I Just Had Sex (Part 1)

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1. Fans point here

   0:00

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 44 likes.

   I'm the guy with technical issues today. Well, I'm still going to start talking. In this light, with his facial hair, Jorm kind of looks like... A handsome guy.

2. Fans point here

   3:18

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 20 likes.

   Well, we can bleep it. Oh, my God. And the meal was delicious. And right around the end of the meal, you could hear the city starting to, like, shake as it was becoming clear the Knicks were closing in. And, I mean,…

3. Listener comments on Stumblin'

   10:34

   Listeners wrote in about the lyric timing in Stumblin', and the hosts clarified that the slow motion is in the video.

   Many people during the Stumblin' episode admitted they also thought the lyric was walking in slow motion.

4. Stumblin' co-writers

   14:46

   Mike O'Brien was a co-writer on Stumblin', along with Andy and Solomon.

   A lot of late night writing sessions with me, Andy and Solomon in Andy's office

5. The O'Brien erasure

   15:18

   Andy forgot about Mike O'Brien's voice note for two months, and the hosts joke about 'O'Brien erasure.'

   Well played. O'Brien erasure. I'm sorry, dude.

6. Mike O'Brien party tease

   16:02

   Mike O'Brien's party was discussed as an upcoming event, with a suggestion that he could come on the podcast to talk about it.

   I feel like getting Mike on a whole episode to talk about how well his Maverick party went would be great.

7. Winter Soldier crossword clue

   16:15

   A New York Times crossword clue about Maverick's rival was a 'winter soldier' activation, meaning the hosts were hit by the clue.

   So we must have all committed murders last week because we get winter soldiered.
   winter soldierwinter soldier activation word

8. Pre-quaming

   17:58

   A Quaid joked that watching the shorts before listening was 'pre-quaming,' a playful term for getting ahead of the podcast.

   I realize I've been pre-quamming.

9. Fans point here

   22:00

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 3 likes.

   Lauren from Chicago said her husband and her recently visited NYC. They had downloaded the first two seasons of Digman for the plane. They're fans of the pod. And they were like laughing and joking about like, oh my… — Seth

10. Quaid's West Village righteous kill

    22:36

    A couple visiting from Chicago met Andy at a restaurant and quietly quaid-army'd him, earning a righteous kill in return.

    they did quietly quaid army while you were leaving
    Quaid Armyrighteous kill

11. Alf's dad bleep bit

    23:51

    The hosts riff on the Alf character with heavy bleeping, a running joke about edited language.

    Oh, yeah, and Jorm's phone number is ******. No, I also thought that it's not Alf's dad.

12. Fans point here

    24:54

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 44 likes.

    When you get greeted on Melmac, they're like, we do things a little different around here. For our theory about that he fucked an aardvark and then brought home Alf, then Seth is right. So maybe Seth was just still on… — Andy

13. The origin of 'I Just Had Sex'

    25:06

    The hosts introduce the song as the first album track that started as a short and was later added to the album. It was a Turtle Neck & Chain track and became a hugely popular single.

    So this is the first one besides What Was That? that then became not for the album after we did it

14. Streaming beats the boat

    25:51

    The song, Akiva notes, has far outperformed 'I'm on a Boat' on streaming platforms. It's become the group's most popular song by streams.

    But because it's streaming, it's by far the most popular song we have.
    I'm on a Boat

15. Wake-up writing session

    26:56

    Akiva recalls waking up to find Andy and Jorma had already written the first chorus and some verses. The hosts joke that the pregnant wife detail makes her Jorma's MacGruber.

    I woke up and these guys had done a first chorus

16. Weed-fueled brainstorm sessions

    27:33

    During writer's block, Andy and Jorma smoked weed and brainstormed ideas, jotting down candidate lines on a shared desktop document. 'I Just Had Sex' came from one of those sessions.

    a few nights me and Jorm decided that we were going to be like throwback musician types and smoke weed

17. Chris Miller and Phil Lord

    28:30

    Chris Miller and Phil Lord are longtime friends and writer-directors of 21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Spider-Verse, and co-directed the Brooklyn Nine-Nine pilot.

    Chris Miller and Phil Lord are our friends, first and foremost, but also wonderful writer-directors

18. Chris Miller spots the phrase

    29:11

    Chris Miller and Phil Lord visited the group near Encino and saw the phrase on a yellow legal pad, which led them to push for it as the next song.

    there was a yellow legal notepad that had a bunch of song titles

19. Akon's self-introduction

    32:47

    The hosts liked the idea of Akon singing his own name in the song's preamble, a tradition they had also hoped for with T-Pain and DJ Khaled.

    he would always sing his own name right in the beginning, the preamble of the song

20. Akon's joyful presence

    33:11

    The hosts recall Akon being joyful on set, though he was less thrilled about the colder scenes.

    he's so joyful the whole time. And that was how he was in real life.

21. Christmas episodes: Lazy Sunday, Dick in a Box, I Just Had Sex

    35:38

    The group frames I Just Had Sex as a Christmas-season Digital Short alongside Lazy Sunday and Dick in a Box, all of which aired around the holidays.

    We've done Lazy Sunday. We've done Dick in a Box. And we did I Just Had Sex. Those are good Christmas shows.

