Daiquiri Girl

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1. Episode opens on Daiquiri Girl

   0:11

   The hosts introduce the 90-second short Daiquiri Girl, which Seth calls a favorite they had been looking forward to discussing.

   It's the Ashton Kutcher episode. The name of the short is Daiquiri Girl.
   Daiquiri Girl

2. Fans point here

   1:11

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 2 likes.

   I think it is very fair to say it's a long 90. But for the time it spent on television, for a brief minute and a half, it has made a huge impact on my life. Well, I love that. For those who were there, Daiquiri Girl…

3. Daiquiri Girl as slang for a thing

   1:31

   Seth suggests 'Daiquiri Girl' can serve as slang for any panicked, last-minute filler short, a name the hosts half-jokingly try to make stick.

   Daiquiri Girl can be slang for a thing that happens at SNL.
   Daiquiri Girl

4. Daiquiri girls on the show

   3:01

   Akiva says most people's daiquiri girls never make the air, underlining how rare it is for a last-minute filler to get broadcast.

   But most people's daiquiri girls don't end up on the show.
   Daiquiri Girl

5. Gnarls Barkley sketch falls through

   4:31

   The original plan was a sketch with Gnarls Barkley and their friend Brian, who backed out at the last minute, forcing the hosts to scramble.

   We wrote a sketch for Gnarls Barkley. It would have been our friend Brian, who's Danger Mouse, and then CeeLo.

6. Pulled the rug on Friday night

   5:08

   The hosts were already on location when they learned the Gnarls Barkley plan had collapsed, leaving them to produce a short overnight.

   Do you think it was Friday night at 9 p.m. that they pulled the rug out?

7. Shot in Kevin Miller's apartment

   6:47

   The location was the apartment of Kevin Miller, later a producer on Late Night, who had two roommates at the time and only a Casio keyboard and a smoothie machine to work with.

   on location was just Kevin's apartment.

8. Casio keyboard and smoothie machine

   8:37

   Kevin Miller recalls the props on hand: his Casio keyboard with a drum beat and a smoothie machine his brother gave him for Christmas, MacGyver-style.

   that's my Casio keyboard with a little drum beat.

9. Freestyled Daiquiri Girl song

   11:31

   Andy freestyled the song over an automatic Casio beat with no written lyrics, which the hosts later mock as deeply shitty.

   No, it's freestyled. I mean, it's terrible. It's terrible.

10. Digital Shorts branding and the apology

    13:42

    The opening scroll apologizes on behalf of the Digital Shorts, a reference to Lauren not letting the team call themselves the Lonely Island.

    We at the digital shorts would like to apologize for this video.

11. We got drunk

    14:13

    The second scroll explains a famous musical act bailed, so the team got drunk; the hosts say they only had a sip.

    So we did what anyone would do in that situation. We got drunk.

12. Scroll written during editing

    15:06

    Andy reveals the apology scroll was not planned during the shoot; Akiva wrote the entire scroll while cutting the piece together.

    One detail here is not in the transcript.

    I don't know that we even had the idea for the scroll while we were shooting

13. Not Criterion without the scroll

    15:44

    Seth jokes the short would be trash without the scroll, a reference to the Criterion ranking of Digital Shorts.

    This is not and is never going to be Criterion Collection.
    Criterion

14. Fans point here

    19:22

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 52 likes.

    Kevin Miller just wrote something which is correct. He wrote, I remember that there was a panic that it was actually going to air once we saw it on there. We went to that meeting and you see what's going to air. We…

15. Panic over airing

    19:25

    Kevin Miller's note recalls a panic when the piece appeared on the rundown, and the team had assumed it would never air.

    I remember that there was a panic that it was actually going to air

16. Gnarls Barkley backed out

    20:07

    Recappers at the time reported that Gnarls Barkley backed out and the Lonely Island was angry, but the hosts say it was a friend move with Brian.

    I mean, I think at the time, I remember recappers saying, oh, my God, Norris Barkley backed out

17. Death by Chocolate and Jason Reitman

    21:44

    This episode's guest writer Jason Reitman co-wrote Death by Chocolate, with Ashton Kutcher as a chocolate bar killer.

    this episode had Jason Reitman, who recently directed Saturday Night, was guest writing.

18. Best Look in the World next week

    24:16

    Seth and Akiva preview next week's Best Look in the World, which Akiva calls more embarrassing than Daiquiri Girl.

    But that's so much more embarrassing than Daiquiri Girl.

19. Tudor pre-tape cut

    25:07

    A Kutcher pre-tape called Tudor, about farts alerting Twitter followers, was cut from the show, which the hosts found frustrating.

    we wrote one called Tudor about every time you fart, it alerts all your followers

20. Friendship in Baseball

    25:42

    Mike Shur wrote a 2003 sketch in which Seth played a first baseman and Kutcher a baserunner who kept taunting him.

