The Roommate

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast

Episode: The Roommate
Date: August 11, 2026
Hosts: Seth Meyers, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Featured segment: Revisiting the SNL Digital Short "The Roommate"

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the creation, execution, and impact of the SNL Digital Short “The Roommate,” featuring Andy Samberg, Rob Klein, John Solomon, and a very game Justin Bieber. The hosts reminisce about the late-night, quick-turnaround process of producing the short, its comedic roots as a parody of the then-current movie "The Roommate," and share personal stories from their SNL days. Alongside the main subject, the podcast is filled with playful banter, comic asides, SNL lore, and listener comments.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

Hangover Tales & SNL Memories

• Andy’s Hangover

  • Andy starts the show explaining his current hungover state from a “date night” with his wife Joanna, which segued into drinks with friends.
    • "It was date night." – Andy Samberg [02:16]
  • Discussion on their go-to sushi dinners and the “adventure” of sushi in various cities.

• Live Show Anecdotes

  • Akiva recalls winning $100 at a Super Bowl party (Giants vs. Patriots).
    • "He was so depressed, he didn’t want to pay me for, like, six months." – Akiva Schaffer [04:16]
  • Seth shares a story about attending the Big Ten championship in Indianapolis and hilariously describes the empathetic, but condescending, Ohio State fans.
    • "That was football out there. Good job." – Seth Meyers [05:02]

• Old Touring and College Stories

  • The group reflects on visits to college campuses for the “Popstar” press tour and the reactions from fans, especially at Ohio State.

• Crossword Bragging Rights

  • The hosts jovially compare Mini Crossword “score” times, with Akiva and Jorma playfully competing and Andy attributing his poor performance to his hangover.

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Listener Engagement & In-Jokes

• Listener Comments

  • Fans ask about misheard lyrics, like “kettle corn” in “The Creep,” and the hosts riff on alternate interpretations (“catacomb”).
    • "The way Keev says 'kettle corn' has always been their favorite part of that song." – Seth Meyers [12:11]
  • References to “Quaid Army,” “Righteous Kill,” and other recurring podcast inside jokes.

• Pronunciation Struggles

  • Seth admits to words that trip him up, such as “Cinnabon,” so much that monologue writers avoid them.

• SNL Micro-Reflections

  • Fun on the SNL promo tradition: "I genuinely get a little nervous every time I have to say it in, like, an outro. … Saturday Night Live is not fun to say." – Seth Meyers [15:28]

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Deep Dive: “The Roommate” Digital Short

• Background/Creation

  • “The Roommate” was written last-minute to accommodate Justin Bieber’s request to perform in a digital short.
    • “It was very much a topical... Bieber wants to come and do a pre-tape and we were like, uh, we don’t have anything ready.” – Andy Samberg [34:33]
  • The short is a parody of the 2011 film “The Roommate” – itself a “Single White Female” riff set in college.
    • “And I believe 'The Roommate' is like a single white female in college. Right?” – Seth Meyers [35:02]

• Watching & Critiquing the Short [36:34 – 37:35]

  • The crew live-comment as they re-watch the short, applauding the tight structure, rapid-fire jokes, and punchy editing.
    • “There’s five jokes. Each one’s great. Each one works. It does not overstay its welcome.” – Seth Meyers [36:44]
    • “I love that…it’s perfect.” – Andy Samberg [36:33]

• Favorite Moments & Technical Details

  • Discussion of technical aspects (editing, costuming, on-set stories).
    • "How’d you do the naked shot of you holding the knife?" – Akiva Schaffer [37:09]
  • Clarification that Andy wore “the most tiny dance belt.”

• Cast & Crew Reflections

  • The collaborative process is lauded:
    • “Watching it back, I’m glad it’s not a second longer.” – Andy Samberg [39:42]
    • "Klein, you and Klein maybe were my favorite. The way you guys... would just get way out of bounds in a way." – Seth Meyers [40:09]

• Notable Voice Notes

  • Rob Klein and John Solomon (co-writers) send audio memories:
    • “If you go to YouTube, it says it’s a minute and 33 seconds, but... at the 1:01 mark, they’re already playing bumpers... this thing clocks in at a minute flat, which is maybe unheard of... Lorne aired it just sheerly for love of the game.” – Rob Klein [41:03]
    • "Sometimes you do stuff and it's just perfect and it comes out perfect. And that's what The Roommate is." – John Solomon (via Andy) [42:23]

• Impact

  • The short’s place as a “deep cut” is debated, with Seth confessing a fondness:
    • "It's not going to make anybody’s top 10 Andy characters, but I might throw a vote at it just so it shows up in the final tally." – Seth Meyers [35:11]

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SNL & Celebrity Connections

• Mark Zuckerberg & The Social Network

  • The group recalls meeting Zuckerberg (after Andy’s SNL portrayals) and humorous details about difficulty signing up for Facebook at Facebook HQ.
    • "He was having technical difficulties and had to get a different laptop..." – Akiva Schaffer [29:43]

• Other SNL Bits

  • Mention of classic characters returning, like Wayne's World, during the referenced SNL episode with Dana Carvey as host.
    • "Mike Myers was at this episode. There was a Wayne’s World... a church chat... that’s like the era I came up with." – Seth Meyers [47:44]
  • Jon Lovitz’s backstage antics:
    • “He walked underneath the bleachers where we were all sitting and... turned to Lorne, he goes, 'and you are great.'” – Seth Meyers [48:36]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the tightness of the short:

  • “This is very much in that vein. But I will say, watching it back now, I’m like, I’m glad it’s not a second longer.” – Andy Samberg [39:42]

• On writing with Rob Klein:

  • “He just wanted to go to doof town with you.” – Seth Meyers [40:42]

• On their 'shock jock' energy:

  • "We really are four shock jocks creating the zoo crew of our dreams." – Andy Samberg [23:41]

• Meta commentary:

  • “The voice note length should match the length of the short.” – Seth Meyers [43:20]

• Self-deprecating height roast:

  • "Jorma is 5'7 but says he’s 5'9, Andy is 5'9 but says he’s 5'11, Seth is 5'11 but says he’s 6', and Akiva is 6'4 but says he’s 5'9." – Listener comment, read by Seth [45:27]

• On the essence of SNL:

  • “If you do an impression of anything having to do with the host, you just try and shoehorn it in immediately so you can be in the show.” – Andy Samberg [28:33]

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Timestamps for Key Sections

• [02:16] Andy’s hangover story begins
• [04:16] Super Bowl story & football discussion
• [05:32] Touring and hostile college crowds
• [06:55] Mini crossword talk
• [08:18] Seth’s New Hampshire charity story and marathon
• [11:52] Lin Manuel Miranda and the “Dwagon” drive-in
• [12:09] “Kettle corn” lyric clarification
• [22:18] “Hamilton Whiteman” running segment
• [32:35] MMA and Octagon banter
• [33:03] “The Roommate” Digital Short discussion begins
• [34:28] Origins of “The Roommate” Digital Short
• [36:34] Live watch & commentary of “The Roommate”
• [39:28] On the brevity and structure of the short
• [41:03] Rob Klein’s voice note (minute-long video uniqueness)
• [42:21] John Solomon's voice note (fusion of Andy/Declan)
• [47:44] Dana Carvey’s episode and classic SNL characters
• [49:27] YouTube “Roommate” view count and SNL YouTube history

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Tone & Banter

The podcast is marked by:

• Fast-paced, quick-witted, and self-deprecating humor.
• Genuine warmth among the hosts, who take joy in each other’s successes and oddities.
• Lively audience engagement—most of the running gags and segment titles (“Quaid Army,” “Correct us in the pectus”) have their origin in listener feedback.
• An inside look at SNL’s creative chaos, peppered with affection and mild exasperation for the show’s legendary traditions and quirks.

