\n*Guest appearances are made by [[Sam Kinison]], [[David Johansen|Buster Poindexter]] performs \"[[Hit the Road Jack]]\" and [[Spike Lee]] introduces Run-DMC as his [[Mars Blackmon]] character from ''[[She's Gotta Have It]]''.\n*First appearance of [[The Sweeney Sisters]].{{cite book|title=Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]|year=1994|pages=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/218 218–219]|isbn=0-395-70895-8|url=https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/218}}\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=216\n|EpisodeNumber2=3\n|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|8}}\n|RTitle=[[Rosanna Arquette]]\n|Aux1=[[Ric Ocasek]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*[[Ric Ocasek]] performs \"[[Emotion in Motion (song)|Emotion in Motion]]\" and \"Keep on Laughin'\".\n*The episode was actually recorded and scheduled to air two weeks prior on October 25, but was delayed due to NBC's broadcast of the legendary [[1986 World Series#Game 6|sixth game of the 1986 World Series]] between the [[New York Mets]] and [[Boston Red Sox]] going into one extra inning (the series was eventually won by the Mets two nights later); the aired version began with a taped segment in which Mets pitcher [[Ron Darling]] playfully apologized for the cancellation.\n*[[Ric Ocasek]] appeared as himself in ''Church Chat''.\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=217\n|EpisodeNumber2=4\n|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|15}}\n|RTitle=[[Sam Kinison]]\n|Aux1=[[Lou Reed]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Lou Reed performs \"[[I Love You, Suzanne]]\" from 1984's ''[[New Sensations]]'' and \"[[The Original Wrapper]]\" from 1986's ''[[Mistrial (album)|Mistrial]]''.\n*Guest appearance by porn star [[Seka (actress)|Seka]].\n*A guest appearance by [[Buster Poindexter]] is mentioned in the intro alongside the first acknowledgement of G.E. Smith being the lead of the house band; Kinison apologizes that he was cut for time in the goodnights.\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=218\n|EpisodeNumber2=5\n|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1986|11|22}}\n|RTitle=[[Robin Williams]]\n|Aux1=[[Paul Simon]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Paul Simon performs \"[[Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes]]\", \"[[The Boy in the Bubble]]\" and \"[[The Late Great Johnny Ace]]\". The first song featured [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], making their second appearance on the show, while \"The Late Great Johnny Ace\" opened with a still shot of [[John F. Kennedy]], marking the 23rd anniversary of his assassination (which is referenced in the song.) Simon also appears in the \"Ticket Line\", \"Hamlet\" and \"Baycrest Jewish Retirement Home\" sketches.\n*[[Art Garfunkel]] appears in the \"Ticket Line\" sketch with [[Paul Simon]].\n*[[Whoopi Goldberg]] makes a cameo appearance, introducing Simon's second song.\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=219\n|EpisodeNumber2=6\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|12|6}}\n|RTitle=[[Chevy Chase]]
[[Steve Martin]]
[[Martin Short]]\n|Aux1=[[Randy Newman]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Randy Newman performs \"Longest Night\" and \"Roll with the Punches\".\n*Chevy Chase acknowledges his recent stint in the [[Betty Ford Center]] in the monologue and cold opening, a sketch where klutzy people hold a support group meeting called Stumblebums Anonymous.\n*In a sketch written by [[Jim Downey (comedian)|Jim Downey]] and [[Al Franken]], Phil Hartman portrays President [[Ronald Reagan]] as Mastermind, a \"sweet, befuddled old man in public, who in private becomes the hard-charging director of the covert operation to finance the [[Nicaraguan Contras]]\".\n*Guest appearance by [[Eric Idle]].\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=220\n|EpisodeNumber2=7\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|12|13}}\n|RTitle=[[Steve Guttenberg]]\n|Aux1=[[The Pretenders]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*The Pretenders performs \"[[Don't Get Me Wrong]]\" and \"How Much Did You Get for Your Soul?\".\n*Guest appearances by [[Penn & Teller]] and [[Buster Poindexter]]. Poindexter and Pretenders lead singer [[Chrissie Hynde]] performed \"Rockin' Good Way\".\n*[[Tim Robbins]] appears in a short film, \"Profiles: Bob Roberts\". His directorial debut, \"[[Bob Roberts]]\", was based on this segment.