Grandkids in the Movies

Summary

Return from the 2008 Writers Strike

The episode kicks off with Andy Samberg reminiscing about the trio's return to "Saturday Night Live" following the 2008 writers strike. The excitement is palpable as they prepare to produce four consecutive shows, marking a significant comeback. Andy shares, "We're about to do four shows in a row, and it's very exciting" ([00:10]). This period was pivotal, laying the groundwork for their subsequent creative endeavors.

Tina Fey's Hosting and Balancing Act

A significant highlight of their return was Tina Fey's inaugural hosting stint. The hosts express immense admiration for her ability to juggle responsibilities, especially in the nascent stages of her career. Seth Meyers enthusiastically states, "No small thing. Hats off, Tina" ([01:00]). Andy adds, "It's kind of amazing how she balanced...creating 30 Rock," underscoring Tina's multifaceted talent and dedication.

Crafting Iconic SNL Digital Shorts

Diving deeper, the conversation shifts to the creation of SNL's groundbreaking Digital Shorts. Andy reflects on how the Hundred Days of the Writers' Strike influenced their creative process, leading to sketches inspired by contemporary films. He mentions, "I wrote a sketch where Bill played Daniel Plainview" ([01:23]), highlighting their knack for blending satire with pop culture references. The team discusses the meticulous crafting of characters, such as Bill Hader's Daniel Plainview and Fred's Anton Chigurh from "No Country for Old Men," praising their nuanced impressions.

Yhorm's Absence and Behind-the-Scenes Anecdotes

The discussion takes a humorous turn as they address Jorma Taccone's absence from the podcast due to his role in "Land of the Lost." Seth quips, "Yhorm is not a gym rat," while Andy elaborates on Jorma's rigorous schedule, stating, "he was getting cortisone shots in his thighs" ([10:28]). Yhorm’s voice note adds depth to the narrative, detailing his strenuous work conditions: "I was basically having to crouch for 12 hours a day" ([08:23]). These anecdotes showcase the dedication and often grueling efforts behind their creative projects.

Spotlight on "Grandkids in the Movies" Digital Short

Central to this episode is the in-depth discussion of the "Grandkids in the Movies" Digital Short. The trio dissects its unique structure, which ingeniously integrates Andy and Bill into iconic movie scenes. Akiva describes it as "different from anything we did before or after" ([12:34]), emphasizing its distinctiveness. They delve into the technical challenges of seamlessly embedding themselves into scenes from "No Country for Old Men," "Michael Clayton," "Juno," and "Transformers." The humorous juxtaposition of their characters interacting with well-known film protagonists underscores their innovative approach to comedy.

Unveiling the Unaired Sketch: "Claire's Coming to Dinner"

A particularly entertaining segment involves a dramatic reading of an unaired SNL sketch titled "Claire's Coming to Dinner." Despite having no prior recollection, Andy takes the lead in reading the script, inviting Seth and Akiva to participate. The sketch humorously addresses recurring themes of romantic entanglements, with Andy narrating, "For the past 15 years, every woman I have brought to the house...you have ended up making love to" ([25:08]). The inclusion of Steve Martin in the monologue adds a meta-humorous layer, as Akiva mentions, "He did on Only Murders. He was like, remember when I showed up for your monologue?" ([28:19]).

Exploring "Virginia Horsons" and Its Legacy

Akiva Schaffer reminisces about the creation of another Digital Short, "Virginia Horsons," highlighting its modest viewership yet enduring charm. He shares, "This is a constant reminder to me of having a really good job in life" ([29:23]). The sketch's quirky humor and deliberate pacing make it a cult favorite among dedicated fans, as reflected in the YouTube comments they review later in the episode. Kristen Wiig's performance is lauded for its authenticity, capturing the essence of the character with lines like, "I'm not one of those college types that's gonna talk your ear off" ([33:25]).

Audience Reception and Enduring Impact

The hosts analyze the reception of their Digital Shorts over time, noting that some sketches, like "Virginia Horsons," have garnered more appreciation in hindsight. Andy points out, "Someone wrote this feels ahead of its time and I'm very surprised it's not more popular" ([36:12]). They discuss how audience perceptions evolve, with sketches becoming more appreciated as viewers revisit them years later. The enduring appeal of their work underscores the timeless quality of their comedic insights and creative execution.

Conclusion and Future Episodes

As the episode wraps up, Andy expresses eagerness for future discussions, hinting at upcoming episodes featuring sketches like those with "Jorma and the Elliot Page episode." The camaraderie among the hosts shines through their lighthearted banter, with Seth humorously noting his declining energy due to a "cold burrito" ([38:53]). The episode concludes on a warm note, reinforcing the strong bond and collaborative spirit that defines their creative journey.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Andy Samberg ([01:23]): "I wrote a sketch where Bill played Daniel Plainview."
• Seth Meyers ([01:00]): "No small thing. Hats off, Tina."
• Yhorm Komonibo ([08:23]): "I was basically having to crouch for 12 hours a day."
• Akiva Schaffer ([12:34]): "Different from anything we did before or after."
• Andy Samberg ([25:08]): "For the past 15 years, every woman I have brought to the house...you have ended up making love to."
• Akiva Schaffer ([29:23]): "This is a constant reminder to me of having a really good job in life."
• Andy Samberg ([36:12]): "Someone wrote this feels ahead of its time and I'm very surprised it's not more popular."

