Listener Q&A Episode 12

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast – Listener Q&A Episode 12 (April 28, 2026)

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Main Theme / Purpose

This episode is a special Listener Q&A where Seth Meyers sits down with The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone (Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer are absent) to dig into recent fan mail, reminisce about SNL days, new projects, and swap stories about fan encounters, awkward real-life moments, and the enduring impact of their comedy on listeners’ lives. The episode is rich with personal anecdotes, behind-the-scenes tales, reflections on their creative journey, and audience engagement.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Recent Collaborations and Media Appearances (01:05–06:21)

• Jorma and Seth have had a busy week together: a Q&A for Jorma’s new film, a late night appearance, and plenty of burrito-related inside jokes.
• They discuss New York Magazine’s “Who Won Late Night” rankings and joke about being called “coastal elites” vs. representing “flyover country.”
• Seth praises Jorma’s film and encourages everyone to go see it (“give it a quump”).
• Jorma reflects on the infectious energy at live screenings post-pandemic:

  “It’s so great post-pandemic to, like, be in theaters with people laughing and, like, it's so... fun, man.” — Jorma (05:05)

• Seth observes the strong Quaid Army fan presence at these events.

2. Inside Jokes, Audience Feedback, and Fan Community (06:21–11:07)

• Jorma recounts enthusiastic responses at Q&As and the evolving “righteous kill” catchphrase.
• Listener comments spur an in-depth discussion of unusual audience interactions (the “theater rake” discussion and West Coast slang).
• The duo celebrates the newly-coined slang for international fans:
  • British fans: "quids" (“I heard from a few British listeners that they are very happy with quids.” — Seth, 10:22)
  • Australian fans: jokes about “quants”
• Introduction of “job” as shorthand for “Jeremy Allen Whitebody” (11:07)
  • “I got to work on that job.” — Jorma (11:23)

3. Listener Q&A and Fan Stories Segment (16:10–41:19)

Laura’s Fan Video Story (16:10–19:08)

• Listener Laura writes about alerting her friend that their fan video for “I Think I Might Have Killed the President” was played on the pod.
• Reminiscence about the Livejournal days of Lonely Island fandom.
• Laura mentions her own proud creation: an “Arty Party” fan video remix using old clips of Andy.
• Jorma marvels:

  “It's amazing how much stuff I had forgotten that we did.” — Jorma (17:53)

  • The fan video garners 1.4M views; hosts encourage listeners to watch it.

Teresa’s Sweet Memory (19:20–22:19)

• Teresa recalls Jorma showing an unreleased version of “Jizz in My Pants” to a group of Catholic high schoolers and their moms back in 2008.
• Touching detail: her late mother (a huge fan) and the role comedy played in grief and family memory:

  “Comedy genuinely helps people survive hard things. The work you all do to bring joy, absurdity and relief really matters.” — Teresa (21:37)

• Jorma finds it moving and confirms the story while discussing comfort with fans calling him “Yorm.”

Naming Stories and Nominative Determinism (22:32–25:35)

• Both discuss the idea that unusual names shape one’s personality (“nominative determinism”).
  • Jorma nearly changed his middle name to “McDuck” at 14 and actually has a “McTurds” sign on his house.
  • Seth reveals he always felt more like his nickname “Suf” than Seth.

Train Dad Story and “Quaid Army" Encounter (28:05–33:35)

• Seth retells a stressful dad moment: feeding kids on a commuter train, chaos over backpacks/iPads/coins, and a fan recognizes him and says, “Quaid Army.”
• The fan (Theodore) independently writes in, describing Seth as "the annoying food guy" (31:08) and offers his guilty perspective about bothering him.
• Both sides laugh at the stress and guilt of parenting in public, with Jorma supportive:

  “Hey, when you're a dad, you gotta dad it up.” — Jorma (31:42)

Parenting Cheat Codes & Comedy’s Timelessness (34:20–36:31)

• Listener jokes about the “worst part of parenting is the children.” (35:32)
• Seth shares a story about seeing a 100-year-old play and the enduring power of comedy.
  • Jorma compares it to old SNL bits and contemporary comedy.

SNL & Movie Anecdotes (36:31–39:08)

• Seth references a clever movie flashback gag that originated from Timothy Olyphant.
• They discuss Jorma’s improvement post-accident and his ceremonial first pitch at a Mets game.
• Discussing walk-up music (“Turtleneck and Chain” vs. “Dick in a Box”), and experiencing family celebrations.

Group Dynamic and Future Plans (39:17–41:19)

• Banter about Andy and Akiva being the “third and fourth sweetest sweetie pies.”
• Keith texts in to object, revealing he’s camping, an image they find gleefully amusing.
• Discussion of possibly touring in England (“Let’s do a live Lonely Island pod in England... That’s how we do it.” — Seth, 15:56)
• Listener sent Seth a bottle of sparkling apple juice addressed to “Seth Quaid.”

