Episode list

Saturday Night Live

Tom Hanks/Keith Richards
Check out selected sketches and segments from the 1988 episode hosted by two-time Oscar winning actor Tom Hanks. Sketches include: "ABC Campaign ‘88", "Mr. Short-Term Memory", "Jew, Not a Jew", "'Big' Outtakes", and SNL Commercial Parody "First Citiwide Bank Change". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.9 /10
Matthew Broderick/The Sugarcubes
Golden Globe nominated actor Matthew Broderick hosts this 1988 episode with a filmed cameo by Laurie Metcalf and Catherine O'Hara. Selected sketches and segments include: "Nude Beach", "Learning to Feel", "Thumper Family", and the short film "Laurie Has a Story". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
5.8 /10
John Larroquette/Randy Newman & Mark Knopfler
Watch selected sketches and segments from the 1988 episode hosted by Golden Globe nominated actor John Larroquette. Sketches include: "Alien Dukakis", "Bush Ad", SNL Commercial Parody "Vernon Hawley, Jr.", "Sex Stories Over Dinner", and "Dan Quayle: President". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.1 /10
Matthew Modine/Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Golden Globe nominated actor Matthew Modine hosts this 1988 episode which includes selected sketches and segments such as: SNL Commercial Parody "Republican Ad", "Dukakis After Dark", and "Weekend Update". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.1 /10
Demi Moore/Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Check out selected sketches and segments from the 1988 episode hosted by Golden Globe nominated actress Demi Moore with a special guest appearance by Bruce Willis. Sketches include: SNL Commercial Parody "Neuburg's Bleu Cheese Cooler", "Dr. Know-it-all", "Businessman's Chatter Line", "Hans & Franz go Camping", and "Woman vs Rattlesnake".
5.8 /10
John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman
Watch selected sketches and segments from the 1988 episode hosted by Oscar nominated actor John Lithgow. Sketches include: SNL Commercial Parody "Long White Beard", "Animal Confession", "Master Thespian", "Keister Thanksgiving", and "Skeleton Phobia". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.2 /10
Danny DeVito/The Bangles
Check out selected sketches and segments from the 1988 episode hosted by Oscar nominated actor Danny DeVito. Sketches include: SNL Commercial Parody "Big Red", "Sex Tonight", "Mexican Bandit", and "Weekend Update". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.1 /10
Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin
View selected sketches and segments from the 1988 episode hosted by Oscar winning actor Kevin Kline. Sketches include: "A Trump Christmas", "Game Breakers", "Desert Island Agency", "Raspberry Responses", and "Weekend Update". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.5 /10
Melanie Griffith/Little Feat
Check out selected sketches and segments from the 1988 episode hosted by Oscar nominated actress Melianie Griffith. Sketches include: SNL Commercial Parody "Metrocard", "Unrequited Businessman", "Office Party", "Season's Greetings", and "Weekend Update". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
5.8 /10
John Malkovich/Anita Baker
Watch selected sketches and segments from the 1989 episode hosted by Oscar nominated actor John Malkovich. Sketches include: "Bush's Super Bowl Call", SNL Commercial Parodies "First Citiwide Change Bank" and "Garey Busey Motorcycle Helmets", "Nancy Reagan's Visit", "Attitudes" and "Mocking Lord Edmund". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.3 /10
Tony Danza/John Hiatt
View selected sketches and segments from the 1989 episode hosted by Who's the Boss? star Tony Danza. Sketches include: "A Message From Ted Bundy", SNL Commercial Parodies "Carbon Paper' and "Maydenform", "Frankie's Proposal" and "Stakeout" . For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.2 /10
Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies
Naked Gun star Leslie Nielsen hosts this 1989 episode. Selected sketches include: "Long White Beard", "Snap Decision", "Weekend Update" and SNL Commercial Parody "Geritech". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.1 /10
Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings
Watch selected sketches and segments from the 1989 episode hosted by Oscar nominated actress Glenn Close with a special guest appearance by William Hurt. Sketches include: "Barnes & Noble Under Siege", "Fatal Attraction", SNL Commercial Parody "Big Red", and "Levels". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
5.7 /10
Mary Tyler Moore/Elvis Costello
Check out selected sketches and segments from the 1989 episode hosted by Oscar nominated actress Mary Tyler Moore. Sketches include: "Customs", "Weekend Update", and "Robot Repair". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6 /10
Mel Gibson/Living Colour
Two-time Oscar winning actor Mel Gibson hosts this 1989 episode with selected sketches such as: "Tales of Ribaldry", SNL Commercial Parody "Exxon of Supertanker Steering", "Cooking with the Anal Retentive Chef" and "Dream Gynecologist". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
5.8 /10
Dolly Parton

Fri, Apr 14, 1989
Check out selected sketches and segments from the 1989 episode hosted by country music star and Oscar nominated actress Dolly Parton. Sketches include: "Mountain Stories", "Food Emporium", "Oil Spill Cleanup", and "Weekend Update". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
6.1 /10
Geena Davis/John Mellencamp
Watch selected sketches and segments from the 1989 episode hosted by Oscar winning actress Gina Davis. Sketches include: "Bush's First 100 Days", "Bob Waltman Special Promo", "Attitudes", and "Last Man on Earth". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
5.6 /10
Steve Martin/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Steve Martin hosts this episode for the 11th time, and Tom Petty and The Heartbreaker are the musical guests. In the cold opening, President George H.W. Bush(Dana Carvey) outlines his accomplishments and failings in office. Steve Martin's monologue is out of the ordinary; A tearful mourning of the passing of former cast-member Gilda Radner, including a replay of a sketch from an episode that aired on April 22, 1978. The ninth installment of "Pumping Up with Hans & Franz." Jan Hooks imitates Tammy Wynette. Martin and Victoria Jackson appear in the first episode of "Toonces: The Cat Who Could Drive a Car." Martin reads some poetry about a non-descript woman. Pope John Paul II can be heard on Weekend Update. Lorne Michaels announces a new version of "The Coneheads." Jon Lovitz boasts of the benefits of getting to know him. On Sprockets, Dieter introduced Heike Mueller(Nora Dunn), art critic and his current lover. Both review such artists as Chuckles the Clown, and the poetry of Jimmy Stewart(Carvey). The Good and Bad Sides of Steve Martin. A Cable TV network run by the tobacco industry for smokers, Frankenstein, Tonto and Tarzan (Hartman, Lovitz, Kevin Nealon) want you to Have A Bitchin' Summer. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform the songs "Runnin' Down a Dream" and "Free Fallin'."
7.1 /10
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