Saturday Night Live (season 19)

Saturday Night Live
Season 19
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 25, 1993 (1993-09-25) – May 14, 1994 (1994-05-14)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

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.

Cast

Repertory players Ellen Cleghorne Chris Farley Phil Hartman Melanie Hutsell Michael McKean (first episode: March 12, 1994) Tim Meadows Mike Myers Kevin Nealon Adam Sandler Rob Schneider David Spade Julia Sweeney

Featured players Al Franken Norm Macdonald (first episode: October 2, 1993) Jay Mohr (first episode: October 9, 1993) Sarah Silverman (first episode: October 9, 1993)

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 19

Episodes

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest	Original air date
347	1	Charles Barkley	Nirvana	September 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)
Nirvana performs "Heart-Shaped Box" and "Rape Me". [1] Muggsy Bogues appears during the "Daily Affirmation" sketch and the "Charles Barkley's Big, Tall & Black Men's Stores" sketch. Skid Row appears in a pre-recorded segment of the "Gap" sketch. RuPaul appears during the "What's That?" sketch. Contains an "Office Space" cartoon by Mike Judge
348	2	Shannen Doherty	Cypress Hill	October 2, 1993 (1993-10-02)
Cypress Hill performs "Insane in the Brain" and "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That". They would end up banned from the show after DJ Muggs lit up and smoked a marijuana joint on stage during the latter performance. [1] Doherty's then-husband Ashley Hamilton appears during the monologue. Norm Macdonald's first episode as a cast member.
349	3	Jeff Goldblum	Aerosmith	October 9, 1993 (1993-10-09)
Aerosmith performs "Cryin'" and "Sweet Emotion". [1] The band also appears during the "Bad Dancer" sketch, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry appear during the cold open, and Tyler appears during the "Karl's Video" sketch. Goldblum's Jurassic Park co-star Laura Dern appears during the monologue. Jay Mohr and Sarah Silverman's first episode as cast members.
350	4	John Malkovich	Billy Joel	October 23, 1993 (1993-10-23)
Billy Joel performs "The River of Dreams" and "All About Soul". [1] Jan Hooks appears during the "Of Mice and Men" sketch, and as Hillary Clinton during the "Carville" sketch.
351	5	Christian Slater	The Smashing Pumpkins	October 30, 1993 (1993-10-30)
The Smashing Pumpkins perform "Today" and "Cherub Rock". [1]
352	6	Rosie O'Donnell	James Taylor	November 13, 1993 (1993-11-13)
James Taylor performs "Memphis" & "Slap Leather" and "Secret O' Life". [1] Both performances feature musician Don Grolnick. James Taylor also appears during the "Duets" sketch. Casey Kasem appears during the "Duets" sketch.
353	7	Nicole Kidman	Stone Temple Pilots	November 20, 1993 (1993-11-20)
Stone Temple Pilots perform "Creep" and "Big Empty". [1] Dana Carvey appears during the "Wayne's World" cold open and as Ross Perot during the "United We Stand America" sketch. Christina Ricci and Jimmy Workman appear during the "Yelling in the Kitchen" sketch.
354	8	Charlton Heston	Paul Westerberg	December 4, 1993 (1993-12-04)
Paul Westerberg performs "Knockin' On Mine" and "Can't Hardly Wait". [1] 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 .
355	9	Sally Field	Tony! Toni! Toné!	December 11, 1993 (1993-12-11)
Tony! Toni! Tone! performs "If I Had No Loot" and "Tell Me Mama". [1] Both performances feature Lili Haydn.
356	10	Jason Patric	Blind Melon	January 8, 1994 (1994-01-08)
Blind Melon performs "No Rain" and "Paper Scratcher". [1] The band also appears during the monologue. Richard Simmons appears during the "Coffee Talk" sketch.
357	11	Sara Gilbert	Counting Crows	January 15, 1994 (1994-01-15)
Counting Crows perform "Round Here" and "Mr. Jones". [1]
358	12	Patrick Stewart	Salt-N-Pepa	February 5, 1994 (1994-02-05)
Salt-N-Pepa perform "Shoop" and "Whatta Man". [1] Bernie Kopell (Doc from The Love Boat ) makes a cameo during a Love Boat-themed parody of Star Trek: The Next Generation .
359	13	Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger	UB40	February 12, 1994 (1994-02-12)
UB40 performs "C'est La Vie" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". [1] Baldwin's brothers Stephen and Billy appear during the "Family Feud" sketch. This episode features the infamous sketch where Adam Sandler's Canteen Boy is molested by his scoutmaster (played by Alec Baldwin).
360	14	Martin Lawrence	Crash Test Dummies	February 19, 1994 (1994-02-19)
Crash Test Dummies perform "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and "Afternoons & Coffeespoons". [1] Lawrence's opening monologue included explicit material on "feminine hygiene" and has been partially censored in all reruns (including the Netflix collection of SNL episodes from the 1990s) with an explanatory voice-over, stating that Lawrence's views and opinions are not shared by anyone at NBC, the monologue nearly got everyone on the show fired for not stopping it, and that Martin Lawrence has been banned from ever appearing, or even being mentioned, on the show again. NBC received 627 complaints about the monologue, while only three calls were in support of Lawrence. [2] Benoit Benjamin appears in the "13th Player" sketch.
361	15	Nancy Kerrigan	Aretha Franklin	March 12, 1994 (1994-03-12)
Aretha Franklin performs "A Deeper Love", "Willing to Forgive", and "Chain of Fools". [1] She also appears during the "Black Rhythm & Blues Singers Today" sketch. Michael McKean's first episode as a cast member.
362	16	Helen Hunt	Snoop Doggy Dogg	March 19, 1994 (1994-03-19)
Snoop Dogg performs "Gin and Juice" and "Lodi Dodi". [1] Cindy Crawford appears during the cold open. Contains an "Office Space" cartoon by Mike Judge
363	17	Kelsey Grammer	Dwight Yoakam	April 9, 1994 (1994-04-09)
Dwight Yoakam performs "Pocket of a Clown" and "Fast as You". [1] Jan Hooks appears as Hillary Clinton during the cold open. Sy Sperling appears during the monologue and the "Yankee Stadium Opening Day" sketch. Manute Bol appears in the pre-recorded "Majestic Caribbean Cruise Line" sketch.
364	18	Emilio Estevez	Pearl Jam	April 16, 1994 (1994-04-16)
Pearl Jam performs "Not for You," "Rearviewmirror" and "Daughter". [1] During the goodnights, Eddie Vedder lifts his jacket to reveal the letter K written on his shirt as a tribute to Kurt Cobain, who died eight days earlier.
365	19	John Goodman	The Pretenders	May 7, 1994 (1994-05-07)
The Pretenders perform "Night in My Veins" and "I'll Stand By You". [1] Jan Hooks appears as Hillary Clinton in the "Cops" sketch. Manute Bol appears in the pre-recorded "Majestic Caribbean Cruise Line" sketch. When this episode was announced during the April 16, 1994 episode, Heather Locklear was booked as the original host.
366	20	Heather Locklear	Janet Jackson	May 14, 1994 (1994-05-14)
Janet Jackson performs "Throb" and "Any Time, Any Place". [1] Jay Leno appears during the monologue. Kevin Nealon's final episode as Weekend Update anchor. Phil Hartman, Melanie Hutsell, Rob Schneider, Sarah Silverman and Julia Sweeney's final episode as cast members. Hartman was presented with a bronzed stick of glue, symbolizing how he had become "The Glue" of the show, a term coined by Adam Sandler. [3]

