Listener Q&A Episode 6

Summary

The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast: Listener Q&A Episode 6 Summary

Release Date: April 22, 2025

In Listener Q&A Episode 6 of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, hosts Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone delve into a variety of fan-submitted questions and comments. This episode stands out as a candid and humorous exploration of the trio's experiences, particularly focusing on their time at Saturday Night Live (SNL) and the creation of their iconic Digital Shorts. Without their usual collaborator Seth Meyers, the hosts navigate through listener interactions with their characteristic wit and camaraderie.

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1. Addressing the "Vest Gate" Backlash

Timestamp: [00:42] – [03:35]

The episode kicks off with Akiva Schaffer expressing personal hurt over the negative reactions to the "Vest Gate" incident on their Instagram page. The trio discusses the overwhelming response, with Andy Samberg revealing, "...only 949 comments about the vest." (Andy Samberg [01:07]). They humorously compare the backlash to the historical Watergate scandal, with Jorma Taccone quipping about receiving complaints from "everyone involved in Watergate."

Notable Quotes:

• Akiva Schaffer [00:42]: "The vest gate has been really hurtful to me personally."
• Andy Samberg [01:07]: "Just looking at the Lonely Myers Pod Instagram, and it has 949 comments about the vest."

2. Reacting to Fan Comments

Timestamp: [02:32] – [05:49]

The hosts sift through various fan comments, responding to critiques and playful jabs about their infamous vest. Comments ranged from comparing Akiva to a "goth crossing guard" to humorous takes on the vest's aesthetic. Andy Samberg shares a lighthearted appreciation for positive remarks, including Lin Manuel Miranda's humorous poem about the vest.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Samberg [02:33]: "Lin Manuel Miranda wrote, this vest seems destined to conceal a quato."
• Akiva Schaffer [04:14]: "Love that one."

3. Navigating Seth Meyers' Absence

Timestamp: [05:24] – [11:00]

Without Seth Meyers, the hosts acknowledge the challenge of maintaining the podcast's structure. Jorma Taccone humorously remarks, "...this is like filler and just like a trash episode." (Akiva Schaffer [05:26]). They joke about Seth's whereabouts at a bar mitzvah in Texas, leading to playful banter about keeping the show on track without his guidance.

Notable Quotes:

• Jorma Taccone [05:35]: "Giving them the hard sell."
• Akiva Schaffer [05:26]: "Be sure to listen to the whole fucking thing."

4. Listener Questions and Audio Messages

Timestamp: [11:00] – [44:38]

The bulk of the episode consists of the hosts addressing questions from listeners, both written and audio. Topics range from the similarity of their podcast intros to Kristen Wiig's singing, questions about their favorite SNL sketches suitable for kids, and inquiries about props and costumes from their Digital Shorts.

• Question on Intro Music Similarity:

  • Listener Ali [19:02] asks if their intro sounds like Kristen Wiig singing.
  • Andy Samberg [19:28]: Explains that Greg Chun, their long-time musician collaborator, customizes their intros based on listener suggestions.

• Prop and Costume Discussion:

  • Listener Brandon [37:23] inquires about props from Hot Rod and their Digital Shorts.
  • Jorma Taccone [38:07]: Reveals he owns a jumpsuit and cape from Hot Rod and a costume from Palm Springs.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Samberg [19:49]: "Greg Chun, who we've known for years and is a musician and is always our first call..."
• Jorma Taccone [38:30]: "I have one of the full Rod jumpsuit and cape outfits in my closet."

5. International Versions of SNL

Timestamp: [58:02] – [60:03]

The trio discusses the potential and existing international versions of SNL, including the Korean Saturday Night Live Korea and the Italian adaptation. They express excitement and curiosity about how a British version might differ, emphasizing the UK's rich history of sketch comedy.

Notable Quotes:

• Akiva Schaffer [58:37]: "I'd be very excited to see the difference, honestly, just because, you know..."
• Andy Samberg [59:54]: "They might actually let it happen, especially…"

6. Personal Anecdotes and Stories

Timestamp: [44:38] – [66:48]

Personal stories and humorous tales from the hosts enrich the conversation. Andy shares a memory from directing a Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode featuring a cameo by a New York Times crossword creator, while Jorma recounts interactions with actors like Forest Whitaker in character as Idi Amin. Additionally, they respond to heartfelt listener stories, showcasing their genuine appreciation for their fan base.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Samberg [54:45]: "I directed a Brooklyn Nine Nine episode and Will shorts the…"
• Jorma Taccone [62:39]: "But at the end of it, after I'm on a boat, we were having so much fun…"

7. Closing Remarks and Future Hints

Timestamp: [66:48] – [67:06]

As the episode wraps up, the hosts leave listeners with humorous final thoughts and teasers for future episodes. They include a playful "secret message" for Seth Meyers to check if he's paying attention and reiterate their gratitude towards their audience, affectionately dubbed the "Quaid Army."

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Samberg [67:04]: "All right, bye."
• Akiva Schaffer [67:02]: "And we love you, Seth."

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Highlighted Quotes from the Episode:

• Andy Samberg [02:33]: "Lin Manuel Miranda wrote, this vest seems destined to conceal a quato."
• Akiva Schaffer [11:21]: "Did they rip us off?"
• Jorma Taccone [38:07]: "I have one of the full Rod jumpsuit and cape outfits in my closet."
• Akiva Schaffer [58:37]: "I'd be very excited to see the difference, honestly..."
• Andy Samberg [66:51]: "I just want you to know you were wrong."

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This episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast offers a blend of humor, introspection, and heartfelt interaction with fans. From the lighthearted discussion of the "Vest Gate" controversy to engaging listener questions about their creative process and experiences, Andy, Akiva, and Jorma provide an entertaining and insightful look into their world beyond the iconic SNL Digital Shorts.

Transcript

[Andy Samberg]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

The Lonely island and Seth Meyers Podcast show Guys, before we start this here podcast, I would like to bring up that the vest gate has been really hurtful to me personally. There's been a lot of comments that were put up on our Instagram. How many are there, Keith?

[Andy Samberg]

Just looking at the lonely Myers Pod Instagram, and it has 949 comments about the vest. To be fair, you asked for it. You wrote way in on the comments.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's true. But I was thinking that everyone was going to be really nice to me.

[Andy Samberg]

You wrote way in on the comments?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

I actually just got an email from everyone involved in Watergate and they said they're offended that you used the the gate.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, now I'm offended by that phrasing.

[Jorma Taccone]

For vest gate, that. That they know what they did was bad, but to compare them to this was really hurtful, which is weird because this is not live. How do they know they had.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Because what they did was way worse or because what they did was way better.

[Jorma Taccone]

They just felt like it was minimizing what they did.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, okay. All right. Can I just say that I thought I was a more popular character on the show to be so lambasted.

[Andy Samberg]

These are all sent with love. I think I'm going to just read some from the very top. I wish I had Just refer to.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yourself as a character on the show.

[Andy Samberg]

He's loving himself. You know that.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No. Oh, no, no. I mean, but the vest was me first off.

[Andy Samberg]

Let's just say what's going to happen. We don't have Seth.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it's going to be a mess.

[Jorma Taccone]

I know. We're into the unknown.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

But wait, Yoram, what's your real voice then, if you're playing a character most of the time?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm so glad you asked that, Andy.

[Jorma Taccone]

That would pay off.

[Andy Samberg]

There's the normal guy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And anyway, but let's Go back to the show.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, my God.

[Andy Samberg]

Lin Manuel Miranda wrote, this vest seems destined to conceal a quato. And then he also said that he in parentheses, laughing so hard at all the comments. Thank you, Quaid Army. I also want to thank the Quaid army for just.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thanks Lynn.

[Andy Samberg]

Snuggling in with that name so hard. I'm just going to read. I guess these are the top ones. I don't know how it organizes it. This person wrote, also, wish I had Yorm's memory so I could forget I ever saw this vest.

[Jorma Taccone]

Dagwood.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Like that.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's a harsh tone.

[Andy Samberg]

A lot of people said. I don't know what I expected, but this isn't it. That seemed like a pretty common.

[Akiva Schaffer]

There were a lot of comments that were comparing me to a bag of trash.

[Andy Samberg]

I noticed, which is normal guy wearing.

[Jorma Taccone]

A normal vest like Dream Girl.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, Bag of trash like Dream Girl references our own work being used against me to compare me to a bag of trash.

[Andy Samberg]

I thought you guys were being on him, but actually you were being really easy on him.

[Akiva Schaffer]

One of the comments that I didn't like, which was from, I believe Bayes sent this in, said that I looked like a goth crossing guard. That was a.

[Andy Samberg]

That's good. This person says. And this is why Andy said he would go to Kiev first for the fashion advice. It's a good callback to earlier Shots fired.

[Jorma Taccone]

Shots Fired and hit Burn.

