Listener Q&A Episode 3

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast - Listener Q&A Episode 3

Episode Details:

• Title: Listener Q&A Episode 3
• Release Date: January 6, 2025
• Hosts: Seth Meyers, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone of The Lonely Island

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Introduction

In the third installment of their Listener Q&A series, released on January 6, 2025, Seth Meyers teams up with The Lonely Island—Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone—to delve into fan-submitted questions. This episode offers a blend of nostalgic reminiscences about their time on "Saturday Night Live" (SNL), insights into the creation of their iconic Digital Shorts, and personal anecdotes that showcase the camaraderie and humor that define their collaboration.

Opening Banter and New Year Greetings (00:02 - 02:04)

The episode kicks off with a playful exchange of New Year greetings. Seth humorously remarks on the brief preparation for the Q&A, stating, “we have spent a whole week getting ready to get back into these wonderful questions” (00:11). The hosts engage in light-hearted discussion about the traditional "Auld Lang Syne," highlighting their varying familiarity with the song's lyrics.

Reflections on SNL Sketches and Seth’s HBO Special (02:04 - 05:55)

A significant portion of the conversation centers around their favorite SNL sketches. Andy shares his admiration for a Bob Odenkirk joke involving the "Milk Machine," describing it as “one of my favorite moments in all of comedy history” (00:46). Seth ties in his own experiences by referencing his recent HBO special, prompting a humorous debate over who performs a better Swedish Chef impression. Andy quips, “It might have been a conversation like ... What are those?” (02:24), leading to a series of playful exchanges and impressions that showcase their comedic chemistry.

Listener Question 1: Japan Digital Short (07:14 - 09:59)

The first listener question addresses why there was never a Digital Short for Japan, despite its popularity among fans. The listener shares, “I took TV production in high school and fought really hard to try and make that song be the music video that we had to make for class” (07:01). The hosts express their disappointment, explaining logistical challenges such as scheduling conflicts and label decisions. Andy laments, “we all share your disappointment that it never happened” (08:58), reinforcing their commitment to their creative process and acknowledging the missed opportunity.

Listener Question 2: SNL Training and Live Performance (17:53 - 23:50)

Exploring the technical aspects of performing live on SNL, Seth discusses the intricacies of cue card management and the pressure of live sketches. He recounts, “the amount of Mondays he would walk in say, well, we broke a new record” (22:29), referring to the intense workload during the political cold opens. Andy shares a personal mishap, detailing how he injured himself during a sketch rehearsal: “I hit my eyebrow... and hit the crash pad on the floor and just immediately started pouring blood out of my face” (15:33). Jorma adds humor by comparing the emergency protocols to a boxing match, highlighting the show's blend of professionalism and chaos.

Listener Question 3: Enjoying Daiquiri Girl and Cereal Preferences (27:34 - 40:57)

The episode features a heartwarming listener voice note expressing admiration for "Daiquiri Girl" and its impact on the listener's introduction to SNL. The hosts reassure the listener, with Seth affirming, “It's not a crime to like Daiquiri Girl” (27:42), and Andy humorously categorizing it as a “comedy crime.”

Another listener's question delves into the hosts' favorite breakfast cereals growing up. Seth reveals his preference for Grape Nuts and Frankenberry, sharing, “It was no longer [marshmallow in milk]. It's no longer” (38:03). Andy and Jorma contribute their favorites, referencing nostalgic brands like Cap'n Crunch and Lucky Charms, fostering a relatable and light-hearted conversation about childhood memories.

Closing Remarks and Voice Notes (40:03 - 40:59)

As the episode wraps up, Akiva chimes in with a voice note addressing the podcast’s production quality and listener engagement. The hosts exchange final jokes about their cereal preferences and ongoing projects, emphasizing their enduring friendship and collaborative spirit. Seth concludes with warm New Year wishes, stating, “Happy 2025, everybody” (38:33), while Andy and Jorma reciprocate the sentiments, reinforcing the episode’s theme of camaraderie and shared history.

Notable Quotes

• Andy Samberg (00:22): “How many words of auld lang syne do you know?”
• Seth Meyers (02:04): “I recently watched Seth's special on HBO.”
• Andy Samberg (15:01): “It was literally like in a boxing match.”
• Jorma Taccone (28:00): “I ate something called odious, which were pretty odious.”
• Seth Meyers (29:04): “Do you think Russ throwing that pick six was karma for you...”

Insights and Conclusions

This episode serves as a testament to the enduring bond between Seth Meyers and The Lonely Island. Through their engaging dialogue and candid responses to listener questions, they offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the creative and often chaotic world of live television comedy. The conversation underscores the importance of camaraderie, resilience, and a shared sense of humor in navigating the demands of high-pressure environments like SNL. Additionally, the hosts’ reflections on their work highlight the lasting impact of their Digital Shorts on both their careers and their audience, cementing their legacy in the realm of comedy and music.

Overall, Listener Q&A Episode 3 is a blend of humor, nostalgia, and heartfelt appreciation for their fans, making it a valuable listen for both long-time followers and newcomers seeking to understand the magic behind The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers' collaborative efforts.

Transcript

[Andy Samberg]

It's the Lonely Island Sunflowers contest.

[Seth Meyers]

Happy New Year.

[Jorma Taccone]

Happy New Year's, guys.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. We have spent a whole week getting ready to get back into these wonderful questions. And I'm just kidding. It's only been five seconds. In our life.

[Andy Samberg]

How many words of auld lang syne do you know?

[Jorma Taccone]

I just watched When Harry Met Sally and they have that in the movie and I don't remember anything.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, so you just heard it and you don't remember any of the words?

[Jorma Taccone]

Nothing.

[Andy Samberg]

Should old acquaintance be forgotten.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

And never come online.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I tap out at forgot.

[Seth Meyers]

The problem is you have to really sing that full throated. And then it's screeching breaks when you realize you don't know the next word.

