'Wasn't That Special' Season Seventeen Bonus Materials

Editor’s note: Sorry for the late delivery of this one - we were busy interviewing Victoria Jackson.

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As the Wasn’t That Special co-hosts watch each season of Saturday Night Live, they compare notes on each episode, chatting back and forth about both popular and long-forgotten sketches. Some of the topics they discuss make it to the final podcast; others are left on the cutting-room floor.

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Below is the Season Seventeen bonus notes section, with the clips coming next week.

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Episode 1: Michael Jordan

Christian: Jordan, Public Enemy, Spike Lee and Jesse Jackson? Blackest SNL ever? Poor Pee Wee Herman.

Scot: No Kevin Nealon. Do we see even less of him now that's he's on WU?

Schmitt's Gay commercial

Scot: One of the most pitch-perfect commercial parodies they've done - the double-take shot always gets me laughing.

First Black Harlem Globetrotter

Scot: Ellen (Cleghorne), take it down six notches.

Christian: I thought Ellen was good in this - playing a stereotype.

Superfans - MJ joins for a Bulls good luck ritual - George Wendt cameo

Christian: Had Jordan not retired for two seasons, the Bulls actually would have eight-peated. Sadly prescient given what would one day happen to Farley's heart.

Public Enemy - “Can’t Truss It”

Christian: Flavor Flav the second musical guest to wear a clock, after Bjork in 1988.

Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley and MJ

Scot: Finally found a top-notch way to use this show.

Dark Side with Nat X - LaToya Jackson (Victoria) & Spike Lee visit

Christian: Underrated aspect to these - Phil's super-white intros. Some awkward energy with Victoria playing a black woman (LaToya Jackson) and Nat X berating Spike Lee for not casting a black woman in the white woman role in Jungle Fever.

Scot: "What would have happened if they were black?" segment - "Scoot your 'I-wish-I-were-Janet' ass over" - Boy, all my Nat X priors are getting destroyed."

Episode 2: Jeff Daniels

Christian: Good episode, not great. At least "Color Me Badd" warns you about the quality of their music right there in their name.

Scot: Daniels showed a real knack for comedy - Spade, Meadows absent.

Tonight Show 29th anniversary show - Victoria guests, mentions divorce (a real story!) - recorded throwbacks - Johnny Carson (DAC) decides to cancel his retirement

Christian: The Reynolds/Deluise/Carson bit is great - is Daniels' Leno one of the best host impressions we've seen?

Scot: Well, that seemed kind of mean to Victoria. - Leno: "Lantern-jawed freak. Yes!" - Dana as Carson doing Leno - Boy, does Daniels/Leno look like Charles Rocket.

Richmeister - Rich fights with other employee who sings names

Christian: Sad Richard was funny, tailed off at the end. Does the show get credit for having a gay character where it isn't a joke?

Scot: I credit the tiny spark of creativity needed to have the two characters mimic each other's bit.

Community College Bowl - students are unable to answer easy questions

Christian: I'm beginning to suspect SNL doesn't think game show contestants are very smart!

Scot: You'll never guess, but the contestants are morons who don't know anything. - some of the community college stuff is OK, I guess.

Apex Novelty - boss (Phil) asks Daniels about his unconventional gags.

Christian: It's not a Minkman.

Scot: One that Phil sells through completely, his approach is key: “Yeah, but the log wouldn’t go THROUGH your head.” - Daniels giving us a Dumb & Dumber laugh at the end.

Color Me Badd - “I Adore Mi Amor”

Christian: The song that kept Color Me Badd from one-hit wonder status. (Is it better to be a one-hit wonder, because you're always on those lists?)

Don't Get Me Wrong - Dana, Nealon, Daniels hypocritically bad-mouth their supposed buddies

Christian: Wait, you mean a Nealon sketch identifies a verbal quirk and drives it into the ground over and over?

Scot: One is the series of occasional 10-to-1s in which a phrase or theme is repeated - this was a grower - my future idea is this for "All due respect."

