268: "Chicken Make Lousy House Pet" - Ching Chang An SNL Recurring Character Study

 If I've said it once I've said it 100 times, chicken make lousy house pet.  This week we're doing something new.  Instead of watching a movie or an old-ass episode of Saturday Night Live we're going to focus on a single recurring character and their evolution through the years.  And when you think of SNL recurring characters you probably think The Coneheads, Wayne's World, It's Pat, or maybe something newer like The Californians or Stefon.  We went with Ching Chang for out pilot episode.

Who is Ching Chang, you ask?  Well, he's a classic character who first appeared in 1986 and made 7 total appearances over 14 years.  Dana Carvey plays a lonely Chinese man who loves chickens almost as much as he loves Broadway musicals.  We watch him look for love, try to save chickens, sing showtunes, and karate fight a gang.

We also check out another possibly problematic Dana Carvey character with Lyle, The Effeminate Heterosexual.  Enjoy!

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267: "Ron Perlman's Pu**y" - SNL S25E03 - Norm MacDonald / Dr Dre / Eminem / Snoop Dogg

We pulled Norm MacDonald out of the hat so we decided to watch the episode of Saturday Night Live where he returned to host after being fired.  We're both big Norm fans so we obviously liked most of this but since it's an episode of SNL it's hit and miss.  Sketches include Lou Gehrig saying goodbye, Celebrity Jeopardy, Larry King, Charlton Heston getting abducted by apes, Chris Parnell lusting over waifs and shaming fatties, a lifeless Weekend Update anchored by Colin Quinn, Norm and Michael Jackson at a bar, Norm and Cheri Oteri dressed as toothbrushes, Martha Stewart bragging about her stocks, Inside The Actors Studio, and the best monologue in SNL history.  Enjoy!

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266: "Cool Blackface, Bruh" - SNL S11E03 - Pee Wee Herman / Queen Ida And The Bon Temps Zydeco Band / City Slickers II The Legend Of Curly's Gold (1994)

We watched City Slickers II: The Legend Of Curly's Gold starring SNL alums Billy Crystal and Jon Lovitz.  But we ended up liking it and having very little to talk about.  So we also watched another old ass episode of Saturday Night Live.  This one from Season 11 (the dreaded Robert Downey, Jr. year) hosted by Pee Wee Herman with musical guest Queen Ida And The Bon Temps Zydeco Band.  Sigh... It's got more blackface, this time Terry Sweeney as Diana Ross.  It's a not so good episode that is making us want to stop watching the show, but we'll be back next week doing the same damn thing.  Sketches include Pee Wee in love with his teacher, Pee Wee saving Dinosaur Town, Pee Wee falling from the World Trade Center, Pee Wee in a locker room with Randy Quaid, The Pat Stevens Show, Tommy Flanagan in prison, a teenager with pregnancy tips, a money making seminar, and Terry Sweeney in blackface.  Enjoy!

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