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Hi. Hi.
It's Smartless, everybody. You want to go around and introduce yourselves? We haven't done it in a long time.
We haven't. Yeah, go ahead.
I'm Sean Hayes. I'm Will Arnett.
And I'm Jason Bateman. What's your porn name, Sean? Middle name and street you grew up on.
Patrick Valley. Patrick

Valley. That's actually pretty good.

That's pretty porny. JB, what about you?

Kent Emerson.

No way.

Sounds like he's got a strong mustache, right?

Guess what? Mine is Emerson Edgar.

Oh, my God.

Wow, did you guys do a porn together?

Are we going to do porn together? Yeah.

Let's do it after an all-new Smart List.

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Sean, were you, when we had dinner Saturday night,

all of us at our friend's house in New York.

We did.

And then at a certain point, Downey was wearing that shirt, that T-shirt that he sort of wore for JB. And he said, I want to give it to you.
And he said, okay, so let's switch now. So all of a sudden, in the middle of this dinner party, JB and Downey stand up and they go tarps off and switch.
I didn't see that. Did you see that? Wait, but you had a Sex Pistols t-shirt on.
Right, that was his. He gave it to me.
Downey walked in with that. Oh, I thought that's what you showed up with.
No, I was just in a generic blue tee, a nice tee. Sure.
I didn't know that. I said, you know what? Robert, we're looking for beautiful vintage rock t-shirts for this idiot character i'm playing um and man that looks like a good one yeah yeah and he goes he goes oh yeah i paid a lot of money for this and he told me the number i was like good lord um and he said uh you want it for a t-shirt he paid a lot of money for a t-shirt? Oh, buddy.
I said, yeah, I want it. He goes, well, here, let's step over here and I'll give it to you.
I said, no, you're what? And then he said, yeah, yeah. I said, well, we don't need to step anywhere.
Let's just do it right here. So we just started a little top swap, and now I'm going to work it into the show, but we're trying to get clearance on Sex Pistols.
And if we don't get clearance on it, then I'm just going to put it in my wardrobe, you know, my closet at home. And wait for Danny to forget.
Yes, but I can get you a thousand of those for $5. You can get me a thousand t-shirts for $5? Like vintage, old, like 70s, 80s, 90s bands.
Where are you getting these? You just get them online. Oh, yeah.
Or in vintage shops.

I just went, I went vintage shopping with Franny yesterday

because she wanted to do some shopping here in New York.

And while she was looking at her stuff,

I went looking at the old rock T-shirts there

in this incredible store called Metropolis down on Broadway.

And, God, they got a great site.

And I bought five great old rock concert T-shirts. And, man, they're expensive.
You know, you should have asked Alessandra had a T-shirt business, just not a bit, for years. Really? Yeah, she has like a warehouse full of incredible vintage tees that she procured over the years.
Boxes upon boxes upon boxes. Why is she holding on to them? Why does she sell them to places like the front? Well, it was hard for her to, well, because they don't do the business anymore, so they got to figure out what they're going to do with the stock.
Yeah, yeah. Huh.
Well, I can take a lot of that off her hands. Yeah, same.
Me and Sean will come around. In New York, you can take a look at it.
Great. Where's she at? Is she still here? She is.
Does she come back with you? No, she is. She's there.
I'll tell her to call you after. Great.
JB, I don't know if you know this. Sean's had two hours sleep.
He had another AFib in the middle of the night. True story.
I just got home. And had to go to Mount Sunday.
You just got home an hour ago. Did you OD on gummies? No.
So now I don't. You know what I did? You guys are going to laugh.
Probably not. Did they have a sale on butter pecan ice cream? What happened? And you went crazy?

I was walking down the street, and I hailed a cab,

and I ran to get the cab, and it just triggered it.

You can't run?

Okay.

What you need is a nice aerobics class, I think,

is what I'm figuring out.

No, I'm going to get the ablation where they go in

and they fry a little part of your heart out.

You've heard what that is, right?

No, I've also heard about just like a step class, you know, or a stationary bike. Why don't you work on your fucking endurance? No, I have endurance.
You're clearly not. You're running after a cab and you end up in the hospital.
I know, but... Sean, you should go into your pantry with a flamethrower and do an ablation on all the food that's in there.
You know what I listen hey glass house uh let's not talk about pantries yeah okay jb loves coming into my pantry it's so but here's what happens is he every single time he comes in he goes in he goes in the pantry then comes out he's like you got a lot of stuff what are you gonna eat as he's stuffing his stupid fat face did i ever show you the picture I took of your freezer?

Or sorry, your ice cream fridge?

Yes, I love it. So you've got one side with soda and food,

and then the other side, which is supposed to be a freezer,

is just basically like a repository for ice cream.

It's all that sweet, sweet, sweet McConnell ice cream,

which I adore.

And I like Häagen-Dazs too.

Here comes more.

Häagen-Dazs is the best. Häagen-Dazs.
Häagen-Dazs. Are you guys looking for McConnell ice cream, which I adore.
And I like Häagen-Dazs. Here comes more.
Häagen-Dazs is the best. Häagen-Dazs, I'll probably tell you.
Häagen-Dazs. Are you guys looking for free ice cream? I'm just going to, sorry, I'm going to put a little, I'm going to put an address, a link they can click on at the end.
But Jay, you know why I love Häagen-Dazs? Vanilla ice cream. Because it's only milk, eggs, cream, and sugar.
And that's it. And vanilla.
Sometimes you just pour those ingredients in your mouth, right?

They'll stick your head in the freezer.

And do a little mouthwash with them.

Make it in your mouth.

Pour them in, they stick your head in.

Oh, God, Jason's busy over there.

I'm lacing my new shoes.

So, Franny got me into a T-shirt addiction.

Maples got me into really expensive tennis shoes. And now I can't.
And now I can't stop. Those are Nike's.
Yeah. Have they made a difference? In my...
I don't know. Are they more comfortable? No, they're just, they make me feel pretty, you know? They're special.
Okay, well, you look pretty. Guys, I want to get back to the funny guy who's like waiting for us.
He's the best. I'm excited for this.
He's really a patient guy too. Yes, and he makes me laugh.
Sorry. He's a fellow podcaster and all around funny guy.
At age five, he asked his parents if he could change his name and they said yes. I'd consider him part of my own personal SNL Hall of Fame, mastering some of my favorite impressions of all time.
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It's my comedy friend, Andy Samberg.

Andy Samberg, yeah.

Andy Samberg!

Andy.

God damn.

So old.

Look, he's so relaxed.

