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Saturday Night Live season 17

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Saturday Night Live
Season 17
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 28, 1991 (1991-09-28) –
May 16, 1992 (1992-05-16)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The seventeenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 28, 1991, and May 16, 1992.

Cast

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A. Whitney Brown, Jan Hooks and longtime Weekend Update anchor Dennis Miller all left the show.[1] Kevin Nealon was promoted to Weekend Update anchor.[2] New cast members included Ellen Cleghorne,[3] Siobhan Fallon[3] and writer Robert Smigel. Beth Cahill and Melanie Hutsell also later joined the cast.[3] Chris Farley, Chris Rock and Julia Sweeney[3] were upgraded to repertory status, while Tim Meadows remained in the middle group. Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade were promoted to the middle group.

This was the final season for Victoria Jackson[4] (at the time, she became the longest serving female cast member, with a total of six seasons on the show. She was later surpassed by Molly Shannon in season 26). This would be Cahill and Fallon's only season on the show.[5][6]

Cast roster

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bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

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Steve Koren joins the writing staff with the Tom/Roseanne Arnold hosted episode.[7] Koren would be one of the few writers to survive the writer/cast overhaul in 1995.

Episodes

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No.
overall
No. in
season
Host(s)Musical guest(s)Original air date
3071Michael JordanPublic EnemySeptember 28, 1991 (1991-09-28)

3082Jeff DanielsColor Me BaddOctober 5, 1991 (1991-10-05)

3093Kirstie AlleyTom Petty & The HeartbreakersOctober 12, 1991 (1991-10-12)

3104Christian SlaterBonnie RaittOctober 26, 1991 (1991-10-26)

3115Kiefer SutherlandSkid RowNovember 2, 1991 (1991-11-02)

3126Linda HamiltonMariah CareyNovember 16, 1991 (1991-11-16)

3137Macaulay CulkinTin MachineNovember 23, 1991 (1991-11-23)

3148MC HammerMC HammerDecember 7, 1991 (1991-12-07)

3159Steve MartinJames TaylorDecember 14, 1991 (1991-12-14)

  • James Taylor performs "(I've Got to) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That",[8] "Shed a Little Light"[8] and "Sweet Baby James".
  • Contains the “Not Gonna Phone It In Tonight” cold open.[11]
  • Susan Lucci appears in a filmed cameo during the "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" sketch.
31610Rob MorrowNirvanaJanuary 11, 1992 (1992-01-11)

  • Nirvana performs "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Territorial Pissings".[8] The band trashed their instruments after the second song.
  • During the good nights Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic kisses drummer Dave Grohl. Their kiss was not allowed to be played during reruns and was replaced with the good nights from the dress rehearsal.[12]
  • During the monologue, Rob Morrow shows a clip from the "Substitute Judge" sketch on the season 5 episode hosted by Rodney Dangerfield, pointing out that he had played one of the jurors.
31711Chevy ChaseRobbie RobertsonJanuary 18, 1992 (1992-01-18)

31812Susan DeyC&C Music FactoryFebruary 8, 1992 (1992-02-08)
31913Jason PriestleyTeenage FanclubFebruary 15, 1992 (1992-02-15)

  • Teenage Fanclub performs "The Concept", "What You Do to Me" and "Pet Rock".[8]
32014Roseanne Arnold
Tom Arnold
Red Hot Chili PeppersFebruary 22, 1992 (1992-02-22)

32115John GoodmanGarth BrooksMarch 14, 1992 (1992-03-14)

32216Mary Stuart MastersonEn VogueMarch 21, 1992 (1992-03-21)
32317Sharon StonePearl JamApril 11, 1992 (1992-04-11)

  • Pearl Jam performs "Alive" and "Porch,"[8] and also appears during the monologue.
  • Jon Lovitz appears in the "Hitting on Women" sketch.
  • Beth Cahill is not announced by Don Pardo in the opening credits and does not appear in the episode.
32418Jerry SeinfeldAnnie LennoxApril 18, 1992 (1992-04-18)

  • Annie Lennox performs "Why" and "Legend in My Living Room".[8]
32519Tom HanksBruce SpringsteenMay 9, 1992 (1992-05-09)

32620Woody HarrelsonVanessa WilliamsMay 16, 1992 (1992-05-16)

Specials

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TitleOriginal air date
"Halloween Special"October 28, 1991 (1991-10-28)
Wayne (Mike Myers) & Garth (Dana Carvey) host this compilation of some of SNL's greatest Halloween-themed sketches.
"All the Best for Mother's Day"May 10, 1992 (1992-05-10)
The cast and their mothers take a look at some of the best sketches from the 16th and 17th seasons. Sketches include "The Tonight Song," "Wayne's World," "The Chris Farley Show," "Massive Headwound Harry," and "Coffee Talk".

Wayne's World film

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Wayne's World, a film based on the popular "Wayne's World" sketches, was released on February 14, 1992. Cast members Dana Carvey, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Farley and Mike Myers appear in the film. The film received positive reviews and was commercially successful, becoming the highest grossing SNL film to date.[13] A sequel was produced in 1993, titled Wayne's World 2.

References

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  1. ^ "Jordan to open SNL's 17th season". The Free Lance-Star. September 25, 1991. p. 3. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Fishman, Laurel (April 1993). "Nealon Update". Vegetarian Times. p. 67. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Kahn, Eve (February 16, 1992). "Television; Women in the Locker Room At 'Saturday Night Live'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2024. The Dispatch
  4. ^ "'Saturday Night Live' cast changing". New York Daily News. August 14, 1992. p. 9D. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  5. ^ Wright, Megh (August 6, 2013). "Saturday Night's Children: Beth Cahill (1991-1992)". Vulture. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Wright, Megh (May 15, 2012). "Saturday Night's Children: Siobhan Fallon (1991-1992)". Vulture. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "Tom and Roseanne Arnold/Red Hot Chilli Peppers". Saturday Night Live. Season 17. Episode 14. February 22, 1992. Event occurs at Closing credits. NBC.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 124–127. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
  9. ^ Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 264. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
  10. ^ Hoglund, Andy (September 24, 2020). "Siobhan Fallon Hogan Gave Michael Jordan Some Helpful Advice on SNL". Vulture.
  11. ^ Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 121. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
  12. ^ Grossman, Samantha (February 12, 2015). "The 5 Most Controversial Musical Guests in Saturday Night Live History". Time. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  13. ^ "Saturday Night Live films". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 21, 2024.