Episode 61 - Kristen Wiig (Season 49)

[00:00:04] is the Ten to One Podcast with your host Brad Oven, featuring Ben Conowitz and Nate Laux.

[00:00:16] And here's the podcast.

[00:00:18] Hello friends and welcome back.

[00:00:20] It's good to have our friend and colleague, Ben Conowitz back after not doing anything

[00:00:25] for a long time.

[00:00:26] Yeah, Vagabend Conowitz.

[00:00:28] Remy Yusuf, let's talk about him.

[00:00:32] We already did that.

[00:00:33] What you did?

[00:00:34] It was a hit.

[00:00:35] It was our finest episode yet.

[00:00:37] People wrote in there like, it felt like it was a lot more professional and focused and

[00:00:42] organized.

[00:00:43] Why?

[00:00:44] Somehow funnier.

[00:00:45] Yeah, it was like, there was just an air of excellence is what I heard.

[00:00:50] Yeah, professionalism.

[00:00:52] Sexual charisma was oozing through the mics.

[00:00:54] And a lot of tension, a lot of sexual tension.

[00:00:56] Yeah, yeah.

[00:00:57] Which is odd.

[00:00:58] I mean, it's just like it oozes out of that.

[00:00:59] I think it's mostly just because we have such animalistic instincts.

[00:01:02] I don't like any of this.

[00:01:05] Rare.

[00:01:06] Kristen, Motherflipping, Wig.

[00:01:09] Yes, we are back with another new episode.

[00:01:11] This is the second of three back to back episodes, back to back to back episodes.

[00:01:14] It's just how they do it now, doesn't it?

[00:01:16] Kristen Wig, former cast member came back to host the episode and this was her fifth

[00:01:21] time hosting.

[00:01:22] So it was a big deal and they made a big deal out of it and they had some fun.

[00:01:27] But before we get to that, Nate.

[00:01:30] Yeah.

[00:01:31] Let's dig in and have some fun.

[00:01:33] All right, let's dig in.

[00:01:35] TBS March Madness, Cold Open written by Dan Bulla, Shreeter Seidel and Brian Tucker.

[00:01:41] Charles Barkley played by Kenan Thompson.

[00:01:43] Ernie Johnson played by James Austin Johnson.

[00:01:46] And Kenny Smith played by Devon Walker discussed March Madness 2024.

[00:01:53] So this sketch existed.

[00:01:57] Hey, here's the thing.

[00:01:58] It wasn't political.

[00:01:59] That's maybe the best thing that we can have asked for.

[00:02:02] Glad they didn't do something that was tied to any of the headlines that happened

[00:02:06] throughout the week.

[00:02:07] Didn't need the political satire.

[00:02:08] The Northern and Southern.

[00:02:11] Just by default, this was better because it didn't have to like waste my time.

[00:02:16] It wasn't the formula.

[00:02:17] Yeah.

[00:02:18] This wasn't like a laugh out loud hilarious sketch.

[00:02:21] It had its moments.

[00:02:23] I liked bits and pieces.

[00:02:25] It tried.

[00:02:26] Yeah, they did their best.

[00:02:29] I feel like they probably would have benefited by going more absurd with it, doing something

[00:02:33] that felt like more conceptual comedically.

[00:02:37] That's usually their biggest problem when they're doing stuff that is timely and tied

[00:02:42] to headlines is that they stage too strictly to the actual subject matter and don't take

[00:02:49] it into too much of a funnier area.

[00:02:51] There wasn't enough silliness in this.

[00:02:52] I needed a little bit more silliness for it to...

[00:02:55] It was just little quips about contemporary stuff.

[00:02:58] The funniest thing was Charles Barkley not knowing what he was talking about.

[00:03:02] Which is always one.

[00:03:03] Yeah.

[00:03:04] I also want to say, because I want to give him some props for another great impression.

[00:03:09] James Austin Johnson does a fantastic Ernie Johnson.

[00:03:11] He's got the cadence down for sure.

[00:03:14] You might not know what Ernie Johnson sounds like if you don't watch basketball, but

[00:03:17] it is on it.

[00:03:18] He is so good at that one.

[00:03:20] What did you think of this one, Benny?

[00:03:22] Yeah.

[00:03:23] It just...

[00:03:24] Kenny the Jetsmith...

[00:03:26] Kenny and the Jets...

[00:03:28] Oh, they're going to try...

[00:03:29] I'm trying something.

[00:03:30] I don't know.

[00:03:31] Is that the best?

[00:03:33] To be fair, you have to keep it within the realm of what they would say as people.

[00:03:38] Like you said, but why?

[00:03:39] Can we just start there and get a little bit more...

[00:03:43] But that was something that was supposed to be cheesy funny.

[00:03:47] It was supposed to be more of a making fun of him for saying that then actually

[00:03:50] being a real proper joke, right?

[00:03:52] That's fair.

[00:03:53] I guess.

[00:03:54] What are you bitching about?

[00:03:55] I don't know.

[00:03:56] Kenny the Jetsmith is replaceable to me on that show.

[00:04:00] Like I've watched that show enough where I'm like, he is still allowed to be here.

[00:04:03] Yeah.

[00:04:04] All right.

[00:04:05] Yeah, I think your frustration is more with...

[00:04:06] Yeah, you're talking about the real show.

[00:04:07] Yeah.

[00:04:08] And it's just...

[00:04:09] Maybe I was just wishing they would have made fun of him like that.

[00:04:12] Yeah.

[00:04:13] Kenny the Jetsmith, don't know why I'm here.

[00:04:14] I will say, Devin Walker not had a great season.

[00:04:18] Yeah.

[00:04:19] I mean, he's still a featured player.

[00:04:21] He's still kind of cutting his teeth.

[00:04:23] He definitely hasn't stood out as much as he does.

[00:04:25] He's not had that feature play.

[00:04:26] Marcel Hernandez rise, right?

[00:04:27] Yeah.

[00:04:28] By the way, which cast member, regular cast member was not on this episode?

[00:04:34] Which regular cast member was not on this episode?

[00:04:36] Ponkey Johnson.

[00:04:37] No, Ponkey Johnson.

[00:04:38] No, she was there.

[00:04:39] She was there.

[00:04:40] There's one cast member that was not...

[00:04:41] Please don't destroy guys, but...

[00:04:43] Was it Ago?

[00:04:45] No.

[00:04:46] Nope, she was there.

[00:04:47] Oh yeah, she was there in the last one.

[00:04:50] Michael Longfellow?

[00:04:51] Correct.

[00:04:52] Michael Longfellow was not there or he was not in any sketches.

[00:04:55] I didn't check and see if he was at the, you know, at the goodbyes.

[00:04:59] Were you wearing the five-timer jacket like everybody else was?

[00:05:02] Spoiler alert.

[00:05:03] Oh, wow.

[00:05:04] Maybe he was shooting a movie.

[00:05:06] Maybe or...

[00:05:07] I mean, it happened not long ago, Ponkey Johnson or no, no, no.

[00:05:11] Molly Carney.

[00:05:12] Oh, Molly Carney.

[00:05:13] They were not featured pre-evidently in the last episode.

[00:05:17] Pre-evidently?

[00:05:18] What the fuck?

[00:05:19] Are you making up words now?

[00:05:21] It's predominantly evident.

[00:05:23] Pre-evidently.

[00:05:24] Never heard that word?

[00:05:26] Absolutely.

[00:05:27] No, were they at the goodnights though?

[00:05:30] Yeah, they were there.

[00:05:32] So Longfellow, we're not sure if he was at the...

[00:05:35] Yeah, I didn't pay attention because I didn't even realize that he wasn't there.

[00:05:38] That sounds so insulting.

[00:05:40] Is that meant to be?

[00:05:41] This fucking guy who cares if you dare not.

[00:05:43] Well, but honestly, and we'll get to this as we get into the show, it's mostly

[00:05:46] because of how many guest stars they have.

[00:05:48] Oh, yeah.

[00:05:49] It was hard to keep track, honestly.

[00:05:51] Michael Longfellow got bumped for a list of really great celebrities.

[00:05:54] Michael Longfellow just saw how many boys like, you know what?

[00:05:56] I'm not coming in, guys.

