Episode 91 - Jon Hamm (Season 50)

[00:00:06] It's the Ten to One Podcast with your host Brad Oman, featuring Ben Conowitz and Nate Lauchs. And here's the podcast. I don't know what it is man. He's just got this reverberation in his voice now. You sound like you're getting fucked by a pogo stick. E.C. right off the bat. Right off the bat. This is not go flicks yourself.

[00:00:34] I'm sorry. You sound like you're getting fucked by a jackhammer. You know, we're gonna lose so many listeners. I think he's trying to sabotage us. He really is. We're trying to open this up to be the more family friendly version. Oh I'm sorry that the late night comedy show that has jokes about sex and all the things. They don't say the F word. Have they ever? Yeah actually. On accident. On accident. Okay you asked a question and I gave you an answer. Oh my gosh. Is this one of these episodes that's gonna be like... It's just we're trying to make this family friendly. Mm-hmm.

[00:01:02] Like so people can listen in the car with their kids on the way to school or something. Yep. They have to worry about the naughty language. It's like Joel Osteen then us. Okay well, a little far the other way with a pendulum there buddy. No, no, no, I need that. So you know what? Shit, fuck. We're... I don't want that at all actually. I love listening to Joel Osteen and his super church preaching. It's my favorite show. All right, so it's the 10 to 1 podcast guys. We did it. We made it through another episode.

[00:01:28] We had Jack Black last week and we were all very excited for the return of Jon Hamm this week. It's been pretty much as almost as long of a time since Jon Hamm hosted. Cause last time... Since Jack... Yeah, Jack Black and Jon Hamm have what? 15 years, is that right? Jack Black had been 20 years. 20 years and Jon Hamm was like... Yeah. Wow. So a long, long time. But he's made a lot of cameos. 19, evidently. Yeah, that's wild. I never would have guessed it was that high.

[00:01:56] No, cause I didn't feel like he had been gone from the show that long. Yeah, so it's been... You know, obviously it's been 15 years, so nine cameos. That's, you know, one every other year he's on the show basically. A little bit more than that. So good for him. I love how they did it in the mon... Well, we'll get to the monologue. Let's do the... Let's do the... What else do we need to talk about? Anything off the top? Well, what I do think is interesting is it had been so long since he's been on the show. But I feel like every SNL cast member that I've heard talk about him kind of raves about what a host he is. Yeah, everyone loves him.

[00:02:26] Yeah, on Lonely Island Seth Meyers' podcast they couldn't stop gushing about how great Jon Hamm was and they even spent like an entire separate episode just talking about Jon Hamm's entire episode outside of the digital short that was in that episode. Yeah, he is a beloved host. He's, you know, any time that he hosts is a good time. Jon Goodman was one of those hosts that could come back decade after decade and do it. Jon Hamm feels like a guy that can come back decade after decade and do it.

[00:02:53] And then soon we'll have Jon Goodham and that will be the ultimate. It's one of those things where, you know, Justin Timberlake was tied to a very specific cast. So then when that cast is no longer there, he's not going to maybe be as interested in hosting. He doesn't have Jimmy Fallon anymore. And so, but somebody like Jon Goodman, it never mattered, right? He would come back no matter who the cast was. Ham is obviously still the same way with 19 freaking cameos. Even though he hasn't been on the show, he's clearly interacted with everybody. Yeah.

[00:03:18] And so he's just, he can be a main say, I would immediately want him back to get his five-timers jacket. I mean, it was wonderful to see him back. Another thing too that we could talk about is we are only 15 episodes away from the thousandth episode of SNL. Dang. Do you think they're going to do anything special for that? I mean, cause it's so close to the 50th. I doubt it. I mean, you know, I'm sure they might do like, you know, a special, you know, sketch about or something or something at weekend update, but I can't imagine they'll do anything like big for that. Yeah.

[00:03:47] Cause it'll happen obviously next season. But I was wondering as I was thinking about, is there going to be anything major for it? But I agree. I know maybe, maybe NBC will do something right. Something small or something like, you know, countdown or something like that. Ben, you'd probably like it if they used like AI to bring George Carlin back from the dead and host for the thousandth episode, right? That'd be cool. Yeah. What about also, idiot. Easy. That came out of nowhere. Okay.

[00:04:14] We're having a polite conversation about Saturday Night Live and you just, what was that? That was just completely uncalled for. I was trying to think of like, what would be a big deal for them to do? And it would be some, and if they were going to try and do something big, it would be like something that reaches back to the past and does something new. But because AI is so terrible and you love it so much, I just figured that would be the best course of action. The other news this week that maybe we can talk a little bit about is SNL Great Britain, SNL England, right? That there, um, Lorne Michaels is going to be involved. Now they've got other SNLs around the country or around the world. Yeah.

[00:04:44] There's, there's one in Korea. There's one in Australia. They've tried a couple other, I think too, and failed. I think there's one in India as well. And so, um, and I assume Lorne Michaels is in, it felt like though in this announcement, he was going to be more involved. Did it feel like a way to you? I imagine it's probably easier since they still speak English in the UK. It's probably easier for him to do that. And because the comedy vibe is similar, whereas it's, it's cross culturally, it's not as, you know, uh, it can be more difficult, but like for him to probably run Korea or do something like that.

[00:05:14] Um, but I also can't imagine he will be anywhere near as involved as he is with us SNL. That just doesn't seem like something he could keep up with at his age. Producer sounds correct. Executive producer seems, I think it's going to be one of those things where title only. Yeah. It's like, like he's the executive producer because he's the showrunner and like he originated SNL. But I don't see him getting on a plane and flying to London to oversee anything. No, but would he be involved in casting? And maybe at first, but like not every episode. I don't, but I don't even see him getting on a plane.

[00:05:44] I think that this is definitely just like, no, I could see him going over there, you know, like at least once. It all depends. Are they starting in the summer? Are they, what, what's the time? I didn't even. I didn't even. 2026. Yeah. I didn't even see what that is, but yes. It'd be interesting because there is, there is the connection, right? Um, I could see myself potentially watching episodes of this, right? Because they're going to bring celebrities on. I'd watch this. Yeah. And, and SNL. If it were available. Absolutely. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. But obviously SNL America has had British hosts, all these kinds of things.

[00:06:14] So it just feels like there's going to be a little bit more connection with this one than obviously the ones, even in Australia. Plus like, I mean, the Brits are known for doing great sketch comedy. You've got Monty Python, you know, you've got- Monty Python. Little Britain. Monty Python. I mean, shows like Fawlty Towers. Do you ever, ever seen that? Black Adder, you know, all this stuff. He thinks we're making- Yeah, I really do. I'm sorry that you aren't familiar with great British comedy. These are all great British sketch comedy shows. Crumpets and Tea. Crumpets and Tea.