He's incredibly overdue. I know.
Have you been ducking us? Have we not been able To make your deal? What is it? What's happening? Yeah Rider Uh-huh Got it Are you at a Massage place right now With the screen behind you? Yes Yeah Are you getting Are you getting massage? He said I'm gonna do your podcast But I'm doing one word in Yeah Wait, wait Can I just say that I saw So Andy knows, I'm going to do your podcast, but I'm doing one word ass. Yeah.
Wait, wait, can I just say that I saw, so Andy knows what I'm about to say, which is I saw him like two weeks ago. Oh, really? We were out and he goes, hey, hey, idiot, I'm coming to do your stupid podcast.
Oh, so you do. The retelling.
Yeah. This is a major Rashomon.
That's pretty true. It's almost word for word.

You said something like...

No, I said, hey, first off, hadn't seen you in years.

I know.

Right?

Hey, I'm about to be on your very successful podcast.

That's literally what I said.

And you went, no!

You're not supposed to tell me!

And stormed off.

It does sound like this.

Going like this, la, la, la, la, hugging his ears, la, la, la.

You have a foot on me first off very intimidating it does happen quite a bit and then I spent the rest of the night at the Vanity Fair party like sulking because I ruined your night you were there I didn't see you there I was there I saw you guys all together promoting the show. Sean, you left at 6.45.
Yeah.

I put some eyes on you there, I think.

Andy, we dress almost exactly the same,

although I'm not wearing my hoodie,

but baseball hat.

You can grab it.

Okay.

We got time, right?

It's a podcast.

It's a great point. So, Andy, thank you for coming on today.

I was really excited about you coming,

and I, well, first of all, I didn't know you changed your name.

I thought you were always Andy.

What was it before?

Sean, hi.

Oh, nice to see you.

Good.

When I was five, I changed my name to Andy from David.

My middle name, it was my first name was David.

And then.

And we get it.

Your middle name was Andy.

It's not, I mean, my mom was just cool about it is basically the short version of the story. Why do you hate David so much? What's wrong with David? I don't know.
I just felt like an Andy is the... Are you serious? Yeah, kind of.
You knew you were an Andy. But honestly, like when you look at me, the first name you think personality-wise obviously is Adam.
That's what everyone calls me on accident. But then after that, Andy, I think, matches.
Adam Sandberg and Justin Bateman. Yeah.
He gets Justin all day. I got another one yesterday.
Do you really? Did you? Are you serious? By the way, everyone has someone that they get the name of that person for. And I always think you get big enough and it stops.
But then everyone I talk to has someone. No, I'm nowhere near it.
I get the, I get the, hey, I loved you on SNL and I'm like, never on it. Right.
And then they're like, and I figured like, they've got me confused and I've talked about it with like either like Sudeikis, me, Forte, just kind of middle-aged white dude. And they just go, you're...

I bet it's Forte because you're both Wills.

Maybe.

You know what, the other day I was in a doctor's office

like a couple months ago,

and I'm walking out and this guy in the waiting room goes,

hey, where are the other two and a half guys?

Oh, no.

You're John Cryer.

I'm like, I thought they meant Jason and Will. And I got to the elevator and I was like...
They thought you were Angus, the kid from two and a half guys oh no you're john crier i'm like i thought they meant jason and will and i got to the elevator and i thought you were angus all grown up or i thought you i thought it was going to be like jason and will and one of them is notorious for having like a massive wang yeah that's it old 50 pound yeah unit yeah that's pretty good that's how long it took me to bring up dicks. Wait, so let's talk about...
I'm all ears. What if you hit a stopwatch as soon as you said it? In my defense, I was on ice for a while while you guys chatted about t-shirts and stuff.
So I count that time as my preamble time. Hey, can you believe, I mean, this is the kind of talk on a hit podcast.
Can I embarrass myself early? Andy, you're a fella. I don't know well.
We never really cross paths. I know precisely the times we have.
Because I think I've always wanted to be your friend. And I just never would never cross this path.
And both these guys know that that's a big deal because I don't really have a lot of friends. But I've targeted you.
And I feel like we'd be great together. I completely agree, and I feel the same.
This is nice. It's thrilling to have you.
Here's the one thing. Sorry, Will, we're talking, dude.
Just give us one second. Sean, go take a break.
I'm going to use your wheels. Yeah.
No, go ahead. I really like the cut of your jib.
Likewise and ditto. Thank you, first off.
All right. I like that you're in Los Angeles.
That increases our odds. That's true.
I think probably your kids are older than mine, so that decreases our odds. That's true.
Although mine can train yours. I pretty much only see people with kids my age at this point.
I know. But Jason, you're in luck because we're going to get to know Andy right now.
Oh my God, you're right. And we're going to start at the beginning.
I don't know, Sean, if you've ever listened to our podcast, but we're not known for our fucking good questions. We don't like the guest talking much at all.
Letting our guest talk a ton. So, listen back to your parts.

So, yeah.

So, Andy, you take a five.

You take a five.

That's fine.

That's fine.

Can I just say, Andy?

Yes, Will.

I know you a little bit.

Probably better than the other two guys.

Oh, yeah.

Over the years.

Yeah, we've hung out a lot.

We have hung out a lot over the years.

And a lot, lot.

