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The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 21

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 1 - Mariel Hemingway/Blues Traveler
    6.9/10(98 votes)

    #1 - Mariel Hemingway/Blues Traveler

    S21:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 2 - Chevy Chase/Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
    6.6/10(101 votes)

    #2 - Chevy Chase/Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

    S21:E2

    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:Unknown
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  3. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 3 - David Schwimmer/Natalie Merchant
    6.2/10(98 votes)

    #3 - David Schwimmer/Natalie Merchant

    S21:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 4 - Gabriel Byrne/Alanis Morissette
    6.7/10(90 votes)

    #4 - Gabriel Byrne/Alanis Morissette

    S21:E4

    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:Unknown
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  5. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 5 - Quentin Tarantino/Smashing Pumpkins
    6.8/10(112 votes)

    #5 - Quentin Tarantino/Smashing Pumpkins

    S21:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 6 - Laura Leighton/Rancid
    5.9/10(91 votes)

    #6 - Laura Leighton/Rancid

    S21:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 7 - Anthony Edwards/Foo Fighters
    6.5/10(82 votes)

    #7 - Anthony Edwards/Foo Fighters

    S21:E7

    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:Unknown
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  8. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 8 - David Alan Grier/Silverchair
    6.7/10(98 votes)

    #8 - David Alan Grier/Silverchair

    S21:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 9 - Madeline Kahn/Bush
    6.0/10(84 votes)

    #9 - Madeline Kahn/Bush

    S21:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 10 - Christopher Walken/Joan Osborne
    7.2/10(98 votes)

    #10 - Christopher Walken/Joan Osborne

    S21:E10

    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:Unknown
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  11. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 11 - Alec Baldwin/Tori Amos
    6.8/10(95 votes)

    #11 - Alec Baldwin/Tori Amos

    S21:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 12 - Danny Aiello/Coolio
    5.9/10(98 votes)

    #12 - Danny Aiello/Coolio

    S21:E12

    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"".

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 13 - Tom Arnold/Tupac Shakur
    6.7/10(91 votes)

    #13 - Tom Arnold/Tupac Shakur

    S21:E13

    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.""

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 14 - Elle MacPherson/Sting
    6.1/10(85 votes)

    #14 - Elle MacPherson/Sting

    S21:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 15 - John Goodman/Everclear
    7.1/10(88 votes)

    #15 - John Goodman/Everclear

    S21:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 16 - Phil Hartman/Gin Blossoms
    7.2/10(99 votes)

    #16 - Phil Hartman/Gin Blossoms

    S21:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 17 - Steve Forbes/Rage Against the Machine
    5.6/10(86 votes)

    #17 - Steve Forbes/Rage Against the Machine

    S21:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 18 - Teri Hatcher/Dave Matthews Band
    6.4/10(85 votes)

    #18 - Teri Hatcher/Dave Matthews Band

    S21:E18

    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.""

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 19 - Christine Baranski/The Cure
    6.5/10(96 votes)

    #19 - Christine Baranski/The Cure

    S21:E19

    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"".

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Saturday Night Live Season 21 Episode 20 - Jim Carrey/Soundgarden
    8.5/10(303 votes)

    #20 - Jim Carrey/Soundgarden

    S21:E20

    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"".

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Season 21 Ratings Summary

"Mariel Hemingway/Blues Traveler" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 21. It scored 6.9/10 based on 98 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/30/1995. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Chevy Chase/Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories".