Podcast appearances and mentions of Darrell Hammond

This week on Seriously, Dad?, Jay and Al sit down with Nick Bruce, the man behind Wisecrackers Comedy Club, to talk about running a comedy club, growing up with a stand-up comic dad, and the fine line between clean and dirty comedy.Nick shares what it was like never seeing his dad as a kid, then later running sound for his shows—a journey that eventually led him to owning and operating his own club. They dive into PA's Funniest contest, working with comedians, and the art of giving feedback, plus some wild road stories featuring Ray Romano, Tim Allen, and Darrell Hammond.FOLLOW GUEST: Nick Bruce

Jerry Minor joined me to discuss his first memory of seeing Johnny Cash TV; the Detroit Lions; playing Michael Jackson's glove; being a Jehovah's Witness; proselytizing; leaving the Church and starting comedy; going to a show to try stand up; going to his first comedy show; working in Second City Detroit, Chicago, and Toronto and the similarities and differences; Mr. Show; being hired on SNL in 2000 and moved to cast when Tim Meadows leaves; Grandmaster Rap; working with Eminem on first show; impressions of Billy Dee Williams and Al Sharpton; working with Dana Carvey; the Tom Green episode, Mena Suvari; XFL delays Jennifer Lopez episode; Conan O' Brien; playing Sharpton to Darrell Hammond's Jesse Jackson; being let go; the problem of being the new guy; writing and the song "Somebody's Fucking My Lady" with Craig Robinson; Rodney Dangerfield; Martin Short Show; Anchorman; Abbott Elementary; Beer League; Lucky Louie; working with Louis CK; being in Funny People by Judd Apatow; guys named Jerry; being on the 1st season of Bob's Burgers; Brickleberry: Howard Stern; Yucko the Clown and JD; directing at Second City; SNL's 50th anniversary; David Cross inspires new podcasrt "Playing to the Back of the Room"

Episode 36: Inside The Spud Goodman Radio Show delivers a full & complete autopsy of "The Take Your Daughter To Work" episode (#157 that first aired on 9-21-2017.) It featured former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, actor/writer Mike Tyson, former SNL cast member Darrell Hammond, actor/comedian Marlon Wayans and musical guest Le Grotto. Gerald brings his daughter Kelci to work and later learns to regret the decision. It should be noted that this practice was banned after this episode. TV On Radio! Visit Spud's website at: spudgoodman.com

Nick takes a deep dive into one of the best seasons of Saturday Night Live ever: Season 26, which aired from October 2000 to May 2001. Fueled by a memorable election and a powerhouse cast, this season delivered sharp comedy and some of the most iconic sketches in SNL history. Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon took over the Weekend Update desk, while veteran cast members like Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Tracy Morgan, Molly Shannon, Darrell Hammond, and newcomers like Maya Rudolph and Rachel Dratch kept the laughs coming. You'll hear some of the most unforgettable sketches from this standout season, including the legendary debate sketch featuring "strategery" and "lockbox," and the Jeffrey's Clothing Store sketch with the world's smallest cell phone. Nick also shares behind-the-scenes stories—including the shocking moment when someone actually broke their neck during an episode—and revisits the work of some fantastic hosts, including Christopher Walken, Calista Flockhart, Tom Green, Julia Stiles, and Sean Hayes. Season 26 was a high point for SNL, and this episode brings back all the best moments! [Ep 115]

This week on the March 14 Friday LIVE, Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: comedian Darrell Hammond in Norfolk; singer/songwriter Darrell Scott in Hastings; "Paint Your Wagon" in Minden; Omaha Symphony's "Celtic Journey;" "The Space Between" exhibition by Josephine Langbehn; and Angels Theatre Company's production of "Eminent Domain." Also, poetry from Karla Hernandez Torrijos and a look at juried student art exhibtion at UNO.

This week on the March 14 Friday LIVE, Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: comedian Darrell Hammond in Norfolk; singer/songwriter Darrell Scott in Hastings; "Paint Your Wagon" in Minden; Omaha Symphony's "Celtic Journey;" "The Space Between" exhibition by Josephine Langbehn; and Angels Theatre Company's production of "Eminent Domain." Also, poetry from Karla Hernandez Torrijos and a look at juried student art exhibtion at UNO.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits down with Kristen Welker to share his perspective on peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. Plus, Darrell Hammond on how political comedy has shaped 50 years of Saturday Night Live.

Dan Vitale joined me and discussed social media presence; attention he got from Marc Maron's podcast; Lorne Michaels seeing him; his audition for The New Show; his fluctuating weight from 1986 - 1991; Cobra Kai; streaming services give more content; Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Bill Burr & Louis CK; being Lorne Michaels protege; being funnier now than when he was "hot" in the '80's because he's off alcohol and drugs and older; being listed above Norm MacDonald as a SNL cast member in Rolling Stone; growing up in Island Park, Long Island; other famous Island Park residents including Al D'Amato and the basis for Tony Soprano; where he did stand up pre Covid; living through Covid and protests; going back to college and feeling like Johnny Lawrence from Cobra Kai; IPhones; Dave Attell, memories of Don Novello and Randy Quaid; wanting to know who from his cast was invited to the 40th anniversary; Joan Cusack; Anthony Michael Hall; Damon Wayans; Jon Lovitz; Nora Dunn; Dennis Miller; Danitra Vance; Terry Sweeney;  A Whitney Brown; Jim Downey; Franken & Davis; remembering the Madonna episode and the horrible week working with Chevy Chase; being with world's largest man Michael Hebrank (1100 lbs.) at the Brookhaven Rehabilitation Center; intermittent fasting; coming back for the Ron Reagan Jr. episode; residuals; current SNL; Baldwin's Trump vs. Carrey's Biden; Taran Killam; Darrell Hammond making SNL a civil service job; Alan Zweibel; and John Murray

‘Tis the season to revisit the best ACS moments of 2024 and announce the winners for classic categories such as: Best Impression, Best Musical Moment, Most Uncomfortable Moment, Guest of the Year, Interview of the Year, Rant of the Year, and more! Thanks for another great year and we wish you a wonderful holiday season. The Adam Carolla Show returns January 6, 2025! Thank you for supporting our sponsors: ● http://ForThePeople.com/Adam or Dial #LAW (#529) ● RuffGreens.com, use code: Adam ● http://OReillyAuto.com/Adam

It is a privilege to welcome Saturday Night Network founder and host Jon Schneider to The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.  In September 2020, Jon launched the Saturday Night Network (SNN), offering insight into NBC's long-running live show  Saturday Night Live (SNL).  SNN  has become a top-charting North American TV Review podcast network that features rotating roundtables starring critically acclaimed journalists from top media publications and superfans.  In addition to hosting, Jon Schneider recruits the panelists and manages the day-to-day administrative duties, marketing, and distribution of the podcasts. He also manages a team of interns who create social media content daily for their community. As a result, SNN has become the most followed SNL podcast on social media.   He also manages the logistics of booking guests and panelists for all their podcasts and making sure they are fully prepared with show notes before each recording. The Saturday Night Network charts weekly in the top 40 TV Review podcasts in the United States and Canada and is watched by thousands of SNL fans each week on YouTube and all podcast platforms.  SNN's content includes its Hot Takes, where they go LIVE right after the action wraps up at Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. To commemorate SNL's fiftieth anniversary season, Jon teamed up with James Stephens on the historical mini-series Everything You NEED to Know About SNL, which breaks down the series season-by-season and reveals insights into the show's cast members, sketches, memorable characters, and backstage stories.  SNN also welcomed a plethora of guests with ties to the long-running NBC show. Current cast members Andrew Dismukes, Heidi Gardner, James Austin Johnson, and Mikey Day, along with previous cast members Bobby Moynihan, Chris Redd, Darrell Hammond, Denny Dillion, and Punkie Johnson, all visited the podcast's SNL Stories.  On this episode of The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Jon Schneider shared SNN's origin story, discussed their in-depth dives into several of the show's early seasons, and expressed his hopes for SNL 50.Let's connect on social media! Visit my channels on:A) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JacobElyachar/B) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacobelyachar/C) Threads: https://www.threads.net/@jacobelyacharD) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therealjacobelyacE) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JacobElyacharBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jake-s-take-with-jacob-elyachar--4112003/support.

Amy & T.J. sit down with the "SNL" legend about his traumatic mental health journey and how his mother and Amy Poehler have played an instrumental role in his career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's an election year, so Nick revisits some of the most iconic political impressions in "Saturday Night Live" history. In Part 1 of this series, Nick focused on impressions performed by guest stars and hosts rather than regular cast members. In Part 2, cast members are showcased, and you'll hear the background stories about the impressions, who wrote the bits and sketches, and the full sketches themselves. You'll hear Dan Aykroyd's classic Jimmy Carter, Kate McKinnon's hilariously grotesque parody of Jeff Sessions, Darrell Hammond's spot-on Bill Clinton, and get two Bushes for the price of one when Dana Carvey and Will Ferrell play H.W. and W. in one sketch. This is the latest in a series of politically themed episodes of "THAT SHOW..." scheduled throughout 2024, leading up to the November election. [Ep83]

Neal Brennan interviews Darrell Hammond (Cray, SNL) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 1:30 SNL & impressions 4:16 Emotionally Traumatic Life  6:50 Synesthesia  9:27 Voices & Impressions as Escape / Jim Carrey   15:43 Sponsor: BetterHelp 16:57 Sponsor: Mando 19:15 Abusive Mother 21:29 Cutting 25:03 Hallelujah Moment 29:09 Father Apologized on Death Bed 37:40 Sponsor: RocketMoney 39:18 Drinking  42:19 Transferrable Spirits 53:29 Monsters 57:41 Advice ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks Sponsors: https://www.betterhelp.com/NEAL for 10% off your first month https://www.shopmando.com promo code NEAL for $5 off the Mando Starter Pack Https://www.RocketMoney.com/NEAL ---------------------------------------------------------- #podcast #comedy #mentalhealth #standup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darrell Hammond returns and shares a few impressions from his days on SNL. He also shares stories about cast members interacting with Lorne Michaels, cue cards not being ready, and breaking during sketches. Chris reports the news about Lenny Kravitz revealing a 9-year celibacy, black men suing American Airlines for racial discrimination, and the Massachusetts ‘Bad Breath Rapist' finally caught. Darrell also reveals which SNL musical performance he still thinks about. Lastly, Vinnie Tortorich joins the show and gives Adam an update on his health. The group chats about his new documentary, ‘Dirty Keto,' and Vinnie talks about why he's always stayed away from the term ‘Keto.' Adam complains about various seed oils and explains why he thinks our health organizations are lying to the public. For more with Darrell Hammond: ● His new play, ‘Cray,' will be coming to Audible! ● Follow on Instagram @darrellchammond For more with Vinnie Tortorich: ● ‘Dirty Keto' is available now on Amazon! ● Follow on X @vinnietortorich Thank you for supporting our sponsors: ● http://Meater.com ● Aura.com/Trust ● Homes.com ● OReillyAuto.com/Adam

This is it. The final episode of our final two-part review of a film starring Mary-Kate and Ashley.  This journey has gone faster than a New York Minute.Today we finish our review of the second half of the film and get a little bit deeper into how we felt about it. We unfortunately have to address the incredible misstep of Andy Richter's entire character, the uselessness of both Mary-Kate and Ashley's "love" interests, the awkwardness of the House of Bling, the incredibly well acted yet woefully unearned final fight between Mary-Kate and Ashley, and the palpable creepiness of Darrell Hammond. Of course, we also offer our own punch ups that we think could have saved this movie (except for Andy Richter's whole storyline, that just needed to go).Despite our misgivings, we (mostly Lani) still find parts of this movie that we genuinely loved. The fashion, the one-liners, the iconic Mary-Kate faces, and the perfect Bob Saget cameo ❤️ And at long last we finally figure out where New York Minute fits in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Universe... kind of.So put on your low rise jeans, hold your day planner close, and for the love of God, don't do any offensive accents, because it's 2024 and today is our last episode revisiting the 2004 classic, New York Minute.You can watch the video version of this ep and get more bonus content by subscribing to our Patreon here.Find us on Social Media!Instagram: @theythoughtiwasyouTikTok: @theythoughtiwasyouBecca: @beccarothLani: @laniharmsEmail us at: theythoughtiwasyou@gmail.comSupport the Show.

We can't believe we're finally here. Our final Mary-Kate and Ashley movie review. And just like we suspected: it's a two part episode.On May 7th, 2004 (exactly 20 years ago today), Mary-Kate and Ashley's final film together, New York Minute,  was released in theaters. The movie had an impressive cast including Eugene Levy, Andy Richter, Jared Padalecki, Andrea Martin, Darrell Hammond, and the most 2004 cast member of all: Jack Osbourne. The movie follows Jane Ryan (Ashley) and her twin sister Roxy (Mary-Kate) as they venture into New York City on separate missions, bickering the entire way. Roxy is a rocker, and Ashley is a Republican, so they couldn't be more different! Chaos ensues.For today's episode, we start by remembering where we were 20 years ago when this movie came out and how we felt about it back then. We discuss what it meant for Mary-Kate and Ashley to have this kind of wide spread movie release and what we remembered about watching it for the first time. And since neither Becca nor Lani has seen this movie in the 20 years since, we talk about why we felt so nervous before pressing play.Then, we dive in deep. We get through about half of the movie in this review before going on a tangent about where New York Minute fits in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Universe, so make sure to tune in next week for part two! We hope you enjoy this beginning to the end of an era, and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO NEW YORK MINUTE!You can watch the video version of this ep and get more bonus content by subscribing to our Patreon here.Find us on Social Media!Instagram: @theythoughtiwasyouTikTok: @theythoughtiwasyouBecca: @beccarothLani: @laniharmsEmail us at: theythoughtiwasyou@gmail.comSupport the Show.

DARRELL HAMMOND IS AT COMEDY WORKS THIS WEEKEND And we've got the legend from when SNL was funny at 12:30 to discuss. Buy your tickets to his show at Comedy Works South here.

Welcome to Episode 368 of The Clean Comedy Podcast! This week we have a special treat with Jason Schuster. Jason is a stand-up comedian, impressionist, and actor based in Los Angeles. His unique blend of relatable topics and hilarious impressions never fails to entertain audiences. He regularly performs at some of the top comedy clubs in Los Angeles, including the Original Room at The Comedy Store. His impressions include well-known figures such as George Bush, Gilbert Gottfried, Mitch McConnell, Bill Clinton, Adam Sandler, Yoda, Mickey Mouse, Elmo, Dr. Fauci, Donald Trump, and many others.Jason has opened for some of the biggest names in comedy, including Darrell Hammond, Shang, Darren Carter, Heather Pasternack, Vargus Mason, and Jimmy Shin. His performances are always a hit, and he has gained a loyal following of fans who can't get enough of his unique humor.Learn more about Jason Schuster at https://www.jschucomedy.com/Follow The Clean Comedy Podcast on Instagram: @thecleancomedypodcastDon't forget to add @jdcrevistoncomedy on IG: @jdcrevistoncomedyTurn your funny into money! Visit ComedypreneurGrab your copy of “How To Produce Comedy Shows For Fun & Profit” here.Call to Action:Feedback and Suggestions: Have a topic you want us to discuss? Reach out here.Be Our Guest: Are you a clean comedian interested in being on our podcast? Contact us!Stay Connected: Subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Your support helps us grow!

