The Date & Megan's Roommate

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast
Episode: The Date & Megan's Roommate
Release Date: August 5, 2025

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Introduction and Welcome [00:02-02:35]

The episode kicks off with warm greetings and playful banter between Seth Meyers and The Lonely Island trio—Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. Andy humorously wishes Akiva a "happy Naked Gun day," celebrating the anniversary of their iconic SNL Digital Short. Seth introduces special guests Will Forte and John Solomon, setting the stage for a lively discussion about their memorable work.

Notable Quote:
Andy Samberg: "I've been vigilant with how many are counted. 90% for a studio comedy, Andy, check again, bud. 91, brother." [00:53]

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"Naked Gun" Reception and Reviews [02:35-06:40]

The conversation delves into the impressive reception of the Naked Gun movie, boasting a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 170 reviews. The hosts compare this achievement to other critically acclaimed films like "Nebraska," emphasizing the rarity and significance of such high ratings for a comedy.

Notable Quote:
Seth Meyers: "The akolades are pouring in. If there's a drink at the Schaeffer household today, it's pina Acholada, right?" [02:49]

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Behind-the-Scenes Stories and Anecdotes [06:40-15:57]

Akiva shares a humorous recount of his interview with Jake Tapper, where technical delays almost led him to skip his prepared response, illustrating the unpredictable nature of live broadcasts. The group reminisces about their time at SNL, the challenges of creating digital shorts, and the camaraderie that fueled their creative endeavors.

Notable Quote:
Akiva Schaffer: "I feel like critics are understanding a little bit the moment and like now's not the time to try to seem like a smart person by saying, this is a dumb comedy." [03:51]

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Creating and Directing Digital Shorts [16:00-29:42]

The hosts transition to discussing the creative process behind their Digital Shorts, specifically "The Date" featuring Megan Fox. They explore the challenges of writing, directing, and editing these short sketches, highlighting Megan Fox's outstanding performance that added depth and humor to the scene.

Notable Quote:
Will Forte: "She basically didn't need any performance directing. Just how good she was and how pleasant she was." [35:05]

The Date Sketch Breakdown:

• Conceptualization: Originating from playful exchanges and observations about popular culture.
• Casting: Megan Fox's involvement brought authenticity and comedic flair.
• Production Challenges: Dealing with technical issues like sound quality and last-minute script adjustments.
• Editing Process: Balancing the comedic timing to maximize audience laughter.

Notable Quote:
Seth Meyers: "It's one of my favorite two-person scenes in like, SNL history. And I never get bored watching either of you in this sketch." [22:02]

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Impact and Legacy of SNL Digital Shorts [29:42-45:13]

Reflecting on the broader influence of their Digital Shorts, the hosts acknowledge how these sketches revolutionized online comedy and contributed to the early days of viral internet content. They discuss the enduring popularity of their work and its role in shaping modern comedic storytelling.

Notable Quote:
Akiva Schaffer: "For me, this is Criterion Collection. But this is also a perfect example of Kim's video in that this is one that I feel like not even people who watch SNL maybe this slipped under their radar." [31:16]

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Anecdotes from the Set and Personal Experiences [45:13-66:03]

The episode continues with entertaining stories about their interactions with celebrities, the spontaneous creation of new digital shorts, and the humorous mishaps that occur during filming. From improvised sketches to memorable guest appearances, the hosts share insights into the dynamic environment of SNL and their creative collaborations.

Notable Quote:
Andy Samberg: "Andy, I did an episode of Digman, you guys. And first of all, I was very happy to be in an episode of Digman, but Chortles. I do play a guy named Chortles. Digman is so funny. Thanks, buddy." [26:14]

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Conclusion and Farewells [66:03-End]

As the podcast wraps up, Seth thanks the guests for their contributions and reflects on the joyous memories shared throughout the discussion. The hosts exchange friendly goodbyes, leaving listeners with a sense of camaraderie and anticipation for future episodes.

Notable Quote:
Seth Meyers: "It's really fun to be like, this is for the cool kids. Because obviously, based on the podcast I do. I talk a great deal about SNL at work." [25:13]

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Final Thoughts

In this episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, listeners are treated to an engaging and heartfelt exploration of the creation and impact of SNL's Digital Shorts. Through candid conversations, behind-the-scenes stories, and shared laughter, the hosts offer a comprehensive look into their collaborative genius and the enduring legacy of their comedic work.

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Transcript

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey, hey.

[Andy Samberg]

It's the Lonely island and Seth Meyers podcast show.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the podcast. We got one person missing, but two filling in. Hi, fellas. Okay, we're off to a hot start. As far as replying to me.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hi.

[Seth Meyers]

We're joined by a couple of friends of the pod, Will Forte and John Solomon, because they worked on a very memorable short that we're gonna get to. But I say hello to Andy and Akiva. Hi, guys.

[Andy Samberg]

Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So happy to be here. Big fan. Quaid army righteous Gale.

[Andy Samberg]

I would love to just kick things off by wishing Akiva a happy Naked Gun day.

[Seth Meyers]

Today is the official opening of Naked Gun. We're talking to you on August 1st.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thank you. Thank you for wishing that on me. And to you and yours as well.

[Will Forte]

Oh, thank you.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, I am celebrating. Maybe not to the same extent as you, but there's certainly jubilation ringing from the many towers of the kingdom.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thank you for putting it exactly that way.

[Seth Meyers]

You're quite welcome.

[Will Forte]

I have seen many, many akolades.

[Seth Meyers]

Yes, the akolades are pouring in. If there's a drink at the Schaeffer household today, it's pina Acholada, right? Is that what you're drinking?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Pina? Oh, Liz is in the kitchen with the blender just cooking those up for me right now.

[Andy Samberg]

Do you want a Mayjor Akolada? No, just a pina.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm.

[Seth Meyers]

I know you only care about the rotten tomato number, so I will ask, what are we holding at right now, Keith?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, well, I think we're at 90.

[Andy Samberg]

I've been.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I've been vigilant with how many counted.

[Andy Samberg]

Let's see. I'm going to tell you, it's ever, ever on my phone, bro. 90 for a studio comedy, Andy, check again, bud. 91, brother. As of this recording, 91% out of 170 reviews. Do you know how many people that is, Seth?

[Seth Meyers]

That's a lot.

[Andy Samberg]

170.

[Seth Meyers]

Dude, that's a lot of reviewers. That means people are taking this movie seriously, which is the best thing in the world for a dumb movie.

[Andy Samberg]

Forte, you've never done anything that even came close to that dude.

[Will Forte]

Right?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I was gonna say, what's the gap, Keith? What was the previous high?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Nebraska probably was pretty high.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I know Nebraska.

[Will Forte]

Don't take all my talking points.

[Andy Samberg]

I was gonna bring. Hang on. I'm gonna just quickly check Nebraska 91 on the dot. Keith.

[Seth Meyers]

Tied with Nebraska. Shit.

[Will Forte]

I'm gonna start a magazine.

[Andy Samberg]

They do have 253review.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, 253. Yeah. Shit, that's a long. Another hundred to hold. 91 is pretty tough.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, you got a long way to go.

[Seth Meyers]

Interesting. So I have a question, Forte. You just said you're gonna start a cinema reviewing magazine. My question is, will you write a negative review about Naked Gun to bring it down a peg or a positive review about Nebraska to bring it up a peg? How are you gonna approach this? Cause it's a good plan.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I mean, do both. Right.

[Will Forte]

Because I'm gonna write a positive review about Naked Gun because I care about my friend.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, wow, that's really something.

[Will Forte]

And I don't care. You know tomato meters?

[Seth Meyers]

No. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Even though we all know that the tomatometer is the definitive way to know if a comedy is good.

[Will Forte]

Yes, that's true. That's true.

[Seth Meyers]

So, Forte, does that mean that Nebraska and MacGruber is a perfect hundred?

[Will Forte]

If you add them up together, yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Essentially, Gruber's got nine to spare, right?

[Will Forte]

We're way above nine, bro.

[Seth Meyers]

Of course you are. And by the way, if people could re review MacGruber, here's what I'm enjoying about the reviews for the Naked Gun. I feel like critics are understanding a little bit the moment and like now's not the time to try to seem like a smart person by saying, this is a dumb comedy. I think they're embracing. You can be like, I am a smart person and other smart people made a dumb comedy that people enjoy, and therefore it does everything it set out to do and we should reward that.

[Will Forte]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

That's what I kind of like about it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I agree. And that's the rarest thing. It almost never happens. Yeah. I certainly. I never would have dared to wish for this score this high. Certainly.

[Will Forte]

Maybe you're ushering in a new era.

[Seth Meyers]

I hope so.

[Andy Samberg]

As of this recording, the most important part of what I'm looking at on Rotten Tomatoes is that the naked gun is 1 percentage point higher than those fucking assholes. Dave Franco and Alison Brees movie together.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, wow.

