Episode 112

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1. Bad hang and the fan dictionary

   16:19

   The fan-made Lonely Island and Seth Meyers dictionary defines 'bad hang' as Amy Poehler sabotaging another podcast with a weak contribution. The hosts treat it as a shared reference.

   When Amy Puller host of the podcast Good Hang attempts to sabotage another podcast with a lackluster contribution.
   bad hang

2. Ba Jason as a fan-dictionary correction

   16:45

   The dictionary's entry for 'bait adjacent' was corrected by a fan. The hosts joke about the spelling of 'ba'jacent'.

   You wrote bad Jason for abbreviation of bait adjacent.
   ba’jacent

3. Breakfast defector in the dictionary

   17:04

   Breakfast defector, from Samberg's 2015 Taco Bell ad reference, appears in the fan dictionary alongside BBs.

   I love that Breakfast Effector is on here. BBs.

   Goes back to breakfast defector, Ep. 62, 52:14, Andy: I have gone on long, long stretches of time where I like to talk about being a breakfast defector.

   breakfast defectorBBs

4. The crum bum qump and quump

   17:18

   The hosts reference the 'crum bum qump' and 'qump' terminology, a playful term for a lackluster qump or Quaid bump.

   But we did say crumb bump, clump bump, but he understood that that would be the clump bump involves the bump.
   qumpcrum bum qump

5. Watch the whole thing

   Tenacious D - Saturday Night Live

   20:38

   The hosts play this one from 20:38 (24 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from Saturday Night Live on YouTube.

   Watch the whole thing (2:25) Saturday Night Live on YouTube

6. Quaid comment: 'swing and a miss'

   24:39

   A listener comment mocking the 50-50 poll result jokes that 'What was that' was a swing and a miss.

   what was that was a swing and a miss. Daiquiri Girl was a miss and a swing.

7. Quaid poll and Daiquiri Girl

   24:44

   A fan poll of the 'Daiquiri Girl vs What Was That' question came out 50-50 among about 8,400 voters, a Quaid-driven joke.

   Daiquiri Girl was a miss and a swing.
   Quaid

8. Keeve's groan catchphrase

   25:07

   Listeners note timestamps of Keeve's groans and deflated 'long good' moments, which he says is becoming his catchphrase.

   Keeve had a really good groan.

9. Seth explains NBC upfronts

   29:32

   Upfronts are advertiser presentations in New York where network talent pitch shows to buyers. Seth has closed the NBC event with a satirical bit for years.

   All the advertisers come to New York City.

10. Jon Hamm voice note

    37:50

    Jon Hamm sends a voice note recalling the Rihanna episode and calls the audition sketch his favorite he's ever done on SNL.

    Other than the fact that you guys did the audition sketch, which is and remains my favorite sketch I've ever done on SNL.

11. Audition sketch with Wiig and Sudeikis

    37:57

    Hamm recalls the audition sketch with Kristen Wiig and Jason Sudeikis as top-notch comedy, praising its song and costuming.

    Wig and Sudeikis, top of their powers. And it was tremendous.

12. Golden era callback

    38:24

    Hamm calls the period 'the goldenest of golden eras,' a phrase tied to the dictionary entry for an golden era.

    The goldenest of golden eras.

    Goes back to an golden era, Ep. 7, 31:52, Seth: And this is a very exciting time where it's early in our, you guys know, I call it a golden era.

    an golden era

13. Kristen Wiig's voice note

    41:27

    Seth plays a voice note from Kristen Wiig, who reflects on her SNL years and says she is in the Quaid Army. It's the emotional center of this half.

    I'm in the Quaid Army, guys. I'm in it. And I love you.
    Quaid Army

14. Righteous kill response to Quaid Army

    41:30

    Wiig's note ends with the required response to 'Quaid Army,' 'Righteous kill,' a reference to the Quaid greeting coined by Akiva Schaffer.

    Oh, my God. Righteous kill. Righteous kill.

    Goes back to righteous kill, Ep. 52, 38:17: Oh, Righteous Kill. Have we ever talked about Righteous Kill as a saying?

    righteous killQuaid Army

15. Fans point here

    42:46

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment.

    Please. I just, when I went to college, I remember going to UCLA and being so disappointed about the dorm experience and being like, I thought it was going to be like magical fucking, like what you think of when you…

16. Jorma's SNL college experience

    43:10

    Jorma says SNL felt like the college experience he wanted, with shared dorm-like rooms and couch hijinks.

    going to SNL was like the college experience that I wanted to have.

17. Win Ben Stein's money guy dictionary entry

    46:31

    Akiva reads a dictionary entry dating to Samberg's episode 54. Samberg joins and explains the bit.

    win Ben Stein's money guy. Ben Stein is the definition of that.