[00:06:43] I grew up watching Fawlty Towers. My mom and dad would put that on, would play that on the BBC. We would watch that. It was awesome. I mean, a bit of Fry and Laurie, you know, where- Yeah. Who Laurie and Stephen Fry got started, you know? Not everybody knows this, he was not a very serious dramatic house actor. He was a very famous British comedian first. Yeah, and so, it's funny because we were having a conversation in our work slack where there's a couple people who work overseas and like one of them was like chuffing into their tea, like, oh, I can't wait for the one Michael's to explain sketch comedy to Britain.

[00:07:13] And it's like, dude, fuck you. Like, you don't understand like what SNL does in institutions, so like, you know, chuff it out your tea ass. Well, no, because that's the thing, you can say that all day long because that's coming from an angle that Lauren Michaels doesn't respect British comedy in the first place, which is wrong. But then also, to equate SNL with the other- Just sketch comedy. It's just not, like it's fucking, it's live, idiot. Yeah, it's not the same thing. Like, it takes so much. It's not even the, you're not even performing the, it's standup, it's improv, it's sketch

[00:07:42] comedy, and it's Saturday Night Live. That's a different category. I will say, one of the people who was also like someone in Europe and was like, you know, skeptical of the concept, told me something that I didn't know, which is there was apparently a dramatic show they did in the UK that was written each week, but it was like a dramatic show like the newsroom, and they based it on like what was happening in the news that week. That's challenging as fuck. Yeah, I can't even imagine what that's like, and I want to seek it out to watch it because it sounds really cool.

[00:08:11] Clearly it didn't go anywhere. No, I think they only, I think they only ever intended it to be like, yeah. Oh, one off? And I don't know if they did multiple seasons or if they just tried it once, but. And we can cut this if we don't have time for this, but I do want to know, do you know, was it that thing where they couldn't sketch out the entire year? They had to write it week to week like SNL? Yeah, that's what they did. So like the plot that happened is now done and now we got to come up with a new plot and changes for the characters and things? Yeah, I mean, I imagine whatever. It's still the story, it carries over.

[00:08:41] Right, and whatever happened in the news, they would probably use that to direct like where the characters were. Right. Wow. And they probably, I would imagine they probably had like an arc that they wanted the characters to achieve and they had to figure out how to weave it into the news. See, that's just fun. But I need to, I want to seek it out and see what the show is actually like to know more about it. I love that so much. I think that's such a cool puzzle type idea. Yeah. Anyway. All right. John Hamm. Let's get started. Cold open, Trump Easter 2025.

[00:09:06] This featured Jesus Christ and his disciples getting interrupted by President Donald Trump during the cleansing of the temple. The sketch focused on President Trump comparing himself to the Son of God and rambling about Easter and having a little bit of fun. James Austin Johnson with the cast there. I do like this new approach. Yes. That's meta by having Trump have a little bit of James Austin Johnson self-awareness to like make commentary about the cast.

[00:09:35] Like he knows them. Amil Joaquin. We should have been him, but no. Mikey Day instead. So are those jokes written or is James Austin Johnson going into the car? Oh, those are written. Yeah. There's no way that like Lorne Michaels is going to let James Johnson riff like that. But they're written and I'm not sure if the day knows that it's coming. Because like, again, just like Colin Jost does, they'll write him a joke and he doesn't know what he's reading. I'm not sure that Mikey Day was privy to that information because when it hit him, it didn't sound like it didn't appear like he'd heard it before. Some of them are laughing. Yeah. They're trying. It felt like a little bit of authentic.

[00:10:04] No matter how funny it is, if you've heard it before, it's a lot easier to keep that reined in. Yeah. Sarah Sherman got her mouth open. It was a bad choice. I love that so much. But no, so did you guys think this was going to turn into a Trump thing when it first started or do you think they were going to do a legit Easter Bible sketch? I thought they would do something political. I just didn't know if it was going to be Trump or not. Yeah. I mean, I thought that it was going to be political. Didn't know that they were going to bring this in. They've done this concept before, right? Where it's a pause. Yeah.

[00:10:32] I thought maybe they were going to take the current administration and make them like they were in those olden times. Yeah. That could be a fun concept. Yeah. Yeah. No. I thought it was, I mean, what did you guys think of it? I thought it was, I thought it was a fun. It was good. No. I like the levity again. Taking that meta aspect makes it better. I'm very happy they got away from the list thing that they were doing for a while where it was like an organized structure of how is he going to get through these things.

[00:11:00] At the very least, I liked that they figured out a way to vary up what they do with Trump as opposed to doing the same talking heads, pundits, news channel bullshit. We always say it's not our favorite thing. However, this was a, there's a pretty damn well done version of it for sure. Yeah. So they've done four of these now. They did. Can you guys remember? They did one with the founding fathers, right? That was just in January. Limo Omer. They did another biblical one, didn't they before? Yep. Ooh. The last supper. Yeah. Another Easter one.

[00:11:28] It was, it was based on the painting though, but yeah, the last supper. Is the last supper around Easter time? Or is that the last time before he dies? Yes, it is the last. No, I just don't remember. There's not a bit. I just don't remember. You're not pulling from your catechism. I'm confirmed in the Catholic Church, but I do not remember that. Yeah, it is. I thought that that's what it was. Ben's catechism is hollowed out and it's got coke in it. Yeah. Calm down. Man, you're aggressive. Diet coke. You're aggressive this time. You assume it's cocaine. And there was one more. Do you guys remember which one it was? Um, I do not. Ooh. No, I don't remember.

[00:11:57] So do you guys remember the Republicans had a primary, but Trump did not participate and they did a debate. Oh yeah. And Trump wasn't there. And they paused. Yeah, Trump wasn't at the real debate. Yeah. And so. He came and made fun of all the candidates. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. And so. I like this version of this. Yes. Yeah, I do too. I think it's pretty good. All right. Moving on. Monologue. Jon Hamm discussed returning to the show, to host the show for the first time in 15 years and referenced his numerous SNL cameos since his last hosting gig.

[00:12:27] This also featured a cameo appearance by Secession star Kieran Culkin. Um. So is Kieran Culkin just hanging out at Saturday Night Live every week? Yes. Yeah, I think so. I think so. Wouldn't you? Yeah, honestly. Honestly, it's him and Bill Burr just sitting around. I'd stop working. Paul Rudd's there a lot. You know, I would just not do anything except for me. They're both doing the play, right? What's the play that's ruined? Glengarry Glen Ross. Yeah. So why not? It's probably shooting literally down the block, right? Yeah, I bet it's. Well, they don't shoot plays, but. You know what I mean, Brad.

[00:12:57] I don't know. So what did you guys think of this? Brad, tell me. No, it was fun. I mean, you know, I like that Ham was talking about his previous history with the show and doing the commentary on the various cameos and making fun of himself a little bit as far as the different times he's appeared and like when the jokes were good and whatnot. So, yeah, it was solid. It felt like a standard monologue. Yeah. There was nothing great about it. It felt though, it felt very confident, right?

[00:13:24] And so it wasn't, there was nothing there that stood out to me, but it also felt like. If you've seen John Hamm in sweatpants, you know why he's so confident. Evidently, he's got a huge hammer and he could do a lot of good with it. John Hamm's got plenty of ham. John Hammer. No, that's Kieran Culkin even made a joke about it. Turn the monologue. He's got a large penis. Yeah, but I mean. I've seen the pictures of you in sweatpants. Congratulations. Have you seen those pictures? Oh yeah. Everyone saw them. Yeah.

[00:13:54] He's a grower and a shower. Yeah. You couldn't miss them. No, just keep going. Just keep going. All right. Moving on. Like, you know how when someone's coming home with groceries and they always have that big loaf of bread sticking out of the baguette? Yeah. It's like that. Only in his pants. Yeah. To please women. Anyway. No, no. I liked it a lot. I really liked the 19 all at once thing and the fact that he was like, I kind of thought they would.

[00:14:22] Well, anyway, like that's a perfect John Hamm ism. Yeah. His delivery on that kind of stuff works really well. So, but again, I think that you're correct. His confidence is not nervousness. He's just, he's a natural performer. He loves being out there. He's having so much fun and it just, it always puts me at ease when the host does that in the monologue. Yeah. I'm like, here we go. It's going to be a good episode. All right. Moving on. Check to check business news. The sketch where anchors of a business news channel covered breaking business related news for regular folks living paycheck to paycheck.

[00:14:52] Um, this sketch feels like an attack on me. That's what I thought. You know, I said, what's Brad going to think about this? Cause yeah, I was like, this is what I think about all the time. Like I don't take it from here. Yeah. Uh, I, I can give two shits about the NASDAQ. Uh, is candy bars are getting expensive. I'm sorry. Cereal's $6 a box now. What the fuck am I doing? Like, what are we doing here? Uh, no, this, this, this hit pretty close to home. Was it funny?

[00:15:21] Uh, now I'm questioning. It's funny. I laughed. I laughed hard and now I'm feeling sad about that. I bet you did Richie Rich. Uh, it's, it's funny cause it's true and it's funny cause it's sad. And, uh, there's some really good one liners though too. Like Taco Bell should meet cost less than gum. Yeah. Like that's not a good meat, right? Like I love that. That's, that's no, it's a hundred percent true. And then I felt even more attacked when the Funko pop bit came up. Oh, so we, so I, so we paused it and it actually goes, is she wasn't doing a bit.

[00:15:50] She goes, isn't that what Brad collects? And I was like, he's going to feel so attacked. Uh, but I'm also not really what's kind of about you, but I'm also, I'm also not like collecting them to like sell and like make money off them. I collect them cause I'm an idiot and I like wasting money. Just usually cut away, please. Cut away from me, please. They are plastic dolls, right? Just so funny. No, this sketch was great.

[00:16:13] Uh, if I have any reservations about it, it's because, um, John Hamm doesn't feel like it would be, he would be able to portray that cause he, he looks like a million bucks. He does. He looks like a newscaster though. I mean, it's a, it's a channel dedicated to check the check. I get that. But at the same time, that was, it was the only thing that I, I almost wish they would have had a different host do it. Even though John Hamm did a great job, didn't flub any lines or whatever. He just didn't fit the bill as far as that, as much as I would think. Cause I think of him as mad men and, and you know, upper, upper. It's hard to suspend.

[00:16:43] So you don't, so, but so you don't consider Ego Wodum to be like in that, that echelon then in that tier. Oh, she's a sketch performer. She's poor. No, she's a sketch performer. Hmm. Everybody that's in the sketches is fine. It's a different thing. Interesting. It's an interesting perspective that you had on someone of a different class and skin color. Who did they cut to? Andrew Dismukes. And I didn't think that either. I don't know. Yeah, he looks poor. See? Andrew Dismukes doesn't look poor though.

[00:17:12] Well, that's cause he looks 19. I mean, if you, if you put Dismukes next to him, which one do you think has more money? The guy with the bigger dick. Exactly. Dismukes. Wait, that'd be funny. Dismukes also. He's just got a pipe on. Good for you, Andrew. Good for you. Talk about a Funko Pop. Okay. All right. Moving on. Bobblehead. Oh, dude. Are we going to cut that? I feel like that's the thing we have to cut. There's going to be a lot to cut here. Guess who's not cutting it though. Oh yeah. I forget.

[00:17:41] We let him edit it. I don't know why. It's the worst thing we do. All right. Please don't destroy film. Missing person. This featured detectives ordering dinner while trying to solve the case of a missing person. This also included Ashley Padilla and Jane Wickline in this sketch. Detectives freak out over the pizza order with Ham's character saying, I just want a tiny sliver, like one slice. That's all I'll have on this pizza party. That was, this is great. This was fucking great.

[00:18:11] This was, this was again, the, just the princes. I'm not going to call them the king. They're too young for that. But the princes of escalation. They are just so good. I wasn't sure where this was going. They play it off. By the way, they're so authentic at the beginning to, to really seem like they're in a detective show. Right? Do we know, do we know who this is? Oh, the niece of the, you know, mayor or whatever. Like whatever. And it feels like law and order for a second. Right? It's very well set up.

[00:18:41] And then I have no idea what Jon Hamm's going to do. This, this took a, a turn that I did not expect. And I, I was along for it the whole way. I loved it. I thought it was hilarious. And I'm so glad that Jon Hamm played the role that he did because it's so much funnier having someone who looks like Jon Hamm be giddy and excited about pizza and not worrying about the case. Literally now that I, that my girlfriend has an eight and 10 year old and I get to see this behavior all the time. Like I don't even want it anymore.

[00:19:10] I'm not even going to have, you know, I'll have like a little bit of soda. I'll have a one soda at the sleepover. It's fine. And it's like, Oh, it's not a sleepover. It's not a sleepover. You could, you could totally picture. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Like let's get back to finding the missing dog or whatever. It's a person. But then the, the bigger escalation, right? Everybody's in on it. It's they go, they hit the Hawaiian. Oh, the Hawaiian. What the? And then everybody turns and loses their mind. And it's now, there's 30 people here. You got six pizzas and half of them is Hawaiian. It's such a great turn again. It was so.

[00:19:40] It's perfect. Perfect. It was, it was really, really well done. Loved it, loved it, loved it, loved it. I think they get a future. Also, I like Hawaiian pizza. I do too. I do. No. Yeah. Why would you want sweet on your- Ham and pineapple is great. It's the, it's the way the sauce mixes with the fruit juice flavor and having ham and bacon on it, delish. Ham and pineapple. You guys are disgusting. No, I like ham, bacon, and pineapple on a Hawaiian pizza. That's not Hawaiian. Would you like mandarin oranges on your pizza? I'd give it a shot. I've had those before. That's pretty good. You had mandarin oranges on pizza? Mm-hmm. Do you have bananas?

