Movie Awards

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast – Episode: Movie Awards

Release Date: July 22, 2025
Guests: Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island)
Host: Seth Meyers

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1. Introduction and Season Premiere Promotion ([00:00] – [02:17])

The episode kicks off with The Lonely Island trio—Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone—enthusiastically promoting the upcoming season two premiere of Digman's, set to air on July 23rd. Andy urges listeners not to "house out" and encourages feedback on the season's jokes:

Andy Samberg ([00:21]): "Yeah. Don't house out."

Seth Meyers joins the conversation, playfully teasing Jorma about feedback regarding his (Jorma’s) portrayal as a villain in previous pods, highlighting the trio's dynamic and camaraderie:

Seth Meyers ([01:08]): "He’s the villain."

2. Feedback and Audience Reception ([02:17] – [04:58])

The discussion shifts to audience feedback, with Seth noting mixed reactions to Jorma’s character, while Andy and Akiva defend the creative choices:

Akiva Schaffer ([02:16]): "That's what makes the joke so funn."

Andy also shares exciting news about attending the first-ever Culturistas Awards, adding a personal touch to the conversation:

Andy Samberg ([02:42]): "I attended the first ever Culturistas Awards."

3. reminiscing the 2009 MTV Movie Awards Promos ([04:58] – [34:32])

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to reminiscing about the 2009 MTV Movie Awards promos, where The Lonely Island created a series of comedic digital shorts. The trio delves into the creative process, the challenges faced, and the impact these promos had on their careers and the broader digital landscape.

a. Creative Process and Writing Staff ([06:13] – [34:32])

Akiva provides insights into the intense two to three-week period leading up to the airing of the Movie Awards, highlighting the collaborative effort with their writing team:

Akiva Schaffer ([33:59]): "Jason Carley did [direct] them."

Seth emphasizes the quality and production value of the promos, comparing their budget favorably to multiple SNL digital shorts:

Seth Meyers ([06:25]): "Watching those promos, they probably each one of them cost like what five digital shorts cost."

Jorma fondly recalls favorite promos, such as “Best Fight” featuring a relatable couple’s argument, showcasing their signature blend of absurdity and heartfelt humor:

Jorma Taccone ([07:18]): "Just like that kind of fight. Best Fight."

b. Impact and Legacy ([34:32] – [43:58])

The conversation highlights how these promos not only entertained but also contributed to the early days of YouTube content, potentially aiding its growth as a platform. The team reflects on how their work influenced the comedy landscape:

Andy Samberg ([34:22]): "And then it lives on as a thing we make."

c. Anecdotes and Voice Notes ([43:58] – [66:34])

The episode features several voice notes from collaborators like Jason Carley and Scott Aukerman, who share behind-the-scenes memories of crafting the Movie Awards promos. These anecdotes provide a deeper understanding of the creative synergy and the meticulous attention to detail that went into each short.

Jason Carley reminisces about pitching and writing the intros:

Jason Carley ([23:11]): "We really took great pains to write the worst intros possible."

Scott Aukerman discusses the collaborative environment and the efforts to inject humor into the host's interactions:

Scott Aukerman ([38:41]): "We really took great pains to write the worst intros possible."

4. Hosting the MTV Movie Awards ([34:32] – [70:04])

The trio discusses their experiences hosting the awards, touching upon the pressures, creative decisions, and memorable moments. They share insights into balancing creative control with collaborative directing, especially under tight deadlines following the SNL finale.

Andy Samberg ([35:37]): "There's no hard part."

They reflect on specific segments, such as the exaggerated explosions and humorous takes on popular movie tropes, illustrating their knack for blending satire with homage.

Notable Moments:

• Best Kiss Promo: A playful take on gymnastics movies, highlighting Andy’s confusion and comedic timing:

  Andy Samberg ([10:03]): "You have no memory, Andy, huh?"

• Best Male Performance in "The One Who Dared to Leave": A parody set in a concentration camp, satirizing intense drama with absurd humor:

  Andy Samberg ([15:35]): "Yes."

5. Legacy and Continued Influence ([66:34] – [76:39])

As the episode nears conclusion, The Lonely Island members discuss their ongoing projects, recent movie experiences, and share personal anecdotes outside of the Movie Awards context. They touch upon the enduring popularity of their digital shorts, the evolution of their comedic style, and their influence on contemporary comedy.

Closing Remarks ([76:34] – End):

The podcast wraps up with light-hearted banter, life updates, and humorous exchanges, maintaining the engaging and personable tone that characterizes The Lonely Island’s interactions with Seth Meyers.

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Conclusion

In this episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, listeners are treated to an in-depth exploration of the creation and legacy of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards promos. Through engaging stories, guest voice notes, and reflective discussions, Andy, Akiva, and Jorma offer valuable insights into their creative process, the challenges of live television, and the lasting impact of their work on digital media and comedy.

Notable Quotes:

• Andy Samberg ([15:35]): "Yes."
• Jorma Taccone ([07:18]): "Just like that kind of fight. Best Fight."
• Seth Meyers ([06:25]): "Watching those promos, they probably each one of them cost like what five digital shorts cost."
• Akiva Schaffer ([33:59]): "Jason Carley did [direct] them."
• Scott Aukerman ([38:41]): "We really took great pains to write the worst intros possible."

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For listeners unfamiliar with the podcast, this episode provides a comprehensive look into The Lonely Island’s creative endeavors during their tenure on Saturday Night Live, especially focusing on their innovative digital shorts for the MTV Movie Awards. The engaging conversations, coupled with behind-the-scenes anecdotes, make it an insightful listen for fans and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[Andy Samberg]

Digman's coming out on the 23rd of July.

[Akiva Schaffer]

There you go. Thank you.

[Jorma Taccone]

I can't wait.

[Andy Samberg]

Season two. Yeah, it's before Naked Gun, so I'm saying mine first, Keith.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's fair.

[Akiva Schaffer]

As well you should. The 23rd is a Wednesday.

[Andy Samberg]

It is.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So it's this coming Wednesday.

[Andy Samberg]

This coming Wednesday.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. Don't be a houser, guys. Fucking see it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Don't house out.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. Come on. Don't house out.

[Andy Samberg]

And, you know, once you check out the season premiere, hit us in the Titus. Let us know what. What you think, how them jokes landed.

[Seth Meyers]

Let me tell you about a thing.

[Jorma Taccone]

I know the moment.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm Jack's podcast show.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, gents. How are we?

[Jorma Taccone]

Hi. Really good. Every time anybody mentions that they have a bad memory on this pod, I'm just thrilled. I'm so thrilled.

[Seth Meyers]

That's interesting. You started with that because. Can I. Oh, I. Interesting. I thought you said you were thrilled. Not that they have a bad memory, but they were remembering something bad because there's a takeaway from the last podcast pod. Yorm. A lot of people.

[Jorma Taccone]

I. I don't. I don't do research.

[Seth Meyers]

Think you're a bad person. It's really the feedback. I think maybe a lot of people were on Team Yorm because maybe we bully you a little bit, and now they're all like, oh, he's been the. He's the villain.

[Andy Samberg]

He's like a pos.

[Jorma Taccone]

Also, they could probably tell there's a certain amount of Glee that I have.

[Akiva Schaffer]

This is. Some people would call this justice.

[Seth Meyers]

It was a little bit. They're all. I think everybody's like, oh, thank God. Those three are keeping them in check.

[Andy Samberg]

Yorm definitely last one was like a serial killer that wanted credit.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Where he's like, Arrest me, Mr. Police.

[Jorma Taccone]

The level of Glee. Yeah, it's the level of Glee that I had of like.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then.

[Jorma Taccone]

And then she lost her mug.

[Andy Samberg]

My dastardly deeds came to fruition.

[Seth Meyers]

Somebody did write Jesus. I realize now Yorm would do a purge if it got a laugh.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, I'm just like, Theodore. I'm the Theodore of the group. Watch out.

[Seth Meyers]

Really good. Yeah, people are definitely. Although somebody also called this out. Yorm. Questionable peen joke steals mugs. Andy hates Ratdog. Kiva. I'm sure I'm shady in some way. Seth. You guys are some of the most ethical men I know. It was a bad episode for me to sort of shout out how, you guys are good dudes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's what makes the joke so funn.

[Andy Samberg]

That's how low the standard is.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. A couple of quick things before we get into the Movie Awards. Somebody did say, I can't believe you guys. Not one of you said mugless should be pronounced Moogless after we spent so much time on Douglas.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, like Moogless Hauser.

[Seth Meyers]

And I do appreciate, you know, a missed callback that is pointed out in the chat.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Or Moogie, I guess. Moogie. Yeah, Moogie Howser.

[Andy Samberg]

I have. I have some pretty exciting pod related news.

[Seth Meyers]

Great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, wow.

[Andy Samberg]

I attended the first ever Culturistas Awards.

[Seth Meyers]

Last night and I heard you crushed.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, from whom?

[Seth Meyers]

I heard from Jason Carden. Darcy Carden, husband.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, wonderful. It was very fun. I do something on it.

[Seth Meyers]

Yep. I heard you crushed.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It'll broadcast on Bravo.

[Andy Samberg]

Broadcast on Bravo early August. But the headline pod wise is I saw Quato.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, the real Quato.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, Quao. In person.

[Andy Samberg]

Dashing, tall, charming. Just. It was. I mean, he said righteous kill. It was the first. It was one of my. It was one of my favorite in persons. So it was very sweet.