Final Thoughts

This episode serves as a nostalgic journey through "The Lonely Island's" influential years on SNL, highlighting their creative processes, the challenges they faced, and the lasting impact of their Digital Shorts. By intertwining personal anecdotes with professional reflections, the hosts offer listeners a comprehensive look into the making of some of SNL's most memorable moments, all while celebrating their enduring friendship and collaborative genius.

Transcript

[Andy Samberg]

The Lonely Islands have Pies podcast. Hey, Andy. Hello, Akiva. Hello.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Just us three again. No, Yhorm.

[Andy Samberg]

Just us three again. Yhorm is out, probably getting pulled around, set by a couple of sled dogs barking orders and his weird Finglish. And it's just the three of us that we're going to talk about returning from the writers strike in 2008. We're about to do four shows in a row, and it's very exciting. The first show back is Tina Fey, who at this point had never hosted the show. And also, this is pre Sarah Palin, so this is kind of her first time back.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, awesome.

[Andy Samberg]

And it was awesome.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It was February 23, 2008.

[Seth Meyers]

We had overlapped with her one season, our first, her last.

[Andy Samberg]

Right.

[Seth Meyers]

And then she was in the process of making 30 Rock when we got hired. She was like, shooting the pilot. Our first season.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. It's kind of amazing how she balanced. There was a year where she was on SNL and also creating 30 Rock, which is kind of mind boggling.

[Seth Meyers]

No small thing.

[Andy Samberg]

No small thing.

[Seth Meyers]

Hats off, Tina. Hats off.

[Andy Samberg]

I think that a couple of things happened in this episode where you realize the hundred days we were on strike, some real bangers of films came out because they become sort of a bit of a leitmotif throughout the episode. Because I wrote a sketch where Bill played Daniel Plainview.

[Seth Meyers]

Was that the same episode?

[Andy Samberg]

Same episode. Because that's why I realized, like, oh, this is the same episode, Seth.

[Seth Meyers]

I didn't remember that you wrote that. I love that sketch.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. So it was. It was basically a. I mean, it was Daniel Plainview had a milkshake place. Right. I mean, that's kind of odd. Drink your milkshake.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. And Bill's impression was predictably great.

[Andy Samberg]

And then Fred was Anton Chigurh from no Country. Very well. Med.

[Seth Meyers]

Yep.

[Akiva Schaffer]

How are you, Anton?

[Seth Meyers]

What business is it of yours how I am, friendo?

[Andy Samberg]

Very good, Very good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You remember my boy, hw? No.

[Seth Meyers]

No.

[Andy Samberg]

I've abandoned my child.

[Seth Meyers]

I've abandoned my boy.

[Andy Samberg]

I've abandoned my child. Oh, here he is.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's right here.

[Andy Samberg]

All three of these films are also referenced at the digital short.

[Seth Meyers]

That's right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

When do you think the Oscars were? Aren't they always in February?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. So it must have been right around then.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I bet you that's why.

[Andy Samberg]

But also, I think those were all the movies we sort of watched during the writers strike.

[Akiva Schaffer]

For sure.

[Seth Meyers]

Absolutely.

[Andy Samberg]

That kind of came out and we had nothing to do but, like, go see movies. And it Was a real. I mean, a hot time. The other one we're gonna mention in the digital short, Michael Clayton. I think, like, for me, Keev, you are. You share my love of Michael Clayton, correct?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, I'm a Clayton head.

[Andy Samberg]

I feel like ultimately what new films and television shows run up against when they want me to watch them is, are you gonna hold my attention better than the 10th viewing of Michael Clayton?

[Seth Meyers]

Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Were they written by Tony Gilroy or not?

[Andy Samberg]

Yes, exactly. Well, if it's a Gilroy, I'll watch it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Sure.

[Andy Samberg]

Tony Gilroy, who directed Michael Clayton, which is, if you haven't seen it, a fantastic George Clooney movie. Maybe my favorite George Clooney movie. I'll go on a limb and say it. And then he did andor the Greatest, which is maybe my favorite Star wars property since fucking Star Wars.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it was very good.

[Seth Meyers]

It's very good.

[Andy Samberg]

So shout out to Andor.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Kevin Rhoden said the Oscars were the very next day. So we were doing this Saturday night. The Oscars were on Sunday.

[Seth Meyers]

Oscar fever.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We had Oscar fever.

[Andy Samberg]

What was best picture that year?

[Akiva Schaffer]

No country for Old Men.

[Seth Meyers]

No country for Old Men.

[Andy Samberg]

No country for Old Men.

[Seth Meyers]

It's insane to think that in one year no country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood were both the same year. Like, both of those would win every year otherwise. Probably right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It did feel unfair. They had to compete with each other.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Another two movies that are, like, eminently. You can go back and revisit. I was going to say rewatchable, but I didn't want them to think I was. That's another podcast. I just don't want them to think that we had an idea that you can rewatch movies.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, I see.

[Andy Samberg]

They were the ones who had that idea.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, I wouldn't know because I don't listen to podcasts, but keep going.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. You've established that before we get to the digital short, maybe. Oh, I would say a top. Certainly in my time there, Annual is as good of a commercial parody.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I did that.