[Andy Samberg]

Those fucking assholes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Those smug sons of bitches.

[Andy Samberg]

They think they're so great with their 90% positive.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Actually, Dave sent me a really nice email. Oh.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, they can. It's. It's not.

[Seth Meyers]

They don't mean it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, it was a trick.

[Seth Meyers]

But by the way, so, like, obviously, I've read great things about their movie and they are a real life couple on screen playing a real life couple. That is not how Naked Gun started.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No. But also, that's the real death churn. That's really rare, too. People famously don't like seeing real life couples on screen. They're happy to have it be that there's a budding romance from it. The start is okay, but a known married couple, it's like watching your parents kiss. Yeah. So the fact that they're at a 90, that's such a small bullseye to hit. So kudos.

[Seth Meyers]

I'm going to give credit to them as a celebrity couple. I don't feel like they're out there all the time dining out on the fact that they're a couple.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And Forte, that's why when MacGruber came out, you kept it under the radar that you and Powers Booth were hooking up.

[Will Forte]

Right, that's exactly why.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. R.I.P. much love.

[Will Forte]

I wanted to shout it to the world, but it was Powers is like, hey, bud. Oh, speaking of MacGruber, it was my anniversary last night. We were walk down after dinner. Look what I saw. I saw this. This was just a doc on the.

[Akiva Schaffer]

City street as Doc Holliday. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

My good friend Val is Doc Holliday.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Let the record show he held up his phone with a photo of Val Kilmer.

[Will Forte]

Oh, I'm sorry. Tombstone.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

It looked like it was a mural.

[Will Forte]

Yeah, it was a mural.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Was it?

[Will Forte]

Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, it's a mural on a wall.

[Will Forte]

Yeah. Isn't that. It looks like a picture. It's a very well done mural.

[Seth Meyers]

Forte's not a full time pcaster, so he is going to just like kind of hold up his phone every now and then, thinking, that's good content, but we're going to jump in and save him whenever we can.

[Will Forte]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Was that a little emotional for reals though, Forte? I think I'd feel a little emotional just seeing that. Like.

[Will Forte]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

When Forte did the War of the Worlds radio show, he would go, they're coming.

[Akiva Schaffer]

The things.

[Seth Meyers]

Describe them.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, don't look at them.

[Seth Meyers]

Everyone look at them.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Run for your lives. Something is happening.

[Seth Meyers]

They said the amazing thing about Forte's was a day before the other one, because nobody killed themselves. Nobody was so worried it was real that they jumped out windows. That's the story about War of the Worlds, right? That people thought it was a real.

[Andy Samberg]

Did people actually kill themselves? I just heard that they were worried it was real.

[Seth Meyers]

I mean, that might be apocryphal.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I don't think anyone jumped out of windows, but it was widespread worry.

[Will Forte]

Definitely a panic ensued.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, exactly.

[Andy Samberg]

A panic ensued. By the way, John, you were supposed to say trigger warning before Seth said that thing about suicide.

[Will Forte]

What I was going to say is that this is crazy. We're talking about this because there's a real alien spaceship descending on Earth right now.

[Seth Meyers]

Is it really? Have you guys seen that? No.

[Will Forte]

Harvard scientists said there's a real alien spaceship on its way right now.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And that's like six page news.

[Seth Meyers]

Do you think they have to do stuff like that to get funding back from Trump? Maybe it's just a lot of like big, real big wet stories.

[Akiva Schaffer]

They'll divert some space force when it's out.

[Will Forte]

I wonder if this in the spaceship world, if it's one that's just kind of slowly coming at us. If it's like there are Lamborghinis and then these guys are like in the. The Pinto of spaceships.

[Seth Meyers]

Right. They were like, it's moving so slow. We think these maybe aren't aliens with a lot of money.

[Will Forte]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, Keev, you were on the lead with Jake Tapper.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And at the end of the interview, he said, quaid Army.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

And you responded, righteous kill. And I was very impressed.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, good. You know what? I didn't rewatch it. And here was my fear that they didn't include it.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, it's in.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, because here's what happened in the beginning of the whole thing. He said it, but there's a slight delay because I was doing this over, not Zoom, but the equivalent of Zoom, a video chat where you're at home and he's doing it. And if I looked at him, even his mouth didn't quite match the words because it's going through their whole broadcast equipment. You guys know how it works. And so he railed past Equator like, hey, my guest here, Zakiva, you know, he knows I'm a big fan because I like, you know, Lonely island digital shorts, Quaid army, blah, blah. And he kept going. And I was like, I am contractually obligated to say righteous kill here, but I can tell he's going so fast. And there's always that two seconds when you watch the news and it's a remote where the person goes, so what do you think of that? And there's that, like one second. And then the person goes, well, good question. Thank you. And I knew I was on that delay, and so I still said it, but it got kind of buried under his next sentence completely. And I'm like sitting there like, oh, I know. And so I just wanted to say, when you say quaid army, we've gone a lot about how you can't also say quade Army, Righteous Guild, because it leaves us with nothing. But also, don't just start your next sentence. You gotta leave a gap. And if you're on a live broadcast CNN with a delay, you gotta leave an extra long gap.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, but there's another option. There's another option which is just, like, if you blow past it, don't expect a righteous kill back.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, well, he clearly didn't. But I felt like if you leave it out there hanging, it's. You know, there's an A side. It's weird.

[Andy Samberg]

Akiva just texted me. I want to say it gave me blue balls, but I don't know if I should say it on the phone. I think you should.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, I think the thing is, like, if you're a CNN anchor who's gonna interview Keev, Dan Abash, Wolf Blitzer, leave a gap.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Don't give him the proverbial blue balls that he so desperately wants to say. But I think it's inappropriate.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, but I'm so happy that by the end that I got one in now. So yesterday, Liam was on your show, on Seth's show. And I knew he was about to go out there, and I knew that if Liam said, quaid army, like, oh, Seth's so good to be here, Quaid army, that Seth would have to go righteous kill. And then the whole audience would be silent. Like, why did they just do that? There'd probably be, like, four people that would go, woo. And then Seth would be caught in a moment of having to say, am I about to try to explain this unexplainable thing to this audience, or am I gonna just blow right past it? And I told Liam, you just blow past, like, just, like, nod at him, like a knowing nod, and just leave it. Just. You just let Seth flounder out there or handle it gracefully. I don't know. And then Liam is so apologetic because he even practiced it with his assistant and then got up on there. And then you were playing clip of the movie that plays always, and he was seeing a line that he had always wished he had done set a different line for. And so. And this is his text to me, like, so apologetic. And he's like, I saw it. And I started thinking about, oh, man, I wish I had said it this other way. And then it just, like, wiped his brain clean. Then he sat down and had the interview. And then he got off and was like, God damn it. But he also was so much more apologetic than he even needed to be. Such a sweet. A sweet guy. I was trying to Be like, oh, this did not matter at all. It was just a prank on Seth. It was fine.

[Seth Meyers]

It's funny you saying he wanted to do something differently. I went to the premiere in New York City on Monday. It was a great time. Seeing it live was absolutely fantastic. And the thing that I liked is I talked to Liam and I talked to Pamela, and I talked to Danny Houston, because all three of them have never been in a movie like this and been asked to do this thing. And all three of them had this, like, loving complaint. It's like, yeah. And then you have to do the alts, and they just complained. And the alts for people to know is like, when you're doing a comedy movie, you do the scene the way it's been written a few times, and then a bunch of comedy writers are like, now just say this line and say this line.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And it's so funny because it's the.

[Seth Meyers]

Most that, like, you're just treated like a seal at the zoo.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. I don't know how many alts he had to do on Marlo. I should have asked. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

But to be clear, Seth, when you're a comedian, the alts are like mana from heaven, where you're like, oh, I'm protective, protecting this moment. So that we'll for sure, of course, have one thing that works, hopefully.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And by the way, I explained that to them very early on, before we ever started the process, and they were troopers. I didn't get pushback on set, but it is funny hearing afterwards how much they bothered.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, it doesn't bother them, but you just realize, like, for them, they were in a different genre. And anytime I think you do a different genre, like, you have to put trust into the genre pros who are working on the movie.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

And it was very sweet. Like, all of them, like, Danny and Liam were saying, like, they had worked together before, and that made their scenes, like, it was just harder to not laugh at each other. And so they would just stare at each other's foreheads in scenes, which I thought was, oh, that's good Forte.

[Andy Samberg]

How many alts would you do on Nebraska?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I don't know.

[Will Forte]

You know, 100 a second.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Jesus. Just. Just ballpark.

[Seth Meyers]

They also. Every scene, they made you also do one where you said Idaho, because they weren't sure which.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Right.

