Listener Q&A Episode 6

Pop-ups (26 · 6 fan picks from YouTube comments)

1. Vest gate reaches the Quaid Army

   1:07

   The vest became a running joke after fans roasted Jorma's outfit on the show's Instagram. The hosts read the comments aloud as the episode's opening bit.

   Just looking at the Lonely Myers pod Instagram and it has 949 comments about the vest.
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2. Fans point here

   10:58

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 74 likes.

   We are a car, and thanks so much for keeping us on the tracks, Seth. Let's see what happens next. All right, so Jeff is one of the producers over here, and he's going to be just feeding us that. We are a car? The…

3. Fans point here

   16:29

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

   All right. So a couple of people mentioned going to meet us at shows where they went to the place where they could fuck us and then they sent photos. So we got a photo from Claire that is showing right there.

4. Listener voice notes explained

   19:00

   Listeners can send voice notes through a link in the show's Instagram bio. Jorma jokes they don't need to edit him out.

   There's a link in the Instagram bio for people who want to send it.

5. Greg Chun makes the show's music

   19:50

   Greg Chun is the musician the crew calls first for musical bits. He voiced the lead in the American dub of Squid Game and did music for the Michael Bolton special.

   He's just very good at picking up the phone and he's very talented.

6. Fans point here

   21:19

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 11 likes.

   We have an audio message. Let's rock it. Hi, my name is Edie. I'm from Baltimore. And my favorite Lonely Island skit is Ross Trank because my dad is bald. And my question is, why won't my parents let me say Sushi Glory…

7. Sushi Glory Hole at school

   21:23

   A Baltimore listener asks why her parents won't let her say Sushi Glory Hole at school, a sketch the hosts treat as a classic.

   my favorite Lonely Island skit is Ross Trank because my dad is bald.

8. HMV and Virgin Megastore

   24:48

   HMV was a UK record chain; the hosts guess it was the Best Buy of Britain. Virgin Megastore came up as a comparison.

   Her Majesty's Voice, I believe. Really? It's like a Best Buy kind of thing.

9. Pants versus trousers

   25:02

   A listener asks whether 'jizz in my pants' meant underwear or trousers. The hosts say trousers, and that 'jeans' was dropped to avoid overlapping with another song.

   Were they imagining pants in the UK sense, i.e. underwear, or in the US sense, i.e. trousers?

   Goes back to righteous kill, Ep. 52, 38:17: Oh, Righteous Kill. Have we ever talked about Righteous Kill as a saying?

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10. Jeans became pants

    26:48

    The hosts say 'jizz in my jeans' was the original line, but it clashed with 'punch you in the jeans' on the album, so they pivoted to pants.

    We didn't want to cannibalize ourselves on the same album.

11. Quaid name mix-up

    27:21

    A Canadian listener admits he thought Quaid referred to Randy or Dennis Quaid. The hosts confirm it comes from Total Recall.

    when we started referring to ourselves as the Quaid Army, I, for some reason, thought that it was a reference to like Randy Quaid
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12. Lorne's Order of Canada pin

    29:01

    Lorne Michaels wears a small maple-leaf lapel pin that listeners identify as the Order of Canada.

    Kevin says, I think it is an Order of Canada pin.

13. Third-grade teacher's picks

    29:27

    A teacher asks what sketches the hosts would show kids. Jorma picks a Monty Python coal miner sketch, and Akiva says his daughter got hooked on I Think You Should Leave.

    I am a third grade teacher and I like to expose my children to cool pop culture things.

14. Monty Python's working class playwright

    31:50

    Jorma recalls the Monty Python sketch where a family of actors treats acting as hard blue-collar work, and he admits he ripped it off for Math Whizzes versus History Buffs.

    I actually ripped it off on a sketch called Math Whizzes versus History Buffs.

15. Fans point here

    36:50

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    disclaimer paypal pay later data eight markets march 2025 to february 2026 repeat users more than one pay later purchase in the past year okay next up we have an audio one go ahead Hey guys, my name's Brandon and I'm…

16. Hot Rod props and a Tomos scooter

    37:13

    A British Columbia listener is rebuilding Rod's bike from Hot Rod. Andy and Akiva reveal they kept costume pieces, and Akiva got a Ladies Man candle from Tim Meadows.

