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Aidy BryantWelcome back, SNL Hall of Fame fans! In this exciting episode, hosts jD, Thomas Sena, and Matt Ardill dive deep into the illustrious career of Aidy Bryant. From her hilarious characters to her unforgettable moments on Saturday Night Live, we'll unpack what made Aidy a standout in SNL's comedic history.Joining us this week is special guest Rebecca North, who brings her unique insights and favorite Aidy Bryant sketches to the discussion. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to her work, this episode is packed with laughter, behind-the-scenes trivia, and engaging debates about the evolution of SNL comedy.

What is the most recent job on ex-player's Linkedin profiles? Who do these ex-players now manage? SupersoNick Powell, (What's the Tory) Morning Glory? Kevin Gallacher's High Flying Birds and a plethora of other terrible puns courtesy of Theo. Listen on for all this and more football trivia drivel.Keep your ideas coming to careerwegopod@gmail.com for more dedicated Farfan zone episodes.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:https://www.youtube.com/@CareerWeGoPodJOIN OUR DISCORD for more niche quizzing:https://discord.gg/kF7VuQrUh4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's' guest is the only TV presenter in the UK with Tourettes syndrome.Aidy Smith is award-winning broadcaster journalist making waves in the drinks industry. You may recognise his dulcit tones from BBC Radio or seen him sipping wine whilst hosting Amazon's highest-rated drinks-travel series, "The Three Drinkers".In this chat with Ben, Aidy unpacks Executive Dysfunction, living with chronic pain and how to thrive in the entertainment industry with Tourettes.___________On "The Hidden 20%," host Ben Branson chats with neurodivergent [ADHD, Autism, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Tourette's etc.] creatives, entrepreneurs, and experts to see how great minds.. think differently. Brought to you by charity The Hidden 20% #1203348Follow & subscribe… Website: www.hidden20.orgInstagram / TikTok / Youtube / X: @Hidden20podcastBen Branson @seedlip_benAidy Smith @syppedIf you'd like to support The Hidden 20%, you can buy a "green dot" badge at https://www.hidden20.org/thegreendot/p/badge. All proceeds go to the charity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We finish off 1 in 10 covering John-Joe O'Toole who Aidy took with him to his role at Colchester after leaving Watford. We find out why John-Joe nearly had the team singing "You're supposed to be at home!" before hearing about Aidy's post Watford career and experiences including being on the other end of a play off final, a dog called "Gino" and Pete tries to explain the cock-spaniels attached to DNSYE!! We hear about the importance of character in recruitment and the balance again needed in a squad and lessons learned from the Red Arrows about constructive criticism. Making sure you pick the right job, learning from victories AND failures and Aidy's experiences with the England set up with the Under 19'2, 20's, 21's and going with the England team to World Cup in Russia!! We hear about Aidy's experience managing in India and enjoying the differences in culture and embracing the challenges that football in a new country can bring a manager.Finally, and with TC now taking the hot seat at the Vic we ask Aidy what advice Aidy of 2024 would give to Aidy of 2005 - having gained experience in a career that was never afraid to step out of its own comfort zone.We just want to say, again, a massive thank you to Aidy who was great fun and incredibly generous to us with his time, patience and tales. He didn't duck or decline any questions and was truly touched by the reception he received at the recent Hull City game. COYH!!!Huge thanks to all our Patreons:Chris Giannone,RichWFC2,Steve Holliman,Paul Fiander Turner,Sean Gourley,Lee Anselmo,John Parslow,Mark von Herkomer,Neil Silverstein,Steve Brown,Dave Lavender,Kasey Brown,Nipper Harrison,Boyd Mayover,Colin Payne,Paul Riley,Gary Wood,Karl Campion,Kevin Kremen,The Big Le – Bofski,Greg Theaker,Malcolm Williams,Bryan Edwards,Peter Ryan,Luka,John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!Jack Foster,Jason Rose,Michael Abrahams,Ian Bacon,Ken Green,Nick Nieuwland,Colin SmithAnt!!!!!Westlie WheelerDave Mullins,James McNamaraJim Cuthbert& PDF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The topic of innovations continues and how they got applied in that first season and then we get on to the run into the play offs and how whilst looking outwardly supremely confident – Aidy was worried that they were leading 3-0! Fronting up to Fitz Hall in the second leg is remembered fondly! We hear about the tunnel preparation and how Manchester United had taken it to new heights or lows!We do our 1 in 10 on players throughout Aidy's time and hear some great stories about the time and the characters and how they came to the attention of the 1st team manager and which player got a ceramic samurai? Plus how do you solve a problem like replacing Marlon? COYH!!!Huge thanks to all our Patreons:Chris Giannone,RichWFC2,Steve Holliman,Paul Fiander Turner,Sean Gourley,Lee Anselmo,John Parslow,Mark von Herkomer,Neil Silverstein,Steve Brown,Dave Lavender,Kasey Brown,Nipper Harrison,Boyd Mayover,Colin Payne,Paul Riley,Gary Wood,Karl Campion,Kevin Kremen,The Big Le – Bofski,Greg Theaker,Malcolm Williams,Bryan Edwards,Peter Ryan,Luka,John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!Jack Foster,Jason Rose,Michael Abrahams,Ian Bacon,Ken Green,Nick Nieuwland,Colin SmithAnt!!!!!Westlie WheelerDave Mullins,James McNamaraJim Cuthbert& PDF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Thomas, Matt, and jD as they welcome Ashley Bower to the show to discuss the shoo-in candidacy of Kate McKinnon. Do you agree she'll end up in the Hall. Time will tell. Transcript:Track 2:[0:42] Hey, it's J.D. here, and thank you so much, Doug DeNance, for that warm welcome.We are thrilled to be back here in the SNL Hall of Fame.Before we go anywhere, take a look at that mat outside that says, Wipe your feet, sucka.And wipe your feet, sucka. So there's that.Listen, I'm going to get right to it. The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair where each episode we take a deep dive Dive into the career of a former cast member, host, musical guest, or writer and add them to the ballot for your consideration.Once the nominees have been announced, we turn to you, the listener, to vote for the most deserving and help determine who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall.And that's how we play the game. It's just that simple.Track 2:[1:30] So, you're chomping at the bit to get voting. You've only got one more week to wait.If you are listening to this in real time, May the 6th is the date that we will be starting the voting and it will run through to May 17th, at which point we will tabulate the ballots and we'll check in with you on May 20th for our finale extravaganza and let you know who made the Season 5 SNL Hall of Fame. name.It's going to be interesting. And today's nominee is about to throw a monkey wrench in all your plans because, well, let's go to Matt Ardill because I've got a question to ask Mr. Ardill.Matt, my friend, I hope you're doing well. I have a question for you.Track 3:[2:22] Where do you start with a girl named Kate?I don't know. There's so much, there's so much Such an incredible talent.I'm just going to have to start at the beginning. I guess that's all I can do.Go for it. All right. Kate McKinnon, height 5'3", born January 6, 1984.78 acting credits, 4 writing credits, 5 soundtrack credits, and 1 producer credit.She was born in Seacliff, New York, and attended Columbia University.University uh growing up she had a pet iguana and she attended ucb in ucb manhattan school and uh yeah she grew up in a funny house full of funny people she and her sister were encouraged to watch mel brooks the producers on a weekly basis always watched snl growing up uh she thought Madeline Kahn was the tops and that that's a fact.You can't argue with that.That is, that is a.Track 3:[3:24] Great choice. Yeah, yeah. Now, her parents, they encouraged her to approach the world through the lens of comedy.Now, Funny runs in the family. Her younger sister, Emily Lynn, is also a comedian and does stand-up and is part of a comedy double act with Jackie Abbott. Check her out on YouTube.Super funny. Unfortunately, their father passed away when Kate was quite young, at the age of 18.Track 3:[3:51] But that didn't slow her down. She's a multi-instrumentalist, able to play piano, cello, and guitar.She can also speak three languages, English, French, and German. She makes me sick.Yeah. Well, that explains why her prime minister is such a good impression, because she can actually speak German.Right, yeah. It's not just making the noises.She knows the language. Her first job was as a little league umpire, but she left because she didn't actually know the rules for little league baseball, which is, you know, that's fair. No, it's foul.Yeah, it's foul. It's foul. She was PETA's sexiest vegan in 2017, but she actually gave that up that title because she just like a true New Yorker missed cheese pizza.Pizza um now she is an extreme introvert which she deals with by adopting funny voices uh which honestly sounds like 72.4 of the comedians i know her comedy heroes were molly shannon anna gasteyer.Track 3:[5:03] She says Kellyanne Conway, but that's obviously a joke because you can't ever give a straight answer like that.Her dream role, and this is another one I would pay good money to see, is Willy Wonka. Oh.I would have rather seen that than Timothee Chalamet.Really? Okay. Yeah, I would have loved to have seen her playing Willy Wonka.Um now before snl she starred in logo's big gay sketch show and uh she took over from the original miss frizzle uh lily tomlin uh who became a professor and a phd and as she started playing miss fiona felicity frizzle uh the original miss frizzle valerie felicity frizzle's younger sister.Track 3:[5:52] Oh i watched a lot of magic school bus with my kids yeah it's a great show uh yeah yeah and the thing is you think with this great education and all this like higher learning she would be you know a muckety muck when it comes to the comedy she finds enjoyable but honestly she said thing says one of the funniest things is a fart wow it's the ultimate bad thing a person can do and you know farts are funny they just they just are this is two weeks in a row you brought farts to the table well i mean it is comedy there you can't really get away from from a good fart um oh so whoopee cushion is a very funny thing if executed properly whoopee cushion and a rubber chicken comedy staples that's right yeah so that's that is uh that is Kate McKinnon.Track 3:[6:46] Well, I think that, um, we should head downstairs and listen in on the conversation this week. Excellent.All right. Take it away, Thomas and Ashley Bauer.Track 4:[7:27] All right. Thank you so much, JD and Matt. Yes, we are talking about a very recent SNL cast member, the most recent cast member that we've ever talked about on this show.This is her first season of eligibility, and I'm so excited to honor the great Kate McKinnon and see if she can make it past the voters, see if she can get into the SNL Hall of Fame.So to chat about Kate McKinnon is somebody who I go back with for over 20 years.We've known each other almost 20, probably 21, 22 years now.We've known each other quite a long time. And SNL was actually one of the things that we really bonded over, my guest and I.And if she slips and calls me Tom, that's how you know that somebody really knows me.Because, you know, I kind of go by Thomas and here and there, you know. But if somebody calls me Tom on this podcast, that's how you know that we go back.So my guest today, Ashley Bauer, if Ashley calls me Tom, then we've known each other for over 20 years.But Ashley, thank you so much for joining me here on the SNL Hall of Fame. How are you doing?Thank you, Tom. You're right. I can't even imagine calling you Thomas. That's so funny.Track 4:[8:45] But no, I'm great. I'm so excited. Yeah, like you said, this is how we bonded.And oh my gosh, talking about Kate McKinnon.I can't be happier. year yeah we really bonded I remember talking about because it was like probably about 2002 2003 that we became friends and we remember we really talked about like the Will Ferrell Sherry Oteri kind of years that was like the cast that that we always laughed about and shared sketches and stuff so I remember having a lot of conversations about those people but I never really knew or maybe forgot because it's been such a long time like your SNL fan origin story so why Why don't you let us know how you became a fan and what cast might have got you into it? What's your SNL origin story?Oh my gosh, yeah. So I grew up, my parents always had some sort of comedy type show on.And I remember being pretty young and my dad had on like...It must have been like a repeat episode or something of like a really old original SNL.Like I'm talking like Gilda Radner, like Jane Curtin.And I kind of just sat down to watch it with him. And I was like, Oh, okay. Yeah.This is kind of funny. Even though I was like kind of young and the humor probably went way over my head.Track 4:[10:01] So those are kind of my earliest memories, but I think when I really fell in love and like the light bulb went off that this isn't my parents show anymore.Like this is my show was, they started to let me watch them when it was Adam Sandler and Chris Farley and David Spade.And of course, I may have been like, eight, nine, 10 years old.So the slapstick comedy humor of, you know, Chris Farley, especially his physical comedy just had me in stitches.And I think that was the lightbulb moment. And when I really became obsessed.And I remember being, I can still picture this today, however many years later, standing in line at a grocery store and looking over and seeing the tabloids when Chris Farley passed away. And I just started to cry.And my mom was like, what's wrong? And I was so devastated when I learned that he had OD'd.And again, I was maybe 10, 11 years old.And that always kind of struck, hits me in my memory of, I think that's when I realized it was more than just a show I liked, that I was you know kind of borderline obsessed I felt like these comedians were like you know my friends so.Track 4:[11:12] But yeah, I guess that's probably one of my favorite casts, again, for sure, because I think that's when SNL really, you know, kind of transitioned into my show.But like you said, too, you know, gosh, it's hard to compare that that cast to like Will Ferrell, Sherry O'Terry, Molly Shannon.And, you know, when they started to kind of overlap with Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon and it kind of started to mesh into that newer generation.Track 4:[11:37] Gosh, it's kind of hard to top that that cast, if you ask me.Yeah i always remember us talking about like will ferrell and anna gasteyer the culps so that i think i think that was one of the ones that we would always laugh about was like all the all the mashups and sharing videos that we found in youtube was even was even around when we when you and i were chatting about snl so we probably had downloaded sketches from like uh limewire or whatever i was just gonna say that i think we shared omia on limewire or like Napster or whatever, you know, that's definitely aging us a bit.Yeah, totally. So, yeah, so I know that, but that's interesting to me because I always associated you, yeah, with like Will Ferrell and Sherry O'Terry and those people.But yeah, you do go back to like Chris Farley and Sandler.And so that's awesome. Most of us SNL geeks remember watching when we were eight or nine years old, sometimes seeing sketches that maybe we shouldn't have been seeing at eight or nine years old.Track 4:[12:33] Yeah, yeah. Yeah, but it helped form form our comedy palettes and our love for SNL. So, so that's awesome. Thanks.Thanks for sharing. So our friends over at the Saturday Night Network, they did like a cast member countdown.So they went like, one through 50 talked about and John Schneider, the Lorne Michaels, essentially of the SNN, he kept asking this question, or he asked the question, like, you know, if you were to build a cast member in a lab, what would it look like?Or was this person and built for SNL.So that got me wondering, I'm interested in your perspective on this.Like if you had to create an SNL cast member in a lab, actually, like what traits would you give that cast member?Oh my gosh. You know, I'm such an SNL nerd.So I've actually thought about this before. I know what you're talking about.I saw that, that post in that episode.I mean, I think it goes without saying, obviously the improv skills, even, you know, I don't think you necessarily have to come from, you know, the Groundlings or Second City or anything like that.But I think just the ability to...Track 4:[13:39] Be able to go with the flow and take something and not be stuck to a script.I think having that trait, I think being a good writer too, I think understanding how a sketch is created, even if you don't necessarily write that one for yourself, but understanding, I think, the science behind it and what your writer wants you to contribute to that sketch, I think is a really good trait.I remember seeing an interview too, too.I think it was with Ana Gasteyer, actually, like you were mentioning and talking about, like musical abilities and how, you know, being on a show like Saturday Night Live, you don't necessarily have to be like a Mariah Carey or a Beyonce type singer who's really good, but just enough to kind of make it through a sketch.And I think Ana Gasteyer again, like with you know, the cults and anything else where she would have to sing, it was just good enough to get by and make it funny.So I've always thought I agreed with that assessment that having some sort of musical ability, you know, to make it through a good sketch and execute it. Timing.I mentioned, you know, I really liked the physical comedy and physicality of Chris Farley.But even if you don't throw yourself into a wall or a table like he did.Track 4:[14:58] I think Molly Shannon did a really good job of that.You know, Mary Catherine Gallagher would throw herself into something but um sally o'malley would even just stretch and pull her waistband up and i think just knowing whatever little physical ticks your character would have i think really kind of makes that more well-rounded you're not just reciting you know a line or like i said a script for a sketch but you're really creating a person and i always thought that was kind of fun.Track 4:[15:25] Um something that i think kate our girl kate was really good at was having zero modesty i think I think you have to be able to not take yourself too seriously and be okay looking like a fool on live TV.That's such a good point. I never thought of it that way as far as having zero modesty. But you're actually super right.That type of commitment to the character and the bit.And I know over the years, oftentimes there's cast members that come along and something doesn't feel right about the fit of the cast member.And I think a lot of times it's that they seem self-conscious up there and it makes me feel bad for them.And I don't want to feel bad for somebody who I'm watching on SNL.I want them to be completely confident and I want to feel like as a viewer, I'm in good hands with the person on screen.And sometimes I don't get that with certain cast members over the years.And those seem to be the ones that kind of like peter out as far as cast members.But you're right like it's just like that lack of.Track 4:[16:31] Being self-conscious, like, you know, the lack of modesty, the, the commitment.And I think our subject today, Kate McKinnon exemplifies that to a T along with like a lot of the other traits that you mentioned, like, Hey, she could sing a little bit, right? Ashley.Track 4:[16:47] Yeah. Again, I think just, just well enough where you're like, I mean, I'm not, maybe not like a Cecily strong, you know, type where Cecily could actually sing, but, um, I think enough.And she definitely sunk herself into a character like yeah you're right kate was like maybe one of the least self-conscious cast members that i could ever think of on the show and her physicality was great i mean we'll probably get to all of that but i think if you built a snl cast member in a lab it would look a lot like kate mckinnon honestly yeah no i agree i kind of thought that when i was you know going through my head and thinking about them like wow it sounds like i'm just describing kate you know like this is a shameless plug just for this topic but no like Like I genuinely believe that those are really good traits and that, yeah, she embodied all of them. And I think that's what made her so great.Yeah. And do you have a recollection of like what your reaction was to Kate when she joined SNL? She joined in 2012.So it's like April. We're coming up on 12 years almost of when she started on SNL. It was April of 2012.Do you have any recollection of like what you may have, what some of your first impressions might have been of Kate?I do actually. And I do this every season. And I always have this, like, cause you really do kind of grow to, to be fond of some of these.You're right. Maybe not so much the ones that kind of peter out and Lauren gave him a chance and it's like, okay, maybe not.Track 4:[18:04] Um, but especially like you said that year, that was when Kristen wig left and she was hired to replace Kristen.And so I think I was really like, hold on, who do you think you are?Nobody can come in here and replace Kristen wig. Are you serious?Is like there's no way anyone's going to be able to top what Kristen did and so I remember being like okay let's let's see what what this girl can do um but her first sketch ever on SNL that Sofia Vergara um Penelope Cruz impression that she did oh my gosh I just remember thinking, holy cow I wouldn't believe that she's a brand new featured player I thought that she embodied such confidence and comfortability in that sketch.Like she'd been doing it her whole life.And to be sitting next to such a big star at the time, Sofia Vergara and I'm sorry, I'm laughing because I'm thinking about the sketch, but I thought, wow, okay, she can hang. Maybe this is going to be okay.And that was kind of my first impression, even though I was kind of, you know, like a mean girl attitude about it at first, like my loyalties to Kristen, not to you. And it's funny to look back because now I say that about.Track 4:[19:16] Yeah, exactly. You know, I think a lot of people felt that way.There were obviously a lot of really hardcore Kristen Wiig fans, even someone like me who she wasn't my total favorite, but I loved her a lot of her characters.I think Kristen Wiig's an all time all timer.So having so you do look at somebody like Kate a little bit with like a skeptical eye and it's like, okay, well, you know, it seems like you're the person that they hired to replace Kristen.I don't know if the show Out and Out said that. I don't know that they would because they don't want to put that in there.Kind of pressure on her but the optics were such that Kate McKinnon seemed like she got hired to replace Kristen Wiig and so you're gonna look at her skeptically and be like okay well I don't know show us what you got and that Penelope Cruz sketch the Pantene one with uh yeah that with Sophia was just it showed me like the confidence with which Kate sunk herself into this character i must have given the show and snl fans like assurance like she was going to be a keeper on snl i can't imagine that was her first episode too that sofia vergara episode that was kate's first episode the sketch happened later on in the show and it was almost like i couldn't think of a more perfect introduction to somebody that was potentially going to replace a legend than this It's like, what kind of pressure is that for Kate? Gosh.Track 4:[20:40] Right. Oh my gosh. Like she could, like you said, we as audience members could have felt so bad for her.Like, you know, she could have been so nervous and unsure, you know, even with her, you know, prior experience in improv.I mean, it's so different when you do it, you know, for such a big institution like SNL.And I think that demonstrated too, because not all SNL cast members have been good impressionists necessarily.Necessarily um and i think that showed too what her range was going to be that she could come on and do such a big impression again first sketch first show ever and just nail it glossy nice.Track 4:[21:22] No no no no no no no penelope it's phytomorphogenesis, refrigerator no no sweetie listen to me it's it's not refrigerator okay say it with me fido fido good morpho morpho genesis jeff bridges no.Track 4:[21:44] What i love about kate's impressions too is a lot of times they are like pretty accurate she can do the accurate thing but a lot of them are always maybe 20 20 20 to 25 off kilter like she has that perfect she sprinkles in the perfect amount of caricature for a lot of these impressions and we saw that right away with this penelope cruz the way she was pronouncing things and then she kind of like turned penelope cruz into this sympathetic human kind of person where she kind of says is it it just me am i the only one who thinks that like i'm getting the big words here or you know what's going on like so she kind of turned penelope into this more human like you kind of relate to her like yeah she's right she is getting the hard words isn't she so kate did that little trick right away with with this one yeah it was so genius even then in her first sketch like you know she could have turned penelope into a diva or something but it was just kind of this like nice little timid like um excuse me but are you not seeing this am i the only one who thinks this and i just thought it was so so genius to bring to the sketch yeah that was great season 37 episode 18 kate's first episode on the cast and she already turned in something memorable and that just completely fits what what kate would become on snl so she started her first full season, season 38, that's the post-Kristen Wiig era.Track 4:[23:10] What kind of stands out to you, Ashley? Like what should we start with in terms of, of Kate McKinnon's work on SNL?Oh my gosh. Yeah. Where do you start with somebody like Kate? Um.Track 4:[23:22] You know, I think Ellen DeGeneres was one of her big impressions, for sure.Like you said, doing just enough to nail it, but kind of taking her a little bit over the top and making it a caricature.Now, as many of you know, this Sunday I am hosting the Oscars.And I can only hope that somewhere a guy named Oscars hosting the Ellens. I'm kidding.Track 4:[23:44] But you know what movie I love this year? Twelve Years a Slave.Slave that's about how i've been forced to dance on this show every day for the last 12 years, i'm just kidding it's about slavery i'm alan the justin bieber again the mannerisms you know the shrugging of the shoulders and the you know thumb in his nose and um but gosh i think my favorite i lump those two together though and it's kind of it's cool that you started like with those two specifically mentioned those two because i do lump them together the ellen degenerates and the Justin Bieber and you'd mentioned physicality with the performer like you're going to build somebody in the lab you want them to have some sort of physicality and Kate she's not necessarily like like Chris Farley like or Molly Shannon like jumping through sets and tables and and stuff like that with like Ellen and Justin Bieber but she's just doing those little moves like with Ellen it's like how she just kind of contorts her body when she's dancing, Too bad this isn't a video podcast because I'm sitting here like kind of like swaying in my chair.So only Ashley gets treated to my little chair dance moves here.But yeah, the way Kate...Track 4:[24:57] Moves her body as Ellen, and then I love even her exasperation.Like, you know, I shouldn't have danced my first episode because now everybody just expects me to dance and I have to do this.And so she takes that, like, kernel of something about Ellen or something about Justin Bieber and kind of dials it up, puts that absurdity, that caricature on it so perfectly.It's interesting that I, in my mind, associate Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres.Those two are kind of almost one of the, they're very different, but I just lumped them together in my mind.Yeah, no, so epic. You're right. And I think she kind of debuted him around the same time as well.And I like when she takes, you know, celebrities like that in the impressions.And regardless of how much kind of they grow and change throughout their careers, I like that she kind of picks an era and kind of keeps the characters that, like, Justin Bieber, no matter how much he grew up, she kind of still played him as this, like, you know, baby heart.Heartthrob, you know, kind of still a little bit nervous and playing flirty, like throwing the hood up.It's okay. People can't see me doing my little shoulder shrug either, but, um, throwing the hood up and trying to act all coy.And I just thought, oh my God, it was so spot on.Track 4:[26:06] Yeah. Her Bieber, he, she played him like, uh, she captured the spirit of this young oblivious pop star who's so in love with himself.And I think that maybe that's the angle that Kate saw. And she just captured that aloof kind of thing about bieber that he just like really loved himself he did those they did those parodies of those calvin klein ads and i think that's where we first saw that seeing kate and tidy whiteys that was hilarious i think that's what you're saying like lack of modesty like she didn't care she she would parade around in tidy whiteys and for a sketch.Track 4:[26:42] And go all in. Like, I just, yeah, I love that about her.And I loved, too, if we're going to keep talking about favorite impressions, her, of course, Ruth Bader Ginsburg impression.And it makes me think of RBG like that and kind of wish that she was like that in real life.And I'm, like, convinced myself that that's how she was.But, you know, I mean, the Ginsburg.That's just so brilliant. It seems so simple, but I can't tell you how hard I laughed every time she came out on Weekend Update and did Ruth Bader Ginsburg and then would just burn all these people and, again, get up and dance and have the Ginsburg and just be all into it and being this little frail old 80-year-old woman just getting down.Let's focus. Now, were you swayed by any of the arguments you heard on Tuesday?Oh, man. They were useless.Useless. next time I'm just gonna put a crumpled up black cocktail napkin in my place no one will know I'm good the arguments I heard they were so weak I just hope they're not holding up Justice Scalia's chair oh that's a gills burn.Track 4:[27:57] Total commitment to to the character and to the bit that's what I always know Kate from her time at SNL as just somebody who just immersed herself into something.This Ruth Bader Ginsburg was perfect. And this wasn't even...Her voice was pretty spot on, the squeaky voice, but that was about it.This was kind of Kate putting on a robe and dancing on Weekend Update, and it was endlessly entertaining. So that's a really good call out.Track 4:[28:29] Gosh, I could go on and on. But even not just her impressions, but I think her ability to create an original character, too.I don't know that you can talk about you know Kate McKinnon potentially being in the hall of fame without talking about Colleen Rafferty in the close encounter sketches like oh my gosh I think I shed tears I laughed so hard during each and every one of those and again yeah the physicality and not just her own lack of modesty but I think forcing those in the sketch with her you know to kind of get up all up close to them and touch them and you know and get up all into their face and usually make them break um but gosh i just thought that was brilliant too to portray you know the third of a trio who clearly did not have the same experience these other people did, these fancy cats are seeing god meanwhile i'm starting phase two which is me sitting on a stool while 40 gray aliens take turns gently batting my knockers in.Track 4:[29:32] Did y'all get the knocker stuff? Uh, no. No knocker stuff. Sorry.And did you feel threatened, Ms. Rafferty? No. No, no, no, no, no.They were, uh, they were real respectful about it. They were... they were in a line.And then, uh, one by one, they'd step up, slap a knocker, and then go to end the line, wait for another turn.Kate, as a performer, you could tell she was like, well, it's not just going to be me that goes to 11, basically.I'm going to take all of you with me. I'm going to climb on Ryan Gosling.I'm going to do all this stuff to Liev Schreiber and...I'm going to bring you all along with me into this absurdity, whether you like it or not.I'm going to take you with me. That's like a powerful performer right there in Kate.I never thought about it totally that way, but she just was just such a powerful presence in kind of like a small stature.But she was so powerful up there on screen.Track 4:[30:38] Seriously. And I love this. I know Lauren hates it when they break, but I know the audiences love it.And especially in those, I mean, yeah, she wouldn't just make Ryan Gosling, you know, completely break down and laugh.But even like Aidy Bryant and those, you know, conducting the interview just could barely hold it together and ask their simple lines.So it's just, I think watching her was so great. They couldn't help but get immersed and forget where they were too. And you're at kind of go along with her.Yeah. Lauren, Lauren's like, oh, we're, uh, we're not the Carol Burnett show.We don't, uh, we don't do that kind of thing. but I guess it's okay for this one Kate keep doing your thing so that's probably that's probably in my mind what Lauren what Lauren told Kate right there it was a real good Lauren by the way I've been working on I've had like years to kind of like start fine-tuning my Lauren and at some point I'm gonna make all my guests do do their Lauren impression too so oh gosh please don't start with me and I would probably be terrible.I basically just do Dr. Evil when I try to do Morn.That's kind of my cheat code for