Specials

#	Special	Original airdate
1	"The President's Favorite Moments"	May 17, 1994 (1994-05-17)
A clip show featuring material from previous shows. [4] [5]

Wayne's World 2 film

Wayne's World 2, the sequel to the 1992 hit Wayne's World , was released on December 10, 1993. Based on the popular "Wayne's World" sketches, the film stars cast members Dana Carvey, Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Mike Myers and Harry Shearer. 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, grossing less than half of what the original did. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with Roger Ebert calling the characters of Wayne and Garth "impossible to dislike". ^[6]

It's Pat film

It's Pat , a film based on the popular Pat sketches, was released on August 26, 1994. Cast members Tim Meadows, Charles Rocket and Julia Sweeney appear in the film. The film was a box office bomb, barely making $50,000. The film was also panned by critics and has a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews. ^[7]

References

1. Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp.  124–127. ISBN   0-395-70895-8.
2. Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp.  264. ISBN   0-395-70895-8.
3. "Saturday Night Live > Season 19 > Episode 20: Heather Locklear/Janet Jackson". TV.com. May 14, 1994.
4. "Saturday Night Live Presents President Bill Clinton's All-Time Favorites (1994)". IMDB. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
5. Saturday Night Live "Clinton's Favorite Moments" Primetime Commercial (May, 1994). May 22, 2021. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021– via YouTube.
6. Ebert, Roger (December 10, 1993). "Wayne's World 2" . Retrieved March 7, 2015.
7. It's Pat at Rotten Tomatoes