Two Worlds Collide

Pop-ups (31 · 3 fan picks from YouTube comments)

1. Fans point here

   7:18

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 11 likes.

   Hey, welcome. It's great to see you, Kenan. We're huge fans. Thank you, man. Yeah, just to remind everybody, Kenan Thompson, and I'm here reading for the part of Ray Charles. All right, we're very excited. Whenever…

2. Kenan's Reba idea began as a straight sketch

   8:37

   Kenan Thompson first tried Reba McEntire as a commercial parody, recreating her American Eagle ad. Andy then asked him to redo the bit as a digital short.

   I had tried the Reba thing as just like a straight up sketch, like a commercial parody.

3. Spivey explains the Fiddle Faddle origin

   10:15

   In a voice note, writer Spivey recalls Kenan's goofy Reba impression sparking a sketch where Kenan plays Reba in a red wig in a Fiddle Faddle commercial.

   I said, what if we wrote a sketch where you played Reba McEntire just in like a red wig?

4. Your pussy's the bomb on SNL

   27:16

   Jorma recalls how proud the team was to get a line like this onto national broadcast. Only a sketch this strange could manage it.

   I think I was always really proud when we got lines like that onto SNL

5. The Reba for American Eagle callback

   42:25

   Akiva points out the Reba PSA where she riffs off script. It's the earlier sketch that set up Kenan's Reba impression.

   She had just volunteered that. She was riffing.
   Quaid Army

6. Two Worlds Collide as Seth's favorite short

   42:44

   Seth names Two Worlds Collide as his favorite digital short, and the hosts discuss how Kenan Thompson's presence made the sketch feel like a dream project.

   the other thing if i can sort of uh back up andy's point i also think lauren i think we all know lauren fucking loves himself some keenan

7. Jorma's recovery timeline

   43:43

   Jorma explains his leg injury recovery timeline, which sets up a joking reference to the big Brooklyn sack race.

   I can't bear weight on one of my legs for six weeks, and I can't bear weight on the other one for 12.

8. The Brooklyn sack race

   43:54

   Andy jokes that Jorma could enter a sack race in six weeks, and the hosts keep the bit going, correcting it from three-legged race to sack race.

   But at six weeks, you could enter that sack race.

9. Elton John and the Spare callback

   44:54

   Jorma briefly forgot Elton John's name on an earlier episode, and this part of the transcript calls back to it through the Spare book reference.

   Jorm could not pull the name Elton John last week.

10. Fans point here

    45:36

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 6 likes.

    What was the name of the guy in Happy Gilmore? Happy Gilmore. Got it. This is very close to a hot rod joke. The song about the guy whose grandma got run over by a reindeer. Oh, yeah, yeah.

11. Hot rod suit auction sells for triple estimate

    45:54

    The Hot Rod suit sold at auction for three times the auction house's expected price, reaching 18 grand.

    The hot rod suit went for 3X what the auction house thought it would go for.

12. Frank is still not saved

    46:06

    A joke from the fan comments reprises the running bit about Frank, the Hot Rod character, despite the auction windfall.

    A lot of people commented, still not enough money to save Frank.

13. Shaka teeth still unsold

    46:16

    The Shaka teeth from the auction still have no buyers, a running joke carried over from the sale listings.

    And sadly, the Shaka teeth, still no buyers.

14. Kenan's farewell

    46:40

    Kenan signs off with the hosts, closing out his guest appearance on this episode.

    I love you guys, too. It's so good to see your faces and laughs.

15. Prince Harry's Spare

    50:07

    The hosts identify Spare as Prince Harry's memoir, which Akiva admits he never read; it is the book behind the earlier Elton John callback.

    Prince Harry. Prince Harry. Oh, and he wrote the book Spare.

16. Quaids catch Jorm's sneaky gem

    50:27

    A listener comment praises a joke Jorma made in an earlier episode, and the hosts call it a sneaky gem.

    The audience, the Quades got it. The Quades got it.

17. Hot takes called out

    50:52

    Akiva calls out the hosts' hot takes on Hamilton and Book of Mormon, a moment the hosts agree is edgy.

