Party at Mr. Bernard's

Summary

The Lonely Island & Seth Meyers Podcast

Episode: "Party at Mr. Bernard’s"

Date: May 27, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Seth Meyers is joined by The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone) for a deep-dive into their SNL Digital Short “Party at Mr. Bernard’s,” starring none other than Robert De Niro. The group reminisces about the creation of the short, working with De Niro, and the broader comedic context, weaving in signature banter, SNL history, and plenty of personal anecdotes. Alongside the main feature, they tackle questions from fans, riff on inside jokes, and touch on topics from crossword puzzle strategies to color grading. The camaraderie and comedy writing insights shine in this relaxed yet hilarious hang with SNL and comedy royalty.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Banter & Warm-Up (00:30–06:56)

• Health Status Updates: Jorma’s raspy voice draws playful ribbing, including Andy’s comment, “you sound like you’ve been shredded to shit. Shredded to shit is the official medical term, I think.” (00:34)
• Hernia Jokes: Jorma discusses both moving rocks and sporting a hernia belt, setting up an extended physical comedy runner.
• Hat Bit: The group rehashes a past inside joke about Jorma’s “panini hat,” lost to editing in a previous episode but recaptured here.
• Listener Feedback: Seth shares that last week’s episode was dubbed “the Bullshit List,” as it was more meandering conversation than SNL-focused (04:20).
• Theme Song Controversy: The guys react to listener-submitted theme songs and impressions, debating if one is AI-generated.
  • Greg Chun’s Arnold Schwarzenegger impression and alternate “Jizz in My Pants” parody—mistaken for AI but confirmed authentic. (05:15–07:24)

Running Jokes & Inside Language (06:56–18:24)

• “Laser Cats” Wins Cannes (07:38-09:00): Seth claims Lucas Asher’s short “Laser Cat” (a riff) won the Cannes Festival; the others react with disbelief and humor, riffing on plot details.
• Fjord v Fiori Bit: They riff on fictitious film awards and sequels—"Fjord before he goes Virses him." (09:03–09:39)
• Andy on Set: Andy is working on a new movie; Akiva visited him and they banter about shooting schedules, interiors/exteriors (“there’s nights AND daytime. Also, no spoilers, but we tried to get one at dawn and another at dusk.” – 11:09)
• Word Games: Ongoing riffing about crossword puzzles and the “NYT mini,” inventing “yorm the mini” for slow completions.

Rapid-Fire Bullshit List (13:18–17:14)

• “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” Score: Seth reads a listener’s note about the film’s great music, which spirals into a bit about interiors/exteriors and dialogue languages (13:28–14:08).
• Spelling Bee and Street Encounters: Andy shares sending voice notes from the streets of NY while filming, trying not to embarrass himself; the group jokes about shouting “we outside!” during outdoor shoots (14:18–15:02).
• A Knight’s Tale Trivia: Seth explains Chaucer’s role in the film in response to Andy’s confusion, leading to an impromptu riff on the “Who’s on First?” bit (15:09–16:44).
• Chekhov’s Gulp: Running joke about Andy owing the group a comedic sound effect.

Reviews, Reception, and Fan Letters (21:04–25:26)

• Advertising Feedback: Seth shares a voice-over pro’s critique of their ad reads (“Seth, what’s the rush, pal? … Jorma, your low register can veer into Ghostface from Scream.” – 21:04)
• More Listener Letters: Attributions for their in-episode dictionary scribe “Nick” as their Chaucer or “almanacster,” and tales of Pitbull performing at Nickelodeon up fronts, and Biz Markie’s surly “Yo Gabba Gabba Live” appearance.

Movie Recommendations (25:18–29:06)

• Discussing adult-targeted classic and contemporary films:
  • “Out of the Past,” “Bad Day at Black Rock,” “Top Gun Maverick” (Andy confesses to crying at the ending: “I cried at the end.” – 26:40)
  • Seth: “It’s so fun when you realize that people like Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas used to be like young handsome dudes.” (26:09)
  • Ongoing banter about “exteriors” and “interiors” as shorthand for film analysis.

SNL Digital Short: “Party at Mr. Bernard’s” (31:19–47:43)

Introduction and Creation:

• Genesis: Akiva directed and co-wrote with Bill Hader and company; Andy was likely absent on set due to traveling (31:38–31:44).
• The premise: Legendary actor Robert De Niro plays the “Bernie” corpse in a “Weekend at Bernie’s” parody—intentionally under-utilizing his acting (32:01).
  • “It was crazy how much we were wasting legendary actor Robert De Niro in it. And that being partly why it was funny to us.” – Andy (31:50)
  • Seth: “He probably liked it.” Andy: “He found it very funny.” (32:19–32:22)
• Direction and Tone: The gang loved the look and 80s movie “babe hound” genre parody, especially the energy and tropes of horny, dimwitted male protagonists in neon houses, joking that “doing that tone was even funnier… than the actual turn of the script.” (33:53)
• Legacy: Akiva describes pitching a full screenplay spin-off for the “babehound” characters.

Rewatch & Commentary:

• The group watches the short together, describing the action for listeners and noting technical and comedic highlights:
  • De Niro’s limp physicality (“He didn’t pretend or anything. He really did go completely limp and that Andy and I had to hold him up.” – Akiva, 57:57)
  • Set and costume details: authentic 80s décor, Hawaiian shirts, “stepdown living rooms,” and intentionally cheesy music (41:05; 41:18)
  • The “color correction” gag when the fantasy’s interrupted with a courtroom scene, quickly snapped back to bright colors for the ending (“I don't know that I've ever seen that joke.” – Akiva, 46:26)
  • Jokes about rushing vs. lingering on the courtroom transition, how much the cast enjoyed “manhandling” De Niro, and which bits worked best.

SNL “Weekend Update” Bit: Spider-Man Musical (52:51–56:12)

• Andy’s recurring impression of an accident-prone Spider-Man; he dangles upside down through the segment, trying to score an “upside down Spider-Man kiss” from Seth.
  • “I can’t guarantee you you’ll flip for it!” – Andy-as-Spider-Man (55:25)
• The pain and effort of hanging upside down for comic effect acknowledged: “It did not feel good by the end… Not smart.” – Andy (56:15)
• Speculation on who wrote the “Bizarro Jerry Seinfeld” bit (Jost or Colin?).

Reflections and SNL Backstage Stories (47:46–51:10)

• Andy shares a poignant SNL memory: after being featured in six or seven sketches, critics later panned that episode as “the worst one in 10 years,” leaving him “pretty down about it.” (48:37)
• The group discusses how live shows always feel better to the audience than they do to critics or cast.
• Memories of meeting Robin Williams while he guested on SNL; his warmth and generosity with the cast. (50:00–51:03)
• Classic SNL inside baseball, including “Garp” references.

Winding Down: Spelling Bee, Mini Races, and Goodbyes (58:07–60:28)

• The group checks in on their daily New York Times Mini crossword puzzle times (“Two Minute Yorm” achievement unlocked).
• Usual blend of competitive teasing and effusive, genuine affection:
  • “What do we call it when we check in with YM to see what he got on the Mini?”
  • “This was very fun, you guys, and I love you all very much.” —Seth (59:40–59:44)
• Group signs off with riffs on “no joshing,” Rowling puns, and a chorus of “I love you”s and “Later, Quaid.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "You sound like you’ve been shredded to shit."
  — Andy, to Jorma (00:34)

• "It was crazy how much we were wasting legendary actor Robert De Niro in it. And that being partly why it was funny to us."
  — Andy (31:50)

• "He didn’t pretend or anything. He really did go completely limp and that Andy and I had to hold him up. ... He also didn’t talk a lot between takes. That was my main memory."
  — Akiva, on De Niro’s acting commitment (57:57)

• "Do you think it’s more that the cats shoot lasers because they like laser pointers?"
  — Andy, riffing on the absurd “Laser Cat” premise (09:00)

• “I cried at the end [of Top Gun Maverick].”
  — Andy (26:40)

• “Steve, you have a great voice, but when you use your deep, sultry lower register, it can sometimes veer slightly into Ghostface from the Scream movies.”
  — Ad critique (21:04)

• "I remember being pretty, pretty down about it."
  — Andy on having a “big show” panned by SNL critics (48:50)

• "When you’re there [at SNL], it just all works. Cause you’re like, I can’t believe I’m at fucking SNL."
  — Andy (49:42)

• "This was very fun, you guys, and I love you all very much."
  — Seth (59:40)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Banter and Health Gags: 00:30–02:25
• Theme Song/AI Impression Debate: 04:46–07:24
• “Laser Cat” at Cannes Bit: 07:38–09:00
• 80s Movie Spoofing & “Fjord vs Fiori”: 09:03–11:09
• Crossword & Mini Races: 12:26–13:17, 58:07–59:36
• Bullshit List Wrap and Listener Letters: 13:18–25:26
• Movie Recommendations: 25:18–29:06
• “Party at Mr. Bernard’s” Setup: 31:19–33:53
• Short Viewing & Commentary: 38:25–47:43
• Weekend Update/Spider-Man Musical: 52:51–56:39
• Showbiz Anecdotes & Robin Williams Story: 47:46–51:10
• Final Spelling Bee Segment & Signoff: 58:07–60:28

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Summary Tone

The tone maintains the hosts’ witty, meta, and slightly irreverent style, blending SNL writerly inside jokes with earnest friendship and a genuine love of the craft. The mix of deep-dive analysis, technical chat (color grading, writing process), and goofball silliness (hernias, panini hats, inside puns) makes this episode a must-listen for SNL fans, comedy writers, and anyone interested in the alchemy behind sketch comedy classics.

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For listeners: You’ll walk away with a fuller appreciation for what goes into an SNL Digital Short, how much the cast appreciates (and sometimes mourns) their creative risks, and why even Robert De Niro is game to be the punchline for a great sketch. The warmth, candor, and comic energy of Seth, Andy, Akiva, and Jorma make this a standout episode in their ongoing, affectionate look back at SNL’s most innovative era.

Transcript

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Glad to hear your voice is still not good, Yoram.

[B]

Is it bad?

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

You sound like you've been shredded to shit. Shredded to shit is the official medical term, I think.

[B]

Well, I've been screaming a lot because of how excited I was to get this little miniature van.

[C]

I do want to talk about the van, but I am also a little concerned. You don't know that your voice sounds like that. For example, I know that I'm still congested. I can tell it's not top piece peak.

[B]

You kind of cheated though, because I just blew my nose. So now you're. You're looking for it.

[C]

You know, I did not see that nose blow though.

[D]

But did you guys listen to last week's pod? I felt like I've actually sounded the worst and I think I still have it where I'm like not breathing through my nose.

[C]

I don't know. Me and Seth were texting that we beat off to your voice no problem last week.

[A]

Yeah, that's true. And we would know.

[D]

But is as as much no problem as the previous weeks?

[A]

Yeah, totally the same. Because we time.

[C]

It's hard to know if that's about our fatigue or your performance. You know what I mean?

[D]

Got it.

[B]

You, you timing column A, column B.

[A]

We're so hooked on timing based on the New York Times that we do it for everything now.

[D]

Right? Okay, well I guess weigh in. I guess weigh in in the tittis about it.

[B]

But you know what they say, Keith.

[C]

Weigh in in the tittas way.

[D]

Way in.

[B]

In the tittis way. And take it away, Arnold.

[C]

That's the episode way in the tittas.

[D]

You guys are all east coast and you all seem like you're way like awake jobed. Yeah, good to go. I'm like solo parent here.

[B]

Oh man, 1007am I was moving rocks a second ago. Giant heavy rocks. Which is great cuz I also have a hernia.

[D]

Yeah, that makes sense for your body.

[C]

It sound swallowing them.

[A]

Yeah, well he does that to incentivize himself. It's like move one, eat one, move

[D]

one Eat one, but don't. Don't move heavy things.

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One for them, one for me.

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For the rest of your life.

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Maybe we're not gonna be able to feel sad when you perish if you treat yourself this way.

[B]

You guys wanna see my hernia belt? This is my hernia belt.

[A]

That's great.

[D]

It's helicopter. Stop doing stuff.

[A]

We had to cut it out, actually. Yoram literally dropped so many names last week. We did cut out the section, but I Just to say I made an observation that his hat looked like he had dropped a name on it. And I just want to say it this week so we can put the photo in the show notes.

[C]

No exception.

[D]

Different hat, but it's a similar shape.

[A]

Yoram sent us a last week hat that I. We can put in the show notes because it was a. It was a great zinger that we lost because we did decide that Yorm dropped too many names.

[B]

But, Seth, what did you call the hat, though? Because that's part of it.

[A]

What did I. Anvil hat. What did I. I can't remember.

[B]

No.

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Panini.

[B]

He called it a panini hat.

[A]

Oh, it did. Panini.

[C]

I called it that.

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It had been pressed.

[A]

I think it was Andy Panini hat.

[C]

Kid, look, you're gonna kill yourself. Everyone's like, he's the best character on the pod. But what they don't see is behind the scenes, us being like, wow, he's killing himself on purpose.

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You know, the fastest star is. The fastest star is Brian. Brian brightest. Shine brightest.

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The fastest star is Brian brightest.

[B]

Yes, exactly.

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The saltiest pickle.

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The saltiest pickles get eaten the fastest.

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Yeah. The saltiest pickles get eaten the fastest.

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They brine Brightest.

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They brine Bright.

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The saltiest pickles.

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Brian Bright.

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Yeah. This slogan brought to you by Hernia Harness.

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Brian Bright. So did. I can't remember, did Rihanna do Brian Bright like a diamond for Vlasik?

[B]

Was that Brian Bright like a pickle?

[C]

Yeah, it's really. That's not how Sia intended it.

[A]

No, she was. But she was pretty mad.

[B]

But you can imagine them in the studio and her just being like, yo, I got it. Brian Bright like a pickle. And everyone being like, yeah, yeah, you know, go back, go back. I don't know about that.

[A]

And then do you think, to celebrate, she asked Jon Hamm if he wanted to toot it?

[B]

Maybe I've tooted it too much. Brian Bryke. Moving on.

[A]

Hey, somebody said that a good title for last week's episode was the Bullshit List, right?

[D]

Like the Blacklist.

[A]

Well, Just that ultimately the entire episode was just a list of bullshit. And we didn't talk about a short.

[B]

All right, but did they like it, though? But that they like.

[A]

I would say it was split. Yeah, but I think the people who liked it are the one. They're the real ones.

[B]

The real heads.

[A]

I have preamble bullshit list, but. Oh, this is around the time where the theme would drop in, you know, But I feel like I have it.

[B]

Take it away, Greg.

[A]

Yeah, but I want to just say I feel like everybody's going to hear it and they're going to think it's AI. And so I wanted to preamble to say it's not. Okay. Yeah.

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Because we don't fuck with that.

[B]

Wait, can we hear it now?

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This is. Yeah, let's hear it and then talk about it.

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Good job, Lev.

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Just four guys having a good time. Having a good time. Having a good time. There's four guys having a good time. Seth, Andy, Keefe, and Yorm.

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Jesus.

[B]

Oh, my God, he needs his own podcast.

[A]

Yeah, he should probably come on ours

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just to talk about it.

[A]

I mean, Greg Chun should come on this podcast as Arnold and we should just interview him.

[D]

So we all listen to that on our text chain. And there's another one, too, that I think was the one that Andy. Was it the other one that you really thought might be AI Andy, or was.

[C]

I couldn't believe that it was him.

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Here, why don't I just play the other one? Because then I also have one more thing.

[B]

I didn't listen to these because I was moving rocks.

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Eating.

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Yeah. Do you mean you're selling BLEEP that? Obviously.

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I wish he could lift.

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Traditionally, when people are moving rocks, well,

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you don't know how big these rocks are.

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Seth.

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Lock eyes from across the room down my drink where the rhythms boom. Take your hand and skip the names no need here for the silly games make our way through the smoking crowd the club is the sky and I'm on you Cloud moving close as the lasers fly her body's touch and the angels cry Leave this place go back to yours A lips first touch outside your doors A whole night what we've got in store Whisper in my ear that you want some more night shoes this really never happens. You can take my world apologize that's just absurd. Mainly your fault for the way that you dance and now it's years don't tell your friends or say you're a slut. Plus it's your fault you were rubbing my butt. I'm very sensitive. So It Secrets plus now I'll go home and change.