[00:05:57] I'm gonna sit this one out, guys.

[00:05:58] It's fine.

[00:05:59] It's fine.

[00:06:00] I'm fine.

[00:06:01] Take a couple plays off here.

[00:06:02] All right, moving on.

[00:06:03] Kristen Wiig, Five Timers monologue written by Mike DiSenzo, Jake Norblin,

[00:06:06] Ken Sublett and Kristen Wiig.

[00:06:07] Kristen Wiig celebrates her fifth time hosting Saturday Night Live

[00:06:10] by taking some questions from audience members,

[00:06:13] including Paul Rudd, Paul Appel, Matt Damon and more.

[00:06:18] Let's, I've got a question for you.

[00:06:20] Which former SNL cast members are part of the Five Timers Club?

[00:06:29] Chevy Chase.

[00:06:30] Correct.

[00:06:31] Dan Ackroyd.

[00:06:32] Dan Ackroyd.

[00:06:33] No.

[00:06:34] Oh, he's always the bartender.

[00:06:36] He's the bartender.

[00:06:37] Correct.

[00:06:39] Candice Bergen.

[00:06:40] No.

[00:06:42] She was not a cast member?

[00:06:44] She's a Five Timer.

[00:06:45] She was in a cast member.

[00:06:47] Oh, I thought she was.

[00:06:48] No, she's a host.

[00:06:49] She's just hosted a lot.

[00:06:50] Yeah, she's like Steve Martin in that way.

[00:06:52] I always forget.

[00:06:56] Kristen Wiig.

[00:06:58] That is now the fifth.

[00:07:00] You're welcome.

[00:07:02] I'm gonna say that Tina Fey.

[00:07:05] Correct.

[00:07:06] That's two.

[00:07:07] And Will Ferrell.

[00:07:08] Will Ferrell's three.

[00:07:09] One more.

[00:07:11] And let's go.

[00:07:12] You guys are missing an obvious one.

[00:07:19] Adam Sandler?

[00:07:20] No, he's only hosted like once.

[00:07:22] Yeah.

[00:07:25] We'll just cut this so we sound very smart.

[00:07:28] No, just tell us.

[00:07:29] Bill Murray.

[00:07:30] Ah, yes.

[00:07:32] All right.

[00:07:33] So there was a lot of stars in this one.

[00:07:35] It was I loved this.

[00:07:36] It was so much fun because it this is what I want to Five

[00:07:41] Timers monologue to be, right?

[00:07:43] All the people come back.

[00:07:44] They're having fun.

[00:07:45] You see also what I loved about it as well.

[00:07:47] You see Kristen Wiig's friends there and so you know

[00:07:50] they're celebrating with her offstage.

[00:07:52] Yeah.

[00:07:53] So I had a lot of fun with this.

[00:07:54] Would you guys think?

[00:07:55] No, of course it was and you know, Paul Rudd bless him.

[00:07:59] He gets got basically like two redemptions for not having

[00:08:02] a proper Five Timers when they had to cancel because

[00:08:05] of the Omicron surge when he was supposed to be

[00:08:07] properly Five Timers.

[00:08:09] Then he got his real one with like Steve Martin and stuff

[00:08:12] and then he gets to do this bonus one with even more people.

[00:08:15] He's always so happy.

[00:08:16] That's why I love Paul Rudd.

[00:08:17] He's just always so chipper.

[00:08:18] He was great.

[00:08:19] And then when Matt Damon stood up in my head,

[00:08:21] I didn't realize that he was a Five Timer.

[00:08:23] And then I was like, oh, fuck, he's not at all an idiot.

[00:08:26] Did you guys feel like the two times Matt Damon was

[00:08:28] in this?

[00:08:29] He kind of flipped his lines twice.

[00:08:31] He had two lines that he then he flubbed.

[00:08:34] He recovered nicely.

[00:08:35] Yeah, he recovered fine, but it was like,

[00:08:37] I wonder if he was nervous.

[00:08:38] I mean, he hasn't done it in a long time, I think.

[00:08:40] So yeah, would make sense.

[00:08:42] And also Paul Rudd was there.

[00:08:44] Yeah, that's true.

[00:08:45] And he looks better than Matt Damon.

[00:08:47] Big shoes to fill.

[00:08:48] So yeah, John Ham, Fred Armisen, Will Forte who

[00:08:51] were all there, Martin Short popped in as well.

[00:08:54] Ryan Gazzling.

[00:08:56] They made Lauren Michaels laugh.

[00:08:58] They did.

[00:08:59] Lauren had to look away, which I love.

[00:09:01] Gazzling is on next week, right?

[00:09:02] Yep.

[00:09:03] So he's just showed up early.

[00:09:04] He's just hanging out.

[00:09:05] He's like, Oh, I thought this was my week.

[00:09:07] He likes to be prepared.

[00:09:08] Gosh darn though that you're right though.

[00:09:10] That's the kind of thing you want to see.

[00:09:12] It's a who's who it's people that aren't the same from before.

[00:09:15] It gives obviously Matt Damon being there and John Ham,

[00:09:18] you know Paul Rudd.

[00:09:20] It's a new infusion of people that help her celebrate.

[00:09:24] I loved it.

[00:09:25] Yeah, it was superb.

[00:09:27] So Matt Damon and Kristen, we've worked together in

[00:09:30] the Martian.

[00:09:31] Did they work together in anything else?

[00:09:34] The shrinking one, right?

[00:09:37] Downsizing.

[00:09:38] Downsizing.

[00:09:39] Yeah.

[00:09:40] Isn't Matt Damon in that?

[00:09:41] Matt Damon is.

[00:09:42] He's the lead.

[00:09:43] Kristen Wiggs in that though.

[00:09:44] I'm pretty sure she's his wife in that, isn't she?

[00:09:46] Oh yeah.

[00:09:47] She backs out of the West.

[00:09:48] Yep.

[00:09:49] And then he shrinks and then she doesn't.

[00:09:51] Yeah.

[00:09:52] Story of my life.

[00:09:53] Also weird.

[00:09:54] Because this my penis.

[00:09:56] Okay.

[00:09:57] All right.

[00:09:58] So Paul Appel is a long time writer at SNL.

[00:10:02] Yes.

[00:10:03] Close friend to Kristen Wiggs and she's got a show on.

[00:10:06] And I wanted you to push this because you watch this, right?

[00:10:09] Girls Five Ever.

[00:10:10] Is it as funny as people are saying it is?

[00:10:12] Yeah.

[00:10:13] I mean it's in the same vein as 30 Rock because it's created

[00:10:16] by Robert Carlock and executive produce by Robert Carlock

[00:10:20] and Tina Fey and then also created by Meredith Cardino

[00:10:22] who did work on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and great news

[00:10:25] as well.

[00:10:26] That's a great.

[00:10:27] Those are some great shows.

[00:10:28] Yeah.

[00:10:29] They're fantastic.

[00:10:30] They're not quite as funny as 30 Rock, but like 30 Rock is

[00:10:34] like my favorite comedy of all time basically.

[00:10:36] So like that's just a high bar to meet.

[00:10:38] But it is very funny and she's fantastic.

[00:10:40] Paul Appel is a legend at SNL.

[00:10:42] I don't know if everyone that watches this understands

[00:10:45] how incredible she is to pop up all the time even though

[00:10:48] she was never a cast member, but like she was a writer.

[00:10:50] She was like the writer that they would use if they

[00:10:52] wanted somebody else that wasn't a cast member.

[00:10:54] And they kind of just needed a somebody.

[00:10:56] Yeah.

[00:10:57] They didn't need an applause break for the person.

[00:10:59] But man, she is just so freaking funny.

[00:11:03] Jim Downey is like the male counterpart to me.

[00:11:05] Yeah.

[00:11:06] For sure.

[00:11:07] Absolutely.

[00:11:08] And if you hadn't, if you haven't watched Girls Forever

[00:11:10] and you like aren't aware of who Paula Pellows, you've

[00:11:13] seen her pop up because she's guest starting a bunch of shows.

[00:11:15] She played Ron Swanson's mother on Parks and Recreation.

[00:11:19] Right.