it. I know it's like the worst kept secret that Mike Myers Yeah.Track 4:[31:50] This was Colleen Rafferty. Yeah, these close encounters.Perfectly weird like Kate character. It made me cry with laughter but also honestly made me tear up.I don't know some sadness some joy some sentimentality because she chose this as her unofficial send-off in her last show for a reason it was yeah it was the cold open, uh in her last show and she did calling rafferty and she did this like send-off where she was gonna go into the spaceship for good well earth, i love you thanks for letting me stay a while.Track 4:[32:39] Live from new york it's saturday night, it made me tear up i'm not even afraid to to say it like i was sitting there watching her last episode like what is this salty discharge like i'm i was like kind of crying like did it have that effect on you Ashley oh 100% yeah like you could ask my husband I was in tears because when I was devastated that she was leaving of course because I think Kate became SNL and it was so hard to imagine SNL without her so yeah obviously it was tears of you know just sadness that she was leaving and just that kind of oh trying to have to process that reality but just so brilliant that she chose that and what a way to kind of I love that she had the say in it and And kind of how she laughed on her terms and, and.Track 4:[33:29] To give that character that closure too and of course i you know you could tell that kate was tearing up so how could you not i mean yeah what a career like you said um she was on it for so long and um yeah don't don't worry i was absolutely bawling like a baby not even just tears like i was probably sorry yeah i think i think most snl fans like through the hardcore fans were sitting there on their couches crying a little bit another oddball character that i think we need to to bring up with kate she just excelled at playing these really odd i mean there's like probably a laundry list but she did this one nine times uh including her first full season in season 38 she broke broke out uh sheila savage the last call at the bar so so this this is hilarious she says like kate has this gift of saying like the grossest things with such sincerity and confidence, What's your name, sweetie?It's, uh, it's Sheila Sauvage. You can remember that because if you mix up the letters, it almost spells Vagisil.Track 4:[34:42] What's your handle, brother? They call me Ace Chuggins. Ace, get out!I'm wearing one of your bandages right now because I ran out of underwear.Mom, wow. Oh, my gosh. yeah like just the complete lack of inhibition like she did it with what like um dave chapelle louis ck adam sandler um larry david would just go yes oh and keenan's you know like pouring gasoline in his eyes on the side because you're right just these absolutely gross grotesque things coming out of her mouth and what she's doing you know at that bar and for keenan to be that kind of sane person that like, this is not okay.Like anyone else watching this would be completely tortured by it, but you couldn't help it. Just be me.Track 4:[35:29] At least for me, I get almost in tears laughing just so hard.I think the one with Dave Chappelle, especially, was one of the best ones.I just loved, again, like we keep saying about her, she goes all in and she takes it from a 10 to at least an 11, if not higher.There's certain performers. So there's different classes of performers.And some were if they're asked to do something like say say these insane gross things be so oddball and out there you could tell that that's against type and as they're performing it there they know that they're playing against type and so they're not all the way committed like that happens a lot of times with hosts so they bring a host on and then they have the host do this weird character maybe like scarlett johansson she's great love scarlett johansson but you could tell maybe sometimes it's scarlet's playing somebody weird that there's maybe an element of her that's almost calls attention to it while she's doing it but kate doesn't you think that this is really kate when when she's playing these characters like it's almost like a dana carvey kind of gift of sinking into a character and not calling attention to it so much Yeah, no, 100%. I think you're right.Oh my gosh, yeah, Dane is a perfect example of this, where they become so immersed in it.Track 4:[36:55] And I love that they don't take themselves too seriously. You're right.You see it a lot with hosts who just, they're so afraid of being embarrassed or how it's going to look and what the reviews are going to be that you can tell that they're holding back.And it completely changes the dynamic of that sketch. whereas yeah what Kate goes all in because she doesn't take herself too seriously I think she takes what she does very seriously clearly because she's so brilliant at it but I think that's the key of a good SNL performer is take what you do seriously but not yourself and I think that's why we got such amazing characters that other otherwise you could have walked away from a sketch being like okay wow that was odd why'd they do that and instead you got this oh my gosh what an epic, epic result we got from her yet again.I love that. What'd you say? Take the work seriously, but not yourself so seriously. Yeah. I love that.That's almost a perfect way to describe Kate and why maybe a lot of what she did worked on the show because she did find that formula of taking the work seriously, but letting herself go in the process. That's such a great way to put that.Ashley, I love it. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, I just, to me, that just seemed like the best way to describe it, because there's no way she could have done what she did if she took anything about herself seriously.Track 4:[38:15] Yeah, yeah. One last oddball character that I think about, too, is her, DeBette Goldry, the old, the actor, the actress from old Hollywood.Who's always on these panels sharing matter-of-fact anecdotes about how women were treated back then.What do you think is still holding women back?I think there are all these tiny little things. Like, you've got to change your hair to fit your type.Yeah, and you have to act a certain way so you don't get labeled as difficult.Yeah, you gotta eat arsenic to make your skin pale.What? Well, yeah, I mean, Samuel Goldwyn had a rule that all of his starlets had to eat arsenic tablets to make their skin glow.And then they discovered it made us, um, I'm sorry, what is the word? Psychotic.So to calm us down, they'd send in the monkey with a tray of opium, you know how it goes.Track 4:[39:09] That works because Kate is so matter-of-fact. as a performer about how she's sharing this awful stuff about what would happen to actresses in the whole of Hollywood.Right. Yeah. And it would have been so easy for that to have too closely mirrored Colleen Rafferty of, you know, trying to deliver this deadpan of all these horrible, ridiculous things.But that was such a different character. And it made you think it was a totally different concept again, because she was just so great at, again, the accent and her delving into that character made you believe you were talking to this old timey Hollywood actress.And, you know, when the interview is over and she's like, OK, I know what that means. And she starts undressing to lay on the table.Track 4:[39:49] It's kind of it could go right up to a point where you almost feel uncomfortable because there's probably way too much truth to that.But to that reality, but in a way that still lets you laugh at an otherwise very unfortunate reality.Reality yeah she's talking about things like forced marriages and tranquilizers being like just all sorts of very vivid descriptions of what what it must have been like and she just totally this like said and then she looks at the other people i think jen remember jennifer aniston being being on one or amma stone i think they were on actually the same one and she's just kind of looking at them like what that just what that's that's how it was like like am i right ladies like yeah am i right like you can relate that way probably yeah yeah yeah that's such a perfect kate like oddball character and she i think she did that four times it was toward more toward like her later the later half of her snl career but we love those and i speaking of like the almost later half of her snl career i think she had kate had a lot of things working against her as far as the era that she worked in because she was saddled with a lot of thankless roles because around 2016 Trump era hit unfortunately and it had a weird effect on comedy and SNL as well so I think Kate.Track 4:[41:19] Was almost i don't know doing sketch comedy with like weights attached to her in some ways with having to do political figures but ashley i don't know if you agree with this i think she did the best she could i think she did a really good job with a lot of potentially thank thankless political roles no i 100 agree you're right it's such a you know there's been unfortunately times in our country where it's is hey is it okay to laugh and i think snl has always been brilliant about reminding us as a country that it's okay to do that.Um, even when you otherwise don't feel like you should.And I think for, you know, a lot of people that Trump era was really jarring.And I know sometimes I've commented, gosh, is this too real to be funny?It's almost, it's not even satire anymore. This is real. But I think Kate was such a breath of fresh air through that.Track 4:[42:12] And I think by giving, I mean, they, she didn't just do, you know, female impressions. I know we talked about Justin Bieber, But she did Jeff Sessions and Rudy Giuliani.And again, just turned to these people that were certainly not very likable or well liked by most of the country and just made you laugh at the ridiculousness of it.And I think reminded people that it was okay to do that.And kind of like, okay, good. Yeah, this is ridiculous, right?Like, she's kind of highlighting, you know, the ridiculousness to what was going on in a way that I think made us not so scared anymore. more.And you're right, that could have really gone either way, I think, depending on the temperature of our country and were people ready to laugh at it.And I think Kate just had that knack of making it successful and getting us through that era.Track 4:[43:03] Yeah, I think she did the correct thing as far as you take like Jeff Sessions, Rudy Giuliani. Those are great examples.She didn't try to do spot on impressions, like maybe a little bit, certainly with the accents and things like that.But then she she inserted she tried to find the right angle to make it a unique impression, but also kind of roast those people. So like with Jeff Sessions, she played him like a possum.And she even, I mean, she made that obvious.I think there was even one time where Sessions was on maybe Weekend Update or a sketch and she had him eating like something like a possum would, like a rodent.So that's how she decided to play Jeff Sessions as this like rodent type of squirrely kind of character.And I think that was the perfect way to go about it. Do you really not remember meeting with George Papadopoulos about Russia?Well, you know, Colin, I've had some memory problems stemming from a childhood trauma.A childhood trauma? What was that?The passing of the Civil Rights Act.Track 4:[44:13] Yeah, and I think, too, I think we would be remiss if we didn't talk about her Kellyanne Conway impression through all of that, And especially the Pennywise pre-recorded sketch that they did, or was it Kelly wise?I'm not really sure. I can't remember now that I'm talking. Yeah. They turned it into, but again, just taking it just far enough to be a little bit roast of the character, but also, you know, enough past it for us, you know, the logical parts of our brains to remember that this is a parody of, And, you know, not taking it too far to like, I think, actually, you know, forget that those are still human beings.Track 4:[44:51] She's just so brilliant at towing that line and taking it over the top.Just again, like like Kelly Wise.Yeah, it was almost. Yeah, it was almost perfect that she played Kellyanne Conway.Like that was the Kelly Wise one was a logical extension of how she played Kellyanne.She almost played Kellyanne like a horror, like a movie villain, like a horror movie villain anyway.Yeah, there was this emptiness. behind her Kellyanne behind those eyes just like really creepiness and slightly unhinged that's how she played Kellyanne so like dressing her up as a clown and doing the whole Kelly wise thing was like almost a perfect extension of just how she played that character in general and she had to do this like 16 times so so it could have just been become another boring political impression Russian, but she made it her own.It's me, Kellyanne Conway.Track 4:[45:43] But you can call me Kellywise. Kellywise, the dancing clown.Track 4:[45:49] It's Kellyanne. What'd you do to your makeup? I toned it down.Put me on TV. I have to go. Wait, don't go.Don't you want a coat? No. I'll give you a coat. I'll give you a crazy, crazy coat.How about this? Okay, so Puerto Rico actually was worse before Hurricane Maria and the hurricane actually did blow some buildings back together.And I don't know why Elizabeth Warren won't tweet about that. That's insane.I know. I think, too, just, yeah, playing off the fact that there was always something in it for Kelly.She wasn't doing it for anybody else. And I think that Kelly Wise sketch really sold that message home, too.I keep thinking, too, of her physicality. With Rudy Giuliani, she decided to play him almost like the Crypt Keeper or like a serpent in some ways.Her Giuliani would sit there and he would manipulate his hands like they were spiders.Track 4:[46:45] These little mannerisms. It was just so perfect the way she played Giuliani because she could have just said, I'll just do an impression and let the crazy things that he says in real life speak for themselves.I think that was a crutch that SNL maybe still hasn't shaken, is sometimes they'll just do verbatim what the person said.But I appreciate Kate, because she tried to find a different angle, even if it was with her physical performance.So a lot of people don't necessarily appreciate that, about that era of political SNL was how Kate approached it.It yeah 100 because i think too they get so stuck on okay we need an impressionist who's gonna nail it and be so much like this person and i think you know will ferrell's george w bush i think kind of lulled snl into that because he was so spot on with it and then trying to find i think they go through like three or four different cast members trying to find someone to replace will ferrell's george w bush after that because they wanted so badly for it to be the way will ferrell did it and they just couldn't they couldn't replicate it and i think that's what was so genius about kate was once a cast member would leave who had otherwise done that impression and she stepped in to do it she made it her own she made it totally different so that way it wasn't like it was an exact comparison to either the real person or the cast member who had done it before.Track 4:[48:07] Yeah yeah that's a really great point kate almost played a president that she played hillary clinton and I think she really found...She did it over 20 times and I think she really...Track 4:[48:23] To me kind of subtly found this great angle on hillary like this element of desperation, but also competence at the same time like part of the joke was that she was so competent that it was boring so she would try to like spice things up and maybe the real hillary tried to do that a little bit too in 2016.Besides who can remember how many states i've lost in a row is it a two or is it three i don't hey miss clinton i'm here to fix seven holes in your wall.Track 4:[48:55] Come to think of it it might have been seven and and that's fantastic it humanizes me i'm the underdog now i'm this election's rudy and i like that after all i don't want to be a big old b and win every single state that's no fun she captured like like i said like the desperation but also So there was competence in how she played Hillary.Yeah. And again, she had to follow Amy Poehler's impression of Hillary Clinton, which was super popular.And again, made it her own.And they were both such perfect, you know, Hillarys, for sure.And same with Elizabeth Warren.Her impression of Elizabeth Warren was just so...I think that one was probably a little bit more like spot on to how she was.Um or at least how i i saw her in in media i put down enthusiastic nerd for uh elizabeth warren, yes yes oh my god yes oh and then she did that tiktok with her i don't know if you saw that where it was like the the drake um was the the drake song was the trend i think oh okay gosh again i'm an elder millennial i'm not cool enough to remember the names of these songs anymore but But, yeah, and just taking it outside of, like, a live SNL sketch and, you know, portraying, you know, some of these people in things like TikTok, I thought was genius.Track 4:[50:18] Yeah, so. You should look it up if you haven't seen it. Yeah, I will, because I actually haven't seen that one pass me by.Again, elder millennial, Drake, TikTok, these are all, like, words I barely know. So.Track 4:[50:33] I'll go take a look. Recently, like Robert Mueller, Anthony Fauci, like those could have been really thankless.Track 4:[50:40] But I think she found like a funny angle on Fauci, too.Track 4:[50:45] Just like especially that was a little more spot on and the way she looked and like her Fauci was just fun to listen to and look at.So even in like the later Kate years, she still tried to I think she still tried to work hard to find angles on on different societal and political figures.Figures and i think too we saw that with um doctor we notice kind of late on i think she only did that maybe two or three times but um i love how that kind of blended and it always turned into kate are you okay you know joe's asking her you know being that fourth wall even more so um and kind of reminding us hey kate um are you are you gonna be okay and her trying to get through the rest of that sketch i thought was really great and really again kind of captured how everyone was processing you know 2020 and 2021 um yeah like her doing those fourth wall breaks like i remember a cold open that she she hosted a talk show where it was just essentially her i think even the title of the talk show is like like what the hell is happening it was like in something along those lines where kate was just like marveling at just like the the craziness of of what was happening in the world.Track 4:[51:57] And I like seeing Kate start to almost share her exasperation about what was happening in the world through characters and sketches like that.So we started seeing Kate more, kind of come out of her shell a little bit in that way, as far as just like, the doctor we noticed was perfect.Track 4:[52:16] Fourth wall break and asking her like are you are you okay what's going on kate like i yeah i just i thought that was perfect and now he's holding rallies yeah who does this he did this we notice we hate us he do this we notice.Track 4:[52:31] I'm sorry doctor we notice um yes are are you saying we know this or are you just saying your last name oh okay we know this is greek in english it translates to we know this like we're aware of this okay okay yeah i think i think i got it are there any like almost hidden gems or one-off, sketches or anything like that that might maybe maybe she did once or twice that just always like tickled you oh my god yes did you did you see or do you remember the birds sketch it had john mulaney in it and it was keenan it was like the turner classic movies and he is playing you know reese to what and it's this you know supposed cut scene from alfred hitchcock's the birds, that oh my god gets me every time because it's just so ridiculous you've got to do something Please, these birds, they're the jerk of the year.Has anyone said, like, shoo, get out of here, bird, like with a hand wave?No, no, there's too many and they're too mean. Okay, so these are birds of prey, like a hawk or an eagle?No, no, they're seagulls, you know, the little guys that eat french fries at the beach. Oh, no, look!Track 4:[53:57] They set fire to the gas station. How? Wow.Sir, I cannot explain. She plays the main actress in the movie who's running from the birds and Kate runs into this phone booth, locks herself in and she calls the sheriff and the sheriff is played by john mulaney and kate's just hysterical and beside herself and the birds the birds are killing everyone and john mulaney is basically playing himself in this sketch and it's like i'm sorry like they're just like pecking a lot of people or like what's happening just like no they're murdering us all she's so hysterical he's trying to be like she's like there's no time to explain you have have to come quick and he's like no no no i need you to explain like you just said the birds murdered a man i need you to explain how that's possible and to me that is just one of the funniest one-offs that i think she ever did and um beck bennett kind of runs off and on screen every now and then getting attacked by the birds and then it just keeps getting more ridiculous and now now the birds have picked up turtles and they're throwing turtles at people and now the turtles can fly like the bird it just look at this could have been the most random dud tank of a sketch and to me it's one of the funniest things that she did the entire time.Track 4:[55:20] She's so good about playing that dramatic old hollywood kind of delivery that affectation that's so good i remember that sketch i found it hilarious and it was it was just like the premise was super silly the premise was almost like yeah that makes sense like you watch the movie and you're kind of you are thinking I remember I saw it when I was like a teenager or something and I remember thinking wait these birds are like murdering people like what what this doesn't make sense why I like Hitchcock but what so I think yeah that's where they were coming from and Kate delivered that so well I love her affectation it's kind of funny that you bring up like how when she played like a 1950s actress because the one off that really like spoke to me with kate was from season 44 i don't know if you remember teacher fell down yes oh my god i almost forgot about that one yeah the sketch started with uh it just shows a shot of the outside of a school then you hear like this commotion in class and the students are like oh like gasp and then the sketch starts with kate just like on the ground just laying with her legs out almost like I'm a seated but with her legs out and she does this monologue this dramatic monologue almost like a scene from a.Track 4:[56:38] 1950s movie about how she fell down and we got in this predicament and we're in this together and and, I've been doing some thinking about this. And then just the reactions of the students like Jonah Hill, A.D.Bryan, and Pete Davidson have these like perfect reactions to this teacher who's just like she fell down and she's monologuing. And it's because she was wearing willies. Her shoes had wheels on them, so she fell.Track 4:[57:05] But just Kate's just like commitment in her delivery, her affectation is this 1950s dramatic delivery.Like Teacher Fell Down is kind of like, over the last five or ten years, one that I always go to is like, this was such like a possible, unappreciated, one-off, weird kind of thing that I totally connected with. Teacher fell down.Are you okay? Yeah, because you really fell down there. No, you need like help?No, no. It's too late for that.Track 4:[57:42] Teachers on the ground like a silly little girl well i'm not a little girl and i didn't fall.Track 4:[57:50] Yes you did do you want to like get up.Track 4:[57:53] Though no no we're staying in this i loved it i think because i am also kind of weird and random that i connected so much with kate and the characters that she did because it's like she made it okay to be weird and random and people celebrated it and enjoyed it and yeah like again just this she's having this existential crisis in front of a bunch of high schoolers like on the floor but it it made it funny like i just yeah um even even the one-offs like you said are so memorable when 80s says he said she's sharing her existential crisis with the students and when 80s says don't tell us stuff like that i love like i could just imagine like some 16 year old like i don't want to hear about my teacher's life like don't tell us stuff like why are you saying why are you telling us this yeah did you have any any more were you about to say oh gosh i don't know if it was a one-off but i loved when she did the russian like olia um and she was like again same thing like this deadpan delivery of like all these horrible things happening to her in russia um but oh don't worry america like you know you're going through this but you know we don't have you know like food um but no i don't think that was a one-off because i think she did olia a few times but yeah that was a great weekend character yeah yes it's around the same time she was doing the the angela merkel.Track 4:[59:23] One-two-one weekend update yes yes oh god see she did so much i can't imagine kate not being a candidate for the hall of fame like i think that would just be criminal i know i know it's amazing my wife's a french teacher so one sketch that this is like maybe the last one that i'll bring up but one sketch that i had to show my wife because she's a french teacher was the america's funniest pets okay well then i'm gonna let you guys handle this next clip of a cat who has this It's his first taste of ice cream.Track 4:[59:55] This cat has seconds to live. She purposefully cut off her oxygen.This life is too much to bear. She is quietly backing out of this world.And she will not be missed.That's a funny cat. Yeah, very funny cat.Kate and Cecily were playing these French women commenting on pet videos.And they were these cute pet videos, but they were playing these nihilistic French women who were inserting these like these like kind of messed up scenarios with these pets and it was such wonderful caricatures and i showed my french teacher wife and she's like that's really funny like it's kind of a funny uh take on like a stereotypical take on like french culture aspects about french culture but that was one where she she and cecily were great in that and She was a really good teammate and especially had great chemistry with Aidy Bryant.Is that one of the better duos, do you think, that we've seen on SNL, Kate and Aidy?Oh, I think that would definitely be up there with Molly Shannon and Sherry O'Terry and those kind of duos. Like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, I think.Track 4:[1:01:06] Maybe not quite as iconic as that um again tina's my queen um but i think kate and ade like fats and, is it dyke and fats um the top duo sketches that they did together and then the um the spiced meats that they were selling on weekend update um the like um whatever farms they're both vegetarians and they're trying to talk about this like rancid meat that's sitting in front of them um yeah Yeah, their duo together was perfection.I loved it so much. Yeah, they were so good together.And you could tell that they just fed off of each other's energy so well.There was a fairly recent one.John Krasinski hosted the episode. I thought it was a great episode all around.But they did one where it was like a game show from the early 90s. And they were partners.But they went on like there were these couples. And then it was Kate and 80.And it was obviously they wouldn't say because it was the early 90s.But they were a lesbian couple. couple and the way they talk to each other like you're my soulmate you're my life I like this.Track 4:[1:02:09] Just like they're you can do it yeah you can exactly there's chemistry was so so great that was like a wonderful encapsulation to me of just how Kate and 80 work together so well now let's learn a little bit about our front runners what do you guys do for work I have a doctorate in grocery riddles that's right I'm a I'm a Unitarian minister neat what will you do with the money if, Well, our blind horse needs a full-time nurse.My snowshoes are looking a little ratty. And I do need titanium ankles, because mine are just sort of bone on bone. Ouchie!Track 4:[1:02:43] Well, good luck catching up, couples, because these two are really in sync.Yeah. We got a really good thing. Yeah, this woman taught me how to trust.Sometimes I lie awake, praying that we die in the same moment.Kate is one of the... She was in one of the biggest movies of, like, last year, Barbie.I thought she did really great. She played weird Barbie, of course, but other Barbie would, would Kate play and do well.I mean, she could probably play any Barbie, but she was just so perfect as weird Barbie, really memorable performance.That said, how could you see her post SNL career kind of playing out like types of roles?And what would you like to see her do with her post SNL career?Track 4:[1:03:25] Oh, gosh, yeah, I mean, she was brilliant in it. And I think obviously, you know, uh, Greta Gerwig was, you know, her friend since forever.And so I think knew that too about that Kate would be perfect for that role. Um, I mean, it's hard to say as much as I love her. I don't know that I see Kate in this, like, you know, she's the main kind of starring character.I think she's always going to kind of be this like supporting actress role, but you're right.Like you said earlier, she's such a good teammate that I think she understands that that kind of followership role in comedy or in a movie is just as important as like the lead.And she really makes it such a well-rounded project to be in.And so I would just love to see more of that.I know she's had, you know, a few of those things here and there where it's been that side character.I think Barbie, again, was the biggest and most brilliant and kind of the most mainstream that we've seen her do.I would love that. I know we've seen like Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig get a lot of like recurring kind of shows now.Track 4:[1:04:26] I do think kind of in that smaller kind of show realm, Kate would be perfect for like a main role like that.Just anything that Kate wants to be in, I will watch. watch um is essentially all that i ask is that she keeps making comedy and kind of showing us that it's okay to be weird and random and people will enjoy it yeah 100 i can see you're settling in so you said maya because maya appears for guest spots and so many different things and it's always appreciated will forte is another one where he he appears in so many things he did get a chance at a leading role in the last man on earth and maybe kate will get a chance to do something like that but I can see her settling into like how will Forte settled in as we bring in this person to do a few minutes on this episode and they totally steal the show and they're so great and I think that's the kind the type of energy that she has I can totally see her settling into something like that and you're right whatever whatever she wants to do especially if it's in comedy.Track 4:[1:05:27] I'm all aboard. I'm just so interested to see what she's going to do in the next few years.Yeah and i hope that barbie was that kind of catalyst for more projects to come her way because she certainly deserves it yeah we always we talked a lot about her sketches as that kind of old hollywood actress and her making fun of the drama but really if you isolate those i mean i think she could pull it off too like she has that seriousness and the commitment to it to really do anything and have such a range of work available to her hopefully yeah i think so so So, not like it should even be a question.To me, this is one of the more obvious ones that we have, just in general, especially this season.Track 4:[1:06:13] But, why do you think SNL Hall of Fame voters should put Kate in the Hall of Fame in her first season of eligibility?Track 4:[1:06:21] I think she's just iconic. I think she really became one of those big names that you think of when you go through all those different casts over the years.I think her name holds up.And again, elder millennial, as we keep saying, so I still have the actual D of the best of, you know, when they would actually publish the DVDs of, you know, there's like three or four volumes of Will Ferrell and best of Chris Farley and everything.And I think that is kind of when you think of what goes on those types of, I don't even think we call them DVDs anymore, but those, those movies that you're going to put together is, can you fill 90 minutes of just this this one player and you could i think fill two or three volumes for kate mckinnon because she became so iconic and had so many roles that we identified with and love and quote and reference today in pop culture um and i think too one snl is such a big part of pop culture but i think the mark of a hall of famer is you know when that comedian comedian and their characters become part of pop culture outside of SNL.And I think Kate's really done that for comedy and continued to really kind of evolve it and evolve it for women.And I think be such a great role model for, you know, comedians to look up to and try to emulate.Track 4:[1:07:46] Like we said, the kind of the traits of an SNL character in a lab, I mean, she has them all.I think if you you could literally build somebody to be on SNL, I think they would look exactly like Kate McKinnon.And I can't imagine anybody else not being eligible, even though it's just her first year.Track 2:[1:08:17] So there's that. Kate McKinnon nominated for the SNL Hall of Fame in the cast member category.Track 2:[1:08:26] It's going to be interesting to see what kind of votes she receives.She's a first ballot Hall of Famer to me. It's a slam dunk.And it's just a matter of what percentage she gets in with. Does she top Dana Carvey and Will Ferrell?Does she you know just squeak through ultimately the percentages don't matter once you're in but they are curious to note and we will be noting them to satisfy your curiosity speaking of curiosity why don't we go to a sketch now with ms mckinnon this is a good sketch and i I want to just set it

