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Party at Mr. Bernard's

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Party at Mr. Bernard's

The podcast features a lively, self-deprecating conversation among the hosts about their own vocal health and performance, humorously comparing their voices to "shredded to shit" due to congestion. They reflect on a recent episode's content, including a satirical "bullshit list" of random and absurd observations—such as a viral voice note mimicking Arnold's style, a mock-up of a fake movie *Laser Cat* winning Cannes, and a fan-submitted take on *Weekend at Bernie’s* with Robert De Niro. The hosts also dive into behind-the-scenes humor, discussing their creative process, a "Shade or Praise" game, and a new segment involving the New York Times Mini crossword puzzle. Among the highlights is a deep-dive into the parody of *Weekend at Bernie’s*, where they rewatch the original and praise its absurdity, particularly the use of color grading shifts and the iconic "dead body in a Hawaiian shirt" gag. The episode concludes with playful fan interactions, a note on the hosts' voices, and a lighthearted nod to the growing community of listeners who engage with the show’s humor and creativity. The tone remains energetic, witty, and self-aware, celebrating both their absurdity and the shared culture of the podcast.

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Glad to hear your voice is still not good, Jorm. Is it bad? Yeah, you sound like you've been shredded to shit. Shredded to shit is the official medical term, I think. Well, I've been screaming a lot because of how excited I was to get this little miniature van. I do want to talk about the van, but I am also a little concerned you don't know that your voice sounds like that. Like, for example, I know that I'm still congested. I can tell it's not top peak. You kind of cheated, though, because I just blew my nose, so now you're looking for it. I did not see that nose blow, though. But did you guys listen to last week's pod? I felt like I actually sounded the worst. And I think I still have it, where I'm, like, not breathing through my nose. I don't know. Me and Seth were texting that we beat off to your voice no problem last week. Yeah, that's true. And we would know. But as much no problem as the previous weeks? Yeah, totally the same. Because we time it. It's hard to know if that's about our fatigue or your performance, you know what I mean? Got it. We are so hooked. Column A, column B. We're so hooked on timing. Stats based on the New York Times, and we do it for everything now. Right. Okay. Well, I guess weigh in in the titties about it. But you know what they say, Keith. Weigh in in the titties? And take it away, Arnold. That's the episode. You guys are all East Coast, and you all seem like you're way, like, awake, jobbed. Yeah. Good to go. I'm, like, solo parent here. Oh, man. 10.07 a.m. I was moving rocks a second ago. Giant, heavy rocks, which is great. Because I also have a hernia. Yeah, that makes sense for your body. It sounds like you were swallowing them. Yeah. Well, he does that to incentivize himself. It's like, move one, eat one, move one, eat one. But don't. Don't move heavy things. One for them, one for me. For the rest of your life, maybe. Yeah. We're not going to be able to feel sad when you perish if you treat yourself this terrible. You guys want to see my hernia belt? This is my hernia belt. It's great. It's hella cool. Stop doing stuff. We have to go. We had to cut it out. Actually, Yoram literally dropped so many names last week, we did cut out the section. But I just would like to say, I made an observation that his hat looked like he had dropped a name on it. And I just want to say it this week so we can put the photo in the show notes. No exception. It's a different hat, but it's a similar shape. Yoram sent us a last week hat that we can put in the show notes because it was a great zinger that we lost because we did decide that Yoram dropped too many names. But, Seth, what did you call the hat, though? Because that's part of it. What did I? Anvil hat? I can't remember. You called it a panini hat. I called it that. I called it that. It had been pressed. I think it was Andy. The panini hat kid. Look, you're going to kill yourself. Everyone's like, he's the best character on the pod. But what they don't see is behind the scenes us being like, wow, he's killing himself on purpose. You know, the fastest star is Brian Brightest. Shine Brightest? The fastest star is Brian Brightest. Yes, exactly. The saltiest pickle. The saltiest pickle gets eaten the fastest. Yeah, the saltiest pickles get eaten the fastest. Brian Brightest. They Brian Brightest. The saltiest pickles Brian Brightest. Yeah. This slogan brought to you by Hernia Harness. Brian Bright. So, I can't remember. Did Rihanna do Brian Bright like a diamond for Vlasic? Was that Brian Bright like a pickle? Yeah, it's really. That's not how Sia intended it. No. She had pretty much. But you can imagine them in the studio and her just being like, yo, I got it. Brian Bright like a pickle. And everyone would be like, yeah, yeah. You know, go back, go back. I don't know about that. And then do you think to celebrate, she asked Jon Hamm if he wanted to toot it? Maybe I've tooted it too much. Brian Bright. Moving on. Hey, somebody said that a good title for last week's episode was The Bullshit List. Right. Like the blacklist? Well, just that ultimately the entire episode was just a list of bullshit. Okay. And we didn't talk about a short. All right. But did they like it though? But did they like it? I would say it was split. Yeah. But I think the people who liked it are the one, they're the real ones. The real ones. I have a preamble bullshit list, but oh, this is around the time where the theme would drop in, you know? But I feel like. I have it. Take it away, Greg. Yeah. But I want to just say, I feel like everybody's going to hear it and they're going to think it's AI. And so I wanted to preamble to say it's not. Okay. Yeah. Because we don't fuck with that. Wait, can we hear it now? This is a, yeah, let's hear it and then talk about it. Okay. Job left. Just four guys having a good time, having a good time, having a good time. Just four guys having a good time. Seth, Andy, Keith, and Yorm. Jesus. Oh my God. He needs his own podcast. Yeah. He should probably come on ours just to talk about it. Yes. I mean, Greg Chun should come on this podcast as Arnold. Yeah. And we should just interview him. So we all listened to that on our text chain. And there's another one too that I think was the one that Andy, was it the other one that you really thought might be AI, Andy? Or was it that one? It was, I couldn't believe that it was him. Here. Why don't I just play the other one? Because then I also have one more thing. I didn't listen to these because I was moving rocks eating. Yeah. Do you mean you're selling? Bleep that, obviously. I wish he could lift. Traditionally, when people are moving rocks. Well, you don't know how big these rocks are, Seth. Like eyes from across the room Down I drink where the rhythms boom Take your hand and skip the names No need here for the silly games Make our way through the smoking