[Andy Samberg]

I remember the lyrics when Bob Odenkirk goes into Auld lang Syne at the end of the joke. The musical in Mr. Show better.

[Jorma Taccone]

Okay. What are those? Prove it.

[Andy Samberg]

He goes, this is the knocking song in days of old lane time.

[Seth Meyers]

He's the milk.

[Andy Samberg]

He's the hated milk machine. Right?

[Jorma Taccone]

That's right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Milk machine.

[Andy Samberg]

Everybody hates me now for doing what I'm told. He was trying to be bold. Why can't people keep their willies out of holes? And then one of my favorite moments in all of comedy history, it turns into where do I go now?

[Jorma Taccone]

It's all flooding back so good.

[Andy Samberg]

The milk machine. Where do I go now? Oh, it's so fucking good. Sorry. This is right at the top of a Q and A app. This is nonsense.

[Seth Meyers]

That's good. You know, it's a rewatch for us, but I think there's also other things for people to watch.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Maybe for the first time.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

All right. Happy New Year, guys.

[Andy Samberg]

Happy New Year, Seth.

[Jorma Taccone]

Happy New Year.

[Seth Meyers]

When we left it off a week ago or five minutes ago, depending on how you see time.

[Andy Samberg]

Happy New Year, Souffle.

[Seth Meyers]

I recently watched Seth's special on hbo. And after watching it, I'm curious, whose Swedish Chef impression is better, Andy or Seth? Let me start. I had some real ethical questions about whether or not I could Swedish Chef based on how close we are.

[Jorma Taccone]

Did you actually though?

[Seth Meyers]

I did actually.

[Jorma Taccone]

You mean for comedy on comedy. Like, can you go into Andy's territory?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Going through my texts. Monday, October 28th, I texted Seth to say I loved his special. He said was so worried doing Swedish Chef would end our friendship. And I said, do you remember what I said?

[Seth Meyers]

No.

[Andy Samberg]

It def crossed a line. But we're in too deep now.

[Seth Meyers]

So earlier in our friendship, it would have been a deal. Breaker.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, we're in too deep now. There's no going back on our friendship. You can Swedish Chef, it's so.

[Seth Meyers]

If this was a standup special that came out in 2007, it's a real problem, honestly.

[Andy Samberg]

It might have been a conversation like.

[Seth Meyers]

Yo, bro, yo, bro.

[Andy Samberg]

You know I do Swedish stuff, bro.

[Jorma Taccone]

Peeing on my lawn.

[Andy Samberg]

You know that about me.

[Seth Meyers]

I only would have wanted that conversation if you did it as the Swedish Chef.

[Andy Samberg]

Can I smirk to you for smirking?

[Seth Meyers]

Can I smirk to you?

[Jorma Taccone]

Hey, no Bork Borks here. No Borkborks.

[Andy Samberg]

But smirk, smirkbork. Can I smork to you for a barkbork?

[Seth Meyers]

Ed, would yorm be doing your arms?

[Andy Samberg]

Can we Bork first? My Bork.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey. Yeah, yeah, we can, Bork, but can you put down that rolling pin, bro? Also, you're covered in flour. Are you good?

[Jorma Taccone]

Hmm.

[Andy Samberg]

Can I Bork. Bork, Hang on. I'm gonna reorganize my whole record collection. Bork. So wait, Yhoram's been desperately trying to say what he really thinks about this.

[Jorma Taccone]

Okay, okay. I don't need to say it anymore. But the reason that Andy's to me is slightly better is because I think that there's a. There's, like, a thing that he goes a little lower, and so that. That puts him over the top to me.

[Andy Samberg]

My theory is Seth intentionally didn't do his as good as he could.

[Jorma Taccone]

Ooh, that's a good weighing in the.

[Andy Samberg]

Comments out of respect for his boy.

[Jorma Taccone]

Is that true, Seth?

[Seth Meyers]

I think I didn't want to get caught trying too hard, because at my best, I think it's still only half a Sandberg. Now, I also think Sandberg has an advantage because I do think if you 23 and me, you'd get a little Muppet in there for sure.

[Andy Samberg]

And I have. And there is.

[Seth Meyers]

You got Muppet blood.

[Jorma Taccone]

A little muppet.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm, like, 13% gonzo based on something.

[Seth Meyers]

Jack Antonoff said when he was on my show. Jack Antonoff just during the interview, just started staring at Fred and talking to Fred, and the two of them were going back and forth, and Jack said, I'm sorry, when I see Fred, I have to do that because we're both basically like Muppets come to life. And he even said, I have it a little bit with Sandberg, too.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes. Still to this day, I think when you ask people like Bill and Lutz to do an impression of me, they pretty much go dar de schmoore. Like, their impression of me is me.

[Jorma Taccone]

Doing Swedish Chef in punching people before eating. There's like a dance that you do that is like a sloppy Andy dance that I'm like. That's pretty much like Beaker or any of those fuckers.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, that's Muppet vibes. I mean, there's a reason I always wanted to play Muppets and do Muppet sketches, you know?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, because you didn't want to have bones growing up.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm just amongst my people. I am a fairly boneless.

[Seth Meyers]

I recently physique my sandberg, which there's many. My Sandberg isms are legion. And they find their way into a closer look a lot. I recently did in a closer look, just someone realizing they'd made a mistake and said, oh, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. And that was a real. Even afterwards, Sal Jotiel, who writes them, was like full sandberg there. I was like, yeah. I don't know what happened.

[Andy Samberg]

I love knowing I have any isms to do, man.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, I love it. Sandburg.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, man. They crop up in my parenting a lot, actually.

[Andy Samberg]

In your parenting?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. You say a lot of shit that I quote just from our friendship, not from like your time on TV or whatever.

[Andy Samberg]

So you say stuff to them like, you fuck me, I fucking counted on you and you fucking fucked me.

[Jorma Taccone]

I don't know.

[Seth Meyers]

What do you mean? You're doing lair to the lost.

