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19:48Like every part of it was like from a movie. It was so awesome and wonderful. They're like, ah, welcome, paisan.

19:56Andy Samberg:Do you feel different knowing that? I do feel a little different, yeah. I mean, we always were like, there's something that's not just like, you know but but yeah uh it was crazy and for my mom especially it was just like you know she was at this time probably 75 76 years old she had given up she was like i'm gonna go my whole life not ever knowing oh andy that's awesome that's an amazing story and that idea the idea that they both kept the photos is very deep yes because it feels like they it's like a time travel moment where their future selves planted that photo you know like that's a real time travel shit i've thought about it a lot because it's so special and it does like feel written yeah and the only thing i can there's if i have a few theories one is like they thought maybe someday this exact thing would happen and they wanted her to find them if he did know about her.

20:58And if not, it's just that maybe they both really enjoyed their time together and it was like, you don't wipe your old relationships from social media. You keep them because they were special to you at that time.

21:08Andy Samberg:Yeah, yeah. You mentioned Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Now I'm realizing Jake Peralta is like an Italian name. He's half Jewish, half Italian. It was like a prophecy. Mike and Dan foresaw it. so for those who don't know mike sure who is also a guest on good hang um along with dan gore created the show and i think it might be interesting for people to uh to know like our conversation yes we had before the show you've spoken about it before but you know you were you left snl when what year did you leave i want to say like 2012 yeah so So, you know, you were, I was about four years ahead of you in the trajectory of being on the show and leaving it.

21:56Andy Samberg:And you were approached by them to do this show. And we had a conversation about it. And you were really, what do you remember from that time? Well, the starting point of it for me was when I did a guest week on Parks, which was one of the most delightful weeks of my life. and I remember very vividly having a conversation with you that week where I was like everyone's so nice everyone's so funny the writing's good and I remember your quote exactly was it's a good life Sandberg and I held on to that like very tightly and then when they asked me about it I called you again to be like I should right like because going into it I hadn't been thinking I wanted to do a TV show having just done seven years of a TV show Yeah.

22:42Which I'm sure crossed your mind when it came up too.

22:44Andy Samberg:Yeah. But then truthfully having seen Parks and love it so much and see it work so much and then had the experience of working on it and feeling that warmth and that happiness of working on it. Yeah. It really informed my choice. And, you know, Mike, as we know, has his rule that he tells everyone before he works with them, which is like the only rule is no assholes. Yeah. everyone you work with will be thoughtful and kind and engaged and life is too short basically. And I was like, that sounds good to me. Do you remember me calling you? Yeah, I do. I remember. I want to know your side. Well, I remember because I, you know, it feels like, you know, there's this moment when you leave SNL or any job and you just kind of think, well, I guess I'm jumping off a cliff.

23:33Andy Samberg:Like I'll never, you know, I guess my, you know, I'm done. but you're on there's a lot of people at the station that have also left and they kind of go like hey welcome there's a lot more out there and that's what I felt like that conversation was with me and you which is yes there's there's so many opportunities and if it's a Mike Schur Dan Gore opportunity I would take it because it is going to be one of the best experiences of your life did it prove to be? absolutely and by the way it's a gift that keeps giving like it just moved to Netflix in the US and it's been there internationally. I took a trip, like a family trip to Europe a couple years ago.

24:11And it was like, because of the Netflix part of it, I was like, everywhere I went, I was like, Jake Peralta. I was just telling Fred this too. I was like, I felt like I was on Friends. I was like, oh my God, the show is actually really big and people really watch it. Oh, yeah. And kids love it and families watch it together, which was such a part of my experience growing up was like watching good quality sitcoms together as a family. And just being able to think that I did something that is that for people is really gratifying. And it was amazing. Like I'm still really close with everyone I worked with there and loved it so much.

24:47And everything you told me would happen, happened.

24:50Andy Samberg:I mean, it's such a good show. And exactly that, you feel like there was a sense of family. Can you tell me like what was, like when you think about the like deeply funny moments with Andre Brouwer, who I love. Me too. And I'm so sorry for his passing and his loss. When you think about what you and Andre, how you guys laughed together, what was that dynamic behind the scenes? God. Because he's such, he's so good in the show. He's so poised. Yes. He's such a good actor. Yes. But he was, and also to me, I never had the pleasure of meeting him. He seemed like he was just playful and fun. He was. and just a good person, like so deeply moral and kind and pleasant and smart.

25:37And just like we all absolutely loved him. I miss him a lot. Our dynamic worked immediately. It was like it's one of those things where you're just like, okay, this is Kismet. I don't know how to explain it. Because they, Mike and Gore cast him from like a meeting. They just like did a Zoom or something with him. And they were like, yeah. You know what, dude?

26:01Andy Samberg:It's probably pre-Zoom. Yeah, it was probably a Skype. It was a Skype. Bro, it was a disgusting ass Skype. It was a disgusting Skype. We used to have to do this thing called Skype. With a Y in it.

26:19But yeah, I mean, I think Mike's talked about this a lot too. Like we showed up for the first table read before we'd even shot the pilot. it he walked in and we had like a very pleasant hello and then we started reading it and as soon as we started reading it like the first scene which is you know he comes out and I'm goofing with him and being a dummy and he's being stoic and I it just you know how it is sometimes creative stuff where you're like I don't care how this came to be it's working and I'm so happy so grateful And then from that moment forward, like the only thing me and him had to like even talk about creatively was in the beginning, he didn't trust himself to do comedy.