And then Andy was also, first of all, JB, you know this. So that you don't embarrass yourself you know that andy was in a rest of development um oh what it was a blip wait blip how i got i believe it's how i got into sag we want and we talked about it on the dvd extras of season two as well that's how long i didn't even know there were dvd You were participating in it.
Did you know you were in the show? What did I... Tell me the name of the show one more time.
So, it was season two, and I had just seen Andy. Andy and Kiva and Yorma had just done, the Lonely Island Boys, as they're known, had just done a pilot called Awesometown that was produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
I want to see that. Right, Andy? Yes.
For Fox. Really good, really, for Fox, it was a sketch comedy, sort of variety, I don't even know how to describe it, special.
Before SNL? Yes, pre. Yeah, yeah.
The year before. What year was that, Andy, that you guys did that? Do you remember? 04.
2004. It was so funny.
And I was like, oh, my God. I was just obsessed with that pilot.
These guys are fucking awesome. Yeah, I want to know about that, Andy.
So, like, the lonely guys. Well, hang on.
No, wait. I want to know what fucking episode he was in in Arrested Development.
Where was I? Now, don't tell me I was in the scene with him. Andy, go.
No. I think it was me and Cross, right, Will? Yeah, it was you and Cross.
Which, first off, Arrested Development was our favorite show. Like, me, Keevan Jorm sat around talking about it.
It was how it was like, this is the first time ever on American television that comedy has been allowed to move this fast and be this funny, and every single person on it destroys, and we were obsessed with it. British Office was our inspiration.
Or at least me and Will. Yeah.
Which showed, but, like, it felt super different. And we were obsessed british office was our inspiration or at least me yes yeah which showed but like it felt super different and we were mature with super big fans of mr show also so like the cross-pollination of those things was making our brains explode um so i was not in sag really i was doing stand-up and we were shooting our own videos and sort of like trying to cobble it together.
And then I got the call to come do this like one line. I think I was an usher at Blue Man Group.
No way. And it was the like next week on the show thing that's not real.
And it was me talking to Cross. I think I had one line.
Were you in Blue Man makeup? No, I don't think I was. No.
You were like in an usher's outfit or something yeah and my hair was just massive seth meyers said when he first met me he looked like my hair was trying to eat my head man i gotta willie remember how we used to sit and watch the show we'd watch them when america when we were on on sundays right we'd sit there like a couple of couple of newbies just like here comes our show. Our show's coming on.
And we'd watch it. And then we'd go outside for smokes during the commercial breaks.
And then we'd go back in. And then we'd check online to see what the comments were.
And then the next morning, what the ratings were. Television without, TV without pity.
Yeah, yeah, exactly. It was like a message board.
And up at your old house. Yeah, yeah, I do remember that.
And I remember, you know you know what yesterday i was going through some of my stuff upstairs and uh i found the new york times tv remember they used to put up like this sort of the new york times tv guy that you know what's coming up in the week and whatever yeah and arrested development was on the cover it was november of 2003 and they didn't really know what to make and nobody they're like this is any who knows and uh anyway i'm just what show are you guys talking about it's called the rest of the moment anyway so so andy comes and does that and then how so that was like 2004 that was that was the spring of 2005 that you did it podcast well i think crazy right dates yeah that was it because it was like one of one of the last episodes of that second season. So that was like 2005.
And then when was it that SNL, how did SNL happen? You guys had done the pilot that did not get picked up by Fox. Yes.
And then we tried to sell it around town. We thought for sure we were going to get snagged by like MTV2 or something.
Yeah. No dice.
And we were like, we're cooked. That was our shot.
And we were writing together, splitting a single writing check, working on the MTV Movie Awards for the second year in a row. The three of you? Yeah.
Wow. And the first year we wrote for it, it was Lindsay Lohan.
And then the second year we did it, it was Fallon. And so Fallon came in hosting and he brought all the snl people with him and we just hung out with them basically for three or four straight weeks and loved them and hit it off and higgins and shoemaker were there who were yeah you know one is still a big producer there and the other now runs seth's show but they were high up there and jimmy was obviously higgins and mike shoemaker the snl.
And so we, Miki Van Yorm and some others were responsible for writing a few of the pre-tapes where you put the host in the movies from that year. Right.
And we wrote a Star Wars one and a Batman one that both got picked. So we were just hanging out with everyone on set, pitching jokes and they were like, hey, these guys seem like they love comedy a lot.
In a way that, you know, you sometimes are shocked to realize that people don't. And did they invite you to audition, or did they just say, we've seen enough, let's make them writers? Invited to audition.
I'd done stand-up at that point for six or seven years on and off, starting in college, and I'd been on Premium Blend on Comedy Central, which was a thing. Yeah.
And then we had our pilot. I didn't think I knew that, that you'd been doing stand-up before that.
Yes. Yeah, I didn't.
I wouldn't say I was like H.O.T. in the biz, but...
Yeah, H.O.T. I was at the edge of it, though.
I had just gotten to the point where I went in for the meeting at the Improv melrose to be like hey you could come start doing real spots wow just just for my sister tracy living

just a little context you and i didn't know this until i started reading about you that

the three so you started this little comedy troupe which is now also a production company called

uh the lonely island and it's three of your friends i did not know this that you met in

eighth grade yeah well kiev and yorm seventh that Jorm, seventh grade. That's crazy.
Seventh grade. Yeah.
And so, and then, so when you got hired on SNL, so you guys had been friends for all those years. And then when you get hired on SNL, they hire all three of you at the same time.
That's what I couldn't understand is like, but Andy was on. Oh, they were, oh, I see.
So they wrote. Did all three of you audition to be performers?

Or were they just like, we just want to be writers.

You can be the performer?

I auditioned first.

And it went pretty good.

And they said, we want you to come back.

And at that time, they asked Keeva and Yorm if they also wanted to audition.

And so Yorm did.

And Akiva said, no, I don't want to be on camera.

And then the three of us also submitted a writing packet on behalf of the three of us. So we were kind of hedging our bets in all directions.
Yeah. Yeah, that's so cool.
So rare. Andy's the performer.
Yeah. Your mom.
Hmm. Your Kiv is going to keep them grounded.
Tracy, that was Lauren Michaels. It's like American Idol when the parents bring the kid on and then the parents get on.
So then at what point then do you guys say, hey, you know, we make some pretty snazzy vids too. Do you guys want to maybe hire us for that? We weren't hired for that, interestingly.
We had been doing it. Like we'd even made a few joke raps thank you very much uh the best it just killed yeah and you basically started the snl digital shorts they'd never done anything like that now they do it all the time well mckay had mckay yeah oh mckay did it that's right that's right uh but much less frequently uh but his were great obviously tv fun, yeah.
McKay did them with like Pat, what's his name, and a bunch of those dudes. I forget that guy's name.
Anyway, but yes, but those guys had done them, but they were more esoteric, if you will. Like they were kind of off the wall and kind of, you guys kind of were able to hone in on stuff.
Obviously McKay's a legend, so I'm not disparaging him in any way. The guy's an absolute giant.
But you guys came in, we're doing something different, and you really... I remember that night that Lazy Sunday came out.
I think it was the last show before Christmas. Am I right? Yeah, Christmas show, our first season.
Yeah, I know. It's crazy.
I'd like to see you maybe just have a bit of a weed problem uh in the future just to knock down your memory a little bit yeah but i remember i remember even just the reaction in the building andy and you to walk us through that because it was palpable that that that thing they aired that thing and it was just like electricity everybody went like there was pre-lazy sunday and there was post-lazy sunday i'm serious but tell people what lazy sunday is yeah yeah uh lazy sunday was our first hashtag comedy rap that we aired on the show right um it was me and parnell the great chris parnell who everyone on earth loves the greatest nicest guy in the world and we had done, like I said, we had done stuff on our own like that for like thelonelyisland.com and like tried to get it put on other websites that had bandwidth for streaming before YouTube existed. But you guys emerged at the same time YouTube was created, which was phenomenal.
Yeah, and it was very fortuitous for us

where it was like, oh, YouTube became a thing

at the moment we had this song people wanted to share.

Yeah.

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So, but Andy, walk me through. So you guys have this idea for Lazy Sunday.
You wrote it, what on a, or you submitted it on a Wednesday, um, just at the, at the table read. How did you, did you go to Shoemaker and those guys?

