Season 15 / Episode 1
Bruce Willis
September 30, 1989 · Musical guest: Neil Young
Running order
The show.
- 01
White House Report
Cold open - 02
Monologue
Monologue - 03
thirtysomething
Pre-tape - 04
Wayne's World — “Sphincter”
Live sketch - 05
Donahue
Live sketch - 06
Home Improvement
Live sketch - 07
SNL Band Bumper
Live sketch - 08
"Rockin' In The Free World"
Musical performance - 09
Weekend Update
- At the deskNora Dunn: Imelda Marcos #2
- At the deskVictoria Jackson: Report from Times Square
- At the deskA. Whitney Brown: The Big Picture
Weekend Update - 10
New Leading Man
Live sketch - 11
Sprockets
Live sketch - 12
"The Needle and the Damage Done", "No More"
Musical performance - 13
Bruce Willis: The Man and His Music
Live sketch - 14
Donahue
Live sketch - 15
Goodnights
Goodnights
Notable moments.
Broadcast note
Segment 2 — Monologue: Everything before the musical performance is replaced with the dress rehearsal version in reruns.
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Segment 13 — Bruce Willis: The Man and His Music: This sketch is replaced with the dress rehearsal version in reruns.
Source ↗Musical Cameos
Charley Drayton, Steve Jordan, Frank "Poncho" Sampedro appear in the broadcast.
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Segment 7 — Band Shot: This band shot is removed in reruns. To fill time, "Compulsion" from 11.14.1987 is shown later in the episode.
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Segment 8 — "Rockin' In The Free World": In reruns, some alternate camera angles are used.
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Segment 9 — Weekend Update: In reruns, the "second 15 years" montage includes a clip of the dress rehearsal sketch used to replace the following sketch.
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Segment 10 — New Leading Man: In reruns, this sketch is replaced with one from dress rehearsal featuring Bruce Willis as an airplane passenger making jokes to a group of hijackers.
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Segment 11 — Sprockets: Graus Grek is the name of Woody Harrelson's character in "Sprockets" on 05.16.1992.
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Segment 12 — "The Needle and the Damage Done", "No More": In reruns, some alternate camera angles are used.
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