The M&M Report: “SNL” Therapy

Devin walks me through a therapy session as we unpack the current state of Saturday Night Live.

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Topics:

• Political satire (0:00 – 19:30)
• Alec Baldwin (19:30 – 27:00)
• Weekend Update (27:00 – 38:00)
• Pete Davidson (38:00 – 46:00)
• Mark’s theory on hosts (46:00 – 50:00)
• Why we keep watching (50:00 – End)

Some sketches we discussed:

• Robert Mueller/”The Bachelorette”
• #resistance bros at the bar
• Watching the presidential election returns
• Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer
• Adam Driver as a despicable oil baron
• “The Sink”
• “Wells For Boys”
• “Black Jeopardy” with Tom Hanks
• Killer ceiling fan
• Adam Driver monologue
• Cast jealousy over Pete Davidson’s new stardom
• Pete Davidson talking Ariana on Weekend Update
• Pete Davidson proposing to Maggie Rogers
• Pete Davidson’s Dan Crenshaw joke

Other stuff:

• Taran Killam, ousted cast member, discusses the show’s relationship with Trump
• Alec Baldwin’s “retirement from public life”
• Mark’s Vox list of non-political “SNL” sketches
• The M&M Report on Don’t Think Twice
• Ariana Grande, “Pete”
• Dan Crenshaw in the Washington Post

The M&M Report: “Mission: Impossible — Fallout”

Devin and I accept the impossible mission of marveling at the action in “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” while keeping top of mind the sinister implications of Tom Cruise’s stardom.

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The M&M Report Predicts the 2017 Emmys

Here are predictions for this year’s Emmy awards from me and my podcast partner Devin Mitchell. They are official and binding, and we arrived at them separately. If you bet on our picks and come up short, you may sue us for all we are worth.

The M&M Report: “Saturday Night Live” Post-Election

Devin and I are back in the same room for an episode that touches on the election but focuses on last night’s episode and this season of Saturday Night Live. We talked about our favorite and least favorite moments, reacted to the show’s hit-or-miss political commentary and made predictions about what’s to come. Oh, and there are some bleeps.

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The M&M Report: “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”

On this M&M Report, Devin Mitchell and I dug deep into the pleasures of the latest installment in the unkillable Mission: Impossible movie series. Then we offered some words of caution about Tom Cruise in light of Devin recently watching the Alex Gibney documentary Going Clear.

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