The Iconic 400 Part V

Summary

Podcast Summary: Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
Episode: The Iconic 400 Part V
Release Date: October 11, 2024

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Introduction

In the climactic fifth installment of their ambitious "Iconic 400" series, hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang delve deep into the pantheon of cultural icons that have shaped modern society. Produced by the Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts, this episode promises to be the grand finale of their exhaustive countdown, culminating in the revelation of the top spot on their prestigious list.

Technical Hiccups and Resilience

At the outset, [00:58] Bowen addresses a significant technical mishap that affected the episode's audio and video quality. Both hosts express their sincere apologies to listeners, emphasizing their commitment to ensuring such issues do not recur.

Becca Ramos ([01:30]): "We did sit down for a full, I would say, what, four and a half hours? Something like that. And wouldn't you know it, part five, the final run of this 400. Iconic 400 list. Part five, the audio done. Fucked up."

Bowen Yang ([01:34]): "We will never be putting ourselves in a position where this will ever happen again."

Their professionalism and dedication to delivering quality content shine through despite the setbacks, setting a resilient tone for the episode.

Countdown of the Iconic 400

Commencing around [04:44], Matt and Bowen embark on the intricate journey of their Iconic 400 list, selecting influential figures from various domains such as music, film, television, and broader pop culture. Here's a structured glimpse into some of the notable mentions:

Numbers 78 to 70

• Number 78: Reba McEntire ([04:44] - [05:12])

  Bowen Yang ([04:44]): "Reba, you know, you spoke of a girl named Fancy and how it was her one chance and she took it."

• Number 77: Neil Patrick Harris ([05:20] - [05:36])

  Becca Ramos ([05:28]): "This is Daddy. She, you know, she was making sure Patty Harrison and I were taken care of on the set of the Lost City."

• Number 76: Sarah Michelle Gellar ([05:54] - [06:12])

  Bowen Yang ([05:56]): "You can recognize her by her silhouette alone."

• Number 75: Frank Sinatra ([06:20] - [06:35])

  Becca Ramos ([06:24]): "Do you think he killed Marilyn?"

• Number 74: Kristen Wiig ([06:59] - [07:25])

  Bowen Yang ([07:12]): "Her will. Maya. I'm like, these are. Name another legend."

Numbers 70 to 60

• Number 70: Princess Diana ([08:50] - [09:04])

  Becca Ramos ([08:56]): "Moment of silence."

• Number 69: Princess Peach ([09:21] - [09:45])

  Bowen Yang ([09:37]): "She loves the theater. And the latest game."

• Number 68: Tree Pain ([10:02] - [10:23])

  Becca Ramos ([10:08]): "It's about Amy Adams Oscar. Amy Adams Oscar is the Tree Pain biopic."

• Number 67: Jane Austen ([10:29] - [10:56])

  Bowen Yang ([10:33]): "You can't say that all those Austin movies collectively together aren't a vibe."

• Number 66: Paula Abdul ([10:56] - [11:20])

  Becca Ramos ([11:10]): "She needed a beautiful, magnetic person on the American Idol panel."

• Number 65: (Ad Interruptions Skipped)

• Number 64: Kenan Thompson ([12:13] - [12:24])

  Bowen Yang ([12:16]): "This is the most. I mean, he is, hands down, one of the best sketch comedians of all time."

Numbers 60 to 50

• Number 60: Pink ([15:12] - [15:36])

  Bowen Yang ([15:18]): "Sometimes pink will be so high in the air that when you look up, you also see the stars around her."

• Number 59: Will Ferrell ([16:09] - [16:56])

  Becca Ramos ([16:22]): "We love you, Jimmy."

• Number 58: The Fire Pines ([16:27] - [16:56])

  Becca Ramos ([16:34]): "Sometimes eat so much ass and get sick."

• Number 57: Jennifer Lopez ([17:02] - [17:33])

  Bowen Yang ([17:06]): "She said, let's get loud and vote."

• Number 56: Bob Ross ([17:37] - [17:58])

  Becca Ramos ([17:57]): "This is the king of. This is tall, kind, sensitive painter king Ally."

• Number 55: Rihanna ([18:09] - [18:39])

  Bowen Yang ([18:10]): "You are the world's richest functional marijuana addict."

• Number 54: Jimmy Buffett ([18:45] - [19:12])

  Becca Ramos ([18:56]): "We love you, Jimmy."

• Number 53: Catherine Zeta-Jones ([19:16] - [19:56])

  Bowen Yang ([19:40]): "It's like a volcano erupting."

• Number 52: Fergie ([28:43] - [29:37])

  Becca Ramos ([29:04]): "She had to keep her eye on the damn clock for 400."

• Number 51: Forest Gump ([40:38] - [42:07])

  Becca Ramos ([40:52]): "She never stops spouting iconic shit."

• Number 50: Janet Jackson ([20:56] - [21:58])

  Bowen Yang ([21:04]): "Remember this. Back to happier times."

Spotlights on Iconic Figures

Throughout the countdown, Matt and Bowen offer insightful and humorous commentary on each figure's impact and legacy. Their dynamic exchange brings a lively energy to the discussions, making cultural analysis both informative and entertaining. Notable mentions include:

• Marin Gro ([25:21] - [25:50]): Celebrated for her contributions to comedy and her novel-writing endeavors.

• Meryl Streep ([39:57] - [40:52]): Hailed as the greatest actress of all time, with extensive accolades to her craft.

• Tilda Swinton ([38:10] - [38:47]): Recognized as "the reigning artist of the millennium," showcasing her versatility and profound influence in cinema.

• Oprah Winfrey ([52:14] - [53:38]): Positioned at the pinnacle of the list, underscoring her unparalleled impact on media, culture, and society.

Climactic Reveal: Number One Icon

The episode builds up to the revelation of the number one spot on the Iconic 400 list:

• Number 1: Mariah Carey ([53:13] - [54:49])

  Mariah Carey, often hailed as the "Queen of Christmas" and one of the most influential female solo artists, clinches the top position. Matt and Becca express their admiration and enthusiasm for her enduring legacy.

  Becca Ramos ([53:34]): "She's on our fucking show. I am so excited for that episode to come out."

  The hosts share anecdotes from their interview with Mariah, highlighting her charismatic presence and cultural significance.

Closing Remarks

As the episode wraps up, Matt and Bowen reflect on the monumental achievement of completing the Iconic 400 series, teasing future milestones and expressing gratitude to their audience.

Bowen Yang ([55:59]): "We'll see you in about a year."

Becca Ramos ([56:06]): "And Yang, you are the star of my life of culture."

Their heartfelt goodbyes and personal affirmations underscore the strong camaraderie and mutual respect between the hosts, leaving listeners eagerly anticipating their next cultural deep dive.

Notable Quotes

• Bowen Yang ([06:35]): "She brought the effervescence to American Idol. It's true. She also brought the goofiness I'll never forget playing against her in Celebrity Wheel of Fortune."

• Becca Ramos ([16:09]): "There's something for everyone. People go, oh, it's just for, you know, a certain kind of gay. No."

• Bowen Yang ([24:07]): "The only word to describe her performance in Chicago is volcanic."

• Becca Ramos ([41:29]): "I know why the caged bird sings."

• Bowen Yang ([44:46]): "Come here, Kirby. I'm ready for my closeup."

Conclusion

"The Iconic 400 Part V" serves as a fitting finale to Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang's extensive exploration of cultural luminaries. Through witty banter, insightful commentary, and genuine appreciation, they celebrate the figures who have left an indelible mark on pop culture. The episode not only honors these icons but also reinforces the hosts' roles as passionate curators of culture, making it a must-listen for enthusiasts eager to understand the tapestry of modern iconography.

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Transcript

[Matt Rogers]

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[Bowen Yang]

Hey, everybody, it's me, Matt Rogers, letting you know tickets are on sale now to see me on tour, the Prince of Christmas tour, that is. I'm doing my whole album have youe Heard of Christmas? Plus a lot more with the whole band, all throughout December. Go to www.mattrogersofficial.com to see me in a city near you. And now, las Coach drums. Look, man. Oh, I see my. Oh, my. Bowen, look over there. Wow.