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Closing Thoughts

Fans of The Lonely Island, SNL, or sketch comedy creation will find much to enjoy here. The episode is equally about the nuts-and-bolts of producing a digital short on a deadline, as it is about the lasting relationships forged through comedy and television. “The Roommate” may not have the fame of “Lazy Sunday” or “Dick in a Box,” but this loving dissection ensures it remains a key (and hilarious) entry in the Lonely Island/SNL canon.

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Recommendation:
Watch “The Roommate” digital short for the full effect—its brevity, pacing, and sight gags are best experienced visually. Then come back and enjoy the affectionate breakdown in this episode.

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Quotes, timestamps, and stories are pulled directly from the conversation so listeners can easily revisit their favorite parts.

Transcript

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Andy Samberg]

It's the Lonely island and Sam Myers podcast.

[Seth Meyers]

Andy, this is exciting news. When I hear something's wrong with you, buddy, I'm always worried it's gonna be, you know, a viral infection, but I'm so excited this is something you did to yourself.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it's something fun.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, it could lead to a viral infection.

[Seth Meyers]

It could. It could. And knowing you, it will. But if you don't mind telling us, how did you find yourself so hungover this morning?

[Andy Samberg]

Well, it was date night.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, this keeps getting better. You Weren't even out with the bros. This is just true love.

[Andy Samberg]

First time in a. I mean, every

[Seth Meyers]

part of this is better. So you and Joanna just went on date night and got after it?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, we met up with people after and then things spiraled from there. Seth.

[Seth Meyers]

Gotcha. When it's just the two of you before you meet up with other people, what is the cocktail of choice? What are you guys drinking?

[Andy Samberg]

Well, it was a sushi dinner, so it was beer and sake.

[Seth Meyers]

Great.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, you love a sushi dinner, famously. Now, if you and Joanna decide to have a date night, what is the percentage chance it's going to be sushi dinner?

[Narrator/Ad Voice]

Hi.

[Andy Samberg]

I think Decent.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I feel like you both love it.

[Andy Samberg]

It depends what city we're in, right? Not to sound like, you know.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, like super cool jet setters, but like Indianapolis Sushi.

[Andy Samberg]

Sushi. For sure.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. It's better to go away from the

[Seth Meyers]

coasts for sushi because that's where. That's where the good fish is. Because it thinks it's safe.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's gotta travel. Smart fish.

[Andy Samberg]

Like, if we're at. We're. If we're at the stadium where the Colts play Sushi.

[Seth Meyers]

Lucas Oil, I'm gonna. Without googling, I'm gonna say it's Lucas Oil.

[Andy Samberg]

Lucas Oil Stadium. I apologize to all of our indie listeners that I didn't know the name of it. I am a sports nut, obviously, compared

[Seth Meyers]

to Kevin Yoram and Lucas Oil, obviously. For a little bit of scratch, we'd love. We'd love to read a live ad.

[Andy Samberg]

Also, we've been in that stadium for the super bowl, as mentioned, for the YouTube.

[Jorma Taccone]

For the Doritos.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So the Doritos thing, we successfully made a Doritos commercial, and then they rewarded

[Andy Samberg]

us with a game and saw one of the craziest super bowl endings of all.

[Seth Meyers]

Which super bowl ending was that one?

[Andy Samberg]

It was the Giants Patriots one.

[Seth Meyers]

Right.

[Andy Samberg]

The helmet catch.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Hey, guys, it's Andy. It wasn't the helmet catch. That was the other one. It was the sideline toe tap, Manningham catch that was also very impressive. But not the helmet catch. Giants won both those Super Bowls, which is funny. Anyway, don't come for me. I was hungover.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I won $100 off of our agent Jay on that one. And he was so depressed, he didn't want to pay me for, like, six months.

[Andy Samberg]

How much you get off him?

[Akiva Schaffer]

100 bucks.

[Andy Samberg]

Dagwood. A Honda?

[Rob Klein]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

All he gets is 10%.

[Andy Samberg]

He give it to you in ones.

[Seth Meyers]

The one time I went to Lucas Oil, Stadium. Northwestern, not a football powerhouse, weirdly backed into the Big Ten championship game against Ohio State and I think 2019. And me and all my bros went. And I would say 5% of the stadium was Northwestern fans.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And maybe 5% of the scoring was done by Northwestern.

[Seth Meyers]

Actually, it was close at halftime and then they blew us out. But like, it was also the most. It was the saddest thing. Cause like, no, Ohio State fans were mean to you. They were just like, hey, good job.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's way worse.

[Guest/Additional Voice]

You know what?

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's way worse.

[Seth Meyers]

That was football out there. Good job.

[Akiva Schaffer]

When we, we toured for Popstar and we went to Ohio State and my friend Jake is a big Michigan fan. Like, massive. When we got up and we were talking to like, you know, 400 kids from Ohio State, I was like, hey, my buddy Jake is a big Michigan fan. And everyone's like, boo, fuck him. Like, like. And I was like, on the count of three, can everyone say, up yours, Jake? And I got a really good video of 400 people saying that.

[Andy Samberg]

It's crazy that I must have been there and have no memory of even ever going to Ohio State.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, yeah, we really, we.

[Jorma Taccone]

We got jerseys and everything.

[Andy Samberg]

This sounds familiar.

[Jorma Taccone]

It was not a whirlwind.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You're hungover the press tour. Yeah, we didn't know where we were.

[Andy Samberg]

We're not going to say anyone's B scores, but I do want to start off with some gaming st because Meekiev and Yorm have been sharing our Mini scores. Because it's funny.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

But I hadn't done the Mini in years. Just.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I've done way better by the way, everyone.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, so. But something that's funny if you do the Mini, you know, Saturday is harder.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[Andy Samberg]

But I feel like I had a Yorm score today because my brain is so foggy from all of the alcohol I consumed.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So I'm. You hungover.

[Andy Samberg]

So Keith sent us his score. Yours was the Saturday one, right, Keev? The like.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, it was bad. It was really bad.

[Andy Samberg]

502 for me this morning.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, 502 for the Mini.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, but it's a big Mini.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's weird. Usually your scores are like 25, 35 seconds.

[Andy Samberg]

The word like the clues and the squares were swimming around in front of my eyes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, I don't feel as bad about mine. I beat you.

[Rob Klein]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Here's the thing. I still don't understand the format of it. Like when it's a quote, I don't know what to do. Like, I don't understand Skip when you

[Jorma Taccone]

don't know, and immediately.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, that's one thing. But also, you know, there's certain things where, like, if you've done a thousand Minis, you know what it's going to be before you even get three words through the clue.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Really? Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

We're just like a cookie that. And you're like, it's Oreo. It's just Oreo.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Does it matter what backwards way they try to phrase it? We need the O.