[Seth Meyers]

Do you think if Cueto knew he was gonna see you, he would have brought a big old Tupperware of Mac and cheese and just been like mowing down on it?

[Jorma Taccone]

I was trying to think of what the joke should be, but that isn't.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So you like podcasts so much, you went to an award show that is from a podcast. You know, does that make you feel like we should be doing the Cueto Awards or.

[Andy Samberg]

I think it's just a testament to how much I like Bowen and Matt. You know, like they have the one podcast that. Well, honestly though, I showed up. Cause it was gonna be on TV.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, right.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But also 2,000 people in the audience, right?

[Andy Samberg]

Something like that, yeah. It's at the Orpheum downtown, which is a great theater.

[Seth Meyers]

I got a little sad watching clips from the MTV Movie Awards. Cause I was thinking this used to be an awesome platform for comedy. Cable television used to be just the hugest deal in the world. Right. Like, as big as network television to do the MTV Movie Awards.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. And then I got happy again because I was like, oh, I'm sorry, this platform doesn't exist in the same way anymore. And then I remember that like Matt and Bowen, they figured it out. Like different people are figuring out ways to still do cool ass stuff. So.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes. And by the way, such a fun time.

[Seth Meyers]

Great.

[Andy Samberg]

The show they put on was just pure joy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I've been loving just watching the announcement videos on their Instagram.

[Seth Meyers]

The announcement videos are so funny every year, the way they read I'm serious, but then have genuine laughter is maybe my favorite thing their to.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. And they're in their nice suits and the music is perfect. It's so funny.

[Seth Meyers]

It's so stinky and wonderful and just the hyper specificity.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Can I also mention, in terms of watching fun stuff last night or doing fun stuff, I went to Weird Al's concert in Saratoga Springs and it blew the doors off.

[Seth Meyers]

So fun.

[Jorma Taccone]

It was so great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Those videos you sent me and Andy looked incredible. Oh my God, I do want to see that show.

[Jorma Taccone]

Just introducing your kids to Weird Al is such a, like just a multi gener relationship. It's so hard not to geek out and be like, oh, and did you like hear this line, like dear 10.

[Andy Samberg]

Year old, introducing them to his work or to him personally?

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, they watched UHF on the way to the venue and then they were just quoting it the whole time, just being like, just call me Mr. Butterfingers. And I don't know, I just was taken back and it was great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's amazing. You said last week a lot. We were trying to figure out why were we in good moods and what were we doing that summer? And you were like, were you going back to the studio and. No, that's a year off. Because incredibout had just come out in February. So just to set the premise of this episode, which I'm sure the title already did, this is the summer where we kind of did random things because Yorm was doing the MacGruber movie, was gonna shoot late in the summer. And me and you were both executive producers on that and were involved in it to some degree. And then Andy was hosting the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, which was a huge full circle moment. And anybody who has listened to this pod from the beginning would understand why, because he started the whole thing.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, don't.

[Akiva Schaffer]

The 2005 awards was the Jimmy Fallon one that got us SNL. And now just four years later, we're back running the whole show. So it was crazy.

[Andy Samberg]

It was so fucking exciting.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, we were hyped and it was a delight to watch. I remembered the promos were really outstanding. And it does speak to a time where. And again, I know, Kee, you always shoot things and make it look like they cost more than they did, but just money and promos. Yeah, I mean, watching those promos, they probably each one of them cost like what five digital shorts cost.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I remember being on set of them and I did not Direct them. A fellow I had named Jason Carley did. And I remember being on the set of them. I mean, we obviously, me and you, Andy, like. And I'm sure other people on the writing staff with Aukerman, but rewrote them all, you know. But I remember we would just show up to set and be like, damn, they're doing this for real. And be very excited. And the DP was lighting in me. And I remember thinking, like, oh, I wish we would light stuff like this sometimes. Like, I remember being very impressed while we were doing them. Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

I routinely think about the best fight one, which is you and Rashida having just a very small, very relatable couples fight all the time. She's just like, do you want to, you know, have an appetizer first? What is that supposed to mean? Like, why wouldn't I want to have an appetizer? But it's just like. It's just that kind of fight. Best Fight.

[Seth Meyers]

It was also a reminder of the fun of what the MTV Movie Awards were, right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, exactly.

[Seth Meyers]

Best Fight. Best Kiss. And so this series of promos would be Andy sort of sitting in a, you know, a wing back chair. And here is a nominee for Best Kiss. Best Fight. And then it would have a dumb.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Title for these fake movies.

[Seth Meyers]

Like, I remember Knuckle up was the name again. Best Fight. And the name of the film was Knuckle Up. So a lot leading you to think it's a fist fight. And then it's just you and Rasheeda having, like, a really passive aggressive couple fight.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, I loved it.

[Andy Samberg]

Things will work, all right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Why do you have to fight me on everything? I'm not fighting.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm just talking. This is not a fight.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Fine. It's not a fight.

[Andy Samberg]

Fine.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We're not fighting.

[Seth Meyers]

Also, I got a lot of respect for my wife. I got a lot of respect for Ezra, who's, you know, Rasheeda's partner. Rasheeda's so fucking hot in these promos. I'm just gonna say it.

[Andy Samberg]

Damn, dropped it.

[Seth Meyers]

Drop it. She's a friend. I hope she listens. I hope she hears.

[Jorma Taccone]

She's a friend.

[Seth Meyers]

Stupid fucking glows. She makes. She makes.

[Andy Samberg]

Saying it the way you would say it to us, to you. Like, hey, bro, you look hot today.

[Seth Meyers]

She makes you. I think you will understand what I'm getting at. She makes you look like Frisbee in the two shot.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I mean, they were so well shot.

[Andy Samberg]

That's more than fair.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I remember when we were shooting the Rasheeda and Andy one Thinking, wow, these guys should be in a romantic movie together. This looks like a real rom com. And then you guys did make one together.

[Andy Samberg]

We did, yeah. Well, her and her buddy Will wrote Celeste and Jesse Forever.

[Seth Meyers]

And she said to be like, exactly.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Do you think that the casting was based on nukelo?

[Jorma Taccone]

I don't. 100%.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm not sure because she said it to me just like, hey, what do you think of this script from a writing perspective? Because we're friends. And then I was like, can I be in it?

[Seth Meyers]

The word did get out. Don't. Don't try to get a script bounce off Andy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. He'll cast himself.

[Andy Samberg]

So here's. Here's my thoughts. No notes copying it, though.

[Jorma Taccone]

Speaking of, though, like, how Hollywood works, though, right? Like, and how simplistic sometimes that is of, like, seeing people on screen and then being like, they should be in a movie together. I remember when we did Natalie's rap that we got calls from producers. I'm not going to name names of who was calling, but they were like, what if Andy and Natalie were in a movie together? You're like, yeah. You saw them on screen and now you have that idea.

[Seth Meyers]

I like when you were going to.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Be like, a Viking. And she was.

[Seth Meyers]

I was just going to say when Yorm says, I'm not going to name names, it implies that he remembers the names.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

I do remember this one. I'm not going to tell it.

[Andy Samberg]

Not going to say which one. It was the Northman because I was a Viking.

[Seth Meyers]

Viking, yeah. The Northman, yeah. I would love to run through them real quick because they're all really fun and they are also on a YouTube. They are more accessible on YouTube than clips from the actual show.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's because they're on our YouTube. They're on the Lonely Islands YouTube.

[Seth Meyers]

So you can go and look at these. They're all really fun. The first one is Best Kiss. The name of the movie is Pommel and it's a gymnastics movie. Andy, you look confused. Do you not remember Pommel?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Do you think you were the first pommel horse guy? He went pretty viral at the Olympics this year.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, right.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah. Do you think he was jacking my steez?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, Just good writing.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. He wore glasses when he went away from the pommel and no glasses and you're not wearing glasses on the pommel.

[Andy Samberg]

Hold up, hold up. Pommel horse guy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You.

[Andy Samberg]

You jacking my steeze? Look, Keev said it first. I'm just agreeing.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Cuba getting Junior is your coach.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep.

[Seth Meyers]

Maybe your dad. You call him dad and then you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Correct yourself, no, he says, that's my. He later says, that's my white son. So, yeah, it's confirmed.

[Seth Meyers]

It seems like he's maybe one of those really hard ass dads who' like, I'm your coach when we're out here.

[Andy Samberg]

That's right.

[Seth Meyers]

Don't call me dad.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's right.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But then he gets so proud and overwhelmed with emotion. It's a big moment, clearly, in the film where he. Where he, you know, announces, that's my son.

[Seth Meyers]

You also. It's called Best Kiss. We know you guys are comedy people and it's a gymnastics scene, so you're kind of wondering the whole time, are these two going to kiss?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And then it's that it's a super slow mo as you go over the pommel. You kiss the pommel.

[Andy Samberg]

Got it?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. You kiss the pommel horse.

[Seth Meyers]

Got it. You have no memory, Andy, huh?

[Andy Samberg]

I do not.

[Seth Meyers]

Great. Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We have too much to get through, so we're not gonna do slow screen share today.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But I will just present the moments just for some memory lane here.

[Seth Meyers]

It's beautifully shot.

[Andy Samberg]

It really does look good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it does look good. You guys have similar hair. Cause you're father, son.

[Andy Samberg]

Cause father and son.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Very, very funny. Andy running.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yep. Doing a full pommel and.

[Seth Meyers]

And then. Yeah. Great. Little kiss on the top.

[Akiva Schaffer]

How well done that is.