\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=221\n|EpisodeNumber2=8\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1986|12|20}}\n|RTitle=[[William Shatner]]\n|Aux1=[[Lone Justice]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Lone Justice performs \"Shelter\" and \"I Found Love\".\n*This show features a sketch where William Shatner, sick of [[Star Trek]] fans asking him inane questions, tells them to \"Get a life!\"{{cite book|title=Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]|year=1994|pages=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/42 42]|isbn=0-395-70895-8|url=https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade/page/42}}\n*Comedian [[Kevin Meaney]] makes a guest appearance.\n*Special guest [[Buster Poindexter]] played \"Zat You, Santa?\".\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=222\n|EpisodeNumber2=9\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|1|24}}\n|RTitle=[[Joe Montana]]
[[Walter Payton]]\n|Aux1=[[Debbie Harry|Deborah Harry]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Deborah Harry performs \"[[French Kissin (song)|French Kissin]]\" and \"[[In Love with Love]]\".\n*[[Buster Poindexter]] performs \"Scotch and Soda\".\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=223\n|EpisodeNumber2=10\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|1|31}}\n|RTitle=[[Paul Shaffer]]\n|Aux1=[[Bruce Hornsby & the Range]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Bruce Hornsby & the Range performs \"[[The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby song)|The Way It Is]]\" and \"[[Mandolin Rain]]\".\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=224\n|EpisodeNumber2=11\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|2|14}}\n|RTitle=[[Bronson Pinchot]]\n|Aux1=[[Paul Young]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Paul Young performs \"War Games\" and \"The Long Run\".\n*Guest appearances by [[Paulina Porizkova]] and [[Buster Poindexter]], who performed \"Heart of Gold\".\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=225\n|EpisodeNumber2=12\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|2|21}}\n|RTitle=[[Willie Nelson]]\n|Aux1=Willie Nelson\n|ShortSummary=\n*[[Danny DeVito]] makes a guest appearance.\n*Willie Nelson performs \"Blue Eyes\" and \"Partners After All\".\n*In a sketch, Nelson accompanies [[Victoria Jackson]] on \"The Boyfriend Song\".\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=226\n|EpisodeNumber2=13\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|2|28}}\n|RTitle=[[Valerie Bertinelli]]\n|Aux1=[[Robert Cray Band]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Robert Cray Band performs \"[[Smoking Gun (song)|Smoking Gun]]\" and \"Right Next Door\".\n*Bertinelli's then-husband, [[Eddie Van Halen]], appeared in a sketch and played with the SNL Band. Van Halen performed \"Stompin' 8H\".\n*Guest appearance by [[Edwin Newman]].\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=227\n|EpisodeNumber2=14\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|3|21}}\n|RTitle=[[Bill Murray]]\n|Aux1=[[Percy Sledge]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Percy Sledge performs \"[[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]\".\n*The cold opening for the episode (where Lorne Michaels meets Bill Murray backstage and discusses his contract with him) has been either edited in reruns (as seen on Comedy Central and E!) or replaced with the cold opening from the Bronson Pinchot episode where Liberace (Phil Hartman) is playing the piano in Heaven and tells the audience that the censors won't let him do anything else besides that (as seen with the streaming version formerly shown on Netflix and now shown on NBC's Peacock).\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=228\n|EpisodeNumber2=15\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|3|28}}\n|RTitle=[[Charlton Heston]]\n|Aux1=[[Wynton Marsalis]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Wynton Marsalis performs \"J Mood\" and \"Juan (E. Mustaad)\".\n*The episode features a short film by future cast member [[Ben Stiller]]. \n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=229\n|EpisodeNumber2=16\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|4|11}}\n|RTitle=[[John Lithgow]]\n|Aux1=[[Anita Baker]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Anita Baker performs \"[[Sweet Love (Anita Baker song)|Sweet Love]]\" and \"[[Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)]]\".