4. Outro Banter and Andy Samberg’s Surprise Voice Note (41:39–42:10)

• Andy chimes in last-minute via voice note:

  “Joke's on you, Seth, you piece of human dog shit. …I did not get queen bee. But I’m also not done yet. …Shout out Quaid Army. And I love you guys.” — Andy (41:39)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "It’s so great post-pandemic to, like, be in theaters with people laughing and, like, it’s so… fun, man. It’s been awesome." — Jorma (05:05)
• “It’s amazing how much stuff I had forgotten that we did. It’s very...” — Jorma (17:53)
• “Comedy genuinely helps people survive hard things. The work you all do to bring joy, absurdity and relief really matters.” — Teresa’s letter read by Seth (21:37)
• “If on your deathbed you got to hear everything that has been talked about you from straight strangers… look at that dip shit…” — Jorma (33:49)
• “It’s hard to be a dad, and it’s hard to feed your kids.” — Seth (34:02)
• “The worst part of parenting is the children.” (from a play, relayed at 35:32)
• “Let’s do a live Lonely Island pod in England... That’s how we do it.” — Seth (15:56)
• Andy Samberg’s sign-off voice note: “Joke’s on you, Seth, you piece of human dog shit… Shout out Quaid Army. And I love you guys.” (41:39)

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Important Timestamps

• [01:05] — Burrito banter, late night rankings, “coastal elites” jokes
• [04:20] — Seth praises Jorma’s new film, “give it a quump”
• [05:05] — Reflections on communal theater experiences post-pandemic
• [10:22] — British fans “quids” and fan community nicknames
• [11:07] — Introduction of “job” (Jeremy Allen Whitebody) slang
• [16:10] — Laura’s fan video story and nostalgia for early Lonely Island fandom
• [19:20] — Teresa’s heartfelt letter about grief and the power of comedy
• [22:32] — Discussion on names and personality, “nominative determinism”
• [28:05] — Seth’s train dad moment and fan encounter from both perspectives
• [33:49] — What strangers say about you, “if on your deathbed…”
• [35:32] — Joke from “Fallen Angels” about parenting
• [36:31] — SNL/movies anecdotes
• [39:17] — Group dynamic, Keith’s camping, future tour dreams
• [41:39] — Andy’s surprise voice note and sign-off

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Engagement & Tone

The episode is heartfelt and irreverent, packed with behind-the-scenes nods, quick self-deprecation, and the kind of warmth only possible between old friends and close collaborators. It’s a blend of feel-good nostalgia and real-life absurdity, punctuated by fan appreciation and running inside jokes.

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For New Listeners & Fans

• Even without Andy and Akiva present for most of the episode, the interplay between Seth and Jorma is lively, affectionate, and full of genuine appreciation for their fan community.
• Stories from longtime fans highlight the deep, enduring impact Lonely Island’s work has — both for personal histories and the culture of comedy.
• “Quaid Army” isn’t just a catchphrase; it’s a living, evolving tribute to community, absurdity, and connection through laughter.

Transcript

[A]

This summer, serve up the cookout classics craft mayo and dressing. Toss green salads with delicious ranch dressing or zesty Italian. Serve smooth, craveably creamy potato salads with mayo. We all know it's not a cookout without Kraft. Hey, quick heads up to anyone in Kuwait army who enjoys standup comedy. I'm gonna be at Paramount theater in Denver on May 8th. I'm gonna be at the Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque on May 9th. I'm gon with my good friend Brooks Whan, who, let's be honest, if you listen to the pod, you can tell Andy is growing a little bit jealous of. It's a very fun time. We'd love to see you. And now back to the pod or the ads. I don't know where they're going to put this. Make way for the qu Army. Say hey, it's the qu Army. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Lonely island and Seth Meyers podcast. Today it's just Seth and Yorm.

[B]

Woo more of me.

[A]

This is a hat trick for us this week. Yorm. Yeah. I did a q and a with you in New York City for your fantastic film. It was a delight.

[B]

It was so fun.

[A]

Then you were on late night on. Wait, Thursday night.

[B]

Yeah. I brought you a burrito.

[A]

Then you brought a burrito out. We opened with a lot of burrito brain references that went well over 90% of my audience. Audience's head. 10% was super excited, maybe less. So we opened with a lot of burrito brain stuff. I also in the intro, I don't know if you noticed, I said, you know him from the Lonely island and Seth Meyers podcast, which some people thought that was me trying to grab a little bit more credit for your work than maybe I deserved.

[B]

Oh, no, I loved it. I loved it. I did like that. After I gave you the burrito, though, when we were talking on the off off minutes, you. You were like, what kind of burrito is this? I was like, this is pretty bad. Basic, basic, basic peanut cheese. And then you just rejected it outright.

[A]

Well, I took a bite of it during our interview. And you recoiled.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. It's a lot.

[A]

Because you said you'd bought it, like, hours and hours and hours.

[B]

Well, it's from Buddy's burritos in Brooklyn, so.

[A]

Well, there you go. You probably aren't familiar not being in the late night world with the weekly New York magazine's vulture does. Who won late night this week? And did you know this was even a thing?

[B]

I. I mean, I did, but I. I haven't thought about it, like, the way you. You do.

[A]

Just like, that's why that I wait for it every week. Like the way you wait for a Broadway review. Sure. Probably you don't think about it the same way. Anyway, friend, it's your Sardis. Our friend Bethy Squires, who writes it every week. We did not win Late night Y, but we did finish in the number two spot.

[B]

Okay, that's good.

[A]

And is that good? Is number two, Is that good? Yeah, it's exceptionally good.

[B]

Oh, sweet. But how many late nights are there? Like, what are you competing against? Is it like eight?

[A]

Well, don't make it. Don't remind everybody. How. How in up against. I mean, it's Kimmel, it's Colbert, it's Daily show, it's Fallon, it's Andy Cohen. Okay, Andy Cohen won this week, but I just want to say because, you know, the last pod with you and AA started with a lot of shade thrown at Andy and I. Yeah. Sorry for the fact that we're pretty boys. Yeah. We're just like. I don't know, you made us seem like elitists. Coastal elites.

[B]

You're coastal elites.

[A]

You said. I did like that. You caught yourself. You said that. You guys are the guys. You. You represent flyover country. Even though I couldn't even even. You would never call it that.