crowd The club is the sky and I'm on your cloud Moving close as the lasers fly A body's touch and the angels cry Leave this place, go back to yours A lips first touch outside your doors A whole night, what we've got in store Whisper in my ear that you want some more And I shudder in my dreams This really never happened, you could take my world I would apologize, that's just absurd Mainly your fault for the way that you dance And now it's yours Don't tell your friends or I'll say you're a slut Plus it's your fault you were rubbing my butt I'm very sensitive, some would say that's a plus Now I'll go home and change I mean, wow. Really good. Did he remake the beat also? No, that was just like he found a karaoke track Oh, now I'm not impressed That one you feel like is AI because you don't believe he'd even just do it for that long that well The consistency and the length led you to believe it was computer generated The way he does absurd is almost a perfect Arnold pronunciation of absurd It lets you know it's a top level Arnold impression Absurd Good morning, Quades, it's Greg here I wanted to thank you for all of your support when it comes to the theme songs your nice comments because I work very hard trying to make them good Don't listen to people like Andy who think that this is AI and not my voice It is, this is me Andy, stop it Stop it It's really good Can we ask him if we can post that? Can we post that, please? I asked him for a 10 second one to prove it Oh my god, it's really good Hey, how are you feeling about and I guess this is for all of you the winner of the Cannes Festival La Cinef Best Short Award Anybody have any takes? Anybody spinning out? I'm of course talking about how Lucas Asche's Laser Cat won the Cannes Festival's La Cinef Best Short Award What the fuck? Now I'm mad I mean, obviously, this was not something I was aware of Quade Army let me know and they're just wondering if you guys are spinning out I am now Yeah, thanks for letting us spin Yeah, what the fuck, Lucas? Can we see it? I mean, obviously, it's probably not out That depends on seeing it, I think, before we spin out Let me tell you that a little bit It's a one night journey about a teenager who's bored at home His mother just left for a date and he's 14 Also, I'm not sure if he's going to be able to do it this year So, this is a planet where all the cats shoot lasers No, it's not Also, there's been a nuclear war No, Seth Not even we believe that, Seth Don't try to make jokes, Seth You guys, I'll say, you guys were on that right away You guys were on that To your credit, you were on it right away Okay, this is directed by an NYU student Is it? Lucas Asche? My alma mater That's what it says 22-minute psychological thriller, won first prize NYU student, Lucas Asche I think we gotta watch it So, Lucas We'll be expecting our slice of the Pomdoer cake Do you think it more has to do with how cats famously like laser pointers? It's possible You know, Seth, it's interesting you bring up Con because I was really happy for the Pomdoer winner Fjord, which of course is the prequel to Fjord versus Fjari Oh my god, I'm so happy you said that Fjord versus Fjord versus Fjord Fjord versus Fjari And spoiler, guys Ferrari wins, guys So this is about Fjord before he meets Fjari Before he goes versus him Versus A lot of detail work Yeah Andy, how is how is your movie going? Good Yeah Somebody, obviously you know who it is Somebody snuck me a little on-set pic of you and it looks like a real-ass movie Who was it? Who was it? You know I work with him Oh, that person, yeah He can't be named? I don't know, can he? Seth Reese Voldemort Voldemort Got it, thank you Voldemort Voldemort did punch-ups I just, I live out loud The thing that everyone says about me is I live out loud Really? Because the thing I always get emails from you is like Don't tell people where I am That's right Take out every geographical reference point I got to visit Andy for a quick, quick one for about an hour or something like that and he was like It was really fun, Andy I want to come back It was a joy to see you Oh, well thanks Likewise Oh, we ran a panel Apparently it's not reciprocated. Jesus fucking Christ. Well, I'm pretty locked in, you know? Yeah, you seemed locked in. It was very nice seeing you for lunch, I'll tell you that. Were you guys shooting outdoors or indoors? Like, what are we talking about? Akiva, both. There's exteriors and interiors in the film. Whoa, so this movie's got it all. Yeah, thank you for saying, this is a good promo. This is where, like, guys, there's interiors and exteriors. You gotta buy a ticket for this. Yeah, and dialogue and lighting. And this drops on Tubi in when, is that June? It drops on Tubi in 30, 21. Okay. Set your calendars, guys. Tubi, interiors, exteriors. Everything's during the day, or? No, we got nights and daytime. Whoa. Also, no spoilers, but we tried to get one sort of at dawn and then another one at dusk. What kind of weather? Always clear, or? Well, that is in the hands of the weather gods. And this is, Sam Mendes is directing it, and it's called Fiorari, right? Because he's doing. Yep. He's doing a fjord and then a fjart. It's like the Beatles biopics. Yeah, yeah. He's doing this after his Beatles, yeah. Each character from Fjord, is getting their own. Yeah, but the Fjorses movie is the one I'm really pretty psyched for. Oh, yeah, everybody's excited about Fjorses. Oh, this was, tell me, do you think this is Shade or Praise? Let's play a new game, Shade or Praise. Ready? Love it, yeah. Always a good time in an audio-only podcast when the hosts spend several minutes visually comparing different word games with each other. Oh, yeah, when you were holding it up. I think that's high praise, high praise. I think it's appropriate Shade. Yeah, it's Shade. Appropriate. Yeah, I think that's true. Somebody asked, can we add Yorm the Mini to the dictionary? And that's when you take over two minutes to complete the New York Times Mini crossword puzzle. That would make sense. Oh, I really Yorm the Mini to it. Oh, by the way, you guys, I'm consistently, I'm consistently at like 150 now. So whoever said that, they're fucking wrong. Okay, great. What did you get today, Yorm? What'd you get on the day? What did you get on the mini today? 154. Okay, 26. I got 26 seconds. But here's the thing. Like, I want to say something about my super slowness. One, I'm bad at it. Right. But two, there's a certain language and way to do crossword puzzles that I don't know. I literally had to look it up recently and be like, what is the close? There's like a little cheat code of like hints of like the way you have to think to do a crossword puzzle. And I've never done them before. So I didn't know. You're learning the language. How a question mark means they're being cheeky. Yes, exactly. Yeah. I did not know that. They're so cheeky over there. You're a rocks and ladders guy. You've never been about wordplay. Exactly. Salt of the earth. You guys don't know this because I'm fly over country. You guys don't work with your hands. I'm a real car heart. You guys are work in progress. That's right. That's the main difference. Nice point. Nice point. That's legit. I'm just going to run like, guys, we're like weak. I think it's almost been a month of teasing Mr. Bernard's. So I'm just going to tear through the rest of the bullshit list. Everybody okay with that? Yeah. Yes. Keith, somebody said Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, great score. Right, Keith? Oh, the music. Yeah. Yeah. The music was very good, but I don't, it wasn't the thing I took away from it, but I'm sure if I went and threw on that soundtrack, I'd agree. Were there strings? You know, I'm guessing. Yeah. And in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, were there exteriors and interiors? Yeah. They had both of those. Mostly exteriors though. Okay. What kind of dialogue was there? Mostly in English. Mostly in English. Mostly in English. Of probably some other languages when they're in the beginning in the Crusades, when they're in Jerusalem, in the prison. Right. And was the Sheriff of Nottingham in it? Yeah. Big time. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Let's keep blowing through it, Seth. Let's keep blowing through it. Was the Sheriff of Nottingham in it? No, no, no. I think this list should go slower. Yeah. Hey, you sent in a voice note, Andy. Oh, did I? Multiple. End of the episode last week. It was actually two voice notes in a row. Oh, that's right. Yeah. And somebody wrote in, out of breath jogger does. Spelling bee on the streets of New York. I was out there. Very much what it sounded like. Well, I was also like surrounded by crew and stuff. And I was like, I want to do this, obviously. I got to claim my Quibi victory, but I'd also don't want to be like humiliated, you know? Yeah. Andy, when you're shooting exteriors on the streets of New York, do you immediately start yelling, we outside, we outside, we outside? Generally not during takes, but otherwise, yeah. Okay. And when you do interiors on the streets of New York, are those like little prefab houses you build? And just put on the sidewalk? For sure. Yeah. And some of them are open plan and others aren't. Right. And when you do interiors, do you shout, we're inside, we're inside, we're inside? No. In regards to A Knight's Tale, the reason Geoffrey Chaucer is a character is because the whole movie is loosely based on a short story called The Knight's Tale, which was in the Canterbury Tales. So basically, Chaucer throughout the movie is just gathering material for another book. Regarding other historical characters in A Knight's Tale, Alan Tudyk's character, Watt, is thought by some to be young Watt Tyler. He would go on to lead a peasant's revolt during the reign of Richard II. Andy, ask me what his name is. What's his name? Watt. Yeah. What's his name? That's his name. Watt. Who is it? Who is the jouster? The jouster's name is Watt? No. Alan Tudyk is not a jouster. He's one of his helpers. Jesus. And you're supposed to go, no, that's. That's. You had it. I think we should have written it out. Anyway. Famously, that. You know, Abbott and Costello. Costello, who's on first, was improvised. Top to bottom. And it was a one take, and they had only done it that one time. It was a oneer? When it ended, they were like, tell me you were filming. Tell me you were filming. And they were like, I think we got it. And they printed it, and they watched it back, and they were like, dude, what the fuck, dude? It's airtight. I just locked in, dude. It was so crazy. I just, like, it was. I went blank, and it just came out. I was in a flow state, brother. Flow state, brother. Was Costello just genuinely super dumb? No. I think they were like, just, they picked up this, it was the thread of a bit. It was a bit. Oh, I thought he was genuinely confused. No, it wasn't just real life. No, dude, they were like, tell me we were. Yeah, they were just in a flow state. Oh, you can't film improv that day, you could. They were like, it just came straight through from the heavens above, straight through them. They were channeling. Yeah. The fact, Andy, that you've promised a gulp and haven't given one yet. Yeah. We don't know that. We know about. Come on. Yeah. I feel like Andy would tell us. Somebody said we got ourselves a real Chekhov's gulp. Chekhov's gulp situation. Oh, that's good. That's good. Kudos. Can't wait for that baby to pop off. That was very nice. This one's a little unfair. People are going to tune in each week to see when that thing goes off, you know? Zero propositions. I've got a few really nice Quaid armies, though, out in these streets. Yeah, it's nice. It's nice being on the streets in New York. I got a Sherman Oaks Quaid army yesterday. Oh, a Shermstick. Yep, that's what that is. Somebody wrote, this episode made me want to step on a theater rake and knock myself out. You could kind of roll down it into the audience. High praise. Oh, here's, I like this one. As a longtime voiceover talent, haven't done thousands of commercials over decades, I have some notes on your ad reads. Seth, what's the rush, pal? Not sure the sponsors appreciate you blasting through copy as fast as you can go. Let it breathe, baby. Them Bomba socks deserve a little more love. I would say I'm rushing because the feedback we've received from you guys is it might not be your favorite part of the pod. Yorma, here's a Yorma note. Yorma, you have a great voice, but when you use your deep, sultry lower register, you can sometimes veer slightly into Ghostface from the Scream movies. Not sure Quince wants it to sound like their spokesperson is standing outside our window with a knife ready to pounce. Akiva, yours are perfect. No notes. Whoa. All right. I thought it was for sure going to be like yours sounds like Ghostface from Wu-Tang. Right. I was psyched that that was going to be my criticism, but no. I think that's more Akiva. And then Andy, yours just is not available. Correct. Andy, do your best Ghostface from not Killer, but the. The one from Scream? How does he talk? I don't really know the Scream films. It's through a voice modulating box because it's really just. I know you're in the house or whatever. Yeah, that was pretty good actually. Like, do you want to play a game, Sidney? Do you want to play a game? That wasn't quite it either. Yeah. It's stupid. I think what we've learned is that that franchise is stupid because we can't do the voice. That's why. Do you think Matt can do it? Let's get a voice note of Matt doing the Scream voice for us. Yeah, he did direct a few, right? Yeah. Yeah, he directed five. I mean, you might want to ask Greg Chun first. I've got to be honest. Yeah, Greg Chun could definitely do it. All right, TBH. He'll probably crush it. Yeah, let's chun it up. All right, so I'll ask both of them. Let's chun the waters on that one. Huh. Yeah, that works. Keith, you had a note on a word in the dictionary you thought should be spelled different. Oh, it was about Bajason. Yeah, that's correct. You had a note. What would you call the person who runs our dictionary? Nick is his name, but what would you call him? He's our. He's our Chaucer? He's our Chaucer. Our Almanick. Scribe? We're hearing Jeff wants to go with Scribe. So Nick, our dictionary scribe. Had this to say. Whoa, can't believe I got my dictionary spelling corrected by a guy who was 86 from a restaurant in Hollywood. Fair. He said he feels like a gaping snorf, but then he was very