Andy's Dad

Pop-ups (30 · 3 fan picks from YouTube comments)

1. Jonah Hill's voice note on Chappelle

   9:17

   Jonah Hill opens his voice note with a riff on Dave Chappelle's Comedy Central show, which becomes a long-running joke among the hosts.

   Dave Chappelle had a show on, um, before all this like recent standup stuff on comedy central.

2. The Chappelle's Show inside joke

   10:40

   Jonah kept bringing up Chappelle's Show to the hosts years ago, and the bit has grown from a few percent of conversations to nearly all of them.

   It went from being like maybe 3% of our conversations to 97%.

3. Jonah's 'I'm Fancy' monologue

   11:55

   Seth wrote Jonah's SNL monologue, a song about being fancy, partly inspired by a little mustache tattoo on Jonah's finger.

   I think one of the reasons I had the idea is he had a tattoo on his finger.

4. Fans point here

   15:35

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 30 likes.

   Look, I'll venture to say that I think maybe people who recap SNL, and I think that they are fans, so I'm not being critical, but I think sometimes they will make the point that the show is falling back on a game show… — Seth

5. Fans point here

   19:38

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 44 likes.

   Seth, me and Hader wrote the Benihana Kid and the Benihana Kid was from dinner. We all had dinner. I don't know if Seth was there or not, but I know Andy was there and I know Bill was there. And Bill was telling us a… — Jonah Hill

6. Benihana kid origin story

   19:51

   The Benihana kid came from a dinner where Bill Hader described a kid in a Tony Soprano tracksuit who clapped at the hibachi chef, and the group developed it into a sketch.

   Bill was telling us a story about a Benihana he went to and he saw a kid in like a Tony Soprano tracksuit

7. Olyphant pops in from Finland

   24:17

   Timothy Olyphant joins from a Finland shoot with Jorma, the first live in-person cameo the podcast has ever had.

   You're the first in-person cameo. We do voice notes.

8. Thinner than Shelley Duvall walls

   25:10

   Jonah's voice note recounts overhearing his divorced dad crying through condo walls, a line the hosts love for its absurd logic folding in on itself.

   the walls in your condo are thinner than Shelley Duvall.

9. Model T cars and toddlers sketch

   26:12

   Seth nominates a country-music sketch as one of his favorite sketches ever, built on songs that always reference Model T cars, jars of beer, toddlers and spaceships.

   Jackie Snatt and Clancy T. Baclarat, which is one of my favorite sketches ever.

10. Will Forte keeps singing past the music

    29:26

    In The Worst Day, the music cue ends early while Will Forte and Kristen keep singing a final couplet, a pro move that became part of the sketch's charm.

    they still have a couplet to go.

11. Screamed new national anthem

    30:06

    The sketch closes with Forte screaming a new national anthem over the cable-access double dissolve, a moment the hosts remember as peak comedy soup.

    America, your fertile plain gives rise to jars of beer.

12. Jonah fought to air weirdo sketches

    32:09

    Jonah explains he begged Lauren to air Will Forte and John Solomon's bizarre sketch, showing how a host can champion writers' oddball material.

    I'm begging you. Can we put this on?

13. Boss Dinner: Jonah's favorite host sketch

    32:59

    Jonah calls Boss Dinner, written by Tim and Zach, his favorite sketch he ever hosted, a dark bit where he screams from the restroom while everyone can hear.

    I think my favorite sketch ever that I ever did was one that they wrote called Boss's Dinner.

14. MacGruber's unaired third beat

    33:55

    The MacGruber sketch with Jonah aired only two of its three beats; the cut third beat has Bill as a life coach and MacGruber defusing a bomb with a chair.

    we only aired two of the three.

15. Fans point here

    38:12

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 44 likes.

    All right, so Andy's dad, let's talk. The digital short, not my actual dad, right? Yeah, no, we are going to do a full episode on your dad, dad, but this is- We've already hit Roy, the brother-in-law. Yeah. I came in… — Seth

16. Andy's Dad, Jonah's pitch

    38:28

    Andy's Dad was Jonah's pitch, a hard-conversation scene about dating a friend's father, and the hosts say it was pushed through quickly once everyone was on board.