Episode 3: Kirstie Alley

Christian: Really interesting mix of politics on the show at this point with Alley, Victoria, Schneider, Fallon, Sandler, Farley, and Kelsey Grammer (and Rock and VJ's WU bits.)

Senators question Anita Hill (Ellen) & Clarence Thomas (Tim) & give him some harassing tips

Christian: An important lesson from Strom Thurmond - don't send women dick pics. The most shocking part of this for today's young people is that Alabama had a Democratic senator.

Scot: Really think this is well done, had to be a Franken/Downey joint effort.

Lonely Choice Dinners Commercial

Christian: Would have been a Gilda Radner bit 15 years earlier.

Il Contore - Italians serve Alley & Nealon at a restaurant

Christian: I know this sketch well and still actually cried from laughter.

Scot: Remembered this being a bit longer? Fine just the way it is.

It's Pat - Pat receives birthday greetings from parent Francys (Alley)

Christian: Has anyone seen Pat and Al Franken in the same room?

Episode 4: Christian Slater

Halloween edition of McLaughlin Group -  real John McLaughlin takes over

Christian: Enjoyed the stuntcasting, which is why they use it too much now.

Scot: Still too many "WRONGS" for this to work as well as it could.

Ron's Wings and Things - despite repeated warnings, Slater orders Super Fire Hot chicken wings.

Scot: I like the somewhat slow-played narrative of this one and, as usual, Phil know what to do with his lines - prescient: many places do have release forms now.

Christian: Also prescient in that it predicted the Hot Ones YouTube show.

Dysfunctional Family Feud

Christian: A Spade sighting. He's all but disappeared. This is an upper-tier Phil performance.

Scot: "Get out there and do your best" answer accepted as "Get out" - No one will remember this but Dana is doing a great Ray Combs -  “How about clothes you’ve gotten too fat for?” - “Something you find in your bedroom closet” (“My father?”)"

Young Actors Forum - Victoria as Rob Lowe, Mike as Sheen, Spade as Broderick, Dana as Keanu

Christian: Spade's Broderick is plausible, and Victoria as Lowe is amusing. But yeah, nothing much here.

Scot: Most of the impressions are sub-par and the joke doesn't get better as it goes along.

Hans and Franz - Terminator 2, taped piece with Schwarzenegger.

Christian: Feels like a sketch that only exists because a big star's schedule happened to coincide with a show week.

Scot: Really late for these guys. But appropriate because there just ain't much happening here.

Episode 5: Kiefer Sutherland

Scot: Strong episode with a lot of great Phil moments early on. Do I count just one major sketch with women (Julia & Victoria in Campaign '92)?

Campaign '92 - Dems trying to avoid winning and meeting certain defeat to Bush

Christian: A classic sketch, yes, but also notable in its lack of prescience. The word "Clinton" is never mentioned, and the whole premise is that Bush couldn't possibly lose.

Scot: Nealon as Bradley, Dana as Gephardt, Keifer as Bentsen, Tipper (Victoria) for Al, Phil as Cuomo - "Fact is, I couldn't beat David Duke in Harlem" - "My husband is with our kids at a gay porno theater." - Keifer's Texas voice very close to the A Few Good Men voice - "I have mob ties." - Prescient:  "Democracy works only when you vote. When you don't take the time to vote for the candidate you find least offensive, you run the risk of electing the candidate you find most offensive."

Whose Ass Should I Kiss - Phil hosts, Keifer and Schneider try to climb the corporate ladder

Scot: Very good twist on the "contestants are stupid" game show trap. And a good spotlight for Schneider, to be honest. A lot of funny lines here.

Skid Row - “Piece of Me”

Christian: Notable how SNL pretty much skipped the late '80s hair metal genre, and now the time has passed.

Daily Affirmation - a visit from Stuart’s cousin Leon (Keifer), who has stolen his bit

Christian: These had to get good enough to warrant a movie, right?