[Andy Samberg]

Quaid army official uniform.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's good. One of them was that. I think it was. I'm going to paraphrase here, but it said that I looked like a lifeguard at a pool on the Death Star.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's right. Different kind of guard.

[Andy Samberg]

Andy did say that Jorma takes the most risks in his wardrobe.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's true.

[Andy Samberg]

That was your quote.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay, can I tell you the. The one comment that I really appreciated?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, sure.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It was just this vest. Fucks.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. There you go.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Love that one.

[Andy Samberg]

This person wrote they hate to see a sleeveless Quaid coming. That's right. I do.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yoram, was the vest expensive?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I want people now to guess what they. What they think the vest cost.

[Jorma Taccone]

Because the vest saga continues.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes, because Danny, who is Kiva's assistant on the old Naked Gun movie, he was rocking that vest every night of your shoots, Keev.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it was cold nights and it was. But not that he has the same vest. It was literally Jorma's vest.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And everybody loved it on Danny, which really was a bummer for me every time I put it on.

[Andy Samberg]

Did he have a hooded sweatshirt on under it. Like he had something puffy or underneath.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, it's. His whole style is better than mine. So it just somehow worked.

[Andy Samberg]

And he had it unzipped as well. It just looked like a crew guy, like a more natural fit.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It just looked right on him. But he kept asking me how much it cost, and then by day four, I told him, and he was horrified.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, we don't pay him enough.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. So everybody guess what? They think the best cost that can be round two of vest gate.

[Jorma Taccone]

Just throwing gate around willy nilly.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What do. How do we want to set this up, guys?

[Andy Samberg]

You.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, do you want to talk about what kind of episode this is?

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, it's just saying because we don't have Seth, we didn't want to go further into sketches. So this is like filler and just like trash episode. Like.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Like a bag of trash episodes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Giving them the hard sell. Anyway.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Be sure to listen to the whole fucking thing.

[Andy Samberg]

We got a bunch of Q and A.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's what we like to call an idling. While Seth attends a bar mitzvah in Texas. Kind of an episode.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm only gonna do half of it in my pod voice, though. The rest of it's gonna be like this.

[Jorma Taccone]

The thing that ticks me off the most, fellas, is the number of bar mitzvah invites I turn down in order to be here.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God.

[Jorma Taccone]

And then Seth just turns right around and just fucks us.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know what a turbo white that guy is?

[Jorma Taccone]

I know. We thought he was the most turbo white. Turns out he's really just the most turbot.

[Andy Samberg]

He did so he did one solid before he got on a plane, which was that he texted his drinking buddy, Paul Rudd. I say drinking buddy because they did the day drinking, which was delightful.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, my God.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, by the way, I finally saw that, and it is excellent. You guys were not wrong.

[Jorma Taccone]

So very good episode.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So good.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

So go check that out on YouTube, everybody. So this was again, in regards to everyone's a critic and to. We knew we had given him the painting and where is it? And that was the question. Hey, guys, it's Paul. I have an update for you about the painting. I do have it. You were kind enough to give it to me, I guess, as a remembrance of our time together. Making the digital short. I loved it. I treasured it. I took it back to my house and realized I don't want this hanging on any wall, so I have it in a closet. It is a disturbing painting. I could describe it, but that does take some of the mystery away because it is an actual painting. Just say, Andy's nude from the waist down, as we know, and he has hot dogs for fingers. And that's part of it. And I realized out of context, you hang that on the wall. You have to describe why you have that on your wall, and that's not a good thing. Anyway, there you go. If you want it back, just text me.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I have a couple comments on that one. I would like to at least put it up on his wall in the closet that it's in.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. It doesn't have to be on the floor of the closet.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Why not in the back of the closet?

[Jorma Taccone]

Just to preserve it a little better. Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know, it can be a nice surprise when you get to.

[Andy Samberg]

Just right behind all the jackets. So when you go for a jacket. Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So when you get to laundry day, you're like, oh, God.

[Jorma Taccone]

You said you had a couple of comments.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. What's your second? We're leaving a room.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I can't even remember. I can't remember the second one. That's how fast goldfish over here.

[Andy Samberg]

That's how quickly they go, guys, we just saw one. It's rare to see some. A thought forget in real time.

[Jorma Taccone]

You'd be the worst lawyer.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm. I'm.

[Jorma Taccone]

Your honor, first of all, my client is.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Secondly, my client.

[Jorma Taccone]

Jerry, this isn't my real voice.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, but seriously, this is a good court case.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You're a good judge.

[Jorma Taccone]

In all seriousness, can we let him off the hook? He's a good guy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'll remember it. Mid show. I think this is it.

[Andy Samberg]

We are mid show. We got no Seth. We are floundering.

[Jorma Taccone]

This is going to be a 15 minute, just one long ramble without Seth giving us structure. Look, we had been debating doing a podcast for a long time, and we were like, but we can't do it. And then Seth was like, I'll do it with you. And we were like, oh, then that would be something. Because then there'd be a person who would make it be a thing. That's right.

[Andy Samberg]

That is what. Talk to them.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That would keep it on track and moving forward.

[Andy Samberg]

And now look at him. He's probably dancing the horror right now. While we're floundering.

[Jorma Taccone]

Now we're all playing like a game of chicken, of who's going to take the lead.

[Andy Samberg]

Jeff, throw. Throw something. Throw something in there so that when we need something, it's there.

[Jorma Taccone]

Give us things to comment on, Jeff.

[Andy Samberg]

Every time we're starting one, have the next one there. So when we're gasping for air, there's a breath. You know what I mean?

[Jorma Taccone]

Hey, dudes, it's Seth. I'm currently at the airport and just wanted to, you know, check in, hear how the pod is going without me. And I guess maybe a little curious as to whether it's better without me. And if our listeners are going to sort of say I'm a fourth wheel and I should get out of the way.

[Andy Samberg]

But then, you know, when you think.

[Jorma Taccone]

About cars, fourth wheel is almost essential to the engineering as far as you.

[Andy Samberg]

Don'T want to be in one of those weird ones, making it safe on the roads.

[Jorma Taccone]

And I also can tell this is coming off as desperate and needy. And so, you know, I just wouldn't even play this.

[Andy Samberg]

I think it's choked up to play this.

[Jorma Taccone]

But I also think, you know, it's a huge mistake to do without me. And I cannot believe you guys did this on the day that I'm at the airport and fucking spinning out right now. And I'm so mad. And I agree with Akiva, Space Olympics is a fucking pile of shit. Oh, man.

[Akiva Schaffer]

After all these years, he finally said it.

[Andy Samberg]

That's just the tag now. Thank. Well, thanks, caller, for weighing in one of the Quaid Army.

[Jorma Taccone]

It was wild that he, like, voiced his concern that we were going to be better without him. Right as we were spiraling about having no clue how to do it without him. It shows you that we're actually the perfect team.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, what a great. What a great metaphor. You know, we are a car. And thanks so much for keeping us on the tracks, Seth. Let's see what happens next.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, so Jeff is one of the producers over here, and he's going to be just feeding us that. The aura car, the lonely auto. What is this fool on?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I just. I just got up from a nap to be. To be fair.

[Jorma Taccone]

So, yeah, this is post nap. Yeah, this is.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Snugly sleepy guy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

There's so many things about me that you're going to love. Find out this episode.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, so Jeff, one of the producers, is going to be just feeding us things and it's going to be nice and clunky in the chat. Here we go. Questions? We got a lot of. Several people have mentioned the similarity to White Lotus opening theme in the Everybody's a critic that are. So. Did they rip us off?

[Jorma Taccone]

It is kind of similar.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, man. Yeah, I bet Mike White ripped us off.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, I heard, you know, there's a big falling out between Mike White and the guy who does the Music.

[Andy Samberg]

That's probably what it was about. Mike's like, you can't do that. You're just ripping off. To everyone's criticism.

[Jorma Taccone]

You took it a different way. I was going to say, Mike, call Keevan Yoram. They're readily available to fill in. If you guys are going to that guy next.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I will definitely do that. Season season five. Are we on season four or five?

[Jorma Taccone]

If it was season four and the opening credits hit and it was just you guys going, you're like, you're like.

[Akiva Schaffer]

People didn't even watch like the first.

[Jorma Taccone]

Episode for some reason. Season seems worse.

[Andy Samberg]

This is the next one. Ready?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

People have let us know that you can say jizz after 9pm in the UK.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, even earlier.

[Andy Samberg]

Does that mean multiple people said 9pm is the jizz starting cut off?

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's the jizz starting cut off. Wow.

[Jorma Taccone]

I told you guys they're not tripping there.

[Andy Samberg]

I know, but is that official? Why would this is written like multiple people weighed in to be like nine.