Like, how did that come about?

Keeve and Yorm had done one on their own,

which was an idea we'd had for a while.

I left town to do some general meetings.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, sure.

Sure, sure.

The best part of our business.

You had a kingdom.

And how are you?

How are you?

I don't know why I'm here.

What would you like to do next, Mr. Sandberg? Yeah.
I mean, obviously we're familiar with your work. Sure.
Not going to say any of it because we're not. Right.
For Tracy, that's how all those general meetings in Hollywood go. Well, you leave everyone thinking like, I'm about to make 12 movies in a row, and then you never hear.
They're going to call. Anyways, they made a little music video thing called Bing Bong Brothers, which was a send-up of this song by the Yin Yang Twins.
And we showed it to Shoemaker and Higgins and they were like, this is great, but we have so much cast right now. Our first season, I think we had like 17 or 18 cast members.
Wow. And they were like, if you can do stuff like this, put the cast in it, you don't even have to ask our permission.
Just go shoot something and if it's good, then we can try and use it at dress to change sets because we always need pre-tape pieces to change over sets during commercial breaks and stuff is not enough always and it can save other people's live sketches if you have a pre-tape. Right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, right.
That was kind of honestly why they were pushing us to do it. And so then we did one that was based on an idea Forte it had called Lettuce where it's just me and him dramatically having a conversation and taking huge bites out of heads of lettuce on the stoop.
And that was the first one that aired. It's so good.
Just the shit ever i'm just gonna be so serious yeah that's his entire life and then and then we did another one that was basically that one again called peyote that didn't air till the end of that season and then the third one we shot was lazy sunday which was uh a dork rap about me and parnell having a lazy sunday going to see the chronicles of narnia so good so good how but can i but i mean this sounds such a cheesy fan question because i am and we are but like it's so dumb so just bear with me and i'm sure you've been asked this a million times how did you is this hard it's so hard no is is uh you know dick in the box like all of them there's became so huge on their own how do you i would ask the same this same question to a musician how did you come how do you come up with them is it like are you at home in the shower thinking the most bizarre funny shit or is it like do you come up with a song first and then you're like let's do a video or like or like how does it all happen it's uh it's different every time so like lazy sunday was very similar to a song kiev and yorm had done before we were on snl called the heist, which was about them, you know, talking about chamomile tea and stuff. So it was totally very like, this is our version of that, you know, which now we feel slightly guilty about because everyone and their mom has done that.
And still some are doing it. And it feels a little like, okay, we get it.
And then like dick in a box was timberlake hosted and was like we were chatting with him in our office and sort of realized we all had come up on the same music in the early 90s like that early 90s r&b and yeah that we loved that style and he was obviously capable of singing it really really really well. The little half glasses, the little Barry Gibb glasses.
Yeah, exactly. Sorry, keep going.
Which, you know, I look back at it now, I'm like, oh, this is like almost fully back in style. But Andy, so, but I kind of want to get back to you because there was that, like I said before, there was that moment sort of pre and post Lazy Sunday, and I just remember as soon as that hits and it goes crazy, like one of the first sort of viral videos, if you will, really, all of a sudden it's like you guys are at Paramount, right? All of a sudden you're at Brad Gray's office, you're making Hot Rod, and you've got a movie deal and you've got all that.
Like, it just went like that. Yes.
Right? Am I right about that? Some would argue too fast. Really? No.
Yeah. Not me.
I mean, Hot Rod, you know all about because you're in it. Sure.
And you're fantastic in it. And we were so grateful you did it.
Yes. No.
Yes. I actually do remember, you know what, I do remember, Andy, funny you say too fast, I remember one day going to Paramount to meet Lorne one of the off weeks and you guys were at the Broadway video office.
Do you remember that? You guys were writing? Rewriting it, yeah. And you were rewriting it and I remember that you, Keevan, you were being in the room and I was's it going you guys have your laptop and you were so you guys were so stressed out you're like i don't know if we're gonna be able to do this because it was like really quick and they're like great here's a movie rewrite it and we're and we start shooting july 1st yeah i mean we were psyched and we knew that it was a window that it opened and you got to go through it but it was also like i mean i had been on someone's desk like a year and a half before that yeah dreaming of this happening and then all of a sudden it's like boom and it's happening so fast this is the thing i've really thought about more as we've gotten older is it never occurred to me how anyone else was perceiving us because we were so in it and shot out of a cannon.
And now I'm like, oh, if that happened to someone now, I'd be like, who the fuck are these guys? What did they do to get this? One song thing? Exactly. Your proof of concept, though, was already just like right there.
And you'd already been stamped and embraced by, you know. Yes.
The SNL, you know, pedigree and embraced by the exact demo Paramount's asking you guys to hit.

So it was like, I'm sure you guys had a,

you weren't paralyzed with fear,

but sort of knowing you're going into new ground.

Yes.

Also, we were still like, not just actually young,

but like young in the industry.

So for us, we still had the like,

no, man, we're going to make it this.

Right.

and like no shade

because I love

Thank you. but like young in the industry.
So for us, we still had the like, no, man, we're going to make it this. Right.
And like, no shade because I love this movie. They wanted Dodgeball.
Right. And we wanted like Wet Hot American Summer.
Right. Wet Hot American Summer.
And I think Hot Rod ended up somewhere in between. Had Akiva and Yorma directed anything other than the digital shorts at that point? No.
Right. That must you know we had shot keeve had directed basically everything we had done for five straight years leading up to that like we moved to la together and just started shooting stuff because we both went to film school yeah and we were that was the plan like we're just going to keep shooting stuff and show people why we're funny and not try to tell them yeah it's funny i was i was talking about photos uh just before about the uh the finding the arrested thing i was also found i have a photo weirdly in a silver it looks like like a really fancy frame and it's it's on the set of hot rod i just saw it and it's keeve talking to me in this and he's being really serious and i'm being on the set of Hot Rod, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like, it couldn't be more serious. He's like, say babe three more times.
Yeah, exactly. Andy, where does the film school and filmmaking kind of desire for you live currently? Or is it you just sort of just acting now, or do you still kind of thirst for making stuff um well i mean i'm i'm basically a producer on almost everything i do yeah and i i feel like i am a creative producer if that's yeah yeah yeah a thing it's for sure and it's not for everyone right well and you explained for people for tracy what that what the difference is like like a hardcore like producer producer is the person who's like actually talking to all the production heads and and like putting together a movie or a show and dealing with the studio or network on a daily basis and it's it's a grind and it's a specific skill set and it's a specific personality type that is really valuable and rare to find someone that's great at it and then for me i'm like i am heavily involved in the creative decisions of everything i'm in basically right if if whoever i'm working with is amenable rightole.
Right. But like that to me is,

that was my role with the guys with Keevan Yorm.

