Laser Cats 6: The Musical!

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1. Fans point here

   3:49

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

   That's really good. A head shake of joy. Are they good, though? They are. It was especially good because we all thought it was the new jingle. But it's really nice. You shook your head disappointed and then went,…

2. Fans point here

   5:04

   3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 29 likes.

   Will you? I don't know. Andy, I don't know. That's the crazy part. Long ago there were three young men named Andy, Akiva, and Yhorm. They came from the bay, saw each other, said hey, and the lonely island was born.

3. Elton John hosts and plays Droz

   10:39

   Elton John hosted the episode and also served as musical guest. He plays Droz, the villain of the Laser Cats musical, which is what makes this installment special.

   It's Elton John. There's the laser cats.

4. Knights of the Realm impression parade

   22:12

   Knights of the Realm is Seth's Corner sketch where dragon attacks on London activate a team of knighted celebrities, and cast members impersonate famous names in a parade of impressions.

   It's like Knights of the Realm is, I think, the title.
   Seth's Corner

5. Elton John flubs his opening line

   25:02

   Elton John trips over the phrasing of his opening line in Seth's Corner, and Seth points out he was too excited about the joke to deliver it cleanly.

   It's hard when you're excited about a joke, man. He was too excited for the joke.

6. Sting 'jizzed all over' the dragon

   25:39

   The Knights of the Realm sketch ends with a fake news tag where Sting kills the dragon, and the phrasing was famously saucy; the hosts recall being surprised it made air.

   I remember jizz was in the tag, but didn't get to keep it.

7. Seth calms Elton John before the show

   30:21

   On Wednesday morning Elton John read the sketches and worried they were bad, so Seth as head writer went in to reassure him before the monologue finally turned his nerves around.

   I got a call Wednesday morning that Elton John wanted to talk to somebody because he was reading the sketches

8. The first Get in the Cage

   33:54

   Get in the Cage is a recurring Update feature where Andy plays Nicolas Cage with a guest actor. This is the first one, with Jake Gyllenhaal, and Andy also reprised the bit with Jude Law and Paul Rudd.

   This is the first celeb's Get in the Cage.
   Get in the Cage

9. Watch the whole thing

   Weekend Update: Jake Gyllenhaal and Nicolas Cage - Saturday Night Live

   35:03

   The hosts play this one from 35:03 (180 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from Saturday Night Live on YouTube.

   Watch the whole thing (3:38) Saturday Night Live on YouTube

10. Source Code and the missing Nick Cage

    35:09

    The sketch riffs on Jake Gyllenhaal's film Source Code, asking why Nicolas Cage was not cast in it, a running joke about Cage's prolific output.

    How am I not in that movie?

11. Andy's Get in the Cage writing credits

    38:08

    The hosts discuss who wrote the sketch, crediting Mulaney and Klein for lines like the cigar store Indian comparison.

    There's lines in it about Nick Cage saying he has the skin of a cigar store Indian

12. The Baseline Wall

    41:41

    Andy recalls the Baseline Wall, a fake wall that Bays used to kill his Update features, in a running joke about the Berlin Wall.

    Yeah, the Baseline Wall. The Baseline Wall.

13. Laser Cats 6 is the second-to-last

    43:43

    This is the sixth Laser Cats, and the hosts note it is the penultimate installment in the series, with a long run of high-profile hosts behind it.

    This is the second to last LaserCats, correct?

14. Fans point here

    44:28

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 9 likes.

    Well, we like taking people that are fancy and making them do laser cuts. Great observation, Jorm. What? It made sense for him. Why? Does he do music stuff? He's got a decent voice. Jorm pretending to be normal is… — Akiva

15. Laser Cats as a musical

    44:37

    The hosts explain that Laser Cats was made into a musical to give it a different vibe, and that Jorma found Elton John's voice impressive in music rehearsal.

    He's got a decent voice. Jorm pretending to be normal is maybe my favorite Jorm.

16. The Laser Cats font

    47:15

    The title card uses an 8-bit style font that the hosts jokingly call the dumpy-ass font, which is part of the Laser Cats visual identity.

    What is the name of that font, though, the like 8-bit?

17. Watch the whole thing

    Every Laser Cats Ever (Part 2 of 2) - SNL

    47:36

    The hosts play this one in 14 parts from 47:36 (240 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from Saturday Night Live on YouTube.

    Watch the whole thing (18:22) Saturday Night Live on YouTube

18. Fans point here

    49:20

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    So we're using forced perspective. I remember there was... This is back when magazines existed and every magazine would be in the writer's room so that you could thumb through it for topical, like what's going on. And…

19. Chrissy Teigen magazine cutout

    49:40

    A forced-perspective gag used a cutout ripped from a swimsuit magazine, featuring a woman the cast did not recognize at the time; she later married John Legend and told them about it.

    And she was like, you put me in that thing.

20. Fans point here

    50:16

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    I'm not saying I'm singing really well or something, but I'm just saying like he considers me to be very musical compared to himself. I like, though, that, and it's a good lesson to any young sketch performer out… — Andy

21. Dr. Oz becomes Draws

    55:29

    The Draws name and Space Jam poster riff reuse the set of the Dr. Oz show, which shot on a soundstage below SNL and was used for the villain's stage.

    the Dr. Oz show was on the soundstage on 7 or 6 below SNL

22. Elton John's whispered ad lib

    1:01:09

    Elton John reportedly whispered a bawdy line to Jorma during the shoot, a story the hosts decide to save for later.

    this is more pussy than I've ever seen in my life

23. Criterion rating for Laser Cats

    1:01:42

    The hosts debate whether Laser Cats should be judged as a body of work or as individual shorts, and mention a Criterion Blu-ray set of Digital Shorts.

    Is Laser Cats as a body of work its own thing, or do we take them as individuals?
    Criterion

24. Quibi clean used in the Bee

    1:02:15

    Andy describes achieving Queen Bee status in the Spelling Bee with no hints, the term 'quibi clean' being used here.

    I quibbied clean like a fucking king.
    cleanquibiQueen Bee

25. Fans point here

    1:02:26

    3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 7 likes.

    I cleaned like a queef. I cleaned Jesus. Yeah, no one thinks that's a thing but you. I know, but still, I like to shout out to... Because there's a lot of people out there. Solid with four hints. My last word, Seth,…

26. Quaids sign off

    1:05:34

    The show closes with the classic 'later, Quaids' line and a nod to Arnold Schwarzenegger's recorded sign-off.

    Later, Arnold. Later, Quades.
    later, Quaids