[Seth Meyers]

We need the R. We need the E and the O. Gotcha.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay, I need to hang out with you for a little while.

[Andy Samberg]

All right. Someone please, please take the wheel.

[Seth Meyers]

I fell off a scooter in Indianapolis. I've told this story before, but, like, one of those rental scooters, and, you know, looking back, I think I was maybe in a little bit of the shape that Andy was in last night. I shouldn't have been on a scooter, and I fell off a scooter. And I just remember I was wearing. Because it was. You know, it was the end of the football season. It was like, December in Indianapolis.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Cold.

[Seth Meyers]

And it was a really nice, like, New York City dude coat. And I was with all my Midwestern friends, and I fell and just ripped a little bit, and there was just this little white tuft of, like, fluff coming out of my nice coat. And it made my friends laugh so hard because when I got up and they saw I was okay, just. It was the perfect amount of, like,

[Akiva Schaffer]

ruined coat to give context for this. When we first moved to New York, we realized that buying a coat was like buying a car. You're not gonna have a car, so this is, like, the biggest purchase you're gonna make. So it's very. That's very sad.

[Jorma Taccone]

So.

[Seth Meyers]

And they're not, by the way. No one's impressed with your coat outside of New York. No one's like, you've done it like,

[Akiva Schaffer]

it's a fucking coat.

[Seth Meyers]

We never thought you had it. You guys, while you were doing the Mini. And God bless, by the way, I'm proud of all of you. I was home. I was in New Hampshire last night doing a standup charity event. Woke up. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Not my last brag of this story.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay.

[Seth Meyers]

Not my last brag of this story. Woke up at 4am Took a car to a ferry. Took a ferry to Martha's Vineyard. And I ran the Martha's Vineyard 5K road race on a scooter this morning. What do you think? This morning what do you think my mile pace was, Andy?

[Andy Samberg]

I don't even know what a. Like a funny guess is.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm gonna guess four miles an hour.

[Seth Meyers]

Four miles an hour. So 15 minute miles.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, that's what I would guess too. Like a light jog.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay.

[Jorma Taccone]

Like the lightest jog I can think of.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I think it's not that. Now, based on half.

[Seth Meyers]

Half as fast. I did 7-30s.

[Jorma Taccone]

What? Why are you so good at running? You've always been a runner.

[Seth Meyers]

I'm very proud of myself. And by the way, for those listeners who also listen to family trips, I will be talking about this on that podcast and I might start a third podcast to talk about it there.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, if I had done that, I would as well.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What would the title of that podcast be?

[Jorma Taccone]

Seth that's Just Running.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Yeah. Just running and gunning.

[Jorma Taccone]

Probably running and gunning with Seth by himself.

[Seth Meyers]

Anyway, my hip hurts so bad that I kind of want to cry.

[Andy Samberg]

Right.

[Seth Meyers]

Little comments. Moving over to the comments. Anne Hathaway is the yorm of the Odyssey because everybody is on a boat but her.

[Guest/Additional Voice]

Okay.

[Jorma Taccone]

Another boat's great.

[Andy Samberg]

More Odyssey. I'm on a boat. Related content.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, really? I really enjoyed that. I was like, oh, yeah, that totally tracks. Yhorm some notes on your voice note. Yhorm out of breath jogger vibes with his voice note.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it was late.

[Seth Meyers]

Also killer from Silence of the Lambs vibes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, here's the thing. It was 2:30 in the morning and then I couldn't sleep and I was like, let me listen to these sons of bitches. And then, you know, I had to respond.

[Seth Meyers]

I'm glad you did it the way you did it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thanks.

[Seth Meyers]

I would love. I know none of us could. I definitely thought for a second, I'm like, is there a way I could get Chris Nolan to leave a voice note saying that he always thought of Anne Hathaway as the yorm of the odds? Like, I definitely was like, he likes MacGruber. What if I was like, hey, hey, asshole. Since you wouldn't put your name on

[Andy Samberg]

MacGruber, would you say Matt Damon is the MacGruber of Interstellar? Maybe.

[Seth Meyers]

He's totally the MacGruber of Interstellar.

[Rob Klein]

Totally.

[Jorma Taccone]

He probably made the whole crew watch MacGruber before that scene. This is what we're channeling.

[Seth Meyers]

Yhorm. You sent us photos of Lin Manuel and the Dwagon. How did it come to pass? Tell us about it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So there's a drive in that we've actually, I've done a screening of Hot Rod there. I've done a screening of Magruba there in Amenia, New York. And so I've done three screenings there. And we did one of over your Dead Body. And Lynn showed up from his rehearsals for the warriors and he showed me some shit, and I'm like, fucking thrilled. It's gonna be great. And, yeah, the two of us hung out and we sat in his car. We should have been in the Dragon. Instead we sat in his car and we couldn't figure out the defrost, so we just had to have the window wipers going the whole time. And Lin was like. Was like, oh, yeah. The sound's always like, the snake's a little off. It just is what it is sort of thing. And then afterwards we were like a second behind, and I was like, fuck, he's not going to enjoy this as much as possible. And then we had to bumping too. It was loud. And then afterwards I talked to people who were like, no, the snake was fine. We heard your car echoing the entire time because you had the. I was like, oh, shit. But yes, he loved the dwagon. Everybody did.

[Seth Meyers]

It was very fun. It was very fun to see pictures of you guys together. A lot of people in commenting about the creep. So this is the first question, and then other people answered the question and had something to say about it. Quaid, Army. I have a question on Keef's second verse. He said they knew I was a creep since the day I was born. Came popping out. My mama likes some. It's kettle corn.

[Andy Samberg]

Kettle corn? Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What did people think it was?

[Seth Meyers]

They wanted a clarification. So I wrote that down. A lot of people then, as I read the entirety of the comments, said that the way Keev says kettle corn has always been their favorite part of that song. Hell yeah. It's like genuinely, when they hear kettle corn, they hear it in Keev's voice

[Andy Samberg]

popping up like mama, like some catacomb.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's nice.

[Seth Meyers]

Someone also thought it was catacombs, which I'm like, oh, that's pretty fun too.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, yeah, I guess that makes sense. It's a little weird to refer to it that way, but sure, that's clever.

[Seth Meyers]

Another comment about the creep. First they said, when we first started dating, my husband, I sang this song all the time to the husband and drove him crazy. But I truly believe it's impossible to be sad or mad singing this song. And I think that's true. But also, based on what she said about her husband, I think it's possible to Be sad or mad hearing that song. Yeah. But I think the singing of it is a truly joyful experience. But you might, maybe if you're in the room with somebody singing the Creep, you might not fully agree to shout out Weird Al.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Another one that also you cannot be depressed or sad listening to is the song Albuquerque by Weird Al, about eight minutes long.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay, check it out. Check it out. What else? Sometimes people say if we want a tip on something, I don't know why we'd want a tip, but people have requested, we say, tip us in the Nippus.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Sure.

[Jorma Taccone]

Maybe if we want a tip, like a hot tip.

[Seth Meyers]

And if we're on the fence about whether or not we're right about something. Correct us in the pectus.

[Andy Samberg]

Correct us in the pectus.

[Akiva Schaffer]

These are hard to remember for me.

[Seth Meyers]

These are gonna be hard for you.

[Narrator/Ad Voice]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Ooh.

