The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast - Listener Q&A Episode 3

Episode Date: January 6, 2025

This week…another listener episode! The Lonely Island and Seth answer more voicemail questions from listeners! (Not all the clips we mention are available online; some never even aired.) If you want to see more photos and clips follow us on Instagram @lonelymeyerspod. Send us an email! [e-mail] Support our sponsors:AirbnbVisit Airbnb.com today and book a guest favorite.  These are the most beloved homes on Airbnb. Rocket MoneyCancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to RocketMoney.com/island today  Produced by Rabbit Grin ProductionsExecutive Producers Jeph Porter and Rob HolyszLead Producer Kevin MillerCreative Producer Samantha SkeltonCoordinating Producer Derek JohnsonCover Art by Olney AtwellMusic by Greg Chun and Brent AsburyEdit by Cheyenne JonesMix and Master by Jason Richards

It's the Lonely Island Subway's Porta! Happy New Year! Happy New Year's, guys! Yeah! We have spent a whole week getting ready to get back into these wonderful questions, and I'm just kidding. It's only been five seconds in our life. How many words of old Lang Syne do you know? I just watched When Harry Met Sally, and they have that in the movie, and I don't remember anything.

Okay, so you just heard it and you don't remember any of the words. Yeah, nothing. Should old acquaintance be forgot? Be forgot, yeah. And never come online. Yeah, I tap out at forgot. The problem is you have to really sing that full-throated, and then it's screeching breaks when you realize you don't know the next word.

I remember the lyrics when Bob Odenkirk goes into Old Lang Syne at the end of the joke, the musical in Mr. Show, Better. Okay. What are those? Prove it. He goes, this is the knocking song in days of old lands and... He's the hated milk machine. Right. I'm the hated milk machine.

Everybody hates me now for doing what I'm told. He was trying to be bold. Why can't people keep their willies out of holes? And then one of my favorite moments in all of comedy history, it turns into, where do I go now? It's all flooding back. So good. The milk machine, where do I go now?

It's so fucking good. Sorry, this is right at the top of a Q&A app. This is nonsense. But that's good. You know, it's a re-watch for us, but I think there's also other things for people to watch. Yeah. Maybe for the first time.

Yeah. All right, happy New Year, guys. Happy New Year, Seth. When we left it off a week ago or five minutes ago, depending on how you see time. Happy New Year, Souffle. I recently watched Seth's special on HBO, and after watching it, I'm curious

whose Swedish chef impression is better, Andy or Seth? Let me start. I had some real ethical questions about whether or not I could sweetish chef based on how close we are. Did you actually, though? I did actually. You mean for comedy on comedy,

like, can you go into Andy's territory? Yeah. Going through my texts, like, can you go into Andy's territory? Yeah. Going through my texts, Monday, October 28th, I texted Seth to say I loved his special. He said, was so worried doing Swedish Chef would end our friendship. And I said, do you remember what I said?

No. It def crossed a line, but we're in too deep now. So earlier in our friendship, it would have been a deal breaker. Yeah, we're in too deep now. There's no going back on our friendship. You can Swedish-chef it. So, if this was a stand-up special

that came out in 2007, it's a real problem. Honestly, it might have been a conversation. BOTH LAUGH Like, yo, bro, yo, bro, you know I do Swedish-chef, bro. It's peeing on my lawn. You know that about me. I only would have wanted that conversation if you did it as the Swedish up. Can I smirk to you for a smirk?

Can I smirk to you? Hey, no bork borks here, no bork borks. Uh, smirk, smirk bork? Can I smirk to you for a bork bork? Edward, you want to be doing your arms? She needs to bork bork bork bork. Can we bork for a Bork Bork? And would yours be doing your arms? Sheen Bork Bork Bork Bork. Can we Bork first for a Bork? Hey, yeah. Yeah, we can Bork, but can you put down that rolling pin, bro?

Also, you're covered in flour. Are you good? Hm? Hmpf, hmpf, hmpf, hmpf. Can I Bork to you for a Bork Bork? Hang on. I'm going to reorganize my whole record collection, Bork. So, wait, Yoram's been desperately trying to say what he really thinks about this.

Okay, okay. I don't need to say it anymore. But the reason that Andy's to me is slightly better is because I think that there's a, there's like a thing that he goes a little lower. And so that puts him over the top to me. My theory is Seth intentionally didn't do his as good as he could. Ooh, that's a great thing. Because waiting in the comments.

Out of respect for his boy. Is that true, Seth? I think I didn't want to get caught trying too hard because at my best, I think it's still only half of Sandberg. Now, I also think Sandberg has an advantage because I do think if you 23 and me, you'd get a little Muppet in there. For sure, and I have, and there is.

