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Movie Ruiners is a weekly comedy podcast in which brothers Reed and Nick Canaday interview stand-up comedians about their favorite movies and much more.
This week, Alright Maggots, Listen Up! New York stand-up comedian Michael Longfellow has enlisted to discuss Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War classic, Full Metal Jacket! We also talk about Michael’s love of paintball, J.G. Wentworth, and a few tidbits about SNL!
Michael Longfellow: An American comedian and actor. He joined the cast of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live as a featured player for its 48th season in 2022. He was promoted to being a repertory player at the start of the show’s 50th season. Longfellow completed three years on SNL, announcing his departure from the show in August 2025. Longfellow was born in Phoenix and grew up there. His mother, who is an attorney, and father later divorced. His stand-up comedy includes references to the fact that both of his parents remarried, resulting in him having stepparents. During his first year at Arizona State University in Tempe, where he earned a BA in English literature, Longfellow started performing stand-up comedy. After his 2016 graduation, he moved to Los Angeles and began performing in comedy clubs across the country, as well as at the Netflix Is A Joke festival during its “Netflix Introducing…” showcase. He has also appeared on Conan and Bring the Funny, a reality competition series on NBC co-hosted by his future SNL colleague, Kenan Thompson. On October 1, 2022, he made his SNL debut as a new featured cast member. In his first episode, he appeared on Weekend Update talking about relatives who are anti-vaccination and actress Sydney Sweeney’s Trump-supporting family members. On August 28, 2025, it was reported that Longfellow has left the show, after three seasons of being a cast member. His final episode aired on May 17, 2025, with host Scarlett Johansson.
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