    I enjoyed Keeve calling you guys out on your hot takes about liking Hamilton.

18. The Hot Rod pillow gift

    51:20

    A fan gift pillow redoes Frank's Hot Rod painting, replacing Rod's face with Jorma's and the horse with a ladder.

    So when we were talking about Hot Rod just now, I don't know how that came up, but we like to talk about it.

19. Viore ad read praised

    52:17

    Seth names the Liz Kikowski Viore ad read as a fan favorite and says he texted her about it.

    The Liz Kikowski ad read. Oh, God. I love that so much.

20. Recording the Viore ad on the fly

    53:05

    Akiva describes recording a Viore voice note on his phone while lying in bed, after realizing they had forgotten the ad.

    i was like oh shit we forgot to do a vioread let's just do it into our phone

21. Jeff's audio called out

    53:57

    Listeners point out that the podcast producer Jeff's audio was rough when he first spoke, prompting a joke about the sound quality.

    his audio was super shitty when he started talking.

22. Queen Bee for Andy

    55:03

    Andy shares that he earned Queen Bee in the New York Times Spelling Bee, and the hosts tease Seth for needing hints.

    But I did get Queen Bee today and Seth didn't.
    Queen Beequibi

23. Fan merch ideas roll in

    57:13

    Fans send merch ideas, including a Frisbee shirt, a Yormthorn design, and a Quaid Army design, shaping a list of possible shirts.

    A lot of people have been sending in merch ideas, and I want to show you this one.
    Quaid ArmyJorm Thorns

24. Frisbee, the dog

    57:25

    Frisbee the dog is referenced repeatedly in fan merch ideas and jokes about the dog's health.

    Oh, it's Frisbee's bones holding a Frisbee.
    Quaid Army

25. Hit us in the tinnitus

    59:30

    A merch joke twists the standard hit us in the tittus line into hit us in the tinnitus.

    And it says, hit us in the tinnitus.
    hit us in the tittus

26. Fan merch Google Form

    1:00:59

    Jeff sets up a Google Form with about 40 design ideas for the team to choose from.

    A Google form of like 40 ideas.

27. Robert Redford at Sundance

    1:03:07

    Andy describes being in the same room as Robert Redford at Sundance without realizing it, while discussing him on the podcast.

    if I saw Robert Redford in person, I'd shit my pants. And then he walks in.

28. New Yorker caption contest

    1:04:00

    Andy writes a caption for a New Yorker cartoon and walks through his thought process on camera in a series for press tour stops.

    Writing a caption for the New York Times cartoon contest.

29. Fans point here

    1:04:55

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 9 likes.

    I saw a YouTube comment because I was looking through him over the last five minutes that is about Liz's thing. I'll just read it. It says, unlike Yorm, Keeve's wife is a big pun fan. Like big pun the rapper and he… — Akiva

30. QA Q&A and Quaid Army Q&A

    1:05:06

    A fan suggests QA Q&A as a name for the next Q&A, a pun on Quaid Army.

    Somebody said we should call our next Q&A QA Q&A, because it's a Kuwait Army Q&A.
    Quaid Army

31. NYT badges arrive

    1:07:21

    The New York Times game sites add badges, and Andy says he will spend extra time on Pangram just to earn one.

    they introduced badges today.
    Queen Bee

32. Queen Bee boy scout sash

    1:07:43

    Seth suggests giving Andy a Boy Scout sash for the 100th episode, with a Queen Bee badge joke.

    How about for the 100th episode of the pod, we'll get you a physical sash, like a Boy Scout sash.

    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

33. Quit the Spelling Bee for the 100th

    1:08:31

    Andy jokes that he might quit the Spelling Bee for the 100th episode, a cheeky nod to a time-sucking game habit.

    Maybe for the 100th, I'll quit spelling bee.
    Queen Bee

34. Later Quaids sign-off

    1:14:47

    The hosts sign off the episode with Later Quaids, the official parting phrase for the podcast.

    Later, Arnold. Later, Quades.
    later, Quaids