happy. You guys didn't like Almanick? Do you think he. Oh, Almanick. Oh, shit. I missed Almanick. I take it way back. Because he's Nick. Because he's Nick. And then Alma. That's great. Yeah, no, we get it. Alma is who, though? Yeah, who's the Alma in this situation? It's a very popular name. It is an Almanick. Yes. You would say it's an Almanick. He's not an Almanick. So the Quaid dictionary is just the Almanick now. And he's an Almanickster. I also got somebody who's been to multiple upfronts said there was a period of time, there was like a four-year period of time where Pitbull performed at multiple upfronts. And it was really noted by those who covered it in the trades, including and up to the fact that Pitbull performed at the Nickelodeon upfronts. Hell yeah. And had the same. dancers who were like a little in slightly less revealing outfits but still wildly inappropriate for nickelodeon do do children come to the nickelodeon up front they don't advertise so it was not it was not as though uh pitbull was being inappropriate it was just like very funny that they knew like hey this is for nickelodeon let's make them a little bit less revealing but also you know it's still pitbull's backup did any of you guys see yo gabba gabba live ever i saw them at king's theater i did uh yeah and uh did you see it with uh bismarcky when he performed with him yeah because it felt like you were like he's just there for the bag i've never seen anybody anybody want to leave stage so quickly shout out to bismarcky though yeah rest in peace may may your memory of him be that um he did yo gabba gabba for money and let that be the official stance of all four of us yeah um oh also wig uh i'm glad you shouted out uh wig and ham's voice knows that you were not on for annie but then heard um wigs was so delightful but then somebody did write in a wig just went don't make me voice note um all right that's the end of the bullshit list oh also uh what was the movie out of the past was that the one you recommended keith yeah and bad day of black rock was the other one oh i watched it out of the past i watched it's fantastic and bad day at black rock so good why did you watch it seth because i saw just like on social media somebody wrote paul thomas anderson said they learned he learned more from this uh audio track and then the audio track was the director just talking about the opening shot i watched like three minutes of like the blu-ray audio the director's commentary you mean yes that's what i mean sorry wait so you had already seen that one now yorm has joined just to go slow here yorm and you liked it right i loved it i was telling you like it felt like it was like the reason why a screenplay is has the word play in it it really was like felt like you were sitting with just excellent writing in an old style that everything was back and also like we were talking about how just that the length of it is fucking perfect it's so entertaining and then seth you watched out of the past any quick takeaways it's unbelievable it's so fun when you realize that people like robert mitchum and kirk douglas used to be like young handsome dudes and he's not enjoying this also uh roger ebert i read an old review where he's like this might be the greatest smoking movie of all time well guess what guys i have a movie to recommend also it was on cable last night and it's called top gun maverick so eat shit okay that movie is amazing when you talk about uh not why uh plays and screenplay i think like most of the scenes in that movie are like is he gonna go faster you want to know something crazy though seth and it's probably not just because like i feel so lonely and like miss my family and i'm too tired i cried at the end i'm sure i would have as well yeah what happens at the end no spoilers i mean anybody no because maverick tells goose's son thanks for saving my life and he says this is what my dad would have done and i was like god damn it yeah god damn it rooster you piece of shit well no spoilers too but there's a bunch of exteriors in that movie oh my god more than you can handle truly not just exteriors like aerials like up in the air up in the sky yeah there's just a digital display that keeps going like 9.1 they're like no one's ever done that before yeah that was like 9.2 and they're like whoa that's the pressure against their bodies in the cockpit brother sure sure sure it's not about it and can the plane hold together i mean sure i get it and then they it gets all shaky that's the recommended akiva it's not about the plane it's about the it's about the pilot in the box um i was in an airplane and i watched a pretty impeachably great airplane movie which is gone baby gone oh what does impeachably great mean like you get impeached it's just like a perfectly good plane movie like you've seen it you like it and it holds up and and it's like you kind of like has twists you don't remember because they're pretty you should be impeached for saying that i believe it's unimpeachably great yeah you're right i don't fucking i think that's where your arm's confusion is coming in but he yeah but i'm not a crossword guy so we're certainly not a mini guy even though you do it every day well i'm becoming a mini guy you've always been a little bit of a mini guy i knew it was coming but i still appreciate it i do like to scoop you right up 31 minutes in still haven't talked about the short just a reminder this is not the below this is different seth out of the past has a little bit of almost naked gun style dialogue when him and her like sitting by the lake right and she gets some part of it's like i bet you say that to all the places but i can't remember like the lead-in do you know what the one that i thought was great and you realize this is the language that inspired like the naked gun parody is uh the guy in the earlys uh finds when he when he tracks down robert mitchum he sees his sign on a gas station because it's his sign on a gas station and he's like oh my god i'm gonna go to the gas station he says that lady at the diner yeah i was driving by and i saw his name on the gas station sign she goes oh it's a small world and he goes or it's a big sign oh my god yeah it's full of that stuff i'm gonna let her say hi real quick hello hello hi hi yep that's right who is it that sorry daddies are good and mommies are bad no mommies are good daddies are bad true yeah that's actually true everyone on this podcast is a daddy everyone you're looking at is a daddy are all daddies bad yes okay you have to go now actually no no no that's good nice hey uh just so we can uh just could we so we can steal it for later can you say bombas are the best socks i've ever worn bombas are the best socks i've worn quince has changed my life quince has changed my life um you guys want to feed her another one uh i love staying at airbnbs great put that put that in at the end of the airbnb read yeah that's great it's so it's so weird that when kids say that daddies are the worst that all of us secretly are like yeah yeah what are you gonna do i'm like yeah i can't argue facts is facts all right i've uh again i'm not trying to stall here but i have some voice messages oh great all right this is either from greg chen or matt we'll know right away