Saturday Night Live Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/tag/saturday-night-live/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:56:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://popculturereferences.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-thumbnail-1-32x32.png Saturday Night Live Archives - Pop Culture References https://popculturereferences.com/tag/saturday-night-live/ 32 32 Getting Ashley Padilla to Break Might be a New Saturday Night Live Tradition https://popculturereferences.com/getting-ashley-padilla-to-break-might-be-a-new-saturday-night-live-tradition/ https://popculturereferences.com/getting-ashley-padilla-to-break-might-be-a-new-saturday-night-live-tradition/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2026 03:56:02 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7921 Brian looks at how making Ashley Padilla break might be a new Saturday Night Live tradition.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/getting-ashley-padilla-to-break-might-be-a-new-saturday-night-live-tradition/feed/ 1 What Does Saturday Night Live Have – Sketches or Skits? https://popculturereferences.com/what-does-saturday-night-live-have-sketches-or-skits/ https://popculturereferences.com/what-does-saturday-night-live-have-sketches-or-skits/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:10:33 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7879 Today, I explain what the proper terminology is for the performances on Saturday Night Live, sketches or skits.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/what-does-saturday-night-live-have-sketches-or-skits/feed/ 0 An Occasional Saturday Night Live Sketch With Intentional Breaking Isn’t a Big Deal https://popculturereferences.com/an-occasional-saturday-night-live-sketch-with-intentional-breaking-isnt-a-big-deal/ https://popculturereferences.com/an-occasional-saturday-night-live-sketch-with-intentional-breaking-isnt-a-big-deal/#respond Sun, 08 Mar 2026 08:46:46 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7858 Brian explains why it's really not a big deal to do an occasional Saturday Night Live sketch centered on making people break.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/an-occasional-saturday-night-live-sketch-with-intentional-breaking-isnt-a-big-deal/feed/ 0 Ashley Padilla Stands Out Because She Play the Mom, Not Despite of It https://popculturereferences.com/ashley-padilla-stands-out-because-she-play-the-mom-not-despite-of-it/ https://popculturereferences.com/ashley-padilla-stands-out-because-she-play-the-mom-not-despite-of-it/#respond Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:42:49 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7927 Brian looks at how the "Mom Confession" sketch was such a great spotlight on why Ashley Padilla is SNL's newest star BECAUSE of playing moms rather than DESPITE of it.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/comedians-very-often-are-doing-shtick/feed/ 0 Ashley Padilla Practically Looks Like She is Auditioning for a Sitcom on Saturday Night Live https://popculturereferences.com/ashley-padilla-practically-looks-like-she-is-auditioning-for-a-sitcom-on-saturday-night-live/ https://popculturereferences.com/ashley-padilla-practically-looks-like-she-is-auditioning-for-a-sitcom-on-saturday-night-live/#respond Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:38:39 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7922 Brian looks at how Ashley Padilla's acting is a cut above most Saturday Night Live cast members.

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/ashley-padilla-practically-looks-like-she-is-auditioning-for-a-sitcom-on-saturday-night-live/feed/ 0 Walton Goggins Adds Fuel to the Fire of the Aimee Lou Wood Feud By Not Adding Any Fuel to the Fire, You Losers https://popculturereferences.com/walton-goggins-adds-fuel-to-the-fire-of-the-aimee-lou-wood-feud-by-not-adding-any-fuel-to-the-fire-you-losers/ https://popculturereferences.com/walton-goggins-adds-fuel-to-the-fire-of-the-aimee-lou-wood-feud-by-not-adding-any-fuel-to-the-fire-you-losers/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 07:25:32 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7331 Brian explains how the alleged feud between Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood was not addressed on SNL...or was it? It wasn't. At all. Or was it? No, it wasn't

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/walton-goggins-adds-fuel-to-the-fire-of-the-aimee-lou-wood-feud-by-not-adding-any-fuel-to-the-fire-you-losers/feed/ 0 Which Three Bob Dylan Songs Did Timothee Chalamet Perform on Saturday Night Live? https://popculturereferences.com/which-three-bob-dylan-songs-did-timothee-chalamet-perform-on-saturday-night-live/ https://popculturereferences.com/which-three-bob-dylan-songs-did-timothee-chalamet-perform-on-saturday-night-live/#respond Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:13:47 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7302 Today, we look at which three songs from deep in Bob Dylan’s catalog that Timothee Chalamet decided to perform on Saturday Night Live. In Pop Culture Questions Answered, I answer whatever questions you folks might

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]]> https://popculturereferences.com/which-three-bob-dylan-songs-did-timothee-chalamet-perform-on-saturday-night-live/feed/ 0 Who Wrote Saturday Night Live’s ‘Fully Naked in New York’ Sketch? https://popculturereferences.com/who-wrote-saturday-night-lives-fully-naked-in-new-york-sketch/ https://popculturereferences.com/who-wrote-saturday-night-lives-fully-naked-in-new-york-sketch/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:24:29 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=6275 This week's Saturday Night Live had a viral music video sketch called "Fully Naked in New York." Who wrote the sketch?

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