Great Day

Summary

The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast

Episode: "Great Day"

Date: February 3, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode reunites Seth Meyers with the full Lonely Island trio—Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone—for an in-depth examination of the SNL Digital Short "Great Day." The conversation is both a celebration of their creative process and a window into the collaborative, hectic world of SNL in the mid-2000s. Through stories, behind-the-scenes insights, and playful ribbing, the group dissects the emotional tone, technical execution, and legacy of "Great Day," along with related sketches, SNL anecdotes, and ongoing inside jokes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reunion and Health Updates

• The episode opens with the excitement of having all four hosts present, though Andy is notably under the weather.
• [00:12] Seth jokes about Andy's visible illness (“Andy. You're under the weather and, like, observably so.”), prompting Andy to compare it to getting "SNL sick" — the intense fatigue reminiscent from the show days.
• [00:40] The group riffs on various home remedies and a tangent about “poppers,” demonstrating their loose, playful chemistry.

2. Listener Q&A and Inside Jokes

• [02:20] Seth follows up on fan requests from recent episodes, specifically a birthday wish for a listener named Connor.
• [03:02] Ongoing inside jokes continue, including a recap of last week’s running gag about renaming the movie “Venom” as “Spider-Man with Teeth.”
• [04:30] Banter about Andy’s visible struggle (only getting one arm out of his sweatshirt) exemplifies both the group’s camaraderie and their commitment to the pod.

3. The Origins of "Back Seatsman"

• [05:57-09:27] The group addresses a fan’s question about an old short, "Back Seatsman," prompted by a voice note from Chester, one of their original collaborators.
• Chester reveals the repeated street address "56 and Lennox" was a misremembered reference to an Alicia Keys lyric (“39th and Lennox”) due to lack of internet access at the time.
• Quote (Chester):

  “We are not that smart... We thought the specificity of her saying that in a love song was very funny. Now when I listen back... I don’t know if it’s that funny.” [07:53]

4. The Early Lonely Island Process

• [11:01-13:28] They reflect on their formative creative process: making frequent, unscripted shorts with whatever resources they had, learning by doing. None were meant for a broad audience.
• Quote (Akiva):

  “We never thought anybody would see any of those, because they weren’t. And I think... it made us not give a shit when we were making them.” [13:21]

5. Transition to "Great Day" and SNL Structure

• [21:25] The episode dives into the SNL season finale where "Great Day" aired, noting it was directly after the host’s monologue—a prime slot, indicating Lorne Michaels’ rare and explicit approval.
• Quote (Andy):

  “This was one of the few times Lorne... went out of his way in front of everybody to be like, ‘That was very funny.’” [24:01]

6. Dissecting SNL Sketches: “Starfish” and “Timecrowave"

• [21:51-32:35] They reminisce about other sketches from the same SNL episode:

  • “Starfish” (Kristen Wiig as a deranged script supervisor) – a bizarre, memorable, 5-to-1 style sketch, later referenced for its weirdness and even its catchphrase.
  • “Swim Team Awards” and “Timecrowave” (John Lutz’s time-travel microwave sketch), with a voice note from Lutz himself recounting its journey from unused pitch to his final aired sketch.

• Notable moment (Lutz):

  “It started off as a fake pitch... Time and microwave. Timecrowave. And so I pitched it and got a bit of a laugh. So then I was like, oh, I should write that up…” [29:48]

7. Birth of "Great Day"

• [32:40] Andy describes the sketch’s genesis:

  • He’d long had the visual of himself, coked-up but optimistic at sunrise, stuck in his phone notes.
  • “Great Day” nearly didn’t get made, as pitch meetings often fizzled until Jorma insisted they just start writing.

• [33:54-34:18] The early demo is played, featuring the late, beloved SNL music producer Catrice, whose influence and passing are fondly remembered.

• Quote (Seth):

  “Her instinct, of course, was to always make it a great song..." [34:39]

8. Writing and Filming "Great Day"

• [35:08-39:54]

  • Andy and Jorma built the song spontaneously, sequentially riffing lines into the mic, with Akiva weighing in later.
  • The group notes how their process shifted: the confidence to “just start with a funny line” and not overthink where the song goes.
  • “Punching in” (writing/recording line by line) is discussed as a now-common method—validated by evolving creative technologies.

• Quote (Jorma):

  “We were always very good about that. Like, if two of us saw something, then the other person would just extract themselves until they got it... it would always make it a much, much better process.” [37:25]

9. Analyzing the Short: Cinematic and Musical Choices

• [46:54-59:28; section-by-section breakdown]

  • They rewatch and comment live, spotlighting technical and comedic details:
    • The “coke puff” opening shot, achieved with practical effects after several takes.
    • Classic musical-cinema references: bluebird cel animation, Spielbergian camera moves, Steadicam tracking.
    • Bobby Moynihan’s perfect turn as “mailman Fred.”
    • Fast, “breakneck” pacing and musical tempo, increased in later demos until it "felt right."
    • The practical and digital effects, including the Matrix parody and the in-camera choreography.

• Quote (Andy, on performance):

  “It’s like a way to be, like, fun, full tilt, like, chasing Jim Carrey energy within the context of what we really know how to do and control...” [38:29]

10. SNL Production Anecdotes

• [54:07] The team elevates their technical capabilities as their SNL tenure continued—access to DPs, Steadicam, VFX (Art Jail), dedicated wardrobe.
• Shout-outs to key behind-the-scenes collaborators (e.g., Kreisel, Danielle the choreographer, wardrobe Brian Hemeseth).

11. Legacy and Full Circle Moments

• [59:34] They notice a minor continuity error (water on pavement) and remark on how, pre-Internet, such details went unnoticed.
• The episode ends with a sweet symmetry: the “Starfish” sketch about script supervisors, recalling the kind of detailed continuity nerdiness they've just discussed.

12. Tom Petty Cameo and SNL’s Surreal Access

• The team expresses awe at Tom Petty’s brief appearance in “Great Day,” marveling at SNL’s unique power to create these fleeting, surreal moments with living legends.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Andy on illness:

  “It's a throwback sick to, like, the SNL days where I just can't shake it.” [00:23]

• On making “Back Seatsman”:

  “We are not that smart... We thought the specificity of her saying that in a love song was very funny. Now when I listen back... I don’t know if it’s that funny.” —Chester [07:53]

• Reflecting on early, unseen work:

  “We never thought anybody would see any of those... it made us not give a shit when we were making them.” —Akiva [13:21]

• Lorne Michaels’ rare praise:

  “He went out of his way in front of everybody to be like. ‘That was very funny.’” —Andy [24:01]

• On “Great Day” energy:

  "It's like a way to be, like, fun, full tilt, like, chasing Jim Carrey energy within the context of what we really know how to do and control..." —Andy [38:29]

• Recalling the Tom Petty cameo:

  “We couldn't believe when he came in and sat down for a minute and was super nice and we did it... that's the SNL thing. You just, like, meet legendary people you love in passing super quickly.” —Akiva [63:46]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

| Time | Segment | |-----------|----------------------------------------------------| | 00:00–05:00 | Reunion, illness, inside jokes, fan follow-up | | 05:00–10:00 | “Back Seatsman” origin via Chester’s voice note | | 11:00–13:30 | DIY filmmaking origins and early creative ethos | | 21:25–25:00 | SNL “Great Day” episode: context, praise from Lorne | | 29:48–32:35 | John Lutz’s “Timecrowave” sketch, voice note | | 32:40–37:16 | Birth and writing of “Great Day” | | 39:54–41:43 | Execution and production notes; homage to musical and film references | | 46:54–59:28 | Live rewatch/commentary of “Great Day” short | | 63:40–end | Legacy, anecdotes, full-circle moments, Tom Petty cameo |

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Noteworthy Easter Eggs & Callbacks

• Running joke: Is getting a vasectomy the reverse of "popping your cherry"? [41:26]
• Callbacks to earlier Lonely Island shorts and studio locations ("Cherry Lane corner"), layering their personal history into NYC geography.
• Detailed technical breakdowns: the team’s move from “barebones” shorts to fully executed, crew-supported SNL production.

