Like a Boss

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1. The Rock Obama sketch origin

   2:25

   Seth recalls the Obama bailout sketch, with Fred Armisen as Obama and Andy as Rahm Emanuel. The Rock's dramatic muscle-flexing shirt-rip became the showpiece.

   I believe, Keeve, that you were the one who had the idea for the Barack Obama.

2. Phil Himes, SNL lighting director

   5:38

   Phil Himes was the lighting director from the first SNL episode and lit the first White House shoot with Kennedy. He wasn't happy about the fake window added for the Obama gag.

   He lit Kennedy in the White House the first time they shot in the White House.

3. Billy Bob Thornton and the baseball hat

   6:47

   Billy Bob Thornton wore a baseball hat during his SNL monologue and a confrontation with Phil Himes followed, resolved man to man offstage.

   Billy Bob Thornton was hosting and he was running his monologue wearing his baseball hat.

4. Hawaiian Hotel sketch with Fred

   7:45

   A Rock Johnson Show sketch where Fred and Dwayne play hotel staff who sing and dance while mistreating tourists.

   Hawaiian Hotel, and I hadn't watched it for a long time.

5. Fans point here

   9:34

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 12 likes.

   Oh, poor Poseidon! We've been scowled! The rocks came out of nowhere! Why didn't anyone warn us?

6. Jost's bucket-of-water note

   11:56

   For To the Lighthouse, the director Jost ordered crew to soak the cast with buckets of water between lines, which the audience loved.

   Jost gave a note between dress and air to the crew to literally just soak you guys with buckets of water.

7. Before the movie The Lighthouse

   13:05

   The hosts note the sketch predates the 2019 film The Lighthouse, so the title is a coincidence.

   And you got to remember, this is before the movie The Lighthouse.

8. Like a Boss: album origins

   13:56

   The Digital Short comes from a Lonely Island album track. Andy wrote much of it after waking up and listening to the new record.

   I was listening. I woke up that morning and was like, I want to listen to some good music.

9. Alexa plays hot garbage

   14:29

   The Lonely Island set up an Alexa keyword promo so saying 'Alexa, play hot garbage' plays their songs, a trick that fans are asked to retest.

   It was hot trash, I think. Hot garbage. Hot garbage, yeah.

10. Fans point here

    15:30

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    You know, when you do a special thing like that and then it doesn't exist anymore, it can hurt. Like, just off the top of my head, I created a signature hamburger for Umami Burger called the Sandburger. The Sandburger,… — Andy

11. Sandburger at Umami Burger

    15:32

    Andy created a signature burger for Umami Burger called the Sandburger, a Chicago-dog-inspired creation. It disappeared after a month.

    I created a signature hamburger for Umami Burger called the Sandburger.

12. Wahlburgers jab

    16:34

    The hosts joke that Mark Wahlberg's Wahlburgers chain 'killed' the Sandburger, playing off the rival burger brand.

    Do you think that's how Wahlburger got his revenge about your impression?

13. Rick Ross and T-Pain boss songs

    17:32

    The boss-culture songs of 2005 to 2009 that inspired the track include Rick Ross's 'Boss' and Slim Thug's 'Like a Boss'.

    There was Just Another Day in the Life of the Goddamn Boss.

14. Fans point here

    19:06

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 33 likes.

    But yeah, it was one of the days I was in this dude and I started just writing it. And I was like, what if the boss was like a boss at an office? Isn't that funny? I mean, I remember coming out and Keith being there… — Andy

15. Keeve's engineering role

    22:00

    Akiva was in the room engineering the Like a Boss track, and helped Andy finish the lyrics.

    I was definitely in the room for this one because I was engineering this one.

16. Seth Rogen replaces Akiva's verse

    24:15

    The album version features Akiva; for the Digital Short, Seth Rogen takes over the boss role, a switch Akiva happily made.

    But on the album, it's me. Yeah, on the album it was Akiva.

17. Kids around the office love the song

    25:54

    Their label reported that office workers liked the track, which convinced the group to make it a video.

    And then our label told us that, I believe the quote was like, the kids around the office really like that one.

18. L.A. Reid and Rude Boy

    26:44

    During Rihanna recording sessions, label executive L.A. Reid said the kids liked 'Rude Boy' before it was released as a single, which it later was.

    I'm hearing that the kids really like Rude Boy. But it was not a single yet.

19. New Alvin-style theme song

    28:34

    Greg Chun wrote a new theme song in the style of Alvin and the Chipmunks, parodying the show's own format.

