Podcast appearances and mentions of Jeff Montgomery

Das Trainerkarusell hat eine Umdrehung gemacht und schon hat Jeff Montgomery einen neuen Job bei den St. Louis Blues. Adi und ich kramen ausserdem unser Wissen zu Seattle hervor und freuen uns über Nico Hischiers erneuten Höhenflug. Die Ottawa Senators sorgen derweil für viel Frust bei einem Podcasthost und dieser lässt sich deshalb erklären, ob er vor seinem Tod noch einen Stanley Cup erwarten darf. Intro (00:00) Pigeons (02:27) Montgomery zu den Blues (06:46) Bei den Rangers herrscht Unruhe (13:20) Ottawa: hoffnungslos oder baldiger Contender? (23:15) Wenn Kraken wie Calamari spielen (34:38) New Jersey findet den Tritt wieder (47:00) Hast du einen Themenwunsch für die nächste Episode? Schreib uns auf Twitter oder direkt bei dieser Episode auf Spotify. Du findest uns auf Insta und Twitter unter @2pigeons1puck. Folge uns, um immer auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben!

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Lance Medow previews the ALDS with former Royals pitcher and Bally Sports Kansas City analyst Jeff Montgomery and discusses various aspects of the matchup including the star power of Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr, how KC managed to turn things around so quickly after losing 106 games, why the Royals were able to get past the Orioles, the strength of Kansas City's bullpen, the mentality it takes to be a closer, takeaways from the regular season meetings, whether New York's path to the World Series is feasible vs the AL Central and more https://x.com/LanceMedow https://www.facebook.com/lance.medow/ https://www.instagram.com/lmedow/

Jeff Montgomery is the Founder and President of Montgomery Financial, a fully independent Registered Investment Advisory firm. We value Jeff's attention to detail and thorough approach to planning, including his knowledge and interpretation of the SECURE Act. Jeff was one of our very first podcast guests and he's back to discuss the latest changes to this law. This is another example of how Jeff and his team bring complex topics to life in easy to understand terms.

Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker recap the Blue Jays' 3-2 loss in Kansas City with thoughts on Vladimir Guerrero Jr's game, Kevin Gausman's fastball usage, and Kevin Kiermaier leaving the game with a hip injury. Royals analyst and franchise saves leader, Jeff Montgomery, weighs-in on Jays-Royals, Jordan Romano, and how to sustain longevity as a closer (28:35). The Athletic's Jayson Stark discusses the results of a poll ranking the best front offices in MLB (49:50). Later on, Blue Jays Central analyst Joe Siddall comments on Guerrero's plate approach and if Addison Barger can add a spark to the big league lineup (01:16:58). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