[Seth Meyers]

I added some parlance to spelling bee, which I'm very happy with, which is clean gene.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

You've been hitting me with that this week.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wait, what?

[Seth Meyers]

So clean Jean, because I'm never gonna queen bee. I'm never gonna get a clean bee. It's never even come close. A clean gene is when I get genius clean. And I've had a couple of clean jeans this week.

[Jorma Taccone]

Clean Jean.

[Andy Samberg]

Clean Jean Okerland.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's very respectable.

[Seth Meyers]

Clean Jean Okerland. You're Queen Bean. Oakland. Cause you're from the Bay.

[Guest/Additional Voice]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Did you know that? We're from the Bay.

[Akiva Schaffer]

All three of us.

[Seth Meyers]

Then someone again to Shakur. That guy. You know that.

[Andy Samberg]

Sorry, whom?

[Seth Meyers]

I fucked up.

[Jorma Taccone]

Mr. Shakur.

[Seth Meyers]

Mr. Shakur. I'm a fan of his.

[Andy Samberg]

Whom was his name? The first name of whom?

[Seth Meyers]

Tupac.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, you got it. Actually.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay. Double clutched again. Matt Goldich. Matt Goldich, a monologue writer for Late Night who listens to the pod, wrote in and revealed that there are certain words they've taken out of the monologue because I can't say them right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, like what?

[Seth Meyers]

They have a list.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Like what?

[Seth Meyers]

Tupac is one. And a Cinnabun.

[Andy Samberg]

Cinnabon. You just couldn't do it right now.

[Seth Meyers]

I just can't do it. I still don't know what you're supposed to say.

[Andy Samberg]

Is it Cinnabon or Cinnabon?

[Seth Meyers]

That's the problem.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's Bun. Right. Cinnabon.

[Seth Meyers]

But it's spelled T O, N. So I'm sorry. They.

[Andy Samberg]

That's why some people do say Cinnabon.

[Seth Meyers]

And maybe that's right, but they, like, I guess Baze. You know, your old friend Baze. And he's like, it's not worth it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wait, how many times has Cinnabon come up in your monologue?

[Seth Meyers]

He's like, make it Annie Ann's. I remember when Tapic was eating Cinnabon. Take it out. I'm not teaching him again. I'm not gonna do it.

[Andy Samberg]

I feel that sometimes the promos for snl, the host has to say SNL because they can't say Saturday Night Live fast for real.

[Seth Meyers]

I genuinely get a little nervous every time I have to say it in, like, an outro. If one of the current SNL cast members are on Saturday Night Live is not fun to say.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. And I'm hosting Saturday Night Live. Like, it does kind of clatter.

[Seth Meyers]

It's not good. Yeah. It's not going to. It's not going to work as a title.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But if you say it like Don Pardo, it helps. Right?

[Andy Samberg]

Saturday Night Live. You get all the syllables in there.

[Seth Meyers]

They got the slowest announcer they ever could find. Just because they were like, he'll make sure it's clear. Oh, and then someone wrote. And again, this is based on my pronunciation. I always love when Seth talks about anything hip hop because he just seems like a guy that thinks Mumford and Sons is totally too hard for him.

[Andy Samberg]

That seems.

[Seth Meyers]

And he gets spooked. He gets spooked and has to turn it off. And it was funny because I saw that in a burn. But I will say, when I hear Mumford and Sons, I do often think they're going to break their instruments.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, well, they're playing the fuck out of them.

[Seth Meyers]

They're playing the fuck out of them. And I'm just like, that's not. I'm sorry, that is not Bill for that. And then a bunch of people pointed out, what less did you expect from a turbo white? And I think that's. That's fine as well. Oh, another thing, Bjorn, because we talked about Nicki Minaj and Kanye on last week's pod. Some had said, pretty cowardly for Akiva to wait until Maga Yorm was off the pod to call out Nikki and Kanye.

[Jorma Taccone]

I knew you would have defended them.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Oh, I would have. If I had been there, I would have fucking thrown down.

[Seth Meyers]

Thrown down. Rhys Ifans was in Little Nicky.

[Andy Samberg]

Rhys Ifans was also in Little Nicki.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, who did we say? Whoever we said we were in.

[Jorma Taccone]

I said the wrong person. I said Jonathan Reese. Yeah, but also, by the way, it's not Jonathan Reese Davies. It's Jonathan Reese Myers or Jonathan Reese Davies. So we were conflating the two names by giving John the Jonathan due to Rhys Myers and then. Yeah, so apologies. Support comes from article. Article is curated collections for every style. This is a furniture place, guys. I'm just gonna back up on this copy and let you know. It's a furniture place. Mid century modern, coastal and scandi inspired pieces that not only shine on their own, but also pair seamlessly with nearly every other article product. That was just off the top of my head. Now I'll get to the copy. These thoughtful design approaches make it incredibly easy to mix and match, helping you create a space that feels cohesive and stylish. That's what Andy was saying to me this morning. Right, Andy? Yep. Cohesive and stylish. That's a quote. Yep. Quality without compromise. Article takes great care in curating its collection focused solely on high quality, meaningful pieces that will stand the test of time. There's no filler. Every item is chosen for its craftsmanship, design and lasting value. Now, I've done an article ad before and I can actually talk from personal experience because I was lucky enough to get to choose something from their website. And it is a dresser that is in my bedroom and it is genuinely super high quality. It is all wood. It looks beautiful. It actually has a really nice modern design. I am not blowing smoke. This is a genuine endorsement for Article. Andy. Have you been in my bedroom and seen this thing?

[Andy Samberg]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Andy Samberg]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

Right back at you.

[Jorma Taccone]

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[Andy Samberg]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Andy Samberg]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Andy Samberg]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Andy Samberg]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

We reached out Hamilton Whiteman, as we heard last time he called in, he told us that he was dying. We reached out and asked if there's anything we could do.

[Jorma Taccone]

He had licked us. Slug.

[Seth Meyers]

He'd like to slug and the chemicals in the slug have been transferred to him. And so we said, is there anything we need you, you know, as you sort of get your. Get your life in order. Here's what he sent in.

[Guest/Additional Voice]

Quades. If you're getting this, it's very likely that I'm already sealed up in my cryo coffin in the facility. There are a few loose ends that I need you to tighten for me. If you could please go down to my office at the wharf, look for three satchels. One is filled with coins. One will have a likely have a substance that's still drying. The third is just filled with dirt. I need you to separate all three of those bags. Make sure they're very far apart from each other. That's it. That's it. Well, that's it for now. If our paths cross again in the future, I hope that I have the pointiest stick. As they say, let it quiets. See you in the next life.

[Andy Samberg]

See you in the next life.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh me, oh my.

[Seth Meyers]

As they say, the pointer stairs.

[Andy Samberg]

God damn it. We really are four shock jocks creating the zoo crew of our dreams.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, it's pretty good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Feels hot.

[Seth Meyers]

Every time we have a new voice, I'm just like, who else can we get to join the zoo crew?

[Andy Samberg]

What other? We got Hamilton Whiteman. We got Michael Jackson.

[Seth Meyers]

Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson and Hamilton Whiteman are calling us. They went to Indy 500. They're there together. Let's hear from Michael Jackson and Hamilton Whiteman.