This week Dr. Drew talks to actor and comedian Darrell Hammond. Darell details his latest project, the captivating play "CRAY," adapted from his highly-praised memoir, "God, If You're Not Up There, I'm F*cked." Darrell and Dr. Drew delve deep into the intriguing world of personality disorders, spurred by Darrell's personal encounter with a sociopath that left him with valuable insights. Cray will play a five-performance limited run January 16–20, 2024 at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Tickets are available at Audible.com Please support the show by checking out our sponsors! HVMN: You can save 30% off your first subscription order of Ketone-IQ at HVMN.com/DREW

Today we welcome comedian Brittany Brave to discuss one of my favorite movies He's Just Not that Into You and what we took from it for our own daily lives. This one quickly became one of our most fun epsiodes!  Brittany Brave is a NYC-via-Miami based comedian, actress, writer, producer and host who's been seen on TBS, MTV, Quibi, The Wendy Williams Show, SiriusXM and featured in The New York Times, ELLE, Ashton Kutcher's A-Plus, TimeOut New York, Entrepreneur Magazine and more. In 2021, Brave was named Best Comedian by the Miami New Times, in 2019, named Best New Comic at the NY Comedy Festival and Caroline's on Broadway and in 2017 an Emerging Talent by TBS Network. Brave recently won 92.9 The Point's Virtual Comedy Couch Competition and headlined Four Corners Comedy Festival in Durango, CO. She was also a featured comedic contributor in Jon Chattman's Moving Foreword, published alongside works by Darrell Hammond, Jerry Springer and more. For more laughs and where you can catch her next check out her website or follow her on Instagram.   