[Andy Samberg]

No. We were so happy for Yarmy, we went and visited Seth. Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Somebody asked me a question. Seth, if you could appear in any existing short or any Lonely island song, which would it be? I think just for a thought exercise, I would have liked to have been in a Laser Cats so that we could truly know if I don't like it. If I was out here saying I actually think Laser Cats 5's pretty good.

[Jorma Taccone]

I think that would have fucking nail in coffin right there.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. I mean, you're in Natalie Rap, I'm in Natalie Rap. And it's a very nice thing to be in. This is just a hurtful comment. What happened to Seth? Trying not to say it should be noted because he's doing a horrible job. Okay, thank you. Cruel noted cruelty.

[Andy Samberg]

Hey, guess what? It's the new year and we all have our own resolutions.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Bjorn, what's your New Year's resolution?

[Jorma Taccone]

I already completed all of them.

[Seth Meyers]

Done?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yep.

[Seth Meyers]

Wow.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, what were they fucking shredded and I'm drinking way more too, so.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, your two resolutions were to get shredded and drink more?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And you've done both already?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Fuck.

[Jorma Taccone]

Fucking shredded and drunk. I'm drunk.

[Seth Meyers]

Right now on, like, the third. Hey, Jeff just said he received a very special voice note, so let's hear that one, Jeff. Nice.

[Listener]

Hi, guys. Huge fan of yours. Have been since I was about 14, so it's been a long time. I've been listening to you as the Lonely island and watching SNL and everything. A question my best friend and I have always wondered is, why was there never a digital short for Japan? It is to this day, I think, our top three favorite Lonely island songs. I took TV production in high school and fought really hard to try and make that song be the music video that we had to make for class. I just couldn't get my group on board. I don't think I've been able to do it justice anyways. But, yeah, it'd be really, really to hear why there's not a music video. And is there any chance that you could make one now?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thank you.

[Jorma Taccone]

I want to know what her other top two songs are, because that's eclectic to have that in your top three. Thank you for that question. I think we're very sad that we didn't make that. Right?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, we talked about it so many times. And the label. I think we've mentioned this before. The label was down for us to make the video.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, I was excited about it.

[Andy Samberg]

I can't remember exactly why we didn't. It was one of those things where it just kept getting punted and one of us would have something else to do. I mean, look, guys, when you're in a band, a music band with three different individuals who all have their own lives outside of the band, or if.

[Seth Meyers]

You host a podcast, depending on the.

[Andy Samberg]

Band, things can get scheduling tricky. Things can get scheduling tricky. I stand by that phrasing.

[Seth Meyers]

You own it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes. But I guess all we can say is we share your disappointment that it never happened. Cause we all obviously wrote the song 100%, thinking it would and wanting it.

[Jorma Taccone]

To share your grief, you know, I'll go.

[Andy Samberg]

That might be overstating it.

[Seth Meyers]

All right, gentlemen, this one might be a little hard for you guys to hear, but I'm just gonna read it because it's quite a story. I just think you should know that the high school I went to is in Cloverdale, which is where Hot Rod was filmed and is right beside the pool Rod jumps over. In the Movie, our grade 10 gym teacher used to take us on walks at least once a week to a bunch of different filming locations around the ice rink. Dave works at the convenience store. The lot where Rod jumps over the buses and then would explain what scenes took place at the location.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, no.

[Seth Meyers]

Except no one had seen Hot Rod except me. So everyone was super bored. Then eventually, someone snitched on the teacher because, in their words, they would rather run for an hour than listen to a synopsis about some random movie. So we had to go back to playing volleyball. Now the new generation will never know about the rich film history of Cloverdale. Tragic. That was from Lauren. What a comic.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, my God. That's fantastic.

[Andy Samberg]

Thanks for that. Shout out, Cloverdale. People still say shout out. It was wonderful shooting there. We loved our time up there. We loved our time in Vancouver. That is so fucking funny.

[Jorma Taccone]

That is great. That's like a reason to make a movie. It doesn't need to be successful just for that story, you know?

[Seth Meyers]

It's so funny to think that's an interesting thing for kids who haven't seen a movie to hear. And over here, not to tell them about a scene, but to bring them to the physical location and tell them about the scene.

[Andy Samberg]

What an. I mean, I guess the teacher was just like, history happened right here.

[Jorma Taccone]

And then opening weekend, you don't even.

[Andy Samberg]

Start off by being like, okay, today we're watching a movie in class. It's a rainy day. And then being like, okay, do you recognize any of that stuff? It's right outside. I will say, though, like, I get the excitement of places near where you are being and stuff, you know?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, it was a very small town.

[Seth Meyers]

I, again, I've been in show business for a quarter century.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

I was watching an old documentary, the War room, about the 1992 presidential campaign. And one of the opening shots takes place in Manchester, New Hampshire, where I went to high school. And I swear to God, I was like, oh, I know that fucking street.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, exactly.

[Seth Meyers]

It's so funny, dude.

[Andy Samberg]

The pool and Mrs. Doubtfire is at the Claremont Hotel, which is in Berkeley, where we grew up. And every time I'm just like, I can't believe this is Clermont. So fucking dope.

[Seth Meyers]

Support for the Lonely island and Seth Meyers podcast comes from Airbnb. Hey there, Yorm.

[Jorma Taccone]

Hi.

[Seth Meyers]

You love cool stuff.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, my God, I can't. Yeah, it's like my fave. Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And, you know, sometimes when you go to one of our great cities of the world, sure. You might end up in a touristy area and shout out to tourists. I'm not looking down my nose.

[Jorma Taccone]

Sure.

[Seth Meyers]

But you like to plug in to the parts of the city, the beating heart, as you like to say, of where the locals live.

[Jorma Taccone]

Beating heart. I like authentic experiences. I like local food or kamita, depending on which part of the world you're in. Yeah, like all that shit.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, I have good news, because that is what Airbnb provides to you, Yorm. You don't have to stay in a hotel where the other tourists are convening. You can find your way into a local neighborhood that you otherwise maybe would never step foot in. One of those neighborhoods that doesn't have a big old hotel, but rather just an apartment where some people live and now are being kind enough to let you stay. So, anyway, I feel like you get this. You're a smart guy. I don't have to keep saying it.

