The BEST episodes written by James Downey
#1 - Larry David/The 1975
Saturday Night Live - Season 41 - Episode 12
Sketches include Message from Ted Cruz Cold Open, Larry David Monologue, FBI Simulator, Bern Your Enthusiasm, Steam Ship, Totinos, Weekend Update: Sturdy Barbie, Weekend Update: Jon Rudnitsky, Weekend Update: Derek Zoolander & Hansel, Songwriting Class, Peyton & Cam, and Last Call with Larry David.
Watch Now:Amazon
#2 - Madonna/Simple Minds
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 1
Sketches include: ""SNL Drug Tests,"" ""A Message From The Almighty,"" ""National Inquirer Theatre,"" ""Pinklisting,"" ""Cabrini Green,"" and ""Nancy Reagan Meets Charles and Di."" Simple Minds performed ""Alive and Kicking.""
Watch Now:Apple TV
#3 - David Duchovny/Rod Stewart
Saturday Night Live - Season 20 - Episode 20
Live from New York, for the last time, it's…Michael McKean! Sketches include ""Beastman of Studio 8H,"" You Think You're Better Than Me?, Zagat's, ""New England General Store,"" Ricki Lake, ""Rock and Roll Realtor,"" and ""Polar Bears.""
Watch Now:Apple TV
#4 - Tina Fey/Arcade Fire
Saturday Night Live - Season 39 - Episode 1
Cold Open: Affordable Care Act Sketches: Airport, New Cast Member or Arcade Fire?, Cinema Classics, Manolo Blahnik Pretaped: Girls, E-Meth, Rick's Model T's
#5 - Steve Martin/The Kinks
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 14
Live from New York, It's...Steve Martin Sketches include-- Steve Martin's Ego Trip, Happy Feet, The Coneheads, Celebrity Weightlifting, Dr. Breadloaf Quickloss Diet Book, Pulling the Plug, Hollywood Bingo, Plenty in Common, Roots II
Watch Now:Apple TV
#6 - Bruce Willis/Katy Perry
Saturday Night Live - Season 39 - Episode 3
Cold Open: NASA Shutdown Sketches: Black Ops, The Ol' Barbershop, Boy Dance Party, The Lady Gaga Show, Armageddon, Centauri Vodka, Protective Son, Sigma Commercials: 24-hour Energy For Dating Actresses, E-meth
#7 - Fran Tarkenton/Leo Sayer
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 13
Sketches include-- Locker Room Pep Talk, Swiss Army Gun, Amputated Football Player, Black Perspective, "Grand Stand", Rhonda Weiss, Community Appeal, Anabolic Steroids Cereal, Amy Carter and the Secret Service, The Hotel Room.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#8 - Miley Cyrus
Saturday Night Live - Season 39 - Episode 2
Cold Opening: VMAs Backstage Sketches: 50 Shades of Grey Auditions, Girlfriends Talk Show, We Did Stop, Piers Morgan Live, Cheer Squad, Mornin' Miami, Poetry Class, Miley Sex Tape
#9 - Ralph Nader/George Benson
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 11
Live from New York, It's...Ralph Nader Sketches include-- Ralph Nader wants to cut loose, Badmouthing Grandfather, Dress Rehearsal for Execution, The Confederate Takeover, "Baba Wawa At Large"" The Coneheads, "Youth Ask Questions", Andy Kaufman as Elvis, Testing Party Dolls.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#10 - Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 12
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi in a wheelchair! Sketches include-- Belushi's too sick to do the show, Barbara Streisand, Emily Litella and Her Sister, Tomorrow with Tom Snyder, Little Old Ladies of The Night, Asking the Babysitter About Sex, E. Buzz Miller, Crazy Frank Commercial parody, and Mr. Mike's Least-Loved Bedtime Tales.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#11 - Bill Murray/The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs
Saturday Night Live - Season 7 - Episode 8
Sketches include ""The Phone Company,"" ""Tales of the Unlikely,"" ""Washed-Up Tom Snyder,"" ""MX-5 Tampons,"" and ""The Economics of Christmas."" The Spinners perform ""I'll Be Around.""
#12 - 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"".
Watch Now:Apple TV
#13 - Julian Bond/Brick/Tom Waits
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 18
Live From New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Emily Litella's New Love, Lowell Brock, Black Perspective, "Dr.X, Family Counselor", Right On Afro Lustre, Great Moments In Motown, Creeley's Soup, Bad Cinema, George Wallace, Julian and Andrew Young Talk With President Carter.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#14 - Elliott Gould/McGarrigle Sisters
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 19
Live From New York, It's...John Belushi! Sketches include-- Brezhnev Wants to Appear on Carson, The Castration Walk, Nick The Lounge Singer, You've Come a Long Way, Buddy, United Face Bank, Jason and Sunshine, Pilson Feedbag Dinners.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#15 - Chris Pratt/Ariana Grande
Saturday Night Live - Season 40 - Episode 1
Host Chris Pratt; Ariana Grande performs.
