The Creep

Pop-ups (18 · 6 fan picks from YouTube comments · 1 clip to watch whole)

1. Fans point here

   2:27

   5 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 62 likes.

   It's a respected door. No one here treats it like a saloon door that you can just push open. Guns blazing. A respected door. Oh, my God. It's a respected door.

2. Fans point here

   8:53

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 12 likes.

   They described at length what it took to make them, and someone said, it seems like the steps to make the North Carolina IDs is exactly how many steps Ray Harryhausen took to make Jason and the Argonauts. Wow. Joke… — Seth

3. The Creep: Lonely Island track discussion begins

   18:11

   The hosts begin discussing The Creep, a 2011 SNL Digital Short (Season 36, Episode 13). The track's beat was credited to producer Chops and felt spooky and kooky to the group.

   All right, we're talking about the creep, you guys.
   Quaid

4. Jorm Thorn: Jorma's grievance segment

   20:31

   A Jorm Thorn is Jorma Taccone's airing of grievances; here the hosts expect him to voice a complaint about his cut verse, which he later does.

   then again, he'll Jorm thorn us.
   Jorm Thorns

5. Fans point here

   23:20

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 77 likes.

   Yeah. Yeah. Basically. Paraphrasing, but yeah. And then Nicki Minaj is the other huge thing. Yeah, that was the other element. So she had done the verse on the Kanye song Monster. Yeah. And this is before both of them…

6. Nicki Minaj's verse on Monster

   23:24

   Nicki Minaj's verse on Kanye West's Monster was widely regarded as a breakout moment, and the Lonely Island had her on The Creep right after. The hosts describe her as largely unknown to SNL staff at the time.

   So she had done the verse on the Kanye song Monster.

7. Nicki Minaj goes from unknown to musical guest

   25:16

   The guys say Nicki Minaj was little-known to the SNL cast in September 2010 and was the musical guest by January 2011, a rapid rise that made the Creep booking possible.

   Not a single person knew who she was in the beginning of this year.

8. SNL money pays for the Creep video

   27:38

   Because Nicki Minaj was the musical guest that week, SNL money funded a more expensive video, which Akiva says was used for one of the few such productions.

   we used SNL money to do a more expensive video.

9. Fans point here

   29:08

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 109 likes.

   I'm just looking at lighting. Me too. I'm like, are there butts in this? What great lighting. Yeah. Yeah. So wait, you think the lighting is great, but you don't even notice what's being lit. Well, there's other things…

10. Watch the whole thing

    The Creep (feat. Nicki Minaj & John Waters)

    29:57

    The hosts play this one in 8 parts from 29:57 (156 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from thelonelyisland on YouTube.

    Watch the whole thing (2:44) thelonelyisland on YouTube

11. John Waters appears in the video

    31:13

    Director John Waters appears in The Creep via a green-screen clip shot in San Francisco. The look of the video was inspired by his style, and the team reached out for his blessing.

    We were talking about how our looks in the video were so overtly John Waters inspired.

12. Seth's night nurse rider joke

    32:32

    A running joke about the night nurse's odd requests and Akiva's newborn.

    Hers was all weird sex stuff, like dildos and things.

13. Green-screen John Waters clip produced remotely

    33:10

    A crew shot John Waters at his home or hotel with a green screen; the team dropped the footage into a TV in the video.

    They set up a green screen, got a close-up, and he just said the line for us

14. John Waters' schedule shared in the email

    35:51

    Andy reads from an email showing John Waters' January 2011 itinerary, which included stops in San Francisco, Baltimore and Tampa.

    He was in SF till Sunday, then Baltimore from the 24th to the 26th

15. Fans point here

    36:11

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    Okay, my memory of tracking down John Waters is that we had to actually do this outside of SNL. And I think that we did it through a crew from Caviar. Caviar is a company that represents me for commercial directing.

16. The creep with Andy, not Nikki

    40:06

    The hosts reference a version of The Creep that featured Andy without Nicki Minaj, playing it as a comparison.

    I found a creep with Andy, not Nikki.

17. Jorm's lost verse

    44:09

    Jorma's verse was cut from The Creep, which made the song too long. He later sent voice notes arguing he was involved, and the hosts jokingly call his complaints a Jorm Thorn.

    I also love for you guys to remember that Akiva keeps saying that I wasn't there
    Jorm Thorns

18. Wilhelm scream and the Sondheim scream

    44:53

    A stock scream in The Creep is compared to the Wilhelm scream, a famous sound effect used in many films.

    It sounds like a canned sound effect scream.

19. Creep: Vincent Price impression

    49:58

    Andy performs a Vincent Price impression from the demo; the hosts note Bill Hader famously did Vincent Price on SNL.

    You're doing kind of a spooky Vincent Price-y kind of a guy.

20. Fans point here

    53:42

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 9 likes.

    I'm going to give you one guess who's in Lil Nikki, and it has to do with this pod, this episode of this pod. John Waters. Jonathan Rhys-Davies. That's it. Ah. I said John. Yeah, you got it, too. Does that kind of… — Akiva

21. Spelling Bee discussion

    54:21

    The hosts compare Spelling Bee results and list words they missed, a recurring part of the show.

    This is a rough one for you today.
    cleanQueen Beequibi

22. Hamilton Whiteman updates on his health

    55:53

    A friend of the pod, Hamilton Whiteman, is updated by listeners after an incident involving a slug.

    Hamilton Whiteman, friend of the pod, has been updating us on his health situation.

23. Joe Fagliano and the Times Mini

    57:22

    Joe Fagliano, a constructor for the NYT Mini crossword, is quoted in the ad saying he has made roughly 3,000 minis.

    which is like 3,000 minis.
    quibi

24. Fuck you Andy in the NYT ad

    57:36

    The NYT ad seems to include a joke about Andy, though the hosts agree the line isn't in the ad itself.

    And then he says, I'll go find it.

25. Later Quaids sign-off

    58:36

    The show signs off with 'Later, Quaids,' the official parting phrase.

    Au revoir, Quades.
    later, Quaids