[Jorma Taccone]

You're speaking me long way.

[Seth Meyers]

Thanks to Airbnb for sponsoring the pod. And do check it out.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

That was the sound of a rocket, Yorm.

[Seth Meyers]

I bet you have so many subscriptions to things that you've completely forgotten you've subscribed to.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, my God, Seth, you know me. I got problems, bro.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, here's the thing now, man. You get Rocket Money, and they're going to show you all your subscriptions right in one place. They're going to help you cancel ones you forgot you had. They're also going to pull together all your spending across all of your different accounts. This is going to get your life back on track, Yorm.

[Jorma Taccone]

The only problem with using this would be the depression that I would see of how much money I'm wasting every month. You know that first initial shock?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, I'm so healthy now. Yeah, I love it.

[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

That was the bracket taking off again.

[Seth Meyers]

This is just some granular stuff. I know a lot can happen in a live show. Is there a medic on standby in case someone gets hurt. Maybe someone gets fake vomit in the eye and needs medical attention. Does SNL have its own doctor waiting in the wings, or is there a doctor or team for the whole building in case something happens? There is 100% a nurse on staff, on standby in the hall, Teresa Theresa. Teresa is the OG nurse. And she is amazing.

[Jorma Taccone]

She's amazing. She's an amazing person. And then there is like a whole hospital wing. I don't know what you would call it. There's offices that are on the seventh floor, I believe. And I remember the most comical moment to me was when I once, almost collapsing, went to go see the doctor on that same floor. And she was like, just come in here and sleep for a second. You're just exhausted. And I went in to a dark room and just slept for an hour.

[Andy Samberg]

I think maybe you've lost the thread on hilarious. The word hilarious.

[Jorma Taccone]

You know what? It was a great time.

[Andy Samberg]

I don't regret anything in terms of an emergency doctor, though I'm sure there is. However, I have one story. I think I've told this before. I was doing a sketch live. I don't remember what it was, but I was Nick Cage, and at one point I freak out and go, oh, the bees. The bees from Wicker man. And jump through a window. And it was a dress rehearsal, I think, and I hit my eyebrow on the, like, where it's supposed to be, you know, scoring.

[Jorma Taccone]

The scoring.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. So I jumped through the window and, like, the spot where it's been scored is not weak enough. So my face smashed through it and I hit the crash pad on the floor and just immediately started pouring blood out of my face. And Donna, who works in costumes, but is the costumer for the host, usually somehow lifted me up by my, like, lapels and did, like the little suture salt or whatever. Yeah, or like the little stick'em like glue or whatever. And, like, patched me. I was in the next sketch.

[Jorma Taccone]

Wow.

[Seth Meyers]

She's like a corner man at a boxing match.

[Andy Samberg]

It was literally like in a boxing match. And then I was changed and into the next thing. Maybe it was when I hosted. If it was Donna, I don't understand how it happened.

[Jorma Taccone]

That glue is actually very similar to Crazy Glue. Cause it happened to my son. And they were like, yeah, it's basically Crazy Glue that was like, sort of invented for that. For, like suture. Yeah. So that she just glued you up.

[Andy Samberg]

It was so dope. I was very impressed.

[Seth Meyers]

That's incredible.

[Jorma Taccone]

Impressive, Donna fucking with the win.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, you know, I famously anti people jumping out of windows and sketches.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, but you're wrong.

[Jorma Taccone]

And we're pretty pro.

[Andy Samberg]

But go on.

[Seth Meyers]

Makes me very angry. We just talked about that like it was fine.

[Jorma Taccone]

Muglers.

[Seth Meyers]

The other thing I'll say about scoring, scoring is so funny because. And again, the prop people at snl, best in the world. And Horatio once wrote a sketch at the table. It was so funny. It was a guy selling guitars on qvc and while he played the guitars, they would just snap in half. And so he had gone and bought toy guitars that are poorly made and so he could actually snap them at the table. His name was Guillermo and it was so laugh out loud. Funny. Cause he would play a few notes and then, you know, just crack in his hands. And it was a very funny thing to think of a QVC guy having.

[Andy Samberg]

And then.

[Seth Meyers]

And it went to dress. And the prop guys now had to make realistic looking guitars and just score the shit out of them so that Horatio could break em. But they were so much harder to break than the ones he'd done at the table. And dress went so badly. But we were crying, laughing, because while Horacio was playing, you could see his muscles just tensing with all his might because he knew he had to break this guitar. And a failure as a piece of audience sketch went. But very memorable to this day.

[Listener]

Hello, the Lonely island and Seth Meyers podcast. Big fan. Here's my question. When you first get on snl, how are you trained for this, like, massive nationwide appearance? Are there coaches, are there therapists? Like, who's there to sort of help you out along the way? Are you helped or are you kind of just shoved into this and you're sort of scrambling to do your best? I'm just fascinated by the sort of technical elements of this thing. It seems very frightening. Big fan. You guys inspire me endlessly. Thank you so much. Peace and love.

[Jorma Taccone]

Awesome.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Two things about that person's voice. One, very soothing. Two, when it started, I was like, is this Lutz when he was a kid?

[Jorma Taccone]

I did think that too.

[Andy Samberg]

Like, it sounded like Lutz as a kid, which I like. Um, they don't. They don't. They just throw you in, right, Seth?

[Seth Meyers]

They throw you in.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, they just throw you in. And that's the deal. And you're either like, I'll say it ready or you're not ready for prime time or you are not.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, boy. I knew it was gonna be about primetime. I just know how you're gonna phrase it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, you are ready for not being ready for primetime.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. What kind of player are you?

[Andy Samberg]

You're the type of player who's ready. Ready for. Not prime time, but yes. I remember the first time I actually was on the show and was saying words, I was shocked how little I had been told and how it was just happening. I was like, oh, I'm on the show right now. This is it. Like, it went from being my dream to happening in a matter of weeks. And now I'm just doing it and it's happening.

