# Saturday Night Live season 24

The twenty-fourth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 26, 1998, and May 15, 1999.

## Cast

Before the start of the season, Jim Breuer, who had been a cast member for three seasons since 1995, left the show on his own terms. Following Breuer's departure, the show added three new featured players: stand-up comedian Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell, a performer with The Groundlings in Los Angeles, and Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City performer Horatio Sanz.
Starting with this season, every new cast member is hired as a featured player beforebeing promoted to Repertory; additionally, all featured players are credited for every episode, whether they appear or not.
Fallon, Parnell, and Sanz were all also promoted to repertory status during the following season.
Following the finale, no changes were made to the cast, and everyone returned for the next season.

### Cast roster

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

## Writers

T. Sean Shannon joins the writing staff. This was also Adam McKay's last season as head writer, but he would return to the show the next season.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Host | Musical guest(s) | Original release date |
| 447 | 1 | Cameron Diaz | The Smashing Pumpkins | September 26, 1998 (1998-9-26) |
| The Smashing Pumpkins performs "Perfect" and appeared in the Roxbury Guys sketch. John Goodman made a cameo appearance as Linda Tripp during the cold open. Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins, who performed musical interludes in Diaz's film There's Something About Mary, made a cameo appearance after the "What Does That Smell Like" sketch. Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin reprise their roles as The Festrunk Brothers (a.k.a. "The Wild and Crazy Guys") during the Roxbury Guys sketch. Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz's first episode as cast members (they are not credited as such, however, until the next episode). |||||
| 448 | 2 | Kelsey Grammer | Sheryl Crow | October 3, 1998 (1998-10-3) |
| Sheryl Crow performs "My Favorite Mistake" with Wendy Melvoin. Shaquille O'Neal appeared in two sketches: "Big Bernard," about an overgrown man who comes home late and receives a spanking from his father (played by Tracy Morgan), and "Morning Latte" as himself. He was initially intended to be the host of the episode, but had to back out due to unknown scheduling conflicts. Guest appearances by Christine Baranski, Hal Linden and Patti Lupone, who were in the "Wet 'em Down!" sketch |||||
| 449 | 3 | Lucy Lawless | Elliott Smith | October 17, 1998 (1998-10-17) |
| Elliott Smith performs "Waltz #2". Chucky, the possessed doll from Bride of Chucky and related films, made a guest appearance on "Weekend Update", albeit voiced by another person. Judge Judy appeared as herself in a sketch in which she is being mocked by Cheri Oteri. Writer and future cast member Tina Fey appears during the monologue. |||||
| 450 | 4 | Ben Stiller | Alanis Morissette | October 24, 1998 (1998-10-24) |
| Alanis Morissette performs "Thank U" and "Baba". New York Yankees players David Cone, Chili Davis, Graeme Lloyd, Tino Martinez and David Wells appeared in the opening monologue. |||||
| 451 | 5 | David Spade | Eagle-Eye Cherry | November 7, 1998 (1998-11-7) |
| Eagle-Eye Cherry performs "Save Tonight". Brad Pitt appeared in the cold opening where David Spade visits his therapist (played by Pitt) about his overwhelming fame. Former cast member Chris Rock cameoed in a Mango sketch as an admirer of a new dancer named Kiwi (played by David Spade). |||||
| 452 | 6 | Joan Allen | Jewel | November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14) |
| Jewel performs "Hands" and "Down So Long". John Goodman made a cameo in a Suel Forrester Sketch. |||||
| 453 | 7 | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Beastie Boys | November 21, 1998 (1998-11-21) |
| Beastie Boys performs "Three MC's and One DJ" and "Sabotage". Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz made a cameo appearance during the Spartan Cheerleaders sketch as Jennifer Love Hewitt's character's boyfriend. Hewitt's co-star in the I Know What You Did Last Summer films, Muse Watson, made a cameo during the monologue as his character Ben Willis. John Goodman made a cameo in the cold open as Linda Tripp. |||||
| 454 | 8 | Vince Vaughn | Lauryn Hill | December 5, 1998 (1998-12-5) |
| Lauryn Hill performs "Doo Wop (That Thing)" and "Ex-Factor". |||||
| 455 | 9 | Alec Baldwin | Luciano Pavarotti Vanessa Williams Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale | December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12) |
| Luciano Pavarotti and Vanessa Williams performs "Adeste Fideles". Vanessa Williams also appeared as a 'Kwanzette' during Weekend Update while Tim Meadows sings a song about Kwanzaa with Janice Pendarvis. John Goodman had a cameo appearance during Baldwin's monologue and in the "Bill Brasky" sketch featuring Goodman, Will Ferrell, and Alec Baldwin as drunken businessmen. |||||
| 456 | 10 | Bill Paxton | Beck | January 9, 1999 (1999-1-9) |
| Beck performs "Nobody's Fault but My Own" and "Tropicalia". He also appeared in the Behind the Music Fat Albert parody sketch. Titanic director James Cameron had a pre-recorded cameo in a sketch parodying his film. Debbie Matenopoulos appeared as herself in a parody of The View. |||||
| 457 | 11 | James Van Der Beek | Everlast | January 16, 1999 (1999-1-16) |
| Everlast performs "What It's Like". Colin Quinn's last pre-Weekend Update monologue. Darrell Hammond imitated an absent Don Pardo as announcer, particularly in a two-part running gag where 'Don Pardo' (Darrell Hammond) tries to seduce Van Der Beek. |||||
| 458 | 12 | Gwyneth Paltrow | Barenaked Ladies | February 6, 1999 (1999-2-6) |
| Barenaked Ladies performs "It's All Been Done". Ben Affleck cameoed in Paltrow's opening monologue. Writer and future cast member Tina Fey appeared during the monologue. |||||
| 459 | 13 | Brendan Fraser | Busta Rhymes The Roots | February 13, 1999 (1999-2-13) |
| Busta Rhymes and The Roots performs "Gimme Some More" and "Tear da Roof Off". John Goodman cameos as Linda Tripp during the cold open. Former SNL writer/featured player Tom Davis appeared in the monologue. George Plimpton appears after the "Shut Up and Enjoy the Ozzy" sketch. |||||
| 460 | 14 | Bill Murray | Lucinda Williams | February 20, 1999 (1999-2-20) |
| Lucinda Williams performs "Can't Let Go" and "2 Kool 2 Be 4-gotten". Former castmember (and co-star of Caddyshack) Chevy Chase appeared in the "Quotable Caddyshack" sketch to re-enact his one scene with Bill Murray. Stephanie Seymour cameoed in the "Ladies Man" cold open. Rebroadcasts the "Swill" commercial parody from Season 3 (10/08/1977), starring Bill Murray. |||||
| 461 | 15 | Ray Romano | The Corrs | March 13, 1999 (1999-3-13) |
| The Corrs performs "What Can I Do?" and "So Young". Romano's Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars, Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts, made cameo appearances during the monologue, in which Boyle discussed his time as host in the 1970s and Roberts discussed her role in My Giant. |||||
| 462 | 16 | Drew Barrymore | Garbage | March 20, 1999 (1999-3-20) |
| Garbage performs "Special" and "When I Grow Up". Edward Norton cameoed in a VH1 commercial parody as Daryl Dragon. |||||
| 463 | 17 | John Goodman | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | April 10, 1999 (1999-4-10) |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performs "Swingin'" and "Room at the Top". Writer and future cast member Tina Fey appears as a fake audience member interrupting the host during the monologue. |||||
| 464 | 18 | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Ricky Martin | May 8, 1999 (1999-5-8) |
| Ricky Martin performs "Livin' la Vida Loca". Monica Lewinsky made a special appearance in the cold open where Bill Clinton (played by Darrell Hammond) imagines life after his presidency, and in a sketch with Tim Meadows' Ladies Man character. John Goodman makes a voice-only guest appearance as Linda Tripp in the "Ladies Man" sketch. |||||
| 465 | 19 | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Backstreet Boys | May 15, 1999 (1999-5-15) |
| Backstreet Boys performs "I Want It That Way" and "All I Have to Give". David Boreanaz, Howie Dorough (from the Backstreet Boys) and Seth Green cameoed in the recurring sketch, "Tiger Beat's Ultra Super Duper Dreamy Love Show". |||||

