Snuff Box: F**k You

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1. Dog walker Seth returns

   2:49

   Seth takes the 'Dave the dog walker' role from the show notes and pushes the dog metaphor further, comparing the hosts to yippy dogs on leashes.

   I would say I'm like an overworked dog walker.
   Dave

2. Fans point here

   2:49

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 6 likes.

   I was going to say we're like three little yippy dogs next to you, and you're like a Jack Reacher dog, you know, next to us. I would say I'm more, I would say I'm like an overworked dog walker. That's right. Trying to… — Akiva

3. Dookie count and 127 hours

   3:44

   A listener yelled 127 for the total Dookie count, which the hosts link to the James Franco film 127 Hours, a movie with no comedy.

   Isn't that 127 Hours? Isn't that James Franco comedy?

4. Fans point here

   4:22

   3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 29 likes.

   Can I tell a story that I'm not going to name names. A friend of mine did tell me that their dad died, but he got run over by a herd of wildebeests. And it's just hard when you say that to somebody because then you… — Jorma

5. Dinked in the Doink

   8:01

   Using licensed music in an episode triggers a copyright strike that cuts ad revenue and adds misplaced ads. The term is a recurring hazard of the show.

   Dinked in the Doink is when you use music and therefore we do not get the ad revenue.
   dinked in the doink

6. Obsession spoiler threshold

   9:28

   The hosts settle on informal rules for when a film is fair game to spoil: a box office threshold and a few months' passage.

   $250 million plus four months. That's official. It's an official rule.

7. Fans point here

   10:16

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 11 likes.

   I think, Seth, if I'm being honest, Seth, I think that I was nervous that you would judge me. You know what I mean? Oh, my God. I mean, it seems very clear. I'm still waiting for one to drop any second, but... I know.…

8. Quibi and Criterion banter

   17:17

   A listener suggestion has the hosts reaching for quibi usage again, joking about Greg Chun making a jingle. Quibi is the New York Times Spelling Bee shorthand for Queen Bee.

   anytime Andy says he quibbied three days in a row, they would like Greg Chun to make a song

   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.

   quibiQueen BeeCriterion

9. Criterion category suggestion

   17:57

   A listener proposes a third Criterion tier, 'library', for shorts essential to the Lonely Island story but not cult classics. Criterion is the top rank of Digital Shorts.

   she suggests library for the shorts that are essential to the Lonely Island story.

   Goes back to Kim's Video, Ep. 39, 23:35: Kim's videos. Ooh, like cool underground. Yeah. Like all Tim's videos was a video store in New York that like the cine files would go to.

   CriterionKim's Video

10. Withnail and I in the Criterion Closet

    19:12

    Seth jokes that a Criterion closet pick of Withnail and I is a stereotype for a certain kind of man. The hosts riff on the film's grotesque, drug-soaked tone.

    I theorize that if it's a white man in the criterion closet between 45 and 58, that's like a 50% chance they're going to pick up Withnail and I.
    Criterion

11. Fans point here

    22:21

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 5 likes.

    We could do that. We should do that for an episode. Did you 3D that with Santigold? Or how did you guys watch Paris? Do you remember where you were? We watched that in the theater at our office. We have a little…

12. From Paris With Love as European Taken

    23:17

    The hosts describe From Paris With Love as a French-made American-style action film through the lens of John Travolta, in the same vein as Taken.

    From Paris with Love was made after the success of Taken. It was definitely a Europa movie, just like Taken.

13. Fans point here

    23:59

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 3 likes.

    Because they've been to LA and they think America... Because LA has a lot of helicopters because of the traffic and how grand the space is to get anywhere. And they think all of America is just covered in helicopters… — Akiva

14. Taken and European views of America

    24:04

    Akiva notes that Taken and similar films depict America as full of helicopters and cookouts, reflecting the perspective of European filmmakers who visited LA.

    they think all of America is just covered in helicopters because they haven't been anywhere else.

15. MacGruber TV pitch

    25:24

    The hosts recall a MacGruber TV idea where MacGruber is captured and uses explosions to pinpoint his location, echoing a Taken scene.

    For the MacGruber TV show, we were going to do one where MacGruber, he gets captured.

16. Pam Anderson hostage bit

    26:33

    The writers had three script parts where Pam Anderson gets taken hostage and someone stares at the lens, a joke they called low-hanging fruit.

