The Best Look in the World

Summary

Podcast Summary: "The Best Look in the World" – The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast

Release Date: December 9, 2024

In the episode titled "The Best Look in the World," hosts Seth Meyers, alongside The Lonely Island members Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone, delve deep into the creation, impact, and legacy of their infamous SNL Digital Short, "Best Look in the World." This detailed discussion not only revisits the origins of the sketch but also explores the dynamics within the group and their experiences on "Saturday Night Live."

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1. Revisiting "Best Look in the World"

The conversation kicks off with Seth Meyers addressing a delayed voice note from Jorma, setting a candid and humorous tone for the episode. The primary focus, however, remains on dissecting "Best Look in the World."

Inspiration and Creation: Andy Samberg recounts the brainstorming sessions that led to the creation of the song. Drawing from nostalgic memories, he explains how the concept was inspired by generational quirks, such as slumber parties disrupted by parents:

Andy Samberg [02:32]: "I mean, a lot of people in our generation had slumber parties where their dad came out in tighty whities and yelled at everyone."

The group aimed to satirize a man’s questionable fashion choices—specifically, wearing a dress shirt with black socks and no pants—by turning it into a comedic anthem declaring it "the best look in the world."

Musical Style and Challenges: Andy humorously admits his lack of expertise in the genre:

Andy Samberg [03:24]: "I love music. I know a lot about music. That is a genre of music I had no business touching."

The song's fast-paced, high-register vocals posed significant challenges, making the lyrics difficult to comprehend, which became a humorous point of contention among the hosts.

Seth Meyers [05:20]: "You're singing so fast and the lyrics are so dense. I could not parse some parts."

2. Guest Voice Notes and Critical Feedback

Rob Klein’s Perspective: Rob Klein, an SNL writer and friend, shares his nuanced take on the sketch. While he humorously critiques its overall quality, he praises its lyrical density and enduring charm:

Rob Klein [06:16]: "Best look in the world is maybe the less good one of the two in terms of overall quality. ... it's so fast, but also so densely written."

He highlights specific lines that blend complex phrases with comedic timing, adding to the sketch's layered humor.

Yhorm’s Critique: Yhorm offers a more pointed critique, questioning the execution and creative decisions:

Seth Meyers [27:38]: "Yhorm's criticism was that you guys didn't actually make the entire crew look at your exposed genitals."

This segment underscores the internal debates and differing artistic visions within the group, adding depth to their collaborative process.

3. Reflections on Other Digital Shorts and SNL Sketches

The hosts reminisce about other memorable SNL shorts and sketches, drawing parallels and contrasts with "Best Look in the World."

"Sushi Glory Hole" and "Scared Straight": Discussions about "Sushi Glory Hole" and the sketch "Scared Straight" reveal the group's evolving comedic style and the challenges they faced in maintaining humor without repetition.

Seth Meyers [36:02]: "Scared Straight is one of the most four-dimensional sketches that has ever been on SNL."

Shia LaBeouf’s Contributions: Shia LaBeouf’s involvement in "Scared Straight" and other sketches is highlighted, showcasing his collaborative spirit and the chemistry he shared with The Lonely Island.

Seth Meyers [23:02]: "Do you remember his MacGruber? Andy? You were in one of them."

4. Evolution and Maturity of The Lonely Island

The Lonely Island reflects on their growth from their early, more experimental days to a more mature approach in their comedic endeavors.

Andy Samberg [33:56]: "We're more mature now and try not to repeat ourselves and aren't in the moment."

This evolution is evident in their shift towards higher-quality productions and more refined humor, balancing nostalgia with contemporary comedic sensibilities.

5. Relationship Dynamics and Anecdotes

Behind-the-scenes anecdotes provide insight into the relationships and camaraderie among the group members and their interactions with other SNL alumni.

Expressing Affection and Camaraderie: The episode is peppered with expressions of mutual respect and affection:

Seth Meyers [46:24]: "I love you guys."

Andy Samberg [46:30]: "Love you."

Jorma Taccone [46:31]: "Love you, bud. Bye."

Challenges and Reflections: The group discusses moments when their creative paths diverged or faced challenges, such as the struggle to capture the right tone in "Best Look in the World."

Andy Samberg [29:03]: "We thought we were gonna, like, hit it again with him and didn't. And I felt kind of, like, guilty."

6. Closing Thoughts and Final Reflections

As the episode wraps up, Seth Meyers emphasizes the enduring appeal and unique charm of "Best Look in the World," despite its initial reception.

Seth Meyers [43:01]: "I just love everything about it."

Jorma Taccone [43:09]: "It stinks, and it makes me so happy."

This blend of self-deprecation and affection encapsulates the group's playful relationship with their own work and legacy.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Andy Samberg [03:24]: "I love music. I know a lot about music. That is a genre of music I had no business touching."

• Seth Meyers [05:20]: "You're singing so fast and the lyrics are so dense. I could not parse some parts."

• Rob Klein [06:16]: "Best look in the world is maybe the less good one of the two in terms of overall quality. ... it's so fast, but also so densely written."

• Seth Meyers [27:38]: "Yhorm's criticism was that you guys didn't actually make the entire crew look at your exposed genitals."

• Andy Samberg [29:03]: "We thought we were gonna, like, hit it again with him and didn't. And I felt kind of, like, guilty."

• Seth Meyers [43:01]: "I just love everything about it."

• Jorma Taccone [43:09]: "It stinks, and it makes me so happy."

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Conclusion

"The Best Look in the World" episode offers a comprehensive and entertaining exploration of one of The Lonely Island's most contentious SNL Digital Shorts. Through candid conversations, critical reflections, and a sprinkle of humor, Seth Meyers and The Lonely Island provide listeners with an insider's view of the creative processes, challenges, and enduring friendships that have shaped their comedic journeys. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to their work, this episode serves as both a nostalgic trip and a thoughtful analysis of what makes "Best Look in the World" a memorable piece of SNL history.

Transcript

[Seth Meyers]

It's the Lowly Island Seth Irish contest. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Lonely Island Seth Meyers podcast. And I want to start by saying with. Here we go. I reached out to Jost to get a voice note.