[Becca Ramos]

Is that culture?

[Bowen Yang]

Yes. Wow.

[Becca Ramos]

Las Culturistas Ding Dong. Lost. Culturistas calling.

[Bowen Yang]

Vibe shift.

[Becca Ramos]

Vibe shift. A little bit of an explanation that we owe everybody. We did sit down for a full, I would say, what, four and a half hours?

[Bowen Yang]

Something like that.

[Becca Ramos]

Something like that. And wouldn't you know it, part five, the final run of this 400. Iconic 400 list. Part five, the audio done. Fucked up.

[Bowen Yang]

It was, in fact, human error. Not on our parts.

[Becca Ramos]

Not on our parts. Certainly not on our parts. But here we are. I mean, we're taking time out of both of our busy schedules. It's no one at the network's fault either.

[Bowen Yang]

No.

[Becca Ramos]

Big money players has never been stronger and closer.

[Bowen Yang]

We are a tight unit and thank you to the whole team. Everyone tried their best to salvage the audio and the video. Suffice it to say, we will never be putting ourselves in a position where this will ever happen again.

[Becca Ramos]

And by that position, we mean that studio, let's just say, right?

[Bowen Yang]

Let's just say that we're not saying where it was. We're just saying, woof. What a disappointment because we sat there for a very long time to record this. But you know what? We love you more than we feel our disappointment. And so here we are recording part five of the iconic 400. This is the grand finale. By the end of this episode, you will know who number one is. We want to introduce hot producer Becca to the chat. Hello.

[Becca Ramos]

She has been dinging and donging and I just. I did think about this the other day. I said she had to keep her eye on the Damn clock. For 400. Like 400 rounds. I said that is focus. While Chicha was on her lap barking and jerking.

[Bowen Yang]

And she's back.

[Becca Ramos]

And she's back. She's back.

[Bowen Yang]

There she is. Chicha. This is amazing. She didn't make the list, but Chicha is honorable mention. With Halsey.

[Becca Ramos]

With Halsey, Chicha and Ashley. Congratulations. You know what? As we said. Hm. Is sometimes better than being on the list 100%.

[Bowen Yang]

Now, just before we launch into everything, I did just want to say one thing. Oof. You guys, the hurricane that just. The hurricanes that have happened down in Florida, all really along the coast from North Carolina on down, like an inland. It's so devastating. Like, my family is personally affected. And just think of those people. Like, if you're in a giving mood right now, I know everyone's being asked for money a lot, but there's people that really need help. And so you can spare literally anything. Do your research about. I can't off the top of my head say where exactly to send money, but just please be aware that there's people that are A lot of. This is just a serious amount of devastation and there was no way to come back from the first one in time for the second one. Of course, it would be helpful if the governor of the state took a call from the President and Vice President of the United States, but I guess he's not willing to do that.

[Becca Ramos]

It would be helpful if federal funding would not be held hostage either. So this is why, even though, again, we are very aware that you're not all ATMs, this is incredibly devastating and overwhelming and sad. And please do what you can. And if you're affected, we are with you and thank you for listening. If on the off chance you are listening to us as you are, like, surveying the damage that has been wrought into your world and your lives. Hello. Hi. Any reflections that you have, Matt, as we head into this? I guess this is a nice moment that we have of respite reflecting on the iconic 400 before we dash through to the finish line.

[Bowen Yang]

Well, I mean, let's just say that it's about to get really tough to keep it to 30, but we're going to fucking do it.

[Becca Ramos]

Let's head in. Let's head in to number 78, Reba McEntire.

[Bowen Yang]

Reba, you know, you spoke of a girl named Fancy and how it was her one chance and she took it. And I'm taking my one opportunity right now to say, Reba, you were a.

[Becca Ramos]

Legend in always a legend in always in music. In entertainment in general. You know what? Another person like Lisa Rinna, who you can recognize by her silhouette alone.

[Bowen Yang]

And can we say a survivor.

[Becca Ramos]

Yes.

[Bowen Yang]

A single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids and never stops Dang. Number five.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 77, Neil Patrick Harris. Harris.

[Bowen Yang]

We just talked about Mommy. This is kind of Daddy.

[Becca Ramos]

This is Daddy. This is Daddy. Doogie. This is Daddy. Magician Daddy. We still don't know what happened. How he made that suitcase disappear or something at the Oscars.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, he's making so many things disappear. You can find him in the Magic Castle turning tricks. Hopefully in more ways than one. Because I'll say it. Hot.

[Becca Ramos]

Hey.

[Bowen Yang]

What am I allowed to say? The man is hot. I thought the man is hot.

[Becca Ramos]

You're allowed to say the man is hot. He doesn't have to be turning tricks for that to be true.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm available.

[Becca Ramos]

Okay. Number 76.

[Bowen Yang]

Number 76.

[Becca Ramos]

Sarah Michelle Michael Geller.

[Bowen Yang]

Really? I mean, there are gays who will lay down their life. We said it about Buffy, but we got to say it at Sarah Michelle Geller. Like, gays will lay down their entire life for this woman. And talk about cruel intentions.

[Becca Ramos]

Talk about cruel intentions. Talk about. Look. Iconic showbiz marriage that has stood the test of time 100%.

[Bowen Yang]

Three named legends. Freddie Prinze Jr. Sarah Michelle Geller.

[Becca Ramos]

Come on.

[Bowen Yang]

They said it couldn't be done.

[Becca Ramos]

They said it couldn't be done. Number 75, Frank Sinatra.

[Bowen Yang]

What a crooner. What a voice. What a legend.

[Becca Ramos]

Do you think he killed Marilyn?

[Bowen Yang]

Excuse you.

[Becca Ramos]

Do you think he killed Marilyn?

[Bowen Yang]

Is that what people think?

[Becca Ramos]

That's what I think.

[Bowen Yang]

We can only have so many conspiracy theories with Big Frank.

[Becca Ramos]

I don't think it was JFK. I think it was FS.

[Bowen Yang]

Why Dong? Number 74, Kristen Wien.

[Becca Ramos]

Wig. Oh. I mean, the best to ever do it, in my opinion. Her will. Maya. I'm like, these are. Name another legend.

[Bowen Yang]

Name another legend. Like, you will struggle to do it. I mean, this is just. First of all, to say nothing of Bridesmaids, which is, I think, one of the great films ever. But also Barb and Star. Is there anything funnier than Barb and Star?

[Becca Ramos]

No, truly, nothing funnier. And you know what?

[Bowen Yang]

Grape Stomp Lady. That's it.

[Becca Ramos]

Grape Stomp Lady. That is the only funnier thing. And she. Okay. Number 73, Cameron Diaz.

[Bowen Yang]

Talk about iconography in Charlie's Angels. When she wakes up and it's like, heaven must be missing an angel. And she shakes her little booty and she's like, whoa.

[Becca Ramos]

And then she answers the door to the UPS guy. And she goes, you know, I signed a waiver, so you can just feel free to stick it in my slot.

[Bowen Yang]

Stick it in my slot. Oh, wait. The best scene in cinema history is the karaoke scene of my best friend's wedding. And that was her star is born moment. People think it was the mask.

[Becca Ramos]

It was that mask. No, people think it was something about Mary. No.

[Bowen Yang]

Just don't know what to do with myself.

[Becca Ramos]

So good. Number 72, Moona.

[Bowen Yang]

Greatest man in the world.

[Becca Ramos]

Greatest man in the world. Katie, Naomi, Jo. Y'all are the queer hotties of all time.

[Bowen Yang]

Anything but me.

[Becca Ramos]

Name hotter people. You can't.

[Bowen Yang]

Can't. Even through the years in the eras.

[Becca Ramos]

Katie, Gavin and I have. I'm just going to say we have a. We have a crackling chemistry and something will happen and it's been mutually acknowledged and something will happen. You know what I mean?

[Bowen Yang]

Do you have a song with her on your album?

[Becca Ramos]

No. Bitch.

[Bowen Yang]

It's about to be a.

[Becca Ramos]

What? What?

[Bowen Yang]

A girl fight. Katie fight.

