Movie Awards

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1. Fans point here

   0:20

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 5 likes.

   Yeah, come on. Don't house out. And, you know, once you check out the season premiere, hit us in the titties. Let us know what you think, how them jokes landed. Yeah.

2. Jorm thrilled by listener bad memories

   0:36

   Jorma reacts with glee to listener feedback about his bad behavior, a recurring dynamic where the hosts gleefully spin audience criticism into comedy.

   Every time anybody mentions that they have a bad memory on this pod, I'm just thrilled.

3. Mugglas pronunciation callback

   2:23

   A listener points out that 'Muglas' should be pronounced 'Mooglas', a callback to the earlier Dooglas bit from a previous episode.

   not one of you said Muglas should be pronounced Mooglas.

4. Andy attends first Culturistas Awards

   2:43

   Andy reports attending the first Culturistas Awards, saying he met Cueto in person and was pleased by the 'righteous kill' greeting.

   I attended the first ever Culturistas Awards last night.
   righteous killQuaid

5. Righteous kill greeting from Cueto

   3:13

   Cueto greets Andy with the 'righteous kill' phrase, the Quaid identifier coined by Akiva years earlier.

   he said righteous kill. It was one of my favorite in persons.

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

   righteous kill

6. MTV Movie Awards as major comedy platform

   4:03

   Seth reflects on how the MTV Movie Awards were once a huge cable comedy event comparable to network television.

   this used to be an awesome platform for comedy. Cable television used to be just the hugest deal in the world

7. Culturistas announcement tone praised

   4:30

   The hosts praise the deadpan tone of the Culturistas announcement videos, which read names with a straight face and genuine laughter.

   The way they read Absterious but then have genuine laughter is maybe my favorite thing.

8. Weird Al and UHF quoting with kids

   5:19

   Jorm recounts his kids quoting UHF on the way to a Weird Al concert, a movie that gets quoted across generations.

   Well, they watched UHF on the way to the venue. And then they were just quoting it the whole time.

9. Summer 2009 premise: MacGruber and MTV

   5:50

   Akiva sets up the episode: summer 2009 was when Jorm was shooting MacGruber and Andy hosted the MTV Movie Awards, both Lonely Island-adjacent projects.

   Yorm was doing the MacGruber movie he was going to shoot late in the summer.

10. 2005 Fallon awards launched SNL gig

    6:15

    The Lonely Island's journey began writing for the 2005 MTV Movie Awards hosted by Jimmy Fallon, which eventually got them to SNL.

    The 2005 awards was the Jimmy Fallon one that got us SNL. And now just four years later, we're back running the whole show.

11. The promos as a sign of money

    6:46

    Seth reflects that the promos cost as much as five Digital Shorts, a sign of how much money was available for production at the time.

    each one of them costs like what five digital shorts cost.
    Criterion

12. Set visit to the promo shoot

    7:06

    Akiva recalls visiting the promo set, impressed by the professional lighting and production values, and admiring the DP's work.

    damn, they're doing this for real and be very excited.

13. Best Fight couples argument with Rashida

    7:22

    Jorm highlights the relatable passive-aggressive couples fight between Andy and Rashida Jones from the Best Fight promo.

    you and Rashida having just a very small, very relatable couples fight all the time.

14. Knuckle Up leads to Celeste and Jesse Forever

    8:56

    Akiva notes the Andy and Rashida promo looked like a rom-com, and Andy later starred in Celeste and Jesse Forever, which Rashida co-wrote.

    This looks like a real rom-com. And then you guys did make one together.

15. Celeste and Jesse Forever co-writers

    9:00

    Andy says Rashida and her friend Will wrote the script for Celeste and Jesse Forever.

    Well, her and her buddy Will wrote Celeste and Jesse Forever.

16. Pommel: Best Kiss promo

    10:27

    The Pommel promo is a gymnastics-themed Best Kiss parody with Cuba Gooding Jr. as coach, a bit that plays off the Olympic pommel horse moment that went viral that year.

    The first one is Best Kiss. The name of the movie is Pommel, and it's a gymnastics movie.

