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

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 episode as well! Join us for all sorts of mispronounced names, hot takes on Rahat and more!

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 week, we're taking a look back at this little experiment of ours and seeing just what the hell it was.

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. What fun!

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 holiday cheer out the wazoo!

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 butts and tune in to find out.

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 performance, just how over or underrated Belushi and Radner are, and Frank Zappa's amazing performances.

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, intrepid listener.

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 Lovitz as the Catchphrase King, a sketch that manages to amuse despite the use of blackface and more!

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 almost seemed like a part of the cast. This week, we're exploring Garth's second (and, sadly, last) hosting gig from the distant of 1999 so go tell Lorne to grab you a coke and settle in. It's gonna be a fun one.

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 ability to elevate sketches, the Kristen Wiig conundrum and more!