[Becca Ramos]

Gay fight.

[Bowen Yang]

Not us fighting over Katie. Dang.

[Becca Ramos]

Yeah, absolutely. Us fighting over Katie. Number 71, Liza Minali. Minali.

[Bowen Yang]

Thank you for caring.

[Becca Ramos]

Thank you for caring.

[Bowen Yang]

I can't.

[Becca Ramos]

Whoa. That was not a good Liza.

[Bowen Yang]

It wasn't, uh. Oh, it wasn't your best. Number 70, Princess Diana.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God. I mean, what is there to say?

[Bowen Yang]

Moment of silence.

[Becca Ramos]

Moment of silence.

[Bowen Yang]

I want to apologize for an I don't think so, honey, that I did when we were in London where I said it was the troll bull and I picked out Princess Diana and I said, I don't think so, honey. Princess Diana. Drive your own car. I just want to publicly apologize for that. Sometimes. I don't think so, honey. Happens and things get carried away. You know what I'm saying? Ding.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 69, Princess Peach. Peach.

[Bowen Yang]

A leader.

[Becca Ramos]

A leader. An iconic blonde.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, yeah.

[Becca Ramos]

Loves the theater. And the latest game. Princess Peach. It's Princess Peach. Showtime. She's at the theater.

[Bowen Yang]

What do you think about her relationship with her people, the Toads?

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, they love her. They adore her.

[Bowen Yang]

They vote for her in droves. You think it's a democracy?

[Becca Ramos]

There no pure monarchy, but no one minds. It's a benevolent monarchy.

[Bowen Yang]

I see. I see. Okay, well, I can get on board with it if you feel like everyone's happy there and feels represented.

[Becca Ramos]

I do. Dong. Okay. Number 68, tree pain.

[Bowen Yang]

You made it. I'm serious. This is Amy Adams Oscar. Amy Adams Oscar is the Tree Pain biopic. It's like Zero dark Thirty. In that sort of. It's like a very gritty, realistic drama about what happened after Kim and Kanye pulled their bullshit. We need that. That's Amy Adams Oscar.

[Becca Ramos]

I think there's a trilogy or quadrilogy in this. You have this one. You have the Brittany Mahomes thing. Okay.

[Bowen Yang]

Number 67.

[Becca Ramos]

67.

[Bowen Yang]

Jane Austen. Thank you.

[Becca Ramos]

Thank you for giving us a vibe.

[Bowen Yang]

Certainly a vibe. You can't say that all those Austin movies collectively together aren't a vibe. Cause it's not Merchant Ivory.

[Becca Ramos]

No, it's not.

[Bowen Yang]

You know what I'm saying? It's its own vibe.

[Becca Ramos]

I'm in Jane World dowry vibe. It's Jane's World dowry vibes. Rain in the field, Dong.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, yeah. Not dysentery, but coughing. What'd you call it? Pneumonia.

[Becca Ramos]

Coughing. Pneumonia. Tuberculosis.

[Bowen Yang]

Number 66, Paula Abdul. Straight up now tell ya. Do you really wanna love me forever?

[Becca Ramos]

You needed a beautiful, magnetic person on the American Idol panel. Cause it certainly wasn't gonna be Simon and Randy. I'm sorry. Those are not pretty people to look at, necessarily.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, my God.

[Becca Ramos]

You wanted one pretty person. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[Bowen Yang]

She brought the effervescence to American Idol. It's true. She also brought the goofiness I'll never forget playing against her in Celebrity Wheel of Fortune. And she spun the wheel. And one time, the wheel almost took her with it.

[Becca Ramos]

No, the numbers.

[Bowen Yang]

65.

[Becca Ramos]

The rockets.

[Bowen Yang]

Get in a line, girls. Come on, ladies, now. Let's get information.

[Becca Ramos]

You better raise your knee to the same height as the girl next to you. And y'all better be leggy AF.

[Bowen Yang]

You know what Ms. Mama from the Dallas Cowboys cheerleader says, since leaving the Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, she's now trying out for the Rockettes. And she says it's harder.

[Becca Ramos]

Wow. And that's how you know. And they have a good social media presence. No, she loves me. Number 64, Kenan Thompson.

[Bowen Yang]

Talk about your friend, the team captain.

[Becca Ramos]

This is the most. I mean, he is, hands down, one of the best sketch comedians of all time.

[Bowen Yang]

Absolutely.

[Becca Ramos]

Talk about a career. Talk about an effortless mentorship. But also, he gets down on a peer level with you. He comes down from the mountaintop, and he is the sagely King Keenan. And we respect forever the work of this man and the kindness.

[Bowen Yang]

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[Becca Ramos]

Number 63, Jennifer Lawrence.

[Bowen Yang]

Lawrence. Come on. Can I say something? Someone else Try and do no hard feelings that well.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God. No. No fucking way. Someone else.

[Bowen Yang]

That movie was paid dust.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God. It was such a good movie. Also, I volunteer as Stan. I volunteer as tribute to Stan.

[Bowen Yang]

I volunteer as tribute. Not only was that a great moment in her career, but it was a moment for memes.

[Becca Ramos]

A rallying cry. It was a moment for memes. Also.

[Bowen Yang]

I want to say Silver Linings Playbook. Watch it again because you will be as just as thrilled. The first 15 times you watched it, I opened up to you and you judged me. You're an asshole.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 62, the Empire State Building in New York. Girl, the lights on her, she is sparkling diamond, jewel of the city.

[Bowen Yang]

Listen, even as a representative of Rockefeller center, and that's both of us.

[Becca Ramos]

Yeah. You got to give it up.

[Bowen Yang]

We both have. We have big connections to 30 Rock, of course, and the Top of the Rock, but we have to give it up for the Empire State Building, the most famous building in the world. I said it.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 61, Christy Baranski. Talk about Martha May.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah, Martha May. I mean, we wouldn't be talking about Martha May as an icon if it wasn't for Christine Baranski. Also, like Christine Baranski, it's a constant lifting of the material.

[Becca Ramos]

Yes.

[Bowen Yang]

It is always better for having Christine Baranski in these projects.

[Becca Ramos]

Gilded Age. To go from Gilded Age to the Good Fight, she did that within two years of each other. Dong.

[Bowen Yang]

Mamma Mia. Two words. Number 60.

[Becca Ramos]

Pink. My down bitch showed. In the words of Peyton Dix, my down bitch showed her pussy.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah, that's how she got her name. Pink. Her friends saw her vagina and said, that's pink.

[Becca Ramos]

Damn, that's pink.

[Bowen Yang]

Sometimes pink will be so high in the air that when you look up, you also see the stars around her. And that is how I want her to be remembered in culture. Amongst the stars.

[Becca Ramos]

To be among the stars.

[Bowen Yang]

Yes. Shot into the air by a cannon singing so what? Amongst the stars where she belongs and the moon and the sun. Dong.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 59, Will Ferrell Farrell.

[Bowen Yang]

Daddy.

[Becca Ramos]

Daddy. Father.

[Bowen Yang]

Our kind. Father.

[Becca Ramos]

Our kind Tall, funny father.

[Bowen Yang]

Our kind, tall, funny, sensitive, available father.

[Becca Ramos]

Ally father.

[Bowen Yang]

Our ally father. That's the title of our book about Will. Our ally father.

[Becca Ramos]

Our ally father. He is just. We can't say enough good things about him. I could cry thinking about what this man has done for our lives and for the lives of his friends and his fans. Will and Harper. That better win every trophy.

[Bowen Yang]

Oscar. Every Oscar. Number 58, the fire pines.

[Becca Ramos]

There's something for everyone. People go, oh, it's just for, you know, a certain kind of gay. No. What do you and I do when we go there? We stay in the house.

[Bowen Yang]

We play games, eat pizza.

[Becca Ramos]

Eat pizza, have a little cocktail.

[Bowen Yang]

Sometimes eat ass and get sick.

[Becca Ramos]

Girl. Not both of us. Just you listen.

[Bowen Yang]

Sometimes you have it's choose your own adventure. Sometimes you eat pizza and watch Barb and Star. Other times you eat so much ass.

