Episode 48 - Banned From SNL + Portuguese Banknote Crisis

Bec (they/them) gives us their first ever list episode! They go through a couple of fun stories of people misbehaving at Saturday Night Live and getting themselves banned from the show. Spanning from the 1980's to as recently as 2010's; from hosts to musical guests, some behaved poorly on stage, while others kept it to behind the scenes but for whatever reason every person on this list have managed to get themselves not asked back to Studio 8H. We know that this list would not be complete without mentioning the great Sinèad O'connor, and we do not disappoint.

Adam (he/him) shares what some people call the biggest scam in history! Artur Virgílio Alves Reis didn't want to get into the family business after he saw how often they struggled with money. Alves wanted to make something different of himself, and boy does he ever. He ends up creating such a successful fraud against the Portuguese Bank where he copies bank notes, that in 1925 it becomes known as the Portuguese Note Crisis. Tune in and learn how this one man was almost responsible for the entire financial collapse of Portugal.

Bec's Sources:

• Fear Performance
• https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/every-celebrity-banned-from-saturday-night-live/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_incidents#Banned_performers 
• https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/reason-adrien-brody-banned-from-snl/ 
• https://ultimateclassicrock.com/steven-seagal-saturday-night-live/ 
• Sinèad O’connor Clip
• Joe Pesci Monologue

Adam's Sources:

• THE PORTUGUESE BANKNOTE CASE: THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY - INSIDER
• Alves dos Reis: the biggest crook in the history of Portugal & the world !
• Alves dos Reis - Wikipedia

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