[B]

No, you wouldn't. I couldn't even think of, like, what was the middle of the country.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, when I was talking about being corn fed. Yeah.

[A]

It's sad, but I will just say that it was the write up of your appearance. The two sweetest sweetie pies of the Lonely island and Seth Meyers podcast. So just know from. From where NY Mag is sitting, you and I are the ones who are, you know, keeping it real, while the other two are the ones that are, you know.

[B]

Well, get ready for an extra sweet episode of Lily Islands of my podcast. Here it comes, guys.

[A]

Here it comes. It was so much fun to have you on. It was so much fun to be in a movie theater with people who just saw your fantastic movie, you know, again, obviously you and Keith talked about it at length last week, but I haven't had a chance on the pod after I've seen it to talk about how much I loved it and how great it is and how I hope everybody will continue to give it a quump.

[B]

Please clump it up. Because honestly, like, like, I've been shilling so hard for it, but it's because, like, I'm like, this opening weekend matters so much. I know it's just. It's such a shame to have to, like, sell it as hard as I have been. But it's also been really fun. Like.

[A]

Like.

[B]

And I was saying before you got on too, Seth, like, every single Q and A that we've done, so many Quaid Armys, it's been so fun with people, like, shouting it out and the response.

[A]

I mean, we were talking about the way you say righteous kill. Yes, I do feel like you throw it off.

[B]

It changes all the time now. It's like, oh, righteous kill. And then somebody shouts it out again. You're like, oh, yeah, Righteous kill. Yeah.

[A]

I would say that on a solitary one. I try to say it the way you would say. And a good day to you.

[B]

Yeah. I think that's.

[A]

That is the way I try to give my. Righteous kill.

[B]

Righteous kill.

[A]

Yeah, we got plenty of it. You could tell there was a lot of Quaid army in the house at night. So that was. That was a lot of fun. I will say, though, you know, talking about, like, getting out there and flogging work, that one you want people to see. But two, you're proud of. The same night you were on the show, Charlize Theron was on the show. And, you know, she produced this movie she's in right now called Apex. Yes, I saw this.

[B]

You're talking about the stunt that they did in Times Square, right?

[A]

Oh, no, I was just saying, like, having seen the movie and I kind of saw her movie. I saw your movie. And I get the, I don't know, instinct to go out and try to get people to see it. Because they're really fun movies. Like, they're both of them. They're, like, action packed. They're thrillers. Yours is very funny. Everybody in them is great. And so, I don't know, I just highly recommend both.

[B]

I also just think that, like. And maybe this is because I've had such a wonderful time going around the country and actually being in, like, really cool theaters and duh. Duh. But, like, the communal aspect of it. And I kept being like, I guess theaters are back. Like, people are going to. Obviously it's a very, you know, like, a prescribed experience that I'm having. But it's so, like, great post pandemic to, like, be in theaters with people laughing and, like, it's so. It's so fun, man. It's been awesome.

[A]

This was a very funny comment in the YouTube section last week, and I read the comments before I listened to the episode.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And so somebody wrote, if there isn't a 10 minute block of this pod discussing theater rakes. I'm gonna snap.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, there was,

[A]

there was. And it was. It was. It was delightful.

[B]

Oh, shit. Sorry about that, guys.

[A]

This. You. You actually mentioned this line when we were doing the Q and A about a Juliet Lewis line in the movie, but there was a comment. Saw this movie on opening day for that quump bump and had a question about Allegra yelling, you're a motherfucking titty sucking two ball bitch. Does this mean that this movie takes place in the universe that the Style boys exist in, or is it our universe where the movie pop star exists? Which means she probably saw it at one of the prison movie nights. This is a line that she just, like, improvised.

[B]

She improvised this. Yeah, yeah. And I was. I was shocked that she said it. And I thought it was just like, oh, this is like, just must be across the country in third grade. Everybody like, did you have this, Seth, growing up? Did people say that?

[A]

No, that's not. When I had.

[B]

Okay. It was a west coast thing then.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It had nothing to do with style, but she just said it, and I was fucking thrilled when she did.

[A]

Oh, you did multiple burns. You had a comment early on where you said, I always hate it.

[B]

Oh, no.

[A]

Talking about movies. I always hate it when the sound doesn't look good.

[B]

Did I say it?

[A]

You can't. You can't look at the sound. So that was. That's kind of a very jackalish.

[B]

No, I don't think so. That's. You guys. I'm still on drugs. Like, just like a. You know, I'm on 1800 now. Gab Pen. I don't have any real excuses. I'm using.

[A]

There were a lot of comments in the YouTube section of your interview where you talked about a lot about painkillers and, like, just people being like, hey, man, just like, look out. So I do want to stress to everybody that when we talk about that Yoram takes this very seriously.

[B]

Very.

[A]

Yeah. Hey, I did not know this because, you know, I don't. I'm not like, into the gossip mags. I'm not into the, like, the private life of our nation's celebrities. Oh, CWA do got married.

[B]

Oh, my gosh. That's a. That's shocking. Congratulations, cuaito.

[A]

Yeah. Congratulations to cwaito. Indeed. Cwaito got married at intimate, but also star studded. You feel like one of us would have made the cut.

[B]

But I'm gonna say I'm a little surprised that all four of us weren't invited.

[A]

I'm just relieved for Keev based on all the sort of non work related meals Liz was having with Quaid that he's now off the market.

[B]

Thank God. Oh my God. Yeah, that was far too close.

[A]

But just real congratulations to Quaido and his wife Claudia. His new wife Claudia. And to their intimate. Star studded. It was in Australia, so I wish I would be.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, I think. Yeah, I wouldn't have made it. I like to picture that they had a giant Mac and cheese cake.