[00:20:10] San Diego. Do you have bananas on your pizza? Maybe. I'm less inclined to have it with like other meat and stuff, but I would have like a dessert pizza. What about, what about raisins? Mm, no. What are you guys doing? Raisins ruin cookies, so. Hey guys, no raisins are delicious. Hey guys, no raisins are delicious. What are you doing? What are we doing? I just don't like fruit on pizza. Okay, let's move on. He just said he liked raisins. Okay. Raisins are, are, are, are, are, are. You said craisins? Yeah, craisins. Craisins are good too. Craisins are good. Uh, raisins are God's gift to us in nature. All right. Easy free.

[00:20:40] Good Friday's coming up. He's all amped up. All right. Guess the correct answer. A game show sketch where contestants struggled to answer questions correctly. Michael Longfellow played the game show host Marky Mark Brandon Marcus. Uh, Ham's contestant was terrified he would do something embarrassing that would go viral and ruin his life, which is essentially been on this podcast every week. Come on. I barely say anything racist anymore.

[00:21:10] Or shit. Uh, what'd you think of this one, Betty? Uh, so first off, I, I laughed so hard and I really, I really liked this. There's something missing. I don't know what it is. I love the name of the show. I love the fact that it's a different name at the end. I love Jon Hamm and, and Mikey Day going back and forth and Mikey Day saying, yeah, and you're doing exactly what you said you didn't want to do. Jon Hamm's kind of rant of, of falling apart was, was fun. Was it too short? Was it too long? I don't know.

[00:21:40] I can't figure out why. I think it felt too short. Is that what it was? And it didn't, it didn't necessarily go anywhere beyond what they exactly they set it up as. Yeah. Which is probably why it is short. And I, and I, so I appreciate the mercy killing then because you don't, you don't want that to go on longer and it's the same thing. Yeah. So I am glad that the other team had already left. That's, that's a funny bit, but there, there's just something I wish maybe could have happened. I don't know. What do you think about when you think about your daughter's friends? Oh, that was incredible, right? Yeah. Hot friends, hot friends.

[00:22:10] That was the clarification he wanted to make. So again, this is all super funny stuff. And I, so I feel so bad even saying anything bad about it because it was so fun, but I just think there was something missing, but I don't even know what it would be. I felt, I felt the same way, especially as we talk about it now. I'm like, oh, there was some really funny jokes there, but I don't remember feeling at the end of the sketch, like that was a good sketch. Right. Cause I feel like it's like, it's a sketch that was so funny and so short that it didn't, it didn't have an on ramp or an exit ramp. It just was. Yeah. It all, it all did happen pretty quickly.

[00:22:37] And I think maybe that's why, or maybe made it not quite as memorable beyond. So maybe if anything, it could have been helped by having the other team go first, having them say a flub that's like that. And then Johnny was, oh, I hope I don't do something. And it's just something really innocuous. And then, then you go ham on everything, on everything. Maybe, maybe that's what it needed. But I also did like that. They only get the one side and like, oh, they left a while ago. Oh, they left a while ago. All right.

[00:23:05] Moving on the white POTUS, a parody combining the white Lotus with political figures featuring Donald Trump. The sketch included Chloe Fineman as Melania Trump. Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr. Sarah Sherman as Chelsea. Heidi Gardner as Kristi Noem. Ashley Padilla as Pam Bonney. Marcelo Hernandez as Marco Rubio. Andrew Smux as Uncle Sam. Kenan Thompson as Tiger Woods. Emile Walken as the voice of the teacher. And John Hamm as Robert F. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. That's a bad Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I don't know.

[00:23:35] There's not really a good Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Featured cameos by former cast members. Beck Bennett as Vladimir Putin. And Alex Moffat as Eric Trump. Plus, Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka Trump. So it brought everyone. I loved seeing Alex Moffat back. Yep. Loved it so much. I like my buttery noodles. Lizzo made an appearance as well in this sketch. So what did you guys think of this parody? Brad, let's start with you. Are you watching The White Lotus or no?

[00:24:00] I'm not watching The White Lotus, but I am parallel enough to it because of my job that I understood the references and what was happening in the show and what they were trying to parody. It did feel like it was more of a direct parody of The White Lotus than it was actually doing anything like politically, just kind of fuse them together and use the characters in a way that fits with the characters from the show.

[00:24:22] To the point where they had several things that were just specifically tied to the show, like having the character played by Sarah Sherman not even be someone from the Trump administration, just the actress. Did you feel like that was punching down? Obviously, that actress there wrote something that she thought it was rude. Yeah. What is her name again? Amy something. Amy the White. She went on Instagram or whatever it was and said it was very mean and mean-spirited and not funny and don't do that. And it is kind of mean-spirited. It is.

[00:24:50] Mostly because it is about her appearance and it's not necessarily necessary for the gag. You know? So, yeah. I don't think it added anything to it. But also, I don't think the sketch beyond being a pretty loyal parody of The White Lotus was particularly great. I think it was fun getting all these people together to do this kind of thing and doing such a perfect recreation as far as cinematography and character dynamics and all that kind of stuff.

[00:25:20] And I love seeing Alex Moffat back, you know, as one of the Trump brothers. So, yeah. A mixed bag here. Evidently, like I was just doing a little bit of research today and Walton Goggins evidently had an Instagram post or something where he said, this is hilarious. And I love this so much. And there has been rumors that he and that Amy lady don't really like each other. That makes sense. So, I wonder if he's like, yeah. But he deleted it. Yeah. You know? So, it's like, yeah. Fuck her. She's not a nice person or something like that. Who knows? Yeah.

[00:25:49] To the point, too, where they actually cut to John Grease, who has a role in the show. Yes. Yeah. So, yeah. I do think that is specifically punching down because it's only talking about her physical appearance. And then if you're going to punch down, it better be absolutely the best joke ever. There's no way we can't use this. Really? That wasn't. It was a throwaway joke. So, I don't really get that. Yeah. He did say, I just read that, Walton Goggins said, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[00:26:21] Amazing. And then he deleted it. So. Wah, wah, wah. Is that sarcastic? No. No. I'd be willing to bet that like he, even if they didn't, if they don't like each other, or even if that's the case, he might've still thought the rest of it was really funny. Well, that's the thing. Yeah. Or our shows being mentioned on SNL, I'm going to be like, oh my God, this is great. And then you don't even think about the backlash. Oh, actually that is punching down. Right. I got to delete that. Or his rep calls and like, dude, there's already, you got to take that down. Yeah.

[00:26:48] And of course, this is how always the celebrity gossip gets it, is Goggins and this actress no longer follow each other on Instagram. Ooh. Even though they did. So now we've got a, you know. There we go. We got a story here, boys. We got a story. It's a Bruin. Page six. Another Morgan Wallen situation here. A little bit of controversy. A little Goggins Goggins. Yeah. Standing all a Goggins. Is that it? You got more or no? No? Okay.

[00:27:16] Walton in with a hot spicy take. All right. Hey Brad. We're his biz getting a little long on the tooth. Uh. Get your abacus out. Okay. It's time for the Bernometer. All right. Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che. Uh. This covered topics like Trump pausing his chaotic tariffs for 90 days. RFK Jr. recommending keeping fluoride out of water. Trump saying his doctor told him he had a very good soul.