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Conclusion & Tone

The episode blends deep affection for the grueling, creative days of SNL with the hindsight and humor that decades of friendship and professional growth afford. The hosts' voices are warm and irreverent, with a natural flow of inside jokes and affection for collaborators past and present. For fans, it’s an intimate tour through the imagination and day-to-day reality of The Lonely Island, opening doors to both method and madness behind one of their most beloved works.

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For additional highlights and visual references, check out The Lonely Island’s Instagram, where Akiva promises to share their favorite photo from the “Great Day” shoot!

Transcript

[A]

Let me tell you about a thing I know. The Moment out of Death March podcast show.

[B]

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the pod. This is so exciting. I can't remember the last time it was all four of us.

[A]

Hey.

[C]

Oh, hello.

[D]

Hey.

[B]

Oh, Andy. You're under the weather and, like, observably so. And now I feel a little bit bad about the way I talked about how you were sick because you're so sick. And I'm really sorry.

[A]

It's a. It's a throwback sick to, like, the SNL days where I just can't shake it.

[B]

Do you think talking about SNL in the POD is just getting you sick again?

[A]

It's like soul cancer.

[C]

I don't know.

[B]

I got really sick and my ears get stopped up and I bought a thing. I was really excited about it at cvs, which is supposed to help you pop your nose after airplane rides.

[C]

Popped nose, Nope.

[B]

Ears, sorry. Pop your ears.

[C]

Sorry.

[A]

I think you're just talking about poppers.

[B]

And then you get, like, stupid. You have this moment of just euphoria. Yeah. And then. And it's fun in a club.

[C]

Yeah. You were down on Christopher Street.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And airplanes. And there was this guy on the club.

[A]

You're talking about doing poppers and watching Euphoria.

[B]

No, it makes you feel euphoric. And then you watch Euphoria.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

Like we do.

[B]

But you stick it in your nose and you. You, by the way, like, you know, I bought it at cvs. This isn't like, you know, high end medical warehouse stuff, but you stick a thing in your nose and you press a button. You have to plug your other nose with your finger and it basically just like creates all this pressure in your head. And you're supposed to then have a mouthful of water that you then swallow and it pops your ear. And I can tell you that not only did I not get it to work, but like, when I swallowed the water, like, nothing popped and instead I just, like, spit the water out.

[C]

It was like, what is it pushing into your nose? Air.

[B]

Like, air to just like fill your head. Like, by the way, the minute I started it, I'm like, this isn't what you're supposed to do.

[A]

I thought you were going to say, like, you did it. It didn't work. You spit the water out and then a little, like, thing rolled out and it said, fooled you.

[C]

You look like an idiot.

[B]

Fooled you.

[C]

It was a little.

[B]

A little, tiny, tiny little gnome. A tiny European gnome.

[D]

A gonk.

[A]

A little Lord hell.

[B]

He said, fool you. And then he Jumped into the sink.

[D]

And I haven't seen him since Ski Daddler.

[B]

Also, Andy, just. We do want to let you clean it up. We've had back to back podcasts where a guy named Connor, who about to be deployed, talked about like what a huge fan of yours he is and wanted you to wish him a happy birthday. And we basically just kept saying that we had reached out to you and you said, no, no, Happy birthday, Connor.

[C]

There's no we, Seth. Don't rope me and Yorm into your. Into your business.

[D]

Yeah, it was pretty much mainly Seth on this one.

[A]

I appreciate you also assuming I did not listen to the ones I missed.

[E]

Which is the case.

[B]

Oh, wait, wa. Certain you have.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Happy birthday, Connor. I'm sorry it took me so long, buddy.

[B]

Yeah, there you go.

[D]

I guess Andy is a good dude.

[B]

I also just.

[C]

Wait, Yorm. Is Connor engaged or not engaged yet?

[D]

He is engaged now because of my encouragement for him to pop the question.

[C]

This is the week where he did it.

[D]

So congratulations, guys.

[B]

Andy, to fill you in on the podcast you're hosting, I was gonna say.

[A]

I feel like someone just starting to listen to the pod where I'm like, the fuck is a qu.

[D]

What is a quit?

[B]

Did you know that there was. Here's one of the takeaways of last week is that we think the movie Venom should have been called Venom Spider man with teeth. That was like seven minutes. That was about seven minutes of our digital short rewatch pod.

[A]

It does sound a lot to me like a conversation I would have enjoyed being a part of.

[D]

We checked in with Reuben Fleischer. He did say that he had seriously considered it, so. Oh, good.

[B]

And then the powers that be now, Jeff. Either Jeff or Kevin, it turns out it was Connor's girlfriend's birthday.

[C]

So what are you saying? There might be a problem with answering Q and A questions three weeks after they're asked.

[D]

I just think it's great that they got engaged on her birthday.

[A]

So do I need to say happy birthday to her?

[C]

And we don't remember Connor's girlfriend's name. She had as a name, let's say.

[B]

Lauren for this week and then we'll clean it up next week.

[A]

Happy birthday, Connor's girlfriend.

[D]

Fiance.

[C]

Fiance. Now per yourm.

[A]

Only way. That's the only way we see her. Only through the lens of Connor.

[D]

Invite me to the wedding, guys. I'll be there.

[B]

Andy. Andy is. Here's how sick Andy is. He started taking off his sweatshirt and just stopped.

[A]

I ran out of gas.

[B]

One arm out.

[D]

I ran out of gas.

[A]

I'm, like, actively dizzy and out of my body right now.

[D]

Oh, it's so sad.

[C]

Thank you for jumping on here, though.

[A]

Yeah. Look your fell off a roof or something, so I figured I should try. It's true.

[D]

I showed up in the hospital. Andy showed up to this and fucking. Yes.

[B]

Nicely done. Yeah.

[A]

And you couldn't tell. You didn't skip a beat.

[B]

I had never seen the back seatsman, so I do want to thank our. There was a Q and A about the back seatsman, Andy, so I just watched that.

[A]

Yes, back seatsman was a Me and Chester joint.

[B]

Yeah. And it came up. I came up.

[C]

I haven't seen it in 20 years.

[A]

Did you guys even help us at all with that one?

[C]

I don't know if. Does it hold up is appropriate because it never held up.

[A]

I feel like it was just me and Chester, right?

[D]

Yes. Me and Keith did not want to be blamed for that one.

[B]

It's delightful.

[C]

But I might have had to hold a camera at some point or something.

[A]

Jonah helped me.

[C]

Oh, Jonah.

[B]

Jonah.

[C]

Yeah. Never mind Jonah Goldstein. Hang on.

[A]

I gotta take off my headphones so I can take off this sweatshirt. Part two of that saga.

[C]

It has to get over your head.

[A]

This is my version of the Odyssey.

[C]

What's interesting, though, because Andy's getting ready for his movie, so he has gotten, like, a haircut, so he actually looks more put together than he usually does.

[B]

Oh, this isn't that one. It's this one with the director of.

[D]

Venom, AKA Spider man with Teeth.

[C]

Yeah, directed by Spider man with Teeth himself.

[B]

Is it really? Reuben Fleischer is directing it.

[A]

Reuben, Spider man with Teeth. Fleischer.

[D]

Is going to be known from here on.

[A]

His birth name. He's in the junket. It's so crazy. They asked me to do Venom because my middle name.

[C]

Oh, it's.

[B]

He had it before that preview.

[C]

He was like Tom Holland going into his Spider man audition, showing pictures of himself dressed as Spider man when he was a little boy. Yeah, yeah. But he went in and was like. And I'm the one that's always been called Spider man with teeth since I.

[A]

Was a little boy. I don't want to overstate it, but look at my license. I'm pretty sure I'm your man.

[B]

So the back seatsman. Well, we did get right.

[C]

Yeah. Chester sent a voice note.

[B]

Yeah, Chester sent a voice note.

[C]

So I texted the voice note from the Quaid. I don't remember the name. Who sent in the question to Chester so that he could answer it?