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This week on the SNL Hall of Fame podcast we welcome back to the show, the statistical guru of the Saturday Night Network, Mike Murray! He's here on the pod to discuss our third host in a row, this time it's Emma Stone. Get it wherever you get your podcasts. Transcript: Track 2:[0:42] Thank you so much, Doug DeNance. It is great to be back inside the SNL Hall of Fame with you all.Track 2:[0:51] Big kudos for you showing up this week. It's been a stormy week here in Toronto where the Hall of Fame is and our guest count has went down.But I'll tell you what, the floors are a mess. I don't know what kind of message I need to send to you, but wipe those feet, people.The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair where each episode we take a deep dive into the career of a former cast member, host, musical guest, or writer and add them to the ballot for your consideration.Once the nominees have been chosen, we turn to you, the listener, to vote for the most deserving and help determine who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall.That's how we play the game. It's just that simple.All you need to do is listen in for the argument that is being made by our special guest for the week and determine whether or not they make a strong enough case.From there, you'll get a ballot and you'll get to place your vote.If a candidate reaches 66.7% of the ballot, they are welcome to join us here in the SNL Hall of Fame.Did you know that if you're in the Hall of Fame, you get a pass that you can come in for free anytime you want, and we'll even provide you a bottle of water. So there's that.Track 2:[2:19] Let's track down my friend Matt for some trivia in Matt's minutiae minute.Let's see if I can find him here. I'll give him a holler.Track 3:[2:29] Matt how in the world are you doing this week i am good thank you i am good, busy busy but can't complain well you just did.Track 3:[2:42] Well stating a fact isn't necessarily complaining but yeah i was complaining.Track 3:[2:50] Well no one will be complaining about our nominee this week uh emma stone is who you're going to be be talking about learning me up real good here.What have you got for us this week, Matt?Emma Stone, height 5'6", born November 6th, 1988, making me feel very old again.She's accomplished much more in her shorter life than I have in my longer life.So I found out that her low voice stems from actually having colic as a baby that lasted six months.So I'm shocked that her parents didn't pull out all of their hair um it developed she developed nodules and calluses on her vocal cords which is how why she has such a distinctive voice she actually has a phobia of being lifted up or being high because uh when she was seven she was doing gymnastics on on the parallel bars and fell and broke both of her arms. Oh my gosh.Horrible. Yeah. Oh yeah. We need to have a warning at the top of this one, a trigger warning.Yeah. Trigger warning for anybody who's afraid of gymnastics.Yeah. She grew up blonde. Judd Aptow suggested for she go red for super bad.And she real, after doing that, she found that she was called back much more for auditions. So she just stayed a redhead.Track 3:[4:16] Originally named emily stone she changed to emma as there was already an actor named emily stone registered with sag and it happens amazingly a lot um a lot of actors uh go by three names or or a slightly different name um she actually prefers emily over emma so that's how she would would prefer to be called um but she took the name emma from a member of her favorite band the spice girls oh baby yeah she is she is a baby spice fan me too that was my favorite yeah there's actually pictures of her on the internet meeting them losing her mind like tears fanning out it's uh it's very endearing now she knew at an early age she wanted to be a film star and convinced her parents to move to Hollywood by putting together a PowerPoint presentation named Project Hollywood.She lists her heroes as Gilda Radner, Diane Keaton, and Marianne.Track 3:[5:22] Cotillard. But yeah, she's been dreaming of being on SNL since she was a kid.So having been a host multiple times now, she got that dream.Since that PowerPoint presentation, she went on to be an actress in 57 films, produced 11 films, and has four soundtrack credits.She has been in five Oscar-nominated films and herself has been nominated for four Oscars, five BAFTAs, seven Golden Globes, six SAG Awards, and many more.She is one of only eight actresses to win an Oscar for a musical, the others being Rita Moreno, Julie Andrews, Barbara Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Hudson, and Anne Hathaway.Before she initiated Project Hollywood, she was developing websites and learned HTML at the age of 14, launching her own webzine called Neptune, which pulled on her love of journalism.She dreams of being a Jeopardy contestant to this day, and she deleted her Facebook.Track 3:[6:26] Not because of harassment, which is a delightful change given the way the internet is, but because she was addicted to Farmville. Oh my gosh.She is a true nerd. She even got to turn her theater nerddom into real-life Broadway credentials, taking over for Michelle Williams as Sally Bowles from 2014 to 2015 in a Broadway production of Cabaret.So yeah, Emma Stone, honestly one of my favorite Hollywood stars.I'm looking forward to hearing all about her. She is a great host, but is she a Hall of Fame host?Track 3:[7:06] Let's take it down to Thomas now with Mike Murray.Track 4:[7:40] Alright, JD and Matt, thank you so much for that valuable information.You guys are, I'm telling you guys, you guys are kicking so much ass on Matt's Minutia Minute this year. It's been really enjoyable to listen to.Definitely appreciate that. So welcome to another edition of the SNL Hall of Fame. Welcome to our chat.Today's nominee is the one, the only five-timer, newly minted five-timer, Emma Stone.We're re-litigating or re-examining Emma Stone's case, her candidacy.She's been on the ballot since Season 1. So I'm excited to get into Emma Stone, get into her candidacy, why she may not already be in the SNL Hall of Fame.And to do that with me, to break down Emma Stone today, I have a great guest, a first-timer. I guess technically he's been on a roundtable, but he's first time for being a guest on an actual, like an episode, like a nominee episode.Track 4:[8:35] So please welcome from SNL by the numbers on the Saturday Night Network, I have Mike Murray joining me today. Mike, how's it going, man?Good, Thomas. Good to see you. Two nights in a row. You were on my pod just last night and we're doing this again.I'm so happy to be here with you. I love these home and homes and I had such a good time.So we recorded, I did SNL by the numbers after the Shane Gillis episode, which was such a fascinating episode going in.It ended up being a fascinating episode to talk about. I love being on your pod, man. We get to dissect numbers.We get to talk different facets of the episodes and the season in general.So I love when I get asked on your pod.It's always a good time. Oh, thanks. You're such a great guest.And if you haven't checked it out, it's just truly the sports talk radio of SNL. And so Thomas is a perfect guest for it.Perfect. Bill Kenney was also with us.So that's like quite the trio right there. That was a good time.Yeah, we could do our own weekly show, the three of us.Absolutely. No kidding. So yeah. So can you maybe elaborate like what's been going on in SNL by the numbers?How's just the pod going? Tell everybody about the pod a little bit.Track 4:[9:45] Sure. I mean, it's quite the passion project for me.I've been doing this since 2018, but since the SNN, the Saturday Night Network started up, I've been doing it, the stats weekly.So what I do is I record the screen time for every individual that appears on the show.Track 4:[10:04] I put that into what I call the SNL supercomputer and just have spreadsheets on spreadsheets and try to just dissect and i say demystify the show because it's been going on now 49 strong seasons or 49 seasons strong whatever way you want to put it and i just try to figure out what their process is and who is who is doing better than the other person and who's leading in every single category cold opens monologue sketches update everything like that and what i do is take pick every piece of data and put it into an algorithm. And I call it the power rankings.Track 4:[10:42] And so week to week on the show, Wednesdays, 8pm Eastern, following a live show, we've run down that episode and do an update on how everyone's performing that week.So it's called SNL by the numbers on the SNN.That's so awesome. You're catering to, I think, how so many fans watch SNL I think I don't know if it's a cliche at this point but I found I basically found my tribe a few years ago because I've always watched SNL like it's a sport like I follow baseball basketball football hockey and SNL like those are my sports so just to find someone who also follows it like a sport find a whole community that follows SNL like a sport then we now we have stats to go with that like that you're catering to not just me but so many people out there Mike And you would think that's such a niche group, but...Track 4:[11:35] Truly, it's a live sport. Anything can happen, and that's why I love it so much.Yeah, we have a wonderful community here of SNL nerds that just love your podcast. SNL by the numbers.Go check that out. Mike, I want to talk to you from the perspective.You're the stats guy, but I want to know a little bit about Mike Murray, the SNL fan.Track 4:[11:59] Let us know, what's your origin story of being an SNL fan? man.When did you start watching? Any particular cast that you love?Sure. I feel like a lot of SNL fans, it was passed down lineage-wise from my parents who were constantly quoting the show.And I had no idea what they were quoting. Chopping Broccoli, Wayne's World, all that kind of stuff.Track 4:[12:23] So I feel like I started watching in the early 2000s.My earliest memory was actually a vhs tape that my dad had because he was a huge aerosmith fan and he was actually in an aerosmith tribute band and a friend of his who recorded snl like weekly on vhs he took his tape and copied it because aerosmith was in that wayne's world sketch and so i had had that episode so i watched that episode in the vcr and just really got into the the show and was just fascinated by the fact that it changes every season so it wasn't like this kind of serialized thing where you had to catch up on it you could just pop in and watch it and so probably the first cast was like the that i really watched week to week was like the fallon and um maya rachel like that era and i've watched it ever since my high school cast was was the Sudeikis-Sandberg-Wig era, which is, I think, a golden age.And now it's literally an obsession and a full-time job.Yeah, that's similar to a lot of our origin stories. You're exactly right.Then keeping the stats, how did that develop?Track 4:[13:40] That just came from a fascination of that ever-changing, ever-growing cast.So I used to just pen and paper when I saw someone just tally it.I've heard other people have done that too.And then I was thinking, I'm so into stats, so into sports.And like you mentioned, Thomas, that it does feel like that competitive edge to it that even if cast members don't want to admit it, it really is vying for screen time.So i thought like well what would it look like if i timed it so at first it was very elementary very rudimentary just counting and i would memorize the cast every year and all time, and then i just started going like well how do i how do i parlay this into something interesting that's just not raw data so i went from there and took the appearances and the screen time and try how to just meld them together so that's kind of how it all started to be and then with the podcast and then with a lot of fan interaction from the great community it just really snowballed yeah, you and you've so you've obviously watched a lot of snl you've seen a lot of great hosts the one that you mentioned the aerosmith i believe tom hanks was the host right siblings siblings yeah so tom hanks was in that wayne's world sketch yeah so you've seen a lot of great hosts in your your day.So what do you look for in a great SNL host, Mike?Track 4:[15:04] It's such a great question because I think that there's so many qualities that make a good host and not a lot of them, even the greats, can possibly possess all of them.But number one, elevate the material.They're at the mercy of the writer's room. So you're not always going to get the greatest host to have the best material and vice versa you could have a not so great host and great material so that's number one and then i would say bring something to the show that i can't just get from cast number x so some edge that they can bring that oh i'm glad the host wasn't doing that was doing that and not just kate mckinnon or will ferrell or somebody who's like the star of the show and then something that's important and we're talking about emma stone tonight is just at least important to me as a super fan is have a reverence or understanding of the show and like when the host doesn't just play themselves but bring some of their personality with it too yeah I love that and we will see that's a theme with Emma.Track 4:[16:10] Right off the bat, we know that she's a big fan of the show.She does revere the show.She grew up watching the show. So right away, we as fans, it's endearing for us to see someone like Emma Stone on screen.So I think those are all great things to look for in a great SNL host.Track 4:[16:29] So today we're re-examining Emma Stone's candidacy because she's been on the ballot since season one.And her voting track record it's kind of interesting to me uh season one 10.3 percent of the vote and season two emma got 11.7 percent up in season three to 15.5 percent then we saw quite the jump last season season four 32 percent of the vote so we've seen her climb a little bit so she's making some progress but i'm curious like why do you think emma has maybe slipped through the cracks a little bit in terms of her place among other great snl hosts well first of all i don't think there is a female host in the hall of fame yet so i'm hoping that that gives her a little bit of an edge candace bergen still waiting yep and i was on the round table talking about candace uh with you recently so i think maybe the recency might play against her at the the moment because thinking about your show and how many titans of snl have to get in so maybe a more recent host is like well they'll get their time so now that she's been on the ballot for four years i think people are starting to realize like we don't want to miss our chance and we got to get emma in there yeah do you think that uh that jump from 15.5 percent in season three to 32 percent in season four.Track 4:[17:57] I mean that that vote happened almost right after.Track 4:[18:00] She hosted for a fifth time do you think that jump can be credited attributed to maybe like her hosting like like she was maybe.Track 4:[18:09] Fresh in people's mind so like that was recency bias like that possibly worked for her in a weird way oh 100 because there's no greater honor for a host than to be in the five-timers club and get to get that jacket, so once you hit that threshold, that 3,000 hits or that many wins, whatever sport you want to call it, touchdown record.So you have that resume.I almost feel like it's not a prerequisite.Track 4:[18:39] If you're in the five-timers club, there's an argument to be made.Yeah, I think so. I think you're right. It does solidify a host.I wouldn't say it's arbitrary, but it is. I think I love that we do watch this like sports.Track 4:[18:53] So if you think of 3,000 hits, that's a little arbitrary.What's the difference between that and 2,999 hits, right?Track 4:[19:03] Not too much, but it's that visual. it's that like it's something that's tangible that you can point to and say that's like the line and at snl we've decided a five-timer that that's kind of the.Track 4:[19:15] The line where where you start getting a lot of recognition so yeah i could see uh that jump being attributed to that uh for sure and she's definitely a host that deserved it's like her five-timer that was inevitable that was and only 24 members so we're not talking about right you're right a long list that everyone one makes it into eventually yeah you got to stay relevant for a long time and be a friend of the show and perform to even get that opportunity at three four let alone five so she's just just this past december became the 24th member of that club and only the and uh only the sixth woman to join the club yeah that that's a that's a good point so it is like an exclusive club like the 3000 hit club yeah 500 home runs and things like that so emma's first episode was october 23rd 2010 that was in season 36 early on in season 36 emma stone a first timer she had already been in some stuff she was in super bad uh she was out um promoting things her career had had jump started probably two or three years uh of being relevant uh in hollywood uh around that time so her first episode Mike I want to throw it to you like what do you want to start with as far as what stuck out in Emma's first hosting gig.Track 4:[20:34] Well, first of all, Superbad, one of my favorite films, and the first R-rated movie I ever saw in theaters.Really? I have a special place for Superbad and Emma for that reason.So yeah, October 2010, two weeks before she turned 22.So she was a young host, 35th youngest host all time, 23rd youngest female host all time.And that's to this date, not even just back in 2010. and that episode you know if you watch it now you see the makings of a great host but she really played the straight role or a secondary character in a lot of those sketches but it's something about emma stone when she's so facially expressive and is a great team player and like we mentioned reveres the show and just i think understands what any type of role she she could do um we We mentioned Superbad, so that monologue, Taron Killam, Bobby Moynihan playing Michael Cera and Jonah Hill was great.And then she was in a digital short, the I Broke My Arm, which I forgot all about until I rewatched.And then, of course, I have to mention, which is like, I feel like a pivotal moment in my, I was 2010, so I'm a senior in high school, and something about the Le Jeune de Paris just really got me because it felt like an old-school SNL sketch.Track 4:[21:58] It's not in English, first of all, and there's very little dialogue.So it's all these sight gags and a lot of movement because they're dancing, and her and Taryn just had this great chemistry.So that's the one that if I had to mention anything from the first show, it's definitely Lejeune de Perry. Excusez-moi, mademoiselle.Vous voulez jeter ça à la presse et moi?Track 4:[22:23] That was a great one.That was probably the first thing she did on the show, to me, too, that really stood out.And you're right, I never thought about it. But now that I'm thinking about how something like that could fit in other eras, I could see Mike Myers and Jan Hooks playing those roles or something like that.Yeah, this would go well in any era. And I think Emma really brought fun energy to this. And she really matched Taryn Killam the entire way with the dancing, with her French accent.My French teacher wife, I've shown her this sketch and she's like, those are pretty good accents.She laughed because Taryn just kept talking about grapefruits at the beginning of the pamplemousse. That's a fun word to say.Grapefruit. And so my French teacher wife was laughing. She's like, yeah.She's like, Emma actually has a pretty good accent in this. So like bonus points.But it seemed like, yeah, Emma's just really having a lot of fun, playing really well at the cast.I think, Mike, you're right. A sketch like this really showed that this was a host that loves the show and really came to play.Track 4:[23:30] Absolutely. And just if you're going to see an episode with Emma, where she is, like I mentioned, just kind of on the team, just on the bench, ready to do anything.It's that because when she had her moments, she sees them completely.And I mentioned that digital short.And, you know, she had some minor parts. She played, did an impression of Lindsay Lohan on The View and was with Nassim Pedrad's My Brother's Bedroom talk show, did a 10 to 1 with Keenan. And so a lot of them were just kind of that second role.Actually, her first appearance, she post monologue was just completely playing straight for like the dream home makeover.Hello. Yes, I'm looking for Miss Lita Mill Douglas. I'm her.Well, we are here to say that you have won Dream House Extremes $2 million homemaker. You won. You're on TV.Track 4:[24:31] Wow okay wow okay wow yeah and kristin wig is you know chewing scenery and being kristin and emma just had to be very deadpan and so for her to go with that then to the digital short and then to have this like high energy dance number it's like what you know this for a first time you know debut on snl like really kind of covered a lot of ground yeah it's it's interesting too because I think there's almost a catch-22 or weird thing that happens sometimes when you have a really good host especially like a really good first-time host is that they're so willing to play with the cast and there's they understand sketch comedy so well that they don't always have to be front and center so someone like Emma Stone understands the comedy behind this she loves the the show.So she's willing to play the straight person or willing to, to be part of the ensemble or side character.And then it might seem on the surface, like she didn't contribute to the show, but she did in a way that somebody who loves the show and who's a good sketch performer would contribute to the show.Like they didn't have to tailor the whole episode around Emma Stone.Is that something you picked up on here?Track 4:[25:45] Oh, absolutely. Because it's sometimes, I mean, SNL fans appreciate a utility player, more than maybe the casual who wants to see a celebrity in like a funny wig and costume doing an accent or something like that, because it's more of a easier laugh.So I like what you said about how that it's more of a contributing to the entire sketch rather than being the spotlight on you.And of course, we're going to see plenty more of that in our next four shows.Yeah, that seems to be a theme of her hosting gigs. There was one sketch in this first episode in particular where I thought that maybe I wish Emma had more to do in this in this bizarre sketch in particular.And it was that sex ed, the sex ed Vincent sex symposium sketch with Paul Britton.Like that was a great Paul Britton showcase.And Emma had a little bit to do. Day three is devoted to fantasy roleplay scenarios, including sexy hospital, sexy insurance scam and sexy robbery. So on the floor, lady.Oh, great. Well, do whatever you want with me. Just don't shoot my brains out.See, now what's she going to do? She starts thinking to herself, what are you going to do?We could polish that apple between our butt cheeks.Without letting it hit the floor? Yeah, I don't know. Is that kinky or is that weird? You tell me, is it? Who's to say? Exactly.Track 4:[27:04] Who's to say? But I think that's something where Emma and Paul Britton could have teamed up and really made it this weird thing that Emma could have contributed to it more.So that's an example of something to where maybe I thought Emma was underutilized.Even though she does know her role in a lot of these sketches, I really think that she could have even been used a little more effectively.That sketch in particular sticks out to me.Yeah, I mean, it's what we remember Paul Britton for, if at all, is sex ed. And that was a pre-tape heavy first episode that she had.And yeah, just was kind of, if you don't remember that sketch, she just played this role play burglar.Track 4:[27:52] That was kind of it so it was really only a few seconds or maybe like 40 seconds of screen time in that yeah so maybe not an all-timer of an episode uh on the surface but to me emma really stood out as someone who clearly loved the show she was excited to take part in whatever goofy thing they threw her away and mike it was easy to see to me why they wanted to have her back like this was the first time host and i know what you see in first time hosts but i think us as SNL fans we know it when we see it as far as like oh yeah this person needs to come back this we're in the middle of season 49 and I think uh Io she was a great host first I was just thinking of Io yeah exactly same energy where it just was again on on the team just game for anything and that's all you can ask because I mean think about SNL it's very established institution very talented talented people.Track 4:[28:51] You got Lorne running the ship and you bring in massive egos constantly.So to have a young, almost 22 Emma Stone or just a few weeks ago, Iowa Debris coming in and they're still young and trying to prove themselves.So they weren't doing maybe the biggest things, but we're just down to have a funny show and have a quality show.Yeah i have a feeling if iowa debory comes back and hosts again it's gonna be a better show i think she's gonna have more to do just like uh for sure we saw we saw emma having a little more to do so it didn't take emma long to come back obviously the show was excited to have her back so season 37 a year later emma stone's back in november of 2011 i think a lot more to do a lot more Emma Stone featurey type of things.They did a Le Jeune de Paris part two. What did you think of that?First of all, what did you think of the that they brought this sketch back?Track 4:[29:53] Well, it's one of the biggest compliments you can get is a sketch was so successful or at least popular enough with the fan base to inspire a second coming of it.You know, they did do it again with other hosts.But when I think of that sketch, I think of only Emma. I think they did with Miley as well.But they did that and a year later did it again.Track 4:[30:15] So I think seeing that a second time just kind of solidifies it in my memory.But I still always imagine that first song that they played in the original one.Oh, no. Yeah. The first song to me is like the song and canon of these sketches.I've put that song on playlists before.It's a good song. You know, it got me to delve more into French pop.That and was it Moonlight Kingdom, the movie by Wes Anderson?Yep. Those two things kind of made me delve more into French pop.Pop so uh so les jeunes de paris did that i like that this wasn't just a rehash of the first one too like they built on the last one created a whole narrative like you mentioned with a different song but like the characters emma and taryn's characters they were getting married a bunch of french things appeared on yeah they really went head first into uh fred armisen being like napoleon napoleon yeah andy sandberg coming in at the button as like quasimodo they just threw the the kitchen sink of all French things that Americans would think of.The damn Tour de France went through the set. Yeah.Track 4:[31:25] Literally, yep. Gosh, yeah, that was great. So I think that was a successful part two, La Jeune de Paris.She has her own recurring sketch. And even though Taryn did this with other people, I think I associate this sketch with Emma and Taryn more so.There was a, and this is, you know, as we go along, we'll get into more Emma-focused things.And I think this, what I'm about to talk about is an example of something Emma-focused.And it was a very weird character named Wallace.At the bridal shower. I had almost, sometimes this sketch slips through the cracks, but it's really, to me it shows Emma being willing to play weird.She's going to throw on an ugly wig, kind of play this very bizarre, weird, socially inept character.She doesn't need to be, you know, look great in the sketch and be front and center, and she doesn't mind.She's like the type of host that doesn't mind getting weird.And this bridal shower gift sketch is like a great example to me.All right, okay, next one.Feels like another video.Twink Summer.Track 4:[32:37] Gay boy toys from all around the world. Get it? It's a sex movie.It's like hers. Okay, I think I did wrong again.What's the movie? I don't understand. Oh, no, it's nothing, Mom.Is twinks summer, ma'am? It's 90 minutes, 100 twinks, one unforgettable summer.Wallace, Wallace, Wallace.Yeah, that's my big highlight from Emma episode two was Wallace because I think that's where her SNL star was born, was in that sketch.And just leaning into character work and like you said, not trying to just be...The you know young attractive actress but like no i'm down for anything like make me as like weird and awkward and creepy as possible because it really was just an all-female ensemble.Track 4:[33:29] Bridal shower and you know she's giving the the lubricant and the bringing in fred harmison as this like you know really weird prostitute and just that was definitely the um, the sign of things to come was that sketch.So I'm glad you mentioned that because I wouldn't have let you go past this episode without mentioning Wallace.Oh, no, it was great. Wallace is great, and she's not understanding the vibe of the party.Track 4:[33:57] And she's maybe feeling embarrassed, but she still wants to contribute in the way that she had planned.Track 4:[34:03] But still has some heart to it, some likability.Track 4:[34:08] Yeah, right. And even some, like, a little bit of relatability, a little fish out of water, just like somebody who doesn't really get the vibe trying to fit in maybe a little bit like alan in the hangover like just that's true he's like i'm i know i'm happy to be here but i don't know the rules that's a really good comparison to alan in the hangover i like that so yeah so we've seen especially gosh season 49 that's been uh there's been a handful of them it seems like that uh snl can rely on the host is hot types of motifs and sketches uh as we're recording this sydney sweeney's episode is coming up so i'm kind of crossed my fingers and hoping that they're not leaning into that with her too much but i'm glad that emma is not leaning into that especially right here yeah i mean we saw that with the jacob belordi and you know jason momoa taking his shirt off and you know it's fine once in a while but don't base the episode around it but you know we we don't want to see emma stone you know on a a poster being hot you know it's not what we want to see right yeah right yeah she's she could play hot she could play weird that's why she's like such a great versatile host so um is there anything else from um episode number two that um maybe stood out to you well maybe i and i think this is maybe a running thread that we'll get to but all of her monologues are like super strong and And very fun, well-paced.Track 4:[35:35] And so this was, she's promoting the amazing Spider-Man.Track 4:[35:38] And Andy Samberg comes down from the ceiling as Spider-Man, auditioning for the role, which of course was already cast with Andrew Garfield, who then pops into it.But it was just kind of a moment where she really vibed with that era of the cast, of the show with that cast. And so we're going to see, you know, go forward till just a few months ago with this era.But seeing Emma Stone and Andy Samberg felt very like this works.Track 4:[36:12] I love when SNL calls back