Saturday Night Live
Season 18
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Saturday Night Live aired its eighteenth season during the 1992-1993 television season on NBC. The eighteenth season began on September 26, 1992, and ended on May 15, 1993.
Many changes happened before the start of the season. Long term cast member Victoria Jackson left the show after 6 seasons. Newer cast members Beth Cahill and Siobhan Fallon were both fired to make room in the cast.
Unlike the past two seasons Lorne Michaels did not hire any new cast members. Ellen Cleghorne, Melanie Hutsell, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel and David Spade stayed as featured players. Rob Schneider was upgraded to repertory status.
Long term cast member Dana Carvey decided to leave the show mid season. This would also be the final season for Chris Rock and Robert Smigel.
After three years with the show, Rock decided to quit the show at the end of the season. Rock had become frustrated with never quite finding a voice on the show and wanted to instead focus on his stand-up career. Writer and featured player Smigel left to become the head writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, but would later return to the show in 1996 to write and produce the "TV Funhouse" cartoons.
This season was also home to one of SNL's most infamous moments: Sinéad O'Connor tearing Pope John Paul II's photo at the end of her second performance on the episode hosted by Tim Robbins.
Many changes happened before the start of the season. Long term cast member Victoria Jackson left the show after 6 seasons. Newer cast members Beth Cahill and Siobhan Fallon were both fired to make room in the cast.
Unlike the past two seasons Lorne Michaels did not hire any new cast members. Ellen Cleghorne, Melanie Hutsell, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel and David Spade stayed as featured players. Rob Schneider was upgraded to repertory status.
Long term cast member Dana Carvey decided to leave the show mid season. This would also be the final season for Chris Rock and Robert Smigel.
After three years with the show, Rock decided to quit the show at the end of the season. Rock had become frustrated with never quite finding a voice on the show and wanted to instead focus on his stand-up career. Writer and featured player Smigel left to become the head writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, but would later return to the show in 1996 to write and produce the "TV Funhouse" cartoons.
This season was also home to one of SNL's most infamous moments: Sinéad O'Connor tearing Pope John Paul II's photo at the end of her second performance on the episode hosted by Tim Robbins.
Where to Watch Season 18
20 Episodes
- Nicolas Cage/Bobby Brown
E1Nicolas Cage/Bobby BrownCheck out selected sketches and segments from the 1992 episode hosted by Oscar winning actor Nicolas Cage with a special guest appearance by Cher. Sketches include: "Outside The Movies", SNL Commercial Parody "Canis", "Tiny Elvis", "Powerful Ross Perot", "Deep Thoughts", "Weekend Update", and "Nightline". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version. - Tim Robbins/Sinead O'Connor
E2Tim Robbins/Sinead O'ConnorLive from New York, it's...Dana Carvey Sketches include: Perot '92, Caracci's Pizza, The Founding Fathers, Sunday Morning Videos, That's Not Yogurt, The Tori Spelling Show, Larry King Live, Cooking With Dennis Miller, Sweet Jimmy: The World's Nicest Pimp, Daily Affirmation With Stuart Smalley, and Bob Roberts Book Burning Sinead O'Connor performs: ""Success Has Made A Failure of Our Home"" and an a cappella version of the song ""War"" that ends with the infamous destruction of Pope John Paul II's photograph and Sinead's words ""Fight the real enemy!"" The reruns on NBC and syndication (if they do air) either end the performance of the second song before the picture is ripped (which is the version that played on Comedy Central) or replace it with a dress rehearsal where Sinead O'Connor holds up a picture of a starving child, then walks off the stage (which played on NBC). - Joe Pesci/Spin Doctors
E3Joe Pesci/Spin DoctorsWatch selected sketches and segments from the 1992 episode hosted by Oscar winning actor Joe Pesci with a special guest appearance by Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese. Sketches include: "'92 Debate", SNL Commercial Parody "Green and Fazio", "Pink Ringery", "Weekend Update", "Deep Thoughts", and "Bullies". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version. - Christopher Walken/Arrested Development