[Andy Samberg]

You shot Annual?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. It was an interesting one because they asked me kind of last minute because I could do things and they wouldn't cost anything. And it was going to go through the film department where everything gets done the right way and cost a fortune and it was going to get cut. And so Tina and Paula came to me and said, do you have a way to just shoot this on the cheap so it can get on the show? And I shot it. I haven't seen it since it came Out. But I remember I shot like there was a bridal showery kind of scene or something. And we just did it literally in Lorne's office waiting room on 17. Like where those couches are. As opposed to building an entire set. Like they just put some balloons there and a bunch of women sitting around a couch and you're like, yeah, it's fine. And so I did it our scrappy way, even though it was a commercial parody. And then the. This is something I can't remember ever doing again. And I wasn't in charge of this part. The main part of it's them on a white psych. Kind of all five standing there or however many there were, kind of doing, you know, the monologue to the camera, talking about annual. So I did all the things it cuts to. And. And then that part they did live. So my things were technically just getting cut to. Right. But they did that during dress. And then at aer they just used the dress. So it became a full pre tape. It was a hybrid address. And then a full pre tape. Ah, yeah. And I think I even took what they did at dress and maybe re edited it a little bit to make it tighter too.

[Andy Samberg]

This is also, you know, an example of why anytime somebody like Tina hosts the show, she comes back with one just ice cold killer of a sketch idea. Which is annual for those who don't remember, was a medication that made you have one period a year. Correct?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Correct.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, right.

[Andy Samberg]

And it's just so. It's great. But that one, you just fucking lose it.

[Kristen Wiig]

New annual extends the time between your period by 11 months.

[Akiva Schaffer]

How does it work?

[Kristen Wiig]

Each annual pack has 44 weeks of active pills instead of the usual three. Keeping you on a constant stream of hormones. So your time of the month can be just once a year.

[Andy Samberg]

That's all I have time for.

[Kristen Wiig]

And when it is time for your period. Hold on to your hat.

[Andy Samberg]

And it's just that thing that Tina did. And again, she wrote it with Paula. Lauren Pomerance was on it and Carlock as well. But. But it was like those observations that Tina and Paula had that like, I feel like nobody had before they showed up on the show. They were just like writing really funny things that I'm gonna go out on a limb and say only a woman would think of that idea. And it was so very funny and great.

[Seth Meyers]

Or probably should.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. If I had written it, I think it would be a bad look.

[Andy Samberg]

I think you're right. There was also a sketch called what's that Bitch Talking About? Definitely, definitely wouldn't call a sketch that in 2020.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Is it time to talk about why? So, Jorm, during the strike, he went and did land and lost. He talked about that in previous episodes.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then. So he can't be on this podcast today because he's in Finland. But we did want him to talk about where he was, and he was not even at this episode. I don't know how many episodes we'll have to ask him. He missed because he then was committed to a movie. So he didn't come back to SNL right away when we did. Right, that's right, because he was still shooting. He was still getting in that little monkey suit and doing his weird made up language and getting cortisone shots in his thighs. All things we should ask him about.

[Andy Samberg]

Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Because he had to crouch for 12 hours a day because he was in a monkey stance. But let's see. He sent this. I have not listened to it.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, hang on, hang on, hang on. Okay, I think what you're saying is we're going to Yorm's corner.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, interesting.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah, Sing us in. Oh, should I do the song?

[Seth Meyers]

Well, I think we should all take a turn.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, great. You go first.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, Yorm's corner. You're all invited. Yarns corner is happening right now. Take it away.

[Andy Samberg]

Arm your arms. Corner. It's what they're talking about all the time. I did shock a land of the lost. Take it away, Yorm.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Don't be a loner. Come to Yoarm's corner.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, wow.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Bing little bell at the end too.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Okay.

[Seth Meyers]

That was more of a reinvention.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, it was great.

[Seth Meyers]

Not a reboot.

[Andy Samberg]

Def my fave.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, he's a different guy.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, all right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Share sound. Here I go.

[Yhorm Komonibo]

Okay, I'm gonna try to keep this as lively and brief as possible because I know Andy's judging me right now. So when the strike was happening, I didn't know how long it was gonna last for, and I got the opportunity to audition for Chaka, the monkey boy who speaks a whole other language in the film Land of the Lost, starring Will ferrell and Danny McBride. And I think this was before Anna Friel got involved in the cast. But anyway, so I auditioned for the part. I had to play a little monkey boy and go around, and I can't remember how I even did it because there was no words to it. Anyway, I got the part and I had to go to Lorne Michaels, and I was like, there's a strike on. I would really love to do this. And because we didn't know how long the strike was going to last for, he allowed me to do it. God bless. Thank you so much, Lauren. And then felt sarcastic after I shot for 65 days or so and these guys had gone back to the show and I was like, oh, my God, now the show's back on. And they were doing this Tina episode. I was like, what am I doing? I'm dressed. I'm waking up at three in the morning and putting three and a half hours of makeup on to play this monkey boy character. And also I was getting cortisone shots.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, there you go.

[Yhorm Komonibo]

Because I was basically having to crouch every day during improv scenes of, like, five minutes of Danny McBride and Will Ferrell improving while I was crouching for five minutes. So I was getting cortisone shots in my butt. I couldn't walk. Anyway, that's what I was doing during this period when these guys were making the Tina Fey. Also, I want to say, because I think that was lively enough, hopefully, that I loved Sushi Glory Hole. Sushi Glory Hole was great. Good job, guys. You made our first music video off of whatever this is going to be. Who knows? Maybe it's an album, maybe it's not, you know? And anyway, I thought it was really funny and it was really great to watch from Finland. I love all of you turkeys. I'll talk to you next week.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Bye. Excellent.

