Special Guest Mike O’Brien joins the podcast to breakdown some of his most memorable shorts on SNL including The Jay Z Story, 7 Minutes in Heaven, Dragon Babies, Sad Mouse, Technology Hump, and more!
Sad Mouse – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSDBWIECtbA
The Jay Z Story – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzg9Iu0uEeg
Prom Queen – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFqHiMkVvxo
Grow-a-Guy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDkCiQ-z5O0
Dragon Babies – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JssMmgQyy60
7 Minutes in Heaven – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT-eE7F70XA&list=PL9otiYKbK0wCOi1QaXGrKRxYsliqpWz_E
We’re Going to Make Technology Hump – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDOU7Ye76tI
Outrageous Clown Squad (Kickspit Dirt Festival) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alI12mhWZ2Q&t=72s
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Naperville! ❤
You know what I would love? A whole book with just Lorne Michaels' comments about sketches through the years. Just a description of the sketch and then "You know the problem with that sketch… it doesn't have one joke" I would take a full book of all the comments he's made about sketches LMAO
I was so happy to see Jorma in Sonic 3 ❤ I watched A.P. Bio when it came out! I’m an OG fan bc of Glen and Patton ❤😂
“YOU GOTTA GIVE”!!!
I would’ve worn my good podcast listening clothes if I knew I was in the listening presence of the kickspit rock festival writer, RIP Ass Dan
Bring back 7 minutes in heaven! Please.
Do a 7 Days in Hell episode!!!
I rewatch the underground festival vids all the time. Thank you for them.
Where are episodes 42 and 43?
Dan… punch Marcus!
Rewatching the Jay Z short, I could totally see Kyle and Beck in this.
Its not "Lonely Island" but "Mokiki" was always one of my favorite "Shorts" on SNL.
I don't know why, but "Mokiki does the sloppy swish" is probably my favorite skit or sketch with Tarren Killim.
Somehow I had no idea that these shorts were even a thing.
Huge fan of Mike, I have watched the Jay-Z story more times than I care to remember! Sad Mouse is so sweet!
I also love the Chicago Rats dressing room montage sketch with Tim Robinson, John Solomon and Andy Bryant – so so funny! Mike has a way of reacting that is so subtle but so spot on – it never feels like parody! 😂❤
I grew up in Naperville! I heard Mike’s dig and was like “what the f***”? 😂
As someone who knows their way around ProTools, I think it’s worth noting how incredibly flexible and margin-heavy a vocal track can be…being so bad that it exceeds the engineer’s capacity to correct is almost impressive.
I gotta say, I hate "___________ breaks down ______________……" as a structure. But it's the language, not the idea. I am quite happy to hear what this episode has to say.
Great episode
My family and I loved Dragon Babies, we still quote it all the time!
Saw Mike this year in WWDITS and he was great!
Like listens to the podcast during his dog walk? How long does he walk his dog??
This episode has been awarded the coveted “enough funny bits to play for my wife”trophy
Use the material but get Congress to redact it for you. We'll work out the details when the opportunity is available.
my favorite JAY-Z biopic
RIP Ass Dan.
Those underground music festival videos are hilarious.
I always wondered who came up with that idea.
It makes sense that it was O'Brien (from Chicago), ICP was big in the Midwest.
I still have friends who are juggalos.
I went to one of those gatherings once.
It was enough for me.
My buddy goes there every year still and he's about 40!!
Please please please for the love of god…please do a show on “Property of the Queen”…I am dying to see this instead of a bootlegged Chinese equivalent or in full sanctioned video instead of small clandestine snippets…
I was flabbergasted the first time I saw one of those underground music festival videos.
I couldn't believe that somebody at SNL knew about ICP.
not gonna lie it really bugged me (wait for it) that you all did NOT TALK ABOUT THE SKIT WHERE YOU INTERVIEW BUGS AROUND THE CITY … like having Josh Hutcherson ask a cockroach where it was going and them screaming IM GOING TO THE SUPERMARKET is peak comedy
7 Minutes in Heaven is super underrated and was way ahead of it's time. If Youtube was the platform it is now when he made those I think it'd be a pretty big hit.
Question re: the year-long bit of dressing younger…did Mike also start using (or inventing) slang from the younger generation, or was it mostly just a visual gag? Either way…fucking hilarious.
Also, I never realized Jorma did the voiceover on the under-underground records festival shorts. I was obsessed with those. Hard to pick a favorite fake band name. Maybe a tie between GUNT and MRS. POTATO DICK. RIP Ass Dan. 🙁
Loved the episode. Wasn't expecting the pod to go beyond stuff that is directly TLI+Seth, and getting insight on all of these awesome bits and Mike O'Brien's work more broadly was dope.
This podcast is going to take 10 years to finish at this rate. We're on episode 44 and the furthest we've gotten is to "The Best Look in the World" digital short which was still pretty early on. But I'm all in for the 10 year podcast run
What happened to #42 & #43?
I miss this podcast a lot Mike O'brien was a great adition to fill in. if necessary would like to see episodes like this with another guests from SNL. Sending peace and love to Andy and Akiva families i hope they are doing better.
I really enjoy Mike's vibe 😎