[00:11:20] And she said little guest spots in a lot of TV shows

[00:11:22] over the years.

[00:11:23] I bet I bet you it would be just fucking fascinating to

[00:11:26] see everything she's done as far as just unwritten punch ups.

[00:11:29] Oh yeah.

[00:11:30] And like helping out.

[00:11:31] I guarantee you the list is a mile long.

[00:11:33] Yeah.

[00:11:34] Like she's just so good.

[00:11:35] All right.

[00:11:36] Moving on.

[00:11:37] Jumanji, a group of friends played by Bo and Yang.

[00:11:40] I go, Wodem, Chloe Feynman, introduce Mewkes, meet their

[00:11:44] friends James Austin Johnson, new girlfriend Kristen Wigg.

[00:11:48] This was fantastic.

[00:11:49] This was awesome.

[00:11:50] It was.

[00:11:51] It was so good.

[00:11:52] This was like old SNL for me.

[00:11:53] This was so funny.

[00:11:55] So unique.

[00:11:56] I just, I wanted Will Ferrell to be in this and just bring the

[00:12:00] guys back.

[00:12:01] If I came straight out of like the mid 2000s, which was just

[00:12:04] a sweet spot for me.

[00:12:05] Everybody saying the word Jumanji in the way that they

[00:12:08] were saying.

[00:12:09] Dismugues was, it was a masterclass of him saying.

[00:12:13] He was incredible.

[00:12:14] He was perfect in this.

[00:12:15] I can't imagine anybody else doing it better.

[00:12:17] Are you saying you're going to get Jumanjied in or

[00:12:19] Jumanjied out?

[00:12:21] It almost reminded us of a conversation you guys, the

[00:12:24] three of us would have before we record about something

[00:12:27] really dumb.

[00:12:28] But it was, it was fantastic.

[00:12:30] Dismugues just escalated this.

[00:12:33] So I did not see that one coming.

[00:12:35] His intensity and what it's two different layers of

[00:12:39] and technically three layers of jokes too.

[00:12:42] Cause like, cause you have Kristen Wigg playing

[00:12:44] straight about having this genuine fear of being

[00:12:46] Jumanjied.

[00:12:47] And then it's just a funny concept.

[00:12:49] Right.

[00:12:50] And then, and then briefly you have the disagreement like,

[00:12:52] wait a minute, which Jumanji are we talking about?

[00:12:54] Because I saw it and it was a video game that they got

[00:12:56] sucked into.

[00:12:57] And then he's like, don't you dare say that that's the

[00:13:00] Jumanji.

[00:13:01] You all know Robert Williams Jumanji is the original

[00:13:04] Jumanji.

[00:13:05] And then of course you have the Jumanji blender of

[00:13:07] like explaining like, no, you can already get sucked

[00:13:09] into Jumanji or you're getting Jumanji out.

[00:13:11] If you speak, just again, I want to say he was

[00:13:13] so good.

[00:13:14] It was just so funny.

[00:13:15] And then that's not even talking about the surprise,

[00:13:17] but it really becomes tickets arrived.

[00:13:20] Yeah, exactly.

[00:13:21] It's so good.

[00:13:22] This is a perfect bit as far as escalation and,

[00:13:26] and had on a hat, yeah, but done in the right way.

[00:13:29] Oh gosh.

[00:13:30] I'm so big fan of this sketch.

[00:13:32] Loved it.

[00:13:33] It did maybe make me a little nostalgic and reminded

[00:13:36] me a little bit of cause also the uniqueness of the

[00:13:39] sketch, it just felt different than cause we,

[00:13:43] we went through, we went to more absurdist humor

[00:13:45] now, right?

[00:13:46] It's still funny.

[00:13:47] We love it.

[00:13:48] But this was just a simple sketch that was,

[00:13:52] that was just pulled off perfectly.

[00:13:53] The last time that I saw this was the beep,

[00:13:55] beep, I'm a little car coming through with the

[00:13:58] Thanksgiving.

[00:13:59] That kind of reminded me of that cause the

[00:14:01] escalation is on no beep, beep.

[00:14:03] Yeah.

[00:14:04] I'm a car and they all take it very seriously.

[00:14:06] And obviously in the sketch, they start taking

[00:14:08] the Jumanji thing very serious.

[00:14:10] I was also reminded of the Weezer sketch too.

[00:14:12] Oh yeah.

[00:14:13] Yeah.

[00:14:14] All right.

[00:14:15] Moving on.

[00:14:16] Pilates written by Rosebud Baker, Chloe Feinman,

[00:14:19] Jimmy Fowley and Sierra O'Sullivan.

[00:14:21] Two women played by Chloe Feinman and Molly

[00:14:23] Carney try a Pilates class for the first time.

[00:14:26] This is a pre-tape.

[00:14:28] What did you guys think of this?

[00:14:30] I mean it was fine to me.

[00:14:32] Yeah.

[00:14:33] I thought it was solid.

[00:14:34] If anything is good, good style and solid editing,

[00:14:38] they really nailed the vibe of like a horror

[00:14:40] movie trailer, especially like a certain kind of

[00:14:42] movie trailer with like the neon tinges and whatnot.

[00:14:45] But there wasn't really a lot of meat on the bone

[00:14:47] comedically.

[00:14:48] Like it's amusing.

[00:14:50] I get to talk about Pilates in a way of like because

[00:14:52] it is kind of this terrifying exercise.

[00:14:54] It's also a world I don't understand.

[00:14:56] So there may have been more humor in there than

[00:14:58] I understood.

[00:14:59] Do you think that they took umbrage with the

[00:15:02] person that said that there was no hot women

[00:15:05] that have ever been on SNL?

[00:15:07] And then Kristen Wiig comes up like,

[00:15:08] I'll show you something.

[00:15:09] Yeah.

[00:15:10] We're going to put all the women in form-fitting

[00:15:12] aerobics gear.

[00:15:13] No, no, not just that.

[00:15:14] But Kristen Wiig has aged so perfect.

[00:15:16] She's amazing.

[00:15:17] Yeah.

[00:15:18] Like she's one of the funniest human beings that's

[00:15:20] ever lived.

[00:15:21] We did talk about that last week.

[00:15:22] She's gorgeous.

[00:15:23] She is absolutely dropped and gorgeous.

[00:15:24] Dumb take.

[00:15:25] It was dumb take.

[00:15:26] It's a dumb take.

[00:15:27] Yeah.

[00:15:28] But I mean she just watching her in a couple

[00:15:29] of the sketches tonight, I was like,

[00:15:30] my God, I didn't realize she was that in shape.

[00:15:32] Good for you, Kristen Wiig.

[00:15:34] Good for you.

[00:15:35] Good for you.

[00:15:36] Yeah.

[00:15:37] All right.

[00:15:38] So, we have a recurring sketch coming up.

[00:15:40] Secretaries written by Mike Desenzo, Heidi Gardner,

[00:15:42] Jimmy Fowley and Jake Norwin and Carol Sullivan.

[00:15:45] Two secretaries played by Kristen Wiig and Heidi Gardner

[00:15:48] helped a lawyer played by John Hamm take on a new

[00:15:51] client played by Bowen Yang.

[00:15:53] This first appeared in October 14th of last year.

[00:15:58] The episode with Pete Davidson as host.

[00:16:01] Would you guys think of this one adding

[00:16:03] Kristen Wiig to it?

[00:16:04] Yeah, it's very good.

[00:16:05] I would not have anticipated this to become

[00:16:07] a recurring sketch in the least, but it was appropriate

[00:16:11] that they use John Hamm in this one since it has

[00:16:13] that madman vibe to it.

[00:16:15] But yeah, I thought it was pretty good.

[00:16:17] I think that...

[00:16:18] I thought Kristen Wiig does the Heidi Gardner thing

[00:16:20] there really well as for sure.

[00:16:22] And I think that this is a rare instance where

[00:16:25] the sketch actually benefited from a failure of the process.

[00:16:29] Absolutely.

[00:16:30] Because it was infinitely funnier watching

[00:16:32] Kristen Wiig struggle to make the desk break properly.

[00:16:36] And then watching Heidi Gardner's like...

[00:16:38] Try and bust through the wall.