You got Muppet blood. A little Muppet. I'm like 13% Gaza. Based on something Jack Antonoff said when he was on my show, Jack Antonoff just during the interview just started staring at Fred and talking to Fred. And the two of them were going back and forth.

And Jack said, I'm sorry, when I see Fred, I have to do that because we're both basically like muppets come to life. And he even said, I have it a little bit with Sandberg too. Yes. Still to this day, I think, when you ask people like Bill and Lutz to do an impression of me, they pretty much go,

Dordish word! Like their impression of me is me doing Swedish chef. In Punching People Before Eating, there's like a dance that you do that is like this floppy Andy dance that I'm like, that's pretty much like Beaker or any of those fuckers. Yeah, that's Muppet vibes.

I mean, there's a reason I always wanted to play Muppets and do Muppet sketches, you know? Yeah, because you didn't want to have bones growing up? Yeah, I'm just amongst my people. I am a fairly boneless... I recently... Zeke. My Samberg, which there's many,

my Samberg-isms are legion and they find their way into a closer look a lot. I recently did in a closer look, just someone realizing they'd made a mistake and said, oh, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. And that was a real. Even afterwards, Sal Janteel, who writes them, was like, full Sandberg there. I was like, yeah, I don't know what happened. I love knowing I have any isms to do, man.

Oh, I love it, Sandberg. Oh, man, they crop up in my parenting a lot, actually. In your parenting? Yeah, you say a lot of shit that I quote, just from our friendship, not from like, you know, your my parenting a lot, actually. In your parenting? Yeah, you say a lot of shit that I quote, just from our friendship, not from like, your time on TV or whatever.

So you say stuff to them like, you fucked me! I fucking counted on you and you fucking fucked me! What do you mean you're doing later to the laws? No, we were so happy for you and me. We went and visited Seth. Yeah. Somebody asked me a question. Seth, if you could appear in any existing short

or any Lonely Island song, which would it be? I think just for a thought exercise, I would have liked to have been in a Laser Cats so that we could truly know if I don't like it. If I was out here saying, I actually think Laser Cats five's pretty good. I think that would have fucking nailed in coffin right there. Yeah.

I mean, you're in Natalie rap. I'm in Natalie rap and it's a very nice thing to be in. This is just a hurtful comment. What happened to Seth trying not to say it should be noted because he's doing a horrible job? Okay, thank you. Cruel. Hey, guess what?

It's the new year and we all have our own resolutions. Yeah. Yoram, what's your new year's resolution? I already completed all of them. Done? Yep. Wow. Oh, what were they?

Fucking shredded. And I'm drinking way more, too. Oh. Your two resolutions were to get shredded and drink more? Yeah. And you've done both already. Yeah. Fuck.

Fucking shredded and drunk. I'm drunk right now. Unlike the third. Hey, Jeff just said he received a very special voice note. So let's hear that one, Jeff. Nice. Hi, guys. Huge fan of yours.

Have been since I was about 14. So it's been a long time I've been listening to you as the Lonely Island and watching a Sunnel and everything. A question my best friend and I have always wondered is why was there never a digital short for Japan? It is to this day, I think, our top three favorite Lonely Island songs. I took TV production in high school and fought really hard to try and make that song be the music video that we had to make for class.

I just couldn't get my group on board. I don't think I've been able to do it justice anyways, but yeah, it'd be really, really great to hear why there's not a music video and is there any chance that you could make one now? Thank you. I want to know what her other top two songs are because that's eclectic to have that in your top three. Thank you for that question. I think we're very sad that we didn't make that, right? Yeah, we talked about it so many times and the label, I think we've mentioned this before, the label was down for us to make the video. I was talked about it so many times. And the label, I think we've mentioned this before, the label was down for us to make the video, yeah.

He's excited about it. I can't remember exactly why we didn't. It was one of those things where it just kept getting punted and one of us would have something else to do. I mean, look, guys, when you're in a band, a music band with three different individuals who all have their own lives outside of the band. Or if you host a podcast depending on the band.

Things can get scheduling tricky. Things can get scheduling tricky. I stand by that phrasing. You own it? Yes. But I guess all we can say is we share your disappointment that it never happened because we all obviously wrote the song 100% thinking it would and wanting it to. Share your grief.

You know, I'll go flat. That might be overstating it. All right, gentlemen, this one might be a little hard for you guys to hear, but I'm just going to read it because it's quite a story. I just think you should know that the high school I went to is in Cloverdale, which is where Hot Rod was filmed, and is right beside the pool Rod jumps over in the movie. Our grade 10 gym teacher used to take us on walks at least once a week to a bunch of different

filming locations around town. The ice rink Dave works at, the convenience store, the lot where Rod jumps over the buses, and then would explain what scenes took place at the location. Oh, no. Except no one had seen Hot Rod, except me, so everyone was super bored.