[Seth Meyers]

And then I had that problem, which is if I had written the sketch, I would mouth along the lines of people that. Did you? I did, and it was really bad. And Jenna, who's still a stage manager there, used to move her hand like a puppet mouth to let me know I was doing it.

[Andy Samberg]

Be like, you're doing the thing.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, my God, you're doing the thing where you are moving your mouth for everybody else's lines.

[Jorma Taccone]

Okay, I have a question for you guys. Since you were both on the show, does it help that you're looking at cue cards and not necessarily the actor that you're looking at? Or is that actually worse in terms of, like, the nervousness of, like, holy shit, I'm here just talking on national.

[Andy Samberg]

Television as it's happening, depending on the sketch and the blocking. You know what I mean? If it's a ton of lines that you gotta get through really fast, it's better to make sure that your eyeline is correct with cameras and stay on cards.

[Jorma Taccone]

Gotcha.

[Andy Samberg]

If it's more performance based and you're doing a lot of physicality and moving.

[Jorma Taccone]

Around, then you want to, like, always dart over to the person.

[Andy Samberg]

And there's a skill that some people have way better than me called jumping cards. Because there's multiple sets where you can move around the scene and jump from one set of cards to another mid sentence.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, you're like, literally like your gaze is hitting different cards at different times. Exactly.

[Andy Samberg]

And some people are very, very savvy about it and build in little moves and moments for themselves to get to the other set because they want to be more active in the scene. And there are times when I will watch something back, especially recently. Cause we're revisiting things and I'll be like, woof. I am locked on those cards.

[Jorma Taccone]

Who was super good at jumping cards? I assume, like haters of the world.

[Andy Samberg]

Or Ferrell Wig, Dana Carvey. Like, the legendary people where you're like. They were like, do it all. People that can just like, I had.

[Seth Meyers]

That Same hesitation, Andy, which is to jump a card requires faith that the second card will be there. And you know it will. Yeah, but it's such a leap of faith midline.

[Andy Samberg]

But it's also. You're going pretty much off one set of cards for rehearsals. You don't see another set of cards until you block day of. Right?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

How many sets of cards will they have? Is it always two?

[Seth Meyers]

It depends on how many characters are in the scene. But there could be four sets, easy.

[Andy Samberg]

That's max.

[Jorma Taccone]

Amazing.

[Andy Samberg]

Usually two or three. And if it's like a one or two camera, obviously just one monologue. One.

[Jorma Taccone]

And what percentage of the time are there mistakes on cards, would you say?

[Seth Meyers]

Very rarely. Very rarely.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's fucking amazing. That's like. To have four sets of cards. They're fucking good.

[Seth Meyers]

They're so good.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Cards. Everyone in cards. They work so hard, so fast. It was even crazier going back this season, Seth, in my opinion, in terms of how late the changes and how many changes were going in. Yeah, those political cold opens, it was insane. Cause there were like five, six writers working on them at all times. And changes coming in from five different writers and the cards team just like making them all make sense and be legible.

[Jorma Taccone]

They're also taking white tape to like to make changes.

[Seth Meyers]

It's so analog. One writer stands with Wally. Wally, who does cue cards for my show to this day. And by the way, to echo your sentiment, Andy, the amount of Mondays he would walk in say, well, we broke a new record.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it's crazy.

[Seth Meyers]

Just on number of cards and how late they got the changes. But one writer with a script stands over Wally as he goes through one set of cards and you are making changes and then four other people are just mirroring the changes as they happen.

[Andy Samberg]

Correct.

[Seth Meyers]

They're just watching Molly and changing their set of cards as well.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's incredible.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Also something that is incredibly common, Yoram and whomever is listening is if you have a piece and you're worried about the changes, you go try to find someone who's not currently on a sketch and look at your cards and make sure that they are correct. And you can catch last minute things that way too.

[Jorma Taccone]

Right.

[Seth Meyers]

It's so funny when you catch a. It's that thrill when you're running cards and you catch a change. You're like, no, no, no, no, no, that's still in. And then everybody's like, that's still in. Cards number 47. Sketch 7. Card number 47. And it really is. It's it's terrible that it happens, but it's so exciting that they know how to fix it.

[Jorma Taccone]

No, I mean, I obviously have checked cards at the show and doing live sketches and things, but it's so different to hear about your guys experience of. I just never realized it was that many cards too. Like you would have that many cards for one sketch too. It's incredible.

[Andy Samberg]

The other crazy thing is sometimes if the show's running long, they'll start cutting. This only happened to me a few times, but it does happen where you are in the middle of your sketch and they start cutting the sketch live.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's amazing.

[Andy Samberg]

I was doing a sketch once and Chris Kelly, the other floor manager, was like, given like the we're cutting, we're cutting under his, you know, chin thing. And they just started pulling cards out of the stack and throwing them away. And I was like, huh? And you have to be like in the scene while you're watching them do that and not freak out and fuck up the scene because you're live on television. And then keep going and try and make the transition from the cards that are getting lifted to whatever card it's landing on. It's psychotic.

[Jorma Taccone]

The idea of them thinking about like an actor who's like, you're in my eyeline.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Like when you're dealing with people literally throwing out your line live.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, by the way, the hilarious thing is since I've left the show, you watch the show at home and when things aren't perfect, you're like, this is a mess. Like, you just forget immediately because you're like, I don't know. I want it to be as good as everything else I watch.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I think I got a lot better at a lot of the things. Also, Most, if not 99% of the work I was doing was direct to camera. I still never said my first words on Weekend Update without a 5050 doubt that they just wouldn't come out.

[Andy Samberg]

Really?

[Jorma Taccone]

Wow.

[Seth Meyers]

The idea of going out and starting Weekend Updates, starting that first joke was never anything but white knuckle terror for me.

[Andy Samberg]

That's crazy.

