Saturday Night Dive: An SNL Podcast

Live from between the human eyeball and the contact lens - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 3, episode 7 which originally aired in December of 1977 and was hosted by actress and musician Mary Kay Place with musical guest and country legend Willie Nelson. This episode has it all: pep, one night stands, funny ants, subservient wives, Adl...

Live from Buck Henry's lavish suite - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs recap and break down Saturday Night Live season 3, episode 6 which originally aired in November of 1977 and was hosted by five-timer Buck Henry with three-timer musical guest Leon Redbone and appearances from the five finalists of the "Anyone Can Host" contest. This episode has it all: hot co-eds, the governor of S...

Live from the Red Dirt Country Inn in Mississippi - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs review and break down Saturday Night Live season 3, episode 5 which originally aired in November of 1977 and was led by double duty host and musical guest Ray Charles. This episode has it all: a bear hed in Grizzly Adams' bed, the essence of Carnegie Hall, drag persona Ella Fitzgerald, multiple Doodys...

Live from Knee Brace, Wyoming - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 3, episode 4, which originally aired in October of 1977 and was hosted by actor Charles Grodin with musical guest Paul Simon and a cameo by Art Garfunkel. This episode has it all: groggy newsmen, six packs of brewski, car chases, invisible pedestrians, celebrity bones, "A...

Live from the distant mirror universe - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and review Saturday Night Live season 3, episode 3, which originally aired in October of 1977 and was hosted by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner with a musical performance from Libby Titus. This episode has it all: Femlins, tranquilizer soap, circular bed experiments, studio tours, one of four feet on the grou...

Live from a mid-air collision - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 3, episode 2, which originally aired in October of 1977 and was hosted by actress Madeline Kahn with a musical performance by Taj Mahal. This episode has it all: cream pies, thick American mineral water, catatonic opera singers, three or four of your close personal friend...

Live from the back seat of a Royal Deluxe II - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and cover Saturday Night Live's season 3 premiere, which originally aired on September 24, 1977 and was hosted by comedian and third-timer Steve Martin with musical performances from Jackson Browne. This episode has it all: disgraced cabinet members, chapstick cocaine, three handed watches, unexpla...

Live from the Circle2 Lounge at Disc Golf Mart Indianapolis - it's Saturday Night Dive! The Zachs are taking one last deep dive into season 2 of Saturday Night Live before kicking off the next one. This episode has it all. Take the dive! If you love SNL, classic sketch comedy and deep-dive rewatch podcasts like the Zachs do - consider subscribing for weekly episode breakdowns as we hit over 1000 e...

Live from the inky deep of the icy Atlantic - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and cover Saturday Night Live's season 2 finale, which originally aired in May 1977 and was hosted by actor and four-timer Buck Henry with musical performances from Grammy-winner Jennifer Warnes, Kenny Vance and Howard Shore & The SNL Band. This episode has it all: bicycle-powered electricity, l...

Live from the steak dinner line - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 20, which originally aired in May 1977 and was hosted by actress Shelley Duvall with musical guest Joan Armatrading. This episode has it all: the infamous Bobick/Norton fight, Video Vixens, panty hose insects, multiple confused Ricardo Montalbans, Shakespeare...

Live from Tampon, Florida - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 20, which originally aired in April 1977 and was hosted by  Monty Python's Eric Idle, returning for the second time, with musical guests Alan Price, Neil Innes and Ron Nasty of The Rutles. This episode has it all: potato torture, cereal discussions, poorly read bod...

Live from the Protoid Bowl - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 19, which originally aired in April 1977 and was hosted by Elliott Gould, returning for the third time, with musical guests Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Roslyn Kind. This episode has it all: castration, senso-rings, art by men, Howdy Doody's widow, faces in jars,...

Live from this little peanut shell lean-to - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 18, which originally aired in April 1977 and was hosted by Georgia state senator Julian Bond with musical guests Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Tom Waits and Atlanta's own Brick. This episode has it all: national women, chocolate Easter bunn...

