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 September 24, 1994
 Season 20 episode
Steve s20
Clapton s19
 Episode 367
 Season Episode 1
 Host Steve Martin
 Musical Guest(s) Eric Clapton
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"I'm Tore Down"
"Five Long Years"
Previous Episode
May 14, 1994
(Season 19)
Next Episode
October 1, 1994

The season premiere of Season 20 and the 367th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 24, 1994, hosted by actor, comedian, writer, producer, banjoist and musician Steve Martin, with musical guest Eric Clapton, an English rock and blues guitarist and singer. This is Steve Martin's record 13th time as host and Eric Clapton made his 2nd musical guest stint on SNL.

This marked the first episode with Chris Elliott, Janeane Garofalo and Laura Kightlinger as cast members.

This is also Norm Macdonald's first episode as a Weekend Update anchor.

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Clinton Auditions Cold Opening   Chris Farley, David Spade, Chis Elliott, Adam Sandler and Tim Meadows resort to standard shtick in their auditions for the President Bill Clinton impression after Phil Hartman leaves “SNL.” First appearance of Chris Elliott.
Opening Montage   After four years with the same theme, the montage changes again. The music has also changed slightly but is still a rendition of the music used since 1985. This montage has a 20th Anniversary theme, and is in black and white, and it consists of the cast members' photos being projected onto various objects around New York. Additionally, longtime cast members Phil Hartman, Rob Schneider, Julia Sweeney, and Melanie Hutsell, and first-year featured player Sarah Silverman are gone from the intro, since 5 of them left the show prior to the season. First credits for Chris Elliott, Janeane Garofalo, and Laura Kightlinger (whose name announcer Don Pardo flubbed in the live broadcast, but was fixed in reruns); and Norm Macdonald was promoted to repertory status.
Monologue by Steve Martin   After his joke about the many soups at the supermarket, Steve Martin steps outside of himself to examine what went wrong, as he returned to host SNL for the thirteenth time. First appearances of Janeane Garofalo and Laura Kightlinger.
H.H.T. Headache Test
Take a simple test to find out if you really have a headache. With Kevin Nealon as husband, Janeane Garofalo as wife, and Michael McKean as the spokesperson.
Court TV: The Simpson Trial   Scattered highlights of the O.J. Simpson (Tim Meadows) trial.
Steve Martin's Penis Beauty Creme   The formula Steve Martin uses to keep his penis shiny and beautiful.
Total Bastard Airlines   Transferred to new flight, Steward (David Spade) is still a jerk.
Eric Clapton Performs "I'm Tore Down"
Weekend Update with Norm Macdonald
First appearance of Norm Macdonald as Weekend Update anchor. With guests, Laura Kightlinger relates some recent life lessons she’s learned, and Rock critic Gil Graham (Adam Sandler) discusses recent concerts he attended.
The Ron Wood Show   Mumbling Ron Wood (Mike Myers) covers little ground in interviews.
Buck Daniels   Country singer (Michael McKean) puts the life of Buck Daniels (Steve Martin) into song.
Nut-Rific
Poor lyric choice gives candy bar jingle a negative flavor.
Eric Clapton Performs "Five Long Years"
Super Sports Tours   Striking baseball players will make appearances on an exciting cruise.
Babies   Parents (Chris Farley, Janene Garafalo) compare babies with other couple.
Goodnights and Closing Credits   Steve Martin thinks they all had a great time, on the first show of the 20th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live, he thanked Eric Clapton, Brian Austin Green, and everybody. He also announced tune in next week, all the baseball stars are there and thanked for stopping by.

Trivia[]

  • This was the first episode for writers Norm Hiscock and Brian Kelley.
    • Kelley would eventually go on to write for The Simpsons, while Hiscock would be one of the few writers from this season, to return to the next.
Preceded by:
May 14, 1994
(Season 19)
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
October 1, 1994
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