[Becca Ramos]

You get sick and watch Barb and Star. We love the fire.

[Bowen Yang]

We love barbin.

[Becca Ramos]

Star number 57, Jennifer Lopez.

[Bowen Yang]

You know, I just watched an Instagram she posted and guess what she was saying. Vote.

[Becca Ramos]

Good for her.

[Bowen Yang]

She said, let's get loud and vote.

[Becca Ramos]

She better be at the inauguration of Kamala Harris.

[Bowen Yang]

I want the same exact rendition of. What was it? America the Beautiful. What was it?

[Becca Ramos]

Let's get loud, See to shining sea. And then I want her to sing Waiting for tonight.

[Bowen Yang]

She owns that green light.

[Becca Ramos]

I love you, puppy.

[Bowen Yang]

Number 56, Bob Ross. I know this is your king.

[Becca Ramos]

This is my king. After school, I didn't grow up with cable, so guess what? PBS was my best friend. And I would watch Bob, Julia Child fucking, you know, between the lions, Sesame Street. But Bob Ross held it down. And asmr before ASMR was invented. This is the king of. This is tall, kind, sensitive painter king Ally.

[Bowen Yang]

I love when a man paints.

[Becca Ramos]

You know what? He fought in the war and he said, I don't want to kill anymore. I only want to create beauty. He did. Dong. Number 55, Rihanna.

[Bowen Yang]

You are the world's richest functional marijuana addict. You are a Real Housewives superfan. You wrote and sang desperado. You are the mother to a son named Riot Rose. You have a Rocky locked down. You said we found love in a hopeless place. And in Rihanna, we found number 55 on the iconic 400. Dang.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 54, Jimmy Buffett take the floor.

[Bowen Yang]

Come Monday it'll be all right Come Monday I'll be holding you tight I spend four lonely days in a brown Lee haze and I just want you back by my side. Margaritaville is a different song. Than that one. But I love you, Jimmy. We respect you.

[Becca Ramos]

We love you, Jimmy.

[Bowen Yang]

Thanks for the vibes, dong.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 53, Catherine Zeta Jones.

[Bowen Yang]

Speaking of vibes.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God. The vibe is precision, talent and wonder and more.

[Bowen Yang]

The only word to describe her performance in Chicago is volcanic. You watch Cell Block Tango. It's like a volcano erupting.

[Becca Ramos]

And what is the lava? What is the eruption? Is it. How could you tell us that? I was wrong.

[Bowen Yang]

It's when she goes, he had it coming. And like she gets it in her eyes and she's like, so.

[Becca Ramos]

So, Catherine, number 15, Lucy Liu. How would you describe her performance in Chicago?

[Bowen Yang]

Volcanic.

[Becca Ramos]

Go to hell.

[Bowen Yang]

Go to hell. Lucy Liu. Remember when she was name checked in? Was it outcast song about booties to.

[Becca Ramos]

My Beyonce's and Lucy Lou's I Believe.

[Bowen Yang]

And Lucy lose because it gave high tight ass representation.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, it gave. I mean, Charlie's Angels birding legend. Her character in Charlie's Angels is so funny that her number 51 forest gum.

[Bowen Yang]

Involved in so many world events such.

[Becca Ramos]

As Bubba Gump Shrimp. That is a world event.

[Bowen Yang]

That is a world event, honestly. Yeah, like if we were gonna do another 12 days of culture, Bubba Gump establishment would be up there. By the way, I had Del Taco for the first time last night.

[Becca Ramos]

You love it.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, my.

[Becca Ramos]

You're a Del Taco girl.

[Bowen Yang]

God, life is like a box of chocolates. Get me more Del Taco.

[Becca Ramos]

I don't know how those ideas connect. Ding. Number 50, Janet Jackson.

[Bowen Yang]

Not happy with your recent comments.

[Becca Ramos]

Recent comments have been troubling, but you still. That's why you're not higher up on the list. But you are still deserving of number 50. We love you guys.

[Bowen Yang]

Remember this. Remember this. Back to happier times. Gimme a beat.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God. Nest day.

[Bowen Yang]

Remember this? This is a story about control.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God. Remember this? Cause I'm gonna have to write it tonight.

[Bowen Yang]

Sandra Bernhardt has a joke about Janet Jackson, which is that she was one day listening to her album and all of a sudden these words came out of her speakers. And then your pussy's gonna swell up and explode.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God. Number 49. The shark.

[Bowen Yang]

The shark from John Icon Char. This was a woman.

[Becca Ramos]

No one knows that this was a woman. She had a big old mouth and a point and a point to make in the water.

[Bowen Yang]

She said, now let me let you know who the biggest fish is.

[Becca Ramos]

And you are going to need a bigger boat.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm chomping on kids. I'm chomping on dogs. I'm chomping on Quinn.

[Becca Ramos]

Chomping on the community.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, I'm chomping down. Try to stop me with your three yellow buoys.

[Becca Ramos]

Ding. Number 48, et a lot of Spielberg. So between Forrest Gump and Jaws and E.T. but keep going.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm more afraid of E.T. than the shark from Jaws. If I see E.T. it's on sight. Can you imagine if E.T. if you say you're just living your life? You see E.T.

[Becca Ramos]

In the woods. You're kicking him.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, I'm kicking it as hard as I can. And I'm screaming. I'm letting everyone know what's happening. ET Is fucked up. Like, do not try to convince me he's cute with his Reese's Pieces and his bullshit. I'm killing it on sight.

[Becca Ramos]

ET in the wig, in the hat. You don't like in the drag.

[Bowen Yang]

No, Dawn.

[Becca Ramos]

She's cute. Another Spielberg Legend. Number 47, Drew.

[Bowen Yang]

Drew Barrymore. Sometimes she crawls off the couch and into our hearts.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God, look. All three Charlie's Angels are on the list. That's pretty amazing, huh?

[Bowen Yang]

It's right. That Drew is the. Is the top one because she is an icon like Drew.

[Becca Ramos]

She's the prettiest on the film. Yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

So she should be the highest on the iconic 400, right?

[Becca Ramos]

She made it happen. She paid for the first of all.

[Bowen Yang]

Never Been Kissed. You know what movie I like? Fever Pitch. Oh. You know what movie I love Going the Distance with her and Justin Long.

[Becca Ramos]

Yes, Justin Long. Really good.

[Bowen Yang]

So good.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 46, Robin. The singer. Of course not. Robin Dixon, whatever the fuck her name is. Robin. No, it came to me right in the moment. I was like, I don't think I know that woman's last name.

[Bowen Yang]

We can't use Robin's time to talk about Robin Dixon's name.

[Becca Ramos]

I know Robin. You are Swedish pop iconography. What can I say? You invent. I mean, it was ABBA, technically, but then you really pushed it into the 90s and into the aughts, and you were just one of the most innovative. When I have a panic attack. I had a panic attack at the gay club two prides ago. Dung listened to Honey in My Bed, and I calmed right the Fuck down. Number 45, Cate Blanchett.

[Bowen Yang]

When I have a panic attack, I watch TAR in its entirety. I feel way worse.

[Becca Ramos]

Can we talk about that ending?

[Bowen Yang]

We can.

[Becca Ramos]

It's a perfect. A perfect ending again.

[Bowen Yang]

Cate Blanchett is, of course, a situation where everything is improved by her being in it. By the way, watch Notes on a Scandal again. Oh, Notes on a scandal, maybe in my top five greatest films.

[Becca Ramos]

You want to fuck me, Barbara?

[Bowen Yang]

You think this is a love affair? Here I am like, ding.

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[Becca Ramos]

Apply. Number 44, Marin Gro. That's Mother.

[Bowen Yang]

Truly, you know, just the great. The great Margaret Cho. Cut to me being, you know, what, 12, 13 years old, getting on Rhapsody, listening to all her standup albums, like, just feeling like I was being told what my sense of humor was from beyond without really understanding a single joke she was saying. But you knew in my heart, I knew. I'm a faggot who loves her.

[Becca Ramos]

Gay is okay.

[Bowen Yang]

Gay is okay.

[Becca Ramos]

Dung.