right hello do you like scary movies that was great chun trying to give us one oh that was really good i think that's pretty i think that's pretty accurate as soon as he started doing it i was like oh that's it that is what that's if it was gonna be matt i would have been blown away because all right here's matt but matt's heard it a lot more let's see like more than almost anybody not as good of a voice actor though hello akiba this is not what ghostface sounds like but this is me doing a bad impression of roger l jackson is this helpful he he did offer like do you need me to text roger l jackson yeah we do like he he offered he offered to get the real scream voice yeah yeah what what do we need him to say though just later quades the later quades i think oh yeah we could we could tag it on to the end later arnold later quades later ghostface later quades you know what i mean yes please um guys we've put it on for long enough i on purpose did not re-watch it because i wanted to re-watch it with you guys so i'm gonna do it in the next couple of minutes you guys it is robert de niro it is party at mr bernard's do you have anything you want to say about it before we watch it yeah plenty go for it okay i'm loading it up keeve you directed it yeah we wrote it together with bill as my recollection that sounds right you're you there or no i i was probably in africa when this happened right with chapelle and then yep uh i remember being like so excited about it thinking it was really fun and loving the look of it and then being so happy walking onto the set and having it really look like weekend at bernie's um and also us being aware that it was crazy how much we were wasting legendary actor robert de niro in it and that being partly why it was funny to us of like so we have robert de niro and we're literally gonna have him playing a corpse yeah but he knowing robert de niro he probably liked it he found it very funny yes yeah he understood that that part of it was funny and then he was like oh my god i'm gonna watch it again and then it was funny to use him that way he was just always referred to as the greatest living actor yeah just number one yeah so there was something and even lauren i remember fake sarcastically kind of i forget his exact words but yes commenting on exactly that fact did you guys did you guys say that on set like uh let's fly in the greatest living actor yeah yeah yeah pretty much lauren being like really great use of bob something like that when you're watching it just remember that also when like he's having to like fall in new cast members laps and stuff and like flop all over them like every cast member was like showing up like oh my god i'm about to act against robert de niro and then he's just a corpse yes this was my idea and it goes in a category that i think we've done a few times which is like a movie premise or a famous story premise where if it really happened what would it like the the joke is just what it would really happen basically um but i yeah to me i have very very fond memories of this one and remember feeling proud of it even though i knew it wouldn't be like a quote-unquote biggie and weekend at bernie's was kind of well-worn comedy territory like it is a comedy it's comedy to begin with and then it also was such an outlandish premise for a movie i feel like there had been lots of mimicking of it or parodies of it and so but i've never seen this one and so it was just kind of like oh we can do kind of in our minds the definitive yes and i will also say before we get into it and then we should the funniest stuff about it to me and the most fun when we were writing was the little details about like these like babe hound characters and how that was such an 80s comedy staple doing that tone was even funnier to me maybe than the actual turn of the yes by far my favorite parts of this having not re-watched it is the first minute before the actual joke happens but so much so that i won't get into the premise of it but for years i kept trying to write screenplays for andy and bill to be these characters in a completely different scenario we we did not we i seem to remember me being alone though and you at brooklyn 99 and me and us talking all the time but me being but but maybe you were writing with me check the tapes i got documents in my laptop okay we i mean we didn't do it so no we didn't do it it's bragging about a failure we wrote a lot wait you guys was was part of this motivated by whoopie boys love in terms of you know babe hounds i wouldn't say motivated but certainly that is in the same it's the genre for sure it's a reminder yes you're saying it's whoopie coded it's whoopie coded i wanted to make a movie set in the 80s that felt like a weird science or whatever it is with these two guys you know i was good i was about to say it's not too late but it definitely is like we just look old yeah yeah you mean it's too late for you guys to play well now you guys could be like the old businessman the other side of it the one's getting like i'm like about a half year from being that corpse exactly i always liked your other idea keeve of 80s uh movies of revenge of the jocks everyone had that idea though yeah yeah yeah but we have that very very early before it was developed and cut it out then no i'm just saying it was developed multiple times by different people oh well then fuck you keeve but really it got used with the ip of revenge of the nerds andy or is like different both and and my recollection and correct me if you remember differently was that people kept writing it and then you'd get to the moment when the jocks started fighting back and it was like this just feels like strong bullies i don't remember it was not satisfying even though we were in that like nerds rule moment you know that is really funny i mean and also it was just like you have to remember the only thing that was working bully wise in that cultural moment was sensitive bullies correct yeah and thank you all right so uh keeve you want to you want to run this show yeah let's rock it i can't believe our boss is letting us hang in this palace for the whole weekend we are gonna get so many babes forget about the babe i'm just hoping for that promotion mr bernard we're here dude look mr bernard mr bernard wow looks like you really partied hardy mr bernard your guests are gonna be here soon uh devon i don't think he's alive oh god oh man okay we need to call the cops yep ricky we definitely should call the cops but the party's in one hour all those babes are already in motion if they show up here and this place has gone from party house to funeral home we're gonna be the laughing stock of the beach so what do you suggest we pretend he's alive and have the best night ever dude that is a great idea okay lead in the bay it is really fun to re-watch this and remember what you said at the top which is this is robert de niro oh my god and you guys are just basically moving him around like a puppet godfather part two midnight run you're not you're literally like no part of it you're not taking advantage of any of the things but it is really funny and it's fun to know that he was down for it i was just seeing you guys manhandle him at all it's like yeah i'm like immediately like