Then eventually someone snitched on the teacher because, in their words, they would rather run for an hour than listen to a synopsis about some random movie. So we had to go back to playing volleyball. Now the new generation will never know about the rich film history of Cloverdale Tragic. That was from Lauren. What a comment. Oh, my God. That's fantastic. Thanks for that. Shout film history of Cloverdale Tragic. That was from Lauren. Oh my God. That's fantastic. Thanks for that. Shout out Cloverdale.

People still say shout out. It was wonderful shooting there. We loved our time up there. We loved our time in Vancouver. That is so fucking fun. That is great. That's like a reason to make a movie. Like it doesn't need to be successful just for that story.

You know, it's so funny to think that's an interesting thing for kids who haven't seen a movie to hear. And over here. Not to tell them about a scene, but to bring them to the physical location and tell them about the scene. What an- I mean, I guess the teacher was just like, history happened right here. And then opening weekend.

You don't even start off it being like, okay, today we're watching a movie in class. It's a rainy day. Yeah. And then being like, okay, do you recognize any of that stuff? It's right outside. I will say though, like I get the excitement

of places near where you are being in stuff. You know? Yeah, it was a very small town. I, again, I've been in show business for a quarter century. Yeah. I was watching an old documentary, The War Room, about the 1992 presidential campaign. And one of the opening shots takes place

in Manchester, New Hampshire, where I went to high school. And I swear to God, I was like, oh, I know that fucking street! Like, it's so funny. Dude, the pool in Mrs. Doubtfire is at the Claremont Hotel, which is in Berkeley where we grew up. And every time I'm just like, I can't believe it's Claremont. So fucking dope.

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Yeah. And you know, sometimes when you go to one of our great cities of the world. Sure. You might end up in a touristy area. And shout out to tourists. I'm not looking down my nose. Sure. But you like to plug in to the parts of the city, the beating heart, as you like to say,

of where the locals live. Beating heart. I like authentic experiences. I like local food or comida, depending on which part of the world you're in. Yeah, like all that shit. Well, I have good news because that is what Airbnb provides to you, Yoram. You don't have to stay in a hotel where the other tourists are convening. You can find your way into a local neighborhood that you otherwise maybe would never step foot in, one of those neighborhoods that doesn't have a big old hotel, but rather just an apartment where some people live

and now are being kind enough to let you stay. So, anyway, I feel like you get this. You're a smart guy. I don't have to keep saying it. You're speaking mi langwe. Thanks to Airbnb for sponsoring the pod, and do check it out. Yeah. Support comes from Rocket Money.

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Is there a medic on standby in case someone gets hurt? Maybe someone gets fake vomit in the eye and needs medical attention. Does S&L have its own doctor waiting in the wings? Or is there a doctor or team for the whole building in case something happens? There is 100% a nurse on staff on standby in the whole. That's right.

Teresa. Teresa. Teresa is a hundred percent a nurse on staff on standby in the hall. That's right. Teresa. Teresa. Teresa is the OG nurse and she is amazing. She's amazing. She's an amazing person. And then there is like a whole hospital wing. I don't know what you would call it. There's offices that are on the seventh floor, I believe. And I remember the most comical moment to me was when I once, almost collapsing, went

to go see the doctor on that same floor. And she was like, just come in here and sleep for a second. You're just exhausted. And I went to a dark room and just slept for an hour. I think maybe you've lost the thread on hilarious, the word hilarious. You know what? It was a great time. I don't regret anything. In terms of an emergency doctor though,

I'm sure there is. However, I have one story. I think I've told this before. I was doing a sketch live. I don't remember what it was, but I was Nick Cage and at one point I freak out and go, oh, the bees, the bees from Wicker Man and jump through a window. It was a dress rehearsal, I think.

And I hit my eyebrow on the like, where it's supposed to be, you know. Scoring, the scoring. Yeah. So I jumped through the window and like, the spot where it's been scored is not weak enough. So my face smashed through it and I hit the crash pad on the floor

and just immediately started pouring blood out of my face. And Donna, who works in costumes, but is the costumer for the host usually, somehow lifted me up by my lapels and did the little... Suture? Salt or whatever? Or the little stickum, like? Like salt or whatever. Yeah.

Or like the little stick-em, like glue or whatever and like patched me. I was in the next sketch. Wow. She's like a corner man at a boxing match. It was literally like in a boxing match and then I was changed and into the next thing. Maybe it was when I hosted, if it was Donna.

I don't understand how it happened. That glue is actually very similar to crazy glue because it happened to my son and they were like, yeah, it's basically crazy glue that was like sort of invented for that, for like, suture. Yeah, so they just glued you up. It was so dope, I was very impressed. That's incredible. That's impressive.

