The Featured Players: An SNL Podcast: Recent Episodes
Bram Benderoff, Brendan Noel, Beth Benderoff
Bram, Beth & Brendan evaluate the current Saturday Night Live featured cast following each live broadcast. Punkie Johnson, Lauren Holt, and Andrew Dismukes are on our direct radar. We'll be talking about both their presence and their absence. We will also operate as a general pop culture podcast. We've been out of the game for over 2 years but excited to get back into it! Subscribe on Spotify or whatever podcast platform you prefer.
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Timothée Chalamet has a famous aunt and uncle who got him into LaGuardia Airport but this week's guest, Nick Bihm of the "Dan4Lyfe" podcast, joins us entirely based on merit. Listen as Nick shows the gang his SNL Google doc which includes his favourite Kenan Thompson sketches. Generally everyone liked this episode of SNL which means no one knows quite what to do with themselves. Along the way there's a big digression about All That and The Amanda Show, as well as speculation as to whether or not Max Weinberg and Questlove chatted during the goodnights about what it was like to be the bandleader for the 12:37 NBC "Late Night" franchise. All the featured players got some solid roles last night, including Andrew and Punkie who have been gasping for airtime, if you will. So that was nice. We wish all our listeners a Happy Hanukkah and hope you join us again next week for our farewell to 2020 episode!
Did you miss us? Yeah didn't think so. The Featured Players return to talk Jason Bateman with special guest Sean Patrick O'Brien of Seltzercast and the new documentary 'Introducing...Juan Wauters'. Everyone has some choice 4 letter words for Morgan Wallen, Sean reminisces about how things on SNL were just a little bit simpler back in his day, and Brendan makes an embarrassing confession about laughing at one of Michael Che's Update jokes. But what you'll REALLY want to know is which Jason Bateman movie young Bram attended the world premiere of. It wasn't Office Christmas Party, but we sure talked a lot about that movie considered JB was not on the show to promote it. No one mentions Ozark. See ya next week!
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Skylar Verduzco (@MisnamedPlants) joins the panel to chat all things John Mulaney. Everyone is very sad that NBC’s Connecting was cancelled. There is also an election happening when you’re reading this probably. Or maybe it already happened and you’re in a better place than we currently are. Hopefully not a worse one. We just want you to be okay. Call us if you need anything. Featuring voicemails from last week's guest Deirdre Crean, Kyra Kaufer of The Zillennial Canon pod and host of the Dan 4 Lyfe podcast Nick Bihm! Drop us a voicemail at (580) 789-9486 or Anchor.fm/FeaturedPlayers Also support Skylar at the following links: http://skylarverduzco.bigcartel.com/ https://superyaki.com/collections/super-yaki-x-skylar-verduzco https://misnamedplants.redbubble.com/ https://www.teepublic.com/user/misnamedplants https://society6.com/misnamedplants https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/misnamedplants Follow @FeaturedSNL, @ReelBramz, @BrendanDNoel and @MisnamedPlants
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Musician/dental assistant’s friend Deirdre Crean from the Mike Myers Movie Club stops by to talk about the Adele-hosted SNL. Deidre explains if and how Adele gets paid for singing her own songs on television, Beth reveals the Oklahoman equivalent of a skyscraper, Brendan drops obscure architectural trivia for some reason, and Bram teases the listeners with an epic song parody idea that he will not go into further details on. Plus, just in time for spooky season, everyone has way too strong of an opinion on how to pronounce the title of the movie “Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later”. Whether you’re in Bad, Iowa or Nothing, Kansas, it’s important to vote for Joe Biden on November 3rd. That’s it. No punchline. The world is burning and democracy is on life support.