Join us this week in the SNL Hall of Fame as we welcome Jon Schneider onto the podcast to discuss the one of kind, Will Forte. Will he be enshrined in the hall? Only you can decide.Transcript: Track 2:[0:42] Hey, it's J.D. here, and I want to thank Doug DeNance for another lovely introduction.Welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame podcast. As I mentioned off the top, I am your host, J.D.I am joined by Matthew Ardill in the trivia corner, and of course, our chief librarian, Thomas Senna, will handle the conversation with John Schneider today. So that's really exciting.But who are we going to cover? Well, before that, the SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair where each episode we take a deep dive into the career of a former cast member, host, musical guest, or writer and add them to the ballot for your consideration.Once the nominees have been announced, we turn to you, the listener, to vote for the most deserving and help determine who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall.And that's how we play the game. It's just that simple.May the 6th is the date you're going to want to circle on your calendar.That is when voting opens in the SNL Hall of Fame, and we have one hell of a ballot.There are some stakes here, as there are people that are on their fifth ballot that if they don't make it in, they will be removed from the ballot.And that is as high stakes as it really gets here on the SNL Hall of Fame, except for that time that we had lava on the floor.You bet your ass people wiped their feet then.Track 2:[2:10] Let's go to our friend, Matt Ardill. Matthew, my friend.Track 3:[2:13] How are you doing, JD? I'm great. I'm great. Thanks for asking. How about you?I'm good. I'm great as well. Yeah. Yeah. I've got, I'm really excited.I love Will Forte on so many levels.I can't wait to share. Well, learn me up.Okay. Well, Will Forte, 5'9", born June 17th, 1970. He has 132 acting credits, 26 writing credits, 20 soundtrack credits, and five producer credits.He was born in Alameda County, California, and attended the University of California.He was a member, and this shocked me.He was a member of the varsity football team, varsity swim team. So he was a jock.Track 3:[2:57] That's not what I would have expected. Me neither. I want a picture of Theater Nerd. Yeah.Exactly i would have imagined that as well but i mean it's that's just you know that's i guess us not seeing past the stereotype but uh yeah he went on to earn a history degree valuable lesson you just taught us matthew yeah let's do just because somebody plays sports doesn't mean they don't have the the love of theater in them that's right but yeah so thank you for that yeah not from but yeah got a degree in history from ucla and um then he realized his true love was comedy so he joined the groundlings he also tutored faye dunaway's 12 year old son in mathematics while he was in high school which is like that's just a weird i mean this is the weird connections you get living in california yeah i suppose so yeah yeah you know so it's just it i i don't know No, I feel like living in Canada, we don't get those wacky connections, but, um.Track 3:[3:59] At a young age, he went to see Tony Orlando, and Tony brought him and his friend up on the stage, and he encouraged them to follow their passions.So much so, he wrote him and Tony a nice letter many years later.What a class act. Yeah, yeah. And he, in fact, is a class act in multiple ways.He is also a class act video game player. He is the 36th highest scorer in the world in Donkey Kong.Long whoa yeah he watched the that fistful of quarters documentary and he's like i can do that and is now registered on twin galaxies as number 36 in the world that's brilliant that movie also very very good yes and it's not to go on a tangent you watch that fistful of quarters that the villain in that show is a total nut bar you can go down a rabbit hole all on its own as As well as an amazing video gamer, he is also a super sweet dude.Rachel Dratch describes him and Seth Meyers as her comedy non-boyfriends, basically her comedy brothers.She's remained incredibly close to them.Track 3:[5:12] But he's also remained close to other cast members.He attended Andy Samberg and Seth Meyers' weddings, both in character as Hamilton.Hamilton oh my gosh i would have paid good money just to see that i mean just a full character problem is a lot of their families don't know the character so all they know is there's a super racist weirdo walking around at the way which is the most will thing like that just is like yeah i that that that makes sense that makes sense um he collects life preservers and construction helmets he actually got his start uh as a published author he wrote 101 things definitely Definitely not to do if you want to get a check.Track 3:[6:12] It was a comic that he wrote at 24, which he parlayed into his first gig writing for the Jenny McCarthy show and then moving on to Letterman.One of the weirder things that I read is at one point, Val Kilmer was trying to find a house in Malibu.So he was just couch serving and will let him stay on his couch for a couple of months. And one night they were watching the amazing race and they thought that'd be awesome and wanted to go on the amazing race there.Their agents ultimately stopped them.Track 3:[6:46] Uh, boo, those agents did not really do the right thing.Uh, and then unfortunately time got away from them and it didn't happen.Um, but yeah, just, and just to illustrate how amazing a dude he is.Uh, he gave his entire per diem to the crew, uh, for MacGruber, which when he was filming the film MacGruber, he, uh, his mom visited the set on this, the naked celery scene, uh, shooting day.So that must've been a little weird.Um, you think, yeah, it's like, uh, but yeah.So as a part of a fundraising event for boys and girls club of Venice, he auctioned off an opportunity to see, um, a early cut of MacGruber with him and Ryan Philippe, uh, before its premiere.Um but he said if somebody paid a hundred thousand dollars he'd take them out for yogurt twice a year for the rest of his life thought it was a joke and someone called us bluff so now wow ever since the release of mcgruber he's been taking this person out twice a year for yogurt.Track 3:[8:00] Um oh that's they're gonna develop a friendship yeah yeah that i mean you don't you don't do that not actually start to like one another you would think you would explore it at least yeah yeah and and i mean in the ultimate expression of how good a duty is like a true gentleman when filming the last scene for the last man on earth he and kristen shaw had a sex scene after her character ate a can of beans and she let one rip like crazy and he took the bullet for it he claimed it was his so, Just a true gentleman all around. Wow. A gentleman of thoughts.Track 3:[8:47] Yes. Yes, indeed. Well, I think that I'm pretty excited that our guest today is the Grand Poobah over at the Saturday Night Network.It's John Schneider, and he is joined right now downstairs with Thomas, so let's join them in conversation.Track 4:[9:40] All right, J.D. and Matt, thank you so much. Yes, welcome to another episode, another wonderful conversation with a great guest.Welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame podcast.And today we are talking about, this is a personal favorite of mine. This is a chance for me.And my guests to just be total geeks. It's almost for me like when Sammy K and I did the Vanessa Bear episode last season.That's like 14 for you and one for me kind of thing.So this is what this is like with Will Forte, our nominee today.So to join me, another fellow Will Forte nerd, possibly he's, Will Forte is one of my favorite, probably in the top two or three favorite cast members of mine personally.And I think for my guest, Will Forte falls under that category, too.So I am joined by a friend, somebody who I greatly admire in the podcast.He's kind of like a podcasting influence for me personally.Track 4:[10:42] It is from the Saturday Night Network, John Schneider. Hey, man, what's up? Thanks for joining me. Hey, Thomas.Track 4:[10:49] Well, I'm very first of all, I'm very humbled that you would say that mutual respect here and love what you've done with the show and and JD and Matt and everybody here so thank you so much for having me back and I have to say Thomas I maybe have podcasted about I'm gonna just I'm gonna throw out a guess here I'm gonna say like 300 podcasts about SNL I maybe have done like over the last few years I don't think I've ever been as excited to do a podcast as I am right now like this is this is one of the best things I could have ever done as an SNL podcaster is get to talk about will forte he is definitely my favorite cast member of all time i wouldn't be talking about snl or podcasting about snl or doing all the things that we're doing at the snn if i didn't fall in love with will forte on the show and everything that he did and i i know i'm not alone with that i know that there's so many people out there that will forte is such a big influence on so thank you for having me today i can't wait to have this conversation yeah absolutely i'm so giddy too and then redoing some refresh because with will forte i don't necessarily need to do research quote unquote but i like to refresh myself watch sketches go in with uh you know having watched these sketches as close to recording time as possible so they could be fresh and this is like the most fun quote unquote research i think that i've done for this entire show because.Track 4:[12:07] I love will forte so much so so yeah this is gonna be great thanks for so much for joining i meant what i said as far as you being like a podcasting influence what you've built at saturday night Network is just amazing.Track 4:[12:19] So tell us, tell the listeners what's been going on over at the S&N a lot. I know.Thank you so much. Yeah. I mean, it's been pretty crazy. It's been great to get the show back after that writer's strike and glad that everything turned out well over there. And.Track 4:[12:37] You know, nonstop coverage of the season. As we go through all the live weeks, we have coverage right after the show is done airing.So we have this great group of people who stay up late with us and talk about the show.If you're watching on YouTube, you can always find our hot take shows and join us in the conversation.So let's say, you know, you're tired, you're lying in bed, you just enjoy the show, but you just have to talk to somebody about it.It's a great place to go and hang out. And we also have our Monday night round tables where we're just, you know, breaking down the show even further, talking about the legacy of a specific host in a specific episode.And then our By the Number shows that we do on Wednesday that Mike Murray hosts for all the stats on, you know, turning SNL into a live sport.So that's our regular coverage. We also get to do some really cool interviews that we do on our show called SNL Stories.We just had Christine Ebersole, season seven cast member. We just spoke to Bobby Moynihan. There's a lot of great ones out there as well.Track 4:[13:25] Yeah, now we're sort of turning our heads towards the end of season 49, finishing up all the coverage on that, doing some summer stuff.And then it's season 50. It's the big one. So we have lots of stuff planned for season 50, and I can't wait to get to all of that.And yeah, you got to come hang out with us at the Saturday Night Network.Yeah, so this guy's built like a true network, like you and everybody else.Bill Kenney, Sammy K, the Andrews, everybody who's really closely involved.You've got quite the community going at S&N. It's a true network, like you have a Saturday Night thing, a Monday thing, a Patreon thing, by the numbers.So it's really definitely a true network there. Maybe you can get Will Forte on, like, SNL Stories one day.That is the dream. I'm hoping for, like, yeah, that's the big one or one of the big ones for sure.I'm hoping maybe for a special numbered show, maybe a 500th, maybe a 1,000th, something like that.I can convince him to do it. I have met Will Forte before.Track 4:[14:21] I actually went to go meet him on my birthday when he was at Just for Laughs.This was before I was doing SNL media coverage. But I went to go talk to him, and he could not have been nicer. and I know that some of our podcasters have bumped into him over the last few years and he said that he would do it.So I'm hoping one day we'll get him to, you know, come on board.And I think we're gonna have a blast whenever that does happen.Yeah, that that would be a biggie. So Will Forte, our nominee today on the SNL Hall of Fame on the cast from 2002 to 2010.And from what I understand, John, that was basically the era that made you love the show like that whole that all those was cast between 2002 and 2010, that whole era.So what were your impressions of Will Forte when you first saw him on SNL, this oddball?Track 4:[15:08] Yeah so very fun fact that he almost got hired the year prior but i think he wanted to keep writing on that 70s show which was also a show i enjoyed very much at the time but uh yeah so when so i'll go back to like my original my origin story for watching the show the first time, and um i really fell in love with the show you know from like 2005 to 2010 i was in high school then and that for me was just like will was such a big part of that cast but prior to that i tuned into SNL.I knew what it was. We had like friends who had older siblings who were watching it all the time.And at times I would just like turn on the show and just catch glimpses.And I remember seeing like Tina and Jimmy on the show and being like really intrigued. Some of, you know, Smigel's TV Funhouse stuff.But one time I remember my parents going out on a Saturday night and I turned on SNL and I was very curious what I was gonna see.And I saw Will Forte as Tim Calhoun, this politician who's just like is so anxious and can't get anything out and just like nervous flop sweating I think I would make a real good president because I'm a hockey dad soccer uncle football cousin ping-pong brother and And Donkey Kong best friend.Track 4:[16:35] My opponents have been using my full name to scare people.Is it my fault that my middle name is Boo?Track 4:[16:47] I just fell in love. For me, there's just something about it that clicked.And getting to watch him throughout his time at the show, So I've like psychoanalyzed this over the years, Thomas, where I'm like trying to figure out what it is for him that just, you know, makes me laugh harder than anybody else.And I think it's because like...I think I'm like a pretty like I have quirks, but I think I'm like a pretty normal person Yeah, but like will brings out the weird in me Like he brings out something in my personality that isn't brought out by most people And it's something that I watch on the screen and I just get purely happy So in some of like the you know saddest times of my life i've turned on will forte sketches and he's just Brightened my day.That's such the mark of a good performer, too He does that for me As well, like i'm a pretty normal i'm probably a little more weird than you i would say like if we're doing a scale or we have to ask listeners i'm guessing we'll ask we'll take a we'll take a poll or something but uh i'll ask them on i'm doing the hot take show so maybe that'll i'll chat to see to see about that uh but so but you're right so he brings out like the the weird aspect of me to like all those little those little things that i'm like why do i relate to this like because i've kind of i kind of had that like weird side of me but that that's That's like the mark of a good performer is like he's relatable in that weirdness that maybe you didn't know you had until you watched him perform in some ways. Does that make sense?Track 4:[18:09] Yeah, I mean, I think he's he's reminds me a lot of like the friends that I chose like for my life.Like I'm I have a very unique situation in my personal life where some of my friends have been my friends for over 20 years. Like these are friends from when I was really little.And I won. I always like wonder like why I gravitated to a specific type of person.And it's like the people who will go the furthest with a joke like that and like they have a lot of will forte qualities in them and i just think i like to surround myself with people who are um sort of like you know don't give a shit and you know and it will like take something really far not not offensively but like um i remember seth meyer is telling this amazing joke uh this amazing story about will forte once on late night where he said that um i believe it was one of the writers, I'm blanking on the name of the specific writer, but one of the writers had been so hungry on a Tuesday night writing night and was writing all night and ordered Chinese food.And it took so long to get upstairs to the 17th floor.Hours and hours. Finally, the delivery guy drops out the food, gets there. The writer is like so excited.Will Forte goes to pick up the bag and drops it out the window.Track 4:[19:17] It's one of the greatest things I've ever heard. And I'm just like, you got to look that up on YouTube and like watch Seth tell that story.It is so funny to me and it is perfectly like encapsulates Will Forte and why everybody loves hanging out with him.That's so oddball. That's so Will Forte. You honed in on something that relates to something that I wrote down, like a key word.I was thinking about Will Forte, and the word that keeps coming up for me is commitment.I think Will Forte, more than most cast members that have come through the show, is he's 100% committed to this sketch.No matter what, this character, this sketch, Will Forte is in it.And to me, John, when I see cast members, won't name names obviously, but when I see cast members who maybe are less so, who I gravitate less toward, or maybe cast members who I feel slightly uncomfortable watching on screen, I think it's a lot of times because they lack commitment on screen.Because I see there's something that's not letting them just break out of their shell completely.With Will Forte, that was never the problem. Can you think of a performer on SNL that can rival? I mean, there's probably people who can rival, but is there any performer who could exceed Will Forte's commitment?Track 4:[20:34] I think Will Ferrell probably is a good example. I mean, the like the two Wills, I think like, you know, Phil Hartman and Dana Carvey.You got to put that in that category a little bit. Those are all time greats, though. Yeah, like I really I really do feel.But Will, like it has his own kind of commitment where he goes to like he goes to one side that is so unique to the show. And, you know, a lot of times on on our podcast, when we're evaluating an episode, we'll talk about the 10 to 1 sketch.And he basically, you know, that did exist prior to it. But, you know, it's really the Will Forte slot in the show.Like, I think everyone that's come after him has always been like looking for a Will Forte to be the weird sketch.Sketch um and i think like the committed weird is really what people are looking for in that 10 to 1 it's not just like oh here's like a random weird one-off character that's quirky it's like somebody who is so weird that it just makes everybody in the sketch and out of the sketch just like amazed at that person i think sarah sherman does that sometimes as well and i wish we got that more on the show but yeah i mean i think you nailed it i think that's that is a quality that we look for and will but i will also say one other quality thomas, that i always stuck out to me about will was that he's like a very normal good-looking guy.Track 4:[21:49] And like you know maybe like barring the time like for last man on earth that he like shaved like half his beard and half his head like he is like so normal looking and he's a secret sicko, that's what i love is that like you would never know that this guy in his head is an evil genius and i love that about him yeah and i think that's one of the things when i first saw will forte on screen i'm like okay he's just kind of a your standard issue male cast member that they hired and he's just gonna be like cookie cutter but you put this real quick he he totally dispelled all the notions that i had just by looking at him you're right there's like this sicko i love that word that's that's a perfect word to describe a lot of what's underneath the surface of will Will Forte is just, yeah, like that sicko, right?They're like a nondescript, normal-looking guy, but then something comes bursting out of him that's just very weird.And when I think about all-time greats, Hall of Famers, whatever, I think it scores bonus points, especially, you know, with Will Forte, that he had his own unique lane in the show.Like, you can see a sketch and say, that's a Will Forte sketch.Track 4:[23:07] And that's rare. And that's something that I, you know, when it comes to SNL, when I see a cast member like that, I really gravitate toward it because that's a rare quality to have where it's just like, that's Will Forte's lane.You mentioned 10 to 1, any sort of oddball thing.Andrew Dismukes kind of has that right now. That's why I kind of gravitate toward him because Dismukes has a stamp.But to me, that scores Will Forte bonus points for having his own unique lane, John.Track 4:[23:37] I agree. I mean, look, I think we had this very interesting discussion when we did the SNN's cast member countdown.So Will Forte was voted 18th overall by the viewers.I was doing my rankings at the same time. I had him at 21.So really around the same range, but slightly lower than that.And you may be saying like, John, how can this person be your favorite cast member? And you have them at 21st.And the truth is, is that I think that, you know, when you're looking at the 50 year legacy of the show, um, there are a lot of performers that are extremely well-rounded that have contributed and just, you know, built in every aspect of the show.And I just, I don't, I think that will have the ability to make the show all about him like an Eddie Murphy at times, like a Kristen and wig at times.You know, like a Will Ferrell. But the show was never built around Will.Will was always one or two parts or three parts of an episode.And you would watch his sketches and you may walk away feeling like they were your favorites.But it was very rare when you you watch an episode of Saturday Night Live during Will Forte's tenure, that you're like, that is a Will Forte episode, or this season was Will Forte season.Track 4:[24:42] So I also needed to be objective and fair about that. Now, I don't think that disqualifies him from the Hall of Fame whatsoever, because I think that like The Hall of Fame is a whole other thing where you're talking about people who built the legacy of the show, and I think he's very, very much a part of that. Yeah, absolutely.And still, I mean, you said 21st. He ended up on the, or 18th on the countdown.18th on the cast, 21 on my list. Where do you have him?I think I had him probably about 16th, ultimately, even though he's one of my two or three.Yeah, he's one of my two or three favorite cast members, but favorite, and then, and I'm trying to put together the greatest.So it's different, but to me.Track 4:[25:18] Shoot like top 20 top 25 that's right smack in the middle of hall of fame territory right there if we're talking 160 or something now cast members so to me will forte is a slam dunk hall of famer so this is gonna be like the listener will know where i'm coming from and where you're coming from obviously with this episode but i was surprised i think that i had him higher than you but really you're right like it's the same ballpark so we both view him about equally i think yeah i mean the other thing you have to you know like the other thing that i factored into my cast rankings was also you know his contribution after his time in the cast he does leave in 2010 um and i think that he you know we'll get to this full conversation of his career but i i do think he could have stayed an extra couple years and that really would have helped him in terms of legacy like had he left at the same time as andy sandberg and kristen wigg he He has only come back to host once.That episode that he hosted was one of the weirdest episodes in SNL history.I think we could say that now.Track 4:[26:18] So, you know, that to me is a factor that I think about in terms of overall contribution to the series.So, you know, these are things to think about. But overall, I mean, what a career that he put up at the show. I can't wait to get into it. Just amazing.And we can get into it. What is maybe the first sketch or character that you think about when you think of Will Forte?All right. So I got two that are my quintessential Will Forte sketches.These are two of my favorite sketches of all time.I've always I've had the trouble of deciding which one is my truly my favorite all time.But if I had somebody who came to me said I've never watched a Saturday Night Live sketch before, which one should I start with?Track 4:[27:01] I'm going to start with Jeff Montgomery, the sex offender.Just out of curiosity, what exactly is your Halloween costume? I'm a sex offender.Track 4:[27:17] Excuse me? I'm a sex offender. For Halloween.A sex offender. Yes, pretty convincing, huh? Here, watch this.I'm Jeff Montgomery. summary by law i'm required to inform you that i'm a repeat sex offender and i'll be living in your neighborhood it's a great costume right yes yes to me this to me like encapsulates everything i look for in the show it is so fantastic this is a this is a sketch by the way that was cut once previously from the brian williams episode in 2007 it was then brought back for the john Jon Hamm episode in October 2008.Track 4:[27:57] And this is a guy who rings the doorbell, trick or treat, and says that he's dressed as a sex offender and needs some papers to be signed.And the confusion between Jon Hamm and Will Forte, as they discuss, are you dressed as a sex offender or are you actually a sex offender, is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.And Will Forte plays this beautifully.It's beautiful wordsmithing by Will Forte to dance around the fact that he's a sex offender needing to go around the neighborhood.And this is a great example of understated Will Forte, in my opinion.I think the other one that you're going to mention that I have a feeling you're going to mention is more so on the bigger side a little bit.But this, yeah, this Jeff Montgomery one is more understated Will in a lot of ways.Yes. And I want to credit Colin Jost, who wrote that sketch with him.So that, you know, the two of them, I mean, what a team that is.Collins wrote some fantastic sketches over the years.But yes, I would say this is the sketch that I would show people the most of, of Will Forte.I have, I struggle whether it's truly my favorite sketch because there's one that like sentimentally means more to people, but I don't know if you get it if you're not an SNL fan. So do you want me to jump to that one?Yeah, I think you're going to, well, go ahead.Track 4:[29:19] So so i also want to say jeff montgomery did come back a second time with tim mcgrath which is uh but but yes um the the one i'm the one that means the most to me in my heart is the dancing coach sketch with peyton manning yeah and that to me is like i i think i can say it's my favorite sketch of all time this is where peyton manning uh is on a is not a football player he's a basketball player in the sketch and it's halftime in a basketball game uh like sort of like a college basketball situation and him and keenan and fred and andy and bill and jason they all come in uh to the locker room, and Will Forte is the coach and starts talking to them about, you know, being more motivated.All right, listen up.Track 4:[30:00] I see a lot of mopey faces around here. Granted, we're down by 34 points.McMillan broke his ankle, and our cheerleaders have started cheering for the other team. That doesn't mean we can't come back and win this thing.And Wally, you got something you want to say? Yeah, coach.Guys. And gives them the speech that leads to Will Forte playing the theme or one of the songs from Casino Royale and he starts dancing.You definitely got to look this up if you can find it online because Will Forte dancing and making everybody laugh, including, you know, watching Bill Hader's face in the back of the sketch is.Honestly like when this came out and i saw this live we watched this sketch maybe a hundred times thomas that's how much you watched it was so funny to me and i cannot watch it without laughing, great one of my greatest sketches of all time this is amazing physical comedy by will forte i'm glad you paired this one with the jeff montgomery one at the top because it's almost like the comedic yin and the yang for will forte like i said jeff montgomery's more like it's about how Will Forte's delivering the lines and it's more understated.And this one, it's just like physical comedy, these dance moves, how he times it out with the song.Track 4:[31:17] You're right, like Keenan. Keenan's almost the first one to break.He and Peyton have to cover themselves, their faces with towels just to not break.And Fred, Fred's usually like pretty, you know, keeps it together.Famously in the Debbie Downer sketch, Fred was the one kind of like watching everybody going, going okay guys we still have a scene to do in this one fred was this is one of the few times that i saw fred almost break and bill of course bill hater uh always does but how could you not this was such great will forte physical comedy like i i absolutely love this one john honestly i think a lot of cast members feel like this is one of their favorite sketches of all time bobby moynihan when he joined us uh he he mentioned this sketch at one point about how this is one of his favorite sketches and then he got to be in the second one in his first episode and it was just like so exciting for him to see the dancing uh you know the dancing coach and i just you know like i said it's one of those visual things that you got to go watch this it is so amazing the commitment from will forte absolutely fantastic so to me those are the two quintessential will forte sketches there's a lot more though i can't wait to get into yeah i have a quintessential central one as well it comes toward the end of his SNL tenure and it's the one that he and Jason Sudeikis did with Blake Lively the potato chip, Janelda, how many potato chips did you put in here today? Thirty-five.I thought so. I thought so!Track 4:[32:43] You didn't happen to take any out for yourself? Oh, God, no.Why, that would be stealing. It certainly would.Track 4:[32:53] Janelda, what would you say if I'd have told you that that man right there is nothing but a common potato chip thief? Ah!Potato chip thief! to me if i wanted to show somebody like this is will forte's humor this is will forte's playground i might show them potato chip thief too that'd be one of the first ones that i show them, like just just displaying will forte's like humor what he brought to snl he and this one he plays it big like it's maybe a little more understated at the beginning but he ends up like yelling screaming but underneath that screaming he says some really funny things so potato chip thief john would be to me like another quintessential will forte yeah so i love this sketch a lot it has a lot of elements of other sketches which is