Donna fucking with the win. Yeah. You know I'm famously anti people jumping out of windows and sketches. Yeah, but you're wrong. And we're pretty pro. But go on. Makes me very angry, just talked about Yeah, but you're wrong. And we're pretty pro. But go on. Makes me very angry.

We just talked about that like it was fine. Like a muggles. The other thing I'll say about scoring, scoring is so funny because, and again, the prop people at SNL, best in the world. And Horatio once wrote a sketch at the table. It was so funny.

It was a guy selling guitars on QVC. And while he played the guitars, they would just snap in half. So he had gone and bought toy guitars that are poorly made, and so he could actually snap them at the table. His name was Guillermo. It was so laugh out loud funny because he would play a few notes and then just cracking his hands,

and it was a very funny thing to think of a QVC guy. Then it went to Dress and the prop guys now had to make realistic looking guitars and just score the shit out of them so that Horatio could break them but they were so much harder to break than the ones he'd done at the table and Dress went so badly but we were crying laughing because while Horatio was playing you could see his muscles just dancing with all his might because he knew he had to break this guitar. And a failure as a piece of audience sketch went, but very memorable to this day.

Hello the Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast, big fan. Here's my question. When you first get on SNL, how are you trained for this like massive nationwide appearance? Are there coaches? Are there therapists? Like who's there to sort of help you out along the way? Are you helped or are you kind of just shoved into this and you're sort of scrambling to do your best? I'm just fascinated by the sort the technical elements of this thing.

It seems very frightening. Big fan, you guys inspire me endlessly. Thank you so much. Peace and love. Awesome. Yeah. Two things about that person's voice. One, very soothing. Yeah. Two, when it started I was like,

is this Lutz when he was a kid? I did think that too. It sounded like Lutz as a kid, which was like, is this Lutz when he was a kid? I did think that too. Like it sounded like Lutz as a kid, which I like. Yeah. They don't. They don't. They just throw you in, right Seth? They throw you in.

Yeah. They just throw you in and that's the deal and you're either like, I'll say it, ready. Or you're not ready for primetime or you are not. Oh boy. I knew I was going to be about primetime. I just didn't know how you're going to phrase it. You are ready for not being ready for primetime or you are not? Oh, boy. I knew I was going to be about primetime. I just didn't know how you're going to phrase it. You are ready for not being ready for primetime. Yeah, what kind of player are you?

You're the type of player who's ready for not primetime. But yes, I remember the first time I actually was on the show and was saying words, I was shocked how little I had been told and how it was just happening. I was like, oh, I'm on the show right now. This is it. Like, it went from being my dream to happening in a matter of weeks, and now I'm just doing it, and it's happening.

And then I had that problem, which is if I had written the sketch, I would mouth along the lines of people that were... Did you? I did. Oh, no. And it was really bad. And Jenna, who's still a stage manager there, used to move her hand like a puppet mouth people that were- Did you? I did. Oh, no. And it was really bad.

And Jenna, who's still a stage manager there, used to move her hand like a puppet mouth to let me know I was doing it. Be like, you're doing the thing. Oh, my gosh. You're doing the thing where you are moving your mouth for everybody else's lines. Okay. I have a question for you guys since you were both on the show. Does it help that you're looking at cue cards and not necessarily the actor that you're

looking at cue cards and not necessarily the actor that you're looking at? Or is that actually worse in terms of like the nervousness of like, holy shit, I'm here just talking on national television as it's happening? Depending on the sketch and the blocking, you know what I mean? If it's a ton of lines that you got to get through really fast, it's better to make sure that your eyeline is correct with cameras and stay on cards. Gotcha. If it's more performance-based and you're doing a lot of physicality and moving around.

So you want to like always dart over to the person. And there's a skill that some people have way better than me called jumping cards, because there's multiple sets, where you can move around the scene and jump from one set of cards to another mid-sentence. Oh, you're like literally like your gaze is hitting different cards at different times. where you can move around the scene and jump from one set of cards to another mid-sentence. Oh, you're like literally like your gaze is hitting different cards at different times. Exactly.

And some people are very, very savvy about it and build in little moves and moments for themselves to get to the other set because they want to be more active in the scene. And there are times when I will watch something back, especially recently because we're revisiting things, and I'll be like, woof, I am locked on those cards. Who is super good at jumping cards?

I assume, like, haters of the world or? Uh, Feral Whig, Dana Carvey, like, the legendary people where you're like, they were like, do-it-all people that can just, like... I had that same hesitation, Andy, which is to jump a card requires faith that the second card will be there. And you know it will. Yeah. But it's such a leap of faith that the second card will be there. And you know it will.