[B]

The Quaid and was it about the address? Was that the question? Like, why is it?

[C]

Yeah, it was about 56 in Lenox.

[B]

That everybody wanted to ride in. Chester's car was going to 56 in Lenox.

[A]

Oh, right, yes.

[C]

And so here's Chester's answer.

[D]

My guess was that it was based on a Nas song.

[E]

Hey, everybody, it's Chester. I'm here to answer a question from one of your callers. A guy by the name of Edwin called in asking about the back seatsman. He wanted to know why was everyone going to 56 and Lennox? What was happening at that address? Why did everyone need to go there? And I'm here to answer that question. The answer is very simple. I wish it was more complicated and I wish there was more to it, but simply, we are not that smart. So when we shot the back seatsman, Alicia Keys had a song called you don't know my name. And we all love this song. We're big fans of the song. And for everyone who doesn't know, it's a throwback soul song. And in the song, Alicia Keys sings on it. And in the middle of it, she stops singing to talk to the man that she's in love with. Oh, by the way, played by none other than the mighty Most Def style fresh like baby breath.

[D]

That's right.

[C]

In the video.

[E]

And in the song, she says, oh, I'm that waitress who works at that coffee shop over on 39th and Lennox. And at the time, we all thought it was hilarious, the fact that she said 39th and Lennox. Like, we thought the specificity of her saying that in a love song was very funny. Now when I listen back to it, I don't know if it's that funny. At the time, he thought it was hilarious. So fast forward to us shooting the back seatsman. We all thought it was really funny for everyone to say the same address to where they were going. And Andy said, oh, what's. What's that street that Alicia says in her song? And I blurted out 56 and Lennox. Mind you, we didn't have access to genius.com, we didn't have access to just information. We had cell phones, and we just couldn't get access to stuff online. So it was all based on memory. And we didn't have any scripts because, you know, who needs a script when you're shooting that? The back seatsman, that just comes from the soul.

[D]

Oh.

[E]

So I messed up the joke. And then in retrospect, I started thinking, like, had we said 39th and Lennox properly would People have gotten that reference. Would they have also thought that was funny, or does nobody think that part is funny in the song? Maybe that was just something that we thought it was funny. I have no idea. So maybe it doesn't really matter. Anyway, I hope that answers your question. I hope you can get 20 years of fabulous sleep knowing that there was a joke that was messed up and that was my fault. All right, thanks, everyone.

[D]

Love you.

[E]

Bye.

[C]

Wonderful.

[A]

Love you, Chester.

[D]

Okay, so first of all, big ups to Chester the Fucking Fantastic here. His voice on the pod. And we love you very much with the. The betting thing that we were talking about of, like, how you can bet on anything now.

[C]

Yeah. Poly Market over the other one.

[D]

Do you get credit for half bets or, like. Because I feel like I am. Right.

[C]

What did you put your money on?

[D]

I said it was like. Like from a rap lyric. That's what I thought was.

[C]

Yeah, I think you got that one. It was from a popular song.

[D]

Yeah, but I said Nas, though, too, so.

[A]

And as he mentioned, there was a rapper in the video.

[D]

That's true. My most def.

[B]

I also really appreciate, like, Chester just owning, like, seven different flubs, beginning with. Beginning with. I now realize it's not even that funny. What she said that I referenced it wrong. But also, if I'd referenced it right, nobody would have even seen it. Heard it as a joke.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, suffice to say, we never thought we would be talking about it on a podcast, like, 50 years later or whatever.

[B]

I will say the payoff for Chester is that last week on the pod, like, fucking Yoram and Keev were doing.

[A]

Like, Google Earth on that street, being.

[B]

Like, I don't see anything.

[A]

Yeah, that's.

[D]

I was going to go there.

[C]

I was going to go. It exists. There is a 56 in Lenox in Brooklyn, and it is just residential. No, no, but we got to check out that diner at 39th in Lennox.

[B]

Yeah, really?

[A]

Back Seatsman. Can I say one thing about Back Seatsman? Because I haven't watched it since then, probably.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

All I remember is us making it. I'm pretty sure a lot of the stuff with him as the driver was sort of based on collateral. I think that had just come out.

[B]

Okay. Yeah.

[A]

And then just doofing it hard, but thinking it was so funny that at the end I had him in the vo. Go. I guess we're all just living in our own teenage wasteland and then smashing that song on when it had absolutely nothing to do with it. It made no sense in the voiceover, like, we're not teenagers. That's not what it was about in the slightest. And that joke, to me, I remember, made me laugh really hard at the time.

[C]

And I don't know if we talked specifically about this when we did our, like, very first episode of this pod, when we were talking about how it came to be, but I remember us talking about, like, challenging ourselves to try to record a video every day. And. And that really wasn't doable. So it became like a one a week or something because we all had day jobs. But where it was, like, it doesn't matter even if the script exists or is good. We're trying to put in time.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, it wasn't. There wasn't the Malcolm Gladwell stuff yet. So we didn't know to say our 10,000 hours. But that's what we meant, that we were trying to, like, that even the worst thing, there'll be, like, one cut in it. That was good. And we'll learn something. And so we would. Chester's not lying when he says there's no script. Like, we would just go, okay, how about I'm a cab driver, you're a thing. And then let's get the camera and what's your. And like, we talk for a half hour and then go, oh, that's enough. Just start filming. And we would start filming and then get to another point and go, oh, what if I come in? And we would just make it up as we go and then go edit it and add music and they seem a little more polished because we were good at editing, but they were truly nothing. Just to try to teach ourselves how to do stuff.

[A]

Definitely. So, Seth, you did watch it.

[B]

Seth, I did watch it. It also predates the algorithm. Like, you weren't chasing a thing to try to get likes or.

[C]

No, there was no version that anyone was going to see it ever.

[D]

Well, and therefore, it's still some of my favorite stuff because it's truly for us and no one else.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Some of our very, very first Stu lines, I still quote yhorm going, whoa, my beer's gone. And Chester going, look around, Yorma. The world is a beautiful place. Yerma. I think of them often.

[C]

There's another one which is. Well, they exploded.

[A]

They exploded. Now it's just you, me and Paradigm.

[C]

We've got a lot of them.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[C]

But yeah, we never thought anybody would see any of those, because they weren't. And I think we would have. It's good because it made us not give a shit when we Were making them.

[B]

They were just for us Again. Now that we've established there were times where you couldn't get rap lyrics at the tip of your finger. But are kids doing that now? Is any kid filming something just without that burden of you can get it out in the world right now and you do want everybody to see it to be.

[C]

I bet you there is some kid that we'll talk to in 25 years that's like, oh, yeah, I would make videos and everyone would be like, put it online. And he'd be like, no.

[B]

Right?

[C]

There's probably somebody out there doing it.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You don't have to post stuff, Seth.

[B]

Yeah, well, I hope kids know that.

[D]

I'm making an epic adventure with my daughter that's truly for no one right now. Zero people.

[B]

I bet you're gonna make us watch it.

[C]

We've seen it. It's pretty good.

[D]

These guys have seen it.

[A]

I have seen. It's very.

[C]

His daughter plays two different characters, so she's doing dialogue with herself.

[B]

With herself. I have seen clips. It's very good.

[C]

Yeah. And. But it's got Yoram's production level of iPhone footage in his house shot from his hospital bed.

[A]

Yeah, she's clumsing it.

[B]

Oh, she's clumpsing.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Clumsing, Yep.

[A]

She's also the old Jewish guy at the barbershop.

[D]

She's very good, though. She does it very tastefully.

[B]

I posted. I did put it on my Instagram because I sent it to you guys first, but it was very funny the other morning where independent of the pod, both my sons dressed up in Captain America outfits and walked into my bedroom at like 6am that's nothing better than that. Because it really did feel like they were making sure that I wasn't. That I wasn't too Burrito brained. A winter soldier.

[C]

Yeah. Those are top notch costumes. Did they.

[D]

Did they yell something at you?

[A]

Did you win your soldier last night? Bucky, answer.

