RE-RELEASE - Bill Simmons
episode
Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
1h 32m
4 speakers
8 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
David, what were you just saying? I was talking about, do you know William Simmons? Oh, yeah, Billy, Billy, Billy, Billy Simmons. Yeah, he's the best. That guy's fucking great. Bill Simmons has his tentacles in a lot of things.
He's all over this space. You know, when I say this space, you know what I'm talking about?
Yeah, podcasting, he was... King of the airwaves of sports, uh, regular airwaves. Now he's podcasting. Now he's all over. He's part of that Andy Kohler show. Uh, He has a lot of things going. He's got a whole atmosphere over there, if that's what they call it. It's not what they call it.
Atmosphere? I don't know.
Well, like a whole world over there.
It's shaky.
How has Bill Simmons impacted podcasting?
We'll get back to that. The thing you're going to enjoy about this podcast, if you're a Saturday Night Live fan, is this guy, Bill Simmons, he knows more about every single sketch that I've ever done and every episode. So we do deep dive on that. He is... Maybe the biggest fan of the show ever. One of them. So that's very interesting to get into all the little details.
I saw him at that Netflix brunch the other day. Oh, okay. The other week, the other month. And super cool guy to just BS and bullshit with. And he also knows a ton about SNL. So when he was on, I think maybe we've had him on twice, but he basically interviews us. He wants to know so much about the ins and outs and the behind the scenes that it's pretty fun to just lean back and kind of go back and forth with him.
Yeah. And he does really understand podcasting.
And he can tell that I'm an athlete. So he kind of likes that. Cause he's a sports guy.
Yeah. He just tagged you right away. Yeah. Right away.
Yeah.
Cause that don't come, that's not natural.
What makes Bill Simmons a notable SNL fan?
I used to tell him how, when I used to lead off a lot, you know, when I was in baseball. Yeah. And then I run back to first, I look at the picture, I go, what?
Well, did it ever throw in Little League Baseball, the batter's up and then the whole team starts going, hey, batter, batter, batter, hey, batter, batter, batter. You think they could heckle something better than, yes, I'm a batter and I'm going to batter. Hey, batter, batter, batter, hey, batter, batter.
Yeah. I have to say that. Do they still say that in the pros?
I should have asked him. No, I think sometimes they go beat them, bust them. That's our custom. Yay. That's our custom. New York. That was a real one from my high school.
You know what I saw A-Rod do? He goes, California oranges, Texas cactus. We play your team just for practice.
I know I am, but what are you? I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say sticks to you.
I would be on second base going, but I can have, but I can have, but, but, but swing.
Should we save this for our regular podcast? Just bring on Bill Simmons. We're wasting gold on an intro. Please enjoy Bill Simmons and cut that part out.
This is my setup. This is where I do my pod. So I got all my stuff behind me. So it looks like I'm in this big. And then if you zoom out, it's just like this little weird corner of stuff. And then nothing else looks like that in the room.
Fake busy corner. Yeah, fake busy corner.
I'm in an abandoned motel near Bakersfield. Dana was taken.
He's free Larson and room.
good one knock and give me food i'm a minimalist what what can i say god no shit so should we wait i have to ask bill first there's no way what did you have to do with 30 for 30 i just saw this I created it.
I came up with the idea. That's huge, dude. And then for like a year and a half, me and my friend Connor Schell basically came up with every angle of it and got it sold. That's in my notes. Yeah. I don't want to talk about me, though. I want to talk SNL. No. We don't need to talk about me. Okay, I know.
No, you're boring. I understand. Yeah, everyone knows you.
Okay, top best athlete. I'm trying to do a mashup of Bill Simmons. Best athlete host on SNL. Oh, wow. That's a tough one. Does The Rock count? What's The Rock on? He's an athlete. Well, he's a movie star.
Yeah, no, he's an athlete. The Rock was really good. I mean, he did The Rock Obama, which I thought was one of the better presidential sketches they did in the last 20 years.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–0:44
2
How has Bill Simmons impacted podcasting?
0:44–1:55
3
What makes Bill Simmons a notable SNL fan?
1:55–9:10
4
How do comedians view the evolution of comedy and social media?
9:10–47:13
5
What challenges has SNL faced over the years?
47:13–49:06
6
How do cast changes affect the success of SNL?
49:06–50:01
7
What makes a great SNL host?
50:01–51:57
8
Which classic movies are considered rewatchable?
51:57–1:32:26