May 13, 1995 Season 20 episode
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| Episode | 386 |
| Season Episode | 20 |
| Host | David Duchovny |
| Musical Guest(s) | Rod Stewart |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Leave Virginia Alone" "Maggie May" |
| Previous Episode May 6, 1995 |
Next Episode September 30, 1995 (Season 21) |
The twentieth episode, the 386th episode overall and the season finale of Season 20 of Saturday Night Live, which it premiered on May 13, 1995, hosted by actor David Duchovny, star of the FOX science fiction drama television series The X-Files, with British music legend, singer and songwriter Rod Stewart as the musical guest. This is David Duchovny's hosting debut and Rod Stewart's 2nd musical guest appearance and his first appearance in 14 years on SNL.
Rod Stewart previously made his musical guest debut was the Season 7 premiere on October 3, 1981, with special guests Tina Turner and Michael Davis.
This marked the final episode for longtime cast members: Kevin Nealon (a cast member since 1986), as he left the show after nine years (leaving as the show's longest-running cast member at the time), Chris Farley (a cast member since 1990) and Adam Sandler (a cast member since 1991; and initially joined as a writer back in 1990), as they both were fired from the show after five years.
Also leaving was Ellen Cleghorne (who joined the cast in 1991), as she left the show after four years, Jay Mohr (who joined the cast in 1993), who left after just two years and Michael McKean (who became a cast member in 1994), after nearly a year-and-a-half. This would be also the last episode for first-year repertory players Chris Elliott and Morwenna Banks, and first-year featured player Laura Kightlinger, as they would exit after only one season (Banks only lasted 4 episodes).
David Duchovny's goodnights speech is "Alright. I’d like to thank everyone. I’d like to thank Rod Stewart, Naomi Campbell. Happy Mother’s Day! I had a great time, we’ll see you next year!" (Cheers and applause) [the cast wave their goodbyes and hug one another] [we cut to the control room, as Dave Wilson waves his own goodbye]
Dave Wilson: "Tape roll! And.. take it."
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Morwenna Banks (Last Appearance)
- Ellen Cleghorne (Last Appearance)
- Chris Elliott (Last Appearance)
- Chris Farley (Final Appearance)
- Norm Macdonald
- Michael McKean (Last Appearance)
- Mark McKinney
- Tim Meadows
- Kevin Nealon (Final Appearance)
- Adam Sandler (Final Appearance)
- David Spade
Featured Players[]
- Laura Kightlinger (Last Appearance)
- Jay Mohr (Last Appearance)
- Molly Shannon
Cameo Appearance by Naomi Campbell
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Beastman Cold Opening | When David Duchovny hosts SNL, Ellen Cleghorne and Lorne Michaels enlist him to help investigate an X-File that has been plaguing the show. | |
| Opening Montage | This marked the final episode to use the season 20 opening and the final time that 9 cast members are credited in the intro. | |
| Monologue by David Duchovny | Even people from David Duchovny’s old neighborhood haven’t heard of him | |
| You Think You're Better Than Me? | This marked the final SNL sketch appearance of Kevin Nealon as a cast member, which it's a sendoff to Nealon, as he left SNL after this episode. | |
| Zagat's | Hank and Beverly Gelfand (Adam Sandler, Chris Farley), the hosts ""Zagat's,"" are celebrating their anniversary and Beverly wants to find a restaurant, but Hank just wants sweet relief. Too bad his sister-in-law (David Duchovny) has stopped by. | |
| Rod Stewart performs "Leave Virgina Alone" | ||
| Weekend Update with Norm Macdonald | Laura Kightlinger is depressed because her friends are getting married & having babies; Adam West (Michael McKean) refuses to accept the new incarnations of Batman; Adam Sandler woos single moms with a suggestive Mother’s Day song. This marked the last sketch appearance of Laura Kightlinger as a cast member. | |
| Prichard's | New Englanders (Chris Elliott, Morwenna Banks, Chris Farley) turn violent when out-of-towners don’t go for folksy ways. This marked the final SNL sketch appearances of Chris Elliott and Michael McKean as cast members. | |
| Ricki Lake | a hermaphrodite (Adam Sandler) & some celebrity impersonators. | |
| Rod Stewart performs "Maggie May" | ||
| Horizon Realty | the former lead singer of a rock band (Jay Mohr) is now a real estate agent. This marked the last sketch appearance of Morwenna Banks as cast member. | |
| Polar Bear Cage | Five friends (Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler, Norm McDonald, Chris Farley, David Duchovny, Jay Mohr) visit a polar bear in his enclosure. This marked the final SNL sketch appearances of Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and Jay Mohr as cast members, as they all were fired from SNL after this episode. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | David Duchovny thanked everyone, Rod Stewart and Naomi Campbell, he wishes everyone "Happy Mother's Day", he had a great time, and they'll will see everyone next year. |
Trivia[]
- This is the final episode of the third generation of SNL, as the majority of the cast either left or was fired, save for 5 cast members.
- This era of SNL, lasted about nine years, tying it with being the longest running SNL era, alongside the seventh generation of SNL.
- This is also marked the final show for:
- G.E. Smith with the Saturday Night Live Band and as a co-music director (Smith had been with the band since 1985), as he was cut from the band after 10 years.
- Longtime director Dave Wilson(Wilson had been the show's director since 1975, though he did not direct the show between 1986 and 1989), who retired from the show after 17 accumulative years, as it's director.
- Longtime SNL writers Al Franken (who made his final onscreen SNL appearance in the previous episode), Herb Sargent, and Marilyn Suzanne Miller (all three of whom had wrote for the show on-and-off since it's first season in 1975).
- Franken (who previously wrote for the show from it's inception in 1975 until 1980, and again since 1985) formally left the show, after 15 accumulative years.
- Sargent (who also previously wrote for the show from it's 1975 inception to 1980, and again since 1984) retired after 16 accumulative years in the writing staff.
- Meanwhile, Suzanne-Miller (who started a few weeks after the show premiered, starting from 1975-1978, and for the 1981-82 season, and who returned in 1993) left after seven accumulative seasons as a writer.
- This was the final episode for fellow writers David Mandel, Ian Maxtone-Graham, and Lew Morton.
- This was also Jim Downey's final episode as head writer (a role he had held since 1985), as he would be dropped as head writer after 10 years. Though Downey returned next season, as Weekend Update producer.
- In fact, the only writers to return to the show next season were Downey, Fred Wolf (who would replace Downey as head writer), Tim Herlihy, Steve Koren, and Norm Hiscock.
| Preceded by: May 6, 1995 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: September 30, 1995 (Season 21) |