[Seth Meyers]

You do. You and Cuba do have the same hair, which does imply that you are his white son.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You guys have the same wig on.

[Seth Meyers]

He's great in it. He's really genuinely great in it. Then there's a real Andy, like, celebrating and crying move. That is one of my favorites right here. This one.

[Akiva Schaffer]

A lot of thrusty kind of stuff happening.

[Jorma Taccone]

Just like extra credit stuff.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Just like a double jointed shoulders.

[Seth Meyers]

There's another best fight, which is Slaughter Shack. You walk into like a biker bar with a dead deer over your shoulder. Yeah. And you and Arnett, super tough guys. And then you kind of have like a little. A very, very childlike slap fight.

[Akiva Schaffer]

This one specifically I got. It never works, but I got inspired by it like 10 different times when I was trying to think of movie ideas being like, how do I make this into a movie? Just the roadhouse vibe into a comedy movie. There's something about this one. Not the specific characters and what they're saying, but where I went. I think there's an entire tone there. That's our favorite tone. And it's in MacGruber and it's in Naked Gun a little bit, but where I'm like, there is something in the.

[Jorma Taccone]

Like, treating something ultra serious.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Biker bar. I don't know.

[Jorma Taccone]

The more I want a man, like just hardcore guys.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then. Yeah, sleeveless denim vest. Where I want a whole movie there.

[Seth Meyers]

There's also a great moment because at the end, there's a crazy tone shift where you guys are, like, barely fighting. And then Hayter comes in.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, it's Van Helsing.

[Seth Meyers]

Stabs. Arnett screams, I killed that vampire. And Andy throws up.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's Van Helsing. Helsing. Obviously a big movie. I think that must have been a movie that year, right?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Sorry, man.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You queer fool. I killed that vampire.

[Seth Meyers]

Also, the two lines of dialogue that you have with Arnett is. He says, I thought I told you to die. And you say, fuck you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

See, that's the kind of clever stuff I wanted to do.

[Jorma Taccone]

Good writing. That's good writing.

[Andy Samberg]

These look great.

[Seth Meyers]

They look great. I mean, I will say the real truly, truly genius one is best male performance in the One who Dared to Leave, which is kind of. I mean, it's. It's fucking insane. It takes.

[Andy Samberg]

First of all, this is the one I do remember.

[Seth Meyers]

Andy is in a concentration camp. We see a swastika to know. So that's a real.

[Andy Samberg]

Like, there's a swastika in an ad for the MTV movie.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it's a full Holocaust movie.

[Andy Samberg]

It's a Holocaust movie.

[Seth Meyers]

Eva Mendes is sort of a Nazi commandant who's doing what happens in every single concentration scene, which is. She's about to, like, bring holy hell down on you. And Andy's move is. He's just had it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's the one who dared to leave.

[Seth Meyers]

And he stands up and says, I'm out of here. And walks out of the concentration camp.

[Akiva Schaffer]

How dare you?

[Jorma Taccone]

Insolent boy.

[Seth Meyers]

You know.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm beginning to think you Nazis really suck. I'm out of here.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm out of here.

[Seth Meyers]

I'm out of here. It's fucking nuts.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's just sped up. She's so good in it.

[Seth Meyers]

She's so good in it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep.

[Seth Meyers]

Then you walk by two Nazis at the door. They're subtitled. He looks really mad. We better let him go.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, you flex on one and he fully flinches. Oh, yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

The one who dared to leave.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Most.

[Seth Meyers]

And then Eva Mendez, we realized she's maybe a little. She's maybe a little indie.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, she's into it.

[Seth Meyers]

She, like, holds her heart when you leave. So.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And what do I say at the end when it comes back to the chair? That was not entirely accurate. There it is.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, it's fun watching things that we would never do today, but that are still some, I think. All right, but let's just, you know, leave them in the past.

[Seth Meyers]

You wouldn't do it today because the present would chill it, but it's the comedy of it is still fucking rock solid. Oh, this. This is different. It's not one of the nomination ones, but the first one I watched was Jack Black and Michael Cera as your parents.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah, I love that.

[Seth Meyers]

And it's just really like. It's so subtle.

[Andy Samberg]

Hi, I'm Jack Black.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I'm Michael Cera. And that over there is our son, Andy Samberg. He's our son. We love him. Now, I know what you're thinking. How is that possible? What's the biology?

[Seth Meyers]

What's the physics?

[Andy Samberg]

Well, don't worry about it.

[Seth Meyers]

He's our son and we love him.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And we're proud of him. You're a good son. And this is where it gets really good.

[Seth Meyers]

Our son Andy is hosting this year's.

[Akiva Schaffer]

MTV Movie Awards and so proud of you.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm so excited.

[Jorma Taccone]

Come on, save it for the show.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Andy should be really nice to him because he's a cool dude, but most.

[Seth Meyers]

Importantly, he's our son.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's our only son.

[Andy Samberg]

He came out of our penises.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Our penis.

[Andy Samberg]

No.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, I forgot that I made the beat for that.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hell, yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

I like that beat.

[Akiva Schaffer]

God, they're so funny in it.

[Seth Meyers]

They're so funny in it. And let me just say, it's been a wonderful year for both of them. We've talked about Jack Black, Michael Cera. So great in Phoenician scheme. I don't know if you guys saw it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I haven't seen it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes. Very, very good.

[Andy Samberg]

And I mean, I know it's a year ago, but he was so fucking funny in Barbie.

[Seth Meyers]

So funny.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it was really fun watching him in that.

[Seth Meyers]

He. I'm gonna butcher it. But he came on my show. The last time he was on my show, he was so funny. But he said he lives in Brooklyn. And what he likes about Brooklyn is every time he walks outside, he hears somebody go, hey. Just like some tiny observation, like somebody's always just, like, yelling at somebody else down the street.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Now, I don't know if we have to talk about this one, but I just cannot remember. Oh, oh, we did a second Rashida one.

[Seth Meyers]

This is best villain. And Andy's like a old timey like, tie you to the railroad tracks villain with a big old handlebar mustache, black top hat.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I bet you. This was almost an alt where we had. We had Rashida. We had the location. We were filming, and we were like, let's just try two different ones, because obviously they're in. It's the same exact place with you guys dressed exactly the same. Oh, there is a basket full of.

[Seth Meyers]

But he's never. He's never villainous. It's just.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He seemed to like those dogs just fine.

[Seth Meyers]

He's clearly a villain. And then at the end, Rashida says, you are the best villain.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, got it. Because he's not villainous at all.

[Seth Meyers]

He just has a by the way. It then cuts back to Andy, who basically says, do you get it?

[Andy Samberg]

I love you so much.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I love you, too. You're the best villain. You get it.

[Jorma Taccone]

So the.

[Andy Samberg]

He was a villain, but he was vest.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then the last one. This one is an Anne Hathaway one, I believe. Right?

[Jorma Taccone]

How many did you guys do? This is a lot.

[Andy Samberg]

So many. That's what I'm saying. I don't understand. And we did, like, a huge photo shoot with multiple posters and billboards.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

There was so much push behind it back then.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's great. It's great. I remember liking all these.

[Seth Meyers]

This is best female performance. And it's like a period piece, and you're dying. You're an old woman who's dying. And Anne Hathaway is so believable and good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

She was really rolling tears.

[Seth Meyers]

It's nuts.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's crazy.

[Seth Meyers]

She's this sad person. And then Andy says, like, when I.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Die, Andy is Miss Eloise.

[Seth Meyers]

I will.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But, yeah, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Ellie's was. He goes, when I die, you just look over your shoulder and I'll be there.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And it's really sweet. And then you do die, and then you disappear, and then you appear over her shoulder as a ghost and she fucking freaks out.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, these are solid for promo lengths.

[Seth Meyers]

Every one of them. I mean, they're promos. It's crazy.

[Andy Samberg]

Also, I remember she's also like, watch.

[Seth Meyers]

Watch this reaction here. Hold on.

[Akiva Schaffer]

She's happy for you. She's gone.

[Seth Meyers]

Here I am right over your.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Scares the ghost, too.

[Seth Meyers]

Wait, you have to watch this other one, Keev, where you're the. It's the MTV promo behind the scenes of Trommel.

[Andy Samberg]

Wait, when we were doing that one, I remember shooting that with Anne Hathaway, and she was, like, crying, and I was like, are you okay? And she was like, oh, yeah. This is not hard for me. I was like.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I remember being blown away by it.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, so, like, people are really good at acting.

[Seth Meyers]

It's really funny too. Cause, and again, you're playing a woman, so it's different, Andy. And it's full comedy, but you're like, hello. And then she talks, and it's like, oh, I fully believe she's sad that you're about to die.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Okay, well, so then, Andy, are you saying, though, that when she won the Oscar, like, who gives a shit, right?

[Andy Samberg]

I thought this was better than her performance in Les Mis, for what it's worth.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, yeah, because he just got it through it a lot faster.

[Jorma Taccone]

If it's easy, then who gives a shit?

[Andy Samberg]

I'm just like. That song was written before that movie. You know what I mean?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

This was an original.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's true. So, yeah, yeah, that's the original.

[Andy Samberg]

That's just where I'm coming from.

[Akiva Schaffer]

She had to be able to access that emotion while staring at you in an old lady wig.

[Andy Samberg]

Exactly.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's harder.

[Andy Samberg]

To me, it seemed more challenging.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. She's not playing against Hugh Jackman. Like, giving back in a mirror. What she's giving out. Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

She was getting jacked. Shit from you.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, yeah. To roll tears looking at Andy's face has gotta be a little bit more difficult.