Scot: These actually are getting better?

Episode 6: Linda Hamilton

Christian: Heavy on Carvey, so no surprise it's a banger.

Scot: Beth Cahill and Melanie Hutsell added to the cast tonight as featured players (because we need more cast members, I guess.)

It's Pat - health club employee (Hamilton) tries to tailor a workout for Pat - gender reveal interrupted by NBC Special Report.

Christian: This wouldn't work nearly as well if Sweeney wasn't so good at it. You really feel for Pat.

Scot: Need to give Julia credit for bringing and devolping a real personality for Pat. Her best moments/lines are on some of the throwaway stuff. Like, you really know Pat's a person, not just an avatar of an ambiguous gender.

Massive Headwound Harry - Massive Headwound Harry’s (Carvey) scalp gore ruins (host)’s cocktail party

Christian: They talk about this sketch on every other Fly On The Wall podcast, it seems. Is this the first time Carvey breaks?

Tough Girls - Victoria, Fallon, Cahill, Ellen, Julia challenge “buff” host to barroom brawls

Christian: Thought this was a good showcase for the women - increasing ridiculousness was good.

Scot: Is this the only Myers of the night? - Hutsell first lines on show - Odd sketch. The first part, with Victoria, is well-done. The rest is set-up for a payoff that never arrives.

SchillerVision - Interviewing angry victim of hidden camera commercial (Farley)

Christian: It took Farley to bail Schiller out - it's the music that really makes it.

Scot: This is the Schiller I knew was coming.

Episode 7: Macaulay Culkin

Christian: OK, here comes Farley as a central presence on the show. Got heavy use tonight.

Scot: I dunno. There's something not quite right that I can't put my finger on yet. Flow is odd. Is, like, Spade, actually good? Who knows. He's never on. Had trouble writing for Culkin tonight. But he's 11! Savage was so much better at 13.

Richmeister flashback to youth (as Culkin)

Christian: Featuring one of the biggest actors in the world in 2024. (Kieran Culkin, uncredited.)

Scot: A point for the flashback idea using Culkin. Content still is basically dullsville.

Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer

Christian: Finally Phil gets his recurring character. Siobhan plays another judge. Considered knocking it down a grade just for those Geico caveman commercials it inspired.

Scot: Happy Fun Ball, still legal in 16 states.

U.S. Fon doesn’t offer caller ID

Christian: Remember when you used to have to answer the phone and you didn't know who was calling? Horrifying.

Medieval Scalders - Farley bonds with his son (Culkin) & abuses peasants

Scot: This one had style. I liked it.

Episode 8: Hammer

Bush address, talking soft economy, don't panic. Selling items to encourage spending.

Christian: Thought this one was genius, from turning the presidential address into a QVC pitch session to the dancing frogs when he consoles the soldiers.

Scot: First Bush of the season?

Bad haircut support group - Fallon moderates meeting of a support group for people with bad haircuts

Scot: Fallon ends up in a decent amount of stuff so far - Hammer sweating from the performance - Some interesting stuff here, but never feels like it elevates.

Turrell Daily Star - newspaper editor (Nealon) doesn’t think Pearl Harbor is front-page material

Christian: Something just off here - whether it's timing or whatever. Could have been so much better.

Scot: On 50th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor - Phil's making the most of his time on screen this year, another great performance.

Hammer - “Addams Groove”

Christian: It's Christina Ricci! This song is appalling. Hammer likely thought he had another "Batdance" on his hands here.

Johnny Letter - Johnny Letter (Myers) uses strong writing skills to exact revenge on others

Christian: I remembered this being much better, but I still feel the self-importance of someone who writes something they think is flawless. It is my career!

Scot: Phil's nicknames of fellow cattle drivers is all this has going for it - Premise actually is good but almost not going to get big laughs by design.

Dick Clark Productions - Receptionist (Spade) screens potential guests

Christian: Finally, Spade gets a pop.

