360: "Milking The Gorkon" - The Land Of Gorch - An SNL Recurring Character Study

And we're back with yet another installment of our award winning segment ...And We're Back! where we take a deep dive into an SNL recurring character and watch all their appearances.  This week we watched one of the earliest SNL recurring characters, that's right, Ben gets introduced to King Ploobis, Scred, Puuta, Vosh and the rest of The Land Of Gorch an early segment on the show featuring Jim Henson's Muppets.  Back in 1975, a counter culture variety show decided to include a live puppet segment and the result was something nobody wanted.  The writers hated it, the audience was befuddled, and you can quickly see the resentment held by all involved.  We watched almost every appearance, as we've previously established we can tap out whenever we want but this time we skipped some from the middle so we could watch their sad, dour, but in some ways beautiful ending.  Enjoy!

Sketches Include

The Land Of Gorch - Season 1, Episode 1 hosted by George Carlin

The Land Of Gorch - Season 1, Episode 2 hosted by Paul Simon

The Land Of Gorch - Season 1, Episode 3 hosted by Rob Reiner

The Land Of Gorch - Season 1, Episode 4 hosted by Candice Bergen

The Land Of Gorch - Season 1, Episode 5 hosted by Robert Klein

The Land Of Gorch - Season 1, Episode 6 hosted by Lily Tomlin

The Land Of Gorch - Season 1, Episode 10 hosted by Buck Henry

Muppets Spot - Season 1, Episode 16 hosted by Anthony Perkins

Muppet Trunk - Season 1, Episode 18 hosted by Raquel Welch

Muppet Morgue - Season 2, Episode 1 hosted by Lily Tomlin

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359: "Special Thanks To Elayne Boosler" - Meatballs Part 2 (1984)

This week on Saturday Night Jive We watched Meatballs Part 2 because Bill Murray was in the first Meatballs.  We've never seen the first Meatballs movie but that doesn't matter since this movie was never intended as a sequel to Meatballs.  It was just a movie that resembled Meatballs a lot (we suppose as we've never seen it) that featured a character named Meathead that they renamed Meatballs 2 after the fact.  Life's funny sometimes, but Meatballs 2 is not funny.  There's an alien in this movie, but that's not fun at all.  Richard Mulligan, Paul Reubens, and John Larroquette all waste their talent.  It's a real big bummer of a film but special thanks to Elayne Boosler for all you do.  Enjoy!

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358: "Robin Duke Only Exists To Titillate Me Sexually" - SNL S08E06 - Robert Blake / Kenny Loggins

This week on Saturday Night Jive we watched the illusive episode of SNL hosted by alleged murderer Robert Blake.  Was it worth the wait?  Absolutely not.  But could it ever live up to our expectations?  Let's talk about it.  Also, how frigging hot is Mary Gross?  This episode has Robert Blake punching Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a Little Rascals reunion, homophobia in space, and Robin Duke with a saddle on her back.  So, that's the name of that tune and you can take that to the bank.  Enjoy!

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357: "I Can't Wait To See G.E. Smith's Face" - SNL S16E16 - Jeremy Irons / Fishbone

This week Ben had the option to pick anything he wanted to watch and he chose the Jeremy Irons episode of Saturday Night Live with musical guest Fishbone.  Why did he do this?  Because he likes Fishbone.  So, what did we learn?  Maybe you shouldn't pick an old episode of SNL for the musical guest because this is one of the most forgettable episodes ever.  On the positive side we get some fun Deep Thoughts and two incredible performances from Fishbone, but nothing else brings the goods.  Jeremy Irons doesn't seem to want to be there, we get a bunch of recurring characters with visits from Wayne's World, Hans & Franz, and The Richmeister, not to mention a Dennis Miller Weekend Update, a cowboy song, a sketch where women love Jeremy's British accent, a sketch about Hannibal Lecter that doesn't mention cannibalism, and Sherlock Holmes's birthday party.  You'll be begging to see some G.E. Smith face.  Enjoy!

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356: "I Never Liked It To Like It" - Goat Boy - An SNL Recurring Character Study

And we're back with yet another installment of our award winning segment ...And We're Back! where we take a deep dive into an SNL recurring character and watch all their appearances.  This week we watched Goat Boy in all his glory.  As we established the last time we did this with Mango we are giving ourselves an out.  There are 10 SNL sketch appearances of Goat Boy and we're here to see how many we can stomach before calling it quits (spoiler alert, we don't make it to all 10).  We may one day revisit this one-note character from Jim Breuer but not today so sit back, relax, and listen to the madness that happens when two guys try to sit through 45 minutes of a man making goat noises for our amusement.  Enjoy!

Sketches Include

Goat Boy Sings Popular Songs From The 80's - Season 21, Episode 19 hosted by Christine Baranski

Hey, Remember The 80's - Season 22, Episode 1 hosted by Tom Hanks

Hey, Remember The 80's - Season 22, Episode 4 hosted by Dana Carvey

A Christmas Greeting From Goat Boy - Season 22, Episode 9 hosted by Rosie O'Donnell

Charlie Rose - Season 22, Episode 13 hosted by Chevy Chase

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355: "We're All Going To Hell" - The Other Sister (1999)

The Other Sister directed by our good friend Garry Marshall and starring Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi as two mentally challenged adults who find love is a movie that shouldn't have been made.  We shouldn't have watched it.  In fact, this movie killed the podcast for a little bit as it sent George down an existential rabbit hole where he questioned all reality.  We recorded this episode a while ago but decided not to release it for a variety of reasons (don't worry, it's not like it's terribly offensive or anything but that should explain why we talk about the lead singer of Smash Mouth dying several months after it happened).  What was originally going to be a lost episode is now available for you to listen and judge us for picking a movie like this to watch and then realize that we can't mock it without sounding like dickheads.  Just remember, we're good people who made a mistake.  There's not even an SNL alum to justify this so we should learn from this and stick to only watching movies starring Dan Aykroyd or Tim Kazurinsky on Saturday Night Jive.  Enjoy!

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354: "Charlie Chaplin Farts" - Big And Hairy (1998)

Ummmm, this movie exists.  It's about a bigfoot who plays basketball.  Ben is insane and liked it.  George is realistic and thinks it's a crappy TV movie starring a guy in a cheap looking monkey suit.  You can check it out on YouTube, don't watch the whole thing, or any of it.  No SNL cast members in Big And Hairy from 1998 but Enjoy!

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