[Seth Meyers]

Once I started talking, I was fine, but I just had a real like, ugh.

[Jorma Taccone]

Doesn't help that there's a giant theme song leading up to you talking.

[Andy Samberg]

I know that feeling. I just. After doing it for so many years, Seth, I figured you would have settled down enough.

[Seth Meyers]

Fallon and I did a George Washington and Thomas Jefferson thing at a Weekend Update Thursday a few years ago, back when they did one of those. And it was so funny to Be sitting backstage about to roll out, having just done my show, which is also a television show.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

And because it's live and that is all it takes. Heart pounding out of my chest as I was sitting in that little rolling chair about to go out.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, I will say, when I went back this season, the first cold open, I was flipping out and like, got dry mouth and shit to the point where I was so nervous at dress that I brought water with me for air. And it really helped. I like, sipped water right before I went out because I was like, oh, shit, this is gonna be intense. And then it's the same thing. Once you get your first laugh, you relax again and you're like, oh, right, I did this for seven years.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. It's fun though, the fact that both.

[Jorma Taccone]

Of those have big lead up theme songs like the show is about to start. The show is about to start. It's all on you and update and you better not fuck up.

[Seth Meyers]

Obviously he's good. Cause why else would he be in the package? We shot him walking down the street of New York. He must know how to tell a joke.

[Jorma Taccone]

He must know what he's doing to have gotten here in the first place.

[Andy Samberg]

He's hanging out at a social thing and then notices the camera.

[Listener]

Hi, Seth, Andy, Akiva and Jorma. I mean, if Yorma's even there.

[Jorma Taccone]

Nice.

[Listener]

My name's Aaron, and my question is, is it a crime to enjoy Daiquiri Girl? Because if it is, then put me in jail. I'm just here to say that I proudly voted for it to be in the Criterion Collection. And I swear I'm not doing it to be punk or to spite y'all, I promise. I really think it's an underrated gem that is short and sweet. I really do. It's Nan golden short to me. Love the pod. Love you guys so much. I've been listening since day one. And the reason I discovered and got into SNL in the first place was because of these digital shorts. So every week, every episode has been nothing but the joy and the delight. And I'm so grateful for you guys for that. Thanks, guys. Have a good one. Bye.

[Jorma Taccone]

So sweet.

[Andy Samberg]

Thank you.

[Seth Meyers]

Another a voice, too.

[Jorma Taccone]

Wow. Yeah, thank you.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, it's not a crime to like Daiquiri Girl.

[Seth Meyers]

It's not.

[Jorma Taccone]

Not in this country.

[Andy Samberg]

It's maybe a bit of a comedy crime, is it? But you know what? If you love it.

[Seth Meyers]

If you love it, you love it. Go to it. There's still jokes. Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Set your heart free.

[Andy Samberg]

It's got jokes. I mean, look, they're all our babies.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, that's a good way of looking at it.

[Jorma Taccone]

I love a good crawl, personally.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay, so this is a really important question, Andy. Is it just Frisbee that you hate.

[Jorma Taccone]

Or is it all Italian greyhounds? Really important.

[Andy Samberg]

Thank you for that really important question. I haven't really interacted with any other Italian greyhounds, so I'm going to say it's just Frisbee.

[Jorma Taccone]

Short and sweet, to the point.

[Andy Samberg]

But, Seth, I got your holiday card.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And I texted you about it.

[Seth Meyers]

You were pretty upset.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, the front again is just the beautiful children in adorable nutcracker costumes.

[Seth Meyers]

Yep.

[Jorma Taccone]

Pretty cute.

[Andy Samberg]

And then it's like, oh, happy holidays. From their names. And then on the back, another picture, and Frisbee. And Frisbee's in there. Like, it's honestly like a jump scare from a horror movie. It's like, oh, it actually was a happy ending. The final girl killed the monster, and she's safe at home. And, no, the monster's still in the house is what it was like for me.

[Seth Meyers]

I get asked a lot in my show's Q and A. Do you still hate Frisbee? And I just want to stress to everybody, there's no chance of turning this ship around. This is a big old freighter in the middle of the Panama Canal.

[Andy Samberg]

I texted you on a Sunday, Seth, and do you remember what I texted you? It was football related.

[Seth Meyers]

No, what was it? I remember what you texted about football. I don't remember how it tied to Frisbee.

[Andy Samberg]

Everyone knows Seth is a big Steelers fan. Yeah, I texted, do you think Russ throwing that pick six was karma for you, sending me this sneak attack? You thought that with a picture, you.

[Seth Meyers]

Thought the Steelers lost because I sent you that holiday card.

[Andy Samberg]

I hoped.

[Jorma Taccone]

Who knows how the universe works?

[Andy Samberg]

And I have nothing against the Steelers, but, man, oh, man, I was glad.

[Seth Meyers]

You lost that day because Frisbee's getting older. And I asked my audience the other day, would it be a funny joke to when she dies, send you the bones?

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, my God.

[Seth Meyers]

And then the best was I was giving a long answer about how I thought that was a really. I mean, I was. I had come up with this idea, and I was asking the audience, like, is that an okay thing to do? And then somebody very close to me. Cause I walk up the aisle just looked up at me and said, how are you gonna get the bones?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, how are you gonna get the bones? I'd like to think about it.

[Seth Meyers]

So then we were talking about being at the vet when you're, like, putting your dog down and it's, like, super sad, and then you're like, also, can I get. Can you get the bones out?

[Jorma Taccone]

Here's the thing. I've been working on this material, and I really need you to help me out.

[Andy Samberg]

Excuse me.

[Seth Meyers]

I'm really bummed that I burned this. Cause then I realized I could just buy any sort of, like, you know, rat skull and just send you the skull.

[Andy Samberg]

It would work. I'd believe it in a heartbeat.

[Seth Meyers]

It would have worked. And so I burned it for the pod.

