Cookies w/ Amy Poehler

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1. Amy Poehler calls from an airport parking lot

   0:14

   Poehler joins the podcast from a Houston airport parking lot while touring Restless Leg, a sign of the affection the hosts have built up. Her co-tour performers Tina Fey and Fred Armisen are nearby.

   I'm in Houston, Texas, getting ready to fly to Dallas, Texas with Elizabeth Fay for our tour.

2. Bronx Beat, Hugh Laurie, Poehler's favorite

   1:45

   Poehler calls the Hugh Laurie Bronx Beat her favorite ever, noting it is hard to find online. Jodi Mancuso, the real-life inspiration, reportedly talks just like the character.

   It might be my favorite Bronx Beat ever.

3. Hugh Laurie's Bronx Beat accent moment

   2:47

   The Laurie episode's biggest laugh comes when the hosts beg him to say "schedule" in his British accent. The hosts' reactions became a fan-favorite callback.

   He says schedule and you just both lose your minds.

4. Laurie's meat-counter sketch

   4:27

   Seth recalls Laurie's butcher shop bit, where the hosts ask about his favorite cut and he breaks briefly on the word "tongue."

   And you say tongue and he breaks, but just a little bit, just a little British break.

5. Poehler's last show before Parks and Rec

   5:44

   Poehler's final SNL episode was the last before Christmas break, and she left to start Parks and Rec with Cher's involvement after New Year's. She had her first child in October that year.

   One detail here is not in the transcript.

   I think I guess I went right after Christmas break to start on Parks and Rec

6. Second Golden Era cast departure

   6:10

   Seth frames Poehler's exit as the second departure from the Golden Era cast, following Maya Rudolph's earlier exit.

   But this is the second departure of a cast member from Anne Golden Era.
   an golden era

7. Fred Armisen cameos from Restless Leg

   6:18

   Poehler brings Fred Armisen into the call, flagging that the week's short is his "Cookies" Digital Short.

   I'm with some SNL cast members right now, including one who was from Anne Golden Era, which is Fred Armisen.
   an golden era

8. Cookies: this week's short

   6:36

   Cookies is Fred Armisen's Digital Short, the subject of this week's episode, with Armisen's voice note sent to Seth beforehand.

   the short we're up to this week is your short, the cookies one.

9. Armisen's Stand Up for Drummers

   7:47

   Seth points to Armisen's Netflix special Stand Up for Drummers, in which Armisen runs through accents from all 50 states.

   everybody should watch Fred's special on Netflix, Stand Up For Drummers

10. Shoemaker's surprise party

    14:09

    Poehler nearly blew the surprise for Mike Shoemaker's last week by accidentally texting him about a fake restaurant name. Shoemaker later admitted he missed several clues.

    do you think the name of this fake restaurant will fool Shoemaker?

11. Governor Paterson's wandering cameo

    17:06

    During Poehler's goodbye, then-NY Governor David Paterson unknowingly wandered into the frame. Armisen, as Paterson, was in the shot without knowing it, and Poehler's emotional moment became a joke.

    a very emotional goodbye to camera, but it did not go very long before it was interrupted by Fred

12. Quaid Army and Righteous Kill

    19:09

    Poehler says she is a member of the Quaid Army and recently got a tattoo, reflecting the podcast's listener community and its call-and-response greeting.

    I listen to it every week. Quaid Army forever. That's really become a thing. Righteous Kill.

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

    Quaid Armyrighteous kill

13. People's Choice Webby

    22:28

    The hosts thank the Quaid Army for winning the People's Choice Webby.

    we won the People's Choice Webby. Thank you, Quaid Army.
    Quaid Army

14. Periwinkle players code word

    23:45

    A listener-facing code word from the last episode: the hosts fumble to recall "periwinkle," which they later debate as blue or lavender.

    We were both kind of right, I guess, because people said it was a blue-tinted, like, lavender.

15. Krylon spray paint colors

    23:57

    Jorma and Akiva explain that their color vocabulary comes from years of graffiti, when they referenced Krylon spray paint cans.

    me and Akiva did a lot of graffiti when we were kids, and so a lot of my references for colors are all Krylon spray paint colors.

