Listener Q&A Episode 5

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1. Fans point here

   0:43

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 4 likes.

   As we established last episode, Yoram, you've been on fire recently. Yet, I will say that I feel like the confidence of your recent hit podcast have maybe led you to make a sartorial error. No. You showed up to the pod… — Seth

2. Listener Q&A kicks off

   8:47

   Seth opens the listener question segment, addressing the Quaid Army. The hosts fumble a call-and-response attempt before turning to listener mail.

   So to the Quaid Army out there, I would just like to say...
   Quaid Army

3. Quatto in the house

   8:59

   A recurring Quaid-related call, misheard in the transcript as 'Quatto', refers to the Kuato-style Quaid greeting. The hosts joke about isolating the audio.

   It's Quatto in the house.
   QuaidKuato

4. Jizz in My Pants accent theory

   14:34

   A listener wrote in about the English accents in the Jizz in My Pants episode, and the hosts admit the accents were a bit of a German-English mix-up.

   I guess I just thought it was some kind of jizz-related speech impediment.
   Foggy London Town

5. How the cast learns the next host

   16:19

   Cast members find out upcoming hosts not by announcement but by glancing at a posted board in Lorne Michaels' office, which the hosts describe as intentional.

   Usually it's when you're just in Lorne's office to ask him a question and you happen to glance up at the board

6. Lorne and the four bros

   17:26

   Lorne Michaels once tried to make 'four bros' a thing, joking about being the lost member, which the hosts recall while discussing D'Artagnan as a fourth musketeer.

   Remember when Lorne tried to make the four you a thing?

7. Fans point here

   22:12

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

   Hey, real quick, I just want to pop through because I really loved the Malkovich episode. Fantastic monologue. It was a very Christmassy show, the monologue written by Tucker and Lutz. Do you remember? It was just John… — Seth

8. Malkovich's Christmas monologue

   22:18

   Seth praises John Malkovich's monologue on the Twas the Night Before Christmas poem, written by Tucker and Lutz, with odd asides like the mentholiptus bowl.

   Fantastic monologue. It was a very Christmassy show, the monologue written by Tucker and Lutz.

9. Gas Right parody

   23:25

   A parody of Breathe Right nose strips where the product pulls the buttocks apart so you don't loudly pass gas, performed by Fred.

   Do you remember the gas right parody, which was Fred's take on Breathe Right Nose Strips?

10. Calculator: a sweet sketch

    24:06

    Calculator features Fred and Malkovich as excited twins who only want calculators for Christmas. Fred explains in a voice note that calculators were fading from stores and catalogs at the time.

    one of my favorite sweet sketches of all time.

11. Nine-Year-Old Advice from the Update Desk

    27:07

    Andy's update desk sketch parodies kid authors giving dating advice, with Amy Poehler taking the role of the flustered interviewer.

    Do you remember nine-year-old advice from the update desk, Andy?

12. Fans point here

    29:03

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 4 likes.

    Could never happen in real life. Too savvy. You guys, I have to go. I love you very much. Oh, right. Everybody, Jorm's going to dinner and the next podcast, he's going to let us know how the vest played. How many…

13. Jorma's vest goes to dinner

    29:30

    Jorma leaves early for a dinner hosted by Scott Frank, and the hosts ask him to take a poll of guests on the vest, a running callback to the episode's opening.

    At some point, if it's appropriate, do a quick straw poll from the people at the dinner

14. Behind-the-scenes footage from SNL doc

    29:56

    A camera crew was allowed to film the Malkovich-era week, and that footage later appeared in the Peacock SNL 50th documentary.

    there were sometimes really good like mini-DV looking footage of behind the scenes.

15. Empire Carpet cut from air

    31:19

    A documentary crew filmed Malkovich's Empire Carpet audition sketch, which played well at the table read but died at dress and never aired.

    it played really hot at the table and then it died at dress.

16. Malkovich's Jacuzzi sketch origin

    33:52

    Seth says he came up with Jacuzzi while the team was pitching on Monday, riffing on Dangerous Liaisons and placing it in a hot tub.