[Bowen Yang]

Thank you, Margaret.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 43.

[Bowen Yang]

Number 43. Glenn Close.

[Becca Ramos]

Glenn Close. Gay is okay.

[Bowen Yang]

Gay is okay. We're gonna get you that Oscar, Glenn. We are.

[Becca Ramos]

Don't worry. This woman did that movie and said, I can smell your nappy pussy.

[Bowen Yang]

She really did. Looking like something you call animal control on.

[Becca Ramos]

This woman. She will always do something interesting. She will play Albert Knobs, and we will all forget about it.

[Bowen Yang]

Glenn Close, you will always be famous. We need to take it into our own hands and write her Oscar roll. I think it has to be Absolutely.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 42, Sandy. Sandy Bullock takes care of her crew, takes care of her cast. She, you know, she was making sure Patty Harrison and I were taken care of on the set of the Lost City.

[Bowen Yang]

The Lost City. A great film to talk nothing about. I mean, can we just say gravity? Let's just Gravity, she said, you know. Oh, you didn't think I deserved the Oscar for Blindside? Let me give the performance of a lifet.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, let me hurtle through space.

[Bowen Yang]

Gravity is exemplary film acting and to say nothing of Miss Congeniality. She's effortless. She's perfect. She's Sandra fucking Bullock. Ding. Number 41.

[Becca Ramos]

Madonna. Madonna. Look, Greta Gabo and Monroe.

[Bowen Yang]

What am I doing? You're voguing Dietrich and DiMaggio.

[Becca Ramos]

Now let's work her hand. Let's say Greta Garbo and Monroe. Madonna. Does that work?

[Bowen Yang]

That's really Good.

[Becca Ramos]

Bao.

[Bowen Yang]

You know. You know, Madonna, she was an original. She is an original. We wouldn't have any other girls without Madonna. And I do think it's important to.

[Becca Ramos]

Say that literally, the blueprint. Dung. Okay, number 40.

[Bowen Yang]

Barney, are you thankful that you have Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato? Because their father, the person who taught.

[Becca Ramos]

Them how to be on set, tall, kind, funny father. Ally. Their Will Ferrell. That is Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato's Will Ferrell.

[Bowen Yang]

Barney said, this is how you act like a good number one on a call sheet. You come in, you know everyone's name. You say, can I please have a Diet Coke?

[Becca Ramos]

You say, clean up. Clean up. Everybody everywhere. Oh, you say, I love you, you love me. We're one happy family.

[Bowen Yang]

I know somewhere Barney is out there fighting against climate change for rights.

[Becca Ramos]

39. Number 39, Jennifer Aniston. What is there to say?

[Bowen Yang]

Effortless icon. Hilarious.

[Becca Ramos]

An American treasure.

[Bowen Yang]

Truly an American treasure. And also the morning show. She's turning a performance and a half when she almost died of COVID I almost died of COVID Were you dying of COVID No, but I felt like her performance was so.

[Becca Ramos]

I understand that.

[Bowen Yang]

I felt that way. Come on.

[Becca Ramos]

I just wasn't sure if you had Covid while you were watching the morning show. Okay, number 38.

[Bowen Yang]

I don't think I did.

[Becca Ramos]

Fergie. Stacy. Don't call her Stacy. No, they always think they know her.

[Bowen Yang]

Coming to me. Call me Stacy. You know what was the number one hit?

[Becca Ramos]

London Bridge.

[Bowen Yang]

You really are my girl.

[Becca Ramos]

You're my sister. A song that starts with oh, shit or oh, snap on the radio.

[Bowen Yang]

But I knew it was a hit when they said Fergie is going solo and that first thing you heard was, oh, shoot. I was like, this is. Forget it. We're in a new era. The Duchess.

[Becca Ramos]

When I come to the club. Step aside. Number four. 37.

[Bowen Yang]

No, wait.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

Fergie, you're everything. Fergie, come on the show.

[Becca Ramos]

Fergie, please. Number 37, Cheryl.

[Bowen Yang]

California legend. I want to soak up the sun.

[Becca Ramos]

Smoke up the sun, you said.

[Bowen Yang]

Well, don't mind if I do.

[Becca Ramos]

Don't mind if I do.

[Bowen Yang]

I would love to smoke up the sun with Shadow Crow. I bet that would be fun. Spoiler.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

Stories.

[Becca Ramos]

If it makes you happy, then, yeah, sure, do it.

[Bowen Yang]

If it makes you happy.

[Becca Ramos]

What a fucking melody. Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

Truly.

[Becca Ramos]

If it makes you happy. Walk so shallow, could run. Whoa.

[Bowen Yang]

I never thought about that. You know, also like Sheryl Crow. I put your picture away. Don't forget that. She's got some of the best songs ever. Barry Allen Bowen, you really are one of the smartest young women.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 36. Number 36, Gloria Estefan Devette. A Devette, as she says.

[Bowen Yang]

Come on, baby, do that conga. If you want to live the best moment of your life, get down to Epcot, get on the Guardians of the Galaxy roller coaster and cross your fingers so hard that you get conga playing on that. I've never felt better.

[Becca Ramos]

I've never. No, look, you are an icon. If you have a song on Guardians of the Galaxy, Cosmic rewind, period. You just. You just are. You did that. You. Pat Benatar, Disco Inferno.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah. Burn baby.

[Becca Ramos]

Tears for fears. Number 35, Tina Fey.

[Bowen Yang]

Wow.

[Becca Ramos]

Far and away, hands down, the best I don't think so, honey ever done.

[Bowen Yang]

I think so. I think the best. I don't think so, honey. Of all time. I would say redefined the form, redefined sitcoms.

[Becca Ramos]

I would say just. I mean, just an indisputably iconic, chic, funny person. I mean, what? God, it's crazy.

[Bowen Yang]

Sarah Palin found, not elected, Period. Thank you for Mean Girls.

[Becca Ramos]

Thank you for mean Girls. Liz Lemon found in every hinged gay dating profile. Okay, number 34.

[Bowen Yang]

First of all, every line that you quote from Mean Girls, look up to the sky. Look past pink and the stars. Look at heaven and God and say, thank you, Tina Fey, for that.

[Becca Ramos]

She's up there. Number 34, Neytiri. Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

Na'vi Queen Zoe Saldana as Neytiri. That is. It's the most famous character in cinema history. If you think about it, she is the face of the greatest film franchise in cinema history.

[Becca Ramos]

Neytiri, a woman who. Whose every line we can quote. Such as?

[Bowen Yang]

Such as. Such as I see you. Such as, you will never be one of the people.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 30.

[Bowen Yang]

You will never be one of the people.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 33.

[Bowen Yang]

33.

[Becca Ramos]

Christine McVie.

[Bowen Yang]

You still love me.

[Becca Ramos]

She is one of the most beautiful, purest voices I really. I mean, God. Moment of silence for Christine McVie.

[Bowen Yang]

And now we resume to say truly Fleetwood Mac. They are forever.

[Becca Ramos]

They are forever timeless.

[Bowen Yang]

There was nothing more moving than Stevie's tribute to her.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

My best friend.

[Becca Ramos]

Ding.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, my God. I just got so sad. Number 32.

[Becca Ramos]

32. Stevie Nick.

[Bowen Yang]

Tune in. Tune in tomorrow night to Saturday Night Live to see her tear it up on the Witch episode of snl.

[Becca Ramos]

Stevie Nicks in October is such a powerful thing.

[Bowen Yang]

I can't. The live performance of Landslide. Oh, that like one iconic Landslide performance. When she breaks it down and then in the snow cover. Oh, I'm just like, this is the greatest song of all time being performed by a true legend. When I told my dad that I was going to get to. Because I'm coming to SNL to see.

[Becca Ramos]

Her, he flipped her singing Wild Heart backstage before a concert in this. In the 80s. Come on. Okay, now, number 31, Jesus Christ.

[Bowen Yang]

Say what you want.

[Becca Ramos]

You can't deny that he changed the game, Came onto the scene, Said, I'm going to show the girls.

[Bowen Yang]

Jesus Christ said, when I come to the club, step aside. Oh, shit.

