Property of the Queen

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

1. Seth comes prepared

   1:41

   Seth announces he came in with a plan, which the hosts tease as a different Seth. He says the episode would be pretty dull if they just winged the short, since they have little to say about it.

   I came in prepared today. This is going to be a different Seth.

2. Fans point here

   1:41

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 38 likes.

   Quick little notes, because I will say, I came in prepared today. This is going to be a different Seth. Well, part of it is I felt as though if we just winged it with this short, it would be a pretty dog episode. I… — Seth

3. Fans point here

   9:00

   4 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 13 likes.

   That's a mashup I'm interested in. I'm just glad that they mentioned 100 degrees because when my brother was out in Finland, we checked the temperature. Nobody was in the sauna, so people weren't going in and out. So…

4. Fans point here

   16:24

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 5 likes.

   Why were you doing it live? Why were you doing I'm a Boat live on Fallon? Were you promoting something? Was it Popstar? No, I think we were promoting the album. You're talking about the classroom instruments or you're…

5. Popstar's Netflix return

   19:42

   Popstar had been hard to stream for years, bouncing between platforms and often only available to rent. Akiva Schaffer recalls wishing it had been on Netflix at release, believing wider reach could have helped the film.

   The moment it came out and people didn't see it in theaters, we were like, God, I wish it was on Netflix right now

6. Andy's coffee answer

   21:43

   Asked what coffee Andy drinks, Andy says he used to be a Tay guy, getting Tays at the office in New York, and now gets his beans from Go Get Em Tiger.

   And now I get my beans from Go Get Em Tiger.
   jav

7. Liz Schaffer's voice note

   23:45

   Akiva Schaffer's wife Liz recorded a voice note on which Lonely Island video she finds hottest. She picks 'YOLO' as her top, and says she has a type that is more nuanced than just looking good in 'I'm On a Boat.'

   My top hot Akiva vids for Lonely Island is YOLO.

8. Liz's Stork Patrol pick

   23:58

   Liz Schaffer names 'Stork Patrol' as an older favorite of Akiva. She notes she met him about two years after the short aired, which she thinks makes the comment less creepy.

   And then old school, I love him in Stork Patrol.

9. Liz and the Chipmunks

   24:37

   Liz says she is a 'Simon gal' out of the Chipmunks, the reference the hosts keep tying back to the three Alvins framing of The Lonely Island.

   Out of all of the chipmunks, I'm a Simon gal.
   three Alvins

10. Jackal references

    26:33

    The hosts riff on the Jackal, the anonymous mythic figure in Allison Janney's West Wing performance and in clips, with Akiva saying it is a widely passed-around web clip.

    the jackal is also like a passed around. It's like Kim Cattrall doing her jazz.

11. Fans point here

    26:47

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 6 likes.

    You mean the people who comment on my YouTube page? Grammar jackals? I feel like if you ignore them after talking a lot about jackals, that it might be a bad move on your part. I kind of wanted to maybe teach them a… — Seth

12. Flippy floppies: a listener's I'm on a Boat coinage

    30:23

    A listener notes the phrase 'flippy floppies' spread from the I'm on a Boat lyrics into everyday speech, a sign of how far the song traveled.

    I've always called them flippy floppies post I'm on a boat.
    ka‑blamo

13. Me likey that: a Jorma coinage that became MLD

    31:43

    'Me likey that' started as a Jorma phrase, was shortened to MLD in editing, and later inspired the song in Popstar.

    This came from Yorm, I believe, but we say me likey that a lot.
    me likey datMLDNLD

14. NLD: no likey dat as editing shorthand

    32:06

    An editor adopted the opposite phrase, 'no likey dat' (NLD), so the mixing-room shorthand spread to the editing bay.

    And then my editor recently started saying NLD for no likey that.
    no likey datNLD

15. Dibbles, pegs, and the mixing code system

    32:14

    In mixing, a dibble was a decibel; a peg was four dibbles, and half a peg two. The hosts built a whole code and it got muddled.