[C]

Bucky. Yeah, Bucky.

[B]

Bucky, wake up.

[A]

I'm bringing you in. Bucky. You're like, oh, man. So burrito brained. See, now these are jokes. I know.

[B]

They're like, why are there black beans in bed?

[C]

What else did Andy miss? Anything else we need to clean up with him or do we just get right into this, this, this one quick thing?

[D]

But do we talk about Mos Def and his actual name? Like his birthday name? We have talked about it on this pod, right?

[C]

Oh, Mostel Defries. No, I don't know if we've ever talked about Mostel Defries.

[A]

That's what we used to call Mos Def.

[C]

Yeah. But that, that feels like it's in a response to Yassine Bey, which it is not. This, this was back way before, way before when he first was on Def Jux doing his stuff and we were the hugest fans and Blackstar with him and Talib Kweli and we were just loving it, loving it. And we would call him Mostel definitely.

[A]

Oh, did you know it's actually short for. It was. It was also before we started telling people that T Pain, his real name was Trent Painovich, which I believe we've.

[C]

Said to his face.

[A]

Oh, he likes it. Yeah.

[C]

Just for kids out there that only know the words most deaf. It's short for most definitely.

[B]

In real life.

[C]

And people would say, oh, most Deaf. But for him it was just a weird coincidence because his real name was Mostel Defries. Not to explain the joke, but it felt, it feels when it's 20 years old.

[A]

I feel a lot of people had unexpected, unexpectedly, sort of kismety birth names on this episode.

[C]

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[B]

So great day. It was a fantastic short. Made me really happy to go back and watch it. I do want to talk very briefly about the show because it's a season finale Alec Baldwin show. And there were three short things I wanted to reference. One was a crazy sketch, which is again, one of these indelibly memorable Kristen Wiig characters that no one outside the show remembers. Do you remember when she played a script supervisor?

[A]

Oh, my God. Is this that one?

[B]

Do you remember her name?

[A]

Yes. Starfish. Oh, yeah, I'm Starfish. I'm the script supervisor. Wasn't it like top of the show?

[B]

It's too early for this sketch. It's like something went wrong. But it's like Best of Wig and James and Kent. It takes place on a soap opera called Arizona Evenings. I think you're in it, Andy.

[C]

I'm in it.

[A]

I know. I mean, it is one of the weirdest.

[B]

So crazy.

[A]

It's so clearly like a five to one. It's like at one point her teeth are in the shot. That's the part I remember being like, holy shit, this is funny.

[B]

There's like seven moves. One, her name is Starfish. Two, she has really crazy teeth. She's just. She's just replaced the former script supervisor. Kevin, can you send me this script? And it's a lot of like she is dead. Like she speaks in a weird way.

[C]

This aired. This is in the air rundown. So it's out there.

[B]

Alec keeps calling her teeth. Like it's a little bit like that mole bit in Austin Powers where her teeth are so big. He keeps saying teeth. It's a crazy sketch. It's one of those things where like you hear Jenna, the stage manager, laughing the most because of the audacity of it. Crazy voice, crazy look, crazy idea. Like the very fact that she's a script supervisor, which is a job. I feel like most Americans have no idea what that Is.

[A]

Yes. And I believe she says, I'm starfish on the script supervisor, like 10 times.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

That's sort of the catchphrase.

[C]

Wait, it didn't go to commercial after the monologue? Doesn't it usually.

[B]

Or no, is there. Wait, it had to do something.

[C]

It went to great day.

[B]

Oh, so there you go. Great day. Was.

[C]

Did that ever happen?

[A]

Wow.

[D]

Oh, wow.

[B]

That high intensity. Yeah.

[D]

Fucking primo.

[C]

Where it goes, monologue, great day into Arizona evenings and then a commercial as opposed to the monologue. Hey, we'll be right back. We have a great show tonight.

[D]

That's what you call a stamp of approval.

[B]

I mean, I think back in the old day, you would sometimes go monologue into commercial parody into a sketch, right?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah, it's the commercial parody spot.

[A]

I mean, for what it's worth, I can't remember if I've told this once before. This was one of the few times Lorne we knew. He really liked it because after dress, in the meeting between dress and heir, he went out of his way in front of everybody to be like. That was very funny. And I remember, like, us all being, like, nice.

[C]

Yes. He's not usually giving out compliments in that meeting.

[D]

Not the most effusive dude on the.

[C]

Planet, but also not in that meeting. That's when the shit is hitting the fan.

[A]

Exactly. It was notable. It was notable.

[B]

Just in case you're wondering, here's a line. Alec. Okay. Did you say your name was Starfish? I thought I heard you say Starfish. Also, this. It makes me really happy. This. This is the line that was added between dress and air. So this was the first time this line was said, was on air.

[C]

Oh, okay. Did you say your name was Starfish? I thought I heard you say Starfish. Yep, yep, yep.

[B]

I got that name when my parents, they made me.

[C]

When my dad had gone inside my.

[B]

Mom at Myrtle Beach.

[C]

I just shot a commercial in Myrtle beach for a Conjoitin joint pain product.

[B]

Okay. Well, last time I was there, I guess I was in my mama's belly. So I was just. I was just a little worm with no eyes. Hold on, I want to see what happened to Elaine. Yeah, the reason she's in is Elaine got hit by a Frito Lay truck. Her legs are all bent. They twist curled up under that truck like a calamari.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Man, oh, man. God. Love it. All right. Also in this show was a sketch called Swim Team Awards. Do you remember Swim Team Awards, Andy? I'm certain you were in it as well.

[A]

I don't remember.

[B]

Alec was a mad swim coach who was giving out awards at the end of the year to a terrible swim team. And it was just a really funny Baldwin sketch. Cause he kind of had a Boston accent. And I just wanna show. If you guys can see. Can you guys see that? A little. Like, I don't know what was going on between Dress and Air, but every sketch had, like, massive rewrites.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

Like, everything between Dress and Air was like, we're gonna do this sketch. But we just. None of the jokes worked.

[A]

Interesting.

[D]

So scary. So scary. The idea of, like, reading shit for the first time while it's being broadcast.

[A]

It's quite common, though.

[B]

Yeah, Yeah.

[D]

I was trying to explain it to my son when I was taking him around as an elf.

[B]

Here were some of the things he said about the people that were coming out to get awards. This kid couldn't float in outer space. He swallowed more water than the filter. I call this kid instant drowning victim. Just add water. And then Fred came up.

[C]

Luke Summers. The kid has two things in common with Greg Louganis. He hit his head on the diving board. And I'll let you figure out the second thing.

[B]

Anyway, and then John Lutz. It was John Lutz, last show ever as a writer on snl. And he wrote a sketch called timecrowave, which was a microwave that was also a time travel device. And over the course of the commercial, a bunch of, like, paradoxes started happening. And it was a really fun sketch. And it was kind of in the five to one spot. Wow, that looks delicious.

[C]

But where did that food come from?

[B]

The future. Come on.

[C]

I'm serious. Later on, when I'm done eating the roast beef dinner, all I have to do is take a roast beef dinner out of the freezer, put it in the time crow wave, and send it back in time to the exact moment that I pulled out the hot meal earlier. Sounds simple.

[B]

Now, what happens if you forget to.

[C]

Send your meal back in time? Well, Penny, if you forget to send the exact meal you ate back in time, you'll create a parrot where small differences may start to occur in the space time continuum. Oh, boy.

[B]

I think there's something to be said where sometimes everybody writes a five to one sketch. And then starfish is like, top of show.

[A]

But by the way, our short being that high and it's all about being an insane cokehead.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

A little surprising for Top show for sure.

[B]

And then Lord's like, no, we got to do it right away. Do we have. We do have a voice Note from Lutz.

[C]

This is the week of the writers party where you made the crisis to conformity shirt. Yeah, I'm just going through the photos. That's why I texted a few good photos from it. And I'm just seeing that the show is May 15, the writers party is May 13, and I think we were shooting this that day.

[B]

Oh, wow.