26:59Andy Samberg:Yeah, interesting. Because he came so strictly from drama and Juilliard and, you know, like five or six times we would do like a more serious topic on the show and he would flip that switch and everyone would be like, oh my God, like what is Andre doing here? He's so good. like he should be like drama he's like the best but then he would do his captain holt stuff and it was the funniest thing in the show it's so interesting you bring up like juilliard and for people that like it's it's kind of a shorthand for like a different way of training yes and you know i don't know i think there's something very cool even if you're not an actor or performer in general when you start working more and more you're like oh everybody has a different way of working we all got here a different road i know and we come from a very similar i think sketch um background where we're like burning through ideas and i know as a performer you and i like to keep it kind of i like to keep it pretty loose until it feels ready and that really can unnerve other people yes and i and it took me a long time to realize that that that wasn't someone else's process correct yeah i mean we wouldn't do we would do like a fun run or whatever we took that from you guys too um we took a lot from parks let's be real well we took it from the office so a fun run was kind of like a once you have it scripted then it's like okay have fun with it try different things and we would do that occasionally we would do it more when we had a guest who was really known for improv like we let manzoukas cook for example i was i don't i mean the difference between you and I, you're a much more seasoned performer, in my opinion.

28:44I always felt that way. I feel like I have gotten so much better and have such a better understanding of acting having done Brooklyn. But for me, that was like acting school. I even remember another conversation I had with you when Brooklyn started texting you and being like, is it hard for you to memorize all this? And you went, now it is. And I was like, gosh, you're so cocky about it. And then like two or three years in, if someone had asked me, I'd be like, yeah, I can do it in my sleep.

29:11Andy Samberg:You got it. I know it was a muscle. Yes. And then when you stop it, it atrophies. It does. Because that's why I'm doing this podcast. I literally can't memorize anything anymore. I mean, it's so hard to memorize now. Yeah. And I know that sounds so stupid, but I always say to people, think about, you know, this isn't like acting is hard, but it is but think about when you give a speech and you're in front of people and you have to memorize that speech now imagine 40 to 50 people standing watching you do it like drinking coffee being like get this speech right and please get the speech right you're not at a wedding and it's not fun it's like a job and everyone's like please get it right like i'm tired and yeah also like long day or a long week and you're talking about at least 10 to 12 people that are like actively holding something heavy that's right they're holding something heavy and like you see people's like legs start shaking and you're like i gotta get this line that'd be like if you gave a wedding toast that you had to memorize and all of your family were holding giant rocks you didn't get it right man uncle gary just had a knee surgery i gotta get this thing done and when you don't get it right they all put the rocks down and they're like i guess we'll try it again i can't get it right no but but i yeah and and and but but we would burn through just like you like a lot of pages a day and you had to kind of just like figure it out but but i would say having worked with you at snl and and also we had a really fun time when me you and maya were working on on our fun show making it i'm baking it like but i'll i will say andy i think i think people don't know this about you is you're pretty meticulous when you work.

30:55Yeah.

30:56Andy Samberg:It's different than I think people would assume. How would you describe it? I mean, well, that was actually where I was starting to very slowly walk towards about Brooklyn, which was for me, I would prefer having like, and it was good for Andre too, like three to five alts that are very specific and not that we're just like, what are we going to come up with? But where I'm like, I work with the writer on set, And we had the raddest staff. They were so funny. And it would be like, anytime you get to a scene where we all feel like, you know that thing where you just feel you're like, this joke's just halfway there.

31:33Andy Samberg:Yeah. And you'd like quickly scramble. And then we would write out a bunch of alts, say it to each other, know that it's it. And so, like, make it official one at a time as opposed to, like, it's the sauce. You know, we're all in, like, the soup. Yeah. Yeah. And then the other thing about me that I would agree with you is very meticulous is editing. You're very meticulous about editing. And you get very serious when it comes to music. I do. Like, you know, I remember us recording what I thought was kind of a goofball song. Oh, my God. And I remember being like, oops, like Andy's gotten quiet and serious.

32:13Andy Samberg:And it was like, right, of course, because you're professional. And it is— It is— I mean, halfway. I don't know what I am. I just love it. Yeah, you love it. And you want it to be good. I do want it to be good. I want it to sound good. And I will say that you and Yorma and Akiva, the members of Lonely Island, you guys came in, in a way, to that show that was super interesting because you were your own island, literally, that you came in together with your own system that then had to kind of fit into the bigger SNL system. Yes. and those early days like we what like you talk about it so well on your podcast which i'm obsessed with and thank you for being on it also oh my god i love it and it's hilarious and i love how no one knows when you're recording and a lot of times you guys don't show up yeah it's a mess um that's a mess definitely check that out that's my that's my favorite part but um but you go through you're going through all of the digital shorts you're going through them one by one and i love that I forget because it's like childbirth.

33:15Andy Samberg:Like it all goes away, the pain part. Yes. I forget the grind of each one that you guys had. And so you guys were really into the grind. Yes. Do you remain into that grind? Are you asking if I stay on my grind? But you want to talk about that early grind? Yes. Because it's interesting. I don't think people would assume that from you. I mean, do I have the rise and grind mentality? No. So my memory of you three was constantly being tired. Yep. Constantly wanting it to be better and better and better. Like what is your relationship to like perfectionism or like continuing to tweak and make things better?

