Saturday Night Live (season 19)

Saturday Night Live (season 19)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 25, 1993 – May 14, 1994

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.

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]

Cast

Repertory cast members 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 cast members 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

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Host(s)	Musical guest	Original air date
347	1	Charles Barkley	Nirvana	September 25, 1993
Muggsy Bogues, RuPaul, and the band Skid Row make cameo appearances. Nirvana performs "Heart-Shaped Box" and "Rape Me."[2]
348	2	Shannen Doherty	Cypress Hill	October 2, 1993
Norm Macdonald's first episode as a cast member. Cypress Hill performs "Insane in the Brain" and "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That."[2]
349	3	Jeff Goldblum	Aerosmith	October 9, 1993
Aerosmith performs "Cryin'" and "Sweet Emotion."[2] Jay Mohr and Sarah Silverman's first episode as cast members. The first occurrence of "Christopher Walken's Celebrity Psychic Friends Hotline," in which Walken (Mohr) and various oddball and unlikeable celebrities repeatedly offer to visit the house of anyone who calls in. Goldblum's Jurassic Park co-star Laura Dern appears during the monologue.
350	4	John Malkovich	Billy Joel	October 23, 1993
Billy Joel performs "The River of Dreams" and "All About Soul."[2] Guest appearance by Jan Hooks.
351	5	Christian Slater	The Smashing Pumpkins	October 30, 1993
The Smashing Pumpkins performs "Today" and "Cherub Rock."[2]
352	6	Rosie O'Donnell	James Taylor	November 13, 1993
James Taylor performs "Memphis" & "Slap Leather" and "Secret O' Life."[2] Guest appearance by Casey Kasem.
353	7	Nicole Kidman	Stone Temple Pilots	November 20, 1993
Stone Temple Pilots perform "Creep" and "Naked Sunday."[2] Guest appearances by Dana Carvey, Christina Ricci and Jimmy Workman.
354	8	Charlton Heston	Paul Westerberg	December 4, 1993
Paul Westerberg performs "Knockin' On Mine" and "Can't Hardly Wait."[2] 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
Tony! Toni! Tone! performs "If I Had No Loot" and "Tell Me Mama."[2]
356	10	Jason Patric	Blind Melon	January 8, 1994
Blind Melon performs "No Rain" and "Paper Scratcher."[2] Guest appearance by Richard Simmons.
357	11	Sara Gilbert	Counting Crows	January 15, 1994
Counting Crows performs "Round Here" and "Mr. Jones."[2]
358	12	Patrick Stewart	Salt-N-Pepa	February 5, 1994
Salt-N-Pepa performs "Shoop" and "Whatta Man."[2] 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
This episode features the infamous sketch where Adam Sandler's Canteen Boy is molested by his scoutmaster (played by Alec Baldwin). UB40 performs "C'est La Vie" and "Can't Help Falling in Love."[2] Guest appearances by Baldwin's brothers Stephen and Billy.
360	14	Martin Lawrence	Crash Test Dummies	February 19, 1994
Crash Test Dummies performs "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and "Afternoons & Coffeespoons."[2] 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 on the show. NBC received 627 complaints about the monologue, while only 3 calls were in support of Lawrence.[3]
361	15	Nancy Kerrigan	Aretha Franklin	March 12, 1994
Michael McKean's first episode as a cast member. Aretha Franklin performs "A Deeper Love", "Willing to Forgive", and "Chain of Fools."[2]
362	16	Helen Hunt	Snoop Doggy Dogg	March 19, 1994
Snoop Dogg performs "Gin and Juice" and "Lodi Dodi."[2] Guest appearance by Cindy Crawford.
363	17	Kelsey Grammer	Dwight Yoakam	April 9, 1994
Dwight Yoakam performs "Pocket of a Clown" and "Fast as You."[2] Guest appearances by Jan Hooks (as Hillary Clinton), Sy Sperling, and Manute Bol, in a pre-recorded segment.
364	18	Emilio Estevez	Pearl Jam	April 16, 1994
Pearl Jam performs "Not for You," "Rearviewmirror" and "Daughter."[2] The episode aired eight days after the discovery of the body of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. During the goodnights, Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder lifts his jacket to reveal the letter K written on his shirt as a tribute to Cobain.
365	19	John Goodman	The Pretenders	May 7, 1994
The Pretenders performs "Night in My Veins" and "I'll Stand By You."[2] Guest appearance by Jan Hooks (as Hillary Clinton).
366	20	Heather Locklear	Janet Jackson	May 14, 1994
Phil Hartman, Melanie Hutsell, Rob Schneider, Sarah Silverman, and Julia Sweeney's final episode as cast members. A musical tribute is given to Hartman, which ends with him holding a sleeping Chris Farley (dressed as Matt Foley). Kevin Nealon's final episode as Weekend Update anchor. Janet Jackson performs "Throb" and "Any Time, Any Place."[2] Guest appearance by Jay Leno.

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 and Mike Myers. 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, with Roger Ebert calling the characters of Wayne and Garth "impossible to dislike".^[4]

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.^[5]

References

1. "Saturday Night Live > Season 19 > Episode 20: Heather Locklear/Janet Jackson". TV.com. May 14, 1994.
2. Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 124–127. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
3. Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. p. 264. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
4. Ebert, Roger (December 10, 1993). "Wayne's World 2". Retrieved March 7, 2015.
5. It's Pat at Rotten Tomatoes