[C]

I think we shot this all day and then went to the party.

[A]

You thought we shot Thursday, not Friday.

[C]

If the date on the photo is right. Hard to say.

[A]

It probably is.

[C]

Oh, no. I mean, well, I don't know. One of these says May 11, but that's not even possible.

[D]

I think we did. I think we shot.

[B]

I asked. Let's for a voice note, Andy. And he did say, like, I feel like he was a little upset. Last time you gave a voice note, you were very critical of his energy level.

[A]

Oh, okay. So is he going to come in hot?

[B]

I haven't listened, but that's going to be my expectation.

[F]

Hello, lonely islands. It's John Lutz, and if I'm correct, Andy Samberg just went. Seth asked me to come here today on the POD to talk about one of my signature sketches, Time Crow Wave. Now, Time Crawf was a sketch that I think it started off as a fake pitch. I think I didn't have anything for for pitch and just went, what are two words that I can combine? Time and microwave. Time, Crow, wave. And so I pitched it and got a bit of a laugh. So then I was like, oh, I should write that up. The basic idea of Time Crowve is that when you're hungry, your food is ready right away. Take it out of the microwave. You eat your food, but then you have to put your food back in time after you're done eating it to the exact moment when you sent it to yourself earlier. And then if you don't do it.

[B]

Exactly.

[F]

Paradoxes start and things get crazy. So I originally. I did some research on this. I think I originally pitched it or put it to the table for the Tom hanks show in 2005, and it was not picked. I held on to it for a while, continued to bug Seth about it. I think I brought it up every once in a while where it's like, I think it's a week for Time Crew Wave. And he would always be like, no, it's not because Lauren gets mad when you resubmit things too much. But. But I did eventually resubmit for a perfect host, and it was in 2007, I believe, that I did it for you guessed it, Jeremy Piven. Because if there's anybody who's like Hanks, it's the Piven. It was not picked again. And so just held on to it and held onto it and kept bugging Seth about it. And finally, on my last show, the host was Alec Baldwin. I went up to Seth and I said, I think. I think this is the week. This is the one for time croave to Seth. And he was like, I just want to make sure that you are writing it so that it can be live. And I'm like, it's all mapped out in my head of how to do it live. So you can assure Lauren that I've thought this through. And it got picked, and so I was very excited about it. One of the. One of the most fun things about it is things kept changing because they ended up putting the wrong. They said a chicken dinner back in time instead of a beef dinner. And so the hosts kept, you know, like, they would have a mustache in one shot, and then the next shot, they'd have horns. Well, in one shot, ALEC turned into Dr. Zayas from the Planet of the Apes because things had just gone horribly wrong. And the person who was playing Dr. Zayas was Mike O'. Brien. So Mike O' Brien had to be dressed as Dr. Zayas earlier, all night long from dress rehearsal on, because it got picked. And I have a great picture of him giving notes to Nasim in between dress and air, and also him sitting on the floor in Lauren's room while we're getting notes dressed as Dr. Zayas. And it really just made me laugh. And then the scene went on the air, my final show, and it went fine. It got some laughs, but, you know, that's the Time Crow Wave story. As Andy knows, all my stories end with a. So I hope you enjoyed the story of my Time Crew Wave sketch. Goodbye, Lonely islands.

[D]

I feel like we're saying goodbye to Lutz since that's his last show.

[B]

Yeah, you know.

[D]

Oh, he'll be back.

[B]

He'll be back.

[D]

Let's be honest.

[B]

All right, great day. Kick it off, guys.

[A]

So Great day was an idea that I had for a while. It was this one, and people getting punched by before eating were two ideas I had that were just like, one sentence in my notes app or whatever BlackBerry equivalent of that was. And I had pitched it to Akiva a few times, and he's like, okay, tell it to me. And I told him, basically, the first shot, I was like, exactly the shot it ended up being. And me popping up with Coke all over my face and going, I don't know why, but he's going to be a great day. And he's like. And that's what he.

[C]

Why?

[A]

And he was like, okay. And then what? And I was like, I don't know. And he was like, it seems like a really funny shot and beginning, and I don't know where it goes. And I was like, okay. And then it just sort of got pushed aside because of that. And then this week, I brought it up again, and everyone feel free to disagree, but this is my remembrance, my recollection. I brought it up again and Keith said the same thing. And Yoram was like, let's just start writing it. So I was like, okay, I'm down with that. And so I went to Catrice, who is in charge of all the music, and I sang her the first line and basically the melody that it ended up being. She made us the track. I actually just went through the old folder and it was. There's the original one. We could even play a snippet of it if we'd like.

[D]

Here.

[C]

Yeah. Why don't we just do that right now?

[D]

I don't know why, but I think.

[A]

It'S gonna be a great day.

[C]

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo sun will shine.

[A]

And it was way too slow. It's so.

[B]

You know, Catrice tragically passed away, and it is so beautiful and sweet and sad to hear her singing one of your dumb songs.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

For sure. We worked with her a lot.

[B]

She's such a talent.

[D]

She was so, so good.

[A]

Yeah, she really. She really was. And she helped us with so many things, and it was. We were lucky.

[B]

And it's very funny, too, that, like, her instinct, of course, would. Her first instinct was to always make it a great song.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And so. And the funny song is too fast. But, like, her first version, you're like, oh, this is a great song.

[A]

I would pop that on. Yeah. So I realized in the folder, my great day folder, I had started organizing by this time, there were like seven versions of it going faster and faster and faster and faster and faster. And I'm sure me and Yoram both being like, no, no, no. It has to be like, fucking crazy fast.

[D]

Yeah. He's like, go.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And you're like. And also, just so, you know, like, half through, it has to go double time.

[B]

That.

[A]

So she made it and we loved it. And we just started recording in the office. My. My main memory of it was me and Yoram were, like, locked into the manicness of it. And I had written out a. A document with a bunch of ideas in it that I also sent. But we kind of just started doing it stream of consciousness, like, line by line, and. And it took us where it took us, and it was really fun, which.

[C]

I think is a lesson. I don't know if I can pinpoint that. And that's when we learned the lesson. But now when we are brainstorming songs, if one of us has a really strong first line that matches with music that we either have or have made.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

That's all we need now. We never overthink that now.

[A]

Sure.

[C]

We don't go, where does it go? Like, we go, well, that's funny. Can we add another thing on top of that?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Like, where does. What's the next sentence? All right, well, we have three great sentences now. What's the fourth sentence? Like, we go. And that. Like, when you described it, Andy, I was like, right. We didn't know that necessarily at that time, but that became, like, our process, I would say.

[A]

I would agree. Especially in the last, like, 10 or 12 years, a lot of that has led to some of the songs I like the most.

[D]

It's hilarious to call that a process.

[A]

But it is a process, by the way. It's how most. Not most, but it's how a lot of people make music now. Like, I just saw, like, a whole, like, punching in. Exactly.

[C]

As they call it on Pro Tools, where you just do a line until it sounds good and then just go, all right, what's the next line? Punch me in.

[A]

Yeah, exactly.

[C]

As opposed to knowing a whole song and recording.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. It's. It's a way to do it, especially now that you have such access to great recording equipment that's not as expensive and blah, blah, blah. So anyway, we. We had a blast doing it, and I remember we got, like, halfway through, and. And Keev. I don't know if you were there the whole time, Keev, or if you, like, checked back in on us and you're like, it's good. Like, to your credit, like, always. Super, like, oh, yeah, it's working. You guys did it. Great job. Like, it was always very posi, and.

[C]

I don't think it took very long. I think you guys got a little deeper in to where I was like, oh.

[B]

Oh, this is rad.

[C]

And then I help. And then I helped with the rest.

[A]

I mean, I clearly hadn't mapped out the rest of what I saw being, but it was basically just like, what if this guy, whose life is falling apart, was singing A super upbeat musical song.

[D]

We were always very good about that. Like, if two of us saw something, then the other person would just extract themselves until they got it. And then whatever notes came in afterwards would always make it a much, much better process. With the three of.