[Jorma Taccone]

I think it's not like at nine, the one word you can now say is jizz. I think it's like all dirty.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Yeah. Like all. It turns into HBO on their broadcast tv.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know the way I think about Britain though too, like, it's very. It's. I like to think that it's actually not about TV, it's about life. And at 9 o'clock they can all say it. But before that, they would never dare. Because it would be too impolite.

[Andy Samberg]

No, because that's too close to tea time.

[Jorma Taccone]

Interesting.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's jizz time at night.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

You know, it's an interesting thing about foggy London town. Everyone's like, oh, spot of tea. You know, England.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

They really, they really do drink a ton of tea.

[Akiva Schaffer]

They do.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's not like a nasty thing that people say about it, you know, it's like actually very, very quaint and nice.

[Andy Samberg]

So both of you guys spent extended time there. What is the tea that's in the mid morning? Like the 11am one called. Do you guys know there's like a really cute Name for the 11am Tea?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Is Tetley's one of them? Is that. Am I mispronouncing that might be.

[Andy Samberg]

No, it's like a.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, I. I get them confused with, you know, what hobbits do.

[Andy Samberg]

Right. But they probably do it too. What do they call it?

[Jorma Taccone]

There's elevensies Seconds east.

[Andy Samberg]

That's it. I just. I literally couldn't remember it. It seems like I should have Since I said the word 11, but that's it.

[Jorma Taccone]

I don't think they have second breakfast.

[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Andy Samberg]

All right, so a couple people mentioned going to meet us at shows where they went to the place where they could us and then they sent photos. So we got a photo from Claire that is showing right there.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Do people know? Do people know? Like let's. Let's reiterate if people don't know.

[Andy Samberg]

We went over how when we were on stage at the concert. I forget why I came up over and over the refrain of if anybody wants to me, I'll be chilling at the Office Depot parking lot on Lamar and fifth. Bad bitches only. Thank you. God bless.

[Jorma Taccone]

God bless. I forgot we did added God bless.

[Andy Samberg]

So that was. That was in wherever Claire is from. Huh. And then we got another person. Melissa sent us a shirt that we. We talked about how we always had one of our roadies meet whoever was there with a kind of fill in the blank shirt we made that says I came to party with the lonely island on. And then in Sharpie, this looks like maybe my handwriting.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It really does look like your handwriting.

[Andy Samberg]

June 21st at the Duane Reade in NYC. So it's like a official mad Lib shirt that we had that we fill out every night.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's a fun one.

[Andy Samberg]

It's very good. And then here's a picture as a bonus of Seth, who I forgot. Did he do a set of comedy when we played Pier 17 in New York or did he just come out and intro us?

[Jorma Taccone]

I don't know. I think he might have just introduced us and someone else did a set.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No way. No way.

[Andy Samberg]

I think that might be true. I think maybe Connor O'Malley did this.

[Jorma Taccone]

It was Connor.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, really?

[Jorma Taccone]

I bet it was super. Right down the middle too.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Yeah, that's him.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We probably didn't want him to do it because he was so turbot white, you know, we were just like, ah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Get out of here.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You're ruining the vibe, Seth.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, I see.

[Andy Samberg]

We would always have comedians we like open for us and then if somebody else was around, we'd have them come intro us. Like Tim Robinson intro to us in Detroit. That sort of thing. But Tim Meadows opened.

[Jorma Taccone]

Opened. We had such rad openers.

[Andy Samberg]

We had the two best Detroit Tims.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes, and Danny Brown also the fucking triad of awesome Detroit.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Danny Brown came Out and did Lazy Sunday. That was nuts. Jeff. Jeff, you gotta have the next one just sitting there so when we're going, I can just rail right into it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Jeff, you're exposing us and ruining our careers, dude.

[Andy Samberg]

And if it's gonna be an audio. If it's gonna be an audio one, just put audio one next and then I'll throw to that. I have a real. I have an actual question. Sometimes when we're getting these voice notes, and sometimes when I went online and looked at comments, there's people on YouTube going, where do you send a voice note? How do you get a voice note in? And I'm like, I have no clue where these are coming from. Jeff, will you tell us where do the voice notes come from? If somebody wants to send us a.

[Jorma Taccone]

Voice question, there's a link in the Instagram bio.

[Andy Samberg]

Ah, there's a link in the Instagram bio for people who want to send it. You can just leave your voice in there, Jeff. We don't have to edit you out. It's fine. All right. This is from Ali. Hi, guys. Listening to the newest episode on the classic and certainly Criterion Collection short Jizz in My Pants, and thought the intro for today's episode sounded a lot like Kristen Wiig singing. I guess. I have two questions. One, am I right? Did I totally nail that? Two, where did you get those intros from?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Who?

[Andy Samberg]

What? When? Where? Longtime listener, first time emailer. Thanks for making my commute more fun. So I'll answer two first and then you can talk about the wig. 1. This guy Greg Chun, who we've known for years and is a musician and is always our first call when we have something that is actually musical that we need to do real.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yep.

[Andy Samberg]

He's just very good at picking up the phone, and he's very talented. A little bit of trivia on him if you watch Squid Game, but you do it dubbed. He's the voice of the main dude in Squid Game for American audiences because he also does a lot of VO So whenever there's little things like this, he's always the first person any of us are texting. He did all the music for the Michael Bolton Valentine's Day special. He did when Andy hosted the Emmys. He did the opening musical kind of song.

[Jorma Taccone]

He did the song we did for the Oscars that ended up not getting made.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah, that's on our YouTube channel. I bet you his voice is even on there. And so, yeah, so we love this guy. And so once a month, he'll just text us like Five new ones that are random. And then the wig one, she texted it to Jorm Acapella, and I'm not sure why.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I just asked her what her idea for a theme song would be because she was saying that she would want to do one, and then she sent that in, and then we didn't bother to rerecord her because we were like, that was great.

[Andy Samberg]

And honestly, it wasn't even us. She just did it. And then Greg Chun just made it musical and surprised all of us, actually. So that's how great it was. All right. Was there something else?

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, that was those. You. You were succinct and wonderful, and Greg's the homie.

[Andy Samberg]

We're going to burn through these.

[Jorma Taccone]

Also something that everyone at home couldn't see while you were doing that. Handsome.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh. Oh, wow.

[Jorma Taccone]

Not to step on your arms.

[Andy Samberg]

Excuse your arms. Yeah, that's going to mess it up.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Shots holstered.

[Andy Samberg]

Which one is Angel?

[Jorma Taccone]

Shots holstered. Compliment deployed.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, we have an audio message. Let's rock it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hi, my name is Edie. I'm from Baltimore, and my favorite Lonely island skit is Rosstron, because my dad is bald.

[Jorma Taccone]

And my question is, why won't my.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Parents let me say Sushi Glory hole at school?

[Jorma Taccone]

Bye.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, man. I was gonna feel bad for saying that this vest fucks and that jizz should be something that people, but then at the end of that message, I was like, I guess it's fine that that kid is up on game.

[Andy Samberg]

It's up to every parent how they want to raise their child. And, you know, at least they're telling her that these are jokes for home and don't bring it to the school.

[Jorma Taccone]

We don't know how old that person was.

[Andy Samberg]

You know what I mean? No, I'm just going off. What? She said that she can't say that she's not allowed to talk about Sushi Girl at school, so.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, you think that that person might be in college?

[Jorma Taccone]

Like a.

[Andy Samberg]

It could be university.

[Jorma Taccone]

Uptight medical school.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wait, what was that kid's name?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, Edie.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, I thought it was Edie Amine.

[Andy Samberg]

That was Edie Falco.

[Jorma Taccone]

Guys, Edie Amin sounded really kind of pleasant.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep, it was Forrest. It was Forest Whitaker in character as Edi Amin.

[Jorma Taccone]

Edie, thank you for the wonderful note.

[Andy Samberg]

Do you remember the scene in the IDI Amin movie that I forget the title of, where James McAvoy comes in as his doctor, and he's just saying he has such extreme stomach pain, and then he takes, like, a baseball bat and holds it against IDI Amin's stomach from behind, like doing the Heimlich maneuver, you know?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I do. Because we watch until he just farts.

[Andy Samberg]

For like 45 second fart.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It might be the longest part in movie history. Right. And it's like a Last King of Scotland, too.

[Andy Samberg]

There you go. Yeah. And Last King of Scotland, Kevin. Reminds me of the title. It's such a serious, like, tense movie. And then there's just a 45 second.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Can I say the funniest part of it, though? It was after that because then they both fall out laughing, like. Oh, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

That's what bonds them.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But then you're like. You're in the same room. You like, you're still smelling the fart.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. He doesn't talk about what it smelled like, but there was so much relief.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Between them both.

[Jorma Taccone]

Do you think it's the longest, like, on camera fart ever recorded? Like in something that's narrative?