older SNL stuff, but he was basically doing Horatio that did this, I think, with Kirsten Dunst. Yeah, and they referenced that.Are you trying to remake this monologue? And Andy Samberg says, well, aren't you just remaking that same movie? Yeah, touche. Yes.Track 4:[36:35] She comes off as very likable in the monologues. again uh that first monologue we she said right away that like this is a dream come true she was a fan growing up so i think monologue is really important for a host and you're right she showed out well in this monologue uh definitely uh speaking of andy this isn't a highlight for me but just a little tidbit is that emma and it's not her fault but she probably has the privilege of being in maybe the worst lonely island digital digital short of all time i wish wish it would rain oh gosh that's like an infant i think that's an infamous lonely island, it's pretty bad and i love lonely on their snl hall of famers but emma to no fault of her own was in a memorably bad lonely island unless you love this one mike no i i i wasn't gonna mention it yeah it's uh one of the one of the few because lonely island uh for better or worse has no no trouble letting you know exactly what the joke is.And with that one, we did not know what the joke was. Oh, my God.Yeah, you're just watching. Where is all this coming from?And Emma plays a character with just like an abnormally big butt.It was just, yeah, it was very weird.Track 4:[37:50] Again, not Emma's fault, but it is a distinction that she has coming from this episode.But she's right. She plays well with the cast.And we will see that going forward with different eras of the cast. Andy in the monologue.She took part in a Kristen Wiig showcase, the secret word sketch, which truth be told, I didn't always love these sketches.But Emma in this particular one made it entertaining for me.Back over to charlene's team i'm gonna give a receipt actually lyle i'm gonna let my friend mr pickles give the clues since he was such good luck to me during my talent portion of miss america right mr pickles right miss charlene he's british.Track 4:[38:39] This is good fun 10 seconds on the clock the secret word is cloud okay go ahead mr pickles Because, okay, this is why it floats in the sky. A plane?Track 4:[38:54] No, it's Poppy and I. So she took a sketch, a recurring sketch that I was never, I always had mixed feelings and usually negative feelings about.And Emma made the secret word sketch watchable to me. She played Miss America from Georgia.And she did some really weird ventriloquist stuff during the secret word.So she actually made a recurring sketch that I don't love, like entertaining.And that's a mark of a good host for me.And I think SNL might use recurring sketches where the host is secondary as kind of a crutch for a weaker host.So I'm glad you mentioned that. She really made the sketch better because especially that's not a sketch that you are too fond of.Because they also did Herb Welch with Bill Hader, which I do love.I do, yeah. And so they put her in that as well.And she she was great and uh my last thing for that episode was they did a like office sketch with um listening to someone like you by adele yes where i mentioned that emma is so great like facial acting and it was a lot of just react you know cuts to reactions of the women and then like you know the men come in they show bobby outside as the window washer everyone just sobbing to someone like you so it's what just a classic snl sketch of like here's the joke we're gonna do it it again, but we're trying to escalate it every time.Emma's so good at ugly crying in that sketch, just like everybody else.Track 4:[40:21] One more weird one. This was a pretty good episode, and I think Emma had a lot to do with it.Again, with Andy, we're going to make technology hump.I've always had a soft spot for this sketch.He did it with Zooey Deschanel was in another rendition of this sketch at one point, too. But.Track 4:[40:42] Emma played this perfectly as just this really enthusiastic, upbeat person presenting this weird material.But it's not weird to she or Andy. They're just like, hey, we're just going to make technology hump.And I love when they got listener feedback or viewer feedback.Hey, we've got some viewer email. Ryan from Sacramento says, we don't want your dumbass soap opera scene.Just show clean, close-up shots of tech humping. call me a hopeless romantic but this lady needs a little dialogue before the action i hear that line was perfect and that's a sketch that i might not pull up and show a friend who doesn't not familiar with snl and when i re-watched that one that like really brought me back in time because i don't think i had seen it since it aired live it's the last piece of the night exactly and when i watched it i was like wow i remember watching this at you know 12 53 a.m um back in 2011 and that sketch with another host might have been too weird and inappropriate but like you said andy and emma were selling it like no this is fine this is okay so jason sudeikis as an xbox controller you know it worked yeah it definitely worked there was a digital camera involved and then at a certain point like the zoom went out and it was very creative way to make these these pieces of technology. Props to the props. Yeah, absolutely.Track 4:[42:10] And yeah, Zooey Deschanel was in one of these. And I think Emma probably sold it a little better than Zooey, to her credit.So this is always one perfect 10 to 1 type of thing that Emma was just totally up for. A very weird thing that Emma was up for.So I feel like Emma, you know, we saw in this second episode, somewhat confined to the era with being in some recurring sketches, an unfortunate digital short.But she's a great host and I think that that shines through again so we're like two for two as far as Emma just showing us like what a what a fun presence she is on SNL absolutely I mean I'm sure at the end of this episode I might have to make a big case but it's again it's somebody who gets the show shows up and performs so two for two in my opinion I agree yeah absolutely and then it took Took her a few years, like about five years before she was back in December of 2016.Track 4:[43:08] Season 42, which I think history is going to look at.Season 42 is a great season of SNL. Just a lot of really, really great episodes.Some great hosts that season. Emma really stood out. This was a fun thing.And Emma, so we had mentioned good monologues. And it must have been a thrill for her as a fan. She got to do a backstage monologue.Track 4:[43:33] In this episode i love backstage monologues me too they're my favorite that's the monologue to to mention because and that was when you saw especially with some time had passed so like thomas said you know she hosted the first time she's not even 22 yet she comes back a year later and then in the meantime as a dramatic actress is like doing great things so when she comes back it feels definitely like this is a celebrity now this is not just a young up-and-comer and so for her to she mentions that snl was like my high school and it's funny because she went to high school with ad bryant albeit for a short time um in phoenix uh because she um emma's from scottsdale and uh her and ad bryant are on the same age and went to the same high school together ad bryant makes a joke like what uh emma you know you went off and did acting and went to hollywood and emma says well what have you been up there he's like well i just i did high school yeah So I love that.You see the classic backstage SNL and all the things we love to see.And I just love that. And we see Leslie and Kyle making out and Keenan smoking backstage.Track 4:[44:50] There's a monologue to watch of Emma. It's that one. And that was very much of like, okay, Emma Stone is now in the club of SNL for sure.There's no doubt anymore so if she never came back there's still an argument that she has made her footprint on the show but of course we saw more later yeah fantastic monologue good bit with rekindling her fling with bobby moynihan good callback they treated it like a dramatic like high school sort of movie that was great uh bobby wearing a snl letterman right yeah bobby's this this like too cool for school, jock with a letterman jacket that that breakfast club don't you forget about me exactly yeah, Yeah, great monologue. I urge people to go check it out. First sketch after the monologue, this theater showcase.I love these theater showcase sketches.And Emma, she played such a great, well-meaning, but misguided high school theater student.That's what these sketches are about. And Emma, along with the entire cast, this is a fun ensemble piece with Emma and I think probably Kate.But pretty much Emma leading the way.Man, I love these. And Emma was so good at this.Track 4:[46:14] And scene. Excuse me, ma'am. Could you understand that? Uh, no.Is it because we were speaking Mandarin? Yes. And you only know English? Yes.Sad.That the theater showcase and they did a few of them i think this might have been the last one they did is the most emblematic of that era so i don't meet many snl fans who like don't like this era but this is one that if you're into this sketch you're probably into that era and emma stone for sure was like one of the guys because at the end of the day they're all a bunch of like like, theater nerds living out their dream.So we get to see them playing younger versions of themselves, being, like, social justice warriors and doing...Track 4:[47:09] Theater showcase and i loved like the the transitions with the prop movement and that music and just the bewildered crowd yeah just perfect yeah vanette was it vanessa was this one vanessa and keenan and yeah it was vanessa and keenan in the crowd just uh perfect the show was dedicated to um the the native americans at standing rock let's get them the pipeline that they want want i love that i just every beat to this sketch is just fantastic or they all kiss and they say black lives matter and they say i i think they just wanted a reason yes that was their black lives matter scene yeah yeah the this is one of a really great recurring sketch that i think you're right snl fans uh love i think sometimes it gets forgotten but you re-watch and okay these are really great and emma just did a great job um with leading this uh and i'll mention that that they did i think have a lot of musical theater moments in this era that didn't hit and so this one did for me a lot so yeah they could bring the sketch sketch back next week and i'd be like super pumped to see it again absolutely they should snl 50 this would be like a good Good type of scene maybe for SNL 50. I don't know.Yeah. And just because it's all just vignettes. Exactly. Exactly.Is there anything else in this episode, like something else that hit for you?Track 4:[48:36] Well, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention what I was calling forward to, which is the poster sketch, which is Emma's most prolific character.She did Chrissy Knox in her third, fourth, and fifth episode.So I have to shout it out now because usually the first iteration is the best.So Emma Stone being on Pete Davidson's wall as a poster, talking about her fat, shiny hot dog was really, I think, a big moment in her SNL career because it did launch that character.Yeah, but algebra's crazy, though. Solve for X? X is a freaking letter.It's a variable. X is what you don't know.Yeah, so if I eat this entire fat, gross hot dog and mustard plops all over my shirt, what does X equal?What? That's not a math problem. Yeah.Track 4:[49:35] A host having a recurring character, a recurring sketch, is like a good feather in the cap.We saw what Tom Hanks had, a few of them. He had Mr. Short-Term Memory.He had the comedians, I think, that he did, who talked basically like Jerry Seinfeld.He had that. Alec Baldwin had Tony Bennett.He had some stuff like that. so I think you know it's a feather in the cap for a host to have recurring sketch recurring character Chrissy Knox here with the poster one uh the voice that she uses might be a little much for me sometimes like I think maybe she could have toned it down a little bit and I might have enjoyed it better but I do I do think the premise is solid and it just seems like Emma is just committing to it super well and having a lot of fun.This is something that she's just willing to do.I could just tell that she loves being on SNL and it shines through in the poster sketches.Track 4:[50:38] I think that's what's likable about it, too, is that Emma Stone, especially at this point in her career, was a well-respected actress.And this was in 2016. So we're right a few months before she wins her first Oscar for La La Land.And we never saw her play these very one-dimensional roles.So I think she, like you said, was just having a blast being this character and just leaning into it like super hard yeah when we of course again yeah this is the the first of of three consecutive poster sketches that she would do in her episodes and one of my small complaints i just want a little nitpick i guess of some of emma's episodes is that maybe the writers in the show don't quite utilize her but there's a writer that utilized her in a couple of sketches the The first one being in this episode, Julio Torres utilized Emma Stone perfectly.Julio, a candidate in SNL Hall of Fame candidate for this season. Absolutely.Great rider. He utilized Emma so well.Wells for Boys is in this episode. Classic error from this sketch, Mike. I'm sure that you enjoyed this sketch.Track 4:[51:56] So much. It's a sketch I could watch every month and still enjoy.And again, it was a premise pre-tape. It wasn't a character pre-tape.But Emma Stone has a moment where she just yells at this child.That thing's weird. I don't get it. That's because it's not for you.Because you have everything.Track 4:[52:17] Everything is for you. And this one thing is for him.Wells for Boys by Fisher Price. And just really just completely takes the level down to this little boy, just to really just chew him out as off in the background.Track 4:[52:35] There's the young sad boy at the well.So Wells for Boys should be definitely top 10 maybe of that era.And Julio Torres is just, that's his style all the way.Track 4:[52:48] And so Emma Stone is just a great pre-tape actress for SNL. and that was a good example of it.I'm sure Julio was excited that he had this idea.He and his writing partner, Jeremy, had this idea for Wells for Boys and I'm sure they were excited to have a great host like Emma to carry something like this.They didn't have to rely on a cast member and perhaps maybe the host wasn't even in the sketch or they shoehorned the host in to do something else and had a cast member play the lead.They had Emma and this was this was perfect she had like such a great understanding of playing like the protective mom the understanding mom all of that so I bet you know Julio I don't know if he saved it for the right host or if it was just his luck that Emma was was hosting that week but it but she couldn't there couldn't have been a better host probably you know a great host could could do something like this she did julio's writing justice i think yeah well said perfect is there anything else from from this episode there was some like here and there i think we hit probably the main things yeah i mean i'll give a slight shout out to the nativity sketch she plays mary and uh that's a sketch that on rewatch wasn't very memorable the first time seeing it you know know eight years ago but i i i enjoyed more the second time of just being the frustrated.Track 4:[54:15] Virgin mary with all the people coming into the stable and that was a good uh good ending sketch for that episode yeah not much to say other than that but yeah that closed out the night emma got to play weird she got to put on like a weird eastern european accent uh in the the cleaning crew she and leslie and cecily got to play this cleaning crew in an office that sang like this this inappropriate song about Santa.Track 4:[54:56] Um, that was, uh, something.It was, uh, okay or bad and you hate it. Your face looks confused.You know who is Santa, right?That was Emma being able to play weird, kind of like Wallace, probably not as good of a sketch, but she still got to, like, throw herself into, like, a weird character and a weird premise.That stuck out to me just because I liked Emma's performance.Yeah, and it was Christmas Candles was in that one, which is very like you know she could have been could have been a maya rudolph kind of role that she did and that was in a pre-tape earlier in the night too yeah a good ensemble priest piece that pre-tape and that's one thing snl did well in that era they did these slice of life relatable kind of pre-tapes like the um do it in my twin bed uh it was kind of something like a similar uh ish vibe so yeah that was her third episode i think uh uh she showed out well for herself uh that was season 42 we see her back um a little over two years later in season 44 this is april of 2019 and i know there's one honestly like one super super classic sketch in this episode pretty endearing monologue i think like where should we start with her fourth episode.Track 4:[56:12] Let's just start with the monologue because and you know we did i don't know if we're going to to mention cameos but in the meantime you know she had played rosanna rosanna dana in the snl 40 and now here she is in her monologue talk she mentions you know invokes the great gilda radner she said it became a huge dream to even be near this place so now here she is hosting for the fourth time and so like you said just very endearing again that reverence for the show like somebody that could win more oscars than meryl streep and be asked to host and be like Like, I'm so lucky to be here.And so she had family there. She mentioned, kind of like I mentioned at the top of the show, just this kind of lineage of my grandparents showing my parents and my parents showing me this show.And her love of Gilda Radner was, like, very genuine.You know, it's not like it was written for her. Like, it's a real thing.And clearly, you know, playing the iconic character on SNL 40 and being a friend of the show for that long.So, you know, got to start there. there yeah it's a funny funny premise too of like you know she they're hinting at like the the five timers club.Track 4:[57:22] She's thinking maybe the cast is going to plan something special for her.So it has all these fun beats about Kate and Kenan. They sing a song to the tune of No Woman, No Cry.Oh, Emma, She Hosts. Yeah.Aidy gives Emma a silver bracelet from her wrist. They trot out Melissa to do a string of impressions.Track 4:[57:44] Kyle, and Emma's super excited that Kyle's here. It makes her all night.Yeah, great Kyle Mooney moment.Oh, wonderful. Wonderful. Yeah, Kyle Mooney is going to be just like an interesting, I'm wanting to at some point maybe do a Kyle episode because I think he did more on the show than just as a little sidebar.I think Kyle did more on the show than we even realize. And joking or not, it's fun to see Emma so excited about Kyle being there.Yeah, this is following Kyle Mooney being brought in as a surrogate for Melissa to do an Oprah impression.Yes. Yeah, exactly. Melissa's like, I don't have an Oprah.Track 4:[58:20] Oh let's bring in kyle so fun monologue uh a wink wink to like snl history you're right she talks about her love of gilda there was an easter egg at the end of her first hosting stint there was a bumper card that had emma as rosanna rosanna dana at the end of that show so this was years before she played rosanna rosanna dana on snl 40 which makes me think that was by request almost i think so no i think emma was like i think i could do this and i would love to pay tribute to gilda and they already had like a visual of her dressed as rosanna rosanna dana for this just bumper card or whatever at the end of her first episode that was a little easter egg that i saw like re-watching these episodes yeah and i had mentioned that julio torres was a great writer and emma was able to see the vision of julio's writing and she was just a perfect person to be cast in Julio's sketches.So in this one, we have the actress, which I think, as much as I love Wells for Boys...Track 4:[59:23] The actress, gosh, Mike, this might be the best thing Emma's done on SNL.It's like a wonderful showcase of her talents.It's number one. I mean, it has to be. It's something that, like I mentioned, if you had to show somebody something, this would be it.It's so well done. There's not a second wasted in this sketch.There's not a joke that falls flat or an extra cut to somebody else.There's just no wasted space.Track 4:[59:50] Everything is perfectly paced. and I can't think of any host in the history of the show that would have been better at this sketch than Emma Stone was.And it was at the end of the night.So this is season 44, her fourth time hosting, nothing really to prove other than she's a good host and she's back and just goes full throttle, 10 out of 10 as Deirdre, the woman who gets cheated on in the gay porn. That was her role.Track 4:[1:00:18] And to be an Oscar winning actress at this point and being an actress playing a bad actress and just diving deep into the role and the props that you know the one ug boot and the new year's eve glasses it just everything about that sketch is perfect it's it has to be one of my favorite of all time just period yeah emma's really selling like the self-seriousness of her deirdre character it's it's so fun i think she has this great like like flat delivery so she's trying to like be the be an actor and i want to act this and then they ask her to deliver it flat and she's it's just funny she's like all right so she delivers a flat line action jared i'm getting my nails at the mall now teach my godson push-ups right before our wedding jared cut great nice and flat onto the real stuff it's like she has these perfect Like, this perfect delivery, perfectly executed, like, with what Julio Torres and his writing called for.This, to me, is an example of what she can bring as someone who's a good actor and has a sense of humor.Track 4:[1:01:28] And it's why I get a little frustrated kind of re-watching these and remembering these episodes.Because it's why I think that the show hasn't, for the most part, taken advantage of her skill set.And this, to me, is a perfect example of what she could do.Maybe like not in a sketch as great as this but the fact that she has a great sense of humor she gets the show and she's a good actor i mean i think she could have been utilized a lot better like julio showed how she could be utilized and i feel like if you know she of course hosts again after this but if she comes back like can we get julio to be a guest in the writer's room, and i you know i don't want to see a repeat of wells for boys or the actress but can we get a part three of this Julio-Emma trilogy.Track 4:[1:02:16] And this is... And Thomas, this is like...When you bring a serious actor, actress to this show, we don't always know if they're going to be funny.And so one great thing about Emma Stone is that she does comedy and drama so well.So we already know that before she comes out for the monologue.We're not going to be at the edge of our seat wondering if they're going to bomb.But when you have a pre-tape like this, that they can flex those muscles to the perfect degree.So we could have opened the show or closed the show with the actress, and we could make a case.But here we are, end of episode four for her, and it should be on the best of that season, that era, and obviously for Emma.Yeah, 100%. And to me, this is, to a certain extent, her fifth hosting gig.So basically her last two hosting gigs just are a perfect example to me of why I find Emma Stone so fascinating as a host, in that she can stand out as a really great host during an episode that's not that good.Track 4:[1:03:26] And it's not the host's fault. So we have that.So we have episodes of SNL that are good episodes with not that great of a host.I'm not trying to bash him, but Michael Jordan hosted a really good episode of SNL, but I wouldn't say Michael Jordan was a great host. it just happened to be a really good episode Emma Stone especially with her last two.Track 4:[1:03:50] Really great host, that's obvious, but not great episodes. That's an interesting thing that can happen on SNL, Mike.Yeah, I mean, as we know, it's such a hard show to make, and they don't bank sketches.So they're not waiting for Emma to come along. Maybe she'll host next year.Let's keep this in the bag.Track 4:[1:04:10] So it is of the moment. It's topical, and it's what's on their mind that week.So we might strike gold with the actress in this episode for four and now for five and this is where i have said on my podcast that i do like kind of love when they announce a host that i've never really heard of or haven't seen because i don't go in with expectations where this one i as a huge emma stone fan huge snl fan couldn't have been more excited for and i left And I said to myself, like, that was kind of a bad SNL I just saw.Yeah, it left us kind of hollow a little bit.And we had just recorded or we just done the SNL by the numbers, me, you and Bill Kenny. And we did our rankings.Track 4:[1:04:56] So far as we're recording this episode, there's 12 SNL episodes in season 49 that we ranked.And this Emma episode was like bottom half of season 49 for us.But to no fault of Emma's in my opinion like she was obviously a good host a really game host there was actually on like even a couple of sketches where I thought that the like really solid writing and I thought Emma especially in the mama cast sketch but Emma really acted the hell out of it like she really went for it in that sketch there were a couple of good moments But this was an interesting episode.I try not to get my expectations too high going into an episode.But this was one where it was like, it could have been better.Like, that was a bit disappointing. And it wasn't Emma's fault.Track 4:[1:05:48] And there were two sketches in this episode that I couldn't stop thinking about.How did this make it into the Emma five-timer show?Because I think there might have been the two worst sketches of season 49 as of this recording, which is the What's in the Kiln sketch with Heidi and Chloe.And then we had Emma for the fifth time.We didn't need Treece Henderson for the fifth time. So the Therese Henderson character I've ranted about on my podcast as like, you know, I talk about Keenan so fondly so often.He's like a stat god for SNL.And we saw Therese Henderson for the first time just like only a couple years before this.And now it's the fifth time and you're going to make Emma Stone be in that sketch.So just like some big swings and misses and nothing really that Emma could have done in either of those sketches to improve them.So you could have the worst host or the best host of all time.It couldn't have saved it. Where other sketches in the night, I will say, Emma did bring them up.So a bad host would have made this episode really bad.So thankfully they had like an SNL Hall of Famer, in my opinion, to be there for them.Yeah, that what's in the kiln sketch is an example of the writing issues that I've had with season 49.It was just basically, here's some bad pottery.Track 4:[1:07:17] That's the joke. There's no escalation. Here's just some bad pottery that we think is good.Track 4:[1:07:23] And SNL has had a problem with putting a hat on a hat or bringing in too many wacky things. They didn't bring in anything.They just let Emma Stone have to just rot on the set with Heidi and Chloe.And it was a long sketch, too. I mean, I have all the run times, but when I look back, that was one of the longest sketches in a while.And it should have been four minutes shorter, but it was tough.Yeah, it was brutal. But the make your own kind of music sketch, the Mama Cass one.Mitch Lester. Yeah, it was basically Phil Spector, but like with the big like Afro and stuff. But yeah, Emma really went for it in this one.I don't know, Mitch. The song is about celebrating individuality, not zombies. Dig, dig, dig.Yeah, forget the zombies. Bad example. Oh, how about this? How about this, Mom?Movie is I'm a prostitute.I've serviced some of the most powerful men in the city. and god they're off on me but how could a powerless prostitute get even with these big wigs right well we'll find out at this swanky party they're all at come on hit it.Track 4:[1:08:34] And re-watching um her character wallace in the second episode i mentioned this is when she became a snl star and so i'm glad that in a not so great night that she reminded us that like this is an an actress who again gets the show but is very into character work and i thought that was a strong premise and it was fun we got to see chloe trost again sing so well for only like her second time in the you know as a new cast member and emma stone just again going.Track 4:[1:09:07] Just full court like all the way and completely leading it and so physical crazy facial expressions all over the set and i mean it was just like a crazy idea and a perfect host to do it so i love when a host is again trying to do like big characters and doesn't fall short yeah the sketch was better because emma took the reins i also really enjoyed enjoyed question quest and i thought it was a great premise emma was really good as the put upon contestant in the sketch uh it was it was the uh host played by michael longfellow of this game show where basically the whole point was for him to trying to foist his pet tortoise onto someone onto one of the contestants so i thought it was a really clever premise yeah not just a tortoise a 37 year old desert sulcata tortoise that yeah that might live for for another 150 years, for all he knows.So basically it was this tortoise that was a burden on the host that he just wanted to foist upon somebody else. I love the premise.Emma was really good in her role as this put-upon contestant that was hoping that another contestant would get the tortoise.Wait, I won a tortoise? Sure did, and I'll miss him. He's been mine since I was six years old, and now he's yours. Congrats!It's your tortoise? No, it's your tortoise.Track 4:[1:10:34] So you got him, like, 25 years ago? How long does a tortoise live?That's a great question. Quest testants, how long does a tortoise live? Michelle?A hundred years. No. Angela? Hmm, is it a corn or a flower tortoise?I think you're thinking of a tortilla.Track 4:[1:10:53] Jen? It can't be more than a hundred years.More than a hundred years is correct. A hundred and fifty to a hundred and ninety, to be exact. It lives for 190 years?Maybe more. Everyone who studies them dies before they do.It's one of my favorite sketches of season 49, an example of, like, I want to point at this sketch and look at the writers and say this. Do more of this.Like, follow this template. It was funny, creative, good host.Like, this one was a good standout of the night for me.Yeah, and, you know, nothing out of the ordinary. I've done stats on my show about the first sketch of the night how they tend to be a little bit longer a little bit um.Track 4:[1:11:36] Trying to bring everybody in. They don't go too niche for the first half of the night.They do a lot of game shows, a lot of talk shows, pageants, that type of thing.So very down the middle, but just the right amount of quirkiness, good acting, good joke telling.And we got one of only a handful of Michael Longfellow showcases this season.And it was just, the whole thing was great

