'Wasn't That Special' Season 19 Clips Package

Would you buy a pasta maker from this woman?

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Here are some of the materials we discuss throughout the Season Nineteen episode:

(Side note: the best sketch of the season was the highly offensive “Amazing Time Savers” sketch starring Heather Locklear, which is only available on TikTok - for obvious reasons.)

Total Bastard Airlines

Buh-bye.

Sexy Cakes

A great actor committing to a part and playing it straight, rather than mugging for laughs. Imagine that!

The Herlihy Boy

One of the podcast’s more divisive sketches. Christian loved it, Scot…not so much.

Kim Basinger’s Type

It’s basically a Chris Farley Show, so why not just call it that? Farley at his sweetest.

Blossom

Melanie Hutsell has recently expressed regret about this sketch, in which she portrays Jewish actress Mayim Bialik with a fake nose. Couldn’t be done today.

Lunch Lady Land

Hoagies and grinders.

Gap Girls at the Food Court

David Spade’s memoir includes a full chapter about this sketch. The line about them all wearing the same clothes days later seems improvised, but actually was planned in dress rehearsal.

Mistaken Roommate

Rob Schneider pretends he is a woman in order to live in a female dorm. Could never be done today.

Wave Starter

A good Jeff Goldblum performance.

Subway Guitarist

Farley and Sandler get all the notoriety, but Schneider had chops - more than people typically remember.

Matt Foley: Scared Straight

Jay Mohr discusses this sketch at length in his 2004 book “Gasping for Airtime.” Mohr said he had pills in his hand he needed to take for anxiety while on screen, but you can see he has nothing in his hands at the beginning of the sketch. The plan was also for everyone to tackle Farley at the end of the sketch so he couldn’t deliver his final line, but Farley was so strong, he threw everyone off him like trash bags and was able to run back into the room and deliver his line.

Whitewater Explained

Any sketch with Cindy Crawford in it is worth sharing.

Prior to the season running, the critics were already saying the show needed to update the formula:

And during the season, critics began to pounce on the season’s lackluster performance:

And more:

And more:

The show also took heat for the hosting performance by Martin Lawrence, whose monologue included a bit on how to “wash your ass properly.”

And the episode featuring Nancy Kerrigan got a lot of attention (although it is unclear why Kerrigan, who was the victim of assault, needed to “fix her image.”)