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The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 21

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Every episode of Saturday Night Live Season 21 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 21!

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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  • Jim Carrey/Soundgarden
    8.4/10(294)
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    #1 - Jim Carrey/Soundgarden

    Season 21 Episode 20

    Aired 5/18/1996

    Sketches include: ""Nightline,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Overprotective Lifeguard,"" ""I'll See You In Hell,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" and ""Jimmy Tango's Fat Busters"".

    Director: N/A

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  • Christopher Walken/Joan Osborne
    7.2/10(94)
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    #2 - Christopher Walken/Joan Osborne

    Season 21 Episode 10

    Aired 1/13/1996

    Live from New York, it's...Rudolph Giuliani Sketches include: ""Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki Apologize For SNL's Low Quality,"" ""Rita Delvecchio,"" ""Spade In America,"" ""The Continental,"" ""Fuzzy Memories,"" ""T-Bone The Executioner,"" ""Connie Stinston"", and ""Mary Katherine Gallagher's Dancing Fantasy"". Joan Osborne performs: ""One of Us""

    Director: N/A

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  • John Goodman/Everclear
    7.1/10(83)
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    #3 - John Goodman/Everclear

    Season 21 Episode 15

    Aired 3/16/1996

    Sketches include ""Suel Forrester,"" ""The Real World,"" ""Steve Forbes,"" and ""The Joe Pesci Show.""

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  • Phil Hartman/Gin Blossoms
    7.1/10(92)
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    #4 - Phil Hartman/Gin Blossoms

    Season 21 Episode 16

    Aired 3/23/1996

    Sketches include ""Leg Up,"" ""Acting Class,"" ""Fuzzy Memories,"" ""Bug-Off,"" ""Unfrozen Cave Man Lawyer,"" ""Petchow Rat Poison,"" ""Hollywood Minute With David Spade"".

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  • Mariel Hemingway/Blues Traveler
    6.8/10(91)
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    #5 - Mariel Hemingway/Blues Traveler

    Season 21 Episode 1

    Aired 9/30/1995

    Sketches include: ""OJ Today,"" ""Leg Up,"" ""The Taylors,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Long Phone Call,"" ""Nightline,"" ""Biography"".

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  • Quentin Tarantino/Smashing Pumpkins
    6.8/10(106)
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    #6 - Quentin Tarantino/Smashing Pumpkins

    Season 21 Episode 5

    Aired 11/11/1995

    Sketches include: ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Old Glory Insurance,"" ""Clara Turley's Bible Challenge,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Bug Off,"" ""Directors on Directing,"" and ""All Aboard"".

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  • Alec Baldwin/Tori Amos
    6.7/10(89)
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    #7 - Alec Baldwin/Tori Amos

    Season 21 Episode 11

    Aired 1/20/1996

    Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Navy Guys,"" ""Talking About Bill Brasky,"" and ""Accidentally Shot by Hunters.""

    Director: N/A

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  • Chevy Chase/Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
    6.6/10(94)
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    #8 - Chevy Chase/Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

    Season 21 Episode 2

    Aired 10/7/1995

    Sketches include: ""NFL on NBC,"" ""The Mark Fuhrman Show,"" ""Althea,"" ""Lobotol,"" ""The Blame Game,"" ""Jim Breuer and Braveheart,"" ""Spade in America,"" and ""Fuzzy Memories"".

    Director: N/A

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  • Gabriel Byrne/Alanis Morissette
    6.6/10(84)
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    #9 - Gabriel Byrne/Alanis Morissette

    Season 21 Episode 4

    Aired 10/28/1995

    Sketches include: ""Halloween in New Hampshire,"" ""Grayson-Moorhead,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Cooking With Keith,"" ""Marshall Power Tools,"" ""Spade in America at the 1995 World Series,"" Fuzzy Memories, and ""Firing a Prison Guard.""

    Director: N/A

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  • Tom Arnold/Tupac Shakur
    6.6/10(86)
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    #10 - Tom Arnold/Tupac Shakur

    Season 21 Episode 13

    Aired 2/17/1996

    Sketches include ""Presidential Candidates,"" ""The Life We Lead/Channel 7 Action News,"" ""Ranger Ron and his Tree Slice,"" ""St. Gabriel's Annual Bake Sale,"" ""A Criminal and his Grandmother,"" and ""Drunk Surgeon.""

