Saturday Night Live season 16

Extensive changes occurred before the start of the season. Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz were both dropped from the show. Following her boycott of the episode hosted by Andrew Dice Clay the previous season, Dunn left the cast.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Perrin |first=Dennis |date=2015-09-09 |title=When Andrew Dice Clay Came to 'SNL' and Controversy Followed |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/09/when-andrew-dice-clay-came-to-snl-and-controversy-followed.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Vulture |language=en |ref=Perrin}}{{#invoke:cite web||last=Bolonik |first=Kera |date=2015-04-08 |title=Nora Dunn: "SNL is a traumatic experience. It’s something you have to survive" |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/04/07/nora_dunn_snl_is_a_traumatic_experience_it%e2%80%99s_something_you_have_to_survive/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Salon |language=en}}{{#invoke:cite news||last=Endrst |first=James |date=1990-09-29 |title=Ho-hum! 'Saturday Night Live' kicks off 16th season |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Uh0hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=82MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6833%2C8146909 |access-date=2024-04-30 |work=Hartford Courant |page=B10 |via=The Pittsburgh Press |ref=Endrst}}

Before the season began, Lovitz requested time off so he could film Mom and Dad Save the World, which would cause him to miss the first several episodes of the season. Michaels refused, because he did not view this to be fair to the other cast members. Lovitz subsequently quit.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Engel |first=Joel |date=1992-08-02 |title=They're More Than Just a Pair of Characters; Jon Lovitz Conjures Up Many People With One Voice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/02/archives/theyre-more-than-just-a-pair-of-characters-jon-lovitz-conjures-up.html |access-date=2024-05-03 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} However, he would make several cameo appearances throughout this season.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Wright |first=Megh |date=2011-07-13 |title=Saturday Night’s Children: Jon Lovitz (1985-1990) |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/07/saturday-nights-children-jon-lovitz-1985-1990.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Vulture |language=en}}

With Dunn and Lovitz gone, Michaels was put in an unusual situation. Most of the cast had been on the show for five seasons. He did not want to be put in the spot of having to replace the entire cast all at once (and to avoid repeating Jean Doumanian's mistake—and his previous mistake in the case of the season 11 cast—of hiring a cast of new, inexperienced cast members with little to no comedic chemistry). Instead, he promoted writers Rob Schneider and David Spade to the cast and hired Chris Farley, Chris Rock and Julia Sweeney.{{Sfn|Shales|Miller|2002|p=365-366}} He later hired Tim Meadows{{#invoke:cite news||last=Shister |first=Gail |date=February 20, 1991 |title=Baby Talk to air March 8 on ABC |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HOxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2UANAAAAIBAJ&pg=1303%2C3422511 |access-date=May 3, 2024 |work=Beaver County Times |page=D8 |agency=Knight-Ridder Newspapers}} and Adam Sandler{{#invoke:cite web||last=Irwin |first=Corey |date=2021-02-09 |title=30 Years Ago: Adam Sandler Makes His Forgettable 'SNL' Debut |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/adam-sandler-saturday-night-live-debut/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}} to the cast midseason.

Starting with this season, the cast was divided into three groups. A middle group was created, and this new category would be introduced with the word "with," following the introduction of the repertory players.{{Sfn|Shales|Miller|2002|p=569}} The first cast members added to the new group were Farley and Rock, with Meadows and Sweeney added midseason.

This season would also be the final season for Dennis Miller,{{#invoke:cite news||last=Johnson |first=Allan |date=1992-01-20 |title=Anchor of 'Weekend Update' to start late-night talk fest |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XOtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eYUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1274%2C2267964 |access-date=2024-05-28 |work=Chicago Tribune |page=D6 |via=The Vindicator}} Jan Hooks and A. Whitney Brown. Hooks left at the end of the season to join the show Designing Women,{{#invoke:cite news||last=Mink |first=Eric |date=1991-08-16 |title='SNL' will air Jordan for debut |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WYJcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=41YNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1373%2C232294 |access-date=May 28, 2024 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |page=C12 |via=The Vindicator}} and Brown left the show midseason to move on to other acting opportunities. Miller, who also departed at the end of the season, was at the time the longest running anchor of Weekend Update, having done the job for six full seasons, until Seth Meyers broke the record in season 38.{{#invoke:cite web||last=Reilly |first=Dan |date=2014-05-18 |title=A Complete Ranking of Saturday Night Live ‘Weekend Update’ Anchors - Slideshow |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/04/snl-weekend-update-anchors-ranking.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Vulture |language=en}} However, Miller still holds the record as the longest solo anchor of Weekend Update as Meyers was paired with Amy Poehler in his first three seasons on Weekend Update and Cecily Strong in his final season on the show.

