SNL Hall of Fame

This week on the program, Thomas, Matt, and jD welcome back Darin Patterson to the show. You can find his work at SNL Nerds where ever you get your podcasts. Transcript: Track 4: [0:42] Thank you so much, Doug DeNance. It is a thrill to be back here with you on the SNL Hall of Fame podcast. Before you come inside, if you would do me a favor, please wipe your feet. 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. 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 and that is how we play the game it's just that simple a little 411 for you we have a new email address it is the snl hall of fame at gmail.com that's the snl hall of fame at gmail.com shoot Shoot us an email if you have any questions about the show or would like to guest on this show or the SNL Hall of Fame Water Cooler with Joe and Shari. Track 4: [1:43] So there's that. This week we are joined by our friend Darren Patterson of the SNL Nerds podcast. You can check that out wherever you find your quality podcasts. Podcasts and uh darren has quite the track record of uh nominating people in episodes he joined us for the first time on season two where he nominated tom hanks who got in then in season three he kicked off the season by nominating dana carvey who also got in that year uh he took the year off in season four and didn't visit us in season five either but this year he's back and uh i'm excited about this episode so there's that. Track 5: [2:32] Here we go with an original not ready for prime time player it is the often overlooked garrett morris matt what do you have to say about garrett morris wow uh garrett uh he five foot eight born february 1st 1937 in new orleans uh he is uh an incredible talent he studied drama at the hb studio and attended juilliard he's a triple threat raised by a baptist minister grandfather he got his first taste of performance in the church choir uh with 116 acting credits six soundtrack credits and one writer credit it, he worked as a soloist and arranger for Harry Belafonte. Track 5: [3:22] Yeah, so he was part of Belafonte's band. During his time as a singer for Harry Belafonte, he was performing in Los Angeles and decided to go for a walk. Police cuffed him and dragged them to jail when he tried to show his hotel keys to prove where he's staying. After a background check, it came back clean. And then they checked the itinerary in his pocket and saw that he was part of Harry Belafonte's band. And all of a sudden they were like oh i'm sorry i'm sorry mr garrett morris i mr morris like we're so he's he that kind of uh changed his life um he became very active uh he joined the black arts repertory theater and school a cornerstone of the black arts movement um um, in New York and ended up being surveilled by the FBI during that time. Yeah. Track 5: [4:23] So he has a file. Um, but you know, he's also done things like he released an album called South African Freedom Songs with Pete Seeger and Guy Carowan. Uh, he appeared in broadway in hallelujah baby and ain't supposed to die a natural death and uh he. Track 5: [4:44] Wrote a play called the secret place daddy piku and stagger lee uh which he penned for the brooklyn uh school kids as part of a new york program uh to write a play for school kids in their in your home borough and on top of all of that he released a comedy album called saturday night sweet um which has some pure disco tracks on there it is it is incredible um he survived a brush with death having been shot in the chest and arm while being mugged uh and got to be kidding me yeah like he's that was. Track 5: [5:28] In 1994 so not even that long ago did not go well for the shooter because there were some garrett morris...

Join Shari and Joe as they discuss this weeks episode of the HOF podcast and share their visions for first-time hosts. Transcript: Track 2: [0:19] Hi, welcome to the Saturday Night Live Hall of Fame Water Cooler Podcast. You know, kind of a short, simple title. Or to put it another way, the SNL HOFH2L Podcast. Just to, you know, hashtag it. I'm Joe. Track 3: [0:43] And I'm Shari. Track 2: [0:44] And we're sitting here next to the water cooler, ready for this week's discussion. Track 3: [0:51] Yep. Are you filling up your cup, Joe? I'm filling mine up. Track 2: [0:55] And I'm good. All right. Let's do this. Track 3: [0:59] Okay. We're going to start it off by talking about this week's episode of the SNL Hall of Fame with the fabulous Thomas Senna and his special guest, Jamie Burwood. Wood jamie is a og snl hall of fame guest she's been on a couple of times and i believe all of her nominees have gotten in christopher walken and will ferrell will ferrell thank you joe because i blanked out and our latest nominee she finally got in in season five molly shannon so yes he's on a roll let's see if she can keep it up with sherry o terry did you want to continue on and uh so yeah. Track 2: [1:48] Uh yeah those two they had a great discussion uh they covered a lot uh so uh but i there's plenty left to discuss uh you know they brought up uh, that Sherry's often paired up with Will Ferrell, who, you know, they performed in the Groundlings together. They started at Saturday Night Live at the same time. Will Ferrell, Sherry Oteri, Chris Kattan. Basically, Saturday Night Live cleaned house around season 20. They got rid of those bums, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, and Kevin Nealon. No, they were great. It was just, they did their term. It was time for a change. It was time for a change. And then they brought in, yeah, Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, David Kegner, Daryl Hammond, and our focus for today, Sherry O'Terry. Track 3: [2:43] Thank you, Joe. That was a really good lead-in, recap. Thank you. You're coming up with all the good words, and I'm somehow blanking. Track 2: [2:52] It's cool. Track 3: [2:53] I think we're ready with that great recap. I think we're ready to talk about... Track 2: [3:00] Point counterpoint. Uh, so, uh, okay, let's go into pros and cons. All right. Now this week, uh, I'm going to take the pros with Sherry and you'll take the cons. Track 3: [3:12] Yep. We're switching places. Track 2: [3:14] All right. Uh, so, uh, as far as the pros go, the first thing, and I, they mentioned this on the other episode, she is very energetic. Energetic and the word i want to add on to that is she's energetic to the point where all of her characters are twitching i mean like she's just literally like shocking just you know um yeah like with our characters uh laura or whom i think who's the first one um yeah adele and uh. Track 2: [3:53] Where's the other one? The one that, oh, Colette Rairdon. I wanted to bring her up because she probably has a reason to twitch a little bit because she has a big box of prescriptions that she's on. But yeah, Sherry's very energetic to the point where she's twitching, gives 110%, and also she's just Just a hair below chewing the scenery. She's, you know, not hamming it up. She's not. Everything that she's doing with her energy seems appropriate and called for. And it makes sense within the character. So I just want to point out that she never, ever sleepwalks through a part. So, yeah, that's the first pro I got in your con. Track 3: [4:45] Okay, Joe, that is excellent. And she is very high energy. And Jamie Burwood said that same thing. In fact, her exact, well, maybe not her exact words, but her words were she brings a zaniness and a wackiness that is... Unparalleled. That was Jamie's words, and you pretty much reiterated them, Joe. Unfortunately, I'm here to bring the con, and that wackiness and that zaniness and that shout, she likes to shout. She shouts a lot. So her...

