The Other Man

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1. Grandpapa and the Spelling Bee

   3:11

   The hosts gripe over Spelling Bee words like 'grandpapa,' a running complaint about the Bee's word list.

   I know, I don't care for it. I bet a lot of older people wrote in to get that one approved.
   cleanquibi

2. Solid and lit: Azurski's word choices

   3:24

   The hosts joke about 'solid' versus 'lit' in the spelling-bee banter, recalling Travis Scott's hype-talk.

   That's so fucking lit, Jorm. Thanks, Andy.

3. Fans point here

   10:19

   3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment.

   I think I told you guys, I cried 15 times watching League of Their Own. Really? No, that's not right. You know why, Seth? What? You don't know why you shouldn't cry watching a League of Their Own? Oh, now I remember. I… — Seth

4. Fans point here

   12:34

   5 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 18 likes.

   We have not planned on this. Name somebody in a comedy that you think got overlooked for an Oscar because people do not value comedies. Will Ferrell. In what movie? Land of the Lost. Oh, man. That's good. Shit.

5. Quaid listener note on Righteous Merc

   15:06

   A listener suggested replying 'Righteous Merc' to a Scottish-accented 'Quaid Army,' a playful twist on the 'righteous kill' call.

   we should reply Righteous Merc, based on our conversation.
   Quaid Armyrighteous kill

6. Andy's SNL and Brooklyn Nine-Nine run

   18:13

   Andy notes seven seasons on SNL and eight on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which the hosts joke was a long wait before Lorne warmed to Mondo Butts.

   Seven seasons of SNL and eight seasons of Brooklyn.

7. MacGruber returns: Epstein Files

   18:58

   A new MacGruber sketch came together quickly after Glenn Powell requested it, written with Will Forte during lunches for Tina Fey's show.

   It was that MacGruber was in the Epstein files.

8. Universal hates making money

   21:09

   Jorm jokes that Universal hates making money, pitching a MacGruber musical after the sketch made news.

   Universal hates making money. Right. And he said, totally opposed.

9. Brownstone location that blew the cast away

   24:42

   The hosts recall that the sketch's Manhattan brownstone was a rare, enormous real house, surprising because New York homes are usually small and expensive.

   the first time any of us had seen a nice, a really nice house in Manhattan.

10. Akiva's uncertain memory of the premise

    25:40

    Andy and Akiva admit they cannot recall the sketch's premise or who wrote it, suspecting Mulaney was involved in the writing.

    I think I wrote it with Mulaney. Is that right?

11. Jorm's Spin City warm-up 'let those laughs go'

    26:48

    Jorm recalls a Spin City warm-up man who told audiences to 'let those laughs go,' a line the hosts now repeat before every watch-along.

    all right, let those laughs go, guys.

12. The Other Man: a trope the sketch rode

    29:02

    The Other Man trope is the cheating-partner-confrontation setup the short plays; Akiva says a better short might have finished the trope off.

    So this short is called The Other Man for people that need to Google it.

13. Walking away from explosions callback

    29:18

    Seth ties the trope talk back to the hosts' 'Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions' Digital Short, where characters walk away from blasts without looking back.

    as we establish from guys walking away from explosions, sometimes the tropes are just going to live
    Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions

14. House of Guinness explosion homage

    29:27

    Netflix's House of Guinness reportedly staged an explosion scene inspired by the hosts' explosion-walking Digital Short, with the character looking back as a trope-buster.

    I saw an article that there's an explosion in House of Guinness that was inspired by our video about not looking at explosions.

15. Trope busted joke

    30:15

    The hosts riff on the House of Guinness scene's 'Trope busted' freeze frame as a playful nod to their explosion short.

    And when they look back, there's a freeze frame and then it goes trope buster.

16. Seth praises Andy's consistent performance

    33:58

    Seth compliments Andy's steady performance across the rom-com parody, which the hosts take as a sign of how well the short holds together as a Banderas-flavored send-up.

    There's a real consistency to your performance throughout this, Andy, that I enjoyed a great deal.

17. Entire short shot in one house

    34:24

    Akiva notes that the 'Other Man' short was shot almost entirely inside a single house, with a hallway built to look like another apartment building, which the hosts find impressive.

    how great that this house had a blue door inside it and a hallway that's big enough to look like we're in another apartment building

18. Fans point here

    38:00

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 17 likes.

    looking at a picture of him and oh he's realizing okay so then he goes home he's sadly looking at a photo of better days with him in the scene but then notices what the he's never noticed before but right behind them… — Akiva

19. Fans point here

    38:46

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 8 likes.

    You lost me. Interesting. You know what I thought of? I thought of when Jeff Bridges moved in with Zoe Saldana and all he could do was play with his iPhone 17. But it has a similar kind of vibe. I'm sorry, was that an…

20. Final beat's freeze frame ending

    40:13

    The short ends on a frozen shot of Yonks in a freeze-frame, which the hosts praise as a perfect final moment even though they don't consider it Criterion-level.

    is it criterion it's not but it goes from one where you think the audience is going to get ahead of you and you end it with an impossible
    Criterion

21. Fans point here

    44:46

    1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 6 likes.

    Wait, I've been doing an interminable joke during corrections about how I want to start calling, based on Son of the Woman, I want to start calling Al Pacino the talk-who-a guy. Whenever I start any kind of new… — Seth

22. Fans point here

    45:22

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 5 likes.

    I just like the idea that he doesn't know which movie he was in. Say the most iconic line from Scarface, Andy, but as Barney from The Simpsons. Say hello to my little friend! — Jorma

23. Weird Al Pacino nickname origin

    46:44

    Jorma explains how his father earned the nickname 'Weird Al Pacino' when Mari linked his brother's description of him to the pun at a meeting.

    Weird Al Pacino. She was like, I didn't call you that. I just put two things together that you said.

24. Mondo Butts returns for round two

    53:28

    The hosts launch the revived Mondo Butts, the butt-themed public-access show from the Digital Short tradition, complete with the familiar theme and fake public access setup.

    It's time to watch Mondo Butts. Round two of Mondo Butts.

25. Parakeet Book Club misdirect

    55:27

    The table at the taping used the name 'Parakeet Book Club' as a misdirect so the crowd wouldn't know Mondo Butts was returning.

    We did it as a misdirect at the table and we called it Parakeet Book Club. so that everyone didn't know that we were doing Mondo Butts again.

26. Butt-themed set redesign

    56:14

    The new Mondo Butts set swaps the old Greek pillars for a butt-shaped mannequin and a banner in the shape of a butt, which the hosts find over the top.

    There's a bust of a butt, like a mannequin that's been sawed.

27. Butts of the Week segment

    59:26

    The show's linchpin segment, 'Butts of the Week,' features a series of candid butt photos, including one of Scooch's dad.

    Okay, and now the linchpin of our program, the world famous Butts of the Week.
    Butts of the Week

28. Dr. Sarah Park's show-us-your-butt bit

    1:02:09

    Guest Dr. Sarah Park joins for 'Show Us Your Butt,' and the segment swerves into a colonoscopy video.

    Here's the video of her giving me a colonoscopy.

29. Off-script exit during the taping

    1:03:04

    Andy reveals the colonoscopy bit was not in the script, and that he left the set after the bit in a rush to change and go to the booth.

    I'm going to tell you right now, that was not in the script.

30. Klein's voice-note explanation

    1:04:38

    Andy texted writer Klein asking why the first Mondo Butts had Roman pillars, and Klein replied that the hosts thought it would be a classy touch.

    because the hosts of Mondo Butts thought it would be a classy touch, obviously.

31. Tapper illustrations roast

    1:07:07

    The hosts react to new digital caricatures of themselves, joking that they look like Mark Cuban, Jay Leno and a boardwalk caricature.

    So, you don't look like Mark Cuban.

32. Sisu and Yorma Strong Pelvis

    1:09:20

    Seth suggests Jorma would love the Finnish action film Sisu, and the hosts jokingly reference the lead as 'Yorma Strong Pelvis.'

    Jorma, did you ever see that crazy Finland action movie, Sisu?

33. Andy as a voice in Arco

    1:10:20

    Andy reveals he voices a bumbling character in the French animated sci-fi film Arco, produced by Natalie Portman.

    I'm a voice in Arco. Oh, you're a voice in it? It's a French animated movie.

34. Arco voice lineup

    1:11:01

    Andy says he voices one of three bumbling sidekicks in Arco alongside Will Ferrell and Flea.

    Me, Will Ferrell, and Flea are the voices of these three sort of bumbling guys

35. Later, Quaids sign-off

    1:11:25

    The show closes with its signature parting line, which Seth and Andy repeat to Arnold and the Quaid community.

    Later, Arnold. Later, Quates.
    later, Quaids