[A]

You know, one would think. Yeah, I mean, maybe that's why they didn't invite one of us is they were worried we would try to. We would try to push Mac and cheese as a part. As a part of the wedding. Oh. A lot of people said that maybe Andy and I didn't join last week's pod because we were so jealous at how good your movie was and we didn't want to sit there and have to listen to you get praise. I want to assure people we're both very happy and proud of you for how good your movie was.

[B]

I don't think that that's a problem. Although I will say after McGruber though, after the screening that I did of McGruber for SNL that we did at the Soho House in. In Manhattan, that was the nicest comment that I got was that Andy looked at me and angrily was like, that made me really jealous. And I was like, wow, that's by far the highest praise you can get from a friend.

[A]

So a lot of our international viewers are upset that your movie's not opened internationally yet. So a lot of international Quaids are looking forward to it. Okay. We established two weeks ago that British members of Quaid army are called quids. I heard from a few British listeners that they are very happy with quids. Some of the SNL UK people are like, we sign off, we love it.

[B]

I can't wait to have somebody yell quid army.

[A]

2 comments Based on that. Someone said, who's a quid? Got a quelp to get a UK release. Lisa and Yorms movie. I like that.

[B]

Yeah, that's great.

[A]

And then I'm interested to see. I don't know if this is if an Australian person wrote this or someone who has maybe a negative take on Australian people, but it is like music. So I'm just gonna read it. So if Americans are Quaids in the UK are quids, does that mean Aussies are quants? Feel like you don't have to bleep

[B]

that this is just eating itself so hard. Oh my God. I love.

[A]

There's more. There's one new slang word that we're going to add to our dictionary. Job. J A W B has been suggested as a faster way to say Jeremy Allen whitebody job. You've got that job.

[B]

I got to work on that job.

[A]

Yorm got that job. Where's your. He's at the gym getting that job.

[B]

Oh, great. Thank you guys. That's. Yep. Yeah, that'll be easier for to talk to my wife.

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

Oh, I think it's even less, honestly. And you do not need much of it. It's like it's a nice little mixer.

[A]

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[B]

I've had both bottles. I'm sure you've tried it as well, Seth. And it's. That's great.

[A]

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[B]

Yeah.

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

How are you going to job it up? You know what I mean? Jeremy on a white body.

[A]

Jeremy on white body.

[B]

Yeah.

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[B]

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Prices and participation may vary. Prices may be higher for delivery. So we're gonna do some Q and A stuff today. But it was very interesting cause we got two stories that were sent in. One's unique to you and one's unique to me. Okay. And we'll do yours first and then we get to mine. I'm just gonna say that mine is a recent story that I actually had before the story was sent to me via Jeff, our producer. I had this in my notes to address with you. Something happened that I wanted to talk about. And then an incredible, like, stroke of luck, the other side of this interaction wrote a story in. So great. Very happy about that. But also, this was one other thing. It was pulled out by multiple people that there was a real. Wait, what do they call it? A snorm. No, sorry. Yeah, a snorm, which is a yorm snort.

[B]

I did it.

[A]

Here's the. Here's an honest one. This is not a forced one. This was at 29:55. You watching you? Can we hear it real quick, Jeff?

[B]

Yeah, I got you. Jesus Christ. You have you had that queued up?

[A]

I had a queued up. We got that. I want to get one of those little keyboards where I can press that button.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Sounds good.

[A]

Two suggestions for how to say hit us in the Titus to our British listeners. Yeah, One was a striketh mine breasticle. So that seemed a little overworked.

[B]

Okay. I don't know about that.

[A]

And then the other one was punt us in the.

[B]

Yep, really good.

[A]

Maybe we'll set that up. I think you can do polls in the YouTube comments. So maybe under the YouTube comments, Jeff, we can have a poll for whether people prefer. Whether our British. Whether our quids like strike of mind breasticles or puntas.

[B]

And I mean, here. Here's the thing. Like, Seth, you and I getting to actually hang out IRL the other night did make me really want to. I was like Fuck. We really gotta, like, tour the podcast, like, do the live. You know, it's like all those other podcast, like. And that really makes me want to go to England. So in addition to it being almost impossible for us to get together for just this zoom podcast, like, let's make it a goal to, like, go to England all together.

[A]

Well, let's do a lot. I mean, doing a live Lonely island pod in England. I mean, that. That's how we do it.

[B]

Oh, gosh. Yes.

[A]

The best.

[B]

Fantastic.

[A]

Probably Wembley.

[B]

Yeah, the O2. Yeah, I think Wembley straight to O2.

[A]

All right. There's three sort of longer mail that I want to go through today. The first one's from Laura, and this is really fun. Laura. Hey, buddies. Today I had the great honor of reaching out to an old friend to inform her that you were playing her. I think I might have killed the president fan video on the pod.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

Needless to say, she was shocked and thrilled that her creation was resurrected. When Aaron uploaded that video two decades ago, we were both part of a lively livejournal community of what I assume was mostly fellow college a Lonely island fangirls. I sincerely hope you guys realize just how much pure joy brings us longtime Quaids and SNL fans to be able to hear your recollections on the pods every week. It is worth the countless hours you've spent trying to coordinate schedules and recording Vuori ads. I promise. Oh, nice viori. Getting a comment. Yeah, that's a little extra for their ad scratch to get commented in a lot.

[B]

You're welcome.

[A]

For a split second at the end of this episode, I thought my own 20 year old Magnum opus might make an appearance as well, but alas, it did not. Mine was an arty party kid Icarus remix fan video, which I was very proud of. And I feel like we should just maybe try to watch that now.

