The Bill Simmons Podcast
An NBA All-Star Fix, Kendrick Vs. Drake, and the 'SNL' 50th Anniversary Show With Van Lathan and James Andrew Miller
17 Feb 2025
The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Van Lathan to discuss another disappointing NBA All-Star Weekend, Bill's plan to completely fix the All-Star Game, a new dunk contest idea, restructuring the weekend, the electric USA-Canada hockey game, and more (3:23) before discussing the state of the Kendrick Lamar–Drake rap beef after the Super Bowl (40:29). Then Bill talks with James Andrew Miller about the three-and-a-half-hour 'SNL' 50th anniversary special episode, what they loved, who they thought was missing, stories from 'SNL' Season 1, the future of 'SNL,' and more (01:05:34). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Listen to the end of this episode for additional details. Must be 21 plus and president-elect states. Game problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit rg-help.com. Coming up, we're going to try to fix NBA All-Star Weekend plus hockey? SNL 50? HBO? Lots more next. We're also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network. I have new rewatchables coming for you on Monday night.
We did Wayne's World in honor of SNL. 50, a little bit later, Jim Miller is going to be coming on to talk about the big three plus hour SNL 50 show and our biggest takeaways. Also having Van Lathan on at the beginning of this podcast to talk about NBA All-Star Weekend. And can we save this thing? Is this just the sunk cost at this point? Plus we have some other stuff we're going to cover.
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I don't know if you knew this, but during the SNL 50, the music show on Friday night, Eddie Vedder came out and he sang Tom Petty, The Waiting, which was great. And then launched into Corduroy, which is the theme for this podcast. Thank you, Eddie. Here's Pearl Jam. All right, I made Van Lathan come over. We're going to talk about NBA All-Star Weekend, your new favorite sport, hockey.
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