    We have a new theme song in the style of Alvin and the Chipmunks that Jorm's going to hear for the first time.
    three AlvinsDave

20. Jack Quaid's mac and cheese

    30:01

    Andy's shoutout to Jack Quaid making breakfast turns into a bit about his roommates and his mac and cheese, leading to his inclusion in the Quaid lore.

    Jack Quaid, what's up, my man? You making your brekkie? Little brekkie brekk?

    Goes back to mac and cheese, Ep. 63, 53:48: Like a grilled cheese or you got some mac and cheese?

    Quaidomac and cheese

21. Origin of 'We da best'

    38:42

    The hosts wonder whether the 'We da best' tombstone line was already a Khaled reference. It points to the Khaled catchphrase the sketch borrows from.

    Is that a reference to... Was that already a Khalid thing?

22. A rare Seth Rogen-era fish bit

    39:38

    The hosts recall the giant fish moment from the sketch, which they later reference again in the 100th Digital Short. It is a running visual gag they keep returning to.

    Oh, and the fish comes back in the 100th digital short as well. Yeah, you know, precursor.

23. Frame-by-frame YouTube trick

    40:32

    Akiva shares the keyboard shortcut for stepping through YouTube video one frame at a time: period goes forward, comma goes back.

    the period key makes it go forward and the comma key makes it go back one frame.

24. Akiva 'might not be an actor' joke

    44:11

    Akiva says he cannot match Seth Rogen as an actor, a self-deprecating line that fits the hosts' running joke about who performs best.

    I mean, I don't think I'm the actor Seth Rogen is, so I don't know that I'd want this apples-to-apples comparison.

25. Fans point here

    45:37

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

    It's one of our bigger singles for sure. Yeah. It's good that you said that, Andy, because I remember when it aired, it was funny. But I remember you like having sex with a fish, not that it was a real earworm banger.…

26. Tour moments with the 'Laika boss'

    47:03

    During the tour, Akiva and Jorma would walk behind Andy doing Laika boss bits, and they would pass each other onstage. Jorma says the tour was the most fun part of the era.

    And me and Jorm kind of stomped around behind him doing the Laika bosses.

27. Fans point here

    52:25

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    Uh, I think King Lear famously had three daughters, not two sons. A lot of people giving you shade on that. That's who he's giving his kingdom to and deciding who it's going to go to. That's the succession story of… — Seth

28. Muppet Bus sketch

    54:54

    The Muppet Bus sketch is recalled as the last sketch of the episode, with Beaker and Smorgie Borg lines quoted.

    Smorgie Borg! Smorgie Borg!

29. Girlfriend Voice sketch

    55:05

    Andy says he wrote Girlfriend Voice with Seth Rogen, Mulaney and Bill. The sketch riffs on guys who change their voice when a girlfriend calls.

    I was also in a sketch called Girlfriend Voice that Seth Rogen, Mulaney, me, and Bill wrote together, apparently.

30. The Grease CD sketch

    56:14

    Seth recalls a sketch where a boss plays a Grease song for 40 seconds at a time while employees stare at Rogan. The hosts praise it as dumb but good.

    It's a very, very dumb sketch. It's called You're the One That I Want.

31. Kathy in Save Comics

    59:32

    Kathy appears in back-to-back weeks, including Save Comics, where a comic strip crack about her strip is delivered.

    Kathy appeared back to back weeks because Kathy showed up.

32. Mugless, the unaired autobiographical sketch

    1:00:19

    Seth says Mugless is the sketch he thinks about most. Jorma calls it deeply autobiographical and says it did not air.

    Mugless is the sketch, the sketch that didn't work that I think about the most.

33. Unaired sketches sandwiched around Mother Lover

    1:00:47

    Akiva notes that Mother Lover was flanked by two unaired pieces, which was unusual for the group.

    I've never thought about that. That means we did one that didn't air, which was rare for us.

34. Fans point here

    1:01:46

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 25 likes.

    Later, Quates. And is that Quatto or is that somebody else? Wait, you came up with your own tag? Yeah. You didn't tell us? It's grabbed from like a random soundbite. That's why it sounds so different from my normal…

35. The 'Later, Quaids' sign-off

    1:01:52

    The hosts reveal that the 'Later, Quaids' tag was sampled from an AM radio soundbite, and they rehearse the new podcast ending.

    It's grabbed from like a random soundbite.
    later, Quaids

36. Later, Quaids is not Quatto

    1:02:03

    Andy asks whether the sign-off voice is Quatto or someone else, and Akiva says it is a soundbite from an AM radio clip.

    It's just from like a soundbite from some AM radio thing or something.
    Quatto

37. The sign-off as a signifier

    1:02:38

    The hosts agree that a fixed sign-off signals the show is over, and they decide not to play the jingle again.

    It's good to have something that everyone knows the show's over.