Brenda and Shaun

Pop-ups (46 · 5 fan picks from YouTube comments)

1. Frisbee becomes a news story

   6:42

   Seth's dog Frisbee got national coverage for her passing, with outlets calling her Andy's arch nemesis, a joke the hosts keep revisiting.

   were multiple major news organizations that wrote articles about it that talked about how she was Andy's arch nemesis.

2. Fans point here

   10:31

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 219 likes.

   I will also note, though, Seth, since this became something that everyone I know started calling and texting me about because it became a national news story, a lot of people really sharing my shock that Frisbee was… — Andy

3. Hasan Minhaj's Family Trips

   18:17

   Seth's brother-led podcast Family Trips, hosted with Hasan Minhaj, is the rival pod the hosts tease, with Marine World Africa USA discussed in a clip.

   Yeah, the pod is the one he does with his brother, Family Trips.

4. Akiva's chase clicks quote

   18:26

   Akiva quotes Andy's line 'The thing about me is I chase clicks,' a catchphrase from an earlier episode about his viral-content habit.

   The thing about me is I chase clicks. That's like how I spend my time.
   chase clicks

5. Marine World Africa USA jingle

   19:40

   Marine World Africa USA was a California theme park known for its animal shows and catchy TV jingle, which the hosts struggle to recall.

   Marine World, Africa, USA. Something like that.

6. Water sports in the Bay Area

   21:12

   Akiva jokes about the frigid Bay Area waters, where water sports were rare in his childhood, the sort of local detail that fans enjoy.

   where the water is frigid and you would never think of doing water sports

7. Righteous Skill suggestion

   23:59

   A fan suggested replying 'Righteous Skill' when someone reports a Queen Bee in the Spelling Bee, a playful nod to the Quaid response.

   Somebody suggested that when you tell us you got Queen Bee, we should say Righteous Skill.

   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.

   Queen Beequibi

8. Andy's genius tote bag

   24:30

   Akiva brought Andy a New York Times tote saying Genius, but Andy insists he is a Queen Bee, not a genius.

   I can't be walking around everyone thinking I'm fucking lowly genius.
   Queen Beequibi

9. Quibi as Queen Bee shorthand

   24:36

   Quibi is shorthand for Queen Bee, the top rank in the NYT Spelling Bee. The hosts riff on merch like a solid sweatshirt.

   So you need queen bee gear. It's either it's Quibi or bust.
   quibiQueen Bee

10. Drew Barrymore asks for another Body Fuzion

    26:25

    Drew Barrymore requested a follow-up to the classic Body Fuzion short. The team searched for an idea, and Fred Armisen's magician bit became the seed for Brenda and Shaun.

    She was like, we got to do another Body Fusion.

11. Fred Armisen's magician bit becomes the seed

    26:57

    The premise came from a magic bit Fred Armisen used to perform, which the writers adapted into this short.

    Fred had this bit he would do as a magician.

12. Brenda and Shaun uploaded late

    27:33

    The short was not posted when it aired. It went up on YouTube about eleven years later and has about 76,000 views.

    It was posted well after it came out.

13. Ask about the Bay Area

    32:25

    The hosts remark on Seattle coffee and sushi, and Seth's show-day grunge bit.

    Seattle does have fucking incredible coffee.
    jav

14. Fans point here

    32:30

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 4 likes.

    I had some really good sushi today for lunch. You had some good sushi? Sure. Probably go down to Pike's Place and watch them throw the fish around. Oh yeah, watch them throw the fish around. Wait, did we already talk…

15. Frisbee clicks feeding frenzy

    33:37

    Andy riffs on chasing clicks, a running Lonely Island habit, here applied to Seth's dog Frisbee's death as clickbait fuel. 'Chase clicks' and 'dem clicks' are the glossary terms at work.

    I'm feeding for the clicks, dude. Now that this Frisbee thing hit, I'm just addicted to the clicks.
    chase clicksdem clicks

16. Cold-texting Zoom links

    34:07

    Akiva proposes cold-texting a Zoom link with no context to one person each episode, as a jab at Jorma's new character who sends random Zoom links to friends.

    We should start cold texting a Zoom link with no context to one person at the beginning of each pod and see if anyone clicks.

17. John Lutz's Brenda and Shaun guess

    34:22

    Listener and recurring extra John Lutz tries to identify a still from the short and sends a voice note. The hosts grade his guess generously.

    Tell me what you think this is from. Do you think he remembers?