[Andy Samberg]

Here I go.

[Seth Meyers]

Excuse me. Here I go. And Jost basically said, I'm doing something. Can I get it to you tomorrow? And I said, yes, that is now. Eight days ago. I have actually written to him a couple more times, being like a chance and radio silence. But just so you know, that is probably forthcoming at some point.

[Andy Samberg]

We'll just run it whenever he gets.

[Seth Meyers]

It to us whenever it gets in. A couple of things I forgot to mention last week, which would have been a more opportune time to read some comments about. Here I go. Someone wrote in. Because obviously there was a great dog in. Here I go. Someone wrote in. Was Frisbee ever in the running to be the dog? Now, obviously, that listener knows the longstanding feud between you, Andy, and my Italian greyhound, Frisbee.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

What would you have thought about Frisbee being the dog? And here I go.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, why would I ruin the video? I mean, the audience would have recoiled at seeing Frisbee because you don't think.

[Seth Meyers]

She'S a pretty dog.

[Jorma Taccone]

Do you think the audience would have cheered seeing Frisbee being arrested? Like, get that dog off the road.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, would ever have to see her again?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, right. Yeah, yeah. Get her off the street. Somebody mentioned that song from Big Lebowski. I just checked in to see what condition my condition was in as a sort of backing up your use of condition.

[Jorma Taccone]

Ah.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. They felt as though we messed. The best example of it.

[Andy Samberg]

I see.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Did people understand the line or were they mostly.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. More people had your back than didn't. Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

They were also just probably the ones that would write in because they're, like, proud, like, I got it.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Also the moment on the porch we love so much with the guys crossing and uncrossing your legs. We sort of talked about the underneath the hairdryers at the salon. That was Bills, Bills, Bills by Destiny Child.

[Jorma Taccone]

Ah.

[Seth Meyers]

So that's just. That's just addressing some of the comments and also to prove that we read them. So, you know, do plant your flag in the ground and know that we'll get around to it.

[Jorma Taccone]

By the way, Jorms in Finland shooting. Have we said it this episode yet?

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, man, we gotta do that at the top of the episode. This is one I've been looking forward to as well. Daiquiri girl. Last week, I was obviously Best look in the world is a disaster.

[Jorma Taccone]

Do you look forward to bad ones more than good ones?

[Seth Meyers]

Well. Cause I love it. I love everything Andy was trying to do. I think about lines from it all the time. Andy.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

What's the nugget of the idea for best look in the world?

[Andy Samberg]

I don't remember how it started, but it was certainly based on many, many convos about, like. I mean, I've talked a lot about, like, a lot of people in our generation had slumber parties where their dad came out and his tighty whities wearing a T shirt and yelled at everyone. And then a lot of people that wear suits, you know, you have that moment where you put on the dress shirt first and you look like that and you're like, oh, man, this is bad.

[Seth Meyers]

So socks. Socks with garters and then a shirt.

[Andy Samberg]

Exactly. Black socks, dress shirt, no pants. And just talking about how that is basically, like, as bad as in this case, a man could look.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And then trying to build out a whole song around that. But reclaiming it and saying it's the best look in the world, sarcastically fair.

[Seth Meyers]

To say that the take on it is a real Hank Williams Jr. Are you ready for some football vibe?

[Andy Samberg]

Absolutely. Right down the middle. That was the inspiration. Visually. I guess I should just start out by getting this out of the way and saying, I love music. I know a lot about music. That is a genre of music I had no business touching. You know what I mean?

[Jorma Taccone]

But us now, we could do so much better.

[Andy Samberg]

So much better.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, I want to prove the point. When you start singing and here I go, it immediately sounds great.

[Andy Samberg]

Thanks.

[Jorma Taccone]

We've learned a lot.

[Seth Meyers]

You're immediately the worst you've ever sounded.

[Andy Samberg]

On Best look in the World.

[Seth Meyers]

Absolutely. It's out of your register. You're a mess. And there's no rest for the weary. Like, it's super fast. Way too high.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Ow. Looking good. Let me tell you about a look I know. From San Diego down to Mexico. It's top secret amateurs for the Giants. So button up a shirt and grab your pants. Red shirt, black socks.

[Unknown]

Suitable.

[Seth Meyers]

Take off underpants.

[Unknown]

P Lounce dance.

[Seth Meyers]

You look good. The best look in the world. Would you argue it's the worst you've sounded?

[Andy Samberg]

I would, yeah. I mean, in a lot of ways. Yes. Because the video is telling you that what you're seeing is like a quote unquote big one. There's lighting rigs and stuff. You know what I mean?

[Jorma Taccone]

It's okay to sound bad like that sometimes when it's on purpose, and it's the character, and that's the point, but it isn't helpful. And this one. This one, I was surprised how much I liked all the jokes and how much I couldn't stand them right now when I just rewatched. I mean, because of the bad music.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

And I really honestly wondered how much better it would be if we had moved it into your range and made it sound good and then did the exact same lyrics, everything the same. It would be so much better.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep.

[Seth Meyers]

You're both super fun. I like looking at you. The cutaways are great.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep.

[Seth Meyers]

It drills down to the premise. It's so hard to hear. I. It's so hard to hear. You're singing so fast and the lyrics are so dense.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And I could not. There were parts of it I could not parse. And so I went to the old. On YouTube, the closed caption.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, oh.

[Seth Meyers]

And it was the best because it just said closed captioning unavailable.

[Andy Samberg]

It just pooped out.

[Seth Meyers]

YouTube basically said, this isn't for us.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God. I mean, let me tell you about a look I know from San Diego down to Mexico. That's not really that far.

[Seth Meyers]

No. And by the way, also, you're leaving out that it's like la Patel.

[Unknown]

Right.

[Seth Meyers]

Out of the gate again. It's one I think about all the time. Now. We have a couple voice notes today.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay.

[Seth Meyers]

Because there were people involved in it. One that I'm gonna ask Jeff to play right now is Rob Klein loves this so much. He's always. I have not heard this. I just said to Rob, please record your thoughts about Best look in the world.

