Saturday Night Live season 14

The fourteenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC 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 ovarian cancer. In memory of Radner, Steve Martin 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
Mike Myers made his debut as a cast member midseason. The first Wayne's World sketch aired on February 18, 1989. Ben Stiller had a very brief stint as a featured player. His short film The Hustler of Money had impressed producers and was aired in season 12. Stiller ended up leaving after only four episodes because he wanted to focus more on making short films, as opposed to performing solely sketch comedy.

Cast roster
Repertory players
 * Dana Carvey
 * Nora Dunn
 * Phil Hartman
 * Jan Hooks
 * Victoria Jackson
 * Jon Lovitz
 * Dennis Miller
 * Kevin Nealon

Featured players
 * A. Whitney Brown
 * Al Franken
 * Mike Myers (first episode: January 21, 1989)
 * Ben Stiller (first episode: March 25, 1989 / last episode: April 22, 1989)

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