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  • David Alan Grier/Silverchair
    6.5/10(91)
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    #11 - David Alan Grier/Silverchair

    Season 21 Episode 8

    Aired 12/9/1995

    Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Rocky Roads,"" ""The Today Show,"" ""Three Wise Men,"" ""Wake Up and Smile,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Black People,"" and ""Perspectives"".

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  • Teri Hatcher/Dave Matthews Band
    6.4/10(82)
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    #12 - Teri Hatcher/Dave Matthews Band

    Season 21 Episode 18

    Aired 4/20/1996

    Sketches include ""Kazinsky and his Lawyers,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""The Princess and the Homeboy,"" ""Romantic Music,"" and ""St. Gabriel's Women's Charity for the Needy.""

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  • Christine Baranski/The Cure
    6.4/10(93)
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    #13 - Christine Baranski/The Cure

    Season 21 Episode 19

    Aired 5/11/1996

    Sketches include ""Bob Dole Press Conference,"" ""AM Ale,"" ""The Courtney Love Show,"" ""Get Off The Shed!,"" ""20 Years and One Week,"" ""Terminally Ill Amateur Singer,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Rolf,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Personality Alteration,"" ""Lansing Phone Sex,"" ""Fuzzy Memories"".

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  • Anthony Edwards/Foo Fighters
    6.3/10(77)
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    #14 - Anthony Edwards/Foo Fighters

    Season 21 Episode 7

    Aired 12/2/1995

    Sketches include ""Inside Politics,"" ""Grimaldi's,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Nightline,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""G-Dog Does the Nasty,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Turning Point,"" and ""Hulk Hogan Talk Show"".

    Director: N/A

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  • David Schwimmer/Natalie Merchant
    6.1/10(92)
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    #15 - David Schwimmer/Natalie Merchant

    Season 21 Episode 3

    Aired 10/21/1995

    Sketches include ""Darius Rucker,"" ""Kids vs. Grownups,"" ""Rita Delvecchio,"" ""Fuzzy Memories,"" ""The Elevator,"" ""Secrets,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Slim Shannon,"" and ""Triumph Performers"".

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  • Elle MacPherson/Sting
    6.1/10(80)
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    #16 - Elle MacPherson/Sting

    Season 21 Episode 14

    Aired 2/24/1996

    Sketches include ""Presidential Candidates,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Winston Graff,"" ""Stan Hooper,"" ""Dinner at Oliver's,"" and ""Australian Phone Sex.""

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  • Danny Aiello/Coolio
    5.9/10(93)
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    #17 - Danny Aiello/Coolio

    Season 21 Episode 12

    Aired 2/10/1996

    Sketches include ""Inside Politics,"" ""Spaghetti Sauce,"" ""The Kevin Franklin Show,"" ""Time Life's Valentine's Day Arguments,"" ""Althea,"" ""Spade in America,"" ""Hi-C and Turkey,"" ""Martha Stewart Living,"" and ""Fuzzy Memories"".

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  • Laura Leighton/Rancid
    5.8/10(84)
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    #18 - Laura Leighton/Rancid

    Season 21 Episode 6

    Aired 11/18/1995

    Sketches include ""Air Force One,"" ""Psychic Reading,"" ""Midgets,"" and ""Spade in America.""

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  • Madeline Kahn/Bush
    5.8/10(78)
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    #19 - Madeline Kahn/Bush

    Season 21 Episode 9

    Aired 12/16/1995

    Sketches include ""Bosnian Goodwill Tour,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""John-John Mackie,"" ""Giant Bird,"" ""Leg Up,"" ""Lucien and Fagin,"" ""Spade in America,"" and ""Wedding Vows"".

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  • Steve Forbes/Rage Against the Machine
    5.5/10(83)
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    #20 - Steve Forbes/Rage Against the Machine

    Season 21 Episode 17

    Aired 4/13/1996

    Sketches include ""Class Reunion,"" ""Nightline,"" ""House Workers,"" ""Entering Penn State,"" ""Seattle Today,"" ""Greyson-Moore,"" ""Gibberish Sergeant,"" ""Fuzzy Memories,"" ""Steve Forbes and the Flies""

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Season 21 Ratings Summary

"Jim Carrey/Soundgarden" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 21. It scored 8.4/10 based on 294 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/18/1996. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "Christopher Walken/Joan Osborne".