Listener Q&A Episode 7

Pop-ups (17 · 6 fan picks from YouTube comments)

1. Kiv's audio problem blamed on Portland

   14:25

   Akiva's voice note sounded degraded; the team traced it to going over a cell network in Portland, not the editor.

   it got degraded or compressed or something like that and did not hear it until it was edited.

2. Quaid Army chant context

   23:30

   Listeners need to know the Quaid Army is the podcast's fan group, and the hosts discuss how newcomers struggle with references.

   do you remember Total Recall?
   Quaid Army

3. Fans point here

   24:12

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 38 likes.

   Because you broke your ass. No, because you broke. Oh. Oh, broke ass. Broke ass motherfucker. So is it better? But I would say that a Yorma twist on it would be ass broke motherfucker. Yeah. Yeah, I would say out of…

4. Fans point here

   28:20

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 3 likes.

   Yeah. But if it's an old crime, a 2007 crime. Oh, that's right. Cold case. Use this for a cold case. Do you guys remember? Do you guys remember the movie The Town? Of course. Where there's a montage. I love this…

5. Positing the Doogie Douglas theory

   35:30

   The hosts riff on the SI writer's word 'posit' and joke that Frisbee should return to life if the couple truly love each other.

   I'm positing. Yeah, positing. Thank you for using Mr. Douglas's language.

6. Fans point here

   36:45

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

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7. Fans point here

   37:59

   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 13 likes.

   All right, do we have another one, Jeff? Hi, it's Edie from Baltimore again. The last time you guys thought, I'm in medical school, but I'm not. I'm in third grade. — Akiva

8. Laser Cats came from Jorma's cats

   39:41

   Jorma says the cats in the Laser Cats opening credits were his own cats Willie and Cleo, photoshopped in to shout out his pets.

   Willie and Cleo, who are our two cats, are actually the cats in the opening credits

9. Trained cats are a myth on set

   40:30

   The animal wranglers brought in cats that were not trained; they simply came in and left.

   they basically like put them down and then they're like, come here. Come here.

10. Lorne Michaels and the adopted cats

    41:07

    Lorne Michaels is known for wanting to adopt the animals used on set, so the wranglers kept them away from him.

    don't let Lorne see the animals because he'll adopt them.

11. Elton John's cat-filled Dr. Oz set moment

    42:16

    On the Dr. Oz set used for a sketch, Elton John whispered a joke to Jorma while covered in cats, which won Jorma over as a lifelong fan.

    this is more pussy than I've ever seen in my life.

12. Christopher Walken and the trained mouse

    42:58

    David Spade recounted Walken's remark about trained animals, which the hosts riff on as a favorite Walken story.

    David Spade is on a talk show talking about how he had a conversation about trained animals with Christopher Walken

13. Walken's 'bears are funny' pitch

    44:04

    When Christopher Walken first pitched on SNL, his only idea was something with bears, which Seth recalls as a gift to remember.

    maybe something with bears. Bears are funny.

14. Andy's Queen Bee voice note arrives

    44:55

    Andy couldn't attend because his schedule clashed with Seth's, so he recorded a voice note announcing his Queen Bee in the NYT Spelling Bee.

    we just got a message from Andy. As I was talking about the value he adds to the pod
    Queen Bee

15. Andy confirms Queen Bee with 'unkink'

    45:14

    Queen Bee is the top Spelling Bee rank. Andy's final word was 'unkink'; the hosts tease him about how he announced it.

    I just got Queen Bee. My last word was unkink.

    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

16. Clean Queen Bee announced by text

    45:47

    Seth says Andy texted 'Queen Bee clean' before his voice note, meaning he earned the rank without hints.

    Queen Bee clean, voice note sent.
    cleanQueen Bee

17. Wedding song listener request

    46:10

    A listener getting married asks which single Lonely Island song to play at the reception, sparking a debate.

    my lovely bride has allowed me to play one Lonely Island song during the wedding.

18. Fans point here

    47:07

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 42 likes.

    But if we go by what we assume every wedding is, and because I immediately actually get into, like, semi, I've never DJed before, but, like, I get immediately uncomfortable being like, Oh, that's not going to work.… — Jorma

19. Fans point here

    49:00

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    Also, not nervous about performance. You're just worried about running out of time. Yeah, and just like how tired you're going to be. It's 4 a.m. And are you worried, to be honest, are you worried about you being too…

20. I'm On a Boat as dance-floor anthem

    49:56

    The hosts agree 'I'm on a Boat' is the best wedding dance-floor song because everyone learns its chorus.

    I think I'm on a Boat is the best sort of dance floor anthem.

21. Girls character and Booth Jonathan voice note

    51:24

    A listener says her crush on Jorma's Girls character Jonathan Booth led friends to realize she is gay; the hosts note the character name was flipped to sound more pretentious.

    he played that weirdo artist in Girls
    Quaid

22. Frisbee's bones dog-memorial voice note

    53:17

    A listener recounts how an episode about Frisbee's bones comforted her after her dog died, earning a teary sign-off.

    Frisbee saved me from crashing my car on a rainy highway last year.

23. Sign-off: Later, Quaids

    56:08

    The episode closes with Seth and Akiva saying goodbye, with Jorma's 'later, Quaids' echoing the show's official parting words.

    So later, Arnold. Later, Quades.
    later, Quaids