Eric Idle uses his return to hosting Saturday Night to turn the show into a telethon to "Save Great Britain" (complete with the Queen herself).
The episode is VERY Idle-influenced.  There are no Coneheads or Samurai, but we do get a Sherry appearance, a lot of British-style comedy, and some interesting musical numbers from Neil Innes. Unfortunately, we also get a couple of performances from Alan Price.
Thomas Sena from the SNL Hall of Fame and Pop Culture Five podcasts is back to help sort through it all!

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Elliott Gould is BACK!  And it SHOULD be a great episode.  The debut of Nick the Lounge Singer, an AMAZING piece of physical comedy from Gilda, and...wait for it...they DROP THE COW!!  If that wasn't enough, Elliott (as he is want to do) kicks things off with a song and dance number.  And yet...something is just not right.

The two musical acts probably don't help. One is Elliott Gould's ex-wife's half sister.  The other is comprised OF sisters.  And, there's a pretty good chance (at least) one of them was sleeping with Elliott.

If this sounds confusing wait until you hear us try to make sense of it all.  What are you waiting for?

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Georgia State Senator Julian Bond hosts this episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. If you're not familiar with Julian Bond don't worry - he uses the entirety of the monologue to fill you in.

Bond is a decent host (especially for a politician) who isn't afraid to take part in everything this weird and wild episode asks of him. He meets Jimmy Carter AND the Farbers.  And if that wasn't enough...Tom Waits offers up a jazz number, Brick brings it, and Gary Weis does a documentary on Patti Smith!

Darin Patterson from The SNL Nerds Show joins us offer his perspective on this episode and just might help Brad and Gary come around to more sketches than they thought.

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We're back!!  The one and only, JACK BURNS (!) is hosting this episode of NBC's Saturday Night...LIVE.  In addition to a name change,  we are also treated to worlds colliding as The Farbers meet The Coneheads, a very meta sketch that the whole casts gets in on, and a couple of quality musical numbers from Santana!  All of this after a monologue which made our guest on the podcast, the incomparable Kirstin Rajala, VERY uncomfortable.

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Hey everyone.  Sometimes life gets in the way.  That has happened to us.  We need to take a week or two off.  We explain it here.  We'll be back at it as soon as we can.  In the meantime, catch an old episode you may have skipped.  We'll be back in a week or two.  Sorry for the delay.  
If you can...go leave a rating and review.  We'll try to live up to them.

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Broderick Crawford hosts this week's episode of Saturday Night...Live and the addition of the "LIVE" was so much for Crawford that he fulfills most of his hosting duties from a plush armchair.
This is an interesting episode of SNL (that's right, we can call it SNL now) because while the host doesn't play a big role in the episode, you do kind of fall in love with him. Or at least join him for a drink (or three), which he apparently would have been happy to do. 
His charm lends itself brilliantly to one of the best Gary Weis films we've seen so far and there are some wild behind-the-scenes stories from filming the week of St. Patty's Day. 
We also have a lot of sketches (some WITH Crawford) that are worth talking about such as the famous Bill Murray "New Kid" plea, Baba Wawa interviewing Godzilla, and a wonderful piece of physical comedy from Gilda.
Lastly, there are 3 musical numbers from two different bands.
Yet, with all this in the episode, Brad and Gary still wonder if the juice was worth the squeeze.

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Sissy Spacek, obviously known for her comedic chops, is this week's host of NBC’s Saturday Night. While nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Carrie, Spacek hosts a very…interesting episode. 
Full of baton twirling (thanks, Gary Weis) and a next-level performance from Richard Baskin this episode is one to remember…we think, we can’t really remember. 
Luckily, Seth Abramovitch, of The Hollywood Reporter and "It Happened in Hollywood" podcast, joins us to discuss this one-of-a-kind episode. 

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The one and only Steve Martin is back for his second time (this season) hosting Saturday Night!  Special guest Lily Tomlin drops by for two excellent segments (not that he needed the help) and British rockers, The Kinks perform a  showstopping greatest hits medley.  They are so good it might leave Brad to call them the Best Musical Guest in the show's brief history (condolences to The Band).
It is another top notch performance from Steve and the cast as he once again fits seamlessly in with the group and delivers a stellar performance (with maybe just one exception).
REMINDER: this week is your last chance to enter to win your copy of "Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live" autographed by the authors Doug Hill & Jeff Weingrad.  Listen to our "mini-episode" for all the details on how to enter!  You've got till Friday!

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"I'm going to....8H!"  Fresh off his most recent Super Bowl loss (his 3rd in last 4 seasons), Fran Tarkenton takes the stage as host of Saturday Night.  The show doesn't let the former NFL-MVP stray too far with a running football gag throughout the episode and Fran playing...well just different versions of Fran Tarkenton all night.
Leo Sayers sings two songs (sadly dancing through one of them) and Donny Harper & The Voices of Tomorrow also lend a song to the night's festivities.
It seems like every episode this season provides at least one classic moment and this uneven outing is no exception.  This week's entry is Jane Curtin's famous "Connie Chung" blast during Weekend Update.  How great is Jane? Jamie Burwood, from TVShowGraphs.com, joins us to answer this and many more questions.

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Its Saturday Night! And nothing says "hip" and/or "edgy" in 1977 more than Ruth Gordon.  And, if that wasn't enough, she brought her good friend Chuck Berry with her (all the way from the 1950s!).  Ageism aside, this turns out to be a rather enjoyable episode with many familiar faces (including Mr. Bill & Mr. Mike) and even some new ones! 
To top things off, special guest Ricky Jay is in the studio to entertain everyone with some great slight of hand work.
If we didn't have enough to say about this episode we brought in Jordan Runtagh from the amazing podcast "Too Much Information" to help give us all...well, too much information. We dive deep on Ruth, Chuck, and even get a few Beatles references (he couldn't help himself).

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