Matt, Thomas, and jD are joined by friend of the podcast, TV graphs own, Jamie Burwood. Before her conversation with Thomas, Matt and jD go through some Cheri Oteri trivia. Enjoy. Transcript: Track 2: [0:43] Thank you so much, Doug DeNance. It is a great pleasure to be joining you all here outside the SNL Hall of Fame. If you wouldn't mind, as you cross the threshold, please take advantage of the mat out front and wipe those feet. 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. 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 this week we are joined by our friend jamie burwood to discuss the bona fides of sherry o terry but before we do that we are going to talk to our friend matt ardill and matt i've got a question for you my friend. Track 3: [1:44] Are you ready because i've got two words for you sherry o terry matt what have you got well sherry o terry is five foot five foot two born september 19th 1962 in what i what appears to be a snl hotbed upper derby pennsylvania the hometown of tina fey yeah so water there yeah yeah it's just i i guess there's something about that suburban experience that uh makes you crave uh making people laugh um or at least distracting yourself from being there uh she grew up around music her father was a nashville record producer and worked at amn records before joining the groundlings she earned 92 acting credits six writing credits five producer credits and four soundtrack credits um yeah she has played everything from uh the sidekick of inspector gadget to an animated tooth fairy uh she she is one of the uh folks from snl to go on to broadway having starred in the production of Musical the Musical. Track 3: [3:06] And is a friend of Paul Reuben's, playing husband and wife on an episode of Ally McBeal. Went on to be nominated for the Best Dance Sequence at MTV's Movie Awards and the Teen Choice Award for Best Comedian. Well, that's some cool stuff so far. Anything else on Terry O'Terry? No she's kept it pretty private she's one of those uh snl folks who's gone on to uh just just uh step back and and enjoy the show well we ask you to do the same step back and enjoy the show as we head to our friend thomas senna thomas take it away, All right. Track 4: [4:17] Guys. Thank you so much. You're so excited for this episode. Hello, and welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame conversation portion of the episode. Today, I am joined by an amazing guest, a mainstay at the SNL Hall of Fame, for sure. He's been advocated for a lot of great SNL, current SNL Hall of Famers, actually. So, like, what, Will Ferrell? Jamie, how many people have you gotten into the SNL Hall of Fame? I think you're on a pretty good run. I'm trying to think. We've definitely done quite a few episodes. I'd have to look to see what the actual track record is to know the percentage. Yeah, Will Ferrell got in. Yeah, and you were on for Molly? I was on for Molly. I don't think she got in, though. Did she? Well, Molly's a new inductee. Oh, okay. In the latest. Yes. All right. So Molly got in. Christopher Walken. Track 4: [5:09] Yes, that was my episode. So you're on a pretty good hot streak. Okay, okay. I think. Nice. So I think you're the perfect person to come on and chat about Sherry O'Terry. But I'm going to formally welcome you, Jamie Burwood. Welcome back to the SNL Hall of Fame. How are you doing? How have you been? I'm doing good. It's great to be back here this summer. Yeah, just having a good start to the summer, doing some beach time coming up. But yeah, it's been great. Happy to be here. Yeah, beach time for all of us. That's what this summer is about. It's beach time 2024. So I'm...

Meet Joe and Shari as they assemble around the SNL Hall of Fame watercooler to discuss a variety of things relating the SNL and its Hall of Fame. Transcript: Track 2 [0:22]All right. Welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame Water Cooler Podcast. I'm Joe Gannon and I'm sitting at the water cooler with... Track 3 [0:30]Me, Shari Fasco. I'm very excited to be here. I've got my cup and I'm filling it up. Track 2 [0:38]All right. And then there I go. All right. Let's get into it. All right. So on On this podcast, we're going to be talking about the SNL Hall of Fame and who we believe should and shouldn't be in it. But first, let's kind of just introduce ourselves. I'm Joe Gannon. I've been an SNL fan since, I guess, 1991. 91 and what I enjoyed about it was as I was watching it like as it was going on since 91 I got to watch the reruns like on Comedy Central E and whatnot so it's kind of cool seeing a show develop and then learn its history at the same time and I just found it absolutely fascinating about how important it is to our society about because the show makes fun of our society and politics, and everything. And the last thing is, I grew up in the central time zone, so the TV show was on at 10.30 to midnight. So to me, it was like a show that waited until the last hour and a half of the week to make fun of the previous week. And you, Sherry, introduce yourself. Track 3 [2:00]Hi, I'm Shari, rhymes with Starry, as I tell everybody, and I am a Michigan native, and I have been into Saturday Night Live probably since I was about nine, since it started in 75. I was really, really young in 75, so I don't remember it that young, but I definitely, definitely remember watching it at like eight, nine, ten. I was really into Mr. Bill. I vaguely remember having a Mr. Bill t-shirt. I just always loved the show and it's always been like a rock for me. It's been something that I've always come back to when things are good and when things are not so good. My husband is also into it. He's been watching a lot of sketches with me lately, getting ready for this podcast. And it's just, it's really just, it's comfort food. Just like what Joe's saying, it's comfort food. It's something that's always been there. and now it's going into its 50th year. I'm 54. It's kind of incredible. It's kind of crazy to think that it's been around. So I'm really excited to be here with Joe. I think both of us are super excited to be talking about these incredible people. I think we're ready to get into it. Are we ready, Joe? Track 2 [3:15]I believe so. Track 3 [3:16]We're going to talk about the season six draft. We're each going to do the two people we would like to see get in. And then the two that we don't think really have much of a chance of getting in possibly. I will let you go ahead and go first, Joe, and then I'll go after you. Track 2 [3:33]Okay. So the first person I think should get in is Lorraine Newman. I believe that the only reason why she hasn't gotten in sooner is there's just a series of people that are a little bit more obvious. Uh you know that just i feel like should be uh you know people that just feel like they should be in uh like will ferrell but um as far as the original cast like obviously everyone from the original five years should be in um as far as where lorraine is in that uh group she's not She's not really a household name. She wasn't a Ghostbuster. She wasn't a Blues Brother. She didn't have a sitcom afterward. Everyone knows Aykroyd, Murray, Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi. And I feel like Lorraine Newman, who is extremely talented, just doesn't have that star power name. So when people are voting and they see her name... It just doesn't connect, or they don't immediately remember all of the great sketches that she was a part of. Or, if they do, they remember someone else that was in that sketch. Track 2 [5:01]So that's why I chose Lorraine Newman. All right, and who's your pick? Track 3 [5:06]My pick, I just...

This week on the SNL Hall of Fame podcast we welcome back to the show, Kirstin Rajala to discuss and build a case for Beck Bennett. Transcript: Track 2: [0:42] Thank you so much, Doug DeNance. It is a thrill to be back here in the SNL Hall of Fame, bringing to you the SNL Hall of Fame podcast. Once again, we're back for season six. We really hope you enjoyed the draft episode. Now, why don't you come inside? You might notice I'm looking at your feet. Wipe them. Know what I'm saying? So there's that. The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair fair 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. Track 2: [1:20] 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. I am so pumped to be working with Matt and Thomas again for another season. We've got a banger of a year. We've got some fantastic, fantastic nominees and some really amazing special guests this season to nominate those nominees and build the case for them. We're also doing something a little different this year. We've got a new sister show that will be released on Thursdays or Fridays. I'm still flirting with that. If you have a preference, whether it's Thursdays or Fridays, send me an email, the SNL hall of fame at gmail.com. That's right. It's a new email address because it's a new year. It's a new season and we need a new email address. So there's that. Now, I will say that the SNL Water Cooler will be a visitation, a revisitation of the week's episode, and it'll also take a look at the episode of SNL, whether or not there are Hall-worthy performances or Hall-of-Shame-worthy performances that we might analyze down the road when we nominate so-and-so. Track 2: [2:47] So there's that. What do you say we wander down the hall and talk to our good friend Matt Ardill? I am going to pivot and make my way down the corridor here. Ah, there he is, leaning against the wall like a slug. Hey, if you got time to lean, you got time to clean, my boy. Track 3: [3:06] Matt, you've been around for four seasons, five seasons at this point. This is the beginning of your fifth season. How are you doing, man? Good, good. I'm happy to be here. And how about you, J.D.? I am pretty much good. I was camping, and I've been eaten alive. My ankles are all itchy, but other than that, I cannot complain. Yeah, but you got some fresh air, got out of the city, so that's always good. That's right. Track 3: [3:33] So what do you got for us this week? Today, I have Beck Bennett. Nice. Five foot eight, born on the best day of the year in Willamette, Illinois. Shares a birthday with luminaries such as Julie Andrews, Jimmy Carter, and myself. Hey. October 1st, 1984, which makes me feel all the more useless because he's 10 years my junior and has achieved so much more than I have. Oh, stop. Stop. Yeah, no, but he grew up a theater kid performing in children's theater at the Children's Theater of Winnetka. And in high school, played Jean Valjean at the New Tierra High School performance of Les Miserables. Yeah. So, now, he did go on to attend University of Southern California and the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Where he met and formed the sketch troupe Good Neighbor with Kyle Mooney, Nick Rutherford, and Dave McCary, all of whom went on to work at SNL. Track 3: [4:39] Now, after joining Good Neighbor, they created a series of sketch comedy shorts on YouTube which uh kind of make the parodies that they did later on in snl all the funnier um but this led to a series of ads where he's the at&t guy uh that uh had him interviewing children in a mock political talk show that's right yeah yeah uh and now that went on to become 84 acting credits seven writing credits eight producing credits four soundtrack credits...

We're back and it's season 6! As is typical we've assembled a group to draft the nominees we will discuss this coming season. Join jD, Matt, and Thomas as they get together to build season 6! Transcript: [0:00] Thank you, Doug Donance. It's JD here, and I am thrilled to be back in the SNL Hall of Fame. Let me see if my key works, but before I do that, I'll wipe my feet. The SNL Hall of Fame 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. Consideration once the nominees have been announced we turn to you the listener to vote for the most deserving and help determined who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall and that's how we play the game it's just that simple but you know what behind the scenes folks it's not that simple because we have to curate a list of who we are going to discuss every season and we found the most fun way to achieve that is with a draft and we're going to do that again this year before we explain the rules i want to introduce the other two drafteteers they are your friends and mine matt ardill and thomas santa how are you doing fellas hello jd good Good to see you. Hey, J.D., great thanks. [1:28] That's a little inside baseball there, Thomas. [1:33] So, Thomas, do you want to go through the intricate rules of the draft? You are the master of the draft, after all. All right, sure thing. So, this is the third season, I think, that we've done a draft and had a draft episode. So, there's parameters. So the three of us, we each get five picks. So 15 total, we each get five picks. We each have to pick two cast members. We each have to pick one host. [2:05] We each have to pick a musical guest or a writer, and then we have the wild card. We can do whatever the heck we want with this, as long as it's a cast member, host, musical guest, or writer. But we have the wild card there. So that adds up to five picks each, 15 total, and I have in my hand a coaster that I'm going to flip. I'm going to give either JD or Matt the first pick. Uh so i want matt to call heads or tails matt uh tails tails it is so matt ardeal gets the first pick uh jd you get the second pick and i'll i'll round things out and get the last pick that's how the draft is working today folks um okay well i think for my first draft pick i am going to go with Garrett Morris aside from being an original cast member he's a Juilliard trained performer he can sing, dance, act the entire Nine Yards he just has incredible chops. [3:16] Amazing sketches or bits like the White Guild Relief Fund impressions of Chubby Checker that he did with Carrie Fisher first appearance of a Marvel character as ant-man um that's right and uh you know i i watched this one interview where he was talking about death row follies and it's like it was really interesting he was talking about how he was with harry belafonte's band and they were just chatting and he's like so the entire process was lauren just had an idea for a sketch and sent them off to write he didn't give him any direction It's like you're on death row, you're performing. And he's he went back to this memory. He's talking about how the core of improv is drawing from your experiences. He went back to this memory of talking to Harry Belafonte, band member who had watched an old like 1950s TV show. And if you remember the sketch, his bit is I'm going to get me a shotgun and kill all the whitest I see. And he's like well that actually originated from this old 1950s this is your life type of show where this woman had written over 300 songs and they brought her up from the audience and sat her down to interview her and. [4:32] Kind of of how the song went but she was a white woman from the south and uh so you can imagine how that was so he took it and flipped it and used that for comedy and it's just like you know it just brings so brought so much to the table and i feel...

Al Franken and Tom Davis were among the last writers hired for Season One of Saturday Night Live. They repeated this behaviour concerning their induction into the SNL Hall of Fame. On their last kick at the can before being struck from the ballot, the duo hit the threshold of 66% in the Class of Season Five. They finally took a place they rightfully deserved. On this episode of the program we go back to mid-March of Season One where Dave Buckman joined us to discuss the merits of the pair of writers/comedians. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/snlhof/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on the show, we revisit the nomination episode for Molly Shannon from Season One, Episode Fourteen. Of course, this episode is appropriate because Ms. Shannon is an inductee into the SNL Hall of Fame in the Class of Season Five. Molly was inducted with 68.18% of the vote on her fifth and final ballot. So join Jamie Burwood and jD as they discuss the career of SNL SUPASTAR, Molly Shannon. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/snlhof/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Maya Rudolph made it into the Hall of Fame this past season with a whopping 84.55% of the ballot. It's good that she made it as this was her last year on the ballot. Congratulations Maya, you deserve it! And now we'll revisit her nomination episode from Season One with Liz Shannon Miller! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/snlhof/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

jD is here with some news for all the listeners here inside the Hall. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/snlhof/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is what we've been building up to! Now is the time to announce the newest inductees into the SNL Hall of Fame. Bill Kenney and Kirstin Rajala join Thomas Sena to reveal the inductees and breakdown the ballot as a whole. Who got in? Are there any snubs? Join us in discussion and celebration as we chat about the Class of Season 5. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/snlhof/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we're back with the popular Roundtable episode of the program. In this version we invited Ashley Bower and Deremy Dove to share their ballots with host Thomas Sena. Enjoy and don't forget to vote! https://forms.gle/ECAVQbPBE6r3krpS6 Transcript: Track 2: [0:42] Yes, hello, welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame podcast. Track 2: [0:45] I'm your master of ceremonies, your co-host for today's proceedings, Thomas Senna. Everybody, welcome. I think I would be remiss, and I think I need to do, Jamie, do a solid here, because it's very important to Jamie for me to tell you to wipe your feet before you enter the SNL Hall of Fame. I think Jamie would fire me from this post if I didn't tell you guys that. So welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame. Today is our customary end of season extravaganza. It's the SNL Hall of Fame Roundtable. This is the show in which we invite SNL Hall of Fame voters to share their ballots and their thought processes behind their choices. So this is always an interesting exercise to get into the psyche of some of the voters. Track 2: [1:40] Previous roundtables, I think minds have been changed. I think people have stood on islands and been steadfast on who they're voting for. It was interesting to see. I think we all just gained a great insight as to what voters may be thinking. Friendships were formed. I think rivalries were formed. So we've had some interesting roundtables in the past. It's always nice to get a peek into the mindset of SNL Hall of Fame voters. So with me today is two of my guests for this past season on the SNL Hall of Fame podcast. Track 2: [2:16] One first-time roundtable panelist, which is going to be fun. I'm excited to hear her thoughts today. Track 2: [2:24] So we have two panelists, and for full disclosure, for transparency here on the SNL Hall of Fame podcast, I will be sharing my ballot as well. So it's going to be the three of us sharing ballots today. So I'm not just like the co-host here on the SNL Hall of Fame. I am a panelist today, and I will give some transparency and let you all know my ballot and how I'm feeling about the voting cycle, about the votes this year. So without further ado, let me introduce our panel for today. And I have an icebreaker question, too. So I'm going to introduce them. My icebreaker question, I asked this last panel, last roundtable, and got some interesting responses. I haven't asked these to this question. I don't think. So... Track 2: [3:15] I want to ask which current cast member, not including Kenan Thompson, because that's the obvious one. Kenan's an SNL Hall of Famer. So not including Kenan Thompson, who on the current cast could you see in the SNL Hall of Fame someday? So that's going to be the little icebreaker question. Get a little peek into the mindset of our panel today. So my first guest, Ashley Bauer, SNL super fan. My guest for Kate McKinnon this year. Ashley did such a great job. And Ashley, thank you so much for joining us today here on the roundtable. How are you? Good. Good to see and talk to you again. Excited to be back. Yeah, this is great. So which current cast member, not including Kenan, that's the obvious one, could you see in the SNL Hall of Fame someday? Track 2: [4:03] So I thought about this and I went back and forth between two, but I think my vote's going to ultimately go to Bowen Yang. I'm going to have to give it to Bowen. And I think he kind of came out of the gate, you know, really with a bang. And he's really been in some pretty epic and memorable sketches already. And I kind of think he's a jack of all trades. And it's rare that he's in something I'm not dying of laughter in. So, yeah, I'm going to go with Bowen. Bowen's like Mr. Charisma. He really is. I love the iceberg weekend update sketch that he did. That was a really great performance. It's like one of the most memorable things that I can think of that Bowen's done. He's just a very likable person, a lot of charisma. Bowen Yang, Ashley could...

This week on the podcast we reveal the Don Pardo Award winner for Season 5. This high prestigious honor is bestowed onto a person or group of people who contribute to the show's success despite not being eligible for traditional election into the Hall. Transcript: Track 2: [0:42] Thank you so much, Doug Donatz. It is great to be here in the SNL Hall of Fame. 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. Except for this week. Because this is our very special Don Pardo Award show where the three of us, Thomas, Matt, and myself put our heads together and award the Don Pardo Award to a deserving individual, or in the case of this year's award, deserving individuals. I won't bury the lead any longer, but before I go anywhere, please. please wipe your feet. Track 2: [1:43] This week, we are going to be talking about a major component of Saturday Night Live, and that is the SNL band. So the way we're going to tackle this is we're going to go in chronological order to the best of our ability. We might miss a couple of years, but we can fill Fill in the blanks as necessary for you to get your little history lesson. But this has been enough of me talking right now. How are you doing, Thomas? Hey, JD. Doing really well. It's nice to be on a little like an actual episode with you and Matt, like the three of us kind of uniting here. Yeah. One united front. This is really fun. We were talking as we're recording this, we're coming off a really fantastic Kristen Wiig episode. So I think all of us are kind of energized by SNL right now. So we're taking that energy from the recent Kristen Wiig episode and putting it forth here for this. Oh, that's fantastic. Matt, you're not in your usual corner this week. No, no. Yeah, I've moved things, moved my desk around. I need to make room to watch that, you know, 1970s French disco funk and dance around. Track 2: [3:00] I wonder if they were even i know when they counted the numbers they were speaking french but i wonder how much of the rest of it was was actual french my wife was asleep on the couch i would have asked her she's a french teacher i wanted to wake her up and say you got to watch this sketch but she was gone i'll ask i'll show it to her today and ask it sounded right from my grade nine general French. So it may be like Google Translate. Who knows? But it had the right shapes. Yeah. And I think Bowen's a French speaker. So I think at least Bowen was probably speaking good real. Oh, OK. I think he is. Yeah. Didn't realize that. Well, Matt and I have failed our Canadian tests here. For those listening from other places in the world, Canadians are not truly bilingual, even though our country is. Track 2: [3:52] But I digress. Let's start at the start. Track 2: [3:57] And speaking of Canadians, we're going to talk about the original SNL band. And it's not band leader, but it's musical director. And that is Howard Shore, who is immensely talented. He played the alto sax in the band, and he, like I said, was the band leader. But he was, before he came to SNL, he worked with Lorne Michaels and Hart Pomerantz on the Lorne and Hart Terrific Hour. hour. And when Lauren got SNL, it seemed like a slam dunk for him to come South and work with Saturday Night Live. To me, his most defining moment in the role is that he wrote the closing. He wrote Waltz in D, is it D minor? Waltz in A, written by a founding member, Howard Shore. And And that is something, maybe the only thing other than update that is like lasted the duration of the show. I'm not as versed in the 80s. I don't know if they ended in Waltz and A, but definitely all the Lorne...

Join Thomas, Matt, and jD as they welcome Ashley Bower to the show to discuss the shoo-in candidacy of Kate McKinnon. Do you agree she'll end up in the Hall. Time will tell. Transcript: Track 2: [0:42] Hey, it's J.D. here, and thank you so much, Doug DeNance, for that warm welcome. We are thrilled to be back here in the SNL Hall of Fame. Before we go anywhere, take a look at that mat outside that says, Wipe your feet, sucka. And wipe your feet, sucka. So there's that. Listen, I'm going to get right to it. The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair where each episode we take a deep dive 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. Track 2: [1:30] So, you're chomping at the bit to get voting. You've only got one more week to wait. If you are listening to this in real time, May the 6th is the date that we will be starting the voting and it will run through to May 17th, at which point we will tabulate the ballots and we'll check in with you on May 20th for our finale extravaganza and let you know who made the Season 5 SNL Hall of Fame. name. It's going to be interesting. And today's nominee is about to throw a monkey wrench in all your plans because, well, let's go to Matt Ardill because I've got a question to ask Mr. Ardill. Matt, my friend, I hope you're doing well. I have a question for you. Track 3: [2:22] Where do you start with a girl named Kate? I don't know. There's so much, there's so much Such an incredible talent. I'm just going to have to start at the beginning. I guess that's all I can do. Go for it. All right. Kate McKinnon, height 5'3", born January 6, 1984. 78 acting credits, 4 writing credits, 5 soundtrack credits, and 1 producer credit. She was born in Seacliff, New York, and attended Columbia University. University uh growing up she had a pet iguana and she attended ucb in ucb manhattan school and uh yeah she grew up in a funny house full of funny people she and her sister were encouraged to watch mel brooks the producers on a weekly basis always watched snl growing up uh she thought Madeline Kahn was the tops and that that's a fact. You can't argue with that. That is, that is a. Track 3: [3:24] Great choice. Yeah, yeah. Now, her parents, they encouraged her to approach the world through the lens of comedy. Now, Funny runs in the family. Her younger sister, Emily Lynn, is also a comedian and does stand-up and is part of a comedy double act with Jackie Abbott. Check her out on YouTube. Super funny. Unfortunately, their father passed away when Kate was quite young, at the age of 18. Track 3: [3:51] But that didn't slow her down. She's a multi-instrumentalist, able to play piano, cello, and guitar. She can also speak three languages, English, French, and German. She makes me sick. Yeah. Well, that explains why her prime minister is such a good impression, because she can actually speak German. Right, yeah. It's not just making the noises. She knows the language. Her first job was as a little league umpire, but she left because she didn't actually know the rules for little league baseball, which is, you know, that's fair. No, it's foul. Yeah, it's foul. It's foul. She was PETA's sexiest vegan in 2017, but she actually gave that up that title because she just like a true New Yorker missed cheese pizza. Pizza um now she is an extreme introvert which she deals with by adopting funny voices uh which honestly sounds like 72.4 of the comedians i know her comedy heroes were molly shannon anna gasteyer. Track 3: [5:03] She says Kellyanne Conway, but that's obviously a joke because you can't ever give a straight answer like that. Her dream role, and this is another one I would...

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...

We're back in the Hall after a hectic week with the whole foot-wiping thing. At any rate we're thrilled to welcome Rebecca North to the show to relitigate the case for Maya Rudolph who is appearing on her last ballot. Check it out and get ready to start voting May, 6th. Transcript: Track 2 [0:41] Thank you so much, Doug Donets. It is great to be here inside the SNL Hall of Fame with you all. Now, careful listeners of the show pointed out to me that I didn't remind you to wipe your feet last week. It's not lost to me. I truly thought I had solidified my stance on this matter to the extent that it would become the norm. But alas, if you are paying for the pay-per-view feed right right now, you can see that I'm holding a mop. Jeepers, creepers, peoples, wipe your damn feet. 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 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. Let's go to our friend Matthew Ardill right now, because the game that we like to play is learning a little bit about our nominee. And that's exactly what we're going to do. Let me just put this mop down and okay. Oh gosh, I'm parched. There's something going on with my voice. Track 3 [1:59] Matthew, old man. How are you doing this week? I am good, thanks. And you? I'm a little shaky in the voice, it seems. Well, maybe you need some water. Let me take a sip of this water. That's better. It is delicious. We talked about water last week. We'll put a pin in it until next week. We don't want to give away the farm, as it were. Maya Rudolph, huh? Yeah. I mean, I'm really looking forward to sharing about Maya's life. She is an incredible character. This is interesting because this is her last kick at the can. If she doesn't get in this time, and I believe she was hovering around 58% or 59%, so she needs almost 10% to get in, 10% more to get in. And if she doesn't get in, she's off the ballot. That would be a shame because she is an incredible performer and a hilarious person. So take this as a war egg, not telling people how to vote, but just be mindful of that folks. This is your last chance. Yeah. Track 3 [3:16] Well, let's hear some, uh, trivia to maybe sway some people. Yeah. Yeah, Maya Rudolph is 5'7", birthday July 27th, 1972. She has 118 acting credits, 12 producer credits, 2 writing credits, and 30 soundtrack credits. She was born in Gainesville, Florida, but was raised in L.A., the daughter of singer Minnie Ripperton and composer Richard Rudolph. Off her mother is the singer of the song loving you uh which i've now three times brought up to my wife and every every time we hear it and she goes if you're gonna tell me maya rudolph's mom saying this one more time i'm gonna throw a saw throw a pillow at you but yeah she did and uh in fact if you listen to the single you can hear her singing maya maya maya maya because this is a lullaby Bye. Track 3 [4:13] That she wrote for Maya and was used to sing her to sleep. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Now, and her grandfather on her father's side, Sidney J. Rudolph, owned all of the Wendy's and Rudy's restaurants in Dade County, Florida. Track 3 [4:29] So he was a- I know Rudy's, but Wendy's, that would be amazing. I love Wendy's. Fast food entrepreneur. entrepreneur. She was childhood friends with Gwyneth Paltrow, and their families were actually very close to the point that her dad was hired by Bruce Paltrow to supervise music on his film Duets. Music runs in her blood. Her brother is also in the music industry as an engineer. When she was seven or eight, this is actually when she fell in love with comedy. She saw a friend hurt themselves and start crying,...

This week on the SNL Hall of Fame podcast we're joined by the delightful Victoria Franco to discuss the bona fidas of writer John Mulaney. Transcrlpt: [0:41] Oh my goodness gracious me, oh my, it is my privilege to be joining you once again this week in the SNL Hall of Fame. 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 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 easy. But before we get to voting, we need to discuss our nominee. And before we discuss our nominee, we need to speak with our friend Matt Ardill in his minutiae minute corner. What do you say we wander over there and see what old Matty is up to? Track 3 [1:39] Hey, JD, how are you doing? I am parched, and I just had an enjoyable sip of water, which has cleaned up the old pipes. Yeah, nature soda, I've heard it called. Nature soda, I like it. Yeah. I heard somebody say they won't drink water because fish have sex in it. I i think that's a fair you know i i can understand that but um you know run it through enough purifiers it should be fine i mean i'm a i'm a water fiend i drink like four liters a day oh it's yeah it's good for the body that's right that's why i'm so uh uh easy on the eyes yeah you are you are ripped are ripped right speaking of ripped this week we've got john, Yeah, back again. Um, so I did make the effort of finding new trivia, so it should be a long time listener listeners. It should be interesting. Track 3 [2:45] Um, uh, height six foot, uh, one of the taller, uh, uh, contestants for, or nominees actually. Yeah. Yeah. Born August 26th, 1982. Yeah. He has 28 writing credits, 42 actor credits, 13 producer credits. I have to say, when I saw him in The Bear, it blew me away. It was really intense. Did not expect that. So he's got a lot of good acting chops. He's released five stand-up specials and his Sack Lunch Bunch Kids special. Grew up in Chicago, child of a law professor, mother Ellen, and attorney father Charles Charles Chip W. Mulaney. Never mess with a chip. Anybody who's got Chip as a nickname, that's trouble. Track 3 [3:35] But he's descended from a lot of political go-getters. He's descended from the mayor of Salem and has congressmen on both sides of his family. Track 3 [3:49] So, yeah, he's got a good pedigree. His maternal grandmother, Carolyn Stanton, and Seth Meyers' mother, Hillary Meyers, performed together at a hospital benefit show called Pills a Poppin'. That's some foreshadowing. And it was directed by Tommy Toon when they were 19 years old. So there is some deep family connections going on there. Yeah. So he attended Georgetown University, and as most people know, with Nick. role where he studied English literature. He decided he wanted to go to show into show business at the age of five after watching a lifestyle program, uh, about Ricky Ricardo, uh, which is the most John Mulaney thing I have ever read. Um, like if anybody's going to set their life goals by watching Ricky Ricardo, that would be John Mulaney. Yeah. From that point, he started doing sketches for friends and family whenever given a chance and, And he was pushed, actually, by his high school teacher to pursue his love of comedy. He actually almost had the role, well, he almost auditioned for the role of Kevin McAllister in Home Alone, but his parents wouldn't let him. Track 3 [5:07] That is wild. Yeah, that would have been a very interesting and different Home Alone movie. Track 3 [5:14] I can only imagine what 10-year-old John Mulaney would have brought to the game. Um so instead he just started hanging around the museum of broadcasting communications until...

This week on the program we welcome our friend Deremy Dove into the hallowed halls to discuss the career of funny man Tracy Morgan. Join us won't you? Transcript: [0:41] Thank you so much, Doug and Nance. It is fantastic to be here with you all. And there are quite a few of you. I can see you queued up outside the SNL Hall of Fame. My name is J.D., and it is just a thrill to be with you here on this lovely Monday. We have got a fantastic show for you. But before we go any further, I feel it necessary to tell you to wipe your feet before coming into the hall. all. Now, back when I was a wee lad, my mother scolded me once for making a mess of the floor, and ever since then I feel compelled to tell people to wipe their feet. There. I've said it. It's finally out in the public, and I feel great. Thanks for being my therapist by proxy. The check is in the mail. The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair fair 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 That simple. You listen. You vote. We tabulate. We announce. Track 2 [2:06] Repeat after me. You listen. You vote. We tabulate. And we announce. Speaking of announcements, our good friend Matt Ardill is standing around loafing. It looks like, hey, if you've got time enough to lean, you've got time enough to clean, young man. Track 3 [2:25] Hey, JD, I saw the new exhibits on the way in. I really like the Norm Macdonald hat collection that we've got going on. Turd Ferguson, that Turd Ferguson hat and that big hat. It's funny. Yeah, you can't go wrong with a funny hat. That's right. How are you doing? I'm excellent right now. Yeah, I'm pretty good. What have you got for us this week? I have got an awesome player of Tracy Morgan. So I'm really looking forward to sharing some facts about him. Well, let's do it. Great. Well, Tracy's 5'9", born November 10th, 1968. He has 67 acting credits, five producer credits, and eight writing credits. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Marlborough Houses and Tompkins Houses in Bedford. He was actually named after a platoon mate of his father who shipped off with his dad to Vietnam, but was killed in an action within days of deployment. Track 3 [3:31] So his dad was very close to this guy, and so that's why he got that name. Um yeah he went on to marry his high school sweetheart and began his comedy career at the age of 17 by performing stand-up on street corners in new york he had his date first debut as hustle man on the television show martin so he's been working hard since he was a kid um and it shows i mean he lists his influences as carol burnett lucille ball jackie gleason which i actually see the most in a lot of what he does uh martin lawrence eddie murphy and richard prior uh but he learned about that is a great pedigree huh yeah that's a that's a really good good lineup but yeah the thing is he he says he learned his comedy first from his dad who taught him about jonesing which is basically roasting people he put put him on his lap and they would roast people on the the street and he also drew from his uncles who he said were also very funny so you know it runs in the family um you can actually see his first stand-up gig which is an apollo theater amateur night on youtube so if you want to go out and see his first big break it's there for you to find. Track 3 [4:52] I'm going to have to watch that. Yeah. Yeah. You don't get that. See that with a lot of comedians. No. Yeah. He nicknamed all the talk show hosts that he's appeared with. So David Letterman is D rock. Jimmy Fallon is Jimbo and Conan O'Brien is C black. Track 3 [5:08] The line between...

This week on the SNL Hall of Fame podcast we welcome back to the show, the statistical guru of the Saturday Night Network, Mike Murray! He's here on the pod to discuss our third host in a row, this time it's Emma Stone. Get it wherever you get your podcasts. Transcript: Track 2: [0:42] Thank you so much, Doug DeNance. It is great to be back inside the SNL Hall of Fame with you all. Track 2: [0:51] Big kudos for you showing up this week. It's been a stormy week here in Toronto where the Hall of Fame is and our guest count has went down. But I'll tell you what, the floors are a mess. I don't know what kind of message I need to send to you, but wipe those feet, people. 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 chosen, we turn to you, the listener, to vote for the most deserving and help determine who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall. That's how we play the game. It's just that simple. All you need to do is listen in for the argument that is being made by our special guest for the week and determine whether or not they make a strong enough case. From there, you'll get a ballot and you'll get to place your vote. If a candidate reaches 66.7% of the ballot, they are welcome to join us here in the SNL Hall of Fame. Did you know that if you're in the Hall of Fame, you get a pass that you can come in for free anytime you want, and we'll even provide you a bottle of water. So there's that. Track 2: [2:19] Let's track down my friend Matt for some trivia in Matt's minutiae minute. Let's see if I can find him here. I'll give him a holler. Track 3: [2:29] Matt how in the world are you doing this week i am good thank you i am good, busy busy but can't complain well you just did. Track 3: [2:42] Well stating a fact isn't necessarily complaining but yeah i was complaining. Track 3: [2:50] Well no one will be complaining about our nominee this week uh emma stone is who you're going to be be talking about learning me up real good here. What have you got for us this week, Matt? Emma Stone, height 5'6", born November 6th, 1988, making me feel very old again. She's accomplished much more in her shorter life than I have in my longer life. So I found out that her low voice stems from actually having colic as a baby that lasted six months. So I'm shocked that her parents didn't pull out all of their hair um it developed she developed nodules and calluses on her vocal cords which is how why she has such a distinctive voice she actually has a phobia of being lifted up or being high because uh when she was seven she was doing gymnastics on on the parallel bars and fell and broke both of her arms. Oh my gosh. Horrible. Yeah. Oh yeah. We need to have a warning at the top of this one, a trigger warning. Yeah. Trigger warning for anybody who's afraid of gymnastics. Yeah. She grew up blonde. Judd Aptow suggested for she go red for super bad. And she real, after doing that, she found that she was called back much more for auditions. So she just stayed a redhead. Track 3: [4:16] Originally named emily stone she changed to emma as there was already an actor named emily stone registered with sag and it happens amazingly a lot um a lot of actors uh go by three names or or a slightly different name um she actually prefers emily over emma so that's how she would would prefer to be called um but she took the name emma from a member of her favorite band the spice girls oh baby yeah she is she is a baby spice fan me too that was my favorite yeah there's actually pictures of her on the internet meeting them losing her mind like tears fanning out it's uh it's very endearing now she knew at an early age she wanted to be a film star and convinced her parents to move to Hollywood by putting together a PowerPoint presentation named...

This week on the pod we welcome back, Jamie Burwood! To kick off the show we get Matt's Minutia Minute before we get into a fantastic conversation between Thomas and Jamie. Thanks as always for listening. Rate and review the show! Transcript: Track 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...