So that's kind of how I developed.

You were on the producing track as opposed to the directing track in film school, yeah?

I mean, I was technically directing,

but I didn't enjoy it

because it's just so much multitasking

and I also wanted to be acting in stuff.

I mean, I don't know.

I am blown away by people like yourself

that can act in it while directing.

That to me is such a head fuck.

I don't know i am blown away by people like yourself that can act in it while directing that to me is such a head fuck i don't know how yeah just try it once you'll see oh it's pretty efficient it's it's a well let me ask you this not to get too granular yeah but the one thing that worries me more than anything is giving notes to the actors i'm in a scene with right like as soon as i have this like insecurity as soon as i'm like can you do it more like this and they're like what you did

yeah exactly yeah you do it more like i know what it's gonna be yeah it is true it is it is a certain amount of unstated arrogance and hubris to actually be giving a note to somebody you're on an equal play field with. I hear you on that for sure.
I have no explanation for that aside from the kindness of the person that's listening to the note. Especially like what if you're doing like romance stuff? Right.
Yeah. I feel like I wasn't believing that you like me enough.
Right. Be more into it.
Yeah. And that's how you met your wife.
Right? Be more into it. Okay, on this take, marry me.
Right. I want to feel from your kiss that we should be married.
Here we go. Still rolling.
Wait, wait. You're just, like just face to face and they're like standing there and you keep going, no, more, no, I don't buy it.
Close deeper. But you do, yeah, but you do, because TV is sort of a writer's medium, you do end up, by default, kind of directing, especially in comedy, kind of directing anyway, right? And so it's pretty, it's directing adjacent.
Yes, we did eight seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, for example, and I was a producer on that. And as the show went on, I would definitely be on set as a producer, not just an actor, a lot creatively, and making sure scenes were working and being a big part of editing with Dan Gore and knowing like we're going to need like some alts

on the end of this scene because this isn't playing.

You can just feel it in the room.

It's not landing right.

And then you powwow and you pitch a couple extra jokes

and then you have each cast member try a different thing

and then you know you have options and blah, blah, blah.

And you're hiring the directors.

Right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, you worked with the great Dan Gore

and obviously you had a lot of great comedic minds on that show as well with the great Mike Schur, whom we all adore, and Phil and Chris as well. Yeah, they shot the pilot.
They shot the pilot. So you had a pretty, that was like a fucking Hall of Fame team.
I got to rewatch it during the pandemic with my oldest son, Archie. He was there and able to, super into it.
We ended up watching it all through. So, so, so funny.
And, you know, one of the through lines we mentioned right at the top, one of the through lines in what you do so well, and you do so many things so well, but you always, there's oftentimes you incorporate music into what what you do and i kind of wanted to understand a little bit about like what your history is with music did you study music as a kid first of all you got a great voice you got great timing um it's true so true it's totally how do you how do you come by it um well thanks i grew up in a house that music was always playing and me and one of my two sisters were both kind of just always obsessed with music i i don't know exactly why i think you know i had a father who had a great appreciation of it had a big record collection and then when i hit like junior high and high school i pretty much just went to the record store all the time the time. I grew up in Berkeley, California, where the first Amoeba music was built.
And I was at Amoeba Records in high school two or three times a week. Just DITC, which is digging through the crates.
They do vinyl again, right? They sell vinyl. They're still in business.
They sell vinyl. Yeah, apparently vinyl has made a massive resurgence.
Mass Yeah. Yeah, it's cool.
Wait, so I want to talk more about that. So you grew up in the Bay Area.
You grew up around music. What kind of music did your dad listen to and then you listened to? And what kind of would you, did you gravitate towards a specific genre at Amoeba Records? Yeah.
Take those in order, please. You can go backwards.
It was definitely all kinds all kinds of music i mean i think a lot of people that grew up in the bay area would say the same thing which is music is just a big part of the culture there for no matter who you are as a kid there and so like there were definitely people who were like we're punks and we listen to punk and like we're backpackers and we listen to hip-hop. But most people were like, I listen to 12 genres of music and I love the history of all of them.
And we were certainly that. And my friend group was that where we'd be super into dancehall and reggae, but also super into contemporary hip-hop and old hip-hop and old funk soul because of hip-hop because we chased down the samples from our favorite hip-hop songs and yeah yeah but also like i love bob dylan and grew up listening to bob dylan and wore my mom's purple scarf to try and look like bob dylan in high school that's great that's but you were so you were so adept at hip-hop and you guys were kind of like the west coast comedy beastie boys well that's high praise yeah oh nice well it's true very nice it's true.
Very nice. It is true.
That's totally true. It's totally true, and you were able to do it in such an authentic way, too, because there are a lot of, like, sort of white boys from Berkeley who couldn't pull it off, and you guys just made it work because you were actually good at it.
And, God, what did I, you know what I just saw the other day was one of the video from Bash Brothers, the thing you guys did about the Oakland days. Have you ever seen that, you guys? And I can't believe that you pulled it off.
What is it? You play Jose Canseco, Keeve plays Mark McGuire, and then they do this rap about being on steroids and fucking how small their balls are. Yeah, me and Keeve did it as kind just like as like a side project because yorm was unavailable so we didn't want to do a proper lonely island album without him uh concept album and then we did like a visual poem kind of like lemonade and very quietly released it on netflix and it's really he was mark mcguire and i'm jose canseco and the whole thing is an album of if the two of them had made a rap record in the late 80s that they're during their heyday i remember i remember um being totally fanning out uh being so excited and kind of nervous uh sudeikis and i were we were on like on a lunch break while we were doing one of the horrible bosses and we were in the valley and he's like oh you know the guys they rented a house uh down here they're recording one of their albums and he took me over there and it was like noon or something and we we walked in you gotta think you guys are recording turtleneck and chain maybe right um yeah and uh turtleneck and yeah and uh and and i was like i was like where's where's andy um they're like oh he's still sleeping i was like, where's Andy? They're like, oh, he's still sleeping.
I was like, oh. Damn right.
Yeah, exactly. But we took a lot.
They had rented like this colonial style mansion in Encino. A monstrosity.
Yeah, and they just set it up, you know, just like a rock band would. You know, you record in a mansion, but it's usually in the Cotswolds, you know.
But this was like off Louise Drive in Encino. But it was pretty awesome to see that.
Those summers were so fun. Yeah.
And everyone, the coolest thing about it was how much space we had. And we just put out like, everyone in comedy come over.
That's really cool. And it really happened.
Like we have photos of so many of the people that are just the biggest names in comedy now that swung by because they were like, hey, I heard those Lonely Island guys have this stupid house in Encino. Oh, that's great.
And we would just drink and have fun and then record songs and knew we were banking them for the next season of SML.