[00:16:39] But then the club comes off.

[00:16:41] Yeah.

[00:16:42] So she's just kind of sitting there and laughing her ass off.

[00:16:45] And then you cut back to Hamm.

[00:16:46] Yeah.

[00:16:47] And he's jarring with Wiig trying not to...

[00:16:49] Oh my God.

[00:16:50] Them trying not to laugh while kind of being posing

[00:16:53] like they're gonna kiss, it's so...

[00:16:55] That's so funny.

[00:16:56] It only happens because, like you said...

[00:16:58] It's the failures of the props.

[00:17:00] So good.

[00:17:01] Because it was so physical in their comedy.

[00:17:03] And then the laughter on SNL from the cast members is the best.

[00:17:06] Yeah.

[00:17:07] Because they're just having a fun time with these kind of problems.

[00:17:10] And it just goes to show you how Dainty, Kristen Wiig and Heidi Gardner,

[00:17:13] they couldn't even bust through styrofoam furniture properly.

[00:17:16] I don't think any of us in this room right now would struggle.

[00:17:19] No.

[00:17:20] In fact, they probably wouldn't make stronger furniture because...

[00:17:22] They were like let's get the normal props but like add a 2x4

[00:17:25] because Conowitz is gonna lean into it.

[00:17:27] And trust me, it's still gonna break.

[00:17:29] It's still gonna break.

[00:17:30] Don't worry.

[00:17:31] I would laugh really hard for some reason when he got the sandwich

[00:17:34] from between their butts.

[00:17:35] He goes, this tastes like ass.

[00:17:37] I don't know what I was thinking he was gonna say

[00:17:40] but I don't know that it was that, you know?

[00:17:42] Although I do hope I can in the future order a drink on the racks.

[00:17:46] That was really great.

[00:17:49] It was funny enough and then like, yeah,

[00:17:51] the failure of the props was tremendous.

[00:17:53] Really helped the sketch.

[00:17:54] Another recurring sketch retirement party written by Stephen Castillo

[00:17:58] and Colin Jost.

[00:17:59] Things go off the rails when speeches are made

[00:18:02] at a man's retirement party.

[00:18:04] That man is Kenan Thompson who does the perfect look

[00:18:08] into the camera of shock, right?

[00:18:11] Of this isn't me kind of thing.

[00:18:13] What did you guys think of this sketch?

[00:18:15] Well, this is a recurring sketch not in like...

[00:18:18] as in like carrying over any characters.

[00:18:20] No but they've done...

[00:18:21] Colin Jost has written this sketch before.

[00:18:23] It's a familiar formula.

[00:18:24] Yeah, specifically those two have written this.

[00:18:27] They're celebrating somebody.

[00:18:28] Or it's a funeral.

[00:18:30] Exactly.

[00:18:31] A cast of characters grab the mic.

[00:18:32] Right.

[00:18:33] So it's recurring in the setup, in the comedy

[00:18:35] and all these kind of things.

[00:18:36] But yeah, I like it because the funniest parts

[00:18:40] about this sketch are when you know whoever is coming up

[00:18:45] by the third time you know they're gonna grab the mic, right?

[00:18:47] And so then it's like how are they gonna go

[00:18:49] about grabbing the mic to me?

[00:18:50] Mikey Day's playfulness with each one of them.

[00:18:52] That I look forward to the next one every single time.

[00:18:55] It's great.

[00:18:57] And there's like, you get to have the visual gags

[00:18:59] along with like the jokes of like when you finally see

[00:19:01] the characters too because like just seeing Kristen Wig

[00:19:03] walk up with the oxygen.

[00:19:04] I started laughing immediately.

[00:19:05] Yeah, exactly.

[00:19:07] And then you have like little gems too.

[00:19:08] Like I'm the step-nephew of the event coordinator.

[00:19:11] And that's a character Will Forte has done

[00:19:14] a couple of times like just that voice.

[00:19:16] Yeah.

[00:19:17] You know and I don't even remember...

[00:19:18] I can't place him exactly when

[00:19:20] but I definitely...

[00:19:21] He's done that character before.

[00:19:23] Yeah, it's just like...

[00:19:24] It's great when you have not just the big cast

[00:19:27] but you have all these guest stars who can come through.

[00:19:29] You know, so you get Paul Rudd in there.

[00:19:31] I'm Hollywood actor Matt Damon.

[00:19:33] Right.

[00:19:34] Matt Damon playing himself was a really great bit to have this.

[00:19:38] And this is a long sketch too.

[00:19:39] This was like a seven and a half minute sketch.

[00:19:41] It felt long.

[00:19:42] It felt like it could have been about a minute shorter

[00:19:44] but it wasn't bad though.

[00:19:46] You weren't having fun Nate?

[00:19:47] It was fine.

[00:19:48] It just...

[00:19:49] Oh.

[00:19:50] It was fine.

[00:19:51] It was fine for Nate.

[00:19:52] Again.

[00:19:53] You don't have a little chuckle?

[00:19:55] I chuckled.

[00:19:56] You didn't laugh?

[00:19:57] I chuckled.

[00:19:58] Don't have any sneakers?

[00:20:00] You'd go for a bit?

[00:20:01] Chortles.

[00:20:02] I chuckled.

[00:20:03] I chuckled, okay.

[00:20:04] I chuckled guys.

[00:20:05] Okay.

[00:20:06] Well, what's next?

[00:20:07] What's next is a comment that I need to make about you right now.

[00:20:12] Last week, Brad and I hosted this podcast.

[00:20:17] I know this happened.

[00:20:18] By ourselves.

[00:20:20] And we got to the weekend update and it was time to do the barometer.

[00:20:25] And we did the barometer and Brad picked 73.

[00:20:31] I picked 70.

[00:20:32] It's the closest I've ever been.

[00:20:34] It's because I wasn't here.

[00:20:35] It may have been because you weren't there.

[00:20:37] I think you're just a bad omen for me.

[00:20:39] That's Brad.

[00:20:40] Brad omen.

[00:20:41] Oh, okay.

[00:20:42] Okay.

[00:20:43] So today we're going to do it again.

[00:20:45] And if I win, then the curse is over.

[00:20:47] Okay.

[00:20:48] So the barometer is a number that Brad comes up with between zero and 100 that denotes the

[00:20:56] connection that the two hosts have during the weekend update.

[00:21:00] Michael Chey and Colin Jost.

[00:21:01] It is about the spiritual and mental and physical and sexual chemistry that they have

[00:21:06] during it.

[00:21:07] It is not necessarily about the jokes, though the jokes certainly are going to feed into

[00:21:11] their chemistry.

[00:21:12] I hope by this point we're like 62 episodes into this podcast.

[00:21:16] You know what the barometer is.

[00:21:17] So Brad, we have him write it down now because we did not trust.

[00:21:22] We didn't ever trust that he wasn't just changing his answer.

[00:21:24] Because I benefit a lot from the lie.

[00:21:26] I mean, it's true.

[00:21:27] You make us look bad.

[00:21:28] Yeah.

[00:21:29] You make us look bad.

[00:21:30] I make you look bad.

[00:21:31] So I'm going to start with you, Benny.

[00:21:32] 82.

[00:21:33] 82.

[00:21:34] 82.

[00:21:35] You like this?

[00:21:36] Yeah.

[00:21:37] I did too.

[00:21:38] Chey holding up his hand for the high five.

[00:21:39] That's the direct interaction.

[00:21:40] I'm going to go with 84.

[00:21:42] Hmm.

[00:21:43] Brad.

[00:21:44] Hmm.

[00:21:45] Brad Ummer.

[00:21:46] Hmm.

[00:21:47] You guys are feeling overzealous.

[00:21:48] What?

[00:21:49] Yeah, I was 75.

[00:21:50] Oh, that's dumb.

[00:21:51] No, this was good.

[00:21:52] This was good.

[00:21:53] It was good.

[00:21:54] It was fun.

[00:21:55] They were over there fine.

[00:21:56] But you're saying it was the same as last week?

[00:21:59] I mean, it essentially was like there was like a tiny bit more because of the high five

[00:22:04] moment you write that will definitely raise the score a little bit.

[00:22:06] But otherwise there wasn't much back and forth between them.