Welcome to episode 162 with Aidy Smith who is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, content creator and speaker and the only TV presenter in the UK with Tourette Syndrome. Aidy created The Three Drinkers on Amazon Prime; the show has released 3 seasons since 2019 in over 100 territories and 10+ languages around the world. In this episode I chat to Aidy about Tourette Syndrome, when it showed up in his life and the impact it has had on his mental health over the years. We chat about the stigma around Tourette's, what the condition actually is and the day-to-day realities of living with tics and twitches. And we chat about bullying, finding work, the drinks industry and how Lewis Capaldi at Glastonbury this summer was so important for raising awareness around Tourette's. It was an absolute pleasure to chat to Aidy!  He has an incredible story and it was amazing to hear all about his mindset and approach to life. You can follow him on social media @sypped and connect via his website www.aidysmith.com If you would like to watch this episode or any of the others, you can do so by joining the Patreon community at www.patreon.com/propermentalpodcast.  For £5 a month you'll get early access to any and all episodes that aren't available to watch anywhere else and help to support the show and keep it fully independent and ad free You can connect with me on social media @propermentalpodcast or via www.propermentalpodcast.com. Another great way to support the show and spread the word is to rate, review and subscribe on whatever platform you get your podcasts from. If you or anyone you know needs to find support in your local area, please go to www.hubofhope.co.uk Thanks for listening!