Additionally, at the time of his departure, Miller was (briefly) the show's longest-tenured cast member (in the show's history), as he was the first cast member to stay on the show, for more than five seasons. However, several of his (former) castmates would pass that record over the next few years

Phil Hartman was also planning on leaving the show, but NBC convinced Hartman to stay on for a few more seasons by promising him his own comedy show,{{#invoke:cite news||last=Bark |first=Ed |date=1993-09-21 |title=Phil Hartman prepares for days after 'Saturday Night' |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k9pRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XG4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6968%2C3229469 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |work=Dallas Morning News |page=D-7}} which was later scrapped.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Thomas |first=Bob |date=1995-08-25 |title=Down-to-earth Phil Hartman made steady climb to stardom |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uTpHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bekMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1223%2C5463580 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |work=The Daily Gazette |page=D7 |agency=The Associated Press}} Hartman's third wife, Brynn, appears in this season's opening credits montage as the woman whom Hartman is speaking with in a restaurant booth.

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Repertory players

• Dana Carvey
• Phil Hartman
• Jan Hooks
• Victoria Jackson
• Dennis Miller
• Mike Myers
• Kevin Nealon

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Middle players

• Chris Farley
• Tim Meadows (first episode: February 9, 1991)
• Chris Rock
• Julia Sweeney (first episode: November 10, 1990)

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Featured players

• A. Whitney Brown (final episode: March 16, 1991)
• Al Franken
• Adam Sandler (first episode: February 9, 1991)
• Rob Schneider (first episode: October 27, 1990)
• David Spade (first episode: November 10, 1990)

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bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

All performers in the "Middle Players" category were credited for every episode after they were introduced, whereas performers in the featured players were only credited in episodes in which they appear. Of the featured players, Rob Schneider is credited for 14 episodes, David Spade and Al Franken for eight episodes each, Adam Sandler for seven episodes, and A. Whitney Brown for five episodes.

{{main|List of Saturday Night Live writers#season 16}}

Notable writers from season 16 included Jim Downey, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Jack Handey, Conan O'Brien, Adam Sandler (who was a new writer),{{#invoke:cite news||last=Willman |first=Chris |date=1994-07-10 |title=TELEVISION : Just Call Him Bankable Boy |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-10-ca-14037-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902185200/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-10-ca-14037-story.html |archive-date=2019-09-02 |access-date=2024-05-03 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{#invoke:cite web||last=Reilly |first=Travis |date=2015-12-15 |title=11 Reveals From Adam Sandler's First Howard Interview |url=https://www.howardstern.com/news/2015/12/15/adam-sandler-first-howard-interview-11-reveals-snl-drew-barrymore/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Howard Stern |language=en-US |ref=Stern}} Rob Smigel and Bob Odenkirk.

Season 16 would be the final year for O'Brien and Odenkirk as Saturday Night Live writers. O'Brien (who previously joined the writing staff in 1988) left to write for The Simpsons, and would later host NBC's Late Night and Tonight Show late night talk shows. Odenkirk (who wrote on the show for four years, starting in 1987) would go on to write for future cast member Chris Elliott's Get a Life and The Dennis Miller Show as well as The Ben Stiller Show, for which he was also a cast member. In 1995, he would co-create and co-star on HBO's Mr. Show with Bob and David.{{#invoke:cite news||last=Spitz |first=Marc |date=March 13, 2011 |title=Mr. Show: The Oral History |url=https://www.spin.com/2011/03/mr-show-oral-history/ |access-date=April 19, 2024 |work=Spin}}

This was also the final season for longtime writer A. Whitney Brown (who had been a writer since 1985, as he left the writing staff after six years. {{cite episode|title=Michael Jordan/Public Enemy|series=Saturday Night Live|season=17|number=1|network=NBC|date=September 28, 1991|time=Closing credits}}

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|EpisodeNumber2=1

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|9|29}}

|RTitle=Kyle MacLachlan

|Aux1=Sinéad O'Connor

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Al Franken
• Sinéad O'Connor performs "Three Babies" and "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Bad Idea Jeans TV advertisement parody with uncredited appearances by Bob Odenkirk and David Spade.
• Writer Conan O'Brien appears in the Twin Peaks sketch as Andy Brennan.
• Chris Farley and Chris Rock's first episode as cast members.
• Wally Feresten's first episode as cue card handler.https://theworld.org/stories/2018/05/22/iconic-cue-card-holder-makes-name-himself-entertainment-industry

