The Best Episodes Directed By Dave Wilson
Every TV Episode Directed by Dave Wilson Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Dave Wilson Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Dave Wilson is "Rob Morrow/Nirvana", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by N/A". "Rob Morrow/Nirvana" aired on 1/11/1992 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Rob Morrow/Nirvana
Season 17 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/1992
Sketches include ""Oliver Stone,"" ""It's Pat,"" ""Delta Delta Delta Girls,"" ""Chris Rock's Guide to Surviving the Apollo,"" and ""Awkward Conversation.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/1980
Sketches include ""Burt's Not Angry,"" ""Vomitorium,"" ""The Burt Book,"" ""Be a Pepper,"" and ""Baba Wawa at Large."" Anne Murray performs ""Lucky Me.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 2 votes#3 - Johnny Cash/Elton John
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 4/17/1982
Elton John performs the John Lennon tribute ""Empty Garden."" Sketches include ""Velvet Jones"" and ""Shadows.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 1 votes#4 - Madonna/Simple Minds
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/1985
Sketches include: ""SNL Drug Tests,"" ""A Message From The Almighty,"" ""National Inquirer Theatre,"" ""Pinklisting,"" ""Cabrini Green,"" and ""Nancy Reagan Meets Charles and Di."" Simple Minds performed ""Alive and Kicking.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#5 - Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/10/1980
Sketches include ""Mysteries of the Universe,"" ""The Dating Zone,"" ""Writing Home,"" and ""Mr. Bill."" The Amazing Rhythm Aces (featuring Bill Murray) perform ""Third-Rate Romance.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - Buck Henry/Andrew Gold
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/24/1980
Live from New York, it's Harry Shearer! Sketches include "Election '80: Almost Halfway Over," "The SNL Stars of the Future" monologue, "Lord and Lady Douchebag," "Uncle Roy," and "Nick at Trader Nick's."
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#7 - Chevy Chase/Sheila E.
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/1985
Sketches include ""Smoky Hallway,"" ""Wacky Glue,"" ""Those Unlucky Andersons"", ""Ford and Reagan,"" ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""Pathological Liars Anonymous,"" ""Craig Sundburg-Idiot Savant,"" ""Trojans,"" ""The Blue, The Gray and The Yellow,"" ""Vlad the Impaler,"" ""Drums Drums Drums,"" and ""Jose Cuervo's Party School Bowl."" Sheila E. performed ""Hollyrock"" and ""A Love Bizarre.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#8 - Pee Wee Herman/Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/1985
Sketches include ""Twin Towers Tightrope,"" ""Pee Wee Herman's Thanksgiving Special"", ""Marital Problems,"" ""Pee Wee's School Romance,"" ""Find the Mouse in the Coke,"" and ""Hal Fisher's Money Magnet Method.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 7 votes#9 - George Carlin with Janis Ian and Billy Preston
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/1975
Live from New York, It's...George Carlin! Sketches Include: Wolverines, New Dad Insurance, The Courtroom, Victims of Shark Bite, Jamitol, Triopenin, Jim Henson's Muppets, Bee Hospital, Academy of Better Careers, Show Us Your Guns, Trojan Horse Home Security, Triple-Trac
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: Anne Beatts
7.8/10 5 votes#10 - Candice Bergen with Esther Phillips
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/1975
Live from New York, It's...Candice Bergen Sketches include: Ambassador Training Institute, CIA Department of Records, Jaws II, Long Distance, Chanel, Feminine Talk, Midnight Probe, Crank Call, Jim Henson's Muppets, Irk The Turk, Black Perspective, Pong
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 3 votes#11 - Ron Nessen with the Patti Smith Group
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/17/1976
Live from New York, It's...Gerald Ford Sketches include-- "The Dead String Quartet", Super Bass-O-Matic 76, An Oval Office, David Eisenhower is Anti-Nixon, Thomas Jefferson denies slavery, The New Stoner Volunteer Army, Catherine the Great, Disgusting Jam, Autumm Fizz--The Carbonated Douche, "Tomorrow With Tom Snyder".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 3 votes#12 - Steve Martin/Jackson Browne
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1977
Live From New York, It's...Dan Aykroyd Sketches include--"Bert Lance National Express Card", "Kromega III", "Wild & Crazy Guys", "Mike McMack, Defense Lawyer", "Trinity 3000 Computer", "Great Moments In Rock & Roll", "Mr. U.S.A. Pageant", "Royal Deluxe II"
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 3 votes#13 - Steve Martin/The Nitty Gritty Dirty Band
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/21/1978
Live From New York, It's...Dan Aykroyd Sketches include--"State of the Union Address", "Swill", "Searching For Bigfoot", "Wild & Crazy Guys", "Body Floss", "The Coneheads On 'Family Feud'", "'Close Personal Friends' Film", "What If?"