[Becca Ramos]

And then what else did he say?

[Bowen Yang]

Well, here's what I'm saying. If Jesus Christ is gonna come back, which, by the way, TikTok. Oh, God, you know, now's the time. Cause we need the help. But also, like, he would be huge on TikTok.

[Becca Ramos]

He'd be huge on TikTok. If he came to, like, Animal in Brooklyn. The gays would.

[Bowen Yang]

The gays would be. Who's Jesus?

[Becca Ramos]

Number 30 or coco whales.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm so happy. They're striking back.

[Becca Ramos]

Well, no, it's that they're young and that they're being. They're playing.

[Bowen Yang]

I don't think that's true. I actually think. And this is my conspiracy theory, like, you think that Frank Sinatra killed Marilyn Monroe, which was something crazy. I believe that the orcas are more intelligent than humans and they finally had it. I heard. I have it on good authority there's a matriarch who is organizing them, the young ones, to attack all boats because she's so traumatized and she's had it. And I need to see Amy Adams play this role as well. It can be done.

[Becca Ramos]

Frank Sinatra was banned from Marilyn Monroe's funeral. I just found this out.

[Bowen Yang]

You're onto something, though.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 29, Kirsten Dunst.

[Bowen Yang]

Probably the person I have watched on screen for the most duration of time in my lifetime. Like, if you. If I really tally up the minutes of people I've watched on screen, probably she is number one because she's been in every single one of my favorite movies throughout my lifetime.

[Becca Ramos]

Someone who talks about, quote, unquote, process. I wanna not quote, unquote. Like, literally, she talks about process in a way that is not at all, like, cloying or, like, saccharine. I'm just like. I could talk, watch you talk about acting or moviemaking.

[Bowen Yang]

Ding.

[Becca Ramos]

All day. Yeah. Oh, my gosh, what an icon. We love you, Kirsten.

[Bowen Yang]

We love you. You're invited on this podcast literally anytime you. Anytime you want number 28, Oreo cookie. Cookie used to clear these. Clear em. I used to get.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, I still do.

[Bowen Yang]

You do? But here's the thing. It's like when you start, you can't stop.

[Becca Ramos]

You can't stop. Pringles lied.

[Bowen Yang]

No Pringles. I actually can stop Oreo cookies, especially double stuff. I don't stand much of a chance.

[Becca Ramos]

Forget it.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm clearing sleeves. But then they get weird with the flavors. Like, did you eat the Chromatica Oreo?

[Becca Ramos]

I did not. Great. I will say. But that's not a knock to Gaga. Knock on Gaga, Nabisco or. Yeah. Number 27, Kelly Clarkson.

[Bowen Yang]

Thank you for everything that you are. Thank you for everything that comes out of your goddamn mouth, whether you're speaking or singing, because it's the best thing I've ever heard.

[Becca Ramos]

Either way, you are such a light in this world. Your voice is a power source.

[Bowen Yang]

You know how it's bc like before Christ. It should be before. It should be bkc. Before Kelly Clarkson, Before Kelly Clarkson, and after Kelly Clarkson. At least that's how I quantify things in my life. It was before that woman came in and said RCC.

[Becca Ramos]

And after number 26, big bro by the river.

[Bowen Yang]

Big bro. You know, this goes out to all the guys out there.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh.

[Bowen Yang]

Who are dicking down. This goes out to every top that exists to fuck.

[Becca Ramos]

I did have this thought the other day. I said, God, there are a lot of men and a lot of. In the words of Ramona Singer. Hot guys. Hot guys. And we do celebrate you at the end of the day. Like, you know, we love you.

[Bowen Yang]

You know who this person is in your life.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 25, Regina George.

[Bowen Yang]

Regina George. Meanest girl in high school history.

[Becca Ramos]

But. And the way that Madonna was the blueprint. She is the blueprint for mean girls. It's like, you can't. It all goes back to her. It's crazy.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I saw girls that I went to high school with get nastier and meaner because of Regina George and that's power. Regina George and Hannibal Lecter.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

Who's a better villain? I mean, it's very hard to say.

[Becca Ramos]

So in the aqa, I started going after my first boyfriend, Kyle. He was totally gorgeous, but then he moved to Indiana. Janice was, like, weirdly jealous of him. Okay, number number 24, Amy.

[Bowen Yang]

You stand three foot two. Your talent stands a billion feet tall.

[Becca Ramos]

You are one of the great Instagram presences. Thursday is a day I look forward to. There's you look. You are Adam Sel. You were Adam Selman's client at a time when his clients were you and Rihanna. That is power.

[Bowen Yang]

Adam Selman.

[Becca Ramos]

Adam Salomon. Honorable mention.

[Bowen Yang]

Honorable mention.

[Becca Ramos]

One of the most wonderful, gorgeous, savage icon.

[Bowen Yang]

Number 23, Tilda Swinton. The current fucking reigning artist of the millennium. Las Culturistas Culture Award winner.

[Becca Ramos]

We love you, Tilda. Star of all your favorite movies. Chronicles of Narnia, Michael Clayton, Problemista, the list goes on.

[Bowen Yang]

When she won that Oscar, Moonrise Kingdom, I have never been so happy because the scene in Nicol Clayton at the end when she collapses on the ground as George Clooney is walking away from her, I was like, wow. And also just like, everything about that movie is so fun and great.

[Becca Ramos]

Everything about it.

[Bowen Yang]

She's the best part about it.

[Becca Ramos]

She's the David Bowie of acting.

[Bowen Yang]

Okay, number two, one of the best Oscar wins ever.

[Becca Ramos]

Ronald McDonald.

[Bowen Yang]

Say what you want.

[Becca Ramos]

I think of him, I go, I want a cheeseburger.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh. And that is the point, which is the whole point, to say nothing of fries.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, I forgot about fries.

[Bowen Yang]

To say nothing of chicken nuggets. And he is the gateway to all of these things. I'm sorry, but you can talk to me about other fast food all you want.

[Becca Ramos]

No, they don't have Ronald. That is the. That is the original influence. Everyone's like, oh, Jesus Christ. The original influence. It was Ronald McDonald. Number 21, Joe Firestone. This bitch gets it. She gets it. She has always gotten it. She just wants to make your ass laugh. She writes fucking novels. As a side hobby, she writes a comedy murder mystery called Murder on Sex island because she what, Loves the craft.

[Bowen Yang]

Take this woman's brain out of her head and study it. Find out how it's so goddamn fun. Take her brain out now.

[Becca Ramos]

Has a dog named Loaf. That is a good woman. Number 20, loaf.

[Bowen Yang]

Meryl Streep.

[Becca Ramos]

Meryl Streep.

[Bowen Yang]

Please talk more about how you just met her.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, there's not much to say. I just shook her hand and I left my body. I really did leave my body. I was like, oh, my God, your delicate hand is touching mine.

[Bowen Yang]

And when you meet her, is it different than meeting other people? Is it like, do you go into a vacuum?

[Becca Ramos]

It's so. Yes, absolutely. Like, it was unreal.

[Bowen Yang]

Undisputed. Greatest actress of all time.

[Becca Ramos]

Undisputed.

[Bowen Yang]

That's all.

[Becca Ramos]

Sorry to Bette Davis. Sorry to Joan Crawford.

[Bowen Yang]

All of them. Sorry.

[Becca Ramos]

Elizabeth Taylor. I'm sorry, it's Meryl ding. Okay, number 19.

[Bowen Yang]

Number 19.

[Becca Ramos]

These girls.

[Bowen Yang]

Can I just say, just know that I Want you back. I listened to it 15 times a week.

[Becca Ramos]

Sherman Oakes Iconography. That music video.

[Bowen Yang]

Let's just say that not everyone can rent out the street.

[Becca Ramos]

No, no. Not everyone can write an album called Women in Music Part three. And for us all to be like.

[Bowen Yang]

Yes, yeah, ain't no part one or part two, but we'll take part three.

[Becca Ramos]

Not all of us can rent out Canter's Deli and do a. Do the album art there for the photos.

[Bowen Yang]

They called up the city, they said, we need to rent out canters. We need to rent out the whole street. And they said, sorry, who is this? They were like, hi. And they go, oh, absolutely.