[00:22:09] There wasn't a lot of acknowledgement of each other.

[00:22:11] They're like I like when they're just showed a picture of Michael Chey.

[00:22:15] Yeah, that's a joke about Michael Chey, but there wasn't much that came from that

[00:22:19] between them.

[00:22:20] Honestly, it's just Michael Michael Chey's reaction.

[00:22:22] Like they just moved on quickly.

[00:22:23] I'm just I like I really dig the moments when like they make each other laugh.

[00:22:27] They like they were like jabs each other.

[00:22:29] They like they're looking at each other a lot like you want to feel like

[00:22:32] their friends not co-workers.

[00:22:33] Okay, but I'm just questioning the scientific validity of the

[00:22:37] predominant anymore.

[00:22:38] There's no scientific validity whatsoever.

[00:22:41] Well, then why are we doing this?

[00:22:42] This podcast I don't I think about that every time we sit down here and record.

[00:22:45] All right.

[00:22:46] Let's talk about the weekend update as a whole weekend update anchors Colin

[00:22:51] Joseph and Michael Chey tackle the week's biggest news like the women's

[00:22:54] NC double a final four matchup of Iowa vs.

[00:22:57] Yukon becoming the most viewed women's basketball game with 14.2 million

[00:23:01] viewers.

[00:23:02] What did you guys think of the jokes anything you really liked?

[00:23:05] I knew that Michael Chey was going to do something sexist about the female

[00:23:09] tournament and he did.

[00:23:11] And it was funny.

[00:23:12] Yep.

[00:23:13] You know, I expected it though.

[00:23:14] The high five joke was great.

[00:23:16] It was.

[00:23:17] I laughed very hard at that.

[00:23:18] It was bright.

[00:23:19] It seemed like it didn't like it as much, but that's okay.

[00:23:21] I thought it was very funny.

[00:23:22] No, I mean not that fun.

[00:23:23] Not that funny though.

[00:23:24] I like jokes.

[00:23:25] You like jost jokes.

[00:23:27] All right.

[00:23:28] Let's move on to the bits because I think we got something to

[00:23:31] talk about here.

[00:23:32] Let's give him something to talk about.

[00:23:35] This is not going to fix yourself.

[00:23:37] Let's give him something to figure out.

[00:23:40] Talking about.

[00:23:42] I don't know what you guys are wanting out of this, but I don't think

[00:23:53] you guys, you're not going to get it.

[00:23:55] I don't think we want the same thing.

[00:23:56] It's not for you Nate.

[00:23:58] We can update bit earthquake and eclipse on the 4.2 magnitude

[00:24:02] earthquake in the solar eclipse.

[00:24:04] Earthquake played by Marcella Hernandez and eclipse played by

[00:24:08] Keenan Thompson.

[00:24:09] Stop by Weekend Update to discuss the earthquake that shook

[00:24:12] the northeast in the solar eclipse.

[00:24:14] I will say again, Marcella Hernandez is having a breakout

[00:24:17] year.

[00:24:18] He's doing very, very well as a cast member and becoming an

[00:24:21] integral part of this cast moving forward.

[00:24:23] I think.

[00:24:24] Yes.

[00:24:25] I love any time they do a cut out of a character where they're

[00:24:31] showing his face and like the costume is just Keenan Thompson's

[00:24:35] face in the center of an eclipse.

[00:24:38] It took me a second to see what it was.

[00:24:40] It's silly and it's fun.

[00:24:42] Oh, duh.

[00:24:43] Of course it's the eclipse, but for a second there I was like,

[00:24:45] what is that?

[00:24:46] I love Marcella Hernandez costume.

[00:24:48] Yeah.

[00:24:49] The bobblehead shakes up is great.

[00:24:51] I thought that was really funny.

[00:24:52] What did you guys think?

[00:24:53] Yeah, it was really fun.

[00:24:55] I was kind of reminded of the Chris Farley El Nino sketch

[00:24:59] because they obviously turned into like a big wrestling

[00:25:01] face-off promo, which was a lot of fun having them go at

[00:25:04] each other and then decide to team up.

[00:25:06] So yeah, it was a solid bit.

[00:25:08] It's not like an all time greater or anything like that,

[00:25:11] but the watching Keenan and Marcella Gugat together

[00:25:14] was a lot of fun.

[00:25:15] Why do you got to put a level on it like that?

[00:25:18] It wasn't all time great.

[00:25:19] Just say how good it was.

[00:25:20] It's not the top five ever.

[00:25:21] Not in the top five ever.

[00:25:22] Why take away from them?

[00:25:23] I just don't want to make it sound like I'm over the moon

[00:25:26] for this one, but it was good.

[00:25:28] It was fun.

[00:25:29] Did you like it?

[00:25:30] Yes, it was great.

[00:25:31] I'm not a clips in this one.

[00:25:32] I love that Keenan and Marcella were having fun with it.

[00:25:35] I don't know what do you want from this cast?

[00:25:38] Marcella Hernandez coming in was enough.

[00:25:42] I was laughing already and then bringing Keenan in

[00:25:44] and then making it the wrestling thing.

[00:25:46] It was great escalation too.

[00:25:48] Ben, do you agree though Marcella Hernandez is becoming an

[00:25:50] integral part of this game?

[00:25:51] He really is.

[00:25:52] I mean he's he's fitted so well.

[00:25:53] I agree.

[00:25:54] I don't know how do you feel about his presence in the cast?

[00:25:56] A Ben, do we have to like keep Brad's mic on?

[00:26:04] If he keeps saying some dumb shit, I say no before I give

[00:26:07] him something to talk about.

[00:26:10] Speaking of Aunt Linda on the latest hit movie speaking

[00:26:13] of Brad written by Paul Powell and Kristen Wigg and Linda

[00:26:18] Kristen Wigg stops by Weekend Update to discuss her takes on

[00:26:21] the latest hit movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer.

[00:26:26] My friend Brad Bradford Omen is a film critic in real life.

[00:26:31] Well, I don't like to paint myself with that brush but cool.

[00:26:36] I mean, but y'all are.

[00:26:37] No, I'm not.

[00:26:38] I am not like primarily a film critic.

[00:26:41] Oh my God.

[00:26:42] I write about here's his resume ladies gentlemen.

[00:26:46] I guess we're going to let you hear what I don't.

[00:26:49] I don't review nearly as much as I do other things.

[00:26:51] So like I'm not primarily a film critic like there's a reason

[00:26:54] we have a chief film critic.

[00:26:55] Do you review films ever, but that's not the only thing

[00:26:58] that I do.

[00:26:59] Oh my God.

[00:27:00] That would be like that would be like native.

[00:27:01] I would call you a Bible reader except I am that right.

[00:27:05] I yes, but not that's not my job title though.

[00:27:08] Okay, but I called you a film critic and you said yeah.

[00:27:11] You could have said yeah I am.

[00:27:12] I honestly don't like calling myself from critic though.

[00:27:15] I genuinely never have because I don't write a lot of reviews

[00:27:18] and I don't because he has shitty opinions and people other

[00:27:21] film critters like wow man you're representing all of us.

[00:27:24] You know that you know I'm not.

[00:27:26] I'm not.

[00:27:27] I'm not.

[00:27:28] I like it's a pain.

[00:27:29] You know, you know, I'm going to give I'm going to give

[00:27:30] Ben's comments a big oh brother and I know and also

[00:27:34] five fuck you.

[00:27:38] All right.

[00:27:39] What did you guys think of this?

[00:27:40] I mean, I was surprised to see being brought back.

[00:27:43] It had started.

[00:27:44] I looked it up.

[00:27:45] This had started in like 2010 maybe or no 2006.

[00:27:49] And she did this six times on weekend update.

[00:27:54] Obviously an important recurring character for Chris and

[00:27:58] Wig.

[00:27:59] Did you like that they brought this one back?

[00:28:01] I was surprised they brought it back honestly because

[00:28:03] it's not like it was never a standout character for me.

[00:28:06] I remember the character and it was always fun when

[00:28:08] she would do it, but it's not one that I would have

[00:28:11] thought that you know it would have a more problem.

[00:28:13] Yeah, exactly.