[00:27:46] Tesla having trouble selling Cybertrucks. A company in China releasing an AI powered sex DAO, which again Brad was Brad's first in life on that one. And LeBron James becoming the first professional athlete to be a Ken DAO. Um. This had three different guests on it. Three different bits. Uh. But we'll get to those in just a second. Uh. Each week we do the Bernometer. This is where Brad, uh. Rates between zero and 100.

[00:28:14] What he believes to be the chemistry of the two hosts, Colin Jost and Michael Che based on their banter back and forth, based on the, you know, spoken and unspoken little bits of chemistry, you know, gazes of, of, of romance that they might have spiritual harmony. And, you know, we, we just kind of, Ben and I get to guess if we actually can predict where it will be.

[00:28:42] Now, Ben, we've not been right in a while. He, especially after he recalibrated. Recalibrated. Yeah. So. However, I was close though. I think the. I think we're getting it now. Like we're, we're getting locked in. This was a tough one though, because it was, I, I, they definitely had some back and forth. They definitely talked physically to each other. I thought the jokes are pretty good. Jokes were great this time around, but there wasn't that standout, like, you know, Scarlett

[00:29:08] Johansson moment from backstage that was ultra bonding between them. So definitely wasn't the same thing with Eggo getting up as eggy and like watching them interact. So I'm going to go 88. I'm going lower. I'm going to go 82. Okay. Oh, you didn't like it? No, no. I liked it. I just don't think that Brad's going to think. I do this every time because I'm going by the old, you know, what do you got? Decalibrated. What do you got there? Brandy boy. 88. 88. Did you change that? I didn't.

[00:29:38] Son of God. I am literally the greatest that's ever been. Did he text you? No, he didn't text me. He didn't text me. He didn't text me. Because I thought there was a lot to like in this one. There was a decent amount of interaction between them, even though they weren't like necessarily full on like, you know, guffawing over each other. It was a pretty good back and forth, a solid run of Weekend Update jokes. And yeah. Does the quality of the joke ever play in there? For sure. Because they were on a good roll there. For sure. Okay. Yeah. It definitely plays into it a little bit. Because that didn't used to be.

[00:30:08] No, no. It has been. It's always been a part of it. It's not as big a part of the, as the camaraderie overall. All right. Here's a- Disagree. Was there a favorite joke that they made that you guys remember? Oh gosh. I always forget because like they just, it's, they just come so fast and- There was one, there was one line that Colin made where it was like a 90 day reprieve. And mind you, it's only been 83 days.

[00:30:37] Mind you, his whole presidency had only been 83 days. Yeah. Which has been two goddamn long or something like that. Yeah. And it wasn't like a ha ha funny. It was just like a- It was the realization of, oh my God. Yeah, exactly. Funny enough, but also going, eye opening. Oh my gosh. It's only been 83 days. You're right. Yeah. Holy crap. We've only been in this nightmare. So, which is something that SL does that I love. Yeah. Before we get into this, I'm gonna, I wanted to give a fun fact that a statistic that Saturday Night Network gave, which is one of the- Shout out to them.

[00:31:07] Wild, deep cut statistics. You should follow them. So, this was the first time that Weekend Update featured three separate correspondents at the desk this season. The episode 17 is the furthest into an SNL season that an episode first featured three correspondents since season 23 back in 1997. By the way, if there's any way- Who's doing this recently? That's what I was gonna say. SNL Network, we're big fans of you guys. We really are.

[00:31:36] Why don't you just write us an email and let us know how the fuck- Let us know how you're getting this information. Because I'm so impressed. We're not stealing anything. We don't wanna do this ourselves. We're gonna give you credit on all these things. We don't wanna know. Sorry, we don't wanna do it ourselves. It sounds like a lot of work. But how in the hell- Yeah, no, we're super lazy. How in the hell are you doing this? But like, I'm just so impressed. Every bit of information they put out, I'm just so impressed. And then also like the graphics they make. Like, it's just amazing. So, finding them online, you just search for-

[00:32:06] SNL Network and you'll find it. It's Saturday Night Network actually. Saturday Night Network. Seek them out. Seek them out. They're always posting their cool- Seek them out. They're on- Infographics and statistics. I follow them on Insta as well. They do all the stuff there too. I follow them on X. It's not a real website. I thought it's what Twitter is. No, X.com have you been there? X.com. It's Twitter.com, I'm pretty sure. I've been there. I don't know if it even forwards anymore. No, it doesn't. It forwards to a black murky pool of water. It's X. I don't know if it's X. It's X. Twitter. It marks the spot, Brad.

[00:32:36] No, Twitter. I saw. It's time to let that go. Yeah. No, as long as there's breath in Elon Musk's body. I'll never call it that. All right, well this is fun. All right, moving on. Let's go to the Weekend Update bits. I hope he dies. Whoa, Jesus dude. All right. Chen- Hey, real quick. Lizzo, a musical guest, filled in this week. It wasn't supposed to be Lizzo. I just read this. Oh, who is it supposed to be? I can't remember who it's supposed to be. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, maybe? Is that a band? The Yeah Yeahs?

[00:33:06] Is that a band? It's a band. It's a band. Anyway, you can look it up here, but one of the band members evidently had bronchitis or something, so they had to bail. Oh, really? Yep. Wow. I wouldn't have expected any music news to come from Ben, ever. Today was the first day, and I didn't use ChatGPT. I literally just did a little bit- The fact that you have to clarify that is what's most sad. Well, because you just think, oh, you're fucking going to- That's all you've been doing lately. I like it. I don't know if that's true, by the way, but we'll see.

[00:33:35] Oh, maybe I caught wind of a lie. It might be right. Okay, well. All right. Was it Hoobastank? You know what? You keep going, and I'm going to look it up myself. All right. This featured three Weekend Update guests. Chen Bao discussing President Trump's tariffs on China, including his line, which side is more willing to endure hardship for the glory of their nation? The one that's been around for thousands of years or the one sending Katy Perry to space? Allegedly.

[00:34:06] So, what did you guys think of this Weekend Update bit? One of my favorite versions of Bowen Yang is when he is catty and puts on a little bit of a fake Asian accent, since he doesn't actually have one. So, hearing him do this and having him be just that kind of petty person is hilarious to me. And the way he just talks down about everything, I liked it a lot.

[00:34:32] Yeah, and there was, he's certainly playing this Chinese character, right? Making fun of America. But there was enough Bowen commentary in there as well that I thought it was really, really funny. I made a mistake. That was the last time Lizzo hosted. It was in 2022. She stepped in after a member of the YAYS had to pull out because of pneumonia. Wow. Thanks for that. Thanks for the current news, man. Well, you know, the last time Lizzo hosted, she actually wasn't meant to be there. She stepped in last minute.