## Specials

| Title | Original release date |
| "The Bad Boys of SNL" | September 26, 1998 (1998-9-26) |
| The Roxbury Guys (Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan) host a show featuring SNL's Bad Boys (Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade). Sketches include "Total Bastard Airlines", "The Gap Girls at the Mall", "Schmitt's Gay", "Dick Clark's Receptionist", "Spade in America", and "The Dark Side with Nat X". ||
| "The Best of Dana Carvey" | October 10, 1998 (1998-10-10) |
| A collection of some of Dana Carvey's sketches from his 6-year tenure on SNL. ||
| "SNL Goes Commercial, Volume II" | November 28, 1998 (1998-11-28) |
| Will Ferrell hosts this second collection of commercial parodies. ||
| "The Best of Steve Martin" | November 28, 1998 (1998-11-28) |
| A collection of some of Steve Martin's sketches from his episodes as host. ||
| "Best of TV Parodies" | January 9, 1999 (1999-1-9) |
| A compilation of some of SNL's TV parodies. ||
| "Best of Game Show Parodies" | February 20, 1999 (1999-2-20) |
| A collection of game show parodies from SNL's history. ||
| "The Clinton/Lewinsky Scandal" | February 27, 1999 (1999-2-27) |
| Darrell Hammond hosts a compilation of skits that parody the infamous Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. Sketches include "Mac's Bar", "MSNBC: White House in Crisis", "The Ladies' Man", and "E! Impeachment Coverage". ||
| "The Best of Mike Myers" | June 19, 1999 (1999-6-19) |
| A compilation of sketches from Mike Myers' 6-year tenure on SNL. Sketches include "Wayne's World Meets Aerosmith", "Hedley & Wyche", "Sprockets: Germany's Most Disturbing Home Videos", "Coffee Talk", and "Simon". ||

## A Night at the Roxbury film

A Night at the Roxbury, a film based on the popular Roxbury Guys sketches, was released on October 2, 1998. Cast members Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Mark McKinney, Colin Quinn and Molly Shannon all appear in the film. The film did modestly well at the box office but was panned by critics.