    I'm pretty sure that I came up with Jacuzzi while people were pitching around on Monday

17. Malkovich complains to Lorne

    34:41

    Malkovich reportedly felt his scene partner was elsewhere, muttering about jizz, a joke about the hosts' distraction during the week.

    Malkovich kept complaining to Lorne.

18. Malkovich's 58th movie

    37:35

    Seth recounts Malkovich saying the 58th movie he thought of was being John Malkovich, which the hosts found fascinating.

    the 58th movie I thought of was being John Malkovich.

19. Con Air and In the Line of Fire

    38:21

    Akiva and Seth both name Malkovich films: Con Air and In the Line of Fire, the latter featuring a gun made of plastic composite.

    Con Air. Oh, wow. I can't believe we're both Con Air.

20. Clint Eastwood sex scene gag

    39:17

    Akiva describes a tracking shot in In the Line of Fire where guns and gear fall off as the cops undress, a comic beat in a serious movie.

    it could literally be a naked gun joke.

21. Doritos ad listener story

    41:02

    A listener writes that they beat the hosts for the USA Today Ad Meter and that the hosts' Doritos ad was rejected.

    not only did they reject Yorm's ad

22. Doritos legal warning

    42:01

    A retired Doritos employee reportedly called to say not to rewatch the ad, joked to be like the Ark of the Covenant warehouse.

    don't watch it!

23. Fans point here

    46:43

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 17 likes.

    Okay, let's hear another. Hi, my name is Kenzie. And my question is, if and when you guys make your new album, would you think about having Seth on as like a feature? Because I know that he was in Natalie's Rap and he…

24. The tour fuck-us bit

    51:05

    On tour, the hosts announced a local venue as the place to find them if anyone wanted to fuck us, and a roadie handed out Sharpie-filled shirts.

    if anyone wants to fuck us

25. Palm greasing story

    53:12

    A listener recounts slipping a roadie cash to get posters signed by Jorm and Andy, a story tied to the grease a palm slang.

    slipped him some cash, palm greasing
    grease a palm

26. Me toil part-time callback

    53:54

    A listener quotes the Ras Trent line 'me toil part-time at ja' applied to the National Portrait Gallery.

    me toil part-time at ja Portrait Gallery
    me toil part time at ja

27. Quaid explained to Jamie Presley

    54:54

    A rewatched Cuado sketch shows the origin of Quaid being explained to a new cast member, referencing Total Recall.

    that was Arnold Schwarzenegger's character's name in Total Recall
    Quaid

28. Like a Boss shot on old cameras

    57:54

    The hosts explain Like a Boss used older cameras, leading to a less slick look that they would redo differently given the budget.

    we could have just done it the right way.

29. Fans point here

    58:58

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 4 likes.

    Begriche. Also, I just got a text from Jorm. People are fucking laying into him over the vest. He says the dinner's going super bad. I wish that was true so bad. He's like, there's all these writers, and they're coming…

30. Best of Mike Myers memory

    59:45

    A listener recalls a Mike Myers wraparound where Seth is told he's crying, a bit the hosts can look for.

    Mike Myers sees Seth crying and asks Annie Poehler why

31. Fans point here

    1:01:10

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 4 likes.

    We can look into finding the clip and seeing if it's okay with people to... Let's take a look at it. We'll take a look. Yeah. Yeah. Shit, somebody told, I guess Yoram said as soon as he walked in, somebody said, I… — Akiva

32. Vocal training Q&A

    1:02:42

    Asked about vocal training, the hosts say none formally, recalling a vocal coach's advice to speed walk while singing.

    No formal training is the short answer.

33. Sushi Glory Hole voice note

    1:04:26

    A listener confesses to eating sushi from a bathroom wall hole, a callback to the Sushi Glory Hole sketch.

    I started eating strange sushi out of it

34. Mike Schur on Space Olympics

    1:06:57

    Mike Schur praises Space Olympics' tropes of intensely passionate singing about mundane logistics.

    I love Space Olympics.