Years ago, I, “Stooge”, a diehard Saturday Night Live fan, did online reviews of the show in the more traditional sense (i.e. reviewing each new episode of the show right after it airs), but this “One SNL a Day” project will be different. This is a project where I watch & do a review of an episode of the show once a day, going in chronological order from the very first episode ever. The project will stop when I reach whatever the newest episode happens to be at the time.

I’m very eager to see what it’ll be like to go through the SNL series in order and witness the show’s evolution. I’m also hoping that watching & reviewing the series in this way will help me to look at certain seasons in a different light from how I’ve looked at them before.

Credit goes to The Wicker Breaker, where I got the inspiration for this project. He’s been doing the whole ‘post about one SNL episode a day in chronological order’ thing since January 2017.

Here’s what to expect from my episode reviews:

Each sketch will be reviewed individually in each episode I cover. Each sketch I review will be accompanied by a synopsis from Frank Serpas III’s SNL episode guide. The reviews will be written in “real-time”, meaning each sketch review will be me typing out all the opinions/observations going on through my head as I’m watching the sketch play out. Segments will be rated on a scale of 1-5 stars. Musical performances will not be reviewed. Each episode I review will be accompanied by a full set of screencaps I made from the episode. A link to the episode’s screencaps page will be posted at the end of that episode’s review. Only regular episodes will be reviewed. I won’t be reviewing any specials.



While my goal is to do one review a day, I understand that life is unpredictable, and thus, for one reason or another, I may end up having to go through some days, maybe even whole WEEKS, where it would be impossible for me to do a review. Barring any of those circumstances, I’ll do my best to get these reviews done on a daily basis.

This project officially kicked off on June 27, 2018. I am currently at Season 35 of SNL. My latest review is here.