[A]

I mean, wow. Really good.

[C]

Did he remake the beat also?

[D]

No, that was just like he found a karaoke track.

[B]

Oh, okay, now I'm not impressed.

[D]

See that one you feel like his AI because you don't believe he'd even just do it for that long. That. Well, the consistency and the length of led you to believe it was computer generated.

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The way he Absurd is almost a perfect Arnold pronunciation of absurd. That lets you know it's a. It's a top level Arnold impression.

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Absurd.

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Good morning, Quades. It's Greg here. I wanted to thank you for all of your support when it comes to the theme songs, your nice comments because I work very hard trying to make them good. Don't listen to people like Andy who think that this is AI and not my voice. It is. This is me. Andy, stop it.

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It's really good.

[B]

Can we ask if we can post that? Can we post that, please? That's fine.

[D]

I asked him for a 10 second one to prove it.

[B]

Oh my God. It's really good.

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Craig Chun. Hey, how are you feeling about. And I guess this is for all of you.

[B]

Hernia.

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The winner of the Cannes Festival. La Seneffe Best Short Award. Anybody have any takes? Great. Anybody spitting out? I'm of course talking about how Lucas Ascher's Laser Cat won the Cannes Festival. You're kidding. La Sinef Best Short.

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What the fuck? Now I'm mad.

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I mean, obviously this was not something I was aware of. Quaid army let me know. And they're just wondering if you guys are spinning out.

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I am now.

[B]

Yeah. Thanks for letting us spin.

[C]

Yeah. What the fuck, Lucas?

[D]

Can we see it?

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Yeah.

[D]

I mean, obviously it's probably not out.

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That depends on seeing it, I think. Before we spin out.

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Let me tell you that a little. It's a one night journey about a teenager who's bored at home. His mother just left for a date and he's 14. Also, this is a planet where all the cats shoot lasers.

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No.

[B]

Also, there's been a nuclear war.

[C]

No, Seth, not even. We believe that.

[D]

Don't try to make jokes, Seth.

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You guys, I'll say. You guys were on that right away. You guys were on that. To your credit, you were on it right away.

[C]

Okay. This is directed by an NYU student. Is it Lucas Asher, Alma Mater. That's what it says. 22 minute psychological thriller won first prize.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

NYU student Lucas Asher.

[B]

I think we got to watch it.

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So, Lucas, we'll be expecting our slice of the Palme d' or cake.

[B]

Yeah.

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Do you think it more has to do with, like, how cats famously like laser pointers?

[C]

It's possible. You know, Seth, it's interesting you bring up Khan because I was really happy for the Palme d' or winner, Fjord, which of course is the Prequel to Fjord vs. Fiori.

[B]

Oh, my God, I'm so happy.

[D]

Yes, thank you.

[C]

Fjord versus Fiorari.

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And spoiler, guys. Ferrari wins.

[D]

Guys.

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So this is about Fjord before he

[C]

meets Fiori, before he goes Virses him.

[B]

Virses. A lot of detail work.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Andy, how is your movie going?

[C]

Good.

[A]

Yeah, Somebody obviously you know who it is. Somebody snuck me a little on set pic of you and it looks like a real ass movie.

[C]

Who was it?

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You know who? I work with him.

[C]

Oh, that person. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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He can't be named.

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I don't know. Can he?

[C]

Seth Reese.

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Voldemort. Seth Reese, Voldemort.

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I got it.

[A]

You're so. Yeah. Voldemort. Voldemort did punch ups.

[C]

I just. I live out loud. The thing that everyone says about me is I live out loud.

[A]

Really? Because the thing I always get emails from you is like, don't tell people where I am. That's right. Take out every geographical reference point.

[B]

I got to visit Andy for a quick, quick one for about an hour or that. And it was really fun. Andy, I want to come back. It was a joy to see you.

[C]

Oh, well, thanks. Likewise.

[B]

Oh, apparently it's not reciprocated. Jesus Christ.

[C]

Well, I'm pretty locked in, you know.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

You seemed locked in. It was very nice seeing you for lunch, I'll tell you that.

[D]

Were you guys shooting outdoors or indoors? Like, what are we talking about, Akiva?

[C]

Both. There's exteriors and interiors in the.

[D]

Whoa. So this movie's got it all.

[C]

Yeah. Thank you for. This is a good spoiler.

[B]

This is spoiler, guys. There's interiors and exteriors.

[D]

We got to buy a ticket for this.

[C]

Yeah. And dialogue and lighting.

[D]

And this drops on Tubi in. When is that drops on Tubi?

[C]

20, 27, 30, 21.

[D]

Okay, set your calendars, guys. Tubi, interiors, exteriors, everything's during the day or.

[C]

No, we got nights and daytime.

[D]

Whoa, whoa.

[C]

Also no spoilers, but we tried to get one sort of at dawn and then another one at dusk.

[D]

What kind of weather? Always clear or.

[C]

Well, that is in the hands of the weather gods.

[A]

And this is. Sam Mendes is directing it and it's called Fur Ferrari. Right, because he's doing. Yep, he's doing A Fjord and then a fjr.

[D]

It's like the Beatles biopics.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

He's doing this after his Beatles. Yeah.

[D]

Each character from Fjord VJRSS is getting their own. Yeah. The Virus' movie is the one I'm really pretty psyched for.

[A]

Oh, yeah, everybody's excited about viruses. Oh, this was. Tell me, do you think this is Shade or Praise? Let's play a new game. Shade or Praise? Ready?

[C]

Love it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Always a good time in an audio only podcast when the host spends several minutes visually comparing different word games with each other.

[D]

Oh, yeah, when you were holding it up.

[B]

I think that's high praise. High praise.

[C]

I think it's appropriate. Shade.

[A]

Yeah, that's right. Appropriate. Yeah, I think that's true. Somebody asked, can we add yorm the mini to the dictionary? And that's when you take over two minutes to complete the New York Times mini press report.

[D]

That would make sense. Oh, I really yawned the mini.

[B]

Oh, by the way, you guys, I'm consistently. I'm consistently at like 150 now, so whoever said that, they're fucking wrong.

[A]

Okay, great.

[C]

What did you get today? Orm, What'd you get on the Mini today?

[B]

154.

[C]

Okay, 26. I got 26 seconds.

[B]

But here's the thing. Like, I want to say something about. About my super slowness. One, I'm bad at it, but like. But two, there's a certain language and way to do crossword puzzles that I don't know. I literally had to look it up recently and be like, what is the quotes? There's like a little cheat code of like, hints of like the way you have to think to do a crossword puzzle. And I've never done them before, so I didn't know.

[D]

You're learning the language how a question mark means they're being cheeky.

[B]

Yes, exactly.

[C]

Yeah, I did not know that.

[D]

They're so cheeky over there.

[A]

Rocks. You're a rocks and ladders guy. You've never been about wordplay.

[B]

Exactly. I'm. I salt of the earth. You guys don't know this because we're. I'm flower for country. You guys don't work with your hands. I'm a real car heart. You guys are work in progress.

[D]

That's right. That's the main difference.

[C]

Nice, Paul, nice.

[D]

That's legit.

[A]

I'm just gonna run like, guys, we're like week. I think it's almost been a month of teasing Mr. Bernard's. So I'm just gonna tear through the rest of the bullshit list. Everybody okay with that?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Keev. Somebody said Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. Great score, right, Keev?

[D]

Oh, the music. Yeah, yeah, the music was very good, but I don't. It wasn't the thing I took away from it, but I'm sure if I went and threw on that soundtrack, I'd agree.

[C]

Were there strings?

[D]

You know, I'm guessing, yeah.

[C]

And in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, were there exteriors and interiors?

[D]

Yeah, they had both of those.

[A]

Mostly exteriors, though.

[C]

Okay, what kind of dialogue was there?

[D]

Mostly in English, a little bit of probably some other languages. When they're in the beginning in the Crusades, when they're in Jerusalem in the prison.

[B]

Right.

[C]

And was the Sheriff of Nottingham in it?

[D]

Yeah, big time.

[C]

All right, let's keep blowing through it, Seth. Let's keep blowing through it. Was the sheriff a notion?

