Wednesday, July 22, 2020

229: "That's How You Trick The Devil" - Monkeybone (2001)

We watched Monkeybone featuring SNL alum Chris Kattan as a rotting corpse.  We also give some quick thoughts on Palm Springs now streaming on Hulu starring Andy Samberg.  A split decision on Monkeybone, while we agree that the visuals are dazzling and the story is light we differ on which of those is more important.  Chris Kattan is definitely great in this and John Turturro is obviously your first choice for the voice of a cartoon monkey.  If you have a question you want us to read on air send us an email at saturdaynightjivepodcast@gmail.com

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

228: "Oh, Shirley Jones!" - Godzilla (1998)

We watched Godzilla from 1998.  Why?  Because SNL alum Harry Shearer plays the news anchor who is always undermining his underlings.  We're a smart podcast.  This is a simple little movie about a biologist and a reporter and the rekindling of their romance amidst the backdrop of a giant lizard destroying the city.  This a film that both of us remember being disappointing when we saw it in the theater as kids and watching it 20 years later elicits pretty much the same response.  Enjoy!

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

227: "Guy On Toilet...The End" - Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)

Why did we watch Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector, you ask?  Because SNL alum David Koechner plays Donny, Larry's mentally challenged neighbor in this magnum opus.  Hard to know who has it worse, David Koechner, Tony Hale as a man in a wheelchair whose basic role in the movie is just so Larry can make some jokes about the physically disabled, Tom Wilson for having an agent so bad he would let him appear in a movie with Larry The Cable Guy, the poor woman who is tasked to play Larry's love interest, or us the audience for having to sit through 90 minutes of a man farting for our amusement.  Larry The Cable Guy stars in a mystery about farts and poop.  Someone is poisioning fancy restaurants with a medicing that makes people fart and Larry The Cable Guy is on the case.  It's a bad movie but as we learned in our last movie podcast, everything looks a little better now that Bucky Larson has been exposed to us.  Enjoy!

Thursday, July 2, 2020

226: "Mexican Donkey Boy" - SNL S19E15 - Nancy Kerrigan / Aretha Franklin

You like old ass epsisodes of Saturday Night Live?  Well we watched one.  From Season 19, Episode 15 is hosted by Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan and she is just as funny as you would think she would be.  A notoriously bad host, Nancy stumbles her way through the show but uses her awfulness to her advantage as she tempts a Mexican lothario played by Phil Hartman with her lack of charm.  Sketches include a Bill Clinton cold open, The Denise Show, Chris Farley ice skating, Ellen Cleghorne interviewing Aretha Franklin in a sketch we're not sure is racist or not (it's an old ass episode of SNL, it's probably racist), Nancy Kerrigan working at Disney World, a St. Patrick's Day parade, and Rob Schneider getting shot in the face.  Enjoy!