February 9, 1991 Season 16 episode
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| Episode | 298 |
| Season Episode | 12 |
| Host | Kevin Bacon |
| Musical Guest(s) | INXS |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Bitter Tears" "Suicide Blonde" |
| Previous Episode January 19, 1991 |
Next Episode February 16, 1991 |
The twelfth episode of Season 16 and the 298th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on February 9, 1991, hosted by actor Kevin Bacon with musical guest INXS, an Australian rock band.
This is the only musical guest appearance for INXS and Kevin Bacon's only time hosting.
This marked the first episode with Tim Meadows and Adam Sandler as cast members (though Sandler had made uncredited appearances throughout the last few episodes of the season).
Cast[]
Repertory[]
- Dana Carvey
- Phil Hartman
- Jan Hooks
- Victoria Jackson
- Jon Lovitz
- Dennis Miller
- Mike Myers
- Kevin Nealon
Also Starring[]
Featured[]
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Cold Open | Reporters at a Desert Storm press briefing ask for classified information. Also features Tim Meadows' first appearance on the show. | |
| Opening montage | Tim Meadows and Adam Sandler are added to the cast. With Meadows being in the middle-group category, and Sandler (a writer who had already made several uncredited appearances throughout the last 4 episodes) is added into the featured player group. Also, announcer Don Pardo announcer Rob Schneider's name as "Robert Schneider" for this episode only. | |
| Kevin Bacon Monologue | Kevin Bacon counters nervousness by controlling his pulse rate & salivary glands | |
| No Commercial | Due to Gulf War, SNL refrains from running fake commercial for Execu-John. | |
| Copy Machine | Richard Laymer (Rob Schneider) loses his socialization facilitator when the copier breaks. Also features Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney, Mike Myers, Kevin Nealon, and host Kevin Bacon. First appearance of Adam Sandler since officially joining the SNL cast. Fellow rookie Tim Meadows seems to play himself in this one. | |
| The Dark Side with Nat X | Nat X (Chris Rock)’s guests are Colin Powell (Tim Meadows) & Vanilla Ice (Kevin Bacon). | |
| The Sarcastic Clapping Family of Southhampton | Members of The Sarcastic Clapping Family Of Southhampton speak their mind. | |
| Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey | On how kids like to be tricked | |
| INXS performs "Bitter Tears" | ||
| Weekend Update with Dennis Miller | A. Whitney Brown says it’s no surprise the Gulf War was waged on George Bush’s watch | |
| New Roomate | A guy (Kevin Bacon) has no problems with potential roommate (Dana Carvey)'s strange habits. | |
| Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey - Part II | On biting what seemed to be a nectarine | |
| Dance Party USA | Teens (Dana Carvey, Chris Farley, Victoria Jackson, Tim Meadows, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Julia Sweeney) boogie in support of the Gulf War effort. Also features Kevin Bacon (as Rock Steady) and Jan Hooks (Uptown Patricia Levy) as the hosts of the event. | |
| Soundstage | A guy (Kevin Bacon) only contributes handclaps in lopsided folk duo. Also stars Kevin Nealon as the other half of the duo, and features Jan Hooks as the host. | |
| INXS performs "Suicide Blonde" | ||
| Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley | Insecure Stuart Smalley (Al Franken) teaches self-acceptance. The debut of this character | |
| Cleaning My Rifle | A Desert Storm soldier (Kevin Bacon) sings “Cleaning My Rifle & Dreaming Of You”. | |
| Goodnights |
Trivia[]
- The debut of Stuart Smalley.
| Preceded by: January 19, 1991 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: February 16, 1991 |