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The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 24, 1989, and May 19, 1990, the fifteenth season of SNL.
Mike Myers played Lank Thompson in three different sketches. Thompson was a very handsome man who marketed a line of videos to help men look and act more handsomely. Debuted October 21, 1989.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | October 21, 1989 | Kathleen Turner | Lank Thompson: I'm a Handsome Man |
| 16 | February 23, 1991 | Alec Baldwin | Lank Thompson: I'm a Handsome Actor |
| 17 | April 18, 1992 | Jerry Seinfeld | Lank Thompson: I'm a Handsome Black Man |
A parody of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , with Dana Carvey impersonating Johnny Carson and Phil Hartman impersonating Ed McMahon.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | October 28, 1989 | James Woods | |
| 15 | January 20, 1990 | Christopher Walken | |
| 15 | May 19, 1990 | Candice Bergen | |
| 16 | October 27, 1990 | Patrick Swayze | |
| 16 | May 18, 1991 | George Wendt | The Carsenio Show |
| 17 | October 5, 1991 | Jeff Daniels | |
| 17 | May 16, 1992 | Woody Harrelson |
An effeminate character played by Dana Carvey who needs to convince others that he is not gay. Debuted November 11, 1989.
Portrayed by Jon Lovitz, he spoke in a high-pitched nasal voice and did annoying things in front of Weekend Update's Dennis Miller, such as chewing with his mouth open, or scratching a fork across a slate chalkboard. These sketches often ended with Lovitz saying something in a calm, cultured, refined tone, i.e., "You don't have to yell," or "I love you." Debuted November 11, 1989.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | November 11, 1989 | Chris Evert | |
| 15 | December 2, 1989 | John Goodman | |
| 15 | January 20, 1990 | Christopher Walken | |
| 15 | February 24, 1990 | Fred Savage | |
| 15 | March 17, 1990 | Rob Lowe | |
| 15 | May 12, 1990 | Andrew Dice Clay | |
| 16 | December 15, 1990 | Dennis Quaid |
A Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman sketch.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | November 18, 1989 | Woody Harrelson | |
| 16 | September 29, 1990 | Kyle MacLachlan | |
| 16 | March 23, 1991 | Jeremy Irons | |
| 17 | January 11, 1992 | Rob Morrow | |
| 17 | May 16, 1992 | Woody Harrelson |
Jon Lovitz plays a Jewish variation of Santa Claus. Debuted December 16, 1989.
Christopher Walken plays a self-imagined ladies' man. Debuted January 20, 1990.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | January 20, 1990 | Christopher Walken | |
| 18 | October 24, 1992 | Christopher Walken | |
| 21 | January 13, 1996 | Christopher Walken | |
| 25 | April 8, 2000 | Christopher Walken | |
| 26 | May 19, 2001 | Christopher Walken | |
| 28 | February 22, 2003 | Christopher Walken |
A Mike Myers sketch that later featured Chris Farley who portrayed a character known as "Drinking Buddy," Middle-Aged Man's sidekick. Debuted April 21, 1990.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | April 21, 1990 | Alec Baldwin | |
| 16 | October 20, 1990 | George Steinbrener | |
| 16 | May 18, 1991 | George Wendt |
Philip Edward Hartmann was a Canadian–American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic designer. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family moved to the United States in 1958. After graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. Hartman joined the comedy group the Groundlings in 1975 and there helped comedian Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens's show Pee-wee's Playhouse.
Dana Thomas Carvey is an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter and producer. He is widely famous for being a cast member on the show Saturday Night Live, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award from five consecutive nominations.
Enid Strict, better known as The Church Lady, is a recurring character from a series of sketches on the American television show, Saturday Night Live, that appeared from 1986 to 1990, and again in 1996, 2000, 2011, and 2016. She also appeared on The Dana Carvey Show in March 1996, reading a Top Ten List, "New Titles for Princess Diana."
Jonathan Michael Lovitz is an American actor, comedian and singer. He is best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990. He starred as Jay Sherman in The Critic and has appeared in numerous other television series and films.
As of September 2019, the late-night live variety series Saturday Night Live (SNL) has featured 153 cast members. The ensemble was originally referred to as the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players."
Saturday Night Live is an American sketch comedy series created and produced by Lorne Michaels for most of the show's run. The show has aired on NBC since 1975.
Saturday Night Live is an American sketch comedy series created and produced by Lorne Michaels for most of the show's run. The show has aired on NBC since 1975.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live sketches, organized alphabetically by title. The referenced date is the date when the sketch first appeared.
Saturday Night Live has long mocked the television medium with many fake commercials and parodies of TV shows themselves. Another of the show's frequently used styles of recurring sketches has been the talk show format. However, anything from cop shows to children's shows has been fair game for the ever-changing cast.
"Wayne's World" was originally a recurring sketch from the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. It evolved from a segment titled "Wayne's Power Minute" (1987) on the CBC Television series It's Only Rock & Roll, as the main character first appeared in that show. A prototype of the Wayne character had appeared several years prior on CITY-TV in Toronto's overnight show City Limits. The Saturday Night Live sketch spawned a hit 1992 film, its 1993 sequel, and several catchphrases which have since entered the pop-culture lexicon. The sketch centered on a local public-access television program in Aurora, Illinois, hosted by Wayne Campbell, an enthusiastic and sardonic long-haired metalhead, and his timid and sometimes high-strung, yet equally metal-loving sidekick and best friend, Garth Algar. Wayne lives with his parents and broadcasts his show "live" from the basement of their house every Friday evening at 10:30. The first "Wayne's World" sketch appeared in the 13th Saturday Night Live episode of the 1988/1989 season.
The World's Most Dangerous Party was Paul Shaffer's second album, released as a double CD in July 1993. Assembled as if Paul and his band were playing live at a house party, the album features the voices, but not necessarily singing, of many celebrities and recording artists like David Letterman, Tony Bennett, George Clinton, Joan Jett, Phil Spector, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Jon Lovitz, Richard Belzer and Joe Walsh. All songs on the album were covers and most were instrumental, similar to the versions played by Paul Shaffer and his band on David Letterman's late night talk shows. It was produced, engineered, and mixed by rock icon Todd Rundgren. Assistant engineered by Mike Thompson at The Hit Factory recording studios.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between November 9, 1985, and May 24, 1986, the eleventh season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between October 11, 1986, and May 23, 1987, the twelfth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between October 17, 1987, and February 27, 1988, the thirteenth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between October 8, 1988, and May 20, 1989, the fourteenth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 29, 1990, and May 18, 1991, the sixteenth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live (SNL) characters and sketches introduced between September 28, 1991, and May 16, 1992, the seventeenth season of SNL.
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced between September 25, 1993, and May 14, 1994, the nineteenth season of SNL.
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special is a three-and-a-half-hour prime-time special that aired on Sunday, February 15, 2015, on NBC, celebrating Saturday Night Live's 40th year on the air, having premiered on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. This special generated 23.1 million viewers, becoming NBC's most-watched prime-time, non-sports, entertainment telecast since the Friends series finale in 2004. It is the third such anniversary special to be broadcast, with celebratory episodes also held during the 15th and 25th seasons.