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The Al Franken Podcast

Kevin Nealon on His Career in Comedy!

The Al Franken Podcast

The Al Franken Podcast

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

We're thrilled to welcome an old friend from Al’s SNL days, comedian Kevin Nealon! Kevin and Al trade stories from working together on Saturday Night Live and discuss how the show has changed over the years. 

Kevin shares how he created several trademark bits, including Mr. Subliminal and Hans and Franz. Plus, we get backstories on some sketches that Al and Kevin worked on together.

We also get into Kevin's post-SNL life, including his role on the hit TV show “Weeds,” his standup, and his hiking podcast! 

Go see Kevin on tour! https://kevinnealon.com/ 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, we got a great one today. You know, for a change. Kevin Neeland, my old

0:10.1

S&L buddy is my guest. Now, most of you remember Kevin from our S&L days together. After that,

0:17.2

he starred in the TV show Weeds and has been hosting his own program,

0:21.9

Hiking with Kevin.

0:23.2

I did an episode of that a few years back, and you can watch it on YouTube.

0:27.8

Kevin also tours, and for my money, is one of the best stand-ups around.

0:33.1

It's always fun to have a comedian on the show to take a break from our usual episodes,

0:38.3

so I was really glad to get in the studio with Kevin for this one.

0:42.2

You know, I'm often asked what my favorite part of working at S&L was,

0:46.6

and I always say it was those Tuesday nights slash Wednesday mornings

0:51.5

when the first draft of the show got written.

0:54.6

Your job is to write sketches for that Saturday show.

0:58.1

And in the middle of the night, you're hearing everybody else's ideas just flying around.

1:03.6

I'll never forget Kevin and Dana doing Hans and Franz for the first time for the rest of us.

1:09.0

And we were falling on the floor laughing.

1:11.6

Hans and Franz were the broadest characters, hear me now and believe me later.

1:18.4

Oh, I can't do them.

1:20.0

But they were the broadest, stupidest characters.

1:23.7

And Kevin, to me, was always the best attitude player in the cast.

1:28.4

Not that they weren't all great attitude players in that cast, but Kevin was the best.

1:34.4

Well, let's get right to it.

1:36.0

We've got a great one today, you know, for a change.

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