17. Pommel horse guy at the Olympics

    10:34

    Akiva jokes the promo predicted a viral Olympic pommel horse moment, playing on the real-life buzz.

    Do you think you were the first Pommel horse guy? He went pretty viral at the Olympics this year.

18. Fans point here

    12:08

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 23 likes.

    And then, yeah, great little kiss on the palm. Look how nice, how well done that is. You do, you and Cuba do have the same hair, which does imply that you are his white son. Yeah, you guys have the same wig on. He's…

19. Slaughter Shack biker bar promo

    12:39

    Slaughter Shack parodies a roadhouse fight with a dead deer and a bizarre tone shift when Van Helsing shows up.

    You walk into like a biker bar with a dead deer over your shoulder.

20. Slaughter Shack as movie idea spark

    12:52

    Akiva says the Slaughter Shack vibe has inspired many movie ideas over the years, a tone they love to play straight.

    I got inspired by it like 10 different times when I was trying to think of movie ideas.

21. The One Who Dared to Leave: Best Male Performance

    14:18

    This promo is a Holocaust-set parody in which Andy walks out on a commandant played by Eva Mendes, and the hosts note it could never be made today.

    That was the truly, truly genius one is best male performance in The One Who Dared to Leave

22. Comedy of past vs. present

    16:16

    Akiva says some of these promos would never be made today, but the comedy still holds up, a view Seth shares.

    You wouldn't do it today because the present would chill it, but the comedy of it is still fucking rock solid.

23. Jack Black and Michael Cera as Andy's parents

    16:26

    Jack Black and Michael Cera play Andy's parents in a promo, a casting highlight that the hosts enjoyed.

    the first one I watched was Jack Black and Michael Cera as your parents.

24. Fans point here

    17:50

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

    I haven't seen it. Yes. Very, very good. And I mean, I know it's a year ago, but he was so fucking funny in Barbie. So funny. Yeah, it was really fun watching him in that. I'm going to butcher it, but he came on my…

25. Best Villain with Rashida Jones

    18:20

    Andy plays an old-timey villain in a second Rashida Jones promo, ending with the 'best villain' callback.

    This is best villain, and Andy's like an old-timey, like, tie-you-to-the-railroad-tracks villain

26. Andy never villainous

    18:41

    Andy's villain is undercut by his sweet nature, with a basket of puppies that he seems to like, and the ending hinges on him being 'best' rather than villainous.

    But he's never villainous.

27. Massive promo push for the Anne Hathaway spot

    19:25

    Andy says a huge photo shoot with multiple posters and billboards supported the promo campaign, reflecting the push behind the MTV Movie Awards.

    And we did like a huge photo shoot with multiple posters and billboards.

28. Anne Hathaway's real tears on set

    20:34

    Andy recalls Anne Hathaway crying on the Pommel-era shoot, and she said it was not hard for her to access the emotion.

    I remember shooting that with Anne Hathaway, and she was crying, and I was like, are you okay?

29. Jorm and Andy on Anne Hathaway's acting

    21:05

    Andy says Hathaway's performance in this promo beats her Les Mis work, and Akiva notes she had to emote while staring at Andy in an old-lady wig.

    I thought this was better than her performance in Les Mis for what it's worth.

30. Writers rewrote the promo scripts

    ~23:39

    Carley recounts sitting in a hotel room in LA rewriting promo scripts with two-thirds of The Lonely Island.

    I was in a hotel room in L.A. with two-thirds of the Lonely Island, who I was a massive fan of, writing and rewriting promo scripts.

31. Jason Carley's voice note

    23:41

    Freelance writer Jason Carley, who wrote the promo scripts, sends a voice note recalling how Andy wanted to win every category, and that Andy saw the awards as a full-circle moment.

