Episode 3: Live From New York, It's Weezer

It’s episode NUMBER THREE of Weezer Has Turned and Left Us Here! Sara and Matt talk about Weezer’s short history with Saturday Night Live. Before the viral sketch with Matt Damon and Leslie Jones, Weezer appeared on SNL on an episode with Christopher Walken. Sara and Matt break down the sketch, the Weezer performances of Hash Pipe and Island in the Sun and more.

LINKS:
Say It Ain’t SoCal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epTeA3Uz194
Clip of Tina Fey on Jimmy Fallon’s “Larry Sanders Show” tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo3RmWcL94o&list=PLykzf464sU99JH9WwWdbZkW-VzdpnqNZy
Rivers Cuomo Loves That ‘SNL’ Weezer Sketch, Even Though He Hasn’t Seen It: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/snl-weezer-rivers-cuomo-768140/
Matt Sharp and Rivers Cuomo - Mrs Young (Live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnIpAPz1obA
Matt Sharp and Rivers Cuomo - Time Song (Live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ywEFEqmO0o
David Sims writing about the Weezer SNL Sketch: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/12/snl-matt-damon-airs-genius-weezer-argument/578323/
Rivers Cuomo on Song Exploder: http://songexploder.net/weezer

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