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

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 reconfigured version for the CBC. We talk about the origins of the show, revel in some Canadian commercials, discover a rare Great White North segment and more!

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 original episodes the show has done. Only one viewing and you too will be a Strother Brother.

It's time to get real Diffie with the last of our "episodes we enjoyed when we got back into the show" quadrilogy! This time around it's Anna Kendrick and the man in the hat, Pharrell Williams bringing those happy, musical vibes to the show and we are here for it, i guess. Expect a few Boom Stamp Classics, maybe a Grandma, maybe even...a Diffie?!

Bill Murray returns to the show for the third time (and the first time back with Lorne) and it may just be one most out of control, sexually repressed and angry episodes we've covered yet. Plus, we regale you with tales of Tammy Faye Bakker and fighting with pops!

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 the history of the show! Sound interesting, right? Well, it probably isn't but hey, at least we had fun talking about it.

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 more Randy Newman than you can handle.

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 all the intensely 1999 baggage it carries!

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 every insane moment.

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 weirdest Andy Kaufman appearance on the show, a chill train trip with John and one of the best musical performances on the show ever.

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 could have bargained for.