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Episodes › Ep. 120 2026-07-14 · 1:07:43

Pee-wee and Andy's Night Out

In Episode 120, Andy, Akiva and Jorma riff on indie films, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Moana, Brooklyn Nine-Nine fan names and CeeLo Green's 'Fuck You' while Seth is absent for much of the discussion. They then turn to Pee-wee Herman's influence on them and the origin of Paul Reubens' involvement in the short, told through a voice note from publicist Carrie Bialik, with Gail Daughtry's 'Quaid Army' shout-outs along the way. Akiva, Jorma and Andy, who leaves early, revisit the 2011 SNL Digital Short 'Pee-wee and Andy's Night Out,' recalling meeting Pee-wee Herman and his Broadway show and the friendship with Paul Reubens shared through his personalized video messages. Mike O'Brien's voice note reports on the Maverick party and a Tom Cruise lookalike, and the hosts riff on Two and a Half Men and Charlie Sheen. The episode closes with listener mail, Canada trivia and the usual sign-off, 'Later, Quaids'.

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Shorts discussed: Pee-wee and Andy's Night Out, Pee-wee and Andy's Night Out

Guests: Mike O'Brien (Sends a voice note reporting on the Maverick party and the…), Josh Meyers (Seth's brother; worked with Paul Reubens on his Broadway…)

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Pop-ups (47 · 6 fan picks from YouTube comments)

  1. Fans point here

    11:45

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 2 likes.

    Well, we could just talk about what we've been up to. I mean, I was in Washington for Trump's thing. Wait, for which one? For the UFC fight? UFC fight, and then I just hang around outside the White House just hoping…
  2. Fans point here

    12:57

    3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 1 likes.

    Yeah. Fuck you. From when CeeLo was doing the rounds for, for forget you. Maybe it'll help if I tell you this is January 15th, 2011. Now continue. That's not a hint, by the way. It's right after CeeLo had that horoscope.
  3. Fans point here

    16:46

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 4 likes.

    Actually, I was just having it outside the Washington Monument, which hopefully will be the Trump Monument soon. And by having it, you mean you were fucking a chicken sandwich. Well, I would say if I was having it.… — Jorma
  4. Duck Poo, a CeeLo parody

    17:41

    A parody of CeeLo Green's Fuck You called Duck Poo prompts a comparison to Weird Al's parody craft.

    Somebody made a parody of Fuck You, and you'll never guess what it is. Duck poo.
  5. Fans point here

    17:55

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 4 likes.

    It does really put into perspective yet again how good Weird Al is at it and how bad it could be, you know? Yeah. Seth's 10 out. Should we just sit in silence for 10? I would be more okay with duck poo if it was like a… — Andy
  6. Moana Hollywood Bowl screening

    18:07

    Akiva mentions shout-outs to Quaid Army members he met at a Moana screening, one of several Quaid Army call-outs in this half.

    I got a lot of really nice Quaid armies there. So shout out to the Quaid army
  7. Pee-wee's Big Adventure memories open the short

    19:18

    The hosts trade childhood memories of seeing Pee-wee's Big Adventure, including Large Marge frightening them. The short is introduced as an episode about Pee-wee and Andy's Night Out, Season 36.

    Tell me about your memories of seeing Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
  8. Large Marge scared a generation

    19:28

    The hosts recall how the Large Marge sequence in Pee-wee's Big Adventure traumatized them as kids, comparing its melting-face scare to the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

    I remember the large Marge thing freaking me out so hard.
  9. Fans point here

    22:31

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 4 likes.

    Bubbles is a chimpanzee, okay, and I have Ben, who's my little rat, okay, and as you guys know, okay, you know so well, okay, Jorma and Andy and Akiva, okay, you know that he's a tickler, Okay, so when you're around…
  10. Jorm's Michael Jackson Bubbles impression

    23:23

    A fan-submitted impression has Michael Jackson checking in on his pets Bubbles and Ben, a callback to earlier Michael Jackson bits on the show.

    Okay, Lonely Island, I love all your music so much. Really funny stuff.
  11. How Paul Reubens's short was pitched

    29:12

    Former publicist Carrie Bialik's voice note explains that Paul Reubens, promoting his HBO series and Broadway show, told the team he was game for anything, and the tequila dance idea came from there.

    Hi. Okay, so I just spoke to Kowachi. We pitched it to you because he wanted to be in a short
  12. Paul Reubens was up for anything

    29:48

    Carrie recalls Reubens was eager to be crazy and punch Anderson Cooper, shaping the short's direction.

    he was psyched to just like, be crazy and punch Anderson Cooper and all of it.
  13. Hosts' shared Pee-wee childhood memories

    30:41

    Akiva points out that Pee-wee, Weird Al, and Tony Hawk were the three things they loved as kids, and that meeting all of them is not lost on them.

    the things that I was into, there's nothing more than those. And the fact that we've gotten to know all of them
  14. Broadway show green room hangout

    31:28

    Andy recalls the green room after the Pee-wee Broadway show, where comedy legends like Eric Idle and Judy Tenuta were mingling after the performance.