[Andy Samberg]

Might be in like a studio movie, Like a real movie in a movie.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Like an Oscar kind of movie? For sure.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. That might be the longest fart.

[Jorma Taccone]

What about Blazing Saddles?

[Andy Samberg]

It's.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's the most tonnage, but probably not length.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I don't know that. Like Dumb and Dumber Blazing. I don't know that they have a single fart that goes that long.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Maybe Swiss army man would top it. Potentially.

[Andy Samberg]

That's interesting.

[Jorma Taccone]

Swiss Army Man's got some really good.

[Andy Samberg]

But that's indie. Those are indie farts. A24. Yeah. You start including a24, you're gonna have. The farts are gonna go crazy.

[Jorma Taccone]

We have to discern now.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Which movie won Best Picture.

[Andy Samberg]

We're talking majors just from the studios. They don't have the same checks and balances. At a 24. They can just kind of like let it go.

[Jorma Taccone]

Right, you guys, when the cat's away, the fart mice will play. Am I right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

The mice will drive the three wheeled.

[Jorma Taccone]

Car, the three wheel car, right into convos about screen farts.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, this next one is from Nick, and he grew up in foggy London town. I don't have a good British accent, so, you know, one of you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, you try.

[Andy Samberg]

Try one of you Anglophiles.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, no, you try. Let's do it. Put that top hat on.

[Andy Samberg]

Hey, guys. Growing up in foggy London town, we didn't get SNL on tv. But I've been a fan of the Lonely island ever since I stumbled across the shorts on YouTube as a teenager. I remember listening to the Incredibad album at the original HMV on Oxford street, like it was holy scripture. What did HMV stand for again? I know.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's like a Her Majesty's voice, I believe.

[Andy Samberg]

Really? It's like a Best Buy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Quick on the draw on that one.

[Jorma Taccone]

Never even heard of it. So that's Yorm wins.

[Andy Samberg]

It's like a Virgin Megastore. Well, I guess they would have Virgin because that's Richard Brandon. That's like their whole thing, given Jorma and Andy were doing sexy British accents in the jizz in my pants. Were they imagining pants in the UK sense, I. E. Underwear. Or in the US Sense, I. E. Trousers.

[Jorma Taccone]

Trousers.

[Andy Samberg]

That's a really good point.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He found a fucking flaw in the ointment.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, we've. We've also settled that you guys were doing German accents from somebody who learned in Germany from a British teacher.

[Jorma Taccone]

So, I mean, it makes more sense actually, in the Brit way, because that's where it would go.

[Andy Samberg]

That is actually true.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

I mean, this is the whole fanny versus fanny situation.

[Andy Samberg]

Or was it a beautiful transatlantic double entendre that covered both. If so Righteous kill. Love all four of you so much it gets a bit lonely working from home every day. But every Tuesday I get to feel like I'm taking the piss with some old mates.

[Jorma Taccone]

What a fucking dream that people are now sending messages with. Righteous killing. Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So many dreams.

[Jorma Taccone]

Your dream is alive.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, we brought it back. I mean, I guess it never died.

[Akiva Schaffer]

With us, but so many dreams realized on this pod.

[Andy Samberg]

The Quaid army is widening out the dream.

[Akiva Schaffer]

First of all, thank you for such astute observations, Nick, and questions. Yeah, let's just assume that we're super smart. I would say. Right.

[Jorma Taccone]

No, it was trousers. It was trousers.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It was.

[Jorma Taccone]

We would have said in my underpants.

[Andy Samberg]

That's also because just you generally would say, like, I piss my pants. You know, I piss my underpants. Although I guess some people pants just.

[Jorma Taccone]

Is the clean single syllable.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

That you need. Everything else is multi syllabic.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. That would be weird to me. Jizz. And my trousers would probably not work.

[Jorma Taccone]

As well in my underpants. You're actually selling me jizz in my tighty whiteies. Jizz in my boxers.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You guessed it. Jeans.

[Jorma Taccone]

You know, we have punch you in the jeans. That was overlap. We didn't want to.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Cannibalize ourselves on the same album.

[Andy Samberg]

Dodged a bullet.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Right. That'd be embarrassing.

[Jorma Taccone]

What if it used to be jeans and then we changed. Was actually originally jeans, but then we wrote punch you in the jeans and we were like, we can't cannibalize.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Come on, that'd be embarrassing.

[Andy Samberg]

Not to bump.

[Jorma Taccone]

We pivoted to pants. And the rest is his story.

[Akiva Schaffer]

All right, that was great.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, we got an audio message. Next. Roll it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Roll it.

[Andy Samberg]

Hi, I'm calling from Canada. First, I have a confession. So I had forgotten the origin of the whole Quaid thing.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And when we started referring to ourselves.

[Andy Samberg]

As the Quaid Army, I, for some.

[Jorma Taccone]

Reason, thought that it was a reference to, like, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid.

[Andy Samberg]

We're all a bunch of Quaids.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I'm not.

[Andy Samberg]

Not disappointed that's not the reference.

[Jorma Taccone]

Anyway, here's my question.

[Andy Samberg]

I thoroughly enjoy when everyone does their Lorne Michaels impersonations. And my question is, is there ever.

[Jorma Taccone]

A time when he, like, really slips.

[Andy Samberg]

Into his Canadian accent? Like, when he's mad or when he's.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Drunk or when he's feeling maybe a bit silly?

[Andy Samberg]

Thanks so much. Love you guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

Thanks for that. Love you. I think Seth would know this better than us, but for me, my guess would be when he's around his old buddies from Canada the same way, like anyone, when they go back to their hometown, that regional thing comes back more. That would be my guess.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I would say the most Canadian thing that was mentioned about him and pointed out was that I believe he has a little lapel pin that he wears occasionally, which is this tiny little flower. And it's, like, some sort of distinction from the Canadian government. Right. Am I making this up? I feel like this is a thing. And it was when we were traveling to Canada with him that I noticed that he was wearing it and someone pointed out what it was for. But in my mind, it was, like a diplomatic pin that, like, allowed him to get into customs without going through customs or something like that. I don't think that's true.

[Andy Samberg]

I like him having Canada pride, which he certainly does.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

I haven't the foggiest about that yarn, but it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, good. I hope I made it up entirely.

[Jorma Taccone]

I know. I feel like maybe you're rousing from your nap a little bit here, and things are starting to flood back in.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Starting to flood the zone.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

He's remembering just a lapel pin. Kevin says, I think it is an Order of Canada pin.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Ah, yeah, I was right. Oh, man.

[Jorma Taccone]

You know what? Let me be the first person to congratulate Lord Order of Canada pin.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah, look at that. It's got a little. It's got a little maple leaf in the middle.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, it does? Okay. Yeah. Well, there you go. That's a fun little factoid.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I love it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Next question.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, this is from Anna or Ana. Hi, Lonely island and Seth Meyers. I am a third grade teacher and I like to expose my children to cool pop culture things. What sketch or digital short would each of you pick to be in your Comedy for Kids class? That's kind of like in quotes and it's with K's Comedy for Kids class. What are your own kids favorite songs or sketches? Do they know you had a dope past? Anyways, I hope you read this on air to my fellow Quaid's. Love you guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

I love having it on the record that we have a dope pass.

[Andy Samberg]

I wonder if they know that their teacher's a Quaid.

[Jorma Taccone]

Have to answer to the board.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wait, what are your guys? I actually want to know. And I think that we should not pick things from SNL potentially on this answer. But that's my own opinion from my kids.

[Andy Samberg]

They don't give it up. They're just like classic kids who won't give it up for my stuff in general.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, your kids. They won't give it up for how dope you are.

[Jorma Taccone]

But what do they like?

[Andy Samberg]

One of my daughters likes sushi Glory hole. I know that. I guess it felt more fresh when I play the old things. They kind of go, huh?

[Akiva Schaffer]

My kids are a little young. There's very few things I've ever played of our stuff because there's so much cursing. So they've listened to yolo. Cause that has no cursing. And that's not true. My 4 year old was recently saying lines from our something new we were working on and it was filled with cursing and I realized I was a bad parent. My that I would say this was just the first thing that popped in my head was a Monty Python sketch. That is the coal miner sketch where a son comes home and says that he wants to be a coal miner to a family of actors and the actors are all playing it as if the life of an actor is super hard and like very, very blue collar and like you're really doing the work.

[Andy Samberg]

He's had a hard day, dear.

[Jorma Taccone]

His new play opens at National Theater tomorrow.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, that's good, good, good. What do you know about it? What do you know about getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to.

[Jorma Taccone]

Fly to Paris, back at the Old.

[Andy Samberg]

Vic for drinks at 12, sweating the.

[Jorma Taccone]

Day through press interviews, television interviews, then getting back here at 10 to wrestle with a problem of an homosexual nymphomaniac drug addict involved in the ritual murder of a well known Scottish footballer. That's a full working day, lad, and.

