Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying all 6 Episode of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “snl”.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
March 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 57 mins
absurd, absurdism, bbc, britain, britcom, british, comedy, dead parrot, england, eric idle, flying circus, geek, graham chapman, john cleese, logic, medieval, michael palin, monty python, mythology, nerd, python, religion, saturday night live, sketch, sketch comedy, skit, snl, spam, taskmaster, terry gilliam, terry jones
We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail as some podcasting nerds should, by quoting it to death. Guest comedians Rich Baker and Ned Record (of the Lost & Confounded podcast and www.nedrecord.com) join us to discuss the unyielding hilarity and exceptional longevity of a film that just won't take "Ni" for an answer. And there was much rejoicing!
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In Living Color
September 16th, 2024 | 1 hr 51 mins
1990s, 90s, black, black lives matter, blm, comedy, damon wayans, david alan grier, entertainment, improv, jamie foxx, jim carrey, keenan ivory wayans, marlon wayans, saturday night live, sketch, sketch comedy, snl, television, tv, wayans, wayans brothers
In Livng Color lived up to its theme and proved you could do what you want to do. We recorded a podcast about it. Kinda like it. Like to hear it? Hear it go! Guest Jala Prendes (host of Jala-Chan' Place, Monster, Dear Monster, and Duckfeed.tv's The Level) and Dave Cox (co-host of Monster, Dear Monster) join us to revisit the memorable cast and characters of one of the most important and groundbreaking sketch comedy shows ever made.
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
April 8th, 2024 | 2 hrs 9 mins
absurd, absurdism, bbc, britcom, british, comedy, dead parrot, eric idle, flying circus, geek, graham chapman, john cleese, logic, michael palin, monty python, nerd, python, saturday night live, sketch, sketch comedy, skit, snl, spam, taskmaster, terry gilliam, terry jones
And now for something completely different. Monty Python's Flying Circus redefined comedy from the subatomic level up with sketches that were quotable, absurd, and of course, funnier than a dead parrot full of spam. Guest comedians Rich Baker and Ned Record (of the Lost & Confounded podcast) join us to roundtable our top 10 Python sketches. Burma!
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Ghostbusters 2
March 25th, 2024 | 1 hr 43 mins
1980s, 80s, bill murray, comedy, dan ackroyd, ernie hudson, film, ghost, ghostbusters, ghosts, halloween, harold ramis, movie, movies, rick moranis, saturday night live, sigourney weaver, snl
Too hot to handle, too cold to hold. Ghostbusters 2 is a sequel that's anything but paint-by-numbers. We're gonna call superfans Dylan Gregory and Tania Newton to blow some positively-charged slime all over a film that keeps on lifting us higher and higher.
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Happy Gilmore
March 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 51 mins
1990s, 90s, adam sandler, carl weathers, comedy, entertainment, film, golf, julie bowen, movies, sandler, saturday night live, snl, sports
The price is right for this classic golf comedy in which Adam Sadler tees off on everyone and everything in his path. Guest Dave Jackson (Tales From The Backlog) joins us to revisit a movie that never fails to take us to our happy place.
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Ghostbusters
January 1st, 2024 | 2 hrs 12 mins
1980s, afterlife, bill murray, comedy, dan ackroyd, ectoplasm, frozen empire, ghostbusters, ghosts, harold ramis, haunting, ivan reitman, rick moranis, sigourney weaver, slimer, snl, spirits
Who ya gonna call? For 40 years the story of blue-collar scientists with unlicensed nuclear accelerators exterminating paranormal threats has offered thrills, chills, and spills (of self-cooking eggs and marshmallow goo). On this episodes guests Dylan Gregory and Dan Oster (MadTV) join us to revisit why this comedy classic still has us in a trap four decades on. Grab a big twinkie and join us!