this is awesome like feeding him the booze bill being like i just i just want that promotion that's my favorite thing is yeah that within two sentences you're like he's the hawaiian shirt loose guy and he's the guy that is trying to be a stockbroker and this is my backstory it's really good it's very clean off the top very fun for those just listening on audio once they decide on the thing they get him into a hawaiian shirt now they're trying to feed him some sort of a blue uh daiquiri of some sort i guess to breath smell like alcohol i'm not sure why that's that's where every girl used to write did you guys shoot other beats of this and then like think it was too long of preparing for the party i don't i don't think so i'm not sure i did appreciate how fast it got to the party i'll say that uh just for a second because you know sometimes we express frustration at the sets this you're just not kidding this is so great it's so great it's got those really popular in the 90s glass brick tiles everywhere which were in the original only exactly these are my favorite and white carpet yeah and it's got a step down i mean that's a real yeah that's pricey they went all out it was true it's really special um also the music the like muzak is almost don't go chasing waterfalls no no what i thought you were into something i know let's listen for that is a great idea yeah all right oh "okay lead in the bays come on in" "oh my god" "oh my god you guys i believe you know mr bernard" "oh my god he's dying" "can he have this dance" "someone likes you" "hey where did she start" "you're gonna burn in hell for this" "they then dressed him in a hawaiian shirt and propped him up for show like a ragdoll cadet" "wig again just me loving everything that's just the genre the way she's giggling when she comes through the door" "when she comes in" "come on in" "oh my god" "wooo" "no" "so obviously you guys know what i'm gonna say my favorite thing here" "hmm" "little tummy" "i was gonna say" "little handy tummy" "little tummy just sagging out just like a little fat porky" "do you feel like at the time did you kind of feel like was no wardrobe didn't notice a little tummy here" "i'm gonna i'm gonna just assume that it was a choice as an actor that i wanted it to be hanging out like i was a little tub of tubs" "that's his backstory" "you guys feel free to shoot me down right now but uh this is maybe back in the day i might let's say as as a writer on the show i'd be like hey is there anything to just after wig yelling he's fucking dead hard cutting right to the courtroom" "yeah i would um at least now i would strongly consider that" "i think part of it too is just re-watching it like this there's a little bit of like a everyone's a critic vibe to like" "very much well with taking the picture off the wall and hitting someone that is just a pure everyone's a critic joke" "it has nothing to do with anything that's happening" "and it's less heightened than that everyone's a critic reactions" "i i was a little surprised at their reaction to that though i was surprised that they were okay with it yeah" "the logic problem is everyone stays at the party" "yeah she should just yell and it should cut to the next thing i was actually though grateful once that began and i didn't like it that it cut so quickly to the courtroom" "i was like oh do we do a whole everything's a critic thing here i got worried" "right so you're relieved that it was it was short" "yeah but any but faster would have been better" "but it's more than they then when people are freaking out are just cool with it and are throwing the body at people so you probably were like we just need to show how how aggressive" "yeah yeah you know it's i think it also could just have been some editing of like not the picture frame one because i did like them saying can he have this dance and trying some of the stuff that works in weekend at bernie's that shouldn't work" "agreed" "so it might not be a full edit" "i believe you know mr bernard" "oh my god he's f***ing dead" "yeah like cut that one" "maybe" "is he in this dance?" "right why are they all at the party" "someone likes you" "how did she start it everybody?" "you're gonna burn in hell for this" "they then dressed him in a hawaiian shirt and propped him up for show like a ragdoll cadaver thank you" "so they're in court right away" "desecrated his body" "made him do the limbo" "well i think i've heard enough" "never in all of my years" "your honor if it pleases the court there's one last piece of evidence i think we all need to see" "hello this is my video will and testament in the event of my death i ask that my dead body be dressed in a hawaiian shirt and sunglasses and that i be paraded around a rock and beach party filled with bodacious babes" "oh and devin and rocky you're promoted" "BOOM" "yeah" "hey everyone look who i dug up" "yeah" "okay i forgot how to end it" "i forgot to surprise that didn't get more of a reaction from the crowd there on that last part" "that color correction joke is pretty great i haven't seen that" "the switch went back in the 80s" "when it cuts so when it cuts to the courtroom this is for people listening that aren't seeing it it goes from this bright really you know saturated colorful 80s movie to like a courtroom drama so it's way muted" and dark and very kind of almost not sepia but almost and then the moment you guys go yes it just on a dime the color correction flips back to the other color correction and i don't i don't know that i've ever seen that joke we did something like this in the mcgruber tv series but it's a slow grade change i love talking about grades but it's piper is in a depressing you're finding him for like like it's years later he's teaching a shitty dmv class or so you think and it's reverse it's going from super bright where you're like oh his life is maybe okay and then it slowly starts to change into a darker and you don't notice it happening until you cut to wide and so he's now matching the tone of like it's shitty and it's this like like subtle and my my dp suggested doing it and i was like oh that's fucking cool you're watching it get depressing as he's talking yeah that is cool you should pull that up so we can watch it it's pretty neat well i knew you'd be interested in it keith listen there's a certain kind of quade and we've gone over this that want to hear about color grading hey for those that don't know color grading is just another way of saying color correcting um you know what aged very well in this robert genaro episode uh the blizzard man with diddy i don't know if we even want to look at it that your whole sentence just scared me shit out of me i think that we'll just leave it at that and you know i'm just glad we have a lot of other blizzard men that we can go back and enjoy i want to say a personal experience in andy's corner if you will from this episode sing him in your andy's corner he doesn't usually do this but he's gonna do it right now take it away thanks your arm so i had maybe the biggest show of my whole time at snl this show interesting in that i was in i want to say like six or seven live things or at least like heavily featured in five or six things and all week everyone was like whoa samberg big show man crazy