jD, Matt, and Thomas are joined by Will Norman to discuss the career of Darrell Hammond and make his case for inclusion in the SNL Hall of Fame.Transcript:[0:43] Hey, it's Shady here and I'm back for another week here in the SNL Hall of Fame podcast studios.[0:53] Thank you so much, Doug. It is great to be here and we love doing this program for you.We are in the homestretch of season four, so why don't you find yourself a comfy spot along the wall and take a look around.But before you do, please wipe those feet. 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, musicalguest, 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 of Fame.We've got a heck of a class shaping up in this round.I don't know how it will turn out.We rarely can make those sorts of predictions, but we will be doing so.We will attempt to do so in our annual round table that is coming up very soon.We've got a few more episodes, and then, like I say, we're in the homestretch.It'll be the round table, and voting will be open. So let's get right into things, and talk about what we're going to talk about this week.We are going to be looking at the career of longtime cast member and now announcer, Daryl Hammond.[2:22] So Thomas will be joined by Will Norman.Friend of the show and they will get into a lovely conversation We'll listen to a sketch We'll get ourselves fully prepared for the vote by learning as much as we can about why DarrylHammond belongs in the SNL Hall of Fame and then we'll call it a day That's how we play the game.It's really quite simple But now, you can see I'm wandering away from the door and I'm heading to the fulcrum of the main entrance doorway and the closet doorway, where those twointersect is a corner that we often hang out in before we start our show.And that is Matt's minutiae minute corner. Uh, we're going to learn a little bit more about Mr. Hammond when we get our hands on our friend, Matt, which let's do that right now. Shall weMatt? Matt.Track 3:[3:27] Hey Jamie. What's up?Track 2:[3:28] Not much. How are you doing? My friend?Track 3:[3:30] I'm great. I am looking forward to dig Darryl Hammond, a terrific artist, terrific impressionist.One of my favorite cast members. Yeah. Five foot seven born October 8th, 1955. He was born in Melbourne, Florida, just outside of Orlando.He had a very troubled childhood, growing up in a family plagued by abuse and mental health issues.This has led to an outspoken advocacy around his own diagnosis with bipolar disease and schizophrenia.He wears black when not performing in memory of a friend who committed suicide in 1992.He studied baseball at Brevard Community College and was a teammate of future Padres and Giants manager, Bruce Bocci.You're gonna have to trust me, I don't know if that's the right way to say his last name.Not a sports fan. Hopefully I got that right.Was actually inspired to take this to the stage by Truman Capote, who spoke at his school.Seeing Truman get laughs, Darryl said, whatever this is, I want it.After getting a degree in advertising from the University of Florida, he moved to New York to pursue performance after the encouragement of his university theater professor.[4:49] Early days had him working as a waiter performing theater roles and doing stand-up before returning to Florida to work as a radio DJ.He himself is a regular of the Howard Stern show to this day.He holds 45 acting credits and four writer credits, having appeared on shows including Criminal Minds, The Kicker, and I can't recommend this show highly enough.It is one of the funniest things on television, At Home with Amy Sedaris.Trust me, watch it. He is great in it, but the show as a whole is stellar.A late starter, he began performing stand-up at 26 and didn't move to New York permanently until 32.[5:36] While working as a cruise comedian, he was cornered in the bathroom by a man who forced him to take a dollar bill.The bill had trace amounts of cocaine and he was arrested as part of an entrapment scenario popular with grifting tourists.So that just reminds you, always be careful and never take a dollar from a stranger.Consummate Impressionists having impersonated over 107 different celebrities, and honestly the best Bill Clinton there ever darn was, he gained fame actually for his Elmer Fudd andLooney Tunes impersonations, releasing a comedy single called Rappin', which was was regularly played by one of my heroes, Dr.Demento! It was so popular, it was included on the show's 20th anniversary compilation.Okay, little aside here, I actually used to listen to the Dr.Demento show back when it was on Chum FM, in the middle of the nights on Sundays.I remember listening to this.I loved it, and I did not know it was him until today. This is awesome.Track 2:[6:40] Awesome indeed. Let's take it downstairs to our friend Thomas Senna with Will Norman to discuss Daryl Hammond a little more. Take it away, Thomas.Track 4:[7:23] Matthew, JD, thank you so much for educating us as always.You guys do such a great job there with the Minutia Minute.And this is a really, really interesting one, an interesting topic today.I think of a cast member who I've always been fascinated by, definitely.And it was the longest tenured cast member before Kenan Thompson eventually broke his record.But I've just always been fascinated by this guy. It's Daryl Hammond is our topic today on the SNL Hall of Fame.And joining me to discuss Daryl Hammond's SNL journey is a wonderful guest, someone who I've been on the Saturday Night Network with. And he was on Beyonce.He broke down Alec Baldwin with me. So I wanna welcome Mr.Will Norman. Will, how you doing? Doing great, Thomas. It's great to be back with you again.Talking some more SNL. I think we have a very fascinating cast member to talk about today.So I'm excited to dive in and talk about all of Daryl's contributions to the show and see if we can make a good case for him to get into the hall.Yeah, yeah. And you've been on here to talk about, as I said, a host in Alec Baldwin, musical guest in Beyonce.[8:38] Now we get your perspective on a cast member.So I'm curious, Will, like I don't think I've asked you this before, like when you're your big SNL fan, SNL historian, you've been watching the show for a while, like what do you look for?And just kind of what are facets of a cast member that sticks out to you?[8:57] Yes, like, I'm looking to cast members. Number one, I mean, you want someone who's going to bring something that is, they have their peaks of what they do well are stand out, theyjump off the screen, I might have mentioned to before, but when it comes to these cast new cast members, I'm very, I always pay attention to their first obviously on screen appearances.But if they do weekend update appearances, I'm always very in tune to like, how do they come on the scene? Do they come on hot? Do they jump off the screen in terms of their energy,the way that they present themselves?Are they really great characters? Do they do great impressions?[9:33] Do they have, do they work in our good, you can tell they do good writing in the background to be able to present those things on screen.Like those are some of the things like, what do you bring to the show?What's your skillset? I'm looking at those kinds of things. And then I think also just how well do they play with other cast members? Who is it that they're interacting with? Are they ableto blend?I'm a big fan of the cast members who are very versatile, the ones that are able to carry a sketch, but can also have those funny one-liners in the background of the sketch and not need tobe necessarily centered. Are they someone who's gonna, like you said, bring those characters, or someone who's gonna do weekend update features?And then also, are they someone that is timeless? We're talking about the Hall of Fame today.There's a lot of times with either hosts, sometimes definitely can be of their time.[10:18] Musical guests, same thing, they could be someone that's just of their time, and they kind of struck where the iron was hot and got an SNL.With cast members, I'm looking for someone who I could see them popping up on the show now.I can see them popping up in the 70s, the 90s, and they have something that they can bring to the cast that is timeless, that they can fit in seamlessly.And I think it goes to, you know, we talk about SNL a lot as being like a team, right?And we talk about kind of in the sports lens sometimes, but someone's a good teammate, you know, kind of goes back to how are they able to integrate and how are they able to make theirimpact without needing the show to necessarily be about them while still being a star.Those are things I look into for a cast member. Yeah, I think those are all great.If we were to design a cast member from scratch, like weird science style or whatever, those would be definitely big facets. Today we're talking about a very well-known impressionistfrom his time at SNL.[11:12] Arguably, and we can maybe discussed this I don't know but one of the arguably the best impressionist in SNL history a lot of people would say so I'm curious to just specifically asfar as impressions what do you look for in a great impression and impressionist I would say for one I definitely agree with you you're looking at Darryl Hammond I was gonna positionthis question to you I want to stay focused on Darryl obviously but I would say that he is definitely I think for most fans would have to be on the SNL Mount Rushmore for impressionists,right?Like, whatever your four are, like, if he's not on there, you know, what are we watching? You know, what are we doing here?But in terms of impressions and impressionists, I think, once again, it goes to those few qualities.One, with the impressions, is the impression really accurate?I mean, I do think that there is something to be said about people who can do those very accurate impressions of whoever it is, from pop culture, politician, actor, actress, whatever it is.But then also, do they bring a unique take to that impression?It's always fun when you can hear someone do an impression and the crowd, the first time they do it, the crowd's kind of gasping, like, wow, that sounds just like such and such, right? Butthen also, what kinds of slant do they bring to that impression?[12:29] And what kind of take do they bring to the person? Are they focusing on why the person is famous?Are they focusing on their, the way that they speak, the way they act.And I think the other part of it is when I'm looking at impressions is like, what is it that they, how are they able to utilize that on the show?Is it like I said, so we can update feature, are they centering this person in real life events in sketches? How are they able to deploy that and be able to have that person interact with otherpeople around them?Those are kinds of things I'm looking for with Impressionists and then you know I think.[13:01] Whether they have like a Daryl, who has, I think, almost 100 impressions to do on the show, or they might have five, you know, what's the peak of that?Like, are you do you start to be I think, are really important and what I look for from an impact on the show.I think Daryl definitely hit all those heights in different ways with his different characters or different impressions I should say as well.I agree with you and you hit on something that I've heard a lot from SNL fans and I've always believed this myself is you have to have a point of view with your impression I think. Youhave to have an angle.It can be exciting initially if somebody really sounds like the person who they're doing the impression of but then what? But like, you know, where do you go from there?And I'll pick on somebody who who's never been on SNL. So we're going to go outside of the SNL sphere because I love all my SNL cast members.So I don't want to single anybody out.But somebody outside of SNL is somebody like Frank Caliendo who does really accurate impressions.I've always struggled in a lot of cases to find his point of view with his impressions.[14:22] If he's on, as John Gruden on one of the NFL kickoff shows or something like that, he sounds remarkably like them and can do their mannerisms, but I never really, they've alwaysleft me cold because I've never really found an angle that Frank Caliendo has taken with a lot of his impressions.Does that make sense? No, that makes total sense because I think a lot of times, too, and maybe it's the format that, let's say for Frank Caliendo, where it is kind of a jukebox.Can you put this in and give me a minute of you just being that person and just kind of making fun of them, but it's just kind of a rapid fire impressions and phrases and things at you.Whereas I think a lot of times with in the SNL sphere, even if someone is doing that, they are in service of, they're bouncing off of a weekend update anchor.They are in a real life situation. They are doing, I should say, a sketch obviously, but they are interacting with people as that person, which brings more of a chance to have an angle versusjust kind of give me an accurate jukebox version of this person for a minute, which I think is great.It's an awesome skill and an awesome talent. But like you said, the angle can sometimes be gone because you're just mimicking that person without bringing anything else to it.Man, maybe if Frank Allendo was on SNL, he probably could show more of his comedic chops. So that's always possible, but as it stands, a lot of times when he does an impression, I'mleft a little bit cold for that reason.[15:49] And it's only exciting for so long.[15:53] Like, being totally, totally accurate.Well, it's nice. It's only exciting For a few minutes and then like you got to give me more So yeah, so so we could get into his Daryl Hammond I should say we can get into DarylHammond's main impressions now and one of the big ones to me that really likes ticks all those boxes and all the criteria that you laid out as far as what you look for an impressionist isHis Bill Clinton good evening America I'd like to speak to you tonight because this week the Bill Clinton presidency suffered a crisis in leadership.[16:30] It's been a bad week. First this Cheshna thing is getting me down.People keep asking me questions like what am I gonna do?I don't know. I mean I don't have a position.And then I looked everywhere for that new Abercrombie and Fitch catalog you know the one with the naked ladies.[17:14] What stands out to you about Daryl Hammond's Bill Clinton? Once again, I think it was an accurate impression, but it was also a fun impression.He did hit a lot of the same beats, but he really made the impression of his own.And one of the things that sticks out to me, you go back to, I'm sure we'll touch on this with other impressions, in the legacy of SNL, you never really own an impression. You're kind ofrenting it while you're on the cast, and it might be passed on to the next person.Phil Hartman was doing Bill Clinton before Daryl came on the scene.Daryl was still able to take it and make it his own and give his own spin, while also dealing with a lot of the things that were in the news about Bill Clinton that became a part of the entirecomedy universe and his presidency.But he was able to really make it his own and you see the transition of being a smooth-talking Southern president and then being this laze and being this like, quote unquote, torturedhusband, right?[18:15] And all these different slants that he brought to it based on what was going on in the news, while still being able to go to those beats, the thumb, the wink, the just the innuendo, andkind of winking at his own troubles and kind of being able to brush it off and kind of being that the coolest person in the room and not faced by certain things.So bringing all those things that were going on in real life to the impression while keeping it fun and having fun with the fact that he was going to those same beats, I thought was a reallycool way for him to do it.And there's obviously a lot of sketches where you see those sides come through.But I think him being able to make that his own and having even Bill Clinton like the impression and being invited to speak and do Bill Clinton in front of Bill Clinton the same way thatyou saw Dana Carvey do Bush in front of Bush.When you have the person, especially someone like the president who kind of gives the nod is like, I like your impression of me. I think when you look at SNL in general, to have basedon how much we go, the show goes to the political sphere.[19:19] Having a political impression that the person who's doing it and says the president say I like that one I think it's probably one of the highest honors you can get as a cast membersince it's a well They have to go to regardless of how well someone can do the impression So those are my general thoughts on on Darryl's bill, but I'd love to hear yours too Thomas Likewhat comes to mind for you when you're thinking about his Bill Clinton and what he brought to the table?Yeah It's just so fully formed his Bill Clinton and I think it's because Darryl has said that he he studied hours upon hours of tape on Clinton.This is the one that he really just like worked on like crazy to get.First of all we talked about like it's great to sound and have the mannerisms like the person you hit on it like he definitely did he had the the thumb thing he had the vocal fry down to thesouthern draw and it's kind of cool he said that Clinton reminded him of John F Kennedy in a way Like he said Clinton was maybe trying to be like John F. Kennedy. He took inspiration.So what Darryl Hammond did And what made the impression click for Darryl?Was it Darryl did Kennedy's inaugural address from the early 60s in a southern accent like not on the show But he just when he was just trying kind of trying to form this impression So hesaid that's what clicked so it's really neat to see an impressionist like find that angle and that was Darryl's way in to Bill Clinton, Will.[20:44] Yeah, yeah, that's awesome. I didn't even know that, which is really cool.And I think it goes to something that can be taken for granted, but just Daryl's commitment to getting the impression right.Because it's not a character where you're just saying, this reminds me of my third grade teacher.I'm gonna impress my third grade teacher and no one knows who it is.I'll turn that person into a character or Target lady, There's church lady.There's so many different characters have been on the show that you can't say well that doesn't sound like a person I'm talking to whatever Jay Fair is doing simple Yes It's like when youhave that like his dedication to getting it right and finding that angle I think is what made him so great and like stories like that just really drive home how seriously he took it and how heWorked to get these impressions, right?Yeah, are there any Bill Clinton moments that stand out to you with Daryl?[21:40] Man, there are quite a few. I mean, I think the ones, I'll give a couple that kind of stood out to me.There's the cold open where he's reading the Paula Jones deposition.He's reading it aloud to the nation. And then the president escorted me down a narrow hallway from the Oval Office to a dining room and back.I was thirsty and he offered me a drink.Before we reached the dining room, president reached out and tried to kiss me, he lifted his hand and put it on my breast and then my hand to his penis.That is hot! Jackie Collins my ass.[22:24] He's talking through obviously the salacious details of what's going on with, you know, this month, the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but he's enjoying it and reading it like it's It's likea romance novel and he's kind of getting a kick out of it in a way that you would never expect someone to be approaching their own controversies and kind of hocking it and holding upthe book with the fake art cover of him dressed up like he's Fabio, as he says in the sketch.So it's like you have him doing that whole sketch and then you have Will Ferrell coming in at the end as Kenneth Starr, kind of like as the way out to kind of subpoena him as DarylHammond to get him out, for everyone that's even impersonating the president because it's obviously a big issue and there's obviously opinions with the trial.[23:08] But it's like him being able to, like you said, bring a very, obviously serious thing that's going on that everyone is talking about and bringing that angle to it of pride, excited aboutit.That's just not an angle you would expect anyone that's listening to take and for him to be able to do it and give, you know, deliver it with this like, the Southern charm and smiling anddoing the thumb and the bite, the lip bite and all these things.And it's just kind of a, you said in a serious situation, the very funny way to wink and be like, I'm, you know, Bill Clinton and that doesn't bother me.So that's one that stood out to me for sure.Yeah, that one actually really stood out to me too. I took note of that when I was rewatching.It was funny to see Daryl out of character too. We didn't always see him out of character as himself on SNL, so that was pretty cool.There was also a sketch where he was on, as Bill Clinton was on a three-way phone call.Saddam Hussein, who was played by Will Ferrell and Monica Lewinsky played by Molly Shannon.And they were on this three way phone call like they were just all three of them knew each other really well. Saddam apparently knew Monica Lewinsky in the sketch, not in real life inthe sketch.Saddam and Monica Lewinsky obviously knew each other. So they just had this three way phone call that was just hilarious.I think this gets played on like best ofs and retrospectives for good reason because I rewatched it. I'm like, Oh my God. Wait, are you watching Dawson's Creek right now?[24:38] No, I am typing it.[24:45] And do not tell me what happens to Paisley.All right, um, hey, let me say hi to Saddam. OK, hold on a second.Saddam, are you still there? Who is that, one of your Jewish friends? No. Well, yes, so. Hey, Saddam. Monica, you never call me anymore.[25:12] Daryl Hammond's just, he does subtle things with his reactions to what other people are saying and his mannerisms and his smirk.And this is one where I think it's great to wink at the audience.A lot of times, I like when performers don't wink at the audience when they make a joke.But in something like this, that's part of the game.That's part of the persona of this character is to he's really enjoying being president.He's really enjoying all of this, even though he's, he's getting run through the mud in a very public way. He's enjoying it too. And Daryl's playing this perfectly. I agree.And it's, and I think that you said the nature of the character, what there's so many opportunities for him to do the camera facing addresses as in cold opens and kind of talking directly toAmerica.Even more permissible as president to always kind of be smiling and just enjoying the spotlight, right?And you talk about him having these, you know, kind of being dragged through the mud, you know, based on what he was, you know, he's doing like, very publicly.One that stood out to me as well was there's a weekend update feature where it's Bill Clinton and he is reviewing the movie Independence Day.Well, getting back to the film, Mr. President, was there anything that you didn't like? Well, I felt the character of Will Smith's girlfriend, the beautiful stripper, could have been developedmore.[26:37] We never learned much about her. For example.Does she have friends? Are they also strippers?[26:49] Obviously, if it was not for the movie, you know, it's about aliens attacking and they come back and you know, we're having to fight these aliens.And that's his action movie. And he comes out and he's talking to Norman, his whole focus, and why he loves this movie is that in the movie, spoiler alert, sorry, that the president's wifedies at some point in the helicopter crash.And so the whole time, he's just like, I just love this movie.And he's really harping on how great it would be and how he's wondering about this situation, how he's so happy for the president with his wife dying.It's a very morbid take, but given what's going on in the news, the way he's still smiling and gaffawing and having a good time with it, you're kind of like, okay, that's just Bill being Billkind of thing.And then he's talking about, I think at one point in time, Vivica A.Fox, who plays a stripper in the movie, he's asking, I wanted to learn more about her.And he kind of dives into some of those not flattering aspects of Bill Clinton's persona.But to your point earlier, he's able to do these things and still kind of be smiling and being very, trying to be very charming throughout these things, in that way, these things are rolling offmy back.And obviously, there's been a lot of litigation looking back at how, as a country, everyone handled those things and looked at those things, the seriousness of it.But even looking back at it, you can still see him making fun of how lightly.[28:19] He was taking it, you know what I mean? And still being able to bring that lightheartedness to something that was very serious.But you realize as a viewer, oh, this is a serious situation, but he's just cool and not phased by these things.So I thought that was another one, another example of him being able to, whether it was the deposition, the three-way call, Independence Day, him bringing different angles to this fullyformed character in different ways that I think were really fun, because you would never see the president doing these things.But it's just fun to be able to him to be accurate and be able to get to those places, which is cool.[28:52] Yeah, I think he took an element of the real Bill Clinton too.Everything that I've heard about Bill Clinton is he's like the most charming person in the room.He makes everybody feel like they're the most important person in the world when he's talking to them, for better or for worse, quite honestly, because he could use that charm for not sogreat things as we saw here.And by the way, I think it's kind of neat to see over the years that Monica Lewinsky's has a more positive public image nowadays compared to what people are kind of retroactivelyapologizing to Monica Lewinsky for how they treated her back then.But that was kind of the Bill Clinton charm playing out and it was a real thing and I think Daryl tapped it into it well and I loved when he appeared on Weekend Update.I'm glad that you brought up one of his Weekend Update bits because I love that he took this Bill Clinton character and put him on the update desk because it's just such a such a great fit.one where he critiqued the presidential candidates.[29:47] That was that that one cracked me up. But it was just really neat.It's like a versatile character for him to be able to go sketches, update cold open.He really should be proud. And I know Darryl from reading his, his book.He's definitely really proud of this Bill Clinton. Yeah, he did a really good job. And it's interesting to like, I think we sometimes, I don't want to say it next, I'm missing it for myself, butsometimes you take for granted, the show gets a lot of grief because when they have to talk about politics and you have the president who, given what's going on during the presidency, isgoing to be the number one thing that people are talking about.You're thinking about the Trump presidency, and then you think about Clinton and what was going on there.You kind of can't ignore it. So to have someone that was doing such a great job as the president from an impression standpoint, to be able to roll that out in so many different ways andpeople to not be like, Oh gosh, here's Bill Clinton again.[30:45] It never seemed like it had that feel to it.It was always kind of like, Oh, here's Daryl doing Bill again.He's showing up, what's he going to do this time? And to deploy it in those ways, I think was a credit to him and the oppression he did and all the things he did with it during that timewhen the president's front and center.Yeah. This one was just a truly defining impression and character for Daryl Hammond.Where do we go from here? What else do you want to talk about as far as Daryl goes?Oh man, I think, so I guess we could keep it in the same vein of like his, you know, his political impressions.So I was kind of thinking going from there going into Al Gore.So Al Gore, obviously another great impression that Daryl did.And I think when you look at his Gore. I think that there's a lot of conversation after one of the sketches I want to talk with you about, about his effect on potentially the election.And similar to what we saw later with Tina Fey and Sarah Palin, the accuracy, the take he took on Al Gore during the first presidential debate, I thought was hilarious.A hilarious rewatch for those who haven't seen it. The sketch that came to mind was the first presidential debate between Gore and George W. Bush.[32:03] And essentially, he plays Gore as being very, in Daryl's own words, as kind of like an overbearing teacher, talking very slowly and deliberately and being the smartest person in theroom explaining things.And of course, you see Will Ferrell as Bush playing the grown up frat kid who's running for president out of his depth and doesn't really know what's going on.And there's just so many good lines in that sketch. And once again, the accuracy that he brings to it, the writing in the sketch is fantastic.So like it's deployed perfectly talking about getting a great impression where you can get someone to say things that they probably wouldn't say normally.Daryl was great at that, obviously. So, you know, he's obviously references making fun of the term lockbox and referencing lockbox numerous times throughout the sketch. in my plan.The lockbox would also be camouflaged.Now, to all outward appearances, it would be a leather-bound edition of the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.But it wouldn't be.It would be the lockbox.[33:19] There's a lot of gray lines in that, but there is a point in time where he is, as Al Gore brings out a picture of this elderly woman named, and he's talking about the importance ofhealth care.And he's like, yeah, someone's Edda Munson. And he starts describing, he's like, she's a dear friend.He starts describing all of her issues. And he's like, she has one kidney, she suffers from a rare form of polio, spinal meningitis, lung, liver, and pancreatic cancer, diabetes, and a rare formof cystic acne.It's like this 94-year-old And it's like, he really does a really accurate take of Gore. And it's such a contrast with Farrell's Bush.And then obviously ending in one of the great classic lines for Farrell, describe your campaign in one word, strategery.[34:07] And then Gore saying lockbox. If anyone hasn't seen it, it's definitely worth a re-watch.I'm sure you probably struck a chord with you as well. But just him bringing that accuracy to another political candidate, I just thought it was another feather in his cap.Yeah, man, I think that sketch, that first presidential debate, that was in 2000, I think in October of 2000, it became viral before we really even called video clips and stuff viral.Before things went viral, this thing kinda did.I remember going to school, I was a freshman in college, and people were talking about it in class the following Monday.My mom and dad were like, did you see this? Did you see that?That was so funny. My mom and I quote it to each other to this day.It's just, I think it's when too, SNL may have like reannounced itself as a political comedy leader.[35:05] This because in the early 90s we know you know Dana did George HW Bush and Ross Perot, Phil Hartman did Bill Clinton and they had some really memorable sketches and theygot a lot of notoriety with politics but I think this specific presidential debate sketch was SNL re-announcing itself and Daryl and Jim Downey, Jim Downey the great Jim Downey wasbehind this and he they both of them really made it pop with the performance and the writing, making the Al Gore character talk about the lockboxes if it was a real thing, because the realAl Gore used lockboxes as a metaphor, but then people latched onto it.So, so they took it one step further and he actually in the sketch, like I think, brought out an actual lockbox and was talking to it, describing where he was going to hide the key and all thisstuff.Like, so it hit more often from like, this is a metaphor to like, no, this is actually a real lockbox.And that was just like a great, great angle.Daryl said that he, it was tough to get, for him to get a read on Al Gore initially.He said there were like three different types of Al Gores. Like Al Gore didn't speak the same way in the videos that he watched.So he thought that Al Gore just, he was speaking the way he, like a vocal coach kind of told him to speak.So that's kind of what he based it on. Like just very robotic, very folksy, but stiff and awkward at the same time and his movements and intonation.[36:33] So he definitely had a point of view with this one too, Will. Yeah, no, I would agree.And he hit the nail on the head. Like he brought something new and a very, I mean, Al Gore's energy versus Clinton, right?Totally different. So you see the versatility where we've seen impressionists or cast members who can only have one speed, right? They got one pitch.It's a hundred miles an hour down the plate. he was able to find the nuance in someone who's much more understated than say Bill Clinton and be able to like I said find that that slant onhim and with the great writing obviously bring an angle that was resonated with people and you know is is obviously one of their most successful and you know funny and great like mostrewatchable sketches for sure from a political standpoint.Yeah, I wanted to ask you, so after this sketch aired and after the election results especially, I mean this didn't get resolved until January of 2001.A lot of us who were around we remember waiting months for the final decision, but this was one of the first times I remember SNL almost getting blamed in some circles for the outcomeof an election.So do you think Do you think these political sketches could have an impact on elections?[37:53] You know, it's a great, it's a great question. I think, I want to, you know, I would say in some ways, yes, because I think there's two, there's two parts to it.One, as time goes on, we kind of forget how much people were paying, how much more people were paying attention to network television in the early 2000s, in the 90s, like, when SNLwas obviously the main, like, it was a appointment television, right?And so I think that there's an aspect where more eyes are on it.It was, like I said, viral before the idea of being viral was a thing.[38:30] And when you look at presidential elections, there are those who are very much in tune with elections and politics year round.It doesn't matter if it's an election year, they're looking at it all the time.There's a lot of people who are tuning in and once it's It's time for maybe the primaries, maybe it's the general election, and they go, all right, who we got?[38:51] Who are the candidates this year? And so when you have a show like SNL that has that platform, that's able to say, hey, here's our angle on the candidates, there are a lot of peoplethat take that, especially when it's presented in that hilarious package, and say, this is kind of what I think about this person.Or with any impression, you hear it once and then it's like, I can't look at Bill Clinton without thinking about Darrell Hammond.I can't look at, I'll go without thinking lockbox.Those things I think do get cemented in people. And I think the slant that SNL takes can affect people. I don't think that it's to the point that it is, they're swinging elections.[39:29] I think if they could swing elections or if they had that power, I don't think that, I don't think Trump would have won.I guess maybe he hosted, so maybe they did, but no, I'm just kidding.Yeah, there's probably some truth to that.I don't know. But I do think there are definitely, from a pop culture standpoint, are the general takes on people.I do think that there is that aspect because there are people who are just tuning in and getting a lot of their information from just during the election cycle and what popular commentators,their take is and the angle is on certain people at that critical time.Yeah. Well, I'm reminded actually of a tidbit that I heard that Al Gore's campaign staff apparently thought that it could have an impact because they They made Al Gore watch this debatesketch so he could get an idea as to why he might come off negatively to some people.They used it as an example to Al Gore and say, look, this is how SNL's kind of making fun of you.Honestly, this is how you could be perceived as very robotic.[40:27] So they were trying to show this to Al Gore to let him know, maybe show some personality.Maybe don't lecture the country in that way.So I think Al Gore's campaign staff...Thought about how SNL, I don't know if they thought that maybe if they thought SNL specifically could affect the outcome of the can of the election, but they felt that the SNL had somepower to be able to portray their candidate in a certain way.So I thought that was interesting that they're the outdoors on campaign staff was like, Hey, man, you got to watch this and cut it out.And so that is that is very interesting, especially to that point when and at the time those clips are getting replayed over and over again, pre-YouTube, pre all the ways we connect viasocial media now, that's gotta be front and center and that's what people are thinking about you as a candidate based on what Daryl's doing.Right, right. So yeah, now I wanna go outside of the political sphere.Those were two great impressions, Al Gore and Bill Clinton, but stepping outside of the political sphere for a second and another impression that I think he might be most well known for,he probably loves his Bill Clinton the best, but I think he's even said that he gets comments on this every single day, it's his Sean Connery from the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches.So yeah, Will, these had to have stood out to you like they did with me.[41:57] Oh man, 100%. I mean, you can talk about this in one of two ways, right? And I think maybe we'll save, oh, and we'll talk about both of these, Like the Connery impression,obviously, is so much fun.And not just the impression, the way that it was utilized, looking at it from this first appearance on Celebrity Jeopardy to like the final appearance, like they kind of build and grow whatthat character looks like and its interactions with Alex Trebek.I heard, this is probably just your urban legend, but I heard there's been different, like the origins of where the sketch came from, but Norm MacDonald has taken some credit, like that hehad taken it from like an SETV, I think, a sketch.There was talk of, I'm blanking on the other source, but I also heard that there was a point where like, Will Ferrell and Gerald Hammond were just like, in their free time, just somehowstarted doing like a Trebek and Connery impression and kind of just going back and forth, like just in general, just going like bantering back and forth and kind of ended up utilizing thatin the Celebrity Joplin sketches.But when you think about how much fun he had with that sketch, like the accuracy, like he's talked about it as being like an SNL impression and like his first Connery show on screen wasvery accurate and then kind of turned a little more cartoonish as like they, you know, did the patent for my Celebrity Jeopardy. The Celebrity Jeopardy.[43:22] Sketch, right, in all its iterations, is, to me, and we hate to go back to the Mount Rushmore thing, but like, when you talk about repetitive sketches on the show, it is what it is one of,if not the best recurring sketch that is essential SNL, like in the history of the show.And when you think about that sketch, you cannot think of it being done without Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek and Darryl Hammond as Sean Connery.It wouldn't feel right if someone else was doing that, while still having the ability to zoom in and out all these different other celebrity impressions and make it a showcase for that, whilestill having those two be that kind of way that centers it and that energy between the two of them anchoring the show.And there's obviously so many iterations of Celebrity Jeopardy, But I would just say that it's not probably his best impression from the standpoint of the Bill Clinton one, being apresident, political, as we talked about.[44:24] But it is an amazing impression and the impact it had on the show and the way it was used, I would say could make the case for being the most impactful one he's done because it'sjust an incredible use of that impression.I could go on for a while. I'm going to take a pause here. No, definitely. That was great.I'm going to let you get in here before we get into some of this sketch specifics.But I just think that it's an amazing impression.Now I have fond memories of this too. And it still resonates to this day.I think people watch Jeopardy. There's references to those old celebrity Jeopardy even nowadays.I think I saw a video recently, Ken Jennings, who's now for all intents and purposes, the host of Jeopardy now.One of the categories was swords. And one of the contestants said, I'll take S words.And Ken Jennings did acknowledge, it's actually swords but it was good you knew that Ken Jennings obviously knew where that came from Sean Connery it's still your board uh I'll takeswords for 400 it's actually not swords sir swords these are words that begin with s.[45:36] But even to this day like a contestant on Jeopardy said s words and when the category was sword that's that's a direct thing that he pulled from Celebrity Jeopardy.We hear that all the time the the penis mightier and like no that's the pen is mightier like just all these people try to come up with their own Jeopardy categories to and.[45:56] We all I think we've all I don't know I'll speak for myself and say that I've tried to do like a Sean Connery impression when nobody was looking and see how accurate I was and mycousin and I would do the Sean Connery to each other and it was just so yeah very very I think Mount Rushmore it might be like that I'm thinking of like what's up with that for me issomething that's up there but this one is just amazing.And there were two installments at the beginning. So the first installment of Celebrity Jeopardy, Sean Connery was in there with Burt Reynolds, and I forget who else. But then the nexttwo, Daryl Hammond played somebody else.So Sean Connery didn't come back till the fourth one, but it was a different one.He was almost kind of taking the place of the traits of Burt Reynolds because Norm Macdonald had left the show.So that's when in the fourth In the fourth installment, we saw Sean Connery, like the really, like that's when his full-on innuendo and attacking Alex Trebek and Alex Trebek's mom and allof this stuff, that's when it really started taking into shape was that fourth installment.It's just a great example of finding an angle with an impression, Will.[47:07] Yes, no, 100%, and it's funny because, you know, you talk about, like, I think everyone, I don't think you're alone, Tyler, I think everyone has done a Connery impression, in the safespace, like, because it's just, it's a fun one, it's obviously a really fun one to do.And I think Slavery and Jeopardy is probably one of the most quoted sketches on the show from a recurring standpoint.Yeah, like you said, the cadence and the rhythm they found within the show to have Connery be that, like, Connery be antagonistic with Will Ferrell's Trebek.Sean Connery, why don't you pick? Well, the game is afoot.I'll take anal bum cover for 7,000.[48:01] Oh, that's an album cover, not anal bum cover. I can read, Traback.That says anal bum cover. I spent five years of my life trying to invent an anal bum cover, failing to do so is my greatest regret.You have led a horrifying life. But I did put my top three, more or less, of Connery quotes within Celebrity Jeopardy, or his responses, I guess I should say.And I think, obviously, a lot of mom stuff here. But he says, there's one point, the category, I think, is animal sounds.And Connery says, this is the sound a cow makes, and he says, moo.Trebek says, that's wrong. He says, that's the sound your mother made last night.That's the sound your mother made last night. That was great.[48:56] That was great. For everybody listening, I did not play audio from that.That was actually me doing that, if you can't tell. I was going to say, you thought Connery was here and joined the podcast, but you could not get Darryl Hanneman on here.But that was amazing. That was good. I had to gear up for that.Yeah. That was good. And then he does the, what's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck.I can't remember how it ends, but your mother's a whore.[49:31] Just come out of left field. And then of course his answer of just write a number and he writes the letter V and his wager is suck it your back with the rest of the V making it a K.It's just like... Despite your best efforts. That's correct. That is a Roman numeral.[49:49] And then the, the, the burns and then the, the Hardy laughed at the Hardy laughed after, right, like.He just had like, there's just, it's obviously so over the top.[50:01] And obviously, this would never happen on Jeopardy. And I think the fact that Alex Trebek, obviously, like rest in peace was such a loved person, the idea that someone would beon the show and be this rude to him while in him still being so gracious and trying to just keep the show going, you know, I think all those things and find out ankles with it really worked.But the energy, like you said, that he brought with Connery as they kind of had Norman Donald Exit the show and Burt Reynolds leaving and him being able to fill that void. I just thoughtthat it was like a really fun, very fun angle that he brought to it and on one of like said the best recurring sets in the history of the show.Daryl described his Connery as a swashbuckler which I thought was interesting like that's what he had in mind was this swashbuckling guy who would just poke Alex Trebek's buttons buthe used the term swashbuckler which I thought which I thought was really funny and it's very evocative like I'm I'm like, yeah, I think that's a good description of this.Yeah, that feels very, very accurate, 100%. Yeah, so that's three iconic impressions and characters.Gosh, Bill Clinton, Sean Connery, Al Gore. Does he have anything else?I know there's probably a couple, at least. I mean, he's done so much, but just things that might stick out.There are a few I would throw out there.For those who are maybe not as familiar with Darrell Hammond for whatever reason, maybe like they're a recent fan of the show. Like a couple, like I'll say honorable mentions and somesketches that stood out to me, like it's just fun rewatches.[51:30] One, I would say this is in no particular order. I did a really good Phil Donahue.And as a kid of the 90s, like watching like talk shows and like he does as a Phil Donahue, he does a tirade on Weekend Update.Meanwhile, we've got a Republican Congress and the generals in the Pentagon are building B-1 bombers and flag is flying everywhere.It's the 4th of July and mom and dad and Yankee Doodle, I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, and God's in his heaven, all is right with the world.And meanwhile, blacks can't register.The Cuban missiles are pointed at our shores and ketchup is a vegetable. Ah![52:16] It's around the time that it's announced, Like, so I guess Rafael passed him, I think, in ratings.And he comes on and he's talking enormous, we can update, update anchor.And he just kind of goes on like a typical Donahue rant.So it's kind of of his time where if you'd ever watched Donahue and weren't used to his like kind of long monologues and like him getting passionate, it is so accurate and so funny, just asa kind of a, an accurate impression.It's just kind of a throwaway, but it's Donahue was really fun.And big shoes to fill with that Donahue because Phil Hartman.Yes. Has done a Donahue. And so people would obviously, SNL fans would definitely compare Daryl Hammond to Phil Hartman's Phil Donahue as they probably did with Bill Clinton aswell. So that speaks a lot to Daryl Hammond.He made something like Phil Donahue his own when a great cast member in Phil Hartman did a Phil Donahue.I find that that's an extra degree of difficulty, I think.Yes, yes. I think it's a great point, Thomas, because when you are taking over an impression from someone who is also, you know, Phil Hartman, I think on a lot of people's routeRushmore, again, I'm gonna go ahead and beat that horse to the ground.[53:26] But for all time cast members, it's a lot of pressure on that one, right, to take over two impressions he was doing.The other two I was going to mention really quick are Chris Matthews, who, to those who don't know, Chris Matthews is the host of the show Hardball on MSNBC back in the day, a livedebate show, they go around the horn.And there's an episode, it is from 2006, John McCain is the host.And Darrell Hammond plays Chris Matthews, and he's talking to Rachel Dratch as Rebecca DeWitt, talking about terrorism, John McCain as another politician he knows I'm blanking onright now, and then Tracy Morgan as Harry Belafonte, who's just saying the craziest stuff.And Daryl is centered in all of it as Matthews, going across the panel, reacting to them.Are we safer today than we were pre-9-11? Joining us today, Associate Director of the ACLU, Rebecca DeWitt.Hello, Chris. Boring. Also joining us, Attorney General of the United States, John Ashcroft. Thanks for having me, Chris.[54:32] I had to. I was afraid you'd arrest me and put me in a camp.And finally, he made headlines last week when he called Colin Powell a sellout, comparing him to a slave serving as Master Harry Belafonte.Harry, welcome. Welcome. Welcome. What are you, some kind of slave master?Oh, Belafonte. Crazy right off the bat. I love it.If you haven't seen that sketch before, great way to see kind of the things talked about the beginning, right, with Daryl doing an accurate impression, making space for other cast members,playing his role perfectly, but being able to give people air for their great lines to breathe, making room for his great line deliveries, and being able to be this vehicle for nonsense in anaccurate impression for someone in the political sphere or wherever. rewatch if.[55:28] You haven't seen that one. Yeah, I just love how he played Chris Matthews so grumpy, like Chris Matthews is kind of a grumpy dude, like that's kind of how he comes across on theair as it is, but just how Daryl just took that and turned it up to 11, just a little bit on the grumpiness.It's just great. I always, always love seeing his Chris Matthews pop up.That is a great one. I really love that sketch. That's always a fun, fun rewatch. And then, I know we talked about politics already, but this is just like one throwaway sketch.It's obviously Daryl was doing Donald Trump as well before he was doing Donald Trump before I think like Taron Killam did it for a while and then for Alec did it now obviously with aJ.A.J.[56:12] Doing it now. But there is a the time he was doing obviously Trump is most known for the Apprentice and then kind of got into the GOP debate.But there's a there's a sketch where where he is playing Donald Trump doing a Domino's Pizza ad.And action. Say cheese, burger, pizza, only from Domino's like the game.Cut. Yeah. OK, that was great, except that, uh, you know.That was great. Keep rolling, because I'm going to wing one now right off the cuff, Robin Williams style. And action. Cheese Louise, I'm hungry.Hey, wait. I'm a slice of cheeseburger pizza from Domino's I like the game. Eat me.[56:59] Trump comes on screen wearing a huge pizza and it's Seth Meyers in the background, like as the director, kind of giving him lines and feeding him lines.And basically Darryl as Donald Trump, just butchering it, you know, basically in calling dominoes, dominios and like not getting the theme song wrong or not getting the theme songright.At one point in time, I think he says, do do do do do do, do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do Apprentice and he's having a lot of fun with it.It's a very silly sketch with some great lines in it. But like I said, those three you're talking about.Donahue, Chris Matthews, Donald Trump. I mean, we've talked about six of hundred, like almost a hundred impressions he's done, and all of them are very accurate and he has a lot of funwith them. And those are a couple of ones I just wanted to throw in as honorable mentions for him.One that really sticks out to me is his Regis Philbin.I really loved, and that's another one, like Dana Carvey did a really good Regis, one that I really loved from Dana Carvey.And so to see Daryl do it, I loved Daryl's Regis Philbin as well.And just like he had Daryl had that vocal cadence down.[58:28] Perfectly What'd you do last night well, I went to a big party last night It's happened on the green to celebrate the release of Diane Carroll's new record album Fancy it was veryfancy.I mean this party was star-studded I mean, everyone was there.The shouts at the end of sentences, you could feel his Regis getting more riled up and then it would just explode at the end.[58:54] Like, yeah, it's just a testament to Daryl that I didn't immediately just

