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

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!

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 get some certified classics in here. And the Foo Fighters kick ass so there's also that.

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 territory. Settle in for a surprisingly chaotic break down of one of the most fascinating episodes of SNL ever.

This week in efforts to keep sane: the second episode of Saturday Night Quarantine, Tiger King, Australian post-apocalyptic exploitation trash and more!

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 Sparklebrite, One Brother Restaurant and even a little bit of plagiarism, Paul Reiser/Annie Lennox makes a strong case as the worst episode of all time.

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 mysteries of mahjong and a few films, including The Hunt!

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 to sink a movie that is, at times, kinda fun. We break it all down.

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 and a bunch of questionable ethnic choices.

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 unlikely beloved hosts of the 90s, Garth Brooks. We got old French whores, grizzled old men (hi, Robert Duvall!), Shelly Long movie trailers and...Mango!

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 seasoned professional and delivers yet another strong outing for season 15. A small cameo from Rosie Perez is just icing on the cake.