[Seth Meyers]

They were like, we want to know in post.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, they're holding off, like, protecting for PG 13.

[Seth Meyers]

We don't know if we can clear Nebraska.

[Will Forte]

No, I feel like there were. I don't know if there was a Single alt. I think it was all.

[Andy Samberg]

That was kind of what I was getting at.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

I was implying there wouldn't have been one. So.

[Seth Meyers]

Good.

[Andy Samberg]

We're all on the same page.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I wouldn't have been sure about that. Alexander Payne is a very. Also very funny filmmaker when he wants to be. And I wouldn't be surprised if he kept it loose. You never know.

[Will Forte]

Oh, I don't remember him being, like, particularly like, oh, you gotta say every word like this. But I. You know, I think he really liked the script going in and.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, you're famously loose with your scripts, Will.

[Will Forte]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, I do want one last thing that I really liked is I was talking with Liam and Danny, and Liam was like, oh, this is our fourth film together. And I go, can you name them all?

[Akiva Schaffer]

And it was really great because Liam.

[Seth Meyers]

Put up a figure, goes Clash of the Titans, and then Danny goes Wrath of the Titans. And I was just like, this is the best.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What a perfect duo.

[Andy Samberg]

That's fucking awesome.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So before you move on, I just want to say the relief I felt in my body yesterday when the reviews started coming in good was like, the amount of stress I was holding for months, knowing I was holding this dress, but also not knowing and then just being like, oh, my God, people like it. And knowing how it can go the other way and has for us in certain instances and how sad it feels. I just want to give a moment of gratefulness of, like. Because we've talked about how it felt with Hot Rod.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And just being like, oh, my God. Whether or not it even makes real money this weekend or not, just the fact that, like, I did my job.

[Seth Meyers]

Yes.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Where it was like, yep, I made the movie. And because if it doesn't get good reviews and then also doesn't perform, then they. Everything can be blamed on the movie. Whereas if it gets good reviews, then you're like, oh, well, the movie's good. And then it's just about the world and the weekend and how whatever other things you want to talk about. But it was like I felt the relief of, like, oh, I don't have to think about that.

[Will Forte]

Yeah, dude, I think we all have been in that situation where you're super proud of something and then, you know, you feel like reviewers might be watching a different movie. You know, it's like, yes. So very happy for you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thank you.

[Will Forte]

And proud of you.

[Andy Samberg]

Here's some other movies that are out right now that it has a higher score score then.

[Akiva Schaffer]

This isn't a competition, but go ahead.

[Andy Samberg]

Materialists, eat shit. The life of Chuck. Fucking die slow.

[Will Forte]

Oh, my God.

[Andy Samberg]

Sinners. You didn't beat sinners.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, I don't.

[Andy Samberg]

K pop Demon hunters. As we've discussed. Higher.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

28 years later. Suck a butt. What else we got? Who else wants it? Lilo and Stitch. Go fuck yourself.

[Akiva Schaffer]

These are great pull quotes. For the poster. Yeah. For the next round of ads.

[Will Forte]

Really good.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, what's up, the bad guys 2. Heard you were going to try and make some money this weekend. Too bad your score is a pathetic 85.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, it would be funny to do a poster with all these quotes. And then people say, like, it's weird that they put in that Sinners is higher.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Sinners is higher.

[Andy Samberg]

You gotta shout out, sinners.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That shit is so tight.

[Will Forte]

Bears turned up.

[Andy Samberg]

What else we got? Superman? I don't think so. You piece of fart.

[Seth Meyers]

It is. I'm glad you said that, honestly, Keith, because it is also that thing. And again, we've talked about movies here that are far more respected now than they were when they came out. Like, as much as people tell you, even your friends, people you respect more than and trust more than maybe the critics or the audience, when they're like, hey, man, it doesn't matter what they say. Your movie's great. Like, that is really cold comfort at the time. So it's nice that it's like when.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You'Ve had a terrible breakup and you've been broken up with and your friends are like, she sucked anyways, and you're, like, crying because you loved her so much. It doesn't help.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, I want to say, and we're going to get to John and Will and your short. And we really just. Mostly we're just so happy you're here. Thank you, dudes.

[Will Forte]

Thanks for having us.

[Seth Meyers]

I read the comments on the last episode. I wasn't here for the last episode. I read the comments first, and it was really fun to be like, what the fuck happened? Like, when somebody just wrote, oh, man, I hope they get Ben Folds to leave a voice note. And I'm like, I don't remember Ben Folds having anything to do with a Lonely island short.

[Andy Samberg]

That's hearsay. That's Paul Rust's memory of Things. I don't know if that's true.

[Seth Meyers]

Sure. And anybody right now being like, what are they talking about? Go back and listen to the last episode. I just like that somebody at one point wrote the theme song for Naked Gun is Burlesque for dogs.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. That's just facts.

[Andy Samberg]

That's just facts.

[Seth Meyers]

First one's Hearsay. Second one's Facts.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's also a slightly longer app. And I'll tell you why. Seth, and I'll tell everybody if we keep this in this dirt, is that me and Yorm thought we were the only two getting on. So we texted about how, oh, let's just do, like, a 30 minute naked gun kind of general, and where I can just kind of give my spiel about, like, why people should see it and what I was attempting. And Andy surprise visited his podcast. We didn't know he was gonna do it till his face showed up, like, 10 seconds before we were hitting record. And it was a great, pleasant surprise, but he didn't know that that's what we were doing. So he thought we were coming on to do part two of Movie Awards, kind of cleaning up the voice notes and doing some Q and A. And then me and Yorm just rattle on for 30 minutes about naked Gun while he's kind of sitting there like, what the. What is happening?

[Andy Samberg]

Why are they being so serious?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes. But we had made a plan. And then he was like, all right, now, time for Movie Awards. And so then it's also kind of two things put together. But there you go.

[Seth Meyers]

It was a great episode. I really enjoyed it. I have a quick Yorm story before we get into the shorts, which is Tara Donnelly. Everybody on this podcast knows Tara Donnelly, an incredible graphics person. Tara emailed me. Cause we work together still. And she's like, another Yorm story is he was editing Sloths, and we were working on it really late. And then I left to go home. Cause it was so late on Friday night. And when I got back on Saturday morning, everybody was so mad at me in graphics. Because over the course of one evening, Jorma downloaded over 1,000 images from Getty Images. And it locked the SNL account. Cause I guess there's a limit.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, my God. I've never heard that.

[Seth Meyers]

And so all the graphics people had come in to start working on Weekend Update graphics, and they were locked out of the account. God damn it. And it wasn't as easy as just buying a new account. Because, like, Getty Images is like. You have to be like, yeah. You have to be like, kissed in. It's not just for the public. And so she was like. It was like 9am so Saturday morning. Yeah, 6am on the west Coast. And they literally can't do. She was like, oh, my God. And then they saw sloths, and they were like, for this, sloth is pretty good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

They were like, pretty good.

[Seth Meyers]

But they were like, why do you download a thousand images, by the way?

[Andy Samberg]

That should be the, like, slogan for Yoram's entire existence. For this.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Also, if he made. If he put 100 pictures, like, a sloth is like, a fun, cheap throwaway. But if he put, like, 100 Getty Images for, like, $1,000 each, all of a sudden it'd be $100,000. The price could go up fast.

[Seth Meyers]

He does tend to spend more than he's been budgeted for.

[Andy Samberg]

Bless his heart.

[Will Forte]

I have to go back just for a quick second of the TARA DONNELLY the MacGruber Photoshop stories. The part that I always remember about that story was, for those who don't know, we had this idea to have pictures of MacGruber. Like, he had done modeling, nude modeling. But it was like, you know, all these sexy, erotic photos, and we were gonna Photoshop a really small penis onto him.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Will Forte]

So we took all these pictures with Mary Ellen Matthews and then sent them to Tara with the instructions, like, can you Photoshop a small penis onto this? And she sent us back her first round, and I was looking at this, and I'm like, that kind of doesn't look that far off from my own penis. So we're like, oh, my God. We said to Photoshop a small penis onto this. And she's like, that is a small penis. Oh. Oh. I mean, like, jokingly small. You know, like, comedically.

[Andy Samberg]

She's like, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

She's like, yeah. We were laughing our asses off when we made this. We were dying in graphics. That's so good.

[Will Forte]

I just came across some the other day, like, a couple days ago that we must have asked her to do some with a teeny penis and really big balls I found. I'll send them to you guys.

[Seth Meyers]

That definitely sounds funnier than I'm sure it looks.

[Andy Samberg]

God damn it. Still the funniest thing in the world.

[Seth Meyers]

All right, so we were talking about. You guys were talking about Megan Fox at a movie awards, where they cut to her and you'd asked her to look mad, and she sort of nailed the assignment so well that people thought she was actually mad. And I just think it's a good way into the date sketch because Megan Fox nails the assignment so hard in the sketch, every time I watch it. Forte is so funny. Megan is so good. It is one of my favorite two person scenes in, like, SNL history. And I never get bored watching either of you in this sketch.

