I Broke My Arm

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1. Webby nomination best co-hosts

   0:02

   The show is nominated for a Webby in the best co-hosts category against shows like Sibling Rivalry and New Heights. Listeners were encouraged to vote through the linked page.

   We're nominated for a Webby Award. What's the category? It is best co-hosts.

2. Quado: four hosts on the pod

   2:52

   When all four hosts appear, listeners call it a Quado, spelled with a D. The hosts distinguish it from the Quaido, which refers to Jack Quaid.

   When all four of us are on the pod, it's called a quado, but spelled with a D, not a T.
   Quaidquado

3. I Want Stronts domain

   5:25

   The hosts bought the domain iwantstraunts.com for listing restaurants mentioned on the pod, and it currently redirects to Late Night.

   Andy, have you heard that we bought the domain name I want stronts?
   straunt

4. Quulp: gulping Quaids who watched Digman

   5:54

   A quulp is when Andy gulps a Quaid Army member who has watched Digman. It was pitched by the Quaid Army as a portmanteau.

   A quulp is when you have to gulp a member of the Quaid Army because they've watched Digman.
   qulpgulp

5. The hamburger hand pun

   17:02

   A listener suggested a feud between Jon Hamm and Andy Sandberg would be a hamburger, extending the hand-pun bit.

   What do you call a feud between a ham and a Sandberg? Obviously it's a hamburger.

6. Fans point here

   18:00

   3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 9 likes.

   I sent a bottle of sparkling apple juice to... Okay, so somebody else... Did you get it? We watched Dress and Air last week. Oh, I might have to listen to that ep. It gets pretty thin. It gets pretty thin when you're…

7. Reddit AMA idea

   19:57

   Jorma mentions a Reddit AMA he did, and the hosts float doing one together, noting they've done one before as alumni.

   I did a Reddit AMA and it was really fun and we should do one at some point

8. Indie Sleaze

   23:13

   Indie Sleaze is the term for the early-2000s indie music scene, including The Strokes, The Hives, LCD Soundsystem and bands from the Meet Me in the Bathroom book.

   That's what all the music we liked around this time is called now. Oh, is it really? Indie Sleaze?

9. Will Gluck's request for Emma

   23:48

   Easy A director Will Gluck texted Andy that Emma was coming on and asked for a big fun video showcasing her, which the team was excited to make.

   I remember Will Gluck, director of Easy A, who I knew a little bit, hitting me up

10. We're Back released April Fool's 2011

    25:12

    The Lonely Island's album We're Back came out on April Fool's Day 2011, about four to five months after this episode.

    We didn't put out We're Back till April Fool's Day of 2011.

11. Pitched the wheelchair beat

    25:51

    The crew says Bill pitched the wheelchair beat in the office, which they found funny enough to include, and they then shoehorned Andy into the short.

    And he's the one who pitched the wheelchair beat.

12. Chrysal on the VFX

    26:17

    The crew roped in Chrysal for visual effects to make Andy's cameo happen in the short.

    And we roped Chrysal into the VFX to make that happen.

13. Pointing to first base

    27:40

    Akiva likens his disappointment with Boogerman to a batter who points at the bleachers then lands a single, a recurring baseball metaphor.

    pointed at the bleachers, and then land on first base, it feels disappointing.

14. Boogerman quump check

    27:45

    The hosts check the Boogerman view count for a quump, which the Quaid Army is encouraged to push.

    Did we get a nice clump on Boogerman? How'd it go?
    qumpbump the qump

15. Every year there's a girl who breaks her arm

    31:06

    The short opens on a premise that a girl breaks her arm every year in high school, a nod to the John Hughes-style trope the hosts point out.

    Every single year, there's a girl who breaks her arm. And this year, I'm that girl.

16. Emma's cast mirrors Akiva's daughter

    31:49

    Akiva says his daughter broke her wrist and got a full cast like Emma's, and was into it.

    One of my daughters broke her wrist once and had a full cast like that, just like Emma's

17. Shot in the old NBC commissary

    32:25

    The high school cafeteria set is the old NBC commissary, previously used for many earlier shoots, now dressed as a school.

    Because we're in the cafeteria that's no longer there.

18. Fans point here

    33:16

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment.

    Oh, I fell in the jelly. She's selling it. There's Abby and Paul. We did do a precursor shot of the foot by the jelly before the slip. Yeah, to show how close it was getting.

19. Grape Jelly rap verse

    35:11

    The grape jelly character raps a verse about the slip, the alimony, and his snacks, which the hosts say has many Lonely Island-isms.

    So his rap just starts with a sentence about the premise and then just goes into a bit of his personal life.

20. Grape Jelly guest verse

    36:00

    The hosts say Grape Jelly sent in an old verse that did not match the song, which fits the joke that he never listened to the track.

    I think this is an old verse. He had an old verse that he just tried to pawn off on us.

21. Fans point here

    37:15

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    Yeah. Are you saying that because every single one of them looks like a teacher when you say quote-unquote? Yeah, I would say so. A lot of the cast that's in this, though, they could be playing high school like in a…

22. Fans point here

    39:15

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 1 likes.

