Andy Walking

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1. Andy Walking will not make the Criterion Collection

   1:41

   Criterion is the highest ranking for a Digital Short, a hypothetical Criterion Collection of shorts. The hosts agree this one falls short.

   The digital short that ended your first season... will not make the criterion collection of digital shorts.
   Criterion

2. Andy Walking parodies Jay Leno's jaywalking segment

   2:05

   The title is a play on Jaywalking, a street segment Jay Leno ran on his show. The hosts note the tone of such segments has shifted since 2006.

   It is a play on jaywalking, a segment that Jay Leno did on his show.

3. Street segments asking Mike Pence questions

   2:44

   Akiva references Kimmel-style street segments where people struggle with questions like who Mike Pence is, similar to the Andy Walking premise.

   asking people who Mike Pence was and they couldn't answer it

4. Tennessee Titans schedule release video

   4:08

   Seth praises a Tennessee Titans social video where Nashville locals guessed NFL team logos, a lovingly made take on this kind of street bit.

   the Tennessee Titans social media team, the way they released their schedule

5. Seth's head-writer ideas over a walk with Lorne

   9:43

   During a Vancouver walk with Lorne Michaels, Seth pitched his plans for the next season as head writer. Lorne's reply hinted that many head writers had made the same pitch.

   do you know how many head writers have told me, this is how I'm going to fix the show?

6. The Falconer's dictionary origin

   12:21

   Slovan and Alan, who wrote the original Falconer sketches with Will Forte, were on the show before the Lonely Island. Seth says they reportedly opened a dictionary, picked a word, and wrote a sketch about it.

   Slovan and Ellen decided to open a dictionary, pick a word, and write a sketch about whatever it was.
   The Falconer

7. Falconer time-travel finale with all 16 cast members

   14:16

   The late Falconer episode, a time-travel story, was so involved that the entire cast put on the Falconer wig, beard, and shirt for it.

   The cast all had the Falconer wig, beard, and shirt on.
   The Falconer

8. Fans point here

   15:03

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 23 likes.

   I will only tell you that the skies of New York are yellow with the smoke of burnt Canadian timber. Oh, well, that could be any time. Luckily, that will be happening in the future, too. Let's just say there's enough… — Seth

9. Fans point here

   16:51

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 148 likes.

   That's the only kind to do that's worth doing. Support comes from Airbnb. As we've talked about, I just got back from St. Lucie watching the Mets.

10. Fans point here

    19:30

    3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 148 likes.

    The show's about to go through some changes. This is a big summer. Yeah. I don't think we add anybody, but the cast thins out and it kind of becomes the lean cast that, for my money, I think we know where I stand on… — Seth

11. Andy and Kevin Backstage plays as a Usual Suspects parody

    20:04

    The sketch is a Usual Suspects parody that keeps the audience guessing. Seth notes its live setup clashes with a pre-taped second half.

    It's a very clever take on Usual Suspects that the audience does not see coming

12. Pretending the sketch was live

    20:45

    The hosts say the sketch was meant to feel live like 80s SNL. Seth says the shift to pre-tape is noticeable anyway.

    there was a desire for it to seem like it really was happening live.

13. Coffee-cup drop, the Usual Suspects callback

    23:13

    The cup dropping was a nod to the Usual Suspects reveal. Andy says the audience recognized it immediately, which was a relief.

    The cup dropping, everyone knew the moment, which was a huge relief, obviously.

14. Seth's Anderson Cooper 360 sketch

    26:57

    Seth's Anderson Cooper 360 parody was one of the last sketches of its run. Seth ends the segment by saying it is the final version of the piece.

    this, I know for a fact, is the final Anderson Cooper 360

15. Fans point here

    28:01

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

    The funny thing is it's about sending U.S. troops to the border, to the Mexican border. So time is a flat circle. This is 2006. Yeah. It's very similar stuff. Kenan is a National Guardsman who's super psyched to be… — Seth

16. Daryl Hammond's Schwarzenegger

    28:14

    Daryl Hammond's Arnold Schwarzenegger impression, with his trademark all this and all that, is singled out as a highlight. Seth wrote it for him.

    I really enjoyed writing Daryl Hammond as Arnold Schwarzenegger.

17. Daryl Hammond's charisma

    29:25

    Seth explains that Daryl Hammond took on each subject's charisma, not just the voice, which made his Clinton fun and his Schwarzenegger equally funny.

    he didn't just do the voice, he would like take on their charisma

18. Cut Vincent Price sketch

    31:06

    The hosts recall a Vincent Price sketch that never aired. Bill Hader's later Vincent Price work became a hit, and this cut version was an earlier attempt.

    There was a Vincent Price that didn't go to air.

19. Apple Bottom Jeans at a kids' dance

    33:07

    Seth recalls hearing Apple Bottom Jeans at a dance and feeling old. The hosts riff on how the music of their youth now sounds dated.

    the DJ was playing Apple Bottom Jeans.

20. Akiva's frozen-in-time SNL censorship point

    36:45

    Akiva explains the hosts weren't trying to be dirty or scary without warning on SNL, something he would now avoid when watching with kids.

    we really didn't care about being really dirty or really scary with no warning

21. The Awesomes packs of cards

    39:21

    Seth's Awesomes show had Comic-Con card packs with only eight characters. His son Ash found the cards and joked the show was selfish.

    one of my friends said the fact that your dad has a show called The Awesomes and he's in it is very selfish.

22. Season one ends; Hot Rod teased

    41:11

    Seth wraps season one and teases the next episode on Hot Rod, plus a possible bonus episode on Noodles in the Pot.

    We're going to talk about the film Hot Rod.