[A]

No, no, no.

[C]

I think this list should go slower.

[A]

Yeah. Hey, you sent in a voice note, Andy.

[C]

Oh, did I?

[A]

Multiple end of the episode last week. It was actually two voice notes in a row.

[C]

Oh, that's right. Yeah.

[A]

And somebody wrote in out of breath. Jogger does spelling. Be on the streets of New York.

[C]

I was out there.

[A]

That's very much what it sounded like.

[C]

Well, I was also, like, surrounded by crew and stuff, and I was like, I want to do this. Obviously, I got to claim my quibi victory, but I also don't want to be, like, humiliated, you know?

[A]

Yeah, of course.

[B]

Andy, when you're shooting exteriors on the streets of New York, do you immediately start yelling, we outside. We outside. We outside.

[C]

Generally not during takes, but otherwise, yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And when you do interiors on the streets of New York, are those like, little prefab houses you build and just put on the sidewalk?

[C]

For sure, yeah. And some of them are open plan, and others aren't great.

[B]

And when you do interiors, do you shout, we're inside.

[A]

We're inside.

[B]

We're inside?

[C]

No.

[A]

In regards to A Knight's Tale, the reason Geoffrey Chaucer is a character is because the whole movie is loosely based on a short story called the Knight's Tale, which was in the Canterbury Tales. So basically, Chaucer throughout the movie is just gathering material for another book. Regarding other historical characters in A Knight's Tale, Alan Tudyk's character, Wat, is thought by some to be young Wat Tyler, who would go on to lead a peasants revolt during the reign of Richard ii. Andy asked me what his name is.

[C]

What's his name? What? Yeah, what's his name?

[A]

That's his name.

[C]

What who is it?

[A]

Who is. Who is the jouster.

[C]

The jouster's name is what?

[D]

No, Alan Tiddick is not a jouster. He's one of his helpers.

[C]

And you're supposed to go, no, that's.

[B]

That's.

[A]

We had it. I think we should have written it

[D]

out anyway, famously that, you know, Abbott and Costello's who's on first was improvised top to bottom. And it was a one. It was a one take. And they had only done it that one time when it ended, they were like, tell me you were filming. Tell me you were filming.

[C]

And they were like, I think we got it.

[D]

And they. They printed it and they watched it back and they were like, dude, what the.

[A]

Dude?

[C]

I just locked in. Dude. It was so crazy. I just, like. It was. I went blank and it was in

[D]

a low state, brother.

[B]

So was Costello just genuinely super dumb?

[A]

No, I think they were like, just. They picked up this. It was the thread of it.

[D]

It was a bit.

[B]

Oh, I thought he was genuinely.

[D]

No, it wasn't just real life. No, dude, they were like, tell me. Yeah, they were just.

[A]

They were like, oh, you can't film improv that day. You could.

[D]

They were like. It just came straight through from the heavens above. Straight through them.

[C]

They were channeling.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

The fact, Andy, that you've promised a gulp and haven't given one yet.

[C]

Yeah, we don't know that.

[A]

Come on. Yeah, I feel like Andy would tell us. Somebody said, we got ourselves a real Chekhov's gulp situation. That's good.

[D]

Kudos.

[C]

Can't wait for that baby to pop off.

[A]

That was very nice. This one's a little unfair.

[D]

People are gonna tune in each week to see when that thing goes off,

[C]

you know, Zero propositions. I've got a few really nice quot Quaid armies, though, out in these states.

[A]

It's nice being on the streets in New York.

[D]

I got a Sherman Oaks quite army yesterday.

[C]

Oh, a sherm stick.

[D]

Yep, that's what that is.

[A]

Somebody wrote this episode. Made me want to step on a theater rake and knock myself out.

[D]

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Oh, here's I like this one. As a longtime voiceover talent, haven't done thousands of commercials over decades, I have some notes on your ad reads. Seth, what's the rush, pal? Not sure the sponsors appreciate you blasting through copy as fast as you can go. Let it breathe, baby. Them Bamba's socks deserve a little more love. I would say I'm rushing because the feedback we've received from you guys is. It might not be your favorite part of the pod. Jorma. Here's a Jorma note. Jorma, you have a great voice, but when you use your deep, sultry lower register, it can sometimes veer slightly into Ghostface from the Scream movies. Not sure Quince wants it to sound like their spokesperson is standing outside our window with a knife, ready to pounce. Akiva, yours are perfect. No notes.

[D]

Whoa.

[C]

All right. I thought it was for sure gonna be like yours sounds like Ghostface from Wu Tang.

[D]

Right?

[B]

I was psyched that that was gonna be my criticism, but no, I think

[C]

that more ke, though.

[A]

And then, Andy, yours just is not available.

[C]

Correct.

[B]

Andy, do your best. Ghost face from Not Killer, but the one from Scream. How does he talk?

[C]

I don't really know the Scream films.

[D]

It's through a voice modulating box because it's really just.

[C]

I know you're in the house or whatever, you know?

[D]

Yeah, that was pretty good, actually. Do you want to play a game?

[C]

Sydney, do you want to play a game?

[D]

That wasn't quite it either.

[C]

Yeah, it's stupid. I think what we've learned is that that franchise is stupid because we can't do the voice.

[A]

That's why.

[D]

Do you think Matt can do it? Let's get a voice note of Matt doing the scri. Screen voice first.

[C]

Yeah, he did direct a few, right?

[D]

Yeah, yeah, he directed five.

[A]

I mean, might want to ask Greg Chun first. I've got to be honest.

[D]

Yeah, Greg Chun could definitely do it.

[C]

Tbh. He'll probably crush.

[B]

Yeah, let's Chun it up.

[D]

All right, so I'll ask both of Them.

[B]

Let's chun the waters on that one, huh?

[C]

Yeah, that. That works.

[A]

Keev, you. You had a note on a word in the dictionary you thought should be spelled different. Oh, it was about Bajason.

[B]

Yeah, that's correct.

[A]

You had a note. The. What would you call the person who runs our dictionary? Nick is his name. But what would you call. He's our. Our. Our.

[D]

He's our Chaucer.

[A]

He's our Chaucer Almanac scribe. We're hearing Jeff wants to go with scribe. So Nick, our. Our dictionary scribe had this to say. Whoa. Can't believe I got my dictionary spelling corrected by a guy who was 86 from a restaurant in Hollywood

[D]

Fair.

[A]

He said he feels like a gaping snore. But then he was very happy.

[B]

You guys didn't like Almanac?

[D]

Do you think he. Oh, almanac.

[A]

Oh, I missed almanac. I take it way back, Nick, because

[D]

he's Nick and then Alma.

[A]

That's great.

[B]

Yeah, no, we get it.

[D]

Alma is who though. Yeah.

[C]

Who's the alma in this situation? It's a very popular name.

[A]

It is an almanac.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

You would say it's an almanac.

[B]

He's not an almanac.

[C]

So the Quaid dictionary is just the almanac now.

[B]

And he's an almanacster.

[A]

I also got somebody who's been to multiple upfront said there was a period of time. There was like a four year period of time where Pitbull performed at multiple upfronts. And it was really noted by those who covered it in the trades, including and up to the fact that Pitbull performed at the Nickelodeon up fronts.

[C]

Hell yeah.

[A]

And had the same dancers who were like a little in. In slightly less revealing outfits but still wildly inappropriate for Nickelodeon. Do.

[D]

Do children come to the Nickelodeon up fronts? They don't advertise.

[A]

So it was not. It was not as though Pitbull was being inappropriate. It was just like very funny that they knew, like, hey, this is for Nickelodeon. Let's make them a little bit less revealing. But also, you know, now it's still Pitbull's backup date.

[B]

Did any of you guys see Yo Gabba Gabba Live ever? I saw them at King's Theater.

[D]

I did.

[B]

Yeah. And did you see it with Bismar when he performed with him?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Cuz it felt like you were like he's just there for the bag. I've never seen anybody want to leave stage so quickly. Shout out to Bismar though.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Rest in peace.

[A]

May. May your memory of him be that he did. Yo Gabba Gabba. For money.