33:56I think SNL was a struggle for us in that sense because that's not the name of the game there. but because we did pre-taped stuff and it was you know videos we could edit we did get closer to it than a lot of people at that time especially would have been allowed to yeah again though I would watch people like you and Fred and Bill and Wig and Maya and like so many of our peers who were like in my opinion on a performance level the sell was how amazing you guys were live and the feeling of like, oh, anything could happen in this moment, whether or not it was true, because you guys are all precise as hell too.

34:40But like the electricity of that was the thing that I felt like I didn't always have live, but that we could make work in a pre-tape with the correct editing and the right concepts. You know what I mean?

34:53Andy Samberg:I do. I mean, I would argue it's both and because I think that you do have a looseness as a performer that relaxes people. Sure. You You just have to have it. And I think that's what's interesting about you as a performer is like, I do think there's a precision that's important to you, but you don't, you don't see it when you're performing. Sure. So that is hard to balance. And it's just like, because you're right. There was, I mean, I, I remember learning from Will Ferrell, like watching and being like, oh, in this show, if you're having fun and you're relaxed, people relax and have fun. Yes.

35:25Andy Samberg:It is just, and I mean, there's nothing harder than someone saying like, just relax. Yes. But it was true. If you could kind of zone out and kind of act like life is a dream. And you belong there. And you belong there. Fake it till you make it. Yep. It would work. And the people that couldn't do that had a really hard time. Definitely. But I knew that you could do both. You could do that and then you would go and edit for hours. And you and Keev and you would lock yourselves in. We were zombies. And you were zombies and you were so tired. We were so tired. We also like, I mean, I talk about this a lot, which was my dream was always to be on SNL.

36:05And then we got it, which was insane. Like I would have been good doing one season and getting fired knowing I actually got to try doing the one thing I wanted. And then first season, it went good. Right. You know, which was really unexpected. Like we'd been doing fine the first half of that first season. You were there. Yep. We were like figuring it out. I was figuring out how to present myself live. And I had done stand-up, but like, what's the angle? How do you ingratiate the audience to you? And then that one video just went bonkers. And it was like, oh, shit. Okay. Like we arrived, quote, unquote, early for how the show usually works, in my opinion.

36:47And then because of that, we were lucky, but also we immediately put insane pressure on ourselves because we were like, well, now we have to do things that do that. Like making the Narnia one was partly because it was a good sketch, but also just pure luck. Like the fact that it was the moment that people were like, there's this thing called YouTube. in the moment that people wanted to be like, SNL had this pre-tape and it looked like they shot it on their own. And that's interesting to us now. Right. And like, whatever the hell confluence of things made it become a news story. I mean, when you are lucky enough, like us, to work long enough, you just keep making stuff that you think is good and that you want to watch.

37:36And then every now and again, it all kind of comes together for things that are out of your control. Right?

37:41Andy Samberg:Totally. So much of it is timing and being in the right place. Yes. Like you said, and having the right people around you and being in the right era of SNL and all of that stuff and having the right head writer who's supporting you and being a certain age where you're not, whatever, too old or too young to handle it, all that stuff. Yes. But I would say, what is that? There's like some quote, like luck and preparation is the preparation. Hold on, let me look at my name. Is the cure for hemorrhoids. Yeah. What is it like? Luck is the preparation. You know what I'm talking about. It's time. Time plus.

38:14No. No, preparation plus luck is success or something?

38:21Andy Samberg:Preparation. I feel like Wayne Gretzky definitely said it. Or it's who said it? Luck, here we go. No, it was the Roman philosopher Seneca. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity, dude. That's what it is. I've always called Seneca the Gretzky light. I added the dude. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. That is true. That's what it was. Sorry, what is it again? It was luck is when preparation meets opportunity. So you had been, let's see if we can memorize it. We're going to Garth and Cat it. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity, dude. Thank you. Oh, Seneca. Oh, Seneca. You crazy bitch.

39:14Just like, dude. Okay.

39:18Andy Samberg:He's like, guys, gather around. Dig on this. Dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude. I got it. I got it. I got it. It was like, what? You know, people are going to say this. Set it go.

39:32Andy Samberg:But that is an example of that. You guys were ready. You had been working together for a really long time. And look, similarly with, I mean, I say this all the time, which is there is no better feeling than having some people in your corner at a place like SNL or anywhere. Yes. Where to do almost anything, whether it's be on SNL or it's like go through hard times in your life. Or like if you have a few people that can stand around you, like you can get through anything. You just need one or two. And the fact that you guys had each other. It was a dream. Yeah. I mean, how many folks were you friends with when you got hired?

40:11Andy Samberg:Well, I was really, I mean, Tina basically was like so instrumental in getting me hired. And Dratch was there. And so Tina and Dratch and I started together. And like they were, and I knew Horatio. And I knew a lot of people kind of, but Tina and Dratch and I had known each other at that point, but, you know, for 10 years and started together. And that was huge. It makes a huge difference. To have, yeah. And I can't imagine coming in there. totally alone. I agree. And so many, like, warriors came through and just kind of, like, blazed a trail or, you know. Or didn't and did really well doing other things elsewhere.

40:50Andy Samberg:Yeah, that's true. Because it's a very specific thing.

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43:34Andy Samberg:I do want to talk about Lazy Sunny for a second. I know you guys have talked about it a ton on your podcast, but I'll just tell you that, you know, that was part of a bigger Christmas show that a lot of people, and listen to Andy's podcast because they break it down beautifully, that episode. It's probably my favorite episode I've ever been on because Jack Black was the host. and um it was 2004 and that was five five 2005 my bad and it was for me far enough away from 9-11 which is when I started which was like we'll never laugh again and not too close to me you know uh being pregnant and leaving it was just like for me in the sweet spot of finally feeling like I knew what I was doing.