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|EpisodeNumber=288

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|6}}

|RTitle=Susan Lucci

|Aux1=Hothouse Flowers

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• Credited Featured Players: (none)
• Hothouse Flowers performs "Give It Up" and "I Can See Clearly Now".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Gene Rayburn makes a cameo appearance in the "Game Breakers" sketch, along with Don Pardo.
• Future cast member David Spade appears in the "Game Breakers" sketch.

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|EpisodeNumber=289

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|20}}

|RTitle=George Steinbrenner

|Aux1=Morris Day & The Time

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Al Franken
• The Time performs "Jerk Out" and "Chocolate".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}

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|EpisodeNumber2=4

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|27}}

|RTitle=Patrick Swayze

|Aux1=Mariah Carey

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• Credited Featured Players: A. Whitney Brown, Al Franken, Rob Schneider
• Mariah Carey performs "Vision of Love" and "Vanishing".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Swayze's wife, Lisa Niemi, appears during the monologue and dances with her husband.
• Episode contains the "Chippendales" sketch, where Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley play dancers competing to be cast for the male burlesque troupe Chippendales.{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/233 p. 233]}}
• Rob Schneider's first episode as a cast member.

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|EpisodeNumber=291

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|10}}

|RTitle=Jimmy Smits

|Aux1=World Party

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Rob Schneider, David Spade
• World Party performs "Way Down Now" and "Ship of Fools".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Bob Costas makes a cameo appearance in the "Spanish Pronunciation" sketch.
• Contains the first "The Dark Side with Nat X" sketch.{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/241 pp. 241–242]}}
• David Spade and Julia Sweeney's first episode as cast members.

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|EpisodeNumber=292

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|17}}

|RTitle=Dennis Hopper

|Aux1=Paul Simon

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Rob Schneider
• Paul Simon performs "The Obvious Child" with Olodum, "Late in the Evening" and "Proof".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}} He also appears in the "Bowman's Retirement Party" sketch.
• Miss America pageant host Bert Parks makes a cameo appearance during the monologue and in the following "All New This Is Your Life" sketch.

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|EpisodeNumber=293

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|12|1}}

|RTitle=John Goodman

|Aux1=Faith No More

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Rob Schneider, David Spade
• Faith No More performs "Epic" and "From Out of Nowhere".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Contains the first "Pat" sketch{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/244 pp. 244–246]}}

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|EpisodeNumber2=8

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|12|8}}

|RTitle=Tom Hanks

|Aux1=Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: A. Whitney Brown
• Edie Brickell & New Bohemians performs "Woyaho" and "He Said".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Elliott Gould, Steve Martin and Paul Simon make cameo appearances as members of the "Five Timer's Club"; Jon Lovitz cameos as a waiter, Conan O'Brien as a doorman and Ralph Nader appears as a onetime former host trying to get into the club.{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/46 p. 46]}} Ralph Nader also appears in the "Global Warming Christmas Special" sketch.
• Tony Randall makes a cameo appearance in the "Game Beaters/Mr. Short Term Memory" sketch.
• Future cast member Adam Sandler appears in the Sabra sketch.
• Aired on the 10th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. An excerpt of Lennon’s “Instant Karma!” is played at the beginning and end of Weekend Update .

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|EpisodeNumber=295

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|12|15}}

|RTitle=Dennis Quaid

|Aux1=The Neville Brothers

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Rob Schneider
• The Neville Brothers performs "Brother Jake" and "River of Life."{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Jon Lovitz makes a cameo appearance during "Weekend Update" as his character "Annoying Man".
• Future cast member Adam Sandler appears in the Ex-Boyfriend sketch, which was submitted by an uncredited Judd Apatow.

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|EpisodeNumber=296

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|1|12}}

|RTitle=Joe Mantegna

|Aux1=Vanilla Ice

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: A. Whitney Brown, Rob Schneider
• Vanilla Ice performs "Ice Ice Baby" and "Play That Funky Music".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Future cast member Adam Sandler portrays Hector Camacho in the O'Hanlon Memorial sketch.
• Debut of "Bill Swerski's Superfans".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/248 pp. 248–249]}}

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|EpisodeNumber2=11

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|1|19}}

|RTitle=Sting

|Aux1=Sting

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Al Franken, Rob Schneider, David Spade
• Sting performs "All This Time", "Mad About You" and "Purple Haze".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Contains the first "Richmeister"{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/250 pp. 250–251]}} sketch, the debut of "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey", the first "Coffee Talk" sketch as well as the "Sinatra Group" sketch.