    there's like all just everywhere you looked were people that you were like, holy shit, these are all my favorite comedy people.
  15. Pee-wee sketch origin pitch

    32:26

    The team recalls the fastest version of the idea was a fantasy camp-style meeting with Pee-wee, which they then built out into the sketch.

    what if I had like my fantasy camp version of meeting Peewee?
  16. Pterodactyl spelled with a P

    32:46

    Jorma recalls being thrilled that the script spelled Pterodactyl with a P, a detail that stood out when the team compared scripts.

    when you spelled Pterodactyl with a P, P-T, which I was just very pumped
  17. Mike O'Brien's possible writing role

    32:58

    The hosts are unsure whether Mike O'Brien contributed to the Pee-wee script, joking that memories are unreliable.

    50-50, Mike O'Brien helped. There's no way to know at this point.
  18. Fans point here

    37:10

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 4 likes.

    It's a terrible place to try to stand up. You should keep screaming, can you not? To the falls. I'm very excited. I don't even want to tell Andy who's opening for me because he's so sensitive about it. Well, it's…
  19. Spelling Bee and 'Quibi clean' bragging

    38:03

    Andy and Seth trade results from the New York Times games, with Andy declaring he got Queen Bee clean and calling the competition 'a competition in me.'

    I got that Quibi clean and it felt so good.

    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.

  20. Andy as Daniel Plainview of the NYT games

    39:03

    Andy jokes he is the Daniel Plainview of the New York Times Games app, playing up his competitive streak.

    I'm kind of like the Daniel Plainview of the New York Times Games app.
  21. Jorma's Pee-wee impression

    40:19

    Jorma does an impression of Pee-wee Herman, which the hosts use to transition back to the Pee-wee topic.

    What was that an impression of? That was Pee-wee.
  22. Pee-wee's Coors Banquet joke

    42:07

    The hosts joke about bar beers during the sketch's opening bit, referencing the Coors Banquet on tap.

    It's a Coors Banquet beer on tap.
  23. Filming with Anderson Cooper in the cold

    44:09

    The team shot the Anderson Cooper cameo late at night, hiding in a heated van between takes to escape the brutal cold.

    we were hiding in a van with the heat just blasting at full blast, shivering in like 10 jackets.
  24. Andy avoiding earmuffs

    44:43

    Andy explains he refused earmuffs because he didn't want to look like his character from 'Just Had Sex.'

    I can't wear earmuffs. Everyone will think I'm my character from Just Had Sex.
  25. Intervention prank with Pee-wee

    45:07

    In the sketch's ending, Pee-wee hits Anderson Cooper with a chair during an intervention prank, a moment the hosts recall with fondness.

    Prank! So the prank was that Pee Wee hits him with a chair.
  26. NYC cops have no partners in sketches

    46:11

    A joke about sketch cops playing alone; Andy mentions this was the original lyric in a song.

    New York City cops, they don't have partners in sketches.
  27. Breathalyzer flamethrower

    46:20

    Andy blows out a flame that lights the breathalyzer on fire, a physical gag the hosts praise.

    blew like a flamethrower out of his mouth and lit the breathalyzer on fire
  28. Pee-wee's shots and closing joke

    47:44

    The sketch ends with shots and a Pee-wee line the hosts consider a good last joke.

    Let's celebrate by doing some shots! Shots! Shots!
  29. Andy's hard-out from the Zoom

    48:24

    Andy leaves the Zoom but keeps it running on an empty room, a move the hosts praise as a perfect hard-out.

    That's such a good hard-out, to just walk away from the Zoom, but keep it running on an empty room.
  30. Jorma on sharing a room with Cherry and Conky

    48:51

    Jorma says being in the same room with the Pee-wee characters was thrilling, since Josh got to do it all the time.

    Honestly, just just being in the same room with fucking Cherry and Conky.
  31. Pee-wee on Broadway

    49:12

    The hosts recall the Pee-wee Herman Broadway show as a cold theater experience, since Paul Reubens' makeup required cold conditions.

    The coldest I've ever felt in a theater.
  32. Josh Meyers remembers Paul Reubens

    50:30

    Seth's brother Josh, who was in the Pee-wee Broadway show, sends a voice note about his friendship with Paul Reubens.

    So my brother did this Broadway show with Paul Rubens and got to be very dear friends with Paul.
  33. Paul Reubens' personalized cameos

    51:16

    Josh recalls Paul Reubens taking his cameos seriously, carving out whole days to film them.

    Paul Reubens didn't half-ass anything.
  34. Paul's heartfelt birthday video

    52:02

    Josh describes a birthday video from Paul Reubens that felt sincere, saying the things you want to say while you still can.

    it was one of those things of saying to someone all the things that you want to say while you still can.
  35. Jorma's personalized Paul video

    53:26

    Jorma says he also received one of Paul Reubens' video messages, which he calls a pride and joy.

    I will also say that I also got one of those video messages. And it's truly my pride and joy.
  36. Mr. Rogers comparison

    53:44

    Jorma compares Paul Reubens to Mr. Rogers, saying he cared about people in a rare way.