maybe why i don't put this at the top of my will forte list like i would say that this is and i get what you're saying i think for a lot of people this is the top will forte stuff um for me i'd say this is maybe like my B tier Will Forte, just because it has elements of other things that I think ultimately led to this occasion.Track 4:[34:01] It's a brilliant sketch. Love Jason Sudeikis in this as well.Love Blake Lively. Like this is a really, really great sketch.I believe this is John Solomon and Will Forte in this one.John Solomon wrote a lot with Will when he was on the show. But the, you know, chewing the potato chip and spitting it into, you know, the mouth, which is just like, again, something you got to see I know that that happened a little bit in the 2000s the baby bird stuff with Will Ferrell and all that stuff so the grossness of the sketch I think really does work here but it does lose its luster a little bit if you've seen it before whereas I think the dancing coach like is just like non-stop money but yeah ultimately I do I do really really love this sketch and I think that the commitment here from Will is fantastic and the reason that I felt like it has you know stuff from Will's earlier career is because him yelling is a another staple of Will Forte with the Zell Miller impression which you ever go see that you know one of his like talk show guys that he did and like he would just yell that's like an early Will Forte career thing where he would just yell so much that his face would turn red.Senator Miller knowing what we know now how could we possibly avoid such destruction from future tsunamis? Tsunamis!I'm sick of hearing about tsunamis!Thank you.Track 4:[35:30] And that is also incorporated into the sketch a little bit. But I love this one too, Thomas.Yeah, definite Zell Miller vibes, one of his recurring characters.Zell Miller, Georgia politician.I think Zell Miller said some crazy things, especially about Barack Obama.And then Will Forte just sort of turned him into a caricature completely.Track 4:[35:53] I do want to talk about Will Forte as a breath of fresh air for the show.Show to uh because i think and i know it's subjective but he started at a time where i think snl was trying to find an identity will ferrell had just left and they didn't quite have an identity they were playing around with like do we push seth meyers as the star of the show who's the star of the show what's our humor what's our viewpoint and i think will forte was a breath of fresh air amidst them trying to figure themselves out i mean the show and things like the falconer that premiered in season 28 and that was so to me that was so unlike a lot of what was on snl at the time that it was um it was a relief sometimes to see the falconer something like that pop up on screen and this the falconer is one of the things that will forte is best known for but it was just like a relief for me as a viewer when it popped up in this era of SNL.Donald, we're starving to death.This land that once filled us with life is now barren.One of us must search elsewhere, and only one of us can fly.Track 4:[37:06] No, Donald, you! Oh, Donald, even in these desperate times, you still retain that dry sense of humor.Now you must fly away from these woods and bring back something, a possum, a squirrel, anything to keep us alive. So be gone, my friend.Bring us life. Bring us life.Yeah, I do like the Falconer a lot. I think those sketches are pretty forgotten because of all the great things that Will Forte did after.But I truly believe those are great sketches.That's Will with Eric Slovin and Leo Allen. And I think Eric Slovin was the guy who, by the way, who will dump.Track 4:[37:47] Before but yeah those falconer sketches are really great and just so weird and bizarre for a time where snl's writing was a little choppy and they were trying to figure it out like you said in that you know post will ferrell world and pre kristin wigg bill hater jason sudeikis and andy samberg world and i think that those sketches are really great i think they did nine of them um and they are very enjoyable i love will getting to talk to objects like that and i think you know or Or animals like that.And I do think you get to see more of this in Last Man on Earth.If you ever go watch that show.Track 4:[38:23] Yeah. That he brings out some of his Falconer character.Yeah. Especially like at the beginning of the series. The Last Man on Earth.When he's talking to the balls.The various balls that become his friends.That are like placed inside the bar.I can definitely see that. I'm going to go ahead and call Donald an object too. Because you could see.One of the funny things is you could see the strings on that puppet.I'm sure that was a choice.Like let's make the strings show and make it look as ridiculous as possible and john when i sometimes when i as a viewer when i complain about like little writing things and stuff one of my chief things is escalation like how do you do escalation what's proper escalation the sketch needs more escalation that's if i always say that like it could have been bumped up just another notch with the falconer to me a lot of these sketches were just perfect examples of how you escalate, especially a recurring sketch.How do you find escalation in something recurring?I think Will Forte and the people behind this Falconer sketch just did that escalation beautifully.Track 4:[39:32] I totally agree. I think that's a great point for these.You know, there are some other sketches from early in his career that I think are really important to bring up that are often lost upon people.So I think now is a good time to maybe pivot to some of those um one of those is from the season 28 episode 14 episode with queen latifah i don't know if you know what i'm gonna say but this one is give up the ham give up the ham, such a good sketch that is like because of the i don't know if it's like the song like it doesn't get put up a lot and like you gotta look you gotta google it and look up this but um basically people fighting over ham at a grocery store and then the sketch breaks down with bull forte singing singing, give up the ham.Track 4:[40:44] And it is so so good and like i think maybe the first moment of really seeing like how great this guy is i know that him and fred sort of did some stuff on update but like this was to me the first like major major moment for well for a day on the show it's commitment to something ridiculous or like a commitment to an everyday thing like uh shopping at a grocery store say so how can we take that scene that scenario and and play it up into something ridiculous and and uh it was that amy poehler and queen latifah i think rachel dratch comes in as amy poehler's friend so all these people start walking in but then will just totally owns it with this song like yeah that's just total commitment again like you'll never have trouble with will forte and commitment give up the Ham's one of the ones that I go back to semi-regularly, honestly, if I need a good laugh, I do that.That's a really good shout out. That's from season 28, episode 14.One that I thought of, season 28, the next episode, episode 15, it was a sketch that he did with Jimmy Fallon, Salma Hayek.It was called Cardboard Box. You remember this one, John? I do.Yeah, go ahead. So Will Forte, so he played a husband who was suspecting his wife of cheating.Track 4:[42:06] So Will Forte's character mailed himself to their house in this big cardboard box so he could catch them in the act.And this is just, to me, like we're talking early examples, like such a wonderful early example of a truly absurd premise that Will Forte completely sells.And he has to do this inside a box that he's not even on on camera most of the sketch and what he has to do and what he has to convey from inside a cardboard box is like chef's kiss like beautiful work yeah he does this thing sometimes where he can like we talked about zell miller with yelling till he's red but sometimes he does this like angry yell in a calm way that it's very hard to describe unless you hear it but um he did this recently on like i think you should leave in one of the episodes uh tim robinson's show where he's like almost like he like fell on the sidewalk and he was like under a car but he wasn't like really stuck um but yeah he does this thing sometimes where he's like stuck in a place and he's just like someone will say something to him and he'll like respond with this sarcasticness in his voice that's like oh of course you would think that you know like that type of thing and it's just so brilliant to me and this is this is This is a real deep cut Thomas, but this is a great sketch.You don't think he has any idea what's going on with us, do you? Oh, please.That ignoramus doesn't suspect a thing. He does now.Track 4:[43:32] Ray, where are you? Right here.All right here i'm in the box what the hell are you doing in the box i thought you went to cleveland i was but i mailed myself home to lay this little trap for you and now after laying in wait for 28 hours the trap is sprung ha 28 hours it's awesome i think what jimmy fallon was hosting this or was it salma no salma hike was hosting it jimmy fallon was still on the cast obviously season uh 28 uh but yeah this is like kind of a deep cut i think will forte has a lot of these it's like these one-offs yeah where you you get reminded of it and it was like oh yeah will forte.Track 4:[44:14] Did this well let me take you to one of the greatest episodes in snl history i think which is the jack black episode from 2005 that december episode that had you know lazy sunday and all that stuff in it um that really like changed uh you know changed the era of the show and brought on this new golden age and one of the sketches there that uh really cemented you know will's place in the show throughout this golden age is that spelling bee sketch that's very famous well forte moment where they ask him to smell business and he keeps asking questions back and he goes on and on and on and on and it is the ultimate commitment to the bit as he continues to go on Q, M, T, S, D, T, Q, M, P, R, F, T, D, P, D, P, N, H, R, K, T, E, T, F, business.Track 4:[45:20] And I think that so many people growing up writing sketch comedy have tried to find a take on this specific sketch.And I don't know that anyone's ever matched the level at which Will Forte can pull something like the spelling bee sketch off.It's a very specific type of humor where you're testing how far you can push the joke.And sometimes so like you're testing the cycle of a joke almost.So you make the joke. It's funny, funny, funny.And it hits the peak and then almost becomes less funny.But then he's still doing it. And it's less funny, less funny.But then he does it enough to where it circles back around and it's really funny again.That's a very specific type of thing. A very, I think, maybe possibly brave thing to do on a show like SNL.I can see people doing that on like, you know, let's make a YouTube video and try this out.But to do something like that on a show like SNL where you're almost messing with the viewer in some ways and testing their patience.But there's a really great reward ultimately. I think the spelling bee sketch is a perfect example, especially like the run he goes on of saying Q, I don't know how many times in a row.Track 4:[46:32] But you know what's great about something like this is that I don't think there is a person that came before Will Forte that can pull off this sketch as well.Like you think about uh great like orators in snl history like people like dan akroyd or phil hartman who can just say things really quickly but still make the listener understand them and it's so brilliant at the speed at which they communicate whether it's as a pitchman or even just as a game show host or something like that but will forte can say things slower than the average person and it doesn't sound like too slow where it's not entertaining and that is like a whole other level of brilliance that i don't know that i've seen before prior to well forte yeah his voice it's almost like asmr in a lot of ways like yeah like with this spelling bee one you mentioned tim calhoun and that's one of the things that stood out was almost like a low-key asmr kind delivery with Tim Calhoun.He was a little bit nervous, but it gets that he's just like whispering, but not.And just, yeah, it's just that like a very unique delivery.Track 4:[47:42] And I had written a note. So Spelling Bee, as far as like testing, see how far you can push the joke.It also reminded me of something else that he did on Weekend Update when he was, he appeared He appeared with Amy, I think Amy and Seth, in season 34, and he appeared as himself, and he was recapping a Senate vote.When Friday's tally was finally counted, and that was all she wrote, people asked, how did that pass?Track 4:[48:37] So this was an example of him kind of taking a joke so far that maybe it becomes unfunny but then it circles back around so he was he made up this song and recapping how certain how certain senators voted and then amy interrupted him and he's scolding amy about how rude it is to interrupt your friends when they're singing and this reminded me of spelling bee in like how far can Can we push something?It is really great. I mean, he basically started on SNL when he kept coming on and doing songs with Fred Armisen a couple times and, you know, in different variations of that.But yeah, he will come on update and do songs on a regular basis throughout his SNL tenure and he will push things to the absolute limit.And, you know, I think a great sketch to jump to off of this conversation is Fly High Duluth, which to me is like an underrated classic john yes this is uh this good snl podcaster, that's from the scarlett johansson episode and it's basically like a tv talk show where they're like oh we have a band that's finally gonna come out and do the theme song for the show and they just like keep going and going and going with the song where they keep thinking it's over but it's not and will forte is like drinking and going like full rock star with it and it is so brilliant.I cannot wait to hear what you think of the sketch because I don't get to talk about it enough. Mama.Track 4:[50:04] Don't you point that gun at me.I said, please, Mama.Track 4:[50:15] Don't you point that gun at me.Because my love is consecrated in the blood of the.Track 4:[50:36] It's an example to me. Well, by the way, first of all, as an example of the, just the breadth of will for taste sketches, we had mentioned spelling bee.That was season 31 episode 9 fly high Duluth was season 31 episode 10 so this came like one episode after that like you can look through all his great sketches and like dang that happened those happen like back to back and that happens a lot uh like I'm on my list I'm seeing like back to back to back episodes but yeah fly high Duluth is again one of those where I frequently go back and watch it and it's just again that commitment to the sketch the commitment to the bit it's so So ridiculous.He's like this Jim Morrison type of guy singing this theme song for a show in Duluth, Minnesota. And he's like...Track 4:[51:25] With his with scarlett johansson so his his his lover his his uh what's she line or she tiger i think he called her something like that i think her name is yeah it's like they're wally and char char yeah yeah yeah so it's just like this is a wonderful example to me of like will will forte's commitment to the sketch just doing these ridiculous things chugging which i assume was iced was tea or something like that in a jack daniels bottle uh but no this is one of my favorites and i never get the sense that will forte is is self-conscious even for one split second up there and so to me as a viewer it makes me feel like i'm in good hands with will forte in this sketch yeah absolutely and this is uh this is one that he put together with eric kenward who's is now a producer on the show um but yeah i mean this is a this is another brilliant sketch that you just got to break down it's a very long sketch and sometimes you know my personal preference is not to go too long with sketches unless we're talking about like one of the great debate sketches in snl history that really has like something to say i think then you can push things a little bit which is my opinion but you know i think you know i prefer shorter sketches but the the joke here is that you know will is going to push this and push this as far as it And they've done this a couple times in the talk show format in SNL history where things just like break down to an extreme and you need somebody who can.Track 4:[52:53] You know, you can drive the ship when that's happening and not let the sketch go off course to the point where people are like, oh, they're doing the same joke over and over again. And why was it so long? Why did it drag?Track 4:[53:05] Will forte never lets that happen he always lets it escalate he always has to get to another point that's interesting like i find that there's never a will for to sketch i'm watching and i'm like ah i wish i saw less of that no you're completely right like by the end of this duluth live sketch like they're doing a full-on breakdown like he's starting and he's kind of seeing the lyrics are kind of weird but you're like okay this is kind of like a weird kind of hippie or 70s rock band doing this but okay like it's kind of weird but then you're right like it escalates and escalates to the point where like Fred's doing this full drum solo and he's shredding on the guitar he's breaking the guitar Will's screaming on the mic like yeah so yeah the escalation this was beautiful beautiful escalation and something that I always look for as an SNL fan uh yeah go check that out that was season 31 episode 10 and we haven't with Will Forte we haven't talked about.Track 4:[54:00] Impressions so much or anything i have kind of a maybe a hot somewhat of a hot take for you i actually think i actually think he was a decent george w bush oh okay i i really do and i think it suffered because he had to follow will ferrell's george w bush that was its own thing but i think just in a vacuum i think he could have really made that work because i think he has the type of personality to where he can play understated but he could also say weird things and be squirrely and have that bizarre nature underneath the surface which was george w bush and kind of how will ferrell depicted it but i think it suffered because he had to follow will ferrell but i think in a vacuum and going back to re-watch some of these i was thinking to myself like, a pretty good George W. Bush, honestly. You know, we're roughly $7 billion in debt. But don't worry, I got a plan.I've decided to consolidate all of our debt with one of those debt consolidation companies.Track 4:[55:09] That's right. We're going to go with Dytek.Like me, you've probably seen their commercials late at night on ESPN2.You know, the ones with the guy who says, lost another loan did I take?It's a funny commercial.I think he's a decent impressionist, and that's a very interesting take.Now, I think that the decline in the show post-Will Ferrell, I think, gets unfairly associated with the Bush impression a little bit.And that sort of falls on to people like Will Forte and Sudeikis and Daryl Hammond, who tried to do it for a bit.Like you know you know i think people were were upset that will ferrell wasn't around anymore, and that was like nobody really gave it a chance um and the show has like a history of not being able to transition over these iconic impressions in a way maybe besides daryl is bill clinton who took that from phil harman i think that maybe is the only exception but yeah i see what you're saying i just don't know that i ever really gave it a chance as much as i loved will forte i wasn't Like, you know, we're talking about like a post 9-11 world where people are pretty down on Bush in general.Track 4:[56:24] And, you know, the, you know, you know, Will Ferrell made Bush lovable because he was like a frat guy.And that's what he turned him into, like a bro and a frat guy.And I think that Forte never got the characterization or the writing to be able to turn the sketch and make it something of its own in the way that Will Ferrell had that leash to do. Yeah, you couldn't make the George W.Bush around when Will Forte was playing him lovable like Will Farrell did.I'm going to confuse that the whole darn show. Will Farrell, Will Forte.But so so will forte's uh george w bush i think it it was at a disadvantage because of just where george w bush was as a political figure around that time you know the kind of the whatever paul shine was on him if you could say that was was worn off quite a bit around that time so so you couldn't do the same type of depiction as will ferrell did and i i was like you i didn't really give it a chance but this is just sort of in hindsight kind of re-watching it sort of dawned on me I'm like this could you know it's not like.Track 4:[57:33] He was the best impressionist or like mimic but you don't have to be if snl history has taught us anything about impressions is you don't have to sound exactly like the person or even look exactly like the person i think he could have found an angle that i think he had the right personality to do and i saw i saw something in these george w bush impressions impressions that i hadn't really given a chance prior i mean he did it for a while i think he did it for over were he did 20 of them yeah like maybe two years he was doing it so sort of like finished up a little bit of um you know uh george w which is tenure of the show i guess they handed to sudeikis for like that the baton for like a little bit but yeah i don't know i i just i always felt like will forte um like i said he brings such a like a bright light to the show and and stuff like that and i don't think that the country was like very happy in general with bush and you know was looking for a change and like i don't know that um will it wasn't the right place in the right time for him to play him i think ultimately but i love the hot take i think it's a great hot take it's like there's a lot of what-if scenarios like do i think um if well forte was around a couple years earlier could he have played the original like incarnation of bush that's a possibility i think so um but.Track 4:[58:49] Well, I think you're right that you mentioned that maybe his George W.Bush impression unfairly gets lumped in with why the show was struggling around that time.I agree with that. I think there are a lot of factors. I just think where the country was, where humor was at the time.And I brought this up a few times on the show around 2000, let's say 2002 to 2005.Track 4:[59:11] That was a very weird time for humor in general. It was a lot of edgelord stuff.It was just a lot of really broad humor, I would say.And so i think maybe the the show suffered from just where humor was over in our society just in in general look i think i think um our community of like snl diehards looks back at that time, very like unfondly because you know you watch these things off time you go back and you watch these things on a binge and you'll see like all these episodes and you'll see the decline of the the show um and i'm not disqualifying you know people's feelings about those seasons because i would definitely rank them pretty low but i think tina fey often mentions how it was a very hard time to write comedy just like post 9-11 everybody you know nobody wanted to talk about politics you know they i mean the u.s was like invading countries around the world and then potentially invading the wrong countries and like you know there was like all this crazy politics stuff going on that nobody really wants to talk about.And people want it to, as far as, you know, Tina was concerned is that people wanted to turn on SNL on a Saturday night and not think about these things.So they focused more of their writing around pop culture.And the problem when you do that is that the references and the sketches become very dated.So to go back and watch like season 29 and season 30, um.Track 4:[1:00:34] I don't know almost 20 years later you're like this doesn't hold up as well as the things that came before it or the things that came after it so i think there's a lot of things working against it though i will say will forte was a bright spot in a little bit of a dark time of the show yeah breath of fresh air for me definitely and since i'm confusing will ferrell and will forte as probably a lot of people did around that time i want to talk about a sketch that i love that has both of them and when Will Ferrell came back to host in season 30 toward the end of that season it was a sketch called Pepper Grinder oh wow and yeah this is one that I think slips through the cracks for a lot of people too so basically Will Forte's character he and his wife are celebrating their anniversary at dinner and Will Ferrell oddly plays a college student you have to suspend your disbelief there for that real quick and basically will forte's character makes will ferrell's waiter character grind the pepper for a long time to teach him about grit and perseverance and and everything and this is just like to me will is so good at taking an everyday situation to like a dramatic absurdity sir my arm is starting to burn louis that's enough stay out of this jamie this is between me and the boy i can't lose this job sir then keep grinding.Track 4:[1:02:02] Oh god the pain grind son grind oh god oh god it burns please sir please.Track 4:[1:02:19] He's working with another master at that, Will Ferrell.So as a comedy nerd, as an SNL nerd, John, this type of sketch is like a dream for me.I love this sketch. It's a great one. And it's great seeing like two legends, you know, play off of each other.This is the type of sketch that you watch as a you know, what we're making when we're putting together a reel of Will Forte sketches, which is essentially what we're doing here.And then giving this off to the Academy of voters to go vote for Will Forte.I want the listeners to consider something here, which is watch this sketch and then think about if Will Forte could have fit in any era of the show.And this is a sketch that shows you why he could have like he could have done this sketch in the original cast by far like that could have fit in really well with a couple people here and showed them you know like i could just picture like a gilda radner sitting across from the table and like a dan akroyd with a pepper grinder like you could picture these things when you see these sketches because he just fits in so well with any cast um because he is such a unique archetype that i think really molds to the people around him so i do feel like that is why hosts it was It was probably their dream to be in a Will Forte sketch because he is such a great scene partner.Yeah, it was amazing to watch them work. And Rachel Dratch does a really good job with her role and her comments throughout this sketch.And now that I'm thinking about it and thinking about one of the traits of Will Forte that we've been talking about all episode, I think the pepper grinder sketch really has a bunch of them all wrapped in one. So you have that commitment.Track 4:[1:03:44] Completely 100% commitment. You have the escalation. It's what this sketch is built on, is that escalation that you're not quite expecting.You have the more kind of subtle Will Forte and good line deliveries at the beginning, especially.You have Will Forte just going nuts and yelling in this sketch.So I think this Pepper Grinder sketch encompasses encompasses all the like the a lot of the positive traits that we've talked about with will forte john am i wrong to say this is the perfect will forte sketch oh there's so many though that's the problem yeah it's not like you know there's every sketch is the perfect will for i'm just getting excited i'm just using hyperbole at this point too i like it i like it but um yeah i know i agree i think this is a like i said it represents a lot about you know what i like about will forte which which is, this is one of the sketch.I think there's another sketch that he does that is a comparable sketch to this one.And this is like later in his career, but I'm just trying to remember.It's one where he's like, maybe you can place this for me in my mind, but it's one where like, they're trying to decide like, who's going to pick up the check.And then like, he insists that he's going to pick it up.Track 4:[1:04:55] And that one is so, so great.I need to find where that was. It was called, I got this. I think if you look it up on on YouTube that's from season 35 and it's uh, it was like a game show basically Yeah, that was yes. Okay. You mentioned it's a game show.Yes It's a game show bill hater was trying to figure out who's gonna settle the bill And I think I honestly think that like that could be the same character from the pepper grinder sketch Like him just playing this like older gentleman about like who's gonna pay the bill and stuff like this and this is um One of it's in one of will's last episodes of a cast member as a cast member, but it's it's a really good sketch, Check still out there gentlemen. I got your money's no good here.I got this dad Come on, you're getting on in years, and I want to show you my love before you pass.I got this I'm only 58 I got this you introduced me to jazz.I got this you helped me to learn eBay. I got this I got my MasterCard right here.I could just not I got this I got this this is the woman I will be buried next to she comforts me when my hernia acts up the least I can do for this blessed angel is Is buyer spaghetti on her birthday? I got this!Track 4:[1:06:04] Impressive! Good rat! When people complain, like, they see, oh, another game show sketch.I think the game show format is perfect for a sketch comedy show.Especially, you could talk about technical reasons, blocking, the way the studio's set up, all of that.But I don't scoff at game show sketches just because they're game show sketches.We've had a lot of really clever ones recently this is an example and you just have to have the right premise and the right performers and we certainly had that especially with the premise of this and with will forte my problem the game show sketches is just that people don't really they're like aren't that many new game shows that's the problem right but i guess that's the you know evolution yeah that's why you invent a game show called like i got this yeah yes but But yeah, this is a great sketch.I think, you know, Thomas, we talked about how great of a great of a performer is Will is with performing with basically anybody.But I do think that he's also built chemistry with cast members that he has seen as like his ultimate scene partners.Track 4:[1:07:10] And that may have developed like later in his career, so much so that I wish he could have stayed on the show more.But I think that him and Jason Sudeikis on the show together is an all time duo that people talk about and still reference to this day of like oh that could be a forte in sudeikis.Track 4:[1:07:27] And we haven't even talked about any of their sketches together where they are so brilliant um i'll start with the espn guys the pete twinkle and greg stink you know this is a sketch that sort of premiered like very late in will forte's uh career at the show where i think it was in his last season this is season 35 and then we get it a bunch of times in that season but it's all like,