[B]

And also, like every one of your great songs, there's like 12 different moves. Like, everybody knows what the premise is. The premise is so clean. Everybody knows what it is, and nobody in the audience can guess what the next move is gonna be like. It's never. And so it's. Everything is a delight because it also. You never betray the premise. It's just like, really great leaps. Also, I think that thing with you walking and then looking at camera, like you walking ahead but looking at the camera as it tracks along with you is one of my favorite Andy moves. And I feel like was like your Emmy song.

[A]

We have reproduced great day energy, in my estimation, a few times since the Emmy opening song. For sure. Honestly, the Hellman's commercial I just did that just came out for the super.

[B]

Bowl, which is great.

[D]

Very much so.

[A]

And it's fun. I love playing that energy. It's like a way to be, like, fun, full tilt, like, chasing Jim Carrey energy within the context of what we really know how to do and control, which is the songs and the fast cutting and all that stuff. It just makes me happy to see something move that fast, honestly.

[B]

Yeah. And it's not so fast that you can't understand it.

[A]

Well, we found out this time that it wasn't.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

There was discussion about that, though, of, like, fuck, this thing is breakneck.

[D]

It's breakneck. But I do think that, like, the style of the song and, like. And there's enough openness to Catrice's interpretation, too, and the crispness of your being very. It wasn't overwritten in terms of, like. There was no wordplay. And it was also. The diction was very clear, I felt like. Which helps. Good diction. Always a big part of our.

[C]

He's a businessman.

[B]

Two days ago, I was walking out of 30 Rock and bumped into Bobby Moynihan, who is, I think, in the new Tracy Morgan show. Right.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And that's. So he was doing press for that.

[A]

Who I think is in the nude.

[B]

He was. You couldn't tell, but he was. He had a big bag.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So it's hard to tell. Like, a big, like, carrier bag. But he. I was like, oh, I was literally just watching. Great day. And you're so funny as the mailman. And obviously, we'll get into it.

[A]

But like he is very good. I in rewatching it, I was like, first off, you guys shot the shit out of it. It looks so fun, gorgeous, vibrant. The camera moves all rip. The cutting is so good.

[D]

The steady in this is great.

[B]

And again, it's your. It's your Cherry Lane corner.

[C]

One of our favorite streets in all of New York City. And it's May. I don't want to talk about the weather every time we get to May.

[B]

But feel it.

[C]

You do feel it.

[A]

Oh yeah.

[B]

And is this your farewell to that corner? Did you ever shoot there again?

[A]

I don't think so.

[C]

TBD on that. Put your bets in Polymark.

[B]

But I kind of feel like this was your best. I don't know, it was like. It's kind of a love song to that corner as well.

[D]

It looks like a musical. That street is perfect.

[C]

But you can see the Iran so far stoop for sure.

[A]

Yes. I will say in terms of like the very beginning of this, I always knew I wanted it to be there because it looks like a studio lot city. You know what I mean?

[C]

Totally. Yeah.

[D]

Ms.

[B]

Buried. It looks fake.

[A]

It looks fake, exactly.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

If we could have shot it on a lot, I would have been stoked.

[B]

There's a very hard to get into restaurant there now called Wild Cherry, Andy.

[C]

Yeah, in the Cherry Lane Theater.

[A]

I read about that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Bit of a foodie.

[C]

Cherry Lane Theater still open though, as a theater. It's like a second.

[A]

I read the rags.

[B]

Oh, you do keep up with New York restaurant scenes.

[C]

Grease a palm. Get yourself in there.

[A]

Oh, Seth. You grease the palms, brother.

[B]

Oh my God, I love Seth.

[D]

Can we go there for the. Can we go to our palate?

[C]

That's where you guys can go after the vasectomy dinner.

[D]

Yeah, exactly.

[B]

It's probably. I know it's really hard to get into but weirdly they do have deals for people who had a vasectomy that day. If you can prove it, fantastic. But they're like, no, I get documentation. Prove it with the doctors know. They make you prove it.

[A]

Oh, they make you show.

[C]

You have to whip it out. Is getting a vasectomy the opposite of popping your cherry? Just curious. Cuz that might be.

[B]

Yeah. Wild Cherry it is kind of. Yeah, it's the reverse.

[C]

It's the reverse of popping your cherry. So you go to Wild Cherry. That makes sense. Thanks for saying that, Seth.

[B]

I did say it.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Thanks for asking that really tasteful question, Seth.

[D]

I can't.

[B]

Wait, wait.

[C]

Just like we didn't tell Connor that Andy said off it was you over and over.

[A]

I would never have said that to Connor. And Connor knows that.

[B]

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[B]

All right, should we watch it?

[C]

Yeah, I got it here. Hold on.

[A]

Anybody else feel like. Like they're about to fall asleep?

[D]

Yes.

[C]

No, I'm good.

[A]

Oh, that's right.

[C]

It is like, this is maybe the latest we've ever done one. It is in terms of a pod, but it is tgif.

[A]

Oh, nice.

[D]

Yeah, Definitely going out after this.

[C]

I wish Seth was here. He'd go Have a drink with me.

[B]

I would have a drink with you.

[A]

Yeah. He probably has like a hundred percent less vertigo than me, too.

[C]

All right, here we go.

[A]

I don't know why, but today seems like it's going to be a great day. There's something in the air that makes me. Can we stop? I know it just started.

[C]

No, no, go for it.

[A]

I definitely remember us talking about how we want on the first line to have a light streaming through and B, a bunch of coke puff up, up off my face.

[B]

The puff is great.

[C]

So that you really get adjusted the line.

[A]

Yes, exactly.

[D]

And I think we shot that like six or seven times to get that one perfect.

[B]

It's perfect. That thing of like the saddest thing. Cause there's like, you know, Chinese food and pizza. The poorly cardboarded over window. Yes. Like, somebody was like, no, he's had.

[C]

Some episodes in here. There's the cabinets broken.

[A]

Yes. But anyhow, very happy with how it worked. Now, obviously, I. If they weren't getting it, they would just digitally put in a puff, but I love that we got it.

[C]

Also, we had them actually build us a little set here, which was unusual for us, which is nice. Yeah. That's why I do think it was early in the week because there's more planning available to us. Okay, my man.

[A]

Seems like it's gonna be a great day. There's something in the air that makes me feel like things are gonna go my way. The birds are chirping. Tweedly deet is that. I was so happy to get actual, like, cel animation looking bluebirds.

[B]

Really well done.

[D]

So good. They did a great job.

[C]

And it was hard to get it.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

They really did it. They drew those and animated. And it was expensive. And you think it's gonna be so easy. You're like, yeah. They're just like. And now maybe it would be. But it was.

[A]

But we wanted like those, what is it? Song of the south styles. And I remember being personally very adamant about wanting it that way. And then when they did it, I was so happy. So thanks again many years later for everyone who did that.

[B]

And then this immediately into what I imagine is exactly what you wanted on the light on your face.

[C]

Jorm. We couldn't hear you. What were you saying about the words?

[D]

I was saying that, like, there's two little things just for like, little filmmaking things of when Andy pops up, it's a little speed ramp as he, like, pops up. Just to make him even more insane as he pops up when you first see him.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

And Then. And then when the door opens, I remember like in editing, adding there's a very subtle sound of sizzling, like it's sizzling his brain.

[A]

You're saying on the sun shot.

[D]

On the sun shot.

[C]

Sizzle.

[A]

I remember you adding that. It's really funny.

[B]

Also just a detail that's worth pointing out in the set direction. The fact that there are a stack of pizza slices on top of the fridge. So there's empty pizza. And then you also were like so, like gacked out. You were like stacking pizza.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. He's like, I'm eat these.

[C]

No, I'm not. I'll put them here.

[B]

Nobody else is going to eat them. I'm going to put them here.

[A]

I'll come back for those. I won't forget. Remind me. Shining bright There's a skip in my step A pep in my pep and I don't know why. That move, dude, that move. The camera pulling back as I'm like gliding forward or whatever and then landing at Bobby right at the right moment for the line. It's. You watch it and you just take it all for granted because it's telling you the story well. But for me, I'm just so appreciative of how fucking dope it is. It's very smooth.