44:16Andy Samberg:And I can remember that moment. I remember being on the floor watching that thing and exactly what you said. It was as if the audience felt, you could feel them going, this is a new fun thing. We like these. We want more of them. It was wild to feel that. It was life-changing for me. I mean, it was, again, I can't stress how much we were not expecting that to be the reaction. Yeah. We were just trying to get things on the show. Yeah. We were so green, so new. I mean, we had not had an insane amount of experience before we got the show either. You had had a full show that I watched and loved, P.S.

45:00I had seen you doing like UCB shows and knew who you were. There's a lot of people I think who get SNL, especially then, that had like really, I mean, You think about like when Wig got hired, Wig's audition had like five fully formed Groundlings characters.

45:19Andy Samberg:It was incredible. And Feral too, where you're just like, oh, they're ready for SNL, period. Like they have been bred to, they're like Lionel Messi of SNL, you know? Where like from a child, they were like, this is my path that I'm doing. I mean, Will is an anomaly. He's like, I'm going to decide to be the funniest person on earth. Yeah. But for me, I was like, I had done stand-up on and off, and we had made videos, which at that time didn't directly translate. Right. We didn't get hired to do them. Right. It was more just like we had fun at the movie awards writing with a bunch of SNL people and Fallon and people, and they were like, come play, come hang out, and da-da-da.

45:55And we were like, okay. And then that one, we had done the one with Forte with the lettuce, and then that was Lazy Sunday was the second one. And then it was like getting shot out of a cannon. but in a great way. And do you remember where you were

46:07Andy Samberg:when you got the call that you got the show and did Akiva and Jorma get the call at the same time or did someone get it first? No, I got it first. They flew me out, didn't tell me but I flew with Bill and he knew because Marcy Klein had told him he got it and he knew I got it. He couldn't tell you? He couldn't tell me and he didn't tell me. Oh. Bless his heart. Bless his heart because I understand I would be afraid that I'd get fired if I told you or something. We sat together on the plane. Dude, you're going to, he probably was like, this is great, right? And you were like, I guess. He loves recounting it because we sat together on the plane and like had drinks and I was like, I wonder what's going to happen and he's like, I know what's going to happen.

46:50You fucking got it, dude. So he did tell you.

46:53Andy Samberg:No, he didn't. Okay. But he could have. I'm saying he likes to talk about how he could have. Okay. But anyway, so then, you know, we got there and I had a meeting with Lauren because you have a meeting with Lauren Lauren didn't tell me. No, he never hires or fires anybody. No. So I walked out of his office, and I think it was like Jen or maybe Shookus or people like that were there. And they were like, so? And I was like, I don't know. They're like, you got the show. Like, they were the ones who told me. And then we went to a dinner. That's what Lauren told me. We're going to have a dinner after this, so you should come.

47:24And I was like, okay, so I guess I'm still in the mix. And then they were like, no, you got the show. And so on the drive from 30 Rock to that dinner, I called my parents. And we were all like crying and stuff.

47:37Andy Samberg:They were? Oh, my God. I mean, since I was eight, that was what I wanted to do. Andy. Yeah. That's so cool. Yeah. And then what was the stress? Codependently, I would be immediately stressed about Akiba and yours. Yes. They told them early the next week. It was like a weekend. So we didn't have to wait too long. but they had made a deal that if one of them got hired and not the other that they wouldn't take it really yeah that not two out of three of us would leave oh but that if one of us got it go with god oh wow oh that's so sweet yeah um okay we spend a lot of time together sleepless writing nights yes you have an interesting relationship with sleep i do and i love talking to people about sleep okay yes tell me your relationship to sleep i love sleep until I had children, I would go to bed very, very late.

48:32I'm like textbook night owl. And when I worked at SNL, it was my dream job schedule as well because I would go to bed at like 4 in the morning and sleep until like 2, 3 in the afternoon. And then I started dating a musician who had the exact same schedule and it was like perfect. Yeah. And so I've only ever had one job that like catered exactly to my preferred sleep schedule. And even now, like, I love making movies and I love making the show and stuff like that. But you have to get up crazy early like a normal person who has a normal job. Right. Because most jobs start early and most people that are adults get up early.

49:12Right. So it's been a hard adjustment.

49:14Andy Samberg:Yeah. And now the kids, I mean, you know. Well, you mentioned your wife, the great Joanna Newsom, incredible musician. Yay. I mean, I remember, I kind of remember, I felt like I was around during the court. I remember specifically one night walking you home. We were all out at a bar and talking about how I had just started dating her and you were awesome about it. You were head over heels right away. I was gone, yeah. And you remain. Like, you guys are really – like, what – you know, you've been together now for – 17 or 18 years. That's a long time, Andy Elling, relationship. Like, I mean, you've called her your best friend, basically.

49:53Yeah. Yeah.

