That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)
Join us as we explore vintage episodes of SNL, analyzing the show and the bizarre pop culture ephemera that surrounded it. Tangents are had. Jokes are made.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 88 minutes
- Episodes
- 214
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Off Week 69: The Richard Pryor Show (The Lost Sketches)
(Originally posted on Patreon on September 8th, 2023) We're finally closing up shop on The Richard Pryor Show by looking at the three sketches that were produced but never aired and a smattering of s…
Off Week 68: The Richard Pryor Show Ep. 4 (Oct. 20, 1977)
(Originally posted on Patreon on August 31, 2023)
It's been one hell of a journey but we've finally come to the end of the road with The Richard Pryor Show. It's clear all involved in the show are pr…
Off Week 67: The Edge (92-93)
(Originally posted on Patreon on August 11, 2023)
On one hand, The Edge is just another semi-forgotten 90s sketch show of little renown. On the other, it's one of the most insane assemblage of talen…
Off Week 66: Upright Citizens Brigade (Bucket of Truth & The Little Donny Foundation)
(Originally posted on July 28, 2023)
By popular demand, this week we're covering one of sketch comedy's most fondly remembered entries: Upright Citizens Brigade! Lasting for only three beautiful sea…
Off Week 65: The Karate Dog (2002)
(Originally posted on June 30, 2023) It's the Chevy Chase/Dog film you never knew existed! Eddie Ham and Mattalamode drop the show once again as we dive into the feverish world of Bob Clark's The Kar…
Off Week 64: The Richard Pryor Show Ep. 3 (Sept. 27, 1977)
(Originally posted on June 16, 2023) In the midst of a week of intense personal chaos for Richard comes this episode, a dreamlike outing of the show that balances melancholy with silent-era pantomime…
Off Week 63: Bull Session With The Big Daddies - May 2023
(Originally posted on June 2, 2023) This week, we've got the first of our community/catching up on things podcast! Let us know what you think of this! What you'd like to see more of from it or, maybe…
Off Week 62: Quinta Brunson/Lil Yachty (April 1, 2023)
(Originally posted on May 15, 2023) We're doing something we haven't done in a looooong time: doing an Off Week episode about the current season of SNL. Timmy has more or less missed the bulk of the …
Episode 145: Elliott Gould/Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson (May 29, 1976)
It's the end of our eighth season of the podcast and so we're celebrating by going all the back to the season finale of the very first season (well, if you don't count those summer episodes as being …
Episode 144: John Goodman/Jewel (May 10, 1997)
Sometimes you get towards the end of a season, you're getting tired and you just say "screw it" and hit the big red button labeled John Goodman. It's the eighth time hosting for the beloved character…
Episode 143: Joan Rivers/Musical Youth (April 9, 1983)
Pass the podcast 'pon the left hand side, ammirite? Ha ha ha. We have fun. And speaking of fun, here's a wild one from the Ebersol years. Joan Rivers! Y'all know her. Comedienne extraordinaire, red c…
Episode 142: Ron Nessen/Patti Smith Group (April 17, 1976)
It's another historical outing for the show, with the first political figure to ever host the show: Ron Nessen, Press Secretary for Gerald Ford! What better way for Ford to gain some momentum in the …
Episode 141: Gary Busey/Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines (March 10, 1979)
I've been meaning to get around to this one forever and so, by god by Gumby, we finally did it. William Ham returns to fold to discuss an episode that I firmly believe might be the most underrated of…
Episode 140: Mr. T & Hulk Hogan/The Commodores (March 30, 1985)
The night before the very first Wrestlemania, Mr. T and Hulk Hogan drop by to host the show together...except they mostly don't. It was supposed to be Steve Landesberg but he had to drop out for reas…
Episode 139: Roseanne and Tom Arnold/Red Hot Chili Peppers (Feb. 22, 1992)
Here's a bit of an oddity selected for us by one of our Patrons. Mostly known these days for having a surprise appearance of Barbra Streisand in Coffee Talk (which already has a sketch-long cameo per…
Episode 138: Christoph Waltz/Alabama Shakes (Feb. 16, 2013)
By special request, we're heading back to S38 to cover Christoph's only hosting gig to date. Why this one in particular? I dunno. Mattalamode really wanted us to do it so...here we are! And it's cert…
Episode 137: Ralph Nader/George Benson (January 15, 1977)
This week, we've got what is quietly one of the most important episodes of SNL ever. Not only do we get Ralph Nader, who would go on to cameo on the show up until 2000, but it's also the debut of one…
Episode 136: David Alan Grier/Snoop Dogg (January 18, 1997)
It's the first episode of 2025 and we're kicking it off in style with two of America's most beloved performers still to this day: DAG and Snoop Dogg. It's the first time going back to S22 in quite so…
Episode 135: Candice Bergen/Martha Reeves & The Stylistics (December 20, 1975)
Our old pal Jon Schneider is back once again to discuss one of the most integral episodes of the first season: it's Christmas episode. Not only is it the first time a host would return to the show bu…
Episode 134: Matthew Fox/Tenacious D (December 2, 2006)
Hey, look. It's that guy. The guy from Party of Five and Lost. Good ol' what's his face. He's hosting SNL! Join us as we explore a surprisingly grim outing of the show (Car Bombs! The Michael Richard…