Saturday Night Live (season 19)

Saturday Night Live Season 19

The Saturday Night Live title card as seen in the opening credits of the 19th season.
Country of origin  United States
No. of episodes 20
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run September 25, 1993 – May 14, 1994
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Saturday Night Live aired its nineteenth season during the 1993-1994 television season on NBC. The season began on September 25, 1993 and ended on May 14, 1994.

Many changes happened before the start of the season. Dana Carvey had left the show in the middle of the previous season. Chris Rock and Robert Smigel also left the show at the end of the previous season.

Ellen Cleghorne, Melanie Hutsell, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler, and David Spade were all promoted to repertory status.

Stand-up comics Norm Macdonald, Jay Mohr and Sarah Silverman were hired as writers and would debut as featured players a few episodes into the season. Veteran comic actor Michael McKean joined the show mid-season as a repertory cast member.

This would also be the final season for Phil Hartman, Melanie Hutsell, Rob Schneider, Sarah Silverman and Julia Sweeney.

A major blow for the show was the loss of Hartman. Before his final show the entire cast and crew presented him with a bronzed stick of glue, symbolizing how he had become "The Glue" of the show, a term coined by Adam Sandler.[1]

Contents

Cast

Repertory cast members
Featured cast members

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers#Season 19

Movies

Movie Name Release Date Notes
Wayne's World 2 December 10, 1993
  • The movie is the sequel to the 1992 hit Wayne's World, which was based on the popular "Wayne's World" sketches.
  • Cast members Dana Carvey, Chris Farley and Mike Myers appear in the film. SNL writers Bob Odenkirk and Robert Smigel have brief cameos as concert nerds.
  • The film did not do as well at the box office as its predecessor but it still did well commercially. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
It's Pat August 26, 1994

Episodes

Episode # Air Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks
347 (19.1) September 25, 1993 Charles Barkley Nirvana
348 (19.2) October 2, 1993 Shannen Doherty Cypress Hill
  • Norm Macdonald's first episode as a cast member
349 (19.3) October 9, 1993 Jeff Goldblum Aerosmith
  • Jay Mohr and Sarah Silverman's first episode as cast members.
350 (19.4) October 23, 1993 John Malkovich Billy Joel
351 (19.5) October 30, 1993 Christian Slater The Smashing Pumpkins
  • The Smashing Pumpkins perform "Today" and "Cherub Rock".
352 (19.6) November 13, 1993 Rosie O'Donnell James Taylor
  • James Taylor performs "Memphis" & "Slap Leather" and "Secret O' Life."
353 (19.7) November 20, 1993 Nicole Kidman Stone Temple Pilots
  • The Stone Temple Pilots perform "Creep" and "Crackerman".
  • Guest appearance by Dana Carvey.
354 (19.8) December 4, 1993 Charlton Heston Paul Westerberg
  • The opening montage has the cast members made over to look like apes to coincide with a running gag from the cold opening parodying Planet of the Apes; in addition the musical guest and host are introduced as "Singing Human Paul Westerberg" and "Captured Slave Charlton Heston".
355 (19.9) December 11, 1993 Sally Field Tony! Toni! Tone!
  • Tony! Toni! Tone! perform "If I Had No Loot" and "Tell Me Mama."
356 (19.10) January 8, 1994 Jason Patric Blind Melon
357 (19.11) January 15, 1994 Sara Gilbert Counting Crows
358 (19.12) February 5, 1994 Patrick Stewart Salt-N-Pepa
359 (19.13) February 12, 1994 Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger UB40
  • The 60-minute rerun of the episode has been edited to remove the sketch where Adam Sandler's Canteen Boy is molested by his scoutmaster (played by Alec Baldwin). This is not cut in reruns of the 90-minute version and is included in SNL DVD special versions: "Best Of" specials for Adam Sandler and Alec Baldwin, "SNL's Bad Boys", and "SNL: The 1990's".
  • UB40 performs "C'est La Vie" and "Can't Help Falling in Love."
  • Guest appearances by Steven Baldwin and William Baldwin.
360 (19.14) February 19, 1994 Martin Lawrence Crash Test Dummies
  • The monologue in the syndication reruns is edited to remove Lawrence's comments about the decline in feminine hygiene, and is replaced with a graphic explaining the comments and how it almost cost everyone at SNL their jobs.
361 (19.15) March 12, 1994 Nancy Kerrigan Aretha Franklin
  • Michael McKean's first episode as a cast member.
362 (19.16) March 19, 1994 Helen Hunt Snoop Doggy Dogg
  • This episode featured the first "Total Bastard Airlines" sketch.
  • Snoop Dogg performs "Gin and Juice" and "Lodi Dodi."
  • Guest appearance by Cindy Crawford.
363 (19.17) April 9, 1994 Kelsey Grammer Dwight Yoakam
364 (19.18) April 16, 1994 Emilio Estevez Pearl Jam
  • Pearl Jam performed "Not for You," "Rearviewmirror" and "Daughter." Their performance was only 8 days after the discovery of the body of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Nirvana had performed on SNL earlier in the season. During the goodnights, singer Eddie Vedder lifted his jacket to reveal the letter K written on his shirt as a tribute to Cobain.
365 (19.19) May 7, 1994 John Goodman The Pretenders
366 (19.20) May 14, 1994 Heather Locklear Janet Jackson
  • Phil Hartman, Melanie Hutsell, Rob Schneider, Sarah Silverman, and Julia Sweeney's final episode as cast members.
  • A musical tribute is given to Phil Hartman and ends with him holding an asleep Chris Farley (dressed as Matt Foley). Both Farley and Hartman would die tragically less than seven months apart in 1997 and 1998.
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