[Andy Samberg]

I think we've maybe touched on this before, but if and when, we don't know, like, what type of being Frisbee even is. Maybe some sort of immortal demon. But if Frisbee passes on to the netherworld from whence she came, do I need to come on your show and do, like, a musical tribute of some sort?

[Seth Meyers]

I think so.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. We should talk about it.

[Seth Meyers]

It. I think so. I liked the picture of the kids being really sad and me, you know, calming them down while I'm also just giggling while I'm putting a skull in a box. No, I know. We'll get another dog. She's in a better place.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, she was a good one. Oh, we love her so much. Oh, my God. He's gonna hate this.

[Jorma Taccone]

This is gonna kill.

[Seth Meyers]

He's gonna himself. Someone asked me, did I know while we were doing it that it was Anne golden era, or did it take leaving and some time to have that realization? I think I knew by the end of it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Do you guys remember year five of us being there? They did a documentary about the 2000s.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

But I was just like, okay, we're doing documentaries about. It wasn't saying that the era was great. It was just like that. We were doing documentaries about the time that was happening now. And that was a moment that I was like, I think I can leave this show now.

[Andy Samberg]

Interesting. I mean, you know, they do, like, TV movies about stuff that happened last week.

[Listener]

That's true.

[Andy Samberg]

Doesn't necessarily mean it was good.

[Seth Meyers]

It was also probably, like, contractually obligated. They just finished the one on the 90s.

[Jorma Taccone]

It was. For sure. But it was just weird to, like, do a documentary about what's happening now.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

It had led up to that. They had done the other decades too, right?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

But I will say Seth Lee, by the end of my time there, it wasn't even that I felt like it was or wasn't. It was that a lot of people would come in.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Like Hosts and famous people and stuff, and be like, you guys have a great moment happening here. Like, they would say it to us out loud.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Like, I've watched this show my whole life, and it feels like it's really having, like, a cool moment right now.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, I think that's about right.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. I always knew.

[Andy Samberg]

Brother and Yorm always knew. All right, next question.

[Seth Meyers]

I like that you went from a guy being blown away that they did a documentary about the 2000s right after they finished one. And then he's like, you're like a guy being like, do you know they have an whole encyclopedia, like a whole book about stuff starting with D? And you're like, yeah, but they did. There's ones before it.

[Jorma Taccone]

All right, the next question. Let's not talk about me.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, like, why the Ds, man?

[Andy Samberg]

Like, whoa. I didn't realize D was such a hot letter.

[Jorma Taccone]

Move on.

[Listener]

Hey, Andy, Yormo, Akiva and Seth. I gotta tell you guys, I love the podcast. Me and my girlfriend, we watch it every week on YouTube because when you refer to something, we get the visual to have whatever sketch or even the digital short of that week, and we also do the homework. So before we watch it on YouTube, we watch the sketch and then we jump right into the podcast, and we love it.

[Andy Samberg]

That's nice.

[Listener]

My question for you guys is, if you could be a part of any other era of SNL history, like any other cast, which cast would you want to be a part of?

[Jorma Taccone]

A.

[Listener]

Thanks for the podcast, guys. Love it.

[Andy Samberg]

Thank you.

[Seth Meyers]

Thank you. That's a fantastic question. And I will just answer a question. You didn't ask if you could be a character played by anybody. I worked with Fred.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's correct. That was wonderful.

[Seth Meyers]

That's a great question. What era would you guys join?

[Jorma Taccone]

I have a very specific answer. The original cast. Just because I would want to see what that vibe was like and the fuck around sort of nature of all of it. But really, because the smaller the cast, the sort of more exciting the show is to me. And I think that that was one of the reasons why I really liked our era, because it was only 11 people for a couple of those years. And I just think that people got more shine, and I think it just puts more responsibility on the cast and is more fun. Like, what was the original? Is it seven people in the original cast?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I think it's seven people.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

It's pretty awesome.

[Jorma Taccone]

I mean, that's amazing.

[Seth Meyers]

I would like to have been young and the same age as Adam Sandler. And just be friends with him.

[Andy Samberg]

I was gonna say there's that moment, and it's loaded. Cause it's gener generational, right? Like, when I was the age that I was most hitting me was there was one moment on SNL where like, Dana Carvery, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Mike Myers, who exploded. And then at the same time, you've got Sandler, Farley, Rock Spade, Norm. You know what I mean?

[Seth Meyers]

Like Rob Schneider.

[Andy Samberg]

Schneider, yeah. That are all having, like, huge things and they're all in the building at the same time. I would want to be there as a fan the most. I don't know that it would have been a good time to try and get anything on the show, though, right?

[Seth Meyers]

I, as a writer. And by the way, fantastic question, Mikey. Thank you. As a writer, I think I would have loved to have written for Phil Hartman just on that pure precision execution.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Feels like every writer's best friend.

[Andy Samberg]

By the way, also, that one season when it was, you know, Christopher Guest and Martin Short and the loaded Billy Crystal that season. Also, as a fan, to be like, hey, I get to be with all these huge, awesome people. That would have been cool, too.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hi, guys. Olivia from Canada here, longtime listener, first time voice note leaver, big fan of the pod, and my question is for Seth. How does it feel to have turned podcast hater Andy Samberg into co host of one of Spotify's most anticipated podcasts of 2024 that will now be forever and always a career title that is tied to his name?

[Seth Meyers]

Thank you, Olivia. It's a triumph.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it's great.

[Seth Meyers]

It's like My Fair lady when he got her to stop talking like a dummy.

[Jorma Taccone]

Whoa.

[Seth Meyers]

Is that the plot of My Fair Lady?

[Andy Samberg]

I don't remember.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, great.

[Seth Meyers]

It's tough when you choose an analogy and you have very. Just a real broad stroke of what that whole musical is about. I think he found a dummy. And then there was a bet.

[Andy Samberg]

It's like that moment in My Fair Lady.

[Jorma Taccone]

Is this whole thing a bet?

[Seth Meyers]

I think it's a bet.

[Andy Samberg]

And he's like, yo, I told you, you can't make a hoe into a housewife. And then they all just do a choreographed number. You're like, wait, what the fuck?