[00:28:14] Especially since they didn't like really go out of their

[00:28:16] way to make it super topical.

[00:28:18] You know, she's talking about Barbie and you know from

[00:28:21] like summer movies from last year and it's almost

[00:28:24] summer now so but no, I still enjoyed you know,

[00:28:27] I like seeing Kristen Wig as this character.

[00:28:29] My favorite part is always the different measurements

[00:28:32] that you know each time.

[00:28:34] So that was a lot of fun for yeah.

[00:28:38] What do you think of it, Ben?

[00:28:39] Yeah.

[00:28:40] No, I was wondering what thing they were going to bring back

[00:28:43] from Chris.

[00:28:44] I thought that maybe they might have done the Lawrence

[00:28:46] Welk show because I've been fine because Fred was there

[00:28:50] and also they've got some really talented singers now

[00:28:53] on the show.

[00:28:54] Yep.

[00:28:55] And so I thought maybe they would do that.

[00:28:57] But yeah, I mean I guess I'm like, yeah,

[00:29:00] I guess that's one you could do.

[00:29:01] Like I like it but also Kristen Wig had so many

[00:29:04] characters.

[00:29:05] I'm more curious than anything else.

[00:29:07] I mean they've done other ones since she's come back to

[00:29:09] host, you know, I mean it's her fifth time hosting so like

[00:29:11] you don't need to do the big ones every time.

[00:29:13] Maybe because also Paula Pell was there and she

[00:29:15] co-writes this one with her so maybe.

[00:29:18] Also, have you guys seen that Kristen Wig is actually

[00:29:23] doing target commercials as Target Lady now?

[00:29:25] Oh really?

[00:29:26] Is that her?

[00:29:27] Yeah.

[00:29:28] I didn't know because they don't really show her face

[00:29:29] at all.

[00:29:30] At the very end they do.

[00:29:31] I think the campaign is just starting because I saw

[00:29:33] the same thing and I was like, oh they're making it

[00:29:35] seem like it's Target Lady but they're not showing

[00:29:37] Kristen Wig.

[00:29:38] And then all of a sudden she's like, yeah Target

[00:29:40] Circle days.

[00:29:41] That's awesome.

[00:29:42] Yeah, so she's really doing it.

[00:29:43] She needs some money.

[00:29:44] She did Wonder Woman 1984.

[00:29:47] I think she's doing fine.

[00:29:48] And that's why she needs the money.

[00:29:50] Oh, yeah.

[00:29:52] All right on a sketch a little on the nose for

[00:29:54] Old Nate Laugh.

[00:29:55] His parents played by Kristen Wig and James

[00:29:57] Austin Johnson distract the kids played by

[00:29:59] Andrew Smith and Chloe Truss.

[00:30:01] Some bad news by letting him ride the go-karts at

[00:30:04] an amusement park.

[00:30:06] Guys, what do you think was the news they were

[00:30:08] going to share?

[00:30:09] I mean, I imagine it was...

[00:30:11] It sounded like a divorce.

[00:30:13] An earthquake.

[00:30:15] So I went to the Wisconsin Dells with Ashley

[00:30:19] and her two boys.

[00:30:21] Ben's girlfriend.

[00:30:22] Yeah, a couple weeks ago.

[00:30:23] And so they were...

[00:30:25] The kids were over with Ashley.

[00:30:27] We were watching...

[00:30:28] They were playing in the other room.

[00:30:29] We were watching SNL.

[00:30:30] And the go-kart sketch comes out and Ashley's like,

[00:30:32] Oh, boys, come in.

[00:30:33] And I'm like, why no, don't...

[00:30:35] Why would you do that?

[00:30:36] Well, we thought it was going to be more like a...

[00:30:38] You know, like a hand gets cut off and blood goes over.

[00:30:40] You know, like one of the more silly sketches.

[00:30:42] Oh, one of the good things for kids.

[00:30:43] And the boys are just crying.

[00:30:44] They're like, they're seven or nine.

[00:30:45] They love that stuff.

[00:30:46] So, but as soon as they started saying stuff,

[00:30:48] she's like, okay, it's an adult one.

[00:30:50] You guys can go back to the other room.

[00:30:51] And then her oldest...

[00:30:53] But I want to know what the bad thing is.

[00:30:55] That's funny.

[00:30:57] That's great.

[00:30:58] Sometimes, I mean, daddy don't love each other anymore.

[00:31:01] Let's just say that there was a pool.

[00:31:03] Now, Nate, you said this was on the nose.

[00:31:04] Can you explain more?

[00:31:06] So, Brad, what did you think of this one?

[00:31:08] No, I thought it was pretty good.

[00:31:10] I will say I felt a little frustrated

[00:31:13] that they didn't escalate to the point

[00:31:15] of revealing what the bad thing was.

[00:31:17] It's that old thing of like,

[00:31:18] if you're going to introduce a bomb in the first act,

[00:31:20] it better go off in the third act.

[00:31:21] Exactly.

[00:31:22] And so I was a little disappointed that they didn't reach that point.

[00:31:24] Especially since they shut it up with the Sheila call.

[00:31:27] Like, why not have Sheila show up?

[00:31:29] Why not have it be something that is more absurd

[00:31:31] than you would possibly think?

[00:31:32] You know, pay that off.

[00:31:33] That would be my biggest criticism.

[00:31:35] Otherwise, the way James Austin Johnson

[00:31:37] and Kristen Wiig played this is so good.

[00:31:39] And this is a like, kind of like a sub-stack

[00:31:42] of characters that Kristen Wiig was always good at playing.

[00:31:44] Like this very sub-dude, forlorn kind of mom

[00:31:48] who's just talking in a very matter-of-fact way.

[00:31:51] Some more passive aggressive.

[00:31:54] You know what? We're just going to talk about it later.

[00:31:56] Yeah, and I did love that.

[00:31:57] We talked about this last week.

[00:31:59] Oh, what did you talk about?

[00:32:00] In that there are certain SNL sketches where the punchline

[00:32:05] can come from a well-timed cut

[00:32:07] to something that you didn't know was there.

[00:32:09] And it's a joke that really only exists

[00:32:11] for people who are watching on TV

[00:32:12] because that character pretty much has to be there

[00:32:14] on set before that cut happens.

[00:32:16] And they had another one here where you have

[00:32:18] Chloe Trost sitting in the go-kart as a birthday girl.

[00:32:21] Yeah.

[00:32:22] The cut there and it's like, oh my God, it's her birthday?

[00:32:24] Yeah.

[00:32:25] And I do think I have heard people do stuff like this.

[00:32:29] This is crazy.

[00:32:30] And that's crazy to me.

[00:32:31] Yeah, we're like, we want to have one last good day

[00:32:33] as a family before we tell them.

[00:32:35] Like, why would you do that?

[00:32:37] Because then as you get a little older,

[00:32:38] like wait, what the fuck was that trip to the Dells?

[00:32:41] Was that?

[00:32:42] Oh my, they knew the whole time.

[00:32:44] Yeah, like we want to have one more.

[00:32:46] Wait a minute.

[00:32:47] Good.

[00:32:48] Is that why we got ice cream every day?

[00:32:53] All right.

[00:32:54] Moving on final sketch of the night.

[00:32:56] La Maison du Bang written by Chloe Feynman,

[00:32:59] Carol O'Sullivan and Brian Tucker.

[00:33:01] Sonic Pioneers takes a look back at the French music

[00:33:04] variety show La Maison du Bang featuring Tippi Tornado

[00:33:08] or Tippi Tornade.

[00:33:10] Yeah, get it right.

[00:33:11] Yeah.

[00:33:12] Tippi Tornade.

[00:33:13] Play by Chris and Wig.

[00:33:15] Another great looking outfit.

[00:33:18] I'm a big fan.

[00:33:19] Calm down.

[00:33:20] Listen, she's gorgeous.

[00:33:21] But did you guys know that this was previously cut?

[00:33:25] They have made this with the Timothy Shalame episode.

[00:33:29] Oh, interesting.

[00:33:30] I did not know that.

[00:33:31] Was he Tippi Tornade?

[00:33:32] Probably.

[00:33:33] Honestly, he probably could have been like.