[C]

And let that be the official stance of all four of.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, also wig. I'm glad you shouted out wig in Ham's voice knows that you were not on for Andy. But then heard wigs was so delightful. But then somebody to write in wig just went, don't make me voice note. All right, that's the end of the bullshit list. Oh, also, what was the movie out of the Past? Was that the one you recommended, Keith?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And Bad Day at Blackrock was the other one.

[B]

Oh, I watched it.

[A]

Out of the Past. I watched it. It's fantastic.

[B]

And Bad Day at Blackrock, so good. Why did you watch it, Seth?

[A]

Because I saw just like on social media, somebody wrote Paul Thomas Anderson said they learned. He learned more from this audio track. And then the audio track was the director just talking about the opening shot. I watched like three minutes of like the Blu ray audio.

[D]

The director's commentary, you mean?

[A]

Yes, that's what I mean. Sorry.

[D]

Wait, so you had already seen that one? Now Yorm has joined just to go slow here. Yorm. And you liked it, right? It's really.

[B]

I loved it. I was telling you, like, it felt like it was like the reason why a screenplay has the word play. And it really was, like, felt like you were sitting with just excellent writing in an old style that everything comes back. And also, like, we were talking about how just the length of it is fucking perfect. It's so entertaining.

[D]

And then, Seth, you watched out of the Past. Any quick takeaways?

[A]

It's unbelievable. It's so fun when you realize that people like Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas used to be like young handsome dudes. Yeah, Andy's not enjoying this. Also, Roger Ebert, I read an old review where he's like, this might be the greatest smoking movie of all.

[C]

Well, guess what, guys. I have a movie to recommend also. It was on cable last night and it's called Top Gun Maverick. So eat shit.

[A]

That movie is amazing. When you talk about not why plays in screenplay, I think most of the scenes in that movie are like, is he gonna go faster?

[C]

You wanna know something crazy though, Seth? And it's probably not just cause I feel so lonely and miss my family and I'm too tired. I cried at the end.

[D]

At the end.

[A]

I'm sure I would have as well.

[D]

Yeah. What happens at the end? No spoilers. I mean, anybody?

[C]

No, because Maverick tells Goose's son, thanks for saving my life. And he says, this is what my dad would have done. And I was like, God, that's pretty good.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

God damn it, Rooster, you piece of shit.

[B]

Well, no spoilers, too, but there's a bunch of exteriors in that movie.

[C]

Oh, my God. More than you can handle, truly. Not just exteriors, like aerials, like up in the air, up in the sky.

[A]

Yeah, there's just a digital display that keeps going like 9.1. They're like. No one's ever done that before.

[D]

Yeah, that was at the beginning.

[A]

9.2. And they're like, whoa.

[C]

That's the pressure against their body. Bodies in the cockpit, brother.

[D]

Sure, sure, sure. But it's not a bow. And can the plane hold together? I mean, sure, I tended.

[A]

And then it gets all shaky and stuff.

[C]

That's the recommended Akiva.

[D]

It's about the planet. If we're gonna talk about the plane,

[C]

it's about the pilot in the box.

[A]

I was in an airplane and I watched a pretty impeachably great airplane movie, which is gone, baby, gone.

[B]

Oh, what does impeachably great mean? Like, you get impeached.

[A]

It's just like a perfectly good plane movie. Like, you've seen it, you like it, and it holds up. And it's of kind guy. You kind of like, has twists you don't remember because they're pretty.

[B]

You should be impeached for saying that.

[C]

I believe it's unimpeachably great.

[A]

Yeah, you're right.

[C]

I think that's where Yoram's confusion is coming in.

[D]

But he.

[B]

Yeah, but I'm not a crossword guy, so.

[C]

Well, you're certainly not a mini guy, even though you do it every day.

[B]

Well, I'm becoming a mini guy.

[C]

You've always been a little bit of a mini guy.

[B]

I knew it was coming, but I still appreciate it.

[C]

Sweet little guy. I. I do like to scoop you right up.

[A]

31 minutes in. Still haven't talked about the short.

[B]

Just a reminder, this is not the episode. This is different.

[D]

Seth out of the past has a little bit of Almost Naked Gun style dialogue when him and her, like, sitting by the lake, right? And she did some part of. It's like. I bet you say that to all the places, but I can't remember. Like the lead in. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[A]

The one that I thought was great. And you realize this is the language that inspired like the naked gut parody is the guy in the early finds when he. When tracks down Robert Mitchum, he sees his sign on a gas station because it's his name on the gas station. He says, that lady at the diner. Yeah, I was driving by And I saw his name on the gas station sign. She goes, oh, it's a small world. And he goes, or it's a big sign.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[D]

Yeah, it's full of that stuff.

[A]

I'm going to let her say hi real quick.

[D]

Hello.

[C]

Hello.

[A]

Hi.

[B]

Hi.

[A]

How is.

[C]

Yep, that's right.

[A]

Who is it that. Sorry. Daddies are good and mommies are bad.

[B]

No, Mommy. A good daddy's so bad.

[C]

Yeah, that's true. Yeah, that's.

[A]

Actually, everyone on this podcast is a daddy. Everyone you're looking at is a daddy. Are all daddies bad?

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Okay, you have to go now, actually. No, no, no, that's good.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

Hey, just so we can. Just so we can steal it for later, can you say, Bombas are the best socks I've ever worn? Worn. Bombers are the best socks I worn. Quince has changed my life.

[C]

Quinces changed my life.

[A]

You guys want to feed her another one?

[B]

I love staying at Airbnbs.

[D]

Put that in at the end of the Airbnb read.

[B]

Yeah, that's great. It's so. It's so weird that when kids say that daddies are the worst, that all of us secretly are like, yeah, yeah.

[C]

What are you going to do?

[B]

I'm like, yeah, I can't argue.

[C]

Facts is facts.

[D]

All right, I've. Again, I'm not trying to stall here, but I have some voice messages.

[A]

Oh, great.

[D]

All right, this is either from Greg Chun or Matt. We'll know right away.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Hello. Do you like scary movies?

[D]

That was Greg Chen trying to give us one.

[C]

Oh, that was really good.

[B]

I think that's pretty. I think that's pretty accurate. As soon as he started doing it, I was like, oh, that's. That is what that sounds like.

[C]

If it was going to be mad, I would have been blown away.

[D]

Here's Matt. But Matt's heard it a lot more.

[C]

Let's see.

[D]

Like, more than almost anybody.

[B]

Not as good of a voice actor, though.

[A]

Hello, Kiba. This is not what Ghostface sounds like,

[B]

but this is me doing a bad

[A]

impression of Roger L. Jackson. Is this helpful?

[D]

He. He did offer, like, do you need me to text Roger L. Jackson?

[C]

Yeah, we do.

[D]

Like, he. He offered. He offered to get the real screen for voice.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

What would we need him to say, though? Just, Later Quaides.

[B]

The Later Quaids, I think.

[C]

Oh, yeah. We could tag it on to the end. Later, Arnold. Later, Quaid. Later, Ghostface. Later, Quaid's. You know what I mean?

[A]

Yes, please, guys. We've put it on for long Enough. I, on purpose, did not rewatch it because I wanted to rewatch it with you guys. It is Robert De Niro. It is party at Mr. Bernard's. Do you have anything you want to say about it before we watch? Watch it?

[C]

Yeah, plenty.

[A]

Go for it.

[D]

Okay, I'm loading it up.

[C]

Ke you directed it? Yeah, we wrote it together with Bill as my recollection.

[D]

That sounds right.

[C]

You there or.

[B]

No, I. I was probably in Africa when this happened.

[C]

Right. With Chappelle and then.

[B]

Yep.

[C]

I remember being, like, so excited about it, thinking it was really fun and loving the look of it and then being so happy walking onto the set and having it really look like Weekend at Bernie's. And also us being aware that it was crazy how much we were wasting legendary actor Robert De Niro in it. And that being partly why it was funny to us of like, so we have Robert De Niro and we're literally gonna have him playing a corpse.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But he. Knowing Robert De Niro, he probably liked it.

[C]

He found it very funny. Yes. And he understood that that partly was why it was funny to use him that way.

[D]

He was just always referred to as the greatest living actor.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Just number one. So there was something. And even Lauren, I remember fake sarcastically, kind of. I forget his exact words, but, like, commenting on exactly that fact.