#16 - Megan Fox/U2
Saturday Night Live - Season 35 - Episode 1
Live from New York, it's... Fred Armisen! Sketches include "Gadhafi's Second Speech," "Bladdivon," "Flight Attendants," "Russian Brides," "SWAT Commander" (Digital Short), "Grady Wilson's Burning Up The Bedsheets," "Live Lounge," "Biker Chick Chat," "Megan's Roommate" (Digital Short), and "Your Mom Talks to Megan Fox While You Get Ready." U2 performed "Breathe," "Moment of Surrender," and "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)."
#17 - Sissy Spacek/Richard Baskin
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 15
Live From New York, It's...Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, and Sissy Spacek! Sketches include-- "Dave Wilson's Dead," "Burger Master," "Ask President Carter", "How Your Children Grow", "Belushi's Olympic Dream," "Gidget's Disease," "Bad Playhouse," and "White Trash Couple."
Watch Now:Apple TV
#18 - Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 21
Live From New York, It's...John Belushi Sketches include-- Bee Sketch Is Pre-Empted by Norton-Bobick Fight, Video Vixens, Badly Disguised Bank Robber, Viva Las Vegas II, "Baba Wawa At Large", Feuding Couple, "Bad Ballet", "Night of The Moonies", Audience Member Chevy.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#19 - Jack Burns/Santana
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 17
Live From New York, It's...John Belushi Sketches include-- Belushi Refuses to Say Live From New York, The Coneheads, Marine Wedding, "The Untouchables", "The Story of The Squatters", "Ask Big Daddy", Washed Up Comedy Writer, Suicidal Buisnessman, Old-Fashioned Pharmacist.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#20 - Lizzo
Saturday Night Live - Season 47 - Episode 18
Lizzo hosts and performs as musical guest on Saturday Night Live on April 16, 2022.
#21 - RuPaul / Justin Bieber
Saturday Night Live - Season 45 - Episode 13
Sketches include: Charades, The Queen, Not going Dutch, Boop-it, RuPaul Reads, Weekend Update, Thirsty Cops, The Old New York Show with Madge and Dickie
#22 - Broderick Crawford/Dr. John, The Meters
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 16
Live From New York, It's...Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, & Linda Ronstadt Sketches include-- "Goodbye Saccharine", Samurai Hit-Man, "Mel's Hide Heaven", Bill Murray--The New Guy, Lucy Ricardo's Nuke Job, "Highway Patrol", "Baba Wawa At Large", Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#23 - Eric Idle/Neil Innes
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 20
Live From New York, It's...Bill Murray Sketches include-- Potato Torture, The American Dope Growers Union, "The Nixon Interviews", Flight Attendant Sherry, "Plain Talk", "Heavy Wit Championship", Bill Murray's Bad Childhood Memories, "Telethon for Britian", "The Battle of Britain". Gary Weis film: Body Language.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#24 - Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes
Saturday Night Live - Season 2 - Episode 22
Live From New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Carter's Energy Saving Message, Buck Performs A Live Sex Act, Samurai B.M.O.C, The Shower Mike, The Coneheads Return to Remulak, Rhonda Weiss's Bridal Shower, Charles Lindbergh Meets the Land Shark.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#25 - Alec Baldwin/Luciano Pavarotti
Saturday Night Live - Season 24 - Episode 9
Sketches include ""A Message From The President,"" ""Morning Latte,"" ""Six-Year-Old Cassidy,"" ""Delicious Dish,"" ""Bill Clinton's Impeachment Hearings,"" ""10-10-1776-5-28-1830-242-3-316-68-22"", ""TV Funhouse: The Harlem Globetrotters"", and ""Talkin' About Bill Brasky.""
Watch Now:Apple TV
#26 - Vince Vaughn/Lauryn Hill
Saturday Night Live - Season 24 - Episode 8
Sketches include ""House Judiciaries Oral Sexperts,"" ""Dog Show,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" ""What Marriage is Like to Guys,"" ""John Lennon and Jerry Garcia Memorials,"" ""Exxon and Mobil Mergers,"" ""Norman Bates and His Mother,"" ""Pimp Chat,"" and ""Delco Cat Toys.""
Watch Now:Apple TV
#27 - Cuba Gooding Jr./Ricky Martin
Saturday Night Live - Season 24 - Episode 18
Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""NBC Miniseries,"" ""Pretty Living,"" ""The Ladies' Man,"" and ""Mango.""
Watch Now:Apple TV