of Ribaldry", "Mel Gibson, Dream Gynecologist", "Cooking with the Anal Retentive Chef", "Josh Acid" and "Tonto, Tarzan, & Frankenstein".

#9 - Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 15

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

#10 - Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 4

Sketches include "Nicknames", "The Republican Party", "The Liberal", "Dukakis After Dark" and "Church Chat". The New Bohemians perform "Little Miss S".

#11 - Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 5

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".

#12 - Ted Danson/Luther Vandross

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 12

Sketches include "Cheers", "Iranian People's Court", "Plug Away", "Kevin's First Love" and "The Long Goodbye".

#13 - Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 14

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".

#14 - Tony Danza/John Hiatt

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 11

Sketches include "Ted Bundy Lives", "Come Back to Carbon Paper", "War of Da Woilds", "Frankie's Proposal" and "What Are You Looking At?".

#15 - Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 8

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

#16 - Marge vs. the Monorail

The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 12

When Springfield gets a sudden windfall, a charismatic traveling salesman convinces the town to build a monorail.

#17 - Conan in Italy

Conan Without Borders - Season 4 - Episode 2

#18 - Tom Hanks/Keith Richards

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 1

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".

#19 - Robin Williams/James Taylor

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 9

Sketches include ""Pumping Up with Hans and Franz,"" ""Compulsion,"" ""Birthing Video,"" ""Cable ACE Awards,"" ""Hard to Say I Love You,"" ""Discover,"" and ""Robin's 60th Birthday.""

#20 - Tom Hanks/Randy Travis

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 12

""A male figure skater's flawed perfomance in tight pants"", ""The Pat Stevens Show with Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Dole"", ""The Bean Cafe: We only serve beans"", ""On 49th and First: Two sad guys want to score with the ladies"", ""This is a stick up!, yelled the Psychotic Vietnam Vet with great acting skills"", ""Can't come up with an ending for a bad sketch"", ""Casey Kasem sings The Beatles"", ""Compulsion by Calveen Kleen: The World's Most Indulgent Disinfectant"", ""A Pawnshop That Pays Full Sentimental Value"".

#21 - John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 6

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

#22 - Melanie Griffith/Little Feat

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 9

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

#23 - John Malkovich/Anita Baker

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 10

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

#24 - Dolly Parton

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 17

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".

#25 - Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 19

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".

#26 - Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 20

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".

#27 - Dennis Hopper/Paul Simon

Saturday Night Live - Season 16 - Episode 6

Sketches include ""Live With Regis and Kathie Lee,"" ""Nikey Turkey,"" ""Toonces,"" ""Inflatable Dolls,"" ""Liason Mocking,"" ""The Civil War,"" ""What Animal Were You Raised By?"", ""Schillervision,"" and ""Gambling to Win"".

#28 - David Mizejewski & Animals, Nasim Pedrad, Robert DeLong

Conan (2010) - Season 5 - Episode 150

Nasim Pedrad ("Scream Queens" (2015)); wildlife expert David Mizejewski. Also: Robert DeLong performs.

#29 - Treehouse of Horror IV

The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 5

In "The Devil and Homer Simpson," Homer sells his soul for a doughnut. In "Terror at 5 1/2 Feet," everyone doubts Bart's sanity when he's the only one to see a gremlin sabotaging the school bus. In "Bart Simpson's Dracula," the family turns into vampires, and Lisa sends Homer to the Burns mansion in an attempt to kill the head vampire.

#30 - Homer Goes to College

The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 3

Burns discovers that Homer is grossly unqualified to be a nuclear safety inspector, so Homer enrolls at Springfield University to study nuclear physics. While there, Homer befriends three nerds and instigates a prank that gets them expelled.

#31 - Dial M for Laptop

Andy Barker, P.I. - Season 1 - Episode 4

When his laptop disappears, Andy races the clock to file his father-in-law's tax return and gets caught up in a credit-card scam.

#32 - Conan in Haiti

Conan Without Borders - Season 4 - Episode 1

Conan travels internationally for the 8th time in three years for CONAN Without Borders: Haiti, a primetime special. After hearing President Trump's disparaging remarks about Haiti, O'Brien immediately decided to announce his intentions to visit the island nation.

