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The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 15

Every episode of Saturday Night Live Season 15 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 15!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 1 - Bruce Willis/Neil Young
    6.3/10(104 votes)

    #1 - Bruce Willis/Neil Young

    S15:E1

    Sketches include: Thirtysomething, Wayne's World, Donahue, Home Improvement, New Leading Man, Sprockets, Bruce Willis: The Man and His Music

    Directors:Dave Wilson, James Signorelli
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  2. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 2 - Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones
    5.9/10(94 votes)

    #2 - Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones

    S15:E2

    Sketches include: The Big Bitch Bulldyke Bust Out of '89, Honey I Shrunk Hans & Franz, Resorts International Hotel, Wild Horse, New Commissioner, Baby Talk, Word Busters

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  3. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 3 - Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel
    6.0/10(86 votes)

    #3 - Kathleen Turner/Billy Joel

    S15:E3

    Sketches Include: Plug Away With Harvey Fierstein, Die Squaren Ost Berliner, Egg Man, Really Ordinary People, All About Deborah Norville, Lank Thompson: I'm A Handsome Man, 555-Toon, Maxwell House

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  4. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 4 - James Woods/Don Henley
    6.0/10(90 votes)

    #4 - James Woods/Don Henley

    S15:E4

    Sketches include ""The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,"" ""Yard-a-pult,"" ""Dracula and AIDS,"" ""Primetime Live,"" ""Ventriloquist Act,"" ""Falling in Love,"" ""Three Dudes Holistic Automotive,"" ""Hemsley Spook House,"" and ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein.""

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Tom Schiller, James Signorelli
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  5. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 5 - Chris Evert/Eurythmics
    6.5/10(80 votes)

    #5 - Chris Evert/Eurythmics

    S15:E5

    Sketches include ""Wimbledon,"" ""Oneupmanship,"" and ""Lothar of the Hill People.""

    Directors:Dave Wilson, James Signorelli
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  6. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 6 - Woody Harrelson/David Byrne
    6.2/10(95 votes)

    #6 - Woody Harrelson/David Byrne

    S15:E6

    Sketches include ""Jack Nicholson,"" ""Pumping Up with Hans & Franz,"" ""A&E Attitudes,"" ""Sprockets,"" and ""Three Very Lonesome Cowboys.""

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  7. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 7 - John Goodman/k.d. lang & The Reclines
    6.4/10(89 votes)

    #7 - John Goodman/k.d. lang & The Reclines

    S15:E7

    Sketches include ""It's a Wonderful Savings and Loan,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""Cooking with the Anal-Retentive Chef,"" ""Toonces The Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""The Mike Ditka Type-A Christmas Special,"" and ""The Referee Pitman Show"".

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Matthew Meshekoff, James Signorelli
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  8. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 8 - Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
    6.5/10(78 votes)

    #8 - Robert Wagner/Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville

    S15:E8

    Sketches include ""George Bush and Dan Quayle"", ""Yard-A-Pult,"" ""Messy Date"", ""Tales of the Runaway Boulder,"" ""Attack of the Masturbating Zombies,"" ""Rockefeller is Evil,"" ""A Betty Ford Straight Arrow Christmas"", and ""In the Middle."" Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville performed ""Don't Know Much"" and ""When Something Is Wrong.""

    Directors:Dave Wilson, James Signorelli
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  9. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 9 - Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman
    6.4/10(83 votes)

    #9 - Andie MacDowell/Tracy Chapman

    S15:E9

    Sketches included ""Interrupted PSA,"" ""Church Chat,"" ""The Night Hanukkah Harry Saved Christmas,"" ""Hal Jerome Tribute,"" and ""Before the Wedding."" Tracy Chapman performed ""Gimme One Reason.""

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Tom Schiller
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  10. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 10 - Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr.
    6.2/10(105 votes)

    #10 - Ed O'Neill/Harry Connick, Jr.

    S15:E10

    Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Bizilady,"" ""I Got What You Need,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""The Nagging,"" ""Dennis Woo's Real Estate Fortunes The Easy Way,"" ""Ceaucescu's Wake,"" ""Lothar of the Hill People,"" and ""SNL in the 90's"".

    Directors:Dave Wilson, James Signorelli
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  11. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 11 - Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt
    6.8/10(93 votes)

    #11 - Christopher Walken/Bonnie Raitt

    S15:E11

    Sketches include ""The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,"" ""Eternity,"" ""Hired Break-Up,"" ""The Continental,"" ""Attitudes,"" ""Lease With an Option to Kill,"" ""Hardbound""

    Directors:Dave Wilson, James Signorelli
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  12. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 12 - Quincy Jones
    5.5/10(84 votes)

    #12 - Quincy Jones

    S15:E12

    Sketches include ""Pumping Up With Hans and Franz,"" ""Century 21 Marriage Counselors,"" ""Toonces,"" ""Bob Waltman Special,"" ""Jazz Perspective,"" ""Reverend and Rabbi,"" ""Tonto, Tarzan, and Frankenstein,"" ""Soviet Central Committee,"" ""House Committee on Dials and Gauges"".