\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=230\n|EpisodeNumber2=17\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|4|18}}\n|RTitle=[[John Larroquette]]\n|Aux1=[[Timbuk 3]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Timbuk 3 performs \"Just Another Movie\" and \"Hairstyles & Attitudes\".\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=231\n|EpisodeNumber2=18\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|5|9}}\n|RTitle=[[Mark Harmon]]\n|Aux1=[[Suzanne Vega]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Suzanne Vega performs \"[[Luka (song)|Luka]]\" and \"Marlene on the Wall\".\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=232\n|EpisodeNumber2=19\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|5|16}}\n|RTitle=[[Garry Shandling]]\n|Aux1=[[Los Lobos]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Los Lobos performs \"Is That All There Is\" and \"One Time, One Night\".\n*[[Tracey Ullman]] appeared in the filmed ''Hollywood Mom'' sketch.\n*[[Nell Campbell]] appeared in ''Tenny Café''.\n*A number of sketches had Shandling breaking the [[fourth wall]], referring to the style of the then-airing ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]''.\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}\n\n{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|Saturday Night Live (season 12)\n|EpisodeNumber=233\n|EpisodeNumber2=20\n|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1987|5|23}}\n|RTitle=[[Dennis Hopper]]\n|Aux1=[[Roy Orbison]]\n|ShortSummary=\n*Roy Orbison performs \"[[Crying (Roy Orbison song)|Crying]]\", \"[[Oh, Pretty Woman]]\" and \"[[In Dreams (Roy Orbison song)|In Dreams]]\".\n|LineColor=ffd6eb\n}}"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwQw">
Saturday Night Live is an American sketch comedy series created by Lorne Michaels, who also produced many episodes. The show has aired on NBC since 1975.
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American sketch comedy series that was co-created by Dick Ebersol and Lorne Michaels, with Michaels also serving as the producer. The series premiered on the American broadcast television network NBC on October 11, 1975.
Janet Vivian Hooks was an American actress and comedian. Hooks was best known for her tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where she was a repertory player from 1986 to 1991. After leaving SNL, she continued to make cameo appearances until 1994. Her subsequent work included a regular role on the last two seasons of Designing Women, a recurring role on 3rd Rock from the Sun, and a number of other film and television roles, including on 30 Rock and The Simpsons.
The nineteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 25, 1993, and May 14, 1994.
The eighteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1992, and May 15, 1993.
The seventeenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 28, 1991, and May 16, 1992.
The sixteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 29, 1990, and May 18, 1991.
The fifteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 1989 and May 19, 1990.
The fourteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1988 and May 20, 1989.
The thirteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 17, 1987 and February 27, 1988. Although the changes to the cast and writers were minimal, the season was cut short due to the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike.
The eleventh season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between November 9, 1985, and May 24, 1986.
The tenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 6, 1984, and April 13, 1985. Only 17 episodes were produced due to a writers' strike and budget constraints.
The ninth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1983, and May 12, 1984.
The seventh season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 3, 1981, and May 22, 1982.
The sixth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between November 15, 1980, and April 11, 1981.
The fifth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 13, 1979, and May 24, 1980.
The fourth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 7, 1978, and May 26, 1979.
The third season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 24, 1977, and May 20, 1978.
The second season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from September 18, 1976 to May 21, 1977.
The first season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from October 11, 1975, to July 31, 1976. The show served as a vehicle that launched to stardom the careers of a number of major comedians and actors, including Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and Dan Aykroyd.