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The Self-Indulgent 100th Episode Anniversary Spectacular!
Season 6 Episode 4
Join us for a long, winding tale of the podcasting origins that brought us to That Week and 100 episodes thereof! Correspondence from the audience! Q…
3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 100: James Taylor & Paul Simon/David Sanborn (March 15, 1980)
Season 6 Episode 3
By god, we made it. 100 episodes of this mess! And to celebrate, we're breaking our usual cover-an-episode-from-the-same-month-the-podcast-gets-relea…
3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 99: Paul Simon/Randy Newman & Phoebe Snow (Oct. 18, 1975)
Season 6 Episode 2
It's time we finally dive into SNL's second ever episode, one that has a vibe and format the show would never replicate. It's basically a Paul Simon …
3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 98: Sigourney Weaver/No Musical Guest (Oct. 11, 1986)
Season 6 Episode 1
We're kicking off our sixth season of the show with special guest Tim Barnes to explore the beginning of the show's Silver Age, Lorne's second at…
3 years, 5 months ago
Off Week 39: The New Show Episode 2
Season 5 Episode 28
We return to the New Show, possibly for the last time. Seemingly nothing has defeated us as much as this episode did, which mostly squanders the tale…
3 years, 5 months ago
Off Week 38: Vampire In Brooklyn (1995)
Season 5 Episode 27
It's 1995. We've got Eddie Murphy right before the Nutty Professor. We've got Wes Craven right before the Scream films. We've got them coming togethe…
3 years, 5 months ago
Off Week 37: The New Show Episode 1
Season 5 Episode 26
Before his return to SNL, Lorne Michaels made a small, rather inauspicious sketch comedy pit stop with 1984's The New Show. Lasting only a scant…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 97: Kris Kristofferson/Rita Coolidge (July 31, 1976)
Season 5 Episode 25
Jon Schneider is back again to help us knock out the *other* Summer '76 episode of SNL! This one is hosted by a clearly boozy Kris Kristofferson…
3 years, 6 months ago
Off Week 36: Things We Did Last Summer
Season 5 Episode 24
Back in the early days of S4, during an off week for the show, a very peculiar special aired in the SNL time slot. It was Things We Did Last Summer,…
3 years, 7 months ago
Off Week 35: Fridays - Shelley Winters/The Plasmatics (Jan. 16, 1981)
Season 5 Episode 23
It's time to finally return to ABC's rival sketch show, Fridays! This one is a strange beast; coming shortly after the show began to have hosts and s…
3 years, 7 months ago