Saturday Night Live (season 13)

Saturday Night Live (season 13)
The title card for the thirteenth season of Saturday Night Live.
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 13
Release
Original network NBC
Original release October 17, 1987 (1987-10-17) – February 27, 1988 (1988-02-27)
Season chronology

The thirteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 17, 1987, and February 27, 1988.

Minimal changes occurred before the beginning of the season. Kevin Nealon was promoted to repertory status.

Although the changes to the cast were minimal there were, however, major events that impeded the show's production. During production of the season premiere, a fire broke out near Studio 8H during dress rehearsal.

Despite plans to cancel the show for the week, Steve Martin (the episode host) pushed the cast to perform, making the Steve Martin/Sting episode the only episode without a dress rehearsal.[1]

On March 7, 1988, the Writers Guild of America went on strike, cancelling many planned episodes (and ultimately cutting the season short), including one originally planned to be hosted by original cast member Gilda Radner. (Radner would never get the chance to host due to her death from ovarian cancer the following year.) The host for the March 12, 1988 broadcast (the first episode to be cancelled due to the strike of 1988) was never confirmed.

Cast

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

New hires this season were Greg Daniels, Conan O'Brien and Bob Odenkirk.

The writers for this season included A. Whitney Brown, Tom Davis, Greg Daniels, Jim Downey, Al Franken, Jack Handey, Phil Hartman, George Meyer, Lorne Michaels, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Herb Sargent, David Borowitz, Rosie Shuster, Robert Smigel, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner and Christine Zander. The head writer, like the previous season, was Jim Downey.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		HostMusical guest(s)Original air date
2341Steve MartinStingOctober 17, 1987

2352Sean PennLL Cool J & Michael PennOctober 24, 1987

  • Michael Penn, older brother of host Sean, performed "This and That" with his band The Pull.[3]
  • LL Cool J performed "Go Cut Creator Go."[3]
2363Dabney ColemanThe CarsOctober 31, 1987

  • Guest appearance by Cassandra Peterson as Elvira.
  • The Cars performed "Strap Me In" and "Double Trouble."[3]
2374Robert MitchumSimply RedNovember 14, 1987

  • Simply Red performed "Suffer" and "The Right Thing."[3]
2385Candice BergenCherNovember 21, 1987

2396Danny DeVitoBryan FerryDecember 5, 1987

2407Angie DickinsonBuster Poindexter
David Gilmour		December 12, 1987

  • Buster Poindexter performed "Hot Hot Hot."[3]
  • David Gilmour performed "Ah, Robertson, It's You"[3] and an instrumental guitar jam with the SNL house band called "Song For My Sara."
2418Paul SimonLinda RonstadtDecember 19, 1987

  • Namesake U.S. Senator Paul Simon, a presidential candidate at the time, makes a cameo in the monologue.
  • Dana Carvey appeared during Weekend Update as Dennis Miller for the first time.
  • Linda Ronstadt performed "Under African Skies" with Paul Simon, and "Los Laureles, La Cigarra."[3]
2429Robin WilliamsJames TaylorJanuary 23, 1988

  • James Taylor performed "Lonesome Road", "Sweet Potato Pie", and "Never Die Young."[3]
24310Carl WeathersRobbie RobertsonJanuary 30, 1988

  • Robbie Robertson performed "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" and "Testimony."[3]
24411Justine BatemanTerence Trent D'ArbyFebruary 13, 1988

24512Tom HanksRandy TravisFebruary 20, 1988

24613Judge Reinhold10,000 ManiacsFebruary 27, 1988

References

  1. ↑ Shales, Tom; Miller, James Andrew (7 October 2002). Live From New York: An Uncensored History Of Saturday Night Live (1st ed.). Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-3167-8146-6.
  2. ↑ Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 220–223. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 124–127. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
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