Saturday Night Live (season 19)

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.

Saturday Night Live
Season 19
The title card for the nineteenth season of Saturday Night Live.
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 25, 1993 (1993-09-25) –
May 14, 1994 (1994-05-14)
Season chronology

Cast

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".[1]
  • 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".[1] 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".[1]
  • 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".[1] 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".[1]
  • 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".[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 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".[1]
  • 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.[4][5]

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".[6]

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.[7]

References
  1. Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 124–127. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
  2. Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 264. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
  3. "Saturday Night Live > Season 19 > Episode 20: Heather Locklear/Janet Jackson". TV.com. May 14, 1994.
  4. "Saturday Night Live Presents President Bill Clinton's All-Time Favorites (1994)". IMDB. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  5. 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.
  6. Ebert, Roger (December 10, 1993). "Wayne's World 2". Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  7. It's Pat at Rotten Tomatoes
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