    I pitched the idea that Andy wanted to win the movie award in every category

32. Love You Quaid request for Arnold

    24:39

    Seth discusses asking Arnold Schwarzenegger to record Love You Quaid for when a guest leaves early, but says he can't keep going back to Arnold.

    you should get Arnold to record Love You, Quades for any time somebody leaves the pod early.
    later, Quaids

33. Arnold's 'it's not a tumor' bit

    25:29

    The hosts suggest playing a clip of Arnold saying 'it's not a tumor' when someone leaves the pod, a Kindergarten Cop reference.

    maybe every time one of us has to leave early, we'll just play Arnold saying it's not a tumor.
    get to the chopper

34. Jorm's stolen-looking Weird Al sweatshirt

    30:06

    Jorm wears a Weird Al accordion sweatshirt, and the hosts joke that he has to establish on the pod that he didn't steal it.

    he has to establish on the pod he didn't steal.

35. Fans point here

    30:10

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 10 likes.

    Everything Yoram has, he has to establish on the pod he didn't steal. From now on, for sure. It was so fun, because I was backstage with Weird Al. So if anyone out there wants to book us, just know Yoram might steal… — Seth

36. Bespoke comedy trailers in theaters

    31:18

    Seth mentions a Naked Gun trailer shown before Superman, a Liam Neeson shade bit, which Andy praises as a lost art of bespoke comedy trailers.

    Bespoke comedy trailers in theater, kind of a lost art.

37. Wayne's World in front of Addams Family

    31:30

    Akiva recalls the Wayne's World short that played before Addams Family movies, a bit of theater nostalgia.

    The Addams Family Wayne's World one is the one that's seared into my brain

38. Writing staff led by Scott Aukerman

    32:02

    Andy explains they asked Scott Aukerman, a friend and writing all-timer, to head write the show, with a staff including Neil Campbell, Paul Rust and Jason Mantzoukas.

    we asked Scott Aukerman, who is our friend and who is obviously one of the all-timers, if he would head write.

39. Timeline between SNL finale and MTV Awards

    32:44

    Akiva notes the MTV Movie Awards aired May 31, just a couple of weeks after the last SNL episode, which was the Will Ferrell episode.

    So the last SNL was, I believe we said May 19th, the Will Ferrell one last episode.

40. Separate room for presenter writing

    33:57

    Jordan Rubin headed a separate room for non-host writing, handling presenter bits so the host writers could focus on the host.

    he was heading up separate than us in another room handling all the non-host writing.

41. Hosting pressure and public judgement

    35:13

    Akiva says the hard part of hosting an awards show is being judged harshly, though Andy notes people were less mean at that moment.

    People are really mean about award show hosts.

42. Hosting as a sign of success

    35:24

    Andy says being asked to host the MTV Movie Awards felt like a sign that their work was doing well, since the awards were the coolest intersection of music, movies and comedy.

    getting asked to do this was like, oh fuck, we're doing so good that they're asking me to do this.

43. Punk rock tone of the promos

    35:58

    Jorm sees the promos as punk rock, with the silly beats and the 'coming out of their penises' bit feeling very much like Andy's tone.

    it is kind of punk rock.

44. Jorma describes athletes and writers humor

    37:31

    Jorma compares the sheer size of athletes to the funny nature of writers, a line the others jokingly praise. It is a fun early example of the hosts riffing on Jorma's observational style.

    Writers can often be funny. Totally. Jorm, well said. Thank you.
    Jorm Thorns

45. Terrible presenter introductions

    39:25

    Aukerman says the writers wrote deliberately awful intros for presenters, with Andy getting first crack at the good ones. Some lines were cut before air.

    Basically, the host is told on these things, if there's anyone you do want to introduce

46. Scott Aukerman writing Andy's MTV intros

    39:49

    Scott Aukerman recalls writing the Movie Awards opening monologue in Andy's Universal Amphitheater dressing room. The writers aimed for the worst possible presenter intros.

    And we really took great pains to write the worst intros possible.

47. Presenter intro pun jokes

    40:30

    The writers' intros for Lil Wayne and Leighton Meester and for Anna Faris and Chris Pine were built on puns and sounded-out names. The Anna Faris line was cut before it aired.