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 3 votes#14 - Steve Martin/The Blues Brothers
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/1978
*Nominated for an Emmy Award* Live From New York, It's...Paul Shaffer Sketches include--"Don Kirshner's Rock Concert", "Hey You!", "Wild & Crazy Guys", "Theodoric of York", "Dancing In The Dark", "Extramarital Foreplay", "Swan Lake", "Troff 'n' Brew", "Nerds Science Fair", "Next Week In Review".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 3 votes#15 - Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1978
Live from New York, it's....Garrett Morris! The Blues Brothers open the show by performing Soul Man. Carrie comes out dressed as Princess Leia for her monologue, telling a joke that only the voice of Obi Won (Dan Aykroyd) likes. This leads into Beach Blanket Bimbo from Outer Space, "The Loud Family," Mercy Killers, the Blues Brothers' performance of Almost and B-Movie Boxcar Blues, "Mr. Bill's Fishing Trip," Tomorrow, "Bad Red Chinese Ballet," and the Schiller film Arrividerci Roman.
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#16 - Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1976
Sketches include "Yankees Lose," "Jeopardy 1999," "Speak Out For Milk", "The Beatnik Club," "Ted Baxter Kills Mary Richards," "Looks at Books," and "Mysteries in Medicine." Kinky Friedman performed "Dear Abby."
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#17 - Paul Simon/Paul Simon, George Harrison
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1976
Live from New York, It's...George Harrison Sketches include-- Paul Simon meets pauper Chevy Chase on sidewalk while Lorne talks with George Harrison, Quarry, "Baba Wawa at Large", The Twilight Zone, Billy Paul, "Tomorrow with Tom Synder".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#18 - Ralph Nader/George Benson
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/1977
Live from New York, It's...Ralph Nader Sketches include-- Ralph Nader wants to cut loose, Badmouthing Grandfather, Dress Rehearsal for Execution, The Confederate Takeover, "Baba Wawa At Large"" The Coneheads, "Youth Ask Questions", Andy Kaufman as Elvis, Testing Party Dolls.
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#19 - Buck Henry/Kenny Vance, Jennifer Warnes
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/1977
Live From New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include-- Carter's Energy Saving Message, Buck Performs A Live Sex Act, Samurai B.M.O.C, The Shower Mike, The Coneheads Return to Remulak, Rhonda Weiss's Bridal Shower, Charles Lindbergh Meets the Land Shark.
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#20 - Art Garfunkel/Stephen Bishop
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/11/1978
Live From New York, It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include--"Modern Crimes", "Kromega III", "Tomorrow", "Miracle In Chicago", "Stage Door Guard", "Looks At Books", "Don't Look Back In Anger", "Looking For Mr. Goodbar Playset""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#21 - Eric Idle/Kate Bush
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/1978
Sketches include "Telepsychic Ray," "Julia Child," "Madrigal," "The Woman He Loved," "What Do You?", "Candy Slice," "Consumer Probe," "Singing Dog Agent," and "Cochise at Oxford".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 4 votes#22 - Richard Pryor with Gil Scott-Heron
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/13/1975
Live From New York, it's...Richard Pryor! Sketches Include: Samurai Hotel, Looks At Books, Line-Up #1, Word Association, Pong, They're Taking Over, Line-Up #2, L-Pill, Jim Henson's Muppets, Line-Up #3, Exorcist II, Assassination
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 5 votes#23 - Rob Reiner
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/1975
Live from New York, it's...Rob Reiner! Sketches Include: National Pancreas Association, Fashion Don'ts, Golden Needles, Dangerous But Inept, Felina Cat Food, Middle American Van Lines, Musical Performance (Joe Cocker), Jim Henson's Muppets, Drooler's Anti-Defamation League, Square Dance, Mark Hampton and Denny Dillon, What Gilda Ate, Bees
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 4 votes#24 - Lily Tomlin
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/1975
Live from New York, it's...Lily Tomlin Sketches Include: Beethoven Part 1, Jaws III, Bell-Hop, Edith Ann Skates, Beethoven Part 2, Spud Beer, Patty, Jim Henson's Muppets, Beethoven Part 3, Hard Hats, Speed, Margo's Dance Palace
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 3 votes#25 - Peter Boyle with Al Jarreau
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/14/1976
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include "The Valentine's Day Massacre," "Samurai Divorce Court," "Jason and Sunshine," "The Corrida." "All Pro Wrestling," "Remembering of Things Past", "Dueling Brandos," "A Home Movie" (film), and "The Orgy." Al Jarreau performs "We'll Get By."
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A