The Helen Mirren Episode

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1. Fans point here

   2:50

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 6 likes.

   It delightfully confuses people in a way that's really... I'm enjoying it a great deal. I'm honestly racking my brain for what my rival would be. Yeah, who's your rival? Obviously, it's a Please Don't Destroy hat. You… — Seth

2. Fans point here

   5:40

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 1 likes.

   And I think we're going to get, Yoram is going to join real fast. And I've got a lot to say about Yoram. Yeah, we did get a flash of Yoram. We saw Yoram. We did get a flash of Yoram, so we're trying to. A little tease.… — Seth

3. Fans point here

   11:10

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

   That's what you like to say. Yeah. Yeah. Will Kill You. I like to imagine guy one and guy two write their lyrics while lying on their stomachs, ankles crossed in the air on a bed, just giggling and high-fiving. Yeah.…

4. Fans point here

   14:59

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

   They somehow came with us to Encino, first off. I don't understand how that happened. Or maybe they started in Encino and came to 30 Rock. I don't know. Because they were helpful. But where he was deciding his genes…

5. Competitive bathroom running from the office

   17:15

   The hosts recall competing to see how fast they could run to the bathroom and back during their writing days. It's a small taste of the 30 Rock office culture the group keeps returning to.

   Didn't we have, like, competitions as an adult? Like, I know I challenged myself to see how fast I could run to the bathroom

6. Flat-D fart pads become a sponsor joke

   17:57

   The hosts give a deadpan 'free ad' for Flat-D Innovations, the charcoal-cloth fart neutralizer pads they used at SNL. The bit has become a recurring joke about the product's endorsement.

   Flat D Innovations. It's a market leader in manufacturing odor control products using activated charcoal cloth.

7. Fans point here

   18:39

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

   Their innovations allowed us to flourish. Support is also by Gusto. When you run a small business like I do, you don't just do the job, okay? You're also the hiring manager, the payroll department, the benefits team,…

8. Louisa May Alcott tradition sets up Mary Shelley sketch

   22:16

   Seth introduces a Mary Shelley sketch by Fred Armisen and Mulaney, framed as the show's own literary tradition. It sets up the episode's main discussion.

   In the sort of Louisa May Alcott tradition, there is a Mary Shelley sketch, which I had not remembered

9. Frank Stein name confusion

   24:55

   Fred Armisen's Frank Stein gets confused with the monster's name, a riff on the Frankenstein mix-up that the hosts find very funny.

   frank stein yeah truth be told mary that is a little similar

10. Fred Armisen's Frankenstein sketch praised

    27:16

    The hosts laud Fred Armisen's timing and crisp performance in the Frankenstein sketch, calling it perfectly done.

    Fred is so fucking great.

11. Fred's fire alarm bit

    28:49

    Jorma recalls Fred Armisen's bit as a PA-announced fire alarm message where he treats the announcement as urgent.

    This is important. We can't talk over this, okay, guys?

12. Fans point here

    32:22

    6 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 5 likes.

    Well, every time I hear it on your show, I feel like I'm being ripped off, you know? I've heard you guys do that on your show, you know? How do you do it on my show? It's like a butt rock kind of voice, you know? You…

13. Hauser-style voice accusation

    32:38

    The hosts joke about a monster-truck rally voice bit, accusing others of copying it, in a riff about John Oliver's show.

    I think he's thinking of John Oliver.

14. Crunk-Ass Easter festival sketch

    36:32

    The Crunk-Ass Easter sketch parodies underground music festivals and gets funnier as it piles on absurd bits.

    Shocking how good it is for being just the same sketch

15. Sudeikis strip club DJ closer

    36:45

    Jason Sudeikis's strip club DJ character is typically a show closer, which the hosts argue is a perfect five-to-one sketch.

    Often a show closer. I think maybe exclusively a show closer.

16. Sudeikis's patient timing

    38:03

    The hosts praise Sudeikis for his patience, noting he smiles at his own audacity.

    he's so patient in this sketch that he's smiling at his own audacity.

17. Ken Aymong, SNL line producer

    40:46

    Ken Aymong was SNL's beloved line producer who oversaw cuts and budgets, often written into sketches as a buffet guy.

    Ken Aymong, the beloved line producer at SNL.

18. Seth respects Ken Aymong

    41:30

    Seth calls Ken Aymong the person he most respects for knowing how to do his job, and says he was the most excited to see at SNL's 50th.

    It's the most I've respected a person for knowing how to do their job

19. Watch the whole thing

    Under-Underground: Crunk-Ass Easter Festival - SNL

    41:31

    The hosts play this one in 2 parts from 41:31 (156 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from Saturday Night Live on YouTube.

    Watch the whole thing (3:10) Saturday Night Live on YouTube

20. Helen Mirren joke in the strip club sketch

    43:11

    Tanya is described with a joke referencing Helen Mirren, a riff that the hosts tie back to the episode's theme.

    Here's Helen Mirren. She's been here since the place opened in 1970.

21. Watch the whole thing

    Strip Club - Saturday Night Live

    44:47

    The hosts play this one in 5 parts from 44:47 (360 seconds of it in all, talking over the rest). Watch the whole thing here, from Saturday Night Live on YouTube.

    Watch the whole thing (6:43) Saturday Night Live on YouTube

22. Helen Mirren's Magical Bosom short

    45:01

    A short titled Helen Mirren's Magical Bosom is teased, with a cliffhanger that Andy will explain the sketch's origin next week.

    It's called Helen Mirren's Magical Bosom.

23. Squeaky clean Spelling Bee

    45:46

    The hosts report NYT Spelling Bee results using the squeaky clean term, a callback to their word-game lingo.

    Well, today I got it squeaky clean.
    squeaky clean

24. Genius clean and Queen Bee

    46:15

    Seth says he got genius clean but not Queen Bee, using terms from the NYT Spelling Bee ranking system.

    I got genius clean. I didn't, obviously, queen B.

    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.

    cleanQueen Bee

25. Sebastian Stan's Later Quaids

    47:04

    Sebastian Stan, the Winter Soldier, recorded a Later Quaids sign-off after appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

    I mentioned to him backstage, I was like, hey, I do a podcast on the Lonely Island.
    later, Quaidswinter soldier

26. Later, Quaids sign-off

    ~47:37

    The show's official parting words, Later Quaids, closes the episode with a clip from Sebastian Stan.

    Later, Quaid.
    later, Quaids