[Andy Samberg]

Don'T you forget it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And the son is like, but I want to be a coal miner daddy. And he's like, why, what's wrong? And he's like, I don't want to go to gala luncheons. What's wrong with gala luncheons? And I always loved it and I actually ripped it off on a sketch called Math Whizzes versus History Buffs. It was a Matthew Fox episode and wrote a sketch that was just a complete rip off of that sketch because I always loved it. Keev, what's yours?

[Jorma Taccone]

Do you think you wrote it for Matthew Fox because he has the word math in his name.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh. Oh, that's fascinating. Maybe you're so busted about that part of it.

[Andy Samberg]

Not the part where he admitted to ripping off.

[Jorma Taccone]

No, not the ripoff part. It was the math. And Matt.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep. You got him.

[Jorma Taccone]

Try living that one down.

[Andy Samberg]

You took it as which sketch or digital short would you pick? Just so it could be anything at that point.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, I think it was, like, required.

[Andy Samberg]

I was gonna say that in general. Throw it on the ground. Seems to be the one kids like.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Of ours, for sure.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, we're picking our own shit.

[Andy Samberg]

I don't know.

[Akiva Schaffer]

For like recording.

[Jorma Taccone]

What else do we have? I mean, like when we were kids, which ones we liked when we were.

[Andy Samberg]

Doing sound mix and color for the last season, when I think you should leave, they kept sending it. And then I'd watch it just to kind of double check that I didn't catch something. And I'd say, I have homework because I was with the kids. And I'd be like, it's like 6:00 and they need the notes by 9. And I go, guys, I have homework. I have to watch this. And one time one of my daughters decided to sit there and she sat down and started watching. Was like, like, this is your homework. And she's too young for it and loves it and does get it. And now it like, kind of talks a little like Tim, which I'm sure has happened to a lot of people around the world who, like, I think you should leave. Where his unique speech patterns kind of infect your brain. And she wanted to watch more and has now watched every sketch except for there's a few I still skip.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

But she basically can quote a bunch of them and does. I don't know if we really answered, but here we go. Thanks for calling in, Andy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Skipping. All right. Andy doesn't get to answer one.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, did you have some?

[Jorma Taccone]

Andy, Everything is awesome. No brainer.

[Andy Samberg]

Great. That sketch from the movie Redefined comedy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Andy Samberg]

Peace out. Okay, next up, we have an audio one. Go ahead.

[Jorma Taccone]

Hey, guys. My name is Brandon and I'm from British Columbia, Canada. I live about 40 minutes away from where you guys shot Hot Rod. And I was in high school when you guys were on the show, so I can definitely confirm that it was an golden era. Our family builds and collects movie cars and we actually own the original screen used Mirthmobile from the first Wayne's World. And I'm right in the middle of building a replica of Rod's bike from Hot Rod, the Tomos A35. My question is.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Do you have anything from Hot Rod or from the digital shorts, Any props or costumes that you just hold on to or something that was important that you just felt like you needed to take home and. And maybe display? I love, love props. One of my favorite things. Love the podcast. I'm a card carrying Quaid army member and your sense of humor really shaped my sense of humor. So thank you for that. Love you guys.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wow, that got super real and awesome. Like, that's cool. As the original Wayne's World car is rad.

[Jorma Taccone]

I know. I was immediately very jealous.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's so flattering that you would recreate Rod's sweet scooter.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's a fun thing to ride too. I know that you're not talking about a real one, but. But I really.

[Andy Samberg]

No, he is. He's gonna.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, he is. He's rebuilding real.

[Andy Samberg]

He's just rebuilding one. He's just having to find the parts.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, he's making a little. Little like miniature LEGO size one, right?

[Andy Samberg]

I don't think so. I think he's making off this. He should. Okay, got it. Copy. What was. Wait, what did he just ask at the end?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Do we have any movie props or.

[Jorma Taccone]

I have one of the full Rod jumpsuit and cape outfits in my closet.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, I didn't know that. Why don't you wear it to brunch and stuff?

[Jorma Taccone]

That's a good question.

[Andy Samberg]

He's put on a couple pounds.

[Jorma Taccone]

That was the most comfortable thing I've Ever worn in anything. So I think I could probably still.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's the reason he doesn't wear it to brunch is because he's put on a couple pounds.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Not because I don't want to dress up as a character in a movie I played. I also have. This is not our proper comedy stuff, but I do have one of the outfits from Palm Springs too, which is another movie where I wear the exact same thing the whole time.

[Andy Samberg]

Right. The same outfit every day.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

I have one of the rod. I have one of the other rod capes just folded like in a container somewhere in my closet.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, that's killer. I have Tim Meadows gave me because he knew I was such a huge fan of the ladies man. I have one of the candles that was on the ladies man's desk.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, that's fun.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. But for the amount of things we did, I pretty much have nothing.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. No, correct. Same. Same here.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, it's weird because when a movie wraps, it all belongs to the studio. And if they need it for additional photography, it all gets packed away very meticulously. It's not a free for all. Same with the costumes. And then at some point you talk to people who are like, oh, yeah, I bought that at an auction or it got thrown away in a dumpster. And you're like, oh, I wish somebody would call me a year later when they're like, hey, we're getting rid of all this stuff.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Like, I have definitely wished we owned the head. The DJ head for Owen's character in. In Pop Star.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, yeah. That was crazy expensive too.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I wish that was in our office. And it's not.

[Andy Samberg]

But now it's at the Smithsonian. What are you gonna do.

[Akiva Schaffer]

For future generations to enjoy?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, you guys, that segment was brought to you by Black Moon. Who got the props?

[Andy Samberg]

Well, we know it's Buckshot and five.

[Jorma Taccone]

Foot Evil D and Buckshot.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah. Three guys got the. Got the props.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Props.

[Andy Samberg]

That's got the props.

[Jorma Taccone]

Just like us three guys.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Those guys were a real three wheeled car, too. Amazing that they kept it on the tracks.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. For those who don't know, it was a song from 1993. I guess you can just Google it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, Black Moon was a band, guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, I guess we have another audio one. Kick it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Hey there, guys. I'm Bentley, first time listener, long time caller. Interesting. And I had a quick question for you. Has there ever been a time where, quote unquote, real rappers have reached out.

[Andy Samberg]

To y'all to help polish up A.

[Jorma Taccone]

Verse or add a couple extra lines.

[Andy Samberg]

Or if y'all have just straight up helped ghost write a song by a real rapper. There's been several times throughout your.

[Jorma Taccone]

Your musical career that you have absolutely dope lines that, if put in a more serious context, would be, you know, phenomenal. Just be amazing lines. And I think it'd be really interesting if other legitimate rappers had reached out.

[Andy Samberg]

To y'all and incorporated your talents and your skills.

[Jorma Taccone]

So thank you for your time, love the podcast, and hope you have a great day. Very, Very flattering. Very nice. The answer is a resounding no.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, like a 1,000% no. No, no. Real rapper. I think that's in the title, though. Like, if you're a real rapper, I don't think you're going to us to punch.

[Jorma Taccone]

I mean, we're. We're open to it, obviously, if somebody wants to have their stuff be worse. But the closest we ever got was while we were making our third album. Who reached it was Dan the Automator reached out. Right. They were making the. The new Deltron.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah, yeah, the Deltron 3030.

[Jorma Taccone]

But we did, like, a. It was still a very goofy.

[Andy Samberg]

It was a comedy sketch. Yeah, Like a skit.

[Jorma Taccone]

But that's the most, like, legitimate thing we've ever been on. Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But we were pretty psyched to be on it because that was, you know, Deltron was like, a big thing for us in. In. In high school. And Dan the Automator, everything that those guys, him and Prince Paul did and. And just Dan in general, was, like, stuff that we were very psyched on.

[Jorma Taccone]

So were we disappointed not to be included on Handsome Boy modeling schools? White people, sure. But we hadn't made a name for ourselves yet, so it was out of the question. If there's a white people, too, would we like the call? Yeah, man, we'd like the call big time.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Dan, this is going out to you. I will say this. There have been real rappers that I have heard that I thought were doing a joke and then realized they were real rappers after the fact. I was like, oh, okay. Like, for a second, I was like, that was pretty funny. Like, that's a good comedy rap person. That came out. I'm not gonna name names, but yeah. And then found out that they were taking it real serious.

[Jorma Taccone]

Kendrick.

[Andy Samberg]

Kendrick. Yep.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it was Kendrick.

[Andy Samberg]

I thought the damn album was just full of great jokes, and I was laughing all the time, and I thought, oh, my God, we've got competition. And then someone said, no, people are.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Taking this real Legit.

