Episodes
See also: List of Saturday Night Live episodes| # | Host(s) | Musical guest(s) | Original airdate | |
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| 287 | 1 | Kyle MacLachlan | Sinéad O'Connor | September 29, 1990 |
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Chris Farley and Chris Rock's first episode as cast members. Sinéad O'Connor performs "Three Babies" and "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance." |
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| 288 | 2 | Susan Lucci | Hothouse Flowers | October 6, 1990 |
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Gene Rayburn makes a cameo appearance in the Game Breakers sketch, along with Don Pardo. Hothouse Flowers performs "Give It Up" and "I Can See Clearly Now." |
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| 289 | 3 | George Steinbrenner | Morris Day & The Time | October 20, 1990 |
| The Time performs "Jerk Out" and "Chocolate". | ||||
| 290 | 4 | Patrick Swayze | Mariah Carey | October 27, 1990 |
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Swayze's wife, Lisa Niemi, appears during the monologue and dances with her husband. Mariah Carey performs "Vision of Love" and "Vanishing." Rob Schneider's first episode as a cast member. |
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| 291 | 5 | Jimmy Smits | World Party | November 10, 1990 |
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David Spade and Julia Sweeney's first episode as cast members. Bob Costas makes a cameo appearance in an NBC News sketch. World Party performs "Way Down Now" and "Ship of Fools." |
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| 292 | 6 | Dennis Hopper | Paul Simon | November 17, 1990 |
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Miss America pageant host Bert Parks makes a cameo appearance in the monologue and appears in the following sketch. Paul Simon performs "The Obvious Child," "Late in the Evening," and "Proof," and appears in a sketch. |
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| 293 | 7 | John Goodman | Faith No More | December 1, 1990 |
| Faith No More performs "Epic" and "From Out of Nowhere." | ||||
| 294 | 8 | Tom Hanks | Edie Brickell & New Bohemians | December 8, 1990 |
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Paul Simon, Steve Martin, and Elliott Gould make cameo appearances as members of the "Five Timer's Club"; Jon Lovitz cameos as a waiter, and Ralph Nader appears as a onetime former host trying to get into the club. Nader also appears in the Global Warming Christmas Special sketch. Tony Randall makes a cameo appearance in the Game Beaters sketch. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians perform "Woyaho" and "He Said." |
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| 295 | 9 | Dennis Quaid | The Neville Brothers | December 15, 1990 |
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Jon Lovitz makes a cameo appearance during Weekend Update as his character "Annoying Man". The Neville Brothers performs "Brother Jake" and "River of Life." |
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| 296 | 10 | Joe Mantegna | Vanilla Ice | January 12, 1991 |
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Debut of "Bill Swerski's Superfans" sketch series. Vanilla Ice performs "Ice Ice Baby" and "Play That Funky Music." |
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| 297 | 11 | Sting | Sting | January 19, 1991 |
| Sting performs "All This Time", "Mad About You" and "Purple Haze." | ||||
| 298 | 12 | Kevin Bacon | INXS | February 9, 1991 |
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Adam Sandler and Tim Meadows' first episode as cast members. INXS performs "Bitter Tears" and "Suicide Blonde." |
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| 299 | 13 | Roseanne Barr | Deee-Lite | February 16, 1991 |
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Jon Lovitz makes a cameo appearance in the Misery II sketch. Tom Arnold makes a cameo appearance during the Sally sketch. Deee-Lite performs "World Clique" and "Power of Love" with backing by Bootsy Collins & The Rubber Band. |
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| 300 | 14 | Alec Baldwin | Whitney Houston | February 23, 1991 |
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Whitney Houston, Jon Lovitz and journalist Arthur Kent appear during the monologue. Evander Holyfield appears in a pre-taped commercial parody sketch. Whitney Houston performs "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need." |
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| 301 | 15 | Michael J. Fox | The Black Crowes | March 16, 1991 |
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The Black Crowes performs "Thick n' Thin" and "She Talks to Angels." A. Whitney Brown's final episode as a castmember. |
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| 302 | 16 | Jeremy Irons | Fishbone | March 23, 1991 |
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Boxer Donovan "Razor" Ruddock makes cameo appearances during Weekend Update and during a commercial parody sketch. Fishbone performs "Sunless Saturday" and "Everyday Sunshine." |
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| 303 | 17 | Catherine O'Hara | R.E.M. | April 13, 1991 |
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Former cast member Randy Quaid makes a cameo appearance. R.E.M. performs "Losing My Religion" and "Shiny Happy People." Kate Pierson of The B-52's performed with R.E.M. on the latter number. |
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| 304 | 18 | Steven Seagal | Michael Bolton | April 20, 1991 |
| Michael Bolton performs "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" and "Time, Love and Tenderness." | ||||
| 305 | 19 | Delta Burke | Chris Isaak | May 11, 1991 |
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Madonna appears in a filmed cameo during "Wayne's World". Chris Isaak performs "Wicked Game" and "Diddley Daddy" in addition to appearing in a karaoke sketch. |
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| 306 | 20 | George Wendt | Elvis Costello | May 18, 1991 |
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This is the final episode for Dennis Miller and Jan Hooks as cast members. Elvis Costello performs "The Other Side of Summer" and "So Like Candy." |
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