Yeah. But it's such a leap of faith. Midline. But it's also, you're going pretty much off one set of cards for rehearsals. You don't see another set of cards until you block Day Of, right? Yeah. How many sets of cards will they have?

Is it always two or? It depends on how many characters are in the scene, but there could be four sets. Easy. God, that's fucking amazing. That's max, yeah. That's fucking amazing. It's amazing. Usually two or three. And if it's like a one or two camera, obviously just one,

monologue one. And what percentage of the time are there mistakes on cards? What'd you say? Very rarely. Very rarely. That's fucking amazing. That's like to have four sets of cards. They're fucking good.

They're so good. Yeah. Cards, everyone in cards, they work so hard, so fast. It was even crazier going back this season, Seth, in my opinion, in terms of how late the changes and how many changes were going in. Yeah. Those political cold opens, it was insane because there were five,

six writers working on them at all times. Changes coming in from five different writers and the Cards team just making them all make sense and be legible. And they're also taking white tape to, like, to make changes. It's so analog. One writer stands with Wally. Wally does cue cards for my show to this day. And by the way, to echo your sentiment, Andy,

the amount of Mondays he would walk in and say, well, we broke a new record. Yeah. It's crazy. Just a number of cards and how late they got the changes. But one writer with a script stands over Wally as he goes through one set of cards and you're making changes. And then four other people are just mirroring the changes

as they happen. Correct. They're just watching Wally and changing their set of cards as well. That's incredible. Also something that is incredibly common, Yoram and whomever is listening, is if you have a piece and you're worried about the changes, you go try to find someone who's

not currently on a sketch and look at your cards and make sure that they are correct. Yeah. And you can catch last minute things that way too. Right. It's so funny when you catch it. It's that thrill when you're running cards and you catch a change and you're like, no, no, no, no, that's still in. And then everybody's like, that's still in, cards,

number 47, sketch seven, card number 47. And it really is. It's terrible that it happens, but it's so exciting that they know how to fix it. I obviously have checked cards at the show and doing live sketches and things, but it's so different to hear about your guys' experience. I just never realized it was that many cards too.

Like you would have that many cards for one sketch too. It's incredible. The other crazy thing is sometimes if the show's running long, they'll start cutting. This only happened to me a few times, but it does happen. Where you are in the middle of your sketch and they start cutting the sketch live. Yeah, that's amazing. I was doing a sketch once and Chris Kelly, the other floor manager was like,

given like the we're cutting, we're cutting under his chin thing. And they just started pulling cards out of the stack and throwing them away. And I was like, huh? And you have to be like in the scene while you're watching them do that and not freak out and fuck up the scene because you're live on television

and then keep going and try and make the transition from the cards that are getting lifted to whatever card it's landing on. It's psychotic. The idea of them thinking about like an actor who's like, you're in my eye line. Yes. Like when you're dealing with people

literally throwing out your lines live. Well, by the way, the hilarious thing is since I've left the show, you watch the show at home, and when things aren't perfect, you're like, this is a mess. You just forget immediately, because you're like, I don't know, I want it to be as good as everything else I watch. Yeah.

I think I got a lot better at a lot of the things. Also, most, if not 99% of the work I was doing was direct to camera. I still never said my first words on Weekend Update without a 50-50 doubt that they just wouldn't come out. Really? Wow. The idea of going out and starting Weekend Update, starting that first joke was never anything but white-knuckle terror for me.

That's crazy. Once I started talking, I was fine, but I just had a real like, doesn't help that there's a giant theme song leading up to you talking. I know that feeling. I just, after doing it for so many years, Seth, I figured you would have settled down enough. Fallon and I did a George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

thing at a Weekend Update Thursday a few years ago, back when I did one of those. And it was so funny to be sitting backstage about to roll out, having just done my show, which is also a television show. Yes. And because it's live and that is all it takes, heart pounding out of my chest as I was sitting

in that little rolling chair about to go out. I mean, I will say when I went back this season, the first cold open, I was flipping out and like got dry mouth and shit to the point where I was so nervous at dress that I brought water with me for air and it really helped. I sipped water right before I went out because I was like, oh shit, this is going to be intense. And then it's the same thing. Once you get your first laugh, you relax again and you're like, oh right, I did this for seven years. Yeah, it's fun though. The fact that both of those have big lead up theme songs like the show is about to start.

