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The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 14

Every episode of Saturday Night Live Season 14 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 14!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 1 - Tom Hanks/Keith Richards
    7.0/10(118 votes)

    #1 - Tom Hanks/Keith Richards

    S14:E1

    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"".

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  2. Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 4 - Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
    6.1/10(79 votes)

    #4 - Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

    S14:E4

    Sketches include ""Nicknames,"" ""The Republican Party,"" ""The Liberal,"" ""Dukakis After Dark,"" and ""Church Chat."" The New Bohemians perform ""Little Miss S.""

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  3. Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 5 - Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka
    6.0/10(83 votes)

    #5 - Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka

    S14:E5

    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"".

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  5. Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 11 - Tony Danza/John Hiatt
    6.3/10(73 votes)

    #11 - Tony Danza/John Hiatt

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    Sketches include ""Ted Bundy Lives,"" ""Come Back to Carbon Paper,"" ""War of Da Woilds,"" ""Frankie's Proposal,"" and ""What Are You Looking At?""

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  6. Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 14 - Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings
    5.8/10(81 votes)

    #14 - Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings

    S14:E14

    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.""

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  7. Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 16 - Mel Gibson/Living Color
    5.9/10(121 votes)

    #16 - Mel Gibson/Living Color

    S14:E16

    Sketches include "Raymond the Bookie", "Tales of Ribaldry", "Mel Gibson, Dream Gynecologist", "Cooking with the Anal Retentive Chef", "Josh Acid" and "Tonto, Tarzan, & Frankenstein".

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  8. Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 17 - Dolly Parton
    6.2/10(102 votes)

    #17 - Dolly Parton

    S14:E17

    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.""

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  9. Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 18 - Geena Davis/John Mellencamp
    5.7/10(82 votes)

    #18 - Geena Davis/John Mellencamp

    S14:E18

    Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Bob Waltman Special,"" ""The Snow White Story,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""The Palmer Bunch,"" ""Suspended Animation,"" ""Game Show Models,"" and ""The Apocalypse"".

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  10. Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 19 - Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals
    6.5/10(89 votes)

    #19 - Wayne Gretzky/Fine Young Cannibals

    S14:E19

    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"".

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  11. Saturday Night Live Season 14 Episode 20 - Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
    7.2/10(89 votes)

    #20 - Steve Martin/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    S14:E20

    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"".

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Season 14 Ratings Summary

"Tom Hanks/Keith Richards" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 14. It scored 7/10 based on 118 votes. Directed by Paul Miller, Matthew Meshekoff, James Signorelli and written by Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, George Meyer, Phil Hartman, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, John Bowman, Shannon Gaughan, it aired on 10/8/1988. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes".