The 10 Best SNL Hosts Of The 1990s According To IMDb

The 10 Best SNL Hosts Of The 1990s, According To IMDb

SNL has had plenty of hosts in its multi-decade run, and the 90s saw some of the best people come on to have some fun with the cast.

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If not quite for the 2000s, the world has spun far enough past the 1990s for genuine nostalgia to develop. There are 90s kids and 90s memes, and especially there are celebrities and cultural phenomena associated strongly with the 90s. While you won’t find the stars of Friends or Seinfeld on this list of legendary SNL episodes, you will be shot back to the time of 90s TV. And while you won’t catch Michael Jordan, there are plenty of dynamic performances. (Besides, even though they didn’t score high enough to make the list all of those stars have graced the SNL stage and are worthy of revisitation.)

Among the best in 90s entertainment may have been Saturday Night Live itself. Maintaining a larger-than-usual cast, screen and sketch time was split between a bevy of stars: Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Will Ferrell. Most of them, worthily, would stay active long after leaving Lorne Michaels’ employ.

10 Jason Priestley (7.8)

A pure 90s gem, the most you’ll likely hear about Jason Priestley this month is right here in this article unless you decide to revisit the episode itself. He was the star of Beverly Hills, 90210 which ran precisely from 1990-2000 in its original incarnation.

Early 90s SNL leader Phil Hartman works well with the non-comedian Priestley. He can play both straight and comedy, either way making his counterpart look funny. Overall, the episode was extremely of-its-time, featuring another largely forgotten act as musical guest – the Scottish Teenage Fanclub.

9 Bill Murray (7.8)

The iconic Bill Murray got his start at the age of twenty-six on Saturday Night Live’s second season. With now-legends like Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi, the show quickly became a hotbed for the Hollywood comedy scene, as evidenced by films like Ghostbusters and Caddyshack.

Murray brought back a few characters from his 70s heydey but was primarily content jumping in on some of the popular sketches of the day, letting talents like Phil Hartman and Mike Myers take the lead.

8 David Duchovny (7.9)

Here is a phenomenal example of SNL doing what it does best, riding the wave of popular culture. Among entertainment trends associated with the 90s, The X-Files must be among the most prominent. To get star David Duchovny into Rockefeller Center to riff off of his iconic Agent Mulder character, plus get into a few additional shenanigans, was simple TV gold.

Perhaps most memorable was Duchovney in drag alongside Chris Farley. As two old gossips pestering a crotchety Adam Sandler, they get as many laughs from amusement as pure humor, and that’s ok.

7 John Travolta (7.9)

With Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino will be the first to report, John Travolta’s career was revived. With a career, revival comes all the Hollywood perks, including hosting SNL of course.

Travolta spent his monologue calling back to his Saturday Night Fever days and then was more comfortable than expected palling around with goofballs like Chris Farley and Adam Sandler. He had no problem announcing and pronouncing musical guest Seal. This has been Travolta’s only hosting gig, until perhaps another re-revival.

6 Roseanne & Tom Arnold (7.9)

If there were an SNL host Mount Rushmore, it would include Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, and John Goodman. The latter of these, besides having a prolific film career, took on many gigs during his run on the popular sitcom Roseanne. So there was already a relationship established between the popular series when namesake Roseanne Barr and husband/co-star Tom Arnold double-hosted this 1992 episode.

Other double-host episodes include the Olsen twins, Mr. T and Hulk Hogan, and Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachay. Next season, why not Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion?

5 Linda Hamilton (7.9)

Linda Hamilton is most famous for a single role. As she demonstrated in this 1991 SNL episode, however, she is much more than a one-trick pony. Within the first Terminator film, she transitions from party-girl ingenue to hardened time-breeder. By this hosting gig, inspired by the second (of many) installments, Hamilton was a full-fledged action star.

This, of course, does not preclude her from wearing three-legged jeans, letting Dana Carvey suck on her finger, or doing anything else outrageously goofy. In her chart-topping prime, Mariah Carey provided the musical performances (a female-forward episode!)

4 Steve Martin (8.0)

In SNL’s foundational days, comedian Steve Martin was a close friend of the band of jokers who put the show together, including Lorne Michaels. For some reason, he didn’t come on as a cast member but did host constantly to the degree where a casual fan might mistake him for one.

Thus, this 1991 episode was his 12th hosting outing (his record for hosting more than anyone else was overcome by Alec Baldwin in 2006). It was a holiday episode. It was a singing monologue episode. It was an episode where the veteran funnyman fit right in alongside the likes of sophomoric Adam Sandler and Chris Rock.

3 Sharon Stone (8.0)

Nothing is sacred on Saturday Night Live. Famous actors are often willing to poke fun at their most recognizable characters even at the risk of watering down the suspension of disbelief for their fans. In Sharon Stone’s case, the film Basic Instinct had become overwhelmingly associated not with her performance as a whole, but one particular scene. Without fail, she brought it directly to the forefront in her monologue.

There is potentially musical guest influence on this episode’s high rating as well. Pearl Jam, a staple of the exploding 1990s grunge scene and eventual contemporary rock legends, played the show here for their first of four appearances (so far).

2 Patrick Swayze (8.0)

The penultimate entry on this list hangs primarily by a single sketch – perhaps SNL’s most famous of all-time: “Chippendales Audition”. In the ultimate display of Chris Farley’s brilliant dynamic between chunky and spry, he competes with the perfectly-cut and choreographically-inclined Patrick Swayze for a male stripper job.

These two bright, endlessly-entertaining stars are both gone too soon – a solemn reminder of SNL’s unique role as a time capsule. As it did through Adam Sandler this past season, the show is always considerate in holding memorials.

1 Jim Carrey (8.4)

The mid-90s saw Jim Carrey at his career’s height. Starting with Ace Venture: Pet Detective, he worked on kooky film after kooky film, ultimately dominating the box office and video store shelf. In this episode, his first of three hosting gigs (so far), he demonstrated both his current superstardom powers and the potential for long-term fan favoritism.

The show was stacked. Carrey joins Doug and Steve Butabi (later of A Night at the Roxbury) for a night of club-hopping and is hysterical as a jacuzzi lifeguard to rare straight man Will Ferrell, just to name a few. To make this episode truly the crown jewel of 90s SNL, Soundgarden provided the musical performances

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