[Andy Samberg]

This is Rob Klein, who we've talked about a lot.

[Seth Meyers]

Yep.

[Andy Samberg]

SNL writer, dear friend.

[Rob Klein]

Okay. The best look in the world, I guess this is Shia's second short after he did Dear Sister, and I just rewatched them both, and I don't know what you guys have been saying. I actually felt like Best look in the world is maybe the less good one of the two in terms of overall quality. I don't know where you guys are at on that. Having said that, it has brought me so much joy over the years. I genuinely will sometimes just Google the lyrics to Best look in the world and read them and laugh in my room by myself. I think what is truly special about it is it is so fast, but also so densely written with, like, baroque turns of phrase where it's basically like you're trying to read Shakespeare while you are writing on the Mummy ride at Universal Studios. Peel off pale stems. Your jimmy cap is crowning like a newborn. You're given nanoseconds to process these new phrases you've never heard before. Moving on, let's see. I would also say Andy's vocals are hanging on by their fingertips, which does make it funnier. And I genuinely like. And this is the only new observation I had, I guess I always thought it was like when you come home from a wedding, you take your dress pants off and then you've got your shirt, you've got your socks. That's what you're wearing. I thought that's basically what this is referencing. But then almost immediately, it says, put on the shirt and socks and take off your underpants. Which is not. It's not what you would do. You wouldn't walk around with no underwear with the white shirt.

[Jorma Taccone]

So that's right.

[Rob Klein]

And that's fine. But I guess what little logic I thought I identified is absolutely not there. But I do love it.

[Andy Samberg]

Thank you, Klein. Wow.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, it's true. Pale stems. Pilafs for penny loafers.

[Andy Samberg]

Penny loafers, yeah, Pilafs.

[Seth Meyers]

And I should note, it's good. So in the beginning, Shia walks into a locker room and he's getting ready. Shia is taken aback. We only see that Andy's in a white button up. We don't see his lower half. And Shia said, I thought you said you were ready to go. And you're like, I am ready to go. And I will say, Shia has that really natural acting style. He says, where are your pants? It's such a perfect line read. And then we see you're not wearing it. And then you say, it's the best look in the world. And then we start the video. It is mind blowing how much pixelation is in this.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, that was part of the sell in our minds.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. The idea is that you're like, not and not all the time. It's just on certain moves, it reveals itself. Cause you're wearing a long white dress shirt.

[Andy Samberg]

Just to rewind it a hair, though, Seth, before the reveal in the locker room, that I'm just wearing what I'm wearing, it already is a psychotic outfit to be in a white dress shirt alone.

[Seth Meyers]

Right. Without the jacket or the suit. Right.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. To be like, I'm ready to go. No tie.

[Jorma Taccone]

Here's why we thought this was gonna be something is cause for us, that look is iconic.

[Seth Meyers]

You thought you had high hopes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, we thought because, you know, like, as yhorm always used to call it, or still does, Porky Pig in it.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Meaning the shirt with no pants or the Donald Duck, which is mentioned in the video with the Donald Duck strut that I'm sure you're going to get to, Seth.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

And because you loved it, obviously. But I think we thought, oh, we've identified a trope. Much like even Dear Sister, the previous Shia one identified a trope of, like, being shot and then not believing it and looking up and looking thing and holding it and where we like, oh, we've identified a look that everyone knows but hasn't put their finger on. And we're going to plant a flag on it somewhere. And that's going to be something that now belongs to us. And this song and this moment, everyone's gonna relate to this and go, I recognize that now. There's an anthem for it. Dads are gonna come out at that slumber party and go, what? I'm doing my Donald Duck strut. I don't think we said any of this, but I'm saying I think that that's, like, somewhere in at least my subconscious. When you're doing something like this, that's.

[Andy Samberg]

Your dream version of it going, yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Where you're like, oh, I think there's something sticky. As they would say it now.

[Seth Meyers]

In marketing, you thought that for the last 15 years, anytime anyone saw that.

[Andy Samberg]

Best look in the world, that's the dream scenario.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. I'm saying the week we're making it, even if we're not saying these things out loud when we think we're onto something, you know, oh, this could really be. We might be really onto something here. While we were shooting it, we thought it was so funny. That's why this is more humiliating.

[Andy Samberg]

Can I ask a question? I know we haven't even totally delved yet, but if the song had been of a much higher quality. You know what I mean? If you could hear the words if I didn't sound terrible, if it was musically satisfying in a way, do you think that is a premise that would have been successful?

[Seth Meyers]

I think if the setup had been a dad, you would have been off to a much better start because a piece would have clicked strong.

[Andy Samberg]

Agree. Even if it was us pretending to.

[Seth Meyers]

Be dads 100% because the fact that it was two young dudes, it made it too hard to get in. And then immediately, as we said, it's so fast. The lyrics come so fast that there's no time to like, honestly, the setup.

[Jorma Taccone]

You said Andy should have been the setup. It should have been a slumber party. And they go, hey, Keep it down in here. Oh, dad, don't come in here with my friends. Put pants on.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And then the dad was like, this. This is the best look in the world. Yeah, yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

And then I'm immediately just happy seeing some dads do it more.

[Andy Samberg]

But if it's a genre of music we feel much more comfortable in, like, say it was me and Justin and it was those dick in a box dudes, and all of a sudden, that's the hook of that song. I wonder if it would have been something people would have enjoyed more. Cause they would have been able to actually relax.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, they definitely.

[Seth Meyers]

More.

[Andy Samberg]

A lot more.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Well, the other problem is you and Shia, then, while you're performing the song, don't actually have that look because you're also wearing, like, vests and cowboy hats. And cowboy hats.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

So it's like halfway between Hank Williams Jr. And the best look in the world.

[Andy Samberg]

Also, Shia in the beginning is confused and against my look and then immediately joins in on the song.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

I was surprised by that, but I was okay with it, just personally.

[Seth Meyers]

Yes.

[Andy Samberg]

Same. Obviously same.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, I just mean right now, when I just watched. Obviously, back then, we were just fine with it.

[Seth Meyers]

Shoemaker said something, and I hope you guys don't find it damning.