[Seth Meyers]

You said that's your first voice note, Yoram. And I can tell you, we have received so many from Andy since that Spotify thing came out of him being like, I can't fucking believe it. We did it. Oh, my God. I know it's a middle of the night, but most anticipated podcast you guys, the anticipation's crazy. Most anticipated is actually faint praise because they're not saying the podcast. It's good. They were saying before you could listen to it, people were looking forward to it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, they were like, maybe.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, I know people listen to it because people say stuff to me when I'm out and about, you know, that's good.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, okay. So Seth answered the question. Andy, how do you feel about the podcast now?

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, I would say 75% of the time it's a pain in the ass. Just on a scheduling level.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, sure.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, we all agree with that.

[Andy Samberg]

But that being said, I do love chatting with you guys and goofing around. It's really nice.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, I do too.

[Andy Samberg]

And like I mentioned last time, like, when you have the Mike. Sure. Jake Tapper episode, it is affirming and makes me feel happy about the work we've done and that it's. That's affected people at all and made people laugh, which is all we ever wanted.

[Jorma Taccone]

This is my only time to hang out with friends, so I love it.

[Seth Meyers]

I feel like if Andy's New Year's resolution was to be more introspective and forgiving.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Off to a really hot start. Because the last podcast before the new year there was a three minute delay due to my technical issues. And you said, I know this isn't your fault, but I fucking hate you so much right now.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I did say that and I stand by it.

[Seth Meyers]

Cause that's 2024. I could stand by that.

[Andy Samberg]

That's old Andy, different year. This is Andy 2.0.

[Seth Meyers]

All right, we'll be back with the next one soon enough. Happy 2025, everybody. Yeah. New year, gentlemen. I love you.

[Andy Samberg]

Happy 2025. I love you, buddy.

[Seth Meyers]

We love you, Akiva.

[Andy Samberg]

Seth, before we go.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Favorite breakfast cereal growing up. Sorry. The one you ate the most and then the one you most coveted. And then Yorm. You can answer after.

[Jorma Taccone]

Great.

[Seth Meyers]

Grape Nuts is what we ate the most. And then Frankenberry is probably what I wanted the most. And we never once had.

[Andy Samberg]

And have you had it in your life?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, at a slumber party.

[Andy Samberg]

And did you love it?

[Seth Meyers]

It was pretty disappointing. It's a little slower than when you actually get that marshmallow. It's no longer. There's a reason we don't eat a lot of our marshmallows soaked in milk.

[Jorma Taccone]

Dehydrated marshmallows.

[Andy Samberg]

And then follow up question. Grape Nuts, you eat those with sugar or some on top fruit or just raw dog. That.

[Seth Meyers]

That Was just raw dog with milk. Yes. I don't think my parents were as healthy as you Bay area kids were, but it was something that was in disgust.

[Andy Samberg]

And grape nuts. Would you wait, like, at least 30 seconds to let them soften up a little bit?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. I mean, I'm not crazy. I don't got a death wish.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. You're like, I want my teeth into old age 100%. Yeah. Okay, Jorm.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. Speaking of Bay area, I ate something called odious, which were pretty odious.

[Seth Meyers]

Nice.

[Jorma Taccone]

And what I wanted was cap'n crunch or lucky charms. Those were my two that I wanted, but I could never have.

[Andy Samberg]

That's what's up. All right. Respect and love.

[Seth Meyers]

And you guys would buy cereal in bay's area at a place called Dave's soup.

[Andy Samberg]

Is this a Mr. Mops throwback, ref?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. I mean, because again, for us, it's only been, like, minutes.

[Andy Samberg]

That's right. I mean, I think as much shine as we can place on Mr. Mops.

[Jorma Taccone]

Berkeley Institution support local Mr. Mops.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. If you need some toys and you live in the greater bay area, check out Mr. Mops. Zero mops for sale. Unless you make the right offer.

[Jorma Taccone]

Ask them.

[Andy Samberg]

The mop of Mr. Mops is like buying a mogwai.

[Seth Meyers]

I like Andy. There's a story where Andy becomes just obscenely rich. And the way he shows off at his hometown is he walks into Mr. Mops and is like, one mop, please. We don't have them. And you're like, oh, I believe you have one.

[Andy Samberg]

Let's just say I've done well for myself, Mr. Mop.

[Seth Meyers]

And as a child, I lived through a fair amount of disappointment at your lack of mops. But that ends today. All right, I love you guys very much.

[Andy Samberg]

Love you, buddy. Love you, too.

[Jorma Taccone]

Happy 2025, guys.

[Andy Samberg]

Chat soon. Catch you on the flippity dip.

[Listener]

Hey, what's up, everybody? It's Akiva. I know everybody was just listening to this whole podlike, but, like, what would Akiva have said if he was here? What's his take? And so here I am. And first off, I just want to commend the listeners who sent in voice notes for their microphone quality. Way better than yorms who's a professional. Are you guys using, like, AirPods or, you know, write in, let us know about your equipment lists. You know, yorms into that sort of thing. Just. Yeah. Great job, everybody. I have another question for the listeners. Have I been holding Andy back? You know, I took a couple episodes off, and suddenly his energy's like through the roof. Is that winter break energy? I mean, he seems positively jazzed to be on the podcast. What do we think? Did he get a new coffee machine for Christmas? What do we think, guys? All right, I wanted to share that when growing up in Berkeley, nothing ever filmed there to the Miss Doubtfire using the Claremont Pool thing. And one day I heard Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson were shooting a movie called Made in America up on Telegraph Ave. And I dropped everything because I was like, that's the dopest thing I had ever heard. I ran up to Telegraph Avenue, it was over. There was no sign of it. And then the next day at school, some people had pictures with Will Smith and Whoopi and Ted and I was so jealous. All right, that was it. Shout out to Odios and Grape Nuts as they were both in my household. Frosted Flakes was what I wanted. All right, love you guys. Bye.