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2:[0:42] Thank you so much, Doug DeNance. It is great to be here back in the SNL Hall of Fame.[0:50] Please, mind your feet, give them a wipe, use the map for what it's supposed to be for before you come into our hallowed halls.The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair where each episode we take a deep dive into the career of a former cast member, host, musical guest, or writer, and add them to the ballotfor 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 inside the hall.That's how we play the game. It's really quite simple.You follow along, you vote, you celebrate or complain about who got in or who didn't get in.It's really quite a bit of fun for us.I am walking down the hallway now to talk to our good friend Matt Ardill, and we're going to get some information on who we're covering today and who will be nominating them.Wait and see. Well, you don't have to wait and see because you can read the title. And I guess the title sort of gives it away.That's right. We're talking about Jon Hamm today, and we're joined by Jamie Burwood. But before we do that, let's go to our friend Matt Ardill and get the skinny on Jon Hamm.Track 3:[2:13] Hello, Matt. Hello, JD.What's shaking, my brother? Not much, not much. I am really looking forward to today's trivia.Okay, who you got for us? John the Hamaconda Ham.He is six foot one, born March 10th, 1971 in St. Louis, Missouri.He is the son of a trucker and a secretary. He had a rough childhood growing up, which actually helped inform his backstory when he auditioned for his breakout role of Don Draper.But his first acting role was as Winnie the Pooh in a first grade production.[2:58] Oh, OK. OK, yeah, very early start.But he didn't follow that up until playing Judas on Godspell at the age of 16 at John Burroughs School, where he was the member of the football team, the baseball team and the swimteam, because, of course, he was.He actually dated actor Sarah Clark in high school.He went on to attend the University of Texas before transferring to the University of Missouri, where he answered a newspaper ad for someone to play in a production of MidsummerNight's Dream.[3:32] He's gone on to complete 118 acting credits, 10 producer credits, and he has one director credit.He almost didn't get the role of Don Draper, which I can't imagine anybody else in that role right now.But he was told by the showrunner that he was too handsome, which is not something I'm sure many people frequently hear in a like, I'm sorry, you're just too goddamn handsome for thisrole.Yeah, they reevaluated and decided that he was he was the right fit.[4:07] He rewarded he received an award nomination for Emmys for the show.Golden Globe SAG Awards, Annie Hall Awards, Critics Choice, MTV Movie and TV Awards, National Board of Review Awards, Satellite Awards, Teen Choice Awards and TelevisionCritics Association.Association um i'm guessing his teen choice was for something not mad men related there should be an acronym for all those awards like an egot you know yeah he should get some sortof uh preferential treatment in hollywood as a result of all those awards yeah they need to they need to broaden the awards like the mtv award teen choice award circuit that's right that'sright um the slimies I guess maybe I don't know that's good on television you know now before hitting it big he worked as a daycare worker and a high school teacher while teaching highschool he was actually Ellie Kemper's drama teacher and went on to help her break into the world of acting.[5:12] Um gee whiz yeah so he followed the uh harrison ford school of of acting he worked as a set dresser uh unfortunately it was in a much more risque type of cinema uh as a set dresseron adult films get out of here no yeah that is one of the many jobs he did in the valley just trying to pay the bills yeah when he moved to la he actually only had 150 in his pocket and didnot book a single gig for three years.He stretched that $150 then, didn't he? Yeah, well, he worked as a set dresser for adult films, so he was taking any job that came his way.He actually set a career sort of deadline that if he didn't book something big, a breakout role by 30, he was going to move home.Now, he did make that breakout role, and he's now gone on to star in all sorts of things.While filming a young doctor's diary with daniel radcliffe he became an ardent cricket fan he has been a comedy nerd from the go yeah he's often seen on set quoting anchorman and.[6:25] Amy poehler uh has recounted in her biography how when she was pregnant and he was coming on the show they were in makeup and she heard that her doctor had passed away shehad a freak out was was completely losing her mind because she was panicking he grabbed he took her by the shoulders looked her dead in the eye and said you know this is very sad.[6:48] This is a really important show for me, so I'm going to need you to get your shit together.At which point, she started laughing so hard, she almost, well, she says she peed herself.But this is one of those moments that she says, you know, when somebody is so funny, they make you go from crying to laughing in a heartbeat.And something that can only happen like five times in your life.[7:12] He's so good. Have you ever listened to him on Comedy Bang Bang? Yes. Yeah.He's just got perfect, that perfect sense of timing and the counterpoint to like going dark and going light and how to break that tension. Yeah.So he's just, I think he's severely underrated as a comedic talent.Well, I mean, less so now. I mean, he's kind of embraced it.I mean, his Skip the Dishes ads are actually like super funny, which is like.Great. you think a big star but like taking a gig doing ads for a food delivery service in canada not even uber eats but specifically a canadian one so it's like like people aren't gonna see itin the states i don't know but uh yeah he's just a super funny dude and i'm really looking forward to hearing um what what we have to have to hear today yeah me too we're fortunate to bebe joined by a friend of the show, Jamie Burwood.[8:09] And gosh, I don't know how many times she's been on at this point, but she should be wearing a full robe and, I don't know, boots or something like that at this point.I have to get like scepters for... Oh, that's good.Scepters. I love it. Well, Thomas, take it away, buddy.Track 4:[8:56] All right, Matthew R. Dill and Jamie Du, thank you so much for that introduction.Informative, as always. You guys do such a great job with Matt's Minutia Minute.This has been a really great season of the SNL Hall of Fame in general.Matt's Minutia Minute is going great. I feel like we've had a lot of great discussions this season.So I think we're off and running. We're humming in this season.And it's going to continue that way in this episode because we are welcoming a guest who I told her before we hit record, you're part of the fabric of the show at this point.You're like a really special guest, like one of our VIPs at this point.So Jamie Burwood, thank you so much for coming back here in Season 5 of the SNL Hall of Fame.TV show graphs herself, Jamie Burwood, how are you?I am doing great. It is good to be here again. Season 5, that's wild.[9:54] Yeah, always love, love talking to you guys. I feel like we have a good one on deck for today.So yeah, no, it's great to see you. Yeah, we've really done some fun ones in the past. Will Ferrell, Christopher Walken.We've really just had really fun and very, very, very entertaining nominees.And I would classify our nominee today just that a really interesting nominee.Nominee and you're like the one of the perfect people to cover this nominee before we get actually before we get to the nominee who's TV related what have you been up to JamieBurwood just, Just in general, are you doing, I know you had the TV show Graphs.How's that been going? What have you been up to?Yeah, I know. Things have been going good here. I've been, I'll be honest, I've been a little slower on the actual graphing side lately.I still have a few things I've been working on, but I have been catching up on a lot of television.I feel like I go through like twigs of either like TV watching and then actually like working on projects.And I have been, yeah, knee deep in lots of TV watching, catching up on some like anthology type stuff, a little True Detective, Fargo, that type of genre at the moment.[11:14] And just, I mean, it's winter in Boston, so there's really not a lot to do other than watch TV, occasionally sneak away for like some weekend trips here, trying to get to places that areslightly less cold.Um but yeah otherwise just just live in life here in the very cold city of boston.[11:35] Yeah catching up on tv that's i think that's a great way to spend time and uh our so our nominee today made his bones essentially in a prestige television show i would call it it's amadman arguably by a lot of tv show experts and viewers one of the handful one of the four or five possibly greatest television shows of all time.So Jon Hamm is our nominee for today. A really interesting one, again, to me.[12:06] Jamie, were you a Mad Men watcher? I was.I wasn't watching it live as it was airing.It was probably like right as it was wrapping up that I started watching it from the start.So it's not one where I can say like, oh, I was so ahead of the curve on this one or I was watching before everyone else. Sadly, I was not, but as soon as I watched it, I absolutely loved it.It is probably a top 10 all-time show for me.It's one that I think just you can watch it and re-watch it and still catch new things.I feel like the caliber of performances, the caliber of storytelling, it is an all-time great show, and I know sometimes there can be a little bit of backlash from prestige prestige TV or like, Ifeel like Mad Men is one of those shows that always is on high on some of those lists. But for me, it's, it's deserving.And I think Jon Hamm in particular made that show what it was.[13:07] Yeah, amazing show. I know some people and I include myself in this.It took me Mad Men took me probably four different tries to get going.So I would watch the pilot, maybe watch the second episode, then I would almost sort of lose interest.But the fourth time that I tried to get into Mad Men, it worked.And I finished Mad Men in like two months, I just could not stop watching.Every time I had some downtime, I would throw on another episode of Mad Men.I just got completely hooked, and you're right. Jon Hamm's performance as Don Draper was one of the huge reasons.Can you describe what Jon had to do on screen as Don Draper?What kind of character was Don Draper?What did Jon Hamm have to be on screen for that?[13:56] Absolutely, yeah. I feel like with Don Draper, he definitely fits the mold of those anti-hero. You feel like there's a lot behind the surface with the character.I mean, at face value, he's this 1960s ad-exact kind of the smooth talker, has the wife and family at home.And then as the show goes on, you kind of see all that's behind the surface here in terms of, I mean, the very obvious things around the affairs, the drinking, just the whole culture.But also in terms of his family history, I won't give any spoilers, but you just kind kind of learn that there are so many different layers to who he is and why he does the things that he doesand one of those characters that you really have a kind of complex relationship with in terms of how you feel about you can go from being like oh my gosh I feel so bad for this person Ihave sympathy based on situations in their past to feeling like oh my gosh this person is unjustified in their actions, and I absolutely hate this character.He does it in a way where you really get some of those subtle nuances coming out in his performance, and I just think it's a top-tier performance.[15:12] Yeah, and he had to be really subtle, too, like you said. Especially he had to use facial expressions, but really subtle facial expressions.His tone of voice had to be a certain way.Especially in the earlier seasons, he had to play it a lot more stoic. Yeah.And as the series progressed, he was a little more animated.But especially at the beginning of the series, there was almost like this enigma.I mean, that was probably part of the point. But this enigma, and Jon Hamm had to play it like that. So there wasn't really a lot of time for slapstick comedy in his performance, right?And so what makes him a really compelling SNL host is that he came from that dramatic background with Mad Men that really got Jon Hamm on the scene.And I'm wondering, because as an SNL viewer, Jamie, I mean, how fun is it to feel surprised by a host? because I feel a lot of people were surprised by Jon Hamm.So as an SNL viewer, how fun is that when you see a host and they surprise you?Like to me, it's one of the things that makes following the show so rewarding.[16:22] Agreed. Yeah, I think it's one of the best things, right?Like it's there are times when you go into a host and you know what to expect.And that's great. And that's solid.But I feel like those like really special moments come when you go in, you're not sure what to expect.Or maybe you see a host known for one genre and you're not sure are they going to be able to deliver on the comedy side and I feel like with with John John Hamm in particular like hewas somebody who was known dramatic actor at that point and maybe a question of how will this go how will he hack it in in a true kind of live sketch comedy atmosphere and.[17:02] And that is one of the most fun things about this show.I always have to learn my lesson time and time again, that a lot of times the really good dramatic actors are some of the best SNL hosts.For sure. Like, yeah, I can totally see an alternate universe where Jon Hamm was a comedic actor.I mean, maybe his looks might be a little bit of a detriment.I feel like figuring out the right way to, like, cast him in comedic roles.Roles but i mean i think it it happened that mad men became a very successful tv show and that's how people were introduced to him but in an alternate universe maybe a comedic rolewould have been his breakout and then we would have been surprised to see him do a show like mad men 10 years into his career and be like oh my gosh this hilarious guy is also anincredible actor so it's just kind of funny how it how it works out yeah i agree with you the tape it could have been been total reverse we found out over the years that John really enjoyscomedy I mean he's been he had a role in Bridesmaids that was really funny like while he was playing Don Draper he was he was uh Kristen Wiig's uh jerk boyfriend yeah in Bridesmaidshe's been on comedy podcasts he's really good at comedy improv that's like something that John's expressed over the years and.[18:18] About how he really enjoys comedy. He almost just sort of, the Don Draper thing is almost like the thing that took off.But you're right. He could have very easily taken off as a comedic actor.For sure. You see a spark in him, I feel like, whenever he does any sort of comedic role.And I think people have maybe started to see that side of him a little bit more so over the last decade or so.He's done various guest spots, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm.[18:45] Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.Like he's had these roles where not necessarily the star of a comedy show, but able to shine in that type of role.And you just you see that other side of him right away. Oh, my gosh.This is a guy who no question can do comedy.He's great at it. Yeah. People like Tina Fey, SNL Hall of Famer Tina Fey are giving their stamp of approval with Jon Hamm.You mentioned 30 Rock, Unbreakable, Kimmy Schmidt. uh yeah he's getting like the the approval of people who really know their stuff with comedy so snl was maybe his first the firsttime that people got to see john ham's comedic chops so so that's why the uh john ham and snl that that's an interesting part of his story as an actor so we'll get to it gonna kind of like lookat some of his he hosted three times so we'll kind of look Look at his hosting gigs.His first one, season 34, episode 6.That was October 25, 2008.So it was maybe the second season, I feel like, of Mad Men that was kicking up. So musical guest Coldplay.And Jamie, this, I really, I'll say up top, when I saw this episode, I really enjoyed it.So I feel like there's a lot of stuff that we can.[20:08] Go over and choose from like what stood out to you uh you could make a specific sketch but like what stood out to you uh first and foremost from this episode yeah so what'sinteresting to me about this episode is just kind of the context in which it's taking place first so you have john ham coming in not necessarily the giant name john ham that we know nowright like madman i think took a little bit of time to kind of have the critical acclaimed bill and to have everyone and know it the way that they know it now.So he's coming in a little bit more of an unknown than he is today.[20:42] He's talked a little bit about this episode in terms of just like his own nerves and like excitement to host, but also being nervous, like going out, doing that monologue.He was telling a story at one point about how he almost missed his cue to actually go out and like almost had to be like pushed out.And I mean, once once the episode kicks off, I feel like he's he's a pro and like the professional Jon Hamm who does everything brilliantly comes out.But yeah, it's just it's a little bit crazy to me in a good way how he pivoted from apparently being so nervous to doing everything he needs to do to just deliver on the sketches in thisepisode.Yeah, there was a little bit of nervous energy, which is to be expected when you're hosting SNL. But it's kind of funny to see somebody like Jon Hamm, especially somebody who playedDon Draper, to be a little bit rattled by an experience.So I love seeing the human side of somebody like Jon Hamm. Not everyone has discovered our show yet.So tonight, in hopes of boosting our ratings, I'd like to tell you what you'll see if you tune in.[21:51] Mad Men is a measured period piece set in the early 1960s that explores the social mores of advertising executives who, well, who like to dance with the stars.It's a cutthroat elimination celebrity dance-off show, and it's on AMC, 10 p.m. on Sundays. days.The show stars me, everyone from CSI, all of the Phillies and the Rays.He's almost like this good looking robot actor in some ways.So it's fun to see the human side of it. And he was in a lot of...[22:32] Pretty classic sketches from that season, all in one episode. This was from SNL.SNL fans really enjoyed this episode.Is there a particular sketch that you think we should start by talking about?Yeah, so I feel like I have to start with Trick or Treat, and maybe it's a cop-out going a little bit chronologically, but I think it's interesting because we were talking about how he comesout, was maybe a little bit nervous, his first time hosting a gig, you can maybe start to see a little bit of that.But I feel like with this sketch, and so this is the Jeff Montgomery, it's a classic Halloween sketch.Folks have probably seen it, but you have Will Forte in the kind of creepy, is he a pedophile? Is he not?Kind of interplay with John Hamm.[23:22] John Hamm just crushes this.And I mean, obviously, he's more of the straight man in this, but such an important part and you were talking earlier about his like facial reactions during mad men and just how he bringsthat you see that in this sketch and a i'm super impressed that he didn't just break a million times in this sketch because it is so hilarious and b not only did he not break i feel like he bringsthat kind of professionalism into this in a way that just makes the whole thing work so yeah i'm curious what you think about this one i feel like this This is a top tier sketch for a lot ofpeople.Oh, no, this is a classic one. And it's a very much like it's a Will Forte showcase.And it really plays in Will Forte's really twisted, dark, weird sense of humor sometimes.But you're absolutely right about Jon Hammond, his acting ability.And I think a sketch like this, this is where being a very good actor can really help elevate a sketch.Because you're right. He had to play the facial expressions just right. He had to go from...[24:28] Being annoyed by Jeff Montgomery to kind of feeling bad that he was annoyed to then start to catch on about what the game was.Let's just let's just be clear on something here is is sex offender your Halloween costume or are you fulfilling a legal obligation to declare yourself a sex offender?Bob lighten up it's Halloween![24:48] Besides this is a tradition you know I do this every time i move to a new town are you jeff montgomery a sex offender am i jeff montgomery a registered sex offender on halloweenyes what about not on halloween yes even when it's not halloween i'm still jeff montgomery a sex offender look you're missing the point he had to play that just right so you're he's kind ofthe voice of us you're just kind of sitting there going like Like, is he going to ask these questions?And Jon Hamm, he's not a dumb neighbor.He's a neighbor that's picking up on this. So this is such good acting.I feel like Jamie, and this is what I was talking about as far as like these dramatic, quote unquote, dramatic actors or people who we know as dramatic actors.This is where the really good actors can elevate sketches. And I shouldn't be surprised, but this is yet another example of that.Yep, absolutely. Yeah, I feel like this is a sketch where the material was great so it would have been fun if it was a little more chaotic or he was breaking or all this stuff.There's a place for that. But I love that this sketch just comes across as super professional, well-delivered, well-executed comedy and I think that played a big role in how folks received itand just the...[26:12] The place that I think it has in SNL history and thinking about like the Halloween compilations and everything, this is is always right up there.And I think one of one of the best, maybe even the best Halloween sketch.Definitely, definitely at the top for me. Yeah, for me, too.It's up there. And I feel like this episode for Jon had like an interesting trajectory. It almost felt like they sort of ramped him up as far as what he led or how much of the sketch was aboutJon Hamm leading.So it seems like at the beginning of the night that this, because this was the lead-off sketch. This sketch happened right after the monologue.[26:49] And it was, like I said, like a Will Forte showcase. And Jon played a specific role in this.And then they had him playing Don Draper in the next sketch.Sketch the two a-holes which was really funny that's of course a Jason and Kristen vehicle he played a he had a very brief appearance as John F.Kennedy in another sketch but you can kind of I think watching this episode they're kind of ramping John up a little bit he played Don Draper a second time but this this one was a littletwist on it so Don Draper's guide to picking up women Jamie is a pre-tape it's one that that did stand out to me I know it was very very beloved amongst SNL fans.He's playing Don Draper again, but this time it was more fun and comedic.It was a twist on Don Draper.When asked about your past, give vague, open-ended answers.[27:43] So Don, tell me about your family. Any brothers and sisters?There was a man with bright, shiny shoes.I saw him dancing.Until the accident.[27:59] How mysterious. Yeah, I love this one.I think this is a fun just ode to Mad Men fans or just something that they will extra appreciate and, I mean, hopefully has a little bit broader appeal as well.I think some of the jokes work regardless, but I think especially for folks who know the character of Don Draper, there's a little bit more to the laughs on this one.So I love how he's basically kind of going through all of the different steps to, as it says, his guide to picking up women um all of the things that are just kind of a little bit ridiculous abouthis character or memorable so things like when in doubt remain absolutely silent which again on mad men you see that he is just this kind of stoic person especially in the early seasonsand just the women and the affairs come from every every angle and just like the reaction that like every woman has around him.Another one of the steps being like, have a great name. You have the context of like the ridiculous name coming out. But yeah, this was just a fun.[29:09] Fun way to kind of give a little bit of love to the Mad Men fans while also I think putting in something that anyone can appreciate.Oh, you're absolutely right. And I was in I was in the camp of not being a Mad Men fan when I first saw this.But I knew I mean, there are once you watch Mad Men, there are Mad Men specific things that are funny.But when I first saw this, I wasn't real familiar with Mad Men.So to me, this this sketch really just like it did convey just a good looking guy who doesn't have to say anything to pick up women essentially and so there's that joke as well so you're rightlike it's for mad men fans but it was for people like me at the time who was not a mad men fan so this this was that's good writing and and good acting uh by john and we'll see like that'sjust a common thread throughout all his sketches like he's just such a good actor he's just such a presence on screen he's has like total command of the material agreed agreed yeah This isa fun one.The next one. So we kind of are going chronologically well because this is such a fun episode.It is. And this next one possibly is the highlight for me of the night.I think with Vincent Price's Halloween special.So John plays James Mason, who was an old British actor. He was in the Stanley Kubrick movie Lolita.And I had to look up Jamie James Mason interview because I wanted to compare.And John was pretty spot-on.