[Jorma Taccone]

Sure.

[Seth Meyers]

Because I watched it with Shoemaker today, and he said that when you guys left, the show saved so much money on its pixelation budget.

[Andy Samberg]

We went to the pixelation barrel a lot.

[Jorma Taccone]

We like that.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. Can you read some of the other lyrics, Andy, because you found some. And like I said, I did run into a brick wall today. Trying.

[Andy Samberg]

It's top secret and it's just for the gents. Button up your shirt, drop your pants. Dress shirt, black socks. Put them both on. But take off your underpants. Pilos, pale stems. We knew those.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's top secret. I mean, right off the bat, I'm.

[Andy Samberg]

Like, it is your lower buttocks has got to show. Sports sandals are optional. There's been a long history of sports sandals and sandals and socks stuff in lonely island work.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

And it's never been hip or now coincidence.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm with you, my man. This is that fucking speed tweet all over again.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, yeah, here it is. Wait, so Klein called out, your jimmy cap is crownin like a newborn, which is fantastic.

[Jorma Taccone]

Jimmy cap never been called that.

[Seth Meyers]

Never been said. Amazing.

[Jorma Taccone]

Okay.

[Seth Meyers]

It was one of those things where you said. It was such confidence. I thought everybody was saying it, and I was the last guy to hear.

[Andy Samberg]

Jimmy cap is crowning like A newborn is definitely, definitely my line.

[Seth Meyers]

Then toned calves, cool attitude. And then you show, like, the inside of an older gentleman's knee for the line. A soft breeze is tickle in your knee pits.

[Andy Samberg]

Tickle in your knee pits.

[Jorma Taccone]

You're talking me into that. This might be good.

[Andy Samberg]

On the merits of the writing alone. It does make me giggle.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, this is the right way to enjoy it.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, again, this is why it should have been Dad's. Because, again, you don't hear this and think of an old guy. Also, I've never. I'm looking at the lyric, and you can confirm, Andy, that this is the actual words I would say. Say, I'd never heard it this way. Liver spots, flank steak thighs.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, that's me. This is the way it was meant to be received. Somebody kind of with a little bit of a tone of hatred. Just reciting the lyrics.

[Andy Samberg]

Tell me everything about it. You hate Seth.

[Seth Meyers]

I hate something. And you guys, this is it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Found its medium.

[Seth Meyers]

And by the way, I bet a lot of our listeners are gonna say that Seth is wrong. This is great. And I'm happy to be wrong.

[Jorma Taccone]

I don't know. They will.

[Andy Samberg]

I don't think they will.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, Illiterate Genies sucks. I did not care for. I hated it. Okay, great.

[Andy Samberg]

Rewatching it. I was like, we ran out of steam on what already wasn't working. It's a dud.

[Seth Meyers]

Also, you undersell the premise when you're like, dads, best look in the world. Like, it should have only been dads.

[Andy Samberg]

Correct. I mean, look, hindsight.

[Seth Meyers]

Hindsight 20 20. I will say, like, there's a lot of fun stuff here. And if you could hear the word, like, by the way, flank steak thighs should be yelled from the rooftops. That's fantastic. And, yeah, river spots.

[Andy Samberg]

Flank steak thighs is good.

[Seth Meyers]

It's great.

[Andy Samberg]

I stand by that.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, again, Pale Ste is great.

[Jorma Taccone]

Love it.

[Seth Meyers]

By the way, I'm totally getting off topic. Very impressed that you got a clean bee today, Sandberg.

[Andy Samberg]

Thank you. I did get queen bee today.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, that should have been the headline.

[Seth Meyers]

I know.

[Jorma Taccone]

Didn't send it to me. You didn't.

[Andy Samberg]

I didn't text you. Even though I did kind of crave you saying you were happy for me.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, I am. That's a nice Monday. Great way to start the week for you.

[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

You know what? You talked about this last week too. So you must really believe in this product.

[Seth Meyers]

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[Andy Samberg]

Sounds great.

[Seth Meyers]

Do you want something that's even better? Yhorm, yes.

[Unknown]

More is more.

[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

Okay. Just whole new instrumentation on it, whole new vibes.

[Seth Meyers]

Slow it down.

[Andy Samberg]

We now are all dads.

[Seth Meyers]

You're all dads.

[Andy Samberg]

Yep.

[Jorma Taccone]

New intro, new outro.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Just audio. And exact same lyrics though. Right.

[Andy Samberg]

But different genre of music we're saying.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, it could be the same.

[Seth Meyers]

I don't know. I still think it's Hank Williams. I just think he slowed down a little bit. I think. By the way, if you know what you knew now you could do a great version of it with this speed.

[Andy Samberg]

Agreed.

[Seth Meyers]

Just better sound design. I will be honest. I don't wanna hear it slowed down. I want this version, but I wanna be able to hear the lyrics better.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm with you.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

I also say this. I came to country music very late in life.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Like when we made this video, I didn't really listen to it or know anything about it. And now I really like a lot of country.

[Seth Meyers]

And you would then have the same applications of the things you like in music that the Long island does so well.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, we haven't really properly tried. But I do believe our songs are always better when we have a better understanding of the genre we're working in.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Just like anything.

[Seth Meyers]

Also, there's something very fun about a. Are you ready for some Football song.

[Andy Samberg]

Sure.

[Seth Meyers]

I remember a line you always pitched for what was the Black Eyed Peas song. That was Mazel Tov.

[Andy Samberg]

I've got a feeling you guys had.

[Seth Meyers]

A version of an I Gotta Feeling song.

[Andy Samberg]

But we never did it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, but we never did it.

[Seth Meyers]

I know, but there was a line in it that always made me laugh. It was like a party anthem song that you could use for every. The observation being Mazel Tov is in it. Because then they would play it at bar mitzvahs forever.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

And I remember you once said that one of the lines was, the Chargers won. It's just like that. It was.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, it was. I remember there was an idea we had that we never cracked called a Song For Every Occasion.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes. Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

But it was based on. You had explained it to me. It was based on Mazel Tov being in that song.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

And the Chargers one always made me really laugh.