[Becca Ramos]

Anything you mean absolutely new LA legends. Number 18, Maya Angelou.

[Bowen Yang]

When people show you who you are, who they are, rather believe them the first time.

[Becca Ramos]

I know why the caged bird sings.

[Bowen Yang]

Caged bird.

[Becca Ramos]

Caged bird sings. Because Maya Angelou has given the bird life and hope.

[Bowen Yang]

You wouldn't even be talking about the bird.

[Becca Ramos]

No, the bird is singing because she's happy to have Maya Angelou's words internalized.

[Bowen Yang]

Bringing the bird's plight to life.

[Becca Ramos]

Number 17.

[Bowen Yang]

Number 17. Share. So iconic that she's famously an impression that is wrong. You know what I mean? It's like everyone's like, ho, ho, ho.

[Becca Ramos]

She's like, she's never done that. She's never done that. That's horses you're thinking of, sweetie.

[Bowen Yang]

You like Auto Tune. You like Charli xcx. You better thank Believe by Cher.

[Becca Ramos]

This is a song follow.

[Bowen Yang]

Can you hear me tonight?

[Becca Ramos]

She. This bitch had a music video on a battleship. She said, I'm gonna make war gay. I'm gonna queer war because it is the most unqueer thing.

[Bowen Yang]

Turnback Time. Best song.

[Becca Ramos]

War sucks, by the way.

[Bowen Yang]

Wait, Turnback Time is a record of the year nominee. I know it.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

Whoa. Bowen. Us singing. That is powerful.

[Becca Ramos]

Number six.

[Bowen Yang]

Let me find the right key.

[Becca Ramos]

Reese with Reese with her spoon there has mother.

[Bowen Yang]

Here's the thing. Like, first of all, Elle Woods.

[Becca Ramos]

Come on, come on.

[Bowen Yang]

She's already been on the list. That's because of Rhys. And then Rhys had the nerve to be iconic 17 more times. Big little lies. Reese's best.

[Becca Ramos]

Reese's best.

[Bowen Yang]

Madeline, Martha Mackenzie.

[Becca Ramos]

Don't ever forget this bitch is Cheryl Strayed. That's iconic.

[Bowen Yang]

Ding. I mean the producer of my and actress and my favorite show, the morning show. Thank you, Reese. Thank you for everything.

[Becca Ramos]

Thank you for everything. Number 15, Tiffany New York.

[Bowen Yang]

Pollard.

[Becca Ramos]

Pollard. This is who we were talking about when we mentioned Flava flavor. This is one of the best, I'm gonna say, not even reality TV people of all time. One of the best television personalities ever. Ever.

[Bowen Yang]

She never stops spouting iconic shit. Pretty much, I would let you look like Luther Vandross.

[Becca Ramos]

Vandross. Pretty much, I would let Gemma know that she is a fat cunt. She really. That she gave me. Oh, wait.

[Bowen Yang]

She allowed gay men to think they could just say that. That's what she did. She allowed Bo and Yang to sort of think he can just rip into.

[Becca Ramos]

That number 14, Miss Piggy. That is. This is someone who is so iconic that she was inspired by all the movie stars of yore, and she was. She transcended that somehow. I'm like, she's a bigger star than any movie star.

[Bowen Yang]

Two words. Come here, Kirby. I'm ready for my closeup. Oh, my God, Lauren.

[Becca Ramos]

He's got a Miss Piggy and a Scooby.

[Bowen Yang]

Wait, I didn't know that I could do all these.

[Becca Ramos]

Everyone's horny for Scooby. Number 13, Taylor Swift.

[Bowen Yang]

We hope you're happy with this placement.

[Becca Ramos]

It had to be 1313.

[Bowen Yang]

Taylor. You are. I mean, you're Michael Jackson.

[Becca Ramos]

But see, the thing about Taylor. All about the work. All about the work. Talk about your favorite Taylor Swift moment.

[Bowen Yang]

Honestly, why did. The first thing that pop to my head was her turning around to a large crowd.

[Becca Ramos]

That's it. That's it.

[Bowen Yang]

Like back in the day, like, Speak now era, when she first started doing 1989. Yeah. And she would go. She would turn around and go, ding. Number 12, Cleopatra.

[Becca Ramos]

I don't know. Just kind of not that pretty flop looks. Look up Cleopatra. Not Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra. Cleopatra. And she looked fine.

[Bowen Yang]

We'll never really know what she looked.

[Becca Ramos]

Like, but we do. There have been paintings and sculptures of.

[Bowen Yang]

Her, but we assume that it had to be something because, you know, Marc Anthony, Julius Caesar, all these men fell.

[Becca Ramos]

I think she was a Nepo, baby.

[Bowen Yang]

You think she was Nepo?

[Becca Ramos]

I think she was Nepo, probably.

[Bowen Yang]

But does that disqualify her?

[Becca Ramos]

No, not at all. But that's why number 11.

[Bowen Yang]

Elton John.

[Becca Ramos]

Elton John.

[Bowen Yang]

And you can tell everybody that you were number 11 on the iconic 400.

[Becca Ramos]

He still has his finger on the pulse.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah. Because he said two words. Chapel roan.

[Becca Ramos]

Chapel roan. After we did.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Becca Ramos]

Elton John, you are one of music's greatest ever, ever. And you will always be famous as well.

[Bowen Yang]

You will always be famous as well. Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road. You know, I used to think that Crocodile Rock was the best song of all time. And I still think it ding.

[Becca Ramos]

Period.

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[Becca Ramos]

Number 10, Santa Claus. Santa Claus.

[Bowen Yang]

We're in the top 10.

[Becca Ramos]

Santa Claus.

[Bowen Yang]

You have brought so many gifts to the world. And I'm not saying that as a metaphor. I'm saying that literally. You are synonymous with gifts. Can you think about any more positive vibe than that? Any better message than that to be synonymous with the giving of gifts?

[Becca Ramos]

Oh my God. I could cry Santa. For people to argue as a culture, is he real? That don't talk to him is iconography. Yeah, it doesn't matter.

[Bowen Yang]

It doesn't matter if he's real or not. If you're not happy when you see him. Straight white men won.

[Becca Ramos]

Ariana Grande.

[Bowen Yang]

Talk about your girl.

[Becca Ramos]

You are. Look, she put crack in her music. That's it.

[Bowen Yang]

I only want to die alive. Never by the hands of a broken heart.

[Becca Ramos]

The voice of an angel, the demeanor of an angel. The kind. The ponytail of an icony tale of an icon. Wait till y'all see Wicked. Oh, brother.

[Bowen Yang]

It's about to give. Number eight, Sarah Jessica Parker.

[Becca Ramos]

Parker.

[Bowen Yang]

I mean, I think the most iconic three named person that ever lived. First, let's say that. Okay, you can't just be Carrie Bradshaw either. Like you have to. You have. She represented all the women of New York City. They said we're rooting for her even when she's fucked up. And there were whole seasons where she was fucked up.

[Becca Ramos]

Of course.

[Bowen Yang]

The first anti hero, Don Draper.

[Becca Ramos]

Don Draper found dad. No. Tony Soprano. No. No way.

[Bowen Yang]

Carrie Bradshaw was the first real complexity.

[Becca Ramos]

On television and that was Sarah Jessica Parker. Number seven. Beyonce.

[Bowen Yang]

Spoke for all the single ladies the same way that Sarah Jessica spoke for all the women in New York City. Beyonce said all the single ladies. And we responded all the single ladies.

[Becca Ramos]

And there was a call to action. Now put your hands up.

[Bowen Yang]

The moment that Beyonce the self titled came out. You know how it's BC before Christ, it should be BB before Beyonce.

[Becca Ramos]

So there's BKC and then there's. There's a period between a K, C, but that's still bb.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah. Number six.

[Becca Ramos]

Number six.

[Bowen Yang]

Jiminy.

[Becca Ramos]

Jiminy Glick. Oh, my God. They say now that the good interview doesn't exist anymore. It's not relevant. It is alive and well in Jiminy Glick. This man is asking the hard questions. Getting food stuck in his gullet mid interview.