Scot: Zero audience reaction early on, but escalation works - "Please, Hammer. Don't hurt him." - A great ending is all that's really missing.

Episode 9: Steve Martin

Scot: Comedic malpractice to have a show this weak with Martin hosting, especially after that cold open. Every sketch tonight lacked development. And a Christmas show with no Christmas sketches? Weird.

Suckerpunch - Martin punches contestants without warning

Christian: Fact check: P.T. Barnum never said "there's a sucker born every minute." Shouldn't the prize on Suckerpunch be a case of Cold Cock?

Scot: As funny as a random punch SFX replayed six times can be.

Theatre Stories - British actors & Mickey Rooney (Dana) talk

Christian: I LOVE Carvey's Rooney. The rest is just fine.

Live with Regis and Kathy Lee - Joy Philbin (Julia) fills in

Christian: Has to be some jokes in here - can't be all impression.

Scot: Julia doesn't give Dana a lot to work with here - too many rants, not enough content.

The Energy Brothers - Farley and Sandler

Christian: Going to be generous and consider this a parody of Martin's stupid bits in the 70s.

Scot: It's a sweat act.

Episode 10: Rob Morrow

Christian: Light on pretty much everyone else except the new ladies and Myers. (Was Meadows on at all?) No Kurt Cobain at the goodnights.

Scot: New women got a TON of airtime tonight. Beth and Fallon were everywhere.

Delta Delta Delta - Delta Delta Delta sorority sisters Pam (Beth Cahill), Di (Melanie Hutsell), Meg (Siobhan Fallon) yak

Christian: Yes, Hutsell is extremely extra. On the flipside, Cahill has not struck me as a particularly comfortable performer.

Scot: Whatever Melanie is doing takes you out of enjoying/appreciating the others. Chewing scenery.

Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Christian: Welcome to grunge, olds!

Chris Rock’s White Person’s Guide To Surviving The Apollo

Christian: Wistful remembrances of watching Showtime at the Apollo as a kid - and Rock nails the tropes.

Episode 11: Chevy Chase

Christian: Kind of hitting a valley now. No episodes over a "3" grade since Linda Hamilton. (E6)

Scot: Decent show until it collapsed at the end. Chase wasn't great but he wasn't embarassing, either. No Spade no Sandler no Meadows no Schneider.

Wayne’s World- Top ten bad things about the fall of communism

Christian: Points for correctly predicting the fall of Yakov Smirnoff.

Scot: Last WW before film release - AH! This is why is always thought Autograph ("Turn Up the Radio") was a Soviet band. They're from L.A. This is a different Autograph they are referencing.

Chase lip-syncs “The Greatest Love Of All”

Scot: Did Chevy borrow his hairpiece from Nealon or Paul Simon? - Miller book says he was just as awful as ever this week.

Adopt-a-Pet - Chevy and Victoria try to unload some unappealing animals

Scot: A tradition unlike any other: Chase stumbling over cue card lines.

Daniel's Diner - CSPAN covering Bush's visit to New Hampshire diner

Christian: Highlight is when he realizes he's talking to Sweeney's old lady a second time.

Scot: Again, just incredible how the conventional wisdom on Bush twisted to "lame duck" so quickly - Dry run for Clinton/McDonald's.

Bob Swerski's Quizmasters - Super Fans on Bears & Bulls trivia game show

Christian: Props to Farley for wearing a Neal Anderson jersey - a Bears deep cut. Still holding out hope this sketch ends up being prescient and someone invents a cheese fry booth.

Scot: I Can't Believe It's Not Polish Sausage ad - good idea getting them out from behind the table - the Myers "Lightning Round" worked well.

Chase tries to comfort a crying Tim in the latter’s dressing room

Christian: This is the speech Chase gives to Rusty in Vacation?

Scot: Tim really is unused completely. You'd never guess he'd have the run he had.

Episode 12: Susan Dey

Scot: Susan announces the birth of Phil’s daughter Birgen. It's a little dusty in here.