[00:35:01] Nate, you want to hear my impression of Ben? He's like, guys, I just heard some breaking news. Two planes are just flown into the World Trade Center. What? See? He doesn't even know. Is everybody okay? I don't know. This is getting bad. Okay. What did you think of Chen Bao? No, I mean, I agree with what Brad said. The over-the-top Asian accent because he doesn't ever really get to do that, right? So just doing that, the trade daddy version of this is always fun.

[00:35:31] And man, if they Babe Ruth did, if they called their shot earlier, it was to have this character on quite a while ago. Yep. And now the terrorists make it so much more poignant and pertinent. And that's just crazy that they kind of called their shot there because it was always fun to talk about that. But now it's really in the news. I mean, it's the only thing in the news right now. Even Lizzo was wearing a terrified shirt. Yeah. So there you go. All right. Moving on there.

[00:35:56] Emile Wacom is back behind the Weekend Update desk discussing feeling patriotic about living in America. I wish so much that like I could see this as a standup bit the way that it is meant to be because by then the audience would have been primed because they weren't giving him this was good. But I also think that they were so good. There's a part of me that thinks they weren't giving it to him because I think that they felt uneasy.

[00:36:24] It felt like it was maybe a little like edgier than they were anticipating. Exactly. But it is a fucking great. It's a great bit. Great bit. So that's what I'm saying. It needed to be. I wish I could have seen it in the proper context of like people that were on board to hear that kind of here and give him the feedback in the last. And you could tell that he felt like maybe it wasn't going well. Exactly. And I hate that for him because it was so really, really good. Yeah. Big listener of the podcast. We know that you hear my voice right now. You crushed. It was awesome. Don't change. Love you. Yeah. Yeah. It was very, very good. So good.

[00:36:53] That's the kind of biting commentary I wish that SNL was known for now. Would do more often. Yeah. Because it feels like they do kind of blunt their teeth a little bit. Oh, it's so, so good. So good. Yeah. I feel like this episode as a whole was, even the weekend update, it felt a little more biting than usual, which I appreciated. It was a little more, I don't know, just... Going after it. Yeah, a little bit. A little bit. All right.

[00:37:21] Finally, Colin's accountant, Dawn Altman, discussing taxes who reportedly took shots at Jost over various sexual and criminal improprieties while pulling out her own hair and driving her head through the set. This is Sarah Sherman getting to pick on Colin. She gets to do this occasionally and every time she does it, I like it. Yeah. Never get sick of this. I mean, now we know what's coming, right? Like no matter what this is going to be, she's going to be tearing into Colin Jost.

[00:37:48] Added little flavor at the end with her busting her head through the fake wall and arms coming out that are tied with rope that's really over the top. But I was there for it. I thought it was funny. Who are those arms? Jon Hamm. Nope. It was definitely a lady. Allie Levitin, a writer. Nice. Yep. Her father is who? Steve Levitin. Bill Levitin. I was just making it up. Steve Levitin is? The creator of Modern Family. Correct. Wow. Good job, Brad. Suck on that. Yeah.

[00:38:17] She comes from a very funny family. Was it Bowen Yang's bit where they made a reference to Eggo's bit from the previous week? Oh no, that was at the beginning James Austin Johnson does it when he's like- That's what it was. Yeah. An Eggo. Yeah. Big week last week. Big week. Because Men A- what? No, don't say it. Yeah. Yeah. No, don't say it. Don't say it. He was genuinely- I'm going to go back and say this again.

[00:38:45] That was maybe one of my favorite cold opens in a long time. Because now that you say that, I'm thinking of some of the other little bits he did. Yeah. No, it was funny. It was very funny. Moving on, new parents. Featured new parents bringing their baby to meet their friends. So this, I don't know if you followed this at all. It's got a little bit of feedback online. There were a lot of actually conservatives, Charlie Kirk and a bunch of others, that are like, finally SNL is funny again. Oh my God.

[00:39:15] See this was the one- So they don't get it. They missed the mark completely then. Yeah. Oh no, I thought it was funny. No, no, they missed the mark completely. Because their interpretation of this sketch- They're making fun of them. Was, yes, exactly. They're making fun of the- Gays. Yeah, the outlandish, like, you know. Like, look at how stupid and silly this is. Like, I'm a conservative. Look how dumb gay people are for treating this this way.

[00:39:40] So Heidi Gardner is the conservative kind of going, yeah, but who had the baby? Yeah, we're being rational. You guys are being irrational, right? Yep. And so, and then them saying, you can't say that. You can't, I'm that. That was my favorite thing, especially because of how dramatic Bowen Yang was every time he did it. You can't say that! So, first, thoughts on that commentary. Thoughts on the, you know, kind of online fodder that happened there.

[00:40:11] Conservatives, do you think there was anything to their- No. No, because Charlie Kirk is a fucking idiot. No, it's just a, just, I would not expect a hamster to understand comedy and I don't expect Charlie Kirk to understand comedy. A hamster is too generous because a hamster, like, a hamster knows how to work the wheel and can figure out where the food pebbles are, but like, Charlie Kirk just wandering around trying to find a dick that makes him feel like a man. So you don't think- Okay, easy, easy.

[00:40:39] You don't think at all they were making fun of Jon Hamm or Bowen Yang in this? No, no, no. I think that they're pushing something that is like, obviously there are gay couples like that that do exist, but it's taking it to like the absurd level because what they're saying is ridiculous and you would have questions and the fact that they're not willing to answer it and they're like being offended by it is what's funny. It's the absurdity that makes it funny and so they're not making- Because there's not real couples like that, right?

[00:41:06] So yeah, the difference here is that nobody acts like that except in this heightened version and the conservatives think all gay people act like that. You're triggered by everything. Yeah, exactly. That's just how gay couples are. Exactly. And so not understanding any nuance, I mean, give it to the conservative right to not understand nuance. Yeah. And my favorite thing is whenever someone says finally SNL is funny, and it's like, oh, because you finally understood a joke and you half-wit sack of shit.

[00:41:35] And then the answer is no they didn't. Yeah. And that's the problem, right? But I did love though so much of it where they're like, where did you get that baby? But where did you get the baby? And the lead up was great though. And they're like, you can't ask that. And they're like, yeah, we can. We were with you last night. Right. And the fact that it took a while to build to that was great. Yeah. Because if they would have done it right off the bat, that's one thing. But they're like, no, no, no, no. Hold on. We were with you last night and you didn't have a baby and now you have a baby. Awesome. Yeah. It was very good.