#33 - Sting

Saturday Night Live - Season 16 - Episode 11

Sketches include ""Wayne's World,"" ""Hedley and Wyche,"" ""Sting in an Elevator,"" ""The Sinatra Group,"" ""The Richmeister,"" ""Frankenstein,"" ""Coffee Talk with Paul Baldwin,"" ""Meeting Parents Flashback,"" ""Bleak Poetry""

#34 - The New Kid on the Block

The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 8

Bart has a crush on his new neighbor, a teenage girl who only has eyes for Jimbo Jones. Bart sets out to prove that Jimbo is not as tough as he seems.

#35 - Geena Davis/John Mellencamp

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 18

Sketches include "George Bush", "Bob Waltman Special", "The Snow White Story", "Attitudes", "The Palmer Bunch", "Suspended Animation", "Game Show Models" and "The Apocalypse".

#36 - James Woods/Don Henley

Saturday Night Live - Season 15 - Episode 4

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.""

#37 - John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 3

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

#38 - Judge Reinhold/10,000 Maniacs

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 13

Sketches include ""Pumping Up With Hans & Franz,"" ""Church Chat,"" ""Friendly Dictator,"" and ""Big Bird Pirates.""

#39 - Patrick Swayze/Mariah Carey

Saturday Night Live - Season 16 - Episode 4

Sketches include ""Dirty Square Dancing,"" ""Pumping Up With Hanz and Franz,"" ""Ghost 2,"" ""Super Feud,"" ""Chippendales Auditions,"" ""The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,"" ""White Trash Bed and Breakfast,"" and ""Mouse Trap Seminar"".

#40 - The Lady Varnishes

Andy Barker, P.I. - Season 1 - Episode 6

Andy discovers a forty-year-old letter from a woman convicted of murder that explains she was framed. However, Lew's former partner, the real murderer, will stop at nothing to keep the truth from coming out.

#41 - Kyle MacLachlan/Sinead O'Connor

Saturday Night Live - Season 16 - Episode 1

Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""Twin Peaks,"" ""Luther Campbell,"" ""All Things Scottish,"" and ""Frank Sinatra and George Michael"".

#42 - Paul Simon/Linda Ronstadt & the Mariachi Vargas

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 8

Live From New York, it's...Jan Hooks Sketches include: Jesus's Surprise Party, Gary Hart Ad, Pumping Up With Hans and Franz, Christmas on a Desert Island, Master Thespian, The Sweeney Sisters, Subway Beggar, Succinctly Speaking, Seasons Greetings From Tonto, Frankenstein, and Tarzan, Educated Anita, and A Message To Future Viewers Linda Ronstadt and the Mariachi Vargas perform: ""Los Laureles, La Cigarra"" and ""Under African Skies""

#43 - The Big No Sleep

Andy Barker, P.I. - Season 1 - Episode 5

Andy is hired to follow a woman's stepmother and find out if she is having an affair. While trying to solve that case, he is instructed by his wife to investigate the disappearance of their daughter's favorite toy. Molly is incapable of sleeping without the stuffed elephant, Snowball and Jenny wants the toy back.

#44 - Candice Bergen/Cher

Saturday Night Live - Season 13 - Episode 5

Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Pumping Up with Hans & Franz,"" ""Anne Boleyn,"" ""The First Thanksgiving,"" and ""Having Sex by an Open Window."" ""PITMAN and BULLOCK: Put the Power of the PIT BULL to Work for You"".

#45 - Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes

Saturday Night Live - Season 14 - Episode 2

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

#46 - John Goodman/k.d. lang & The Reclines

Saturday Night Live - Season 15 - Episode 7

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"".

#47 - Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman

Saturday Night Live - Season 15 - Episode 9

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.""

#48 - Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt

Saturday Night Live - Season 15 - Episode 11

Sketches include ""The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,"" ""Eternity,"" ""Hired Break-Up,"" ""The Continental,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""Lease With an Option to Kill,"" ""Hardbound""

#49 - Quincy Jones

Saturday Night Live - Season 15 - Episode 12

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"".

#50 - Tom Hanks/Aerosmith

Saturday Night Live - Season 15 - Episode 13

Sketches include ""Ivana Trump Pre-Nup"", ""Wayne's World,"" ""Tales of Ribaldry,"" ""Tradtional Irish Drinking Songs for St. Patrick's Day,"" ""The Mob,"" ""Singles Cruise,"" and ""Black History Minute."" Aerosmith performed ""Jamie's Got a Gun"" and ""Monkey On My Back.""