The show is about to start Yeah, and you better not fuck up obviously he's good cuz why else would he be in the package We shot him walking down the street of New York, he must know how to tell a joke You must know what he's doing. He's gotten here in the first place. He's hanging out at a social thing and then notices the camera. Hi Seth, Andy, Akiva, and Yorma. I mean, if Yorma's even there. My name's Erin, and my question is, is it a crime to enjoy daiquiri, girl? Because if it is, then put me in jail. I'm just here to say that I proudly voted for it to be in the Criterion Collection,

and I swear I'm not doing it to be punk or to spite y'all. I promise. I really think it's an underrated gem that is short and sweet. I really do. It's Nan Golden short to me. Love the pod. Love you guys so much. I've been listening since day one and the reason I discovered and got into SNL in the

first place was because of these digital shorts. So every week, every episode has been nothing but a joy and a delight, and I'm so grateful for you guys for that. Thanks, guys. Have a good one. Bye. Oh, sweet. Thank you. Another A-plus voice, too. Yeah. Thank you. I mean, it's not a crime to like Dackery Girl.

It's not. Not in this country. It's maybe a bit of a comedy crime. Is it? But you know what? If you love it. If you love it, you love it. Go to it. There's still jokes.

Yeah. Set your heart free. It's got jokes. I mean, look, they're all our babies. Yeah. That's a good way of looking at it. I love a good crawl, personally. OK, so this is a really important question.

Andy, is it just frisbee that you hate or is it all Italian Greyhounds? Really important. Thank you for that really important question. I haven't really interacted with any other Italian Greyhounds, so I'm going to say it's just frisbee. Short and sweet, to the point. But Seth, I got your holiday card. Yeah. I texted you about it.

You were pretty upset. Well, the front, again, is just the beautiful children in adorable Nutcracker costumes. Yeah, pretty cute. And then it's like, oh, happy holidays from their names. And then on the back, another picture and Frisbee. And Frisbee's in there. Like, it's honestly like a jump scare from a horror movie. It's like, oh, it actually was a happy ending.

The final girl killed the monster, and she's safe at home, and no, the monster's still in the house is what it was like for me. I get asked a lot in my shows' Q&A, do you still hate Frisbee? And I just want to stress to everybody, there's no chance of turning this ship around. This is a big old freighter in the middle

of the Panama Canal. I texted you on a Sunday, Seth, and do you remember what I texted you? It was football related. No, what was it? I remember what you texted about football. I don't remember how it tied to Frisbee. Everyone knows Seth is a big Steelers fan.

Yeah. I texted, do you think Russ throwing that pick six was karma for you sending me this sneak attack? You thought right. With a picture. You thought the Steelers lost, I sent you that holiday card. I hoped. Who knows how the universe works.

And I have nothing against the Steelers, but man, oh, man, I was glad you lost that day. Because Frisbee's getting older, and I asked my audience the other day, would it be a funny joke to, when she dies, send you the bones? Oh, my God. And then the best was I was giving a long answer

about how I thought that was really... I mean, I had come up with this idea, and I was asking the audience, like, is that an okay thing to do? And then somebody very close to me, because I walk up the aisle, just looked up at me and said, how are you gonna get the bones? Yeah, how are you gonna get the bones?

I'd like to think about it. So then we were talking about being at the vet when you're, like, putting your dog down and it's, like, super sad, and then you gonna get the bones? I'd like to think about it. So then we were talking about being at the vet when you're like putting your dog down and it's like super sad. And then you're like, also, can I get, can you get the bones out? Here's the thing, I've been working on this material

and I really need you to help me out. Excuse me? I'm really bummed that I burned this because then I realized I could just buy any sort of like, you know, rat skull and just send you the skull. It would work. I'd believe it in a heartbeat. It would have worked. And so I burned it for the pod. Uh, I think we've maybe touched on this before,

but when, if and when, we don't know, like, what type of being Frisbee even is. Might be some sort of immortal demon. Uh, but if Frisbee passes on to the netherworld from whence she came, do I need to come on your show and do like a musical tribute of some sort? I think so. Yeah, we should talk about it.

I think so. I liked the picture of the kids being really sad and me, you know, calming them down while I'm also just fucking giggling while I'm putting a skull in a box. No, I know. Maybe we'll get another dog. She's in a better place. Oh, she was a good one. Oh, we love her so much. Oh my God, he's gonna hate this. This is gonna kill.

He's gonna shit himself. Someone asked me, did I know while we were doing it that it was Anne Golden era? Or did it take leaving and some time to have that realization? I think I knew by the end of it. Do you guys remember year five of us being there? They did a documentary about the 2000s.

Yeah. But I was just like, okay, we're doing documentaries about, and it wasn't saying that the era was great, it was just like that we were doing documentaries about the time that was happening now. That was a moment that I was like, I think I can leave this show now.