[Andy Samberg]

Which, by the way, a few weeks ago, I already talked about the afterparty when Charlie hosted.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

That song was played. I've got a feeling.

[Seth Meyers]

What?

[Andy Samberg]

That tonight is gonna be a good night. And the current SNL cast was all really vibing to it.

[Seth Meyers]

I believe that. Hey, Eric Kenward, always been known among all of us as the Reverse Jost, in the fact that 20 minutes ago, I texted him and said, hey, Andy said you had a lot to do with Best look in the World. Can you record a voice note 20 minutes ago? Yeah, the voice note is in.

[Andy Samberg]

Bless his heart.

[Jorma Taccone]

Excellent.

[Eric Kenward]

All right. Best look in the World.

[Jorma Taccone]

Let me see.

[Eric Kenward]

It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun to do. I'm sure Andy has said this. I'm sure everyone has said this. You know, it didn't turn out great. Andy and I were talking about this recently, and it was kind of like the first time they tried to do sort of a rockabilly, almost countryish song. And it was just way too fast. And we didn't realize that no one was going to be able to understand the lyrics. I mean, it was one of those ones that I remember writing it and loving it, laughing really hard, thinking it was fantastic, and then watching it on Saturday and just being like, oh, yeah, that's right. No one can understand this. But the whole experience was a blast. I remember, like, shooting over kind of, you know, on the west side highway where they shot so many things, but doing it just kind of like run and gun gorilla style, with a bunch of extras, not wearing any pants. It's kind of raining. We were just kind of like, walking around the neighborhood, sort of looking for sh. Places that we could have these guys strut around.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Eric Kenward]

I remember Shia was a really good sport. My overwhelming memory is that it was a lot of fun, but that, you know, it's not one for the ages, unfortunately. I hope some of this is useful. Bye.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, that's about right. I remember that night, too, being like. Cause we had done one with Shia that, you know, we already have talked about, dear sister. That clearly had an impact. And feeling like, oh, man, we. We thought we were gonna, like, hit it again with him and didn't. And I felt kind of, like, guilty.

[Jorma Taccone]

We had also done those first Tuesday promos with him that had gone really well. I think this week was the first week of Tuesday promos. Right?

[Andy Samberg]

Is that right?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah. Or maybe it was the second week, but they were the ones that we liked.

[Andy Samberg]

Now that's just a staple.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, we've talked about them before, but I believe this was the week where we started and we really liked him. Cause we did kind of like Andy popping into frame style, goofing off on the roof garden. Let's explore the roof garden. And it was these promos with Shia that. That just came back to me. I'm pretty sure it was for this one. And so we were like, man, when this guy shows up, he's like, just one of the guys. Fits in right with us. We love this. I definitely felt like we let Shia down. Even if he never said anything. I felt sad that we had squandered him.

[Seth Meyers]

He was not squandered. He was in MacGruber. And do you remember his MacGruber? Andy? You were in one of them.

[Andy Samberg]

I was in a MacGruber.

[Seth Meyers]

You were in a MacGruber because Shia played MacGruber's son. And it was dawning on MacGruber that Shia was gay. And one of the joyous things about MacGruber that people maybe forget is that MacGruber's a terrible person.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

Just genuinely a terrible person. He's a terrible person in the movie. And one of the great tricks the movie pulls off is that you root for MacGruber even though he tells you throughout the movie he's the worst person in the world.

[Andy Samberg]

That's right.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. And MacGruber is super upset that Shia, his son, is gay, and you are his boyfriend, who is, for some reason, locked in the. Whatever.

[Jorma Taccone]

Calm down.

[Seth Meyers]

We are going to be.

[Rob Klein]

What is he doing here?

[Eric Kenward]

You guys remember Scott, right?

[Rob Klein]

Yeah, I do, dad.

[Eric Kenward]

Scott is merely a platonic friend. Stop tickling me.

[Andy Samberg]

I don't remember ever being on our MacGruber set. That's so crazy that I don't remember it because I love MacGruber.

[Seth Meyers]

And then MacGruber's son insists that he is not gay. And to prove it, he's dating Vicky, played by Kristen Wiig. And MacGruber doubts this and asks his son to kiss his girlfriend.

[Eric Kenward]

What do I have to do to.

[Seth Meyers]

Prove it to you?

[Eric Kenward]

Do you want me to kiss her?

[Rob Klein]

Yeah, I do want to see you kiss her.

[Eric Kenward]

Fine.

[Seth Meyers]

Scott, you be Vicky for a second.

[Jorma Taccone]

No, no, no, no.

[Rob Klein]

How'd that Vicky be Vicky?

[Seth Meyers]

Do you remember what happens when Shia kisses Vicki?

[Jorma Taccone]

No, I don't remember this at all.

[Andy Samberg]

He throws up.

[Seth Meyers]

He throws up. They kiss and he throws up out of his mouth while they're kissing. And then the explosion happens. And it's so. It's also a really funny thing. Cause I feel like the gay panic move in comedy for so long is that, like, a dude throws up when they kiss another dude.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And it was so great to turn the tables and be like, a gay dude would throw up if he kissed a lady.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And it's really great.

[Jorma Taccone]

I gotta go back and watch those. I'm just, like, a listener right now. Wait, you know what? You know what? I have a voice note from YHORM that we should play before you move on to too many things.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay.

[Jorma Taccone]

Hey, Yhorm again, there's that movie quality.

[Unknown]

Talking about best look in the world. I have to assume that there was a break between the Daiquiri Girl show and this show. Right. Because you guys wouldn't go back to back with singing that was as subpar.

[Rob Klein]

As this, I would assume.

[Unknown]

Very curious about that. It's kind of amazing, actually, to hear. Here I go. Andy's recent singing accomplishment with this version of Andy singing, which is almost abusive to the audience. Also, this one shocked me in watching it again, because I feel like whenever Akiva would leave to do something, I felt like his judgment on what we would make was very high.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, this is fair.

[Unknown]

You then see when I wasn't there, seeing what Akiva was somehow cool with producing. Not the background Girls yous balls.