49:55Andy Samberg:Say more about that. I'm just lucky. What's it like to be with your best friend? It's fun. Yeah. It's really fun. It's like obviously having kids changes things. Yeah. Because your responsibilities shift in your sleep schedule, but obviously a million other things. But it still feels like anytime there's a pocket of time where it's just us, it still feels like we're getting away with something. Like we're having a sleepover and it's fun and there's no one I would rather be hanging out with. chatting with and it's it's amazing I'm I feel really lucky to get to share my life with her yeah um but yeah I remember that walk with you and talking about it and you going I don't know I got a good feeling about this one I always remember things you say I mean I mean you guys were deeply very quickly like yeah twinkly yeah and you both have this thing that I think is really like I respect in both of you is like you're artists you take your art seriously and you liked that about each other definitely you really respected each other really like like you were there's a difference between being like a fan of someone's work and like really respecting what they do it's very different I think a lot of people understood that from my perspective I think some people at first were like she likes that stuff that he does but the truth is she She does and did.

51:17Yeah. Like her and her siblings are goofballs together and love comedy.

51:21Andy Samberg:Yeah. And it just, I couldn't believe my luck that that was the case. I feel like the mutual respect is the reason when you have a lot of years behind you, that's the thing that keeps couples together. Yeah. It's that, have you ever heard of that? He's a famous therapist. Do you watch couples therapy? I don't. Oh my God, dude. Should we watch it right now? Yeah. Let's shut this down. I just finished Andor.

51:55Andy Samberg:Andor. Yeah, bro. It was good. I'm sure it was. I watched The Last of Us. This is the exact opposite of Andor. I watched Love on the Spectrum. I love Love on the Spectrum. Oh, I cry so hard. You and I like to cry. We do like to cry. We love crying. You know who else loves to cry? Seth Meyers. Seth Meyers has left to cry. We got to cry here. And Seth Meyers was the person that I asked to ask you a question. Oh. So earlier before you came in, I was Zooming with Seth Meyers. Who, you know, you guys have a very, oh, by the way, dude, have you heard that Frisbee died? Don't even play, because I'll be so happy.

52:49I will never back off that. That dog sucks, dude.

52:53Andy Samberg:And I know this is like, I know this is a good vibes cast, so I don't even want to bring that energy. You're right. I shouldn't have mentioned that dog dog. That dog is like a rat carcass.

53:07Andy Samberg:Seth wanted me to pretend that he died. I am trying to figure out what something special I can do when Frisbee does finally pass on. You should do like a memorial video that's about how much that dog sucked. Pretty funny. Pretty funny. But Seth, you know, like your relationship is really fraternal and really supportive. You hear it on your podcast. You've seen it in real time. And his question was the one I asked you. He wanted to know about the little brother of it all. Like what it was like being, you know, having sisters and being a little brother. But in many ways, I would say the dynamic between the two of you is like older brother, younger brother.

53:54Andy Samberg:I would agree. Yes. Right? But also because Seth likes to be in charge and in control. Right. And I do not. You don't? I like to be in control of what I make, but not of the situation. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. That's right. I mean, I can if I need to be. Yeah. But the fun of it for me is not that. Right. The fun of it always for me. I mean, I was like the diffuser in my family, you know, and youngest and get attention through being silly and making jokes and making people laugh and finding my spot that way. And, you know, it changes as it becomes your job. Yeah. But I feel like also like Seth's persona is I know what's going on and I'm going to put everyone at ease.

54:43And mine is like you don't know what's going to happen maybe. Totally.

54:48Andy Samberg:Like you don't know what's going to happen. Yeah. It might be like not what you're expecting a little bit. That's my hope anyway. Yeah. Have you ever taken like your Enneagram test? Do you know your number? No. Have you ever taken the Enneagram? Wait. This is different from the thing that me and you texted about? Maybe I've texted you to make you take it. I'm obsessed with it. It's like numbers one to nine. Yeah, we did text about it. What did you, what was your number? Am I allowed to look at my phone and look at our old texts? What did we get? Because I made you take it? Did I make everyone all of Lonely Island take it?

55:18I think that I had the same one as Tina and Seth is what you said.

55:23Andy Samberg:Okay, that's right. You were a three, the achiever. Fuck, that sounds so sexy. Right? I mean, congrats. But that's what I mean is the three isn't always the peacemaker. The three is like. Oh. But the three is, we really will cut all this out. Because there's truly. Do you not talk about it? Oh, yeah, yeah. This is three. You were a three. You said this is three. Does this resonate? And you were like, hell yeah. And I said you're eight all day. Because I'm an eight. Yeah. Challenger. And three is the achiever. So three is like, can be like, you like to hear a good job. I do like to hear a good job.

56:05Good boy.

56:06Andy Samberg:Good boy and good job. Yeah. Your three is so big. You know what's, and that's what she said. You know what's small is your four, which is interesting. I wish so bad you'd been like, yo, dinky little dick. Like, hey, that was good, hey. Oh my God, I was laughing. Sorry, it's just what I heard. we were just in the office before we came in watching the Bash Brothers again because it was Trinky Dinky my name is Mork and I eat pork with a fork but I'm not a jork but I'll jork it I'll jork it out the pork I'll jork it out the pork I feel very proud of that God I love that I love Noah should have had the Bash Brothers on his orc he the Bash Brothers so many dumb I mean you love dumb fun shit oh my god yes me and Keeve did that knowing it was for no one and we just loved making it so much yeah like our friends that we grew up with were like you guys made a whole visual poem rap album about the Bash Brothers and we were like yeah and you know podcasters we are talking about sports which is exciting and for people who don't know Bash Brothers were Mark McGuire Jose Canseco yes very rumored at the time to be doing a lot of steroids steroids oh yeah and like but it was like such an 80s rivalry.