    It felt like when you heard about Mr. Rogers writing back to like every fan
  37. Akiva's birthday texts from Paul

    54:14

    Akiva says Paul still sent goofy birthday texts every year, even though they only met a few times.

    And he still would text all the birthday goof-off texts on my birthday.
  38. Pee-wee and Weird Al as influences

    55:11

    Seth notes Pee-wee and Weird Al share a similar place on the timeline of influence for people like them.

    I find a lot of similarities between Pee Wee and Weird Al
  39. Weird Al visited Jorma in hospital

    55:42

    Jorma recalls Weird Al visiting him in the hospital, one of the kind gestures from people in their childhood idols category.

    Weird Al came and visited me when i was in a hospital bed
  40. Cahoolian craftsmanship shout-out

    56:19

    A listener shout-out to Chun's opening praises the 'Cahoolian craftsmanship' of the work.

    Everybody wanted to shout out the Cahoolian craftsmanship to Chun's opening last week.
  41. Keeve gatekeeps clothing stores

    56:42

    Akiva jokes he gatekeeps high-end Los Angeles clothing stores, not strontes, to avoid having people dress exactly like him.

    I don't want everyone to look exactly like me.
  42. Popstar screening moderator Daniel

    57:28

    Seth praises Daniel, the moderator of last week's Popstar screening, and mentions the Jonas Brothers podcast.

    Everybody thought he did a great job with the pop star screening.
  43. Rankings of the hosts

    58:09

    A listener assigns roles to the hosts: Akiva the king of the pod, Jorma the ace in the hole, Seth the jack of all trades, Andy the queen of the B.

    Keeve is the king of the pod. Yorm is the ace in the hole.
  44. Akon performs 'Just Had Sex' on tour

    58:18

    A listener reports Akon performed 'Just Had Sex' when opening for T-Pain at Red Rocks, and the hosts wonder if T-Pain then did 'I'm on a Boat.'

    Somebody wrote that Akon performed Just Had Sex when he opened for T-Pain at Red Rocks.
  45. Lonely Island on Deltron 3030

    58:43

    Jorma confirms the Lonely Island appeared on the second Deltron album, recalling how Dan the Automator reached out after they met at Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim premiere.

    Is it true that Lonely Island appeared on the second Deltron album? It is true.
  46. Paul Barman's Deltron verse

    59:50

    The hosts mention MC Paul Barman's verse on the first Deltron album, which they found hard to top.

    Paul Barman I think did like a thing on their first album that we were like oh fuck there's no way we're topping this
  47. Quamplings nickname

    59:59

    Listeners nickname Seth's kids the Quamplings, a term the hosts find delightful.

    I love it when you call me Paul Barman a lot of love for the Quamplings
  48. Mike O'Brien's Maverick party voice note

    1:01:05

    Mike O'Brien reports on the Maverick party, which included a Tom Cruise lookalike who asked about Goose.

    hey, where's Goose?
  49. Tom Cruise lookalike and Two and a Half Men

    1:01:43

    The Tom Cruise lookalike asked Mike O'Brien what he thought of Two and a Half Men, saying the writing was fantastic.

    what do you think of Two and a Half Men? Because I thought the writing was just fantastic.
  50. Charlie Sheen and Platoon spinoff

    1:02:56

    The hosts riff that Charlie Sheen was in talks with Oliver Stone about a third Platoon film, which Tom Cruise then took, leading to a bit about Two and a Half Men as a way to make it up to Charlie.

    Charlie Sheen famously always had been in talks with Oliver Stone about Born on the Fourth
  51. America 250 jokes

    1:05:27

    Seth jokes about America 250, and the hosts riff on Canada's age, which Akiva looks up as 159 years old.

    Shout out America. 250 years.
  52. Kokanee beer

    1:07:20

    The hosts try to recall the Canadian beer they drank, which Akiva identifies as Kokanee, a Pilsner-style lager.

    It's a Pilsner-style lager.
  53. Later, Quaids sign-off

    1:07:26

    The hosts close the episode with their traditional 'Later, Quaids' sign-off, adding celebrity names as a running gag.

    Later, Quades. Later, Ghostface. Later, Quades.
People and sketches mentioned (32)

Paul Reubens Josh Meyers Colin Hanks Lin-Manuel Miranda Anderson Cooper Carrie Bialik Pee-wee Herman Weird Al Tony Hawk Paul Reubens Mike O'Brien Anderson Cooper Judd Apatow Conan O'Brien David Arquette Charlie Sheen Tom Cruise Dan the Automator Paul Barman Lin-Manuel Miranda Eric Idle Judy Tenuta

Pee-wee's Big Adventure Pee-wee's Playhouse Brooklyn Nine-Nine Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass Moana Happy Gilmore The Goonies Pee-wee and Andy's Night Out Just Had Sex Two and a Half Men

Source: whisperx-v2+speakers transcript, read by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 on 2026-10-21; audio timestamps mapped to the YouTube cut by word alignment. Timestamps shown are YouTube time. Report a bad pop-up.