[Jorma Taccone]

A fair hit.

[Seth Meyers]

Second one fair. Like, wow.

[Unknown]

It is so difficult to understand, too.

[Seth Meyers]

There's so many deep.

[Unknown]

Andy. I mean, Jimmy cap. Who else in their right mind would write the lyric, Your jimmy cap is crowning like a newborn. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Humans will understand that. Oh, my God. Anyway, I love that. It certainly made me miss you guys even in the past and miss our lives back then. In a Weird way. Also, a little criticism.

[Seth Meyers]

A little criticism. This has all been criticism because I.

[Unknown]

Felt like I had done a couple things, like my pants. The video of my pants that we did, Total dick out. Blurred dick where you can just see it. I felt like this was a real pull up here. You could totally tell that the cool down part was just matte on top of that. And just you guys, you can see the underwear clearly didn't have the balls to, so to speak. He was that shot pantsless. Anyway, one criticism. There's a bunch of criticisms in that. All right, this is too long.

[Seth Meyers]

Bye. So a couple things. Yhorm's criticism was that you guys didn't actually make the entire crew look at your exposed genitals.

[Jorma Taccone]

Correct.

[Andy Samberg]

And get sued.

[Jorma Taccone]

Or to be fair, do a better job of what we were faking. You could see the, like, dance belt underwear underneath the thing. Modern SNL would have VFX help, where they would just quickly clean up something and then put the blur over it to make it at least more confusing.

[Andy Samberg]

Keev, I agree with what you're saying, but do you think that's what Jorm was saying? It seemed like he was saying we didn't have the balls.

[Seth Meyers]

He was saying you didn't have the balls to do it. Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

He wanted you to go full monty in front of everybody.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. I feel like we broke new ground because that's the first time that Yhorm has just. I feel like, fully been in the right in one of his comments.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

You know what I mean? Like, Jorm took the high ground, and you can't argue with it.

[Jorma Taccone]

No. And he has a fair hit on me that I was saying when he was calling me out on it, which is. It is true. When I'm not there, sometimes I would see their shorts and I would just see the things that, in my opinion, they had done, quote, unquote, wrong. You know, just like, oh, I see what you're getting at there. But that's not the way we do it. That's not the way I do it as us and you did it a different way. And he's not wrong that at any moment when I had one of those criticisms, he should have just shown this video and been like, shut the fuck up.

[Andy Samberg]

Honestly, Keev, speaking personally, there's only one of those that stands out in my mind that I actually remember you saying you had issues with it. And I was like, but it felt like it did really good.

[Jorma Taccone]

I would try to bite my tongue most of the time and just silently kind of on My own be like, oh, that's not how I would end that.

[Andy Samberg]

But do you know which one I would say was the one that I felt was successful that you said you had a lot of issues with?

[Jorma Taccone]

I'm gonna guess Sergio.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes.

[Jorma Taccone]

Well, that's the only one that burned me because it was so good and it could have been in my opinion then I have no clue what I was even referring to. So I don't have anything to specific.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, we'll get there. We'll get there.

[Jorma Taccone]

It was because I was like, oh, this is an A thing being done in my opinion. B. And I saw all the places where it could have been. The other ones where, you know, it's somewhere. It's just whatever you guys are doing, I'm like, yeah, yeah. But that one, I was like, oh, this could have been. I saw that. It could have been just even better. So that was why I cared more.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm excited to talk about that.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

You know what, I'm going to go out on a limb and say if we're willing to. I feel like Hambone will join us for that pot.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Jorma Taccone]

Oh, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

By the way, I saw him the other week too. He was at that after party as well.

[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

You know what? For me, it's just the thing I see. And I never think about the fact that there are people behind the thing I see. And that's a. You know what? It's a shortcoming. It's a flaw.

[Jorma Taccone]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Seth Meyers]

I just want to go back and say let me tell you about a look I know is one of my favorite first lines.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's nice.

[Seth Meyers]

I just think about it all the time. Let me tell you about a look I know because it's. You're stating the premise and also revealing you're incapable of executing it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. No one has ever said, let me tell you about a look, there's another.

[Seth Meyers]

Thing I hate, but I also want to say I hate it. And when I watched it with Shoemaker, he laughed at it. So tell me if you would change it today, Andy.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay.

[Seth Meyers]

I hate that it goes back to you in the locker room.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, I hated it.

[Seth Meyers]

I'd rather it ended with you, like, up and I hate you selling out that it's a bad look.

[Andy Samberg]

By the way, we just went through this on Sushi Glory Hole, right, Keef?

[Jorma Taccone]

Yep.

[Andy Samberg]

We shot like five different versions of an ending where it comes back into the pitch meeting with Maya, Keenan and Bowen, and we had a bunch of really funny stuff. Actually.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes. They were good ones, though, because this is ending like a laser cats. To be fair, we'd only done, what, three laser cats, so it's okay. Yeah, but we're more mature now and try not to repeat ourselves and aren't in the moment.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, now we're more mature. That was best look in the world. Now we do Sushi Glory Hole. Seth.

[Jorma Taccone]

Thank you. Yes, exactly.

[Andy Samberg]

We're mature now.

[Jorma Taccone]

If we had done it back then, it would have been just cheap sushi. Now it's five star omakaze. So we've matured.

[Andy Samberg]

We're a distinguished gentleman now.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes, but.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes, but to the point being, we were like, it's over. Let's get out. And that was the correct call.

[Seth Meyers]

Yes. It's not fun to have the last thing the audience sees be you agreeing. It's bad. Yeah, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Also, it just isn't worth it.

[Seth Meyers]

It's not worth it.

[Jorma Taccone]

On Sushi Glory Hole. We just were like, oh, let's just take the win and get out. And on this, would you say we should have just taken the loss and gotten out?

[Andy Samberg]

It applies both ways.

[Seth Meyers]

Just take the L. You're like a team that was down like 28 0. And you're like. Like, oh, now we're off to overtime. And he's like, no. Yeah, I want to run through some things. I enjoyed monologue. Shia was promoting Crystal Skull.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, wow.