    My favorite carnival ride... Anna Ferris Wheel and Chris Pine Tree

48. Akiva on directing without directing

    41:13

    Akiva explains that because they were still at SNL, they helped directors prep and steered creative decisions without holding the director role, similar to a live SNL sketch.

    we would do kind of another version of how we work when we want to have creative control

49. Billy Crystal-style movie insertion pre-tape

    41:42

    The opening pre-tape imitates Billy Crystal's classic MTV Movie Awards bit of inserting the host into popular films of the year.

    the Billy Crystal MTV Movie Awards classic where you insert the host into the popular movies of the year

50. Fatal Farm produced promos

    41:56

    Fatal Farm, the comedy team later behind I Think You Should Leave, made several promos for the Lonely Island, including the Doubt 8-bit spoof.

    Yeah, they did like two or three for us where we were fans of these guys' Fatal Farm

51. Doubt parodied in 8-bit

    43:56

    The Fatal Farm short spoofs Doubt, the 2008 Philip Seymour Hoffman drama about abuse in the Catholic Church, by making it into an 8-bit game with nuns.

    there's a movie called Doubt that was a big movie that year with Philip Seymour Hoffman

52. Doubt's final line joke

    44:28

    Seth praises the final line of Doubt, which he finds very funny, and mentions the last words of the film.

    do you guys remember the last line of the movie Doubt, which is very funny to me to this day?

53. Slumdog Millionaire outhouse gag

    44:49

    The pre-tape opens with Andy on the phone in an outhouse, a nod to the Slumdog Millionaire scene, revealing he's talking to Barack Obama.

    you cut to the exterior and it's the slumdog millionaire scene

54. Kate Winslet prequel tie-in

    46:01

    The Twilight bit nods to Lee, a prequel, and possibly to Andy's earlier work with Kate Winslet.

    Pretty cool that it was a Lee prequel.

55. Twilight science lab scene

    46:38

    Andy enters a fan's breeze in the Twilight science lab, where Rob Pattinson reacts as if smelling something horrific, a visual pun on Bella's scent.

    Rob Pattinson that really look like he's smelling something horrific

56. Firelight callback to Taylor Swift

    46:56

    Akiva notes the later Firelight sketch, Seth's Twilight spoof with Taylor Swift, recreates the same science lab scene, which he filmed twice with Andy.

    Firelight that is a Twilight spoof that you wrote that stars Taylor Swift

57. Hugh Jackman sings the Best Picture nominees

    47:57

    Seth praises Hugh Jackman's Oscars opening song about the Best Picture nominees, which included a joke about The Reader.

    Hugh Jackman hosted the Oscars this year and did an opening song.

58. Dan Harmon wrote the Oscar song

    48:17

    Akiva says Dan Harmon and Rob Shaw worked on the Oscars song, and Andy confirms it beat their Mother Lover for the Emmy song award.

    We know that song well because it beat us for the Emmy for song.

59. Aziz Ansari as Triple J in Star Trek

    48:51

    In the Star Trek spoof, Aziz Ansari plays 'Three J', the ship's activities coordinator who beats Spock at ping pong.

    Aziz Ansari cameo. He's the activities coordinator on the Enterprise.

60. Timberlake sends Andy to host

    49:30

    In the pre-tape, Justin Timberlake beams Andy into a limo and sends him off to host, linking the bit to the Lonely Island's Mother Lover era.

    it's you and JT, and Timberlake sort of sends you off to host.

61. Mother Lover timestamped

    49:47

    Akiva notes the pre-tape came only two weeks after Mother Lover, so the chronology shows how quickly the Lonely Island material moved.

    Mother Lover was only two weeks ago, and so I liked that it timestamps it.

62. Leighton Meester's fart joke

    51:30

    The Leighton Meester fart jokes were a running gag. Andy set the ground rule that farting in the room was allowed, and later called it back.

    And then assign it to Leighton Meester fully and then call it back later.

63. Twilight scream test

    52:03

    Andy tests the audience by saying Twilight, and the crowd screams for about 20 seconds, which he takes as proof the film's fans are very loud.

    And then the audience screamed for about 20 seconds or so, and Andy was like, okay, I thought so.