Interesting. I mean, they do like TV movies about stuff that happened last now. That was a moment that I was like, I think I can leave this show now. Interesting. I mean, they do like TV movies about stuff that happened last week. That's true. Doesn't necessarily mean it was good. It was also probably like contractually obligated. They'd just finished the one on the 90s. It was, for sure. But it was just weird to do

a documentary about what's happening now. Yeah. It had led up to that. They had done the other decades too, right? Yeah. But I will say, Seth Lee, by the end of my time there, it wasn't even that I felt like it was or wasn't, it was that a lot of people would come in,

like hosts and famous people and stuff and be like, you guys have a great moment happening here. Like they would say it to us out loud. Yeah. Like I've watched the show my whole life and it feels like it's really having like a cool moment right now. Well, I think that's about right. Yeah, I mean, I've watched the show my whole life, and it feels like it's really having, like, a cool moment right now. Well, I think that's about right. Yeah. I always knew.

Yeah. And you were always, and you were always new. All right, next question. I like that you went from a guy being blown away that they did a documentary about the 2000s right after they finished one. I always knew. And then he's like...

You're like a guy being like, do you know they have a whole encyclopedia, like a whole book about stuff starting with D? And you're like, yeah, but they did. There's ones before it. All right, the next question. Let's not talk about me. I mean, like, why the D's, man?

He's like, whoa, I didn't realize D was such a hot letter. Move on. Hey, Andy, Yoramura, Kiva, and Seth. I gotta tell you guys, I love the podcast. Me and my girlfriend, we watch it every week on YouTube. Because when you refer to something, we get the visual too of whatever sketch or even the digital short of that week. And we also do the homework.

So before we watch it on YouTube, we watch the sketch and then we jump right into the podcast and we love it. That's nice. My question for you guys is, if you could be a part of any other era of SNL history, like any other cast, which cast would you wanna be a part of? All right, thanks for the podcast, guys.

Love it. Thank you. Thank you, that's a fantastic question. And I will just answer a question you didn't ask. If you could be a character played by anybody I worked with, Fred. That's correct, That was wonderful. That's a great question. What era would you guys join?

I have a very specific answer. The original cast, just because I would want to see what that vibe was like and all the fuck around sort of nature of all of it, but really because the smaller the cast, the sort of more exciting the show is to me. And I think that that was one of the reasons why I really liked our era, because it was only 11 people for a couple of those years. And I just think that people got more shine and I think it's,

it just puts more responsibility on the cast and it's more fun. Like, what was the original cast? Is it seven people in the original cast? Yeah, I think it's seven people. Yeah. It's pretty awesome. I mean, that's amazing. I would like to have been young in the same age as Adam Sand I think it's seven people. Yeah. That's pretty awesome. I mean, that's amazing.

I would like to have been young in the same age as Adam Sandler and just be friends with him. I was going to say there's that moment, and it's loaded because it's generational, right? Like when I was the age that I was most hitting me was, there was one moment on SNL where like Dana Carvery, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Mike Myers, who exploded. And then at the same time, you've got Sandler, Farley, Rock, Spade, Norm, you know what I mean? Like all these people, Schneider, yeah, that are all having like huge things.

And they're all in the building at the same time. I would want to be there as a fan the most. I don't know that it would have been a good time to try and get anything on the show though. Right. I, as a writer, and by the way, fantastic question Mikey, thank you. As a writer, I think I would have loved to have written for Phil Hartman just on that pure precision execution. Yeah. Feels like every writer's best friend. By the way, also that one season when it was, you know, Christopher Guest and Martin Short and like the loaded Billy Crystal, like that season also as a fan to be like, hey, I get

to be with all these like huge awesome people. That would have been cool too. Hi guys, Olivia from Canada here, long time listener, first time voice note leaver, big fan of the pod. And my question is for Seth, how does it feel to have turned podcast hater Andy Samberg into co-host of one of Spotify's most anticipated podcasts of 2024, that will now be forever and always a career title that is tied to his name?

Thank you, Olivia. It's a triumph. Yeah, it's great. It's like My Fair Lady when, like, he got her to, like, stop talking like a dummy. Whoa! Is that the plot of My Fair Lady? I don't remember. Yeah. Great. It's tough when you choose an analogy

and you have, like, very, just a real broad stroke of what that whole musical's about. I think he found a dummy and then there was a bet. It's like that moment in My Fair Lady. Is this whole thing a bet? I think it's a bet. And then he's like, yo, I told you, you can't make a hoe into a housewife. And then they all just do a choreographed number.

And you're like, wait, what the fuck? You said that's your first voice note. Yoram and I can tell you, we have received so many from Andy since that Spotify thing came out of him being like, I can't believe it. We did it. Oh my god, I know it's the middle of the night, but most anticipated podcast. You guys, the anticipation's crazy.

Most anticipated is actually faint praise, because they're not saying the podcast is good. They were saying before you could listen to it. People were looking forward to it. Yeah, they were like, maybe. I mean, I know people listen to it, because people say stuff to me when I'm out and about, you know?

