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{{Infobox television season |
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| image_alt = The title card for the thirteenth season of ''Saturday Night Live''. |
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| country = United States |
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| network = [[NBC]] |
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1987|10|17}} |
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| last_aired = {{End date|1988|02|27}} |
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| prev_season = [[Saturday Night Live (season 12)|season 12]] |
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| next_season = [[Saturday Night Live (season 14)|season 14]] |
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| episode_list = List of Saturday Night Live episodes |
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==Writers== |
==Writers== |
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{{main|List of Saturday Night Live writers# |
{{main|List of Saturday Night Live writers#season 13}} |
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New hires this season were [[Greg Daniels]], [[Conan O'Brien]] and [[Bob Odenkirk]]. |
New hires this season were [[Greg Daniels]], [[Conan O'Brien]] and [[Bob Odenkirk]]. |
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*Presidential candidate [[Bruce Babbitt]] appeared in a Weekend Update film with Al Franken. |
*Presidential candidate [[Bruce Babbitt]] appeared in a Weekend Update film with Al Franken. |
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*First appearance of the [[Hans and Franz]] series of sketches |
*First appearance of the [[Hans and Franz]] series of sketches<ref>{{cite book|title=Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]|year=1994|pages=220–223|isbn=0-395-70895-8|url=https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade}}</ref> |
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*Sting performed "[[We'll Be Together (Sting song)|We'll Be Together]]" and "[[Little Wing]]".<ref name="SNL">{{cite book|title=Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]|year=1994|pages=124–127|isbn=0-395-70895-8|url=https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade}}</ref> He also appeared in the "Operation: Tightwad" sketch as [[James Bond]] villain 'Goldsting', a parody of ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''. |
*Sting performed "[[We'll Be Together (Sting song)|We'll Be Together]]" and "[[Little Wing]]".<ref name="SNL">{{cite book|title=Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]|year=1994|pages=124–127|isbn=0-395-70895-8|url=https://archive.org/details/saturdaynightliv00cade}}</ref> He also appeared in the "Operation: Tightwad" sketch as [[James Bond]] villain 'Goldsting', a parody of ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''. |
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*Michael Penn, older brother of host Sean, performed "This and That" with his band The Pull.<ref name="SNL" /> |
*Michael Penn, older brother of host Sean, performed "This and That" with his band The Pull.<ref name="SNL" /> |
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*LL Cool J performed "[[Go Cut Creator Go]]"<ref name="SNL" /> and appeared in the opener. |
*LL Cool J performed "[[Go Cut Creator Go]]".<ref name="SNL" /> and appeared in the opener. |
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|Aux1=[[The Cars]] |
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*Guest appearance by [[Cassandra Peterson]] as Elvira in the opener |
*Guest appearance by [[Cassandra Peterson]] as Elvira in the opener |
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*A short film by [[Michael Lehmann]] titled "Ed's Secret Life (An Unauthorized Biography)", purportedly about [[Mister Ed]], is shown, with guest appearances by [[William Schallert]], [[Mick Fleetwood]], and [[Heather Locklear]]. |
*A short film by [[Michael Lehmann]] titled "Ed's Secret Life (An Unauthorized Biography)", purportedly about [[Mister Ed]], is shown, with guest appearances by [[William Schallert]], [[Mick Fleetwood]], and [[Heather Locklear]]. |
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*The Cars performed "Strap Me In" and "Double Trouble".<ref name="SNL" /> Lead singer [[Ric Ocasek]] appears in the opener. |
*The Cars performed "Strap Me In" and "Double Trouble".<ref name="SNL" /> Lead singer [[Ric Ocasek]] appears in the opener. |
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*[[Bob Odenkirk]]'s first credited episode as a writer |
