Over Jorma Taccone (And MacGruber's) Dead Body

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Jorma Taccone joins breaks down his wild run from Saturday Night Live writer to creating over 100 SNL Digital Shorts, including how “Lazy Sunday” changed everything, the chaos of pitching MacGruber (and bombing hard in Lorne Michaels’ office), and how that sketch turned into a cult classic movie that still sells out theaters today! He shares behind-the-scenes stories about Bill Hader impressions, Anne Hathaway quoting MacGruber on a Christopher Nolan set, and why John Mayer almost did the MacGruber TV theme song. Jorma also talks about directing his new thriller Over Your Dead Body, winning the Audience Award at South by Southwest, filming in Finland, working with Jason Segel and Samara Weaving, and balancing comedy, violence, and suspense. Plus, stories from the SNL writer’s room pressure cooker, the lost Talk Is Jericho MacGruber episode, why comedy timing really comes down to frame-by-frame precision, and the true story about the meaning of his own name. See Over Your Dead Body in theaters this FRIDAY, April 24th! Talk Is Jericho is available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/ChrisJerichoFozzy Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the 🔔 to stay updated on new episodes! More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🎵 TikTok: @chrisjericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:24.9	Talk is Jericho, baby.
0:28.1	Talk is Jericho.
0:31.6	Mama, talk is me.
0:36.5	And we're back.
0:37.4	Hey, it's Talk with Jericho. No, wait. And we're back. Hey.
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0:40.3	Talk is Jericho. Talk is Jericho. Right there. Talk with, Talk is Jericho. Welcome back. I'm Yormit Tocconi. That's good. Oh, thank you. I'm glad you said that too, because I can actually pronounce your name properly. It's really. Tacony. yeah to go like as in like everybody wants to say to cone but that's kind of it right so what's your
0:55.8	bill hater story okay so bill hater story is that like It's really, it's, Tocony. Yeah, Ticone. Like, as in like, everybody wants to say Tocone, but it's... That's kind of it, right?
0:55.0	So what's your Bill Hader's story?
0:56.0	Okay, so Bill Hader's story is like, I mean, Bill's incredible, obviously, had impressions. Glorious. There's one that he would do on the set of Hot Rod, which is... It was because his character in Hot Rod was actually based on a friend of his.
1:09.3	This pretty stonery dude from where he grew up.
1:12.1	And he does this impression of that dude. in Hot Rod was actually based on a friend of his, this pretty stonery dude from where he grew up.
1:12.3	And he does this impression of that dude on Whippets.
1:16.3	Oh, and so, and it was like, yeah.
1:19.3	Oh, man.
1:20.8	Oh, man.
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