Off Week 80: The New Show Episode 5
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
Release Date: 09/11/2026
Off Week 80: The New Show Episode 5
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
(Originally published on Patreon on July 14, 2004) We've finally landed halfway through the run of the New Show and this time we're bringing on Jon Schneider and William Ham to once again try and figure just what the hell is going on with this odd, odd show. Thankfully, William was there on the ground floor, watching the episode when it aired and by god, even has some pleasant memories attached to it, which is a brand new twist to our coverage of the show!
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Off Week 79: Tunnel Vision (1976)
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
(Originally published on Patreon July 1, 2024) Inspired by Ken Shapiro's Channel One theater and The Groove Tube, Neal Israel and a ragtag gang of folks wrangled up one of the more insane cast lists in sketch comedy history to do the same thing, except this time with some LA flair. William Ham and Eddie Ham are on deck to try and uncover this semi-obscure film's production history and discuss some of the more intriguing moments it has in store for us. Read Eddie’s interview with writer Rowby Goren here: https://fryvaultgrab.blogspot.com/2024/06/interview-with-rowby-goren-laugh-in.html
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Off Week 78: Sydney Sweeney/Kacey Musgraves (March 2, 2024)
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
(Originally published on Patreon on June 17, 2024) Just like last year, we had y'all chose one episode from S49 for us to cover and this time around, it was Sydney Sweeney who won out. We discuss the trials and tribulations of the season as a whole and dig into how this episode in particular navigates those pitfalls. We get some good, we get some very bad and throw some grandmas in a bag.
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Off Week 77: Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (Nov. 25, 1981)
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
(Originally published on Patreon on May 6, 2024) Just as the Ebersol era was getting underway, Lorne Michaels and a ragtag collection of the OG crew sneak back into studio 8H to pull off Steve Martin's final NBC special. Probably most notable for John Belushi's final live, televised performance, it also includes more Dan Aykroyd than you can shake a stick at, the soothing presence of Gregory Hines, and lands at a truly intriguing moment in Steve's career. William Ham and Eddie Ham (no relation) are back on board to dig through the ditches, burn through the witches and slam in the back of this...
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Off Week 76: Turn-On: The Lost Episode
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
(Originally published on Patreon on April 8, 2024) Who would have ever guessed that we'd have unfinished business with Turn-On and yet, here we are because in the year of our lord 2024, producer George Schlatter has collected unseen material into a "new" episode of the show. Mattalamode and Eddie Ham join us this time to discuss this latest entry into the pantheon of insane sketch comedy as we once again try our damndest to make sense of the chaos unfurling before us.
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Off Week 75: Bizarre - The Showtime Years
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
(Originally published on Patreon on March 25th, 2024) Well, here we are. Against our better judgement, we've decided to circle back around on Bizarre years after covering it's pilot episode. This time, we're taking a random episode from the DVDs (episode 5 from volume two, which may or may not still be from the first season) and delving into the horrors that await in it's usual Showtime/CTV incarnation. Is it one of the worst sketch shows of all time? Yes. Yes, it is. Join us!
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Off Week 74: The New Show Episode 4
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
(Originally published on Patreon on February 26, 2024) Oh boy. It's been awhile since we've gone to the New Show well. And hey look! It's just as dry as it usually is! That's why we've brought in Eddie Ham and Mattalamode to help us wrangle something, anything, out of this one. And wrangle we did. Join us as we slowly get more and more unmoored from reality, defending pieces that don't deserve defending and just generally losing our minds.
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Off Week 73: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (Sept. 29, 1968)
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
(Originally published on Patreon on January 29th, 2024) Get your new mustaches on because this week we're digging into one of the most infamous outings of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the season three premiere! The brothers have got Cass Elliot and Harry Belafonte on board and after a full summer off, they've got a lot to say about the chaos boiling over in the US. As per usual, this led to a lot of battling with CBS, including a whole Belafonte song being left on the cutting room floor. We look at the full, un-edited (kinda) version of the episode to see just what went down.
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Episode 162: Will Ferrell/Green Day (May 16, 2009)
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
We're wrapping up the ninth season of That Week with what is seen by some as a legendary episode: the S34 finale with Will Ferrell. Not only does this one close the curtains on one of the more popular and critically acclaimed seasons of the show but includes one of the more divisive sketches in the show's history, Goodnight Saigon. Our ol' pal Jon Schneider is back on board for this one as we hash out the many ways one can approach the show and sketch comedy and what one might demand from it.
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Episode 161: Stevie Wonder (May 7, 1983)
That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
Now here's a guy you might've heard of before. Stevie Wonder. What can you say? It's Stevie. He's a legend and now he's here doing double duty on SNL. What transpires is a charmingly loose and chaotic show as Stevie not only hits us with two yet-to-be-released tunes from 1985's In Square Circle but also reconfigures a bunch of his classics to fit into the sketches. Also, we've got a Hitler sketch and Michael Davis, back for his last guest spot on the show! Can you funk? Stevie can funk.
info_outline(Originally published on Patreon on July 14, 2004)
We've finally landed halfway through the run of the New Show and this time we're bringing on Jon Schneider and William Ham to once again try and figure just what the hell is going on with this odd, odd show. Thankfully, William was there on the ground floor, watching the episode when it aired and by god, even has some pleasant memories attached to it, which is a brand new twist to our coverage of the show!