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A podcast covering 50 years of Saturday Night Live. With hosts Christian Schneider and Scot Bertram. www.wasntthatspecial.com
Wasn't That Special hosts Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL Podcast, a comedy show with 71 episodes published.
The promising SNL UK Season One ran just eight episodes, roughly analogous to a U.S. writers’ strike-shortened SNL season, and each episode clocked in at around 58 minutes — about one sketch shorter than its American cou
The defining image of Saturday Night Live Season 51 is James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, standing at yet another press conference podium. Johnson played Trump in roughly 14 of the season’s 20 episodes, almost always
On this episode, Christian and Scot discuss the debut of SNL UK - how is it similar to SNL and how is it different? Who were the standout performers on the show? Is it built to last? This is a public episode. If you'd li
We know, picking the greatest Saturday Night Live sketches of all time is generally a fool’s errand. After watching nearly 10,000 sketches over the span of 50 years, how can you narrow the list to just 20? Well, we tried
Season 51 of Saturday Night Live is upon us, so in this episode, Christian and Scot discuss all the cast changes made over the summer and what they thought of the season debut, hosted by Bad Bunny. Wasn't That Special: 5
You’ve heard us discuss the best cast members in Saturday Night Live history. You’ve read our list of the best seasons. But what are the best single episodes in show history? (And what are a few of the worst?) All will b
Presumably you have popped your champagne and donned your finest tuxedo or evening gown and you’re ready to listen to us count down the best 25 SNL cast members of all time. (And while you’re at it, you can catch up on o
Welcome to the second installment of our Saturday Night Live cast member countdown. This time, we tackle the next 50 cast members on our list, from number 75 down to 26. Not only does this one have some rankings that wil
Of all the reasons to start a podcast, spite seems to be near the top of the list. For too many years, we have seen ridiculous “best of” lists ranking Saturday Night Live cast members, seasons, and sketches that were cle
We hope you are wearing oven mitts when holding your phone as you listen to this episode, because we dish up our hot takes covering the first 50 years of Saturday Night Live. How would we improve the show? What cast memb
On this episode, Christian and Scot discuss the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary show that aired in February of 2025. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo
They say it couldn’t be done. (And maybe some say it shouldn’t be done.) But we got to the 50th season. Season 50 debuted with high expectations, given the historic anniversary. While some hoped for each episode to be ho
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wasntthatspecial.com After the prior handful of seasons that felt like a slog, Saturday Night Live came to life in Season 49 in ways we’d almost forgotten
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wasntthatspecial.com Season 48 of Saturday Night Live represented a subtle but notable step forward for a show that had been mired in several years of cre
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wasntthatspecial.com Season 47 of Saturday Night Live was defined by overpopulation, inertia, and hints of a creative reset. While it wasn’t a creative re
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wasntthatspecial.com If you like your comedy sleepy, inconsistent, and oddly celebrity-packed, Season 46 of Saturday Night Live was ready to serve. But if
Season 45 of Saturday Night Live was one of the most unusual and pivotal in the show’s long history, defined by both the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic and lingering creative stagnation. In this episode, we each des
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wasntthatspecial.com Never has any television show wanted anything more than Saturday Night Live wanted to see President Donald Trump imprisoned over his
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wasntthatspecial.com Among the many complaints you always hear about Saturday Night Live these days is that the show is saturated with celebrity cameos. T
On this free episode, we talked with Entertainment Weekly writer Andy Hoglund about his recent Vulture article in which he interviewed 65 former Saturday Night Live cast members and writers in advance of the 50th Anniver
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