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Episodes › Ep. 87 2025-11-25 · 36:05

Jorm Thanks You

A Thanksgiving video episode in which Jorma Taccone thanks listeners, the "Quaid Army," for gifts and support during his recovery from a fall off a ladder that exploded his pelvis. Dr. Shirvinda Wijesekera, the orthopedic spine surgeon who operated on him, joins by video to describe the surgery, while Jorma and Seth share jokes about the recovery and listener mail. Jorma shows off the fan gifts, including Quaid Army shirts, airbrushed art, pins, and trading cards, and the two joke about the items. The episode also covers Edgar Wright's Running Man appearance, a running gag about the New York Times games sending "coded messages," and a Seth's Corner segment where Seth jokes about his dental cleaning. The memorable takeaway is Jorma's sincere request that listeners thank someone who did something nice for them.

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Shorts discussed: Quado / Quaid Army merch

Guests: Dr. Shirvinda Wijesekera (Jorma's spine surgeon; joins to describe the pelvis and…), Jorma Taccone (Co-host recovering from a ladder fall; thanks the fans and…), Jorma Taccone (Host of this video episode, showing off gifts from fans…), Gary (Seth's dental technician who joins briefly for Seth's Corner)

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Pop-ups (16 · 6 fan picks from YouTube comments)

  1. Jorma on the emotional toll of recovery

    3:09

    Jorma admits the recovery has been hard, with lonely nights in the hospital and rehab after family leaves. He wants listeners to know it wasn't always brave or funny.

    None of it has been easy.
  2. Jorma's walking milestone

    ~3:58

    Jorma says he'll be walking by next Monday, three months after the fall. He credits Western medicine, the surgeries, and his physical therapists for getting him there.

    I'm graduating next Monday... I'm going to be walking as soon as, like, next Monday.
  3. Jorma directs a movie from the floor

    5:29

    Jorma filmed a six-minute movie with his five-year-old daughter while injured, groaning on the floor for shots. He eventually handed directing duties to his wife Mari.

    then i had to get mari my wife in who's a much inarguably a better director than me
  4. Fans point here

    5:55

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 23 likes.

    And by the way, this eyeline thing, I don't know if people get hung up on it, but again, as we've established, Sergio Criterion, eyelines all over the place. Yeah. Highline's one of the best. Here's the thing, when… — Seth
  5. Eyeline jokes and Sergio Criterion

    6:03

    Seth jokes about eyelines being off across the show, bringing up Sergio Criterion. Jorma insists the eyelines must be flawless when twinning a five-year-old.

    Highline's gotta be right. They gotta be flawless.
  6. Pelvis as a ring

    9:45

    The surgeon explains the pelvis is a ring, which is hard to break in just one spot. Jorma's pelvis broke in both the front and back, detaching his spine from his lower body.

    the unique properties of a ring are you really usually cannot break it in one spot.
  7. Fans point here

    10:45

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 4 likes.

    Well, you get you get you get a sense of it from your scan. So you kind of have a sense of what you might be dealing with. And then when you get in there, there's always a little bit of a personality to the injury. So…
  8. Surgery length and trauma work

    16:50

    The surgeon says her portion of the pelvis repair took about three hours, which she calls middle to short for her work. She usually handles deformity cases like scoliosis.

    that was probably about three hours or so.
  9. How the surgeon became a surgeon

    19:48

    The surgeon recalls seeing a long wire placed into a leg as a medical student and deciding that was her path, despite finding it unsettling.

    i got the willies and i said i don't know what that is but that's what i'm gonna do
  10. Fans point here

    25:27

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 12 likes.

    Well, that dude rules. Oh, my God, he's the best. I mean, whoa, that dude rules. That's why I wanted to get him on the pod. He's amazing. Also, the fact that he gave me his number, which I was like, the moment he did,…
  11. Host rankings joke

    26:34

    Seth reads a listener comment ranking the hosts, with Jorma at the bottom until his ladder fall moved him up. The bit plays on the 'Quibi' and 'quibied' terms.

    Basically, you went from bottom to top. Was it worth it? Of course not.
  12. Fans point here

    26:34

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 68 likes.

    Then Jorm after he fell off the ladder. Basically, you went from bottom to top. Was it worth it? Of course not. But I think the world, and maybe this is more of a shout out to the pharmaceutical industry or just your… — Seth
  13. Listener mail and fan creativity

    27:47

    Jorma thanks Quaid Army for the sheer volume of mail, creativity and sarcasm, including a gift of Hot Rod and Popstar DVDs.

    I absolutely love all of our fans, and I love you guys.
  14. Fans point here

    28:20

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 4 likes.

    It's great. Go buy a DVD player now. And I've got to buy both because one's a DVD and one's a Blu-ray. So I've got to buy two machines to actually watch it. Do you have anything else on hand? I have so many things,…
  15. Fans point here

    29:49

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 5 likes.

    yeah but I mean you know Seth it's like you know me Seth that's actually a great that's a great thing for me to do like I could easily give that to you as a president and you would hate it yeah yeah here's I got we got… — Jorma
  16. Quado Quaid Army shirt

    30:57

    This shirt riffs on the Kuato character, Quado, whose 'any of you Quaids got a Smint' line is a fan-favorite. Bill Hader's character Jamie is also referenced, as Bill is the body Quado first came out of.

    any of you Quades got a smint, and it's Bill Hader, and then it's Andy's face is Quado.
  17. Yorn Thorns hat

    34:39

    Yorn Thorns is a riff on Jorm Thorns, the podcast segment in which Jorma airs his grievances. Jorma notes the hat is a gift from fans.

    Yorn Thorns? Yeah, Yorn Thorns.
  18. Ladders are whack merch

    35:47

    Jorma was injured falling off a ladder, and fans made merch reading 'Ladders are whack'. Jorma appreciates the effort even though he doesn't plan to wear it often.

    Ladders are whack, this one says.
  19. Lorne Thorne callback

    40:08

    A 'Lorne Thorn' is a criticism from Lorne Michaels. Seth jokes that Jorma being cast as Kevin in Hot Rod is a classic Lorne Thorn, referencing the film's failure.

    You being Kevin is a classic Lorne Thorne.
  20. New York Times coded messages

    40:23

    Seth and the hosts joke that the New York Times word games are sending coded messages to the podcast, like Cold War spies. Examples include the word YOLO in Connections and a crossword clue.

    I don't know if it's a conspiracy or it's like basically whoever's behind New York Times games is trying to make coded contact with us like Cold War spies.
  21. Jorma asks fans to thank someone

    44:08

    Jorma's sincere closing request: reach out and thank someone who did something nice for you. He also thanks his medical team and family during his recovery.

    if you can reach out to somebody today or whenever you hear this that means something to you and you feel grateful for
  22. Seth's Corner returns

    44:33

    Seth's Corner is the segment where Seth talks about his week. This time he brings in his dental technician Gary for a short bit about teeth cleaning.

    Will you sing me into Seth's Corner real quick?
People and sketches mentioned (18)

Mari Alex Andy Edgar Wright Tracy Morgan Jon Hamm Bill Hader Kevin Powell Lorne Michaels Jack Quaid Phil Lord Arnold Schwarzenegger Gary

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Source: whisperx-v2+speakers transcript, read by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 on 2026-10-19; audio timestamps mapped to the YouTube cut by word alignment. Timestamps shown are YouTube time. Report a bad pop-up.