[Seth Meyers]

Beautiful.

[Andy Samberg]

Really nice. I do think, and I hope YHORM doesn't take this some way. Yhorm is not a gym rat.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Huh? Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And I'm just wondering if, like, another person had to crouch, like, five minutes at a time if they wouldn't need cortisone.

[Seth Meyers]

I think he did it better than most people would have done it.

[Andy Samberg]

Do you think he, like, went for it and kind of put his thighs and butt through the wringer?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Based on our past experiences, like, he's done a lot of puppeteering, especially in early Lonely island work like Stork Patrol and the Boo. We had a puppet for a while when Sarah was unavailable. And yhorm. I know, Keev, you also were a part of the puppeteering.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, no, but he commits his body to that stuff.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. He throws his body into the fray for the art and often ends up a little mangled and spit out the other side.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But in hindsight, maybe he would have started hitting, you know, leg day a little bit leading up to it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Do you think, like, when the reviews started coming in for Land of the Lost Yhorm thought I probably could have just stood.

[Seth Meyers]

I feel uncomfortable answering or laug when he is not here to defend himself.

[Andy Samberg]

I think he would. I believe he's already floated to those who hadn't checked how Landon lost it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's got those razzies that he's proud of. He brings them up, you know?

[Andy Samberg]

And also, by the way, you know, a really great actor is like, no matter the project, right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm gonna do it to the height of my crouching.

[Seth Meyers]

I do like thinking about opening weekend, him being at home going, man, I should have fucking stood.

[Andy Samberg]

Should have stood, man. Uh, we mentioned milkshake, and now I feel like it's important to get to the digital short. So Grandkids in the Movies is the name of this digital short, and I had only a slight hazy memory of this one.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Insane.

[Andy Samberg]

I liked it more in Rewatch than I had thought I would.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But, Seth, you've said multiple times on this podcast in the past, now we get into a run of four that you guys did that I think are spectacular.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then I in my head every time you say that, go, grandkids in the movies.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep, yep, yep. That's the mistake. But what I like about the run of four is the other thing I've said is they're all very different from one another.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's true.

[Seth Meyers]

That's fair.

[Andy Samberg]

And Grandkids in the movie is very different.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Will you describe what it is? It's different from anything we did before or after. It was just a weird little idea.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes. Also, it starts like a commercial. It is a very well cast old man.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, he was great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

There was a little bit of, I think you should leave vibes happening in this because we cast an actual character actor as opposed to had someone dress.

[Seth Meyers]

Up to say things phrased very specifically. Odd.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

So glad about what my wife did.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Exactly.

[Andy Samberg]

And basically the established complaint for this product, this commercial product, is old people don't like watching movies where they can't tell what's going on and they don't know who the actors is and they can't follow the plot.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, yeah. And so this product is solving that problem.

[Seth Meyers]

So his wife put his grandkids in the movies he wants to watch so that he feels safe and understands what's happening and recognizes someone.

[Andy Samberg]

We see his grandkids are played by Bill Hader and Andy Sandberg. Their names are Kevin and Thomas. And the first time we see him, they're kind of like low key mouthing along with the text of the commercials. They're not talking like a little bit.

[Seth Meyers]

Of clearly reading the prompter.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, But, Keev, the thing I will say that I had not remembered as well is how good the effect was of cutting in Andy and Bill into the movies. That couldn't have been easy because we see a very iconic scene from no country from Old Men where Javier Bardem is given a hard time to a guy who runs a gas station.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Check out this scene from no country for Old Men.

[Andy Samberg]

Y'all getting any rain up here, wife?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, this necessity of yours where I'm from, friendo.

[Andy Samberg]

Hi, Grandpa. Hi.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, did you see them?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I mean, you're being generous. It doesn't look good like when they do it on the MTV Movie Awards or the Oscars. But considering we did it all ourselves, the fact that the premise even is pulled off is good. And it kind of fits the low budget commercial vibe. And he's saying his wife did it. So it does also fit that it's not perfect is excused.

[Andy Samberg]

I think I do like that you guys say, hi, Grandpa, really loud. And then it cuts back to the old man and he said, did you see them?

[Akiva Schaffer]

You could have missed it.

[Seth Meyers]

Did you see them?

[Akiva Schaffer]

They're just as big as the main character in the show.

[Andy Samberg]

They're just as big as the maker. Another example, Andy, of a very good line for an old man to say. He goes, I love my wife so much, even though we sleep in different beds now. Yeah, Real time.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Not upset about it either. He's just like, this is a thing I need you to know as many.

[Seth Meyers]

Couples are not upset about it. Yeah, they just reach the age where they decide they want their own space.

[Andy Samberg]

Michael Clayton's the next movie. And again, what? I really like everything you do. You never repeat a beat. It's not gonna be, hey, Grandpa, check.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Out this scene from Michael Clayton.

[Andy Samberg]

Right now, there's a BCI unit pulling.

[Seth Meyers]

Paint chips off a guardrail.

[Andy Samberg]

Tomorrow they're gonna be looking for the owner of a. That phone's in the movie.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Grandpa, that's not your phone.

[Andy Samberg]

Don't get it.

[Seth Meyers]

You're okay.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, bye.

[Seth Meyers]

Bye.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's the best beat in this thing.