[Will Forte]

Thank you.

[Andy Samberg]

Should we do watch through?

[Seth Meyers]

I think we gotta do a watch through. I think before we do a watch Through. Talk a little bit about how you came up with the idea before we do a watch through on the day John and I.

[Will Forte]

Do you remember what year this was? Did this come out?

[Seth Meyers]

It's right after MacGruber Summer, right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay. Yeah. It's a season premiere after shooting MacGruber, so it's fall of 2009.

[Will Forte]

Okay. So that makes sense. When John and I think Jorma also. But I did it a lot with John because John and I would be together all the time, and it was during that period when we were writing MacGruber, we'd take a break, and we'd go down for lunch, and I'd get into the elevator, and I would just start talking. It's always elevator. My memory is always in an elevator. You're talking to me like that and just, you know, all that little stuff. How are you?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I. Is the writing going well? Yeah.

[Will Forte]

You know, stuff like I would just do that to him all the time. And then. And then at some point, we just got in the room, we were like, oh, we should. Or you might have even said, we got to write that guy as something. And then when she. Because of MacGruber, right. Was that because you had shaved?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Will Forte]

I don't even remember how it came about, but I just remember pestering you with that voice.

[Seth Meyers]

It's such a bummer voice. It's such a bummer voice for a guy to be at an elevator with you with, and then you have, like, a buzzed haircut. Forte. Yep.

[Will Forte]

Cousin McGruber, we had to spend the summer in Albuquerque, and I was. If I didn't buzz my hair, I would have had to have, you know, not super long hair, but hair. And then a wig band and then a wig cap and then the wig. If I do this, they can put the wig just directly on my head, and I won't get as hot.

[Seth Meyers]

But it is a season premiere, and it's the first time anyone who's ever watched the show has seen you looking like this. So it's really funny. Like, it's sort of a jarring visual. And then you talk in a way we've never done it.

[Will Forte]

Visual feast, I guess you would say, Right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's a visual feast. Not to get into what's about to come, but this guy's a SWAT team member, so it's within the character, really.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Will Forte]

Yeah, that's true.

[Seth Meyers]

And it's shot on Iran so far. Garden, where the piano.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Seth, you were just on that garden. What floor is.

[Seth Meyers]

I was just on there. We were supposed to have Our late night summer party out in the Iran so far garden. And then it was like a torrential rainstorm.

[Akiva Schaffer]

The rain.

[Seth Meyers]

So instead we did it in, like, a conference room.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But you went up there in the afternoon. It looked very pleasant. Was that a photo you had taken that you shared?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I did. Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And did you have to get up there by going over a guy's desk through a window?

[Seth Meyers]

No. There's a proper door now. There is, Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I thought that they maybe did that.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah. But you need an id, A step up from the ID that I have. You have to have somebody who's got, like, extra access to let you out.

[Andy Samberg]

People have more access in that building than you. You're the host of Late Night.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You're the king of the building. Besides Fallon.

[Seth Meyers]

They take something away from me every year now, just a little bit. All of a sudden I' oh.

[Andy Samberg]

So they took away the key.

[Seth Meyers]

I'm like, the gym. And they're like, you have to go through the back door.

[Andy Samberg]

I'm like, Seth Tiny. Quick sidebar. I want to compliment the croissant sketch.

[Seth Meyers]

Thanks, buddy.

[Andy Samberg]

That you guys did on your show. It was so fucking funny. I loved it.

[Seth Meyers]

Thank you. I'll shout out. The late night croissant sketch might be one of my favorite pieces of, like, old school sketch comedy that we've ever done.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I miss this.

[Andy Samberg]

It's really fun.

[Seth Meyers]

And Baze has the. Baze closes it out. It's a lot of our crew doing lines.

[Andy Samberg]

Everybody was so good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Obviously, the link will be in the show notes. Link in the show notes.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, yeah, we'll probably play a clip from it, like, right now.

[Seth Meyers]

Wait, none of this answers are a croissant thing. Maybe our head writer can help.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hey, Baze, it's croissant.

[Will Forte]

That's it. Croissant. You just say it and then ideally you shut the up and eat it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Which none of you.

[Will Forte]

None of you will ever do.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, but in France.

[Will Forte]

Nope.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, but, you know, my mom says it doesn't matter.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's croissant.

[Will Forte]

That's the word.

[Andy Samberg]

And so now you guys have heard a little piece of it, you get the gist.

[Seth Meyers]

I love it. And may I just. I'll turn the compliment around while also complimenting myself a little bit. Andy. I did an episode of Digman, you guys.

[Andy Samberg]

Ooh, my main man.

[Seth Meyers]

And first of all, I was very happy to be in an episode of Digman, but Chortles. I do play a guy named Chortles. Digman is so funny. Thanks, buddy. I will write down, like, five or six things that make me laugh out loud every episode of Digman. And it's so. I mean, just the best.

[Andy Samberg]

It means a lot that you liked it and it means a lot that you did it. And don't worry. Cause it'll be streaming on Paramount.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Plus you could buy it right now on itunes and just pay money.

[Andy Samberg]

You can.

[Seth Meyers]

And YouTube TV. Have people got YouTube TV?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, I actually have had a lot of people asking me about it because it's on Comedy Central and many people have cut their cords and don't have cable no more. And they don't have the Comedy Central app and they maybe do have Paramount, but there's a syndication deal on it that makes it honestly a long time till you can stream it through your normal thing. You have to buy a thing.

[Will Forte]

But wait, I watched it on Hulu, I think.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But you probably have live tv. You have live TV on Hulu?

[Will Forte]

That's right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's right.

[Andy Samberg]

Yes, you can. If you have live TV on Hulu, you can get it that way. I'm sure it's online.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Anybody who pays for live TV has Comedy Central and Cantiva.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, got it. And any place that you can, like, rent or buy a show, I think it's available. But anyone out there who wants to see it and is having trouble, I apologize. That's just the deal we made. And I am still grateful that the show gets produced and made. And I hope that anyone that wants to see it can find it somehow. Cause I do really love it.

[Seth Meyers]

And again, Digman is an Archie. He's a disgraced Archie. And Archie is short for archaeologists. And it's certainly got a patina of Nic Cage on it. Is that fair to say?

[Andy Samberg]

I think that's more than fair, sadly.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, my God.

[Seth Meyers]

But the hardest I laughed in the last episode. I am going to make you do it. Andy is. They're underwater going through the wreckage of the Titanic, and Digman's partner says, come over here quick, and can you make the noise you made while you doggy paddle over?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh.

[Andy Samberg]

By the way, you won't be surprised to know I wanted the doggy paddling to go 10 times longer. I was talking with Neil, who we, you know, make the show together. And he's like, I agree, it would be funny, but we would end up having to cut, like six other jokes.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, the jokes come fast and furious. I can't believe, like, just the number of, like. I know it's animated, so this is different. But just the number of locations is crazy.

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, my God. It's so fun.

[John Solomon]

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[Seth Meyers]

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[Akiva Schaffer]

All right, I'm about to push play, but is there anything else? So you guys wrote it. You described how you wrote it. And then Solomon, we're up on that deck. And then me and you are kind of co directing, I would say. Would you agree with that?

[Will Forte]

I would agree with that, yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Cause you weren't quite. You weren't a director on the show yet. Really?

[Will Forte]

I had never directed a digital short.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No. And I was so grateful. Like, we talk about on this pod all the time, have something early in the week that we thought was funny that we could go shoot that would get us out of, you know, the pressure of the week. Yeah. And we were gonna have this under our belt. I feel like we shot it on Wednesday, even. Maybe. Or like we shot it early. Right.

[Will Forte]

That sounds right.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I think you're right. Like earlier than usual, so even before table or something.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Well, it would have been after table read because it was nighttime, but it would have been.

[Seth Meyers]

Or else it was from the table read.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Maybe it was Thursday night, but maybe it was from the table read or. Well, that's a good question. Did this go to the table? It didn't. Right.

[Will Forte]

I don't remember.

[Seth Meyers]

I think it did.

[Andy Samberg]

I think it did.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

I think it was pulled from the table read.

[Will Forte]

I think it was at the table. I don't know.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Kevin Miller will know, but he just did it in the chat. Did anybody say that? He said he couldn't find a script, which means maybe it didn't go to the table. But regardless, we identified that we were going to shoot this. And I remember feeling all the pressure was off. Now we could just go film this scene. And little did I know of course, we'll get to the fact that then Lauren said, well, great, it's early in the week. Do another. Which was wonderful. Anyways.

