In this episode we discuss the 2024 film Saturday Night. You can stream it on Netflix, or rent it on Amazon or Apple.

Content warnings for strong language, fictionalized stories about still-living people, suspected AI bullshit summary, significant references to 70s-level drug use and purchases, references to early deaths of SNL cast members, Kat and Brendan’s complicated dance of dueling entertainment degrees, librarians being wrong, and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Lorne Michaels impersonations

We reference or spoil: New Girl, ludonarrative consonance, Pepe Silvia (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), WPI‘s Interactive Media and Game Design program, Carnegie Mellon University‘s Entertainment Technology Center program, interest curves in game design, Magic and Showmanship by Henning Nelms, Memoirscape, IndieCade, Sam Reich (Dropout/Game Changer), the Not Ready for Prime Time Players, Muppets, Lorne Michaels and his role in current late night, home base (SNL), Saturday Night True Story: Why Was Milton Berle Banned From SNL?, Jim Belushi’s sketch form the 50th anniversary, Andy Kaufman’s Mighty Mouse routine, Ghostbusters, Dan Ackroyd’s vodka, comparison video between original cast auditions and movie cast, Defunctland’s “Disney’s Animatronics: A Living History”, polyamory, queer-platonic relationships, Arrested Development, Jon Baptiste’s soundtrack and audio design, Stranger Things, The Twilight Zone, and Black Mirror

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater. Kat also has a new short story out: “How to Win Against the Robots” on Lightspeed!

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