[Andy Samberg]

It is the best beat in the thing.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Honestly, I was ready for it to be a repeated beat of every time it goes to the movie. Then it's just, where are they gonna be? And they're gonn. And the fact that this one had a genuine observation and a real thing, and it was second. I felt the physical relief watching it when I watched it just before. Now.

[Seth Meyers]

Now. Bill wrote this with us, right, Keith?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Maybe.

[Seth Meyers]

I feel like he did that.

[Andy Samberg]

Sounds familiar to me.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Maybe it was his bit.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Third beat is Juno, and Juno is again, it's. Look, we're all in agreement, the phone was the best beat. But there's a fun thing in Juno, which is. It's Rainn Wilson talking in that. You know that's a real Diablo Cody, right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And that real Diablo Cody writing way that was very unique at the time and would be very hard for an old person to follow.

[Seth Meyers]

That's right.

[Andy Samberg]

Now Andy is sort of translating what your ego is prego means.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I don't understand anything. Like in this scene from Juno.

[Andy Samberg]

Third test today, Mama bear, your eggo is prego.

[Seth Meyers]

He's saying that he thinks.

[Andy Samberg]

Thinks she's pregnant. Grandpa, your little boyfriend's got mutant sperms. Knocked you up twice.

[Seth Meyers]

I'm not actually sure what he meant.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That time, Grandpa and I couldn't even follow it. Watching it now, I'm sure in the context of the film, I would get it.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah, Transformers, that's just basically, you start screaming, grandpa, it's too much action. Turn it off. And then. I do like that you hold up a remote in Transformers to show them which button to turn off.

[Akiva Schaffer]

The green button.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, green button.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I remember this one being so shaggy. And I think it's just because the nature of the movies themselves are paced at movie pace and we couldn't speed them up. And so it just is longer. And there's a lot more air in this one than our normal stuff. But I also, in hindsight, having not remembered it, I was like, that's fine. It's cute and it's totally fine. It feels almost like a live sketch.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Because it's paced more deliberately like that.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay. But answer this, Akiva.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

If you could, would you go back and cut it tighter?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Like.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Or like you're asking, if we were making this today, would I cut it tighter? And yes, I probably would take more liberties with the movies we were using and just cut them tighter so that the piece can move faster.

[Andy Samberg]

Transformers also just brings me to one of my favorite things Alex Bay has ever said. We were working on the ESPYs, and we went. We all went to the ArcLight to watch Transformers, one of the Transformers movies. And hopefully this won't come as too much of a surprise to people who now know that I've seen Michael Clayton 10 times. Don't love Transformers.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay, well, that's where we're gonna butt heads, my friend.

[Andy Samberg]

Not a fan of Transformers. And I thought it was very loud. You know, I realized I was already the old man, even however many years ago. And Alex Baze was there, and he described going to Transformers as sitting in a canoe with a boombox duct taped to your head.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay, can I just piggyback on that?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

By saying, I agree and I love it.

[Andy Samberg]

You like it?

[Akiva Schaffer]

You like having a boombox duct tape?

[Seth Meyers]

I like the feeling of being in a canoe with a boombox duct taped to my head.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay.

[Seth Meyers]

I was at the first Transformers premiere.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay.

[Seth Meyers]

I was so amped. Transformers was coming out. I grew up loving Transformers. I had the comic books, I had some toys what I could get. And I, of course, loved the cartoon. And I saw the animated Transformers movie in the theater. They killed Optimus Prime. It was crazy. Rise, Rodimus. And then I saw a live action one was coming out, and the trailer looked so dope. So I went to the premiere. Cause I was on SNL enough to get invited to the premiere. I sat across the aisle from Tyrese, who's in the movie and the franchise, who I didn't know yet. But we later had one magical night with. And the first time a Transformer transformed, the whole theater went, oh. And he jumped up out of his seat and went, oh, shit. Cause you just had never seen that effect before. And the CG was so dope. It was such a leap in that moment. I'm being totally earnest right now.

[Andy Samberg]

I believe it. Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

We were all just like. Every dude and woman in there who had been a kid that grew up on Transformers was like, they did it. Like, we're gonna get to see them do that now, like, a thousand times in this movie. And it's so awesome, and the sound design is so huge and amazing, and it was a very fun, special moment for me.

[Andy Samberg]

It would have been so funny if the premiere Transformers had a scene where you just see the Optimus prime truck, and then it, like, cuts to a bunch of people going like, oh, my God.

[Seth Meyers]

Holy shit.

[Andy Samberg]

And then you just hear, like. And then you just come back to a robot.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's changing. It's Chang.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God.

[Seth Meyers]

It's like that wet, hot American summer beat with.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah, he's doing it. He's really doing it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Just rewatching this short. When it cut to the Transformers beat, I was like, holy crap. That looks amazing just in our short.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, it looks great.

[Andy Samberg]

I also. I really try to hammer this home a lot on my show just because I want to like things. And I'm really happy that you like Transformers.

[Seth Meyers]

Thank you.

[Andy Samberg]

You know what I mean? Like, I'm not being judgmental. I'm just saying you wish you could.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wear Chris Martin's jacket to call it back from a while ago.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, but again, I don't think like Chris Martin isn't like while he's wearing it, going, jacket, jacket, jacket.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, no, he's just doing it.