    Directors:Dave Wilson, James Signorelli
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers

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  13. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 13 - Tom Hanks/Aerosmith
    7.1/10(115 votes)

    #13 - Tom Hanks/Aerosmith

    S15:E13

    Sketches include ""Ivana Trump Pre-Nup"", ""Wayne's World,"" ""Tales of Ribaldry,"" ""Tradtional Irish Drinking Songs for St. Patrick's Day,"" ""The Mob,"" ""Singles Cruise,"" and ""Black History Minute."" Aerosmith performed ""Jamie's Got a Gun"" and ""Monkey On My Back.""

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Alex Fernbach
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, Tom Hymes

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  14. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 14 - Fred Savage/Technotronic
    6.6/10(92 votes)

    #14 - Fred Savage/Technotronic

    S15:E14

    Sketches include ""Church Chat,"" ""Left Alone with a Gun,"" ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""Imaginary Friend,"" and ""Hooked on Sushi"" (film). Technotronic performed ""Pump Up The Jam.""

    Directors:Dave Wilson, Tom Schiller
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, Tom Hymes

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  15. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 15 - Rob Lowe/The Pogues
    6.2/10(104 votes)

    #15 - Rob Lowe/The Pogues

    S15:E15

    Sketches include "George Bush/Rob Lowe", "Irish Drinking Songs", "Church Chat", "Sprockets", "Arsenio Beckman Show", "Lambada Prison", "Helmet Head", and "Alexander's Fur World".

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, Tom Hymes

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  16. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 16 - Debra Winger/Eric Clapton
    5.9/10(85 votes)

    #16 - Debra Winger/Eric Clapton

    S15:E16

    Sketches include ""Reagan Census Count,"" ""Wayne's World,"" ""Toonces the Cat Who Could Drive a Car,"" ""Calamity Jane,"" and ""Senate Record Labelling Hearings"", ""Weekend Update""

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, Tom Hymes

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  17. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 17 - Corbin Bernsen/Smithereens
    5.7/10(82 votes)

    #17 - Corbin Bernsen/Smithereens

    S15:E17

    Sketches include ""Cable Shopping Network,"" ""Celebrity Lawyer Court,"" ""Hanukkah Harry,"" ""George F. Will's Sports Machine,"" ""His Face,"" ""Movers and Shakers,"" and ""Playgirl Models"".

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, Tom Hymes

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  18. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 18 - Alec Baldwin/The B-52's
    6.6/10(110 votes)

    #18 - Alec Baldwin/The B-52's

    S15:E18

    Sketches include "Bush Talks to Nation", "Greenhilly", "The Environmentally Conscious One", "Sexual Tension Diner", "The Garbo I Knew", "Only In New York", "Nude Talk Show" and "Middle Aged Man". The B-52's perform "Cosmic Thing" and "Channel Z".

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, Tom Hymes, Rob Schneider, David Spade

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  19. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 19 - Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise
    6.2/10(107 votes)

    #19 - Andrew Dice Clay/Spanic Boys & Julee Cruise

    S15:E19

    Sketches include ""It's a Wonderful Dice,"" ""Diceman Employment Agency,"" ""Cooking With the Anal-Rententive Chef,"" ""What's Sex?"", ""DJ Tony Trailer,"" ""Jan Hooks Protest,"" ""Cool Mite,"" ""Ridiculous Bull,"" ""Kevin Nealon Protest""

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, Tom Hymes, Rob Schneider, David Spade

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  20. Saturday Night Live Season 15 Episode 20 - Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies
    5.3/10(83 votes)

    #20 - Candice Bergen/Notting Hillbillies

    S15:E20

    Sketches include ""George Bush,"" ""Toonces The Cat Who Can Drive a Car,"" ""The Carsenio Show,"" and ""Wayne's World.""

    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writers:Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, Tom Hymes, Rob Schneider, David Spade

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Season 15 Ratings Summary

"Bruce Willis/Neil Young" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 15. It scored 6.3/10 based on 104 votes. Directed by Dave Wilson, James Signorelli and written by Robert Smigel, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Tom Schiller, Herbert Sargent, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Jim Downey, A. Whitney Brown, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, it aired on 9/30/1989. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Rick Moranis/Rickie Lee Jones".