[Bowen Yang]

Jiminy is a fearless journalist and they said they didn't exist. It's Jiminy and Alex Cooper.

[Becca Ramos]

Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

They stand together as our two greatest.

[Becca Ramos]

Caitlin Collins.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah, three. I would love to see that view.

[Becca Ramos]

Number five. Judy. Judy Garland. Silence.

[Bowen Yang]

It's a moment of silence.

[Becca Ramos]

That wasn't very good.

[Bowen Yang]

It was really good.

[Becca Ramos]

I flopped my Judy, my Liza and my Judy. Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

Do you want to know why? Because there's only one of each. Don't ever talk to me about Nepos again. Because of Liza and Judy.

[Becca Ramos]

No, you're right. Nepo baby is a concept. Doesn't matter. Irrelevant.

[Bowen Yang]

I root for Maya Hawk.

[Becca Ramos]

Number four.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm a Maya Hawk fan. Number four, Diet Coke. Thank you for coming into my life. I was late on this one.

[Becca Ramos]

That's okay.

[Bowen Yang]

There will never be another beverage for me.

[Becca Ramos]

I will say, you know what's an honorable mention?

[Bowen Yang]

What? He showed us a Celsius. What flavor is that? Because I'm a big Arctic vibe fan.

[Becca Ramos]

Green apple cherry.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, okay. Green apple cherry. That's a very aggressive flavor.

[Becca Ramos]

Celsius is the reason that I'm able to be anywhere in my life.

[Bowen Yang]

But thank you, Diet Coke.

[Becca Ramos]

Thank you, Diet Coke.

[Bowen Yang]

We're in the top three.

[Becca Ramos]

Number three, Lady Gaga.

[Bowen Yang]

Little monsters are so proud of you.

[Becca Ramos]

Single handedly changed the pop music landscape.

[Bowen Yang]

Pop culture landscape, really?

[Becca Ramos]

Period pop culture landscape. It doesn't. I mean, it just. It should be. You know how they have bc it should be blg in more ways than one.

[Bowen Yang]

You know, every single time you do anything, it's interesting. It's serrated. In the words of Bo and Yang. It is legendary. It is Lady Gaga. You are a one once in a lifetime icon. You are one of a kind. And there could be 100 people in a room. But if Lady Gaga's in the room, there's only one Lady Gaga.

[Becca Ramos]

One Lady Gaga. There could be 100 Lady Gaga's in the room and I would be happy.

[Bowen Yang]

I would be overwhelmed.

[Becca Ramos]

Number two, Oprah Oprah Winfrey. Oh, God.

[Bowen Yang]

First of all, truly, like, it's hard to not say that Oprah Winfrey is number one. But the fact is, Oprah Winfrey, like, remember when she gave that speech at the Golden Globes and everyone was like, be president, please. Everyone was like, fully. Come on. Who's to say that she shouldn't be.

[Becca Ramos]

She can save us. And the song that I think it was Nickelback wrote for Spider Man.

[Bowen Yang]

And they say that a hero can save us not. Thank you, Oprah.

[Becca Ramos]

There's a song about Oprah sung through Oprah's point of view and.

[Bowen Yang]

No, you don't.

[Becca Ramos]

Oprah number one.

[Bowen Yang]

Number one. Wait, before we get into it. So this is number one on the iconic 400. We've made it. What do you say we just. Without saying who it is, play this person's. I don't think so, honey. Right now.

[Becca Ramos]

That is an incredible idea. Let's play it.

[Mariah Carey]

I don't think so, honey. Listen, I can't. With the overhead lighting. Why do they do it to us?

[Becca Ramos]

Why?

[Mariah Carey]

And I shouldn't even say us, because it's not us. It's me. I'm the one that gets the most tortured by the hideous lighting in every elevator, doorway, gyms. Not that I go to the gym, but I'm just saying it's hideous lighting.

[Becca Ramos]

The sun.

[Mariah Carey]

The sun is okay if it's at sunset. And then I will gladly go outside and put the, you know, hat on or whatever, and that'll be pretty because it's sunlight caressing your skin, of course, but it's bad for you, so you gotta be careful of that. But overhead lighting. I don't think so. Honey, please stop it. Every place I go, I shut the lights.

[Bowen Yang]

15 seconds.

[Mariah Carey]

Turn them out. I don't want to see them.

[Bowen Yang]

No more. Yes.

[Becca Ramos]

No more. Honey, there's 10 seconds.

[Bowen Yang]

One more thing on overhead lighting.

[Mariah Carey]

One more thing on overhead lighting. It makes me sick.

[Bowen Yang]

And that's what. The fact that we got Mariah Carey's. I don't think zombie on overhead lighting is an all time.

[Becca Ramos]

So now you know the number one person on the iconic 400. The guest next week is the one, the only, the most iconic person in culture.

[Bowen Yang]

Mariah Carey, the Queen of Christmas, biggest female solo artist of all time. I mean, the blueprint for what it means to be like. Truly, all the girls copied her singing when she came out. Like, just. And she's on our fucking show.

[Becca Ramos]

And she's on our fucking show. I mean, this is like another loop closed, honestly. And it was such a fun interview. We were so grateful we had such a good time with her. We hope you enjoy. And she's going on tour again, so check her out. She has a line of Merch coming out.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, and, you know, the snow globes were sitting on the table in front of her, and they are beautiful. And they're bigger than you think.

[Becca Ramos]

Gorgeous, gorgeous pieces for your home.

[Bowen Yang]

I am so excited for that episode to come out. I am beyond floored that we even got the opportunity to breathe the same air as her. She is the number one person on the iconic 400, and I think everyone knows that it's true.

[Becca Ramos]

Everyone knows that it's true. There's no disputing it. 400 episodes and more of Lost culture raised us. We thank you for celebrating with us in this way. We hope you enjoyed.

[Bowen Yang]

I counted this episode is 440, so.

[Becca Ramos]

We'Re already almost halfway to 500.

[Bowen Yang]

We'll see you soon. Way sooner than you know. It'll be 500, and we'll figure out some more bullshit to do hopefully in a studio that doesn't lose our audio.

[Becca Ramos]

Yeah, we'll see you in about a year.

[Bowen Yang]

Love you so much. And can I tell you something? We made this list, but you are the number one person on my list.

[Becca Ramos]

You're the number one person on my list. I love you so much, Matt Rogers.

[Bowen Yang]

Love you, Bo.

[Becca Ramos]

And Yang, you are the star of my life of culture. To me, you are the most talented, the funniest person ever to live. And I'm just so lucky to be a friend, to be a collaborator with you, and to share a zoom with you.

[Bowen Yang]

To say that the feeling is mutual would be. That would be, to put it mildly, in the words of Mandy Moore, who didn't make the list. But I guess, like, we've already highlighted her in such a way. Just understand, Mandy, you won the lifetime of culture award.

[Becca Ramos]

It's better than the list. You know what I mean?

[Bowen Yang]

Better than the list. Better than the list. Oppenheimer was on the list, girl. Well, I mean, do we end every episode with a song?

[Becca Ramos]

We end every episode with a song. And speaking of heroes, we sang a song about heroes earlier. This is another one.

[Bowen Yang]

There's a hero. If you look inside your heart, you don't have to be afraid of what you are. And if you want to hear how that song was written, listen next week.

[Becca Ramos]

Bye.

[Bowen Yang]

When Mariah Carey is on Las Caltres.

[Becca Ramos]

Las Colteristas is a production by Will Ferrell's big Money Players and iHeartRadio podcasts.

[Bowen Yang]

Created and hosted by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, executive produced by Anna Hosnier and Han Sani, produced by Becca Ramos.

[Becca Ramos]

Edited and mixed by Doug Babe and Monique Laborde.

[Bowen Yang]

And our music is by Henry Khberski. Hey everybody, it's me, Matt Rogers, letting you know tickets are on sale now to see me on tour. The Prince of Christmas tour, that is. I'm doing my whole album, have you heard of Christmas? Plus a lot more with the whole band all throughout December. Go to www.mattrogersofficial.com to see me in a city near.