[Seth Meyers]

This is a good one. This is only 23 seconds, but just watch it to enjoy. Keev, is this the camera that's gonna.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Be in, like, black and white? And then this is the one that's in the.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, we're just normal guys.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then over here, we're rock and roll normal. Hey, what's up?

[Andy Samberg]

We're laughing.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey, what's up?

[Seth Meyers]

We're guys.

[Andy Samberg]

We just.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We're writers.

[Seth Meyers]

Give me a little more.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey, we're watching NBC. Oh, you're watching mtv. This is PBS mtv.

[Seth Meyers]

It's really good. Key.

[Jorma Taccone]

That is great. That's great technical improv.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, and then one last one. Is the host. Not host, which is, again, you just grabbed it, obviously, in the parking lot. But it has a real Andy punching people.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah, it's the walking in a frame.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, X marks the host. Oh, yeah, yeah. More with Jack and everybody. And Yorambi. Oh, he was. He wanted to be the host.

[Andy Samberg]

So nice of these guys to do this.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's got my mother today. Nice and awkward.

[Jorma Taccone]

Very extreme activities, challenges.

[Seth Meyers]

All right, so there you go. Fantastic.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I have. I not listened to this, but the guy that directed those randomly sent me an email in January. Jason Carley. That was saying he was a fan of this pod.

[Andy Samberg]

That's nice.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And that he had that.

[Andy Samberg]

You're gonna be, like, saying, you owe me money, bitch.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No. And he just was thinking back on how much he enjoyed making them and how fun it was and how co and blah, blah, blah. And so I had his email, even though we haven't seen him since 2009. So I asked him for when he did that. He said, if you need a voice note ever, I'll do one. Saying, my memories of shooting these things, it's amazing.

[Jorma Taccone]

Here we go, baseball.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So I did not listen to it, but he sent it to me.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, here we go, baseball.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So here we go. Jason Carley here. I was the freelance writer for the MTV Movie Awards promos. I pitched the idea that Andy wanted to win the movie award in every category. So we would make fake for your.

[Seth Meyers]

Consideration videos of ridiculous movies that didn't exist.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And that's how I found myself in.

[Seth Meyers]

A hotel room in LA with 2/3.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Of the lonely island, who I was a massive fan of writing and rewriting promo scripts. I wonder if he didn't direct them, Maybe he just wrote them. I also remember the whole thing being a really big deal to Andy because you guys had gotten your start writing on the Movie Awards when Fallon hosted and now he was hosting. It was all coming full circle. And I was super pumped to be even a very small part of that. It was definitely an career highlight.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well done. That's it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thanks, guys. Love the pod. Later, Quaid's.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, righteous kill.

[Andy Samberg]

That's awesome. Thank you.

[Jorma Taccone]

Later. That was a good. Later, Quaid.

[Seth Meyers]

We got a later clip, Quaid. Somebody said you should get Arnold to record Love you Quaid's for any time somebody leaves the pod early. And I just want to say, like, it. This isn't a situation where I can keep going back to Arnold.

[Andy Samberg]

That's what I was going to say. It's not like we have, like, constant access to Schwarzenegger.

[Seth Meyers]

Also, imagine if I just was, like, rolling lines with him and now can I get a Love you, Quaid? Like, he already had no idea what I was asking him for.

[Andy Samberg]

Like, show up at his house with all his, like, miniature ponies.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But, like, who's on the show Monday? Seth. Just get whoever that is to do it.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, that's true. Whoever's on Monday.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God.

[Seth Meyers]

The next guest I have, I will have them record Love you, Quaid.

[Andy Samberg]

No matter who it is.

[Seth Meyers]

No matter who it is. Now I'm so excited. Oh, my God. I wonder who it is homework.

[Jorma Taccone]

Maybe.

[Seth Meyers]

And if I can't get them to do it, maybe every time one of us has to leave early, we'll just play Arnold saying, it's not a tumor.

[Andy Samberg]

Great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Like we're leaving Kindergarten Cop, I believe. Hey, I have to go.

[Seth Meyers]

But yeah, it's not a tumor.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Okay, great.

[Seth Meyers]

Maybe a movie I've never seen, and maybe I've heard him say that line a thousand times because of how many.

[Andy Samberg]

Times that commercial, it's oft quoted that. And get to the chopper.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

I'm a genius.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, so it's Predator, right? Or is it Commando? I think it's Commando or Predator. Yhorm.

[Jorma Taccone]

I want to say Commando. I don't know if he says get to the chopper. And in Predator. I don't.

[Seth Meyers]

Just because you mentioned Predator. Somebody was giving me shade for the fact that I busted you guys on writing Total Recall sketch. And then I wrote a Harry Carey where he was talking about Predator, which is even older than Total Recall. But the whole point was that Harry Carey. It's not no Harry. I was writing Harry Carrey talking about Predator.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. That would be his references.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, that was his point of reference.

[Jorma Taccone]

I was wrong. It is Predator. It is Predator, Andy.

[Andy Samberg]

I was.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Hell yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Maybe that's it. Maybe that's it. When you have to leave the pot early, you have to say, I've got to leave early. I need to get to the top.

[Andy Samberg]

Of.

[Jorma Taccone]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

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[Jorma Taccone]

And I bought it too, guys. I'm a real fan. Okay?

[Andy Samberg]

You went.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We got it. He didn't steal it is his point.

[Jorma Taccone]

I didn't get it from. I didn't get it from Al.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, well, now. That's right. Everything Yoram has, he has to establish on the pod. He didn't steal from now on. For sure. It was so fun because I was backstage with.

[Andy Samberg]

So if anyone out there wants to book us, just know Yorm might steal from you.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. This little kid left his sweatshirt. I fucking knew I did.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Immediately stole it from. From a.

[Seth Meyers]

It was so funny. He was saying to his dad, like, I can't find it. And his dad was super mad.

[Andy Samberg]

You know, Yorm's about to steal when he goes, here comes Theod. It's like a punch out. When that guy would, like, start shaking right before he punched, it's his tell. Alvin, Simon, Theodore, dating ourselves left and right over here.

[Seth Meyers]

Where were we? We were. Oh, I went to. It's been a long time since I've been to a proper movie theater, Keef. But I went to see Superman last Sunday night because I had James Gunn on the show this week, and it was really fun. One, to see a movie in the movie theater. Total brag. And two, also got to see a Naked Gun trailer which was referencing, like, basically Liam Neeson giving shade to Superman, which was very fun.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He did a little bespoke intro outro.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, that's great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So that it would be Superman. A little thing to get your attention in the theater.

[Seth Meyers]

Enjoyed it.

[Andy Samberg]

Bespoke comedy trailers in theater. Kind of a lost art. I'm really glad you guys are bringing it back. It's very Mike Myers y in a way that I love.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes. The Addams Family. Ye. Wayne's World 1 is the one that's seared into my brain where I think it was before Addams Family would play. Right. Or Addams Family values. And you'd hear the snap, snap. And then it faded up and it was.

[Andy Samberg]

And it was Wayne's World or.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Yeah, it was Waynegarh. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

So we're pretty deep in here, and we haven't really talked about the awards.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, I wanna ask a question. Who is your writing staff?

[Andy Samberg]

I'm gonna forget everyone, but they sort of had.

[Seth Meyers]

The way you guys were staffed before Fallon showed up, they had put together a staff for you guys. Like, how many friendly studios yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

We asked Scott Aukerman, who is our friend and who is obviously one of the all timers, if he would head. Right. And he agreed and we were so excited. And he had a bunch of people that he wanted to bring in, some of whom were Neil Campbell, Paul Rust, Jason Mantzoukas. I'm sure I'm forgetting some before that, in the pre tape phase, I think we had me and Keev, certainly. And our friend Matt Murray. Panther. And his Harvard buddy Ryan Koh.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Do you think, Andy, because these awards were in May. Kevin, you say May 31st, that they aired. Okay. So May 31st. So the last SNL was, I believe we said May 19th, the Will Ferrell one last episode. So that's only a couple weeks later. And we had to have this whole show. So Andy, my question is, do you think previous off week to snl that must have been when we did these permits.

[Andy Samberg]

Correct. We gotta jump on it. Cause it was so much worse work.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So we had done some stuff before the finale. So we were jumping in between LA for the movie awards. Me and you.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And Jorm was busy in MacGruber.

[Jorma Taccone]

I think I was writing MacGruber still at that point. But then right after the season was going in location scouting.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, exactly. So then as soon as that Will Ferrell ended, we went to LA and were 100% on this for two crazy weeks or three crazy weeks or whatever leading up to it airing.

[Andy Samberg]

That's right.

[Seth Meyers]

I do have the writers in front of me. Can I read through real quick?

[Andy Samberg]

Sure.

[Seth Meyers]

Jordan Allen. Dutton, Scott Aukerman, Aaron Blitzstein, Neal Campbell, Tim Kalpakis, Al Kaplan. John Kaplan.

[Andy Samberg]

Tim Kalpakis.

[Seth Meyers]

Thank you. Peter Karenin. Ryan Perez. Our friend Ryan Perez.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh yeah, Ryan.

[Seth Meyers]

John Ritchie, Jordan Rubin, Brian Sacca, Laura Valdivia, Derek Barbosa, Eric Weiner and Melissa A. Wong.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So the Jordan Rubin side of it is he was heading up separate than us in another room handling all the non host writing.