[Andy Samberg]

Boy, did it pay off.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So I remember. So I did kind of then fully direct this short in terms of cameras and making sure it was shot right. And then I remember, though, it was one of the only ones of any that I did not edit that. Then you guys went off and edited while I went and made a whole other one. Okay, I'm hitting play. Oh, it's bright. We made it. It's a nice restaurant.

[F]

So you having a good time?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah.

[F]

Wow. You know, you have a really nice smile. Your teeth are, like, perfect.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm gonna tell my dentist that you said that he's really self conscious and it's gonna make him feel really good. That made me feel really good.

[F]

Well, the feeling's mutual because you are making me feel really good right now too.

[Will Forte]

I'm so glad.

[F]

So how long have you been.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Pause it, Pause it. Oh, my God. She comes before a line is said. Just the body language on the two shot is forte being. And her, like, getting up the courage to, like, breach another topic in this date. Like, she's so into you just from her body language at the very first second.

[Seth Meyers]

Also incredible. The environment of, like, a wind blowing her, you know, jet black hair. It's like you couldn't have asked for a better situation.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I know. Just to be clear, we did not have a fan on her. It was super cold and windy fall night up on that thing.

[Will Forte]

Yes, that's right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I was worried we actually weren't gonna have usable sound because it was even hard to hear what she was saying. I remember in my headphones. And almost impossible to hear what Will was saying. Cause he's being so quiet and it's so much wind.

[Seth Meyers]

But it's also funny because you only know it's windy on her closeup because.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Will's hair's so short. There's like. No. It seems like we have a fan on her to make her like Beyonce the entire time, which we do not.

[Will Forte]

I also do remember that I was slightly bummed because this is my version of doing this loud. Like, it was like I had to push the volume.

[Andy Samberg]

You wanted to be quieter. Yeah, yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes. On a soundstage. We could have made this more nuanced.

[Will Forte]

Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

What was her. I mean, it seemed like based on the performance you got, she understood exactly right away what you guys needed from her. Was that the case.

[Will Forte]

She basically didn't need any performance directing. Just all I remember is how good she was and how pleasant she was.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And I definitely don't remember how good looking she was.

[Seth Meyers]

That's only coming back now. Is that what you're saying, Keith?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. I'm like, whoa. Yeah, It's a great combination of smart, knew how to do everything, got it perfect, and is the most gorgeous person you've ever looked at straight in the face.

[Seth Meyers]

All right, so I like that what we know so far about Brock is that he cares about his dentist and his dentist self esteem.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That's an amazing second line of.

[Seth Meyers]

It's so funny. I was thinking of, like, in screenplays where they're always, like, early on, try to tell a story where you know what to think about a person. And it's literally like, it's such a textured detail, and yet I don't have any idea how it's supposed to make me feel.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I'm so glad.

[F]

So how long have you been a SWAT team commander?

[Will Forte]

A long time.

[F]

So how did you get out of work tonight?

[Akiva Schaffer]

I didn't. I was supposed to be at a drug bust, and I bailed on it.

[F]

Oh, my God. Are you gonna get in trouble?

[Seth Meyers]

I don't care.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Because I like you.

[F]

I like you, too.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Who is this guy?

[F]

So when you're not doing SWAT things, what other kind of things do you like to do?

[Seth Meyers]

I raised lambs.

[F]

You raised the lamb?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Do you have anything else we need to say? I'm just enjoying it so much.

[Will Forte]

I mean, the way he says, I don't care is one of my favorite line ratings of all time.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Who is that? What is it reminding me of? I mean, this guy is an enigma. He changes every line. Who he.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I like that. This also implies that they've been taught. They had already came up that he commanded swat.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yes.

[Seth Meyers]

And now she's asking him how long he's done it.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. And he's playing hoodie.

[Will Forte]

There's a lot of Patty Forte in this.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You're, like, guilty in a way of like, I had a second bite of brownie.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, are you playing Patty Forte?

[Akiva Schaffer]

There's.

[Will Forte]

I mean, I think there are a lot of Patty Forte mannerisms in here.

[Seth Meyers]

It's also very funny.

[Will Forte]

And again, Patty's my mom.

[Seth Meyers]

Yep. Oh, sorry. Patty Forte is Will Forte's mom.

[Akiva Schaffer]

My mom is also Patty.

[Will Forte]

Probably with a Y, though, right?

[Akiva Schaffer]

No, with an I. Oh, yeah. Have we never talked about it?

[Andy Samberg]

My mom is Patty Constantine.

[Seth Meyers]

The actor.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yep. Yeah, he's excellent.

[Andy Samberg]

But that's with D's Patty.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, yeah, he's with two D's and.

[Akiva Schaffer]

A Y and a Y.

[Seth Meyers]

The thing I realize is novel about her performance. And again, this is Keeve's words, that she's the hottest person you could ever see up close. You know, I don't feel that way, obviously. That's my wife, but Keeve's words. Yeah, but she's, like, doing so much of the work. It's very funny to watch, like, a scene in a rom com. Like, the hot woman's not doing this much of the work. Cause she's literally, like, leaning in and down to, like, get at your, like, dropped eyeline. Yeah.

[Will Forte]

She has to draw him out.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's so shy.

[Will Forte]

She needs to draw him out.

[Akiva Schaffer]

She's trying to make it work so hard.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, but it's working because he obviously shared with her this thing about how he bailed on the bust and, you know, the lambs thing. You know, he's a little excited to start telling her about the lambs, but obviously this takes a turn and, you know, comes from a vulnerable place.

[Will Forte]

Spoiler.

[F]

You raise the lambs?

[Seth Meyers]

I do.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I raise lambs. I have a little fat, and I bottle feed them. And once they get to a certain age, I, for lack of a better term, slaughter them. And then I sell their meats to restaurants and jerky distributors.

[F]

That must be really hard for you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's really hard.

[Will Forte]

I love my lambs.

[Seth Meyers]

I love them so much.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And it's hard.

[F]

I'm sorry.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I have these nightmares, and I got.

[Will Forte]

Drenched in sweat, and then I gotta go into work.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Command swat.

[F]

You are so brave. And I am so grateful that I know know you and you are never, ever going to be alone again.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Are you asking me to marry you?

[F]

I think that I am, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Weirdest hand.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's not touching her. She's desperate for it to touch her face.

[Seth Meyers]

No way.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Gets up.

[Andy Samberg]

Really gently, puts the napkin down.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, my God.

[Andy Samberg]

So the line it's really hard is something. I think we quote the most from that in our personal life. It's really hard. That must be really hard for you.

[Seth Meyers]

It's really hard.

[Will Forte]

I don't think I've seen that 15.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Years and command SWAT.

[Seth Meyers]

Command SWAT. It's really hard. And jerky distributors are things.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, Jerky distributors is wonderful, but.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, that turn of. It's really hard.

[Will Forte]

I forgot about the whole turn.

[Andy Samberg]

It's a really good performance, Will.

[Will Forte]

Totally forgot that I slaughtered them.

[Andy Samberg]

It's really, really, really wonderful. God damn it.

[Will Forte]

And from what I remember, the first cut was, like seven minutes long. Like, double it. Is that right? John. Yeah, it was really long.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, we had. There was more turns. Well, here's the thing. So in the chat right now, Kevin just found the script. It did go to the table, and he didn't find it because it's called Ferris Wheel, and it took place on a Ferris wheel.

[Andy Samberg]

It was at the table. I knew it.

[Seth Meyers]

Wait, can I read a line? Well, no, I mean, why am I reading a line? I feel like Will's here.

[Will Forte]

Okay, just open it up.

[Seth Meyers]

Go to page five. Will. I'll be Megan and you be Will.

[Will Forte]

Okay.

[Akiva Schaffer]

All right.

[Seth Meyers]

Ready? I mean, I didn't ask about your parents, so tell me about your parents.

[Akiva Schaffer]

My mother, God rest her soul, worked.

[Will Forte]

At a convalescent home.

[Akiva Schaffer]

My father, God rest his soul, had a teddy bear factory. Both retired now.

[Seth Meyers]

They're retired? But you just said. God rest their souls.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I misused.

[Seth Meyers]

That's okay. I misuse words all the time.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You do?

[Seth Meyers]

Like what? Like. Oh, my God. I can't think of a single example. It's like when you go into a record store and you can't remember any of the stuff you wanted to buy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I like music. All right.

[Seth Meyers]

Then we get back into. Then we get back into Lambs.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Another thing we have in common, why she's always looking to connect you guys. Then you're in the Lambs. What other great cutscenes are there in here?

[Seth Meyers]

You also have this line. Oh, I mean, this is a good trim, but I, like, go to seven Forte. There was a little bit longer line of. It's really hard. I love my Lambs. I really do. Oh, no. I'm so sorry.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I have these horrible nightmares, like when a chicken gets its head cut off and the body still runs around, but in my dreams, it's little lambs running around without their heads.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, that's a good cup.