The Sensitive Naked Man - Schneider tries to find out what’s bothering Dey

Christian: I actually loved this? The cousin of the Phil washed up actor sketch where he doesn't understand why his career is over. The kind of sketch where even when there aren't actual jokes, your brain pulls back and makes you laugh because the whole thing is so ridiculous. And then...full ass cheek?

Scot: Big Schneider night!! - You know, I gotta say this: Schneider shows real potential this season to be a top-end male cast member. He can act in these things.

Partridge Family vs. Brady Bunch - Battle of the bands

Christian: OK, it's not a work of staggering comedic genius, but it genuinely looks like everyone is having fun here, so it's a strong palate-cleanser. Spade still complains that he's stuck in the back and you can't see him.

Scot: Hutsell(!) wrote - That's not Mushmouth, that's Dumb Donald. I'm taking a point away. - Fun sketch, good use of host. Great character play by everyone.

Art Museum - museum visitors judge quality of painting while telling us priors

Christian: It feels like all these people oversharing are on Twitter.

Scot: These last two are both neat sketches that don't quite get to "4" for me, but they are very good.

Episode 13: Jason Priestley

Christian: Of course, right after I say Farley is becoming a full blown presence on the show, he disappears. His drinking really took hold this season, as the biography written by his brother and Tanner Colby notes.

Scot: Not terrible but I don't think anything stood out tonight.

Figure skater (Priestly) has awful Olympic performance

Christian: Kind of an incredible physical performance from Jason Priestley?

Scot: Yet another Rockford, Illinois, reference - Hamilton is another impression Spade inherits from Dana, right? - I like the cutaways to Melanie as the mother.

Sprockets / Love Werks - Priestly competes on Love Werks dating game

Christian: "His hobbies include appraising antiques then smashing them." “My perfect date is illegal under existing German laws."

Scot: Susan's perfect date both made me laugh and was done in a Schwarzenegger accent - Good deviation from usual format.

The Arsenio Hall Show - The New Kids On The Block respond to critics

Christian: I know this was funnier when NKOTB was big, but it's pretty lame now.

Scot: Rob Schneider looks exactly like Eminem.

Marriage Tests - Priestley passes tests posed by fiancee’s (Beth) father (Phil)

Christian: Hartman is 18 years older than Sandler, 16 years older than Farley.

Scot: Phil has been acting his ass off all season long.

Episode 14: Roseanne and Tom Arnold

Christian: Someone needs to grab the wheel of this plane. It is diving.

Scot: Five (5!) sketches featuring recurring characters - Steven Koren new writer (he'd stay for 7 years, work a lot with Sandler.)

Dick Clark Productions - Dick Clark’s receptionist (Spade) keeps Roseanne & Jesus waiting

Christian: This isn't all that different from Richmeister.

Coffee Talk with Linda Richman - Linda & friend Liz (Madonna) plus Barbra Streisand stops by

Christian: This is the high-water mark for Coffee Talk and still only a 3.

Scot: Dislike the character. Going to be tough to win me over.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Stone Cold Bush”

Christian: I like the idea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers much more than I like the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Delta Delta Delta - Pam, Di, Meg welcome new Delta Delta Delta sorority sister (Roseanne)

Christian:

Episode 15: John Goodman

Christian: John Goodman is a Sig Ep, as am I! You had this episode nearly a full half-point higher than I did, probably our biggest split yet.

Scot: This is in the team picture for best episode of the season. Why? Heavy Phil, heavy Goodman.

Jerry Brown (Dana), Paul Tsongas (Franken), Bill Clinton (Phil) court the Trekkie vote via CSPAN

Scot: I'm a sucker for all three of these impressions. Just golden. - "I don't want to be Santa Claus." - First Clinton!! Not *quite* there yet.

Monologue: Goodman shows clips for new movie The Babe

Christian: I love Barton Fink. Around the time The Babe came out, there was a controversy about how terrible Goodman's swing was, given he wasn't left-handed.