[Seth Meyers]

Got it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Like all the presenters, like we didn't want that on our plate. Handling what, you know, random celebrities were gonna say to present awards.

[Andy Samberg]

Which is standard, by the way.

[Seth Meyers]

Yes, there's always.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes, exactly. And he did a great job and their room did a great job. But it was also nice not having to think about that stuff and be like, yeah, they're handling the rest of the show.

[Seth Meyers]

Because one of the hard things about that job is like you have to do so much interfacing with the presenters. And so as a host you want your writers to be like, just Focused on you and not going into a room and trying to find something that works for the presenters.

[Andy Samberg]

Seth, as you would say.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, no, but, but question though, because you as a both hosted these award shows and I am always impressed with both of you guys when you do them because it's such a. Everything riding on your shoulders and like all the pressure to. What would you say the worst part of it for you guys? Like, having done it, like, it seems so nerve wracking to me. And I'm always impressed when I've seen both of you guys because I think both of you guys do a great job job hosting.

[Andy Samberg]

Thanks, Jorm.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I don't.

[Andy Samberg]

There's no hard part.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, it's hard. It's hard work. But there's no part that's like worse than anything we were dealing with at SNL or anything.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's just like the sheer tonnage of doing.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, I would say the hard part from an outside perspective is just being judged really hard. People are really mean about award show hosts and it's a really.

[Andy Samberg]

They were less so at this exact moment.

[Seth Meyers]

I will say I agree.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Andy Samberg]

To me, at this moment, I can just say personally, getting asked to do this was like, oh, fuck, we're doing so good that they're asking me to do this. Cause, you know, we were still pretty young and in our world there was nothing cooler than this in terms of like music and movies and comedy all sort of intersecting.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, we loved it.

[Andy Samberg]

And we had grown up watching the movie awards and seeing like Stiller and everyone that we really admire do really funny shit on the show.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's also, it is a cool show to even see those promos again and feel how actually kind of, I mean, you were being sarcastic about it, Keith, but it is kind of punk rock and even like those stupid beats and like the. It feels very much like you, Andy. Like that thing of you coming out of their penises. It's just. It's above real fuck around. And it's very much your tone.

[Seth Meyers]

I did the, A couple years later, I did the sps. And I also think the fun thing of like an ESPYS or a movie awards is it doesn't have that historical like the 77th annual. And you know, there's a lot know I will say, like hosting the Emmys of the Globes, which are both also fun. There's a lot more. Like, we need cuts because there's, you know, and we have a package. We, you know, and the immemorium. Is long, you know, and it's just. You're just up against real estate in a way that I feel like the MTV Movie Awards didn't have.

[Jorma Taccone]

In the same way, Seth, when we visited you at the ESPYs, I remember going backstage and all. In sports, this is, like, a thing. Almost everyone's, like, really big and powerful in sports. Like, a lot of people work out and they go to the gym all the time.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, do tell.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Good observation.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. Yeah. And so, like, so. So almost everyone was very unrelatably large. And then I remember the U.S. soccer team coming in. I was like, oh, my people. Everyone's like, handsome. So I related to that. And then, you know, short, but, like.

[Seth Meyers]

Regular human sized people.

[Jorma Taccone]

Regular human sized people.

[Andy Samberg]

Just so you guys know, we have voice notes from writers.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, great.

[Andy Samberg]

Since we're in the writing part of this, do we want to do one?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

And I feel like historically, writers can be very funny, too. In the same way that sports figures can be large and they have their own sort of thing, writers can often be funny.

[Andy Samberg]

So totally Yoram. Well said.

[Jorma Taccone]

Thank you.

[Seth Meyers]

But Yoram, I feel like Yoram just described athletes and then writers in a way that no one's been able to pin down before.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, that's what Yoram does. He articulates things, you know, but haven't been able to put the correct words to.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He identifies, like, tropes.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. And he doesn't use any big words. They're all the normal ones.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Doesn't get fancy about it.

[Andy Samberg]

You know what? Podcasters are the new prophets.

[Seth Meyers]

We just don't make prophets.

[Andy Samberg]

We certainly do. God damn it, son. Why don't we start at the top with our boy Scott Aukerman? He was nice enough to send a voice note.

[Seth Meyers]

Great.

[Scott Aukerman]

Hey, guys, Scott Aukerman here. So I remember writing in Andy's dressing room at the Universal Amphitheater where the show was taped, so we would go to Universal CityWalk every single day to write the show. And we were basically Andy's writers. So I think stuff was kind of already in motion. Like I said.

[Andy Samberg]

Is he on a walk?

[Scott Aukerman]

Andy already was filming video, which was doubling up, inserting himself into these other movies. I think the Lonely island medley was already in motion at that point, already being orchestrated, which was basically a medley of Lonely island songs, which I know you guys replicated on the SNL50. Waste not, want Not, Want not.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's right. We did.

[Scott Aukerman]

And so I think that. And then I think a Teen Wolf parody video was already being shot And I think Kee viewer editing these in the room on your computer maybe at the time. That's sort of my.

[Jorma Taccone]

He does seem like he's in Run and Canyon.

[Scott Aukerman]

Kind of my recollection of it, but. So what we were brought in to do was to write, like, opening monologue stuff bits. Basically, the host is told on these things. If there's anyone you do want to introduce, and if you have a funny intro for anyone specifically, let us know. And you get first crack at doing these intros. And any of the ones you don't want to do, we'll leave to other people or the voice of God announcer. So we got a list of everyone who was going to present. And we really took great pains to write the worst intros possible. And Andy, I remember you loved them and really wanted to do them. So I remember a couple. One was we heard Lil Wayne and Leighton Meester were going to be presenting together. So I think the intro was something akin to, like, if you put their last names together, they sound like a Hispanic man doing an impression of Batman's butler, Meester Wayne.

[Andy Samberg]

It was just awful.

[Scott Aukerman]

And then one I remember we loved, but we ended up not using for a couple reasons. But her name is my favorite carnival ride. His name is my favorite tree. Please welcome Anna Ferris Wheel and Chris Pine Tree. We had a lot of fun doing that.

[Seth Meyers]

Still.

[Andy Samberg]

Still gets me.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, he remembered that.

[Seth Meyers]

Are you so mad you backed off at Andy? Are you like, what was wrong with you?

[Andy Samberg]

I can't believe we didn't do that one.

[Seth Meyers]

It's perfect.

[Jorma Taccone]

I gotta say, for having had to write so much powder at the MTV Movie Awards. I'm like, that's. That's a great one. Like that.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Those are the kinds of things that would definitely not air. And then having a host like Andy is when they're like, approved.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God. Yeah, they gave us the keys.

[Seth Meyers]

Did you direct? What did you direct in this, Keith?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Nothing, because we were at snl, so we couldn't do any prep work. So we would do kind of another version of how we work when we want to have creative control but work with a director, where we helped them prep and kind of got on the calls with department heads with them kind of going, this is how it should look. This is what it should be. Almost the way as a writer at snl, on a live sketch, you're not the director, but you're in charge creatively. And then certain ones I did edit myself. Like, the pre tapes were an opening. That is like the Billy Crystal MTV Movie Awards classic where you insert the host into the popular movies of the year. And then there was the music video Cool guys don't look at explosions, which kind of has a life of its own on our YouTube channel, but this is where that's from.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. And there was also a Fatal Farm video they did, right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, they did like two or three for us where we hit up. We were fans of these guys. Fatal Farm that we still are. And that helped me on Naked Gun and have helped. Helped us on, like, they're the guys on. I think you should leave. When we needed to do the everyone falling out of their coffins for coffin flop and on our budget on the show, there's just no way we can use our main unit to waste an entire day trying to shoot naked dead bodies flopping out of coffins and hitting pavement. So hire them. Because I don't know how they do it, but they're able to take the money we have, go off on their own and create magic.

[Andy Samberg]

No one could have done it better.

[Jorma Taccone]

When we did the McGruber series, that was a hit series on Peacock, everyone's seen it, but we took a bunch of PR money and just were like, hey, what do you guys want to do? And they were like, well, we love this old Current Affair where they're interviewing. Current Affair was this show in the 80s, guys where they're interviewing Charles Manson from prison. He's like a total psychopath. And we're like, we just want McGrbert to be that. And we were like, great. And then they did a whole fucking promo.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That promo was great.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's a great promo. I don't know if it makes people want to see a show, but it's great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

They did some stuff in Naked Gun that I won't spoil, but they handled some things for me.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And they're awesome.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, they're great. And if you want to look them up, their own stuff. One of my favorite things they ever did. I mean, it's all really, really good. But they did this thing with RoboCop.

[Jorma Taccone]

That it's hard to find now. I. I tried to find it recently. Yeah, but shout out to Zach and Jeff. They're fucking amazing.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, they were.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And they. They did Lasagna Cat, which was these live action recreation of Garfield street strips.

[Andy Samberg]

Lasagna Cat is so good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then they did these opening these live action recreations of like,'80s sitcoms where they would, like, change how the opening was to al or to DuckTales. And this was all even back then. So What? We had them do this, and one of them. They did a few things, but the one that's on our YouTube that you can find right now is an eight bit version of. So there's a movie called Doubt that was a big movie that year with Philip Seymour Hoffman and a big Oscar movie that was an Oscar movie that was extremely humorless on purpose. A very serious thing about nuns.

[Seth Meyers]

And it's about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

It wasn't just about nuns.

[Andy Samberg]

Spoiler.

[Seth Meyers]

Ke's like, it's a pretty fun movie. It's about nuns.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It just couldn't be further.