Jean-Bram and Jean-Brendan continue in their search for Drake, this time joined by JZT and Fesh (Mr. Movies & Kid Cinema) from the "I Was Scared, Too!" podcast. It's a good ol fashioned podcast foursome in which the gang discusses how the politics of SNL don't necessarily align with its behind the scenes leadership, whether or not Andrew Dismukes could get typecast as miscellaneous delivery men/messengers, and why Michael Che is weirdly obsessed with prison jokes. We recorded this a few hours before it was announced Adele is next week's host, so listen to find out which Muppet we hoped would be next week's host and which WWE star we KNEW it would be. All that plus, which featured player is winning the all important mom demographic? Listen to find out!! Featuring a voicemail from Courtney of the Beck2Beck podcast. Follow Courtney at @Cultn3y and @Beck2BeckPod. @Fesh_ @jazztown3 @Reelbramz @BrendanDNoel @FeaturedSNL
So many Bs! Beth, Bram, and Brendan return to discuss Bill Burr’s big breakout on SNL! Listen to find out why Beth predicts the season will end before the election (hint: it’s exactly the reason you think), Bram and Brendan debate how worried we should be about the sophomore FPs, and the three also discuss what the show might look like post-Lorne Michaels. Also, everyone cringes when subjected to Morgan Wallen’s apology video. But is it worst than Justin Bieber’s first ever appearance on Canadian religious television? We’re so thankful you chose to listen - your cheque for $150 will be mailed to you within 3 business days.
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Bram, Beth and Brendan return to talk about the first episode of the season featuring Chris Rock and Megan Thee Stallion. In this episode we evaluate the current state of the Featured Players roster. Learn about our disappointments! Or perhaps it was actually pretty good? It's the premiere so who can believe that. We also talk about our thoughts on how the show is handling recording in a studio during a nationwide pandemic. Featuring voicemail from Gillian Oakley of the Dadcast.
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Reboot fever continues! Following their lengthy legal dispute over the podcast’s ownership (and countless NDAs), hosts Bram Benderoff and Brendan Noel are back, now joined by musical guest and baby in residence Beth Benderoff (no relation). In their season 46 preview show, the trio try to predict just what an SNL season produced in Studio 8H during the COVID-19 pandemic will look like. There’s talk about whether the show’s largest ever cast (20!!) will overwhelm the three new featured players – Andrew Dismukes, Lauren Holt, and Punkie Johnson – and our regret to inform you that the celebrity cameos are at it again. Plus, the stupid co-hosts reflect on SNL’s last presidential election season and how overconfident they all were that Hillary would win instead of playing “Hallelujah” on the piano in a somber cold open. Stand down and stand by, episode 36 on the premiere with Chris Rock drops next! Featuring a voicemail by Bode Sulaiman!
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Original Airdate: November 23, 2017
Bram and Brendan welcome Beth back to the show to discuss her fav Chance the Rapper's hosting stint on Saturday Night Live (that show that we all love). Chance the Rapper started on Soundcloud and our podcast is hosted on Soundcloud. Maybe we can host too? In the meantime, here's the latest episode of the podcast that we are definitely for sure the hosts of.
Original Airdate: November 17, 2017
This was a challenge to edit but here it is folks.
No time codes but I assure you every minute is golden. Thanks for listening.
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Original Airdate: November 5, 2017
Brendan & Bram proper return to chat the 2nd Larry David episode of SNL. We waste no time turning the show into a shrine to Showtime’s new comedy SMILF, followed by all the goodness you know and love. This ended up being a banner show for new Featured Player Heidi Gardner and we’re pretty excited about it.
0:30 – SMILF 5:30 – Me, Myself and I Pulled and CBSTalk 14:00 – Larry SNL Talk Begins 15:05 – Paul Manafort Cold Open 19:00 – Alec Baldwin’s Week 20:30 – Monologue 25:20 – The Price is Right 30:00 – Argument Regarding using Alec in Sketches 33:50 – White House Press Conference – Confident 38:20 – Career Retrospective 42:00 – Baby Steps 45:30 – Weekend Update 51:00 – Listener of the WeekL Justin Gardner 52:10 – Fresh Takes ?? – Luke Null Update 57:50 – New Wife 1:01:00 – Beers 1:06:00 – Looking Ahead to Tiffany Haddish and Chance the Rapper 1:12:20 – Can Seth Meyers Host Soon? 1:15:30 – Jim Jefferies, Jordan Klepper Check-ins and Late Night Ratings
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Original Airdate: October 17, 2017
Brendan & fan favorite Taylor Cotter (host of the podcast Reese's Pieces, about the works of Reese Witherspoon) review the Kumail Nanjiani hosted episode of SNL. It was a banner showing for Luke Null, or was it just a random white guy extra?
1:20 - What Happened to #30?