[00:42:05] Also, I think there was something happening with the way they were like holding the baby where like they knew it just looked really fake. And I think that- No, because it's Lizzo in there. What? Because the baby's Lizzo, Brad. But no, like the cast, I think we're laughing at like how they were holding and passing the baby because it just didn't feel or look real at all. But also just anything, Jon Hamm's fucking hair and just like his putting on a gay boy, like it's just funny. It's just funny to watch Jon Hamm do that, you know? If there's anything I will say since you did bring up Lizzo, that was the bit where

[00:42:34] I was like, oh, we didn't need that. Yeah. A little bit of attack on there for no reason. All right. Moving on. This is a medication ad. What was that medication? Once daily. No, Brad, as somebody with herpes, did this resonate with you? No, I have hempies. What's that? It's like herpes, but it's all over. But it's all over and it's only for men. Yeah. Just for cool men. This is such a clever take on these-

[00:43:03] The style of commercials. These crazy commercials. Because if you were to tell me, hey, name a commercial where somebody has a non-debilitating disease, but there's a treatment for it. What do you picture those people doing? And if I thought, I'd probably go, oh yeah, they'd probably do something active. But I never really thought that they all kind of do the slow-mo part of it. Oh, they all, yeah. The slow-mo. I just forgot that if you're salsa dancing in slow-mo, then it's like, if your child shows you a good picture and you're sad, like, oh my God, that's so spot on.

[00:43:31] Hanging out with exactly one white person, one black person, one Asian person, one Latin person. It was just so true, right? Yeah. It is like, okay, who are we missing? Yeah. Spot on though. Yeah. What did you think of this one, Brad? No, I loved it. It was such a perfect parody of all the drug commercials that we see all the time. But I don't go rock climbing. So I don't have a heartbeat. All right. And I don't. No, it's fine. No, not anymore, right? Yeah.

[00:43:58] They, I took a medication and then I went rock climbing. Moving on, ice breaker. A sketch where an ice breaker goes off the rails when a participant shares too much information. Sat in a corporate office during a new employee orientation ice breaker where new hires take turns sharing a fun personal fact about themselves. Brad, can you share a fun personal fact about yourself? Oh yeah.

[00:44:23] Um, one time, uh, I pooped my pants while throwing up. Nate, can you share a fun fact about yourself? No, I don't, I don't, I've never, I'm literally caught up right now. I forgot. I am literally caught up right now cause I have so many questions about Brad pooping his pants. Really? I have none. We're, I literally have no questions. I would like to move on.

[00:44:52] Ben's like, yeah, that checks out. That tracks all the way. And, uh, no questions about it. No questions about it? Here's my question. Uh, was it in the last week? That's exactly what my question was. How, how, how recent? No, it was a long time ago. What do you consider a long time ago? Six months, six months, six months. Were you an adult? Yeah, I was actually. I had the flu and I was in the bathroom, like leaning over the toilet, throwing up and like just had no control over the rest of my body while throwing up.

[00:45:21] And so as you throw up and you're like, Oh, and then my butt's like, no, you, I'm going to one up your story here cause that's what I do. I, you are known as a one upper. I also have had that happen to me, right? Throwing up diarrhea, same time. Yeah. Fun fact. I was in Beijing, China and I was in a, uh, uh, my dorm room that had a bathroom that was, you studied abroad? Yeah. Oh, I didn't know that. I studied abroad too in my time too.

[00:45:49] This, it was the size of a box. It was so small. I could sit on the toilet and the shower could hit me. So, um, and so, but it was also the same day and this is in 2002. So, and also it was 9 11. Yeah. No, same day. I'm watching TV as well. And I get it. I get like Oprah is on in China. I don't know if you know this.

[00:46:18] So Oprah can be on in China. Like she's allowed. Yeah. She's allowed. Oprah's one of them that's allowed in. Um, and I kid you not. I was in the background of a scene in Oprah. Were you serious? Wait, what? Dead serious. So it was an episode of Oprah. And so here, fun fact. I, what is happening right now? Yeah. So I had to go at last minute.

[00:46:43] I was waiting for, like I sent in to get my, um, uh, passport to go to China. It did not come. And we're, we're like three days away from leaving. So you figure you kill time at Oprah. So we have to go to China. We have to go to the immigration office and fix this right in Chicago. In Chicago. So I go with, uh, a guy who's going to be going with the college that I went to, to go there like an adult that was going to like kind of essentially take. Shop our own. Yeah.

[00:47:11] And we're sitting in a McDonald's in Chicago. And I kid you not. Oprah comes in with a crew. What? Wait, wait. So you did, you were, here's what Brad and I both thought. And I, and correct me if I'm wrong, Brad. Um, we were already in Chicago. So we figured, well, free taping of Oprah. Right? You thought that. You thought that, right? No, no, no, no. But instead, let me just clarify. Oprah comes to you.

[00:47:36] Oprah came to you at a McDonald's like this kid, like the fucking Bill Clinton commercial. Yeah, like it's a 90s thing. Yeah, like the 90s. So, so Oprah is at this McDonald's that I'm at with this guy and she's there to work the drive through for a bit she's doing for her show. Oh my God. And she's explaining what she's doing and I'm in the back. Yeah, exactly.

[00:48:03] And I'm trying to play it cool cause you know, she's going there, you know, and, and, and on that day that I am shitting my, is the same day. That's, so it shows. I guarantee you nobody else has had that experience. No, that is a uniquely Nate Lauchs thing because you're overseas, you're in China, you're pooping and you're throwing up. I'm sick dying. And you look over and you see yourself in a McDonald's in Chicago. It was one of those feelings that, listen. That's like a fever dream. That's a Mad Lib. I made it, I can die.

[00:48:34] Oh my God, that's hilarious. Wow, that's, that's wild. That is wild. Yeah, it was, it was fun. So, alright. Anyway, once daily herpes stopper. So you, you're gonna ask me what it's- Icebreaker, what'd you think? No, like you got the red shirt of his. No, we're, we're, we're, we had some fun stories. We had some fun stories. Yeah, you didn't have anything to say. No, do you have one? I have herpes. No, this, I think the sketch was, was decent. Um, so here's the thing.

[00:49:03] Um, let me get your opinion read. Um, do you think that the, like, was it audacious enough? The thing? That's, that's what I was gonna say. I don't think the thing that they repeated was ridiculous enough to warrant like it being what it was for the punchline. Um, I don't know if it should have been weirder or, or what, but like, yeah, it didn't feel like it was quite as ludicrous to like be worthy of. I'm wondering if like, it just must've been one of those things that a table, it just must've killed. Maybe it was just so funny in the moment.

[00:49:32] But when you've got the audience, maybe doesn't react that well to it or whatever, and it kind of sets the stage for what our expectations of it are. Cause yeah, like, oh no, my, my, my, my mom killed my dad on TV. Yeah. It's pretty audacious compared to a normal icebreaker, but it's not there. And also there, there was no escalation. That was the first thing he said, right? Yeah. Mom and dad died in a weird way. Yeah. Right. And then you could escalate from there, but it kind of went for it right off the bat. Um, I think the part that worked for me the best though, was Ashley Padilla's part. Cause I was. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Uh, I forgot.

[00:50:02] I'm a, I'm a woman. I'm a woman. Like everything, her brain broke when she heard that. Right? Yeah. Yeah. She's great. Yeah. That was funny. And then she's really coming into her own. I think lovely. I think once everyone started having questions about what happened, then it like, it got better. Yeah. It got better. But yeah, there was something, something was missing. Yeah. Um, I like when they have fun at the end, like they did where they all said the same thing. And you know, that's fun. And it was pretty well choreographed and that you can have to tell they have a good time with it, but it overall, that doesn't really save the sketch, you know, from being for a pretty good episode.