[Andy Samberg]

We did not watch the film.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Seth could not be further from what this. What this is.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, my God, they're so good.

[Seth Meyers]

I love the movie Doubt, but do you guys remember the last line of the movie Doubt, which is very funny to me to this day?

[Akiva Schaffer]

No.

[Jorma Taccone]

What is it?

[Andy Samberg]

It?

[Seth Meyers]

I have doubts.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God. That rips.

[Seth Meyers]

Crazy.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's great.

[Seth Meyers]

So I do want to talk about the opening because you were talking about inserting yourself into other movies, which Billy Crystal had done. And this is a very good execution of it. It starts, you're on the phone going to the bathroom, and then you cut to the exterior and it's the Slumdog Millionaire scene.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

Where you're in an outhouse and we find out you're on the phone with Barack Obama.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Good reveal.

[Seth Meyers]

Then for some reason, you hold up a picture of Carrie from Sex in the City. Right.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. I think it's just because that movie had come out that year.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know what I found interesting just about watching this now, because I did watch this is the only part I watched rewatched was this open was just seeing us in this mode of being like, we know the assignment of where we are. Whereas we usually kind of bristle at being topical. That's topical from that moment. But having to be like, nope, we gotta talk about the movies of this season. So, for instance, having a photo of Carrie, that's like a cheap laugh and kind of irrelevant, but it's just playing to the audience.

[Seth Meyers]

Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We're playing to the audience in a way that we normally don't do. I would say.

[Andy Samberg]

Correct. I would say it still feels pretty solid, though.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

It's just the assignment.

[Seth Meyers]

It's super solid. I always feel like these things are not mic'd well enough. And you can't. The audience feels like they're laughing three rooms over.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes. Also forgot that we put the reader in, which is so funny to think about the MTV audience No one knew what that even was. Is my guess.

[Seth Meyers]

Pretty cool that it was a Lee prequel.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Do you think that's a situation where they saw you and Kate Winslet and were like, we should put them in a movie together.

[Andy Samberg]

That's a prequel.

[Akiva Schaffer]

A ple. I think that's definitely 14 years later. They were like, I always think about that, too. Not only that, but in a bath scene. Yeah, a nude bath scene.

[Andy Samberg]

That's right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

They were like, we gotta do this.

[Seth Meyers]

It is a nice tie together because now you smell like shit because you've jumped in the outhouse and Slumdog Million.

[Andy Samberg]

That was my favorite part of it. When I walk in front of the fan.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, it's great. It's a great joke. Because then you're in Twilight.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. In the. In the science lab in Twilight. And he goes in, stands in front of the fan, and there's all these really great shots of Rob Pattinson that really look like he's smelling something horrific.

[Seth Meyers]

Because it's like his reaction to the first time she enters the school.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Right. It's that her scent is too much for him. Is that right?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, that's what it is. Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

The other interesting part about this, Seth, is later in this podcast, we're going to come to a called Firelight. That is a Twilight spoof that you wrote that stars Taylor Swift, from which he hosted. And look who's in this one.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I remember when we were shooting at me going like, this is so weird because it's the same scene we recreated.

[Seth Meyers]

Yep.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I'm like, this is the second time I've been on set with Andy Taylor Swift recreating the science lab scene.

[Seth Meyers]

From Twilight I really like. Again, very good read by Taylor Swift. Who asks if you have a date for prom. You are, it should be noted, still covered and shit. And you say. You say to Taylor Swift, I don't go to this school, perv.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I had forgotten about that line. And it did make me giggle then.

[Seth Meyers]

You do. You're so right. It's a. You cut yourself into the reader, which is.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, bro.

[Seth Meyers]

No way. I literally, when I was watching it today, thought, this can't be the reader.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, it is.

[Jorma Taccone]

Why'd they pick that?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I mean, I think certainly people were talking about the reader a lot.

[Seth Meyers]

I. Can I give a shout out to a different award show because Hugh Jackman hosted the Oscars this year and did an opening song. He sang about all the best picture nominees. And I don't remember any of the jokes in it except that at one point he goes, the Reader. Nobody here has seen the Reader. So even the Oscars, they were making that joke.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I think Dan Harmon and maybe Rob Shock with him worked on that one.

[Seth Meyers]

That is 100% correct.

[Andy Samberg]

We know that song well because. Because it beat us for the Emmy for song for Mother Lover.

[Seth Meyers]

It beat Mother Lover.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wow.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. No hard feelings.

[Andy Samberg]

And Harmon, bless his heart, was like, h. It should have been those guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, yeah, that's right. He was very, very sweet on stage.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes. It was very nice. But you're not wrong that the Hugh Jackman song was very good.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

Then you disappear from the reader and it's. You're into Star Trek and very, very funny. Aziz Ansari cameo.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

Where he's. I think his name is Triple J and he's the 3J. 3J. You're right. He's the activities coordinator on the Enterprise.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hi. I'm sorry, man.

[Seth Meyers]

That's my fault.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I thought you were someone else.

[Andy Samberg]

Who are you again?

[Akiva Schaffer]

3J.

[Andy Samberg]

3J.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I am the ship's activities coordinator.

[Seth Meyers]

Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I organize ultimate Frisbee games, ping pong tournaments.

[Andy Samberg]

Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Beat Spock in the ping pong tournament.

[Andy Samberg]

No one beats Spock. Spock. Is that true?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Look down, Spock. Look down like a little bitch.

[Andy Samberg]

I'd forgotten how much nudity I did in this.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, you did.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You're very exposed.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. You look real comfortable about it, too. Like, chilling.

[Andy Samberg]

I was overconfident. I was young and overconfident.

[Seth Meyers]

Then you get beamed into the back of a limo and it's you and JT And Timberlake sort of sends you off to host.

[Andy Samberg]

He sure does. I was surprised how much it made me giggle when I'm climbing over him.

[Seth Meyers]

It's a real good.

[Andy Samberg]

It's a real good old fashioned duck dumbness. Just my butt up in his face now.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Mother Lover was only two weeks ago, and so I liked that. It timestamps it. Hey, what's up, man?

[Seth Meyers]

So you're naked. Yep.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yep.

[Andy Samberg]

Hey, remember when we did Mother Lover?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

This is good as dick in a box, right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I think you should go.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, here's good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'll just.

[Andy Samberg]

I'll just back up.

[Seth Meyers]

That's okay. That's great.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, really Got a little butt wag in here.

[Andy Samberg]

I'll just do one little hop.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay.

[Jorma Taccone]

Okay.

[Seth Meyers]

Not working. Not working. Not working. Yeah, not working.

[Akiva Schaffer]

There you go.

[Jorma Taccone]

Great. Great. Well played.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. You put your butt in his face. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Bless his heart.

[Seth Meyers]

Bless his heart.

[Jorma Taccone]

Team player.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yep.

[Andy Samberg]

Solid opening.

[Seth Meyers]

Solid opening. Mixmaster might gives You a beat.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah. We do the throw your hands in the air thing.

[Seth Meyers]

Yep. And a very funny Fred cameo wouldn't do that now.

[Andy Samberg]

Not for any political reason. Just because I don't like it anymore.

[Seth Meyers]

That move. Yeah, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

It just feels like old rap. You know what I mean?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Agreed. It makes me cringe now, but I go, yeah, it was fine for back then. It was cool that Mixmaster Mike did it. And I like seeing all the people you're talking to in the crowd and stuff.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, there's a. That's my boy connection. Right. Was enlighten Meester, your wife, your fiance saying that.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And you do a bunch of late Meester jokes, talking about how that she farts in this.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I do.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, no.

[Seth Meyers]

You're like, just. If you want to fart tonight, fart Leighton Meester. It's totally fine. And she's great sport. I don't know if you heads her up, but she.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm sure we did.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I think on these things, we heads up everybody.

[Andy Samberg]

Leighton is a very laid back, nice person. I'm sure she didn't care, but she.

[Seth Meyers]

Was great and very charming.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. You're setting the ground rules. And the first ground rule you say is, it's cool to fart in here.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Great. Oh, Jesus.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then assign it to Leighton Meester fully and then call it back later.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God. Neil Campbell is in the throw your hands in the air section.

[Seth Meyers]

He's the guy with no arms.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. He sent a voice note. I don't know if he talks about it.

[Seth Meyers]

Let's hear it.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay.

[Neil Campbell]

Hello, this is Neil Campbell, and here are a bunch of random memories of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. So it was the Twilight year, and the audience was filled with kids who would go nuts anytime they saw Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart or Twilight was mentioned at all, really. And I think there was a joke where Andy came out and said, I just want to test something. Twilight. And then the audience screamed for about 20 seconds or so, and Andy was like, okay, I thought so. The opening number, opening live number, was a song where Andy would tell different people to throw their hands in the air and it would cut to them. At one point, he says, if you've got no arms, throw your hands in the air. And it cut to me with no arms and two bloody sleeves. There was also a bit where it's like, if you party too hard, throw your hands in the air. And Fred Armitage Emerson threw his hands in the air. And then, like, an intervention was arranged. I hope I'm remembering this correctly, but I believe the writers PA was the actress Olivia Taylor Dudley, who went on to star in the Magicians, amongst other things. And when we would order lunch, it was the first time I ever heard someone Andy mention that we should get something for the Tabes. What else? We all got really obsessed with the movie Delgo, this computer animated fantasy film, and we wrote a bunch of Delgo jokes, but I don't think any of them made it to a hair. Akiva pointed out one day that I had worn multiple different Built by Wendy shirts to work, which was true because those are my cool shirts. Who can forget Kings of Leon? Rocking the house with you, somebody. And finally, my main memory of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards is that it is how I met my dear friend Andy Samberg. Anyway, please tune in to Digman, airing Wednesdays on Comedy Central after South Park.