[Seth Meyers]

And Daryl came out as Sean Connery to complain about not being in this movie. And he was also. There was a crazy setup line. Mr. Connery, I've already told you a.

[Eric Kenward]

Million times, I had nothing to do with your face being left off the Last Crusade lunchbox. Okay. I was four years when that happened.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, you understand my chagrin. It's just about the only box my face hasn't been on. Sheesh. Sheesh to the sheesh. Wonderful.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's fair. It's fair. To some of his interviews. If you ever go back and watch some Sean Connery interviews.

[Seth Meyers]

Another great James Anderson sketch which was a like match game show. And what I really liked about it is it wasn't the old Match Game, but it was a lot of like those archetypes. And Shia played like a Doug Henning magician and Fred plays a Charles Nelson Riley archetype. And it's a match game theme. And they say, please welcome your host. And then the host doesn't come out and you hear a scream and then Hater comes out as basically a Columbo type character to say that the host has been murdered. They're all kidding aside, a man's been murdered here. I'm afraid I can't let any of.

[Jorma Taccone]

You go until you answer a couple of questions.

[Seth Meyers]

What were each of you doing at 2:30 this afternoon? They all start writing their answers.

[Jorma Taccone]

That's clever.

[Seth Meyers]

It's just an incredibly fun James Anderson sketch. You know what else was in this shy episode? Andy? You were in it.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

The first. What recurring sketch?

[Andy Samberg]

What?

[Seth Meyers]

The first Scared Straight.

[Andy Samberg]

Ah, Keenan.

[Seth Meyers]

Scared Straight. If I thought I could get Colin Jost to make a voice note. Scared Straight is one of the most four dimensional sketches that has ever been on snl. You are three kids. You, Hader and Shia. It was always you and Hater and the host. Our three kids who got in trouble. Sudeikis is a police officer. They have brought in a guy who's in prison. It's part of the Scare Straight program, which is an actual thing where they have felons come in and talk about how bad prison is. That's the premise. That's a very straight premise. On top of that, Keenan keeps saying this here is real. But he keeps explaining plots of old movies. Right?

[Unknown]

Stealing cars.

[Seth Meyers]

No, they didn't actually steal a car.

[Unknown]

Let me tell you something. I've been there. I stole a car. I stole two cars. Pretty soon I had to steal 50 cars in one night, otherwise the Russians were gonna shoot my brother dead in the streets. Is that what you want? A dead brother? Cause this here is real.

[Seth Meyers]

Isn't that the plot of gone in 60 seconds? Now that's already a crazy jump. Then he'll charge over, get in your face, try to make you guys break right really close. Like really like manhandling you guys successful.

[Andy Samberg]

Almost every time in getting someone. Yeah, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Then he will basically say along. When you do this, they do that. When you do that, you do this. And it always ends in the most offensive. What could happen to you in prison?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And then Sudeikis has to tell him to chill. Cause he's crying. Whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, Macintosh. Lorenzo McIntosh, go back and watch him and we're gonna talk about it more. Cause a bunch of them happen. It is really a testament to Keenan the performer and Jos the writer. Because it is a fucking fever dream.

[Andy Samberg]

It is. And as it went longer and longer, it also turned into. There was a subplot of every single one of them. I've talked about this before, which is Sudeikis trying to get us all to break.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, Sudeikis would. And it was funny to watch this one back. Cause he wasn't trying it.

[Andy Samberg]

No, he was just doing the right thing for a first time sketch of just playing his part and making it work. But as it wore on, there was another character in the sketch by the end.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

It was the way he would jump on the desk at the end of the sketch.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh man. Yeah. And also just way too loose.

[Seth Meyers]

Way too loose.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yes. I remember how wide his legs would always be when he'd sit on the desk. When he always like his knees as far apart from each other as he could.

[Andy Samberg]

By the end of it, he would hop back onto the desk from like 3ft and really thump it nuts.

[Seth Meyers]

I remember when Sudeikis left the show, there was a dinner and. And they had cut together a highlight reel of Sudeikis at the dinner that we showed. And it was like the tag of that video was the seven times he jumped on the dust and how fucking funny it was.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, I would like to see that.

[Seth Meyers]

The other thing, I'll get to it, but I'm gonna say it now because I think it's worth saying is the hottest dress I was ever at was the Betty White show. And at some point there was so much that was definitely in the show that Lorne left and went back up to his office early because he knew he had the show. And the last two sketches, it didn't matter how well they went, he had his show. Then I went to his office and in that Scared Straight, Betty White was a felon with. With Keenan Kenan. And I remember it was one of those things, it was like a scene from a movie where I said to Lauren, uh, Lauren, I think you might want to watch this, because while he was picking the show, I was just watching the monitor and it was. The audience was screaming.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, it destroyed it.

[Seth Meyers]

Destroyed at a level I've never seen. So Scared Straight. And again, Colin Joseph is one of our closest friends. I love him so much. I can't get a fucking voice note from him to save my life. But I would love to get his bounce on how they came up with Scared Straight.

[Jorma Taccone]

If you get one about Scared Straight for him, then he can just play at the next Scared Straight.

[Seth Meyers]

It's true. That's a good call. There was a really fun Vinny Vedetchi in this. Oh, Seth's corner. I worked on this.

[Andy Samberg]

Seth's corner.

[Seth Meyers]

You're all invited.

[Andy Samberg]

Seth's corner.

[Unknown]

It's happening right now.

[Seth Meyers]

Take it away with. You know, the Vinny Vanetchi thing was he only knew a few things about American culture, and so shy was promoting Crystal Skull. And at one point, Vinnie in a lot of joy said, what does Indiana Jones hate? And finally got Shia to say, snakes. And Vinny said, indiana Jones hates snakes. Indiana Jones hates snakes. And it was clearly a Q.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes, yes, yes.

[Seth Meyers]

And then he moved on to the next thing. And it's one of those executions that makes me so happy to this day. He moved on to the next question, and then, like, a thousand rubber snakes dropped.

[Andy Samberg]

That's so fucking funny.