Defying Convention (Memes, Conspiracy, & Communication) Despite their best efforts, the gang cannot stop the flow of time and MEMExpo is upon them. Perry and Mason venture into the convention looking for someone to essentially do their presentation for them. As it happens, they encounter Josh Chapdelaine of Digital Void for an insightful conversation about memes and online communication. After failing to con Josh into presenting for them, the Digital Folklore crew encounters Dr Kristina Downs. After buying out all of the merch from the Texas Folklore Society booth, she agrees to do the talk - presenting on the strange online commentary following the theft and/or escape of several animals from the Dallas Zoo. In this episode: Black Software by Charlton D. McIlwain. Memes in Digital Culture by Limor Shifman. A veritable scavenger hunt of meme references in the background. The Dallas Zoo animal thefts. Perry says "Macaroni with the chicken strips". Guests: Josh Chapdelaine, creator and educator with Digital Void. Dr. Kristina Downs, Executive Director at the Texas Folklore Society and Assistant Professor at Tarleton State University, host of Crime Lore. Featuring voice acting from: Jace as the 'Naruto Run 5k' announcer - available for voiceover work! Eli Chambers as the over-eager expo employee (and composer of our theme music). Ty V. from Side Character Quest as the sketchy meme dealer. Jordan & Lindsey Reed from Spooky Spouses as background con-goers. Tucker Bettez & Aidy from PodCube™ as background con-goers.