[Jorma Taccone]

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[Andy Samberg]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

Give it to me.

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[Andy Samberg]

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[Seth Meyers]

You'Re choosing to pay full price?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Did you not hear the song? How could you not be a member and save up to 20%? That's less than 50%, but it's more than 0%.

[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Andy Samberg]

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[Seth Meyers]

Can I tell you something? Somebody wrote in something that was really funny and I just really appreciate the sarcasm. I'm not really a fan of the digital shorts. SNL is sometimes funny, but I'm a huge fan of the podcast crew, especially when they talk about the New York Times spelling thing, Seth's dog and podcast timing issues.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, just bitingly sarcastic.

[Andy Samberg]

Just.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, just like fucking firing went across the bow.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Good for you, whoever that was.

[Andy Samberg]

Speaking of Seth, how close did you get today on the bee?

[Seth Meyers]

I'm two away. But not clean.

[Andy Samberg]

Not clean already.

[Seth Meyers]

No. So you got me, buddy. You got me. Aukerman mentioned a medley. You guys had a fantastic medley in this one as well. No Andy at all. This was just other people singing your songs.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Sort of like orchestral reimaginings of our songs. Treated real fancy, not dissimilar, as Scott pointed out, to what we did at the 50th.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And that was not lost on us. When we were like, what do we do for the 50th? We were like, I loved that thing we did in 2009. Is there a version that continues that using newer songs?

[Andy Samberg]

And we had some super awesome guests.

[Seth Meyers]

LeAnn Rimes opens it up.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

And it's so fun.

[Andy Samberg]

LeAnn Rimes.

[Seth Meyers]

Cause literally the first thing she sings is jizz in my pants. The first word.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Let me. Let's. Let's just revisit little bits of it.

[Andy Samberg]

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome multi platinum recording artist, Chris Isaac and Grammy award winner, Leanne Rice. Isaac, too.

[Seth Meyers]

The screamiest audience of all time, mtv.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, by the way, I sound like a lunatic the whole show because they were so loud.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Still very good.

[Andy Samberg]

She sounds great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's tied to movies right there. Right to the bridge. She's also, like, in a beautiful evening. She looks gorgeous. Gorgeous. Yes. And. And the lighting. Oh, there's a full violin string session over there.

[Seth Meyers]

Selling the. Out of it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. I mean, these real orchestras and crow. No, no, it's just a string section. It's awesome. Crazy.

[Jorma Taccone]

This is well, well shot.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. It's definitely being shot as if it's serious and lit like it's serious.

[Jorma Taccone]

Ah.

[Seth Meyers]

Ladies and gentlemen, gentlemen, Academy Award winner, Forest Whitaker.

[Jorma Taccone]

Forest.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He sounds like a great.

[Andy Samberg]

Also the staging of putting him way up there.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's spotlight up up high in the side.

[Andy Samberg]

I remember hanging with him a little at the after party and being so happy.

[Jorma Taccone]

I mean, that is showing up. They do the Coro acting out box.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Is my dear dude, just. Just a few weeks after writing it. There it is. Mother lover getting input in. That's pretty great. Yeah. Damn, they really did it well.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. That was exceptional.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Standing. Oh, from.

[Seth Meyers]

I cut three dudes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Crying, weeping, and holding hands. Oh, my God.

[Jorma Taccone]

I will say for me, not having been involved in these guys creating this, like, flying into town to be in that shot, it really did feel emotional just to watch it and be like, this is what you guys put together. This is incredible. Like, it was so fucking sweet. And like, just like, oh, that was amazing.

[Akiva Schaffer]

God, that. That's really fun.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, so that was awesome. We are eternally grateful to those singers and Forest, Horace Whitaker.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So rad.

[Andy Samberg]

Cool. Guys. Don't look at explosions.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. So whose idea?

[Andy Samberg]

I think it was mine.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay. I believe that.

[Andy Samberg]

Unless it was Akiva's. Was it yours, Keev?

[Akiva Schaffer]

It honestly might have been. I have no clue.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I mean, but it obviously was a trope that many people, I'm sure, had noticed of the people walking away from explosions and not noticing that there'd be like. Like a. It'd be really hot and there'd be a lot of danger and wind concussion and just. There's a lot of reasons to keep your eye on an explosion.

[Jorma Taccone]

We were literally had just written it into McGrber. So we were about to do it. This exact trope.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, right. That when the van blows up, he's.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, no, no. When he burns the car. The KPI three night.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, right, right, right. When he walks away after lighting on fire.

[Seth Meyers]

John Oliver did an end of a season explosion thing like this once, and I've heard him talk about it where he basically said the stunt guy came up and said something. So. Because it was that exact thing of not looking back. And he said, so it's going to feel like you're on fire. Like, basically, like the amount you have to ignore, like, the heat of it and the idea that somebody not in a movie, they would not, like, run faster or look back.

[Jorma Taccone]

I think his was particularly insane, though, because I remember that one. I think that he did, like, 50 gallons of gasoline or something. It's a massive explosion.

[Seth Meyers]

It's a massive one. It's like an old quartz.

[Akiva Schaffer]

As a layman, I always thought, you know, like, somehow, because you know that the stunt people put this stuff together, special effects people, that there's like a safety to it. And there is, of course, but it's still real fire exploding in fireballs. And it's not unlike when you used to go to the Backdraft ride thing at Universal Studios. Yeah. And you feel the heat. It's still giant fireballs.

[Jorma Taccone]

Like, a lot of it is gasoline explosions. And even one gallon of gasoline in a bag is insanely large. So, like, to go big, big time is. Is. Yeah, very scary.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So it's taking advantage of the fact that the Movie Awards has relationships with all the studios where you can use clips from movies. So it was a good way to get to use all the clips and get to show explosions from movies.

[Seth Meyers]

And it was Bruce Springsteen, Andy Esque.

[Andy Samberg]

And the coup, obviously here was getting Will as Neil Diamond.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes. Which he had played before a few times, once in a Gap ad, I believe.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, he had done it on snl.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Keep walking, you're cruising. Cherry, cherry, sweet Caroline Tim Tail walks. Will Smith walks.

[Jorma Taccone]

Mark Walter is wearing a hat.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then J.J. abrams had directed the Star Trek that we had spoofed earlier. So he was in the conversation that year in general.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes. And we had met him. I had gone and seen an early screening of Star Trek at the Paramount lot, and we had become friendly from that. He was very, very nice.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I think we had met him at Comic Con randomly, I think, when Hot Rod was there or something, and we were just geeked to meet him and know him.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

And he plays piano in this, and it's the most successful anyone in his family has been musically.

[Andy Samberg]

He does. And we actually have a voice note from him.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, great.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, terrific.

[Andy Samberg]

Shooting that video was one of the most fun and surreal experiences I've ever had in my life.

[Jorma Taccone]

What I remember is I had to go to an AFI event immediately after, and in fact, I had to go.

[Andy Samberg]

Before we finished shooting.

[Jorma Taccone]

So I couldn't be walking with you.

[Andy Samberg]

Guys at the end when the explosion.

[Jorma Taccone]

Happened, which is the biggest regret of my life. Anyway, it was the most fun.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Fun, and it was absolutely hilarious.

[Andy Samberg]

And putting my hand up and doing.

[Jorma Taccone]

The Paul Shaffer during the solo was.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I think it was the highlight of my career.

[Jorma Taccone]

Anyway, there you go. Love you.

[Seth Meyers]

It was very good.

[Jorma Taccone]

Thanks, jj.

[Andy Samberg]

Thank you, jj.

[Seth Meyers]

Very, very good note.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But we just thought it would be hilarious that it was him. And it was. But then he showed up, and Asa had played the piano solo for us and had made it ridiculously fast and. And everything. And then he was like, I learned it and was kind of doing the right moves on the keyboard.

[Jorma Taccone]

It was pretty fucking on point. Like, it was.

[Andy Samberg]

No, I think he actually plays piano.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, he does. It turns out he is a musician, and I think this might be totally wrong. So we'll leave it to the Quaid Army. But didn't he maybe have a hand in the Felicity theme song even? Oh, and when you go to Bad Robot, he's got a huge music studio there and really is a musician. And then you are correct that maybe it runs in the family.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay.

[Jorma Taccone]

Can I give one more factoid? Fun, surprising factoid about Jeff? Jj, When I did this movie in Finland, I met a graffiti writer who writes for cbs. Can't be stopped. Big, big time graffiti crew. He's from Norway, and he showed me pictures of him doing crazy pieces. Big, big filled in graffiti pieces in la. And lo and behold, JJ Abrams doing it with him. And I was like, whoa, JJ's got a lot of fucking hidden skills. So there you go.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's an artist.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, artiste.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So we didn't even give a shout out. So this guy, Troy Miller is who directed all these. And he did it, I believe, was his thing. And he, I believe, directed a lot of Mr. Show.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Is it Dakota or something? Was his company.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. And so, you know, we would tell him what it had to be and then he would run with it. But he did something I've never seen before or after, which is when we wanted a lot of the really high energy, swoopy stuff. When Ferrell and you and JJ are up on stage, the kind of main centerpiece performance shot. He was on a segue, like, feet on a full Segway. And this is before people zipped around on those one wheel things around LA and stuff. He was on a full Segway that had been rigged with a Steadicam. And a Steadicam, as you know, is pretty hard to operate. They weigh like, I don't know how much, £100. And they kind of go over your shoulders in this crazy, like, big vest and you're holding the camera and it's. But he was doing it at, you know, 15 miles an hour, zipping around on a Segway holding a full camera rig.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

To get the shots.

