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Saturday Night Live
Season 16
List of episodes

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.

Cast

Extensive changes occurred before the start of the season. Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz were both dropped from the show. Following her boycott of the episode hosted by Andrew Dice Clay the previous season, Dunn was not in good standing with Lorne Michaels.[1] Dunn's initial five-year contract expired at the end of the previous season, but Michaels chose not to extend it due to the boycott controversy.

Before the season began, Lovitz requested time off so he could film Mom and Dad Save the World, which would cause him to miss the first several episodes of the season. Michaels refused, because he did not view this to be fair to the other cast members. Lovitz subsequently quit. However, he made several cameo appearances throughout the 16th season.[2]

With Dunn and Lovitz gone, Michaels was put in an unusual situation. Most of the cast had been on the show for five seasons. He did not want to be put in the spot of having to replace the entire cast all at once (and to avoid repeating Jean Doumanian's mistake—and his previous mistake in the case of the season 11 cast—of hiring a cast of new, inexperienced cast members with little to no comedic chemistry). Instead, he promoted writers Rob Schneider and David Spade to the cast and hired Chris Farley, Chris Rock and Julia Sweeney. He later hired Tim Meadows and Adam Sandler to the cast mid-season.

Starting with this season, the cast was divided into three groups. A middle group was created, and this new category would be introduced with the word "with," following the introduction of the repertory players. The first cast members added to the new group were Farley and Rock, with Meadows and Sweeney added mid-season.

This season would also be the final season for Dennis Miller, Jan Hooks and A. Whitney Brown. Hooks left on her own terms at the end of the season, and Brown left the show mid-season to move on to other acting opportunities. Miller, who also departed at the end of the season, was at the time the longest running anchor of Weekend Update, having done the job for six full seasons, until Seth Meyers broke the record in season 38. However, Miller still holds the record as the longest solo anchor of Weekend Update as Meyers was paired with Amy Poehler in his first three seasons on Weekend Update and Cecily Strong in his final season on the show.

Phil Hartman was also planning on leaving the show, but NBC convinced Hartman to stay on for a few more seasons by promising him his own comedy show, which was later scrapped or never came to fruition. Hartman's third wife, Brynn, appears in this season's opening credits montage as the woman whom Hartman is speaking with in a restaurant booth.

Cast roster

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 16

Notable writers from season 16 included

Rob Smigel and Bob Odenkirk
.

Season 16 would prove to be the final year for O'Brien and Odenkirk as Saturday Night Live writers. O'Brien left to write for The Simpsons, and would later host NBC's Late Night and Tonight Show late night talk shows. Odenkirk would go on to write for future cast member Chris Elliott's Get a Life and The Dennis Miller Show as well as The Ben Stiller Show, for which he was also a cast member. In 1995, he would co-create and co-star on HBO's Mr. Show with Bob and David.[3] He then also had starring roles in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.

Episodes

Main article:
List of Saturday Night Live episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		HostMusical guestOriginal air date
2871Kyle MacLachlanSinéad O'ConnorSeptember 29, 1990 (1990-09-29)

2882Susan LucciHothouse FlowersOctober 6, 1990 (1990-10-06)

2893
The Time
October 20, 1990 (1990-10-20)

2904Patrick SwayzeMariah CareyOctober 27, 1990 (1990-10-27)

2915Jimmy SmitsWorld PartyNovember 10, 1990 (1990-11-10)

2926Dennis HopperPaul SimonNovember 17, 1990 (1990-11-17)

2937John GoodmanFaith No MoreDecember 1, 1990 (1990-12-01)

2948Tom HanksEdie Brickell & New BohemiansDecember 8, 1990 (1990-12-08)

  • Edie Brickell & New Bohemians performs "Woyaho" and "He Said".[4]
  • Elliott Gould, Steve Martin and Paul Simon make cameo appearances as members of the "Five Timer's Club"; Jon Lovitz cameos as a waiter, Conan O'Brien as a doorman and Ralph Nader appears as a onetime former host trying to get into the club.[8] Ralph Nader also appears in the "Global Warming Christmas Special" sketch.
  • Tony Randall makes a cameo appearance in the "Game Beaters/Mr. Short Term Memory" sketch.
  • Future cast member Adam Sandler appears in the Sabra sketch.
  • Aired on the 10th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. An excerpt of Lennon’s “Instant Karma!” is played at the beginning and end of Weekend Update .
2959Dennis QuaidThe Neville BrothersDecember 15, 1990 (1990-12-15)

  • The Neville Brothers performs "Brother Jake" and "River of Life."[4]
  • Jon Lovitz makes a cameo appearance during "Weekend Update" as his character "Annoying Man".
  • Future cast member Adam Sandler appears in the Ex-Boyfriend sketch, which was submitted by an uncredited Judd Apatow.
29610Joe MantegnaVanilla IceJanuary 12, 1991 (1991-01-12)

29711StingStingJanuary 19, 1991 (1991-01-19)

29812Kevin BaconINXSFebruary 9, 1991 (1991-02-09)

29913Roseanne BarrDeee-LiteFebruary 16, 1991 (1991-02-16)

30014Alec BaldwinWhitney HoustonFebruary 23, 1991 (1991-02-23)

30115Michael J. FoxThe Black CrowesMarch 16, 1991 (1991-03-16)

  • The Black Crowes perform "
    She Talks To Angels".[4]
  • A. Whitney Brown's final episode as a cast member.
30216Jeremy IronsFishboneMarch 23, 1991 (1991-03-23)

30317Catherine O'HaraR.E.M.April 13, 1991 (1991-04-13)

  • R.E.M. performs "
    The B-52's
    performs with R.E.M. on the latter number.
  • Carole King plays with the Saturday Night Live Band.
  • Boxer Evander Holyfield appears in a replay of "The Dancer" sketch.
  • Bob Odenkirk appears during the monologue as an audience member.
  • Randy Quaid makes a cameo appearance in the "In Conclusion Theatre" sketch.
30418Steven SeagalMichael BoltonApril 20, 1991 (1991-04-20)

30519Delta BurkeChris IsaakMay 11, 1991 (1991-05-11)

30620George WendtElvis CostelloMay 18, 1991 (1991-05-18)

References

  1. ^ Perrin, Dennis (September 9, 2015). "When Andrew Dice Clay Came to 'SNL' and Controversy Followed". Vulture. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Wright, Megh (July 13, 2011). "Saturday Night's Children: Jon Lovitz (1985-1990)". Vulture. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  3. ^ Spitz, Marc (March 13, 2011). "Mr. Show: The Oral History". Spin. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Cader & Baskin 1994, pp. 124–127.
  5. ^ Cader & Baskin 1994, p. 233.
  6. ^ Cader & Baskin 1994, pp. 241–242.
  7. ^ Cader & Baskin 1994, pp. 244–246.
  8. ^ Cader & Baskin 1994, p. 46.
  9. ^ Cader & Baskin 1994, pp. 248–249.
  10. ^ Cader & Baskin 1994, pp. 250–251.
  11. ^ Cader & Baskin 1994, pp. 255–257.

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