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SNL alum and author (God, If You're Not There, I'm Fucked) Darrell Hammond, is no stranger to divorce. In fact, he divorced the same woman twice. Twice! Today the conversation is about what happens when you enter a relationship without self-confidence and self-worth. Darrell shares how he's learned to "pause" when triggered, simulacracrum in relationships, and the power of oxytocin.Throwing a Divorce Party? Shop Hissy Fête on Amazon: https://tr.ee/bxp6RwfCTrFollow us on Instagram @Divorcepartypodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We finally got to talk to Magnet Theater's Musical Director, Frank Spitznagel! Frank is an accomplished musician and has played all over the place! He talks about his time starting out in conservatory in Boston, his journey through musical theatre, working with Chorus Line and Chicago City Limits and more, the little nuances of playing music with others, and working with Darrell Hammond, Tim Meadows, and Itzhak Perlman. They talk extensively about what he's doing now at The Magnet and Frank breaks down doing musical improv. It's a really informative and fun chat! For info on tickets and classes: www.MagnetTheater.com Twitter: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrJokes Instagram: @ThereItIsPod, @JasonFarrPics Facebook: @ThereItIsPod Subscribe to our comedy newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e22defd4dee2/thereitis

Deborah Paulmann joined me to discuss starting work in the makeup industry; not liking working in a salon; trying to get in the union; Bert Ruff; how the rules are different now; make-up is a dying art on the internet; SFX Youtubers; microblading; starting free lancing for Barbara Armstrong in 1978 and working exclusively at NBC for five years (1984 - 1989); going to As the World Turns, One Life to Live, then Another World, came back to NBC in 2000 and stayed to 2010; first regular job at NBC was Phil Donahue; sees a mother / mother-in-law feud in the makeup chair; Live at 5 allows her to makeup Bette Davis; memorable working moments with Steven Tyler, Seth Green, Anthony Michael Hall and Robert Downey, Jr.; Chuck Scarborough; starting SNL at the end of the '84-'85 season; doing makeup for extras in the original era; crawling on the ground on air to retrieve a prop for Nora Dunn; Kevin Meaney and her getting locked in the makeup closet and missing his cue; working with Louis Zakarian on SNL and Conan; working with Pamela Stephenson as Joan Collins, Cindy Lauper, Madonna, and Billy Idol; various hosts; young stars brought their makeup teams who couldn't do prosthetics; some favorite people Jon Bon Jovi, Richard Gere, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Rosie O'Donnell, Martha Stewart, Paget Brewster; memories of working with Norm MacDonald, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, and Darrell Hammond; meeting the SNL host on Thursday's Conan; Jennifer Lopez white towels; working with SNL cast members Will Forte, Fred Armisen. Tiny Fey, Victoria Jackson, Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, and Kevin Nealon; dealing with showbusiness legends Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Bob Newhart, George Burns, and handsy Milton Berle; doing the makeup nightly for Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, and Max Weinberg; going to HD; Gwyneth Paltrow seeing her legs on HD for the first time; Conan going on TV on the road not done up by her and it going bad; getting paid by Conan for the year NBC wouldn't let him work and the writer's strike; David Letterman unleashes the monkey cam on Live at 5.

We are sitting down with Kendra, and she is doing his 104 SNL Characters tournament. Check out this episode for who she thinks is the best SNL Character. If you want to do your tournament, please contact us, and we will set it up. Sarah Silverman (1993-1994) Bobby Moynihan (2008-Now) George Coe (1975-1976) Gary Kroeger (1982-1985) Brian Doyle-Murray (1979-1982) John Belushi (1975-1979) Chris Kattan (1996-2003) Eddie Murphy (1980 -1984) Cheri Oteri (1995-2000) Tina Fey (2000-2006) Joan Cusack (1985-1986) Mike Myers (1989-1995) Melissa Villaseñor (2016-present) Dan Aykroyd (1975-1979) Alex Moffat (2016-present) Bill Murray (1977-1980) Mikey Day (2016-present) Phil Hartman (1986-1994) Jon Rudnitsky (2015-2016) Amy Poehler (2001 - 2008) Aidy Bryant (2012-present) Gilda Radner (1975 - 1980) Pete Davidson (2014-present) Chevy Chase (1975-1977) Sasheer Zamata (2014-present) Dana Carvey (1986-1993) John Milhiser (2013-2014) Will Ferrell (1995-2002) Colin Jost (2014-present) Bill Hader (2005-2013) Leslie Jones (2014-present) Kristen Wiig (2005-2012) Kyle Mooney (2013-present) Chris Farley (1990 - 1995) Mike O'Brien (2013-2014) Rachel Dratch (1999-2006) Michael Che (2014-present) Adam Sandler (1990-1995) Tim Robinson (2012-2013) Maya Rudolph (2000-2007) Beck Bennett (2013-present) Jon Lovitz (1985-1990) Noël Wells (2013-2014) Al Franken (1975-1995) Abby Elliott (2008-2012) Chris Rock (1990-1993) A. Whitney Brown (1986-1991) Andy Samberg (2005-2012) Harry Shearer (1979 - 1985) Fred Armisen (2002-2013) Michael McKean (1994-1995) Laraine Newman (1975-1980) Julia Sweeney (1990 - 1994 Jason Sudeikis (2005-2013) Jenny Slate (2009-2010) Jan Hooks (1986-1991) Gail Matthius (1980 - 1981) David Spade (1990-1996) Brooks Wheelan (2013-2014) Seth Meyers (2001-2014) Jim Belushi (1983-1985) Martin Short (1984-1985) Casey Wilson (2008-2009) Billy Crystal (1984-1985) Rich Hall (1984-1985) Christopher Guest (1984-1985) Ellen Cleghorne (1991-1995) Tim Kazurinsky (1981-1984) Michaela Watkins (2008-2009) Ana Gasteyer (1996-2002) Brad Hall (1982-1984) Dennis Miller ( 1985-1991) Joe Piscopo (1980-1984) Chris Parnell (1998-2006) Mary Gross (1981-1985) Jimmy Fallon (1998 - 2004) Terry Sweeney (1985-1986) Kate McKinnon (2012-2021) Tom Davis (1977-1980) Don Pardo (1975-2014) Beth Cahill (1991-1992) Cecily Strong (2012-2021) Garrett Morris (1975-1980) Molly Shannon (1995-2001) Nora Dunn (1985-1990) Taran Killam (2010-Now) Kevin Nealon (1986-1995) Don Novello (1978-1986) Horatio Sanz (1998-2006) Vanessa Bayer (2010 - Now) Denny Dillon (1980-1981) Rob Schneider ( 1990 - 1994) Paul Shaffer (1975-1980) Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1982 - 1985) Jay Pharoah (2010 - Now) Kenan Thompson (2003-now) Lorne Michaels (1975-now) Jane Curtin (1975-1980) Tracy Morgan (1996-2003) Tim Meadows (1991-2000) Will Forte (2002 - 2010) Darrell Hammond (1995-2009) Pamela Stephenson (1984-1985) Nasim Pedrad (2009-2014) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mass-debaters/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mass-debaters/support

Legendary comedian Darrell Hammond joins Adam today with a fascinating discussion on his many years on SNL, and his spectacular impressions of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Trump and so many more. He shares how being naturally talented with the comedic gene, and the fortuity of being cast on SNL, likely saved his life, due to severe PTSD from a severely abusive mother and childhood growing up. Next they play the Rotten Tomatoes Game, where they guess the popularity or lack thereof of various movies. Chris introduces the news, discussing the current chaos in Hollywood with the actors and writers striking for better pay, AI concerns, and more. Plus a spectacular video showcasing a side of the actor, Ron Pearlman that no one would want to be on the receiving end of. We also get to witness Adam and Dr. Drew break down an interesting Newsweek article that's targeted towards Adam. PLUGS: See Darrell Hammond live with Jay Mohr at the Hollywood Improv on August 16th And follow Darrell on Twitter and Instagram @DarrellCHammond THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY'S SPONSORS: Turo.com LearAdam.com or call 800-489-6450 Angi.com The Jordan Harbinger Show

Greg Baldwin is a leading comedian, producer, actor, and host of the Second Chances podcast. He shares how he stumbled upon a career in comedy after helping someone in his recovery meeting and has since used his experience as an addict to tell honest and hilarious stories.  On this episode, Greg talks to Matt about: Growing up in the bay area and exploring drugs at an early age Working in ad sales at a radio station and quickly getting into trouble for being too drunk Blowing a job opportunity after accidentally dropping a bag of meth during the interview Losing everything and getting arrested for meth possession, then choosing rehab over jail time His recovery journey and how he learned to say yes to life How a good deed after a recovery meeting ended up leading to a career in comedy Spending a wild night on the town with Bob Saget The amazing people he's met and experiences he's been able to have because he got sober and found his recovery community His inspirational Second Chances podcast where he interviews guests who have overcome great obstacles Being of service to others and inspiring people in jail and beyond to get clean  And More! This episode is sponsored by The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Centers – one of the oldest residential drug and alcohol rehab programs. ARC is a non-profit and was hit hard financially as a result of COVID. For more information, and to donate or sign up for their quarterly newsletter, visit thechanceto.org. About Greg Baldwin Greg Baldwin knows a thing or two about Second Chances - he is a man whose core foundation is derived from his own deeply personal story. He has worked tirelessly with his faith, intellect, and commitment to create a new career for himself as a leading comedian, renowned actor, and producer. He has performed regularly at The Comedy Store, Improv Comedy Clubs, and countless other venues performing in shows with many top comedians including Bill Burr, Iliza Schleshinger, Kevin Nealon, Bob Saget, Jay Mohr, and countless others. He currently tours and features for comedy legend Darrell Hammond, 14 year cast member of Saturday Night Live.  Greg has also found deserved success as an actor and honed his craft as a dedicated student of the greats, including the renowned Howard Fine, Kirk Baltz & Jean Shelton. He gained invaluable experience studying at legendary ‘The Groundlings' & ‘Upright Citizens Brigade'. Greg quickly became in demand and has acted in multiple films and prestigious commercials for Sony, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Doritos, and more and is a sought out voice over actor. Greg achieved critical acclaim as the host of the inspirational podcast Second Chances on which he brings out the best in his guests as they share their life stories. Always authentic, always informed, and always present. His humble strength guides his guests through a journey of revelation and honesty, like no other. When not on tour, Greg calls Los Angeles his home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CLL #2267 (feat. Darrell Hammond) 06/07/2004 – Monday Night Show Source – Tucker Stream Recording (2004) with a Fan Stream Recording (2004) Patch This episode is 100% complete with a Medium Audio Upgrade, Darrell is returning to the show for his third and final appearance. He was previously on CLL #688 back in 1998 and CLL #1219 in the year 2000. Adam discusses his trip to Europe and his wife’s nauseated return to the states that’s reminiscent of Dr. Drew’s story about his kids being sick upon returning from a past vacation. Darrell tells a truncated less angry variant of his Bahamian prison story and busts out some classic impressions.  The Love Between The Two Hosts – CLL on Youtube, with Video for select episodes. Read More →

Clay Newman is a super funny comedian in Los Angeles. He started doing stand-up in San Francisco in 2012. He's worked with Shane Torres, Kelsey Cook, Jenny Slate, Eric Andre, TJ Miller and Darrell Hammond and is a regular on the festival circuit all over the West Coast. He's also an actor and a big baseball fan. He even did a commercial with Giants catch Buster Posey right before he moved to Los Angeles -- four days before the pandemic began. He also knows when not to do stand-up.Follow Clay Newman: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claynewmancomedy/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheClayNewmanTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@claynewmancomedyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheClaynewmanWebsite: http://www.claynewmancomedy.com/Support the show