18. Brenda and Shaun reassessed as underrated

    35:53

    Akiva admits he expected the short to be bad but found it holds together with an arc. The hosts call it the least they've ever talked about a short, and the comments agree it is underrated.

    I thought it was going to be dog shit. And compared to some dog shit ones we play, it actually at least holds together and has an arc.

19. Hit us in the titties

    36:18

    The hosts use their signature call-for-comments line, a crude variant of 'hit us in the tittus,' to solicit opinions on whether Brenda and Shaun is over- or underrated.

    Guys, hit us in the titties. Do we over or underrate Brenda and Sean?
    hit us in the tittus

20. Hot Rod stuntman suit up for auction

    36:47

    A Hot Rod stuntman suit worn by Andy Samberg is being auctioned, opening around $1,500 with an estimate of $3,000 to $6,000. Fans sent in the find.

    Andy Samberg's stuntman suit from Hot Rod is up for auction.

21. The McGriver Miata bid

    36:59

    Jorma recalls bidding on a Miata from the prop auction and losing, with a plan to race it and come in last every time.

    I did bid on the Miata when we were selling that, but I lost that one. The McGriver Miata.

22. Jorma's favorite line in Hot Rod

    37:50

    Jorma names his Kevin line 'You're going to look like a champion' as his favorite line he got to say in Hot Rod.

    You're going to look like a champion, Tacone's Kevin tells Rod in the scene as he gives his half-brother the gift.

23. Scrooge McDuck's gold-coin swim joke

    41:38

    Andy's Weekend Update Scrooge McDuck bit, written with Simon Rich, runs on gold coins and a dirty infection joke. Seth recalls the dress rehearsal version that got a bigger applause break than air.

    Step three, swim around in those coins. That's your whole strategy.

24. Hamilton's weird recognition applause

    42:12

    Hamilton the character gets a tepid, awkward recognition applause from a couple of audience members, a classic bit of SNL audience lore.

    Hamilton gets the weirdest recognition applause, which is maybe two people.

25. Cooking Al Fresco's birds and skeleton

    45:46

    Andy co-wrote Cooking Al Fresco with Rob Klein and America Sawyer; birds attack the food and a dead skeleton prop nearly killed Drew Barrymore during rehearsal.

    Birds immediately attack us and start eating the food.

26. Tactical difficulties cutaways

    46:28

    Seth notes that Andy and Klein's writing often got cut away to a title card reading 'tactical difficulties' when things went haywire on air.

    You and Klein often wrote things that would get interrupted by a title card that said tactical difficulties.

27. Fred's magic thumb-light props

    47:38

    Fred recalls the Brenda and Shaun short was built around magician toys with lights in the thumbs, and he can't remember what happens afterward.

    we had these toys that were like for magic tricks.

28. Vanishing SNL office props

    49:01

    The hosts wonder where the rubber chickens and giant popcorn went, noting office props appear constantly and vanish once you leave the show.

    Where did all the rubber chickens go? There used to be rubber chickens in every room I'm walking to.

29. The Roomba that didn't turn on

    50:26

    Fred recounts an early voice-activated apartment short with Megan Mullally where the Roomba failed on air, and a crew member later admitted they forgot to turn it on.

    We forgot to turn it on. Oh, no. I like that. Yeah, it's much better.

30. Dress rehearsal vs air audiences

    51:17

    The hosts describe how a short could play differently at dress and air, a factor they blamed on the audience. Dress rehearsal and air often diverged.

    that was like the way to prove it's not us, it's them, the audience being different.

31. 'It's official' audience jab

    51:24

    Andy and Seth riff on 'It's official' as a way of blaming a bad audience in the writers' room.

    that way we could decidedly walk into the writer's room and go, this audience sucks.

32. Fred's Zoom bit

    52:56

    Jorma's new character, the guy who randomly sends Zoom links to friends, is revealed. Fred, a friend of the show, is conscripted into it and pleads for viewers to watch Wednesday.

    This is my new bit. This is my new character is that I attack people, friends of ours.

33. 'Please, Mr. Miners'

    53:39

    Seth's kid loves Andy and Fred's Garth and Kat bit and now says 'please, Mr. Miners' around the house, tying back to the Please Sirs and Madams call.

    Sometimes she will just, at some point, will go, please, Mr. Miners.

34. Fans point here

    53:40

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 8 likes.