That's good. Well, OK, so Seth answered the question. Andy, how do you feel about the podcast now? I mean, I would say 75% of the time, it's a pain in the ass. Just on a scheduling level. Yeah, sure. Well, we all agree with that.

But that being said, I do love chatting with you guys and goofing around. It's really nice. Yeah, I do too. And like I mentioned last time, like when you have the Mike Showur-Jake Tapper episode, it is affirming. It makes me feel happy about the work we've done and that it's affected people at all

and made people laugh, which is all we ever wanted. This is my only time to hang out with friends, so I love it. I feel like if Andy's New Year's resolution was to be more introspective and forgiving, I'll have to a really hot start, because the last podcast before the new year, there was a three minute delay due to my technical issues. And you said, I know this isn't your fault, but I fucking hate you so much right now.

Yeah, I did say that. And I stand by it. Because that's 2024, I could stand by that. That's old Andy. Different year. This is Andy 2.0. All right, we'll be back with the next one soon enough. Happy 2025, everybody.

Yeah, new year. Gentlemen, I love you. Happy 2025, I love you, buddy. We love you, Akiva. Seth, before we go. Yeah. Favorite breakfast cereal growing up? Sorry, the one you ate the most and then

the one you most coveted. And then, Yorm, you can answer after. Great. Grape nuts is what you ate the most and then the one you most coveted. And then, Yorm, you can answer after. Great. Grape nuts is what we ate the most. And then, frankenberry is probably what I wanted the most. And we never once had. And have you had it in your life? Yeah, at a slumber party.

And did you love it? It was pretty disappointing. I think when you actually get that marshmallow, it's no longer. There's a reason we don't eat a lot of our marshmallows soaked in milk. BOTH LAUGH Dehydrated marshmallow. And then follow-up question,

grapennuts, you eat those with like sugar or something on top, fruit, or just raw dog that? Uh, that would just raw dog with milk, yes. I don't think my parents were as healthy as you Bay Area kids were. Yeah. But it was something that was in disgust. And Grape Nuts, would you wait like at least 30 seconds

to let them soften up a little bit? Yeah, I mean, I'm not crazy. I don't got a death wish. Yeah. You're like, I want my teeth into old age. A hundred percent. Yeah. Okay.

Yoram? Yeah. Speaking of Bay Area, I ate something called Odeos, which were pretty Odeous. Nice. And what I wanted was a Captain Crunch or Lucky Charms. Those were my two that I wanted, but I could never have. That's what's up. All right, respect on the...

And you guys would buy cereal in Bay's area at a place called Dave's Soup. BOTH LAUGH Is this a Mr. Mops throwback, ref? Yeah. I mean, because again, for us, it's only been like minutes. That's right. I mean, I think as much shine as we can place on Mr. Mops, Berkeley institution.

Support local Mr. Mops. Yeah, if you need some toys and you live in the Greater Bay Area, check out Mr. Mops. Zero Mops for sale, unless they make the right offer. Ask them. The mob in Mr. Mops is like buying a mug-wye. I like Andy. There's a story where Andy becomes just obscenely rich

and the way he shows off in his hometown is he walks into Mr. Mops and is like, one mop please. You're like, we don't have them. And you're like, oh, I believe you have one. Let's just say I've done well for myself, Mr. Mop. And as a child, I lived through a fair amount of disappointment at your lack of mops, but that ends today. Right. I love you guys very much.

Love you buddy. Love you too. Happy 2025 guys. Chat soon. Catch you on the flippity dip. Hey, what's up everybody? It's Akiva. I know everybody was just listening to this whole pod like, but like, what would Akiva have said if he was here? What's his take? And so here I am. And first off, I just want to commend the listeners who sent in voice notes for their microphone quality,

way better than Yorm's, who's a professional. Are you guys using like AirPods or, you know, write in, let us know about your equipment lists, you know, Yorm's into that sort of thing. Just, yeah, great job everybody. I have another question for the listeners. Have I been holding Andy back? You know, I took a couple episodes off and suddenly his energy is like through the roof. Is that winter break energy? I mean, he seems positively jazzed to be on the podcast. What do we think? Did he get a new coffee machine for Christmas? What do we think guys? All right. I wanted to share that when growing up in Berkeley, nothing ever filmed there to the Miss Doubtfire using the Claremont

Pool thing. And one day I heard Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson were shooting a movie called Made in America up on Telegraph Ave. And I dropped everything because I was like, that's the dopest thing I had ever heard. I ran up to Telegraph. It was over. There was no sign of it. And then the next day at school, some people had pictures with Will Smith and Whoopi and Ted and I was so jealous. Alright, that was it. Shout out to Odeos and Grape Nuts as they were both in my household. Frosted Flakes was what I wanted. Alright. Love you guys. Bye.