2:20 - Gal Gadot Episode Thoughts
7:00 - Taylor Promotes her Podcast - Reese's Pieces
14:50 - Kumail & Silicon Valley Opinions
22:15 - Trump Trucker Rally
33:30 - Monologue
38:30 - Bank Breakers
42:00 - Pete Davidson
44:40 - Kellyanne Conway It Parody
50:15 - Office Halloween Party
56:50 - Film Panel with Debette Goldry / SNL's Weinstein Sketch
1:05:45 - Weekend Update
1:09:45 - Hotel Check-In
1:13:15 - Nursing Home
1:15:25 - Listener of the Week: Justin Gardner (Heidi's brother)
1:18:30 - Call Center
1:20:00 - David S. Pumpkins Special
1:25:00 - Host Predictions
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Original Airdate: October 2, 2017
Bram & Brendan return for Season 43 of SNL, or Season 3 of The Featured Players: An SNL Podcast. Bram's first episode recording with a dog in the room. He got a dog! Ryan Gosling is the host of the premiere, all for the purpose of unveiling 3 new Featured performers: Luke Null, Heidi Gardner & Chris Redd, joining still Featured Players Alex Moffat, Mikey Day and Melissa Villasenor.
It's Fall TV time and that makes a good episode of Podcast Television. That's right, podcasts are TV too.
3:00 - General Premiere DIscussion 7:00 - The Deuce/Disaster Artist 11:30 - Bram's New Dog Casper 17:00 - Cast Member Memorial: Bobby, Sasheer, & Vanessa 19:00 - Me, Myself & I vs. Other Post SNL Careers 31:00 - Darrell Hammond - Chicago Tribune piece 38:00 - Sasheer 43:00 - Mikey and Alex Domination / New Featured Players Discussion 1:01:00 - SNL at the Emmys 1:08:00 - Jordan Klepper's New Show 1:11:30 - Show Coverage Begins
1:12:00 - Cold Open - Alec Baldwin in the Chaos President 1:17:50 - Monologue 1:23:00 - Alien Encounter Return 1:28:30 - The Fliplets 1:30:00 - Weekend Update
1:34:00 - Brendan reviews It and Kingsman 2 1:42:00 - Bram reviews American Vandal 1:44;00 - Beth shows up
1:46:00 - Henrietta and the Fugitive 1:50:00 - Italian Restaurant / Pizza Hut Casper sits in 1:53:00 - Papyrus 1:56:30 - Dive Bar 2:01:30 - Wrapup and Future Hosts
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Original Airdate: May 16, 2017
Melissa McCarthy get inducted into the 5-Timer's Club. Bram and Brendan do SNL business for the first hour of the podcast and then Beth showed up to talk about the breaking news stories of NBC's Fall schedule and a broad conversation on the new shows for the second hour.
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Original Airdate: May 9, 2017
We're back after a long 2 month absence, which for some reason was only 3 episodes? The first ever Featured Players situation of a guest recording in the same location as a host! Beth Ann Benderoff (formerly Goodin) rejoins the podcast in a worthy earning of a 5-timer title. We pretty much forget that Chris Pine hosted and talk about Gong Show's Tommy Maitland for hours and hours.
Original Airdate: March 7, 2017
We are back after a month! Episode 25 got lost in the 'This Is Us' crock pot fire (thank you Taylor Cotter for participating). It will be lost forever, and now we have 26. Hosted by Octavia, of the Spencer's Gifts empire. We invite Melynda Malley back to the show, after a 51-week absence to talk Chris Kattan, conspiracies featuring the cast of Making History, Detroiters, Maya & Marty, and that sweet sweet SNL. Have a listen.
0:00 - Basically a Cold Open
5:00 - Real Start of the Show
15:00 - Episode Thoughts
16:00 - Jeff Sessions Gump
23:00 - Monologue, Octavia & Cast Chemistry, Taran/Jay/Mikey Day, Melynda's 30 Rock Origins
39:30 - Fallon as Chris Rock, Trump Hosting SNL backlash
48:20 - Drug Company
49:00 - Girl At a Bar
54:30 - Zoo-opolis
56:00 - Melissa Villasenor Status
1:01:00 - Melissa Continued
1:10:30 - Maya and Marty Status
1:26:00 - Sticky Bun sketch
End of Show Recap
1:48:40 - Detroiters
1:56:00 - News Drops: Talking with Chris Hardwick, Bobby Moynihan probably leaving for a Pilot, Chris Kattan joins Dancing with the Stars and Melynda's Kattan Bro story, Jon Rudnitsky pilot
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Original Airdate: February 7, 2017
It's been over 8 years since Twilight has been available on iTunes, and somehow Kristen Stewart is just now hosting. Bram and Brendan break down this Roller Coaster of a show. Is this a Donald Trump episode? You bet. It's a short one for us too because we had recorded a half hour before my recording software decided to crash.
