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Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 20: Scarlett Johansson 05/18/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 20: Scarlett Johansson We have reached the end of our season-long coverage! Thanks to all that have taken this season long journey with us. But fear not: We will be posting content throughout the summer on our Patreon. Those episodes may or may not not make it to this feed before the start of Season 51, but if you want the latest and greatest you should definitely consider signing up. We have a single $5 tier for those that are interested. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/36615180

Check It Out: Andor, Season 2, Episodes 10-12 05/15/2025

Check It Out: Andor, Season 2, Episodes 10-12 "Check It Out" is our catch-all title for non-SNL topics that we discuss periodically. Movies, TV, music...it's all under that umbrella. In this one, we go deep on the final three episodes of this fairly stunning series for nearly an entire hour of analysis. We released this to our Patreon subscribers yesterday, but making it available for all of you now. If you seek content like this earlier, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! In the meantime, we will continue to drop SNL episodic recaps here the day after each episode airs and Patreon content on a staggered schedule. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/36585325

Saturday Night Live: Season 50, Episode 19: Walton Goggins 05/11/2025

Saturday Night Live: Season 50, Episode 19: Walton Goggins Ryan and Mike are back with a look at the second-to-last episode of the season. This was a strong, silly episode that among other things showed that SNL has finally cracked how to cover the current President after almost a decade. Also, Ryan gets approximately 35 names wrong in this episode, so enjoy the journey. If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be dropping reviews of the final six episodes of ANDOR over there this week, and will be continually posting content there after the SNL season ends. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/36523595

Check It Out: Thunderbolts* 05/10/2025

Check It Out: Thunderbolts* We posted this on our Patreon earlier this week, but are now sharing here on the main, free feed. "Check It Out" is our catch-all title for non-SNL topics that we discuss periodically. Movies, TV, music...it's all under that umbrella. If you seek content like this earlier, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! In the meantime, we will continue to drop SNL episodic recaps here the day after each episode airs and Patreon content on a staggered schedule. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/36517130

Saturday Night Live: Season 50, Episode 18: Quinta Brunson 05/04/2025

Saturday Night Live: Season 50, Episode 18: Quinta Brunson Ryan and Mike are back along with the show for its final stretch of Season 50 episodes. If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout the Spring over there. This week will feature both reviews of the 3rd batch of episodes of Andor S2 and thoughts on the latest MCU film Thunderbolts*. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/36425625

Check It Out: Andor, Season 2: Episodes 1-3 04/28/2025

Check It Out: Andor, Season 2: Episodes 1-3 As promised, Ryan and Mike are covering each 3-episode installment of the fantastic STAR WARS show ANDOR over the next four weeks. "Check It Out" is our name for episodes that don't directly cover episodes of Saturday Night Live, and serves a sub-series within the feed. We released this installment last week on our Patreon, but are releasing it here each week the day before the new batch of episodes drops. If you want to hear these first, be sure to sign up for our $5/month Patreon! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/36347175

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 17: Jon Hamm 04/13/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 17: Jon Hamm Ryan and Mike are back with a review of the final episode of the show before its final run this May! If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout the Spring over there. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/36115790

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 16: Jack Black 04/08/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 16: Jack Black Ryan and Mike are back, belatedly, with a review of this week's episode. We had announced the delay, but we apologize all the same! In this episode: thoughts on a wild crowd, Jack Black's energy, and we finally learn how many days a week Billy Zane is actually Billy Zane. (That's not related to the episode but it's a fact you'll learn anyway.) If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout the Spring over there. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/36059565

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 15: Mikey Madison 03/30/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 15: Mikey Madison Ryan and Mike are back along with the show in its second-to-last batch of episodes. We look at the surprising sidelining of this week's host, the increasingly high profile of Marcello Hernandez, and the proper technique for avoiding lines at events. If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout the Spring over there. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/35925460

Check It Out: Everybody's Live with John Mulaney 03/21/2025

Check It Out: Everybody's Live with John Mulaney We are launching "Check It Out," a series within a series here on the podcast about topics outside of weekly reviews of SNL. We recorded this one last week and posted it exclusively on our Patreon, but now it's here for those that haven't signed up just yet. However, we would love it if you DID subscribe to get first access to content like this in the future. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. Thanks again to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/35815495

