‘Palm Springs,’ ‘SNL,’ and "I’m on a Boat" With Andy Samberg, Plus ‘Almost Famous’ With Jim Miller

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 113 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by actor, comedian, and writer Andy Samberg to talk about his new movie ‘Palm Springs’ on Hulu, his time on ‘SNL,’ and the role YouTube played in The Lonely Island’s success. Later they talk about scary movies, Andy’s Bay Area sports allegiance, video games, and quarantine (3:02). Then Bill is joined by journalist James Andrew Miller to talk about the sixth chapter in his podcast ‘Origins: Almost Famous Turns Twenty,’ including behind-the-scenes stories, casting what-ifs, interviews with the cast, the movie's cultural impact, and more. Finally, they discuss the current state of sports media and what the future holds (62:13). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.7	we don't do more horror movies. This one was a really fun one. We talked about the history of
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1:46.6	we just keep creating content here. Basketball is coming though. It's happening soon. We're going to
1:53.0	have a little fandal thing. We're going to be talking about halfway through that podcast. But coming
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