    I'm right in the middle of building a replica of Rod's bike from Hot Rod, the Tomos A35.

17. Costumes and the studio

    39:24

    Hosts explain that when a movie wraps, props belong to the studio and get packed away. Jorma wishes he had the DJ head from Popstar, which is now in the Smithsonian.

    it all belongs to the studio. And if they need it for additional photography, it all gets packed away

18. Deltron 3030 and Dan the Automator

    41:45

    The closest the group came to a real rap collaboration was a skit for Deltron 3030, made by Dan the Automator, a producer the hosts admired in high school.

    Dan the Automator who reached out, right?

19. Kendrick's comedy rap confusion

    42:54

    Jorma says he once thought a rapper was joking and later learned they were serious, an example of Kendrick Lamar's track being mistaken for comedy.

    I thought the damn album was just full of great jokes and I was laughing all the time.

20. Dos Manos burrito price

    43:38

    A listener's rap about Baja Fresh's Dos Manos burrito is discussed; the hosts argue about what it costs now, a question left for listener comments.

    Them shits are super large for only $6.25

21. Sketches for a movie remake

    46:07

    A caller in London asks which sketches should become films. Jorma wants a Falconer movie and Akiva suggests Laser Cats.

    The one we've always talked about was Laser Cats.
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22. Incredibad album cover hands

    48:48

    A listener asks whose hands are on the Incredibad cover. The hosts say all three are right hands and Jorma notes a small scar on his.

    Since you funny fellas covered the Incredibad album, I've always been curious as to whose hand is whose on the album cover.

23. Fans point here

    49:48

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 18 likes.

    That's true, but I do have a little bit of, tiny bit of scarring on my right hand. I was still straight edge, so they had to clean up my axes. Because you wouldn't stop putting pen, like permanent pen on your hand. I… — Jorma

24. Spelling Bee hints debate

    53:27

    A listener asks if the hosts read hint comments. Andy says he only checks word counts and points, and Jorma says he used about 30 hints to reach Queen Bee.

    when I got Queen Bee, but the way I did it was literally looking at the entire list

    Goes back to Queen Bee, Ep. 8, 18:30, Seth: By the way, I also got, he didn't tell me to check my phone, but he also got Queen Bee on the spelling bee, which he texted me right before this started.

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25. Letterboxd in two words

    54:28

    Andy says he now tries to solve the Letterboxd game in two words, a challenge borrowed from a friend, Dan Gore.

    try to get letterboxed in two words.
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26. Akiva directed Brooklyn Nine-Nine with Will Shortz

    54:39

    Akiva directed a Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode that featured Will Shortz, the NYT crossword creator, who bragged about books he had read.

    I directed a Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode and Will Shorts, the famous crosswords creator from your times, was in it.

27. Fans point here

    57:19

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    My partner Hannah made me a Lonely Island fan and is now really happy that they can wear their favorite Lonely Island t-shirt again. I just wanted to ask a question about the Sky in England, by which I specifically…

28. SNL UK on Sky

    57:41

    A listener asks about Lorne Michaels' planned UK SNL. The hosts say the format is proven and note earlier Italian and Korean versions.

    Lorne Michaels and Sky are doing a British version of Saturday Night Live.

29. Finest Girl dance cue

    1:00:45

    A fan's concert story leads to a 2019 Anaheim practice show where the band tried Incredibad live, then never did it again.

    Andy missed the dance cue because we were yelling at each other.

30. Periwinkle secret message

    1:03:55

    The hosts plan a test to see if Seth listens to the episode: they will ask him about the color periwinkle. The gag becomes a closing running bit.

    It could just be as simple as a color. Like, the color is periwinkle.
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31. Seth at his bar mitzvah

    1:04:49

    Seth FaceTimes in from a bar mitzvah, saying the vest comments were not all covered and the episode was off the rails.

    Are you at the bar mitzvah? Yeah, see, look, about to have a backyard bar mitzvah.

32. Squid Army mix-up

    1:06:35

    Seth misspeaks, calling the Quaid Army the Squid Army. The hosts keep the joke and say the name has changed again.

    Squid Army. That's cool. You don't even know the name of our army.
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