Join AIDY SMITH for the first of two documentaries for Virgin Radio Pride. This week Aidy looks at those members of our community living with tourettes and reflects on his own experiences the condition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Doula and Midwife-in-TrainingMany midwives will say they love their job. They help bring pure joy and precious innocence into the world. Mrs. Hoffman loves her job as a doula and soon-to-be midwife – but she was brave enough to take on a different role, the parts that can be so emotionally wrenching and difficult. She is the person many people call when they find out they will be giving birth to a stillborn or a baby with a fetal anomaly. Mrs. Hoffman supports them through the delivery and helps them cope with their pain. She is selfless with her time and encouragement. In this podcast she shares how it isn't easy to be in a room with so much pain. But seeing time and again how so many couples come to accept Hashem's will can be so inspiring. https://www.chevrahlomdeimishnah.org/product/i-wish-someone-would-have-told-me-a-book-for-teens-who-have-lost-a-parent/ https://www.chevrahlomdeimishnah.org/product/i-wish-someone-would-have-told-my-friends/

Cześć Papierki! Dzisiaj odcinek bardzo luźny. Ola ledwo co wyszła z choroby, więc już widziała wszystkie możliwe czarne wizje i scenariusze, zatem temat mamy jak najbardziej adekwatny - Sprawdzamy przepowiednie zarówno Jackowskiego, Aidy i Baby Wangi, które miały być w 2022 roku, oraz co przepowiadają na 2023. Zahaczymy też o Nostradamusa, więc wszystko będzie legitne! Smacznego!

This week Helena and Aidy are reunited for a festive podcast! Join the duo as they chew the fat on all the latest news and look forward to 2023. If you want to know the best Malbec and Christmas food combinations then press play now! Thank you to Graffigna Malbec for sponsoring this podcast.

This is a very special episode of CG Talks (the podcast where CG guys talk about Computer Graphics) as we have two guests : Gleb Alexandrov and Aidy Burrows who run a Blender tutorials platform creativeshrimp.com together. (It is the second part of a 2-part episode)This time we let ourselves loose on being Blender nerds and talked about the Blender Conference 2022 experience in Amsterdam (where we got a chance to meet in person after the long pandemic break). Aidy, Gleb and DJ share their impressions of the event and how Blender's awesome community is wonderfully growing.What is color ? How to be an artist in the face of modern technology and A.I. ? Is it possible to reach Hollywood quality with a home PC ? What does music have in common with CGI ? Those are just a few of many questions that we touch in this friendly conversation.We end the podcast with some heartfelt Christmas wishes from Gleb accompanied by a soothing guitar strum.We wish you a Shrimpy Christmas and a Creative New Year !Happy listening and happy rendering !GarageFarm.NET/CG Talks team

This is a very special episode of CG Talks (the podcast where CG guys talk about Computer Graphics) as we have two guests : Gleb Alexandrov and Aidy Burrows who run a Blender tutorials platform creativeshrimp.com together. (It is the first part of a 2-part episode)We open the conversation by getting to know a bit more about shrimps and their creative abilities, how Gleb met Aidy and how they both started their adventure with CGI and Blender. We get to know (or come up with new versions of it) the backstory behind the CreativeShrimp name.DJ asks the Shrimps about the secret formula of their collaboration, how they manage to run a business on-line being located in Poland and the United Kingdom. Gleb and Aidy recently launched their new lighting course, and we discuss the success of it. Whether you are a Blender user or not you'll find a lot of great knowledge and observations in Gleb and Aidy's approach to lighting. After all without light there is no vision and no image. Talking about the great supportive community around creativeshrimp.com we take a break in the conversation only to jump back to the Blender community and general nerdiness in the next episode (to be released soon !) Stay tuned and share the podcast with your CG friendsHappy Listening!GarageFarm.NET/CG Talks team

This week Aidy is joined by Rémy Cointreau's Head Brand Ambassador, Jack Charlton. They sip on Mount Gay Black Barrel and XO with discussion highlights including the first KFC Pub, the best drinks advent calendars and a festive Buy It Or Bin It! Plus Helena catches up with Trudiann Branker, the first female Master Blender for Mount Gay Rum, about how she helps to carve a path for women in spirits. Thank you to Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum for sponsoring this podcast.

This week Aidy is joined by Alex Layton, Head Of Marketing at Decanter. Decanter is a wine-lifestyle media brand. This includes a magazine, wine tasting events, a subcription website and more. Alex and Aidy take on all the latest booze news and play a christmassy game of Buy It Or Bin It. Plus, Alex lets Aidy in on the world of marketing and his favourite clients. This podcast is sponsored by Remy Cointreau and this week we are drinking the gorgeous Port Charlotte 10.

This week Aidy is joined by Chris Dennis and Hannah Crosbie. Chris makes us a cocktail and Hannah teaches us about natural wine. Chris is the Beverage Director at Heads and Tails and Rum and the Whiskies Ambassador at the Campari Group. After also co-founding Disrepute bar in London he's worked alongside countless brands and spirits everywhere from Pisco to Gin. Hannah is a food and wine writer extraordinaire. As one of the UK's most sought-after wine experts she's often seen curating wine lists for up and coming restaurants or hosting a plethora of events at the likes of Soho House and One Hundred Shoreditch to help more people fall in love with wine. This podcast is brought to you by the legendary Glen Grant! Born with the soul of Speyside on the banks of Rothes, the Glen Grant has created unique whisky since 1840. The Glen Grant process harnesses the knowledge and skills honed by Dennis Malcolm, Scotland's longest serving master distiller and third generation Glen Grant maker, to create exceptional liquid. Raise a Dram with us wherever you are!