[30:38] No spaceman costume, James? No, didn't even open the box. Too old-fashioned.The suit was too old-fashioned?No, I had two old fashions and I couldn't open the box. I've been drunk since 11 a.m., Price. Please, James, family show.Understood. Say, where are the hordes? Cheesy, crazy, James![31:00] He had the cadence down. He had a good British accent. like this was a really this is like it's probably a deep cut impression but John Hamm's James Mason impression was reallygood playing opposite of course Vincent Price Bill Hader's character and then Kristen Wiig was playing Gloria Swanson from Sunset Boulevard this is set in the late 50s so what did youthink of John actually playing doing an impression like playing a character and not himself or Don Draper yeah I love that like the episode starts to like pivot in this direction right of justlike allowing him to do even more I feel like second half of the episode it's like all bets are off we'll let this guy just be be totally wacky and going beyond the the Don Draper sketches thatwe kind of had to start off so yeah I think this one is really just like a fun ensemble sketch for me right you have Fred as Liberace you have kind of Bill kind of coming it being like raisedI don't know if it's a platform or what but like starting off the sketch with like a little little bit of a gag, just kind of being frustrated that that device is not working as expected.[32:09] You have a little bit of everything, and then you have the impressions.I was not familiar with James Mason, so I had heard from folks that he did a great job with this impression, but it wasn't one that when I first saw it, I was like, oh, it's that guy orwhatever.But for me, even without that, just the line delivery and that drunken cloud over his performance in the best possible way just made it super fun.And he has a lot of great lines.The, hey, where are the whores? Just kind of like coming in.He absolutely was having fun. And it's fun to see somebody like Jon Hamm.He was playing in the SNL of the time.Because this was already a fun, this Vincent Price Halloween special.[32:55] It was either a recurring sketch at this point, or it ended up being a recurring sketch.But this was part of something that a lot of people liked about this part, this era of SNL. So it's fun to see John play with like a recurring sketch.[33:10] But it's always really neat to me, too, to see a host really pull off an impression because we expect our cast members to do that because they're on the show.This is what they do. But to have a host come in and have an impression and really pull it off.And that's what you see from a lot of the greats. Like Alec Baldwin has a handful of impressions that he was really good at.Not Trump, but stuff like Tony Bennett, stuff like that. That, like, Alec Baldwin had his forte of impressions. It looks like Jon Hamm.He probably, I wonder if Jon Hamm randomly told them, like, I can do a James Mason.So what I read about this, and someone might need to fact check me on it, but that he was supposed to be Dean Martin, I think, but then it got changed at the last minute.I don't know the why. I think it was, like, Lauren saying to change it, and he suggested that he can do James Mason.What's his name mason james mason um so i feel like that there it sounds like was an element of him suggesting it um and he does it i mean it's it's great yeah i think this might have beenhis best performance of the night for me just because of like the degree of difficulty for a host to do something like this uh the the next sketch i think is probably the most memorable interms of just the snl community at large yeah from this episode and we had a lot of this around around that time we saw like a play on the host name.So we saw like Peter Skarsgård, Sarsgård is a famous one.[34:39] So playing off the host name and creating a product and it's such a dumb idea, but it does work for me. And especially the delivery.So we have Jamie, Jonhams, Jonham, what a product.Tonight I'm here to talk to you about a product that doesn't need any glitz or gloss.It's a product that speaks for itself and I'm proud to endorse it.John Hamm's John Hamm. And you can eat in the bathroom.[35:07] Let's face it, we live in a fast-paced world. But if you're as busy as I am, every day you have to make a decision.Am I going to eat lunch or am I going to go to the bathroom?Now you never have to make that choice again.This is probably, across the three episodes that we're going to talk about, this is probably my favorite in terms of like you just may makes me laugh the most when i watch it right like idon't know what that says about my brand of humor but i something about just the toilet paper rolls of ham and like his commitment as he's eating this probably disgusting prop ham hamright um but yeah i just thought this was silly well executed fun um it's not super long it's not like he has this crazy amount of stuff that he's saying or doing but the line delivery of evenjust like when he's like now that's good ham just the way he says some of these things i I feel like brings the laughs.And when we talk about Jon Hamm and Hall of Fame and just his legacy as a host, I feel like his ability to take great material and elevate it is what I look for in those elite caliber hosts.[36:28] And this is one that I think actually showcases that really well.You're so right. He speaks with such gravitas.And that's what this sketch means. and I love that I'm a sucker for that when when it's really dumb material but it's presented in such a grand way with again with such gravitas like it's justlike that funny dry delivery of something so stupid I love too that they even called out the name thing he said I bet you I bet you're thinking that I'm only endorsing this because my name'sJon Hamm and this is Jon Hamm Then he had to explain how his name's spelled and it's not spelled that way and all that. So I love like taking.[37:10] Taking that idea for the sketch and really like putting it under a microscope and saying no i know i know that i'm up here because it's john ham and my name is john ham but here'sthe deal i'm not i believe in this product so he had to really deliver that like really straight like this is so, fantastic and this is another example like so this is toward the end of the night andwe're seeing like him get more responsibility in sketches as the night goes on i think there there really is like this upward trend of how much responsibility they're going to give Jon Hammthis episode.Yep. No, I, I love, I love that kind of flow with this episode.Like you, by the end of this episode, you really see like this, this guy can do comedy and like, you're not even that surprised by it anymore because he's just such a natural and he's justkilling it left and right.So yeah, I, I really liked the progression of this episode.Yeah. And speaking of gravitas, the last sketch, It's actually like a three-part runner, but they're back-to-back-to-back. Pat Finger.Hi, I'm Pat Finger, and I'm running for city council right here in beautiful Butts, New York.You know, I grew up here in Butts, so I'm very familiar with the sights, the sounds, and the smells of Butts Valley.In other words, I'm deeply concerned with what's going on inside Butts.I promise to improve our bridges and roads with a special focus on repairing potholes.I vow I will do everything in my power to plug up each and every butt's hole.[38:39] If there's one thing I know, it's this. To get these things done, you're going to need a finger and butts.[38:47] Cast your vote and put a finger in butts. Paid for by the committee to elect Pat Finger for city council.Would you vote for Pat Finger, Jamie? I mean, those ads were so convincing that I don't know how.The name change might confuse me a little bit, right?Like, it might get to me. But, no, this, I mean, we were talking a little bit about just, like, silly, dumb humor.And so we're, I feel like, doubling down on that with this one to end the night. But it's fun, right?I mean, it's basically a bunch of, like, finger and butt jokes for however long this goes on.Um but i i love that again he keeps a straight face pretty well like he's literally just giving the most childish lines and innuendos throughout and the fact that it's john ham makes it thatmuch funnier that this kind of larger than life guy type of personality is doing this kind of sketch sketch really makes it work.[39:48] Yeah, I love childish things that are said with such commitment and gravitas.John Hamm, more than most, pulls that off so well.He's running for mayor in a town called Butts. His name's Pat Finger.Of course, you can see where some of the jokes might go.He changed his name because I love the progression, the escalation of these sketches.So it was three consecutive commercials for Pat Finger, who is running for and i love that that he realizes why people weren't taking him or the ad seriously so he kind of like became self-aware and of course you know he changed his name to his mother's maiden name which was a cajun name uh deldo so yeah so that's just sort of like the cherry on top of of all the childishuh wordplay that john just sells so well like i'm a sucker for this probably Probably because of his delivery.Like, Johns is such a good actor. He made this type of material work.[40:46] No, absolutely. I feel like it was a perfect matchup of the right person to be doing this, this type of sketch.So yeah, this, this was a fun way to end it.So this type of so you're if you're watching this type of episode, as it's as it's going on, like your reaction after it ends as an SNL fan, are you just sitting there going like, dang, like, thatwas impressive.Like, what's your reaction after this type of episode, especially from a first time host?Yeah i mean i think for for me it's again if you had any doubts that this guy if you had seen mad men a few times or kind of starting to hear about this john ham guy doing some greatacting over on amc i feel like any of those doubts at this point are gone and you're like okay this guy is the real deal he is i mean a legitimate great actor but also just fun and willing to todo a bunch of of silly stuff.I think we see some of the silly stuff even elevate in the next few episodes, which we'll talk about.But I feel like by the time this is over, you're like, okay, this guy just talked about finger and butts for three minutes.[41:56] He's he's in like, we like this guy, we can have fun with him.He can come back. He's in.And he made an impression on the cast in this episode.Amy Poehler, I don't know if you've read her book called Yes, Please. I haven't. I haven't read it yet, but it's on my stack that I need to read.Okay, I'm going to spoil just a little bit for you. Yes, that's all right.I can handle it. So she had a funny story in her book about Jon Hamm's episode and about him in particular.So in her book, Yes, Please, she said that during Jon Hamm's first hosting stint here, she was pregnant and she was very close to her due date.And she called her doctor's office to check in with them. and the receptionist was crying and told Amy that the doctor had passed away the night before.[42:40] So this was on the set of a pre-tape that they were filming.I think it was the How to Pick Up Women pre-tape because I know Amy was in that one.And Amy started hysterically crying in front of everybody.So John went over to Amy, put his hand on her shoulder and said, in picture John Hamm's voice, he says, this is a really important show for me.I'm going to need you to get your shit together.[43:04] He told Amy that. Amy said she laughed so hard that she probably peed herself.And I know that that's something that John did to make her feel better and to kind of lighten the tension a little bit. And it was absolutely perfect.So if I didn't already think that he was funny just in real life and good on his feet, that Amy Poehler story about John saying that to her at that exact moment, it's like left no doubt in mymind.I don't know if you've ever heard Amy tell that, but I love that story. No, that's amazing.And again, you hear that story in his voice, which just makes it even better.Yeah so he yeah he left an impression on amy poehler left the left an impression on the show itself because this was season 34 that he did he had his first hosting gig season 35 it doesn'ttake him long to come back it's just a little over a year later season 35 episode 13 this was january of 2010 musical guest michael buble and that's important that michael buble was amusical guests tonight so we have Jon Hamm returning yeah second season in a row they must have really liked him so.[44:15] Yeah, this, his monologue, Jamie, he joked about playing variations of Don Draper in different acting gigs prior to Mad Men.So he's talking about Don Draper again in a monologue, not taking himself too seriously again.[44:29] It's always been a dream of mine to host SNL, and that dream came true last year when I did it.So honestly, this time it's really just for the paycheck. check i love that and i think with each progressive episode you just get the sense that he's feeling more and more at home and i feellike it seems like he had great relationships with the cast i don't know exactly the order of that if he had some connections with this era of cast first or if they developed as he was on theshow um but it definitely it feels like he was kind of intertwined with this era the like hater wig like that whole group of people he just fits in so flawlessly with this cast and i think thisepisode kind of his second episode hosting is where you really kind of start to see that it wasn't just kind of a one-off he did a great job and in his first time but he really kind of starts tofeel like part of the fabric of this era in a way that's that's kind of cool yeah i bet when the cast was told that john ham was going to come back they were probably like that's a great ideawe loved working with him last season so i bet a lot of them were really happy to have him back i have an important question for you jamie are you a fan of the movie the lost boys.[45:46] Not specifically oh man can i give a confession i don't know if i've seen it i don't know if i've seen it you know okay this is a safe space it's okay the movie came out in 1987 ohthat's where i was born oh my gosh i need to get on that yeah it's a good one the cory's cory hame cory fellman, they're both in that jason patrick's in that um also another person who's inthat is a gentleman He's a saxophone player named Tim Capello is in that.He plays a shirtless sax player in The Lost Boys.So he was the inspiration. I am sure, I'm 98% sure that he was the inspiration for Sergio.[46:32] So talk to me about this goofy digital short Sergio, Jamie.So much fun. um so basically have the guy who's getting cursed Sergio just keeps appearing in in being played by Jon Hamm in the most ridiculous ways just instantly silly right like wewere talking about the build up from the last episode of like putting Jon Hamm in these increasingly like stretch roles for for For him, this is just all in on let's have him play this characterwho is just hilarious.He's shirtless, right? Shirtless, shiny, kind of the hair, everything going.The absolute best part of this sketch, though, like the punchline at the end.I don't know if punchline is the right word, but kind of having him emerge covered in goo as the baby.When you find out the like whatever the good luck thing has been broken and so he'll be back but just one of my favorite like ends of a sketch in terms of just nailing that ending and inmaking it super memorable.[47:44] Earlier today, I accidentally knocked your good luck trinket out of the floor.I didn't know that it fell, and I stepped on it really, really hard, and I broke it. Sorry, don't be mad. No! No!Take her, and I just pull it. No! Here it comes.[48:16] Yeah john is really great at selling this goofy idea and i could just see andy and them telling him like we're gonna make you you know if you're up for it we're gonna make you justbe more goofy and silly and look ridiculous in your second time here because like we're not playing like we're taking some of the training wheels off and we're gonna have you shirtlessgyrating with the a saxophone covered in oil and goo are you up for it and john ham says yes i am up for it that's what i love about a good snl host we say we like to say this person wasgame and that person was game no doing something like this is game yeah yep next level game absolutely it's so it's so fun like he you get that goofball side of him yeah and i'm gonnaneed you jamie after we record to go on youtube and look up i think if you just search lot the lost boy saxophone player, you'll see the source material i am so curious now i did not knowthis and i actually need to watch that movie for sure when we stop recording i'm going to stay on with you and like i'm going to have you go on yes yes watch this okay i want to see yes ican't wait so that was sergio a lot lot of great this was a great episode like what else stood out to you here jamie yeah i mean i'll touch on this one just briefly but the the new senator onewhich is well it fits it's like yeah.[49:44] It's interesting to me in terms of like just letting him be goofy so this is one it feels like a very like dated of the moment reference it's talking about senator scott brown from fromMassachusetts.So as a Bostonian, that was my initial connection as well, who was like, I guess, known for being this like hunky kind of senator.I don't remember that being part of his aura, but I guess it was as kind of the basis for this sketch. And he's played by John Hamm.And you have each one of the folks in the meeting and various political types.I forget who exactly was who, but they're all kind of envisioning him.And then you have kind of the Jon Hamm, I don't know, not cutaway, but like the little person hovering on the screen.I don't know what the technical term is for that. But in all of these different.[50:35] Costumes outfits just dancing gyrating at one point he's in like a a flapper that was my favorite dress right yeah um so i mean it's it's a sketch that like yes feels very much a productof that moment they mentioned the scott brown thing literally during weekend update in the cold open of this episode so like this must have been a big story this week for some reason umbut taking Taking that aside, I feel like just what he did in that sketch was really fun to me.[51:06] And again, makes it very clear from the first two or three sketches that like this guy is here to just have a wild good time with us.Yeah, it's his second sketch in a row where he's dancing around shirtless. Yep.[51:21] So, you know, he was just completely up for that on this particular evening.[51:26] Yeah, and the way he played it too is Scott Brown. he would walk in like oops i accidentally walked into the wrong room and then he would on like flirt with one of them yep just tokind of like get and he would like flirt with each of them individually he knew what he was doing uh but uh yeah so i think i think this does like with this one in sergio there is thatcommon thread yep yep of that yeah um i guess we are gonna maybe go a little bit chronologically uh the next one is one of my favorite recurring sketches from around this time uh gametime with randy and greg like do you remember these when they were so goofy wonderful bill hater yeah showcase but john plays he plays an alien bill bill hater plays an alien he playsgreg who's quote unquote not an alien but he is but john matches bill so well playing playing a an alien in this sketch jamie i mean bill hater like one of the all-time time greats just so soincredible to be able to play.[52:27] With and play off of bill hater in the way that john ham does in this sketch was really impressive to me like there's a a moment or a few moments actually where they're almostdoing like synchronous movements together in like full alien style and i thought that was really well done um as they kind of keep multiplying and we We have four Greggs and then eightGreggs.It was a zany, fun sketch, I feel like.[52:57] It's cool seeing Jon Hamm too with some of these different pairings.And again, we talked about how he fits into this cast so well.But yeah, any time throughout these episodes where he's with Bill, I just love that.Because I feel like they have this energy or just something with their different comedic styles that just works well for me. So this was a fun one.Yeah, a comedic genius like Bill Hader sees Jon and trusts him as a comedic actor and a scene partner.So that was very obvious here. It was obvious in the Vincent Price one.It's just obvious how much trust that the cast has in Jon Hamm to pull off this material.I love when he and Bill Hader's the aliens. They're looking at that globe and the caller's like, oh, that's not good.They're talking about doing stuff to the earth. That's classic alien.[53:48] I love these sketches and Jon Hamm just felt right at home.Because i think they did these like three or four times and all of them were like five star solid yeah yep no this was this was great yeah i have a feeling that you love the next one too andthe next one might might be my favorite john ham sketch okay on snl so i'm gonna let you start start talking about it yeah so i assume we're talking ham and bubbly absolutely yeah so thiswas the you'll have to help me with the details here restaurant is supposed to be a restaurant was the the vibe right yeah john had an idea that he pitched to michael buble at a party whenhe was a little drunk michael buble sings he gives the backstory in song form so this is supposed to be be a restaurant yeah yes and the entire sketch is essentially sung to the tune of i justhaven't met you yet maybe little breaks throughout but you kind of get that whole like michael buble and and first of all like love the when you have the musical guests kind of coming inum to to have fun and and to be such a crucial part i feel like sometimes you have the musical guests coming in and they maybe say a line or they get to say that they were in a sketch butum i love that he is such an integral part of this and by the end you have michael buble basically admitting that he's been taking captive and asking for the police to.[55:15] Get involved it's a lot of fun.[55:18] Seeing kind of this side of john ham um in.[55:22] In this one yeah john is perfect as like this intimidating guy or this like low-key sinister guy like he's trying to like have a have a smile on his face and say hey come to ourrestaurant that serves champagne and ham and pork products and yeah bubbly and I just love like you see the intimidation you see you see that side of him in little spurts.Good evening. I'm Jon Hamm. If you're looking for a romantic night out at a restaurant that specializes in pork dishes and fine champagne, then look no further than Hamm and Bubbly.[56:02] It's actually pronounced Bub-lay. Well, Bub-lay doesn't work, so now it's pronounced Bub-ly.It's just like, this is played so perfectly. To me, this is one of my favorite sketches of that era, like 2010s, around that time. I just absolutely love this.You're right, Michael Bublé shows such fun comedic chops as well.This is a classic, in my opinion.Yeah, and I love just the interplay across these different sketches.You have him from an alien before to now this kind of intimidating guy holding someone else captive in this one.All of these different sides of Jon Hamm's character breadth that he can do.It's really fun. yeah this was great is there anything else from this episode that that stood out to you the only other one that i would give a quick shout out to is the the two-part closetorganizer.[56:57] Series um so this is super fun you have basically a ton of things getting thrown at the is it zipco is that the name zipco closet organizer yeah it's basically a guy in like a blue bluesuit will forte's character who's like just dealing with all this stuff kind of being thrown being basically the closet organizer marbles yeah pies pies yeah so it's it works on its own but ithink for me like seeing the second part was what made me really appreciate it so the second part being basically it seems like this random bar sketch you don't even realize at first thatThere's a connection.You have Jon Hamm, Will Forte sitting at a bar together, Jon Hamm recognizing and being like, oh, my gosh, you're that closet organizer guy.The guy from that wearing the blue suit and goes into this whole thing, finds out his name is Tarantino.[57:58] Fencing to and then like it becomes a whole a whole ordeal uh john ham's like asking him to do a little bit of his role and then you find out he like kind of wants to go over to hishouse or like meet up have him come over to like use his closet organizing services and the guy's mad that that's what everyone just wants to use him for and it's just fun right i feel likethey could have gone in the direction of just like giving us more of those like commercial spots but in 10 they Instead, they kind of like flipped it and gave us like the inside look at the guywho was in this commercial. So I thought it was a cool twist.[58:33] Yeah, I love when SNL does this and especially how they did it here.So I like runners in general, but you're right. This was like a different, this wasn't just a second closet organizer commercial.It was like that we've already established that there's a commercial.Commercial now we're gonna see the guy who play who was in the closet organizer commercial just add a bar somewhere that that was like perfect john it's kind of funny because in thefirst one john just played an actor who gave a testimonial that had nothing to do with the product so it was kind of like a non-sequitur testimonial so then john is in the second one uh asyeah you were as this person who's like and at first he said oh we can come we can hang out we can play video games we can let me have fun and then maybe you can help me organizemy closet and will forte is like oh Oh, there it is. There it is.[59:21] So it's a great acting by John. Just the perfect, like when he's revealing that Will Forte is the closet organizer.He does it in just such just a...[59:31] Great timing yeah great delivery in that reveal so that's something that's it that was again i'm saying this a lot but that was a very memorable sketch amongst snl fans around thattime and john ham again part of it so again so you two we're two for two as far as like would you consider this like a classic snl episode absolutely um honestly both of the like these firsttwo episodes like i was trying to think like of the three which are my favorite it's either number one or number two but I keep going back and forth like yeah I think the the first oneprobably had my favorite like sketcher moment with the like Jon Hamm's Jon Hamm but this one like from a consistency standpoint I feel like had a lot of just classic really great sketchesso it's kind of like it's it's hard to pick between these two yeah I think they're pretty equal I think Jon was given a little more responsibility in the second one yeah so if we're talking JonHamm that might edge it out for me but to me honestly these first two john ham episodes are two classics from the era agreed not a lot of n