That's so cool.

That's so cool.

Do you guys ever talk about getting together

and doing another one of those house rentals

and just putting down another record?

It's tough now because we have kids.

Well, they can be in it.

Yeah, they can write them in.

I don't know that we'll do another house rental ever

unless it's like a compound for all the kids to run around in.

Do that.

Right.

But I definitely think we're going to try and make more music.

I don't think we're done.

I love it. we'll do another house rental ever unless it's like a compound for all the kids to run around in.

Do that.

Right.

But I definitely think we're going to try and make more music.

I don't think we're done.

Look how young your face is.

Kids having kids.

Yeah.

I know.

It is funny though.

Like I always,

because Andy,

you're younger than I am

and than we are

because the three of us

are basically the same age.

Jason's older obviously.

Is that...

No, just a lot older, but...

How old a fellow are you, Andy?

I'm 45.

Oh, good for you.

Yeah.

A youngin'.

And so now that...

How old are you guys?

I'll Google it.

54.

You just seem so young.

Oh, really?

We're 53.

53.

We're 53.

You're the coolest.

But I have a new penis.

Did I tell you guys that?

Is that true?

Well, do you not? No, you buried the lead. Yeah, yeah the leaf.
Oh, you did it. Amazon.
Fucking crazy, right? But anyway, sorry. Brand new? Yeah, yeah.
Yeah. And you just like rehydrate it? It's like a sea monkey? Well, no, this one's full of moisture.
The old one was getting tired. I had a spritz bottle.
I had a fucking Hudson sprayer. It's just enough.
So you went out and got yourself a new one that you're not going to use?

Yeah.

Why don't you just keep not using the old one?

Can we get a time check on how long it was since the last dick joke?

I just want to point out I didn't start that one.

That was not me.

I was not the instigator.

I jumped right in.

How hard is it for you to not talk about dicks?

We'll be right in. How hard is it for you to not talk about dicks? We'll be right back.
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All right, back to the show. Andy, I want to talk to you about growing...
No, when you were a kid, because I read this thing where you wrote a letter to your eight-year-old self. Oh, yeah.
Which, what was that about? And were you into comedy at such a young age that you knew that you wanted to do it even at eight years old? Yes. I mean, I have said forever, and it's really genuinely true, that at eight I just said that I wanted to be on SNL specifically.
Oh, my God. That's great.
I love that. That's amazing.
I used to, I was into WWF wrestling, and there was that show called Saturday Night's Main Event, which was on once a month. We don't need to tell Tracy about that one, huh? Yeah.
I didn't know what Saturday was going to be on. She gets it.
Yep. I missed it.
It's true. It's the first reference we haven't had to explain.
Oh, I gotcha. That's speaking to the demo? She's quietly nodding there in Chicago, right? Continue ending.
No, she's going, she's saying continue. Got it.
Oh, my God. But But yeah, so the nights that it wasn't on

was SNL, so I found it by accident

as a kid and watched it.

And it was, you know,

Lovitz-Carvey era. And you wrote a letter

saying doing, like what, of goals

or something? Oh no, I think

it was like a school assignment

where it was like fill in the blank thing.

And it was like, when I am older I will be...

And I was like, a comedian, obviously. Was there ever a moment where it got emotional for you on Saturday Night Live? Either your first performance or your last one or.
Oh my God. I mean.
The whole time. Yeah.
I'll bet. The feeling of I'm living inside of actual dreams I've had.
Yeah. And now I'm friends with people that I would meet in my dreams.
Right. That were cast members on the show and then I got on the show and they were still working there because we watched every episode.
It was my absolute obsession. That's so great.
And then now I'm like, oh yeah, now I just like chat with them whenever. And you're part of that fraternity now of people who were on it and it is a very sort of tight-knit nomad it's kind of like a you see each other you you can give a nod or you can say hey because it's it's the the smallest uh demo right like i mean it's just the tiniest percentage of people who've ever been cast members in the show yeah yeah was it uh was it what you thought it would be or or or uh i mean answer that but then also like what was what was the most surprising part of it or or the part that really kind of like floored you like that you didn't really imagine i think it was similar to what i was expecting yeah because i had read so much about it but the thing i wasn't expecting was for it and i genuinely mean this for go so well for us.
The whole cast. Like having watched it and having seen how hard it is, especially in terms of like how quickly, because the thing about SNL generally, unless you're like one of 10 people, is you have to like ingratiate yourself to the SNL audience and give them time and space to figure out what you do that is funny and why.
Yeah, it's very smart of you. Yeah, for sure.
And so for us, speaking to what we were just talking about with Lazy Sunday, that was a crazy shortcut to the path I thought we were on. Like when Lazy Sunday aired, you asked, and I didn't answer it, what was it like when you guys were in the studio when that aired? We were not thinking like, we did it.
We were just like, oh, we got something on. I'm so relieved.
We're not going to get fired. Right.
Because we're halfway into our first season. And then when did it start to dawn on you that, oh, this thing caught on? Like, was it the next day when you woke up from the after party? Like, you saw online that there was some traffic about it? Yes.
And the press part of it. Like, we immediately were, like, in touch with the NBC PR people.
Wow. Which, I was like, oh, I don't know anything about this world.
And they're like, hey, New York Times wants to talk to you. You guys free right now? We were just like, okay.
Jeez. Sure.
About what? We sure are. But, you know, everybody always talks to you about those shorts, but I loved tons of stuff that you did.
I loved the impressions you did. Mark Zuckerberg, Nick Cage, Mark Wahlberg, Hugh Jackman.
Was there a celebrity of somebody you did that you heard from about any of your impressions? mean the one that was the most gratifying was cage for me nick cage because he came on and did it with me yes i remember that and the cage thing and he you know he was so cool about it and he did not have to be because we were like doing a psychotic character and saying it was nick cage you know what i mean? It was like, and I was, and still am, and we all are a massive fan of Nick Cage. And I've seen so many of his movies, and that's how it ended up being something I could do because I was like, I've seen him talk so much.
Well, that's the thing too is that you made, you didn't make fun of, but you poked fun at certain elements, but you never punched down. It was always people who were massive, whether it was Nick Cage, you did, Wahlberg came on.
I remember he came on as well as you were doing Say Hello to Your Mother for Me. Like, again, you're punching up, like you're making a joke because he's such a massive movie star, right? And by the way, that's, when you're on SNL, this is the thing I always think about because I'm like, I never got into comedy to do impressions or make fun of anyone.
Obviously, amongst my friends, we'll talk shit about literally anything. Sure.
And anybody. But when you're on the show, impressions are such a...
It's such currency, right? And you know it plays and you know it'll get on

and you're just desperately trying to get on.

So if you do one that works and everyone's laughing at,

it's hard to be like, no, I'm not going to do that.

I don't feel good about it morally.

Did you have to do it for your audition?

Did you have to do impressions?

Yes.

Yeah?

For your audition, they asked you to do characters and impressions.

And when I got asked, by the way, I'd been doing stand-up,

but I had no impressions or characters.

So we wrote them all leading up to the audition.

Oh, wow.

Thank you. they ask you to do characters and impressions.
And when I got asked, by the way, I'd been doing stand-up, but I had no impressions or characters. So we wrote them all leading up to the audition.
Oh, wow. What was your go-to impression at that time? Honestly, by chance, it was Fallon because I did the temp Fallon voice on the movie awards for like the storyboards of the pre-tape we wrote.
And then Jimmy, who is, you know, the nicest and was so nice to us. Yeah.

He really helped put us on.

But he heard me, like, in the temp VO of the, like, animatic,

which is, you know, the storyboards of, like, whatever it was.

And it was me being like, oh, my God, we gotta go, Batman, you know.

And he was like, who's doing my voice?

Oh, my God, it's so funny.

And so they were like, even Higgins was like hey when you audition you should do Jimmy and I was like oh oh yeah really so I did Jimmy Fallon at a funeral but he was oh my god so sad at a funeral it's really funny oh man I'm so sad everybody's crying it's so sad and I made up a few other ones that were like I knew I couldn't do them so the joke was that they were one word so I did like this is like Alan Rickman in Die Hard and I just went McClay and thanks and Vince. And you're like, okay.
This guy can't do impressions. I love that.
I love that so much. So wait, so tell me about how, you know, I did that little thing with you, the Maya Rudolph show.
And you made me pee in my pants. We had fun, Sean.
Oh my God. I laughed so hard hard with you i was crying laughing and and so many bits came out of that but you told me about your wife and you're like you know you're a musician sean my wife plays the harp and she sings and she's i'm like oh who's your wife and joanne as you tell me joanna is and i and i downloaded her album and i was like oh my god this woman's amazing like i fell in love with her right away.
Do you guys work on music stuff together? Do you check in with her? How does that work? We don't work on music together because, yeah. Mine's Pretend and hers is arguably amongst the best ever.
Yeah. In my opinion.
She's fantastic. Tell me about her.
Did she play in an orchestra?

No, no.

Her name's Joanna Newsom.

She's a singer-songwriter who plays harp and piano

and sings at the same time.

Yeah.

Jay, you would love it.

Wow.

She's so good.

I'm such a fan.

You know I'm a fan.

Yes.

I mean, we met

because I was at her concert

with Fred and our friend Matt Murray

because I was obsessed with her music. Is that true? Yeah.
You, Fred, and the Panther. Yeah.
Wait, who's the Panther? Our writer friend Matt Murray. I forget who dubbed him the Panther.
Maybe like Spivey or someone. Somebody like that.
Or Dratch possibly. That he would sit in the corner quietly and then.
Yeah, when somebody goes like, oh, that's the Panther. You're like's the panther like that but because he would lay in the cut and wait and then strike with his joke that would kill everybody after right so funny yeah so so you're at so you're at jolana's concert and you and you wiggle your way backstage as as a creepy fan and um and and somehow get her your number? No, it wasn't.
We just met and hung out all together that night, just friendly style. But Fred had met her and her friends at a music festival that he had been at, I guess, in the summer previous.
And it just worked out. I had been listening to her albums for years and been to her show before even.

But when I met her, it turned out she and her siblings

had watched Lonely Island stuff.

So it was very comfortable and not as creepy as I was.

I love that.

And then you fell in love and you made babies and here we are.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You don't want to talk about the lovely stuff, Sean.

How they make babies?

You want to talk about,

hey, did anybody ever forget a line during a live taping?

Tell me, could you ever not read?

Oh, you know, I love that.

Could you ever not read the cards, Andy?

I love those stories.

Did someone ever get in your way between you and the cards?

You know, I love that.

If you have a biggest flub SNL story, I live for them. But if you don't, live for them.
I mean, I do have one, but it's not that crazy. No.
Okay, well, what is it? I was standing underneath the main part of the bleachers, like the main walk that you do towards the main stage, and Seinfeld was on. I think he did really with Seth on update.
And he stopped and started talking to me and I was like, holy shit. So we were just chatting and I was like, yeah, Seinfeld.
And I was like, yeah, this and that. And then I was like, I looked up at, you know, they have monitors all backstage showing you what's airing.
And I just like casually look up and I'm like, oh, I'm in this sketch and it just started. Oh my god, no way.
I was like, I'm so sorry. And just like took off running.
And it was a courtroom sketch. I missed getting on before it started.
They stopped me and said, no! because I was going to try and run on. Totally by fortune's fucking hell.
Who knows? I had had one line at the top of the sketch and they had cut it between dress and air and no one had told me. So I actually didn't screw up the sketch, but I did have my nightmare

that I had had every week that time working there

and still now have where I'm backstage and I can't find the set.

Oh, God.

I can't find stage and I'm in a sketch and I can't get there

and I see it on the monitor and it actually happened.

But I got very lucky.

Actress Nightmare.

I love those stories.

Wait, now, Palm Springs is one of my favorite movies.

I love that movie.

When I saw it come out, I was like, oh, Andy's in a gay film. And then it wasn't gay at all.
Another one? Bennett Barbacal's brother. So, as you know, Bennett, who is part of our team.
Yes. Bennett, say hi.
It's his brother directed, as you know. Yes, I do.
Love that movie. Loved you in it.
So good. I love that movie.
Andy, that movie is so good. And I tell anybody, it's one of my favorite films in the last 10 years.
It needs more attention. So unheralded.
You're so funny and profoundly good and kind of sad. Like it's the perfect blend of, I just love that movie.
Thank you. I love it too.
Any truth to the sequel rumors, Palm Desert? Nope. Death Valley.
It's Palmdale. Palmdale.
Indian Wells. Andy, you have a new podcast with Seth Meyers called The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, right? That's right.
And how did it start? Are you excited? Is it started? Tell us everything. Well, me and Keev and Yorm yorm forever especially during covid and we didn't

jump on it like you smart guys we're like we should do one it'll make it that we get to see

each other and talk all the time we should do one where we talk about the digital shorts and every

episode could be a digital short and what was going on in our lives and at snl that week when

we did the digital short and then because we're us we kind of just let it drift and then seth

called us and was like hey i just had an idea how would you guys feel about doing a podcast where