    One was Andy's dad, where I just wanted to do a really hard conversation with a friend

17. Jim Downey as Andy's dad

    38:40

    Jim Downey, a writer since season two and star of Billy Madison, was the group's wish for the dad role, and Jonah says he kissed him on screen.

    we knew we wanted Jim Downey to play Andy's dad.

18. The tongue kiss that got a huge reaction

    38:58

    Jonah jokes about kissing Jim Downey on camera, and he recalls the kiss drew a huge audience reaction when the short aired.

    I had to tongue kiss Jim Downey

19. Annie Hall-style location shoot

    39:12

    Jonah and Akiva shot Annie Hall-inspired footage around New York with Jim Downey, giving the short a cinematic, deliberate tone.

    me and Akiva went around and shot like Annie Hall kind of stuff around New York

20. Tennis-ball nut short

    40:23

    Jonah recalls that during his last hosting stint, he and Andy made a digital short about getting hit in the balls by a tennis ball machine, inspired by a YouTube video.

    we made a deal short that is just us getting hit in the premises.

21. Andy's Dad feels like a movie

    41:18

    Andy says the short's deliberate pace, light touch and cinematic feel put him at ease, making it feel like a movie scene rather than a typical SNL sketch.

    the tone of it, which is decidedly Annie Hall's.

22. Dating your dad and the aging question

    43:24

    Akiva admits he worried the short might age badly because it involves two men, but says the joke is really about dating a parent and a hard conversation.

    I went into this being concerned that I would age badly.

23. I gained a son

    46:18

    Jonah's character says he'd rather gain a son than keep a friend, the closing line that the hosts quote back as a deadpan button.

    I like to think that I gained a son.

24. Lorne Michaels outro text

    47:14

    The short ends with a text graphic created by Lorne Michaels, a button the hosts praise as memorable.

    we get a graphic of text created by Lorne Michaels.

25. Downey's clout over Lorne

    47:23

    Seth says Downey's involvement gave the short a seal of approval that partly constrained Lorne, since Downey had known him since season two.

    Downey's involvement, I think hamstrings Lorne a little bit in a great way

26. Downey in Tim and Zach's HBO pilot

    48:04

    Akiva teases that Jim Downey acts in an upcoming show called The Chair Company, a Tim and Zach HBO pilot that has been picked up.

    he's in it, and he's very good.

27. Downey's bombed sketches

    48:24

    Seth says Downey has many great stories about sketches he wrote that bombed, and the hosts want a voice note about the O.J. Simpson detective agency.

    talking about sketches of his that he wrote that bombed

28. Golden run: Mirror and Andy's Dad

    48:41

    Akiva names The Mirror and Andy's Dad as the strongest finish in the golden run Seth keeps mentioning, with Hero Song also praised.

    this and The Mirror were the two of this golden run you kept talking about.
    an golden era

29. Trying new things after the strike

    49:06

    Seth praises the Lonely Island for experimenting after the strike, and Andy says the group liked trying different things, even when they didn't work.

    You guys came out of the strike.

30. Experimental shorts that weren't for laughs

    49:45

    Akiva describes experimental Lorne-era shorts, including an airport hugging sequence and a hip-hop Swan Lake, that were meant as interesting variety-show pieces rather than jokes.

    There was the one where he filmed a ballet but put it to hip-hop music

31. Juggling Flyer cut sketch

    51:03

    The Juggling Flyer sketch, with Sudeikis handing out free juggling lessons in a coffee shop, was cut and now lives on as a Second Chance Theater clip.

    cut from this show was one of my favorite cut sketches ever.
    Second Chance Theater

32. Audiences don't love rejection sketches

    51:42

    Seth notes that a sketch where a guy keeps getting turned down for juggling lessons never worked with a studio audience, despite Sudeikis's strong performance.

    the audience doesn't love a sketch where it's just a person getting nose.

33. Next episode teaser

    52:03

    Seth teases the next episode as a conversation with a classic host, saying it's thrilling to get one of the classic hosts to interact with a different cast.

    I'm going to tease the next episode.