57:28Andy Samberg:And you guys just dressed up like them and wrote a million songs about it. It was so fun. It was so fun. By the way, the dream of that one was, I think there was a player on the actual Oakland A's when it came out who used it as his walk-up music. Oh, wow. And they would play Let's Bash at the stadium at the Oakland Coliseum before they're gone now. You know this. You're a sports nut. Yeah. Well, I remember when that happened. but and I gotta tell you like and I texted you about it the other day like still crushing it still you guys still crushing like the anxiety short was so good on the 50th thanks such a funny and and moving funny and moving which you know the fact that you had you sung about how everyone had nervous diarrhea before they did every sketch on SNL if these pipes could talk if these pipes could talk incredible Incredible.

58:24Andy Samberg:Was it on the dolly when you were moving? Oh, yeah. Were you moving or was the camera moving in that moment? I was moving. That was a Mike Diva shot. He's a director there now who we're buddies with. That was his idea. And when he showed me that back, I was like, ooh, that's a good shot. So good. Yeah. And then Sushi Glory Hole. Imagine that. Where are you going? Sushi Glory Hole. Imagine that. Instead of strange shit, you be getting a snack. I am fish. No doubt. Hey, where you going? Hear a sound. So fucking good. Thank you. I mean, like, every song you guys make is a bop, is a song you want to listen to regardless of the comedy.

58:59But, like, Andy. That one, yeah.

59:01Andy Samberg:So good. And I just, like, you've made so many good ones. But I just want to remind everybody, like, you've been doing it for 20 years. Yeah. Sushi, like, so good. Thanks. So stupid. So stupid. Perfect. Yeah. A little bit dirty. Fantastic outfits. So good. Great POV and attitude. They came with it. Was it any more fun? I mean, you talked about this on the podcast, but does it get any easier to make them now, or is it harder to make them now? Both. Yeah. The technical aspect is easier because we've done so many. Yeah. Coming up with something we find interesting and funny becomes more difficult because we've done so many.

59:40Andy Samberg:Yeah. But that was one in particular where we had written—Akiva came up with the phrase, Suji Glory Hole. I can't believe I'm treating this so seriously. We should treat this like actors on acting. So when Akiba first said, sushi glory hole. Then what did God say when he met you at the pearly gates? At that point, we were just channeling. We giggled, and I was like, yeah, we're not going to do that. And then he kept saying it, and I couldn't tell if he was doing it as a bit, like we should do that, or if he actually wanted to do it. So then after a while, I was like, you know what? Fuck it. Let's try it.

1:00:14And we did a whole other version on a different beat, and we hadn't come up yet with the idea of Hear Us Out over and over again. So then we were like, we kind of let it sit because we were like, it's okay. It just feels like AI doing a Lonely Island song or something. You know what I mean? Where it's like, it's like, we're rapping and it's this and it's about a thing that you wouldn't rap about. And we were like, yeah, I guess so. And then a couple days later, because we just decided to go in the studio a lot at that time, he came in and played a different song he had heard on the radio I can't remember which one it was but it inspired him it was like a more modern song something with ASAP Rocky and some people on it and and we were like oh let's try it to a beat like that and we did and then because we switched the beat it inspired the hear us out thing and then once we did that once we started doing the laugh which is the right laugh which you know when you're in a room writing something yeah we're like uh-oh it's the laugh we're having that laugh where we know we are officially into this idea yeah not just like this will be professional and technically up to snuff right where you're like oh i now like this for sure yeah you're like oh we gotta do it yeah and then it was like yeah now we gotta do it and it opened it up for us that's a

1:01:35Andy Samberg:good example of you guys like you don't you want to keep going back and i mean seth mentioned this when we were talking earlier is like there's like the improv Bones version where like sometimes we romanticize the first idea and you guys don't do that you're like this isn't ready yet this isn't right yet like you like yes but if it's the best if it's really funny the first time we don't fuck with it yeah what was the fastest song you ever wrote fastest digital short you like came up with and did like oh from the minute you thought of it until you did it it was super fast it just came out. A lot of them were like that when we were working at the show.

1:02:13Andy Samberg:Yeah. Because the schedule is crazy. Yeah. So like Lazy Sunday, once we had the idea, wrote in a couple hours. Yeah. Natalie's rap, same thing. Yeah. Shairani, we wrote in like under an hour. It takes a long time to come up with the idea. And then sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you're in the shower at home and you have a full idea and you come in and you go, I have an idea. And then you just write it and it happens. Sometimes you have your dick in the box in the shower and then you come in and you're like, let's do it on the show. Dig in a box was Yorm's idea. And it was, it took us a long time to decide what to write about because that was an assignment.

1:02:49It was like, Justin wants to do a song. Think of an idea to do a song with him. So we had met with him and we knew that we all had grown up listening to hip hop and R &B in the early 90s. Yeah. And so we were like, maybe something in that area. And then it was like, okay, but what's the premise? and then we struggled for a couple hours trying to think of something and then when Jorm said that we were like, oh, okay, go.

1:03:11Andy Samberg:There's so many digital shorts that I watch that I'm sad I'm not in. And here's my gotcha question. Yeah. Oh, here it comes. I'm going to put my gotcha glasses on. Why aren't I in them?

1:03:32Andy Samberg:I feel like I didn't get asked to be in enough digital shorts. Can I, I agree. What did I do? I don't know. Is it? My brain has a theory and maybe it's just protecting me. You were already doing update. Let's start there. is you guys shot a lot of stuff on Fridays and we would have to read update jokes on Friday and I feel there were times where it was very like, we need someone quick to do this thing and I was not availed. But there's so many shorts where I'm like, damn I wish I could be in that. I also wish that. You don't understand. Thank you. I also think Amy like it's a good lesson learned for me it's and for anyone in any field.

1:04:15I think we often were like we don't want to bother her.

1:04:19Andy Samberg:I can't believe it. But it's true. I mean you were in like 10 sketches every week and update. I'm such a fan of those shorts so much and I definitely watch Sometimes I'm like, man, I wish I was in them. So I guess what I was hoping is like maybe we could do some kind of like Zemeckis style. Oh, put you back in them. Put me back. We're going to gump it. Full gump.

1:04:45Andy Samberg:We'll just do some de-aging and we'll go back. Wait, so can I gotcha question back? Yeah, gotcha question back. These are not gotcha questions. I know, and mine's not a gotcha question. Gotcha back. Can you think, which ones are the most? I can name five I wish I was in so bad oh my god dick in a box for sure right of course I mean of course dear sister I was like ha I fucking love that one but dude that shoot sucked and it did suck it was all night we were at the flat hotel till like 6 in the morning I know I remember that's another reason we're like we're not gonna ask Amy to come do that she's like I wish I knew you know and like also for every one of those there was like five that we did at flat hotel till 4 in the morning that were so bad And I love you guys talking about them.

1:05:29Andy Samberg:I love you guys talking about them. And you got to be honest. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it does not. I mean, that's what's so funny about the stuff that we do. It's like nobody remembers the 10 to 1 versions of things that were just stinkers. Always. Crazy stuff. Stuff where I was mad that it would get cut and then I would go back and be like, oh, my God. There's nothing here. Like, I was just running on fumes. Like, why was I so mad? It was just because, like, it was literally as much as, like, I exist too. Like, I want to be on the show too. Emily Spivey and I wrote a scene one night that we thought was so funny, and it was just about these two giant, like, trucks, like truck drivers who would come up next to each other and keep telling the other one to honk it.

1:06:18Yes.

1:06:18Andy Samberg:And it was like, honk it, honk it. And just telling the other one to honk it. and we were like, oh, we were dying. And we turned it in like, you know, 8.45 a.m. And Shoemaker was like, we're not doing Honk It. And we were like, what? We already made t-shirts. He was like, we can't produce Honk It. We can't get two giant, like, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, we can't get two cabs. And also, like, you guys, we're like 35 sketches over. And like, you turn this in at 8.45. And it's like, we were like, justice for Honk It. Like, we were still, we were so mad. So just to be clear, you're not going to let us read Honk It?

1:07:00Andy Samberg:Okay. Okay. Noted. Looking forward to having an employer that supports Honk It. Fucking noted. Looking forward in the future to working with someone who understands Honk It and what it means to us. Oh, my God. Speaking of what we watch and listen to, I ask my guests now, What are you watching, listening to, doing that's making you laugh? Making me laugh? Mm-hmm. Making you feel good, making you check out. What are you like? How do you, you know, how do you? Oh, well, this is loaded, but I saw the new Naked Gun. Oh, okay. Talk about it because it looks so good. It's really funny. Okay, so directed by Akiva.

1:07:44Obviously, it's directed by Akiva and co-written by Akiva, and he's my bestie. but I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true. It's really fucking funny. It's just the people I've talked to that have come and watched screening so far have kind of a similar reaction which is it's just all jokes. It's been so long since something new got made that was just purely trying to make me laugh. And it's in that style but it's also updated and Liam's amazing and Pam's amazing and Keeve did a great job. The writers with him did a great job. Dan and Doug. I mean, it's just joyful. It feels really fun.

1:08:20Andy Samberg:How important was Naked Gun and Airplane to you growing up? Big. Same. All the surrealistic, dumb, cartoony, live-action stuff I loved. Monty Python, those, Pee-wee, later Strangers with Candy. Things like that where you bend the world and make it be whatever you want it to be. We all watched Hollywood Shuffle and I'm Gonna Get You Sucka and all those movies. anything like that where it was like you could actually have like a giant thing fall through frame and no one will acknowledge it or something. I remember like the character on Naked Gun that was really tall that was always out of frame. Yes.

1:08:58Andy Samberg:And you never saw it at the top of him. Oh my God, it's my favorite joke. Are you going to say the same joke? Is it the banana? Yes. It's my favorite joke. Oh my God, let's watch it. Ever. And there'll be plenty of time to do it too. Get something in the side of your mouth, Al. No, no, no, the other side.

1:09:20It's like half a banana. Half a banana.

1:09:23Andy Samberg:It's hanging. Can you imagine half? And no one reacts. Thank you, Al. And then talking about new projects, Digman is coming back. Yes. That is, you created that, right? Yeah. With Neil. With Neil Campbell. Tell, like. During the pandemic, it was like, you know, we were all bound to the home. And I was like, I've had this idea for a really long time. And I'd been talking to him about it. He was a writer on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and a bunch of other stuff. And we had been kind of wanting to make it forever. It's basically like shitty Indiana Jones, the animated show. Right. And the show is so fun. It's so – what a cast.

