• Air date: 08 Oct '88 20 episodes
      Saturday Night Live aired its fourteenth season during the 1988 - 1989 television season on NBC. The season began on October 8, 1988, and ended on May 20, 1989. 20 episodes were produced. Before the start of the season, no changes were made to the cast. However, as the season progressed Lorne Michaels would hire two new people to the cast: Mike Myers and Ben Stiller, who joined the show midseason as featured players. Stiller had actually appeared on the show before; his film made it onto the show in the episode hosted by Charlton Heston in 1987. This season notably saw the second death of an original cast member, Gilda Radner, who died on the day of the season finale from ovarian cancer. In memory of Radner, Steve Martin showed a clip from the famous "Dancing in the Dark" sketch from the 1978 episode hosted by Martin himself as part of his monologue. This was the only season of the show for Stiller. After being on the show for five episodes, Stiller left the show due to creative differences with Michaels.
  • List of Episodes (20)
    • 1. Tom Hanks/Keith Richards

      08 Oct '88
      Sketches include ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""ABC Presents Debate '88,"" ""Mr. Short Term Memory,"" ""Jew, Not a Jew,"" and ""The Pat Stevens Show."" ""First Citiwide Change Bank: Our business is making change"", ""Tom Hanks Bullying Kids: Never-Before-Seen Outtakes from the movie BIG"", ""Class of 1978 Ten Year Reunion: Two Sad Losers Want To Score With The Ladies"".
    • 2. Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes

      15 Oct '88
    • 3. John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler

      22 Oct '88
    • 4. Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

      05 Nov '88
      Sketches include ""Nicknames,"" ""The Republican Party,"" ""The Liberal,"" ""Dukakis After Dark,"" and ""Church Chat."" The New Bohemians perform ""Little Miss S.""
    • 5. Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka

      12 Nov '88
      Sketches include ""Bush's Final Negative Campaign Ad"", ""Beauty and the Beast: The Double Date"", ""In a Camping Site at Night with Hans and Franz"", ""One Man's Demons"", and ""Neuburg's Bleu Cheese Cooler"".
    • 6. John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman

      19 Nov '88
    • 7. Danny DeVito/The Bangles

      03 Dec '88
    • 8. Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin

      10 Dec '88
    • 9. Melanie Griffith/Little Feat

      17 Dec '88
    • 10. John Malkovich/Anita Baker

      21 Jan '89
    • 11. Tony Danza/John Hiatt

      28 Jan '89
      Sketches include ""Ted Bundy Lives,"" ""Come Back to Carbon Paper,"" ""War of Da Woilds,"" ""Frankie's Proposal,"" and ""What Are You Looking At?""
    • 12. Ted Danson/Luther Vandross

      28 Jan '89
      Sketches include ""Cheers,"" ""Iranian People's Court,"" ""Plug Away,"" ""Kevin's First Love,"" and ""The Long Goodbye.""
    • 13. Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies

      18 Feb '89
      Sketches include ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""The 60's Movie,"" ""Subliminal Man and Friend,"" and ""Wayne's World.""
    • 14. Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings

      25 Feb '89
      Sketches include ""Barnes & Noble Under Siege,"" ""Therapy Session,"" ""Pumping Up With Hans & Franz,"" ""The 49th Westminster Mad Dog Show,"" and ""Master Thespian."" The Gipsy Kings perform ""Bamboleo.""
    • 15. Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello

      25 Mar '89
    • 16. Mel Gibson/Living Color

      01 Apr '89
      Sketches include ""Raymond the Bookie,"" ""Tales of Ribaldry,"" ""Mel Gibson, Dream Gynecologist,"" ""Cooking with the Anal Retentive Chef,"" ""Josh Acid,"" and ""Tonto, Tarzan, & Frankenstein.""
    • 17. Dolly Parton

      15 Apr '89
      Sketches include ""Rock Cleaners,"" ""Celebrity Restaurant,"" ""Planet of the Enormous Hooters,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""The Stories of Dolly Parton's Mom,"" ""Broadway Story,"" and ""Lothar of the Hill People.""
    • 18. Geena Davis/John Mellencamp

      22 Apr '89
      Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Bob Waltman Special,"" ""The Snow White Story,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""The Palmer Bunch,"" ""Suspended Animation,"" ""Game Show Models,"" and ""The Apocalypse"".
    • 19. Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals

      13 May '89
      Sketches include ""Carter in Panama,"" ""Fishing With the Anal-Retentive Sportsman,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""This Week with David Brinkley,"" ""Stanley Cup Loss,"" ""Point Blank,"" and ""Waikiki Hockey"".
    • 20. Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

      20 May '89
      Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""Tammy Wynette Sings the Classics,"" ""Toonces, The Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""An Ode to the Woman I Love,"" ""Sprockets,"" ""Get to Know Jon Lovitz,"" ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein,"" ""Big Red"".