    We used to have a lot of things in mixing with decibels, with dBs, with dibbles.
    dibblehalf a dibblehalf a pegpegrung

16. Peg as four dibbles

    32:34

    Taking something down a peg meant four dibbles, the mixing unit the group reused for volume notes.

    I remember that a peg, if you were going to take something down a peg, it was four dibbles.
    pegdibble

17. Fans point here

    37:25

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 5 likes.

    All right, we're going to get to the short, but a few quick things in the Alec Baldwin show. I'm going to give you the title of a sketch. You guys tell me what you think it's about. Do you think you can do it on just… — Seth

18. Sir Mix-a-Lot's Photoshop sketch

    37:38

    Sir Mix-a-Lot's Photoshop has the Alec Baldwin show host performing new lyrics to the song about enlarging photographed butts.

    Sir Mix-a-Lot's Photoshop.

19. Property of the Queen: the Jonas Brothers short

    40:38

    Property of the Queen is a Jonas Brothers short that aired right after I'm on a Boat, featuring glam-band songs the Jonases already had written.

    What is the name of this digital short again? Property of the Queen.

20. Following a hit is harder

    41:05

    Seth warns comedy writers that following a big hit is not easier; the Jonas short came right after I'm on a Boat.

    the biggest mistake you can make is thinking of the last thing you do is going to be the next thing you do.
    I'm on a Boat

21. The Jonases brought the songs

    41:55

    The Jonas Brothers already had glam-band songs written, so the hosts built the premise around their existing music.

    And they had all these songs already written, pretty much.

22. Short unavailable online

    43:46

    Property of the Queen isn't on YouTube, which the hosts find odd given the comment interest in other shorts.

    Is this one not online?

23. Fans point here

    43:54

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

    It would be fun to see how many less views it has than the Finnish sauna song. So I'd like to find it in my text thread and because it's not online, do our... Oh yeah, do Stop Start. I will say a lot of compliments on… — Seth

24. The VHS and DVD player gag

    45:33

    In the short, the jig is up, and the guy pulls out a VHS tape only to find a DVD player, a joke the hosts say aged strangely.

    And I have the VHS tape to prove it.

25. Ask the Wizard and Bill Hader's Tulsa roots

    49:29

    A wizard in the short is a fellow from Tulsa, the hosts say, explaining Bill Hader's laid-back persona.

    Basically one of his old buddies from Tulsa in a wizard costume with a beard.

26. Jack McBrayer and the Jonases' 30 Rock link

    50:39

    Jack McBrayer is in the monologue because it references 30 Rock, where he met the Jonas Brothers; they're friends to this day.

    Jack McBrayer is in the monologue, because the monologue is about 30 Rock.

27. Rung as three dibbles

    51:41

    Jorma corrects the record: a rung is three dibbles, though the group mostly used half pegs in practice.

    a rung was three dibbles. Take it down a peg, take it up a peg, take it up a rung.
    rungdibblepeghalf a peg

28. AMPM situation: Too Much Good Stuff

    51:55

    Jorma's phrase 'AMPM situation' borrows the mini-mart slogan 'Too Much Good Stuff' to describe anything awesome.

    oh, it's like an AM, PM situation. ... too much good stuff.
    ampm situation

29. Breakfast defector, a Taco Bell echo

    52:14

    Andy's 'breakfast defector' line comes from Taco Bell's ad campaign and is used for doing something bold.

    Oh, Andy has one about Taco Bell, too. Just talking about being breakfast defectors.
    breakfast defector

30. Think outside the bun

    52:26

    Jorma sincerely uses 'let's think outside the bun' without irony, a phrase others have since adopted.

    And I do legitimately, without any humor anymore, say, let's think outside the bun.

31. Hot air balloon: an emergency on-air add

    53:18

    Commercial parody Hot Air Balloon Rides was added on-air as filler when the show ran short, not part of the dress plan.

    that's an added on air, meaning it wasn't a dress.

32. Lorne's frantic hunt for the balloon sketch

    53:58

    Lorne ran through the halls to find the Horsen's tape, and the hosts say it's the happiest they've seen him since the 50th.

    And Lorne was like, I'll get it. And he was like running down the hallway.