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Episodes › Ep. 37 2024-12-09 · 40:39

The Best Look in the World

Episode 37 opens with the digital short 'The Best Look in the World,' starring Andy Samberg and Shia LaBeouf, a rockabilly song about dressing in shirt and socks with no pants. The hosts rate it harshly, dissect its flawed rapid-fire lyrics, and read voice notes from listeners and crew members including Rob Klein and Eric Kenward, then float a 'Taylor's version' re-recording idea. Seth's Corner-style banter, Frisbee the greyhound, and a Queen Bee Spelling Bee brag round out the stretch. Reactions to the short follow, including Jorm's voice-note criticism of the visible underwear and a later sushi-glory-hole comparison. The hosts also run through Shia LaBeouf's monologue, the 'It's a Match' game show sketch, Scared Straight with Kenan and Sudeikis, Vinny Vedecci, and Wig's Suze Orman bit. The memorable takeaway is the hosts' affection for a sketch they admit doesn't quite work.

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Heard here, not in the AlmaNick yet

  • Jimmy cap is crowned like a newborn “your jimmy cap is crowned like a newborn which is fantastic jimmy cap never been called that”
  • Taylor's version “give yourself permission to do a taylor's version on this one”
  • A Song for Every Occasion “we never cracked called a song for every occasion”
  • flank steak thighs “flank steak thighs liver spots flank steak thighs it's audacious it's audacious”

Shorts discussed: The Best Look in the World, Dear Sister, It's a Match, Scared Straight, The Best Look in the World, MacGruber, It's a Match, Scared Straight, Vinny Vedecci, Suze Orman, Sushi Glory Hole

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  1. Frisbee vs. Andy feud

    0:48

    Seth's Italian greyhound Frisbee is a long-running joke target, here sparking a jab about whether she could have been the dog in 'Here I Go.'

    Someone wrote in, was Frisbee ever in the running to be the dog?

  2. Origin of 'best look in the world'

    3:12

    Andy traces the idea to slumber-party dads in tighty-whities and the dress-shirt-first dressing moment, reclaimed sarcastically as a song.

    Then trying to build out a whole song around that, but reclaiming it and saying it's the best look in the world.

  3. Andy on country music

    3:32

    Andy admits he had no business touching the genre, and the hosts agree the country-style song is the short's main weak point.

    That is a genre of music I had no business touching.

  4. Sandals-and-socks running bit

    13:19

    The sports sandals and socks look has recurred across Lonely Island work, and the hosts note it has never been hipper.

    There's been a long history of sports sandals and sandals and socks stuff in Lonely Island work.

  5. 'Jimmy cap is crowned like a newborn'

    13:44

    A line from the song Rob Klein quotes; Andy confirms it is his own lyric.

    Jimmy cap is crowned like a newborn is definitely, definitely my line.

  6. Queen Bee Spelling Bee brag

    15:23

    Andy reports earning Queen Bee in the NYT Spelling Bee, which the hosts use to tease him for not texting.

    Very impressed that you got a clean B today, Sandberg.
    clean

  7. Fans point here

    15:36

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 6 likes.

    That's a nice Monday. Great way to start the week for you. Hi, this is Nikayla Matthews-Oconee from Side Hustle Pro. This holiday, the difference between buyers just checking things out and checking out comes down to…

  8. Fans point here

    18:42

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 50 likes.

    I'm going to throw something out there because I know you guys are making new music. Give yourself permission to do a Taylor's version on this one. For real. Like, you've never done it. Take this back to the shop,… — Seth

  9. Taylor's version re-recording pitch

    18:47

    Seth suggests re-recording the song as a 'Taylor's version,' a nod to Taylor Swift re-recording her albums.

    Give yourself permission to do a Taylor's version on this one.

  10. Eric Kenward's voice note

    21:41

    Crew member Eric Kenward recalls shooting the short guerrilla-style on the West Side Highway and says the fast lyrics were the flaw.

    we didn't realize that no one was going to be able to understand the lyrics.