[Seth Meyers]

That's a good cup. That's good.

[Andy Samberg]

What's the last line?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Wait. Will you keep going? Keep going.

[Will Forte]

And then I wake up drenched in sweat. And then I have to go into work and command swat.

[Seth Meyers]

That's horrible.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's all right. Get a good price for them.

[Will Forte]

And I have the Mercedes. Now, it's a diesel, but it's still a Mercedes.

[Seth Meyers]

It's a diesel. You were saying you haven't watched it for a while. Will, do you remember liking how it played and how it turned out?

[Will Forte]

Yeah, no, I remembered liking it. I mean, certainly the shorter cut is gonna be the best. There might have been a couple things I wish were in there, but this, like, the main two things I wish I could go Back and see from SNL were somehow. Track down the longer cut of this and track down the longer cut of the potato chip scene.

[Seth Meyers]

Right.

[Will Forte]

You know, the dress rehearsal was, you know, maybe two or three minutes longer of that one. But that, of course, is live, right?

[Andy Samberg]

Oh, man. Yeah. I wouldn't mind seeing more potato chip also.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, it is. I think those things, you know, when you love something as much as you love, and I love those two sketches, you can both agree, like, yeah, that was the right version. And also. Yeah. What more do you have? Like, I've been watching this version for, like, 15 years. I'm like, I'd love to watch some other stuff.

[Andy Samberg]

I mean, Seth, that's why we have podcasts.

[Seth Meyers]

That's why we have podcasts. Andy, thank you. I'm glad you're the first one to come to that conclusion. I feel like that shows a lot of growth.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Because podcasts are great, and we all agree that it's a great medium.

[Seth Meyers]

You've been out there. Oh, you've been out there doing your little podcasts.

[Andy Samberg]

I've been pounding the pavement.

[Seth Meyers]

You've been pounding the pavement.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, I want to plant that Digman seed for people six months from now, assuming they don't have Comedy Central.

[Seth Meyers]

You guys were talking about. What was it just like? Oh, like Aukerman basically say that thing about Eminem and how that went viral. Like his blog post about Eminem. Eminem. Eminem. Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Eminem. He was getting all the akalades.

[Seth Meyers]

He was getting the akalades for being Emanon. Ooh.

[Andy Samberg]

Eminem got all the akalades.

[Will Forte]

I went to a high school that's Akalani's, so for some reason, that's always shaded the way I say Akola.

[Andy Samberg]

We know that.

[Will Forte]

High school area accolades. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

It's a shame Yoram's not here, because he loves saying, I do not do it for the Akolades, which I think is from Xavier Renegade. Angel, maybe. Or it's maybe just a jormism.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, man, that show so good, guys. It's really good. And like I said, I love watching it. And I think that this will be. I'm hoping this will sort of land in the 10 shorts that I wanted people to watch more at the time, that they will watch more now because of this podcast.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Will Forte]

Well, I know that we were very appreciative of you guys, you know, letting us do it. You know, that's your slot that you guys fricking earned. And to let us kind of take over for a little bit was an Honor.

[Andy Samberg]

And the first one was lettuce Brother.

[Will Forte]

No, first one was lettuce.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

And this is a classic, classic Forte Solomon two person scene where there's something weird.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, I do think whatever, that Kim's video list, it's definitely on there, if not criterion, but the Kim's video, it's really at the high level of that list. You know, I'm trying to think of other examples we've had. I don't know, I guess Tapper and Sure will have to remind us, but it's definitely way up there.

[Andy Samberg]

I actually will even say this for myself. I remember liking this at the table and then when I saw it, the edit of it being like, oh God, it's so good. Like it ended up better than I was even expecting. Just something about it really works.

[Seth Meyers]

Well, again, it has that benefit because it's a short instead of a sketch. Like the quietness of Forte really plays in singles.

[Andy Samberg]

Controlling the audio is a huge deal.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, and it plays though. I mean, people were laughing all the way through.

[Akiva Schaffer]

So we probably shot this Thursday, we think, and now it's Friday and I'm like, you guys are editing. I'm looking forward to this amazing time of just sitting in the edit with you guys and goofing around.

[Seth Meyers]

You know, you got a good one, you know, it's a good. You're very happy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's already happened. Everyone's relaxing. And then I forget what time Lauren said, oh, you have time to do another one. But let's say it was early in the day and we had all day to think of one and we didn't, we didn't have a good one. And at around 9 o', clock, maybe 9pm, I don't remember if this is the first time he said, you can do it or not. But I basically at 9pm was talking to Lauren and he went, well, the show's not on for another 26 hours. You're fine. Like get started.

[Will Forte]

Oh my God.

[Andy Samberg]

It was like a comedy scene where there's a long pause and we're like, like what?

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then I was like, but she's, you know, still blocking till like 9 or 10 or 11. Like by the time we figure this out and shoot, she'll be up all night. She has a live show. She's not. He's like, go, go ask her. And then I went into her and this worked most of the time with other actors. Like, I think I told the Ben Affleck story of like going in and being like, it's going to be a Lot of work. And he's like, yeah, I don't want to do that. And I was like, okay. And I left like, yes. And I remember so clearly going into her dressing room and her boyfriend at the time, Brian Austin Green, is there, and he's a lovely fella and he's super nice. And then I'm talking to her and I'm kind of laying out like, hey, it's 10 o'. Clock. We haven't written it yet. If we do it, that means it'll shoot at like, three or four in the morning. What do you think? And I'm trying not to. Like, I'm laying it on pretty thick, but not so much that I could get in trouble for tanking it. And she's just like, okay, yeah. And I'm like, you have the live show tomorrow, you know, and they'll get you in here around noon tonight. She's like, yeah, it's cool. I'm down. Like, that's how cool she was. And I was like, okay, great. All right, then. Like, oh, truly. I remember I had to go back to you, Andy, and be like, nope, we're still doing one. And was like, what? No, it's like 10:30pm and then. So I think, have you through some script? There was some script that has some semblance of the beginning of this thing.

[Andy Samberg]

No. Do you know what it is? It's our thing we kept trying to do at the movie Movie Awards. My Optimus prime thing that I've been trying to do forever and I still kind of want to do somehow.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We did write it in and I believe Shia was down and Michael Bay killed it. Is that true or is that too spicy a take?

[Andy Samberg]

No, that sounds right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

At the movie Awards, by the way.

[Seth Meyers]

Anybody who watches this short will be like, could call Michael Bay.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, no, the short actually isn't anything like the original idea.

[Seth Meyers]

What was the original idea for the movie awards?

[Andy Samberg]

The original idea that we tried at the movie awards and then wrote as a backstage thing was Megan. Or in the movie where it's Shia talking to Optimus Prime. There's a moment in the first Transformers where Optimus prime keeps talking about how if he should fall, that they need to push the Cube into his chest.

[Akiva Schaffer]

The Allspark.

[Andy Samberg]

The allspark into his chest to destroy Sam Witwicky. He's like, sam, if I should fall, push the Cube in my chest. And after the movie, I couldn't let it go. I was like, why did he phrase it that way? I'm sure he phrased it Other ways too. But at least once he says, push it into my chest. And it was. It just seemed so specific and kind of sexual to me. So then we kept doing this. I kept doing this bit where I was like, akiva, push things in my chest. Push this pencil in my chest.

[Seth Meyers]

Push it.

[Andy Samberg]

Wait, push it in halfway and then pull it back out. Now push this cucumber in my chest. And it was making us giggle because we're children.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then Optimus is impossibly serious. He's impossibly serious. So serious.

[Andy Samberg]

It's Optimus Prime. And so we wrote one where it was clearly me dressed up as Optimus Prime.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Take the allspark Cube and shove it in my chest. I'm looking at it.

[Andy Samberg]

Shove the allspark in my chest.

[Akiva Schaffer]

But, Andy, just for clarity, on the movie awards, it was just going to be. I remember it was just presenter patter. It was just for him to come out on stage, and then Optimus would be up on a screen.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, he's there to present an award or something.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Exactly.

[Andy Samberg]

So in our backstage one, it was me dressed as Optimus going, we're all in grave danger. Take the allspark Cube and shove it in my chest. It's the only way to save us. Shove it in my chest. And then she says she doesn't have the Allspark. Then what about that broom handle? Shove it. Shove that in my chest. She's like, no, shove it in. I don't see how that would help. Now, quickly, that bottle of malt liquor, grab it and shove it all the.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Way to my chest.

[Seth Meyers]

Was this line. Had this line been memorable enough to the rest of the viewing public that it would have played as well?

[Andy Samberg]

Clearly not at the table read.

[Seth Meyers]

Right.

[Andy Samberg]

I don't know. That's a hit us in the tit us kind of a situation. I don't know if people remembered that much.

