Laser Cats! 2

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1. A guest-free episode

   0:02

   The hosts note this episode has no guests, a rare departure for a show built around guest conversation. Andy jokes about being asked to appear on others' podcasts.

   It's insane that we don't ask guests to do this because every person on earth that I know is currently asking me to do their podcast.

2. Laser Cats as an ongoing franchise

   1:47

   Seth wonders what more can be said about Laser Cats with each successive episode, a running joke about the sketch's returning installments.

   I am curious what more we're going to have to say about laser cats with each successive laser cat episode.

3. Why a Laser Cats sequel was made

   2:19

   Jorma says the internet would have chanted for more had it been able to, and Andy explains that a second installment didn't seem a risky project since its stakes were low.

   Well, if the internet could have stood on its feet and started chanting more, more, more, it would have.

4. Nobody wanted a sequel joke

   2:41

   The team says the comedy comes from the fact that nobody wanted a second Laser Cats, a premise they pitched to Lorne.

   I think the comedy comes from the fact that nobody would want you to do a second one.

5. Laser Cats goes political

   4:22

   Lorne reportedly found the first Laser Cats childish, so the sequel was pitched as politically themed for adults. The opening riffs on current headlines.

   And you have made something for adults.

6. Space ping pong digital effect

   7:31

   The ping-pong ball in the space scene is a red circle added in post, which the hosts jokingly say was made by typing a period.

   It's probably just like a period, like you type into your keyboard.

7. Scripting Laser Cats with set pieces first

   10:10

   Jorma explains the team brainstormed 20 to 30 bits first, then strung them into a story, which Andy compares to Lucas and Spielberg.

   we would kind of brainstorm a series of like 20 to 30 bits of like how we would want to do it

8. Fans point here

   10:40

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

   And then he says, oh, right. I forgot. You don't use laser cats anymore. He's a pacifist now. He's a pacifist now. We've done none of the legwork getting to this moment. This is all we've said about it. We will not… — Seth

9. Fans point here

   19:20

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 34 likes.

   It does it all. Can I ask a plot hole question that I hate to be the one to bring it up because I feel like somebody else is now going to throw it back in our face. LaserCats doesn't have plot holes. They're in this…

10. Shotgun sound ending

    21:49

    The Laser Cats climax swaps a laser sound for a real gunshot, and the wrap-up music is a bad dink-doink cue Keeve chose.

    It's my favorite switcheroo piece of audio that we ever use in the laser cats.

11. Stealing a jazzy scooter for the spaceship

    24:23

    The spaceship in the sketch is a repurposed scooter that Horatio Sanz left behind, reportedly a gift from Ozzy Osbourne, dressed up with cardboard.

    That we were so psyched because Horatio Sanz had left a jazzy scooter meant for older people that I believe Ozzy Osbourne gave to him.

12. Meatballs sketch aired

    25:52

    Andy clarifies Meatballs did air; the credit lists Sandberg, Schaffer and Taccone, with Fred Armisen in it.

    It did air.

13. Seth's Corner begins

    28:28

    Seth's Corner is the segment where Seth Meyers discusses sketches he wrote for SNL, here starting with Law & Order acting coach.

    Seth's Corner, you're all invited. Seth's Corner, it's happening right now.
    Seth's Corner

14. Conjoined Twins sketch

    34:50

    Seth describes Conjoined Twins, a sketch with Jake Gyllenhaal as a substitute teacher joined to Will; a well-known dark line is 'pay it forward, spray your pay everywhere'.

    Pay it forward, pay it backward. Spray your pay everywhere.

15. Pay it forward line stuck around the office

    35:17

    Seth says 'pay it forward, pay it backwards, spray your pay everywhere' stuck in his head and the office repeated it, though it makes little sense.

    pay it forward, pay it backwards, spray your pay everywhere is something that really stuck in my head.

16. Shins songs and Garden State

    35:54

    The Shins' performance on SNL was a song from Garden State, which Andy notes was part of the deal since the film was a big deal.

    I think that was part of the deal of them being on, wasn't it?

17. Dublin's bar memories

    38:29

    Dublin's was a dark-wood Irish bar near the hosts' offices and became a regular hangout; it's now called Hudson Hound.

    Dublin's? Yeah, good times.

18. Sign-off

    41:36

    The episode closes with the hosts' sign-off routine, with Akiva and Jorma delivering the closing lines.

    That's what I'm saying.