you're really featuring in this one and i was like wow and not just the pre-tape i'm in the live stuff and then the show happened and it felt great to me and then it was very much a like early the next week out of nowhere people deciding to review that episode and talking about how it was the worst one in 10 years like i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i was just like what no but it was my big show they're just like oh this was trashed like listing all the reasons it sucked and like i remember being pretty pretty down about it have we talked about this on the show where like people who would come visit you like just friends of yours did not mind telling you that things were bad or or just like friends of yours would be like oh man yeah that show sucked and you're like we know we worked on it right it's like you can't exactly tell us like how everyone who comes to the show believes they just saw the best episode of all time because live it's so much more exciting yes yes but people will text you those people yeah and be like oh my god that's that episode sucked and you're like hey hey hey hey cool it yeah alexi is a very good person to like bounce things off and like when i'm working on new material i like showing to her she's very honest and yet in all the years she came to snl and she would be in my dressing room after update it was always like oh my god it's such a good show like to speak to both like i think one she understood the assignment and two it's just fucking fun when you're there when you're there it just all works because you're like i can't believe i'm at fucking snl yeah and i will say when you're there and working on the show uh during the show is not when you want feedback mid-show or or after yeah you don't really ever want it yeah you really you know it's true yeah i mean i waited uh when what year was this this episode 2010 de niro is so i waited six i waited 16 years to say i think you should have gone to the courtroom faster and i appreciate that and you know that and that's why our friendship is so rock solid yeah that's why it thrives um do you remember it says special guest robin williams is one of them do you remember that in my mind he was he's in what up with that what up with that god it's the one time i met robin williams and one time i met robin williams as well i clearly did not meet him at all that week because i'd remember he was super nice and it meant a lot he was very sweet and present yep and i did not talk to him very long but it was everything you kind of wanted to be he was very much like with you while he was talking to you and it was great and went out of his way i think probably to say hi to a lot of us not keith obviously no but um it was you know he's robin williams it was crazy i just it was weird i i don't remember meeting him i just remember i kept yelling garp right oh you garped him yeah garp and then he was probably ducking well it's because i wanted to prove like i knew i wasn't just like a genie from aladdin guy you know that i knew some of the deep cuts you weren't like patch adams you were garp yeah so i just kept going garp yeah you weren't one of those many many patch adams fanatics yeah i remember you and you were just to be like even deeper cut you kept standing by the page desk being like i like the world according to that guy yeah yeah it'd be like whatever his name was i don't even have to say the name you know who i'm talking about yeah you know i'm talking about garp how many people do you think named their kids right after that movie like just named them garp i mean probably a lot right just like i made sure it shot up was it garp and cap were those the two the wig and fred characters recurring update feature i'm just gonna say should joanna's next album be called the world according to harp yeah yes yeah it's a parody album where she does she does she does she well it's not even i think she does she does music from famous movies and it's called the world okay let me jot this down it by the way it's a based on how she reacts you can say it was come from one of the three of us if she doesn't go for it she could also do a christmas album called harpy christmas dude the harpy christmas just harpy christmas what's that a play on what's that a play on happy christmas what happy christmas if you just saying happy christmas oh i see it's not a it's not a nested pun yeah it's also famously merry christmas but um i don't say that um i don't say that you could have said like harpy birthday i guess but even that is pretty sweaty well especially when we're starting with the world according to harp where it's just like perfect i think in england they say happy yeah happy christmas uh well this guy did spend time across the cover of brit pop songs called harpy christmas yeah you're gonna spend time across the pond hey andy are you surprised to know that you came back as spider-man on the update desk i am surprised what is that let's watch it keeve here we go this week the spider-man musical had its first run of previews on broadway after several delays due to actors sustaining injuries while they rehearsed here to comment one of the actors from the spider-man musical ryan christopher upside down again so he's upside down swinging back and forth real callback seth is trying to steady him thank you for coming so uh brian there's been been a lot of reports of problems with the production how is it tented fingers under jim don't believe the negative press seth spider-man is the greatest musical ever i really think you're gonna flip for it andy doing a light crunch while he tries to flip maybe okay sorry seth this is all very new to me i'm the fourth understudy oh what happened to the other three spider-mans in front of you well the first one broke his wrist okay yeah then the next guy shattered his leg and then the last guy just exploded what is going on over there it's a musical seth it happens you know how many people die every year doing jersey boys all right uh so what can we look forward to in the show well it's basically me taking on all those great spider-man super villains oh right so like the green goblin uh yeah he's out of the show he fell off the balcony and landed in a fire okay dr octopus buried alive unrelated to the show uh what villains do you have left uh well we got some cool new ones uh we got margarita man uh bizarro jerry seinfeld the schmoop what's yeah shrek stops by for like an hour wow yeah it'll be great seth i really think you're gonna flip for it all right i might stop teeing that up do you need any help actually seth there is one thing you're going to flip for it you could help me with okay what's that i don't know upside down spider-man kiss you be mary jane come on okay fine i'll be mary jane just hook up the smooch now hook up this i'm not gonna hook up this come on just give me a kiss i guarantee you you'll flip for it everyone brian christopher remember me because he's gonna die definitely a way better execution on the physicality of hooking up the smooch yeah they were giving me nice little swings oh my god i like your little peppered kisses andy yeah we try we shoehorned in a hook up the smooch into it i mean i was watching and felt sad because when i realized oh this