[Andy Samberg]

Like six episodes from now, we're gonna start, like, sexually harassing each other. Akiva, do you have any idea what I would do to you? Oh, my God.

[Narrator/Ad Voice]

Look at you.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, no.

[Seth Meyers]

They were like, yeah, no, they went full. It started ironically, but then they did turn into four shock jocks.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, they turned into old Stern before Before therapy, before he made a breakthrough.

[Seth Meyers]

What are you drinking there for your hangover cure, Andy? Is that coconut water?

[Andy Samberg]

Coffee and coconut water alternating.

[Seth Meyers]

Great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Smart man.

[Seth Meyers]

Do you feel like you're coming out of it at all?

[Andy Samberg]

No, I'm feeling dizzy sitting down.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Are you gonna be taxed today? It's a Saturday when we're recording.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, yeah, I'll be in it with the children.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And one thing I've always said about young children, a lot of sympathy.

[Seth Meyers]

A lot of sympathy.

[Rob Klein]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

They like it when their parents are weak.

[Seth Meyers]

If not sympathy, empathy.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep.

[Seth Meyers]

It's not just that they feel bad for you. They feel your pain as well.

[Andy Samberg]

I was downstairs drinking my coffee just before this, and I finished my cup of coffee, and I was planning to refill it, and my daughter leaned over and just spit my cup and then looked up at me and smiled. I was like, why the fuck did you do that?

[Akiva Schaffer]

What the hell?

[Andy Samberg]

She was like, I don't know. It just started cackling.

[Seth Meyers]

That's an easy prank.

[Andy Samberg]

Looks like Dad's getting a new cup.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's hard when you think it's funny. You know what I mean? When you're like, it was funny.

[Seth Meyers]

That's pretty good.

[Andy Samberg]

I know. She's like, how far can I take it if it's funny? I'm like, you just asked the question of my entire existence.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, my God. She really bullies you.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Yeah. But I deserve it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it's fair.

[Seth Meyers]

Real quick, I just want to say, if you were like, what were the five best things that happened to you this week? I would say for the last, like, six months, one of those five things has been somebody saying, quite arming. To me, it just makes me so delighted. Especially because when you go back to the beginning here, this was the thing that Keev tried to start for a long time. Righteous kill is now officially a thing. This is the opposite of whatever Keeve's peeve is. This has got to be the opposite.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. It's a lesson about just sticking with stuff, you know, Just don't let things go.

[Seth Meyers]

I don't want to add more to it, but I am wondering if, like, I'm going to start saying righteous kill with my hand in my stomach. Like, it's quaddo.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, like, acting it out, like.

[Seth Meyers]

And just like. Like, just like, go, like a little claw. A little claw, little cloth. Righteous kill.

[Jorma Taccone]

Like, that's the salute.

[Seth Meyers]

Righteous kill.

[Andy Samberg]

Quaid, open your mouth. If you do that when people say it to you, Seth, I will give

[Seth Meyers]

you $100 if I say it like qua.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, Righteous kill.

[Seth Meyers]

Somebody said their favorite line in the Creep is the T. Rexen and asked who wrote it. And of course I know for a fact who wrote it. Andy's observation about T Rex arms is.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm guessing I did, but I will also say me and yhorm, I think often would talk about T Rex arms.

[Seth Meyers]

I mentioned Keeves Peeves and we have yhorm thorns. Somebody suggested Andy all caps when you're mad about things.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Andy all caps.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, Andy all caps.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, instead of like Andy Kap.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, like Andy Kap. It was sent in by an 85 year old man.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Andy all capps.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh man, I love it. Every time a new Andy Kap drops.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, Indiana's way. I can't believe they're making it work. You know what? Respect. They're making it work. I don't think they like each other, but goddammit, they're making it up.

[Andy Samberg]

Starting to think this guy's got a drinking problem.

[Seth Meyers]

You, my friend, we kind of rushed through. The Creep was the Jesse Eisenberg Show. You did a monologue with Mark Zuckerberg and Jesse Eisenberg and you.

[Andy Samberg]

That's right.

[Seth Meyers]

Do you have any memories of what is sort of historically a pretty trippy moment?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

I remember not knowing what to expect from Jesse because I had seen like squid and the whale and stuff. And he's so like, you love watching him, but he's like intentionally repellent in that character. And then he arrived and was so lovely and thoughtful and nice and funny and cool and I was like, yeah, I was like, oh, you're a really good actor.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, really good actor. Loves comedy. Yeah, is very funny too. Not just like an outside looking in. Loves comedy.

[Andy Samberg]

I don't remember how it came together that Zuckerberg actually came to the show though, on his way.

[Seth Meyers]

I remember it was because you had played Zuckerberg, but it was obviously more intense for Jesse.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes. His depiction was different than mine for sure. Yeah. But I knew when he was coming.

[Seth Meyers]

I was like, yours was more nuanced.

[Andy Samberg]

I don't even remember what I did.

[Seth Meyers]

Probably just put a wig on.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I was just like, oh, hey, how's it going? Like vaguely Canadian for some reason.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Right.

[Andy Samberg]

But yeah, I knew that I was going to try and get it on the show because it was like, you know, if you do an impression of anything having to do with anything with the host, you just try and shoehorn it in immediately so you can be in the show. And so I'm sure that's where it started, but I don't know.

[Akiva Schaffer]

This is a good transition to my new organization called Kings in America. And it's supporting Kings in America.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, cool.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh.

[Seth Meyers]

So it's like no Kings, but it's the opposite.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's like no Kings, but it's like, sort of different.

[Andy Samberg]

The opposite.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Andy, had we. Had we gone to Facebook by that point and.

[Andy Samberg]

No, it was after.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay.

[Andy Samberg]

Because we met Zuckerberg that night and he was a big Lonely island fan.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And was like, I'm naming, like, the conference rooms at our campus after, like, Lonely island songs.

[Jorma Taccone]

It was just one. There was an I'm on a boat conference room.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

At the original Facebook.

[Andy Samberg]

I want to say, like, there was like a Game of Thrones themed named room and then like an I'm on a bow room. But yeah, we did then go out there and then I've told that story before where he realized I wasn't on Facebook and made me sign up for Facebook. And he was my only friend.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And it was really funny because he had difficulty doing it and had to get help.

[Andy Samberg]

Is that true?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. That was the funniest shit I've ever. He was having technical difficulties and he had to get a different laptop, and then somebody had to do it for.

[Seth Meyers]

I feel like one thing they should tell all those tech guys, like, you don't ever try to use the product. You don't know how hard it is. Like, you have, like, these big ideas. And we figured out how to do

[Jorma Taccone]

it for the reason why. I mean, anybody might go. But the reason why we went was we were doing pre promotion for one of our albums, and I don't remember which one it was where we were, like, going around to all the, like, itunes and Facebook and Twitter offices to, like, shake hands in the hope that they'd help us promote it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

They did and they did.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's why we were up in Silicon Valley, as they call it.

[Andy Samberg]

Press stuff I just don't retain, I think.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, we were just sucking that digital penis.

[Andy Samberg]

You know what I mean? Oh.

[Seth Meyers]

When you shook their hands, Andy, you would often say, I'm not going to remember this.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Right.

[Andy Samberg]

I have promo face blindness.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Here's Jesse. I'm not going to say that.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, no.