64. Neil Campbell's no-arms bit

    52:15

    In the opener, Andy asks those with no arms to throw their hands in the air, and it cuts to Neil Campbell, who has no arms and two bloody sleeves.

    if you've got no arms, throw your hands in the air, and it cut to me with no arms

65. Tabes first heard at the Movie Awards

    52:36

    Neil Campbell recalls it was the first time he heard Andy say 'for the tabes' while ordering lunch, a phrase later used by the group.

    it was the first time I ever heard someone, Andy, mention that we should get something for The Tabes.
    for the tabes

66. Fans point here

    56:32

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 4 likes.

    Can I tell you something? Somebody wrote in something that was really funny, and I just really appreciate the sarcasm. I'm not really a fan of the digital shorts. SNL is sometimes funny, but I'm a huge fan of the…

67. Medley reimagined as orchestral

    57:19

    The medley was a fancy orchestral take on the Lonely Island songs, with no Andy onscreen. Akiva says they revisited the idea for SNL's 50th anniversary.

    Yeah, sort of like orchestral reimaginings of our songs treated real fancy.

68. LeAnn Rimes sings Jizz in My Pants

    57:47

    LeAnn Rimes opens the medley with the Lonely Island song Jizz in My Pants, which Seth jokingly notes is her first line.

    Because literally the first thing she sings is jizz in my pants.

69. Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions origin

    1:01:43

    The video came from the idea that movie heroes walk away from explosions without looking back, a trope the Lonely Island wanted to lampoon.

    walking away from explosions and not noticing that there'd be like a... It'd be really hot and there'd be a lot of danger

70. John Oliver's explosion stunt

    1:02:07

    Seth recounts John Oliver's end-of-season explosion, where the stunt coordinator told him he'd feel like he was on fire and should not look back.

    John Oliver did an end of a season explosion thing like this once.

71. Will Smith as Neil Diamond

    1:03:27

    Will Smith plays Neil Diamond in the video, a role he had played before on SNL and in a Gap ad.

    the coup obviously here was getting Will as Neil Diamond.

72. J.J. Abrams in the video

    1:03:59

    J.J. Abrams, who directed Star Trek, appears as a pianist in the Cool Guys video. He sent a voice note recalling the experience.

    And then J.J. Abrams had directed the Star Trek that we had spoofed earlier.

73. J.J. Abrams voice note

    1:04:39

    J.J. Abrams calls the video one of the most fun experiences of his life and regrets missing the explosion finale due to an AFI event.

    I had to go to an AFI event immediately after, and in fact, I had to go before we finished shooting

74. Asa Abrams piano solo

    1:05:29

    The hosts note that J.J. Abrams actually plays piano and was pretty on point with the keyboard moves.

    It wasn't even kind of. It was pretty fucking on point.

75. Troy Miller on a Segway

    1:07:15

    Director Troy Miller rode a Segway with a Steadicam rig to film the high-energy performance shots, a shot the hosts still find impressive.

    he was on a Segway, like feet on a full Segway.

76. Trope noticed by the Lonely Island

    1:08:07

    The Lonely Island says their explosion joke was a reaction to movies where heroes walk away from explosions without looking back, and they hoped it would end the trope.

    we were like, so now people are going to stop, right?

77. Explosion trope in The Other Guys

    1:08:43

    Andy notes the explosion trope reappears in The Other Guys, where Farrell comments on an explosion.

    I feel like years later, Farrell did a bit in a movie about the same idea where something exploded.

78. Get to the chopper

    1:09:35

    Seth says goodbye with 'get to the chopper' before leaving the podcast early, a term from the lore.

    Later, get to the chopper, fuck, later quiz.
    get to the chopper

79. Fans point here

    1:09:58

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 58 likes.

    Bye, Seth. Take care of yourself. All right. Seth just left. We have more voice notes, but we've been here for a while and we want to listen to them all. And so why don't we just listen to them on next week's next new…

80. Later, Quaids sign-off

    ~1:15:21

    The episode closes with the classic 'Later, Quaids' sign-off, a lore staple that the hosts use to end the show.

    Later, Quades.
    later, Quaids