[Jorma Taccone]

Jorm just found that funny. We were like, I don't know, man. Seems like he's pretty bad it. Norm, kick your most serious rhyme.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay, Ready?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, obviously.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey, yo, you like burritos? Yo, we all like burritos. But here's a little something that you might not know about. Burritos can get expensive when you buy them in bulk. So grab a pen and a pad so you don't go broke. Hit up Baja Fresh. Be sure to stupid vegetarian Dos Manos. Them shits are super large for only 625. So you can have one half now and then reheat the other half later.

[Jorma Taccone]

Later.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, I still remember it. Guys, that's a good verse.

[Andy Samberg]

That's just lessons for the kids.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It was from a song called for the Children. It was an advice song. That was unhelpful.

[Andy Samberg]

I always love that verse, Elena. That was a real answer, by the way.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That was back in the day. Because Dos matos was only 625. Who knows what they cost?

[Andy Samberg]

They were huge. Two hands.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Weigh in on the comments.

[Jorma Taccone]

Weigh in on the comments. How much a Dos monos cost?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, if Baja Fresh is even still in business. Tell us what a dos Manos cost. Hey, Quaid army, let's hear from you. We got a caller on the line. Go ahead.

[Jorma Taccone]

No, we don't have that capability. Cue color.

[Andy Samberg]

Go ahead.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey, guys, hope you're good. I love the pod. My question is, obviously we have loads of great SNL movies over the years. What are the sketches like? They don't have to be your own that you would love to make into a movie. P.S. i'm in London at the minute and I'm also unemployed. So I was looking at jobs today and I saw that there's actually a Cold Stone Creamery in London, which I didn't know, and I thought, like, oh, I'll make the joke. I'm toiling part time at Cold Stone Creamery and I applied. It's actually a full time position, so I'd be toiling full time at the Cold Stone Creamery. All right, thanks, guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

Have a good one. Yeah, you cannot toil full time.

[Andy Samberg]

That guy had a real train spotting vibe going off.

[Jorma Taccone]

Before we respond to that at all, I looked it up and Yoram, guess how much a Dosmanos burrito cost a Baja Fresh.

[Andy Samberg]

Now, according to the Google thing, I'm.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Gonna say 950, you buffoon. Keev, what's your guess?

[Andy Samberg]

I saw it already. He held it up to his camera.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, it's over 21 no, I'm going under.

[Andy Samberg]

No, it is not.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's no way.

[Andy Samberg]

What?

[Jorma Taccone]

That's what Google AI said.

[Andy Samberg]

Do they even still do it though? Because I just.

[Jorma Taccone]

Was it guessing what it would be with inflation on their website?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, like What? It would be 625 in like today's currency. Wow, inflation's a. I don't see it on here though.

[Andy Samberg]

I don't even know if they make it anymore. I'm on their official website.

[Jorma Taccone]

Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Weigh in on the comments. What do you think a dose monitor.

[Andy Samberg]

Should cost nowadays, Guys, without Seth here, we can talk about things. Like there used to be Baja Freshes all over Los Angeles and now I don't know where even any of them are.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, we gotta answer the question though, guys. Mine would be, I would love to see a Falconer movie, but I'm obviously a big Will Forte head.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, the one we've always talked about was Laser Cats, where you do like the high end meets low end, whatever it is.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Would love to do a Laser Cats movie. Yeah. Andy, do you have one that you'd like to see turned into a film? You only like original stuff. So you.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You refuse to answer the question.

[Jorma Taccone]

I'm anti. Anti ip.

[Andy Samberg]

You don't like just general intellectual property.

[Jorma Taccone]

Do sketches count as ip?

[Andy Samberg]

Ip?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I think so. Yeah, they do.

[Jorma Taccone]

You know what? I guess a recurring sketch could be considered ip.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Like it sure as hell was ip When Wayne's World movie was coming out.

[Andy Samberg]

I was like, oh, I always enjoyed every one of them.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh my God, so much.

[Andy Samberg]

Because they're at least silly and fun and they are a genuine effort, even if they don't quite. Some of them don't hold up as well as others.

[Jorma Taccone]

No, they're really funny people and making things full of jokes.

[Andy Samberg]

I wish we still lived in a world where again, major studios, no offense to the longer farting ones that can because they don't have any. They can do anything they want. But like the ones where there are rules, putting real money. How fun would it be, you know, this summer be seeing some snl. I don't even want to guess what they would be, but just those kind of movies that are now extinct. I would love to see them.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Right? Like almost like a big swing. Like really going for a joke movie. Like I don't know what exists like that that could be coming out maybe even in August.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh. Oh, good. Oh, God. Could bring those back. I'd pet that guy on the back.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know who I love is that Liam Neeson guy.

[Andy Samberg]

I'd buy that guy a beer. I'd say, hey, thanks for bringing back comedy. You know what I mean?

[Jorma Taccone]

That guy. I'd buy that guy a beer.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, but it won't happen.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

If you just saw that, like, at a hotel bar, right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Like movies like Airplane, Naked Gun, like, why aren't people making those anymore?

[Andy Samberg]

Keep in mind that maybe, maybe he's semi gluten intolerant and actually can't drink very many beers without starting to feel a little sick. So maybe I'd give him a voucher for one later or something rather than, like, trying to have it right there.

[Jorma Taccone]

Or, like, what kind of thing could he drink, do you think? If he, like, if he was over his glute, like, he couldn't do his glute.

[Andy Samberg]

It's more important that, like, he gets credits for, like, room service later or something. So it's more like putting. Just putting in cash towards the overall.

[Jorma Taccone]

If someone were to do that to bring back, like, laugh a minute comedy with a studio picture, like, this summer, I would maybe bring that guy a burrito.

[Andy Samberg]

I'd Venmo 15 bucks to, like, whatever hotel he was staying at to go again against the overall charges at the end of the stay.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Right?

[Jorma Taccone]

So you get, like, some chicken fingers at like 2:00am yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Again, gluten free. So put that in the mix when you get it right.

[Jorma Taccone]

So like a green salad. This is the worst. Keef, listen, hey, to all our younger listeners. It'll come for you. Don't you worry. Enjoy it now. Enjoy it while it lasts. Enjoy it.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, this one comes from Ash. Since you funny fellas covered the incredibad album, I've always been curious as to whose hand is whose on the album cover. I have my guess, and I am afraid that if I never get the answer, I might have to live slightly uncomfortable for the rest of my life. Love you guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

Let's look it up.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'll say this. I was always embarrassed about my hand in that because I feel like I have sort of gross hands, so I'm the gross one.

[Jorma Taccone]

Interesting.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, I'm pulling it up.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I think I'm left. Andy's middle and Keeva's right, but I don't know if that's true. That's just a guess. Why did I base that on?

[Andy Samberg]

I think you're correct.

[Jorma Taccone]

You're right, though, though. I think your left. I'm middle. Kees, right?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, for sure. Wow.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That was from memory. And this is where my memory goes, guys, to that question.

[Andy Samberg]

It's all been Airbrushed, though. Yeah, I mean, just cleaned up.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Is it all of our right hands?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it's all of our right hands. We are all right handed.

[Jorma Taccone]

And look, we apologize to all the hand models out there for not going natural. No makeup. No makeup.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's true. But I do have a little bit of tiny bit of scarring on my right hand.

[Andy Samberg]

I was still straight edged, so they had to clean up my axes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So. Because you wouldn't stop putting pen, like permanent pen on your.

[Andy Samberg]

I just had those things from. Again. Don't try to buy me beers. Come on.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, no, wait. No, it's wrong. Keeves left. I'm right.

[Andy Samberg]

That's what we said.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, we did.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm on the far left, you're on the far right. And he's in the middle.

[Jorma Taccone]

Wait, really?

[Andy Samberg]

I think. I think I'm the one having to really twist my hand on the left there.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, no, yours is good. I'm having to really reach for it.

[Jorma Taccone]

That was yours.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And look how much more hair Akiva has than either me or Andy.

[Jorma Taccone]

Is that real?

[Andy Samberg]

That was fake. That was put on.

[Jorma Taccone]

Let me see your arm. Keith, do you have more hair on your arm than your.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He does. He's a real man.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Yeah, that's definitely me on the other side.

[Jorma Taccone]

And obviously, yes, they photoshopped out all of our needle prick tattoos that we'd been doing the whole summer.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, our henna.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, your arms. Henna. All right, we got an audio one coming up next. Let's hit it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Fuck, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Hey, Quaid's long time. Quaid, first time, I guess, caller. This question is for Andy and Seth specifically.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, Seth's not here.

[Andy Samberg]

And it has to do with the spelling bee. I'll field it, which is a pretty big part of the show.

[Jorma Taccone]

I'll field this.

[Andy Samberg]

And maybe the New York Times should be a sponsor or something.

[Jorma Taccone]

We would accept that. When you say you are using hints.

