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The nineteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 25, 1993, and May 14, 1994.

Cast

Many changes happened before the start of the season.

Dana Carvey had left the show in the middle of the previous season. Chris Rock[1] and Robert Smigel[2] also left the show at the end of the previous season. Ellen Cleghorne, Melanie Hutsell, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler, and David Spade were all promoted to repertory status. Stand-up comics Norm Macdonald, Jay Mohr and Sarah Silverman were hired as writers and would debut as featured players, a few episodes into the season. Veteran comic actor Michael McKean joined the show mid-season as a repertory cast member.[3] At age 46, McKean was the oldest person to join the cast of the show, a distinction he held until Leslie Jones became a cast member (at age 47) in 2014.

This would be the final season for longtime cast members Phil Hartman,[4][5] Rob Schneider, Julia Sweeney and Melanie Hutsell.[2] This was also the only season for Sarah Silverman.[6]

A major blow for the show was the departure of Hartman. Before his final show the entire cast and crew presented him with a bronzed stick of glue, symbolizing how he had become "The Glue" of the show, a term coined by Adam Sandler.[7]

This was the final season to show StereoSurround captioning during the opening montage.

This is also the first season to feature the show returning to the original "repertory" and "featured" cast lists since Season 15.

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 19

Episodes

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Host(s)Musical guestOriginal air date
3471Charles BarkleyNirvanaSeptember 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)

  • Nirvana performs "Heart-Shaped Box" and "Rape Me".[8]
  • Muggsy Bogues appears during the "Daily Affirmation" sketch and the "Charles Barkley's Big, Tall & Black Men's Stores" sketch.
  • Skid Row appears in a pre-recorded segment of the "Gap" sketch.
  • RuPaul appears during the "What's That?" sketch.
  • Contains an "Office Space" cartoon by Mike Judge
3482Shannen DohertyCypress HillOctober 2, 1993 (1993-10-02)

3493Jeff GoldblumAerosmithOctober 9, 1993 (1993-10-09)

3504John MalkovichBilly JoelOctober 23, 1993 (1993-10-23)

3515Christian SlaterThe Smashing PumpkinsOctober 30, 1993 (1993-10-30)

3526Rosie O'DonnellJames TaylorNovember 13, 1993 (1993-11-13)

  • James Taylor performs "Memphis" & "Slap Leather" and "Secret O' Life".[8] Both performances feature musician Don Grolnick. James Taylor also appears during the "Duets" sketch.
  • Casey Kasem appears during the "Duets" sketch.
3537Nicole KidmanStone Temple PilotsNovember 20, 1993 (1993-11-20)

3548Charlton HestonPaul WesterbergDecember 4, 1993 (1993-12-04)

  • Paul Westerberg performs "Knockin' On Mine" and "Can't Hardly Wait".[8]
  • The opening montage has the cast members made over to look like apes to coincide with a running gag from the cold opening parodying Planet of the Apes.
3559Sally FieldTony! Toni! Toné!December 11, 1993 (1993-12-11)

35610Jason PatricBlind MelonJanuary 8, 1994 (1994-01-08)

  • Blind Melon performs "No Rain" and "Paper Scratcher".[8] The band also appears during the monologue.
  • Richard Simmons appears during the "Coffee Talk" sketch.
35711Sara GilbertCounting CrowsJanuary 15, 1994 (1994-01-15)

35812Patrick StewartSalt-N-PepaFebruary 5, 1994 (1994-02-05)

35913Alec Baldwin and Kim BasingerUB40February 12, 1994 (1994-02-12)

  • UB40 performs "C'est La Vie" and "Can't Help Falling in Love".[8]
  • Baldwin's brothers Stephen and Billy appear during the "Family Feud" sketch.
  • This episode features the infamous sketch where Adam Sandler's Canteen Boy is molested by his scoutmaster (played by Alec Baldwin).
36014Martin LawrenceCrash Test DummiesFebruary 19, 1994 (1994-02-19)

