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The Important Cinema Club

#238 - Big Screen Comedian Failures Vol. 2: The SNL Films

The Important Cinema Club

Justin Decloux and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.7576 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We dive into the terrifying filmography of films that spawned from SNL characters and focus on IT'S PAT, THE LADIES MAN, HOT ROD and MACGRUBER. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com Listen to exclusive episodes at www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Check out Justin's other podcast THE BAY STREET VIDEO PODCAST (@thebaystreetvideopodcast) and NO SUCH THING AS A BAD MOVIE (@nosuchthingasabadmovie/ As well as Will's other podcast MICHAEL AND US (@michael-and-us) Follow the Podcast: twitter.com/ImprtCinemaClub Follow Will: twitter.com/WillSloanESQ Follow Justin: twitter.com/DeclouxJ

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0:00.0

Hello, my name's Justin the Cluor. I'm here today with...

0:07.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Will Sloan.

0:12.7

Oh, wow. Is there a ghost in the house, or is that you doing your best Saturday Live host?

0:17.9

That is the ghost of Don Pardo, ladies and gentlemen, because this week on the

0:22.7

podcast, we are doing a sequel to an episode that we did a long time ago. Long time ago, we did

0:28.0

an episode about big screen comedian failures. Comedians who came into the movies had their big

0:34.7

starring vehicle. You know, they came from other media. They started on

0:38.4

TV. They started wherever they started. And then they had a movie that was supposed to launch them

0:42.8

into superstardom like Freddie got fingered or dirty work. And that movie didn't do so well.

0:48.6

I mean, you could just listen to the episode where we talked about it. And you can also hear us

0:51.9

talk about, and I'm sure Will's forgotten this, Fred Allen.

0:55.7

Oh, if you think I've forgotten Fred Allen, you're incredibly mistaken.

1:00.0

I know that you've forgotten Fred Allen.

1:02.6

A hundred percent.

1:03.7

I don't think you remember a second of It's in the Bag, but I remember.

1:08.0

You can't forget, even if you wanted to.

1:09.8

But anyway, we're doing a sequel to that episode by talking about the comedy factory that created

1:16.3

more failed stars than just about anyone.

1:19.5

And what factory is that?

1:20.9

That is Saturday Night Live, a show that I never watched.

1:24.9

Never.

1:25.4

Not even when you were a teen, not even. Nope. Why did you not watch it? Because my mom would not let me. Wow. I could not stay up that late to watch television. Okay, well, that's one of many differences between you and me, because I've seen, I've seen so much of it. I, you know, I've actually, I don't watch the show anymore, partly because it's bad, and also partly because the slot in my head

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