    Michael Shur wrote a sketch called Friendship in Baseball where I was a first baseman

21. Tapper and Shur want Criterion authority

    27:09

    Seth relays that CNN's Jake Tapper and their friend Mike Shur asked to be the final arbiters of what makes a Criterion Collection short, prompting a bonus-episode idea.

    they wrote me a text and said, like, we listen to the pod and we feel like we should decide what makes Criterion.
    Criterion

22. Jorm's voice note on Daiquiri Girl

    28:00

    Jorma Taccone sends a voice note recalling watching Daiquiri Girl while shooting Land of the Lost and asking about the Shy Ronnie wig and Brian's favor.

    Do you have a voice note from Yorm, Keith?

23. Jorm's late-recording complaint

    29:24

    Jorm asks the hosts to record earlier because he is ten hours ahead from LA, a recurring jab at scheduling.

    Please stop doing these so late because I can do them 10 hours ahead from LA.

24. Reading the dress-to-air crossouts

    31:15

    Seth explains that between dress rehearsal and air, writers hand-write changes that script staff rewrite, and the Cougar Den book title changed from Bagging a Younger Man to Bagging the Younger Men.

    And you literally write them in.

25. James Anderson's Cougar Den lines

    32:13

    Seth praises writer James Anderson, whose Cougar Den sketch features the line about meeting a boyfriend at a Bennigan's, which Seth calls the great American novel in two lines.

    I met my current boyfriend at 1.50 a.m. in a Bennigan's. I drove him to his dorm and we've been together ever since.

26. Seth's Corner: the Ashton Kutcher nightclub sketch

    33:32

    Seth explains his writing on a sketch where Ashton Kutcher is denied entry to a nightclub and stands with Fred, and that the Guardian reference lands as a joke about his least popular film.

    Excuse me, good man. I'm a visiting businessman in my late 20s, and I was wondering if this was an establishment that served alcohol.

27. The Guardian joke

    34:30

    Ashton's line about being Ashton Kutcher prompts Fred to reference The Guardian, a 2006 Coast Guard movie starring Kutcher that the hosts had forgotten.

    At one point, Kutcher gets super mad and says to Keenan, dude.

28. Fans point here

    38:31

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 52 likes.

    All right, we're out of Seth's corner. Now we're back in Andy's corner. Do you remember what else is in this show? No. Jack Johnson talk show. Oh, first one? First one. I remember that going well. Went great. So much…

29. Shasta the golden retriever's neglect

    39:18

    In The Mellow Show, the host's pets keep dying; the dress version had Shasta chewing a gate, but air changed it to a gross-negligence line.

    Things got so casual around here, I forgot to feed him.

30. Bill Hader's impressions without singing

    40:06

    Bill Hader does a very good Dave Matthews despite being unable to sing, and later a John Mayer, which the hosts say shows his impressionist skill.

    I mean, Bill, who can't sing a lick, does a very good Dave Matthews.

31. Narl Sparkly and Crazy

    42:13

    Akiva recalls that the Narl Sparkly group refused to perform Crazy, vowing to move on, and therefore were not booked for the season premiere.

    they had vowed that they were done with Crazy, and they were moving on to the next thing.

32. Fans point here

    42:35

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 10 likes.

    Yeah, that seems right. So second album, two songs. Run and Who's Gonna Save My Soul. Oh, Who's Gonna Save My Soul. Very good Narls Barkley song. Yeah. I'm just gonna say it so that we can play a clip of it. This was a…

33. The first Judy Grimes

    42:49

    Kristen Wiig's first Judy Grimes sketch is discussed as a feat of verbal speed, with the cue cards moving fast.

    This was the first Judy Grimes.

34. Fans point here

    43:17

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

    Yes, it was more of like a physical feat. I'm not nervous. Just kidding. I've just never been on TV before. Okay. Just kidding, I have. I'm on TV all the time. Just kidding, I'm only on in the morning. Just kidding,… — Andy

35. Judy Grimes 'Just kidding' monologue

    ~43:18

    The Judy Grimes monologue is a rapid string of 'Just kidding' asides, which the hosts treat as a fine piece of physical and verbal performance.

    Just kidding. I'm not nervous. Just kidding. I've just never been on TV before.

36. Calling the doorman for gear

    44:18

    Kevin recalls sneaking filming gear up to his apartment through a back entrance while trying not to look like a broadcast shoot.

    having to like call the doorman at the apartment and like making sure the right one was on to like sneak a lot of the gear upstairs.

37. Grease a palm debate

    45:01

    Andy asks whether anyone has ever greased a palm, and the hosts debate how bribery works in real life versus movies.

    Have you ever greased any palms?
    grease a palm

38. Crate and Barrel gift card as location fee

    48:52

    Kevin says the production paid his apartment location fee with a $500 Crate and Barrel gift card instead of cash, which the hosts joke was a sign of distrust.

    somehow they thought a crate and barrel gift card for $500 would be the equivalent of cash.

39. Club Best Look in the World

    50:11

    The hosts preview next week's access to Club Best Look in the World, with groaning expected.

    Next week, we're going to pre-grease the palms because everyone is getting access to Club Best Look in the World.
    grease a palm

40. Seth's I love you, Jorm

    50:35

    Seth tells Jorma he loves him, as a grenade-style jab that will reveal whether he listened.

    I love you, Jorm. Yeah, Yoram, despite everything, we love you.