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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Saturday Night Live Did A Special In New Orleans, And It Got Complicated
Description: Today in 1977, the show that famously broadcast “live from New York” put on a special show live from New Orleans. While you can’t exactly call what happened a trainwreck, it has definitely stayed a one and done. Plus: today in 1989, TIME magazine noted that a TV ad for Nike sneakers wasn’t quite what it appeared to be. The Big Uneasy: When SNL Went to Mardi Gras (Vulture)Advertising: If the Inamuk Fits . . . (TIME) It’s easy to support this show, just give $1 a month through our Patreon page