[Andy Samberg]

Are you looking at just the official hints? The one in the post where it tells you how many words start with certain letters? Or are you reading the comments for more specific hints? I was just curious since you seem really good at the spelling bee. Thanks for this great show. Quaid army forever. I mean, first off, you don't use hints very often.

[Jorma Taccone]

I try not to use any hints.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, I'm so not a spelling bee guy that I just assumed he was talking about the Will Forte Jack Black sketch.

[Andy Samberg]

I did actually think that was what he was talking about first.

[Jorma Taccone]

I also thought that at first we have. We have two really important meanings for spelling bee on this podcast, one is one of our favorite sketches ever written, spelling bee.

[Andy Samberg]

And one is just like a lifestyle.

[Jorma Taccone]

And one is. Yeah, like a really important thing that proves that you're smart or not.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, answer it, Andy. I'm curious.

[Jorma Taccone]

I never look at comments. No kind of comment hints on a day. When I use hints, I always disclose to whomever I'm sharing my score with how many hints I used many days. It's none often though. And I don't consider this a proper hint. But feel free to disagree with me out there. I will look at total number of words, total score, because you want to.

[Andy Samberg]

Know where the goal posts are just at the end.

[Jorma Taccone]

As my guide rails, I'll take it as far as I can. I'm almost always well past. This is their word, not mine. The genius distinction before I look at that. And then sometimes if I'm really hung up, I will then go into the actual proper hints, which is how many words that start with each letter. And if you're really fucked, you look at how many of the like first letter and second letter underneath that.

[Andy Samberg]

And is it a button you hit saying, do you want a hint? And if you hit it, you know the first hint is just going to be like, there are 62 words today.

[Jorma Taccone]

No, no, it's in the upper right. There's a more pull down screen. And then you hit hints. And then I often will scroll down real slow so I don't see the big grid. So I just see number of words, points, number of pangrams.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, that's what I, that's what I was wondering is how do you avoid getting a spoiler? You don't. You didn't want.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes, I, I'm very strict about it with myself because I like to know that I'm doing it as clean as possible.

[Andy Samberg]

And what's the diagnosis on this?

[Jorma Taccone]

I think it's probably some sort of like ocd, adhd, something like that.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, but you haven't been properly assessed.

[Jorma Taccone]

No, no, no, I wouldn't dare. It might derail the whole enterprise.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, okay.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Can I just. As contrast, Andy, you didn't respond to me the other day when I said I used 30 hints when I got queen bee. But the way I did it was literally looking at the entire list and then just sitting there plugging in the words. So I would say your version of hints doesn't in my mind, doesn't even one. I didn't know you could do that.

[Jorma Taccone]

I only used cheat like 30 times, Andy. Ha ha. I did Respond, you C word.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, geez.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know what? I want to apologize to you so.

[Jorma Taccone]

Vindicated that it was worth calling you the C word but not saying it. But saying C word. But if I was British, I would have said it it. But I'm not.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, if only it were 9 o'clock.

[Jorma Taccone]

Too harsh. But I just want you to know you were wrong.

[Andy Samberg]

A FYI, this is. This is from Jeff. FYI, we also got an email from the New York Times games saying they're fans of the pod. Well, that's wonderful.

[Jorma Taccone]

How nice. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Obviously, the feeling is mutual from Andy and Seth, Me and Yorm are. We just watch TV and cartoons and stuff.

[Jorma Taccone]

Have I talked about how I've expanded the games? I do. My friend Dan Gore, apparently he does this with his brother. Try to get letterboxed in two words. That's my new thing I've added.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God, that's so hard and. And so frustrating. I can't even imagine.

[Jorma Taccone]

I get it at least half the time, maybe most days at this point.

[Andy Samberg]

As puzzlers, there's a little trivia for you. I directed a Brooklyn Nine Nine episode and Will shorts the. You know.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

The cameo famous crosswords creator for New York Times was in it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, my God. That's very exciting.

[Jorma Taccone]

It was a treat. Yeah, it was very fun.

[Andy Samberg]

He kept just bragging about, like, books that he had read. Like, I read the whole thing.

[Jorma Taccone]

And we were like, all right, cool.

[Andy Samberg]

And I would assume you'd finish it if you started. He's like, yeah, you know how many pages? He kept asking if I knew how many pages books were. And I'm like, that's not really even a thing anymore. Because it's like you can read on an iPad and you can make the font bigger and the page number will get longer. And he's like, yeah, but this was like the original print, like a hardcover. And I go, yeah, but then later it's a paperback. The page numbers change. Like, you don't want to brag about page numbers. And he just wasn't hearing it right. He's old school.

[Jorma Taccone]

But then, do you remember he. He was to you. He was like, what do you read? And you were like, I don't read books. I read scripts.

[Andy Samberg]

Right, that's right.

[Jorma Taccone]

And I was like, whoa. First off, the voice was in. Inappropriate.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it was weird. I put on an affectation. Let's just call it to be generous.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. I was just like, kee, you're well out of school, obviously.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it was weird. It was not okay.

[Jorma Taccone]

And Then secondly, he just was like, okay. And, like, walked off.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I just wanted to big time him. Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Anyway, big shout out to shorts.

[Andy Samberg]

This episode of the Lonely island podcast.

[Jorma Taccone]

Is brought to you by our friends at Maker's Mark. And I'm with some of my friends right now. Hi, guys.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hello.

[Jorma Taccone]

You know, Margie Samuels was a spirited woman. She was also the co founder of Maker's Mark. I don't have to tell you guys this stuff.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, no, we know it, but our listeners might not, so continue.

[Jorma Taccone]

All right, well, in honor of Women's History Month, we wanted to toast some of the spirited women in our lives.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That was my idea, actually. These guys were thinking about not doing it, and I was like, we should.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

You are in many ways as trailblazing as Margie Samuels. Yorm and I often said that.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, I kept saying, I want to mark this day with Maker's Mark. And you guys kept saying, what does that mean? I was like, it means a toast, guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

Way to land the plane, buddy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thank you.

[Andy Samberg]

Thank you.

[Jorma Taccone]

I want to tell a story about a spirited woman I saw during the 50th. And I was a little bit lucky because I was there on Friday for some rehearsal action. And I got to watch the Close Encounters rehearsal with Kate McKinnon. And I feel it's the most I've ever watched an actor's process. Guys, I'm gonna wrap this up. You too can celebrate the spirit of women in your life with a free personalized label to go with a bottle of Maker's mark. Head to makersmarkpersonalized.com and fill in the details in order to create and mail your custom label. Don't forget to grab a bottle of Maker's Mark to go with it.

[Andy Samberg]

Maker's Mark makes their bourbon carefully. Please enjoy it that way. Maker's Mark, Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey, 45% alcohol per volume. Copyright 2025, Maker's Mark Distillery Incorporated, Loretto, Kentucky. All right, do we have another caller here? What's up?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Conscript in the Quaid army here? My partner Hannah made me a Lonely island fan and is now really happy that they can wear their favorite Lonely Island T shirt again.

[Andy Samberg]

I just wanted to ask a question about the sky in England, by which I specifically mean Lorne Michaels and Sky are doing a British version version of Saturday Night Live.

[Jorma Taccone]

I heard that.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I know that Andy spent some time in foggy London town. I know that Joma spent some time in Lancaster.

[Andy Samberg]

Just wondering what those guys think.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Is it gonna work? Oh, is it gonna work? Yes, absolutely. Everything that Lauren does is great. I think he's an amazing producer and scared, so. Yeah, absolutely. Next question.

[Jorma Taccone]

I think it easily could. It just depends who they cast, as always. Right. If you get rad comics that have cool ideas and fresh voices and good writers, there's no reason why not. The format is proven.

[Andy Samberg]

Certainly the UK has a large amount of the best sketch shows of all time. At least English sketch shows. English language sketches. Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'd be very excited to see the difference, honestly, just because, you know, I personally put British comedy often on a pedestal. Not all of it, guys, come on. But, you know, I would love to see the differences. I do know that that was kind of a thing, however many years ago, like, they were doing an Italian version.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, that's what I was gonna say. This is not the first time it's done it. There's a Korean one, like, if you type in. I'm just doing it right now to see if I can find a good one. Yeah. Saturday Night Live Korea has been going for 12 seasons.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wow.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, wow.

[Andy Samberg]

So since we were at SNL, I remember when they started it, and I.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Do know that they own sketches from the show, so they can also pull from SNL America.

[Andy Samberg]

No, I remember seeing, like, the Jonah Hill dad short we did. I remember seeing a shot for shot remake in Italian.

[Jorma Taccone]

Whoa.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, I forgot about that until you mentioned it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. There's one that they shoot in Milan.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wait, how long has the Italian one been going then?

[Andy Samberg]

It was from 2006 to 2011, and then it was shortly revived again in 2018. So Four Seasons.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay. I mean, it's a cool format to, like, see music and comedy.