[Seth Meyers]

All right, so what we end up with is like, this is the perfect example of you guys under the gun. Lauren won't take us far, but we.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Know we can only shoot in a hotel room or backstage at snl. Those are the two options.

[Andy Samberg]

So we went to the flat hotel.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. So they were like, just book us a room. We're like, let's not use any crew. So it might have been four people just to have lights on in some way.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We knew Bobby would be okay to come hang out for the night. Like, the people that are willing aren't gonna be giving you side eye for staying up until 6am on a show night.

[Seth Meyers]

Right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And then Brian Austin Green was gonna be there anyway because he was hanging out, and we were like, oh, you want to do something? He's like, sure. And we're like, great. And I guess we should watch it.

[Seth Meyers]

Bobby. Both down for anything and extra down for anything, where he gets to wear a mask of superhero.

[Andy Samberg]

Any kind of superhero action.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, like, anything that's, like, also a little Comic Con Y. Right up Bobby's alley.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Definitely. I have not seen this in a long time. So here we go.

[Andy Samberg]

Neither.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, wait. Whose office had the Optimus prime mask? That's the main thing that actually made the whole thing happen.

[Seth Meyers]

I had it, in my opinion.

[Akiva Schaffer]

I think it was yours. And I don't know why do you.

[Seth Meyers]

I think somebody. It was just a free Optimus prime mask, and they were pretty funny because if you talked, it modulated your voice.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And so that's also what was happening, Andy, is that we stole it from his office.

[Seth Meyers]

You guys did for the Optimus prime mask what. What Norm MacDonald did for Hulk hands.

[Andy Samberg]

I think that's generous.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And this is just like. It's not like we even have props. This is just the one from your office.

[Seth Meyers]

This is a free, like, probably promo. It was like, a toy at the time. A good Optimus prime mask that you'd wear, and if you talked, it would modulate your voice a little bit.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Bit. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Right out the gate. Walking in, it's clearly a hotel room. Nothing on the walls.

[Seth Meyers]

No, Just no pictures.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Clearly, your clothes. You've got an Oakland Athletics shirt on.

[Seth Meyers]

A little foreshadowing to bash brothers, right?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, that was back when they were in Oakland.

[F]

I'm really excited for movie night.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, me too.

[Will Forte]

I'm glad we're finally doing it.

[F]

I hope you don't mind. I asked my roommate if he wanted to watch with us. Is that okay?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, yeah, sure.

[F]

Okay, cool. Hi, Optimus.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Megan, I am pleased you have returned.

[Seth Meyers]

Who is your friend?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Just for people at home, it's Bobby in a bathrobe and, like, thin pajama kind of pants, no shirt. Clearly wearing an Optimus prime hat. I mean, the thing we just talked about.

[Seth Meyers]

Full mask. Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

A full helmet, essentially. Just pretty stiffly sitting on a couch.

[F]

Oh, Optimus, this is Andy. Andy, this is Optimus.

[Seth Meyers]

Hi. Hello, Andy.

[F]

I. I'm gonna put the groceries away.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Barely doing an impression of optimism.

[Seth Meyers]

Proceed on your journey to the kitchen.

[Andy Samberg]

So, dude, you need to get the out of here.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What?

[Will Forte]

You gotta go, bro.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You gotta get out of here, man. I'm sorry.

[F]

Hope juice is okay for everybody.

[Andy Samberg]

Cause I have the music comes back in on the juice coming in.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. You think it would start on him talking as Optimus again?

[Andy Samberg]

Also kind of weird that we chose, I guess because she's in Transformers the Cell, but Megan and I playing ourselves.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. Well, she had an. She clearly met Optimus on set and.

[Seth Meyers]

Was like, yeah, we definitely get there.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And was like, hey. He's like, I need a roommate. Well, I could come live with you. Oh, I love it. This guy. It's Optimus on set.

[Andy Samberg]

Okay.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Why did it come back in on the juice, though?

[F]

Hope juice is okay for everybody.

[Andy Samberg]

Megan, juice sounds like a wise choice.

[Akiva Schaffer]

For no one will be thirsty tonight. Thanks.

[F]

I'm so excited to see this movie.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Such a small cat. Megan, can I talk to you for a second?

[F]

Yeah. Let me get the popcorn first.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Megan, the fate of the plan. Dude, I will you up, man.

[Will Forte]

You need to bounce now.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Are you serious?

[F]

Popcorn.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, Megan, can I actually ask you something in the kitchen?

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What is the deal with your roommate?

[F]

What do you mean?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Optimus. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Does he wear the mask all the time?

[F]

He's Optimus Prime. We met on the Transformers set.

[Akiva Schaffer]

He's eating popcorn.

[F]

Andy, he's my roommate. Don't be jealous.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Okay, okay. Whoa. He's full robe open. Just blurred. Private. I didn't remember.

[Seth Meyers]

He's just lying. Lying very limply on the couch.

[Andy Samberg]

Cut. Damn. Eating popcorn fully clothed.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Just pick out. He transformed.

[Will Forte]

He transformed.

[Andy Samberg]

It happened again. You transformed?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, no.

[Seth Meyers]

How embarrassing. I transformed without even realizing it.

[Andy Samberg]

I guess I'll transform back.

[Seth Meyers]

Wait, what? What? What?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hands in the air.

[Will Forte]

This is a robbery. Bumblebee, what are you doing? Sorry, old friend. Now hand over your energon cubes.

[F]

Don't do it, Optimus.

[Akiva Schaffer]

She's in the movie. Step aside, Megan.

[Seth Meyers]

I'll take care of this.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Close. Fs transform. Just moving their bodies.

[Seth Meyers]

I like the physicality.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, wow. It credits sequence. Oh, it's a reveal that it was Brian Austin Green.

[Seth Meyers]

Nice reveal at the end that it's Brian Austin Green as Bumblebee.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Better than I remembered. Honestly, it's fine for a. For a scramble. I. I challenge you to do better.

[Seth Meyers]

You know, it's fine for a scramble. Again, in a very different way from Brock State. She's great playing a different energy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know what? She'd be good in a Naked Gun style movie.

[Seth Meyers]

For reals.

[Will Forte]

Definitely would.

[Seth Meyers]

For reals.

[Akiva Schaffer]

If only we knew someone that made that style of movie.

[Seth Meyers]

I know. It's bygone. It's a bygone style.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You can't make them anymore. You know why? Woke.

[Seth Meyers]

Woke. Too Woke. But again, I liked watching it. Second time I've watched it today. It is a weird, like, second one to have when you have Brock's date first.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, I think the. It wasn't until. I bet you had dress. It was reversed.

[Seth Meyers]

Ah.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Where did ours play? Oh, second to last. Yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, that's about right.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. It's also the. You just mean. Cause they're both kind of dates. But it is what happens when a male host or female host that is an object of hotness comes on the show where all of a sudden there's always a lot of, you know, date. Like when Jacob Lord. When he came on every.

[Seth Meyers]

The bar mitzvah boy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

No.

[Seth Meyers]

Okay. I thought I think of a different gender.

[Andy Samberg]

There's only one bar mitzvah boy in my world, and that's Vanessa Bear.

[Akiva Schaffer]

That is exactly. But, yeah, it's what always happens a little bit.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. And so our short was trash. So it was good to rehash that rockstate.

[Seth Meyers]

Good.

[Akiva Schaffer]

The fact that it had some good laughs in it was better than I thought.

[Andy Samberg]

I agree. It had a couple laughs. And it was a big old stinky pile of trash. I thought it was funny.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It is throwaway, Andy. I wouldn't call it trash.

[Andy Samberg]

We weren't able to try the proper amount. I think it's totally throwing.

[Will Forte]

No, it's insane.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It's written in an hour and then produced two hours later.

[Andy Samberg]

I tell you what, it's better than is. Whatever.

[Seth Meyers]

Fucking.

[Andy Samberg]

Don't say Franco and Allison come up with like, hey, here's a couple cameras and Megan Fox. Do whatever you can come up with, losers. Have fun getting 90% on rotten tomatoes with it. You fucking shit.

[Akiva Schaffer]

You know what? I'm going to reply to Dave's very kind email and ask him for a voice note about this.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, good.

[Andy Samberg]

You guys. Little peek behind the curtain. I love those guys.

[Seth Meyers]

Andy, will you sing me a real quick song before we wrap it up? It's sort of Seth's Corner, but it's for a sketch that ate so much shit, it didn't even go to dress.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Hey, Seth's Corner for a piece that pretty much ate so much shit that you should never talk about it, but here we go.

[Seth Meyers]

It's a Transformers restaurant. Transformers. Yeah.

[Andy Samberg]

I kind of want to hear Forte's take on it.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, the singing, the song.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Forte, you sing that song now.