16. Jorma's $180 vest

    25:13

    The vest Jorma wears is a Nike piece sold through End Clothing, reportedly costing $180, which he admits left him feeling weird wearing it.

    It was $180. It is a Nike vest, but it's through a company called End Clothing.

17. Lazy Sunday coat callback

    25:37

    Akiva compares Jorma's vest worry to Andy Samberg's Supreme coat from Lazy Sunday, which became too recognizable to wear again.

    You think it's your Lazy Sunday Supreme coat that you can't wear anymore

18. Brandon shot Sonic 3 and Knuckles

    27:31

    Jorma explains that Brandon, a DP who shot several of his wife's movies, directed a Knuckles Show episode and was DP on Sonic 3, prompting Jorma's cameo request.

    He was also the DP for Sonic 3. So he did all of the Knuckles show and then went straight into Sonic 3.

19. Fred Armisen's voice note on Cookies

    34:28

    Fred Armisen sent a voice note from Houston recalling the Cookies sketch. He says it started as a table sketch and draws on his habit of snacking in meetings when food sits in the middle.

    whenever there's like a meeting or a conference and there are snacks in the middle, I'm like, oh, that's all I want to do is just snack

20. Fred's knack for turning traits into personas

    35:41

    Jorma notes that Fred takes a small quirk from a person and inflates it into their whole personality. Fred's SNL impressions of the cast were known for capturing who people were, not just how they sounded.

    I feel like Fred is so good at taking a tiny thing about a person, usually something that you find mildly annoying

21. Seth's stress-eating at table reads

    38:13

    Seth describes eating the small sandwiches set out at SNL table reads. He recalls doing it even at the 50th anniversary table read.

    And the amount that I would just stress eat them.

22. Australians sketch cut from air

    42:46

    The Australians sketch, featuring Wig, Fred and Bill packing for a trip, was cut from the broadcast. Seth mentions it so Kevin can pull a clip.

    That was the sketch where Wig and Fred and Bill were Australians packing for a trip.

23. Will Forte's Hamilton Whiteman debuts

    44:12

    Wedding Toast marks the first appearance of Will Forte's Hamilton Whiteman, a character who later became his own thing. The sketch had Hugh Laurie and Fred in the toast lineup.

    Wedding Toast, the first appearance of Will Forte's character, Hamilton Whiteman.

24. Fred's Blackbird at Shoemaker's farewell

    51:18

    At Mike Shoemaker's last party, Fred read Nielsen numbers and then played Beatles' Blackbird in the wrong key, unsettling the room.

    And then he sat at the piano and Fred does this really great bit where he plays Blackbird in the wrong course.

25. Governor David Patterson sketch

    51:51

    Fred's first Governor David Patterson appearance is cited as one of the funniest SNL moments. It ended with the real governor joining Fred, which the hosts take as proof it was all in good fun.

    It did end with the actual governor showing up and doing the sketch with Fred

26. Rob Klein's Lamps voice note

    55:46

    Co-writer Rob Klein sends a long voice note about Lamps, a sketch he and Andy wrote with the title first. He recalls it was one of the darkest weeks of his career and that the cast ate heavy costume pain.

    Little did we know that the sense of fun was going to soon be replaced by one of the darkest weeks of my professional life.

27. Shoemaker: Lauren hates lamps

    57:12

    During rewrites, Shoemaker reportedly said Lorne hated the sketch, questioning why the lamps sing. Rob says the team had no answer.

    Shoemaker's like, no, the sketch he hates is lamps.

28. Lamps as a lasting joke

    59:34

    Rob says Lamps is a sketch that will never live down, and Seth and Jorma predict Andy has real Lamps trauma that persisted through the years.

    And then to this day, that's lamps. One will never live down.

29. Eight sketches cut for Lamps

    1:00:55

    Akiva says six sketches were cut after dress, plus two after, eight in total. Seth says Lorne cut that many so Lamps could play after Update.

    Lorne cut eight things just so Lamps, the sketch he hated, could play after update.

30. Periwinkle and petty four code word

    1:01:36

    Jorma discusses a code word for Andy, joking about his earlier periwinkle usage, and suggests petty four as a new one.

    Petty four. It's petty four. Good luck remembering that next time, Jorm.