The keys to proposal writing are to make sure you clearly understand what the government agency is asking for and can meet their requirements. This is your “Go - No Go” decision point and saves you time and resources from chasing solicitations you cannot qualify for or fulfill. Be realistic in your approach and prepare in advance so you can compete for and win on the proposals that meet your capabilities.In this episode of FedBiz'5 we host Darrell Hammond, a senior proposal development consultant that handles capture management and proposal management. For over 10 years Darrell has helped companies bind, track, and create federal, state, local and commercial bids. Darrel has worked with a variety of 8(a), small and disadvantaged businesses, as well as businesses transitioning from small to large, and large multibillion dollar businesses. What is the main component of a successful government contract bid and how does it differ from proposal management in the private sector? The most important part of proposal management in the government space is compliance. The government is typically looking for more information than you would submit for a commercial bid. Government proposals have additional compliance components for submission known as the Federal Acquisition Regulations ("FAR").The federal government is compelled to request certain disclosures and information prior to awarding any contract. This is the primary difference from the private sector, government compliance to the solicitation format. A good starting point for preparing your response to a government proposal is creating an outline document, sometimes referred to as a compliance matrix, so that you carefully follow the directions and the evaluation criteria to make sure all sections are thoroughly completed.What common mistakes do businesses make when submitting bids?One common mistake many businesses make is not understanding how many people and what specific skills are needed for the proposal process. This is especially true for smaller businesses and those new to government contracting. It's important to have enough people available with the skills required to make sure your bid is submitted on time and in compliance.Another common mistake comes from not having prior experience with government contracts. If you've never seen a solicitation or proposal format for a government contract in your industry, it's difficult to deliver a bid that meets the same quality, compliance, and completeness standards as a more experienced competitor. How can businesses avoid these common mistakes? It's important to understand the requirements, have a schedule for submitting documents, and a process for reviewing and adjusting your proposal. Once you gain mastery in identifying the necessary compliance steps, information required, and experience for your team, the process of developing your proposal flows much smoother. Starting from scratch with no outside help can be challenging as you have no existing context for what's required and no pre-defined content. However, as you gain experience and submit compliant bids, you can reuse and adapt content from previous proposals for future bids. This is a big time-saver for future turnaround time in proposal management.CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READINGStay Connected: Signup for our Once-Monthly "Contractor Chronicle" Newsletter Follow Us on Facebook Follow Us on LinkedIn