Live from Squatters Heights, Kansas - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 17, which originally aired in March 1977 and was hosted by comedian and actor Jack Burns with musical guest Santana. This episode has it all: network hostage situations, French Scrabble, shouting marines, cardboard Harry Reasoner, leeches for health, botc...

Live from Wilmette, Illinois - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 16, which originally aired in March 1977 and was hosted by Academy Award winner Broderick Crawford with musical guests Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars (featuring Dr. John and Paul Butterfield) and The Meters. This episode has it all: an old man seated all nig...

Live from the first White House sleepover - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 15, which originally aired in March 1977 and was hosted by Academy Award nominee Sissy Spacek with musical guest film composer Richard Baskin.\ This episode has it all: dead directors, amateur baton twirling, burger stomping, acid trip shaman Jimmy...

Live from inside the electronic core of the Defense Department's executive command flying post - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 14, which originally aired in February 1977 and was hosted by comedian Steve Martin with musical guest rock icons The Kinks, alongside a special appearance from Lily Tomlin. This episode has it al...

Live from the Pink Lady - it's Saturday Night Dive! In this episode of  Saturday Night Dive: An SNL Podcast , the Zachs review and break down one of the strangers chapters in Saturday Night Live history - the infamous 1977 "Live from Mardi Gras" special. Originally airing in February 1977, the special features appearances from Randy Newman, Buck Henry, Eric Idle, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, He...

Live from Belgium, Belgium, Kansas City - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 13, which originally aired in February 1977 and was hosted by pro quarterback Fran Tarkenton with Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Leo Sayer as well as Donnie Harper and the Voices of Tomorrow/America as the musical guest. This episode has it all: pla...

Live from the Bahamas (with Crazy Frank's girl) - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week   the Zachs rewatch and break down Saturday Night Live season 2, episode 12, which originally aired in January 1977 and was hosted by Academy Award-winning actress Ruth Gordon with rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry as the musical guest. This episode has it all: shady entertainment industry doctors, bare-ass chang...

Live from H-E double hockey sticks - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs tackle everything from an episode with host Ralph Nader and musical guest George Benson. This episode has it all: Mr. Goodtimes, calls with grandpa, televised executions, Andy Kaufman as Elvis Presley, lost world domination speeches and Ralph Nader's sex doll collection. Take the dive! Email us your corrections and...

Live from Santa's lap - it's Saturday Night Dive! Join the Zachs as they cover everything from an episode with returning host Candice Bergen and musical guest Frank Zappa. This episode has it all: Belushi's Bogart, sanitary holiday practices, Don Pardo as The Slime, the Bag'O toy line, Fern's identity crisis, tickles from Tom Schiller, processed cheese slices, multiple tree branch stabbings and Pe...

Live from Loss Leader, New Jersey - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs tackle everything from an episode with youngest-yet host Jodie Foster and musical guest Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. This episode has it all: milk served in a Flintstones glass, feedbag dinners, television actor bees, sacks to hide your puberty in, Steve Bushakis, possessed chickens, invisible Don Pardos and inter...

Live from Crackerbox Palace - it's Saturday Night Dive! Join the Zachs as they cover everything from an episode with host Paul Simon paired up with musical guest and ex-Beatle George Harrison. This episode has it all: a cereal that's just rocks, less than 50 ways to leave your lover, a deli that welcomes Nazis, George Harrison's future wife Eric Clapton's wife, neapolitan ice cream, Neil Simon and...

Live from the Paramount Novelty Store - it's Saturday Night Dive! This week the Zachs tackle everything from an episode of season two with host Dick Cavett (filling in for Elliott Gould) and musical guest Ry Cooder. This episode has it all: Puppy Uppers, Richard Nixon singing High Hopes, Ry Cooder, Gene Shalit the Bear, gay Marines, priest slaps, pressure groups, laugh bags, Bee racism and female...