Scot: King Ralph made back its budget and more.

Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer - Cirroc feigns naivete in front of City Council

Scot: Oh, so good. Again, Phil's just off-the-charts with his acting this season. This episode is coming in hot.

Christian: I mean, it's fine?

Garth Brooks - “Rodeo”

Christian: You can win a lot of bets with young people asking them who the biggest selling  male artist of the 1990s was. (Celine Dion was number one overall.)

Country Singer Names - country singer (Goodman) seeks new name from agent (Phil)

Scot: Phil's real names are hilarious - could've been a classic with a better/any ending to this thing.

Christian: Not feeling it.

Episode 16: Mary Stuart Masterson

Scot: Gotta talk about the quality boost in the cold opens. The bottom-end of the cast has utterly disappeared. At some point it's just like, "Ah, screw it. Let's use the people we can count on."

Christian: Interesting how many classic male guests hosts (Hanks, Martin, Goodman, Baldwin) are still relevant today, while hardly any female hosts are still working regularly. Hollywood has basically erased most actresses from the 80s and 90s.

Action Cats commercial

Christian: Prelude to Hader and Samberg's "Laser Cats?"

Lyle, the Effeminate Heterosexual - Lyle's wife and daughter think he's gay

Christian: I am ashamed that it makes me laugh so hard when Dana reacts to being called gay.

Scot: It's fun, yes, but essentially the same paces as the first sketch.

Colosseum events committee brainstorms ideas for gladiator contests

Christian: Sounds like the NBA coming up with ways to fix the All-Star game.

Scot: Hey, Mike Myers is still around - the accidental invention of baseball.

Who Shot Me? - inner-city school teacher (Nealon) tries to figure out who’s shooting him

Christian: What are we supposed to think about the black actors that agreed to take part in this?

Scot: Nealon Syndrome and unfunny to begin with.

Episode 17: Sharon Stone

Christian: Every sketch featuring Stone was about how hot she is (except maybe the last one.) Cue the thinkpieces!

Scot: Was Myers anywhere other than the open? My memory said this was a great show. It was wrong.

Stone sits and praises all parts of show, teases leg cross

Christian: Future head writer Fred Wolf in the writer's shot

Scot: The Live version had protestors shouting about Basic Instinct's portrayal of LGBT characters. I have no recollection of that controversy. - Look at that shot of the writers!

Security Check - male airport security guards make Stone undress

Christian: Horniest episode to date.

Scot: There's about 6 ways you *could* take offense to this, but it really is losers abusing authority. And then Phil delivered the topper. I didn't mind it.

Sex Games - Nealon takes sex games too seriously and misunderstands things

Christian: Feels like this could have a Woody Allen vibe if he was more pathetic, but Nealon just doesn't work here. He's too believable as a jerk.

Scot: Nealon Syndrome.

Porno Couple - Phil & fiancee (Stone) tell truth about porno lives

Christian: It's so bad it almost...becomes good? A mind trick.

Scot: Phil's line read on visiting Poronographia hundreds of times is worth a point.

Episode 18: Jerry Seinfeld

Christian: Had all-time episode written all over it until it hit the brakes in the second half.

Scot: Quite the "Additional Sketches By" list: Larry Charles, Larry David, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Fred Wolf.

Monologue: Seinfeld stand-up about airplane issues, crime, cab drivers

Christian: Yep, vintage Seinfeld material. Remember the early stand-ups who all did one-man shows?

Scot: A little hard to judge because I know all these bits by heart.

Stand Up and Win - hack comics compete on observational humor game show

Christian: Some of the jokes are from Seinfeld's act (like the plane black box bit). Didn't someone just say the chicken nugget joke was Sinbad's a few episodes ago? Good of Jerry to be in a sketch where they lampoon his entire persona.