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 14: Lady Gaga 03/09/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 14: Lady Gaga Ryan and Mike are back with a look at one of the more entertaining episodes of the season. We also get into more George C. Scott movies than either of us intended. If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout March over there as well. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/35594315

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 13: Shane Gillis 03/02/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 13: Shane Gillis Ryan and Mike are back after a long, post-SNL 50th Anniversary content hangover that may or may not have carried over into the content of this week's episode. This was a complicated one to unpack for sure! If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We will be posting both SNL and non-SNL content throughout March over there as well. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/35500825

Reviewing "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" 02/17/2025

Reviewing "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" Our first on-the-go podcast features the two of us sharing our wildly out-of-order thoughts on an overstuffed special that was less of a celebration than we might have anticipated and more an "extra-stuff episode with every star you expected and also a half-dozen you definitely didn't". Listen to find out our favorite performance, stand-out jokes, and one to seven conspiracy theories about what certain sketches, songs, and notables absences might say about the state of the show. We also talk plans for the rest of the season and beyond for this podcast. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/35318230

Reviewing "SNL50: The Homecoming Concert" 02/16/2025

Reviewing "SNL50: The Homecoming Concert" One of us was there! One of us watched from home! We both had thoughts! Hear what it was like to be in Radio City Music Hall, and what the performances there might suggest about what sketches appear in the 50th Anniversary Special. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/35301740

From The Patreon Vault: Reviewing "Ladies & Gentlemen ... 50 Years of SNL Music" 02/07/2025

From The Patreon Vault: Reviewing "Ladies & Gentlemen ... 50 Years of SNL Music" Another drop from the vault, with a review of the excellent Questlove-directed documentary "Ladies & Gentlemen ... 50 Years of SNL Music". This was another awesome documentary and we have a lot of fun breaking it down. If you seek additional exclusive episodes ahead of their appearance here, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We have a lot of content already up for your listening pleasure, and we're only adding more as the weeks go on. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/35184540

From the Patreon Vault: Reviewing the documentary "More Cowbell" 01/30/2025

From the Patreon Vault: Reviewing the documentary "More Cowbell" Another drop from the vault, with a review of the Peacock documentary "More Cowbell". It's about...well, you can guess. If you seek additional exclusive episodes ahead of their appearance here, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We have a lot of content already up for your listening pleasure, and we're only adding more as the weeks go on. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/35076730

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 12: Timothée Chalamet 01/26/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 12: Timothée Chalamet Ryan and Mike are back to discuss the last episode before the big 50th Anniversary celebration in February! If you seek additional entertainment in the next few weeks, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/35017340

From the Patreon Vault: Reviewing the documentary "Season 11: The Weird Year" 01/24/2025

From the Patreon Vault: Reviewing the documentary "Season 11: The Weird Year" Another drop from the vault, this time with our review of our favorite of the four SNL documentaries currently streaming on Peacock If you seek additional episodes, including the already-up review of the documentary "More Cowbell", join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We have a lot of content already up for your listening pleasure, and we're only adding more as the weeks go on. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/34987270

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 11: Dave Chappelle 01/19/2025

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 11: Dave Chappelle Ryan and Mike are back with a look at Dave Chappelle's latest hosting gig. As a programming note: We are trying to revive the old feed from our previous time hosting. In theory, we should be able to do so. We have attempted to post this episode on that feed while we work out the kinks. The goal is to have one feed that reaches the most people with the least amount of headaches for all involved. Once that's settled, we will have one feed with this season's content along with the 100+ episodes we recorded during the 2010s. Thanks for your patience, as Ryan isn't a podcast producing expert and may screw it up once or twice before the dust settles. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/34911855

From The Patreon Vault: Reviewing Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera 01/16/2025