[B]

Yeah, let's do it. Sandals and socks. Oh, my God, this is gonna be crazy.

[A]

The rhythm of the streets, streets, streets Perfecto. I knew this cat named Arnie. He wore sandals and socks. When he came to the party he would make sure it rocks, rocks. He would play his arms around and do the arty dance Leaving every motherfucker with funk in their pants. I mean, it really is amazing that you guys made enough work that a fan could just cut that work together to make a video for a song you didn't make a video for.

[B]

It's amazing how much stuff I had forgotten that we did. It's really. It's very.

[A]

I mean, this is Cal Pen showing up in this.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. And by the way, great footage of Artie flailing his arms around. He did a lot of floppy dancing back in the day too.

[A]

It is definitely a reminder that you wrote Arty Party based on images about Andy that had pre existed the writing of the song.

[B]

Yeah, just his Muppet nature was.

[A]

Yeah. It's very hard for Andy to take offense at the song Arty Party when, like, there was just enough video of him in the world that they could fully cut one to this.

[B]

It's very good. Thank you, Laura.

[A]

It's very good. That's very fun. Check that out, everybody. 1.4 million views on YouTube.

[B]

Pretty good.

[A]

Oh, this is Laura's final comment. When I met my husband in 2009 and he found out I was a die hard SNL fan, he tried to impress me by letting me know that Adam Sandberg was part of a comedy group called Lonely Island. I sighed and shook my head, but they've been watching SNL together every week and indoctrinating their 8 year old. So, Laura, thank you for that. Thank you for your Arty Party video that everybody should watch online. Damn clicks. It's 1.4 million. Which, I mean, it's, I think means it's crushing. Booger man. Give it that.

[B]

Come on and give it that.

[A]

Yeah, like we can come. You can come outside of the actual Lonely Island.

[B]

Yeah, but up.

[A]

Fantastic.

[B]

Was that. Was that the story that you wanted to do or.

[A]

No, separate from.

[B]

Okay, gotcha.

[A]

All right, ready? Here's the story.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

It's from Teresa. You ready?

[B]

I'm so ready. I can't wait. Theresa. Hi.

[A]

Hi. Lonely island and Seth. But mostly Yorma. I'm sure Yorma has absolutely no recollection of this, but back in 2008, he very graciously agreed to talk to me and a group of my high school friends about his experience on SNL while visiting his in laws in the bay for Thanksgiving. The only thing I'll say so far is I had no idea that's where you were from. All right, here we go. Jorma's mother in law was my art teacher growing up and a good friend of my mom.

[B]

Okay. I might remember this now. Oh, yes, definitely. Now I know what we're talking about.

[A]

Between them, they decided it would be sweet for Jorma to chat with a handful of theater kids, SNL obsessives from the local East Bay Catholic High School. And you were wonderful. You talked thoughtfully about comedy and writing, answered all our painfully earnest questions, and then delivered the absolute piece de resistance by saying, do you guys wanna see the first cut of a short that hasn't aired yet? Now I have no idea why you had a cut that early or if you broke any rules by showing it to us, but you pulled out your laptop and showed us not just any short, but what I now recognize as Criterion Collection shoe in Jizz in My Pants.

[B]

Wow. Okay.

[A]

Which in retrospect was an absolutely wild judgment call. A group of Catholic high schoolers, your mother in law and my mom, all gathered around a laptop in your in laws home watching an unreleased Lonely island short about premature ejaculation.

[B]

Okay, let me pause.

[A]

Always remember your mother in law scolding you in disbelief, Yorma, while you remain completely unflustered and visibly proud of your work as you should have been. I think about that afternoon a lot. Now this is very. Okay, this is where this story gets very sweet and very moving. I just warn you, I've had the ability to prepare because I read it earlier. I think about that afternoon a lot because it's also such a vivid memory of my mom who passed away from breast cancer a few years later. She was a deeply funny woman in her own right and even asked your mother in law to send you her SNL sketch ideas until she was informed that she could theoretically sue Jorma if you ever. If you ever use them. At which point she was told to chill out and stop. She always called you Yorm long before the rest of the world knew that was what true Quaids called you. SNL and the Lonely island still make me think of my mom in the best way. Grievinger really clarified for me how important comedy is not just as escapism, but as something that genuinely helps people survive hard things. We're living through a heavy moment in the world and the work you all do to bring joy, absurdity and relief really matters. So thank you for that afternoon, for the laughs, and for unknowingly being part of one of my favorite memories of my mom and Yormon. If I'm burrito braining and it wasn't jizz in my pants that you showed us, please don't correct me. I've been carrying this version around for nearly two decades and it's going great. Later dudes.

[B]

Theresa, I'm gonna believe that it was Jizz my pants. And yes, and her mom from Jump called me Yorm, which I really appreciated.

[A]

That's fantastic. And was that just cause she had hurt other people?

[B]

No, I think she just felt comfortable with me, which is what made me really happy. I have no problem with People call me Jorm from. If they feel comfortable. And it makes me feel very comfortable.

[A]

Well, it's interesting because. Oh, there was one other thing I wrote, because while you were on my show, we were talking about how you like your name. You've sort of become a Jorma like that. You become the personality of the name. You have.

[B]

I think you really do. I think it's made me a much weirder person.

[A]

And someone said, just for us, it's. Nominative determinism is the term for what we were discussing with. Did not have the name for nominative determinism.

[B]

I will say, like, naming my son Wiley. I was a little nervous because I was like, are we just, like, setting him up for, like, doing keg stands all the time? Like, here's Wiley. Like, you know, I don't know. It just sounds like a wild man kind of thing.

