Current SNL want list
If you have recordings of any of the specified broadcasts of these shows, please send me an e-mail through the contact page or the e-mail icon at the bottom.
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Updated: May 23, 2026
Highest priority: my preference is with all original commercials if available, but any complete* copy of these versions in good quality (1st generation video recording, encoded DVD quality) will suffice
11/13/82: Robert Blake / Kenny Loggins (original live broadcast or complete HA! rerun)
01/14/84: Father Guido Sarducci / Huey Lewis & the News (original live broadcast)
02/08/86: Ron Reagan / The Nelsons (original live broadcast)
01/30/88: Carl Weathers / Robbie Robertson (original live broadcast)
04/16/88: Decision 88 (compilation assembled to air during Writers' Strike)
02/23/91: Alec Baldwin (original live broadcast, my copy has first 57 minutes only)
11/02/91: Kiefer Sutherland / Skid Row (original live broadcast)
11/23/91: Macaulay Culkin / Tin Machine (original live broadcast)
03/21/92: Mary Stuart Masterson / En Vogue (original live broadcast)
09/26/92: Nicolas Cage / Bobby Brown (original live broadcast)
10/24/92: Christopher Walken / Arrested Development (original live broadcast)
10/31/92: Catherine O'Hara / 10,000 Maniacs (original live broadcast)
09/25/93: Charles Barkley / Nirvana (original live broadcast)
10/02/93: Shannen Doherty / Cypress Hill (original live broadcast)
11/20/93: Nicole Kidman / Stone Temple Pilots (original live broadcast)
12/04/93: Charlton Heston / Paul Westerberg (original live broadcast)
12/11/93: Sally Field / Tony! Toni! Tone! (original live broadcast)
01/08/94: Jason Patric / Blind Melon (original live broadcast)
09/28/96: Tom Hanks / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (original live broadcast)
10/05/96: Lisa Kudrow / Sheryl Crow (original live broadcast)
10/19/96: Bill Pullman / New Edition (original live broadcast)
10/26/96: Dana Carvey / Dr. Dre (original live broadcast)
02/08/97: Neve Campbell / David Bowie (original live broadcast)
01/20/07: Jeremy Piven / AFI (original live broadcast with audio issues during AFI’s second song)
*66-67 minutes without commercials
Middle priority: original NBC airings and repeats of interest. Original broadcasts may have content missing from cable/NBC All Night airings or DVD/streaming releases; repeats may have alterations to the show rundown, edits to sketches, or material that does not appear in the live broadcast. Repeats usually have a disclaimer either before the show or during the montage.
12/20/75: Candice Bergen / The Stylistics, Martha Reeves (original live broadcast)
12/27/75: Paul Simon / Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow (repeat)
04/10/76: Richard Pryor / Gil Scott-Heron (repeat with Madeline Kahn tech strike intro)
04/17/76 Ron Nessen / Patti Smith Group (original live broadcast)
04/24/76 Raquel Welch / Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian (original live broadcast)
05/08/76 Madeline Kahn / Carly Simon (original live broadcast)
05/22/76 Buck Henry / Gordon Lightfoot (original live broadcast; includes Jane Curtin promo for the Superstars special before Weekend Update)
05/29/76 Elliott Gould / Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson (original live broadcast)
06/26/76 or 10/04/80: Lily Tomlin (repeat)
10/16/76: Karen Black / John Prine (original live broadcast)
07/23/77: Eric Idle / Alan Price, Neil Innes (repeat)
08/20/77: Steve Martin / The Kinks (repeat)
08/27/77 or 07/18/81: Elliott Gould / The McGarrigle Sisters, Roslyn Kind (repeat)
09/17/77 or 01/13/79: Fran Tarkenton / Leo Sayer, Donny Harper and the Voices of Tomorrow (repeat)
09/24/77: Steve Martin / Jackson Browne (original live broadcast; DVD uses the repeat version but adds in commercial parodies orginally cut from that version and live goodnights)
11/26/77 or 05/23/81: Lily Tomlin / James Taylor (repeat)
12/31/77: SNL at Mardi Gras (repeat)
02/25/78: O.J Simpson / Ashford & Simpson (original live broadcast; DVD has edited Mandingo II from the repeat)
07/22/78: Buck Henry / The Band (repeat)
08/12/78 or 06/13/81 Buck Henry / Leon Redbone (repeat; episode is actually a compilation from three Buck Henry-hosted shows)
09/09/78: Michael Palin / Eugene Record (repeat)
09/23/78 or 05/02/81: Richard Dreyfuss / Jimmy Buffett, Gary Tigerman (repeat)
09/30/78 or 03/29/80: Ray Charles (repeat)
06/02/79 or 05/09/81: Steve Martin / Van Morrison (repeat)
06/09/79: Eric Idle / Kate Bush (repeat)
06/16/79 or 08/08/81: Kate Jackson / Delbert McClinton (repeat)
06/23/79: Elliott Gould / Peter Tosh (repeat)
06/30/79: Michael Palin / The Doobie Brothers (repeat)
07/07/79: Buck Henry / The Grateful Dead (repeat)
07/14/79: Michael Palin / James Taylor (repeat)
07/21/79: Cicely Tyson / Talking Heads (repeat)
08/11/79 or 07/11/81: Gary Busey / Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines (repeat)
09/15/79: The Rolling Stones (repeat)
09/22/79: Fred Willard / Devo (repeat)
09/29/79: Buck Henry / Bette Midler (repeat)
10/06/79: Maureen Stapleton / Linda Ronstadt & Phoebe Snow (repeat)
10/27/79: Michael Sarrazin / Keith Jarrett, Gravity (repeat)
05/31/80: Howard Hesseman / Randy Newman (repeat; has unaired Schiller’s Reel “Search For Akasa”)
06/21/80: Teri Garr / The B-52’s (repeat)
06/28/80: Steve Martin / Blondie (repeat)
07/05/80: Elliott Gould / Gary Numan (repeat)
07/12/80: Buck Henry / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (repeat)
07/19/80: Eric Idle / Bob Dylan (repeat)
07/26/80: Kirk Douglas / Sam & Dave (repeat)
08/02/80: Richard Benjamin & Paula Prentiss / The Grateful Dead (repeat)
08/09/80: Bill Russell / Chicago (repeat)
08/16/80 or 10/11/80: Chevy Chase / Marianne Faithfull (repeat)
08/23/80: Madeline Kahn / Taj Mahal (repeat; has unaired "First Love" short film starring Gilda Radner)
09/06/80: Jodie Foster / Brian Wilson (repeat)
09/13/80: Bob Newhart / The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn (repeat)
09/27/80: Buck Henry / Andrew Gold, Andrae Crouch & The Voices of Unity (repeat)
10/18/80 or 06/06/81: Burt Reynolds / Anne Murray (repeat)
10/25/80: Steve Martin / 3-D, Paul & Linda McCartney (repeat)
11/01/80: 100th show with Paul Simon, James Taylor, and David Sanborn (repeat)
01/03/81: Elliott Gould / Kid Creole & The Coconuts (repeat)
01/31/81: Ellen Burstyn / Aretha Franklin, Keith Sykes (repeat)
02/28/81: David Carradine / Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, George Rose & the cast of "The Pirates of Penzance" (repeat)
09/26/81: (no host) / Jr. Walker & The All-Stars (repeat)
11/21/81 or 07/17/82: Susan Saint James / The Kinks (repeat)
12/26/81 or 07/10/82: (no host) / Rod Stewart (repeat)
06/26/82: Blythe Danner / Rickie Lee Jones (repeat)
08/28/82: Johnny Cash / Elton John (repeat)
12/18/82 or 08/13/83: Howard Hesseman / Men At Work (repeat)
06/04/83: Howard Hesseman / Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (repeat)
09/08/84 or 06/29/85: Billy Crystal / Al Jarreau (repeat)
08/10/85: Christopher Reeve / Santana (repeat)
03/11/95 or 03/02/96: John Travolta / Seal (repeat)
04/01/95: Marisa Tomei / Bonnie Raitt (repeat)
05/01/99: Alec Baldwin / Luciano Pavarotti with Vanessa Williams (repeat)
06/26/99: Drew Barrymore / Garbage (repeat)
07/31/99: James van der Beek / Everlast (repeat)
04/26/03: Queen Latifah / Ms. Dynamite (repeat)
Low priority: quality upgrades or more complete recordings
02/21/81: Charlene Tilton / Todd Rundgren, Prince (original live broadcast)
08/22/81: Desi Arnaz (repeat)
10/03/81: (no host) / Rod Stewart (original live broadcast)
10/17/81: George Kennedy / Miles Davis (original live broadcast)
10/31/81: Donald Pleasance / Fear (original live broadcast)
04/10/82: Daniel J. Travanti / John Cougar (original live broadcast)
04/07/84: Michael Douglas / Deniece Williams (original live broadcast)
02/28/87: Valerie Bertinelli / Robert Cray Band (original live broadcast)
10/21/89: Kathleen Turner / Billy Joel (original livb)
03/14/92: John Goodman / Garth Brooks (original live broadcast)
05/16/92: Woody Harrelson / Vanessa Williams (original live broadcast)
04/10/93: Jason Alexander / Peter Gabriel (original live broadcast)
04/17/93: Kirstie Alley / Lenny Kravitz (original live broadcast)
01/15/94: Sara Gilbert / Counting Crows (original live broadcast)
Lowest priority: I am satisfied with my copies but am interested in the following complete original airings with commercials
12/13/80: Jamie Lee Curtis / James Brown, Ellen Shipley
12/20/80: David Carradine / Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, George Rose & the cast of "The Pirates of Penzance"
01/10/81: Ray Sharkey / Jack Bruce & Friends
01/24/81: Robert Hays / Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crown
03/07/81: Bill Murray / Delbert McClinton
10/10/81: Susan Saint James / The Kinks
11/07/81: Lauren Hutton / Rick James & the Stone City Band
04/17/82: Johnny Cash / Elton John
10/30/82: Michael Keaton / The New Joe Jackson Band
02/26/83: Jeff & Beau Bridges / Randy Newman
02/25/84: Edwin Newman / Kool & The Gang
03/17/84: Billy Crystal / Al Jarreau
03/24/84: The Best of Saturday Night Live
01/12/85: Kathleen Turner / John Waite
12/21/85: Teri Garr / The Dream Academy, The Cult
01/18/86: Harry Dean Stanton / The Replacements
03/15/86: Griffin Dunne / Rosanne Cash
04/12/86: Oprah Winfrey / Joe Jackson
10/18/86: Malcolm-Jamal Warner / Run-DMC
11/15/86: Sam Kinison / Lou Reed
04/18/87: John Larroquette / Timbuk 3
05/09/87: Mark Harmon / Suzanne Vega
05/16/87: Garry Shandling / Los Lobos
10/31/87: Dabney Coleman / The Cars
11/21/87: Candice Bergen / Cher
11/12/88: Demi Moore / Johnny Clegg & Savuka
10/10/92: Joe Pesci / Spin Doctors
01/09/93: Danny DeVito / Bon Jovi
01/16/93: Harvey Keitel / Madonna
02/06/93: Luke Perry / Mick Jagger
02/20/93: Bill Murray / Sting
03/13/93: John Goodman / Mary J. Blige
03/20/93: Miranda Richardson / Soul Asylum
02/12/94: Alec Baldwin & Kim Basinger / UB40
05/14/94: Heather Locklear / Janet Jackson
11/12/94: Sarah Jessica Parker / R.E.M.
11/19/94: John Turturro / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
12/17/94: George Foreman / Hole
02/18/95: Deion Sanders / Bon Jovi
12/16/95: Madeline Kahn / Bush
03/16/96: John Goodman / Everclear
03/23/96: Phil Hartman / Gin Blossoms
04/20/96: Teri Hatcher / Dave Matthews Band
05/11/96: Christine Baranski / The Cure
03/22/97: Mike Myers / Aerosmith
04/19/97: Pamela Lee / Rollins Band
10/25/97 Chris Farley / Mighty Mighty Bosstones
11/08/97 Jon Lovitz / Jane's Addiction
12/06/97 Nathan Lane / Metallica
04/11/98 Greg Kinnear / All Saints
05/02/98 Matthew Broderick / Natalie Merchant