    We don't need those thinking badges, dude. Oh, that's good. Now, here's my question to you, Andy. That's very good. No, but they do, though, Andy. Yeah, no, but they do for real. They do for real. I have a hardcore…

23. Jimmy McMillan, the rent is too damn high party

    41:32

    Jimmy McMillan was a real New York politician who founded the 'Rent Is Too Damn High' party. Keenan Thompson's Weekend Update impression of him, written by Colin Jost, is one of the hosts' favorite bits.

    Jimmy McMillan, local New York politician, started the R.E.M.P. is too damn high party.

24. Jimmy McMillan bit described as one of favorites

    41:51

    Seth Meyers calls the Jimmy McMillan Weekend Update segment one of his favorite things in the show's history, and presents it in full.

    Kenan is Jimmy McMillan, written by Colin Jost, is one of my favorite things in the history of the show.

25. Googie Renee's discount Halloween shop

    47:52

    Googie Renee is a recurring SNL character, a proprietor of a discount Halloween costume warehouse, here written by James Anderson. The sketch plays as a clip the hosts react to.

    A Googie Renee was like just discount clothing written by the great James Anderson.

26. Seth's birthing pose during Googie Renee

    50:40

    During the Googie Renee clip, Andy notices Seth fell backward into a birthing pose.

    Andy: Seth just fell backwards into a birthing pose.

27. It's not rocket problems

    54:19

    A Googie Renee-era SNL t-shirt featured the character's face and the line 'It's not rocket problems,' riffing on the sketch's catchphrase.

    There was an SNL t-shirt year where it was just a cartoon of Googie Renee's face and the famous line, it's not rocket problems.

28. This is about savings

    54:32

    The Googie Renee bit repeats 'This is about savings,' a line the hosts echo when recalling the sketch.

    This is about savings. This is about savings.

29. Griff Banks cut twice before

    54:55

    Griff Banks, the Sensitive Bully was cut from SNL, and this was the second time they tried and it was cut again. The hosts discuss whether it should have aired.

    this is the second time we tried and it got to dress again and did not air again.

30. Chippendale high school location

    55:31

    The high school location seen in the sketch is the same one used in Chipmunks-adjacent Rescue Rangers, where Akiva's kids sat on the lawn.

    This is the high school in the beginning of Rescue Rangers when the Chippendale are little.

31. Fans point here

    55:44

    3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 2 likes.

    It could be. I don't feel like they shot Billy Madison in L.A. Look it up. Hit us in the tinnitus. It's been in tons of stuff, including used as stock footage before this famous cut sketch. Hit us in Keeve's tinnitus…

32. Griff Banks script opening dead air

    59:41

    The script for Griff Banks calls for ten seconds of dead air while extras clear, a choice the hosts later regret.

    Then it says, 10 seconds dead air while extras clear.

33. I hate nerds

    1:03:58

    A bully's classic traits, as the sketch lists them: bad home life, low self-esteem, and hating nerds.

    You've got all the classic bully traits. Bad home life, low self-esteem. I hate nerds.

34. My dad's always wailing on me

    1:04:49

    A line from Griff Banks that the hosts continue to quote in everyday life, which Seth says he uses with his kids.

    My dad's always wailing on me. I say that a lot to my kids.

35. Audience reaction to the dog sex line

    1:05:25

    The audience found the line about letting a dog have sex with the character sad rather than funny, which the hosts attribute to a too-real performance.

    People were not finding that funny. They found it quite sad.

36. Second Chance Theater introduction

    1:06:18

    Second Chance Theater is the Late Night segment where cut SNL sketches are given a second chance. This Griff Banks performance was staged there.

    Hello, and welcome to Second Chance Theater, where sketches that were once cut from Saturday Night Live are given, well, a second chance.
    Second Chance Theater

37. Gaping snorf first appears on Second Chance

    1:09:30

    The phrase 'gaping snorf' is introduced in the Second Chance Theater version, where it became a catchphrase, and a cut to Lorne doing it is joked about.

    I'm just a gaping snorf. Cut to Seth. Bewildered Seth. A gaping snorf.
    gaping snorf

38. Second Chance version a delight

    1:10:07

    The hosts say the Second Chance version works because the performers are not anxious, and the sketch's joy comes through.

    There's nothing at stake. The win is that it's in Second Chance Theater.

39. Quado in Spelling Bee

    1:11:02

    The hosts reference Spelling Bee wins as a bit, with Andy noting the Quaids don't know his result. The Quado is the full four-host episode.

    Great to have the Quado together. Yeah, we got the Quado.

    Goes back to quado, Ep. 7, 11:36, Andy: If there was a late reveal that it was actually a quaddo, no one would have been surprised.

    quado

40. Later Quaids sign-off

    1:12:43

    The show's sign-off, 'Later, Quaids,' is the standard parting words of the podcast.

    Later, Arnold. Later, Quades.
    later, Quaids