[B]

Did you guys. Did you guys say that on set? Like, let's fly in the greatest living actor.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, pretty much. Lauren being like, really great use of Bob. Something like that when you're watching it.

[D]

Just remember that also when, like, he's having to, like, fall in new cast members laps and stuff and, like, flop all over them. Like, every cast member was, like, showing up like, oh, my God, I'm about to act against Robert De Niro, and then he's just a corpse.

[C]

Yes. This was my idea. And it goes in a category that I think we've done a few times, which is like a movie premise or a famous story premise where if it really happened, what would it like, the. The joke is just what it would really happen happen, basically. But yeah, to me, I have very, very fond memories of this one and remember feeling proud of it, even though I knew it wouldn't be like a quote unquote biggie.

[D]

And Weekend at Bernie's was kind of well worn comedy territory. Like, it is a comedy. It's comedy to begin with. And then it also was such an outlandish premise for a movie. I feel like there had been lots of mimicking of it or parodies of it. And so. But I had never seen this one. And so it was just kind of like, oh, we can do kind of in our minds, the definitive.

[C]

Yes. And I will also say, before we get into it, and then we should. The funniest stuff about it to me, and the most fun when we were writing was the little details about these Babehound characters and how that was such an 80s comedy staple. Doing that tone was even funnier to me maybe, than the actual turn of the script.

[D]

Yes, by far my favorite parts of this, having not rewatched it, is the first minute before the actual joke happens, but so much so that I won't get into the premise of it. But for years, I kept trying to write screenplays for Andy and Bill to be these characters in a completely different scenario. We.

[C]

We did. Not you.

[D]

We. I seem to remember me being alone, though, and you@brooklyn9 9 and me and us talking all the time, but me being. But maybe you were riding with me.

[C]

Check the tapes. I got documents in my laptop.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

We. I mean, we didn't do it, so.

[C]

No, we didn't do it.

[D]

A failure.

[C]

We wrote a lot.

[B]

Wait, you guys, was. Was part of this motivated by Whoopi Boys love in terms of, you know, babe hounds?

[C]

I wouldn't say motivated, but certainly that is in the same.

[D]

It's the genre for sure.

[B]

It's a reminder.

[D]

Yes.

[C]

You're saying it's Whoopi coated?

[B]

It's Whoopi coated.

[D]

I wanted to make a movie set in the 80s that felt like a weird science or whatever it is with these two guys.

[C]

You know, I was about to say it's not too late, but it definitely is. Like, we just look old.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

You mean it's too late for you guys to play?

[D]

Well, now you guys could be like the old businessman, the other side of it. The ones getting like.

[C]

I'm like about a half year from being dat corpse.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

I always liked your other idea, Keev of 80s movies, of revenge of the Jackson.

[C]

Everyone had that idea, though.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But we had that very, very early, before.

[C]

But it was developed.

[B]

I think everyone cut it out then.

[C]

No, I'm just saying it was developed multiple times by different people.

[B]

Oh, well, then fuck you, Keith.

[D]

But really it got used with the

[A]

IP of Revenge of the Nerds. Andy. Or is like different.

[C]

Both. And my recollection, and correct me if you remember differently, was that people kept writing it and then you'd get to the moment when the jocks started fighting back and it was like, this just feels like Strong bullies.

[D]

I don't remember.

[C]

It was not satisfying. Even though we were in that like, nerds rule moment.

[B]

You know, that is really funny.

[A]

I mean, and also it was just like, you have to remember the only thing that was working bully wise in that cultural moment was sensitive bullies. Correct.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And thank you.

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[A]

All right, so Keev, you want to run this show?

[D]

Yeah. Let's rock it. I can't believe our boss is letting

[C]

us hang in this palace for the whole weekend. We are going to get so many babes.

[B]

Forget about the babes.

[C]

I'm just hoping for that promotion. Mr. Bernard, we're here.

[A]

Dude, look.

[B]

Mr. Bernard.

[C]

Mr. Bernard. Wow. Looks like you really partied Hardy.

[B]

Mr. Bernard, your guests are gonna be here soon. Devin, I don't think he's alive.

[C]

Oh, God. Oh, man.

[A]

Okay, we need to call the cops.

[D]

Yep.

[C]

Ricky, we definitely should call the cops. But the party's in one hour. All those babes are already in motion. If they show up here and this place has gone from party house to funeral home, we're gonna be the laughingstock of the beach. So what do you suggest? We pretend he's alive and have the best night ever?

[A]

Dude, that is a great idea. Yeah.

[D]

The lowest high five.

[B]

All right.

[D]

M. Okay.

[C]

Let in the base.

[A]

It is really fun to rewatch this and remember what you said at the top, which is. This is Robert Dairo.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

That's great. And you guys are just basically moving him around like a puppet.

[D]

Godfather Part 2, Midnight Run. You're not.

[A]

You're literally, like, no part of it. You're not taking advantage of any of the things. But it is really funny, and it's fun to know that he was downplaying for it.

[B]

Just seeing you guys manhandle him at all, I'm like, immediately like, this is awesome.

[C]

Like, feeding him the booze bill, being like, I just. I just want that promotion.

[D]

That's my favorite thing, is. Yeah. Within two sentences, you're like, he's the Hawaiian shirt loose guy, and he's the guy that is trying to be a stockbroker.

[B]

And this is my backstory.

[A]

It's really good. It's very clean off the top.

[D]

It's very fun for those just listening on audio. Once they decide on the thing, they get him into a Hawaiian shirt. Now they're trying to feed him some sort of a blue daiquiri of some sort, I guess to make his breath smell like alcohol.

[B]

I'm not sure why that's where you're at.

[C]

Pretty girl. Easter egg.

[B]

Did you guys shoot other beats of this and then think it was too long of preparing for the party?

[D]

I don't think so.

[C]

Not sure. I did appreciate how fast it got to the party.

[D]

I'll say that just for a second, because sometimes we express frustration at the sets. This. You're just not kidding. This is so great.

[C]

It's so great.

[D]

It's got those really popular in the 90s. Glass brick, tile tiles everywhere.

[B]

Really Lonely Island.

[C]

Which were in the original Lonely Island.

[D]

Exactly. These are my favorite.

[A]

White carpet.

[D]

Yeah. And it's got a step down. I mean, that's A real.

[C]

Yeah, that's pricey. They went all out.

[D]

It was tr. It's really special.

[C]

Also, the music. The, like, Muzak is almost. Don't go chasing waterfalls.

[B]

Oh, not what. I thought you were going to say something.

[C]

I noticed. Let's listen for.

[A]

That is a great idea. Yeah. All right. Right.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

Let in the babes.

[A]

Come on in,

[D]

You guys.

[C]

I believe you know Mr. Bernard.

[A]

Oh, my God. He.

[C]

Can he have this dance? Someone likes you.

[A]

Party just started, everybody. You're going to burn an el.

[C]

They then dressed him in a Hawaiian shirt and propped him up for show.

[D]

Like a rag doll wig again. Just me loving everything. That's just the genre. The way she's giggling when she comes through the door when she comes in.

[A]

Come on in. Oh, my God.

[C]

So obviously you guys know what I'm gonna say my favorite thing here? Little tummy.

[A]

I was gonna say little handy tummy.

[C]

No, little tummy. Just sagging out. Just like a little fat porky.

[A]

Do you feel like at the time, did you kind of feel like. Was. No. Wardrobe didn't notice a little tummy here.

[C]

I'm gonna just assume that it was a choice as an actor, that I wanted it to be hanging out like I was a little tub of tubs.

[B]

That's his backstory.

[A]

You guys feel free to shoot me down right now, but this is maybe back in the day, I might, let's say as a writer on the show, be like, hey, is there anything to just. After wig yelling, he's fucking dead hard. Cutting right to the courtroom.

[D]

Yeah, I would. At least now I would strongly consider that.

[A]

I think part of it, too, is just rewatching it like this. There is a little bit of, like, a everyone's a critic vibe.

[D]

Vibe to, like very well with. Taking the picture off the wall and hitting someone with it is just a pure everyone's a critic joke. It has nothing to do with anything that's.

[A]

And it's less heightened than everyone's critic reactions.