[A]

Yeah. Could just be Sly, though.

[B]

Wait, Seth, do you know what other names your parents were debating calling you?

[A]

I only know if I was a girl. I was going to be Amanda.

[B]

Amanda. Okay, Gotcha.

[A]

I also will tell you that every single person until I reached snl, like, all through, like, college, starting college, and then in Amsterdam and then in Chicago, everybody calls me Suf, which was my nickname. And that always felt like. I've always, internally, since I got that nickname, felt more like a Suf than a Seth.

[B]

Oh, I like that.

[A]

For what?

[B]

That.

[A]

For what that counts.

[B]

Yeah, that's. That's a good vibe.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

My two names, like, what I was going to either be called Nick or Santos. Those are the two other names. And then my middle name is Christopher, which, like, my parents gave me to fall back on in case my name was too weird. And then in high school, I don't know if I've told this story, but in high school, When I was 14, I came home and I was like, you guys know how much it costs to change your middle name? And they were like, what? I was like, it's 400. They were like, you tried to change your middle name? And I was like, yeah, I went to, like, city hall. And they were like, why'd you try to. To change it to. And I was like, mcduck. And they were like, you were going

[A]

to change your middle name?

[B]

So clearly I didn't need anything to fall back on.

[A]

Yorma McDuck. Tony.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Me and Mari. Wait, we were debating naming it, like, that was going to be our middle name. When we got married, we were thinking about calling it.

[A]

Yeah, you guys would have been a good couple for, like, you know, not she took your name or you took her name, but just like, we changed it to McDuck.

[B]

Wait, did I tell you this story?

[A]

Probably not.

[B]

So up in Connecticut. Up in Connecticut, you know, like the vibe of Connecticut. Like, there's a lot of people who have those, like, really nice house signs that are like, wood carved that say, like, you know, the family name or whatever. And I told Mario, I was like, we should get one of those family name things. She was like, fuck, no. No fucking way. And I was like, oh, no, no, no. It's gonna say the mctirds. And she was like, oh, that's fine. Which I was like, you know, like when. When you're like, oh, I'm clearly in the right relationship, you know, like.

[A]

Yeah, I was like, I feel like that's. I don't know if Alexi would jump at McTurds.

[B]

Well, here's. Here's how it backfired because it is on the front of our house.

[A]

Oh, you did it.

[B]

Oh, yeah. I don't fuck around, dude. Yeah, like, so. So one. All of our neighbors thought we moved. Or then they were, like, really nervous. They were like, is that their last name? It's the McTurds. And then all of Wiley's friends up in Connecticut started calling me Mr. McTurd. And that's when it backfired a little bit on me because I didn't expect people to call me Mr. McTurd.

[A]

I cannot believe you did not think half a move ahead.

[B]

It's not even a half a move.

[A]

It's like a quarter move. You pulled a prank on yourself, and it went great.

[B]

You know what? I'll put this in the show notes.

[A]

Okay, good. The McTurds support comes from hims. Hey, Yorm.

[B]

Hi, Seth.

[A]

You got better things to do than sit in a doctor's office talking about your hairline. Like, for example, you need to be sitting in a doctor's office talking about why you still haven't got that vasectomy.

[B]

Mm, yes, that thing. Yep. Yeah, that's right.

[A]

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[B]

Oh, what's that mean?

[A]

People thought we were wearing wigs. Oh, we just, like, got hair. That is. I know for men our age, you can't believe it, but I think that's a nice compliment.

[B]

Wiggery, great.

[A]

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[B]

Joran, oral medications and sprays. Oh, sorry, just orally.

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

Many have come here, none have survived. Predator Badlands now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney. Rated PG 13. All right, so here was what I was gonna tell you and then I'm gonna read our. We got a really nice note. So I was on the train Friday. I pick the boys up to school, take the subway, go to Grand Central, get on the train. Beautiful day. And I got my one son has a friend on the train. So he's off with his friend. I'm chatting with that kid's dad. Axel's watching an iPad and we all kind of. I mean, it's dad's fault. Full dad's fault here. Kind of zoned out and we realized we were at our stop. Now again, this is a train, you know, they're not gonna wait for you to get off or anything. And so immediately my kids. And again, I own this dad's fault. But they're not helpful. Axel's like, folding up the iPad, and then he's like, actually, you get it. And then he runs to the door. I put my iPad in my backpack, and then I put my backpack on. The iPad falls out. Cause I didn't zip it. So I pick up an iPad, and I'm just, like, super flustered. And actually a guy reaches over and, like, hands me the iPad, and I take it and I go, thanks, man. And then he goes, quaid Army. Now, this guy's been sitting across from me for a while, and it's just like, very funny, like, in this moment. And I'm like, righteous kill. And then I go to walk out, and then my son's like, I'll carry my own backpack. And I'm like, fuck your backpacks. And again, now this is too long to be at a station on a commuter rail. So now I'm doubling back to get the backpacks. I pick up both kids backpacks. A thousand coins fall out of one of my kids backpacks. Like, I don't even know where he got the coins. Like, it seems like more coins than a kid could possibly have, but, like, the amount of coins falling at a rate of somebody hitting a jackpot at a Vegas casino, like, you can't believe it. You aren't. And then this guy who now has, like, quaint armied me is like, makes eye contact with me, looking, and I've just, like, lost the plot. I'm like, so I'm so stressed. And then I just kind of run out. And I was gonna come on and apologize, basically say that, like, I deserve a demotion in Quade army for how badly I behave. And then, as luck would have it, this dude actually wrote his take on it.