[B]

I mean, again, the choreography, both actual, literal choreography and then the way the camera is moving is as good as you guys ever had it in this.

[C]

And we're clearly on real lenses and stuff. So it's. It's in our more DP based mode here. Yeah, on us. And I think the entire thing's on Steadicam. Just.

[D]

I always love that same thing, though, Andy, like the revealing foreground shots is always.

[A]

It's a little Spielberg, isn't it?

[D]

Yeah, it is.

[C]

He does do that.

[A]

Hey there, mailman Fred. Any letters for my ex wife or the kids?

[C]

No.

[A]

Fantastic news. Wonderful day. Makes me feel so happy that my face is numb My heart is racing along Ba ra.

[C]

So many places and.

[A]

People to me now that I've lost.

[C]

My shout out to Danielle because isn't that her in the waitress outfit?

[D]

Yes, that is Danielle. Yes, the choreographer.

[C]

She was the longtime SNL choreographer who didn't always put herself in the dance only when she, I guess, thought it was appropriate and which it totally is.

[D]

Here she's in a budget like she's one of the zombies in.

[C]

Oh yeah, that's right. Nice to see her on camera for sure.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Barumpa po bom pom. I would not have before I watched it. I Would not have remembered that line. But when I heard the setup to it, I knew it was coming. And they were.

[D]

There's so many fucking good Andy movies. Moves just to show you like. Like just the. The performance and the glee of the insanity.

[B]

The first kind of big turn that's about to happen is one of my favorite things.

[A]

Love the choreography of them all touching their face because their face is numb.

[D]

It's just a pleasant musical.

[A]

The dancers are just like, yay. So many places and people to meet. Now that I've lost my job, you.

[C]

Hitting a little Coro is so key. It's what, like, pop stars do, where they have the dancers go nuts, and then they just hit, like, three things and you're like, whoa. They know the whole thing. It's great.

[A]

Yes, yes. Truly say, young man, the world. Hey, hey. Get the off me. No, no. Just give me a second.

[D]

Get that one ladder shot.

[A]

I don't know why, but today seems like it's going to be a great day. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Spend more time with my kids. Today's carpet. I've got to seize the day. I'm gonna move to Spain and run with the bulls. And my wife and boss and kids and parents will say, we were wrong about you.

[C]

Dennis. Hey, Dennis.

[A]

That's my name. Are you really gonna run with the bulls? Why would I do that?

[D]

Cause you said you were gonna.

[C]

Come on, man.

[A]

That was like, three days ago. Or was it?

[C]

What I remember about that shot is Kreisel was still with us for the whole season with snl working with the show, and we gave him the eyeball shot. Am I remembering correctly? Yes.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Like, he did that on. What was the program he always used?

[C]

Probably after effects, maybe.

[D]

Yeah, exactly. And then I think this was one of the first. It couldn't been the first times, but, like. But that we do a little pop in close up, and those were all digitally done. I remember being like, oh, yeah. We have, like, high enough quality, you and him.

[C]

When.

[D]

No, when Andy's walking, like.

[C]

Oh. Just to keep it lively. Yeah, yeah. Where we're just popping in on the same footage.

[A]

Popping in and out. Because we were at such high derf.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Just because we went to Danielle. Like, all those dancers do a great job because there's no cuts there. They have to actually act through the entirety of your rage. And it's. They're all really great because then they have to pop right back into the high energy, just like you.

[A]

Definitely.

[B]

And none of them get you, really. You Watch it again. I'm like, oh, yeah. None of them get caught acting there. They're all, like, so natural. It's really great.

[C]

That's true. And then we come back in and the tempo's faster, which is delightful.

[D]

And it's like halfway through just cooking, he's recharged also.

[B]

It is. I mean, you talk about how, like, they built you a set, you got a dp, it's on Steadicams. Like, this is like, this is fat city. Times for Lonely island. Up to and including, like, Kreitzel was just, like, on retainer to, like, make, like, a guy who fully could do a short on his own was like, yeah, I'll do eyes.

[C]

They found other stuff for him to do at the show.

[B]

Yeah, no, I know, but it's just, like, so awesome.

[A]

We know you're his greatest defender, Keith.

[C]

We're starting to have a team of people we can count on, which is great. And then somebody in the VFX people did the Matrix stuff for us at the end, but I. I'm not going to remember their name.

[D]

I'm pretty sure that was Art Jail. I. I think that's. I think that's Graham at Art Jail.

[C]

Got it. Yeah.

[A]

Hey, Dennis. That's my name. Are you really going to run with the bulls? Why would I do that?

[D]

Cuz you said you were going to.

[C]

Come on, man.

[A]

That was like three days ago. Or was it makes me feel fine and fancy free. Much of the ocean is still unexplored. How did I get up in this tree?

[D]

Really good legs and arms.

[C]

We're just back in the again. A different Iran so far. Location. The roof deck. The roof, right?

[A]

Yeah, up at the roof. Come on, man. That was like three days ago. Or was it? Very happy to be reminded of that joke.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, God.

[D]

Really good. Also very good casting on the. On the family. Like, everybody's like. And it sort of looks beautiful, like all. The portrait.

[B]

Who's the dude sitting on you here?

[C]

The portrait. That's our wardrobe.

[A]

Yeah. Brian Hemeseth. Oh, yeah.

[B]

I did not notice it.

[D]

I believe Brian works for Sesame street now.

[C]

Yeah, he's for many years now has worked for Sesame street doing their wardrobe. But he was. That's another sign that we were more of a mainstay. We had our dedicated person that would come in late in the week to handle our stuff. He would still be within the SNL infrastructure and wardrobe, but he would do our.

[B]

Brian was my. I mean, the easiest job at snl. He was great at it. That was why he also had time for you guys. He was my dresser on show night. Yeah.

[A]

So he would, like, put your jacket on.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Nicely done.

[B]

And sometimes the pants, if I wanted to.

[A]

You wore shorts?

[B]

No, I'd wear, like, jeans. Like what I like. Sometimes I put on the full suit pants. Pants.

[A]

Oh, I see.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Seth, be real. Bermuda shorts. You ever wear Bermuda shorts?

[C]

I was.

[B]

I went to Adam Sandler's warehouse, so there's a lot of, like, long basketball shorts.

[C]

This bench that we're paused on as well. One of my favorite photos of the three of us is on this bench that we will have shared before some shirts on the Internet. But we can put it on our Instagram because I'll post it once a year if we want. Because I just like it so much.

[A]

Yeah, that's a good.

[B]

I love it.

[C]

But it's a very good picture. I think Rachel Lynn took it up in this tree.

[A]

Now I'm over here. Now I'm over there. Now I'm under the stew. Now I'm back in the tree. Now I'm hanging out backstage with my very best friends, Alec Baldwin and Tom Petty.

[C]

Get the out of here.

[D]

What Now, Tom.

[A]

Full tux.

[D]

Just floating through that insane full tux.

[A]

I mean, this. At this point, we're inside his mind.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, it is zooming. It's fucking. I love the editing.

[C]

Any memory of where we shot this? I'm just curious. The audience doesn't give a. I think.

[D]

That this was like, maybe Seth stage.

[C]

I think this is Seth stage.

[A]

Yeah. It might have been down on one of the news stages. Remember, we do that sometimes on like three or something? Yeah, yeah. Like where we did Boombox.

[D]

Rachel Lynn will know. Rachel, tell us.

[A]

Also, saying homies in this song is so wrong.

[B]

It's the badness.

[A]

This definitely does not fit.

[D]

Oh, I love it. It's so lonely.

[C]

I love it. That nasally we added of just someone just trying to suck the shit out of the nectar out of that rose.

[A]

This guy snorts stuff. He's a snorting type. Any problem is solvable. We can't be the hungry at cure disease. But all of that would be a huge waste of time because we live in the Matrix.

[C]

What is wrong with him?

[A]

He's on drugs. Oh.