Join us for a lively SNL Hall of Fame Roundtable discussion with our esteemed panel of SNL aficionados - Darrin Patterson, Jamie Burwood, Victoria Franso, and Deremy Dove. We dive into the credentials of our SNL Hall of Fame nominees, including the impact of musical guest Paul Simon and iconic cast members like Dana Carvey and Bill Murray. We also ponder the lasting effects of writers like Paula Pell on the show's legacy and debate the influence of guests like Christopher Walken, Conan O'Brien, and John Belushi.Our spirited conversation takes us through the contributions of John Goodman, Jim Downey, and Candice Bergen, considering their potential induction into the SNL Hall of Fame. We reminisce about Goodman's versatile performances and chemistry with fellow cast members, Downey's daring comedic choices, and Bergen's groundbreaking legacy as a host. Throughout the discussion, we examine each nominee's lasting impact on SNL and the comedy landscape.As the debate heats up, we touch on the credentials of beloved cast members like Molly Shannon and Bill Murray, and consider their iconic characters and performances. We also discuss the underappreciated talents of Anna Gasteyer and Cheri O'Teri, and explore Darren's outside-the-box pick for his ballot, Jan Hooks. So, prepare to laugh and reminisce with us as we celebrate the legends who shaped SNL and consider who deserves a coveted spot in the SNL Hall of Fame.Transcript0:00:08 - Speaker 1It's the SNL Hall of Fame podcast with your host, Jamie Dube, Chief Librarian Thomas Senna, and featuring Matt Bardille At now. Curator of the Hall, Jamie Dube. 0:00:41 - Speaker 2Yes, hello and welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame Roundtable. This is the show in which we invite SNL Hall of Fame voters, in this case all former guests on this podcast. We invite those voters former guests to share their ballot and their thought process behind their choices. So this is always an interesting exercise to get the psyche of some of our voters. So in previous roundtables as well, we've had panelists even cut deals with each other for votes. We've had panelists change each other's minds. So there's going to be some like, willing and dealing. There's going to be a lot of that going on, maybe tonight, maybe with our esteemed panelists that we have on this particular SNL Hall of Fame Roundtable. So why don't we get to it? Let's introduce our wonderful panel And I'm doing something a little different just off the top. I'm going to let the listeners know that I'm doing a little icebreaker question to just kind of briefly get to know each of our panelists. So the question is which current cast member not including Kenan Thompson, because he's the obvious choice? So which current cast member not including Kenan Thompson could you see in the SNL Hall of Fame one day? So that's going to be our little icebreaker once I introduce our wonderful guests. So let's get started. Darren Patterson. Cohost of the SNL Nerds podcast. Darren, thank you so much for returning. You were on our Tom Hanks and Dana Carvey episode. Tom Hanks and SNL Hall of Famer. We'll see about Dana Carvey. Thank you so much, darren, for joining me today. 0:02:19 - Speaker 4Thanks for having me, Tom. This is fantastic. 0:02:21 - Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, we're excited. So the question is aside from Kenan Thompson, which current SNL cast member could you see in the SNL Hall of Fame one day? 0:02:32 - Speaker 4I can only pick one, because I kind of. 0:02:34 - Speaker 2Well, I don't know. Let's see. Well, who's your main one? 0:02:38 - Speaker 4The main one from this cast, I probably would say Colin Geo's. Just because he's been on this show for so long, he's written so many, he's written a ton of called-opens and he's Him and Che have been the longest running SNL Weekend Update anchors, news anchors to date. That's why I was thinking, just and Che probably the duo I could definitely see making it into the Hall of Fame. I could also see Boan making it into the Hall of Fame in the future. I mean, you know, first Asian cast member and he's made so many memorable, you know, snl Weekend Update. 0:03:27 - Speaker 2Oh, the classic instant play, the Iceberg sketch alone. 0:03:30 - Speaker 4Just exactly, Yeah. And even before that, I still remember when he made his first appearance he wasn't a cast member. It was in the Sandra Oh episode where he had to keep playing. I forget who he played, but he loved and impressed a lot of people's minds. People were like who's that guy? That guy is hilarious. And then the next season he became the cast member, So I could see, I could see Joe's Che Boan. There you go, That's a little. I like that. 0:03:56 - Speaker 2I think Eggos is a good choice. I think Joe's and Che some day going in as a duo is interesting. It'd be like the Al Franken and Tom Davis, they kind of be on the ballot together. So yeah, wonderful choices. I can see all three of them some day. So next we have on our panel from TV show graphs. I say from TV show graphs, but I don't know if you are TV show graphs, if you just have taken on like that's your persona, like you are TV show graphs, or you're just from, or the creator of, tv show graphs. 0:04:28 - Speaker 5I'll take it either way. 0:04:30 - Speaker 2Just taking it either way. Yeah, so Jamie Burwood, who was a previous guest for the Molly Shannon episode in season one, also my guest for Will Ferrell, who is in the SNL Hall of Fame, and somebody who's on the ballot right now, christopher Walken. So, jamie, thank you so much for joining me and you got to answer this question. 0:04:48 - Speaker 5Yeah, the icebreaker Okay. So I feel like those were all really good answers. Bowen was my initial just like gut reaction. I feel like just in terms of like having that like it factor where I feel like he'll continue to have that like longevity and like association with the show. I would say my other like maybe future looking pick would be like JJ, just like thinking about where I could see things going in the next few years and just like how unique it is, i think, for someone to come in with such the positive reception that he had and I feel like there's just an element of what he's doing that feels like really timeless comedy that like people could continue to appreciate for many, many years. So I would throw him into the mix but agreed with the other, with the other options as well. 0:05:42 - Speaker 2Yeah, i could definitely see JJ master impressionist. I feel like we'll be talking about his impressions for years to come, like how we talk about Darrell Hammond, for instance. I think that's a really good choice. So, thank you so much. Jamie Next we have, who is the co host of the bigger than the game podcast, which is a really great sports and pop culture kind of podcast that I enjoy listening to, and he was my guest this season on the Dick Ebersol episode, which I found fascinating. He's going to be a really fascinating one here on the ballot. So, mr Jeremy Dove, thank you so much for joining me. Jeremy. 0:06:21 - Speaker 6Thomas, i'm so pumped to be on with everybody. I'm honored honestly to talk about SNL Hall of Fame and see if my ballot can measure up to everyone else's and I'm open minded. So if someone brings up a great point and maybe I'm like I got to add this person or cut someone off, so I'm excited. 0:06:39 - Speaker 2That's what we're doing here. We're willing and dealing. 0:06:41 - Speaker 6We're willing and dealing. 0:06:42 - Speaker 2Yeah, you can. You can exchange votes. You can talk somebody into or out of a vote. It's going to be yeah, you can do it this as you please. So, Jeremy, which current cast member not named Keenan Thompson Could you see in the SNL Hall of Fame someday? 0:06:55 - Speaker 6For me it was the slam dunk and you kind of made that point of the way. Like Franken and Davis are duo and they're always going to be remembered as that duo. But Colin Joest and Michael Che just what those two, the chemistry that they have, the way that they bring I always love it when someone makes weekend update appointment television And those two have really done that and they've really, you know, brought that to the zeitgeist where I know plenty of people who don't watch SNL but want to watch those two and see what they're going to do And I think also what they're doing, as you know, head writers and behind the scenes. I'm interested in, once they're done with the show, to kind of look at their legacy and see like they're going to be in that category where I don't know if we fully appreciate it all that they've, you know, put it to the show. So those are my two that I look at as slam dunk. Hall of famers. 0:07:49 - Speaker 2Yeah. So it sounds like when it's time for Michael Che and Joest to be up for consideration for the Hall of Fame, jamie do and I are going to have to have a conversation about should we put them in as a duo, right? Should we put them in together? So that, yeah, that's going to be interesting. You and Darren both brought up really great things for consideration. So, yeah, jeremy, thank you so much. And finally, we have someone who's an improv and sketch performer, currently based in Chicago, also a frequent guest on our good friends at the Saturday Night Network. She's a frequent guest on their network and also my recent guest on the Amy Poehler episode of the SNL Hall of Fame. So, victoria Fronto, thank you so much. Welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame round table. 0:08:36 - Speaker 3I am so excited to be here. This is my first, hopefully not my last, but this is a. It was very difficult to try to rank these people because you think everyone deserves not everyone, but deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. 0:08:52 - Speaker 2So, aside from Kenan Thompson, who we can all agrees the obvious choice among the current cast member, who from the current cast could you see in the SNL Hall of Fame someday? 0:09:03 - Speaker 3So I'll be really honest and say that this current cast is killer. They have some really awesome folks on here And I think, besides Kenan, the obvious would be as mentioned a few times here would be Colin Joseph and Michael Che, but I'm actually stuck between Chloe Feynman, heidi Gardner and Ego Newotem. I think yeah, i think Chloe Chloe's impressions and characters is are really one of a kind and really unique to her. And then, of course, heidi and Ego I think arguably too, could potentially be a duo as well, kind of like a teen and Amy situation. But yeah, those are the three I would say could be up in the Hall of Fame one day. 0:09:52 - Speaker 2Yeah, especially, i think I hope Ego and Heidi especially I think, they've turned in with a lot of. Chloe is still potential, but I think, with Heidi and Ego, i think they've already started to establish a body of work. Yeah, i hope they get their proper dues. So yeah, thank you so much for. 0:10:09 - Speaker 3I do want to give an honorable mention to James Austin Johnson Like I think Jamie just said too, because he did his first episode, was the first person we saw in a cold open. I don't think we've ever seen that. 0:10:23 - Speaker 5Or if we have. 0:10:24 - Speaker 2If we have, it's been a while, so that's in itself, i think, hall of Fame, where they Yeah, when he was a newbie he just came out and just did Joe Biden an impression of Joe Biden like immediately. 0:10:36 - Speaker 5Yeah. 0:10:36 - Speaker 2So, yeah, that has to be points once a long time from now, maybe, when James Austin Johnson is up for nomination, i'm sure that'll be mentioned. So thank you all of you panelists. And now I want to ask you guys. So we changed the voting process a little bit this time around. So now voters are required to vote for at least one person in each of the main categories. So we have as the categories cast member, host, musical guest and writer. So voters have to vote for at least one person in one of those categories, and then you have 11 votes to do as you please. You can just vote for four nominees and that's it. You can use all 15 votes that you have at your disposal. It's up to you. We've had a wide range over these last few voting cycles, so I'm going to start with you, victoria. How many votes Did you use on your ballot and why? 0:11:32 - Speaker 3I used all because I'm a sucker, i can't choose. 0:11:38 - Speaker 2You're just positive, putting pretty positivity out into the world. 0:11:41 - Speaker 3I mean it's, if you're on Saturday Night Live, you're on there for a reason, right? they don't just choose anybody. So I think it's hard to not use all of my votes. I had a hard time, so yeah. 0:11:55 - Speaker 2So Victoria, yeah, victoria, 15 votes that she's going to use on her ballot. Jeremy, how many votes are you using? 0:12:03 - Speaker 6I used all 15 as well. So I'm with Victoria. I went off 15 and for me it's just. I mean, this ballot is, i start to feel now for people who have to really vote for people in Hall of Fame, like you know, in Sports Hall of Fame, like I'm always getting on them, how could you leave this guy out or how you leave that person out. But it is hard and for me, being a lover of history and I love looking at things in a historical aspect, so there's like the heavy hitters who are like the automatic slam dunks on the ballot, but then there's other people who maybe they don't get the recognition from the public, but their historical value to the show and what the impact that they made. I take that into consideration big time. So I used all 15. 0:12:48 - Speaker 2So Jamie Burwood. how many votes did you use on your ballot? 0:12:53 - Speaker 5Yeah, so keeping it going, i used all 15 of my votes as well. For me, this was just a super stacked ballot, honestly, even more so than the last voting round. I really struggled to even narrow it down to the 15. And I think, for me, just realizing how many different ways people can contribute to the show as well like looking at the list of writers, looking at hosts it's just, it's so hard to compare apples to apples. So, yeah, i had no problem using all 15. 0:13:22 - Speaker 2Yeah, and I do have a feeling that most of our voters will use all 15 of their votes. I know I'm a voter as well. I think I'll probably use all 15 votes. It's just kind of a stacked class and there's a lot of tough decisions to be made, so I think you all are not alone in using all 15 votes. So let's get to it. I'm going to name the nominees just to just to reiterate again for our listeners, and then we will reveal everybody's ballots. So the nominees for this this year's class. For the cast member category, we have John Belushi, dana Carvey, jane Curtin, jan hooks, bill Murray, amy Polar, maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon. For hosts, we have Drew Barrymore, candice Bergen, john Goodman, elliott Gould, buck Henry, scarlett Johansson, melissa McCarthy, john Mulaney, paul Rudd, emma Stone, justin Timberlake, lily Tomlin and Christopher Walken lot of hosts on the on the ballot this year. Musical guests we have Beyonce, elvis Costello, miley Cyrus, dave Grohl, paul McCartney, tom Petty and the heartbreakers Prince, rihanna and Paul Simon. And for the writer category, we have James Downey, al Franken and Tom Davis, jack Handy, the Lonely Island, conan O'Brien, michael O'Donohue, paul Appel, herb Sargent and Robert Smigel, and we also have kind of a wild card nominee here. So it's not. He's not part of one of the four main categories, so voters do not have to vote for him. There's no separate producer category, but if somebody chooses, they could use one of their 11 remaining votes to vote for Dick Ebersol, who is on the ballot. Darren, he's giving the thumbs up. He was my guest on the Dick Ebersol episode and I'm curious to see what what you all have to say about Dick Ebersol when we get to him. If we get to him, i feel like we will get to him, though. So now's time where we reveal your ballots, so I want to start with Darren Patterson. So, darren, who's the first person you would like to talk about from your ballot? 0:15:39 - Speaker 4First person I'd like to talk about. I hmm, maybe we'll go with musical guest, just because it's like I only chose two people from there, really. So yeah, musical guest the first person who. I think it's a no brainer that they should absolutely be in SNL Hall of Fame, mr Paul Simon, you know he was there. He's been there since the beginning. He's good friends with Lorne. He's always sort of been, i guess, sort of the the fact or the fault musical guest, like when the show was first starting. Of course there was. You know he's been in a few sketches here and there. It was the famous sketch where he had that sort of reunion with Garfunkel and you know kind of you know, maybe not nice word for said. You know, of course there's a they called open waves like a dress or the opening monologue. Rather, we dressed good turkey for Thanksgiving episode, like he's always just sort of been, you know, this sort of old souls, old presence of the of the show for forever. So yeah, number one musical guest Paul Simon. 0:16:46 - Speaker 2And, as I told my guest on that episode, maddie Price, were kind of playing fast and loose with the criteria for Paul Simon because he was only billed as a musical guest eight times I think, but he played music on the show about 15 times. So I think we should probably I would import voters to maybe take into account all 15 of those times he was host and he performed music. He performed music when he wasn't billed as anything on the show. So Paul Simon, maybe Lorne Michael's best friend and just part of the fabric of SNL. So wonderful pick, darren. Do any of you have Paul Simon on your ballots? 0:17:27 - Speaker 6Yes, yes, he was my slam dunk musical guest as well. I think about two things the what happened after 911 and him singing the boxer and that whole moment kind of helped to In a way heal the country and such an iconic moment in SNL history you know, with Giuliani and all the firemen You know behind in Lauren coming on stage. And I also think about the SNL 40th And the fact that I think Paul was touring I forget where but Lauren pretty much saying like I need you here, you have to come. So Paul Simon flying in like on the red eye to be there for that event, but just kind of showing how important his place is, not just for Lauren but SNL history. So Paul Simon was my musical guest, slam dunk now very good. 0:18:17 - Speaker 2So, jamie, victoria to either of you. Jamie, do you have Paul Simon on yours? 0:18:22 - Speaker 5Yeah, i did, and I struggled with the music category a bit as well, but I did end up including him. I think Something that comes into play for me and it's there's so many different factors, but I think, like impact across decades is something I talked a little bit about last time and I think, for all the reasons that were said before, but also I think for that like Longevity and like having impacted different types of ways, was what pushed him over over the edge for me. 0:18:51 - Speaker 2Yeah, his first appearance was in the second episode of the show And if that was basically the Paul Simon show, which is in 75 in season one, and then his most recent, i believe, was 2018. So you're right, i mean just spanning eras, more so than almost anybody in the show's history. Victoria, what do you think Paul Simon make your cut? 0:19:10 - Speaker 3You know what He did not, but that doesn't mean I don't think he's eventually worthy. I mean, i do think he's worthy, but I only had. So no. For my musical guest I chose Beyonce. Has the most Grammys, has, you know, played such a significant part of SNL outside of her physical appearance on the show has made? She's a global icon. And you know who's are we gonna forget? like the Justin Timberlake, you know Lonely Island sketch No Beyonce. So double dipping, triple dipping. 0:19:47 - Speaker 2Yeah, a musical guest, though. That's great, and we I've noticed in the past that musical guests have been kind of shut out. I mean, they have been shut out as far as voting goes. So it's kind of neat to see all of you have at least one musical guest, if not more. So, specifically to Beyonce, jamie Dermey Darren. Do any of you have Beyonce on your ballot, jamie? why not? 0:20:13 - Speaker 5I didn't. I think it was just a limited. I feel like there's folks where I'm like, okay, next time, like next time, i'm getting them on and then we'll see what the battle looks like next time. I feel like it's always super crowded, but I'll keep her on my shortlist for next time. 0:20:27 - Speaker 2Jeremy, are we, are you on Victoria's side or? 0:20:31 - Speaker 6sorry, victoria. So for three, i gotta Not go with Beyonce on my list. It's just, she's iconic, she's great And, like Darren said, no disrespect to the beehive because they're always listening, but I just don't associate her For SNL Hall of Fame. She hauled very good, but not the Hall of Fame. So I have those. I got tough standards, so no, no Beyonce on my list. 0:20:58 - Speaker 2So if we're taking this four-person sample size, beyonce may have to wait Next voting cycle and we'll see unless, unless the unless the beehive kind of gets wind of this And I'm sure they'll push her over the edge. 0:21:12 - Speaker 3All in that one tweet it just takes one. 0:21:14 - Speaker 2Oh no, that sounded like a threat. I heard that. I heard that in your voice, victoria. We'll see. Alright, mobilized the beehive, let's go. Jeremy, i want to stay with you. Who do you want to talk about? 0:21:28 - Speaker 6I'm gonna go with the host category and mine might be a little bit different, i don't know, but I'm going with someone on the first ballot It was this season, i believe episode 2. I gotta go with Buck Henry. For me he was my slam dunk for the host For just the way his impact was on those initial five years and I'm someone who is Very partial to anything that's like the foundation of something I'm gonna give a lot of credit to. And when you think of there's two people in that era who were hosts and a Lot of people get confused and think they were a part of the cast and obviously that's Steve Martin, number one and number two It's Buck Henry and just for a long time, until I think, like the 88 89 season, had the most hosting Appearances than anyone else. So I mean, we talked about five timers club and how big of a deal that is for SNL lore. We got to give it to like the OG of that and that's, you know, buck Henry. And even just it was his suggestion for recurring characters, which is, you know him telling like to Lauren and all the writers, like that Belushi samurai sketch. We should, you know, got to do it again And you know just his impact on the show and his impact with influencing the original cast. Buck Henry is my slam dunk for host. 0:22:50 - Speaker 2All right, buck Henry the first go-to host in SNL history. He hosted twice a year the first five seasons of the show. Pretty good and understandable choice. Jamie, how do you feel about Buck Henry? 0:23:04 - Speaker 5Yeah, so I did include him as well. I think just really being like first member of the five-timers club for me was like okay, that's, that's a big credential like that. That really holds a lot of weight, i think. And it also was thinking about like when he was hosting. So like he hosted multiple like series, or season finale is, i Feel like for him like it wasn't just about frequency either. It was really like the role that he played and how people saw him as part of the show and just really being Integral to like the feel that the show had in in those early years. So yeah, for for me He was Not like the very top of my overall list, but definitely like made the cut for the 15. 0:23:44 - Speaker 2All right, darren, you're an SNL scholar, i believe. how do you feel about Buck Henry? 0:23:50 - Speaker 4Yes, yeah, i feel very good about Buck Henry. He actually made my list, um, for a lot of the reasons I dare me said he's just one of the. You know, key integral host has been there since day one. I mean, i mean the man got hit with the samurai sword mid-sketched and kept on going. I mean that's, that's dedication. I mean I don't care what you say and yeah, you know, he's always been there. You know some, some of the characters he played me Maybe, maybe have an age as well. That uncle. 0:24:21 - Speaker 2Roy. 0:24:22 - Speaker 4Yes, i'll go. 0:24:25 - Speaker 2Yeah, let's yeah. 0:24:28 - Speaker 4But uh, yeah, like you know, he's been, he was, he's been there for so long, has a longevity. 0:24:34 - Speaker 2Yeah, for me, yeah, he does all right buck, henry, on three ballots so far, victoria, are we making it four for four? 0:24:41 - Speaker 3We sure are. He is part of the foundation of this show and, as Jamie mentioned as well, the first five-timer, i mean he's a ten-timer at least. So I mean he's, he's iconic, he's a legend and you know, if you're an SNL nerd, you know who he is. So He, i mean, i feel like that's a no-brainer. 0:25:04 - Speaker 2So I guess, going into voting and the reveal of the SNL Hall of Fame this season, you've got to be feeling good about Buck Henry's chances from from how it sounds. So, jamie Burwood, i want to go to you now, and who would you like to talk about from your ballot? 0:25:20 - Speaker 5Yeah, so I'm gonna move it into the writing category Because this is one where I was really disappointed It didn't get in the first time, was even more disappointed They didn't get in the second time. So really gonna try to work on on the pitch for this one, and this is the lonely island. So for me I I just feel like thinking about the impact that they had on the show and taking it to the next era was just so huge and I feel like sometimes Isn't something we recognize enough. Just really the way that they made SNL comedy Viral friendly in a way that allowed the show to evolve and that I honestly think played a big part in the fact that We're still here today. The show made the changes with the times into this more kind of like snippet Viral friendly world. I just think about the era with them and the role that they played and like defining the tone of the The show. I could go on and on, but I will stop there, super passionate about this one in terms of just the, the role that they played in their era. 0:26:31 - Speaker 2So I have cut the the most passionate professional wrestling promos on why The Lonely Island should be in the SNL Hall of Fame and that the fact that they're not It's a really. I think out of anybody who's not in the SNL Hall of Fame who has been on the ballot before, i think I'm most passionate about the Lonely Island, so it's just kind of ridiculous to me that they're not in. so does anybody Agree with me? want to take up that mantle, that? take up that cause, darren? Yes, what do you? 0:26:59 - Speaker 4think, yeah, i'll, i will take that cause up with you, sir. I had them on my list as well, just because, basically a lot of reasons Jamie said, just the way they were able to sort of Bring in SNL to like the new era is like really pretty unprecedented, because I mean, yes, snl has had short films on the On the show before, like you know, the Albert Brooks stuff, the Shiller, tom Shiller, you know. You know Short films and whatnot, but I think the thing that separates Lonely Island from them is they were coming up around the same time YouTube was becoming big and like people were getting into that and So like it was like the sort of perfect marriage where they were coming up with these you know We are little videos and and also the music videos too, and like YouTube sort of helped, you know, elevate them and bring out, sure, snl into like a whole new era and also like the songs that they came out. 0:27:55 - Speaker 2Yeah, really, there's a chance like I'm on a boat. 0:27:59 - Speaker 4My pants, yeah, i, yeah, i mean a dick in a box. I think one of Grammy or at least was like nominated, i'm pretty sure one. I know it was definitely nominated and It was like the impact they left. You can still see it on the show today, like after they left they were still trying to do those catching music videos with Pete and Chris red and Like even now we're pleased on destroyed people. Still, they get compared to Lonely Island. Does you know? I'm time to time. So, yeah, lonely Island. They definitely left like a legacy behind when they left. I mean it's, i mean just that incredible, that incredible bad album. 0:28:36 - Speaker 2I still think, yeah, fantastic and full of bangers classic Jeremy, what do you have to say about the Lonely Island? 0:28:44 - Speaker 6I Hey, I've done it before, I'll do it again. I think I stand alone on the fact that they are not on my list. 0:28:52 - Speaker 2Oh no, I'm sorry, so the person I was yelling at in the past was you. It was. 0:28:58 - Speaker 6All right, it was, and the thing is it's it's someone's Gotta get cut, you know, that's the thing. So I'm not here to say that they're not worthy of the Hall of Fame, because everyone made great points. I just look at everyone else on the list. I want to give props to those of past generations Because I feel like the younger audience will forget them, and I want to give them their props. And I just also to what Jamie said earlier. There's some people on here who have hit like cross-generational as far as either a cast member or a writer or host, and I want to give them their love. So I think the Lonely Island if they don't make it this year, i definitely probably can see me voting for them from the next ballot. But they were a tough one, but they did not make my my top 15. 0:29:47 - Speaker 2Victoria, are you gonna agree with Jeremy, or are you on the correct side? 0:29:56 - Speaker 3I I I'm shook. I Agree with Jeremy in that we should give those who've given SNL It's name and the reason why it's here today, because it's a strong foundation, it's it set the tone for other you know comedic ventures, but the Lonely Island Emmy award winners, grammy nominated, for sure deserve a spot in the Hall of Fame. I mean they were. I don't want to say they're ahead of their time, but I guess they've helped SNL stay on course and be with the times and not be so old-school. And, you know, push forward a new way of thinking. And I Think Darren mentioned it too of you know those music videos with Pete Davidson and Chris Radd. And now, please don't destroy. I mean we wouldn't have those, quite frankly, if it wasn't for the Lonely Island and I'm a mother lover, you're a mother lover, we can love, you know, i mean catchy, like what was it called? I'm on a boat is so iconic to. I mean I Don't feel like that's really an argument, thomas, do you like? I feel like that's just like an, also a no-brainer. 0:31:12 - Speaker 2Yeah well, here on the SNL Hall of Fame, we respect everybody's opinion and it's all valid, but I should point out In order to get into the SNL Hall of Fame And the nominee needs sixty six point seven percent of the vote. Lonely Island had about sixty two last cycle. I think they're gonna get in this. That's just my prediction. Judging by, they got seventy five percent Here, unofficially, including myself. They got eighty percent, so I kind of a feeling. 0:31:44 - Speaker 6I'll say this if they get in, i'm not gonna be like what, like I'll be for it. Okay, you know I'm not like anti. Yeah, i won't do that. There's some other names on here who I might do that for, but not Lonely Island. 0:31:58 - Speaker 3I'm down if they get in, listen all it. All it takes is one tweet. 