1:10:00Andy Samberg:Mitra. Yeah, Mitra's the best. Meadows, Timmy Robinson. It's a really good group. And it's just like if you like jokes and goof-ass comedy, it really scratches the itch. You do a lot of animated stuff. You like it? I love it. I love it. Growing up, I loved it. Like, the first time I got asked to do, like, a voice in an animated movie, I was just like, yes. Where do I go? Do your kids ever watch your stuff and do they hear your voice? My daughter watched a couple of the Hotel Transylvanias. Yeah. And liked them. Yeah. Did she recognize your voice in them? Kind of. Yeah. It's cool. My kids are not to a place yet where they like that I'm in the thing.

1:10:40Andy Samberg:No, my children don't like to watch. Do they ever get to that point? Not really. I mean, can you imagine? Think of your mom and then think of watching your mom do it. But everyone likes Inside Out. Inside Out, but— By the way, congrats on all your success. Congrats on all your success. Congrats on all your success. Congrats on all your success. Inside Out. Inside Out 2. Congrats on your success. I heard it crested to Billy. Oh, really? You got points?

1:11:12but have we been in an animated movie together i don't think so we might have been we for how

1:11:18Andy Samberg:much we do a lot of animated movies you and i for how i'm just saying amy generally speaking for how much i i mean i'm speaking on your behalf how much we love each other and our friends i don't think we have actually done that much together you know you're so right that's fucked up. I mean, I put in my contract and I, you know. Yeah, understood. Wait, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? I got fired from that. What? Oh, yeah. I was the original gal in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. What the whole fuck? And I was fired because I did not do a good job. And they had the audacity to replace me.

1:11:59I hardly, hardly believe that.

1:12:02Andy Samberg:No, we have not been in an animated movie together. That's so funny. Even right, we have not done enough stuff together. I'm even trying to think of like at the show. To me, if you asked me to pick like the things that stood out the most to me of me and you being together on stage at SNL, the two that immediately come to my mind are the Palin rap. Yes. And I'm No Angel. Wow. Two pregnancy, peak pregnancy performances. But both all timers. I mean, I remember asking for your help when we were writing that Palin rap and you gave me some nuggets, including the having her hubby come out there. Oh, was that my idea?

1:12:38Andy Samberg:I think you gave me that idea of him coming out. That makes me feel better. I was saying, we were talking about it on ours, and I was saying I felt bad because I gave you some line that was like, kind of like tricky rhyme scheme, but wasn't a laugh. And then I was like, why did I do that? Well, I mean. So there's like so much something between us need a go between. It was that line. I feel like because Sudeikis came out as Todd. Todd, yeah. Andy, I love you so much. I love you, buddy. Thank you so much for doing this. It was an absolute pleasure. It was such a pleasure. Like I said at the very beginning of this, the fact that I was getting to talk to you today was just like so calming.

1:13:13Andy Samberg:I wasn't the least bit stressed. I never am when I'm with you. That's so nice saying. I love spending time with you. You too, buddy. And I will say not to keep hitting it over and over. It's still not an old thing for me to hear you say nice things about my comedy. I really enjoy your comedy. It makes me feel good and happy because you are one of the people I have aspired to and looked up to. And I love you so much and I love your comedy so much. Andy, thanks, buddy. You're the best.

1:13:42May I?

1:13:43Andy Samberg:Oh, I wanted to just show you this pen before we wrapped. This, I found this on the desk today. Yeah. And it is one of those crinkle pens. Have you seen it? Oh, boy. Do you know what it is? Is it going to collapse when I flip the switch? No. Just give her a little twist on the top. Are we edging on ASMR right here? Yeah, that's exactly what we've been doing. Does that sound nice? Is this nice? Is that what ASMR people ask? Yeah, I think. Isn't it so funny? How can... It's so pervy. ASMR is so pervy. Don't. Yeah. How dirty do we get on this podcast? Very, very, very pervy. No matter what you do, don't masturbate to this sound.

1:14:28Andy Samberg:You better not. You better not. Don't you dare masturbate. You dirty. Even though it would probably feel so good. I hope you're wearing Bose, noise-canceling headphones. But be careful, because someone could walk in and you won't hear them. If you start doing that, I'm going to use my hairbrush. I'm going to brush your hair really hard.

1:14:54I hope I don't accidentally click my long nails on the window pane.

1:15:01Andy Samberg:On the window pane. All right. All right. We did it. We did it. Cool pen.

1:15:10Andy Samberg:Thank you, Andy. That was really, really fun. That was such a good hang. And I felt like we went all over the place in a good way. And I'm so happy you did it. So thank you. You know, Andy brought up a lot of digital shorts. And I guess for this polar plunge, I just wanted to remind you to check out Shy Ronnie again. One of my favorites. It's just, if you haven't watched it lately, the digital short Shy Ronnie with Rihanna. And that is how she pronounces her name. Um, it's so funny. I just feel like the character and the look, it's just wig work at its best. It's just a beautiful ginger wig and a really funny idea.

1:15:58And it's a really good song,

1:16:00Andy Samberg:like all of the songs that Only Island makes. So that would be what I'm going to be watching this week to laugh. And, um, in the meantime, keep laughing. I don't know. I don't know how I really don't know how to end these. They just get harder and harder. That's what she said. Okay, bye. You've been listening to Good Hang. The executive producers for this show are Bill Simmons, Jenna Weiss-Berman, and me, Amy Poehler. The show is produced by The Ringer and Paper Kite. For The Ringer, production by Jack Wilson, Kat Spillane, Kaya McMullen, and Alea Zanaris. For Paper Kite, production by Sam Green, Joel Lovell, and Jenna Weiss-Berman.

1:16:37Andy Samberg:Original music by Amy Miles.

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