Season 22
Saturday Night Live
Overview
The twenty-second season began on September 28, 1996 and ended on May 17, 1997 with 20 episodes in all. Many changes happened before the start of the season. David Koechner and Nancy Walls were both let go after one season with the show. David Spade left the show on his own terms. This season is also notable for the people who hosted. Seven of the twenty hosts were former cast members. They included Dana Carvey, Robert Downey, Jr., Phil Hartman, Chris Rock and Martin Short. Chevy Chase and Mike Myers would host later in the season. This would mark Chase's final time hosting before getting banned.
Episodes
1. Tom Hanks/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
September 28, 1996
Sketches include ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" and ""Classic Sing-along with the Drunken Asses.""
Guest Stars: Kerri Strug, Tom Petty, Tom Hanks
2. Lisa Kudrow/Sheryl Crow
October 5, 1996
Sketches include ""Bob Dole,"" ""Suel Forrester,"" Single and Loving It,"" ""The Randolph Hotel,"" ""Women's Poetry Night,"" and ""Gene the Ex-Convict.""
Guest Stars: Lisa Kudrow, Sheryl Crow, Fred Wolf
3. Bill Pullman/New Edition
October 19, 1996
Sketches include ""Alien Presidential Debate,"" ""AT&T Clerks,"" ""The Rules Show,"" ""John W. Hayward,"" and ""Women's Kickboxing.""
Guest Stars: Bill Pullman, Fred Wolf, Ricky Bell
4. Dana Carvey/Dr. Dre
October 26, 1996
Sketches include ""Russell and Tate: Attorneys at Law,"" ""Larry King Live,"" ""Tom Brokaw,"" ""Johnny Carson and Phil Donahue,"" ""Church Chat,"" and ""Goat Boy.""
Guest Stars: Dr. Dre, Dana Carvey, Robert Smigel
5. Chris Rock/The Wallflowers
November 2, 1996
Sketches include ""Bob Dole and George Bush,"" ""Charles Grodin,"" ""The Dark Side with Nat X,"" and ""The Culps.""
Guest Stars: Rami Jaffee, Chris Rock, Jakob Dylan
6. Robert Downey Jr./Fiona Apple
November 16, 1996
Sketches include ""Bob Dole,"" ""Spartan Cheeleaders,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Don King's Press Conference,"" ""Mr. Music,"" ""Musical Cobras and Panthers,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Streets of L.A.,"" and ""Shopping at Home Network.""
Guest Stars: Fiona Apple, Robert Downey Jr., Bob Dole
7. Phil Hartman/Bush
November 23, 1996
Sketches include ""The O.J. Trial,"" ""Thanksgiving Song Auditions,"" ""Acting Class,"" ""World War II,"" and ""The Joe Pesci Show.""
Guest Stars: Phil Hartman, Gavin Rossdale, Nigel Pulsford
8. Martin Short/No Doubt
December 7, 1996
Live from New York, it's...Tim Meadows Sketches include ""O.J. Simpson,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Ed Grimley Goes To Heaven,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Barbara Walters Interviews Jackie Rogers, Jr.,"" ""The Gantner Family Workout,"" ""The Tinseltown Tattler,"" ""Martha Stewart's Topless Christmas,"" and ""Happy Holiday Tales.""
Guest Stars: Chevy Chase, Adrian Young, Tom Dumont
9. Rosie O'Donnell/Whitney Houston
December 14, 1996
Sketches include ""Bill Clinton and Bob Dole,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Delicious Dish,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Rita Delvecchio,"" and ""The Local News with Joe Blow.""
Guest Stars: Whitney Houston, Rosie O'Donnell, Mike Judge
10. Kevin Spacey/Beck
January 11, 1997
Sketches include ""New Television Rating System,"" ""The Late Show with David Letterman,"" ""Marijuana Doctor,"" ""Star Wars 20th Anniversary,"" ""Janet Reno's Dance Party,"" ""Mr. Peepers,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Pet Shop,"" and ""The Atteburys.""
Guest Stars: Kevin Spacey, Beck, Michael Palin
11. David Alan Grier/Snoop Doggy Dogg
January 18, 1997
Sketches include ""Bill Clinton Police Line-Up,"" ""Maya Angelou Commercials,"" ""Waiting to Exhale Viewers,"" ""Both Sides with Jesse Jackson,"" ""Wong & Owens,"" and ""Bill Gates and Bill Clinton.""
Guest Stars: Snoop Dogg, Stephen Colbert, David Alan Grier
12. Neve Campbell/David Bowie
February 8, 1997
Sketches include ""O.J Simpson,"" ""Jackpot,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""Rolf,"" and ""Adventures of the White Trash Disaster Trailer.""
Guest Stars: Neve Campbell, David Bowie, David Spade
13. Chevy Chase/Live
February 15, 1997
Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Bill Clinton,"" ""O.J Simpson,"" ""Goat Boy,"" ""Chopper Four.""
Guest Stars: Chevy Chase, Ed Kowalczyk, Patrick Dahlheimer
14. Alec Baldwin/Tina Turner
February 22, 1997
Sketches include ""The Late Show with David Letterman,"" ""Roxbury Guys,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""The Quiet Storm,"" ""The Gossip Show,"" ""Phone Sex Operators,"" ""Yard Sale,"" ""Wong and Owens,"" and ""Bill Brasky.""
Guest Stars: Tina Turner, Alec Baldwin, Howard Stern
15. Sting/Veruca Salt
March 15, 1997
Sketches include ""Bill Clinton,"" ""Evita,"" ""The Nude Crusade,"" ""Rolf,"" ""The Atteburys,"" ""Kyle DeMarco,"" and ""Race and Racism.""
Guest Stars: Trudie Styler, Sting, Louise Post
16. Mike Myers/Aerosmith
March 22, 1997
Sketches include ""Coffee Talk with Linda Richman,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Prime Minister's Questions,"" ""Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly,"" and ""Barbara Walters Oscar Special.""
Guest Stars: Mike Myers, Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton
17. Rob Lowe/Spice Girls
April 12, 1997
Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Perspectives,"" ""The Joe Pesci Show,"" ""Goth Talk,"" ""Food, Sex, or Cars?"" and ""La Politica Non Correcto con Ramon Diaz Rojo.""
Guest Stars: Rob Lowe, Robert De Niro, Melanie C
18. Pamela Lee/Rollins Band
April 19, 1997
Sketches include ""Janet Reno,"" ""Spartan Cheerleaders,"" ""A&E Biography: Tiger Woods,"" ""Goat Boy,"" and ""Roxbury Guys.""
Guest Stars: Henry Rollins, Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson
19. John Goodman/Jewel
May 10, 1997
Sketches include ""Oprah,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Suel Forrester,"" ""Eddie Murphy,"" ""The Delicious Dish,"" ""The Culps,"" ""Collette Reardon,"" and ""Bill Brasky.""
Guest Stars: John Goodman, Jewel, Mike Myers
20. Jeff Goldblum/En Vogue
May 17, 1997
Sketches include ""Nightline,"" ""Mary Katherine Gallagher,"" ""Space, the Infinite Frontier,"" ""Kennedy Kapers,"" ""Larry King,"" ""Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp.""
Guest Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron
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