[Andy Samberg]

But that's my problem. I have to constantly remind myself that I'm wearing the jacket. There's a There Will Be Blood scene, you know, and it's just the old man's problem was that scene was too quiet and you guys just kind of walk through and wave.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I assumed he was going to, that they were going to like just yell the words louder. But they just kind of went through to entertain him while he can't hear what's happening.

[Andy Samberg]

And you know what? It is very nice and very fine.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Agreed. Not even close to criterion, but nothing too embarrassing.

[Andy Samberg]

No, no.

[Seth Meyers]

I feel like on any given week it was like an interesting idea. We hadn't done it before. It incorporated topical movies and it had a beginning, middle and an end. Kinda.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Kristen Wiig]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Kristen Wiig]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Kristen Wiig]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Andy Samberg]

Do you remember Claire is coming to dinner Andy?

[Seth Meyers]

No. Was I in it?

[Andy Samberg]

Not only were you in it, you wrote it with Forte and Jost. Anything.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Forte's the first name according to this rundown, though.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Tina episode.

[Andy Samberg]

Tina episode. Cut from dress. So it did actually block.

[Seth Meyers]

And I helped write it and was in it.

[Andy Samberg]

Still nothing.

[Seth Meyers]

Nothing.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, let's open Claire's coming to dinner and maybe do a dramatic reading. And at any point, you're allowed to be like, I remember it.

[Seth Meyers]

I will let you know the second I remember it.

[Andy Samberg]

I'll read Will and you read Andy. And should it come to it, Akiva, you will read Tina Fey.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay.

[Andy Samberg]

All right. Clara is coming to dinner. Exterior, house. Interior, family room. Will is in a sharp tuxedo. Andy is on the couch in an oversized football jersey and sweatpants. He has greasy matted black hair, buck teeth, and a thick unibrow. Trevor, we need to have a serious talk. Will sits.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay.

[Andy Samberg]

Now, Claire is about to come over here and meet mom and dad for the first time. And I don't need to remind you of your history, but I will. For the past 15 years, every woman I have brought to the house to mean mom and dad, you have ended up making love to. That was cute when we were 30, but we are 45 and 43 years old now. You're older, and I think it's time for a change. So can you. Trevor, my brother promised me that tonight, February 23, 2016, when Clara comes over, you will not make love to her.

[Seth Meyers]

No.

[Andy Samberg]

Aw, man. Not again. How many women do I have to lose to your superior charms?

[Seth Meyers]

I don't know. All of them.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, I hope you're joking.

[Seth Meyers]

Nope.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, I hope you are.

[Seth Meyers]

Nope.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, I hope you are.

[Seth Meyers]

Nope.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, I hope you are.

[Seth Meyers]

I'm not.

[Andy Samberg]

Aw, man, not again. She's as good as made love to and I can't do a thing to stop it. Doorbell. All right, quick stop here. Any memory?

[Seth Meyers]

No. Zero.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, so this is a thing. You were in a costume. Will was in a tuxedo. You did this in front of an audience. All right. Doorbell. Oh, man. Claire is at the door. And you look gorgeous. Looks like this night is going to end in canile style intercourse for you guys. Great. Will opens the door to find Tina.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hi, Bennett.

[Andy Samberg]

Clara, you look so good.

[Seth Meyers]

Thanks.

[Andy Samberg]

I wasn't talking to you, Trevor. I was talking to Clara.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's funny. What's his name? Trevor. Introduce me.

[Andy Samberg]

Aw, man. Okay, Clara, one condition. Before you meet my brother, you need to promise me.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I can't make that promise.

[Andy Samberg]

Tina crosses sits on Andy. Aw, man. Clara, this is Trevor.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I like that jersey. Did you order it online?

[Seth Meyers]

I found it in a public toilet again.

[Andy Samberg]

Anything, Andy? Just checking back in. Literally no recollection you played a man named Trevor who wore a jersey found in a public toilet.

[Seth Meyers]

Nope. Nope. It is gone.

[Andy Samberg]

It is gone.

[Seth Meyers]

Truly.

[Andy Samberg]

Are you surprised it didn't air based on what we've heard so far?

[Seth Meyers]

No, not in the slightest.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it's also. This is really funny when you think about who Tina Fey is, that a sketch was written where, like, the comic thrust is she's just like. Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

So far, she has maybe 0.25 of.

[Andy Samberg]

One joke, and all she wants to do is get with you.

[Seth Meyers]

Trevor Forte's name is first.

[Andy Samberg]

Forte's name is first. I think we could probably just stop it now.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, does anything interesting happen?

[Andy Samberg]

You guys have sex?

[Seth Meyers]

I don't think it's very good.

[Andy Samberg]

No, I think sometimes the right stuff gets cut.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's got funny writing in there. It's just not.

[Seth Meyers]

There's some good turns of phrase.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, exactly.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Steve Martin was in the monologue.

[Seth Meyers]

Ooh.

[Andy Samberg]

Which is a very big deal for all of us. Steve a, as one might guess, a fan of Tina's and showed up to support their super fun.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He said, one day, I'm gonna cash in this chit. And then he did on Only Murders. He was like, remember when I showed up for your monologue?

[Andy Samberg]

You owe me one.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Now you're the podcaster on my show. I'll see you at 7:30am in the.

[Andy Samberg]

Makeup trailer, there was both a Rock of Love parody and a Celebrity Apprentice parody. So that gives you a sense of what time we were living in. Wowie wowie wowie wowies. Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We kind of already talked about Virginia Horsens, but it actually aired here.