    Sometimes she will just, at some point, will go, please, Mr. Miners. Oh, that's so good. The fact that you guys call me Mr. Miners. Please, sir. What else did you guys talk about in this? — Seth

35. Beaks on Weekend Update

    54:05

    Seth notes it was shocking to see an actor in a beak on Weekend Update back when Andy did Scrooge McDuck; now it's requisite.

    this was back in the day where it was shocking to see somebody with a beak on Weekend Update.

36. Fans point here

    54:36

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 13 likes.

    I'm walking on air because Seth's dog died. So I'm feeling super juiced this week, dude. Oh, Seth, I'm so sorry. Thanks, bud. It's okay. No, I mean, obviously it's sad. It's not okay. No, it isn't. Take time to process…

37. Seth's dog death riff

    54:38

    The hosts tease Seth over his dog Frisbee's death, with Fred and Andy riffing on denial as the first stage of grief.

    Oh, Seth, I'm so sorry. Thanks, bud.

38. Denial therapist bit

    55:08

    A 'one-stage-only denial' therapist riff with Fred runs through the grief stages, ending with Seth's dog possibly being elsewhere.

    There's only one stage of grief. Pull up a chair and stay.

39. Fred drives to Go-Go's rehearsal

    56:54

    Fred, live from the car, says he is coming from Go-Go's rehearsal for a benefit, playing bass for a pro-fracking fundraiser.

    I drove from rehearsal with the Go-Go's.

40. Jocking the mouse

    59:10

    Akiva calls Fred 'this guy' who is always jocking the mouse, a Disney-suck-up term; the hosts ask if the phrase has legs.

    Anyway, hit us in the titties. Does jocking the mouse have legs?
    jock the mousehit us in the tittus

41. Jorma's morning radio show dream

    59:29

    Akiva says the Fred call-in is closer to Jorma's dream of a morning radio show, which the hosts call the Four Shock Jocks format.

    This is getting closer to Jorm's dream of like a morning radio show.
    Four Shock Jocks

42. No Seth's Corner this week

    1:00:11

    There was no Seth's Corner this week; Seth was lazy and reportedly did little, though his name appears on the cold open.

    Seth was hella lazy and he didn't do anything.

43. Fans point here

    1:00:47

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 3 likes.

    Yeah. She was like 10. They didn't deep fake a baby face. I'm sure a million podcasts that do. You just said it's Nazi GI. It's a soldier, a Nazi soldier. That's what you said. Nazi GI. Yes.

44. Tribute to Frisbee on Diddy-style show

    1:01:53

    Andy jokes about doing a tribute to Seth's dog Frisbee in a Diddy costume, a bit that starts from Andy's bit playing it in Diddy style.

    I'm going to do it as Diddy. I'm going to do it as Diddy.

45. Ravine scene E.T. scares

    1:03:05

    The hosts discuss E.T.'s scary ravine scene and that the kids were mostly afraid of him being scary, not of him being dead, which the dog-death jokes echo.

    They were mostly scared of him being scary.

46. ESPN Classic: Ladies' Billiards

    1:03:21

    The first ESPN Classic sketch features Pete Twinkle and Greg Stink, with Forte's affable idiot and Sudeikis's sponsor tags; it became one of the show's strongest recurrings.

    This episode has the first ESPN classic, Pete Twinkle and Greg Stink.

47. A golden-era recurring

    1:03:32

    Andy calls the ESPN Classic sketches one of the strongest recurrings of the golden era, with broad audience and comedian appeal.

    Turned into one of the strongest recurrings of our entire and golden era, right?
    an golden era

48. Hamilton as the darkest character

    1:05:28

    Hamilton trying to win back Drew Barrymore in the sketch produces lines about Hummers and bayonets; Jorma says he wanted that guy at his wedding.

    This is the darkest Hamilton.

49. Recurring character's best performance at two weddings

    1:05:59

    Seth jokes that Hamilton's best performance came at two weddings after he left the show.

    It's the weirdest case of a recurring character's best performance being at two weddings after he was off the show.

50. Pistachio ad read apology

    1:06:15

    Seth acknowledges that listeners disliked his pistachio ad read and promises to try harder next time.

    A lot of people said my read on the pistachio ad sucked.

51. Seth's zoo show

    1:06:28

    Seth announces his show is outdoors at a zoo that night, and the hosts joke about monkeys throwing things, a nod to Marine World Africa USA.

    Guys, my show is an outdoor show at a zoo tonight.