[00:33:35] I wouldn't be surprised.

[00:33:36] Yeah.

[00:33:37] So they could have done something like that.

[00:33:38] So this was a recycled sketch.

[00:33:41] How do you think it played out with Kristen Wig

[00:33:44] starring in it?

[00:33:45] So Kristen Wig is enjoyable in the sketch.

[00:33:47] What she's doing with her body is very funny

[00:33:50] the way she's dancing.

[00:33:51] The sketch overall to me was only mildly amusing though.

[00:33:54] I thought the same thing.

[00:33:55] I did like the absurdity of like the French variety show

[00:33:58] and the fact that they did do it all in French.

[00:34:01] It was, there was some great production design.

[00:34:03] You know, I liked the framework in which it was created.

[00:34:06] I was waiting for the thing.

[00:34:07] Yeah, I was waiting for like a bigger punchline.

[00:34:09] Well, what, the smoking six year old wasn't enough for you?

[00:34:12] That was very funny.

[00:34:13] I did like that.

[00:34:14] You use that joke.

[00:34:15] Yeah, that was a red started off.

[00:34:17] Yeah, you started off.

[00:34:18] It didn't really feel like it ever went anywhere, you know?

[00:34:21] And I also, I didn't like the absurdity of the final punchline.

[00:34:25] Like it felt like they were like, how do we end this?

[00:34:27] Oh, let's just have her appear.

[00:34:28] Yeah, that was weird.

[00:34:29] Yeah, it broke the logic of the confines of the sketch for me.

[00:34:33] And so like it'd be like having the classic movie characters

[00:34:36] appear next to Rhys de What suddenly, you know,

[00:34:38] it's just like, don't, don't break that.

[00:34:40] Rhys who Rhys de What?

[00:34:42] There you go.

[00:34:43] Get it right or don't say it at all.

[00:34:45] But yeah, so it was, it was fine.

[00:34:47] I honestly wish because it does have the vibe of a 10 to one sketch,

[00:34:51] but I almost wish they would have pushed it up early in the show

[00:34:53] and did the retirement one later.

[00:34:56] But I feel like they probably didn't because they had that big star lineup

[00:34:59] and you want that up earlier in the show because people are going to,

[00:35:01] you know, leave before the end of the episode.

[00:35:03] This just felt like a sketch that needed just a little more work done

[00:35:06] and it could have been something that there was a missing punchline

[00:35:09] in there that or just rework some of the things.

[00:35:12] Maybe bring the smoking six-year-old a little bit towards

[00:35:15] like escalate with that one because again, I saw that.

[00:35:18] I'm like, that is hilarious.

[00:35:20] Yeah.

[00:35:21] And then I kept on waiting to one up that just did

[00:35:24] and it just didn't, it was funny, but it wouldn't,

[00:35:26] it wouldn't, it didn't go anywhere.

[00:35:27] Yeah.

[00:35:28] Agreed.

[00:35:29] When you guys were kids watching SNL,

[00:35:30] did you ever dream of being a kid on one of those sketches?

[00:35:33] No.

[00:35:34] I did.

[00:35:35] Did it ever happen?

[00:35:37] Yeah.

[00:35:40] Which one?

[00:35:42] I'm one of the cone heads.

[00:35:45] All right. Well, that is the episode.

[00:35:47] Let's talk a little bit about details in general.

[00:35:50] What do you think was Chris and Wigg in this?

[00:35:53] Yeah. I mean, she was great.

[00:35:54] She's like, it's, she's, she's, she's home whenever she's back

[00:35:57] on SNL, you know, she's comfortable.

[00:35:59] She fits in with whoever the cast is.

[00:36:01] She's having a good time.

[00:36:02] And as long time fans, it's just nostalgic.

[00:36:04] Is that like I just miss.

[00:36:06] You feel like everyone brings their A game whenever someone like

[00:36:08] this comes back around to it.

[00:36:09] It doesn't seem like, I know I'm reading between the lines here,

[00:36:11] but doesn't it look like even the other cast,

[00:36:13] the current cast has more fun when they have an old veteran there?

[00:36:17] It's because of the timing thing.

[00:36:18] They're not waiting because the host fucks up the timing

[00:36:21] more than anything else.

[00:36:22] And so when you've got a dedicated sketch performer like

[00:36:25] Chris and Wigg knows timing, everybody just,

[00:36:27] every sketch is elevated.

[00:36:28] Yeah. When you're, when you're wide,

[00:36:29] wide, you feel comfortable and you're,

[00:36:31] you're a wide receiver and you see Tom Brady is coming.

[00:36:33] This is, this is great.

[00:36:35] I cannot wait to play today.

[00:36:39] Travis Kelsey's friend.

[00:36:40] Is he one of the Brady bunch?

[00:36:41] Yep. That's cool.

[00:36:43] All right. So let's go, let's start with sketch of the night

[00:36:46] because we're going to save MVP.

[00:36:48] Jumanji. Yeah. Jumanji.

[00:36:49] That's the one I picked too.

[00:36:50] Yeah. Of course.

[00:36:51] It's the best sketch of the night.

[00:36:52] Let's go ahead and be P then.

[00:36:54] What'd you guys think?

[00:36:55] Andrew, just mutes.

[00:36:56] Really? Yeah. Good job.

[00:36:58] What'd you think?

[00:36:59] I feel like I shouldn't pick this.

[00:37:01] No, you can't.

[00:37:02] Was that what you picked?

[00:37:03] Because I loved him so much in the Jumanji.

[00:37:04] Yeah. He was great.

[00:37:05] He was great in that and he was also great in him team,

[00:37:07] team me up with James Austin Johnson and the Le Ma,

[00:37:09] Le Maison. Yes. That was good.

[00:37:11] And he was also in the go-karts.

[00:37:13] Yeah. Of course. Yeah.

[00:37:16] So yeah, I thought it was,

[00:37:17] I thought he had a good episode.

[00:37:19] I thought, you know,

[00:37:22] I thought Chris and wig was really good too.

[00:37:24] So I would, I would certainly,

[00:37:25] I was, but because she's the next cast member,

[00:37:27] I was expecting that right?

[00:37:28] Yeah.

[00:37:30] So, um, I don't think I have anything else for this episode.

[00:37:33] We have another new episode coming out next week.

[00:37:35] Who's the host, Brad?

[00:37:36] Ryan Gosling is going to be back.

[00:37:38] Nate spoiled it last time.

[00:37:40] He just let everybody know.

[00:37:41] I see you guys.

[00:37:42] You guys kind of,

[00:37:45] do you guys kind of find him really handsome?

[00:37:47] Cause I do.

[00:37:48] I think he's gross.

[00:37:49] Honestly, like there's something about his face.

[00:37:51] It's just not handsome enough.

[00:37:52] I want to touch him.

[00:37:54] I would open mouth kiss him on affairs wheel.

[00:37:56] I would wouldn't even need to be there to top.

[00:37:58] Where people can see wouldn't even be on lips either.

[00:38:04] This is been go touch yourself.

[00:38:06] I love, I love Ryan Gosling.

[00:38:07] I'm very excited to have him come back.

[00:38:09] He's great.

[00:38:10] He's he's yeah.

[00:38:11] He's just a treasure and also I love just cutting back to some of these guest

[00:38:14] stars.

[00:38:15] John Hamm saying like third time was in 2010.

[00:38:17] Just wait for the fourth call.

[00:38:18] Like that was really funny.

[00:38:19] I hope he gets it.

[00:38:20] You know, I want to see John Hamm back again.

[00:38:22] We talked about this last week,

[00:38:23] but Ryan Gosling is only hosted twice.

[00:38:24] So this is the third time.

[00:38:25] So we're going to be back.

[00:38:26] Yeah.

[00:38:27] And he has now hosted since 2017.

[00:38:28] So it's good.

[00:38:29] Oh yeah.

[00:38:30] Yeah, this is really is.

[00:38:31] It's going to be it's going to be awesome.

[00:38:32] I cannot wait.

[00:38:33] Do you expect to see any guest stars with Ryan Gosling?

[00:38:37] I wouldn't be surprised if they have Emily Blunt pop in because

[00:38:40] they're especially since they're promoting the fall guy coming up.

