The fourteenth season of ''

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between October 8, 1988 and May 20, 1989. A new show logo was used starting with this season. It was made up of the words SATURDAY + NIGHT + LIVE styled in a circle. It was used until the end of the show's 20th season in 1995. This season notably saw the death of a second original cast member, Gilda Radner, who died on the day of the season finale from

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. In memory of Radner,

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showed a clip from the "Dancing in the Dark" sketch from the 1978 episode hosted by Martin in lieu of his planned monologue. This season introduced the " Wayne's World" skits.

Cast

Before the start of the season, no changes were made to the cast.

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, having rejoined the show as a writer and occasional on-screen performer three years ago, was once again credited as a featured cast member. As the season progressed,

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would hire two new people to the cast:

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and

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, who joined the show mid-season as featured players. Stiller had actually appeared on the show before; his film made it onto the show in the episode hosted by Charlton Heston in 1987. This was the only season of the show for Stiller. After being on the show for four episodes, Stiller left due to creative differences with Michaels.

Cast roster

Repertory players *

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Victoria Jackson Victoria Jackson (born August 2, 1959) is an American actress, comedian, and singer who was a cast member of the NBC television sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (SNL) from 1986 to 1992. Early life Jackson was born in Miami, Florid ...

Jon Lovitz Jonathan Michael Lovitz (; born July 21, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1990. Lovitz starred as Jay Sherman in '' The Critic'' and played a baseball scout in '' A League of ...

Dennis Miller Dennis Michael Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American talk show host, political commentator, sports commentator, actor, and comedian. He was a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1991, and he subsequently hosted a stri ...

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Featured players * A. Whitney Brown *

(first episode: January 21, 1989) *

(first episode: March 25, 1989 / last episode: April 22, 1989) bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Episodes

References

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