[B]

I. I was a little surprised at their reaction to that, though. I was surprised that they were okay with it. Yeah.

[C]

The logic problem is everyone stays at the party.

[D]

Yeah. She should just yell, and it should cut to the next thing. I was actually, though, grateful once that began. And I didn't like it that it cut so quickly to the court room. I was like, oh, do we do a whole everything's a critic thing here? I got worried.

[A]

So you're relieved that it was shorter than that?

[D]

Yeah, but any. But faster would have been better.

[B]

But it's more that they then when people are freaking out, are just cool with it and are throwing the body at people. So you probably were like, we just need to show how aggressive.

[D]

Yeah, yeah. You know, I think it also could just have been some editing, like not the picture frame. Because I did like them saying, can he have this dance? And trying some of the stuff that works in Weekend at Bernie's. That shouldn't work.

[C]

Agreed.

[D]

So it might not be a full edit.

[C]

I believe you know Mr. Bernard.

[A]

Oh my God, he's dead.

[D]

Like, cut that one maybe, right? Why are they all at the party?

[C]

Someone likes you. You're going to burn an el. They then dressed him in a Hawaiian

[A]

shirt and propped him up for show

[C]

like a rag doll cadaver.

[B]

Thank you.

[D]

So they're in court, right?

[C]

For anybody listening made him do the limo. So good.

[B]

Well, I think I've heard enough.

[A]

Never in all of my years.

[C]

If it pleases the court, there's one last piece of evidence I think we all need to see. Hello. This is my video will and testament. In the event of my death, I ask that my dead body be dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses and that I be paraded around a rock and beach party filled with bodacious babes.

[A]

Oh, and Devin and Rocky.

[D]

You're promoted.

[B]

Boom.

[A]

Hey, everyone.

[C]

Look who I dug up.

[A]

Okay, I forgot how I forgot.

[B]

I'm surprised I didn't get more of a reaction from the crowd there on that last part.

[D]

That color correction joke is pretty great. I haven't seen that flip the switch

[C]

went back into 80s movies when it cuts.

[D]

So when it cuts to the courtroom, this is for people listening that aren't seeing. Goes from this bright, really saturated, colorful 80s movie to like a courtroom drama. So it's way muted and dark and very kind of almost. Not sepia, but almost. And then the moment you guys go, yes, it just. On a dime, the color correction flips back to the other color correction. And I don't. I don't know that I've ever seen that joke.

[B]

We did something like this in the MacGruber TV series. But it's a slow grade change. I love talking about grades, but it's. Piper is in a depressing. You're finding him for like. Like it's years later he's teaching a shitty DMV class or so. You think, da, da, da. And it's the reverse. It's going from super bright where you're like, oh, his life is maybe okay? And then it slowly starts to change into a darker. And you don't notice it happening until you cut to wide. And so he's now matching the tone of like, it's shitty. And it's this like, like subtle. And my. My DP suggested doing. And I was like, oh, that's fucking cool. You're watching it get depressing as he's talking.

[D]

Yeah, that is cool. You should pull that up so we can watch it.

[B]

It's pretty neat. Well, I knew you'd be interested in it. Keith.

[D]

Listen, there's a certain kind of Quaid and we've gone over this that want to hear about color grading. Hey, for those that don't know color grading is just another way of saying

[A]

color correcting, you know what aged very well in this Robert De Niro episode. The Blizzard man with dick.

[D]

I don't know if we even wanna look at it. Your whole sentence just scared the shit outta me.

[A]

I think that we'll just leave it at that. And you know, I'm just glad we have a lot of other Blizzard men that we can go back and enjoy.

[C]

I wanna say a personal experience in Andy's corner, if you will, from this episode.

[A]

Sing him in yhorm Andy's Corner.

[B]

He doesn't usually do this, but he's gonna do it right now. Take it away, Andy.

[C]

Thanks Yhorm. So I had maybe the biggest show of my SNL, this show. Interesting in that I was in, I want to say like six or seven live things or at least like heavily featured in five or six things. And all week everyone was like, whoa, Samberg, big show, man. Crazy. You're really featuring in this one. And I was like, wow, not just the pre tape, I'm in the live stuff. And then the show happened and felt great to me. And then it was very much a like early the next week, week, out of nowhere, people deciding to review that episode and talking about how it was the worst one in 10 years.

[A]

Fuck.

[B]

Dang.

[C]

I was just like, what? No, but it was my big show. They're just like, ugh, this was trashed. Like, listing all the reasons it sucked. And like, I remember being pretty, pretty down about it.

[B]

Have we talked about this on the show where like, people who would come visit you, like, just friends of yours did not mind telling you that things were bad or. Or just like friends of yours would be like, oh, man. Yeah, that show sucked. And you're like, we know, we worked on it, right? Like, you can't exactly tell us like

[C]

how garbage you thought someone who came. Everyone who comes to the show believes they just saw the Best episode of all time. Because live, it's so much more exciting.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

But people will text you.

[B]

Those people. Yeah.

[C]

And be like, oh, my God, that's. That episode sucked. And you're like, hey, hey, hey, hey.

[B]

Cool it.

[A]

Yeah. Alexi is a very good person to, like, bounce things off and, like, when I'm on new material, I like showing tour. She's very honest. And yet in all the years she came to SNL and she would be in my dressing room after update, it was always like, oh, my God, this is such a good show. Like, to speak to both, I think, one, she understood the assignment. And two, it's just fucking fun when you're there.

[C]

When you're there, it just all works. Cause you're like, I can't believe I'm at fucking snl.

[A]

Yeah. And I will say, when you're there and working on the show, during the show is not when you want feedback mid show or out. Yeah.

[C]

You don't really ever want it.

[A]

Yeah. You really. You know it's true.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I mean, I waited when. What year was this? This episode?

[D]

2010. De Niro is December.

[A]

So I waited six. I waited 16 years to say, I think you should have gone to the courtroom faster.

[C]

And I appreciate that. And you know that. And that's why our friendship is so rock solid.

[A]

Yeah. That's why it thrives.

[D]

Do you remember it says special guest Robin Williams is one of them. Do you remember that? In my mind, he's in.

[C]

What up with that?

[A]

What up with.

[C]

Got it. That's the one time I met Robin Williams.

[A]

And one time I met Robin Williams as well.

[D]

I clearly did not meet him at all that week.

[C]

Cause I'd remember he was super nice and it meant a lot.

[A]

He was very sweet and present.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

And I did not talk to him very long, but it was everything you kind of wanted it to be. He was very much like, with you while he was talking to you. And it was great.

[C]

And went out of his way, I think probably to say hi to a lot of us. Not Keev, obviously, but. But it was, you know, he's Robin Williams. It was crazy.

[D]

I just. It was weird. I don't remember meeting him. I just remember I kept yelling, garp.

[A]

Oh, you Garped him.

[D]

Yeah, Garp.

[C]

And then he was probably ducking me.

[A]

Garp.

[D]

Well, it's because I wanted to prove, like, I knew I wasn't just like a genie from Aladdin guy, you know, that I knew some of the deep cuts.

[C]

You were Garp head.

[A]

You weren't like Patch Adams.

[D]

You were Garp. Yeah. So I just kept going, Garp? Yeah.

[C]

You weren't one of those many, many Patch Adams fanatics.

[A]

Yeah, I remember you. And you were just to be like, even deeper cut. You kept standing by the page desk being like, I like the World According to that guy.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

It'd be whatever his name was.

[D]

I don't even have to say the name. You know who I'm talking about.

[A]

You know who I'm talking about.

[B]

Garp. How many people do you think named their kids right after that movie? Like, just named them Garp? I mean, probably a lot, right? Just like. I'm sure it shot up.

[A]

Was it Garp and Cap? Were those the two. The Wig and Fred characters? Garp and Cap.

[D]

Yep.

[C]

Recurring update feature. I was just going to say, should Joanna's next album be called the World According to Harp?

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Yes. Yeah.

[A]

It's a parody album where she just.

[B]

She does.

[A]

She does. She. Well, it's not even. I think she does. She does music from famous movies, and it's called the World Carrying to heart.

[C]

Okay, let me jot this down,

[A]

by the way. Based on how she reacts, you can say it was come from one of the three of us. If she doesn't go for it, she

[B]

could also do a Christmas album called Harpy Christmas.

