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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND PHILOSOPHY ffirs_UK.indd 1 08-01-2020 21:06:50 The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Series editor William Irwin A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, and a healthy helping of popular culture clears the cobwebs from Kant. Philosophy has had a public relations problem for a few centuries now. This series aims to change that, showing that philosophy is relevant to your life—and not just for answering the big questions like “To be or not to be?” but for answering the little questions: “To watch or not to watch South Park?” Thinking deeply about TV, movies, and music doesn’t make you a “complete idiot.” In fact it might make you a philosopher, someone who believes the unexamined life is not worth living and the unexamined cartoon is not worth watching. Already published in the series: 24 and Philosophy: The World According to Jack House and Philosophy: Everybody Lies Edited by Jennifer Hart Weed, Richard Brian Davis, and Edited by Henry Jacoby Ronald Weed House of Cards and Philosophy: Underwood’s Republic 30 Rock and Philosophy: We Want to Go to There Edited by J. Edward Hackett Edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Treason Curiouser Edited by George Dunn and Nicolas Michaud Edited by Richard Brian Davis Inception and Philosophy: Because It’s Never Just a Dream Alien and Philosophy: I Infest, Therefore I Am Edited by David Kyle Johnson Edited by Jeffery A. Ewing and Kevin S. Decker Iron Man and Philosophy: Facing the Stark Reality Arrested Development and Philosophy: They’ve Made a Edited by Mark D. White Huge Mistake LEGO and Philosophy: Constructing Reality Brick By Brick Edited by Kristopher G. Phillips and J. Jeremy Wisnewski Edited by Roy T. Cook and Sondra Bacharach Avatar and Philosophy: Learning to See The Ultimate Lost and Philosophy: Think Together, Edited by George A. Dunn Die Alone The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth’s Mightiest Thinkers Edited by Sharon Kaye Edited by Mark D. White Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul Edited by James South and Rod Carveth Edited by Mark D. White and Robert Arp Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Edited by William Irwin Begins Out There The Office and Philosophy: Scenes from the Unfinished Life Edited by Jason T. Eberl Edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Saturday Night Live and Philosophy Scissors, Aristotle, Locke Edited by Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman Edited by Dean Kowalski Sons of Anarchy and Philosophy: Brains Before Bullets The Big Lebowski and Philosophy: Keeping Your Mind Edited by George A. Dunn and Jason T. Eberl Limber with Abiding Wisdom The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Edited by Peter S. Fosl Philosophah! BioShock and Philosophy: Irrational Game, Rational Book Edited by Robert Arp and Kevin S. Decker Edited by Luke Cuddy Spider‐Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry Black Mirror and Philosophy Edited by Jonathan J. Sanford Edited by David K Johnson The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy: The Search for Black Sabbath and Philosophy: Mastering Reality Socrates Edited by William Irwin Edited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy: More The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Moments of Zen, More Indecision Theory Unlearn What You Have Learned Edited by Jason Holt Edited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker Disney and Philosophy: Truth, Trust, and a Little Bit of Superman and Philosophy: What Would the Man of Pixie Dust Steel Do? Edited by Richard B. Davis Edited by Mark D. White Doctor Strange and Philosophy: The Other Book of Supernatural and Philosophy: Metaphysics and Forbidden Knowledge Monsters…for Idjits Edited by Mark D. White Edited by Galen A. Foresman Downton Abbey and Philosophy: The Truth Is Neither Terminator and Philosophy: I’ll Be Back, Therefore I Am Here Nor There Edited by Richard Brown and Kevin S. Decker Edited by Mark D. White True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna Think Bad Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Read and Gain Things with You Advantage on All Wisdom Checks Edited by George Dunn and Rebecca Housel Edited by Christopher Robichaud True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna Think Bad Ender’s Game and Philosophy: The Logic Gate is Down Things with You, Expanded Edition Edited by Kevin S. Decker Edited by George Dunn and Rebecca Housel Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure For The Petarded True Detective and Philosophy: A Deeper Kind of Darkness Edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski Edited by Jacob Graham and Tom Sparrow Final Fantasy and Philosophy: The Ultimate Walkthrough Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Edited by Jason P. Blahuta and Michel S. Beaulieu Pursuit of Immortality Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Logic Cuts Deeper Edited by Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski Than Swords Veronica Mars and Philosophy: Investigating the Edited by Henry Jacoby Mysteries of Life (Which is a Bitch Until You Die) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy: Edited by George A. Dunn Everything Is Fire The Walking Dead and Philosophy: Shotgun. Machete. Edited by Eric Bronson Reason. Green Lantern and Philosophy: No Evil Shall Escape Edited by Christopher Robichaud this Book Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test Edited by Jane Dryden and Mark D. White Edited by Mark D. White The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts Westworld and Philosophy: If You Go Looking for the for Muggles Truth, Get the Whole Thing Edited by Gregory Bassham Edited by James B. South and Kimberly S. Engels Heroes and Philosophy: Buy the Book, Save the World Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique Edited by David Kyle Johnson Edited by Jacob M. Held The Hobbit and Philosophy: For When You’ve Lost Your X‐Men and Philosophy: Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Dwarves, Your Wizard, and Your Way Argument in the Mutant X‐Verse Edited by Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson Edited by Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski ffirs_UK.indd 2 08-01-2020 21:06:50 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND PHILOSOPHY Deep Thoughts Through the Decades Edited by Jason Southworth Ruth Tallman ffirs_UK.indd 3 08-01-2020 21:06:51 This edition first published 2020 © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by law. Advice on how to obtain permission to reuse material from this title is available at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. 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