[Seth Meyers]

Even thinking of saying something like that is kind of. Was actually kind of giving me a panic attack right now. You know what I feel? I feel like I'm misrepresenting myself.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, well, misrepresenting people is something you have a lot of practice with.

[Guest/Additional Voice]

Whoa.

[Jorma Taccone]

Mark.

[Seth Meyers]

Mark Zuckerberg hey, how are you?

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, how am I?

[Jorma Taccone]

I'm bad.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay. You got nominated for an Academy Award for playing me, and what do I get? You know, what do I have to feel good about?

[Seth Meyers]

Wasn't Facebook just valued at, like, $50 billion?

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, that's right. Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know what was interesting about the Social Network is that I remember your brother Micah Keev saying that, like, because he was sort of around during that time, that his critique of it wasn't even a critique and an acknowledgement that the major difference between Zuckerberg and the portrayal of Zuckerberg is that Zuckerberg smiles, and he really smiles, and Jesse barely smiles in the movie. It's very disarming when someone smiles. And Zuckerberg smiles a lot, actually.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, he's smiling.

[Seth Meyers]

He's not smiling anymore. I feel like. I think he's maybe too jacked for the old smile muscle, I don't think. I think of the last 10 years of Zuck is being smiles.

[Jorma Taccone]

You are met the America 250 UFC event. Did you see him smiling a lot?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I mean, I was a little farther back just because, like, the tickets were, like, 100, $150,000 for me, so I, like. I did the more like 75 range, but he seemed like he was smiling because I had, like, these smaller binoculars kind of thing to see stuff.

[Seth Meyers]

Mm. I'm surprised you wouldn't get a better deal with your Trump coin. Were they not accepting it at that?

[Akiva Schaffer]

They were. They were. And you kind of had to buy in to get more, actually. So you had to go five. Yeah, five total. And I was.

[Seth Meyers]

You like to say you're always on the bottom of the pyramid scheme.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I like buying in. You know what I mean? But I don't do a lot of progress.

[Seth Meyers]

Last guy in. You're like a last guy in situation.

[Andy Samberg]

I will say it's fun to go to MMA with Yoram, because the whole time he's like, oh, I wish I was in there.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, should I go? Should I go?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Andy always has to hold me back.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, a lot of calling the plays. Oh, he's gonna put him in a. He's gonna put him in a figure 8.

[Andy Samberg]

I probably shouldn't because of the ladder thing.

[Seth Meyers]

Right. I would have put him in a headlock. You should let him go next time, Andy. And just watch as he tries to find the door to the octagon. Hold on. I'm coming. Hold on.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Not this side. Not this side.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, there's a code.

[Seth Meyers]

Who knows the code? Let's watch. This is the roommate.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God.

[Seth Meyers]

I have a lot of love for the roommate. And we're gonna watch it. It's a minute long.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, let's watch it.

[Seth Meyers]

But which character is it from? The.

[Andy Samberg]

I think this is an original.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, but it's Declan, right?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

What's Declan from?

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, was Declan not pre existing?

[Andy Samberg]

I don't think so.

[Seth Meyers]

You know what? I'm thinking of, like, Gerard, the guy who's always sick, and who's the worst dude ever.

[Andy Samberg]

Gerard is the worst dude ever.

[Seth Meyers]

And who's the guy who's always sick?

[Andy Samberg]

Gerald.

[Jorma Taccone]

They're so different, dude.

[Seth Meyers]

Shame on me for not keeping it straight, Seth.

[Andy Samberg]

They can be that similar. Cause neither of them ever got to even go to dress.

[Akiva Schaffer]

They're very different characters.

[Seth Meyers]

By the way, Gerard toured with the Kwai.

[Andy Samberg]

Gerard, the worst dude ever, toured with the Kwai.

[Seth Meyers]

The Kwai. I mean, I think it was an ad for a djinn, but did you see the. There was, like, a new Jamiroquai ad where they, like, redid the, whatever, virtual insanity video. Did you see it?

[Andy Samberg]

I'm not sure I did, but obviously that's a classic video.

[Seth Meyers]

I just liked watching that dude at that age. He's still a very good dancer, and he seems to be having a lot of fun.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We could do an entire episode on Gerard, the worst dude ever, and Gerald, the man who's always sick. Maybe not. These are two.

[Andy Samberg]

I think we've talked about it a lot. It's been pretty well covered.

[Rob Klein]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

That's your Silicon Valley yorm. You have no memory of it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey, fucking Andy. You didn't remember there was a three shot. So we're the same.

[Andy Samberg]

We're the same.

[Seth Meyers]

But this is based on a movie, right?

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay.

[Andy Samberg]

This movie came out, like, this week. The Roommate.

[Jorma Taccone]

That makes it make more sense.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it was very much a topical. Yeah, it was a very, very late in the week. Bieber wants to come and do a pre tape. And we were like, uh, we don't have anything ready.

[Seth Meyers]

Gotcha.

[Andy Samberg]

And so this was whipped up. I think it was me, Rob Klein, John Solomon, who have both sent in voice notes.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay, so it must be the roommate. Leighton, Meester, Minka, Kelly. And then it's kind of a shot for shot parody.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. And I believe the roommate is like a single white female in college, Right?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. And I'm just gonna say, before we watch it, I know it's gonna probably feel a little slight. I have so much memory of loving this a great deal.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, really?

[Seth Meyers]

I really do. It's. You as Declan. It's not gonna make anybody's top 10 Andy characters, but I might throw a vote at it just so it shows up in the final tally.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I find what you like fascinating, Zach.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, let's just watch it, then I'll talk about it.

[Andy Samberg]

I feel like the fall is imminent, but.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, yeah, I know. I know. I've blown it by saying I have good memories of it, but,

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey, you're in room 316.

[Guest/Additional Voice]

Thanks.

[Seth Meyers]

Welcome to college.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm Declan, your new roommate.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey.

[Jorma Taccone]

So I guess we're best friends now, huh?

[Guest/Additional Voice]

What?

[Seth Meyers]

I love you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Good editing.

[Seth Meyers]

This isn't gonna be one of those things where our friendship starts off fine, but then you get really possessive and crazy?

[Andy Samberg]

Cause I'm not really up for that.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What?

[Seth Meyers]

No, I'm totally normal.

[Andy Samberg]

I found a stray puppy. What should we name him?

[Seth Meyers]

It's a dead rat.

[Andy Samberg]

You make me smile.

[Guest/Additional Voice]

No, honey.

[Seth Meyers]

How's your new roommate?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Um.

[Seth Meyers]

Definitely trying to kill me.

[Andy Samberg]

Are you on the phone? I got the same haircut as you.

[Guest/Additional Voice]

That's not my haircut.

[Jorma Taccone]

Bird.

[Andy Samberg]

The roommate.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I know.

[Andy Samberg]

I love that.

[Seth Meyers]

That was one of the best.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That was some of the fastest editing I've seen in a while. It was lovely.

[Seth Meyers]

It's perfect.

[Andy Samberg]

Forgotten a lot of that Sir Ben Kingsley, by the way.

[Seth Meyers]

I forgot a lot of it. There's five jokes. Each one's great. Each one works. It does not overstay its welcome. It's like sprinting to stay a little bit ahead of the audience the whole time.

