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| Saturday Night Live Season 16 | |
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 The Saturday Night Live title card as seen in the opening credits of the 16th season. | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 29, 1990 – May 18, 1991 |
| Season chronology | |
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Saturday Night Live aired its sixteenth season during the 1990-1991 television season on NBC. 20 episodes were produced. The sixteenth season began on September 29, 1990, and ended on May 18, 1991.
The 16th season of SNL was a transitional one: Several longtime cast members left, and a large number of additions were made to the roster. To ensure that he was not short on talent (and to avoid repeating Jean Doumanian's mistake—and Lorne Michaels' previous mistake in the case of the 1985-1986 cast—of hiring a cast of new, inexperienced cast members with little to no comedic chemistry), Michaels chose to retain most of the late 1980s cast while in the process of hiring the people that would make up the early 1990s cast. At one point during the season, sixteen people were listed as cast members or featured players.
Cast
Cast changes
Many changes occurred before the start of the season. Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz were both dropped from the show. Following her boycott of the episode hosted by Andrew Dice Clay the previous season, Dunn was not in good standing with Lorne Michaels. Because of the dispute, Michaels fired her.
Before the season began, Jon Lovitz requested time off so he could film Mom and Dad Save the World, which would cause him to miss the first several episodes of the season. Michaels refused, because he did not view this to be fair to the other cast members. Lovitz subsequently quit. However, he made several cameo appearances throughout the 16th season.
With Dunn and Lovitz gone, Michaels was put in an awkward situation. Most of the cast had been on the show for five seasons. He did not want to be put in the spot of having to replace the entire cast all at once (as not to repeat Jean Doumanian's folly from her stint as executive producer in the early 1980s after the original cast left, or Michaels' own, similar mistake from the 1985-1986 season). Instead, Michaels promoted writers Rob Schneider and David Spade to the cast and hired Chris Farley, Chris Rock, and Julia Sweeney. He then hired Tim Meadows and Adam Sandler to the cast mid season.
This would also be the final season for Jan Hooks and Dennis Miller, who ended his consecutive six-year reign as Weekend Update anchor.
Cast roster
| Repertory Cast Members | Featured Cast Members
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bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
Writers
Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers#Season 16
Notable writers from season 16 included Jim Downey, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Jack Handey, Conan O'Brien, Rob Smigel and Bob Odenkirk.
Season 16 would prove to be the final year for O'Brien and Odenkirk as Saturday Night Live writers. O'Brien left to write for The Simpsons, and would later host NBC's Late Night and Tonight Show late night talk shows. Odenkirk would go on to write for Chris Elliott's Get a Life, The Andy Dick Show and The Dennis Miller Show. In 1995, he would co-create and co-star on HBO's Mr. Show with Bob and David.
Episodes
See also: List of Saturday Night Live episodes
| No. | # | Host(s) | Musical guest(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 287 | 1 | Kyle MacLachlan | Sinéad O'Connor | September 29, 1990 |
Chris Farley and Chris Rock's first episode as cast members. Sinéad O'Connor performs "Three Babies" and "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance." | ||||
| 288 | 2 | Susan Lucci | Hothouse Flowers | October 6, 1990 |
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." | ||||
| 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 |
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. | ||||
| 291 | 5 | Jimmy Smits | World Party | November 10, 1990 |
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." | ||||
| 292 | 6 | Dennis Hopper | Paul Simon | November 17, 1990 |
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. | ||||
| 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 |
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." | ||||
| 295 | 9 | Dennis Quaid | The Neville Brothers | December 15, 1990 |
Jon Lovitz makes a cameo appearance during Weekend Update as his character "Annoying Man". The Neville Brothers performs "Brother Jake" and "River of Life." | ||||
| 296 | 10 | Joe Mantegna | Vanilla Ice | January 12, 1991 |
Debut of "Bill Swerski's Superfans" sketch series. Vanilla Ice performs "Ice Ice Baby" and "Play That Funky Music." | ||||
| 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 |
Adam Sandler and Tim Meadows' first episode as cast members. INXS performs "Bitter Tears" and "Suicide Blonde." | ||||
| 299 | 13 | Roseanne Barr | Deee-Lite | February 16, 1991 |
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. | ||||
| 300 | 14 | Alec Baldwin | Whitney Houston | February 23, 1991 |
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." | ||||
| 301 | 15 | Michael J. Fox | The Black Crowes | March 16, 1991 |
The Black Crowes performs "Thick n' Thin" and "She Talks to Angels." A. Whitney Brown's final episode as a castmember. | ||||
| 302 | 16 | Jeremy Irons | Fishbone | March 23, 1991 |
Boxer Donovan "Razor" Ruddock makes cameo appearances during Weekend Update and during a commercial parody sketch. Fishbone performs "Sunless Saturday" and "Everyday Sunshine." | ||||
| 303 | 17 | Catherine O'Hara | R.E.M. | April 13, 1991 |
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. | ||||
| 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 |
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. | ||||
| 306 | 20 | George Wendt | Elvis Costello | May 18, 1991 |
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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