The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast
4.7/5
Critic Rating
Join Seth Meyers as he sits down with fellow SNL alum and comedy-music sensations The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone) to discuss their wildly popular and groundbreaking series of SNL Digital Shorts that aired on Saturday Night Live beginning in 2005. Episode by episode they'll discuss how each short was created, what the response to it was at the time, and what impact, if any, it still has today. Aided by Seth, the guys will relive their time at SNL and reminisce on the nearly 50-year-old show from a time when putting short comedy sketches on the...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Alexandra Niforos • Huff Post • Dec 12, 2024
"...feels like reconnecting with an old friend and picking up right where you left off, no matter how many years it’s been since you’ve seen them. Each episode is a cozy walk down memory lane, filled with tidbits about their creative processes, voice memos from previous “SNL” hosts and writers..."
Score: 5
Eliana Dockterman • Time • Nov 18, 2024
"It's a cliche to praise podcasts for effortless chemistry, but it should be no surprise that a trio that has worked together...The podcast serves up unabashedly nostalgic content for those of us who came of age in the late 2000s, but it also lands at an existential moment for SNL on the eve of its 50th anniversary. Perhaps there are lessons to be gleaned from this throwback show for the future of comedy."
Score: 5
Nicholas Quah • Vulture • Jul 1, 2024
"(updated) anchoring a breezy retrospective of the collected works...I don’t mean to oversell the historiographical value of this thing, but I also don’t don’t mean to do so. Nothing has brought me back to the fanciful days of the first Obama term as much as this podcast."
Score: 5
Nicholas Quah • Vulture • Apr 10, 2024
"...something’s clicking, and it has plenty to do with Meyers, who serves here as de facto host, anchor, and interlocutor...Meyers is also doing a lot of small things to keep the show from being unfocused or overly navel-gazey. In so many ways, the Lonely Island was at the precipice of things that made the world we know today, which makes this podcast a bit of oral history I’m looking forward to digging into."
Score: 3.5
Hershel Pandya • Vulture • Apr 9, 2024
"Unfortunately not, as their appearance devolves into one bit after another that fails to land. Eventually, Meyers calls out the lack of synchronicity: “So, like, in general, do you think the back and forth we’ve had so far is going to make people more inclined to listen to the pod?” By all rights, the answer should be “no,” but, strangely, we’re more inclined now than ever."