This week, Helena catches up with wine communicator and City A.M. columnist Libby Brodie as they taste some award-winning Crémants from Bordeaux, play 'buy it or bin it' with a special type of cream liqueur, have a go at instant sommelier and discuss a new TikTok trick to make your bad vodka better... Aidy also catches up with Céline Lannoye, producer of Celene Opale Blanc de Blancs Brut - Crémant de Bordeaux. Plus Helena takes the time to chat Clément Lescouzères, General Manager BVC @ AdVini, a global leader of Wine Estates in France, Spain & South Africa.

This week, Aidy catches up with Georgie Bentinck & Dan Belmont. Georgie is Head of UK PR & Communications at Campari Group and Dan has founded his own retailer called Good Wine x Good People, home of the Personal Somm Questionnaire & New York Bottle Shop. Aidy also gets a chance to interview Matthew Bulcroft, the Sales Director at Franklin & Sons. Thank you to Franklin & Sons for sponsoring this podcast. Creating remarkable, great-tasting drinks that turn the ordinary moment into an extraordinary one.

This week, Aidy is joined by Myles Hart & Charli Tomney. Myles is an actor, singer and dancer based in London. He is currently appearing as a swing in The Book Of Mormon. And Charli is the brains behind the social media and community for the UK's Top 50's Awards. Thank you to Franklin & Sons for sponsoring this podcast. Creating remarkable, great-tasting drinks that turn the ordinary moment into an extraordinary one.

This week is all about Bordeaux wine and who better to join Helena than the food and drink lover, Eddy Temple-Morris! Eddy Temple-Morris is a well renowned broadcaster, with more than just a passion for music. He recently started his own pop up restaurant and one day dreams of being a sommelier. This episode we are also joined by Andrew Eaking from Château Puynard, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux. Andrew and Naomi Murtagh are the owners of Bottle Apostle, an independent wine retailer based in London. Aidy also catches up with Grégoire Piat from Château de Couronneau, Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux to talk about biodynamic wines. This episode is bought to you by Côtes de Bordeaux, the french wine appellation.

Ooooh, is this beluga? Join us with Leigh Pennington of ACES Appalachia as we squash beef about all forms of ADHD, and how we can all help advocate, cultivate, educate, and support each other. If caviar was actually delicious, you'd crush a whole bowl of it like Kraft Mac & Cheese. For real for real, no cap. #OnGod #VonDutch #Science #Bet Visit ACES Appalachia at https://acesappalachia.com/

Taryn doesn't know who she is or where she is, but it's freezing and she is surrounded by threatening wolves looking at her like dinner.  When a giant man swoops in, protects her, and carries her off to his cabin is he in more danger or less?  It's hard to say.  As she starts to find out more about this frozen, magical prison where she is trapped and the inhabitants of it, Taryn remains determined to do what she needs to to stay safe and escape.  Even if that means participating in a claiming ceremony with a hunky guy, or two, in front of the whole town. Join us as we discuss this delicious reverse harem book, the extreme sexiness of forbidden attraction, and the power in a curvy girl romance. Things are just starting to heat up on this Siberian prison island. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

This week Aidy is joined by Broadcast Journalist, Keiligh Baker and Amanda Selby from Drink With Me - a platform for like-minded lovers of wine, whiskey, spirits and more. Listen to hear Aidy's hack to get free Champagne on flights, Keiligh's 'gangster' crab story and Amanda's two Martini rule! Thank you to Franklin & Sons for sponsoring this podcast. Creating remarkable, great-tasting drinks that turn the ordinary moment into an extraordinary one.

It's time for another episode all about wedding hair, and this week's guest is an incredibly talented celebrity hair stylist. Los Angeles-based Joseph Maine is the artistic director for Color Wow and founder and creator of Trademark Beauty. Joseph counts Sophia Bush, Ashley Benson and Aidy Bryant as clients—he styled Aidy for her 2018 wedding day. Wedding hair is something Joseph love, love, LOVES and on this show, he shares all his insider tips and tricks, as well as some celebrity wedding hair musings including a quick recap of Real House Wives of New Jersey's Teresa Guidice's recent $10,000 mega updo.

This week, we've got a rerun with recent Saturday Night Live alumn Aidy Bryant! In addition to Aidy being a highlight of the show since she joined in 2012, she also starred in and executive produced the Hulu series Shrill, a show that is “about a fat young woman who wants to change her life — but not her body.” In this Good One episode, Jesse talks to Aidy about her SNL sketch “Overnight Salad,” a digital short that aired in the last episode before quarantine shut down in-studio production. As Aidy discusses in the interview, it's a sketch that she might not have felt comfortable pitching or writing much earlier in her career. Similarly, Shrill feels like a creative milestone in Aidy's career, with characters and humor that feel more authentically Aidy.  You can watch episodes of Shrill on Hulu. Episodes of Saturday Night Live are available on Hulu or the NBC app, and you can catch clips on YouTube. You can follow Aidy on Instagram. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week our Third Drinker is Christian Smith, the digital commercial editor at The Drinks Business. We also hear Aidy have a Whine and a Wine, and Helena brings us along a very handy help for hangovers. Thank you to Franklin & Sons for sponsoring this podcast. Creating remarkable, great-tasting drinks that turn the ordinary moment into an extraordinary one.

The next episode of our SNL cast member retrospectives is here, and we are looking back at Aidy Bryant's time at Saturday Night Live. Which sketches and moments will Aidy be remembered for? What is her legacy? This week on the podcast, Jon Schneider is joined by Andrew Haynes, Kalenna Steakle, & Kaley Morrison to discuss it all! ----- Welcome to the official SNL Network podcast feed, where you will hear audio from our weekly roundtables discussing all things SNL. Podcast hosts, journalists that cover the show, and superfans will look back at the entire history of Saturday Night Live and talk about how the legacy of Season 47 compares to all eras of the show. Make sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@thesnlnetwork) and subscribe on YouTube thesnlnetwork to never miss an episode! Catch up on cast member retrospectives: A Look Back at Pete Davidson's SNL Career (June 20, 2022) A Look Back at Kate McKinnon's SNL Career (June 13, 2022) Catch up on other recent episodes: Chris Redd on His Standout SNL Season and Upcoming Stand-Up Tour (June 24, 2022) SNL Stories: Mitchell Kriegman (June 15, 2022) SNL By The Numbers - Season 47 Postseason (June 6, 2022) SNL Season 47 Postseason Roundtable (May 31, 2022) SNL Patron Feedback Show: Lyonne/Breakfast (May 25, 2022) Lyonne/Breakfast SNL Season Finale Roundtable - S47 E21 (May 23, 2022) Lyonne/Breakfast SNL Season Finale Hot Take Show - S47 E21 (May 21, 2022) SNL Patron Feedback Show: Gomez/Malone (May 18, 2022) Gomez/Malone SNL Roundtable - S47 E20 (May 16, 2022) Gomez/Malone SNL Hot Take Show - S47 E20 (May 14, 2022)

Aidy Smith has Tourette Syndrome - commonly thought of as a swearing disorder. But in reality, 90% of people with Tourette's don't swear. Over the decades, popular culture has built up a skewed picture of Tourette Syndrome. Documentaries have focused on those with extreme symptoms and Coprolalia. Hollywood movies have used it as a means of manufacturing cheap laughs. Comedians have used it as a punchline. In this programme, Aidy meets people with incredible talents and successful careers who have overcome the struggles and the stigma. People like Pete Bennet, who rose to fame in 2006 after winning the seventh series of the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother, and Dr Wilson Tsai, a thoracic surgeon in the US who hopes to inspire others by sharing how martial arts and practicing medicine gave him confidence and a sense of worth. A Rosa production for BBC Radio 4 BBC Action Line support: Tourettes Action provides confidential and impartial support to adults and children living with Tourette Syndrome. Live chat available www.tourettes-action.org.uk The Brain Charity provides help and support to people with conditions affecting the brain, spine and nervous system, including Tourette's syndrome. Phone: 0800 008 6417 https://www.thebraincharity.org.uk/ Information from the NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tourettes-syndrome/

Helena and Aidy discuss the weirdest tasting notes, impromptu pub sessions with Guy Ritchie pub and the world's first Porn Spa Martini experience. Plus, Tasha Iny from Mijenta Tequila talks to us about being the UK brand ambassador. Thank you to Franklin & Sons for sponsoring this podcast. Creating remarkable, great-tasting drinks that turn the ordinary moment into an extraordinary one.

This week Helena & Aidy catch up on all the booze news! Turns out a good chat about Unicum, quinoa vodka and cognac was just the tonic we needed! Thank you to Franklin & Sons for sponsoring this podcast. Creating remarkable, great-tasting drinks that turn the ordinary moment into an extraordinary one.

Hello and welcome to Secure The Insecure hosted by Johnny Seifert.In this episode, Aidy opens up the conversation on being diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome aged seven and how his dreams of acting came to an end. Since then, Aidy has become a wine expert and you can currently see him on Amazon Prime's The Three Drinkers In Ireland alongside Helena Nicklin.If you want to contact Johnny, he is on social media @johnnyseifert @securetheinsecurepodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With no Watford fixture this weekend, The Athletic's Watford correspondent Adam Leventhal took the opportunity to hang out with an old friend… In this podcast you will hear from former Hornets boss Aidy Boothroyd as he talks to Adam about what life has been like post Watford, post England U21 and what the immediate future holds. It's a fascinating listen and a nintriguing insight into the life of someone for whom football is clearly integral. While the chat touches on Aidy's time at Watford, this episode is a much broader chat and will, we're sure, be interesting for supporters of any club.  We'll be back after the International break when Watford face the daunting prospect of a trip to Anfield, but until then, kick back, relax, and enjoy catching up with Aidy. Come on you ‘Orns!

This week we catch up on all the boozy news and Aidy makes us try GARLIC flavoured vodka! Thank you to Deanston Virgin Oak for sponsoring this podcast.

Rebbetzin Aidy Kuravsky is the Chabad emissary to Pushkino, Russia, which is right outside of Moscow. Rebbetzin Aidy shares inspiring stories of discovering Jewish "diamonds," in the most remote places in Russia and bringing those Jews back to Judaism. Rebbetzin Aidy talks about her experience of having moved from Toronto, Canada to Russia with her husband and 9 children so that she can reach the Jews in that area of the world. This interview is very meaningful and illustrates the message of living life with purpose. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vera-kessler/message

Jeśli macie ochotę na szczęście i obfitość w Waszym życiu to jest odcinek zdecydowanie dla Was. Gościnią Justyny Szyc - Nagłowskiej jest wizjonerka i autorka kursu „Potęga obfitości” Aida Kosojan-Przybysz. To jest rozmowa o tym, jak bardzo jesteśmy w stanie wpływać na nasze życie. Życie jest drogą, a przyszłość jest ruchoma. Aida Kosojan-Przybysz dzieli się wiedzą swoją i swoich przodków, żeby ten, kto zapragnie decydować o swoim życiu, wiedział którymi ścieżkami podążać. Magiczny Andrzejkowy odcinek o potędze obfitości. O pięknej tradycji rodziny Aidy i o tym, że warto znać historię własnych przodków, bo historia lubi się powtarzać.

Aidy and Helena have been mixing with the stars and have lots of gossip to spill. Plus, we chat with Brendan McCarron, who was recently appointed master distiller at the Deanston distilleries! Thank you to Deanston Virgin Oak for sponsoring this podcast.

Helena & Aidy have a proper catch up today! From Birthday parties to awards ceremonies, it's all been going on. The duo have also discovered some interesting things, like MUSTARD wine! Plus, this week's Mail Bag is a good one. Thank you to The Dalmore 12 Year Sherry Cask Select for sponsoring this podcast.

This week's Mailbag is a good one... why must people slurp their wine?! Is it ever possible to overslurp? Aidy and Helena also cover all the latest in the celebrity wine world! Thank you to Tamnavulin Red Wine Cask Edition for sponsoring this podcast.

Back in 2011, when Aidy Bryant was a star at the Second City improv club in Chicago, she posted something on Instagram that not only changed *everything* for her but also means a heck of a lot to us and our own goals.  . Whether your goal is around your physical health, your spiritual health, your personal life or your professional life, an Etsy side-hustle or learning a new lingo by '22, this episode is bursting at the seams with tips for you to crush it in way less time than you ever imagined. Enjoy....and season 3 of Shrill drops on hulu on May 7,21. So enjoy that too!!! :)  . LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE: . 2011 Post from Aidy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/U7VWr/  Let's connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meggielee_calvin/?hl=en   . Own your power more easily toward your goal with my latest Amazon Bestselling satirical, spiritual self-help book, 'I Am My Own Sanctuary: How A Recovering Holy-roller Found Healing and Power'. It's on sale now for $0.99 on Kindle and $4ish on paperback. Bit.ly/iamos   

To download the transcript click HERE This episode I am joined by the energetic and talented TV presenter and drinks writer Aidy Smith. You will find out why Californian wine has a special place in his heart, and I could have titled this episode "Every region, but Napa!" But we do tend to focus mostly on the slightly lesser known Central Coast. Plus Aidy does a great job mentioning many great value wines sub £15. We also touch on his work bringing the world: "life hacks for a calmer 2021", and his push for diversity, inclusivity and general happiness for the industry. You can see more from the Three Drinkers by clicking HERE Or go to Aidy's official site HERE Lastly if you would like to support Aidy, the petition he mentioned to increase funding to provide support and research into Tourettes Syndrome is HERE If you want to skip ahead: 1.14: My winery of the Week: Brewer-Clifton 4.48: Tasting of the Brewer-Clifton Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2015 £58.65 (The Wine Treasury) 7.07: More about the AVA Sta. Rita Hills 8.58: Chat with Aidy Smith 11.01: How Aidy fell in love with wine 15.06: The Three Drinkers TV Series, how it started and some stories 20.37: Learn more about Life Hacks for a Calmer 2021 23.06: Supporting Diversity and Inclusivity in the drinks industry and understanding Tourette's syndrome more (Aidy's "superpower") 30.22: Californian wine - great value wines and our favourite wine regions Thank you as always for listening. If you have any questions, please email me janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.com or on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat You can find more information on my website www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk And if you fancy learning about more wine on youtube, you can find videos on my youtube channel Eat Sleep Wine Repeat. Don't forget you can join the team and have access to extended and exclusive episodes over on patreon.com/EatSleepWineRepeat By coming on board this really helps me in being able to make these episodes possible. Cheers to you!    

Tasneem El Aidy is a singer, producer, and performer. Tasneem is also studying Music Engineering at AUC.

Aidy Bryant only recently felt like she could tap into her inner rage. She remains a wonderfully nice person and hilarious performer, but with things like her new show Shrill and other mental adjustments, Aidy feels like she's taking ownership of some righteous anger. She has that in common with Marc, as well as the fact that they both cry while watching TV all the time. They talk about those shared traits as well as Aidy's early love of improv, her path to Saturday Night Live, and breaking away from letting things like weight and body image dominate her life. This episode is sponsored by Stay Free: The Story of The Clash on Spotify. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast.

Jennifer and Mallory discuss the popular new trend of occupational (sur)names becoming first names, like Mason, Sawyer, and Harper. Also Emmy Award nominees, celebrity baby news, and your questions on names and naming. Names in this episode: Hamza, Quarry, Sterling, Milo, Tatiana, Zazie, Aidy, Finn, Baker, Hunter, Miller, Paige, Sawyer, Taylor, Sailor, Bell, Bailey, Chandler, Potter, Duke, Earl, Deacon, Harper, Shakespeare, Archer, Ferrari, Mahler, Amity, and more! The Baby Names Podcast is a production of BabyNames.com.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy new year to you all and welcome to he first of the now weekly podcast! This week I have interviews with Maud the Moth and Aidy from The British IBM. Here is this weeks playlist The Great Fuss - Set Yourself Right, Jay Ebby East - City Skies, MAud The Moth - Crossbows, Good Wthr ft. Jaybe - Somewhere Shiny, The British IBM - Jet Set Willy, Nick Tann Trio Safe Harbour. thanks to everyone who contributed and I will speak to you all next week! Nick Tann