22. Writing down dumb ideas

    35:44

    Seth praises the habit of recording even silly ideas, which Andy did with an emailed note-to-self that preserved early lyric drafts.

    For any young person who is a writer, I cannot tell you the value of what Andy did there.

23. Stumblin' idea credited to Mike O'Brien

    36:19

    Seth jokes that Andy came up with the Stumblin' idea without collaborator Mike O'Brien, a running joke about uncredited collaborators.

    I probably should. I have this weird confidence, Seth, where I believe I just did it all on my own.

24. Eminem and Lil Wayne as musical guests

    36:47

    The episode aired with Akon as the musical guest, though the hosts initially recalled a rundown featuring Eminem and Lil Wayne together.

    Eminem and Lil Wayne together.

25. Akon's gracious response to the collaboration

    37:27

    Akon and the group reacted with mock humility and respect, a moment the hosts use to contrast with other guests' reactions.

    One detail here is not in the transcript.

    At good nights, they were like, we're not worthy. And they started doing the Wayne's World bow to you.

26. The Encino demo of I Just Had Sex

    39:00

    A demo recorded in Encino shows an earlier version of the song, complete with the 'let me put my fetus in' line that was later revised.

    This is the demo from Encino of I Just Had Sex.

27. Three Shreks line

    40:47

    An early demo lyric about being greener than three Shreks, a topical pop-rap reference the hosts later discuss as a dropped line.

    You'd be greener than three Shreks. Fuck, Shrek has stayed in the world.

28. Turtleneck and Chain callback

    43:06

    The song references the title of its parent album Turtleneck & Chain within the lyrics, a callback the hosts find notable.

    I'm impressed that we had made a song called Turtle Neck and Chain and then immediately referenced it.

29. Watch the whole thing

    I Just Had Sex (feat. Akon)

    44:13

    The hosts play this one in 3 parts from 44:13 (42 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from thelonelyisland on YouTube.

    Watch the whole thing (2:55) thelonelyisland on YouTube

30. Fans point here

    48:06

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

    And it's a reminder of sometimes being a little bit less clever in the lyrics is probably some positive for... Also, just when you're talking about this subject matter, you have to believe that they are innocents.… — Seth

31. Akon's contribution moved the song

    48:46

    When the Akon-recorded version arrived, the group recognized it as a turning point, as Akon's voice made the song feel real.

    But the moment this started, it was like, oh my God, wait. Did what I think just happened happen?

32. Shooting in record cold

    53:35

    The video was shot on a rooftop in unseasonably cold December weather, with earmuffs and frozen smiles, making it one of the coldest shoots the group had ever done.

    this is the coldest I've been in my life ever. Without a doubt.

33. Coldest day in New York

    55:10

    The hosts confirm via a quick search that December 2010 was unseasonably cold, with a record low of 19 degrees on the day they filmed.

    The absolute lowest recorded temperature in New York city that month was 19 degrees on December 14th.

34. Fans point here

    56:20

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 10 likes.

    Helicopter crane. Helicopter crane. All right. So rooftop performance on a waterfront rooftop going real, you know, dick in a box. Singing to the world. Helicopter shots. Steady on the roof. Possibly add fireworks to…

35. Armageddon shots

    59:20

    Armageddon shots are the group's name for cutaways of people around the world watching the performance on video screens, a cheap but effective technique reused later.

    We called them Armageddon shots.

36. Downtown Records studio

    1:00:13

    The group recorded at Downtown Records in Soho, a studio also used for scenes in Jack Sparrow and for recording Nicki Minaj and Kendrick Lamar.

    we would go to Downtown Records, which was in Soho, and they had a really nice studio

37. Blake Lively recruited directly

    1:03:32

    Blake Lively was asked to join the video directly, having come straight off the Gossip Girl set while already in hair and makeup.

    She came to us off the set of Gossip Girl. So she was even already in hair and makeup.

38. Alba joins the video

    1:04:03

    Alba, not previously met, was enthusiastic about being in the video and joked she would rather be with the show's writer.

    And I remember Alba being like, juiced that she was like, wait, I'm not with Andy?

39. Brian Tucker's praise

    1:05:51

    Brian Tucker's rare, enthusiastic reaction to early edit footage is a benchmark for when the group has hit its peak.

    A compliment from a deeply cynical person is more meaningful.

40. Spelling Bee: Queen Bee streak

    1:07:56

    Andy reports a streak of Queen Bee wins without hints, a benchmark in the NYT Spelling Bee the group discusses.

    I quibbied clean six days in a row.
    quibicleanQueen Bee

41. Shuffle and the pangram challenge

    1:08:54

    A listener challenge asks Andy to reach Queen Bee by finding all pangrams first and without shuffle; Andy says he always starts with a pangram and ends up using shuffle.

    Achieve the level of Queen Bee by getting all the pangrams first.

    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.

    Queen Beeclean

42. Later, Quaids

    1:10:44

    The episode's signature sign-off, Later Quaids, is delivered here in a sequence of impressions including an Arnold Schwarzenegger voice.

    Later, Quades. Later, Ghostface. Later, Jack. Later, Quades.
    later, Quaids