Boombox

Pop-ups (39 · 6 fan picks from YouTube comments)

1. Hit us in the titties

   0:23

   The hosts' longtime call to weigh in via comments, here used as a jab at a listener controversy over whether a titmouse is a mammal (it's a bird).

   The now famous term, hit us in the titties, I got a lot of grief from our listeners
   hit us in the tittus

2. Rebus puzzle clue about Seth

   2:25

   A New York Times puzzle featured a rebus with Seth's name; a rebus is a box that holds more than one letter.

   My name was in a New York Times spelling bee.
   Queen Beequibi

3. Spider League joke

   4:26

   The hosts keep mocking the Spider League reference, joking about its name and the hosts' spider-related rivalry.

   Also, you're calling it Spider Club and not Spider League. That's going to be huge.

4. Fans point here

   4:30

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 6 likes.

   Also, you're calling it Spider Club and not Spider League. That's going to be huge. Spider League, exactly. Dead giveaway. So yeah, that already sort of had me not on the back foot. But then they were like, dude, I…

5. Fans point here

   9:30

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 94 likes.

   Time to job it up with the four shock jocks directly from foggy London town. You don't even know how many poems we had to grease to get us here, but we'll stop at nothing to chase them clicks. By the way, Andy, how did… — Seth

6. Boombox idea from beat session

   12:02

   The premise came out of Andy listening to beats in the studio, riffing on how the 80s treated the boombox as a cure-all.

   this was another one that started when I was in the studio listening to beats

7. Drew Campbell's beat

   12:13

   The beat for Boombox was by Drew Campbell, who also made the beat for the group's earlier tracks, sharing a similar feel.

   This is another Drew Campbell beat.

8. Written in the Encino house

   12:38

   The trio wrote the song together in the Encino house, working in a hot, cramped room.

   And we're in that Encino house. We're just living it up.

9. Fans point here

   12:57

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 6 likes.

   Was that all after he recorded and saw the house? Did he come for the first time or did he come? Julian Casablancas from The Strokes. Yes. Sorry. Did he come to the house for the first time beforehand just as a friend… — Akiva

10. Julian Casablancas agreed to sing

    13:14

    The group were big Strokes fans and asked Julian to sing; he was friendly and into the idea.

    we were big fans. We were psyched.

11. Casablancas changed the key and melody

    14:38

    Julian reworked the key and melody of the chorus, which the hosts say became one of their favorite songs.

    I love this, but I want to change the key.

12. Casablancas plugged in guitar

    16:16

    Julian plugged a guitar straight into the recording setup and layered his signature Strokes-style guitar.

    I think he just plugged a guitar straight into our little

13. Strokes' SNL appearances

    16:44

    The Strokes were SNL musical guests in 2002, 2006, 2011, and 2020, and appeared as musical guests on the show at those times.

    2002, 2006, 2011, 2020. They weren't the musical guests this show.

14. Eddie Vedder at the after-party

    22:49

    Eddie Vedder came to sit at the group's table at the SNL after-party, a moment the trio remembers as a thrill.

    Eddie Vedder came and sat at our table and it was a thrill.

15. Pearl Jam gremlin Jude Law sketch

    23:52

    Seth recalls a Bobby Moynihan sketch riffing on the Twilight Zone gremlin episode, with Pearl Jam standing on the wing, hosted by Jude Law.

    there was a really funny Bobby Moynihan scene that played off that famous Twilight Zone episode

16. Brian Sperber never thanked them

    25:23

    Brian Sperber mixed Incredibad and later Julian's solo album; the hosts joke he never thanked them.

    And Sperber never thanked us. Yeah. Never thanked us.

17. Mondo Butts teased

    26:08

    The hosts tease the unaired Mondo Butts sketch with Jude Law, saying they will discuss it later.

    I just want to get through this so we can get to Mondo Butts.

18. Cut verse lost

    27:12

    The Boombox song includes an extra verse that was filmed and edited but cut from the video; the hosts are hunting for the footage.

    We did shoot that verse. And we edited it. Yes. And I believe it was at Dress.
    three Alvins

19. Jimmy Hoffa of cut verses

    27:48

    Andy jokes the cut verse is the Jimmy Hoffa's body of SNL shorts, a lost piece nobody can find.

    The Jimmy Hoffa's body of verses cut from SNL shorts.

20. Dress rehearsal laughs missing

    28:32

    The Mondo Butts dress rehearsal had an audience but no laughs track, so the laughs can't be added back.

    There was a full studio audience there. We can't do it.

21. Old-folks tongue-kissing clip

    29:23

    The hosts recall the Boombox video's most replayed moments, including the fingerless gloves shot and a clip of older people tongue kissing.

    But then it's old people tongue kissing.
    Ga’Hoolian craftsmanship

22. Speeding up the track for slow-mo

    34:12

    Akiva explains the music video trick: the track is sped up and filmed at the same speed, so slow-motion playback runs at real time and looks magical. Julian's choruses were shot this way.

    you put the music into higher speed. So when you're on set, it sounds a little like

23. Def a wig: the wig gag

    35:17

    Jorma called out Julian's hair as a wig, a joke that ran through the whole shoot at the restaurant.