[Andy Samberg]

Was this the first Virginia Whoresons?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. I keep saying Virginia because. No, it is Virginia. I don't want to mess it up with Virginiaka, which was something very different.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But Virginia Horsens, I feel like we talked about it a little bit the other day, but this is where Yhorm did actually say he had stuff to talk about that. So maybe we ask him for a voice note that we could put in here, but we can't hear it at this moment.

[Yhorm Komonibo]

Thanks, Keeb, for throwing to my voice note. So my main memory of Virginia Horsens and I think about this often because it's a constant reminder to me of having a really good job in life and feeling really lucky that I get to do really dumb, dumb shit in life is that Akiva sent a email to the SNL props department when we were making Virginia Horson. I remember it was super late night. It was for, like, the next morning. And he sent it like 11 o'clock at night. And the email was titled Things I Need. That was a subject line and then it was a list of like a series of bizarre things, like hot air balloon basket. No balloon, parenthetical horse's head. It was like a series of props that we were going to use. Some that we did use and some that we didn't in Virginia horses. And it was like a, like, you know, one carrot on stick, one like it was just like a series of bizarre, bizarre items. And then he got an email back like 20 minutes later that the response was, I don't know what your job is, but whatever it is is great. Keep doing it. You have the wrong email address. And I think about that so often and I've told that to many people, especially when I'm like having a bad day or like, of like, ah, why am I. I just think about, you know, it's a pretty good job making really, really dumb shit for people to hopefully laugh at. And I. Yeah, that was my Virginia Horson's story remembrance.

[Seth Meyers]

Bye.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So we did this one and we broke it into two. The first one is the one that aired. It's like maybe a minute long. And then the second one was just like a 30 second callback. It aired address and when it didn't air live, it was like, oh, it can't really ever belong anywhere because without the first one it was kind of meaningless. So then the second time it's aired we'll get to at some point. But we did a new one that I think Jost came up with the idea for me, which was that now she's selling Pony Express.

[Andy Samberg]

Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But this first one is hot air balloons.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, so Virginia Horson, hot air balloon rides. Kind of just a white hot perfect minute of wig being wig.

[Akiva Schaffer]

This is a keep special. Usually I won't just say that because we're all in a room and I don't remember who did what, but this I just wrote alone by myself and then roped Jost into kind of doing it with me. And then he might have come up with some of the little jokes in there, but it was like a random Sunday and me just wanting to do it. And then I remember shooting it on Tuesday before writing night because I didn't want it to affect the rest of the show because I was not embarrassed of it. But it was so slight and so weird. Just needed her on a green screen and nothing else. That I just wanted it to be my little side project because I wasn't sure if it was going to be anything or if I was going to throw it away.

[Andy Samberg]

Where'd you set up the green screen on a Tuesday?

[Akiva Schaffer]

God, I do not remember.

[Seth Meyers]

I almost want to say it was like in the hallway on 17.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. It was truly like unlit. It was the most unprofessional thing that I just wanted to make. And then that's also. It was shot pre strike and didn't air till after strike. Oh, I did not do it that week, I don't think. Or maybe it was a hot fever dream strike. Right, that. No, it couldn't have been. I don't know.

[Seth Meyers]

Talk about a timeline tidbit.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it's a timeline tidbit. Virginia Horson, first of all, perfect name. And so Virginia Horson, she's selling hot air balloon rides. But it becomes pretty clear. And again, this is only a minute and we find out a lot about Virginia. She's going to be on the ride with you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And so kind of the most of the back half is her trying to explain that she's not a bad time to be on it with.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. This is clearly she needs friends. And someone said, why don't you start a business.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And maybe you'll meet people like out there. And so this is her business idea.

[Andy Samberg]

It's also really funny. The thing. Long lines at TSA seems to be the thing she keeps coming back to.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Whoa.

[Kristen Wiig]

Hey, I can see my house from here. Just kidding. Why not take a ride in my balloon? I'll cut you a deal. Forget about airport security. See you later, suckers. I'm taking myself a hot our balloon ride.

[Andy Samberg]

Ooh, fresh air.

[Kristen Wiig]

Listen, I'm not one of those college types that's gonna talk your ear off. I bought a balloon. And it doesn't mean I think I'm better than everybody else or I can just read a book. I'm not one of those people who doesn't know how to be quiet.

[Akiva Schaffer]

She's got ideas.

[Andy Samberg]

Did Wiig immediately. I mean, it seems like a very well realized performance. Did Wiig know exactly what she wanted to do with Virginia Horson?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, but I honestly not to take anything away from her because she's doing it perfectly and she's doing it very wiggy, as you said. But she's also doing an impression of me doing it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And it's basically the guy from just two guys. Like when she holds up her hand, I forget what she's symbolizing.

[Andy Samberg]

I think it's like terrorists, Right? It's like. No. Terrorists.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. The threat of terrorism and she makes a circle with her hand. Yeah, that's straight up, just two guys stuff. We would always have hand signals that don't match what we're saying, but are very calculated, that are clearly something we've rehearsed and know we're gonna do, but they don't make actually any sense.

[Andy Samberg]

I should say I like exactly what the audience is giving Virginia. Like, the people who like it are liking it exactly the right way.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm shocked that for 30% of the audience, every joke's landing, every little weird thing she's doing. It's not killing with the whole audience. But for those 30, they're picking up on every little nuance.