[Seth Meyers]

And then also in this episode, these are the cameos of people who were working on Vinny Vedette. Alex Bay's Doug Abels. Weekend Update writers at the time. Alex Bay's currently head writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, John Solomon. And then it cut to Lorne Michaels dressed like the Don who dies in Godfather 2. Like, all white, white hat. And Lorne does the best, like. And I can't. It was another reminder of how much fun we were having and how much Lorne was having fun during this era. Yeah, and golden.

[Andy Samberg]

And golden.

[Seth Meyers]

We got Lauren to do a Vedetchy. Really fun now.

[Andy Samberg]

Was Mulaney hired yet?

[Seth Meyers]

I don't think we have Malaney on the show yet. I feel like we would have seen his name in the rundown. I think we're coming close to.

[Jorma Taccone]

He's gonna be soon.

[Seth Meyers]

Wait, hold on. Yeah, no, we're not at the end of this. He begins the beginning of next season.

[Andy Samberg]

Got it.

[Jorma Taccone]

I was gonna say we're not quite to the end of the strike season yet.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, Fall next season.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay, cool. I'm asking because. And we'll talk about it when we get to the point where he was hired. A lot of Bill's stuff really blossomed and flourished. I think once Mulaney was hired because they found each other.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, 100%.

[Andy Samberg]

But that Vinnie Vedetchi sounds like it was a classic. Really good one. That totally worked.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, yeah. I mean, I Think that Bill was rounding into shape. It was like a perfect convergence of how good Bill was getting and how Mulaney and Bill were a perfect match.

[Andy Samberg]

Would you say, Seth, I have this memory of, like, say the Vincent Price ones really taking off once Mulaney got there.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. I mean, Bill has said in interviews that one time we were writing it. Cause I was working on those with Bill, and there was a line for Liberace that Mulaney pitched, which was like, go back to your windowless bars. It was just like, oh, it's really good.

[Andy Samberg]

The specificity's going to be higher.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So here's the thing. It's not Criterion, but it is on Seth's list. I would want Best look in the world.

[Andy Samberg]

Wow.

[Jorma Taccone]

Why?

[Seth Meyers]

I just. I just love everything about it.

[Jorma Taccone]

Wait, what?

[Seth Meyers]

It stinks. But, Andy, you make me so happy.

[Andy Samberg]

This is like a Shyamalanian twist. I thought we were talking about a dud this whole time.

[Seth Meyers]

It stinks, and it makes me so happy. And I'm just like. I want to be around people who take a swing like that. And it's like what Klein said. Like, it didn't work. It wasn't lazy.

[Andy Samberg]

No, certainly not. Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

You put too much in a. Too small a bag, and the bag burst, and we all had to fucking clean it up. But it's there, and I'm telling you, do a fucking Taylor's version of this song.

[Andy Samberg]

This is a rope. A dope, man.

[Seth Meyers]

I love it. I love it. I love Best luck in the world. You know why? Because I also feel like, you know, when. I don't know, there's scholars, you're like, what do you study? And they're like, just Finnegan's wake, you know? Like, they're just like a One text professor.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

I still feel like there are things within Best look in the world that I have not uncovered.

[Jorma Taccone]

It's dense. It's a dense.

[Seth Meyers]

It's the density of it.

[Andy Samberg]

It's not too late for flank steak thighs to catch on.

[Seth Meyers]

Flank steak thighs, liver spots. Flank steak thighs.

[Andy Samberg]

It's audacious.

[Seth Meyers]

It's audacious.

[Andy Samberg]

Audacious. Audacious.

[Seth Meyers]

You know what? It's a little bit like. I feel like. Let me tell you about a look I know is if Babe Ruth had called his shot and then just struck out on three pitches.

[Jorma Taccone]

I think you're saying it's hopeful.

[Seth Meyers]

There's a hopefulness.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

I don't know, man.

[Andy Samberg]

It's like they say in Little League, when you whiff hard but you really go for it. Good cut.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, one more other thing. I feel like a wig thing that at the time was a big hit and kind of lost to history because nobody talks about Suze Orman anymore.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, yeah, Susie.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Wig had a really funny. And it was again, it was Paul Lapel and it was just talking about how to save money, because that was. Susie Orman was like, just saving money.

[H]

Don't waste your money on expensive self tanners. Do what I do. Sit in a bathtub with 12 beef bouillon cubes overnight. Number two, you need a hot stone massage. Don't go to the parlor. Slather on some I can't believe it's not butter and roll around on a gravel driveway.

[Andy Samberg]

Wig did a ton of those with Paula, didn't she?

[Seth Meyers]

Ton of those.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

But I feel like, again, it almost speaks to how many good things Wiig has that nobody thinks about or Susie Orman. But it was fuck Rockstar bit, by the way.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, it probably goes without saying. And it's not like we don't talk about how incredible Wiig was during all this, but we could do a whole podcast just about Wiig.

[Seth Meyers]

Yes.

[Andy Samberg]

Every week.

[Seth Meyers]

Every week. Every week.

[Andy Samberg]

She was on fire. She had like endless characters, it seemed like, and was crushing impressions.

[Seth Meyers]

I think we could also say, and maybe our listeners don't know this, the level of integrity Wiig had for quality. And so if she did something a second time, it always had to have, like a new move in. I would like to play now because I feel like it'll be less fun if I say it, but I think about it all the time. The way wig's Suze Orman said, you could save money instead of buying maxi pads.

[H]

And finally, instead of buying fancy maxi pads, you can make your own. Go to the dollar store, buy a 24 pack of baby socks and some double sided tan.

[Andy Samberg]

It's tough to not immediately say, we think Paula wrote that.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, yeah, Paula and Wiig. One of the many great combos of the era. All right, look at us. Best look in the world. Done and dusted.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, it's a relief to have it behind us.

[Seth Meyers]

All right, dudes. Well, I love you both very much. I love Yarma too.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, we love Jorma too. And we also love you.

[Seth Meyers]

Thanks.

[Jorma Taccone]

Yeah, we've covered it all.

[Seth Meyers]

Look at us. All right, I love you guys.

[Andy Samberg]

Love you.

[Jorma Taccone]

Love you, bud. Bye.