Scot: Crazy that this really is just the "Stand Ups" sketch, which was a Seinfeld satire, taken to a new format - "Who are the ad wizards who came up with that one?"

Office workers maintain their body postures while performing their jobs

Christian: Enjoyed the clever premise. "Fitting in at work?"

Scot: I get the premise but ... I don't totally get the humor of it?

I'm Chillin - Onski plugs Bullet Hole Tampons & Mother Joke

Christian: Man, Farley just kills these things.

Scot: The prize of an "O" hat to play Tic Tac Toe with friends is a rare highlight.

The Lenny Wise Show - Phil explores Superman’s life in a radio interview

Christian: Oh man, not a single laugh in here. This is what happens when you cater to the childhood dreams of the host.

Scot: Wonderful idea, Phil is excellent. The Scrabble stuff is great.

Episode 19: Tom Hanks

Christian: Would this show have been better with Joe Pesci (who was supposed to host, but had to bail)? It would not. Looks like the writing is on the wall for poor Victoria.

Scot: Mike Myers. A strange case. Doesn't he not really feel of the show? Like he parachuted in, used the show to leverage existing characters, and then just kind of hangs around. I'm still working out this thought ...

Ross Perot (Dana) offers to pay for LA riot damage, says he'll base his presidential salary on America’s GNP

Christian: What can't Dana do?

Scot: First Perot! - Impression would slightly improve but the character is down cold.

Sabra Price Is Right

Christian: How do I give this a 10.

Scot: Hanks' performance is just incredible and the whole thing is very funny.

Mr. Belvedere Fan Club - weirdos speak at a meeting of The Guy Who Plays Mr. Belvedere Fan Club

Scot: Fred Wolf wrote - I didn't remember Sandler's line. Nearly an actual spit take.

She Turned Into Her Mother - Julia takes on the traits of her mom

Christian: Sweeney and Farley are comparable at this point: Solid character players with occasional pops of brilliance.

Scot: Some really nice work by Julia here - I can't determine if she's underused or just used to her limit.

Bruce Springsteen - “57 Channels” & “Living Proof”

Christian: I have stood close to Springsteen. He is very tiny.

Showcase Playhouse Threater - Myers & Sweeney grow up wanting to fly

Christian: Just enough weirdness to keep me interested.

Scot: It's a weird Handey 10-to-1 and I just don't think it works.

Episode 20: Woody Harrelson

The Tonight Show- Johnny Carson’s last show, Ed is drunk

Scot: "This is our final show and Ed is drunk." - Is Leno Nealon's best impression? - Miller getting flustered with the lack of show success (Launched in Jan. 1992, canceled in July) - Brenner was the show's most frequent guest, with 158 appearances, and guest-hosted for Carson 75 times between 1975 and 1984."

Take Your Shirt Off - Woody encourages grotesque-bodied beachgoers to take off their shirts

Christian: Prescient: Dana Carvey would have serious heart surgery in the late 1990s. 

Scot: Wow. Credit to them for sneaking a penis, breasts, and a masturbation reference in a single sketch. Also decent escalation here.

Delta Delta Delta - Pam, Di, Meg don’t want to give their notes to Sigma Chi frat brothers

Christian: How will you remember the Beth Cahill Era? BTW, not going to class, then borrowing notes from a cute girl is the number one way to socialize in college.

Scot: RIP, Tri-Delts.

Cowboy Song - lonesome cowboys sing about how they’re proud they’re not minorities

Christian: If you're going to be offensive, the pressure is much greater to be funny. This is not.

Scot: Wooo, boy. That Jew line wouldn't fly today. I think they emptied the notebook for this last installment.

Frank Gannon PI PI - politically incorrect P.I. looks into abortion clinic vandalism

Christian: Didn't like the first one and this one wasn't much better, although the "Baby Killer" line was funny. Won't see this on SNL today.

Scot: Equal parts lines that make me laugh and lines that don't work whatsoever. "At least whoever did this had the decency to leave your 'Baby Killers' sign untouched."