Saturday Night Live season 16

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Saturday Night Live aired its sixteenth season during the 1990-1991 television season on NBC. Lorne Michaels said during the SNL in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation special, that he didn't want to be put in the spot of having to replace the entire cast all at once (so as not to repeat Jean Doumanian's folly from her stint as executive producer in the early 1980s). So, Lorne hired Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Julia Sweeney, David Spade, Tim Meadows, and Rob Schneider as featured players, stating in the special that "...it was basically like adding a full cast to [my] full cast." The addition of these cast members led to many sketches set in places where there are a lot of people, such as courtrooms, army camps, sporting events, crowds, etc.

This was the final season for cast members Dennis Miller (ending his consecutive six-year reign as Weekend Update anchor) and Jan Hooks.

The sixteenth season began on September 29, 1990, and ended on May 18, 1991.

Contents

[edit] Cast

[edit] Repertory cast members

[edit] Featured cast members

[edit] Episodes

Episode # Air Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks
287 (16.1) September 29, 1990 Kyle MacLachlan Sinéad O'Connor
  • Chris Farley, Chris Rock and David Spade's first episode as cast members
288 (16.2) October 6, 1990 Susan Lucci Hothouse Flowers
  • Gene Rayburn makes a cameo, trying to woo Lucci's character away from marrying another game show host, played by Phil Hartman.
  • Rob Schneider's first episode as a cast member
289 (16.3) October 20, 1990 George Steinbrenner The Time
  • During Morris Day's second performance, he screams, "Where the fuck did this chicken come from? I thought I ordered ribs!" This section has been replaced with a dress rehearsal performance in all reruns and syndicated episodes.
290 (16.4) October 27, 1990 Patrick Swayze Mariah Carey
291 (16.5) November 10, 1990 Jimmy Smits World Party
  • Julia Sweeney's first episode as a cast member
292 (16.6) November 17, 1990 Dennis Hopper Paul Simon
293 (16.7) December 1, 1990 John Goodman Faith No More
  • During the break of Faith No More's performance of "Epic", lead singer Mike Patton climbed up into the background sets ventilation fan; only climbing back out in time to continue the song on cue. The audience really didn't know how to react.
294 (16.8) December 8, 1990 Tom Hanks Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
  • Paul Simon, Steve Martin, and Elliott Gould make cameo appearances as members of the "Five Timer's Club"; Ralph Nader appears as a onetime former host trying to get into the club. Also a young Conan O'Brien can be seen in the skit from his days as a writer on SNL.
295 (16.9) December 15, 1990 Dennis Quaid The Neville Brothers
296 (16.10) January 12, 1991 Joe Mantegna Vanilla Ice
  • Debut of the "Superfans"; the four guys who talk about "Da Bearss" & "Da Bullss" from Ditka's "in the Heart of Chicago, I.L."
297 (16.11) January 19, 1991 Sting
298 (16.12) February 9, 1991 Kevin Bacon INXS
  • Adam Sandler and Tim Meadows' first episode as cast members
299 (16.13) February 16, 1991 Roseanne Barr Deee-Lite
  • General Subliminal (Kevin Nealon) gives a press conference in the cold opening. Roseanne, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz, in a cameo, star in "Misery II".
300 (16.14) February 23, 1991 Alec Baldwin Whitney Houston
301 (16.15) March 16, 1991 Michael J. Fox The Black Crowes
  • Songs played were "Thick-N-Thin" and "She Talks To Angels"
  • A. Whitney Brown's final episode as a cast member
302 (16.16) March 23, 1991 Jeremy Irons Fishbone
303 (16.17) April 13, 1991 Catherine O'Hara R.E.M.
  • Kate Pierson of B-52's performed with R.E.M. on the second song Shiny Happy People.
304 (16.18) April 20, 1991 Steven Seagal Michael Bolton
305 (16.19) May 11, 1991 Delta Burke Chris Isaak
306 (16.20) May 18, 1991 George Wendt Elvis Costello
  • This is Dennis Miller and Jan Hooks' final episode as cast members.
  • In the cold opening, Dennis Miller tells Lorne that one of his final wishes before leaving the show is to open the show by shouting "Live From New York, it's Saturday Night!" In reality, Dennis Miller did say the famous line in a cold opening on the season 11 episode hosted by Harry Dean Stanton (Most fans purposefully forget this since season eleven is considered one of SNL's worst seasons).
Preceded by
Season 15		 Saturday Night Live
Season 16		 Succeeded by
Season 17