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*Bryan Ferry performs "The Right Stuff" and "[[Kiss and Tell (Bryan Ferry song)|Kiss and Tell]]".<ref name="SNL" /> |
*Bryan Ferry performs "The Right Stuff" and "[[Kiss and Tell (Bryan Ferry song)|Kiss and Tell]]".<ref name="SNL" /> |
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|Aux1=[[Sananda Maitreya|Terence Trent D'Arby]] |
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*[[Conan O'Brien]] and [[Greg Daniels]] first writing credits as staff members |
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*D'Arby performed "[[Wishing Well (Terence Trent D'Arby song)|Wishing Well]]" and "Under My Thumb".<ref name="SNL" /> |
*D'Arby performed "[[Wishing Well (Terence Trent D'Arby song)|Wishing Well]]" and "Under My Thumb".<ref name="SNL" /> |
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*[[Dan Aykroyd]] appeared as [[Bob Dole]] in the cold opening. |
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| {{Anchor|show1988canceled1}}May 14, 1988 |
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| [[Gilda Radner]] |
| [[Gilda Radner]] |
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| [[U2]] |
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| Gilda Radner was an original cast member. She was planned to host, but her episode was cancelled due to the [[1988 Writers Guild of America Strike]]. She would never get a chance to host, due to her death in 1989. This episode would have marked the first time a female cast member came back to host, a milestone that |
| Gilda Radner was an original cast member. She was planned to host, but her episode was cancelled due to the [[1988 Writers Guild of America Strike]]. She would never get a chance to host, due to her death in 1989. This episode would have marked the first time a female cast member came back to host, a milestone that didn't happen until [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] hosted on May 13, 2006. U2 would perform on the show on December 9, 2000. |
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| Saturday Night Live | |
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| Season 13 | |
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| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 17, 1987 – February 27, 1988 |
| 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.
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 carry on with the show, 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. (After Radner discovered that her ovarian cancer had returned by the end of 1988, she would never get the chance to host the show as she died the following May [the day of the following season's finale] from the disease.) The host for the March 12, 1988 broadcast (the first episode to be cancelled due to the strike of 1988) was never confirmed.
Cast
Minimal changes occurred before the beginning of the season. Kevin Nealon was promoted to repertory status.
Cast roster
Repertory cast members |
Featured cast members
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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 | Host | Musical guest(s) | Original air date |
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| 234 | 1 | Steve Martin | Sting | October 17, 1987 |
| 235 | 2 | Sean Penn | LL Cool J & Michael Penn | October 24, 1987 |
| 236 | 3 | Dabney Coleman | The Cars | October 31, 1987 |
| 237 | 4 | Robert Mitchum | Simply Red | November 14, 1987 |
| 238 | 5 | Candice Bergen | Cher | November 21, 1987 |
| 239 | 6 | Danny DeVito | Bryan Ferry | December 5, 1987 |
| 240 | 7 | Angie Dickinson | Buster Poindexter David Gilmour | December 12, 1987 |
| 241 | 8 | Paul Simon | Linda Ronstadt | December 19, 1987 |
| 242 | 9 | Robin Williams | James Taylor | January 23, 1988 |
| 243 | 10 | Carl Weathers | Robbie Robertson | January 30, 1988 |
| 244 | 11 | Justine Bateman | Terence Trent D'Arby | February 13, 1988 |
| 245 | 12 | Tom Hanks | Randy Travis | February 20, 1988 |
| 246 | 13 | Judge Reinhold | 10,000 Maniacs | February 27, 1988 |
Canceled episodes with booked guests
| Airdate | Host | Musical Guest | Comments |
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| May 14, 1988 | Gilda Radner | U2 | Gilda Radner was an original cast member. She was planned to host, but her episode was cancelled due to the 1988 Writers Guild of America Strike. She would never get a chance to host, due to her death in 1989. This episode would have marked the first time a female cast member came back to host, a milestone that didn't happen until Julia Louis-Dreyfus hosted on May 13, 2006. U2 would perform on the show on December 9, 2000. |
References
- ^ 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.