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Episode 153: Sting (January 19, 1991) Podcast Episode · That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast) · 01/16/2026 · 1h 41m

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NEW EPISODE: It's our first episode of 2026: Sting from January 19, 1991! We get the first Richmeister sketch, the debut of Deep Thoughts, the first Coffee Talk and even the widely loved Sinatra Group sketch as well! All this and the Gulf War too!

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It must feel amazing to be the musical guest on SNL when your hit song has the words “Saturday night” in it

Episode 152: Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie (Dec. 11, 1982) Podcast Episode · That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast) · 12/24/2025 · 1h 54m

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NEW EPISODE: It's Christmas Time with Eddie Murphy and Lionel Richie from Dec. 11, 1982! The only time a cast member hosted the show while still in the cast, plus the only appearance of Steve Martin in the Ebersol era!

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the John Denver/Muppets Christmas special is one of the weirder mixes of melancholy and earnest you'll ever see, with occasional bits of "oh right you're watching the Muppets" to right the ship before it gets sad again. And you can listen to me talk about it/the sinister forces bankrolling it here!

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: It's time for John Denver & The Muppets: A Christmas Together from Dec. 5, 1979; a bizarrely moody and depressing special with an abundance of baffling music choices, set-pieces and Du Pont propaganda!

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Episode 151: Steve Buscemi/The Black Keys (December 3, 2011)

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NEW EPISODE: We're returning to the Hader/Wiig/Samberg era once again with Steve Buscemi and The Black Keys from December 3, 2011! We've got some legendary sketches, some debuts, some finales and a Maya Rudolph cameo! It's an episode of SNL!

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Episode 150: Macaulay Culkin/Tin Machine (November 23, 1991)

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Episode 150: Macaulay Culkin/Tin Machine (November 23, 1991) Podcast Episode · That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast) · 11/27/2025 · 1h 40m

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NEW EPISODE: From November 23rd 1991, it's Macaulay Culkin and musical guest Tin Machine! Featuring: Home Alone gags! The best Lorne Michaels performance ever! Kieran Culkin! George Wendt! Da prayers! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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PATREON EXCLUSIVE: As SNL continued to struggle in ratings, on February 13th 1982, NBC tries out a new pilot in it's time slot: Steve Martin's Twilight Theater, a collection of sketches, music videos, tone poems, animation, cameos and general weirdness.

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Episode 149: January Jones/Black Eyed Peas (November 14, 2009)

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Episode 149: January Jones/Black Eyed Peas (November 14, 2009) Podcast Episode · That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast) · 11/14/2025 · 1h 26m

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NEW EPISODE: From November 14, 2009, it's another infamous outing of the show: January Jones/Black Eyed Peas! A host who isn't good at live sketch comedy. THREE performances from the Black Eyed Peas. And only one man trying to carrying the night to the finish line.

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Vacation is done. Special Monday night stream is go. We've got:
- Steve Martin's Twilight Theater
- Graham Chapman and Douglas Adam's Out of the Trees pilot
- She TV
- Peeping Times, a Barry Levinson produced special with baby David Letterman
8 PM ET.
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I was thinking about this the other day myself. I know it all started as a bit of a larf for the two but I’m kinda fascinated by the restraint or whatever the hell it was to never really capitalize on this project, even in the moment. Banger track to this day though.

Classic SNL Review: December 3, 1988: Danny DeVito / The Bangles (S14E07) — Bronwyn Douwsma Sketches include “Pumping Up With Hans & Franz”, “Big Red”, “Sex Tonight”, “Scrooge II”, “Mexican Bandit”, “The Bastard Battalion”, "Buddy Precisely” and “Guardian Angels”. The Bangles perform “In...

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Episode 148: Rob Reiner/No Musical Guest (Oct. 25, 1975) Podcast Episode · That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast) · 10/31/2025 · 2h 2m

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NEW EPISODE: In celebration of the show now hitting it's 50th anniversary, we're going back to the earliest episode we've yet to cover: it's third. Rob Reiner/No Musical Guest from Oct. 25, 1975! Its got Andy Kaufman! The Lockers! John Belushi as Joe Cocker & more!

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Power up your toilet throw with a quick belch

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Oh god, who even knows at this point

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: It's The Paul Lynde Halloween Special from Oct. 29, 1976! One of the greatest freaked-out, psychotronic 70s variety specials ever produced! Flimsy sketches! Disco music! Kiss in their primetime television debut! Bafflement!

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