Not Ready for Season 6: The Season 6 Wrap Up Show

After looking back on Season 6, we asked ourselves: What if Saturday Night Live DIDN’T fire Jean Doumanian in the middle of the season? How much longer might she have lasted? What might the show go on to become? And how much longer might SNL have even existed? Thomas Sena and Deremy Dove join Brad and Gary to look at what an alternate history of SNL might look like. They imagine what changes would still have taken place for Season 7 (and beyond), what kind of guests might have been on the sho...

Denny Dillon returns to the podcast to talk with Thomas and Deremy about her time on Saturday Night Live. She talks about what it was like trying to keep SNL alive during Season 6, the uphill battle that was, and what it was like for the show moving from Jean Doumanian to Dick Ebersol. Denny revisits the whole season, pulling back the curtain on sketches, hosts, and working with fellow castmates such as Joe Piscopo, Gail Matthius, Gilbert Gottfried, and of course, a young Eddie Murphy. Join u...

Well, we've made it to the Season 6 finale of Saturday Night Live! An abbreviated end to such a monumental season in SNL history. In the first episode of the Dick Ebersol era, we open with an appearance from a legend of the original cast. New cast members are introduced, including Robin Duke, Tim Kazurinsky, and Tony Rosato. And Al Franken returns with an appearance on Weekend Update. So much has happened in Season 6's final episodes, and this finale is no exception! All of this and more on N...

Bill Murray returns to Saturday Night Live to host what ended up being the final episode of the very brief Jean Doumanian era. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to save Season 6—even if he did bring back Delbert McClinton as musical guest. Hours after this episode ended, Doumanian was fired as Executive Producer of the show. Replaced by Dick Ebersol, many of the cast and writers would also experience their last week at Studio 8H. But the episode itself? The returning veteran from SNL's original...

Well...we made it! We've finally arrived at one of the most infamous and important episodes in Saturday Night Live history! This episode of SNL is jam-packed with so much—from the "Who Shot CR" runner to the Rocko Weineretto and Weindullah showdown (with a special guest) to a legendary performance from Prince! If that wasn't enough, Eddie Murphy debuts one of his most iconic characters. And that's not even what this episode is so well known for! The person most talked about from this episode ...