[D]

That. That metric was hard to get, too.

[B]

I mean, the little spit. The little spit at the end is just perfect.

[D]

Do you guys remember how hard it was to get that shot that like. Like, it was like it wasn't gonna work? It was me. $10,000 and D. And then it just got talked down into like. No, we can get that Matrix shot.

[C]

It's fine. Fine.

[A]

They did a great job.

[D]

Yeah, it was awesome.

[A]

Did you guys know we're actually living in the Matrix irl?

[C]

Oh.

[D]

Oh, yeah, I heard about that.

[A]

Yeah. Wasn't there something about the end shot.

[C]

KE with the spit?

[A]

You can see the water on the ground from a different take or something.

[C]

Oh, yeah. I think you could see take one is in there. And we just. Nowadays you would easily. Yeah, there it is right there.

[D]

All right.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Nowadays you would just easily erase that in five seconds.

[D]

How embarrassing.

[A]

But it was the beginning, I think, of people being able to, like, because of everything being online and repeat viewing and stuff and getting videos dissected. More of people being able to notice something like that. Whereas in the Elden times, you would have just aired this and no one would have thought the diffy. Ooh, I'm tailing off.

[C]

Yes, but your point is well taken. But it is there. Oh, and then it's gone. Oh, there you go. Yeah. So it is dry at the end. It does appear correctly at the end. But the shot of you Matrix arming was clear. Yeah. But we easily could have even just using our rudimentary skills, done a little matte and just grabbed that piece of cement from the other shot, put it over.

[A]

We didn't notice, you know, because we're like, if that's what they're looking at, we've lost.

[C]

I think we honestly didn't notice. We were in the zone, dude.

[A]

We didn't even notice.

[D]

It's often what's said on set, especially when you're moving particularly fast. And usually a scripty will say, like, hold on, we need to make sure that this. And you're like, if people are paying attention to that, then we've already lost, is a phrase that I often say.

[B]

And that script supervisor, what name was Starfish.

[C]

She was Starfish.

[A]

When Starfish does that, that's a nice full circle moment.

[B]

There had been a water in the previous shot. Starfish.

[A]

Starfish supervisor.

[D]

Wow.

[B]

Full circle on Starfish.

[A]

That's perfect.

[C]

So shot list on Thursday. Panning down to find a street early in the morning. I think Yoram, you typed these up is my guess.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I don't know.

[C]

Dancers come in on so many places and people to meet.

[D]

I thought that, like, were you doing something this week? Why did I think that we weren't around as much?

[C]

I don't know. I was there. Maybe just from those first few hours that you guys cracked the song without me.

[A]

I think it was just that because.

[C]

I was there the whole time. Yeah. I have memory of every shot, more than most, because again, time, springtime, that's.

[A]

When the memories really are made for Akiva.

[C]

I'm gonna buy a plane ticket to New York City on May 10th of this year, and I'm gonna come out and just.

[B]

The guy just lock down cherry lady.

[C]

Oh, God.

[A]

He likes to take it. Its majesty.

[C]

Schedule that vasectomy, and I'll be there. We get your.

[D]

Hey, you heard it here, ferg. You guys, AA's in.

[C]

Get your wild cherry, and I'll be there.

[B]

You know when you don't want to be there, Keith? Right now. No. Gray snow, 6 degrees.

[D]

It is.

[B]

Brick.

[C]

I thought about you guys today when I was outside, because it was 80 degrees and it was so nice and clear, and I was like, wow, this is when you don't want to be.

[B]

In New York, Andy. All right. Like, Andy's fading. This is criterion collection 100%. I can't wait for the next people to vote for it. I do want to say we talked about Manny Manimal a lot last episode. Andy, I don't know if you even remember Manny Manimal. It was a sketch that Jost wrote for Taylor Lautner where he was like a spider man but got bit by a lot of different animals. So he was the man of Manny Manimals.

[A]

That sounds familiar.

[B]

Manny Manimal. Then he resubmitted it for me in 2017. Then he resubmitted it for Finn Wolfhard last week. It got cut three times. And then we talked about it on the pod. And then I had to get permission from him to tell the story.

[A]

Got it.

[B]

And he called me and laughing very hard. He was very happy. And he wants to come on the pod and talk to a whole Manny Manimal episode because he. His argument is that he has made it better every single time. And, like, it definitely hasn't worked.

[C]

That's what we want to chronicle through Mondo Butts style.

[B]

He's like, it hasn't worked. But he's like, it is very different. Yeah.

[A]

In his mind, it's Amando Butts.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

He has Amanda Butts also. The thing that I had forgotten was that the man of Manny animals, Manny Manimal, also in the beginning voiceover, he was a janitor named Manny Emanuel. And I told Jos That I had forgotten that. He goes, believe it or not, it's a huge part of the Finn Wolfhard version. And I'm like, oh. And nobody cared. He's like, nobody cared.

[C]

He zeroed in on a funny detail and was like, oh, why don't I make more out of it?

[B]

This is what it is.

[C]

Where people are like, wait, your name was Manny? Your name is Manny Manuels. But it was before Emmanuel, man. Still, nobody likes nobody.

[B]

No.

[C]

Did you ask him about dinner, though?

[B]

I know I didn't. I talked to him about Mandy Manimal. I didn't talk to him about dinner. But we'll. I mean, obviously we'll grill him.

[C]

I just want to know about the five people he was going to invite to dinner an hour before you talked about it.

[A]

Our recent thing.

[C]

Yeah, well, because we were talking about Joseph. I'm like, he invited us to dinner and then didn't come.

[A]

Oh, my God, you put him on blast.

[B]

Oh, so much. I thought it was fucking gangster.

[C]

I love it. Well, it's funny. It's extra funny that he invited. He said, actually, can we make the reservation for 12 people? I'm bringing five more people. An hour before. And then was like, actually, I'm not coming.

[A]

It was way less than an hour before. It was like 20 minutes before.

[C]

If that's when he told us he wasn't coming.

[A]

It was crazy.

[D]

Crazy.

[A]

It was crazy. We love him.

[C]

Hey, just circling back to Great Day for one second, guys, if you don't mind. I'm looking at the shot list. It was shot on Thursday because it says shot list Thursday. On Friday, it was the stuff in the stage of Alec and Tom Petty and the dramatic lighting stuff about you being dissed with the rose, with the tucks and the family portrait stuff. Wrong about you, Dennis.

[B]

I'm going to say one last thing because I meant to say it when we watched it. Also fucking rad that Tom Petty was in this.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So cool.

[C]

And that was not lost on us. We couldn't believe when he came in and sat down for a minute and was super nice and we did it. And there's a really nice photo of us with him that even somebody printed out black and white copies of.

[A]

Yep. Yeah, it was great. I mean, that's the SNL thing. You just, like, meet legendary people you love in passing super quickly. And you're like, okay, great, thanks.

[D]

You're like, hey, that living legend was really cool.

[A]

Yeah. Hey, guys, it's Andy. I realized we never got to whether or not I quibbied, which I think we can all agree is unacceptable because it's the most important part of the entire pod. I think everyone feels the same and is on board and in agreement about that. Anyhow, the day we recorded. I needed two hints. But as fate would have it, today I did it clean. I got a full on clean quibi and there were 80 words and I felt so proud and yeah, I think proud enough to pop in a little voice note, right? A little snuggler, little Douglar right at the end just for all the heads. It was an annoying long one, but I persevered and I made it. Up yours, Seth.

[B]

It's Criterion and I love you guys. And Andy, I hope you get better soon and thanks, buddy. Let's do it again in the near future.

[A]

Love you guys.

[D]

Take it away, Arnold.

[A]

No.

[D]

Oh, no. Sorry. Love you Quaid's Love you, Quaid's Take it away, Arnold.

[C]

And he goes boom, boom, boom. Hey there.

[A]

He doesn't respond to that.

[D]

Oh, he doesn't? What He. Oh, so you tell me what he responds to, Andy.

[A]

Later, Arnold.

[C]

Later, Quaid.