This week The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers talk about the digital short, Everyone’s a Critic, and whether or not they think it deserves a spot in the Criterion Collection. Plus, they talk about memorable sketches including Kissing Family, No No No, and Songwriter’s Showcase with Paul Rudd, a hilarious weekend update with Justin Timberlake, and so much more! Everyone’s a critic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTwwxs3Lqhc&rco=1 The worst song in the world - https://wrif.com/2023/12/15/scientists-have-created-the-worst-song-in-history-wanna-hear-it / // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDh4o0rOvr0&t=107s Kissing Family - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vZZPgfRLlU&t=36s (Not all the clips we mention are available online; some never even aired.) If you want to see more photos and clips follow us on Instagram @lonelymeyerspod. Send us an email! [email protected] Maker's MarkThis episode of The Lonely Island Podcast is brought to you by our friends at Maker's Mark. You too can celebrate the spirited women in your life with a free personalized label to go with a bottle of Maker’s Mark! Head to makersmarkpersonalize.com and fill in the details in order to create and mail your custom label. MAKER'S MARK MAKES THEIR BOURBON CAREFULLY. PLEASE ENJOY IT THAT WAY. Maker's Mark® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, 45% Alc./Vol. ©2025 Maker's Mark Distillery, Inc., Loretto, KY. RinseRinse picks up, professionally cleans, and delivers your laundry and dry cleaning, straight to your door. Sign up at Rinse.com and get $20 off your first orderShopifyUpgrade your business and get the same checkout Aviator Nation uses. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at SHOPIFY.COM/lonelyisland to upgrade your selling today. Produced by Rabbit Grin ProductionsExecutive Producers Jeph Porter and Rob HolyszLead Producer Kevin MillerCreative Producer Samantha SkeltonCoordinating Producer Derek JohnsonCover Art by Olney AtwellMusic by Greg Chun and Brent AsburyEdit by Cheyenne Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the significance of Everyone's a Critic?
I think that's how I remember it happening to me.
I think you recorded it after we shot.
As a fun thing for Andy to hear. Yeah.
Now, it is doubly funny to know that Paul and Andy can't hear that song when you go back and watch it. Yeah, we just had faith. Because it almost feels as though a crime has been committed against you.
In the edit, a crime was committed.
The only way to get anybody to groove to the song you made is not to play it until it's too late. You paint Paul, and then Paul says, may I paint you? Very nice move. We see you, and your T-shirt is on, so we think you might be dressed, but then you are not wearing pants.
Yes, correct. The camera just caresses your leg hair. Yeah.
Yeah. Long shot. It's caressing your body, thinking you're not going to see a full-on genitalia shot, blurred, of course, and then it's right there for you again.
Just the same one twice in a row. But I would say the second shot is a tasteful length. Yeah, sure. Pun very much intended.
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Chapter 2: What memorable sketches do they discuss?
Same exact thing to the same level of success.
I'm going to say something crazy to Andy, just like that. I think Spike Jonze is an amazing director.
Oh my God. I'm going to piggyback your craziness and agree. Yeah. Wow.
This is continuing a full week later.
Yeah. Like for real, for real, no fucking lie. I would work with any of those guys.
Can I say to our listeners, here's how you know we recorded episodes back-to-back is when Jorm makes a callback to a previous episode. That's right. That means a week has passed in the real world, but only minutes have passed for Memento. Minutes.
We're stockpiling because Seth has a vacation.
Is it not your fault, bitch? I'm in here every fucking day, whether you guys are here or not, just waiting for the red light to go on.
He just did a family trips and stockpiled that.
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Chapter 3: What insights do they have about the making of the digital short?
Chapter 4: How do they feel about the self-harm warning in the sketch?
Yeah, it's not all intentional suicide. Sometimes it's just doing something to them.
Also, there's one where I want to ask the shot of a woman opens her mouth and it's vomit or like it's like whatever white and you can tell it's from behind her. It's not she didn't have to do it, but it's a really good effect. Agreed.
It's it's very good. And that woman did it quite well. Yeah. Doesn't wear out. It's welcome either, too.
It's right up there with like the perspective shots in Lord of the Rings where they make Gandalf look super tall. Yeah, it's the same as that. But they're actually it's just in camera.
Peter Jackson's another great director.
Would work with, yes.
You'd work with? You'd be surprised to know. Okay, from now on, just to keep the podcast moving, if Jorm says a director, just yell out work with or won't work with. Work with. This episode of the Lonely Island Podcast is brought to you by our friends at Makers Mark. And I'm with some of my friends right now. Hi, guys. Hello. Hi. You know, Margie Samuels was a spirited woman.
She was also the co-founder of Makers Mark. I don't have to tell you guys this stuff.
No. No, we'd know it, but our listeners might not, so continue.
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Chapter 5: What was the inspiration for the painting scene?
How many of those tuxes did you have, Keith? Because if you miss one of those.
One and done.
Really? Because they were, every time was really as good as you could have asked.
We just went for it.
We're professionals.
This was back when pre-tapes were insisted upon and underfunded.
And did you practice what the splatter would look like on white paper before you brought in the tuxes?
I don't think we were going that slow. Are you kidding me? Wow. Are you talking about the chaos, kids? My favorite part of that whole sequence is all the whip pans back to you guys. Yeah. Every time it lands back on you guys with your faces kind of like, this isn't going well, but I don't want to freak out. I'm just going to kind of like, this is... Uncomfortable for us.
Maybe there's still one person who will buy it.
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