- 6.4/1094 votes6.4/10(94)
#1 - Bruce Willis/Neil Young
Season 15 Episode 1
Aired 9/30/1989
Sketches include: Thirtysomething, Wayne's World, Donahue, Home Improvement, New Leading Man, Sprockets, Bruce Willis: The Man and His Music
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1085 votes5.9/10(85)
#2 - Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones
Season 15 Episode 2
Aired 10/7/1989
Sketches include: The Big Bitch Bulldyke Bust Out of '89, Honey I Shrunk Hans & Franz, Resorts International Hotel, Wild Horse, New Commissioner, Baby Talk, Word Busters
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1079 votes6.0/10(79)
#3 - Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel
Season 15 Episode 3
Aired 10/21/1989
Sketches Include: Plug Away With Harvey Fierstein, Die Squaren Ost Berliner, Egg Man, Really Ordinary People, All About Deborah Norville, Lank Thompson: I'm A Handsome Man, 555-Toon, Maxwell House
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1081 votes6.0/10(81)
#4 - James Woods/Don Henley
Season 15 Episode 4
Aired 10/28/1989
Sketches include ""The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,"" ""Yard-a-pult,"" ""Dracula and AIDS,"" ""Primetime Live,"" ""Ventriloquist Act,"" ""Falling in Love,"" ""Three Dudes Holistic Automotive,"" ""Hemsley Spook House,"" and ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1073 votes6.4/10(73)
#5 - Chris Evert/Eurythmics
Season 15 Episode 5
Aired 11/11/1989
Sketches include ""Wimbledon,"" ""Oneupmanship,"" and ""Lothar of the Hill People.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1088 votes6.1/10(88)
#6 - Woody Harrelson/David Byrne
Season 15 Episode 6
Aired 11/18/1989
Sketches include ""Jack Nicholson,"" ""Pumping Up with Hans & Franz,"" ""A&E Attitudes,"" ""Sprockets,"" and ""Three Very Lonesome Cowboys.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1082 votes6.2/10(82)
#7 - John Goodman/k.d. lang & The Reclines
Season 15 Episode 7
Aired 12/2/1989
Sketches include ""It's a Wonderful Savings and Loan,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""Cooking with the Anal-Retentive Chef,"" ""Toonces The Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""The Mike Ditka Type-A Christmas Special,"" and ""The Referee Pitman Show"".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1071 votes6.4/10(71)
#8 - Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
Season 15 Episode 8
Aired 12/9/1989
Sketches include ""George Bush and Dan Quayle"", ""Yard-A-Pult,"" ""Messy Date"", ""Tales of the Runaway Boulder,"" ""Attack of the Masturbating Zombies,"" ""Rockefeller is Evil,"" ""A Betty Ford Straight Arrow Christmas"", and ""In the Middle."" Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville performed ""Don't Know Much"" and ""When Something Is Wrong.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1075 votes6.2/10(75)
#9 - Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman
Season 15 Episode 9
Aired 12/16/1989
Sketches included ""Interrupted PSA,"" ""Church Chat,"" ""The Night Hanukkah Harry Saved Christmas,"" ""Hal Jerome Tribute,"" and ""Before the Wedding."" Tracy Chapman performed ""Gimme One Reason.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1097 votes6.1/10(97)
#10 - Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr.
Season 15 Episode 10
Aired 1/13/1990
Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Bizilady,"" ""I Got What You Need,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""The Nagging,"" ""Dennis Woo's Real Estate Fortunes The Easy Way,"" ""Ceaucescu's Wake,"" ""Lothar of the Hill People,"" and ""SNL in the 90's"".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1085 votes6.7/10(85)
#11 - Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt
Season 15 Episode 11
Aired 1/20/1990
Sketches include ""The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,"" ""Eternity,"" ""Hired Break-Up,"" ""The Continental,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""Lease With an Option to Kill,"" ""Hardbound""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/1078 votes5.5/10(78)
#12 - Quincy Jones
Season 15 Episode 12
Aired 2/10/1990
Sketches include ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""Century 21 Marriage Counselors,"" ""Toonces,"" ""Bob Waltman Special,"" ""Jazz Perspective,"" ""Reverend and Rabbi,"" ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein,"" ""Soviet Central Committee,"" ""House Committee on Dials and Gauges"".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10104 votes7.0/10(104)
#13 - Tom Hanks/Aerosmith
Season 15 Episode 13
Aired 2/17/1990
Sketches include ""Ivana Trump Pre-Nup"", ""Wayne's World,"" ""Tales of Ribaldry,"" ""Tradtional Irish Drinking Songs for St. Patrick's Day,"" ""The Mob,"" ""Singles Cruise,"" and ""Black History Minute."" Aerosmith performed ""Jamie's Got a Gun"" and ""Monkey On My Back.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1085 votes6.6/10(85)
#14 - Fred Savage/Technotronic
Season 15 Episode 14
Aired 2/24/1990
Sketches include ""Church Chat,"" ""Left Alone with a Gun,"" ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""Imaginary Friend,"" and ""Hooked on Sushi"" (film). Technotronic performed ""Pump Up The Jam.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1094 votes6.2/10(94)
#15 - Rob Lowe/The Pogues
Season 15 Episode 15
Aired 3/17/1990
Sketches include "George Bush/Rob Lowe", "Irish Drinking Songs", "Church Chat", "Sprockets", "Arsenio Beckman Show", "Lambada Prison", "Helmet Head", and "Alexander's Fur World".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1078 votes5.9/10(78)
#16 - Debra Winger/Eric Clapton
Season 15 Episode 16
Aired 3/24/1990
Sketches include ""Reagan Census Count,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""Toonces the Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""Calamity Jane,"" and ""Senate Record Labelling Hearings"", ""Weekend Update""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 5.7/1076 votes5.7/10(76)
#17 - Corbin Bernsen/Smithereens
Season 15 Episode 17
Aired 4/14/1990
Sketches include ""Cable Shopping Network,"" ""Celebrity Lawyer Court,"" ""Hanukkah Harry,"" ""George F. Will's Sports Machine,"" ""His Face,"" ""Movers and Shakers,"" and ""Playgirl Models"".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/10101 votes6.5/10(101)
#18 - Alec Baldwin/The B-52's
Season 15 Episode 18
Aired 4/21/1990
Sketches include "Bush Talks to Nation", "Greenhilly", "The Environmentally Conscious One", "Sexual Tension Diner", "The Garbo I Knew", "Only In New York", "Nude Talk Show" and "Middle Aged Man". The B-52's perform "Cosmic Thing" and "Channel Z".
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/10101 votes6.2/10(101)
#19 - Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise
Season 15 Episode 19
Aired 5/12/1990
Sketches include ""It's a Wonderful Dice,"" ""Diceman Employment Agency,"" ""Cooking With the Anal-Rententive Chef,"" ""What's Sex?"", ""DJ Tony Trailer,"" ""Jan Hooks Protest,"" ""Cool Mite,"" ""Ridiculous Bull,"" ""Kevin Nealon Protest""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1077 votes5.3/10(77)
#20 - Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies
Season 15 Episode 20
Aired 5/19/1990
Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Toonces The Cat Who Can Drive a Car,"" ""The Carsenio Show,"" and ""Wayne's World.""
Director: Dave Wilson
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 15
Every episode of Saturday Night Live Season 15 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 15!
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed...
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Season 15 Ratings Summary
"Bruce Willis/Neil Young" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 15. It scored 6.4/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by Dave Wilson and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/1989. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones".