My Testicles & Peyote

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1. Fans point here

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   2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 132 likes.

   All right, shall we? Sure. What episode we got? Probably the best one ever. You're the host, so get your mind in the game.

2. A 'worst episode' ranking in preamble

   0:29

   The hosts joke about ranking every episode and picking this one for last place. The running humor sets up the self-deprecating tone for the whole discussion.

   If you were going to look at the titles of every ep and choose one last, this is it.

3. Fans point here

   2:01

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 5 likes.

   So I want to start with that element of, first of all, we're rolling into the end of your first season on the show. I do still think one of the things that's happening, not just for you guys, but the show in general,… — Seth

4. Tom Hanks as an all-time SNL host

   2:39

   Seth praises Tom Hanks as one of the great SNL hosts, citing his David S. Pumpkins sketch as one of the biggest of the decade. This is the context for why the hosts felt they had to deliver for him.

   he probably has been one of the biggest sketches of the last 10 years with David Pumpkins.

5. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin let down

   3:15

   Jorma jokes that the crew let down Steve Martin, a callback to an earlier episode. Alec Baldwin's hosting is also recalled as a rare treat.

   Because we've covered Steve Martin. Yep, that's right.

6. Hosts and the SNL sugar high

   4:00

   Seth explains that hosts often feel elated after an SNL week even when a sketch flops, because they do not see the problems the way the cast does.

   it's such a sugar high to host SNL.

7. Fans point here

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   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 5 likes.

   The massive fans of this podcast by Episode 9 are like, wait, what is it? How come I can't remember? Well, they saw the title, but they have no clue what it is. The hit digital short, Sexy Song. Right. Oh, that's… — Seth

8. The shorts' reputation debate

   5:17

   Akiva says that his memory of the short was embarrassing, but when he rewatched it, he found it got laughs. He still disliked the main joke.

   I just hate the main joke so much. It had tainted the whole thing.

9. Bookends praised

   5:31

   Andy singles out the Forte, Keenan and Parnell bookend scenes as delightful, the best part of the short.

   I would also argue that the bookends are delightful.

10. Parodying Euro-pop songs

    6:54

    The hosts explain the sketch parodies a real Israeli-style dance track their buddy sent them, with a cadence similar to Right Said Fred's 'I'm Too Sexy'.

    It's like an Israeli song.

11. The 1991 framing device

    7:57

    The short opens with New York City 1991, with the cast costumed as early-90s New Yorkers. Akiva notes Keenan's glasses reference Dwayne Wayne.

    he's dressed like Dwayne Wayne. He's got Dwayne Wayne glasses from a different world.

12. Tom Hanks in the video

    9:16

    When the music video starts with infinite white space and leather-clad performers, the hosts realize Tom Hanks is in the video.

    you realize, oh my God, it's Tom Hanks in there.

13. Shame and hatred

    10:40

    Seth jokes that the short ended quickly out of shame and hatred, not laziness, a line that sums up the hosts' attitude.

    That was an act of shame.

14. Hit the skins with a tenderoni

    11:45

    Parnell's line is decoded: 'hit the skins' means to have sex, and 'tenderoni' is slang popularized by early 90s hip hop, including Bobby Brown.

    Well, hit the skins is have sex. Yeah. Yeah, it just means to knock boots.

15. Audi 5000 as slang for I'm out

    14:25

    Audi 5000 is slang meaning 'I'm out,' a wordplay on the car name, shaped by its use in early 90s speech.

    It spells it Audi, like O-U-T-I-E.

16. Fans point here

    16:11

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 6 likes.

    Exactly. Writer's room mentality. You should understand that. You know, I think in general too, like looking through this run list for Hanks. And again, I mean, you guys know, I have always referred to our era as an…

17. Season rankings and the Hanks run

    16:24

    Seth notes the hosts' Golden Era reputation but says this Hanks episode does not crack his top seven. He leaves the rest of the week's sketches unranked.

    But this was not, this probably doesn't crack Hanks's top seven.
    an golden era

18. Phantom of the Opera tangent

    17:13

    Seth shifts to a story about his wife taking family to see The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway while he skipped it, a detour from the sketch talk.

    did any of you ever see The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway?

19. Fans point here

    18:56

    2 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 137 likes.

    I'd be mad if they did. Yeah. Yeah. You don't want new drums. Support comes from Airbnb. As we've talked about, I just got back from St. Lucy watching the Mets.

20. Fans point here

    20:48

    3 YouTube comments timestamp this moment, 137 likes.

    You could be traveling with family or looking to discover authentic and local experiences. It does it all. Yoram, do you remember Tennis Partners that you wrote with Forte? I watched it again because I thought I was…

21. What a 10 to 1 slot is

    21:26

    10 to 1 is the last sketch of the night, aimed at dedicated viewers who stayed until the end. Seth explains it suits unusual, low-laugh-density writing rather than game or talk show sketches.

    10 to 1 is the last sketch of the night. So it's 10 to 1 in the morning.

22. Forte as 10-to-1 king

    22:08

    Seth calls Will Forte the king of the 10-to-1 slot for many years, with McKay and Farrell as the earlier kings of that spot.

    The absolute king. McKay and Farrell were the previous kings of that, I would say.

23. Forte sketches resisted punch-ups

    24:53

    Jorma explains that Forte's sketches were so idiosyncratically logical that outside writers struggled to pitch into them, and Seth says Forte's notes were dutifully taken down then discarded.

    the logic was so forte, it was very difficult to find your way in.

24. Peyote as Lettuce's sequel

    28:38

    Peyote was conceived as a follow-up to Lettuce, with the hosts crediting Forte with pushing for another sketch in the same vein.

    Lettuce had worked out and we went back to Forte like, let's do it again.

25. Peyote's late added laugh

    30:08

    Andy says the reveal laugh in Peyote was added during editing, not in the original script, and it became the only moment that made him chuckle on rewatch.

    Honestly, Peyote gets a bigger laugh, which wasn't in the original script.

26. Seth's Corner returns

    32:05

    Seth's Corner is the segment where Seth discusses sketches he wrote from that week's SNL, here covering the MySpace seminar sketch.

    Okay, so I wrote a sketch called MySpace and it was, Andy
    Seth's Corner

27. Paul Simon pulled his own laugh

    33:32

    Paul Simon, the musical guest, was in MySpace playing a pedophile role, got a big laugh at dress, then asked to be cut before air. The sketch aired anyway.

    Somebody was in it playing a pedophile, got a giant laugh, and then between dress and air thought better of it.

28. The Shaggy Dog poster prank

    36:01

    For years someone pranked the writers' office with unrelated movie and sports posters. The Shaggy Dog poster, with Tim Allen's eyes on a dog, inspired a sketch that the hosts now regret.

    somebody was pranking our office and putting posters for things that we did not care about

29. Celebrities saw the poster wall

    37:25

    The hosts say a parade of major stars, including Lady Gaga and Rihanna, visited their office and saw the poster collection over the following years.

    It was everyone from Lady Gaga to Rihanna came in and saw that.