# Episode 153: Sting (January 19, 1991)

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-week-in-snl-a-vintage-saturday-night-live-podcast-853403/episode-153-sting-january-19-1991
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-week-in-snl-a-vintage-saturday-night-live-podcast-853403/episode-153-sting-january-19-1991.md
Podcast: [That Week In SNL (A Vintage Saturday Night Live Podcast)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-week-in-snl-a-vintage-saturday-night-live-podcast-853403)
Published: 2026-01-16T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thatweekinsnl.libsyn.com/episode-153-sting-january-19-1991
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thatweekinsnl/thatweekep153.mp3?dest-id=575590
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-week-in-snl-a-vintage-saturday-night-live-podcast-853403/episodes/episode-153-sting-january-19-1991
Duration seconds: 6050

## Resource

We're kicking off 2026 with another one of those quietly important episodes of the show, featuring the debut of a number of sketches that would go on to define the early 90s era of SNL. We get the first Richmeister sketch, the debut of Deep Thoughts (kicking off with FOUR of those tonight) and the first Coffee Talk, here in it's original form with host Paul Baldwin. And hey, we even get the widely loved Sinatra Group sketch in there as well! Elsewhere, things are pretty damn odd though (including one that never made it in reruns of this episode) and the Gulf War had just kicked off only a few days before so that's a lingering thing as well. And the sweetest plum of them all? Andy is sick! Ladies and gentlemen, we are BACK!

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-week-in-snl-a-vintage-saturday-night-live-podcast-853403/episodes/episode-153-sting-january-19-1991/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-week-in-snl-a-vintage-saturday-night-live-podcast-853403/episode-153-sting-january-19-1991.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.