[A]

The Harpy Christmas.

[B]

Just Harpy Christmas.

[A]

What's that a play on?

[C]

What's that a play on?

[B]

Happy Christmas.

[C]

What?

[B]

Happy Christmas. If you just sing Happy Christmas.

[C]

Oh, I see. It's not a. It's not a nested pun.

[A]

Yeah. It's also famously Merry Christmas.

[B]

But I don't say that. I don't say that.

[C]

You could have said, like, harpy birthday, I guess, but even that is pretty sweaty.

[A]

Well, especially when we're starting with the World According to Harp, where it's just like, perfect.

[B]

I think in England they say happy.

[D]

Yeah, happy.

[C]

Well, this guy did spend time across

[A]

the pond cover of Brit pop songs called Harpy Christmas.

[C]

Yeah. You want me to spend time across the pond?

[A]

Hey, Andy, are you surprised to know that you came back as Spider man on the update desk?

[C]

I am surprised. What is that?

[A]

Let's watch it, Keev.

[D]

Here we go.

[A]

This week, the Spider man musical had its first run of previews on Broadway after several delays due to actors sustaining injuries while they rehearsed. Here to comment, one of the actors from the Spider man musical, Ryan Christopher,

[C]

upside down again.

[D]

So he's upside down, swinging back and forth.

[A]

Real callback.

[D]

Seth is trying to steady him.

[A]

Thank you for Coming. So, Brian, there's been a lot of reports of problems with the production. How is it going? Tented fingers. Understand.

[C]

Don't believe the negative press, Seth. Spider man is the greatest musical ever. I really think you're gonna flip for it.

[A]

Andy doing a light crunch while he tries to flip around? Maybe. Okay.

[C]

Sorry, Seth. This is all very new to me. I'm the fourth understudy.

[A]

Oh, what happened to the other three

[D]

Spider mans in front of you?

[C]

Well, the first one broke his wrist.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

And then the next guy shattered his leg, and then the last guy just exploded.

[A]

What is going on over there?

[C]

It's a musical, Seth. It happens. You know how many people die every year doing Jersey Boys?

[A]

All right, so what can we look forward to in the show?

[C]

Well, it's basically me taking on all those great Spider man super villains.

[A]

Oh, right. So like the Green Goblin?

[C]

Uh, yeah, he's out of the show. He fell off the balcony and landed in a fire.

[A]

Okay. Dr. Octopus, buried alive. Unrelated to the show, what villains do you have?

[C]

Well, we got some cool new ones. We got Margarita Man, Bizarro Jerry Seinfeld.

[A]

That sounds bad.

[C]

The Schmoop.

[A]

What?

[C]

Yeah, Shrek stops by for like an hour.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Yeah, it'll be great, Seth. I really think you're gonna flip for it.

[A]

I might stop teeing that up.

[D]

Do you need any help?

[C]

Actually, Seth, there is one thing you could help me with.

[A]

Okay, what's that?

[B]

Oh, no.

[C]

Upside down Spider man kiss.

[D]

You be Mary Jane.

[B]

No.

[C]

Come on. Okay, fine, I'll be Mary Jane. Just hook up the smooch.

[B]

No.

[C]

Hook up the smooch.

[A]

I'm not gonna hook up the smooch.

[C]

Come on, just give me a kiss. I can't guarantee you you'll flip for it.

[A]

Why are you saying that? Everyone, Brian Christopher. Remember me?

[C]

Cuz he's going to die.

[B]

Very enjoyable.

[A]

Definitely a way better execution on the physicality of hooking up the smooch.

[C]

Yeah, they were giving me nice little swings.

[B]

Oh, my God. I like your little peppered kisses.

[C]

Andy forgot that we try. We shoehorned in a hook up the smooch into it.

[A]

I mean, I was watching and felt sad because when I realized, oh, this one isn't hook up the.

[C]

It's not hook up the schmooch.

[A]

And then it was hookup.

[C]

But it was hook up the smooch. It's all teeing. I got the smooch. You can hear the blood rushing into my head about halfway through. And my voice changes.

[B]

I'm so impressed that you Were constantly willing to do that and wanted to.

[C]

Not smart.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Upside down cue cards.

[B]

How painful was it?

[C]

It did not feel good by the end. Fine in the beginning, bad by the end. You're not supposed to hang upside down that long, I don't think.

[A]

Were you kind of like, I'll be riding high on the laughter. The bed of laughs from bizarre Jerry Seinfeld.

[C]

Bizarro Jerry Seinfeld I like and I believe is a client. That's my guess. Yeah.

[A]

It could be a Jost.

[C]

Could be a Jost. Was Jost in on that?

[A]

I think Jost was in on it too.

[B]

That's very cool.

[A]

It could be.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Guys, we finally got Mr. Bernards done, and we got through a very healthy bullshit list, and we have some other stuff to do for the next episode. But this is just.

[D]

I have one more Mr. Bernard's thing that just. That I asked for just 10 minutes ago, and he obliged. So. Hold on one sec.

[B]

My main memory of that was that Robert De Niro is such a good actor that he really did go completely limp and that Andy and I really had to hold him up. That he didn't even. Like, he didn't pretend or anything. And that he also didn't talk a lot between takes. That was my main memory of it was being like, oh, we're doing this fun Weekend at Bernie's thing and then being like, wow, he's still, like, so committed and more committed than I am at anything.

[D]

There you go.

[A]

There you go. Thank you, Billy. Thanks, Bill.

[D]

What's weird is that I asked him also if he had an ALF impression or. And or a scream guy impression to put it at the end of the voice note. And, you know, he's sitting on good ones of both.

[C]

Oh, yeah, he just ghosted you. Pun intended.

[D]

He's like the master. And he didn't do either ghost face.

[B]

Did you?

[A]

I think his thing is his agent was like, stop giving it away for free.

[C]

Yeah. Is it time for spelling bee?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Hit us up.

[C]

All right, Jack. Hit us.

[A]

Hit us in the chest.

[C]

Hit us in the tit chest.

[B]

Hit us in the breastplate plate. Spelling bee.

[C]

Spelling bee. I quibbied clean. It felt so great. I texted Seth and he knew it was coming.

[B]

Congrats.

[A]

Woo.

[C]

Always nice when it happens on a pod day.

[A]

I. At least I queen beed with hints.

[C]

With how many hints we talking? Like 17?

[A]

Yeah. So many. I will tell you this now. My. Like, I feel like if. Again, if we're doing this based on, like, a golf handicap, I try to Genius. Before I get to hints and stuff. I know. That's like child's play for you.

[C]

Jesus Christ. What are you guys even talking about?

[B]

I know.

[C]

What are you even, like, this is, like, for genius?

[A]

No, after genius, I get genius, and then I do him.

[C]

Look, you're one of my dearest friends, and you're a very accomplished man. You're a good father and husband, and you're really talented.

[B]

Here it comes.

[C]

But that's a fucking joke.

[A]

I can't believe how much heat I take from being with old friends. Two minute Yorm over here.

[C]

Well, he. He ain't getting.

[B]

Oh, by the way, I think that that could be a new little segment too. And I did it under two minutes, so.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah. What do we call it when we check in with YM to see what he got on the Mini?

[D]

We need Jack Black to do another song for it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

How did our Mini do on the Mini?

[A]

All right, all right.

[C]

We're very similar heights. It's. It's. It's not fair.

[A]

This was very fun, you guys, and I love you all very much.

[B]

Love you too, Seth.

[C]

Love you guys. Love you guys. Honestly, like, a lot of shots fired, but I really love you guys.

[A]

Thank you, buddy.

[B]

Yeah, no joshing.

[C]

No J.K. rowlings.

[D]

That's fine.

[C]

You can take that out of context if you want to and just use it as its own clip.

[A]

Just made it right to the end of the pod and threw that in.

[C]

All right. Love you guys.

[D]

Love you.

[A]

Love you.

[C]

Love you. Love you, Arnold.

[D]

Love you, too. That's mine.

[C]

Says it now. I was waiting for him to say, take it away, Arnold.

[B]

I. I didn't want. Later, Arnold.

[C]

Take it away, Arnold. I took it back. I reclaimed it.

[A]

I love you guys.

[D]

Later, Quai.