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Strap in, ladies and gentlemen, as we venture into the exhilarating world of baseball and golf with the legendary Jeff Montgomery. Steeped in the lore of Major League Baseball, Montgomery spills the beans on his illustrious career, challenges he faced, and his unique pitching style. From tales of his golfer mom that shaped his youth to his impressive record of 304 saves, this conversation is more than just a sports discussion - it's a journey through a life dedicated to the love of the game.Our dialogue takes you through some of the most memorable moments of Montgomery's career. Remember his immaculate inning in 1990 or his breakout year in 1989? He recalls these and more, including his relationship with Dan Quisenberry and playing alongside giants of the game like George Brett and Bo Jackson. Get entrenched in the gripping narrative as we weave through the impact of the Royals' 1994 strike and how it impacted Montgomery's career. But it's not all baseball. We shift gears to talk about Montgomery's life beyond the diamond, specifically his golf game and his thrilling escapades at the Baseball World Series of Golf at Pebble Beach. We round off by chatting about his love for Kansas City, the city's signature barbecue, and his insights on the Royals' recent comebacks. Be prepared to be swept away in a whirlwind of stories, insights, and life lessons from one of the most respected players in baseball. This is your chance to peek into the life and phenomenal career of Jeff Montgomery!Support the show

Royals Hall of Famer & Bally Sports Royals Live host Jeff Montgomery joins The ZOne in the third hour to talk about Cole Ragans' surge, Ned Yost being inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame, and more! Then Jason does the unthinkable and defends Ron Rivera.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Montgomery talks with Jason Anderson to discuss the latest from the Royals, Zack Greinke returning and Bobby Witt Jr.'s season, as well as some reactions to the new renderings of the Royals' new stadium tour from him, and later, Jason & Josh!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Montgomery joins Jason Anderson to talk Royals, then Josh Brisco and Jason dive deeper into Bobby Witt Jr.'s scolding hot stretch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery joins The Zone and talks with Jason Anderson about the Royals' recent success and last night's win over the Red Sox. Later, Joshua Brisco makes a terrible mistake.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery joins The Zone to discuss the moves the Royals made at the deadline and their balk-off win Tuesday night. Then, Jason Anderson and Joshua Brisco talk about the moves the Royals didn't make.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Montgomery joins the show! From the Reds to the Royals to the broadcast booth, take a journey through his Hall of Fame career. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jason Anderson talks baseball with Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery before reading John Sherman's open letter to Royals fans, with a specific extra directoral flair.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery of Bally Sports joins The Zone to discuss the Royals' long weekend and where the pitching is headed. Plus, Josh Allen made the Bills' drama worse with his recent comments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery of Bally Sports joins The Zone to discuss Brady Singer's strong start in a late loss for the Royals. Plus, Sports Radio 810 WHB's own Chad Cory joins the show to discuss the Matt Mason Cowboy Up Triathlon. https://cowboyuptriathlon.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Montgomery joins The Zone to discuss the Royals' pitching ups and downs, and Beards McFly sends in a take from the great beyond.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason Anderson and Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery discuss how the Royals should approach playing out of a disastrous rut. Then, Jason and Josh talk about future organizational changes and whether or not the Royals can or should try to get back to playing "Royal-ball."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals legend Jeff Montgomery tells Nestor about the ways the ownership of the Kansas City Royals tried to keep a competitive team on the field after a pair of World Series visits. The aftermath of winning isn't easy on payroll or the fanbase if the success isn't sustainable.

Jason Anderson discusses the latest Kansas City Royals slump with Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery. Then, Jason and Josh discuss the state of the Royals' farm system and why a Salvador Perez trade is being discussed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery talks with Jason about KC's trip to St. Louis and upcoming series with Colorado.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery joins the show to talk some baseball.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery of Bally Sports joins The Zone to discuss the up-and-down Royals and their latest pitching developments from the last week. Plus, Jason Anderson's Dean Palmer memory and the search that follows.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery joins The Zone to discuss another Royals loss, and Jason Anderson and Joshua Brisco discuss the team's poor showings at home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Michigan Wolverines and Park Hill High School wide receiver Ronnie Bell joins The Zone in-studio to discuss his growth as a player, how he ended up at Michigan, and what he's learned through the NFL Draft process. Then, Jeff Montgomery joins the show to discuss the Royals' win in Arizona.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Zone looks ahead to the NFL Draft and back at some of the Chiefs' draft successes with Brad Spielberger of Pro Football Focus before talking Royals baseball with Jeff Montgomery of Bally Sports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery joins The Zone to discuss the Royals' 10-1 victory in Texas and Brad Keller's latest excellent start. Plus, Jason Anderson and Joshua Brisco discover the origin of an idiom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Montgomery joins Jason Anderson to discuss the ups and downs in the start of the Royals' season, and the show discusses great signs for Kris Bubic. Plus, Jerome Tang's press conference. Follow the show on Twitter: Jason Anderson (@J810Anderson), Joshua Brisco (@jbbrisco), Sports Radio 810 WHB (@SportsRadio810).  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sent the US into a tizzy, and many are wondering if this is the beginning of a recession that feels to forever be looming. Is your money safe in a bank? Should you consider pulling out some just in case of another collapse? And how does what happened at SVB affect you and your finances?These are just some of the questions we covered in this episode of Winning Strategies Playbook with our guest, Jeff Montgomery. Jeff is the Fort Worth Market President for Guaranty Bank & Trust and has an extensive background in the banking industry.Jeff talks about the winding path that led him to becoming president of a bank, and the lessons he learned along the way. He also extensively talks about the current banking situation, what he believes happened, and what it means for the average American. Plus he talks about some of the biggest mistakes he made early in his career.To learn more about Jeff, you can visit him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-montgomery-53302233/Thank you to our sponsors, Truckvin.comAnd for all of our episodes or to connect with us, visit: https://MyExperiencedRealtor.com

Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker open the show discussing the Blue Jays' third consecutive loss, accentuated by José Berríos struggles on the mound after allowing eight runs in 5.2 innings of work. Jeff and Kevin listen and react to Alex Verdugo's candid comments on Alek Manoah, before welcoming MLB Network's Ryan Dempster to the conversation (30:58). Royals analyst & former closer Jeff Montgomery looks ahead to game two between the Royals and Jays and shares what he noticed from Berríos from the series opener (49:31). To end off the show, the guys check the voicemail on the “Back Leg Line” (01:13:14). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

Jeff Montgomery joins The Zone to kick off another baseball season by looking at where the Royals have grown and what progress remains. Follow the show on Twitter: Jason Anderson (@J810Anderson), Joshua Brisco (@jbbrisco), Beards McFly (@BeardsMcFly).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kansas City Royals Radio/TV broadcaster, Ryan Lefebvre joins Jillian Gregg and I in studio for a quick (by Papa Ron Podcast standards) conversation about Ryan's journey in life. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation but if I'm being honest, I was bummed following the end of the episode because we didn't have nearly enough time to discuss everything. Ryan began his career as a MLB broadcaster at the young age of 24 with the Minnesota Twins. At the age of 28, he joined the broadcast team of the Kansas City Royals with Denny Matthews & Joel Goldberg. During that time he has also been partnered with Paul Splittorff, Frank White, Fred White, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler & Steve Physioc. In this episode, Ryan discusses how he got into broadcasting, after a successful college baseball career at the University of Minnesota. Upon arriving to the Royals, he's endured a number of transitions. He shares in-depth about his relationship with Denny, Fred and Rex and the relationship (that turned ugly) between the Royals and Frank White. With little time left in the episode, Ryan discusses his internal struggle with depression and anxiety in 2005 and how he was able to overcome with a renewed walk in his Christian faith. Because we were unable to cover everything we wanted to discuss before Ryan had to leave to pick up his kids, we are already planning a follow-up episode with Ryan in mid January. Watch this episode on Spotify or YouTube. If you can't watch, you can also listen on Apple, Amazon, Google, Castbox or iHeart Radio. And finally, THANK YOU for watching/listening! Please do us a favor and help us spread the word about The Papa Ron Podcast. As promoted in this episode, here is the YouTube link to Ryan's story told in front of his church called Journey in Lee's Summit. The story begins around the 24:55 mark: https://youtu.be/xgCOVYwVZgM Here's an Amazon link to Ryan's book called, "The Shame of Me": https://www.amazon.com/Shame-Mans-Journey-Depression-Back/dp/0984113029/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XXAYSGQDYC4X&keywords=the+shame+of+me&qid=1671206028&sprefix=the+shame+of+me%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1 https://paparonradio.com Follow The Papa Ron Podcast on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok: @paparonpodcast https://www.mlb.com/royals https://www.domaresolutions.com https://www.heartlandwaterfowl.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paparonpodcast/support

Today on The Salience Podcast we explore the impact of culture on safety. Our guest is Jeff Mongomery. Jeff has a distinguished career as a US Navy pilot, with 30 years of leadership, team building, and management experience in aviation. He completed 5 active deployments involving combat in the middle east and is just transitioning from being a test pilot to flying for a medical life flight organization. In addition to a career in aviation, Jeff is a passionate backcountry skier and he teaches and presents on avalanche safety. Much of Jeff's career and recreational time is spent in complex high-risk settings. Tune in to discover Jeff's secret to staying alive in high-risk situations…and here's a clue, they are attributes he learned from his mother while growing up under the guidance of a resilient single parent. For more information about The Salience Podcast and Frontline Mind please visit our website at https://www.frontlinemind.com/the-salience-podcast/ You can also sign up for our newsletter here https://frontlinemind.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff181d12c77d7cea5f19a2c48&id=fd7357f614

Jason Anderson talks Royals with Jeff Montgomery of Baly Sports Kansas City before shifting back to football with Joshua Brisco to dissect some of ESPN's latest quarterback rankings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first hour of Wednesday's edition of The Zone, Jason Anderson and Joshua Brisco discuss the positives of the young Royals and the negatives of Chiefs injury news. Plus, Jason talks to Royals Hall of Famer Jeff Montgomery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff and Kevin open up the show celebrating legendary MLB play-by-play broadcaster Vin Scully who passed away at the age of 94, before turning their attention to the Toronto Blue Jays and MLB's trade deadline. The guys break down the Blue Jays' acquisitions of Whit Merrifield, Anthony Bass, Zach Pop, and Mitch White, the prices paid by teams around the Majors, and Toronto's 3-1 win over Tampa Bay thanks to a strong start from Kevin Gausman. Later on, Royals broadcaster Jeff Montgomery joins Blair and Barker to explain what two-time All-Star Merrifield will bring to the Blue Jays (35:45). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

Jason Anderson, Joshua Brisco and Beards McFly kick off Wednesday's edition of The Zone by looking at the action and inaction of the Royals' time at the MLB trade deadline. Plus, Jeff Montgomery of Bally Sports joins the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Zone is joined by Jeff Montgomery and players from Chiefs Training Camp.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Zone is joined by Jeff Montgomery. Jeff and Jason talk about the young lineup, pitching staff, and the infield shift rule. KU Head Coach Lance Leipold also joins The Zone from Big 12 Media Day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Royals Hall of Famer and Bally Sports Broadcaster Jeff Montgomery joins The Zone to talk Royals baseball. Then Jason wraps up the hour with more talk about the Big-12 looking to add schools from the PAC-12. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In hour three of The Zone, Royals Hall of Famer and Bally Sports broadcaster Jeff Montgomery joins the show to talk Royals. Then Mick Shaffer joins later in the hour.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In hour two of The Zone, Bally Sports Broadcaster Jeff Montgomery calls in from the west coast to discuss the 12-11 Royals victory last night. Then Jason and Cory look at a article that ranks all 32 NFL teams and what their salary cap health looks like over the next 5 years and see where the Chiefs rank on that list. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Zone is joined by Jeff Montgomery and President & CEO of Kansas City Sports Commission Kathy Nelson. Monty discusses the Royals' pitching with Jason. Kathy talked about the possibility of Kansas City getting a bid for a site in the 2026 World Cup.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times joins to talk about the Angels' firing Manager Joe Maddon after a twelve-game losing streak, and if the change was initiated GM Perry Minasian or Owner Arte Moreno (02:52). Following the conversation, Blair and Barker wonder where Maddon could wind up next and which teams would make sense if he'd like to continue managing. Royals pre and post-game analyst and former closer Jeff Montgomery discusses his impressions of today's starter Brady Singer, his similarities to Alek Manoah, and the Royals' challenging season to date (28:17). For "Barker's Back Leg Bits", the guys mention who they would like to see represent the Blue Jays at the 2022 All-Star Game (39:24). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

6-8 Jason talked with Monty about losing streak, hitting and pitching woes, and the feeling around the clubhouse. Then Jason and Cory talked about Orlando Brown JR's confidence in getting a deal done with the Chiefs before the start of the season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cory and Monty talk about the Royals' young pitchers and their development, when to expect Vinnie Pasquantino to be called up, and a look at the next competitive Royals' roster See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Montgomery was a born activist who played an important role in saving Orchestra Hall. When a hate crime brought tragedy to his personal life, he channeled his talent and drive to working on behalf of the LBGTQ+ community. His stellar career and sad decline are documented in America You Kill Me, which lost its major debut to COVID, but is set to premiere next spring. We tell Montgomery's story through the words of the film's director, Daniel Land; musical artist Audra Kubat, who is supplying the film's soundtrack; Stirling, a longtime friend of Montgomery; and historian Michael Hodges.