BEST OF WIO: Seth Meyers and SNL’s 50th

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🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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(Recorded March 2024) Mike sits down with the legendary comedian and writer Seth Meyers for a conversation that reveals who is secretly the funniest of the funniest at SNL behind-the-scenes and who was the most popular Strike Force Five host. Then, Mike and Seth work out new material about serial killers, the D.A.R.E. program, and dropping acid in Amsterdam. Plus: who will take over for Lorne Michaels after he leaves SNL?

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0:00.0	So SNL's 50th anniversary's next year.
0:03.0	So are you gonna take over for Lorne or is it Tina and then you?
0:08.0	I really don't, I think this is a false narrative that Lauren is going anywhere.
0:13.0	Oh. I think that, look, nine years awarded the 40th, I think it made sense for Lauren
0:20.8	who's got a flare for the dramatic
0:22.8	to say I think I'll be done at 50.
0:24.4	Yeah.
0:24.8	But now it's not like Lauren's got
0:26.3	something else he wants to do more than this.
0:27.7	So you think it's Keenan?
0:28.9	I think it's Kenan.
0:29.6	That is the voice of the great Seth Myers. Seth Myers, woo! I love this episode. This is from March of this year. Maybe my favorite episode of the year. I always say it. I always get criticized for repeating myself when I say everything's my favorite.
0:55.7	But man, this is a great episode of Seth Myers.
0:59.1	I've known him for a long time, but we really, like, we had like a really great in-depth talk.
1:05.8	He was really open about his time on S&L and hosting his own own late night show for so many years.
1:12.9	And yeah, it's just super exciting.
1:15.7	And we're also re-airing it to celebrate his new comedy special on HBO, which is now called Max.
1:22.1	The special is called Dad Man Walking, and it's fantastic.
1:26.2	We recorded this in March,
1:27.6	so we discussed some of the process
1:29.0	of preparing for him to get back into stand-up
1:31.2	and prep for the special.
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