[Andy Samberg]

It makes sense to me that there hasn't been a UK one, because for a British performer who needs. Who's promoting a movie, they can go on the American version. We all speak the same language.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

But there's also never a shortage of people willing to host snl, so I don't think they're going to be, like, competing for the hosts.

[Jorma Taccone]

Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, that's true. And everything Lorne Michaels does is just fantastic.

[Andy Samberg]

And he's thought this through.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Just a wonderful producer.

[Andy Samberg]

I wouldn't mind going and living in London. Maybe I throw my hat in the ring. I don't know host update much.

[Jorma Taccone]

I would love to see that.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I would as well.

[Jorma Taccone]

I mean, immediately it made me think, maybe that's our chance to be musical guest on snl. Oh, yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

They might actually let it happen, especially.

[Jorma Taccone]

In the early stage times.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Just put it out there to the Producers of SNL London that we would like to be the first musical guest. And then failure right at the top.

[Andy Samberg]

All right. Sarah says, hey, besties, please read it out like that. I think I did. I've been a fan since 2006 and I'm a fellow Bay Area and Jewish. Well, that's only fellow to some of us. And my dad and I watch day drinking with Seth every time I'm home. Film. Love your work. Hope it takes off one day. I saw Lonely island in concert in Anaheim in June 2019 and it was the best day of my life. No one loves pop star like me. And when you performed Finest Girl, I was the only one in the front section that knew the words and was hype. Andy missed the dance cue because we were yelling at each other.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What did she snuck a lot of nice little burns in there.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is a backhanded compliment. When you threw XXL shirts, I tried to jump up and catch one and missed. Because I'm 54 and consumed by anger, the guy behind me caught it and handed it to me like a gentleman. He and I got to talking, exchanged numbers, and long story short, we're getting married.

[Jorma Taccone]

Wow.

[Akiva Schaffer]

A lot of turns in this here emo.

[Andy Samberg]

The weddings in May in Long Beach. I just wanted you to know that even on my wedding day to this magnificent man, that day, seeing you in concert will still be the best day in my life. Life. I'm still waiting in the TJ Maxx parking lot. That's where we book the reception.

[Jorma Taccone]

So rad.

[Andy Samberg]

That's amazing.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, jokes on you. I could not have missed a dance move because there were none planned.

[Andy Samberg]

Every night he did it. 100 perfect.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Random flailing.

[Jorma Taccone]

I was gonna say it was all just sort of free form.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, that's what I mean. It can't be wrong.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, it can't. Yeah. Yeah. Great. That's a wonderful story and congratulations on your engagement. And I hope it's a wonderful wedding. And I'm assuming your first dance is going to be to Finest Girl.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I feel like it has to be.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh man. You better make sure that that the guest list is going to be all right with that.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, that's going to be bad news.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's not a clean one.

[Andy Samberg]

That Anaheim show was a lot of fun and it was the most intimate show we did. Cuz technically it was before the tour. It was not an announced one, so to speak. It was a practice show that we did a week before going on tour or a few days. But it was teeny compared to every other venue because we just wanted to see what worked. And at the end of it, after I'm on a boat, we were having so much fun, and it was so intimate with just, like, maybe 500 people or something that we were like, should we just try some other things? So then we tried to do incredibad live.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's right.

[Andy Samberg]

Even though we had not really rehearsed it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And we were kind of a mess because it's so much back and forth, and we don't remember whose line is whose.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It was.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay. But then as soon as we got off stage, we were like, ended. I'm gonna vote. Yep, yep. And did. I'm gonna vote.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And we never did it again. It was a lot of handshakes. Okay, okay.

[Andy Samberg]

That's why you experiment. That's why you do practice shows.

[Jorma Taccone]

But that was the first and only time we ever, quote, unquote, performed the song incredibad.

[Andy Samberg]

That's right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

First and last. Okay, so we'll end on a vest comment, which I assume is gonna be positive. Jeff.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, so Ryan J. Hurdle said that it looks like Yoram's picking up trash on the side of the highway way, but they gave him a vest that would make sure he'd get run over.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I wasn't on board until the last part.

[Andy Samberg]

No, that's. That's a last vest comment. Just to kind of bookend the episode.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, thanks, Ryan. Thanks for weighing in on the comments.

[Jorma Taccone]

Ryan, this is Andy. Me and Akiva, like you, and we have your back. We thought that your joke about Yorm getting hit by a car was funny because his vest was ugly. His vest was so ugly, he deserves to be hit by a car.

[Andy Samberg]

Do we want to put in something at the end of this? That's a secret message for Seth to test whether or not he listened.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, that's a great idea.

[Jorma Taccone]

He actually listens back to the episode.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What should we say?

[Andy Samberg]

It could just be as simple as a color. Like, the color is periwinkle. And we go, seth, how'd you like the pod? And he's like, I loved it. What was the color? And I'll go, huh?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, yeah. Periwinkle's the right color also.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Great. That's great.

[Jorma Taccone]

What color is periwinkle, though?

[Andy Samberg]

It's kind of a lavender. Bluish lavender.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh. Oh. Weighing on the comments, what color is periwinkle? All right, that was the lonely island in Seth Meyers Powden Quaid Army.

[Andy Samberg]

Officially the periwinkle players.

[Jorma Taccone]

So to recap, next Week we're gonna get people weighing in on what color periwinkle is and how much a dos bottles burrito, which has been discontinued at.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Baja Fresh, costs and what you think my best cost.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, yes. Don't forget the most important one.

[Andy Samberg]

I don't know if anybody's ready for that answer. I'm scared of it, to be honest.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, that's probably right.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. What?

[Akiva Schaffer]

This?

[Andy Samberg]

How'd it go?

[Jorma Taccone]

We're still doing it.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, God.

[Jorma Taccone]

Is it bad? Has it been bad?

[Andy Samberg]

He facetimed in so we could see.

[Jorma Taccone]

Are you at the bar mitzvah?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, see, look about to happen.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's a backyard bar mitzvah. Oh, my.

[Andy Samberg]

You're there before it starts. Well, yeah, we had to fly here.

[Jorma Taccone]

And then we just got here early. Wait, wait, Seth, is this your bar mitzvah?

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, he's like Drake in that music video. He's doing a late in life bar mitzvah.

[Jorma Taccone]

I am.

[Andy Samberg]

This is.

[Jorma Taccone]

Let me stress the one way I'm like Drake. I did have a late bar men's.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, you moisturize too. There's probably ugly.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, that's it.

[Andy Samberg]

I guess there's.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, you know What? It's probably 50, 50 ways unlike Drake. But it's been bad, right? The pod.

[Akiva Schaffer]

The pod.

[Andy Samberg]

The pod. Yeah. Yeah, people. Real bad.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, we realized that a car needs four wheels.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's off the rails. Yeah, we're bad.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Seth, I was so excited for a second because I. From the look of your little tiny image here, I really thought you were wearing a vest for a. Ah, that.

[Andy Samberg]

Would have been so sad.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Now I can tell you're not.

[Jorma Taccone]

So I think there wasn't enough time. Did you guys go over some of the vest burns or do we have to do that when I get back? No, we did them.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, we did.

[Andy Samberg]

There might be some we missed. We just did a cursory. I mean, there's almost a thousand comments.

[Jorma Taccone]

Ro on the vest alone. Also, Seth, if on the flight back you want to just write some new ones, that would be nice too. Okay.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, that's true.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You don't have to. You don't have to. I think we covered it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Seth has an active imagination. I just feel like we should put him to get a use.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thank you.

[Andy Samberg]

You know, it's really special to hear.

[Jorma Taccone]

That on the day I become a man, I should have invited you to make some speech about my special imagination. Seth, you doing circumcision right after in front of everybody? Are you gonna do that like yeah, well, I wasn't ideally supposed to be that way, but then the guy was only available at the same time, so. Yeah, right on. Righteous kill, I should say. Sorry. Apologies, Squid army for not saying righteous kill the first time.

[Andy Samberg]

Squid army said Squid Army. That's cool.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You don't even know the name of our army.

[Jorma Taccone]

I missed one podcast and now it's Squid Army. Oh, yeah, we could change it to Squid Army.

[Akiva Schaffer]

By the way, Seth, we changed it again, so you have to listen to the whole pod to find out the new name of the Squid Army.

[Andy Samberg]

All right.

[Jorma Taccone]

I love you guys. I'm sorry to invite you to my purpose, but. That's okay.

[Andy Samberg]

We were just wrapping up, so this can be the wrap up. Oh, this is good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

This way.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, if this is the end, then.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, we can just do a nice sign off, right?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, perfect. Absolutely.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's right. We can certainly say we love each other.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, I love you guys. Love you guys.

[Andy Samberg]

Love you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And we love you, Seth.

[Andy Samberg]

See you next week. See you next week. All right, bye.