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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!

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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    #1 - Bruce Willis/Neil Young

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    Sketches include: Thirtysomething, Wayne's World, Donahue, Home Improvement, New Leading Man, Sprockets, Bruce Willis: The Man and His Music

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #2 - Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones

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    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

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #3 - Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel

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    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

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #4 - James Woods/Don Henley

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    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.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #5 - Chris Evert/Eurythmics

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    Sketches include ""Wimbledon,"" ""Oneupmanship,"" and ""Lothar of the Hill People.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #6 - Woody Harrelson/David Byrne

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    Sketches include ""Jack Nicholson,"" ""Pumping Up with Hans & Franz,"" ""A&E Attitudes,"" ""Sprockets,"" and ""Three Very Lonesome Cowboys.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #7 - John Goodman/k.d. lang & The Reclines

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    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"".

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #8 - Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville

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    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.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #9 - Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman

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    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.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #10 - Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr.

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    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"".

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    #11 - Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt

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    Sketches include ""The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,"" ""Eternity,"" ""Hired Break-Up,"" ""The Continental,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""Lease With an Option to Kill,"" ""Hardbound""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #12 - Quincy Jones

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    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"".

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    #13 - Tom Hanks/Aerosmith

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    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.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #14 - Fred Savage/Technotronic

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    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.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #15 - Rob Lowe/The Pogues

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    Sketches include "George Bush/Rob Lowe", "Irish Drinking Songs", "Church Chat", "Sprockets", "Arsenio Beckman Show", "Lambada Prison", "Helmet Head", and "Alexander's Fur World".

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #16 - Debra Winger/Eric Clapton

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    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""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #17 - Corbin Bernsen/Smithereens

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    Sketches include ""Cable Shopping Network,"" ""Celebrity Lawyer Court,"" ""Hanukkah Harry,"" ""George F. Will's Sports Machine,"" ""His Face,"" ""Movers and Shakers,"" and ""Playgirl Models"".

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #18 - Alec Baldwin/The B-52's

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    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".

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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    #19 - Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise

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    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""

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    #20 - Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies

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    Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Toonces The Cat Who Can Drive a Car,"" ""The Carsenio Show,"" and ""Wayne's World.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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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 N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Dave Wilson and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/1989. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones".