Podcasts by That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
Join us as we explore vintage episodes of SNL, analyzing the show and the bizarre pop culture ephemera that surrounded it. Tangents are had. Jokes are made.
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Episode 119: The Smothers Brothers/Laura Branigan (Dec. 4, 1982) from 2023-12-08T05:00
It's the Smother Brothers! Hosting SNL during the Ebersol era! Now that's some cozy, down-home holiday fun if I do say so myself. William Ham joins us as we break down the history of the mighty ...
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Episode 118: Pee-Wee Herman/Queen Ida&the Bon Temps Zydeco Band (Nov. 23, 1985) from 2023-11-24T00:27:40
We've got a true oddity on our hands this time around: one of the few episodes to hosted by someone completely in character. We're talking dominant hands, audience cameos, fluctuating ages, Swar...
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Episode 117: Brittany Murphy/Nelly (Nov. 16, 2002) from 2023-11-10T05:00
We don't visit season 28 of the show much, mostly for good reason, but this one has so much going on that we just had to do it. You've got Brittany arguably at the height of her popularity post-...
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Episode 116: Frank Zappa (Oct. 21, 1978) from 2023-10-27T12:34:50
What a match made in heaven this should have been. You've got one of rock's greatest satirists hosting America's premiere late night sketch show (a show that he's already been on and crushed it,...
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Episode 115: John C. Reilly/My Chemical Romance (Oct. 21, 2006) from 2023-10-13T04:00
Ah, now here's a real oddity. You've got technical difficulties, feverish non-endings to sketches, a brutal runner about family strife, and a host giving scenes more honest realism than may have...
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Episode 114: Lily Tomlin/James Taylor (Sept. 18, 1976) from 2023-09-29T04:00
Hot damn, we're BACK, baby! It's the premiere of the seventh season of That Week and this time we're hitting up the first episode of the second season of SNL for what turns out to be an importan...
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Off Week 51: Ken Shapiro and The Groove Tube (Part 2) from 2023-09-22T04:00
We rejoin our podcast already in progress as we break down the last half of The Groove Tube, discuss the final part of Ken's Hollywood career and how it intersects with SNL and William lays down...
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Off Week 50: Ken Shapiro and The Groove Tube (Part 1) from 2023-09-15T04:00
Join us for part one of two scholarly deep dives into the man that was Ken Shapiro and what he meant to the early 70s underground sketch comedy movement. Here we discuss Ken's earliest showbiz d...
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Off Week 49: SCTV (Janitor's Strike/CBC - Syndicated Edit) from 2023-09-01T04:00
When you've got something as strange as two syndicated episodes of SCTV that aired in Pittsburgh, PA that pull together two-thirds of the S5 premiere from NBC, you know you gotta call in the big...
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A Conversation With Jason Klamm, author of We're Not Worthy from 2023-08-25T04:00
Today we're chatting with Jason Klamm, author of the new upcoming book (Sept. 12th to be exact) all about sketch comedy in the 90s, We're Not Worthy! We discuss the hardships of putting the book...
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Off Week 48: The New Show Episode 3 from 2023-08-18T04:00
We're kicking off our Summer Off Week episodes with what we thought would be a mellow, easy way to get into the swing of things. But then the New Show decided we were idiots for not understandin...
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Off Week 47: The Kids In The Hall pilot (Oct. 16, 1988) from 2023-08-04T04:00
In celebration of the grand return of the Kids In The Hall to sketch comedy, we're going back to their pilot episode for HBO to see just how the whole empire got off the ground. We discuss our o...
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Off Week 46: In Living Color Season 1 (Part 2) from 2023-07-21T04:00
We wrap up our journey through the first season of In Living Color with the fifth episode and the season finale, touching on such classics as Homey D. Clown, Black World, Benita Butrell...and th...
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Off Week 45: In Living Color Season 1 (Part 1) from 2023-07-07T04:00
It's time. It's finally time to talk about In Living Color! In this first (of two) part, we discuss our own personal history with the show, how it to came to be and break down the very first epi...
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Off Week 44: You Can't Do That On Television: The Early Years from 2023-06-23T04:00
As one of the most defining shows of the early years of Nickelodeon, You Can't Do That On Television has a fascinating history behind it and so, we're exploring some episodes from the first two ...
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Off Week 43: Cheeseball Presents (1984) from 2023-06-09T04:00
Unbeknownst to most people, there was once a raunchy Showtime Groundlings special featuring the talents of such comedy legends as Phil Hartman, Tress MacNeille, Elvira, Pee-Wee Herman and more! ...
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Episode 113: Fred Armisen/Courtney Barnett (May 21, 2016) from 2023-05-26T04:00
We're wrapping up the main portion of season six of the show with an episode with some fond memories attached to it...and some new, not-so-fond memories as well. It's your classic end of season ...
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Episode 112: Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading (May 14, 1977) from 2023-05-12T04:00
It's been awhile since we've hit up the second season of the show and so, we've got this odd little outing of the show to shift through. It's got some doozies in it, both good and bad, including...
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Episode 111: Sofia Vergara/One Direction (April 7, 2012) from 2023-04-28T04:00
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Episode 110: Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman (April 14, 1979) from 2023-04-14T04:00
You know you've got a special one on your hands when even Lorne Michaels himself considers it to be one of the absolute worst the show has ever done. Unseen for multiple decades after it's initi...
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Off Week 42: Down Twisted (1987) from 2023-04-07T04:00
We again return to the Albert Pyun-iverse for a Cannon Group take on Romancing The Stone starring Charles Rocket and Carey Lowell! Will it have the same subtle, goofball charms as Brain Smasher....
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Episode 109: Griffin Dunne/Rosanne Cash (March 15, 1986) from 2023-03-24T04:00
This week we take aim at a quietly controversial episode of the show, one that spells the end for Damon Wayans as a featured player and is seemingly a sacrifice to the sketch gods while they sho...
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Episode 108: Conan O'Brien/Don Henley (March 10, 2001) from 2023-03-10T05:00
Oh hey, look! It's that guy from Late Night who used to write for SNL and The Simpsons! This should be fun! That's right, we're finally digging into the Conan episode, complete with our remembra...
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Episode 107: Pamela Sue Martin/Power Station (Feb. 16, 1985) from 2023-02-24T05:00
We've got one of the weirdest and more experimental Ebersol era episodes at hand today (and honestly, that's really saying something) and so we brought in some new folks to break it all down: Ed...
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Episode 106: Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull&Tom Scott (Feb. 9, 1980) from 2023-02-10T05:00
It's time. We're finally gonna tackle one of the most infamous episodes of the show's original run. Ol' Chevy Chase drops by for his second hosting gig and...somethings wrong. Even more wrong th...
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Episode 105: Sarah Michelle Gellar/Portishead (Jan. 17, 1998) from 2023-01-27T05:00
We're back with our first mainline episode of 2023 and it's the first of Sarah Michelle Gellar's three hosting gigs...
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Off Week 41: MADtv's Third Christmas Episode from 2023-01-20T05:00
As is tradition, we look to MAD's Christmas episode to chart the evolution of the show and what an evolution it's taken since we last covered it. We see the show slowly transitioning into the ca...
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Episode 104: Bill Murray/The Spinners&The Yale Whiffenpoofs (Dec. 12, 1981) from 2022-12-23T05:00
Off Week 40: Tush - Pilot/Christmas Special (Dec. 8, 1980) from 2022-12-16T05:00
Before SNL, before the movies, before the sitcoms, Jan Hooks and Bonnie & Terry Turner found themselves working on an obscure Atlanta based sketch show called Tush. Who was Bill Tush? Where did ...
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Episode 103: Richard Pryor/Gil Scott-Heron (Dec. 13, 1975) from 2022-12-09T05:00
Fever and sickness grips the studio as we boldly attempt to cover one of the most influential and well-known episodes of the show's history. Will Andy's cough medicine gag crash against the rock...
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Episode 102: Drew Barrymore/Squeeze (Nov. 20, 1982) from 2022-11-25T05:00
Jon Schneider of Saturday Night Network drops by yet again to cover a momentous episode of SNL! At only 7 years of age, Drew Barrymore grabs claim to the youngest host ever and a live call-in vo...
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Episode 101: Kevin Bacon/INXS (Feb. 9, 1991) from 2022-11-11T05:00
The Self-Indulgent 100th Episode Anniversary Spectacular! from 2022-11-04T04:00
Join us for a long, winding tale of the podcasting origins that brought us to That Week and 100 episodes thereof! Correspondence from the audience! Questions! Answers! It's all here as we kick b...
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Episode 100: James Taylor&Paul Simon/David Sanborn (March 15, 1980) from 2022-10-28T04:00
By god, we made it. 100 episodes of this mess! And to celebrate, we're breaking our usual cover-an-episode-from-the-same-month-the-podcast-gets-released format to jump ahead to March 1980 to cov...
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Episode 99: Paul Simon/Randy Newman&Phoebe Snow (Oct. 18, 1975) from 2022-10-14T04:00
It's time we finally dive into SNL's second ever episode, one that has a vibe and format the show would never replicate. It's basically a Paul Simon concert show with a few sketches thrown in, i...
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Episode 98: Sigourney Weaver/No Musical Guest (Oct. 11, 1986) from 2022-09-30T04:00
We're kicking off our s...
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Off Week 39: The New Show Episode 2 from 2022-09-16T04:00
We return to the New Show, possibly for the last time. Seemingly nothing has defeated us as much as this episode did, which mostly squanders the talents of John Candy, Carrie Fisher and Paul Sim...
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Off Week 38: Vampire In Brooklyn (1995) from 2022-09-02T04:00
It's 1995. We've got Eddie Murphy right before the Nutty Professor. We've got Wes Craven right before the Scream films. We've got them coming together to make a modern vampire horror-comedy. Tha...
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Off Week 37: The New Show Episode 1 from 2022-08-19T04:00
Episode 97: Kris Kristofferson/Rita Coolidge (July 31, 1976) from 2022-08-05T04:00
Off Week 36: Things We Did Last Summer from 2022-07-22T04:43:41
Back in the early days of S4, during an off week for the show, a very peculiar special aired in the SNL time slot. ...
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Off Week 35: Fridays - Shelley Winters/The Plasmatics (Jan. 16, 1981) from 2022-07-08T04:00
It's time to finally return to ABC's rival sketch show, Fridays! This one is a strange beast; coming shortly after the show began to have hosts and shortly before Ronald Reagan took office, prov...
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Off Week 34: I Think You Should Leave (S1) from 2022-06-24T04:00
Last year, just as the newest season of ITYSL was about to come out, we selected a handful of episodes from the firs...
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Off Week 33: Gilda Radner - It's Always Something (2002 TV Movie) from 2022-06-10T04:00
As a companion piece to last year's crossover episode with Telehell about the very same subject, here's our own take on the bizarre TV movie based on Gilda's autobiography. It's got laughs, love...
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Episode 96: Jackie Chan/Kid Rock (May 20, 2000) from 2022-05-27T04:00
It's the end of our fifth season and so we're closing it out with an inscrutable mess of an episode that also acts as a bit of an end of an era! But we're not gonna lie to ya here...this one was...
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Episode 95: Tom Hanks/Bruce Springsteen (May 9, 1992) from 2022-05-13T04:00
What better way to celebrate both Mothers Day and the LA Riots than with our old friend Tom Hanks? Yes, dark days are here again and America's Dad is here to guide us gently through these troubl...
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Off Week 32: SCTV (Pledge Week: The CBC Edit) from 2022-05-06T04:00
The time has come. It's finally time to talk about Canada's Finest: SCTV. We're exploring the Pledge Week episode from the show's fourth season; originally run on NBC in '81 but here in a reconf...
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Episode 94: Strother Martin/The Specials (April 19, 1980) from 2022-04-22T04:00
We're near the end for both the original era of the show and, unbeknownst at the time, the life of our host but that's not going to stop anyone from delivering one of the most striking and origi...
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Episode 93: Anna Kendrick/Pharrell Williams (April 5, 2014) from 2022-04-08T04:00
Episode 92: Bill Murray/Percy Sledge (March 21, 1987) from 2022-03-25T04:00
Bill Murray returns to the show for the third time (and the first time back with Lorne) and it may just be one most ...
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Episode 91: Dwayne Johnson/George Ezra (March 28, 2015) from 2022-03-11T05:00
We're finally getting around to reviewing one of the episodes hosted by everyone's favorite big ol' lummox, Dwayne Johnson and it turns out that this episode means a little something to us and t...
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Episode 90: Live From Mardi Gras (Feb. 20, 1977) from 2022-02-25T05:00
What happens when you take a chaotic live sketch show and decide to plop it in the middle of Mardi Gras just for the hell of it? You guessed it. More chaos than you can handle. And potentially m...
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Episode 89: Brendan Fraser/Busta Rhymes (Feb. 13, 1999) from 2022-02-11T05:00
You know, it's like they always say: just shut up and enjoy the Fraser. Brendan Fraser, that is. We explore the second (and to this day, last) hosting gig of this incredibly charming fellow and ...
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Episode 88: Don Rickles/Billy Idol (Jan. 28, 1984) from 2022-01-28T05:00
Join us for the most chaotic, slap-happy, improv-filled episode the show has ever had! It's the kind of pure, unfiltered and unscripted joy you so rarely see on television anymore and we bask in...
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Episode 87: John Madden/Jennifer Holliday (Jan. 30, 1982) from 2022-01-14T05:00
Everyone's favorite coach/commentator/screamy-man John Madden takes to the SNL stages for another typically atypical Ebersol era episode! Moments of intrigue include what is quite possibly the w...
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Off Week 31: Red Heat (1988) from 2022-01-07T05:00
Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Russian Cop. Jim Belushi as a slovenly Chicago detective. Walter Hill directing. It's the 80's, it's action. What could go wrong? Turns out, so much more than we ever ...
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Episode 86: Al Gore/Phish (Dec. 14, 2002) from 2021-12-17T05:00
Two years after it all went down, Al Gore arrives on the SNL stage to exorcise the demons of the 2000 election. The mighty Ian Abramson returns to help us uncover the many mysteries of this stra...
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Episode 85: George Foreman/Hole (Dec. 17, 1994) from 2021-12-10T05:00
We're finally tackling the last of the Five Infamous Episodes of S20: the Christmas show with ol' George Foreman! G...
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Episode 84: Bernadette Peters/The Go-Go's&Billy Joel (Nov. 14, 1981) from 2021-11-26T05:00
This week, Arthur Meyer drops by the show once again to help us untangle the glorious derangement that is THIS epis...
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Episode 83: Brian Williams/Feist (Nov. 3, 2007) from 2021-11-12T05:00
Our ol' pal Jon Schneider of the SNL Network returns to break down an entry from his favorite era of the show. It's the last episode before the 2007 writer's strike went down, the last episode f...
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Episode 82: Dabney Coleman/The Cars (Oct. 31, 1987) from 2021-10-29T04:00
It's spooky Halloween times again with another one of those rare episodes that actually ran ON Halloween night! We've got a few stamp classics, a somewhat troubling theme of "those darn women" a...
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Off Week 30: Welcome To The Fun Zone (June 2, 1984) from 2021-10-22T04:00
What could be better than a weirdo variety/sketch show presented by Dr. Demento and featuring such fine folks as Weird Al Yankovic, Howie Mandel, Marc Weiner, Bozo the Clown, John Paragon and ot...
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Episode 81: Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman (Oct. 23, 1976) from 2021-10-15T04:00
It's Steve Martin's first outing with the show and Chevy's second-to-last episode as a cast member. We're not in studio 8H, we're somewhere in Brooklyn. It's a joyfully chaotic episode so it wou...
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Episode 80: Madonna/Simple Minds (Nov. 9, 1985) from 2021-10-01T04:00
It's been five long years since Lorne left the show. Now the prodigal son returns to take back what was once his, w...
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Pre-Season 47 Shenanigans from 2021-09-24T04:00
We're back again with our usual preseason chatter and babble but this time, we've got Ian Abramson in tow! Weddings, Norm, Andy Kaufman, questions from the audience! It's guaranteed to take up a...
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Off Week 29: Brain Smasher...A Love Story (1993) from 2021-09-10T04:00
We return to our podcasting roots by talking some Albert Pyun directed B-movie schlock starring Andrew Dice Clay, T...
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Off Week 28: S46 Catch Up&Questions From The Audience from 2021-08-27T00:00
This week, we're keeping it mellow as we discuss our thoughts on S46 so far and take some questions from you, the audience!
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Off Week 27: MADtv's Second Christmas Episode from 2021-08-12T23:43:16
Episode 79: Louise Lasser/Preservation Hall Jazz Band (July 24, 1976) from 2021-07-23T04:00
This week, with the help of Jon Schneider of SNL Stats, we're celebrating the 45th anniversary of one of the most weirdest, wildest and possibly completely misunderstood episodes in the show's l...
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Off Week 26: Almost Live (1992 Viewers Choice Special) from 2021-07-16T04:00
This week, Washington natives Mario Lanza and William Ham join us to talk about America's best regional sketch show: Almost Live. We discuss the history of the show, it's long, 15 season run and...
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Off Week 25: Nothing But Trouble (1991) from 2021-07-02T04:00
We return to the cinematic realm of the 'Royd for Dan's misbegotten 1991 horror-comedy, Nothing But Trouble. It's a film that mostly defies explanation and yet, here we are. What a beautiful and...
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Off Week 24: Late Night Programming (Late World With Zach, Space Ghost and Sifl&Olly) from 2021-06-18T04:00
We're taking a little break from SNL to discuss some formative late night programming! We dig up a couple of Late W...
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The S4 Wrap Up Sorta-Extravaganza! from 2021-06-04T04:00
We're taking it easier than previous seasons with our yearly wrap up special (hint: we're tired) but that doesn't mean we aren't gonna take a few questions from the audience about S46 and lay ou...
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Episode 78: Ed Koch/Dexy's Midnight Runners (May 14, 1983) from 2021-05-28T01:38:13
It's the end of season 4 and we're celebrating it with the Mayor of New York, Ed Koch! As far as season finales go, it's the usual grab bag of returning characters and assorted gassed-out weirdn...
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Episode 77: Johnny Knoxville/System Of A Down (May 7, 2005) from 2021-05-14T04:00
Telehell Crossover: Gilda Radner - It's Always Something (2002) from 2021-05-09T21:55
This week, we're joining forces with Justin Hart of the Telehell podcast to cover one of the rarer pieces of the SNL ephemera: the ABC made-for-TV movie, Gilda Rander - It's Always Something! Be...
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Episode 76: Steven Seagal/Michael Bolton (April 20, 1991) from 2021-04-30T04:00
Every so often, SNL decides to book a host that is seemingly guaranteed to be an absolute dud. This is definitely one of those times. Let's kick back with the mumbling, bumbling non-charm of Kun...
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Episode 75: Steve Martin/Blues Brothers (April 22, 1978) from 2021-04-16T04:00
This week, we're exploring one of the most well-loved episodes of the original era. You got your Steve Martin. You got your Blues Brothers. You got your Dancing In The Dark, Nerds and Festrunk B...
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Episode 74: Peyton Manning/Carrie Underwood (March 24, 2007) from 2021-04-02T03:14:04
Alright, let's get a do-over on the whole "sports guy/American Idol gal" thing. How about one of the most well reme...
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Episode 73: Miranda Richardson/Soul Asylum (March 20, 1993) from 2021-03-19T04:00
Hot off the heals of the surprise popularity of The Crying Game, it's Miranda Richardson! She takes us through a perfectly competent episode of SNL alongside a band who is just on the cusp of re...
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Episode 72: Jon Stewart/India.Arie (March 9, 2002) from 2021-03-05T05:00
The early 2000s. Big stuff going down. Suddenly, there was Jon Stewart: smart, comfy, political comedy done right, at a time when that's what the people needed. And here he is hosting SNL...in a...
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Episode 71: Larry David/The 1975 (Feb. 6, 2016) from 2021-02-19T05:00
We return to the not-so-distant past with our pal Mike Bloom in tow to explore something a LITTLE more modern than usual. We discuss Larry, Bernie, hungry guys, needless Zoolander cameos, Jon Ru...
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Episode 70: Rob Morrow/Nirvana (Jan. 11, 1992) from 2021-02-05T05:00
It's Rob Morrow! That guy from that show you swear you've seen a couple of episodes of! He's here, hosting SNL! Also, there's some no name rabble-rousers named Nirvana here to play what the kids...
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Episode 69: Elliott Gould/Anne Murray (Jan. 10, 1976) from 2021-01-22T05:00
This week, Arthur Meyer (Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon) joins us to take a deep dive on one of the more important episodes in the show's history. First outing for Elliott, first episode to win ...
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Episode 68: Charles Barkley/Kelly Clarkson (Jan. 7, 2012) from 2021-01-08T05:00
Sometimes you just pick an episode at random thinking you'll have a good time. Sometimes you end up with the Charles Barkley episode from S37. We watched it. We talked about it.
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Episode 67: Jack Black/Neil Young (Dec. 17, 2005) from 2020-12-18T05:00
It's time for our big Holiday extravaganza yet again! Returning champion John Murray of the SNL Afterparty joins us to discuss what is arguably one of the most important episodes in the show's e...
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Episode 66: John Goodman/K.D. Lang&The Reclines (Dec. 2, 1989) from 2020-12-11T03:58:09
This week, Darin Patterson of the SNL Nerds podcast joins us to talk about the very first of John Goodman's many, many hosting stints! We discuss the casual homophobia of the late 80's/early 90s...
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A Conversation With Gail Matthius from 2020-12-04T05:00
Gail Matthius spent only thirteen episodes on SNL but left an left quite an indelible impression on us here at That Week In SNL. Here we finally get to chat with Gail on her journey to SNL, her ...
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Episode 65: Tom Green/David Gray (Nov. 18, 2000) from 2020-11-27T05:00
Like a fun-house mirror version of the Charles Grodin show, it's the fascinating, unholy mess that is Tom Green/David Gray! We've somehow wrangled Justin Hart of Telehell to join us in unravelin...
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Episode 64: Sarah Jessica Parker/R.E.M. (Nov. 12, 1994) from 2020-11-13T05:00
We've again returned to the ever infamous season 20 to cover one of it's legendarily disastrous episodes and this time, we're dragging Mario Lanza along with us! Join us as we explore an episode...
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Episode 63: Charles Grodin/Paul Simon (Oct. 29, 1977) from 2020-10-30T04:00
Our ol' chum William Ham drops by the show to discuss one of the most gleefully meta episodes of the show, one that is STILL somehow confused to be actually real events. Gilda also debuts two of...
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Episode 62: Kate Hudson/Radiohead (Oct. 14, 2000) from 2020-10-16T04:00
Episode 61: No Host/Rod Stewart (Oct. 3, 1981) from 2020-10-02T04:00
Season 4 BEGINS! This week, Ian Abramson (SNQ, Gary Busey: Pet Judge) joins us to break down the first TRUE episode of the Dick Ebersol era. We get some classic Eddie Murphy material, a somewhat...
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Pre-Season 46 Shenanigans from 2020-09-25T04:00
A few scheduling announcements and jibber-jabber about the upcoming season!
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A Conversation With Gary Kroeger from 2020-09-17T04:00
This week, Ian Fermaglich (of Ian Talks Comedy) joins us for an interview with the one and only: Gary Kroeger! We discuss his journey to the show, his various roles on SNL and elsewhere and just...
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Off Week 23: Wieners (2008) from 2020-09-04T04:00
Released in 2008 (but filmed in 2004? 2000? 1998?), Wieners stars SNL alums Kenan Thompson and Darrell Hammond in a...
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Off Week 22: Neighbors (1981) from 2020-08-21T04:00
This week, we do battle with one of the most confounding motion pictures we've seen in quite some time: Neighbors from 1981. Featuring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi playing against type and direc...
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Off Week 21: The ABC Pilot Version Of Bizarre (with Richard Dawson!) from 2020-08-07T04:00
With it's mix of vulgar humor, topless ladies and Bob Einstein's Super Dave character, Bizarre was an early hit for Showtime, landing six seasons and even a spin-off show. It's a fascinating doc...
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Off Week 20: Eddie Murphy and The S45 Progress Report from 2020-07-24T16:58:30
This week we're having a little free form discussion about the Eddie Murphy Christmas episode and our thoughts on season 45 so far. Also, some small corrections and additions to our MADtv episod...
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Off Week 19: MADtv's First Christmas Episode (Dec. 16, 1995) from 2020-07-10T03:56:19
We're taking a look at one of SNL's longest surviving competitors, MADtv and it's first Christmas episode! We discuss the history of the show, it's cast members and the rather weird Holiday epis...
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Off Week 18: Fridays and The Andy Kaufman Incident (Feb. 20, 1981) from 2020-06-26T21:56:16
In April of 1980, ABC launched their own live sketch to compete with SNL entitled Fridays. Despite lasting only three seasons, the show was able to build a voice of it's own and knock out a numb...
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The Music Of That Week Volume 2 from 2020-06-12T22:32:22
Once again, another mix of legendary SNL musical performances and interstitial...
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End Of Season 3 Wrap Up Good Time Hour! from 2020-05-29T22:50
We're kicking back this week and celebrating the end of our third season with questions from the audience, clips from the show, season 45 discussion, some music and other fun things!
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Episode 60: Woody Harrelson/Vanessa Williams (May 16, 1992) from 2020-05-15T22:50
We're saving the best for last with one of the most gleefully offensive episodes of the show ever! It's also the final show for Beth Cahill, Siobhan Fallon and Victoria Jackson and it pulls no p...
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Episode 59: Lindsay Lohan/Usher (May 1, 2004) from 2020-05-08T22:50
It's a weird, wild and chaotic one. This episode not only features the most popular (?!) SNL sketch of all time but also mass loads of breaking, a show-stopping outburst from someone in the audi...
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Episode 58: Zach Galifianakis/Of Monsters And Men (May 4, 2013) from 2020-05-01T22:50
This week, we're covering the third (and sadly, final) hosting gig for ol' Zach Galifianakis! There's a few direct connections to the Helen Mirren episode we just covered but this one is always ...
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Notes From The Quarantine: The Revenge from 2020-04-24T22:50
It's another bonus report from the quarantine! This time around we're discussing the SNL At Home special, wondering around the woods, gettin' in some video gaming and more!
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Episode 57: Helen Mirren/Foo Fighters (April 9, 2011) from 2020-04-11T00:00
We're completing our "Caligula on SNL" set this week with Helen Mirren! This episode is an odd collection of the very good and the very bad (which is strange for SNL, I know), but we definitely ...
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Episode 56: Richard Benjamin/Ricki Lee Jones (April 7, 1979) from 2020-04-03T22:50
Belushi is absent. The sketches are few and very, very long. The musical guest is an acquired taste. All the makings for a mess of an episode but this one steers right past that into classic ter...
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Another Notes From The Quarantine from 2020-03-31T15:20:21
This week in efforts to keep sane: the second episode of Saturday Night Quarantine, Tiger King, Australian post-apocalyptic exploitation trash and more!
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Episode 55: Paul Reiser/Annie Lennox (March 18, 1995) from 2020-03-27T22:50
We're again returned to the ever infamous season 20 to see what depths the show can fall. Is the Paul Reiser the deepest crater the show has ever created? Quite possibly. With such classics as S...
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Notes From The Quarantine from 2020-03-24T15:50:20
Here's a little bit of extra nonsense: our journeys through the first week of the quarantine! We discuss Ian Abramson's fantastic Saturday Night Quarantine live stream, trying to unravel the mys...
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Off Week 17: Bordello Of Blood (1996) from 2020-03-18T18:41:58
Bordello of Blood is the second theatrically released Tales From The Crypt film and man, it's a doozy. A troubled production stemming from a cranky and unwilling Dennis Miller nearly threatens t...
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Episode 54: Billy Crystal/Al Jarreau (March 17, 1984) from 2020-03-06T23:51:35
This week, we welcome Justin Hart from the Telehell podcast to discuss a childhood favorite of his: Billy Crystal's season 9 hosting stint! We get a surprising Purim theme, the debut of Fernando...
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Episode 53: Garth Brooks (Feb. 28, 1998) from 2020-02-28T23:50
Last season, we covered Garth Brooks' second hosting gig from S25 and ended up receiving countless requests to cover this one as well. And so, here we are: the first outing of SNL's most unlikel...
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Episode 52: Fred Savage/Technotronic (Feb. 24, 1990) from 2020-02-07T23:50
This week, we're pumping up the jams with one of the youngest hosts the show has ever had: Fred Savage! Fresh from the highs of the cinematic masterpiece The Wizard, Fred anchors the show like a...
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Episode 51: Robert Klein/Bonnie Raitt (January 28, 1978) from 2020-01-31T23:50
Hoooo whee, this is a big one! This is one of the most fondly remembered episodes in the show's history, complete with the debuts of The Olympia Cafe, The Nerds...
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Episode 50: Peter Sarsgaard/The Strokes (Jan. 21, 2006) from 2020-01-24T23:50
It's January so you know what that means: it's weird character actor time! Peter Sarsgaard drops by the show for a real strange one. Not only do we get TWO sketches based around his name, we als...
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Bonus Patreon Preview: Elliot Gould/Kid Creole&The Coconuts (Nov. 15, 1980) from 2020-01-10T23:50
To fight back against the boredom from SNL's long winter holiday break, we've decided to let loose an episode from behind the ol' Patreon pay wall! It's the first episode from season 6 and we ta...
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Episode 49: Eddie Murphy/Robert Plant&The Honeydrippers (Dec. 15, 1984) from 2019-12-20T23:50
It's our big ol' honkin' Christmas extravaganza with John Murray of the SNL Afterparty podcast! This week, we're covering Eddie Murphy's first grand return to studio 8H with his 1984 episode (fe...
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Episode 48: Danny DeVito/R.E.M. (Dec. 11, 1999) from 2019-12-13T20:15:17
It's the last show of the millennium and Danny DeVito is on hand to host what is quite possibly the horniest Christmas episode of SNL ever. Sex jokes! Body parts! Al Franken! Come party like it'...
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Episode 47: John Cena/Maren Morris (Dec. 10, 2016) from 2019-12-06T23:50
This week, we're jumping back only a few years to revisit those halcyon days of season 42. Does the show's most recent moment in the sun hold up? We'd like to think so. Containing what is still ...
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Episode 46: Bea Arthur/The Roches (Nov. 17, 1979) from 2019-11-22T23:50
Last year we covered the Betty White episode and had so much fun with that one that this week, we're traveling back to the original era to find the only other Golden Girl that hosted the show: B...
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Episode 45: Michael McKean/Chaka Khan (Nov. 3, 1984) from 2019-11-15T23:50
Before he was a cast member (but AFTER he was a musical guest), Michael McKean stops by the show for a little Spinal Tap reunion. Oddly enough this one looks to the future, featuring the birth o...
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Episode 44: Chris Rock/The Wallflowers (Nov. 2, 1996) from 2019-11-01T22:50
Fresh off the success of Bring The Pain, SNL alum Chris Rock comes home for the first time and he's got Dana Carvey in tow. We've got a whole bunch of Bob Dole, an early TV Funhouse, some return...
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Episode 43: Jon Hamm/Coldplay (Oct. 25, 2008) from 2019-10-11T22:50
This week, Mad Men's own Jon Hamm stops by to deliver a modern day Halloween classic! We get two all-time great Forte moments, a guilty pleasure Digital Short, Bill Hader's Vincent Price and THR...
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Episode 42: George Carlin/Billy Preston&Janis Ian (Oct. 11, 1975) from 2019-10-04T23:00
This week, we're going all the way back to the beginning. That's right. Season One. Episode One. The big one. The birth of SNL. It's one of the show's most unique episodes, with more discrete se...
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Episode 41: Kyle MacLachlan/Sinead O'Connor (Sept. 29, 1990) from 2019-09-27T23:00
We're kicking off our third season with one of the show's most fondly remembered premieres! Take a trip back to a wonderfully weird time in America's history when Twin Peaks and Sinead O'Connor ...
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Off Week 16: Pre-Season 45 Shenanigans from 2019-09-12T23:00
In an episode already semi-outdated a mere 24 hours after recording it, we sit down to discuss the upcoming 45th season of SNL! We deliberate the announced hosts/musical guests, the departure of...
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Music Of That Week: Volume One from 2019-06-25T19:20:15
A semi-indulgent mixtape of interstitial music, BGM and live performances.
Derrick J. Hines: Way Back Saturday Night Sax
Coolio: 1, 2, 3, 4 (Live 2-10-96)
10CC: The Worst Band...
Off Week 15: End Of Season Wrap Up! from 2019-05-29T20:30:40
It's our end of season wrap up extravaganza! Within we discuss our Patreon plans, season 44 and what we'd like to see for 45, answer questions from the audience, gush about Royal Warriors and pl...
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Episode 40: Buck Henry/Jennifer Warnes&Kenny Vance (May 21, 1977) from 2019-05-17T23:18:49
It's our big ol' honkin' season finale and so, of course, we're rounding things out with SNL's second season finale with Buck Henry! We got Coneheads. We got Emily Litella. We got the Samurai. H...
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Episode 39: Bob Saget/TLC (May 6, 1995) from 2019-05-10T19:42:14
This week, we return to a troubled time in SNL history by dipping back into the infamous season 20 with Bob Saget's episode. Is it as painful Deion Sander's show, the only episode to receive a z...
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Episode 38: Betty White/Jay-Z (May 8, 2010) from 2019-05-03T17:14:26
In 2010, a Facebook campaign to get Betty White to host the show actually managed to work and so, alongside a murderers row of returning female cast members, Betty knocked down the doors of 8H f...
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Off Week 14: Toonces and Friends Prime Time Special (1992) from 2019-04-19T22:43:49
It's our last Off Week of the season so we're in a boozy and celebratory mood as we cover the Toonces and Friends Prime Time special from 1992! Also within, we do some talking to the audience an...
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Episode 37: Dolly Parton (April 15, 1989) from 2019-04-12T23:00
This week we welcome fellow salty old dog, Mario Lanza (Staff Picks, SNL Afterparty) onto the show to explore the Dolly Parton episode from 1989! Within we discuss the greatness that is Dolly, t...
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Episode 36: Rob Lowe/Spice Girls (April 12, 1997) from 2019-04-05T23:00
After covering the entirety of season 21 last year, we've finally decided to dip our toes into season 22. What we find is a whole bunch of Heavens Gate and Ellen coming out as gay material, spri...
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Off Week 13: Dead Heat (1988) from 2019-03-22T22:39:11
Dead Heat is a masterpiece of B-movie proportions. This little action/sci-fi/horror/comedy stars Joe Piscopo and Treat Williams and it's just a blast. A revenge film with slowly decomposing supe...
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Off Week 12: All That! Season One Premiere (December 31, 1994) from 2019-03-15T23:00
With the recent news that Kenan Thompson will producing a new reboot of All That, we've decided to go back to one of it's earliest episodes to see where it all began. What we find is Kenan's fir...
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Episode 35: George Wendt&Francis Ford Coppola/Philip Glass (March 22, 1986) from 2019-03-09T00:00
This week, we're exploring one of the most idiosyncratic episodes the show has ever done! Our host is George Wendt but the real star attraction is Francis Ford Coppola as this episode's "Guest d...
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Episode 34: Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone (March 12, 1983) from 2019-02-28T05:10:51
We've covered some bizarre, chaotic episodes of SNL before but nothing in our experience comes close to this one. Not only does this show include the first of the Buckwheat Is Dead trilogy but a...
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Off Week 11: One More Saturday Night (1986) from 2019-02-23T00:00
In 1986, Al Franken and Tom Davis wrote and starred in a small, slice-of-life film about a bunch of people in a small Midwestern town trying to get laid on a Saturday night. Nobody saw it and it...
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Episode 33: Tom Hanks/Aerosmith (Feb. 17, 1990) from 2019-02-16T00:03:24
This week, we're looking back at a classic and seeing how it how holds up. Featuring one of the most famous Wayne's World sketches ever! Inexplicably this leads to Trump discussion, Russians, Ch...
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Episode 32: Jamie Lee Curtis/The Fixx (Feb. 18, 1984) from 2019-02-08T22:41:23
We're heading back to Ebersol Land to complete the Halloween trifecta with Jamie Lee Curtis and The Fixx! Within we discuss more Belushi theories, Joel Hodgson, an impromptu review of Halloween ...
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Off Week 10: Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979) from 2019-02-01T23:50:38
In 1979, former head writer Michael O'Donoghue was tasked with creating a show that could potentially run during SNL's off weeks. What he came up with was Mr. Mike's Mondo Video, an avant-garde ...
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Episode 31: Jason Patric/Blind Melon (Jan. 8, 1994) from 2019-01-26T00:00
Few hosts are as hard to get a bead on as Jason Patric is. Is he uninterested in hosting the show? Is it all a big put on? Is it somewhere in the middle? Join us as we attempt to unravel the mys...
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Episode 30: Drake (Jan. 18, 2014) from 2019-01-19T00:00
This week we're exploring a fairly important episode for both SNL and us! Not only is this the one that got us back into watching the modern era of the show but it's also Sasheer Zamata's first ...
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Off Week 9: Origin Story from 2019-01-09T00:00
Four years ago, in another place, on another podcast, we first talked about SNL on microphones. It was supposed to be a reoccurring segment for a radio show we once had but it never took. This w...
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Off Week 8: Scrooged (1988) from 2018-12-21T00:00
We're doing something a little different for our last Off Week of the year: instead of covering season 44, we're watching Scrooged instead! Starring Bill Murray and written by Michael O'Donoghue...
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Episode 29: William Shatner/Lone Justice (Dec. 20, 1986) from 2018-12-15T00:01:58
Our old friend Eggnog is back to help us celebrate the William Shatner Christmas episode! There's Star Trek talk, old photos with Oliver North, a complete disregard for Weekend Update and holida...
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Episode 28: Jamie Foxx/Ne-Yo (Dec. 8, 2012) from 2018-12-08T00:00
This time around we're bringing Maine Justice to a modern-day classic! Can we withstand the excellence of what is quite possibly the strongest second half the show has ever produced? Shut your b...
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Episode 27: Candice Bergen/Frank Zappa (Dec. 11, 1976) from 2018-12-01T03:32:29
We're heading back to Season 2 for an old-school holiday classic! Does it hold up all these years later? An intense discussion unravels the mystery. Within, we discuss the nature of Candice's pe...
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Off Week 7: SNL S44 Catch Up (Hill, Schreiber, Carell) from 2018-11-22T01:34:55
We're exploring the big topics this week as we revisit the November episodes from 2018 under the bizarre, nebulous lens of "Negativity and SNL". Did we get anywhere with it? That's up to you, in...
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Episode 26: John Lithgow/Tracy Chapman (Nov. 19, 1988) from 2018-11-17T00:58:10
It's Thanksgiving with John Lithgow! This week, we explore John's last hosting gig from 1988, which features some classics and a few not-so-classics. We talk comparisons to John Cleese, Jon Lovi...
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Episode 25: Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines (Nov. 13, 1999) from 2018-11-10T03:28:45
Before there was Justin Timberlake, there was...Garth Brooks. Hey, simmah down now! It's true! Garth was one of the first to prove that a musical artist could should an adept SNL host, they almo...
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Episode 24: Ben Affleck/David Cook (Nov. 1, 2008) from 2018-11-03T04:00
It’s three days before the 2008 election and that means it’s time for Ben Affleck and David Cook, with special guest John McCain! We discuss the complicated legacy of McCain, Ben Affleck’s abili...
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Off Week 6: SNL S44 Catch Up (Driver, Awkwafina, Meyers) from 2018-10-18T23:42:56
Off Week is back for another boozy and chaotic rundown of the first three episodes of season 44! Within we give our final farewell to Luke Null and say hello to Ego; all Kanye and Trump, all the...
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Episode 23: Donald Pleasance/Fear (Oct. 31, 1981) from 2018-10-13T02:09:23
This week, we're covering one the few times the show ever went live on Halloween night and it's a real doozy. The last appearance of John Belushi on the show, pumpkin guts, last minute sketch ch...
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Episode 22: Eric Idle/Joe Cocker (Oct 2. 1976) from 2018-10-06T02:27:06
This week, we're going all the way back to 1976 for Eric Idle's first hosting gig during season 2! It's the initial meeting of Monty Python and Saturday Night Live and by god, it's a bit of a cl...
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Episode 21: No Host/Thompson Twins (Oct. 6, 1984) from 2018-09-29T02:34:09
We're back with a vengeance as we explore the premiere from season 10, one of the strangest run of episodes the show has ever seen! We do battle against Billy Crystal's standup, delight at Marty...
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That Week In SNL Afterparty Crossover Spectacular! from 2018-09-13T04:00
They said it couldn't be done...but by god, here we are. This week, we join forces with John Murray of the SNL Afterparty podcast to explore the controversial Andrew Dice Clay episode from seaso...
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A Conversation With Kevin Kelton Part 2 from 2018-09-08T03:13:47
This week, we've got the second (and final) part of our interview with 80's SNL writer, Kevin Kelton! This time around, we explore Kevin's time writing for the tenth season of the show before mo...
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A Conversation With Kevin Kelton Part 1 from 2018-09-01T03:10:38
This week we're joined by 80's SNL writer Kevin Kelton for a interview for the ages! In part 1, we discuss Kevin's earliest days writing for bizarre, obscure sketch shows before we dive headlong...
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SNL Summer Movie Club: Superstar from 2018-08-24T01:04:31
Promises made, promises kept. This week we're digging into 1999's Superstar, that there SNL movie based around Molly Shannon's Mary Catherine Gallagher character. Is it as dire as a Night at the...
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SNL Summer Movie Club: A Night At The Roxbury from 2018-06-30T04:00
We're still on summer break but that doesn't mean we can't kick back with some SNL movies! This week we break out 1998's critically reviled "A Night At The Roxbury" to find out if it's an underr...
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The Season 21&43 Wrap Up Spectacular! from 2018-05-31T00:05:11
This week we put in our final, definitive words on both seasons 21 and 43! There's also some catch up on the May episodes from season 43 in there as well but mostly we explore the various ups an...
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Episode 20: Jim Carrey/Soundgarden (May 18, 1996) from 2018-05-19T02:09:16
It's the big finale for season 21 with Jim Carrey and Soundgarden! This one is a well-remembered classic that saw many repeats on Comedy Central back in the day but does it hold up all these yea...
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Episode 19: Christine Baranski/The Cure (May 11, 1996) from 2018-05-12T04:00
It's bizarre times with Christine Baranski and The Cure! Experience the last sputtering moments of unique season 21 favorites and a barrage of other weirdness! Tangents are kept to a minimum bec...
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Off Week 5: S43 Catch Up (Barkley, Brown, Hader, Boseman, Mulaney), Doctor Detroit and other nonsense!) from 2018-05-05T04:00
It's another boozy Off Week as we again catch up on the season 43 episodes we’ve missed from the last few months! We also ramble about where to take the show next season, the corrupting force of...
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Episode 18: Teri Hatcher/Dave Matthews Band (April 20, 1996) from 2018-04-21T04:00
This week Lois Lane herself, Teri Hatcher, joins musical guest Dave Matthews Band for a pretty fun little episode. Tangents include theories on the downfall of Dave Matthews and more!
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Episode 17: Steve Forbes/Rage Against The Machine (April 13, 1996) from 2018-04-14T04:00
This week, Presidential also-ran Steve Forbes and fun loving provocateurs Rage Against The Machine deliver one of the more strangely memorable episodes of season 21. Tangents include rioting wit...
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Episode 16: Phil Hartman/Gin Blossoms (March 23, 1996) from 2018-04-07T04:00
We return from our brief hiatus with a trip down memory lane with SNL legend, Phil Hartman. We get some old favorites like Charlton Heston, Sinatra and Frankenstein amidst the debut of some new ...
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Episode 15: John Goodman/Everclear (March 16th, 1996) from 2018-03-17T04:00
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Off Week 4: Comments from 1996, Season 43 Jan-Feb Catch Up and more! from 2018-03-03T05:00
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Episode 14: Elle MacPherson/Sting (Feb. 24, 1996) from 2018-02-24T05:00
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Episode 13: Tom Arnold/Tupac Shakur (Feb. 17, 1996) from 2018-02-17T05:00
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Episode 12: Danny Aiello/Coolio (Feb.10, 1996) from 2018-02-10T05:00
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Episode 11: Alec Baldwin/ Tori Amos (Jan. 20, 1996) from 2018-01-20T05:00
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Episode 10: Christopher Walken/Joan Osborne (Jan. 13, 1996) from 2018-01-13T05:00
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Off Week 3 (Season 43 Nov/Dec Catch Up, Questions From The Audience And More!) from 2017-12-23T05:00
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Episode 9: Madeline Kahn/Bush (Dec. 16, 1995) from 2017-12-16T05:00
This week, we steel ourselves with eggnog to do battle against the Christmas episode from 1995 with Madeline Kahn and musical guest Bush. We discuss the two previous times Madeline hosted the sh...
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Episode 8: David Alan Grier/Silverchair (Dec. 9, 1995) from 2017-12-09T05:00
Fresh from his run on In Living Color, it's David Alan Grier and musical guest Silverchair! Includes an Adam McKay classic, JACKO ON HIS BACKO and a Weekend Update that damn near breaks us. Tang...
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Episode 7: Anthony Edwards/Foo Fighters (Dec. 2, 1995) from 2017-12-02T05:00
SNL kicks off it's three episode December '95 run with ER's Anthony Edwards and the Foo Fighters. We get the first (and last) appearance of Swabby, Anthony does a shockingly good Princess Di, an...
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Episode 6: Laura Leighton/Rancid (Nov. 18, 1995) from 2017-11-18T11:00
Melrose Place star Laura Leighton and punk band Rancid stop by for a strange one. Includes an all-time classic sketch and a whole lot of Fred Wolf. Tangents include the history of the Dandy Fops...
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Episode 5: Quentin Tarantino/The Smashing Pumpkins (Nov. 11, 1995) from 2017-11-11T07:00
This time around, Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino stops by the show to infuse it with his own special brand of awkward energy. Includes the debuts of both the Spartan Cheerleaders and th...
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Off Week 02 (Kumail Nanjiani, The David S. Pumpkins special, Too Funny To Fail) from 2017-11-04T10:00
This week, we get a little loose and utilize the Kumail Nanjiani episode to discuss the critical perception of season 43 as it stands now. We also talk a bit about the David S. Pumpkins Hallowee...
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Episode 4: Gabriel Byrne/Alanis Morissette (Oct. 28, 1995) from 2017-10-28T10:00
The Usual Suspects star Gabriel Byrne gives his all for a solid entry into Season 21. Featuring human potato Colin Quinn and the debut of Mary Katherine Gallagher. Tangents include further O.J. ...
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Episode 3: David Schwimmer/ Natalie Merchant (Oct. 21, 1995) from 2017-10-20T04:00
Friends star David Schwimmer stops by the show (along with Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow in tow) for an all-around decent entry into Season 21. Tangents include poor Columbia House purchases,...
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Off Week 01: Season 43 Catch Up (Ryan Gosling&Gal Gadot) from 2017-10-14T10:00
Season 21 is taking the week off but that certainly doesn't mean WE have to as well. So instead this week we discuss the first two episodes of season 43 hosted by Ryan Gosling and Gal Gadot. Do ...
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Episode 2: Chevy Chase/Lisa Loeb (Oct. 7, 1995) from 2017-10-07T10:00
Chevy Chase returns to Studio 8H to host the second episode of season 21 and low-key hilarity ensues! Tangents include an old Entertainment Weekly article that reviews the previous episode, the ...
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Episode 1: Mariel Hemingway/Blues Traveler (Sept. 30, 1995) from 2017-09-30T10:00
The chronological survey of season 21 begins here...at the beginning, of course. We dig into how the previous season brought the show to near cancellation, meet the new cast and read an ancient ...
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Test Ep. 4: Deion Sanders/ Bon Jovi (2/18/1995) from 2017-09-22T18:30:37
For our final test episode, we do battle against one of the absolute worst episodes in the show's 40-plus years: the Deion Sanders show from February 1995. It's a true dark night of the soul as ...
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Test Ep. 3: Daniel J. Travanti/ John Cougar (4/10/1982) from 2017-09-22T18:25:37
For our penultimate test episode, Hill Street Blues actor Daniel J. Travanti hosts what ends up being one of the earliest live call-in shows on television, giving the audience the choice to eith...
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Test Ep. 2: Woody Harrelson/Kendrick Lamar (Nov. 15, 2014) from 2017-09-19T19:09:05
For our second test episode we decided to tackle one of our favorite episodes, hosted by Woody Harrelson in 2014. It's a boozy celebration of those rare times SNL is firing on all cylinders, wit...
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Test Ep. 1: Kevin Bacon/INXS (Feb. 9, 1991) from 2017-09-18T19:55:53
The journey begins here with our old friend Kevin Bacon and his special guest, the Gulf War! Topics include Vanilla Ice, the first Stuart Smalley sketch, auto-erotic asphyxiation and one of Rob ...
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