    We had like three different parts in the script where Pam Anderson would get kidnapped by the bad guy

17. Toast of London's 'Yes' scene

    31:14

    Berry plays a voiceover artist asked to deliver a single word, 'Yes,' in ever more variations, with his character repeatedly checking the script. The hosts compare it to the 'Trouble on Dookie Island' recording session.

    Yes, every version of yes. It's very Trouble on Dookie Island recording session.

18. Fans point here

    31:18

    3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 11 likes.

    It's very Trouble on Dookie Island recording session. Yeah. There's a great name of the guy. Hold on real quick. I'm looking at the Wikipedia page for Snuffbox. So this was a show that when I saw this sketch, I just… — Akiva

19. Hoopla: the free library streaming app

    32:23

    The hosts find Snuffbox on Hoopla, a library app free with a library card. Seth recalls needing a region-six DVD player to watch British shows like Nathan Barley before they reached U.S. audiences.

    Hoopla is, yeah, Hoopla is like Canopy. It's a library app where it's free with a library card.

20. 'Fuck You': Berry's boyfriend-sketch runner

    34:33

    The Snuffbox 'Fuck You' sketches follow Matt Berry flirting with women by helping them, then dropping them the moment he learns they have a boyfriend. Each one ends with the same two words, making it a runner the hosts later compare to Kids in the Hall's Billy Dreamer.

    It's called Fuck You. You can just look up Matt Berry, Fuck You or Snuffbox, Fuck You.

21. Watch the whole thing

    Matt Berry - Fuck You

    35:48

    The hosts play this one in 6 parts from 35:48 (132 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from Me, my GoPro and the Drone on YouTube.

    Watch the whole thing (3:51) Me, my GoPro and the Drone on YouTube

22. Watch the whole thing

    Take My Hand

    40:32

    The hosts play this one from 40:32 (36 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from Matt Berry - Topic on YouTube.

    Watch the whole thing (3:11) Matt Berry - Topic on YouTube

23. Officially a runner, confirmed on Hoopla

    41:29

    Jorma and Akiva check episode-to-episode placement on Hoopla and confirm the 'Fuck You' sketches recur across episodes, not all within one.

    Yes! It's officially a runner. That's what I was going to show you.

24. Rich Fulcher's Snuffbox voice note

    42:05

    Rich Fulcher, a former Chicago improv coach of Seth's, describes Snuffbox as a six-episode BBC3 musical sketch show co-written with Matt Berry, and notes its cult following.

    Snuffbox is a really obscure, dark musical sketch show that broadcast on the BBC at 11 p.m. in 2006.

25. Matt Berry on the 'Fuck You' sketch

    44:22

    Berry's voice note says he used to throw in a swear when a sketch got a flat reaction at read-through, a habit he says he's dropped, and that the 'Fuck You' sketch came out of that read-through.

    Good afternoon, this is Matt Berry here to add my two bob to the Snuffbox discussion.

26. Community among British comics

    47:09

    Jorma admires the tight-knit British comedy scene, where comedians know one another and cross-pollinate across shows. Seth jokes the U.S. crowd turns on itself, prompting a bit of crosstalk.

    I feel a little jealous that England has the tone of, like, feeling like a small community of, like, all the comedians kind of know each other.

27. Smith & Jones 'Nazi Generals' sketch

    48:26

    Seth first saw this 1989 Smith & Jones sketch on a rerun while living in Amsterdam, about ten years after it aired. Its tight structure is built on Nazi-general tropes, and the hosts cite it as a sketch-writing example.

    Nazi generals. The premise is, as you'll see, all the tropes of Nazi generals in cinema.

28. Watch the whole thing

    Smith & Jones "Nazi Generals"

    49:24

    The hosts play this one in 3 parts from 49:24 (180 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from PrettyGoodTelevision on YouTube.

    Watch the whole thing (3:15) PrettyGoodTelevision on YouTube

29. Jorma's Hitler vlogs from Kung Fury

    53:41

    While shooting Kung Fury in Bulgaria, Jorma spent hours in makeup each day and posted ten Hitler vlogs on YouTube under 'your boy hitler.' He once FaceTimed Seth in character, and Seth hung up.

    I can't have Hitler's fucking face on my phone talking to me in any public setting.