[Andy Samberg]

And it looked great.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it was rad, you know.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, Shout out Troy. He's a nice dude.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then this is when we took off their plate for editing because we were like, this is our speciality. And so we edited this one.

[Seth Meyers]

It's very cool. And it is a fun trope that people, even after you pointed it out, people did not stop doing it. Like, I think action movies think it's so kickass. They don't mind that it's a comedy trope.

[Andy Samberg]

I remember us discussing, like, I mean, this is how up our own ass we were. We were like, so now people are gonna stop. Right? Like, we put that to bed.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And everybody was like, you nerd.

[Seth Meyers]

They were like. All of a sudden in movies, like, the Rock was like, oh, oh.

[Andy Samberg]

I.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Bet you we did stop some people that we'll never know. Cuz they didn't do it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, we'll never know.

[Jorma Taccone]

You know, it's a very funny observation, like, for how much people like things exploding and watching things explode. The idea that you're like, I've seen.

[Andy Samberg]

Too many of these. I do think maybe I might be wrong. And I don't remember the movie. I feel like years later, Feral did a bit in a movie about the same idea or something. Exploding.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's in the other guys.

[Andy Samberg]

In the other guys. He's like, whoa.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know, they're going to. And they get, like, flattened by it, I think.

[Seth Meyers]

So not only did people stop doing it, they didn't even stop doing comedy observations about it.

[Andy Samberg]

We just opened Pandora's box.

[Seth Meyers]

Or it was just like, already open and you walked by it and people were like, what? You guys didn't have anything to do with this?

[Andy Samberg]

But I will say I was very happy with this one. I thought the idea, you know, everyone got it. We had will, we had J.J. it looked good and it was funny.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Got in, got out, and it lives on. It's got 51 million views. It lives on as a thing we make.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's exciting. Do you have more voice notes about it, Andy?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, Bust another voice note.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, before you guys do any more voice notes, I do have to go.

[Jorma Taccone]

Okay?

[Seth Meyers]

I need to later.

[Jorma Taccone]

Get to the chopping fuck. Later, Queens.

[Seth Meyers]

No, we'll just play.

[Akiva Schaffer]

They're gonna insert whoever his guest is on. His voice just got played.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, okay. Gotcha.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, no, I won't have it by then. We'll just insert. Get to the Chopper. Great for today.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, just get to the chopper.

[Seth Meyers]

Sorry. So I gotta go. I need to get to the chopper. Love you guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

Love you, too.

[Akiva Schaffer]

All right. Love you, Seth.

[Jorma Taccone]

Bye, Seth.

[Andy Samberg]

Take care of yourself.

[Akiva Schaffer]

All right. Seth just left. We have more voice notes, but we've been here for a while and we want to listen to them all. And so why don't we just listen to him on next week's Next Things? It'll be the first thing we do. We'll listen to some more voice notes and we'll talk a teeny bit more about this.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, I got to tell you, Keith, I think it's just a great idea.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, thank you, Andy. I love it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Keith.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Andy. You watch anything good this week, my man?

[Andy Samberg]

No.

[Jorma Taccone]

Wow, that's what's up, Marva reader.

[Andy Samberg]

I've been pretty buried.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I've been watching some of K Pop Demon Hunter, the movie K Pop Demon Hunters with my daughter. It's pretty good.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's exciting.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Not going to lie. It's pretty good.

[Andy Samberg]

Tell me what? Because some of those songs are becoming real hits.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I mean, that shouldn't be that surprising because they're pretty good, but they're also. I think there's a history of, like, High School Musical songs going that would. If those movies came out now, they'd be hits in the same viral way. And the Descendants movies, don't you think they were Hits.

[Andy Samberg]

I think they kind of were hits, weren't they?

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's what I mean. I think they were at the time. And I think the Descendants movies had some pretty big songs.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, those were big.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I think the zombie movie. Zombies did. And I, of course, know them all, so I don't think it's without precedent.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. So wait, that. That show is for, like, teens?

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's a movie. And. Yeah, it's exactly. For my daughters.

[Andy Samberg]

Got it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But that's not saying we can't appreciate them. It's pretty. This is just free promo for whoever made it. I don't know who made it, but it's clearly. It's Sony Pictures Animation, so it's clearly out of the same world as Spider Verse, Phil and Chris's movie. And then Rodney's. The. Like, the animation is dope in that way. And there's cool, funny jokes and it's stylized and the songs are good. K Pop songs.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes, man. We're just watching a lot of animation movies. That's what we're up to.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's what we're. Yeah, that's what we're into.

[Jorma Taccone]

And I'm watching Love on the Spectrum.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, that's a great show.

[Jorma Taccone]

Thanks.

[Andy Samberg]

Came out a while ago, but. Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, I just heard about it. It's a. Yeah, I'm kind of late to the party.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, that's. There's nothing wrong with that.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Better late than never, as they say.

[Akiva Schaffer]

This is so great that we always do this segment at the end where we talk about what we want. And what did you. And what you. Did you read me?

[Jorma Taccone]

What did I read? I've been Trying to get through Holly by Stephen King for six months. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

What's on your Kindle, dude?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Fantastic. Mr. Fox with my child reading it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know how there's always the top three, which we do at the end of every pod.

[Andy Samberg]

Every week, I sit down with a nice mug of tea and my Kindle, and I just crack open a new novel.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's our lives. Novels.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's really good. I'm really happy we talked about all that. That guys. All right, well, it's been a pleasure. We don't have Seth here. We can talk about anything. That's my point.

[Jorma Taccone]

No, I know, but it's just been so long. So that we all want to leave.

[Andy Samberg]

Like, a perfect example of something we could talk about, like, what's on your Kindle?

[Akiva Schaffer]

What's on your G. What do you have on your. What's on your Kindle?

[Seth Meyers]

Your Kindle.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I guess that is how I said it. Oh, man. Every time I read a book on.

[Jorma Taccone]

My Kindle.

[Andy Samberg]

I just enjoy consuming the written word on my Kindle.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I don't want to pay for anything. So I just have the first 10 pages of, like, 50 books, and I'll just read the first 10. It's usually mostly the table of contents, the kind of the page that tells you when it was published, what year. Then you get maybe like, a preface written by somebody else, a dedication page. And then I get like, two pages of just the meat of the intro. And then I'm like, well, that's that. And I kind of consider that honestly a book read.

[Andy Samberg]

I think that's fair.

[Jorma Taccone]

So a Kindle is like the gist of a Kindle. You just get the gist and you're.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Like, well, that's all. I also bought the cheapest Kindle they make. And it's. It's. Honestly, it's 50 megabytes. So once you get. Once you get 10 books on there, you're. You're pretty much toast. But I can. But I figured out a cool. So, guys, for Quade Army, a cool hack for your Kindle. A cool hack for your Kindle is just download the previews of the books, and then you can fit, like, 50 previews right on your kee.

[Andy Samberg]

Back in the movie words days, would go up to the musicians at the show and be like, hey, I love your stuff. I mean, what I've heard of on itunes. Preview button.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Exactly. The previews button always gave you, like, 30 seconds, right?

[Jorma Taccone]

It was great.

[Andy Samberg]

I assume what comes before and after is just as good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Exactly. I was just rocking them right there on my. My Guidepod. It's like a gimbal, but it's a really small guy pod.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, I love plugging in tunes on my Guidepod.

[Jorma Taccone]

My Guidepod.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We always. At the end of the show, we always wrap it up with, like, letterboxd, what's your criterion Closet? And then just like, hey, what's on your.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then always a life hack. Just like at the end of the Queer Eye shows. Another show like Love on the Spectrum on Netflix.

[Jorma Taccone]

If you put your wallet in the. You know, like those gas stations where you can't pull up the handle because it doesn't have the little stopper thing. If you have a wallet, put it in there, prop it up, and then you don't have to, like, sit there the whole time. That's a fun one.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, that's such a good life hack. Thank you for that.

[Jorma Taccone]

You didn't think I was going to have one, but I had one.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It seems dangerous. Like, the gasoline might overfill and not.

[Jorma Taccone]

Get the mark where it's.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Keep it.

[Jorma Taccone]

The life hack, it works.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I don't know that you want to prop it to where the gas can't stop coming out of the nozzle.

[Andy Samberg]

This is just like, generally, as a rule at a gas station, I don't want to be, like, waving my wallet around.

[Jorma Taccone]

Don't knock it to your hacket.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Leaving it unattended, jammed into making the gas.

[Andy Samberg]

Jam your wallet in, and then go inside to get a Slurpee.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's a really, really good hack.

[Andy Samberg]

Hey, I know I've never been to this gas station, but I trust you guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

Just try it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Definitely not going to explode my car. It's fine.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, well, I feel like this was a great way to wrap things up.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, this seems.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, we found it by the end. A little. Some little snips here and there. We definitely found it for Seth.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes.

[Andy Samberg]

All right, well, love you guys.

[Jorma Taccone]

All right, love you, too.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Bye.

[Jorma Taccone]

Talk soon, Tigers.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Classic. Oh.

[Andy Samberg]

Talk soon, Tigers. And see you around, Arnold.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Later, Quaid.