    And you walked up to him, Jorm, and just pointed at his head and said, def a wig.

24. The fur-lined leather jacket

    35:46

    Andy's favorite jacket from any project: fur-lined leather with red trim, with a big chain strap.

    That's my favorite jacket I ever had in anything.

25. Color correcting the goose shot

    38:12

    The hosts debate whether the boiled goose footage was professionally color corrected, recalling a late Friday night in the edit bay before Saturday deadlines.

    I think we professionally color corrected it.

26. Makeba by A.C. Alone

    39:04

    Jorma references the song Makeba by A.C. Alone, a recurring line of their banter that the hosts keep half-saying.

    Makeba by A.C. Alone. And it's hard for us not to occasionally say

27. Fans point here

    40:21

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 16 likes.

    That's really good. Setting him free. Whoa! Everyone was wearing fingerless gloves. Whoa! Whose idea was the glitter? Because it looks kick-ass on the floor.

28. Bartman and The Simpsons

    41:46

    The hosts riff on Bartman, the Simpsons character Andy loved as a kid, comparing the grown-up shift from Bart to Homer and Moe.

    Oh, yeah, Bartman. Bartman became a thing. Yeah, Bartman changed comedy.

29. Where 'Boiled Goose' came from

    43:30

    The boiled goose line was a joke that stuck after the phrase had been used three times; Andy's delivery of it became the best line in the sketch.

    We had hit Boiled Goose three times already. And we did it here and we all agreed listening back.

30. Boredom as the mother of comedy

    44:03

    Jorma proposes that boredom is the mother of comedy; Akiva expands it to the idea that B-level jokes get let slide while D and F jokes get reworked into the best material.

    I like to say that boredom, though, is the mother of comedy.

31. Asking to talk to Bartman

    44:54

    Seth jokes about asking to speak with Bartman, a bit traced back to a line said to Liam, as the hosts keep reviving the character.

    You get real close to Andy sometime and say, can I talk to Bartman?

32. The NBC cafeteria shoot history

    45:26

    The NBC cafeteria set is listed as the location where Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins got punched, Emma Stone broke her arm, and laser cats were shot.

    This is where you punched Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins.

33. Fans point here

    53:38

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 7 likes.

    Wait, we have voice notes? We have a voice note. Who do you got it from? I'm just going to let it speak for itself. Okay. Hey, guys. For the people at home, it's Julian. Okay. I mean, I still get references to this all…

34. Julian Casablancas' voice note

    53:43

    Julian Casablancas sends a voice note praising the group as a band that respects each other and says he changed chords after Jorma's note.

    Hey, guys. For the people at home, it's Julian.

35. Julian: 'You guys are kind of like a band'

    54:18

    Julian calls the group a band that works well together, a compliment the hosts repeat for the rest of the episode.

    You guys are kind of like a band i feel a great band um we are kind of like a band

36. The lost verse

    59:38

    A verse cut from Boombox is played back, and the hosts agree it is diminishing returns and not needed for the video.

    It's very enjoyable, but it is diminishing returns.

37. Maya Rupert mix-up

    1:01:31

    Julian names Maya Rupert, actually Maya Rudolph, a mistake the hosts find hilarious.

    Hey, who got real nervous when Julian said Maya Rupert?

38. Mondo Butts: the never-aired sketch

    1:02:20

    Mondo Butts is a Tacoma public access parody hosted by Dave and the Scooch, written by Andy Samberg and Rob Klein, and filmed with Jude Law. It was the first time the group tried the sketch with Jude Law and never aired.

    Me and Rob Klein wrote Mondo butts.

39. A gorilla breaks into the set

    1:07:55

    A man in a gorilla suit jumps into the Mondo Butts set; the hosts tie it back to the zoo parking lot mention.

    A gorilla, a man in a gorilla suit just jumped into the set.

40. Poetic justice and Braveheart

    1:09:14

    Seth argues the sketch's writing pays off as comeuppance, comparing it to how Braveheart's wife murder sets up the revenge.

    Poetic justice it's poetic justice well that is that's what i love about this sketch

41. Fans point here

    1:09:29

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 7 likes.

    poetic justice it's poetic justice well that is that's what i love about this sketch is that you're watching and you're like god these guys are so distasteful little do you know that all the writing is them getting… — Seth

42. Klein's voice note on Mondo Butts

    1:12:41

    Rob Klein sends a voice note about the Greco-Roman poster, and the hosts discuss re-airing the sketch with major adjustments.

    Klein sent a voice note, and he also told me we were free to edit it.

43. MacGruber press rollout timing

    1:14:11

    Jorma asks when MacGruber came out, placing this Mondo Butts discussion around March 2010 as the press push began.

    Jorm, when did MacGruber come out?

44. Spelling Bee 'clean' bragging

    1:15:56

    Seth brags about getting the New York Times Spelling Bee 'clean' before signing off, a term from the fan dictionary.

    Spelling bee. Spelling bee. Yeah, I got it clean.
    clean

45. Later, Quaids

    1:16:24

    The show's signature parting words are used to close the episode, a line that Arnold Schwarzenegger once recorded at Seth's request.

    Later, Arnold. Later, Quades.
    later, Quaids