Saturday Night Live (season 20) - Episodes

Episodes

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Saturday Night Live season 20 episodes
# Host(s) Musical guest(s) Original airdate
367 1 Steve Martin Eric Clapton September 24, 1994

Norm Macdonald's first episode anchoring Weekend Update.

Chris Elliott, Janeane Garofalo and Laura Kightlinger's first episode as cast members.

Eric Clapton performed "I'm Tore Down" and "Five Long Years."

Brian Austin Green appeared in the "O.J. Simpson Trial" sketch.

Bobby Bonilla, Jack McDowell, Lenny Dykstra, Mo Vaughn, and Roger Clemens appeared in the "Super Sports Tours" sketch.
368 2 Marisa Tomei Bonnie Raitt October 1, 1994
Bonnie Raitt performed "Love Sneaking Up On You" and "Storm Warning."
369 3 John Travolta Seal October 15, 1994

Seal performed "Prayer for the Dying" and "Crazy", and appeared in the "We Go Together" sketch.

David Lander and Steve Buscemi appeared in the "Welcome Back, Kotter" sketch and the "We Go Together" sketch.
370 4 Dana Carvey Edie Brickell
Paul Simon
October 22, 1994

Edie Brickell performed "Green" and "Tomorrow Comes."

George H. W. Bush made an appearance in the cold opening and monologue, critiquing Dana Carvey's impersonation of him.

Paul Simon joined Edie Brickell for her first performance.
371 5 Sarah Jessica Parker R.E.M. November 12, 1994

R.E.M. performed "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?", "Bang and Blame", and "I Don't Sleep, I Dream."

Bill Murray appears near the end of the episode to announce the death of former SNL writer, Michael O'Donoghue, and to replay one of his famous sketches, "The Soiled Kimono", which aired in SNL's third season.
372 6 John Turturro Tom Petty November 19, 1994

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performed "You Don't Know How It Feels" and "Honey Bee." Dave Grohl played with the Heartbreakers, who were in between drummers at the time.

Joey Buttafuoco appeared during the monologue.

David Hasselhoff appeared during Weekend Update.
373 7 Roseanne Green Day December 3, 1994

Adam Sandler debuts "The Chanukah Song" on Weekend Update.

Green Day performs "When I Come Around" and "Geek Stink Breath."

Rip Taylor appeared in the "Lock-Up" sketch.
374 8 Alec Baldwin Beastie Boys December 10, 1994

Beastie Boys performed "Sure Shot" and a medley of "Ricky's Theme" and "Heart Attack Man."

Christian Slater appeared during the "Celebrity Memorabilia Auction" sketch.
375 9 George Foreman Hole December 17, 1994

Hole performed "Doll Parts" and "Violet."

Michael Buffer appeared in the "Time Boxer" sketch.
376 10 Jeff Daniels Luscious Jackson January 14, 1995

Luscious Jackson performed "Citysong" and "Here."

Mark McKinney's first episode as a cast member.
377 11 David Hyde Pierce Live January 21, 1995

Live performed "I Alone" and "Selling the Drama."

Mike Myers' final episode as a cast member.
378 12 Bob Newhart Des'ree February 11, 1995

Des'ree performed "You Gotta Be" and "Feels So High."

At the end of the episode, Bob Newhart wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette (as he did on the last episode of "Newhart") and tells him about his nightmare hosting SNL.
379 13 Deion Sanders Bon Jovi
Deion Sanders
February 18, 1995

Bon Jovi performed "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night." Jon Bon Jovi also appeared in the "1995 ESPY Awards" sketch.

Manute Bol appeared in the "1995 ESPY Awards" sketch.
380 14 George Clooney The Cranberries February 25, 1995

The Cranberries performed "Zombie" and "Ode to My Family."

Janeane Garofalo's final episode as a cast member.

Molly Shannon's first episode as a cast member.
381 15 Paul Reiser Annie Lennox March 18, 1995

Annie Lennox performed "No More I Love You's" and "Train In Vain."

In reruns, the "O'Callahan and Sons" sketch is replaced with the short film, Vacation, after Jay Mohr admitted that the "O'Callahan and Sons" sketch was plagiarized from comedian, Rick Shapiro.
382 16 John Goodman The Tragically Hip March 25, 1995

The Tragically Hip performed "Grace, Too" and "Nautical Disaster."

Dan Aykroyd appears in the cold-open, the opening monologue, the "Bob Swerski's Super Fans" sketch, the "Late Late Show" sketch, the "Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern" sketch, the "Unsolved Mysteries" sketch, the "Coal Miners" sketch, and introduced The Tragically Hip.

Brian Dennehy and George Wendt appear in the "Bob Swerski's Super Fans" sketch.
383 17 Damon Wayans Dionne Farris April 8, 1995

Dionne Farris performs "I Know" and "Blackbird."

David Alan Grier appears during the "Men on Film" sketch.

Morwenna Banks's first episode as a cast member.

Damon Wayans reprises his roles as Anton Jackson and Blaine Edwards from In Living Color.
384 18 Courteney Cox Dave Matthews Band April 15, 1995
Dave Matthews Band performed "What Would You Say" and "Ants Marching."
385 19 Bob Saget TLC May 6, 1995

"TLC performed "Creep" and "Red Light Special."

Al Franken's final episode as a cast member.
386 20 David Duchovny Rod Stewart May 13, 1995

Rod Stewart performs "Leave Virginia Alone" and "Maggie May."

Michael Angarano appears during the opening monologue.

Naomi Campbell appears during the "You Think You're Better Than Me?" sketch.

Kevin Nealon, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Ellen Cleghorne, Morwenna Banks, Jay Mohr, Laura Kightlinger, Michael McKean and Chris Elliott's final episode as cast members.

Final show of G.E. Smith with the Saturday Night Live Band and as co-musical director.

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