September 30, 1989 Season 15 episode
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| Episode | 267 |
| Season Episode | 1 |
| Host | Bruce Willis |
| Musical Guest(s) | Neil Young |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Rockin' In The Free World" "Needle & The Damage Done" "No More" |
| Previous Episode May 20, 1989 |
Next Episode October 7, 1989 |
The season premiere of Season 15 of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 30, 1989. It was hosted by actor Bruce Willis with musical guest Neil Young. Bruce Willis' hosting debut was made and this was also the musical guest debut on SNL for Neil Young.
Sketches[]
- Message From the White House
- Montage
- Monologue by Bruce Willis
- Thirtysomething cereal
- Hijacking
- Neil Young performs "Rockin' in the Free World"
- Sprockets- In a slight glitch, a made-to-be-broken bottle picked up by Jimmy Stewart (Dana Carvey) falls apart before he can throw it.
- Donahue Show bumper
- Weekend Update with Dennis Miller- Miller shows a retrospective of sketches from earlier in the show, which is a reference to the 15th Anniversary Special, which had aired the previous week.
- Home Improvement with the Anal Retentive Carpenter- Intro voiceover by Jim Downey
- Wayne's World- Debut of the "extreme closeup", which was featured in the Wayne's World movie.
- Neil Young performs "Needle & The Damage Done" and "No More"
- Bruce Willis: The Man and His Music- Season 7 announcer Mel Brandt does the intro
- Donahue Show bumper
- Johnny's Replacement
- Goodnights
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
Featured Players[]
Trivia[]
- This was the first episode back for longtime director Dave Wilson (the show's original director from 1975 to 1986), who missed the last three seasons, and he returns to SNL with this epsiode.
| Preceded by: May 20, 1989 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: October 7, 1989 |