Thursday, March 21, 2019

179: "Dan Aykroyd's Big Fat Ass In Short Shorts" - Doctor Detroit (1983)

Pimpin' sure ain't easy, especially when you're Dan Aykroyd and you think pimps have metal hands and talk like Carol Channing.  Enough about Dan though, we're talking Peter Aykroyd this week.  A cast member for one season who appears in Doctor Detroit for one scene.  Does Dan Aykroyd have multiple personalities, Do you believe Howard Hesseman as a pimp?  What's up with sword fights?  All this, plus we pitch the Dan Aykroyd Cinematic Universe.  Enjoy!
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Thursday, March 14, 2019

178: "Yogurt Gives Me The Whoopsies" - Grand Daddy Day Care (2019)

In 2019, America's favorite trilogy came to a close.  You completely forgot about Daddy Day Care, you never saw Daddy Day Camp but heard it was terrible, now the saga comes full circle with Grand Daddy Day Care.  Starring Danny Trejo as an ex-con turned lawyer with dementia who has to move in with his daughter and son-in-law.  When his old friends come over, his son-in-law gets an idea.  Run an illegal nursing home.  What could have been a fun Rapping Granny style movie is actually sad, featuring a bunch of older actors who don't seem to have the comic timing they used to complaining about how often they have to pee and how they need help off the toilet.  We watched this because it features an exceptionally sad performance from SNL alum Garret Morris.  Enjoy!

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

177: "F U, Garry Marshall" - Dear God (1996)

Oh boy, we found another Garry Marshall classic.  Dear God is a mess of a film where nothing makes sense.  Greg Kinnear is the sweetest conman you'll ever meet who gets sentenced by a judge to get a 9-5 job.  You know, that common sentence criminals get.  He finds work in the dead letter office of the USPS and ends up answering undelivered letters to God.  This movie does not know how the post office works as Greg gets in trouble for opening people's mail, even though that is what the dead letter office does.  It also establishes that all of this mail can not be delivered or returned because of the lack of addresses, yet Greg and his buddies seem to find all the God writers fairly easily.  It also establishes that people just pray to God through the mail, for things like wanting to ride a pony or a clean house or a dog or a babysitter or, in one case, a suicide note.  Who writes a letter to God, puts a stamp on it, takes it to a mailbox but doesn't leave a return address?  I guess you're thinking, "Oh God knows where I live" but then that also means you believe that the post office has routes that go to heaven!?!?  Sorry, I'm rambling.  This movie sucks, listen to us talk about it.  Enjoy!

Saturday, February 9, 2019

176: 'Dan Aykroyd's Big Fat Alien Ass' - Coneheads (1993)

This week we are finally talking Coneheads from 1993 featuring SNL alum Jan Hooks but also Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Chris Farley, Laraine Newman, Tom Davis, Tim Meadows, Michael McKean, David Spade, Julia Sweeney, Kevin Nealon, Jon Lovitz, Garrett Morris, Adam Sandler and Peter Aykroyd.  The It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of SNL movies also has cameos from Sinbad, Eddie Griffen, Tom Arnold, Drew Carey, Michael Richards, Dave Thomas, Ellen DeGeneres and Jason Alexander.  This is a big old mess of a film that forgets when it's trying to be funny.  We talk about the film, the mechanics of alien butts, Lorne Michaels and women, the Coneheads media onslaught, Subway and their failed movie tie-ins and much much more.  If you like our little show, subscribe, leave us a rating on iTunes and send us an email at Saturdaynightjivepodcast@gmail.com
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Friday, February 1, 2019

175: "Scalpel, Forceps, Frying Pan" - Clean Slate (1994)

This week we're talking Clean Slate, an early starring vehicle for SNL star Dana Carvey.  This movie is an interesting mess.  It has a charm and easy going tone but the plot completely falls apart if you think about it for 5 seconds.  Dana is a private eye with amnesia who wakes up every morning with no memories of who he is.  He has a case to solve, a valuable coin to find, a woman to romance.  Luckily the amnesia doesn't affect the part of the brain that remembers where poo goes.  All this and a fake dog head on this week's episode of Saturday Night Jive.  Enjoy!

Thursday, January 10, 2019

174: "His Face Is Off His Face" - Son Of The Mask (2005)

This week on Saturday Night Jive we're talking about one of the most reviled movies of all time Son Of The Mask starring Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Bob Hoskins, Traylor Howard, a terrifying CGI baby and dog and most importantly, SNL alum Jerry Minor.  Is Ben Stein the worst actor of all time?  Can he even qualify as an actor?  Do all celebrities hold elaborate Eyes Wide Shut parties?  Why do Gods want to have sex with out human women?  What are the legal ramifications of cartoon violence?  How easy would it be to kill baby Hitler?  These questions and more on this week's episode.  Enjoy!

Saturday, January 5, 2019

173: "El Kabong Logic" - I Feel Pretty (2018)

This week on Saturday Night Jive it's our end of the year spectacular.  We're highlighting one of the worst of 2018, I Feel Pretty starring Amy Schumer and featuring two SNL alums in Aidy Bryant and Shasheer Zamata.  This movie is incredibly nonsensical as Amy gets a head injury and wakes up thinking she looks like a supermodel.  Luckily for her, nobody questions her alternate reality or treats her any different at all.  The trailer for this film sparked some controversy as people felt the film (that they hadn't seen yet) was promoting fat shaming but the problem with the film is that it doesn't.  Certain jokes rely on Amy Schumer being fat and gross (which, for the record, she isn't) but most of the jokes are about how oblivious she is.  The movie is constantly fighting against itself regarding its own political correctness.  Also there's a subplot that hinges on a dating website designed for groups of 3.  Enjoy!