[B]

Great, great.

[A]

So that's my take. So here we go. Okay, from Theodore. First things first. I need to apologize to Seth. I was equated on the train this Friday. I feel like I unintentionally threw him off his rhythm. First of all, Theodore, you did not. That was off my rhythm. I'll make him. I'm not one to bother people in the entertainment industry. I'm a lifelong New Yorker who believes in the credo, you leave people alone. Plus, I'm in my 50s and too neurotic. You and me both, buddy. Yet I had in my mind that the only people I would say something to were Conan o' Brien and any of the people associated with Lonely Podcast. I genuinely enjoy the podcast. You're varied friendships and warmth to order to each other comes across Here on the show, I figured I would run into Jorma because we live in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn. His house is just a couple towns over from my house in Connecticut. Plus, I also fell from 17ft onto cement and shattered my leg and my ankle. So I figured we must share some cosmic goo.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Anyway, this brings me to Friday. For the first hour and 20 minutes, I did not realize Seth was sitting across from me. I just thought it was some annoying guy. He decided to bring a freaking buffet on the train like it was his favorite straw. This is also true. I feed my kids on the train yorm they. I have to get pizza from two different places. And it's true. I have so much food. And he was. He's right. He's right to be. To be offended by that.

[B]

This guy.

[A]

Yeah, think of all the germs floating around on a commuter train. Yeah, but I don't. I don't. I gotta.

[B]

Hey, when you're a dad, you gotta dad it up.

[A]

Then he wrote, there was a woman two seats ahead of us who sounded like she was gonna die of consumption. Do you remember? Dude, I totally do. This woman coughed so bad. Yoram, the guy sitting behind her, stood up and offered her water between her and your feast for the ages. I almost switched cars. I actually texted my wife to complain about this situation unfolding around me. Then I recognized with Seth. This is our text exchange. Me, the annoying food guy turns out to be Seth Meyers, by the way, for all the kind things Theodore says, like, it is really hammering home this like back of the head guilt that maybe everybody was like, that's too much food to have on the train. And now I know from Theodore it is the really annoying food guy turns out to be Seth Meyers wife. Really? Yes. I'm thinking of saying something. Quade, army wife. What the fuck are you talking about? Me? Total recall stuff. Wife, the movie question mark. Me. It's the name of the character from the movie Wife. And this is something you're supposed to say me. Look, we're getting off topic. Should I say something or not? Wife, I'm at work. Explanation point me. Fuck, he's getting up. It's now or never. A few minutes passed. Me not sure that worked out for him. I think I spooked him. His eyes got real bad. Then he realized why my eyes got real big. Seth had almost forgotten a bag. And then when he went to grab it, pennies and nickels went everywhere. I looked out the window. I think I might have locked eyes with Seth and not in A good way. Totally not. I did not lock eyes with you again, Theodore. I think I need to apologize for making his disembarkment more challenging. Lastly, the old guy sitting in front grabbed all the change for himself. I mean, that's a fantastic retelling. I don't think I've ever in my life had a movie of myself from somebody else's point of view. Relay so perfectly.

[B]

I've mentioned this so many times to people. Love. If on your deathbed you got to hear everything that has been talked about you from straight strangers. I'm just like, look at that dip shit. Like,

[A]

I mean, I'm really gotta. I gotta. I. Firstly, I gotta figure out how to not. Not fully stront the train.

[B]

That's great. I mean, here's the thing. You're a dad. It's really hard to be a dad.

[A]

Like, it's hard to be a dad, and it's. It's hard to feed your kids. There's the other thing, which is. I feel like my wife thinks the train is like, this super chill two hours. Like, Yeah, I just like them on an iPad with, like, headphones and a splitter, fighting about what they want to watch. Neither of them will, like, eat their own fucking pizza. I'm feeding it to them like they're birds.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Sucks.

[B]

Oh, man. Like. Like, they're just zombies. Like, you know what? What's a good. A little cheat code for parents out there? Carrots, I feel like, are very easy. You just pop them in their hands and there's something about a carrot. Like, when they're watching tv, they just eat carrots. I don't know. At least my kids do.

[A]

I'm gonna get the line wrong. But I went. Alexia and I went and saw this play called Fallen Angels on Broadway. And it's an old.

[B]

That's classy.

[A]

Oh, you know it or you just mean it's. No, Broadway's classy, bro. That's classy. Broadway is classy. But we went because Rose Byrne is gonna be on my show, and she's in this production. And Kelli o' Hara is in this production.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

And we heard it was really funny. It was so fucking funny. Oh, I mean, written almost 100 years ago.

[B]

And I love that about comedy. Like, when something's like a hundred years old and you're like, it is equally funny to anything that has been written today. I often think about, like, there had to be, like, really sarcastic people back in the day. Like, Jesus's era. There had to be, like, pretty sarcastic people around too, right? Like, yeah, it's not like sarcasm was like invented and like, you know, I

[A]

mean, like, yeah, it is 100 years ago, 1925. And it is. It's so funny. Rose and Kelly are so funny. And they get progressively drunker over the course of this one act play. And this is what made me think of it. They are trying every time the maid comes out to serve them, they try to change the subject because they think the maid is eavesdropping. So they just have to come up with things to say to kill time while she's clearing the plate. And one of them says, I've heard the worst part of parenting is the children just like, yep, that is as funny now.

[B]

You know what's really funny about that is that, like, that we would do that for harad. I remember, like entering a scene with like when we were doing the high five bit where like, it's just Rico, Danny McGride's character, just high fiving us over and over and over again. But that sort of thing of like entering a conversation where you're like, what was going on before this same thing.

