Listener Q&A Episode 14

Pop-ups (19 · 6 fan picks from YouTube comments · 1 clip to watch whole)

1. Lin-Manuel's rebuttal on the Moana curse

   14:34

   Lin-Manuel Miranda, a fellow Quaid, sent a voice note clearing up the 'curse' the hosts had flagged. He says it is a scansion thing: 'the tide always falls, falling and rising.' He also recants his earlier verdict on Ras Trent.

   It's actually my fault. It's a scansion thing. She is saying it's like the tide always falls. Falling and rising.
   Quaidqump

2. Fans point here

   15:28

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 87 likes.

   I feel like he's been carrying that burden since he made that. All right. So here is the demo that he sent over. This is how you remind me of who I really am. This is how you remind... — Seth

3. Unreleased I Am Moana demo

   17:19

   The hosts play an early demo of 'I Am Moana' that Lin-Manuel sent in. They compare it to how the group iterates on ideas before finalizing, like the Dice Just Had Sex songs.

   This was just an early stage, an early iteration of I Am Moana.

4. Fans point here

   17:23

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 5 likes.

   This was just an early stage, an early iteration of I Am Moana. I would like Moana so much, or any musical, just having somebody say their name. I By the way, the Jack Sparrow thing, the boys got invited to a birthday… — Akiva

5. Yorm's Chick-fil-A and the Trump Monument

   19:08

   A callback to a previous episode in which Jorma joked about a Chick-fil-A near the Washington Monument. Andy's 'fucking a chicken sandwich' line is quoted back.

   Yorm saying that he's going to have a Chick-fil-A outside the Washington Monument

6. Rihanna in Battleship

   21:13

   Seth recalls asking Rihanna at a bar whether she was 'the girl from Battleship', which got a funny reaction. The hosts find it hilarious that she was in the film.

   It is so fucking funny that Rihanna was in Battleship.

7. Michael voicemail mystery

   21:56

   A caller named Michael left a warm voicemail, and the hosts wonder whether it is Michael Jackson and what era the voice is from. The 1991 date and Berkeley detail come up later.

   We all know that was Michael Jackson. But when is that Michael Jackson from?

8. Raiders of the Lost Ark pitch

   23:45

   Seth recounts showing his boys the first 15 minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark. They then wanted to move on to Pirates.

   I said to my boys, because it was just the three of us, I was like, will you guys let me show you the first 15 minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark?

9. Fans point here

   24:00

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 27 likes.

   It's the best first 15 minutes of any movie ever. And as soon as it ended, they were like, okay, Pirates. Wait, so I recently rewatched The Curse of the Black Pearl, the first one. Because I was like, I bet you the… — Seth

10. Fans point here

    24:40

    3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 5 likes.

    I like pirates three times more every time the scene is during the day. When it gets dark or stormy, it's so dark. And it might just be that my eyes are busted now. I might need to calibrate your TV next time I'm in… — Seth

11. Dead Man's Chest cliffhanger

    27:28

    Akiva says the second Pirates movie ends without a proper ending because it was shot alongside the third. The hosts compare it to a TV episode.

    you don't realize you're in a movie that's not going to have an ending, because they shot it at the same time as they shot the third

12. The part-one ending fury

    28:44

    Seth and Akiva compare the anger of a theater audience at the end of a two-part film to the feeling after the first Lord of the Rings. It is a running gripe about epic two-parters.

    I watched the whole movie like hell yeah hell yeah and then it got to the end

13. Fans point here

    31:24

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 15 likes.

    And then when people start getting murdered, I was like, they're not going to like this. Most boys are sword forward. Somebody wrote in, my YouTube algorithm recently served me an SNL sketch from Anne Golden Era called… — Akiva

14. Fly High Duluth, a listener-suggested Golden Era sketch

    31:41

    A listener's YouTube recommendation brought up Fly High Duluth, an Anne Golden Era sketch. The hosts recall it as a fake local TV theme song that breaks into a spooky, talky Doors-style section.

    I believe Eric Henward, Hen Sketch, Scarlett hosted.
    an golden era

15. Watch the whole thing

    Fly High Duluth - SNL

    31:59

    The hosts play this one from 31:59 (29 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from Saturday Night Live on YouTube.

    Watch the whole thing (7:08) Saturday Night Live on YouTube

16. Josh Church's Pee-wee spelling voice note

    34:02

    Josh Church, a producer on the Pee-wee movie, sent a voice note about spelling Pee-wee correctly. The hosts had written Peewee in the episode title, and the correction has been noted.

    The correct spelling of Pee-wee when it's related to Pee-wee Herman is capital P-E-E dash lowercase W-E-E.

17. Jorma's Tetsujin origin story

    36:16

    Jorma recounts a junior-year-abroad story in which a friend named Hiroshi, drinking a rusted beer in Amsterdam, gave the group the Japanese word for Iron Man, Tetsujin.

    And then we just called him Tetsujin for the rest of the time. So that was Iron Man.

18. Fans point here

    38:38

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 19 likes.

    On Sunday, only when Seth is done going to see the World Cup final. I mean, I can definitely see how I should shape my entire life and family life around that. And then I pop on this old podcast app and listen to this…

19. Spider-Man's hyphen

    39:33

    Seth and Akiva discuss the Spider-Man hyphen, which co-creator Stan Lee reportedly added to keep the hero distinct from DC's Superman.

    Spider-Man has a hyphen because co-creator Stanley specifically added it to prevent readers from confusing him with DC's Superman.

20. Title sequences and cast reveals

    46:29

    Jeff asks whether opening credits give away the cast. Jorma explains that credit sequences signal that the movie is starting, and that legal rules on credit size often shape the decision.

    so yes, I thought about that. It's matching the original, so I did want to do that.

21. Akiva on credit placement and contracts

    50:31

    Akiva describes how credits are placed and resized, including contracts requiring names no smaller than 75 percent of the title. Main-on-ends credits run in reverse order.

    if you do main on ends, that's what it's called. That means main credits at the end of the movie instead of the beginning.

22. Becky's jizz-in-sweatpants story

    52:00

    A listener recalls a high school incident in which a boy's sweatpants gave him away during a make-out session, and he was teased for months. The hosts react with amusement.

    he did jizz in his pants and it came straight through his sweatpants

23. Harper's birthday request for Tyler

    53:46

    A 14-year-old listener, Harper, asks the hosts to send her dad Tyler a birthday message. Tyler has introduced her to the podcast and Lonely Island music.

    his birthday is coming up on the 20th. And it would mean the world to him if you gave him a little happy birthday message

24. Lin-Manuel Miranda's demo songs

    55:51

    The hosts praise Lin-Manuel Miranda's demo recordings, which make the songs sound attainable. The episode references his demo of I Am Moana.

    I love listening to Demo Lin doing the early versions of those songs.

25. Andy's Spelling Bee rivalry

    56:32

    Andy sends a voice note bragging about his Spelling Bee results, one hint on one day and clean Queen Bee wins on others, and jabs at Jorma.

    I got, let's see, one hint the day you guys recorded, then clean quibby the next two days, and then today, one hint.

    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.

    cleanquibiQueen Bee

26. Michael Jackson impression voice note

    58:37

    Jorma's brother sends a Michael Jackson impression. The hosts debate whether the clip should air, and it is played.

    It's Michael. So, wow, what's happening in the world? Well, the World Cup.