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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!

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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  1. 8.4/10(294 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. 7.2/10(94 votes)

    #2 - 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""

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  3. 7.1/10(83 votes)

    #3 - John Goodman/Everclear

    S21:E15

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

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  4. 7.1/10(93 votes)

    #4 - 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"".

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  5. 6.8/10(91 votes)

    #5 - Mariel Hemingway/Blues Traveler

    S21:E1

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

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  6. 6.8/10(106 votes)

    #6 - 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"".

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  8. 6.8/10(90 votes)

    #7 - 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.""

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  9. 6.7/10(85 votes)

    #8 - 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.""

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  10. 6.6/10(95 votes)

    #9 - 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"".

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  11. 6.6/10(92 votes)

    #10 - 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"".

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  12. 6.6/10(87 votes)

    #11 - 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.""

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  13. 6.4/10(78 votes)

    #12 - 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"".

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  14. 6.4/10(82 votes)

    #13 - 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.""

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  15. 6.4/10(93 votes)

    #14 - 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"".

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  16. 6.1/10(93 votes)

    #15 - 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"".

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  17. 6.1/10(81 votes)

    #16 - 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.""

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  18. 6.0/10(94 votes)

    #17 - 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"".

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  19. 5.9/10(80 votes)

    #18 - 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"".

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  20. 5.8/10(86 votes)

    #19 - Laura Leighton/Rancid

    S21:E6

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

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  21. 5.5/10(83 votes)

    #20 - 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""

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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".