[Seth Meyers]

It honestly, it is like, in a laser cat's way. Like, I think for those 30%, the trust had been earned enough that they were like, oh, it's intentionally slow in this moment before. Before the words start floating at her.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

That was an intentional thing to be a joke. And it gets a laugh. Stuff like. That's fun.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I will occasionally have someone who's maybe 35 years old right now, because they were probably the right age or 30, who will come up and ask me about this one specifically.

[Seth Meyers]

Really?

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I always go, whoa, really? That one? Okay. But they're like super comedy people.

[Seth Meyers]

That rules.

[Andy Samberg]

I'd wear a Virginia Horson's T shirt.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, same.

[Andy Samberg]

I think that would be a. Oh, yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

A nice deep cut shirt.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Is you saying you would wear a Virginia horse and T shirt? Seth's corner.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it's Seth's sartorial. It's Seth's Closet.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, that's nice.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, that's very.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. If it's about something I'd wear, it's Seth's Closet. And again, yhorm's not here. So can you do a Seth's Closet song?

[Seth Meyers]

Seth's Closet. You're not invited. Seth's Closet. There's a Virginia Horson T shirt in there and nothing else. He's Donald ducking it.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, thank you. Yep. I do think Virginia Horson's is also one of those things that for those 30%, they know they're going to watch it again. You know what I mean? It feels like you're like, oh, there's going to be fun to watch a second time because there's going to be fun little things to catch.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So this was. How many years ago did we do it?

[Andy Samberg]

08.

[Akiva Schaffer]

2008. So it was 16 years ago, basically.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And it was posted on YouTube on the Saturday Life channel 11 years ago. So five years later. So nobody, you know, maybe there had been a previous post, but I doubt it. It has 1, 191,000 views in 11 years. So those people, you know, they've been really sucking it down.

[Andy Samberg]

They've been. And now you're there. Keith, what are the last three comments for Januhorsen?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Let me sort by most recent. Well, the top comment that has 35 likes is by Abadaba232 is quote, I bought a balloon and it doesn't mean I think I'm better than everybody else. One of the best lines in SNL history.

[Andy Samberg]

Great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

35 pluses on that. Well, I'm going to sort by most Recent now from two weeks ago, Mr. Piccolo93 wrote. I promise. There you go.

[Andy Samberg]

All right. Okay.

[Seth Meyers]

I do always love any joke that starts with I'm not one of those people that blank.

[Akiva Schaffer]

This is an interesting one. Five down from three weeks ago from Aiden Artichoke. I just want to stress that Jorma is my favorite. Go Jorma. You do those ad reads.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, nice. So somebody's reaching out as a listener of the pod.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

So the cast is feeding the shorts.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So maybe they went and listened knowing it was coming up soon.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, love that.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And they knew it was coming, so they went to it to put this here for something for us to find.

[Seth Meyers]

Ah, interesting though, that you're the one who always checks the YouTube comments and they went out of their way to say they like yhorm.

[Akiva Schaffer]

The next one is. Hey, Seth, has the podcast started yet also? Three weeks ago. Wow. Three weeks ago. Must have been when we sort of talked about this.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, Someone who is a friend of ours listened to the very nice stopgap 10 minuter you and yhorm did, Seth. Yeah, but they also mentioned that they. And apparently according to this person, a lot of other people took umbrage with the fact that we posted a 10 minuter and also put a bunch of ads in it.

[Andy Samberg]

There were ads in the 10 minuter?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, that's what I was told. Dude.

[Andy Samberg]

No, they should not have been ads in the 10 minuter.

[Seth Meyers]

Not our choice. Not our choice.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, by the way, I was going to say there's only 71 comments on Virginia person.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's correct.

[Seth Meyers]

And it was 71 of the people that were there that night.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, if this had been posted the day after, oh boy, it would have a lot. A lot of hits.

[Seth Meyers]

You think so?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Definitely.

[Andy Samberg]

Someone wrote this feels ahead of its time and I'm very surprised it's not more popular.

[Akiva Schaffer]

There you go.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

How many years ago was that?

[Andy Samberg]

That was like, 10 years ago.

[Seth Meyers]

So do we think it was exactly 10 years ahead of its time?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Now it's 10 years too late. So people who watch it now are going to be bummed out.

[Seth Meyers]

They're going to be like, this isn't ahead of its time by 10 years.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Here's someone wondering if her concealer is meant to be that light. And I would say, yes, I definitely said, do her makeup poorly, like, she did it herself.

[Seth Meyers]

I guess we should just tell people listening. If you haven't gone and watched it yet. If you're expecting something 10 years ahead of its time, don't bother.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes, but if you're expecting something that was right on the money 10 years ago, go get it.

[Seth Meyers]

Or that's just, like, exactly what you'd expect today.

[Andy Samberg]

Right.

[Seth Meyers]

If you've noticed my energy tailing off, it's because I got a burrito getting cold on the counter.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, all right. Well, you know what? I think we've talked enough about the Tina Fey episode, and I know how much Andy likes burritos. And so we're gonna be back next week, hopefully with Jorma and the Elliot Page episode. And you know what? Now I will say it, Keev, and I mean it. I think the next three in a row, I delighted.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hmm. If this goes down to two next week and then down to one.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, maybe, like. All right, I should watch that one before I made my. All right, I love you guys.

[Seth Meyers]

Love you, buddy. Talk soon.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Love.