18. Andy arrives late, sick

    47:33

    Andy explains he was shooting back-to-back movies and canceled a morning obligation after feeling ill, then fell back asleep and missed the start.

    i'm sick as a dog and i canceled it after my alarm went off

19. Episode defers Party at Mr. Bernard's

    49:02

    The hosts explain they skipped discussing Party at Mr. Bernard's, agreeing it should be a full-group discussion, and instead talked about Upfronts.

    we didn't go into Party of Mr. Bernards because we agreed that that was for all of us together.

20. Pitbull at the Fox Upfront

    49:23

    Seth and Andy riff on a Pitbull performance at the Fox Upfront, describing the corporate gig and jokes about foreign leaders.

    i wonder how much they gave him

21. Street gulp 7-Eleven partnership

    50:25

    Seth jokes about a possible 7-Eleven tie-in for Andy's Big Gulp Sandberg, and the caveats for approaching him with kids.

    Big gulp Sandberg.

    Goes back to gulp, Ep. 104, 43:10: Now Andy has to gulp. That should have been the whole thing.

    street gulpgulp

22. Recap episode structure

    51:18

    Akiva describes the episode as a recap of past topics, with Andy arriving late to recap what he missed.

    have Andy come in late so we can recap this episode that we just did

23. Queen Bee and quibbed in your pants

    52:19

    A listener suggestion about Queen Bee gets a wry twist: 'quibbed in your pants.' Quibi is the spelling-bee shorthand for Queen Bee.

    Somebody said you could say if you queen bead, you quizzed in your pants.

    Goes back to Queen Bee, Ep. 8, 18:30, Seth: By the way, I also got, he didn't tell me to check my phone, but he also got Queen Bee on the spelling bee, which he texted me right before this started.

    quibiQueen Bee

24. Mole-eyed cherry definition

    54:30

    Akiva defines mole-eyed cherry, a play on eagle-eared cherry and Eagle-Eye Cherry, first coined on episode 77.

    A play on eagle-eared cherry, and in turn, Swedish musician eagle-eyed cherry.
    mole-eyed cherryeagle-eared cherry

25. Maya Rudolph's O'Mary

    55:32

    Andy praises Maya Rudolph's O'Mary performance, which he saw in previews, comparing it to a theatrical national anthem sketch.

    it almost felt like a full theatrical story length performance of the national anthem sketch.

26. Cole's writing process for O'Mary

    57:36

    Seth recounts Cole saying he wrote O'Mary without researching Mary Todd Lincoln, a detail the hosts find funny.

    I wanted to write this show without doing any research about Mary Todd Lincoln

27. Will Forte becomes friends with everybody

    59:31

    Akiva and Andy recall Will Forte's kindness and how he brought co-stars like Mel Rodriguez into later projects.

    Forte becomes friends with everybody. For years and years and years.

28. Phone contacts quiz

    1:00:09

    The hosts compare how many contacts they have in their phones, with Seth and Andy reporting around 1,500 and Akiva around 3,300.

    I have 1,475. Okay. I have 1,615, Andy

29. Prince of Thieves extended cut details

    1:02:11

    Akiva explains the extra 12 minutes of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, including a witch in the castle basement.

    I watch Robin Hood, Men and Thieves extended version to catch the extra 12.

30. Super Thug deep-cut ranking

    1:04:33

    Seth and the hosts rank Noriega's Super Thug on a deep-cut scale, comparing it to 99 Problems as a one, with Super Thug around a three or four.

    Super Thug is like a two. Yeah. Oh, my God.

31. Widow's Bay recommendation

    1:07:24

    Seth recommends the Apple TV horror comedy Widow's Bay, created by Katie Dippold and starring Matthew Rhys and Steven Root.

    It's that Matthew Rhys Apple TV show, Katie Dippold, show running creator.

32. Dad's Corner recommendations

    1:10:47

    Akiva describes the closing recommendation segment, similar to Polar Plunge, where hosts share old black-and-white films, Westerns, prison movies, or car-racing films.

    This is just our recommendations at the end of it always

33. Fans point here

    1:11:04

    3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 1 likes.

    Or like car racing, like Ford versus Ferrari. It's called Dad's Corner, I think. Oh. Yeah. There's got to be a more catchy like polar plunge, like dad, dad. Well, speaking of dad shit, I got to go race my son in a…

34. Lorne sign-off callback

    1:11:22

    Andy closes with a call-back to Lorne Michaels in the sign-off as the hosts say goodbye.

    I love you, Lorne. Love you, Lorne. Love you, Lorne.

35. Andy's Spelling Bee voice note

    1:14:15

    Andy records a voice note update on his Spelling Bee progress, including a Queen Bee run and a Knicks shout-out.

    Yesterday, I used one hint. It was for aortal.
    Queen Beeclean

36. Andy's clean Queen Bee

    1:15:59

    Andy reports getting Queen Bee clean multiple times, which annoys Seth.

    I did get it clean multiple times this week, much to Seth's chagrin.
    cleanQueen Bee