[Will Forte]

Oh, man.

[Seth Meyers]

Forte, can you sing? Seth's Corner is like. You get it.

[Will Forte]

Set's Corner. Just what meets the eye not much more than what meets the eye. Just what what meets the eye. And less than. More than what meets the eye.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah.

[Will Forte]

Perfect lateral move. No, I liked it.

[Andy Samberg]

It got kind of jazzy bluesy at the end. I'm not gonna ask Solomon and Keith to do it because I know that they don't want to.

[Will Forte]

It won't be as good. John. At least try. John.

[Andy Samberg]

No, no.

[Will Forte]

Would not be as good. John. John.

[Seth Meyers]

John. John.

[Will Forte]

John.

[Seth Meyers]

John.

[Will Forte]

John.

[Seth Meyers]

John. John.

[Andy Samberg]

John. John.

[Seth Meyers]

John. Corner.

[Akiva Schaffer]

John.

[Andy Samberg]

Really good to be here.

[Seth Meyers]

Good.

[Will Forte]

Yeah, I guess that's Keem. Keith.

[Seth Meyers]

Keith.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Keith.

[Will Forte]

Keem.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Keem. Keem. Seth. Seth. He's so cool. Here's his corner. It's gonna rule.

[Andy Samberg]

Really good tip. See, we don't need yorm.

[Seth Meyers]

The diminishing returns, I think is moving towards the theme of this sketch. Cause I realized one of the problems with this sketch is it's a little bit Michael McDonald's. McDonald's without the incredible impression and songs of Justin Timberlake. But it is Transformers restaurant. The Transformers spelled with a U instead of an E for legal reasons. So obviously we're seeing the bump right away. But it's a bunch of kids at a restaurant and they hate the menu because all the food is just one thing. And then Megan Fox comes out and says, tired of food that doesn't turn into something else. Why not come down to Transformers? All the food here turns into different stuff.

[Will Forte]

Good.

[Seth Meyers]

So it's like a hamburger turns into a taco. But then it would just be that we would do a stop motion of just the hamburgers kind of folding into weird taco shapes. So it just ended up being like the worst versions of things.

[Andy Samberg]

I like that as a jumping off point. Seth.

[Seth Meyers]

It's not bad. If they had figured out the look, I think it would have worked. And I think there were probably too many. In the same way, Keev, that you were saying, we probably fell into the trap of date sketches. I Bet there were 50 to 60 transform things to the table.

[Andy Samberg]

Here's what I'll say, though. I think if it had been a pre tape commercial parody, you could have controlled it more and it would have worked.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, I think it would have worked. But I do like I'm going to read one section.

[Will Forte]

Andy's take on says Connor.

[Seth Meyers]

That's good. Well, there we go. Look at this. I mean, we missed Jorma, but it was really delicious having you two join us.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thank you.

[Will Forte]

Thank you for having us.

[Andy Samberg]

Now yhorm's not here.

[Will Forte]

Keev.

[Andy Samberg]

Should we do the thing we do every week which is asking everyone what they have on their Kindle.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, yeah, let's do gindle.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah. What's on your Gindle?

[Seth Meyers]

Do you know what Kindle is, guys?

[Will Forte]

It's a Kindle.

[Seth Meyers]

Yeah, it's the gist of your Kindle. So, like, we don't want to hear all about the books. We just want, you know, I'll kick things off.

[Andy Samberg]

Garfield. Choose the fat.

[Akiva Schaffer]

We don't really end with, like, a letterboxed thing. It's a. I guess you could say we're spoofing podcasts with that.

[Seth Meyers]

That's fun.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Like a hilarious spoof. Okay, so you. Yeah. Up next is Ryan Reynolds and threw it on the ground.

[Andy Samberg]

Ooh, a goodie. Plenty to talk about.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What do you think? What was Ryan Reynolds promoting in the fall of 2009?

[Andy Samberg]

Green Lantern.

[Seth Meyers]

I was gonna say maybe Green Lantern.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Could be. Could be the rom com. Just friends.

[Seth Meyers]

Could be. Could be.

[Andy Samberg]

Are you just spitballing or are you looking at the Internet?

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, I don't know the answer, and I'm not looking.

[Andy Samberg]

Well, look, that's next week. We don't have to worry about that.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Is next week.

[Andy Samberg]

Be free. Be easy of that.

[Seth Meyers]

Be free. I'm very excited to talk about that one.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Seth Meyers]

Guys, who am I looking at there?

[Andy Samberg]

Seth, who is that? Who are you?

[Will Forte]

Axel.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Someone got a summer haircut.

[Will Forte]

That's a bra cut. It's kind of a bra cut.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah. Someone got a buzzy.

[Seth Meyers]

Hey, Andy. I don't want to hear it. Yeah, Andy, I'm going to put you on the spot. I'm not wearing the headphones, so I won't hear it. Okay, Tell Axel what you think about Frisbee.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Tell it to a child, please.

[Andy Samberg]

The best dog. The best sweetie little dog, don't you think?

[Akiva Schaffer]

No.

[Andy Samberg]

You don't like Frisbee?

[Akiva Schaffer]

She's dying, so I don't.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, same here.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Same page, brother. Why burning hell fire. Frizz, this is getting too dark for me. I can't take it.

[Andy Samberg]

But you saw. Everyone saw. I was trying to be a good person, you know?

[Will Forte]

Yeah, you definitely were. I was proud of you, Andy.

[Andy Samberg]

Thank you, Will. It means a lot to me because I know you're a very moral and good guy.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Throw on the original Naked Gun theme song, you know, the jazzy Big Bang.

[Seth Meyers]

And see if it's Frisbee.

[Akiva Schaffer]

And see if it's.

[Andy Samberg]

See if it brings her back to burlesque. Will come fast.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, burlesque. See if she starts humping.

[Will Forte]

Is Frisbee really dying?

[Seth Meyers]

She's just really Old. She's not actively dying, but I would say that even a 7 year old who's not a vet is like last days.

[Andy Samberg]

Special thanks to our guests Will Forte and John Solomon.

[Seth Meyers]

Thanks, guys.

[Will Forte]

Thank you to the hosts. We love you guys and we miss you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, love you. I have a.

[Seth Meyers]

Love you guys. Love you guys.

[Will Forte]

Very excited for Naked Gun. Congrats.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Thank you. I have something to play and this came in while we were recording. Later, Quaid.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, that's good. That's a Liam Lederquaids.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Yeah, it's a Liam Laterquaid.

[Seth Meyers]

Oh, my God. So I think we have to go our new out, Arnold Liam. And then remember I said I'd get Love you Quaid's from the next guest I had on my show.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Oh, shit. Our Monday guest.

[Seth Meyers]

All right, you guys ready? You can tell me who you think it is once I play it. Love you, Quaid.

[Akiva Schaffer]

It almost sounded like Ephron or somebody in that world, but I don't know. Why would he be promoting Bradley Cooper, Sam?

[Seth Meyers]

And it's the Sandman.

[Akiva Schaffer]

What?

[Andy Samberg]

That's Sandler.

[Seth Meyers]

That's Sandler. And I also got Bad Bunny saying it in Spanish.

[Andy Samberg]

Hey, I'm a Quaid. I love you, Quaid. Oh, man. Doesn't get any better than that.

[Will Forte]

I have been watching Happy Gilmore 2. I've been watching it while I work out. So I got one more workout to watch the end, but God, I'm loving it.

[Seth Meyers]

It's so funny.

[Will Forte]

It's frickin good. It is so funny.

[Seth Meyers]

It's so funny.

[Andy Samberg]

By the way, Bad Bunny, really funny in it.

[Seth Meyers]

Really funny.

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, yeah. He's really funny on SNL too. Also. His album is so good.

[Seth Meyers]

I also love when an international superstar is like, I'm gonna play a low status person. I think that's the best.

[Andy Samberg]

I was late to his most recent album and it fucking goes, as they say. Really like it.

[Seth Meyers]

Say hi.

[Andy Samberg]

Hello.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Hi. Hi.

[Seth Meyers]

Ask her about Frisbee.

[Andy Samberg]

Do you like Frisbee?

[Akiva Schaffer]

No. No, no. You don't like Frisbee either?

[Andy Samberg]

Yeah, no one does. Okay, great talking to you.

[Akiva Schaffer]

She said no. She shook her head. Poor dog.

[Seth Meyers]

All right, all right. Love you guys. I feel like the fact that all my kids are coming out of the shower. Bye, dudes.

[Will Forte]

All right, love you guys.

[Akiva Schaffer]

All right. Later. Quaid's.

[Will Forte]

Love you, Quaid.

[Andy Samberg]

Love you guys.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Love you.

[Will Forte]

Bye.

[Andy Samberg]

Later, Arnold.

[Akiva Schaffer]

Later, Quaid.