[Andy Samberg]

Was Bieber the musical guest of the show or. It's what I said. Right. He dropped in.

[Seth Meyers]

Was he hosting?

[Jorma Taccone]

What's the next week? Do we have that one?

[Andy Samberg]

Dana Carvey.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, it's Dana Carvey. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

But was Bieber the musical guest, though? That's what I'm trying to figure out.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wait, Andy, can I ask a question?

[Andy Samberg]

Yes, please.

[Akiva Schaffer]

How'd you do the naked shot of you holding the knife? Like, was that cocksucker? What was that? That's what they call it.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, God, I hate that term, but

[Akiva Schaffer]

thank you for saying technical. It's a technical term.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. I think it was, like, the most tiny dance belt.

[Seth Meyers]

It was Dana Carvey and Linkin Park.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, Linkin Park.

[Jorma Taccone]

And then a few shows later, you do a beastly trailer.

[Andy Samberg]

Correct.

[Jorma Taccone]

From the Miley Cyrus episode with Miley. You look like Declan in the Beastly one. Is it the same character coming back?

[Andy Samberg]

It's a recurring character at that point. Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Got it.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I think there was a real, like. I can't remember who was like, should we just do it again? And it was real, it was real fun. You know ultimately, if you're listening to the podcast, this is one you gotta go and watch. Obviously this is very sight gag heavy and I like, I like your look a lot. Thank you so much.

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[Andy Samberg]

I think this was the beginning of an era for me where Keev and Yorm obviously were a little more in and out for good reasons that I started cutting stuff I was making, like, psychotically tight.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And this, this is very much in that vein. But I will say, watching it back now, I'm like, I'm glad it's not a second longer.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, totally. Also, Keev and yhorm, again, for the right reasons, are not as available. I loved your partnership with Klein, your partnership with Solomon. Same, you know, Jost Mulaney. There were a lot of people that. But Klein, you and Klein maybe were my favorite. The way you guys, your sensibility would just get way out of bounds in a way.

[Andy Samberg]

We doof each other around a lot. We amp up the doof.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

There was one thing that I wanted to pitch retroactively, which is that I wouldn't have minded if you entered. Turned your whole head around. 180 to say, the roommate.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah. That would have Fit right in for sure.

[Seth Meyers]

The other thing is because again, Klein is the most measured we've talked about him. He's so even handed. He comes off as like very writerly and he seems like a guy who would try to reign you in and yet the opposite is true. He just, he wanted to go to doof town with you.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, we're bad influence on each other.

[Seth Meyers]

No, like don't stop for gas, don't stop for water. Just like full speed ahead.

[Andy Samberg]

So now that we've watched it and we're talking about Klein, he sent in a voice note, right?

[Rob Klein]

The roommate is so good. Here's the two things I remember or that I just think are worth noting. Number one in my memory. Seth, you did support this at the time. Just for the record, I believe we told you this. You said, I like that. You said it's okay to write that. I believe that that is what happened. I don't know what your memory of it is for this. And the second thing I just want to make sure you guys mention is if you go to YouTube, it says it's a minute and 33 seconds, but then if you scroll to the 1 minute and 1 second mark, they're already playing bumpers to watch other Andy Samberg sketches. To watch Justin Bieber sketches. I'm scrolling through it now. So this thing clocks in at a minute flat, which is maybe unheard of in the history of short videos. Obviously you guys have talked about how a video needs to be at least 90 seconds to support like a set change or something like that. So this could not have been used in any useful or helpful way to the show. Which I guess indicates that Lauren aired it just sheerly for love of the game. He just wanted to get it out there.

[Andy Samberg]

Wonderful.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Lovely, lovely.

[Seth Meyers]

I think Klein left that because he was worried that I was gonna be throwing shade at the roommate. And so I'm glad that I established before we played the voice, not that I fucking love it.

[Andy Samberg]

It makes me so happy that you love it.

[Seth Meyers]

I love it so much.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He pre backed it up.

[Andy Samberg]

So as you mentioned, Seth Solomon was also part of this. He directed it.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

He also sent a voice note.

[Seth Meyers]

Great.

[Andy Samberg]

I want to preface the voice note by saying that in our text chain, me and John and Rob, he said it sounds like I say Justin Vever. And then Klein wrote, who's Justin Vever, John. So now let's listen to it and see if it does sound like that. Sometimes you do stuff and it's just perfect and it comes out perfect. And that's what the roommate is. And I don't think there's ever been a better fusion of actor and role than Andy as Declan. And as far as the shoot goes, all I remember was it was a very late night, and Justin Bieber was very game. And I think the work speaks for itself.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, the best thing is to listen to the two co writers and realize that they in their bones, are gonna get out just in time. Even with the voice note, the real

[Akiva Schaffer]

drop the mic piece, the voice note

[Andy Samberg]

length should match the length of the short.

[Seth Meyers]

They would say don't do a longer voice note. It was like that movie, that TV show, the Offer, about the making of Godfather.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, that's Akiva's favorite.

[Jorma Taccone]

Love it. Go on.

[Seth Meyers]

But it's 12 hours. I'm like, wait, the movie's only three hours?

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, it takes a lot longer to make a movie than it does to watch a movie.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, I mean. Okay.

[Jorma Taccone]

And I guarantee it took more than 13 hours in real life when they were making it.

[Andy Samberg]

See?

[Jorma Taccone]

So they actually did us a big favor. It wasn't in real time.

[Seth Meyers]

Did you like the offer, Keev?

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, yeah. Love the offer.

[Seth Meyers]

Great.

[Jorma Taccone]

Matthew. Good as.

[Seth Meyers]

I love Matthew Goode.

[Jorma Taccone]

Robert Evans.

[Seth Meyers]

So good.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Have you seen the trailer for the movie? I play Rocky?

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, I just.

[Andy Samberg]

Right down Main Street.

[Seth Meyers]

Right down main Street.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. It looks like a fun time.

[Seth Meyers]

It really does look like it's good. Rocky. He's got a good Sly Stallone. It's funny to, like, have to actually do a Sylvester Stallone impression. That's not for comedy, by the way.

[Andy Samberg]

This is another one in our running series of auditions that would be incredible to see.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, my God. Andy.

[Rob Klein]

Let's do it.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, welcome. How you doing? Hey.

[Andy Samberg]

Andy Samberg reading for Sylvester Stallone.

[Seth Meyers]

Great. We're just. Hey, by the way, Quaid army.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, righteous kill. Righteous kill.

[Narrator/Ad Voice]

Quaid.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, my God, that's fantastic.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We heard Seth talking about that at the bottom.

[Andy Samberg]

Whenever I'm ready.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, whenever you're ready. Sylvester Stallone and I play Rocky.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, here we go. You know, I'm gonna go. I'm just gonna take off. It's not gonna be me. My face isn't right. I can't do the voice. But it's so nice to see everyone. And I'll catch you on the next one.

[Seth Meyers]

Do you want to play Mickey? Do you want to try Mickey the box?

[Andy Samberg]

No, I can't do Mickey.

[Jorma Taccone]

I was out the door. It's so great that you travel across town, and for that.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, my God, it's so funny. They had to find a guy who looked like Sylvester Stallone, but not a funny version. Because it had to be like an act. He has to act.

[Jorma Taccone]

Wait, but you bring it up? Cause that same actor played Al Pacino in the Office.