From The Patreon Vault: Reviewing Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera With the show on hiatus, we are continuing to share episodes from our Patreon vault. In this episode, Ryan and Mike discuss the peak of cinema. If you seek additional episodes, including future movie reviews, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We have a lot of content already up for your listening pleasure, and there's plenty of time to catch up before the show returns. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/34875195

From The Patreon Vault: Laying out the rules for our first SNL Draft 01/07/2025

From The Patreon Vault: Laying out the rules for our first SNL Draft With the show on hiatus, we are continuing to share episodes from our Patreon vault. In this episode, Ryan and Mike discuss the rules of our upcoming SNL Draft. What's an SNL Draft? Great question! We try to answer it here. While not all episodes from the Patreon will make it onto this feed, we wanted to give you a taste of what's to come over on Patreon. If you seek additional episodes, including the actual results of this draft, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We have a lot of content already up for your listening pleasure, and there's plenty of time to catch up before the show returns. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/34766995

From The Patreon Vault: Our Favorite Underdiscussed Episodes 01/03/2025

From The Patreon Vault: Our Favorite Underdiscussed Episodes With the show on hiatus, we wanted to try something out: Sharing a previously Patreon-exclusive episode that we recorded a few months ago. In this episode, Ryan and Mike talk about some of their favorite sketches that don't make the usual highlight reels or compilation episodes. If you seek additional episodes, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We have a lot of content already up for your listening pleasure, and there's plenty of time to catch up before the show returns. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/34704440

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 10: Martin Short 12/22/2024

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 10: Martin Short Ryan and Mike are back to breakdown the 2024 Christmas episode of the show, which featured more 5-Timers than ever before, the raunchiest Joke Swap of all time, and an airport sketch that led to more "Up In The Air" references than could be reasonable expected at this point in history. If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/34572185

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 9: Chris Rock 12/15/2024

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 9: Chris Rock Ryan and Mike are back with a quick look back at a cut sketch from last week's episode and a full down of this week's Chris Rock-led episode. Multiple Santas, racist cars, and Ryan's 2025 Halloween Costume were all on display this week! If you seek additional entertainment, join the others that have already subscribed to our Patreon! We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. Thanks to all that have already joined! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/34457210

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 8: Paul Mescal 12/08/2024

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 8: Paul Mescal Ryan and Mike are back to discuss the "Gladiator II" star's hosting debut. Are you not entertained? (If you're not, don't answer. If you are, please leave a five-star review.) If you seek additional entertainment, we have posted an additional three Patreon-exclusive episodes in between the last two SNL episodes. You can find them all here. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/34334920

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 7: Charlie XCX 11/17/2024

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 7: Charlie XCX Don't worry: I don't think we say "brat" once. Ryan and Mike do however look at the seventh episode of Season 50 in detail and see how things are shaking out as the show reaches its first major hiatus. Also! Thank you to all that have already subscribed to our Patreon. By the time you listen to this, there will be two additional episodes up over there. We plan to do anywhere between 2 and 20 more before SNL returns in December. We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/33961137

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 6: Bill Burr 11/10/2024

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 6: Bill Burr Ryan and Mike are back with analysis of the post-2024 Presidential Election episode. You can also subscribe to our Patreon here: We currently have a single, $5/month tier for now. The plan is to create 2-4 additional podcasts per month over there, provided there's enough audience for the upper end of that spectrum. The first episode over there will cover our five favorite all-time sketches. /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/33867587

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 5: John Mulaney 11/03/2024

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 5: John Mulaney Ryan and Mike are back to look at the final episode of Saturday Night Live ahead of Tuesday's Election Day. Plus, we tease news about our upcoming Patreon! Because no podcasts have ever used Patreon before, we are boldly breaking new ground. We plan to keep this feed free forever, but use that space for additional SNL-related content. Stay tuned! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/33763752

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 4: Michael Keaton 10/29/2024

Saturday Night Live, Season 50 Episode 4: Michael Keaton Sorry for the delay! We are here, with a look back at Michael Keaton's hosting job, a look ahead at the final episode before the election, and a fierce debate over the numerical meaning of the word "couple". Enjoy! /episode/index/show/a38e404d-ceb5-4173-80ca-72c4bede67c1/id/33676822

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