0:32:04 - Speaker 2Oh, victoria's trying to utilize, like she's trying to weaponize. Okay, he really is. Geez, victoria. So I want to. I want to see when to go back to you, victoria. Who do you want to talk about next on your list? I have zero followers. 0:32:16 - Speaker 3It's funny. Oh Man, I want to say Paula Pell. 0:32:22 - Speaker 2Paul, up hell in the writer category. Yeah. 0:32:26 - Speaker 3I mean one. Her tenure there was Long, i think, from 1995 to 2013. That's almost 20 years. Is that right? my math thing, correctly, okay, yeah, i graduate from the College of Communication where minimal math was required for a reason. But no, i mean you know the Spartan cheerleaders, debbie Downer, the omeletville Justin Timberlake character. I mean she's put up such great characters that are Stand out in SNL history. I mean it would be hard for me to not include her on on my ballot. 0:33:02 - Speaker 2And very influential to Jamie. You have Paula Pell. 0:33:05 - Speaker 5I did. Yeah, i just listened to this podcast episode the other day and Was already convinced, but it really put me over the edge. I think I talk a lot about like her era in SNL, just because I I love that era and I feel like I I maybe don't give enough credit sometimes to the writing beyond that era and I think she was such a critical Writing force of that time and I definitely have a sweet spot, i think, for writers that do a great job of creating characters and, like Victoria said, she really shown in that way. I also just think she's a wonderful Person and so she gets the wonderful person bonus point, but just impact alone for that era from the writing side. I did include her. 0:33:50 - Speaker 2Yeah, she had her thumb prints on a lot of things that we don't even realize. Definitely it was interesting to go back and research. Darren, How do you feel you have Paula Pell? 0:34:00 - Speaker 4Look, i have her on. I wrote her down as one of the writers but I didn't Ultimately choose her just because I think the writers character is like a really Stack deck. And you know, while I do appreciate Paula Pell, i love girls, five ever, i love it all But I didn't, i didn't quite choose it just because I felt there were maybe a few there a little bit more stronger. But yeah, i mean, paula Pell is fantastic. She's like you know, she, i do. Sometimes I do feel like she kind of gone, unsung in a lot of way than meets, you know, a lot more loved. And she, she got on the show, or you know. 0:34:40 - Speaker 2Yeah, and this one is tough. If you had to make that cut, i had to make some tough cuts. Man, we don't have to walk on eggshells. This is a safe space. We can bellow it out with confidence. We didn't and we didn't. If you didn't vote for Paula Pell, then and that's perfectly fine, i think. I think, with writers in general, sometimes it's hard to know what they wrote and what they did, and especially in the late 90s to mid 2000s that she was involved in. So I'm always curious to see how writers are gonna do here. But Definitely fair enough, darren Daryn, me, how about you? 0:35:12 - Speaker 6Absolutely Yes, paula Pell makes my list for what everyone else said, the sketches that are so iconic from cheerleaders Debbie Downer, like that was like all of us love SNL, but everyone had to watch those Debbie Downer sketches, her work in association with Kristen Wiig and she was really a big part of her popular sketches as well, and also in that rise in those like 2000s when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Maya and Kristen kind of really You know, put women on the forefront of SNL, like really the first time by really taking over and not making it a boys club, and I feel like Paula Pell was a big part behind the scenes and making that happen. So for me, the way you guys talked about Lonely Island, i think it's a crime that she's on the second ballot. So Paula Pell is a definite one for me. 0:36:02 - Speaker 2Yeah, paula Pell, snl, was much better off having her voice on the writing staff. Absolutely So, darren. You have Paul, simon, buck, henry and the Lonely Island So far. So who's another person on your ballot you would like to bring up? 0:36:18 - Speaker 4Well, let's forget the person I talked to you about on the last time I was here, dana Carvey. I think it's no brainer, i think he's one of those people who maybe people kind of forgot about how impactful he was in his day, just because, like he's still around now and he's still, you know, his own late night shows and he has his podcast. But like you have to remember, like when he was on the show, how hard he hit and how much he just elevated every scene and elevated the show. Like his very first episode he came out with the Chopin Broccoli sketch which was like something he'd done in stand-up and I think, like I mentioned the last time I was on a podcast, like a cast member is lucky if they have one memorable recurring character that they can go to with a catchphrase. And Dana Carvey had multiple recurring characters with multiple, you know, catchphrases. He was the church lady, he was Hans and Franz. He was, you know, garth Wayne and Garth He was. I mean, he had the Johnny Carson impression, he was the George W Bush. He had like all these impressions, all these characters. He was just like knocking it out the park like every episode And he was just like really beloved and everybody really liked him and he was just like a great performer and I don't know like Dana Carvey, like in his prime. 0:37:38 - Speaker 2Yeah, he was a force and I have a feeling that we're gonna have a clean sweep here, but I don't know, somebody might surprise me. Let's see, victoria, what say you? 0:37:47 - Speaker 3What say me? Of course, of course, dana Carvey. I mean it was just mentioned, hans and Franz, church lady, i mean. But more than that, going to Jeremy's point, and I, you know, even though I have some recent folks on here, i do pay homage later in my ballot to those who came before us, especially women, but Dana Carvey is someone who, without him, there is none of these recent folks either. So you know it's where. So we, we keep standing on the shoulders of those before us and he is a shoulder of muscle. I don't know if that's a real phrase, but he's a shoulder of muscle, he's like his and then leave, you know Wayne's world, and then all his other stuff afterward, is, is, is killer. I don't think I feel like that. One is also an obvious one. I'm kind of confused as to why he's not in there already but, we will, but we will discuss, we will discuss. 0:38:49 - Speaker 2Well, he's not in there because this is his first time on the ballot. See at the Esenola fame. We kind of like to space it out a little bit. So this was just his first time on the ballot, so that that's an easy reason. It was no slide against Dana. 0:39:03 - Speaker 3Okay, i'll tell Twitter to back off. 0:39:06 - Speaker 2Yeah, tell him to back off. Thank you, jamie Burwood. Are you a fan of Dana Carvey? 0:39:11 - Speaker 5Yeah, definitely. I think, just when you think about like performers that are just so associated with their era on SNL everyone's already touched on just characters, i think church lady, like in the conversation, for just top one of the top tier, all time characters impressions, i feel like people will still play the like George HW clips and it just has that lasting impact. So, yeah, for me I don't think there is a. I'd be curious to hear an argument to not include him, but for me I think it's a no brainer. Agreed. 0:39:49 - Speaker 2Jeremy do have four for four. 0:39:52 - Speaker 6Absolutely. That was, for you know, the one, the four that we had to have. Dana was my cast member. For me, i look at it like on my episode when I was on with you, thomas, i talked about Dick Ebersol and that Eddie Murphy, joe Piscobo. That's the first cast that saved the show from like being done. The second was with Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman, kevin Nealon and all those And, honestly for me, if I see a greatest SNL list and Dana Carvey isn't in the top 10, that's when I'm just like throwing an outrage, i'm throwing papers, i'm going what the heck is this? Dana Carvey, to me, is a top 10 SNL cast member, so it's a no brainer, dana Carvey. 0:40:37 - Speaker 2Yeah, i think Dana is going to be. I'll go out on a limb and say he's going to be a lock. I think he's going to get voted in here on his first try And with him to me it's not just is he an SNL, snl Hall of Famer, it's, is he on the Mount Rushmore of SNL cast members? And I think that's the conversation that Dana is in. Jeremy, who's who's next on your list? 0:40:58 - Speaker 6For me this person was the writer lock. So the other three are all mentioned for my locks Paul Simon, dana Carvey. I mentioned Buck Henry. I'm going for that writer, robert Schmigel, who was brought up his own first time on the ballot, and just so many of the iconic sketches that he was a part of, from TV Funhouse to the, that finale for the 85, 86 season with the John Lovitz you know, and you know Billy Martin and Lauren, like they're burning up, like that cast and who will survive, and that's pretty gutsy, for like that was Michael's first season, and for him to kind of write that sketch, the iconic not going to phone it in tonight, that code open with Steve Martin that everyone still talks about to this day, the bear sketch. There's just so many things that Robert Schmigel has an impact on And from that initial run in the 80s into the mid 90s and then he's come back and done so many things. Robert Schmigel to me is also like, as far as a writer, a slam dunk Hall of Famer. As far as writers they kind of like what you said, thomas, it's not. If he's going to be a Hall of Famer is, is he on that pantheon of Mount Rushmore of greatest SNL writers. So for me Robert Schmigel is easy. 0:42:16 - Speaker 2Yeah, darren. What do you think about Robert Schmigel? 0:42:20 - Speaker 4I think, yes, i had him down as one of my writers to. He's like one of those writers just really defined his era of SNL. I mean, you know, like Darren me said, like with the TV fun house, a lot of those, if you go back and watch some of those TV fun, a lot of them. He's really pushing the envelope in a lot of oh yeah, like you know, the form with real audio, especially that one, i think, sex in the country which is Jesus. I mean, wow, victoria. 0:42:52 - Speaker 3Well, now that you say that, no, i completely agree with everything Jeremy said. I wouldn't change anything about what Jeremy said, but my only thing is he did not make the ballot this time around, i'm really sorry to say, as just his work is phenomenal just didn't have that much of an impact on me. That's all Nothing against him. If I had 16, he'd be on there. They only gave me 15. Sorry, so you're passing the buck. 0:43:22 - Speaker 2You're blaming me and Jamie. Jamie, do for for our, for our, oppressive rules for voting. 0:43:29 - Speaker 3Yeah, all right, i got it. 0:43:31 - Speaker 2I got it. I'll say this about Robert Smigel and Bill Kenny and I had a good conversation about it. I think if you only looked at his sketch writing, he might be an SNL Hall of Famer, and if you only looked at TV fun house on its own he might be an SNL Hall of Famer, but combined it's a pretty big argument. just the totality of it all, i think. So he would get my vote. Smits gay, I mean it's gay is one of the one of the iconic ad parodies of the early 90s. Yeah, so Robert was just behind. So much And I think at some point he may get in and it'll be very well deserved. So I want to go to Jamie Burwood find out who's next on your list. 0:44:18 - Speaker 5All right. So staying with the cast had to go with Amy. This was tip top of my list. Just no question on this one. for me, definitely like top three across my ballot overall. I think just looking at how she was like promoted so quickly from featured player to full cast member, just thinking about I think the versatility for her is what really stands out. Just thinking about weekend update, impact characters, impressions, like the political bits, like just every little piece she touched upon. And I just when I think, when people think about that era of the early 2000s, like you can't talk about that era without talking about Amy. So for me she was a definite check plus, plus, plus. 0:45:15 - Speaker 2And Victoria Franca. You were my guest on the Amy Poehler episode In this season. Do I even have to ask? 0:45:22 - Speaker 3You don't, you absolutely don't, but I just, jamie, just said it. She was the first woman to be promoted within her first season at Saturday Night Live as someone who's trying to semi-follow on her footsteps of being in the Chicago comedy scene. I don't think people truly understand what she's done. Pre-snl in this realm is such a big deal and not many people get to experience it. And then I mean this will explain why she's she was number one. I also just wanted to defend my episode. It would be silly for me not to have her on my ballot, but she, if you go to her Wikipedia page and you look at her awards it has, you have to go to a different Wikipedia page to list all of her awards and norms. So enough said she's. You know she's one of a kind, she's the first of many And yeah, i mean for my mention this in that episode that I am standing on her shoulders and I know that she's standing on others, but for me she's the one pulling me up to the top. 0:46:30 - Speaker 2So All right, Darren Patterson, does Amy Poehler get the thumbs up from you? 0:46:35 - Speaker 4She does. She was on my list. I mean it's, i don't know how you can not have her on the show. She's, i don't know, she's fantastic, she's phenomenal. You know, founding member of the UCB and the episode she didn't really show that she's like had strong improv chops from the from the jump. You know her time. A weekend update was memorable with both with Tina and with Seth. 0:47:03 - Speaker 6Yeah, that's a no brainer, It's, she's. she's someone like you can make a case kind of like it's hard not to even put her in like anyone's top 10 of all time kind of lists. So Amy Poehler's easy. 0:47:15 - Speaker 2Yeah, Amy Poehler's super beloved. I have a feeling we'll be sending her her Hall of Fame plaque here in the next few months. Darren, I'll go back to you Who's next on your list. 0:47:26 - Speaker 4Well, let's go back to host And this, this host I wrote, i wrote down, i believe one of you guys talked about on the episode Christopher Walken Let's talk about, start talking about walking. I feel like he's yeah, i mean, he's pretty much he's a no brainer just to get into the Hall of Fame again. He's one of those hosts you wouldn't think would be good in comedic sketches, just because he mainly he does drama and he has, you know, he's a bit of an odd character But somehow a Sunnell was able to like funnel that odd energy he has into all these classic sketches. You know, of course, the continental kernel Angus And you know, and of course, the cowbell sketch with the blue oyster skull, one of the most iconic sketch that people are still quoting to this day. You know, i got to have more cowbell. Yeah, it is. It is strange like how, you know, christopher Walken does have this kind of odd energy, is able to funnel that into comedy to show that he's not, you know, such a, you know, kind of weird weirdo, but he's actually pretty funny too And he's actually has comedic chops. 0:48:40 - Speaker 5So, in addition to all those points, i feel like just the way that his episodes had this like kind of total feel to them of like you had certain things you look forward to, like those opening musical numbers that were just always a little bit zamy and fun and certain recurring characters and sketches that he participated in, kind of bringing to the next level. I feel like he was always up for anything And I think like what's really what's really interesting to me about him and we talked a little bit about this in the podcast was not only did like you see him having an impact on the show, you see the show impacting how people think about him. Like when you talk to somebody about Christopher Walken, they think of SNL. Like it's just become so intertwined like his identity and SNL, that I feel like he he had to get one of my votes. 0:49:33 - Speaker 2So, darmie, does Christopher Walken's odd energy and personality resonate with you? 0:49:40 - Speaker 6It does but not for my list. But okay, he doesn't make my list. But, like, i'm a big fan of Christopher Walken And everyone has made great points and you know, got nothing but love for everybody. But I will say this, and I believe, thomas, we spoke about this like back when I was on the show with you, like off air And I might get some heat for it But if you take away in the cowbell sketches iconic top five sketch of all time if you take that away, i don't think Christopher Walken is making the impact with everyone. In my opinion I'd like to weigh everyone else is saying so I feel like there's moments That can be Hall of Fame worthy. There's those Hall of like in sports, hall of Fame type of games, hall of Fame type of contributors, in other ways. But I feel like that sketch is how Christopher Walken, in my opinion, should be in a Hall of Fame. He's a part of a Hall of Fame sketch, a Mount Rushmore sketch, but you take that away. are people really talking about Christopher Walken on SNL like is he hitting it that same way? I Personally don't think so. So Christopher Walken, i could see him getting in in the future on my ballot, but for right now he's. He's a. It's a tough one, but no. 0:50:54 - Speaker 2Victoria, what do you think I? 0:50:56 - Speaker 3Agree with Jeremy here. I outside of cowbell and maybe Colonel Angus, which is like Just recently came a top of mind, i Can't really name anything else I mean in the cowbell itself, i think The star of that was Will Ferrell, so he wasn't even a focal point really in that for me. So I mean not to say he's not talented, not to say he's not iconic, but I think when it comes to I think he deserves to be in a Hall of Fame like an actor or comedy Hall of Fame. 0:51:27 - Speaker 2But just ball. 0:51:28 - Speaker 3Hall of Fame right, but just for me, it wouldn't be the Saturday Night Live Hall of Fame. And if you're listening to this, christopher Walken And I know that you are Don't kill me. 0:51:39 - Speaker 6All it takes is one tweet. 0:51:42 - Speaker 2All right, victoria. Who are gonna be tweeting about next? who's on your list? 0:51:46 - Speaker 3This is hard. This is hard. I moved, i Took someone else out and I, as we were talking, and I replaced this person with them. I won't say it because I feel like this person can be mentioned by someone else, but a writer and, i think, someone who is, who deserves their flowers, at least from NBC The one and only Conan O'Brien. Conan O'Brien is Undoubtedly funny. He's made such an impact on Saturday Night Live and I feel like he's. You know, i think he's earned it and and how much work he's put in. And you know, we all know Conan O'Brien. He's, i think he's a staple in the comedy world low-loan Saturday Night Live and, and his career wouldn't be where it is today without Saturday Night Live. So that's so. 0:52:34 - Speaker 2I've added him in all right, team Cocoa Victoria is. Team Cocoa Is anybody else. Does anybody else have Conan on their list? And if not, why not? I'm actually want to go to Darren. What do you think about Conan O'Brien? 0:52:49 - Speaker 4Hey look, i love Coco, i love mr, mr O'Brien I I came very close to having a moment. Let's very close. Just, you know, just he is, of course, you know, in the eight. I think the 80s era as an L is the era I grew up with, right, that's why I really have an affinity for it. And so to see, like Conan O'Brien in that era, where he was with other writers, like You know, bob, odin, kirk and and Schmeigel, like that really Endured me to him. Of course He was a fantastic writer with a Simpsons. He was in the very first five-timers Club sketch, of course. 0:53:25 - Speaker 6It was a very easy no for me because I Definitely respect Conan as the performer and the late-night host and what he's become. But I feel on the show He was a part of a group of writers that like emerged, but there's not a lot of sketches that were like that's a Conan sketch, i believe. Even on, like the fly on the wall Podcast with Carvey and spade, schmeigel went on and said that the, the girl watcher that love it's in Hanks did. That was a mostly a Conan Like written sketch which I a lot of people gave to Schmeigel, including myself, that Schmeigel only helped out with. But I think Conan because who he became, we know him, i think of him writing wise, more for what he did on the Simpsons than what he did on SNL. So for me, conan not on the list. 0:54:12 - Speaker 2Jamie, do you have anything to say about Conan? 0:54:13 - Speaker 5Yeah, he did not make my list, unfortunately either. I feel like I Was like being pulled a little bit by the fact that he's like a great entertainer and human. But then I like got checked and was like, if I didn't think of him from other things, would he still make my list? and when I applied that check he didn't. 0:54:30 - Speaker 2So I think that's fair. Well, we've just caused Victoria to mobilize the beehive and team Coco, so so right, i think we're all in for it. 0:54:40 - Speaker 3I hope you're all sweating. 0:54:42 - Speaker 2Yeah, Jeremy, I want to. 0:54:44 - Speaker 6I want to know what's who's next on your list for me, i got to go with a guy who I probably would not put him on my top 10 Greatest cast members anymore but he's definitely on top 10 most important, and that's John Belushi. To me, one of the people to establish What SNL was, not just because he was there and on the show, but just that kind of rebellious, kind of anti-establishment counterculture feel that SNL had for so long and now it is part of. It is the establishment now But to kind of give it where like SNL had that cool feeling. I think John Belushi was the first one to really get that. I mean the sketches from the Blues Brothers to, you know, with the samurai, just so many things on there, are just iconic and For someone like him who at one point was on the number one, you know, late night show had a number one album with the Blues Brothers and the number one movie with Animal House, all at one point Kind of really you can say Chevy Chase But I feel like the the blueprint for that SNL star to get into movies and everything. I look at John Belushi As he's that first one to kind of be like, oh, from SNL Stardom to movie stardom. That was him and he kind of paved the way, for you saw what Bill Murray did and Eddie Murphy and Sandler and all these other guys. So John Belushi I I guess that I would got to put him as Top 10 most important cast members. He's a no-brainer. 0:56:19 - Speaker 2Yeah, jamie, is he a no-brainer for you? 0:56:22 - Speaker 5Yeah, he was, and this is where, like, i feel like I sometimes have to separate, like personal preference and historical impact. and I think, like personal preference aside and I mean no, no disrespect, amazing comedian, but Just, yeah, legacy on the show, i think a lot of folks would really have him in the conversation for Top 10, some might even say top five, just impactful Cast numbers. So, yeah, he definitely made my list. 0:56:49 - Speaker 2Yeah. 0:56:49 - Speaker 4Darren Yeah, absolutely, he made my list too. I mean he was he was the first cast member in the first cold open of the show ever. Yeah, and like a lot of things that Darren, me and Jamie already hit the two like his impact on the show, the energy brought, he brought that Sort of rebellious wild card, you know factor to the show. That that really, you know that really Resonated with the young audience at the time, while the college kids and whatever like he, you know, he just like was embodied, that just like the crazy You know party guy and and you know, just doing cartwheels. I mean just his yeah, his impact and his energy was just so Momentous and it affected future cast members too, like like Chris Farley is, you know, said on record numerous times like yeah, i modeled my whole life after John Belushi. 0:57:41 - Speaker 3The trace of him is is throughout comedy for Forever and I mean in Rolling Stone, and I have the magazine He's the cover, and Rolling Stone, in February 2015, did a ranking of, i think, all 141 SNL cast members. At that time, of course, that was eight years ago, and he was number one and I think it just speaks to him and it speaks to his comedy and you know, he's, he's, he's a legend, he's one of the goats, as as the kids say these days, and he's I'll say he's like the Michael Jordan of SNL cast members. 0:58:22 - Speaker 2Yeah, and I think he, I think he's gonna find himself in the SNL Hall of Fame. He's another one of those. When we set up the season and looked at the ballot that it's pretty sure was gonna make it. So this is almost just confirmation of that. I'm gonna go over to Jamie And find out who's next on your list. 0:58:39 - Speaker 5Yeah so Let's maybe talk about dick. Ever saw I Was. I don't want to steal your thunder, dare me, just listen to your podcast on this one as well and I Yeah, i think just when we're talking about like impact on the show and thinking about multiple Touch points where he had a pivotal role, that was what really pushed this over the edge for me. So I think, thinking about that initial role in helping to create the show and the role he played with Lauren, but then also thinking about his role and arguably the biggest save of the show And I think a lot of times we'll throw around the phrase like oh, snl wouldn't be here, wouldn't be what it is without XYZ person, but I think in this case, like it's actually pretty true. So that, to me, pushed me over the edge on this one. It's a little bit of a non-traditional, like getting outside the cast host world, but I did end up including him in my ballot. 0:59:41 - Speaker 2Yeah, dick ever saw. Super interesting to me. I'm gonna clear the the seas for you. Now dare me Tell us what you want to about dick ever saw. 0:59:51 - Speaker 6Jamie, you are amazing. This is so cool. I thought I'd be up here by myself and this you've made my week. Thank you, jamie. Dick ever saw the man who helped to co-create Saturday Night Live. He picked Lauren Michaels We all can agree the most important person in SNL history to run the show. It's a big part in forming it. Then when Lauren leaves and Jean Dominion almost threw it down the toilet and they fire her, they bring in ever saw and By box office numbers and I think it's hard to really argue it the biggest star to come from the show is Eddie Murphy. And who's the one now? Eddie was hired Reluctantly by Jean Domenion who put him in that star seat. That saved the show. That was dick ever saw and I mean those two things right there I got to give love for. But then you can also look at that Steinbrenner year Where you have Billy Crystal and Chris guests and you know Martin short and those iconic sketches that came from one year. That's also dick ever saw. So right on, jamie, dick ever saw slam dunk for me. 1:00:58 - Speaker 2Yes, jeremy, thank you so much and you're a great guest on that show and Dick ever saw just a fascinating candidate to me, victoria. I'm curious to know your thoughts. How much did you give dick ever saw much consideration? 1:01:12 - Speaker 3Yeah, jamie and Jeremy Said it that I mean it is what it is SNL like. As Jamie said, it would literally not be here If it wasn't for him. So, giving, giving him his, his flowers. 1:01:29 - Speaker 2Yes, dick ever saw. all right, darren, are we gonna make me and Jeremy and All the dick ever saw fans happy out there? 1:01:37 - Speaker 4Uh, yeah, yeah, let's do it. Just because I think I know a lot of, for some reason like a lot of purists, i guess. Only consider the Lorne Michael years of SNL, like the true SNL, just, and also, like I mean, with the exception of you know, like it's at the Eddie Murphy episode, no one really talks about the ever saw all years that much, but like I've I Gotta go back and watch them again. But like I do remember there being like a lot of Like solid shows and a lot of solid performers and sketches Happening in those years and they don't really kind of get talked about that much. It's like one of those things where, like people are surprised when you, when they hit I like Julie Louis Dreyfus was on SNL It's like, oh really, i don't. 1:02:20 - Speaker 2Darren, i want to stay with you. Let us know who's next on your list, next on my list. 1:02:29 - Speaker 4All right. Well, i mean I forgot if. Okay, all right, we all right, We got it All right. Bill Murray, we got to have Bill Murray in the SNL Hall of Fame. It's not even it's. What are we doing here? I Mean the guy came in replaced Chevy Chase after Chevy left after season one and Pretty much did a better job Chevy Chase's job than Chevy did. I mean he came out with like Nick the loud singer and did the nerds with Gilda and he just Kind of brought in this really kind of loosey-goosey, laid-back energy to the show that really people really like, really loved and fived with. You know people find him endearing and like that really enjoy working Joy working with him on the show, like I would say I mean, and also he's just gone on to be Be this really great actor and have this really great career. 1:03:22 - Speaker 2Jeremy, how do you feel about Bill Murray? 1:03:25 - Speaker 6another slam dunk. Saturday night live was a hit show. Chevy was the first breakout star and him coming on During the second season and even that sketch that kind of made him get established. Which is I'm not doing well on the show. I need your help and just even watching that clip all the time was some people call me Billy around here. I get called the new guy, like. It's just just a great way to kind of like, which I think you would see now is like not that, but back in you know, 76, 77. That was a different way of kind of like breaking the zeitgeist and saying like you know, i know you guys aren't really looking at me as the you know the audience. You're thinking of Chevy, but I'm here too. So, kind of like what Darren said, he's just synonymous. He wasn't on the first season. Well, a lot of times people associate him with the first year because he just made such an impact the next four. So bill Murray is an easy one. 1:04:19 - Speaker 2Yeah, he's a de facto Original, not ready for playing primetime player. Honestly, in most people's eyes, jamie is Bill Murray on your ballot, yeah absolutely. 1:04:28 - Speaker 5I was curious to see how long we would get into this before his name came up, so I'm glad it finally has. I think Everyone's gonna have covered it really well. But just I have mad respect for anyone who's put in that kind of like Tough position and keeping in mind how early in the show's era it was. In this day and age We're used to cast coming in and out. But for him to kind of be in that role in the second season of having to replace Somebody, so great and just how he stepped up and is now in conversations of again all time among the all-time great. So respect to him on that. 1:05:00 - Speaker 2Yeah, victoria, we got a Chicago boy here. Does he get your, your vote? 1:05:05 - Speaker 3Yeah, he, yes, he is the blueprint for all of us and I, you know, i'm not gonna add anything new to it, except he is why, partially why I am here today, and also my brother would kill me if I did not have him on my ballot as a as a Born-and-raised Chicago boy himself. 1:05:29 - Speaker 2Bill Murray clean sweep on everybody's ballots h

