That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)

We're finally tackling the last of the Five Infamous Episodes of S20: the Christmas show with ol' George Foreman! Get ready for a very normal conversation about a very normal episode of SNL!

This week, Arthur Meyer drops by the show once again to help us untangle the glorious derangement that is THIS episode. It's simultaneously the most Mr. Mike of the Ebersol era, the most musical of any era and the most unsettling sketch comedy has possibly ever been. God, it's beautiful.

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 for Maya Rudolph in the cast and it's even got a famous cameo from Barack Obama...and Horatio Sanz. And that's not even getting into Brian.

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" and a cameo by Cassandra Peterson as Elvira!

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 others? Turns out, a lot of things. Join us as we dig into the lost wonders of the Doctor's failed SNL summertime replacement series!

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 would only make sense that our recording (with special guest William Ham) would be just as chaotic!

It's been five long years since Lorne left the show. Now the prodigal son returns to take back what was once his, with a premiere for a new era that defies expectations and sometimes, explanation. Ian Abramson joins us once again to explore the madness.          

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 an hour of your life!

We return to our podcasting roots by talking some Albert Pyun directed B-movie schlock starring Andrew Dice Clay, Teri Hatcher and featuring Charlie Rocket. We expected trash. What we actually got was much different.      

This week, we're keeping it mellow as we discuss our thoughts on S46 so far and take some questions from you, the audience!

Ah, yes. Good ol' MADtv. Much like last year, we're digging into a Christmas episode from SNL's most ardent rivals and this time around, it's S2 with host Harry Connick Jr.! We talk about some of the small changes and speed bumps the show had seen since it's first season and then bask in the dark glory that is the episode itself.           

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 long history!

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 the Viewer's Choice best-of special from 1992!

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 fascinating mess to uncover.

We're taking a little break from SNL to discuss some formative late night programming! We dig up a couple of Late World episodes, one of our favorite episode's of Space Ghost: Coast To Coast and a very important Sifl and Olly!

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 out our podcast plans for the summer months.

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 weirdness but it does allow us to add a new wrinkle to our rating system!

Welp...I guess it's time to finally dig into what is quietly one the worst seasons of the show: season 30. No one made much of a fuss back in the day but the product speaks for itself. It ain't good. Here we rip into Paula Abdul during a low point in her life WHILE she's in the building, run through a litany of awful lolgay and trans jokes, almost get saved by the efforts of Forte and more!      ...

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 sure to find Telehell everywhere podcasts can be found and follow them on either Twitter or Facebook!

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 Kung Fu Fraud: Steven Seagal in one of the most infamous episodes of the show ever!

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 Brothers. It got them an Emmy. And now we're talking about it.

Alright, let's get a do-over on the whole "sports guy/American Idol gal" thing. How about one of the most well remembered Sports Guy episodes ever? That'll do it! Is it as classic as people say it is? Tune in to find out!      

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 releasing their biggest hit. Stephen Rea and Marv Albert cameo because why not?

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 an episode with a dancing ass-faced man, George Plimpton and Beavis & Butthead. We dig in.

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 Rudnitsky and Ted Cruz's one moment in the sun and more!