All right. and then because we're us, we kind of just let it drift and then Seth called us and was like, hey, I just had an idea.
How would you guys feel about doing a podcast where every episode is about one of the digital shorts and what was going on at the show that week and I'll host it and my team will organize it and you guys just show up and do it. And I'll take half.
Yeah. Yeah.
And he'll take, yeah. He's got his good 80%.
But I mean, he's late night but it's late night he's a good guy like when other people aren't around he's nice to me I love that wow we gotta check it out that's so fun so that's coming on soon what's it called? The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast yeah we debated that name yeah I get it I see why it rolls off the... Sure.
It's taking you a while to get that one. Sounds like a huge argument happened.
Why would you stick with that? Only on Seth Meyers podcast. What is your...
What's your favorite, Andy? I know it's hard, but what's your favorite digital shorts that you guys did? When it's all said and done. I love the boat one on the boat.
Thank you. I'm on a boat, I think, is the biggest selling song we ever did.
Is it really? Yeah. I'm on a boat.
What's your personal favorite? Double platinum or something stupid? That's incredible. My favorite, if I had to just pick one out of thin air, probably Jack Sparrow with Michael Bolton.
Yes. Sure.
And the reason I would give, and we do generally say this one, and the reason is because it's sort of a confluence of all the ones. So it's like people who really love comedy ride for it.
Like I've been told that like writer's rooms have watched it all together and enjoyed it, which is the highest compliment. And then also it sounds pretty good and the video is big and slick and it feels like big business which is you know something else that we were able to pull off for that does feel like big business i would say um my favorite personally of the digital short and i'm a as you know i'm a massive fan of them all and i embarrass you all the time because i just tell you all the time time how much I love the...
But Dear Sister. Oh, nice.
Dear Sister for me scratches an itch because it just keeps going. But it's got a real story to it.
I love a non-musical one too. I mean, I guess it is still music.
It's still kind of musical. It's not your original music, but it's musical.
But there's something about it. Yeah.
Dear Sister was an idea that we had started shooting before we got SNL. Oh, wow.
Yeah, me and Yorm, I think, and my friend Chester, Chester Tam. Because it's originally based on this moment from the end of an episode of that show, The O.C., which we loved.
Of course. Where the character, Marissa, you know, shoots someone and it cranks into slow-mo and that song comes on.
And it's those slow-mo shots of everyone's face being shocked that it's happened. And like someone falls out of frame and you're like, oh my God, what just happened? In a slow reveal.
And I remember us being like, that was fucking good TV. And what is that song? So then I was like, what do we do? We do the same thing over and over again and then make it go faster and faster.
So we started doing it, but never even finished it. And then I love that that is one that you like, Will, because for us that week, it was like out of desperation, we said, oh man, let's just try that

and then we'll just write an ending for it.

And we wrote like way more and actually ended up liking it.

Well, the cast, first of all, the cast,

if you look at it on paper, is insane.

So it's you and it's Shia LaBeouf

and it's Wig and Sudeikis and Fredred and hater like it's a it's a freaking murderer's row of cast i loved our cast yeah yeah it was really fun to get to work with that group yeah i did too and you know what andy i have to say how you looked forward to center night live as a kid i looked forward to your digital shorts watching Saturday Night Live in the same way. Every single week.
And now it continues to other things. Like when I saw you in Palm Springs, I was like, oh my God, another movie that Andy's doing.
I just can't get enough of it. This has been life-affirming, frankly.
I wasn't expecting it to be this nice. It's true.
It's true. It's totally true that you are one of, you truly are one of the good guys because you're A, supernaturally funny.
You can't help it. You have no choice.
And B, you're very generous and you're very sweet. And any success and all the success you have had and will continue to have, you have completely earned it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's no hiding what you, anyway.
So it's just awesome. I'm just psyched.
I just think you're a great dude. And we're so grateful you came today.
So thank you for having a little show. Likewise.
Guys, we're industry staples. Yeah, yeah, sure.
We're not going anywhere. We did it.
We did it. We did it.
Game over. But also with that, the caveat being, you know, your next bomb,

I'm going to be the first there to say you bombed.

Well, guess what?

We didn't talk about the box office on Hot Rod.

We just skimmed right past that.

Oh, we didn't talk about that.

Yeah, that's true.

You know when you set out to make a cult classic on a studio's dime?

It's because I was in it.

I'm box office office poison man.

Not true.

Andy, thank you, my friend.

Thanks for being here.

We appreciate it.

We appreciate you.

Thank you guys.

You're the greatest.

Yeah, keep on keeping on.

You are this.

And let's just be friends now and hang out, Jason.

It's done.

It's done.

You can't shake me now.

We'll find a time and just do it.

I'll put you guys in touch.

Please do.

Yes, please.

I will. Yes, please.
Definitely will. Okay, and Sean, love you.
Bye, guys. I mean.
Bye, everybody. When I say guys, I mean anything.
See you, bud. Baba booey.
Fa-fa-foo-hai. Fa-fa-flu-fly.
Wait, what's baba booey? Booey. Gary Dillabate from Howard Stern.
Oh, yeah, baba Booey. That's right.
Baba Booey. Keep it real up in the field, all right? I would love to.
I would love to. I would love to.
So, guys, that was Andy Samberg. Yes, he was fantastic.
He's the greatest. The greatest.
He created his own lane. And he's my new friend.
Yeah. He's your new friend.
Yeah, no, he's... He doesn't realize...
Yeah, he's stuck with me now. He doesn't realize it yet, but it's going to be a problem for him.
He's the real deal. And as I said, again, at risk of embarrassing him, he is such a good guy and he totally deserves it.
He's just one of the good dudes. Kind and sweet.
Oh. For sure.
agrees, everybody can agree, that everybody loves Andy Samberg. Yeah.
That's a good name for his TV show. Everybody loves Andy.
Everybody can agree, and everybody agrees, that everybody loves Andy Samberg. There you go.
That's a good tune. There you go.
Yeah, he's extra special. I love everything he does.
Always good in everything he does. Good guest.
And I'm excited to hear their new podcast that those guys are doing with Seth because I love hearing how they put together each one of those digital shorts. I love that it was last minute, they needed something.
Yes, I love that stuff. I love that stuff.
And I think for the Lonely Island guys, they created this brand and this company and this thing that's really awesome and cool and stays real smart and real funny always. No, I have nothing.
But if I did have something, it would be... It would go like this.
It would reference Howard Stern and I would say something like, Bye-bye, booey. Booey bye bye booey close enough smart less smart less smart less is 100% organic and artisanally handcrafted by Rob Armjarf, Bennett Barbaco, and Michael Grantary.
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