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|EpisodeNumber2=12

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|2|9}}

|RTitle=Kevin Bacon

|Aux1=INXS

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: A Whitney Brown, Al Franken, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider
• INXS performs "Bitter Tears" and "Suicide Blonde".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Contains the first "Stuart Smalley" sketch.{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/255 pp. 255–257]}}
• Tim Meadows and Adam Sandler's first episode as cast members.

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|EpisodeNumber2=13

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|2|16}}

|RTitle=Roseanne Barr

|Aux1=Deee-Lite

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider
• Deee-Lite performs "World Clique" and "Power of Love"{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}} with backing by Bootsy Collins & The Rubber Band.
• Tom Arnold makes a cameo appearance in the Sally sketch.
• Jon Lovitz makes a cameo appearance in the Misery II sketch.

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|EpisodeNumber=300

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|2|23}}

|RTitle=Alec Baldwin

|Aux1=Whitney Houston

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: David Spade
• Whitney Houston performs "I'm Your Baby Tonight", "All the Man That I Need" and "My Name Is Not Susan".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}} Houston also appears during the monologue.
• Jon Lovitz and journalist Arthur Kent appear during the monologue.
• Boxer Evander Holyfield appears in the pre-recorded "The Dancer" sketch.

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|EpisodeNumber=301

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|3|16}}

|RTitle=Michael J. Fox

|Aux1=The Black Crowes

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: A Whitney Brown, Al Franken, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Spade
• The Black Crowes perform "Thick n' Thin" and "She Talks To Angels".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• A. Whitney Brown's final episode as a cast member.

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|EpisodeNumber=302

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|3|23}}

|RTitle=Jeremy Irons

|Aux1=Fishbone

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider
• Fishbone performs "Sunless Saturday" and "Everyday Sunshine".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Boxer Donovan "Razor" Ruddock appears during "Weekend Update" and the "Buzz Pen" sketch.

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|EpisodeNumber=303

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|4|13}}

|RTitle=Catherine O'Hara

|Aux1=R.E.M.

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Al Franken, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade
• R.E.M. performs "Losing My Religion" and "Shiny Happy People".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}} Kate Pierson of The B-52's performs with R.E.M. on the latter number.
• Carole King plays with the Saturday Night Live Band.
• Boxer Evander Holyfield appears in a replay of "The Dancer" sketch.
• Bob Odenkirk appears during the monologue as an audience member.
• Randy Quaid makes a cameo appearance in the "In Conclusion Theatre" sketch.

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|EpisodeNumber=304

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|4|20}}

|RTitle=Steven Seagal

|Aux1=Michael Bolton

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade
• Michael Bolton performs "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" and "Time, Love and Tenderness".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}} He also appears in the "Musicians for Free-Range Chickens" sketch.

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|EpisodeNumber=305

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|5|11}}

|RTitle=Delta Burke

|Aux1=Chris Isaak

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Al Franken, Adam Sandler
• Chris Isaak performs "Wicked Game" and "Diddley Daddy".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}} He also appears in the "Karaoke Bar" sketch.
• Madonna appears in a filmed cameo during the "Wayne's World" sketch.
• An edited version of this episode was released as part of the three-episode "Best of Saturday Night Live: Special Edition" VHS (1992).

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|EpisodeNumber=306

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|5|18}}

|RTitle=George Wendt

|Aux1=Elvis Costello

|ShortSummary=

• Credited Featured Players: Rob Schneider, David Spade
• Elvis Costello performs "The Other Side of Summer" and "So Like Candy".{{sfn|Cader|Baskin|1994|loc=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/124 pp. 124–127]}}
• Jan Hooks and Dennis Miller's final episode as cast members.
• Miller's final episode as Weekend Update anchor.

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• {{cite book|title=Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years |last1=Cader |first1=Michael |last2=Baskin |first2=Edie |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |year=1994 |url=https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/|isbn=0-395-70895-8}}
• {{Cite book |last=Shales |first=Tom |title=Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live |last2=Miller |first2=James Andrew |publisher=Little, Brown |year=2002 |isbn=978-0316781466}}

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