The Criterion Episode (2024 Re-release)
12/30/202559 min
This week on the pod we’re revisiting our 2024 Criterion episode in preparation for next week when we’ll be releasing our 2025 round up. On this episode, Seth is joined by Jake Tapper, Mike Schur, and Alan Sepinwall for a special breakdown of which digital shorts make the Criterion collection from 2024! They discuss what other categories the digital shorts can fall into, including “additional reading” and “Kim’s videos,” plus they talk about some favorite memories of The Lonely Island and SNL over the years. Hope everyone had a great holiday and happy new year Quaids! Send us an email: thelonelyislandpod@gmail.com Send us a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/thelonelyisland Send us stuff: P.O. Box 4024 New York, NY 10185 Photos and everything else can be found by following us on Instagram @lonelymeyerspod Support our sponsors: Fabric Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at https://meetfabric.com/ISLAND Policies issued by Western-Southern Life Assurance Company. Not available in certain states. Prices subject to underwriting and health questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSeth Meyers· Host0:00
Hey, everybody. Welcome to the show. It's your old friend, Seth Voice Note Meyers, on the eve of Christmas Eve, sitting in a bathroom by myself to record this special message to all of you. We just recorded our second Criterion episode, where I was joined by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ahmir Questlove Thompson, and we ran through the second set of 30 plus digital shorts to decide whether or not they rose to the standard of a Criterion episode, or whether they were simply Kim's video, or whether they just fully didn't deserve any sort of label whatsoever. It was a fantastic episode. I can't thank both of them enough for joining us. But I also can't thank our friends Mike Schur and Jake Tapper, who earlier joined us to run through the first set of digital shorts and gave us this very idea to do a roundup with a couple of special guests. And to prepare you for part two, we thought we would do a holiday re-airing of part one while we all rest through the holiday seasons to say yes, a gonk, as we recently learned that a gonk was, um, sort of a British elf, so, you know, this is a good time of year to see a gonk. Anyway, uh, do enjoy, and happy holidays to all the Quaids who celebrate.
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It's a Lonely Island and Seth