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The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 15

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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...
  1. Background image for Bruce Willis/Neil Young
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    #1 - Bruce Willis/Neil Young

    S15:E1

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

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones
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    #2 - Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones

    S15:E2

    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:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel
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    #3 - Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel

    S15:E3

    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:Unknown
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  4. Background image for James Woods/Don Henley
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    #4 - James Woods/Don Henley

    S15:E4

    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:Unknown
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    #5 - Chris Evert/Eurythmics

    S15:E5

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

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

    S15:E6

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

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

    S15:E7

    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:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
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    #8 - Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville

    S15:E8

    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:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman
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    #9 - Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman

    S15:E9

    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:Unknown
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    #10 - Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr.

    S15:E10

    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:Unknown
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    #11 - Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt

    S15:E11

    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:Unknown
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    #12 - Quincy Jones

    S15:E12

    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:Unknown
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    #13 - Tom Hanks/Aerosmith

    S15:E13

    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:Unknown
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    #14 - Fred Savage/Technotronic

    S15:E14

    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:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Rob Lowe/The Pogues
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    #15 - Rob Lowe/The Pogues

    S15:E15

    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:Unknown
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    #16 - Debra Winger/Eric Clapton

    S15:E16

    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:Unknown
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    #17 - Corbin Bernsen/Smithereens

    S15:E17

    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:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Alec Baldwin/The B-52's
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    #18 - Alec Baldwin/The B-52's

    S15:E18

    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:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise
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    #19 - Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise

    S15:E19

    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:Unknown
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    #20 - Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies

    S15:E20

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

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:Unknown
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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 /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Dave Wilson and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/30/1989. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones".