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Keith and The Girl

3893: Saturday Night Lives w/ Jack Helmuth

Keith and The Girl

Keith Malley

Katg, Chemda, Mentalhealth, Girl, Health & Fitness, Selfhelp, Comedy, Keith, Funny, Mental Health

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

SNL writer Jack Helmuth joins Keith to spill the behind-the-scenes secrets of Saturday Night Live based on his time with the group from 1997-2000 with Jimmy, Will, Tina, Norm, and others. The duo also discusses the dynamic of live TV in regards to sports celebrations, featuring the Philadelphia E-L-G-S-E-S.

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0:00.0

Hey, all you are welcome and we're going to think we're a six and keep another show.

0:04.8

Welcome to Keith and the girl. I'm Keith Malley. And I'm Betsy's Helmuth's. Awesome. Nailed it.

0:11.8

That's how you do a professional podcast, everybody.

0:14.5

Well, you were trying to make a joke, but your body wouldn't let you do it and say you're

0:18.0

Betsy Helmous husband. You're like, I'm my own person. It's not funny enough for all that. Jack Helmuth is here. How you doing, Jack? I'm concussed, but I'm good.

0:27.4

How are you? You're more a raider than a cast member. That's the thing. Well, Jack, you know Jack.

0:32.6

First of all, what's his biggest credits? He wrote for the show McEnroe for three months. And so we're all pleased to

0:38.9

see him. That's the big one. Everyone stops me on the street and wants to know what the TV show

0:45.8

on a financial news network hosted by a tennis star was like. What was he like to work with?

0:52.4

Is he as ball busting as he seems on the court

0:56.3

100% he's real absolutely what you see what you think he is is real right he's he's lovely and

1:03.5

warm but also like you know he grew up he sort of lost that last bit of childhood with his tennis

1:09.2

training right and then was a like a late teenager and spent his 20s in Europe playing in tennis matches.

1:15.6

So he has no cultural references.

1:17.6

You could say like, man, you look like a wookie today.

1:20.2

And he'd be like, what the fuck is a wookie?

1:23.0

But, you know, if you want to talk about Ukrainian artists, like, you'd be like, well, I have some

1:28.0

opinions on that.

1:29.0

Right.

1:29.6

The podcast also of Jacks, if you want to check it out, questionable material.

1:34.3

With Jack and Brian.

1:35.3

And with Jack and Brian.

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