  11. Dear Sister comparison

    22:46

    Andy recalls the hope that the Shia collaboration would replicate the success of the earlier short 'Dear Sister.'

    we thought we were going to, like, hit it again with him and didn't.

  12. First Tuesday promos with Shia

    22:51

    Andy and Shia's Tuesday promos, with Andy popping into frame on the roof garden, became a recurring SNL promotional staple.

    We had also done those first Tuesday promos with him that had gone really well.

  13. Shia's MacGruber character and the gay-panic reversal

    25:05

    Shia LaBeouf played MacGruber's son, and the sketch turns the usual gay-panic joke around: here the guy who throws up is the one kissing a woman. The hosts see it as a deliberate inversion of a stale comedy trope.

    The gay panic move in comedy for so long is that like a dude throws up when they kiss another dude.

  14. Jorm's voice note critiques the sketch

    27:27

    Jorma Taccone sends in a voice note complaining that the underwear is visible under the sketch's nudity bit. The hosts treat it as one of his rare fully-justified criticisms.

    You could see the underwear. Clearly didn't have the balls to, so to speak, do the bat shot.
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  15. Akiva's notes on the sketch versions

    29:02

    Akiva admits he would silently disagree with cast choices when he wasn't on set, a habit the hosts say shows up in Best Look and the sushi glory hole sketch. Akiva is credited with being cautious about the sketches he critiques.

    I would try to bite my tongue most of the time and just silently kind of on my own be like, oh, that's not how I would do it.

  16. Fans point here

    32:48

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 50 likes.

    I just want to go back and say, let me tell you about a look I know is one of my favorite first lines. That's nice. I just think about it all the time. Let me tell you about a look I know. Because you're stating the… — Seth

  17. Sushi Glory Hole ending versions

    33:27

    The hosts shot several alternate endings for Sushi Glory Hole, and they describe the discussion of how to end a sketch that isn't working. Best Look in the World is compared to it as another case of an ending that should have been dropped sooner.

    We shot like five different versions of an ending where it comes back into the pitch meeting with Maya, Kenan, and Bowen.

  18. Scared Straight: Kenan and Sudeikis's recurring sketch

    36:21

    Scared Straight casts Kenan Thompson and Sudeikis as officers working with inmates. The hosts remember it as a first-time sketch that grew into a recurring bit, with Sudeikis's desk jumping becoming a running gag.

    Scared Straight is one of the most four-dimensional sketches that has ever been on SNL.

  19. Sudeikis's desk jump

    38:54

    Sudeikis jumped on the desk more and more as Scared Straight wore on, and the hosts treat the escalating jumps as a running gag. Seth recalls a farewell reel for Sudeikis that featured these jumps.

    Yeah, we showed it at the dinner.

  20. Vinny Vedecci and the rubber snakes

    40:54

    Vinny Vedecci, a Shia LaBeouf promo sketch, has him learn that Indiana Jones hates snakes. The payoff is a shower of rubber snakes after the line.

    And then like a thousand rubber snakes dropped.

  21. Andy's praise for ambitious failures

    43:20

    Seth explains why he loves Best Look in the World despite its flaws: it takes a big swing. Andy agrees that it's a sketch that doesn't work but still makes them happy.

    I'm just like, I want to be around people who take a swing like that.

  22. Wig's Suze Orman money-saving bit

    44:39

    Kristen Wiig's Suze Orman parody offers money-saving advice, written with Paula Pell. The hosts say it was a big hit that has largely faded from memory.

    nobody talks about Suze Orman anymore.
People and sketches mentioned (25)

Jost Yorm Frisbee Hank Williams Jr. Destiny's Child Justin Charlie Lorne Shia LaBeouf Kristen Wiig Kenan Thompson Sudeikis Colin Jost Paula Pell Bill Hader John Mulaney Lorne Michaels Sean Connery

Dear Sister Dick in a Box Here I Go MacGruber Gone in 60 Seconds Sushi Glory Hole Vinny Vedecci

Source: whisperx-v2+speakers transcript, read by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 on 2026-10-21; audio timestamps mapped to the YouTube cut by word alignment. Timestamps shown are YouTube time. Report a bad pop-up.