  • Crash Test Dummies perform "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and "Afternoons & Coffeespoons".[8]
  • Lawrence's opening monologue included explicit material on "feminine hygiene" and has been partially censored in all reruns (including the Netflix collection of SNL episodes from the 1990s) with an explanatory voice-over, stating that Lawrence's views and opinions are not shared by anyone at NBC, the monologue nearly got everyone on the show fired for not stopping it, and that Martin Lawrence has been banned from ever appearing, or even being mentioned, on the show again. NBC received 627 complaints about the monologue, while only three calls were in support of Lawrence.[9]
  • Benoit Benjamin appears in the "13th Player" sketch.
36115Nancy KerriganAretha FranklinMarch 12, 1994 (1994-03-12)

36216Helen HuntSnoop Doggy DoggMarch 19, 1994 (1994-03-19)

36317Kelsey GrammerDwight YoakamApril 9, 1994 (1994-04-09)

36418Emilio EstevezPearl JamApril 16, 1994 (1994-04-16)

36519John GoodmanThe PretendersMay 7, 1994 (1994-05-07)

  • The Pretenders perform "Night in My Veins" and "I'll Stand By You".[8]
  • Jan Hooks appears as Hillary Clinton in the "Cops" sketch.
  • Manute Bol appears in the pre-recorded "Majestic Caribbean Cruise Line" sketch.
  • When this episode was announced during the April 16, 1994 episode, Heather Locklear was booked as the original host.
36620Heather LocklearJanet JacksonMay 14, 1994 (1994-05-14)

Specials

# Special Original airdate
1"The President's Favorite Moments"May 17, 1994 (1994-05-17)
A clip show featuring material from previous shows.[10][11]

Wayne's World 2 film

Wayne's World 2, the sequel to the 1992 hit Wayne's World, was released on December 10, 1993. Based on the popular "Wayne's World" sketches, the film stars cast members Dana Carvey, Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Mike Myers and Harry Shearer. SNL writers Bob Odenkirk and Robert Smigel have brief cameos as concert nerds. The film did not do as well at the box office as its predecessor, grossing less than half of what the original did. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with Roger Ebert calling the characters of Wayne and Garth "impossible to dislike".[12]

It's Pat film

It's Pat, a film based on the popular Pat sketches, was released on August 26, 1994. Cast members Tim Meadows, Charles Rocket and Julia Sweeney appear in the film. The film was a box office bomb, barely making $50,000. The film was also panned by critics and has a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews.[13]

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Andrew (November 1, 2014). "The Story Behind Chris Rock's Firing From 'Saturday Night Live'". UPROXX. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Gay, Verne (September 23, 1994). "'Saturday Night Live' hoping changes will give show new life". Newsday. p. D6. Retrieved April 23, 2024 – via The Daily Gazette.
  3. ^ "SNL cast the next gig for Michael McKean". Ocala Star-Banner. March 11, 1994. p. 2A. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  4. ^ Bark, Ed (September 21, 1993). "Phil Hartman prepares for days after 'Saturday Night'". Dallas Morning News. p. D-7. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  5. ^ Cagle, Jess (March 11, 1994). "Merry Hartman, Merry Hartman". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Gross, Terry (November 9, 2005). "Sarah Silverman: 'Jesus Is Magic'". Fresh Air. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Saturday Night Live > Season 19 > Episode 20: Heather Locklear/Janet Jackson". TV.com. May 14, 1994. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 124–127. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
  9. ^ Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 264. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
  10. ^ Saturday Night Live Presents President Bill Clinton's All-Time Favorites (1994). NBC. May 17, 1994.
  11. ^ Saturday Night Live "Clinton's Favorite Moments" Primetime Commercial (May, 1994). May 22, 2021. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ Ebert, Roger (December 10, 1993). "Wayne's World 2". Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  13. ^ It's Pat at Rotten Tomatoes Edit this at Wikidata
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