one is in hook up the the it's not hook up the smooch and then it was but it was a hook up the smooch it's all team you can hear the blood rushing into my head about halfway through and my voice changes i'm so impressed that you were constantly willing to do that it was not smart yeah upside down cue cards how painful was it it did not feel good by the end fine in the beginning bad by the end you're not supposed to hang upside down that long i don't think were you kind of like uh also i'll be riding high on the laughter the bed of laughs from bizarro jerry seinfeld bizarro jerry seinfeld i like and i believe is a client that's my guess yeah it could be a jost could be a jost was just in on that i think joseph's in on it too that's um guys we finally got mr bernard's done and uh we got through a very healthy bullshit list and we have some other stuff to do for the next episode but this is just one more mr bernard's thing that just came in that i asked for just 10 minutes ago and and he obliged so hold on one sec my main memory of that was that robert de niro is such a good actor that he really did go completely limp and that andy and i really had to hold him up you but he didn't even um like he didn't pretend or anything and that he also um didn't talk a lot between takes that was my main memory of it was um being like oh we're doing this fun weekend at bernie's thing and then being like wow he's still like so committed and more committed than i am at uh anything there you go there you go thank you billy thanks bill what's weird is that i asked him also if he had an alf impression or and or a scream guy impression to put it at the end of the voice note and you know he's sitting on good ones above oh yeah i just ghosted you pun intended the master and he didn't do either ghostface he's uh i think his thing is his agent was like stop giving it away for free yeah is it time for spelling bee yeah hit us all right jack hit us in the chest hit us in the tit chest is in the breastplate i quibbled clean it felt so good i texted seth and he knew it was coming congrats always nice when it happens on a pod day i at least uh i i queen bead with hints with how many hints we talking like 17 yeah there's so many i will tell you this now my like my i feel like if again if we're doing this based on like a golf handicap i tried a genius before i get to hints and stuff i know that's like child's play jesus christ what are you guys even talking about i know what are you even like we're this is like for genius no after genius i get genius look you're one of my dearest friends and you're a very accomplished man you're a good father and husband and you're really talented here but that's a fucking joke i can't believe i get how much heat i take from being with the whole fucking two minute yorm over here well he ain't getting oh by the way i think that that could be a new little segment too and i did it under two minutes so oh yeah you're yeah what do we call it when we check in with your arm to see what he got on we need jack black to do another song for it yeah how did our mini do on the mini all right we're very similar heights it's it's it's not fair uh this was very fun you guys and uh i love you all very much love you too seth you guys love you guys honestly like a lot of a lot of shots fired but i really love you guys thank you buddy yeah no josh and no jk rowling's that's fine yeah you can take that out of context if you want to and just use it as its own clip you made it right to the end of the pod yeah uh all right love you guys love you love you love you love you arnold love you too that's mine well barely yorm says it now i was waiting for him to say take it away arnold i didn't want later arnold later and take it away arnold i took it back i reclaimed it i love you guys later quades

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The hosts discuss their own vocal struggles, joking that they sound "shredded to shit" due to congestion and fatigue, while noting that their audio quality has remained consistent over time.
  2. A humorous segment highlights a fictional movie, *Laser Cat*, winning the Cannes Festival’s Best Short Award, prompting excitement and confusion among listeners, with the hosts debating its plot and significance.
  3. The podcast features a detailed, satirical "bullshit list" of random observations, including a viral voice note from Andy that sounds like a real Arnold impression, a discussion about the *Weekend at Bernie’s* parody involving Robert De Niro, and a playful debate over whether certain jokes or music tracks are AI-generated.

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The podcast features a lively, self-deprecating conversation among the hosts about their own vocal health and performance, humorously comparing their voices to "shredded to shit" due to congestion. They reflect on a recent episode's content, including a satirical "bullshit list" of random and absurd observations—such as a viral voice note mimicking Arnold's style, a mock-up of a fake movie *Laser Cat* winning Cannes, and a fan-submitted take on *Weekend at Bernie’s* with Robert De Niro. The hosts also dive into behind-the-scenes humor, discussing their creative process, a "Shade or Praise" game, and a new segment involving the New York Times Mini crossword puzzle.

Among the highlights is a deep-dive into the parody of *Weekend at Bernie’s*, where they rewatch the original and praise its absurdity, particularly the use of color grading shifts and the iconic "dead body in a Hawaiian shirt" gag. The episode concludes with playful fan interactions, a note on the hosts' voices, and a lighthearted nod to the growing community of listeners who engage with the show’s humor and creativity. The tone remains energetic, witty, and self-aware, celebrating both their absurdity and the shared culture of the podcast.

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The episode is a list of humorous or questionable topics discussed, with the hosts noting it was a mix of reactions and opinions, and some felt it was split in popularity.

The hosts were surprised and initially annoyed, especially since they didn't know about the win. They expressed excitement and acknowledged the film's potential, noting it's a psychological thriller with a unique premise.

Geoffrey Chaucer is a character in the movie because it's loosely based on a short story called 'The Knight's Tale' from Chaucer’s 'Canterbury Tales,' and the film uses this to build its narrative structure.

The hosts note that Yorm's deep voice sometimes sounds like Ghostface from the Scream movies, and they humorously suggest that Akiva's voice is more in line with the character, while Andy's impression is not available or identifiable.

The hosts play a mental game of 'Shade or Praise' to evaluate the tone of different content, with Seth and Andy agreeing that the game is more appropriately labeled as 'Shade' rather than praise, adding humor to the discussion.

The 'Yorm the Mini' segment is a new feature where Yorm completes the New York Times Mini crossword puzzle, highlighting his learning process and noting that he's still developing the skills and language needed for wordplay.

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