Sometimes you have to cut friends off, Darrell Hammond is going to join the show today, and Sarah breaks down Les Misérables!

Darrell Hammond joins the show & has a crazy story, America is very divided but they can agree that road trips rule, and Vinnie reads your texts!

Live from the Plastic Microphone Studios, it's whatever night (or day) you're listening to this episode. We're talking about Skits. Not Digital Shorts. Not Music Videos. Just skits. Over 45 years of 'em. And joining me in the Plastic Microphones Studios today, in which she legally owns 50% of due to Louisiana being a community property state, is my wife Tina. She's a long-time listener and a first-time guest. She's finally broken down, made a list, and checked it twice. And it's a doozie. Join us for laughs and memories of Saturday Night LIVE. Links on our Profile Page and at www.linktr.ee/hulkboy. Visit & interact on Instagram (www.instagram.com/favefivefromfans), Twitter (www.twitter.com/Fave5FromFans), Facebook (www.facebook.com/FaveFiveFromFans), & our website (www.FaveFiveFromFans.com). Also, check out www.twitter.com/@PMStudiosPod for more fun! @NetworkSIP #FaveFiveFromFans #FFFF #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #podcastlife #podcaster #podcasters #podcastshow #podcastersofinstagram #anchorfm #spotify #spotifypodcasts #itunes #applepodcasts #youtube #googlepodcasts #overcast #stitcher #stitcherpodcasts #castbox #castboxpodcasts #PodcastSuggestions #podcastinglife #podcastaddict #newpodcast #podcastlove #podcastmovement #podcasthost #podcastnetwork #podernfamily #bhfyp #Movie #Movies #Comedy #EveryoneIsFam #SIPNetwork  #PodernFamily #PodcastNation #PodcastNetwork #PodcastRecommendations #FollowBack #CrowdsourcedPodcastDatabase #PodTime #Fred Armisen, #Dan Aykroyd, #Jim Belushi, #John Belushi, #Jim Breuer, #A. Whitney Brown, #Dana Carvey, #Chevy Chase, #Michael Che, #Ellen Cleghorne, #Billy Crystal, #Jane Curtin, #Joan Cusack, #Pete Davidson, #Robert Downey Jr., #Brian Doyle-Murray, #Rachel Dratch, #Nora Dunn, #Chris Elliott, #Jimmy Fallon, #Chris Farley, #Will Ferrell, #Tina Fey, #Chloe Fineman, #Will Forte, #Al Franken, #Janeane Garofalo, #Ana Gasteyer, #Gilbert Gottfried, #Christopher Guest, #Bill Hader, #Anthony Michael Hall, #Darrell Hammond, #Phil Hartman, #Jan Hooks, #Leslie Jones, #Colin Jost, #Chris Kattan, #Julia Louis-Dreyfus, #Jon Lovitz, #Norm Macdonald, #Michael McKean, #Mark McKinney, #Kate McKinnon, #Tim Meadows, #Laurie Metcalf, #Seth Meyers, #Dennis Miller, #Finesse Mitchell, #Jay Mohr, #Tracy Morgan, #Garrett Morris, #Bobby Moynihan, #Eddie Murphy, #Bill Murray, #Mike Myers, #Kevin Nealon, #Laraine Newman, #Cheri Oteri, #Chris Parnell, #Nasim Pedrad, #Jay Pharoah, #Joe Piscopo, #Amy Poehler, #Randy Quaid, #Colin Quinn, #Gilda Radner, #Rob Riggle, #Chris Rock, #Maya Rudolph, #Andy Samberg, #Adam Sandler, #Horatio Sanz, #Rob Schneider, #Paul Shaffer, #Molly Shannon, #Harry Shearer, #Martin Short, #Sarah Silverman, #Robert Smigel, #David Spade, #Ben Stiller, #Cecily Strong, #Jason Sudeikis, #Julia Sweeney, #Kenan Thompson, #Damon Wayans, #Patrick Weathers, #Kristen Wiig --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fave-five-from-fans/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fave-five-from-fans/support

Why Is It So Hard to Not Be an A-Hole Sometimes?Brian Ronalds is back, author behind the How Not to Be an A-Hole series! On today's episode, Brian joins Seth and Pete to take a closer look at one of the key factors that play into the divorce scenario: one of the partners is an a-hole.  But sometimes, that a-hole is you. Why is it so hard to get past this? Brian is back to share what it takes to look at yourself to work at being a better person who isn't an a-hole. It's a challenge, particularly as sometimes it involves figuring out what part of your issues in the marriage, the divorce, or post-divorce are because you and your partner/ex were a bad fit, and what parts are because you are being an a-hole.Sometimes it means therapy. Sometimes, it's working really hard to avoid those kneejerk reactions, particularly when it comes to texts. (Don't text back right away!) But it's worth it in the long run to work on these things. As Brian says, “It's lazy to get dirty, and it's hard to go above what they'd expect of you.” We have a great conversation today with him and are thrilled to have him returning to chat with us. Tune in!Links & NotesBrian's How Not to Be an A-Hole SeriesBrian's Film The Last Day of the Rest of My LifeBrian on LinkedIn, Facebook, and TwitterSchedule a consult with SethGot a question you want to ask on the show? Click here!About BrianBrian Ronalds is an American actor turned writer/producer/director and is the other half of “The Ronalds Brothers." Brian's recent credits include the horror-comedy, Netherbeast Incorporated, directed by his brother, Dean. The film stars Darrell Hammond, Judd Nelson, Dave Foley, Robert Wagner and Jason Mewes.Brian has co-produced Dirty Little Trick starring Dean Cain and Michael Madsen, as well as the feature, Ashley, also directed by Dean Ronalds featuring America's Next Top Model winner, Nicole Fox, Two and a Half Men's Jennifer Taylor, Tom Malloy, and Michael Madsen. Along with producing films, Brian wrote for Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns and is a published writer.Brian has recently written and directed his feature film directorial debut, THE MASS SHOOTING MONOLOGUES (now titled The Last Day of the Rest of My Life). The film is both poignant and important, dealing with mass murder at a high school that was motivated by bullying. The film stars Kee Chan (Revenge of the Sith), Tom Malloy (The Alphabet Killer/Love N' Dancing), Brennan Murray (You're the Worst/Video Game High School) and introduces Brian's son, Leif Ronalds. (00:00) - Welcome to How to Split a Toaster (00:26) - Brian Ronalds Is Back! (02:01) - Inner Exploration (03:43) - Learning the Lessons (06:44) - Learning to Not Be an A-Hole Divorcee (11:13) - Hard With Differences in Parenting (14:48) - Fighting A-Hole Instincts (18:12) - Sponsor: Soberlink (20:41) - Take Time Before Texting (22:40) - Apologizing (23:45) - Evolving Relationship With Kids (26:25) - Playing the Long Game (28:38) - Wrap Up

CLL #2231 (feat. Tina Fey and Tim Meadows) 04/18/2004 – Sunday Night Show Source – Tucker Stream Recording (2004) with Fan Stream Recording (2004) Patches This episode is 100% complete with a medium audio upgrade, Tim Meadows is returning to LoveLine for his third and final appearance. Tina is making her only appearance on CLL promoting ‘Mean Girls’ and Adam shares the details of Darrell Hammond’s infamous appearances on CLL and harrowing island prison story. A unique and fun episode, don’t miss this one. The Love Between The Two Hosts – CLL on Youtube, with Video for select episodes. Paid Link – As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Music Provided by Rich Banks Check out His Website and Soundcloud to hear more of Read More →

Nick is joined by the beautiful and talented actress Dana DeLorenzo, known for her appearances on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and "Ash vs. Evil Dead," to discuss her career in comedy and her admiration for "Saturday Night Live." During their conversation, Nick and Dana reminisce about their childhoods watching the show and share their favorite sketches featuring comedic legends such as Will Ferrell, Cheri Oteri, David Spade, Molly Shannon, and Norm McDonald. They also recall the hilarity of Darrell Hammond's portrayal of Sean Connery. Additionally, Dana shares behind-the-scenes stories of working with Craig Ferguson and talks about her latest movie "The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood." [EP11]

Welcome back to SNL Stories, our interview podcast series where the Saturday Night Network catches up with SNL alumni from all eras of the show! Our next guest is Darrell Hammond, who is the current announcer of Saturday Night Live and a cast member from Season 21-Season 34 (1995-2009). Darrell joins us to discuss his role as show's impressionist, what it meant to him to become a cast member, and what it was like to replace Don Pardo as the show's announcer. Hope you enjoy this interview hosted by Jon Schneider & James Stephens! The video version of our interview is available here: https://youtu.be/cBhntOBfrNE ----- Welcome to the official Saturday Night 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 48 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 other interviews: SNL Stories: Denny Dillon (Feb 15, 2023) ⁠SNL Stories: Neil Levy (Jan 19, 2023)⁠ ⁠SNL Stories: Bobby Moynihan (Dec 16, 2022)⁠ ⁠SNL Stories: Michael Streeter (Dec 9, 2022)⁠ ⁠SNL Stories: Paul Shaffer (Nov 23, 2022)⁠ ⁠SNL Stories: Jeffrey Gurian (Sept 1, 2022)⁠ ⁠SNL Stories: Tom "Bones" Malone (Aug 17, 2022)⁠ ⁠JFL Red Carpet Interviews (Jay Pharoah, Taylor Tomlinson, & more!) (Aug 4, 2022)⁠ ⁠Chris Redd on Season 47 (June 24, 2022)⁠ ⁠SNL Stories: Mitchell Kriegman (June 15, 2022)⁠ ⁠SNL Stories: Keith Raywood (April 1, 2022)⁠ ⁠SNL Stories: Dean Edwards (Dec 1, 2021)⁠ ⁠SNL Stories: Judy Belushi Pisano (Nov 5, 2021)⁠ ⁠Siobhan Fallon Hogan (Aug 10, 2021)⁠ ⁠SNL Director Don Roy King (May 4, 2021)⁠ ⁠SNL Stats Roundtable with Gary Kroeger (Apr 6, 2021) Catch up on other recent Season 48 coverage: ⁠Ortega/1975 SNL Roundtable - S48 E15 (Mar 13, 2023)⁠ ⁠Ortega/1975 SNL Hot Take Show - S48 E15 (Mar 11, 2023)

One of the final Rankin/Bass animated features fuses the grandeur and romance of Rodgers and Hammerstein with some sub-par kiddie far including funny monkeys, elephants, and a horribly racist caricature of an Asian man voiced by Darrell Hammond. Possibly released to cash in on the Anna & The King film from the same year, The King and I suffers from an inconsistent tone.Richard Hatem, Chris Stachiw, and Mike White discuss the film and begin planning their exit strategy from the world of Rankin and Bass.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4645382/advertisement

Paul Costabile sits down with SNL legend Darrell Hammond along with comedian Greg Baldwin to chat comedy, life, impressions and all things in between. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.popupwithpaul.com/ FOLLOW Darrell: https://www.instagram.com/darrellchammond/ FOLLOW Paul: https://www.instagram.com/paulcostabile/ https://www.tiktok.com/@paulcostabile https://twitter.com/paulcostabile https://www.facebook.com/PaulCostabileTV/ FOLLOW Greg: https://www.instagram.com/realgregbaldwin/ https://www.tiktok.com/@realgregbaldwin New episodes every Monday!

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Documentary Filmmaker Michelle Esrick! We discuss her films about Darrell Hammond and Wavy Gravy and take a deep dive into her addiction and recovery! PLUS Strung Out author, Erin Khar! Dopey emails! Dopey Voicemail! And does fentanyl Jay have a guilty conscience???? Find out about all of that and more on this brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show!  More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world's greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Live from Draft Class, it's ROUND 6 of the Saturday Night Live Draft! Joining Jon Saks for 7 Rounds of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - SPECIAL GUESTS!JOSH HYMANhttps://mrjoshhyman.com/FRANK ANGELINIhttps://www.frank-angelini.comDENNIS HURLEYhttps://www.dennis-hurley.comDYLAN MURPHYhttps://www.instagram.com/dylan_john_murphy/PRODUCERS Jon Sakshttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm6662712/Christopher Feinsteinhttps://linktr.ee/hauntedamericanhistoryFrank Bonaccihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=___nTnncw2AJudd Feinsteinhttps://shows.acast.com/zoningoutSupport the showSupport the show

Meryl talks about a funny friend date and her newfound love for SNL alum Darrell Hammond. Beau sees the world through virtual reality and defends that he does indeed sweat like a normal human.

Greg Baldwin is a leading comedian, renowned actor and producer. Greg has performed regularly at The Comedy Store, Improv Comedy Clubs and countless other venues performing in shows with many top comedians including Bill Burr, Iliza Schleshinger, Kevin Nealon, Bob Saget, Jay Mohr and countless others. He currently tours and features for comedy legend Darrell Hammond, 14 year cast member of Saturday Night Live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fPdP2o91LE

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Comedian Darrell Hammond (@DarrellCHammond), at Copper Blues Live at Desert Ridge (@CBLivePHX), In Studio - Friday April 22, 2022. For Tickets/Info call 602.910.5161 or click to www.cblive.com

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George Felix, now the CMO of Tinder, was marketing Old Spice body wash at a time when the brand was circling the drain. His team at Procter & Gamble almost let their big break slip away when initially passing on the “Hello ladies” campaign - an ad that would later go viral on Facebook and YouTube. George recalls how the agency pitching the idea stood their ground and pressed on with conviction, an experience that taught him a lot about trusting your gut and standing up for what you believe in.In this episode, George and Joubin talk about his close relationship with his father, who passed away in 2006; the unusual way he, as an intern at Procter & Gamble, started a lifelong friendship with his then-boss Kevin Hochman; behind-the-scenes stories making ads for Old Spice and KFC; and the unusual truth about Tinder's brand that attracted George to the company last year.In this episode, we cover: George's education-focused Indian-American parents, and how they wound up in Toledo, Ohio (05:52) If they could talk one more time, what would he ask his late father? (12:17) What startups can learn about brand-building from older firms like Procter & Gamble (16:28) How not having a real desk at P&G helped George network with his colleagues (20:30) Executing the Old Spice “smell like a man” campaign — and the award-winning TV ad that completely revitalized the brand (25:10) The crippling fear of ambiguity, and the importance of being “a little uncomfortable” (33:35) Reviving KFC's brand with another viral ad, starring Darrell Hammond as Colonel Sanders (37:58) Why George went to Tinder, and the potential he saw to reshape its brand (44:02) Spontaneity in dating, and overcoming the stigma against meeting people online (47:29) The “Tinder Swindler” and why Tinder isn't just one thing (52:55) Links: Connect with GeorgeLinkedIn Connect with Joubin Twitter LinkedIn Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com  Learn more about Kleiner Perkins