Listener Q&A Episode 11 aka Snow Day

Pop-ups (23 · 2 fan picks from YouTube comments)

1. Fans point here

   5:00

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 19 likes.

   And someone did suggest that the next time Jorm and I do an episode together, it's called Two Keeves episode. That makes sense to me. Yeah. Yeah, you're just the guy apparently, Keeve. There was not a lot I felt like… — Seth

2. Quaddo shirt

   12:37

   A distant cousin gives Seth a black T-shirt with Quaddo emerging from the void, a fan gift that the hosts mock.

   That's a black t-shirt that has quaddo coming out of it.
   Quaido

3. Challenge coin for Quaido

   12:54

   Seth reports a Quaido challenge coin, prompting Jorma to promise to show his if he gets one.

   I did talk about our Cuado challenge coin that I was given
   Quaido

4. Andy's bail and the spelling bee

   14:30

   Andy bails on the episode, citing illness. The hosts tease that his spelling bee performance and Seth's bee results are the real drama.

   I did send you guys this week that I got solid again on one of them.

   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 Bee

5. Spider-Man with teeth

   14:34

   Seth jokes that he should be the Spider-Man with teeth in the Spider-Verse, and the hosts search for a Spider-Man with teeth. A Venom-as-Spider-Man-with-teeth subtitle joke follows.

   we talked about how I should be the Spider-Man with teeth in the Spider-Verse movie.

6. Table-read snacks question

   16:34

   A listener asks whether cast members actually eat the table-read snacks and whether there is a hierarchy. Seth says there isn't one, but seating puts writers behind the table.

   Do people actually eat those during the read-throughs or frowned upon?

7. Nobu and Lorne's edamame

   18:45

   Lorne Michaels's table-read edamame habit is traced to the Nobu restaurant chain, which the group guesses opened in the early 1990s.

   When Nobu opened, Lauren went there, had edamame, and then the next day... What's this?

8. Fans point here

   20:56

   1 YouTube comment timestamps this moment, 4 likes.

   And you know it was the hottest restaurant in L.A. So you know Lorne had gone. Yeah. You think he could have gone in? I think so. 87. Hi, this is Nikayla Matthews-Oconee from Side Hustle Pro. This holiday, the… — Akiva

9. T-shirt store debate

   25:01

   Akiva pushes for a revenue-share design system for the Lonely Island shirt store, and Seth says no more T-shirt talk until the next recording.

   Can't we just do a revenue share with designers and just have it be open?
   hit us in the tittus

10. Jesse Plemons and his grandmother

    26:45

    A signed cue card sent to Jesse Plemons's grandmother ends up framed in her shrine to him, a story that impresses the hosts.

    she has a shrine to Jesse.

11. Edie's voice note on SNL dreams

    28:18

    A listener named Edie (Dee Dee from Baltimore) asks each host how old they were when they knew they wanted to be on SNL, a recurring listener-mail format.

    How old were you when you knew you wanted to be on SNL?

12. Ariana Grande and Bowen tie-in

    28:30

    Edie's favorite recent host is Ariana Grande, whom she connects to Bowen Yang. The show ties SNL hosts to the community around them.

    Mine is Ariana Grande because she's friends with Bowen and I love my best friend's house.

13. Seth's childhood SNL fandom

    28:57

    Seth recalls SNL as his favorite thing growing up, with his childhood bedroom still full of SNL merchandise and a 25th anniversary book from his parents.

    It was my favorite thing by far. When I go back to my childhood home where my parents still live, my bedroom has so much SNL stuff.

14. Jorma's SNL audition mailing address

    30:20

    Jorma says receiving an audition-tape mailing address from SNL felt like a triumph, a memory he connects to his 30 Rock visits.

    I remember thinking when they had reached out to ask for an audition tape, the very fact that they had given me their mailing address felt like a total triumph.

15. Akiva's TV lock

    30:55

    Akiva's parents once put a lock on the family TV to curb viewing, and young Jorma recalls sneaking downstairs to watch SNL with him.

    I remember sneaking into, because Akiva had a, his parents had a lock on their TV.

16. Chip and Dale movie deferred to later episode

    35:01

    A voice note asked the hosts to discuss the Chip and Dale movie, which Andy appeared in. Akiva says they will get to it when the podcast reaches that point in its chronological rewatch.

    Yeah, we could talk about it later when we get up to it.

17. Guesses about 56th and Lennox origin

    38:45

    The hosts guess 56th and Lennox is a hip hop album reference, possibly from Nas. Akiva notes Chester and Andy met at NYU and spent time in New York, and mentions the location near Utica Avenue in Brooklyn.

    My guess is that it is a reference to some sort of hip hop album.

18. Grandmother caller joins the Quaid Army

    39:44

    A self-described little Jewish grandmother calls to say she enjoys the podcast. The hosts praise her for keeping it short and sweet.

    I'm just a little old Jewish grandmother, but I'm a big fan.
    Quaid Army

19. Daiquiri Girl comedy jail

    50:17

    A returning caller says she was in comedy jail for loving Daiquiri Girl. Questlove's public support helped vindicate her, and the hosts agree it had to be a respected voice.

    I'm just glad I have somebody like the Questlove to be on my side about that great girl.
    Quaid

20. Colin Jost LA dinner

    53:17

    Jost invited the LA-based SNL writers to dinner during Golden Globes weekend, but he cancelled within an hour of the reservation, citing illness.

    Jost bailed like within an hour of a dinner he organized.

21. Manny Manimal resubmitted for Finn Wolfhard

    59:03

    Jost resubmitted his Manny Manimal sketch years after its 2009 rejection. Seth says it failed again at dress rehearsal on his show, and it was then resubmitted for Finn Wolfhard's episode.

    Resubmitted it for Finn Wolfhard. Went to dress.

22. Resubmits can yield great results

    1:00:59

    Akiva notes that resubmitted sketches can succeed, citing Cowbell and Spelling Bee, but a host may be spooked if they know a sketch previously failed.

    the resubmits, which famously can yield great results in the most famous being Cowbell.

23. Naked Gun OJ Simpson gag

    1:05:06

    Akiva compares the Manny Manimal sequence of hazards to the OJ Simpson near-death gag in The Naked Gun, a similar chain of mishaps.

    oj simpson's death in the or almost death in the very beginning of naked gun

24. Everything's good except the results

    1:05:48

    Seth jokes about Manny Manimal, saying everything about it is good except the results, a line the hosts keep returning to.

    I'm just always going to remember everything about it's good except for the results.

25. Quaid running usage

    1:07:33

    The episode uses Quaid, the term for podcast listeners, in the sign-off and sponsor-adjacent caller segments.

    Later, Quaids. Love you guys.
    Quaid