[00:50:32] It wasn't still though. Again, not a bad sketch. It's just not my favorite. All right. Let's do, um, MVP. I'll give you some statistics here real quick. Uh, thanks to SNL archives.net. Um, Mikey Day was in six sketches. Uh, Andrew Smukes was in six. Heidi Gardner was in four. Uh, let's see. Sarah Sherman was in five. Ashley Padilla was in four. Emile Walken was in four. Steve Hague. Well, Steve Hague. Okay.

[00:50:58] Um, so we've got those that are probably in the most sketches. The rest of them were in one, two, you know, sketches. Who would you guys say was the MVP of this episode? I almost want to give it to Emile Walken for his weekend update bit because it was so good and it's a bummer that the audience wasn't on the trip with him to warrant it being as good as it should have been and getting a big reaction. But I think I'm going to give it to Bowen this week because of his weekend update bit combined with I think of how good he was, uh, in the, the baby sketch with, with Jon Hamm.

[00:51:27] I just, I really thought he was funny in it. Um, so yeah, I think, I think Bowen got it for me this week. Um, I think, you know, the, if you hadn't told me, Nate, that he was in four sketches total, then I, I would have, but I'm remembering now cause Emile was in the, he's in the cold open and he got a shout out and Emile looking like it should have been, Jesus should have been him. Um, he was also in a guest the correct answer. That's just one of the guys. Yeah. One of the guys. And then he was obviously weekend update.

[00:51:57] Was he in white Lotus? And then yes, he was, uh, uh, just a voice though. And then gotcha. Yeah. I mean, it's hard to give him just for the, the, the bit on weekend, but you're right. He did so well there. I think, I think you gotta go Bowen. Yeah. Yeah. I think so. It's hard too, because not, and I feel like, I guess I gotta go Bowen. He crushed it. I mean, he was great. But you look here too. And so I just want to say, cause I'm not going to pick him because I think Bowen's the right answer, but Mikey day gets overlooked so much. Yeah.

[00:52:26] He plays the every man all the time. That's the thing is like, I think that like, I was going to say, it just goes to show you that like, just cause you're in the most sketches doesn't mean you're necessarily doing like the most or like the star of the episode because, and that's what works for Mikey day is like he, like Ben said, he's such a good every man. He just, he's not always doing the funny part. He's not always standing out. Also the guys are writing powerhouse. Yeah. I didn't have a chance to look at all the writers. I think that if we, I think that if we would often consider like what the cast members also did as writers, that might change. We might get it almost every single week.

[00:52:55] But like, but we just consider it as far as the performance goes, you know? Yeah. Do you guys have a sketch of the night then? I think for me it's, um, the please don't destroy a sketch. Yeah. Me too. I think it has to be. Yeah. It's just so fun. One of my favorites I've seen from them in a long time. And it's been the best of the season. It's, it's been the, the last couple that they've had, I've been so excited for it. I'm like, okay, those are good. This was fucking great. And they've slowed down a little bit cause I think they've been writing a lot of other things and I don't know if they've got other projects going on, but it was,

[00:53:24] they're probably working on SNL 50. Yeah. They've all been working on SNL 50. They've all been working on SNL 50. You know, they're just, they're really like pulling, but we can't pull the full fence. But, uh, it was, it was a, a great return for them. Oh man. Yeah. I mean, I'll have like one soda. I have to sleep over. All right. So, um, Brad, are there any more SNL episodes this season? Uh, yes. We actually already know what the next one is going to be.

[00:53:52] And by the way, I almost texted you like I texted you when, uh, a few weeks ago they did a bumper for not a new episode. Dave Chappelle again. My name is Chris Rock. Yeah. And I was like, guys, Chris Rock's coming back to host. I texted them both like a fucking moron and I almost did it again this time. Like, Oh, but I, yeah, I didn't text him. I'm like, well, maybe Quinta Brunson already hosted. I can't remember. And I can't remember. No, no. That is the new one is, uh, in May, Quinta Brunson, uh, the creator and star of Benson Boone. Yeah. Benson Boone. He's got a sweet voice. I don't know if you guys have heard his music.

[00:54:21] Is it the beautiful? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Oh God. Oh my word. Uh, but yeah. As long as he wears that jumpsuit. Yeah. It is. He loves, loves jumpsuits. Dude. I love him in a jumpsuit. He looks amazing. Calm down. Yeah. Seriously. Not right now. Yeah. We don't need your boner patrol. Okay. Calm down. Yeah. Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of Evette Atlantra will be returning. She was a wonderful host the first time she did it.

[00:54:50] I can't wait to see what she does this time. I'm curious as to whether or not that will be the finale or if they'll have episodes that come after that. A core. Yeah. Who knows? Um, typically the mother's day episode is one of the last ones they do. Yeah. So maybe if they have, if they do another one, it'll just be one more after this. Yeah. May 3rd is when Quinta Brunson's on. Yeah. They'll typically do a mother's day. So, which is a couple weeks after that, right? Um, in May, May. Yeah. I think it's May 17th. Yeah.

[00:55:20] So we'll see. Um, also, yeah. Uh, one of the other things that I thought I wanted to catch you before we got here, uh, get out of here. Uh, they did a, a, a black Lotus sketch a couple of years ago. They did. Um, that I rewatched it and it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it was pretty damn funny. Yeah. Uh, Aubrey Plaza was the host and, uh, who's not black. Who's not like she played a Latina. Yes. She is Latina. She is Latina. Yes. So that's fine. Thank you. Uh, just putting it out there.

[00:55:48] Also, uh, I checked it out. Season 49. There were three episodes in May. Okay. There was a Dua Lipa May 4th, Maya Rudolph May 11th and Jake Gyllenhaal May 18th. There you go. Yeah. So there'll probably be three. Do you guys know that Lizzo was a last minute replacement? All right. Hey, Brad, where can people find you? Uh, you can always find me online futzing about looking around at different kinds of websites like Twitter, which exists still and blue sky, maybe Ethan Anderton. That's where you'll find me.

[00:56:17] Sometimes I'm writing about SNL, you know, I'm not doing the full reviews anymore, but every now and then there's a breakout story that we do on the old slash film.com. You can check that out and, uh, you know, just find more of my musings about movie and TV out there. And, uh, Ben and I are thinking about getting on the internet. Uh, I started an Instagram. And so if you want to find us on there, you can someday they're on there. Just look up their names. Like, I don't know what this is. It's just a terrible bit. We'll be, no, we'll be on there sometime. They're there. Ben, Ben's just doing AI portraits and turn himself into different kinds of cartoons.

[00:56:46] So, all right, we'll be back in a couple of weeks. Be good to yourself. Be good to others. Bye-bye.