Turtleneck & Chain Part 3

Pop-ups (13 · 6 fan picks from YouTube comments · 2 clips to watch whole)

1. Quaidorum: the four-host quorum

   0:13

   A 'quorum' with all four hosts present is a 'quaidorum', from Quaid, the listener name. The hosts treat it as a fresh term tied to the Quaid community.

   Quaidorum. All four of us were here. A quaidorum.
   Quaid

2. Fans point here

   11:35

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 19 likes.

   And the point is that we haven't even thought about what Seth's is my point. Well, Seth's always pissed off. It really is kind of one. I'm a guy who's just, I'm in a good mood most of the time. Oh, right. I ran into… — Akiva

3. Watch the whole thing

   Disney Channel Acting School - SNL

   16:39

   The hosts play this one from 16:39 (6 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from Saturday Night Live on YouTube.

   Watch the whole thing (2:51) Saturday Night Live on YouTube

4. Kenan's scooter entrance

   17:06

   A visual gag from the Disney Channel Acting School sketch, where Kenan enters on a scooter yelling about a funeral.

   The Funeral's Monday!

5. Kenan's King-Maker Sushi Glory Hole judges

   17:50

   Two of the three Sushi Glory Hole judges later played Mary Todd and the hosts joke about their own role as king-makers for the judges.

   you covered a lot of years there with those three judges.

6. Fans point here

   19:43

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 6 likes.

   I can't remember. No, it's, I mean, it makes sense. I don't want to be spoiling it for people who haven't seen episode two. I just remember being like, oh, God! I don't even care. I mean, it makes sense. It makes sense…

7. Akiva's Bar Mitzvah exit

   21:26

   Akiva describes his mother giving him the choice to continue Hebrew school, which led him to drop out.

   It's in one year and you have to want this for yourself at this point.

8. Fans point here

   23:08

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

   Meg wrote in, I just learned that Andy was apparently on a whole season of some show called Cuckoo, but we've literally never heard him talk about it. What's the story there? First of all, I talk about it often because… — Seth

9. Willard Junior High turtleneck days

   28:21

   The song grew out of the hosts' sixth-through-eighth-grade years at Willard Junior High in Berkeley, where they all wore turtlenecks and thin chains. Photos of the look reportedly still exist.

   It's really just based off of our junior high experience at Willard Junior High.

10. The Snoop Dogg bullet-point email

    30:57

    In February 2011, Akiva sent Snoop's people a bullet-point breakdown of song ideas, including turtlenecks, thin chains, and light beer. The team wanted the email to be clear rather than cool.

    This is the breakdown of what we were giving him as bullet pointy kind of like ideas of where to start from.

11. Snoop's chain comparisons

    33:35

    The email offered comparisons for how thin the chain was, including Twiggy, Screech, and Urkel, a typical bullet-point style for the lyric brainstorm.

    Here are some things your chain is as thin as. Hit us with it, Keith. Twiggy.

12. Watch the whole thing

    Turtleneck & Chain (Album Version)

    36:41

    The hosts play this one in 8 parts from 36:41 (162 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

13. Akiva performs the hook

    37:11

    The hook is a chant of 'Turtleneck and chain,' delivered as the group's signature repetition. Pitch-shifted vocals were a popular hip-hop device at the time.

    Turtleneck and chain Turtleneck and chain Turtleneck and chain Sipping on a light beer

14. Verify production trick

    41:48

    Pro Tools' Verify function gave the vocals a slowed, stop-button feel. The hosts describe using it deliberately on Turtleneck & Chain.

    There's a thing in Pro Tools called Verify that we always just love fucking with because it sounded fucking great.

15. Snoop's Corona commercials

    48:58

    Snoop Dogg later starred in Corona beer commercials, which the hosts say they love. Neil Brennan directed the first ones.

    he starred in some really clutch Corona beer commercials.

16. TGT photo with Snoop

    49:46

    The team dressed as the R&B group TGT for a photo with Snoop, referencing the Popstar movie's white tuxedo look, which made Snoop laugh hard.

    we were mimicking TGT, which is Tank, Genuine, and Tyrese's band.

17. Fans point here

    51:33

    3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 57 likes.

    I can't wait to see what the quades let loose on your arm. Oh, what's what? All types of hellfire. Somebody get to Genuine's house and take this off his podcast playlist. Okay. Calling him genuine. Genuine? I don't…

18. Fans point here

    54:00

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 13 likes.

    Well, we already talked about Shy Ronnie, too, because we did the SNL. Yeah. Trouble on Dookie Island's going to be a two-parter. Yeah. It could be. We've got to play a bunch of references on it so we get flagged by so… — Andy

19. Squeaky clean Spelling Bee

    54:45

    Andy describes solving the NYT Spelling Bee without hints, a 'squeaky clean' achievement that brings real pride.

    Squeaky clean. It's the best feeling in the world.
    squeaky cleanquibi

20. Fans point here

    54:47

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 5 likes.

    In your fucking face, Seth. Squeaky clean. It's the best feeling in the world. Yeah. Yeah, today was a bear, man. Yeah, could be with three hints. But I did get it, which I was surprised by, actually.

21. The Quaid sign-off

    56:32

    The show closes with 'Later, Quaids,' the official parting words that greet the listeners.

    Later, Quades. Later, O'Brien.
    later, Quaids