[Rob Klein]

Did he?

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Did he really?

[Jorma Taccone]

Is that why you went back?

[Andy Samberg]

That's why you were bringing it up?

[Seth Meyers]

No, I just. Because I think the offer and I play Rocky are the same, which is a movie about the making of a movie or a TV show.

[Jorma Taccone]

I believe it's the same guy. Is that right, Andy?

[Andy Samberg]

I think it is.

[Seth Meyers]

He was like, I'm really good at impressions, but they're not funny.

[Andy Samberg]

And they're like, oh, you might be just right.

[Seth Meyers]

Just be what we're looking for.

[Andy Samberg]

You're just talking about acting, Seth.

[Seth Meyers]

I guess that is what I'm talking about. Hey, here's a. We talked about height. This is just a comment from a Quaid. If I had to guess, I would say Jorma is 5 7, but he says he's 5 9. Andy is 5' 9, but he says he's 5' 11. Seth is 5' 11, but he says he's 6' and Akiva is 6' 4, but he says he's 5: 9.

[Andy Samberg]

It's kind of scathing, like. Kind of a scathing comment.

[Seth Meyers]

It's kind of scathing.

[Andy Samberg]

Not sure why you have to scathe us so much.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I say I'm five' eight.

[Seth Meyers]

Someone gave me a timestamp and. Hold on. Can I. I bet I'm not gonna be able to share. My screen never fucking works.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, while you're looking, Seth, Akiva, Can I ask you a question? Yeah. Do I make you horny, baby?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Here it comes, our next phase.

[Jorma Taccone]

I mean, I guess sometimes.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, good. Cause I was wondering actually in earnest, if I, in fact, made you horny, comma, baby.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, that's what she said.

[Andy Samberg]

I answered, I'm glad to know now that I do.

[Seth Meyers]

Good grammar.

[Andy Samberg]

I do indeed make you horny, baby.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes. Yes, you do, baby.

[Seth Meyers]

Keev, some people thought you looked like this guy in Scanners.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, shit.

[Rob Klein]

High praise.

[Akiva Schaffer]

A lot of burns here.

[Jorma Taccone]

Jesus Christ, dude. Why not? Yeah, that's right.

[Seth Meyers]

Somebody sent in a 1981 scanners. If you go to it on YouTube at 117 34, it's like, Keeves, older cousin.

[Jorma Taccone]

We could certainly be brothers.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Yeah, definitely. I enjoyed that. I enjoyed being given a time code and being like, where am I going to find scanners? You're like, oh, the whole thing's on YouTube. Great. And I'm like, but I bet it doesn't match up with the timecode. And then I'm like, nope, that's Keef.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's great when things work, you know?

[Seth Meyers]

It's great when things work. Thanks for time codes. Not enough. Shout out to time codes, everybody.

[Jorma Taccone]

You know, me and Yorm are really into this.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, Yorm. While I remember. Do I make you horny, baby?

[Guest/Additional Voice]

Oh,

[Akiva Schaffer]

right now.

[Andy Samberg]

Do I make you horny, baby?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Right now? Are you asking right now or just in general?

[Andy Samberg]

I would take either.

[Seth Meyers]

Both.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh my God.

[Seth Meyers]

This back and forth is not making me horny.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yorm, right now, hold your hands up like you're at the shooting range.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh yeah, he does got real. He's got shooter glasses on.

[Andy Samberg]

Dude's NRA all day.

[Jorma Taccone]

He's got his ear protection. He's got his eye protection.

[Andy Samberg]

Seth, I have a question for you. Honestly, about this episode.

[Seth Meyers]

Great.

[Andy Samberg]

Do I make you horny, baby?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Answer it.

[Seth Meyers]

I did. Mike Myers was at this episode. There was a Wayne's World.

[Andy Samberg]

Was there really?

[Seth Meyers]

Because Dana Carvey. Dana Carvey came back and hosted.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, of course. It was the cold open.

[Seth Meyers]

There was a church chat and there was a Wayne's World. And it was very fun. I was very happy to work on Wayne's World to work on church chats. That's like the era I came up with. It was super fun. Same Eric Gilliland, a dear friend of mine, rest in peace and beloved by a lot of people in our business. He came in cause he was friends with Mike Myers. It was really cool to work with him on Wayne's World. Also the best was Jon Lovitz. I remember came because Dana was hosting and Lovitz came during air. He walked underneath the bleachers where we were all sitting and he was like Jon Lovitz. Jon Lovitz. Jon Lovitz. And was shaking all our hands. And then he turned to Lauren, he goes, and you are great.

[Jorma Taccone]

I have a picture for a side by side with Yorm right now.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, wow, that's a good look at.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's even got the silver.

[Andy Samberg]

Is that from Cobra?

[Jorma Taccone]

No, that's Beverly Hills Cop too.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, Beverly's Cop too.

[Jorma Taccone]

But it's really, you know, if you hit that pose, you even have the black and silver on the headphones. You're really doing it.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, it's really.

[Andy Samberg]

That gun is so 80s and awesome.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Doesn't it make you wish you were famous in the 80s looking at that picture, Andy?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Better time. Yeah, that was when America was great.

[Seth Meyers]

It's like, it was fine. Look, being early, odds, famous, great. But my God, 80s, nothing like it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey, wait, I want to share with you guys a little picture here.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's very similar, right? It is, yeah. Similar vibes.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, gentlemen, this was just lovely. You know, it was a minute short. It left an impact on me. I'm really happy. Oh, wait, let's look at the numbers real quick because I think there's a real chance for a quump bump on this one. What do we got on views for the roommate?

[Jorma Taccone]

How do I stop marrying the roommate is at 405,000 views.

[Seth Meyers]

This is going to be.

[Andy Samberg]

We could probably double that.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

I do want to point out that it was not posted right after it was made, because it's 12 years ago. A lot of these are 12 years ago. Something happened over at the SNL YouTube 12 years ago, where they went and dug up a bunch of stuff and just started posting them.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

But they were not getting the actual views. They would have gotten. Like, the next morning of, like, Justin Bieber was on snl.

[Seth Meyers]

Justice for Declan, though. Justice for Declan. Jack Black, real quick.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Spelling bee.

[Andy Samberg]

Spelling bee. I equip you with two hints.

[Seth Meyers]

Now, I've admitted to you what my problem was. And did you? Yes.

[Andy Samberg]

My two hints. Each hint gave me two words because there were two words that were spelled slightly different, but were almost identical.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Is it ilium? Mm. And what was the other one?

[Andy Samberg]

I want to say vellum. Yes. So, yeah, two spellings of ilium and two spellings of vellum. But they do mean different things.

[Seth Meyers]

Yes, but I was just angry. It just makes me so fucking angry. I was so close, and then. Yeah, all for naught. All for naught. But congrats. I know it drives you crazy. You needed hints.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, I hit a hot streak this past week where I got, like, three or four days in a row clean, and that was pretty fun.

[Seth Meyers]

Love you guys.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Love you.

[Seth Meyers]

Too Sad.

[Andy Samberg]

Love you, dudes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Love you.

[Andy Samberg]

Later, Arnold. Later, Quaid.

[Seth Meyers]

Later, Sly.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Later.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm gonna go.

[Guest/Additional Voice]

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