[A]

Well, that was. I mean, not to bring it back to your movie, but there's a great moment where you hear a line and then there's a flashback to explain why Tim's character would say that. Tim Oliphant's character.

[B]

And do you know that that was actually Tim's idea?

[A]

I only know it from. Was it last week's podcast? Did you say it or did I hear you say it on.

[B]

Yeah, I probably said it a lot. I've been saying a lot of the same thing for last week.

[A]

I can't believe how many of these screenings you've done. You've done incredible job. Yeah, thank you. But there you go. You know, it's just Yoram and I hanging out.

[B]

Yeah. Finally got rid of the Riv Rav. The finally.

[A]

I was, you know, again, I said it when I. Both times. It was also really just kind of fun to see you in person eight months after your fall. See how robust you're doing.

[B]

It's so crazy because the movie actually came out. It came out yesterday. And that was exactly eight months since my fall, which is. Yeah. And then throwing out the pitch yesterday,

[A]

you've been texting with Lorne Michaels based solely on the way he's sitting on the Lorne documentary poster. Yeah, everybody Google the documentary. The Lauren poster. And you texted him. Is that how you used to really sit?

[B]

Yeah, I did. I was trying to annoy him.

[A]

And then we met in the hotel lobby to go to your screening and I saw the poster was on the wall, so I sat underneath the poster exactly the way he's sitting in the poster.

[B]

Can we put this in the show notes that you're.

[A]

Yeah, I think we put it in the show notes. And then you texted it to Lauren and said you just came across me sitting like that.

[B]

I think Lauren appreciated it.

[A]

I think Lauren does too. I should note Lauren is, Is responding to these texts. Oh, yeah, Totally dryly, but with, I think, appreciation.

[B]

Yeah, he's. He's a very dry.

[A]

No, you never get a LOL from. You threw out the first pitch at the bets game.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, I didn't. I didn't do it. Well, did you see it?

[A]

No, I'm.

[B]

I just check it something to you, right? No, it's more of a lob. I don't know if I would call it. I wouldn't call it a pitch, but it was more of a love. But I really. I was more committed to the celebration afterwards and I wish I had gone on for like a full minute of celebrating how great I thought I had done. Yeah. But it was really fun. It was. My whole family came and it was a good time.

[A]

Did they. Do they play anything on like the screen? The jumbotron like to be like yorm work or anything?

[B]

No, no, they like. They played Turtleneck and Chain as my walk up music because they refused to play Dick in a Box, which I didn't really understand because. Because it would have been nice. I was going to do the walk up music for Diaz, which is this Timmy Trumpet song. Just as if I was going to. As if I was going to throw some gas.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But yeah, like, so turn like a chain and it was a really nice

[A]

time, I guess because Diaz doesn't pitch for them anymore and they're having a bad season. They were like. That might not be the best vibes.

[B]

Not as a reminder.

[A]

Yeah, well. So, Nan, this really wasn't a Q and A. It was sort of three great stories and we appreciate all of them and we appreciate Andy and Keith even though they're not. They're the third and fourth sweetest sweetie pies in the pod.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

I don't know. Which is. By the way, while this has been going on, Keith has been texting the chat that he thinks that's fucking bullshit.

[B]

Oh, can we talk about what Keith's doing though? And how happy it makes me because I think Keev's camping and I just. I just love picturing Keeves Camping. Because here's the other thing that I love picturing about you. Keith has a dog, which is also hilarious to me. Like, very funny. He was calling it Liz's dog for a really long time. I think he still does. And then the other thing, there's just certain things that KE does, and I'm like, yes. It was like seeing pictures of Keith at Liz's, like, family's, like, Christmas celebrations where he's wearing. He's wearing a Santa hat and being forced to, like, sing Christmas carols and just. Oh, it makes me so happy thinking about, like, just so great.

[A]

Yeah, they're. The Kakowskis are, like, real salt of the earth, like, Americana people. They're not fucking Bay Area weirdos where

[B]

it's like, not a bunch of communists.

[A]

You're like, santa Claus is the kleptocracy. Oh, one thing I also. I'm just looking at the one other thing on the chain that went off on the. Should we call our podcast chain? The Turtleneck and Chain?

[B]

Ooh, that's great. Yeah, that totally.

[A]

I got a box sent to my office. It was addressed to Seth Quaid. So that's how I knew. And that's how I knew. And it was just a bottle of sparkling apple juice, which I thought was really nice.

[B]

That's great. That's great. Oh, man.

[A]

So whoever that was from, just know it was received, and it delighted us. All right. Yhorm. Lovely to see you again. Seeing you in person was a delight. And we're just one day closer to the four of us getting together in person.

[B]

Oh, my gosh. Having a proper meal and going to England.

[A]

All right, enjoy camping, Keev. Enjoy whatever bullshit you're on. Andy. I asked him for a voice note about whether he got the B today. I will assume the fact that we did not receive one be quibbed means that he is failing and love you, Yhorm.

[B]

Love you too, Seth. Seth. Joke's on you, Seth, you piece of human dog shit. Because I came in at the 11th hour right before release of the pod to let you know I did not get queen bee. But I'm also not done yet, so I still might get it. It's one of those really unsatisfying chime ins. But anyways, I wonder what you guys

[A]

talked about on this app.

[B]

I wouldn't know because I don't listen to podcasts. All right, shout out. Shout out. Quaid Army. And I love you guys.

[A]

Do you want to try?

[B]

Oh, yeah. Take it away, Arnold. No, wait, wait, wait. Later, Arnold. Later. Arnold later, Quaid.