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 February 27, 1988
 Season 13 episode
Judge Reinhold
Maniacs
 Episode 246
 Season Episode 13
 Host Judge Reinhold
 Musical Guest(s) 10,000 Maniacs
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Like the Weather"
"What's the Matter Here"
Previous Episode
February 20, 1988
Next Episode
October 8, 1988
(Season 14)

The 246th episode and 13th episode of Season 13 of Saturday Night Live premiered on February 27, 1988. It ended up being the season finale. The 1988 WGA strike brought a sudden conclusion to this season. It was hosted by actor Judge Reinhold, star of the hit films Ruthless People, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Stripes and Gremlins and co-starred in all of the films in the Beverly Hills Cop and The Santa Clause franchises, with musical guest 10,000 Maniacs, an alternative rock band. This was Judge Reinhold's only time hosting and the musical guest debut for 10,000 Maniacs on SNL.


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 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Pumping Up with Hans & Franz Hans (Dana Carvey) and Franz (Kevin Nealon) blame the puny Winter Olympics athletes for the USA’s lack of success.
Opening Montage The last episode to have the seasons 12-13 opening. The musical guest is now announced between the SNL Band and the host, instead of immediately after the main cast, meaning that the featured players are credited immediately after the cast, the latter becoming a modern SNL tradition.
Monologue by Judge Reinhold
Hosting for the only time, Judge Reinhold indulges himself by whistling a cowboy tune.
Wilson Trap Doors
Unlike other companies’ trap doors, Wilson’s will reliably get rid of unwanted visitors every time.
Church Chat
Church Lady (Dana Carvey) welcomes two evangelists to the show: presidential candidate Pat Robertson (Al Franken) and weepy, disgraced Jimmy Swaggart (Phil Hartman).
Airline
Passengers (Judge Reinhold and Kevin Nealon) experience a ride full of crime, poverty, and vermin on a post-deregulation airplane trip.
10,000 Maniacs performs "Like the Weather"
Weekend Update with Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller has some call-backs this week, including one to last week’s story about Richard Gephardt’s missing eyebrows, as well as the return of the George Steinbrenner Fires Manager punchline. One-Man Mobile Uplink Unit Al Franken reports from West Palm Beach, Florida ahead of Super Tuesday, where, in addition to delineating his plan to cover all 14 states holding primaries, he shows how much worse the toll the equipment has on his body is, and gets struck by lightning during a storm. A nice escalation to the bit, though I wonder what they would have done next if the rest of the season hadn’t been cancelled. A. Whitney Brown returns to discuss the importance of the different candidates’ ability to lie; there are some solid lines about each politician, and I liked the pivot into the discussion of his daughter’s first lie (he was so proud).
Jorge Garcia, Nice Guy Doctor Latin American autocrat Jorge Garcia (Judge Reinhold) has a surprisingly gentle iron fist.
The Cop & The Prostitute Police officer Jerry (Judge Reinhold) and sex worker Chrissy (Victoria Jackson) deal with dual-career life.
When Great Minds Meet Unfamiliarity with one another thwarts a panel discussion with Galileo (Dana Carvey), Aristotle (Kevin Nealon), Joan of Arc (Nora Dunn), Jefferson Davis (Judge Reinhold), and Genghis Khan (Phil Hartman).
10,000 Maniacs performs "What's the Matter Here"
Pirates
Pirates (Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon) discuss the pros and cons of other species of birds as shoulder-perchers.
Goodnights Judge Reinhold mock-scolds the parakeets (“Don’t you dare! Don’t you dare!”) before saying that he learned the show really is live and that everybody is really traffic (“There’s not a jerk in the bunch!”). Natalie Merchant seems particularly intereted in the parakeets.

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Preceded by:
February 20, 1988
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
October 8, 1988
(Season 14)
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