[00:38:43] I feel like that would that would make sense, but they could easily.

[00:38:46] It depends on how many episodes they have after this.

[00:38:50] I don't know if they'll be able to fit into their three.

[00:38:54] To end the season or if they're just due to because they could have her

[00:38:57] host before the end of the of the year.

[00:39:00] But I don't know.

[00:39:01] I did want to throw out some.

[00:39:04] You actually know they might not last year.

[00:39:07] They only did 18 episodes last year because of the strike.

[00:39:11] Oh, that's right.

[00:39:14] All right.

[00:39:15] Yeah, because they were supposed to be three more.

[00:39:16] Yeah, that's right.

[00:39:17] Yeah.

[00:39:18] So usually they do three the first, the second and the third.

[00:39:22] Week of May.

[00:39:23] Yeah, so there's always a mother's day.

[00:39:25] Yeah.

[00:39:26] So they should we should get three more episodes after this one.

[00:39:28] Right?

[00:39:29] I hope so.

[00:39:30] If not, I'll be upset.

[00:39:31] I want to give a quick shout out to direct some people over

[00:39:34] to something that I've been enjoying lately.

[00:39:36] It's it's not a new thing, but it's new to me.

[00:39:38] Snickers jumped on it.

[00:39:39] It's a chocolate bar that you get to eat and it's it's pretty good.

[00:39:44] Yeah.

[00:39:45] Thanks, Ben.

[00:39:46] No, no, it's okay.

[00:39:48] Thanks, Ben.

[00:39:49] No, no.

[00:39:50] So there's this podcast called the good one that's hosted by Jesse David Fox,

[00:39:55] who is a journalist at vulture.

[00:39:57] He's a entertainment writer like me and not a film critic.

[00:40:01] And I told Brad about this podcast years ago.

[00:40:05] Did you legitimately did?

[00:40:06] Oh, because I know you like Jesse David Fox.

[00:40:08] Yes.

[00:40:09] And I thought it was just because of his writing.

[00:40:10] No, because he's had this podcast for a year.

[00:40:12] Yeah.

[00:40:13] Sorry.

[00:40:14] I don't mean to interrupt, but I did turn you on to this like years ago.

[00:40:16] Well, it came on my radar because they he executive produced a documentary special

[00:40:20] with Mike, that's based on the podcast called good one.

[00:40:23] A show about jokes.

[00:40:24] It's just a 45 minute thing where big talks about the process of creating

[00:40:28] a new special after he just filmed the previous special.

[00:40:31] Tell the people the podcast is about though.

[00:40:32] Yeah.

[00:40:33] So the podcast itself is a little bit different than that because the

[00:40:35] basically Jesse David Fox brings in a comedian and they the comedian

[00:40:41] picks a bit typically from a stand upset, although he has talked to

[00:40:45] the cast members and they pick a certain character.

[00:40:47] And these are a list comics.

[00:40:48] Yeah.

[00:40:49] These are not just tiny, but yeah, they're all they're all famous people.

[00:40:52] And so he talks to them and they talk about the inception of the joke,

[00:40:56] the evolution of how much of it is real?

[00:40:58] What's exaggerated about it where you came up with it and they really

[00:41:01] honed it.

[00:41:02] How much has changed about it?

[00:41:03] Yeah.

[00:41:04] It's such a deep dive comedy fan.

[00:41:05] Oh my God.

[00:41:06] It's like heroin class.

[00:41:07] Yeah.

[00:41:08] This is like I've been listening to so many episodes.

[00:41:10] This is like exactly my comedy and shit.

[00:41:12] I love hearing how I kind of wish it's come out.

[00:41:14] I kind of wish Ben would have told me about this.

[00:41:16] I wish you had told me a long time ago, but yeah.

[00:41:19] So I bring this up because I just recently listened to the Vanessa

[00:41:22] Bayer episode about Jacob the Bar Mitzvah boy, which was great to

[00:41:26] hear about.

[00:41:27] I've listened to the will for to talk about my gruber.

[00:41:30] There's one about the Tatino's commercial trilogy and one

[00:41:34] also he talks to a lot of SNL people.

[00:41:37] He talks to a lot of stand-up comedians.

[00:41:39] The one with Vanessa Bayer was really interesting because I

[00:41:42] didn't realize this when it happened.

[00:41:44] But so Vanessa Bayer is not actually a 13 year old boy.

[00:41:48] The sketch they wrote Jacob the Bar Mitzvah boy with Malaney and

[00:41:54] Zach Canaan co-creator of I Think You Should Leave and America.

[00:41:58] What's her last name?

[00:41:59] Ferrara.

[00:42:00] No, not that one.

[00:42:02] The beautiful.

[00:42:03] It's one of the SNL writers names in America.

[00:42:05] I'm spacing out her last name, but they were the core writers

[00:42:08] of Jacob the Bar Mitzvah boy back when they were on and then

[00:42:11] they left and they didn't do Jacob the Bar Mitzvah boy for a

[00:42:14] couple of years and then they ended up doing it again for Vanessa's

[00:42:17] final season.

[00:42:18] And because I didn't know that the time I didn't understand,

[00:42:21] oh, Simon Rich was also one of the other writers.

[00:42:23] And so I didn't realize at the time, but the final appearance

[00:42:27] of Jacob the Bar Mitzvah boy, she goes through a thing where

[00:42:30] like she's thanking like people who are like in her family,

[00:42:33] but she names Zach and John and America and Simon as

[00:42:38] people and like as she's thinking and everything.

[00:42:40] And so it was a really cool thing that like she actually got to

[00:42:42] do that on her farewell for that one.

[00:42:44] There's somebody who needs the host.

[00:42:46] Yeah, absolutely.

[00:42:47] She hasn't yet.

[00:42:48] It'd be a lot of fun if she did that.

[00:42:49] That was another one that I had to crush on when she was

[00:42:51] on the show.

[00:42:52] Absolutely.

[00:42:53] So yeah, I mean that I'm still mad at that.

[00:42:56] The her weather meteorologist.

[00:42:59] Happ.

[00:43:01] Remember that?

[00:43:02] That's okay.

[00:43:04] All right.

[00:43:05] Well, let's talk a little bit about where people can find

[00:43:07] us online.

[00:43:08] You can go to the 10 to one dot com and find us online.

[00:43:12] I'm typically at my computer.

[00:43:14] Yeah, you again that is true.

[00:43:16] And we're working on getting you internet on that computer.

[00:43:19] I like using my Oculus.

[00:43:21] That causes too much of a rift.

[00:43:23] Oh, please rate and review us and not make some information

[00:43:29] with all of your friends, including Lauren Michaels.

[00:43:33] Brad where can people find you film critic?

[00:43:37] Yeah, where are you writing these critics?

[00:43:39] Well, you can find me first of all on Twitter at Ethan underscore

[00:43:43] anderton but also I like X dot com back.

[00:43:46] So you can also check out my full reviews of new episodes

[00:43:51] of Saturday Night Live on Sundays the day after new episodes

[00:43:54] air typically in the morning early afternoon.

[00:43:57] No, I just I'm an entertainment journalist who occasionally

[00:44:00] reviews.

[00:44:01] Jackable TV.

[00:44:02] I don't jack off to the trade.

[00:44:05] So Nathan Ben also do some bullshit.

[00:44:10] Yeah, it's cool.

[00:44:11] 10 to one pod dot com.

[00:44:13] We need to think it's just the 10 to one.

[00:44:15] You should probably go.

[00:44:16] Flicks yourself pod dot com.

[00:44:18] Yeah, but 10 to one dot.

[00:44:19] We do have another podcast called go flicks yourself.

[00:44:21] Find us online for that as well.

[00:44:23] Just search us.

[00:44:24] I used to say there's a lot more swearing on that show

[00:44:25] but brand has proven.

[00:44:26] Yeah, no, Brad's had a little bit of a potty mouth

[00:44:28] and we apologize to all the children listening keyword

[00:44:31] Thunderfuck.

[00:44:32] Oh my God.

[00:44:33] Hey, listen, I'm so sorry.

[00:44:36] You get yourself.

[00:44:37] Be good to others.

[00:44:38] Bye bye.