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Original Airdate: January 22, 2017
Beth's back, Aziz Ansari's finally hosting the show, making him the first South Asian to do so. It's a real good show.
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Original Airdate: January 15, 2017
Bram and Brendan have a disagreement over Sonic Drive-Thrus. Bram 'Boy Meets World' shames Brendan and all on the eve of Inauguration...of The Young Pope! Felicity Jones hosted this week's SNL, which was unanimously thought of on the podcast as a 'nothing episode'.
4:15 - Trump Tweets SNL 7:35 - Trump Press Conference Cold Open 15:25 - Felicity Jones Monologue 25:10 - Beard Hunk 30:00 - Shondra and Malik 34:30 - Theater Donor 40:55 - Princess and the Curse 43:00 - TV Talk: The Young Pope 46:15 - Susan B. 48:10 - Trump Tweets John Lewis 50:35 - Joe Walsh Update 53:25 - Weekend Update 59:40 - Fandango: Movie Interview 1:05:00 - Corporate Retreat - SNL END 1:11:50 - Conan O'Brien Weekly Transition??? 1:20:15 - Netflix's One Day at a Time Review 1:27:00 - Outro
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Original Airdate: December 21, 2016
2 timer Bode Sulaiman returns for our 21st episode on his actual 21st birthday. I am not kidding, Bode very happily spent his 21st birthday with us talking about Casey Affleck of all things, and it just happened to be Episode #21. Wow. What a world.
Bram and Brendan are also here not celebrating their birthday. We are all wondering why Casey Affleck is possibly hosting the Christmas episode.
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3:50 - Casey Affleck Discussion
15:00 - NBC Midseason
24:50 - General Ep/Casey Discussion Continued
31:40 - Cold Open
34:50 - Monologue
38:55 - Dunkin Donuts
42:25 - Gay Robot
51:50 - Jingle Barack
59:00 - Xmas Miracle (Krinklemouse)
1:03:50 - Chance the Rapper
1:06:20 - Taran Killam in Hamilton news
1:10:20 - Weekend Update
1:13:35 - Duck Tales, Dan Fogelman TV Discussion, How I Met Your Dad News
1:22:00 - New York Now
1:23:55 - Hillary Actually
1:28:30 - Mrs. Claus and the Elves
1:30:20 - Xmas Bar
1:32:20 - Episode Wrap
1:41:00 - Plugs and Bode's Rogue One review
Original Airdate: December 12, 2016
We made it to 20 original episodes of The Featured Players and still no profit margins! Look at em' go. We've brought in guest Shak Lambert (@ShakExcellence) who is a qualified wrestling expert we have called in specially to evaluate John Cena's performance. To our surprise he is just as knowledgeable about the past life of Mikey Day. Rundown below.
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0:00 - Opening/Cena Impressions
18:00 - Talking Bout that Politics (Trump duh)
26:00 - Cold Open
39:00 - Monologue
47:00 - Dating Show
49:40 - Karate Teen
1:06:10 - Science Presentation
1:11:15 - Dyke and Fats 2
1:16:15 - Weekend Update
1:33:00 - Where'd Your Money Go
1:39:00 - Joanne and the Tree
1:42:00 - Bram Reviews Hairspray Live
1:48:10 - Through Donald's Eyes
1:52:35 - Romance Bookstore
1:58:00 - Owl Talent Competition
2:01:25 - Maren Morris
2:03:35 - Final Thoughts
2:08:55 - Fuller House, Adam Sandler and Final Plugs
Original Airdate: December 6, 2016
Someone do something, there is an 11 minute tangent about Borat and Bruno in this podcast. Oh, Emma Stone hosted SNL, Bram & Brendan do a regular podcast without a guest. It was late at night and Brendan was sleepy and you will hear him mentioning it a lot. Arby's also comes up.
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0:00 - Intro
11:30 - Oscar/Award Talk
25:00 - SNL Discussion Begins
32:00 - Cold Open
39:15 - Monologue (But mostly Office Christmas Party)
44:35 - Student Theatre Showcase
49:00 - Christmas Candle
53:10 - Posters Teach Math
55:45 - Weekend Update (but mostly Michael Che Matters, Hamilton and Brendan's SNL standby story, etc)
1:27:00 - Cleaning Crew Jingles
1:28:45 - A Midseason Look at Melissa Villasenor
1:35:20 - Debette Goldry #2
1:38:50 - Tangent on Borat and Bruno
1:48:30 - Wells for Sensitive Boys
1:54:30 - Streaming/General TV Discussion
2:08:50 - Nativity Scene
2:13:00 - Plugs/Wrap-Up/John Cena Preview
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Original Airdate: November 21, 2016
We break our female streak with T.J. Slipko to discuss the Kristen Wiig special alumni episode of SNL. We have some thoughts! T.J. Slipko has been long awaited on our program, and you can hear him say "skit" instead of "sketch" and then apologize for it every time. This is good for all those that like Buffalo/LA/Toronto references.
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4:00 - Opening Thoughts
9:30 - Trump Portrayal and Cold Open
19:00 - Kristen Wiig Monologue
27:30 - The Bubble (Brooklyn)
36:00 - Secret Word #9
40:30 - CNN/Westword tangent (lol)
52:40 - Target
1:00:35 - Just Buffalo Talk
1:09:40 - QVC
1:17:40 - The XX & broad musical discussion
1:26:00: - Weekend Update
1:31:50 - Thanksgiving Parade
1:33:15 - Doctor Strange and Fantastic Beasts reviews
1:37:35 - The Goldbergs & The Big Bang Theory Spinoffs
1:49:10 - Whiskers Are We
1:53:00 - Sue the Surprise Lady
1:57:55 - Final Thoughts
2:04:05 - Emma Stone & Shawn Mendes Preview
2:09:45 - Plugs
2:13:05 - Alan Cumming Products
Original Airdate: November 16, 2016
Donald Trump is going to be President. Arguably SNL played a role in normalizing Donald Trump when he hosted just over a year ago.
The Featured brahs welcome their favorite Twitter pal Frannie Comstock (TrophyUncle on Twitter) to discuss the Dave Chappelle hosted episode of SNL and how we can possibly live with ourselves as the 'libtard' fanbase.
You don't want to miss it. Check out the breakdown.
2:00 - Election Recap / SNL's Shame
25:00 - Hallelujah Cold Open / SNL's Shame P2
40:00 - Dave Chappelle Monologue
53:20 - Election Night
1:03:40 - Walking Dead Chappelle Show
1:13:30 - Weekend Update
1:20:25 - Inside SNL
1:31:10 - Talking Politics with Kids
1:39:20 - Last Call
1:42:55 - Love & Leslie
1:47:00 - Breast Feeding
1:53:00 - Final Thoughts & Plugs
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Original Airdate: November 9, 2016
Three Idiots Praise The Master of Disguise for Two Hours
With recurring guest Beth Goodin, we recorded on Sunday to talk about Benedict Cumberbatch hosting SNL. He was surprisingly great in a mixed bag of an episode. Donald Trump also won the Presidency on Tuesday. I'm sure we talk about the election but we definitely didn't know he would win, so don't bug us if we don't mention it.
Post-Trump mourning mode made me not provide time codes for this episode but I'll tell you that Benedict Cumberbatch's name doesn't come up until we hit the monologue around 40 minutes in. This was a chill hangout vibe. A lot of Master of Disguise chat occurs.
America got what it deserved.
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Original Airdate: October 18, 2016
We are nearly as tired as the cast 3 weeks into a new season, but that doesn't mean we don't keep putting out that sweet, sweet content. In these times before the US election, the two Canadian SNL fans come off as semi-smart for once trying to be serious and relevant.
We're okay at it. We also talked about an Emily Blunt hosted episode of SNL! Check out the breakdown.
9:10 - Trump's SNL Thoughts, Cold Open & Political Discussion
37:30 - Monologue
46:50 - Escorts
51:20 - Featured Players Promotion Discussion
59:10 - Melaniade
1:04:00 - Ann Arbor Film Festival Q&A
1:08:20 - CHONK
1:10:15 - Weekend Update
1:16:00 - Burger King
1:23:50 - The Sink
1:26:55 - Honda Robots
1:32:10 - Melania Moment #3
1:35:20 - Great British Bake Off
1:40:25 - Hamsters
1:42:35 - Wrapup
1:47:55 - The Tweets of Jurassic Griffin
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Original Airdate: October 10, 2016
Guest Taylor Cotter (@TaylorCotter) of @PostShowRecaps fills in for Bram. Brendan and Taylor discuss Lin-Manuel Miranda's appearance on the second episode of the season.
If you like what you hear from Taylor and are a fan of general comedy, you might want to check out her brand new 30 Rock 10th Anniversary Podcast available on iTunes through Post Show Recaps.
2:00 - Hamilton/Monologue Talk 6:30 – Cold Open 12:00 - SNL's Racial Status 24:50 – Campfire Sing-along 29:30 – Crucible Cast Party 34:05 – 'Dead Poets Society' Teacher 40:05 – Weekend Update 49:50 – The Music Man: Wells Fargo 54:00 – Diego Calls His Family 56:45 - Stranger Things 1:03:10 - Melania Moments 2 1:05:25 – Degree of Valor 1:07:50 - Wrap-up
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Original Airdate: October 4, 2016
Premiere week! Bram and Brendan are confined to a single room and are forced against their will to review the 3 latest Featured Players and how they did in their debuts. Willingness may have a margin of error.
Fresh faces - Melissa, Mikey and Alex duke it out to have the most relevance in their debut, but could they be equal to Rudnitsky's relevance throughout the entire season? Let's find out.
2:05 - Hollywood Reporter interview with Lorne Michaels
14:10 - Presential Debate
25:05 - Margot Robbie Monologue
27:50 - Sinkhole News
30:25 - The Librarian
32:40 - Political Family Feud
46:00 - Weekend Update
54:10 - Hunch Bunch
1:00:20 - Women in Film
1:03:00 - Mr. Robot with Leslie Jones
1:09:50 - Final Featured Players Thoughts & Wrapup
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Original Airdate: September 27, 2016
We're back! Season 42 is a week upon us, and Bram & Brendan return to dish out the sweet sweet season info. Info like: cast departures/arrivals (its like an airport but for comedians), upcoming hosts, and we talk about the Fall TV season as well. We are happy you decided to give us a chance, even though you'll regret it.
Shout out to Beth Goodin for providing these time codes
0:00 Cast departures
8:17 Rudnitsky #jonnyrudz
11:46 Cast graduation & writing changes
15:50 Host announcement
19:00 Mikey Day
41:57 Alex Moffat
47:06 Melissa Villasenor
1:07:00 MadTV
1:11:23 Fall TV Premiere Week
1:12:23 Son of Zorn
1:19:06 Atlanta
1:19:35 Better Things
1:21:40 Pitch
1:24:05 This is Us and Pitch spoilers
1:30:04 Designated Survivor
1:31:30 The Good Place
1:33:45 Speechless
1:36:50 Upcoming premieres
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Original Airdate: August 15, 2016
Mo Collins No Problems, y'all. We're back for our second summer stint, this time with 2-timer Beth Goodin and she's here to help us celebrate our complete traitor mode in covering CW's Mad TV revival full-time. It's pretty messy, so strap in and listen to us talk about this show you probably haven't thought about in 7 years, having to cope with surviving in the ever-exceedingly connected world.
Sweet, sweet content for the 18-39 demo mass.
5:10 - Cast Rundown
18:30 - 2 Episode Review
1:32:50 - Bram's Joe Walsh Update
1:44:30 - SNL Host Predictions
2:02:00 - Show Wrap-up
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Original Airdate: July 20, 2016
Hi Ho! Cherry-O, its finally Episode 10 of the very underwhelming Featured Players podcast. We've made it far enough to reach our first episode that does not directly focus on SNL, however, Leslie Jones (a current Featured Player) and Kate McKinnon (a current cast member) happen to have starred in Ghostbusters reboot which we have seen! And we talk about it! Invited on the show to join our two-timers club is Christian Becker (Twitter: TheAmazingBeck), whom is actually the guest on our most popular episode ever. The Emmy nominations also came out this week and that is also discussed. I have time-coded things so you don't have to be bored, but if you are a diehard (you are), you're gonna want to consume all this tasty CONTENT to your heart's content.
3:00 - Pokemon Go
10:10 - US Election/Late Night Coverage
20:00 - Emmy Nominations
1:02:00 - Ghostbusters discussion
1:26:30 - ABC's Sunday Fun & Games
1:33:25 - Netflix's Stranger Things
1:44:30 - Plugs
1:50:00 - Right-Wing Joe Walsh
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Original Airdate: June 9th, 2016
Better late than never. Bram & Brendan are back (on NBC) for their very late and very brief discussions of the Fred Armisen hosted finale of SNL, and what this means for the general status of The Featured Players. We come to an ultimate conclusion that you'll have to play to find out.
We also complain about Showtime's handling of Homeland, review the new Adam Sandler Netflix joint 'The Do-Over', and slowly transition ourselves into a Maya & Marty podcast. Enjoy our sweet tangents throughout.
0:00 - Armisen - SNL
17:00 - Homeland & Showtime
32:00 - Back to SNL
56:00 - The Do-Over
1:09:00 - Maya & Marty
1:19:00 - The Carmichael Show finale
1:26:00 - Summer Plans
1:33:00 - The Do-Over Spoiler Sesh & Goodnights
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Original Airdate: May 16, 2016
It's the Drake episode but in the end we go full TV Nerd and spend around 90 minutes talking about the Fall upfronts.
Cold Open - 19:00
Monologue - 23:30
Rental Car - 27:50
American Ninja Warrior - 30:30
Sexy Kinda Evening - 36:10
Baby Boss GOP - 38:25
Weekend Update - 41:45
Black Jeopardy - 51:50
Drake's Beef - 57:20
Spring Fling - 1:02:15
NBC Fall Schedule - 1:06:00
New Fall Series - 1:35:50
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - 2:12:30
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Original Airdate: May 9. 2016
The good ol' boys are back and obviously we have forgotten how to podcast. No matter, we have invited Bode Sulaiman - a gem among us, to chat about Brie Larson's episode and the current state of the Featured Players. Oh yes, the Rudnitsky judgement days are coming, and we have 2 more weeks before it all becomes clear. Fun times to pay attention to our tangential babbling.
9:15 - Cold Open
SHONDA
23:25 - Monologue
27:35 - Bode & Brendan hate Jurassic World
35:30 - President Barbie
38:50 - Alien Encounter 2
41:45 - The Cut
48:25 - Update
56:30 - Slow Jon Snow
59:50 - Quiz Whiz 2018
1:06:55 - Discreet Annihilation
1:09:25 - Dead Bopz
1:10:05 - The State of Late Night TV
1:15:20 - FX's Feud
1:20:20 - Featured Player Spotlight - DEAN EDWARDS
1:37:30 - Upcoming Hosts
We end freeform into current TV, movies, pilots and series orders. Do the subtweet, the new dance craze sweeping the nation while listening to this part.
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Original Airdate: April 18, 2016
The host was comedy god and SNL alum Julia Louis-Dreyfus. We welcome Beth Goodin from The Adios Amigos to the Featured player gang, and she was a great guest. 20 minutes on Weekend Update! Brendan realizes he is the problem. Opinions vary. This was a good Pete episode and not good for anyone else in the gang.
Here is the breakdown.
4:10 - Expectations
15:00 - Political Cold Open
23:20 - Heroin AM
25:45 - Yuge Jewelery
30:30 - The Poolboy
35:15 - Cinema Classics
37:55 - Mercedes AA Class
Nick Jonas
46:30 - Weekend Update
1:07:30 - Who works at CVS?
1:11:11 - Match.com 'Give Us the Child'
1:16:20 - God is a Boob Man
1:20:40 - CEG
1:22:50 - Featured Players: JLD
1:33:30 - The Detour/Mad TV relaunch/Brooks Wheelan update
1:42:40 - Party Over Here catchup
1:46:15 - Avatar sequels
1:50:35 - Bram's Movie Corner
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Original Airdate: April 10, 2016
Brendan is back in action after spending literally a month away from the show. Bram is there too. The guest is Christian Becker who is a Kenneth the Page at CBS and he is also a very funny and knowledgeable SNL fan. It's another good show. Here's how it played out.
Initial Thoughts/Expectations - 7:05
Cold Open - 14:00
State of The Show Address (The Podcasters v Jon Rudnitsky: American Crime Story" - 20:00
Monologue - 25:10
Preparation H - 29:15
MSNBC Sharpton - 32:05
King Henry VIII - 39:00
Match Finders - 45:45
Weekend Update - 59:00
Survivor - 1:11:20
Pogie's Pepperoni - 1:16:00
Shanice Goodwin: Ninja - 1:19:45
Featured Player: Rob Riggle - 1:26:30
The rest of the show touched on the state of TV comedy, and general pop culture mindfield.
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Original Airdate: April 2, 2016
And we're back after not releasing any episodes during hiatus. Brendan had to sit this episode out (since he talks too much) so Bram called on Rob Trench to sit in this week. We're talking all about the Featured Players on the Peter Dinklage episode of SNL. The historical Featured Player this week is Jenny Slate (09-10).
Intro/First Impressions/Game of Thrones Talk
Cold Open - 12:15
Monologue - 15:00
Danny the Real meets Pooh - 17:55
Naked & Afraid - 20:40
Space Pants - 23:00
The Glory Hole - 27:00
GoT Dragon Doc - 29:30
Gwen Stefani - 31:35
Weekend Update - 34:20
Fish Tank Corpse - 40:45
Vacation Nightmares - 42:18
Corporate Magician - 44:10
Final Reflections - 46:00
Featured Past: Jenny Slate - 49:50
First Impressions on USA - 58:10
Outro
We'll return with Brendan to discuss the Russell Crowe episode next week.
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The good ol' Featie boys, Bram & Brendan, are back despite popular demand, ready to over-analyze the Saturday Night Live Featured Cast once again, and this is another disappointment in terms of those 4 Golden kids. Time to shake things up - the first guest on our show is none other than the incomparable Melynda Malley of The Adios Amigos podcast. Melynda, Bram & Brendan match wits in a battle of American rudeness, Canadian politeness and passive-aggression.
Listen/subscribe to Lyndi's show on Soundcloud or iTunes. https://soundcloud.com/theadiosamigos
This episode also features a new permanent Opening with voiceover by Zack Brewer. It's great. He's great.
Here is the rundown for the episode hosted by Ariana Grande.
First Impressions - 9:50
Cold Open - 19:40
Monologue - 25:40
Hillary Ad - 32:40
Kid's Choice Awards - 42:00
Feminist Song - 44:55
Blobfish - 49:40
Weekend Update - 52:45
TIDAL/impressions - 1:07:00
Family Feud/impressions - 1:13:50
Sound of Music/goodnights - 1:18:40
Pop Culture Discussion topics
Fox's Party Over Here - 1:25:20
Obama & Trudeau's State Dinner - 1:32:45
Maya & Marty (& Kenan) - 1:39:30
SNL's Featured Classics: Sarah Silverman - 1:42:25
iTunes Reviews/Plugs - 1:56:10
RudeAmericanWomenForNiceCanadianPodcast
WhoIsThePatter
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Original Airdate: March 5, 2016
The boys are back in town. That being Bram and Brendan are finally ready to comment on a regular episode of SNL. The host today is Jonah Hill and here are some topics that come up.
Cold Open - 9:13
Monologue - 15:20
Trump - 16:20
The Champ - 16:50
Wisconsin News - 18:00
Problematic Sketch - 21:50
Inside SoCal - 27:05
Weekend Update - 28:05
Featured Classics: Ben Stiller - 43:50
Ghostbusters - 59:50
The Real O'Neals/General TV discussion - 1:05:00
Wrap-up and Episode 1 reactions - 1:19:19
Original Airdate: Feb 25, 2016
Holy Chalupa! Us terrifying TV nerds may have created the 7th or 8th SNL podcast, therefore this will establish some ground rules.
Each week we'll focus on the Featured cast members, and for our first episode we discuss both the Repertory Cast (04:15), and the Featured Cast (28:30). We announce a recurring segment (1:00:57), have an in-depth discussion about Fuller House & #PeakTV (1:05:46), and quibble over the prospects of Deadpool hosting SNL (1:28:05). Have a hoot and please clap.