E4Christopher Walken/Arrested DevelopmentSketches include ""Jiffy Express,"" ""Ed Closser, Trivial Psychic,"" ""Sinead O'Connor's Goodtime Happy Jamboree,"" ""The Continental,"" ""An Apology From Sinead O'Connor,"" ""It's Pat,"" ""Deep Thoughts By Jack Handey,"" ""Perot gets rid of running mate Stockdale"", and ""The Boulevard of Broken Balls"". - Catherine O'Hara/10,000 Maniacs
E5Catherine O'Hara/10,000 Maniacs""Perot's Press Conference and the Republican Dirty Tricks"", ""Ass Don't Smell Commercial: The Name Says It All"", ""The Richmeister's Halloween Encounter with Death"", ""Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey"", ""Weekend Update with Kevin Nealon"", ""Daily Affirmations with Stewart Smalley"", ""New York's Strangest and Most Bizarre People: Shorty, The Guy Who Can't Cross The Street"". - Michael Keaton/Morrissey
E6Michael Keaton/Morrissey""George Bush Loses The Election to Clinton"", ""Hibernol Commercial: It Knocks Your Cold Out, While You're Out Cold"", ""Training the New, Socially Impaired Elevator Guy"", ""The First (Oscar-like) Annual Gutenberg Awards, Honoring the Best Books of the Year"", ""The Horny Guy Who Had To Date The Prudish/Formerly Slutty Girl"". - Sinbad/Sade
E7Sinbad/SadeWatch selected sketches and segments from the 1992 episode hosted by veteran actor and comedian Sinbad. Sketches include: "White House Tour", SNL Commercial Parody "The Cluckin' Chicken", "Blacula", "Superman's Funeral", "Deep Thoughts", and "The Dark Side with Nat X". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version. - Tom Arnold/Neil Young
E8Tom Arnold/Neil Young""Wayne's World presents: Top Ten Things we love about Clinton"", ""Sex and Peer Pressure at Valley High, a PBS Afterschool Special"", ""Clinton's exercising at a fast food joint"", ""Bill Swerski's Super Fans at 'Fatty Foods' Hospital"", ""Lincoln High G.E.D Ten Year Reunion"". - Glenn Close/The Black Crowes
E9Glenn Close/The Black CrowesOscar nominated actress Glenn Close hosts this 1992 episode with a special guest appearance by Mary Beth Hurt and Jon Lovitz. Selected sketches include: "The Royal Separation", "Coffee Talk", "Tori", "Orgasm Guy", "Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley", and "Lesbian Christmas Party". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version. - Danny DeVito/Bon Jovi
E10Danny DeVito/Bon JoviWatch selected sketches and segments from the 1993 episode hosted by Oscar nominated actor Danny DeVito with a special guest appearance by Mike Ditka. Sketches include: "Bill Swerski's Superfans", SNL Commercial Parody "Canis", "Simon", "The Gap", "Deep Thoughts", and "Weekend Update". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version. - Harvey Keitel/Madonna
E11Harvey Keitel/MadonnaCheck out selected sketches and segments from the 1993 episode hosted by Oscar nominated actor Harvey Keitel with an appearance by Madonna. Sketches include: "Inaugural Gala", "It's Pat", "Deep Thoughts", "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer", and "Weekend Update". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version. - John Goodman/Mary J. Blige
E15John Goodman/Mary J. BligeCheck out selected sketches and segments from the 1993 episode hosted by Golden Globe winning actor John Goodman. Sketches include: ""The Richmeister in Waco", "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey", "Linda Richman's Cause", "Canteen Boy at a Block Party", and "Weekend Update". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version. - Miranda Richardson/Soul Asylum
E16Miranda Richardson/Soul AsylumLive from New York, it's... Julia Sweeney Sketches include "Pat's Crying Game," "Green & Fazio" (two parts), "The Rain People," "World War II Hospital," "Eager & Jones," "Russell Simmmons Def Magic Show Jam," "MTV Spring Break," "Dieter's Dream" (film), and "Jack McManus' Bar." Soul Asylum performs "Somebody To Shove" and "Black Gold." - Jason Alexander/Peter Gabriel
E17Jason Alexander/Peter GabrielComplete Sketches: ""Clinton's Indecent Proposal to Yeltsin's wife"", ""Jason Alexander's Peter Pan"", ""Meeting of the Woody Allen Fan Club"", ""Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey"", ""Descending-Size Employee Lounges for Privacy-Obssessed People"", ""Can't you tell black or white people apart?"", ""Gyros: You like the juice?"". - Kirstie Alley/Lenny Kravitz
E18Kirstie Alley/Lenny Kravitz""Rodney King Song: Fire Bad by Recurring SNL Characters for Unity"", ""Quinko's Mmmph Board Game Commercial"", ""SNL Cheers wannabes come to cheer Kirstie up"", ""Hotel staff loves the Bellissima wife at La Cantoria"", ""The Montel Williams Show"", ""Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey"", ""Kirstie Alley meets Zoraida, the NBC page"", ""The all natural makeover"", ""Schiller's Reel presents: Security Camera Spectacular!""
