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Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Seth Meyers shares bathroom origin story of Jon Hamm 'SNL' sketch: 'Write it up!'
Sometimes inspiration strikes as nature calls. Back in October 2008, the Saturday Night Live gang was eating dinner at one of creator Lorne Michaels' regular restaurants, Lattanzi, to toast the week's host, Jon Hamm, before heading back to the office to crank out the week's script. "And I remember," Seth Meyers said on a recent episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast. "I went to the bathroom on our way out, and I walked out of the bathroom and saw Andy [Samberg], and I said, 'I just had a sketch idea: Jon Hamm's John Ham, the ham you could eat in the bathroom.' And you said, 'Write it up!'" he recalled to his former costar. Related: Bill Murray says SNL costar Gilda Radner used to 'wet her pants' laughing: 'She'd have to run out of the room' In the sketch, Hamm explains the role of an ad executive, which he would know from his part at the time playing Mad Men's Don Draper. He said that he was there to speak to the audience about a product that didn't need "any glitz or gloss," because it spoke for itself. As sentimental music played in the background, he said that, with John Ham, people would never again have to make the choice of whether to spend their lunch break eating or going to the bathroom. The meat was located in stalls, on a dispenser opposite the ones for toilet paper. He demonstrated by pulling some of the meat off and taking a bite, which elicited big laughs. The sketch aired on October 25, 2008, the first of three times that The Morning Show actor has spent a week in Studio 8H. Hamm, who has popped up for frequent cameos over the years, is scheduled to host for a fourth time — just one away from the Five-Timers Club! — on April 12. Meyers said there aren't many other sketches he can recall the exact moment he wrote them. "By the way, I'm not like talking about it like it's incredible or anything," Meyers told his cohosts, including Samberg, who reassured him it worked."I can talk about it without the worry of having been the one to write it, Seth," Samberg said. "It's a perfect host piece. It's a moment that Jon Ham as an idea is red hot in the world, and everyone's super amped that he's on, and everyone loves Mad Men. Except me, because I hadn't seen it, but it just immediately is what SNL's about." Meyers said that he'd written it "in the time it took you to watch it," but he seemed proud. Related: Every Saturday Night Live season 50 host and musical guest: Jack Black, Jon Hamm, more "Jon Hamm, two minutes. Again, in and out. Doesn't waste any time," Meyers said. "I rewatched it, and it made me happy." Watch the "Jon Hamm's John Ham" sketch above, and listen to the full episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast below. Saturday Night Live airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
The Independent
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Andy Samberg apologizes to Backstreet Boy for awkward bathroom encounter at SNL50
Both the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star, 46, and the Nineties boy band were invited to perform as part of Saturday Night Live 's 50th-anniversary concert special, which celebrated the legendary artists that have graced the sketch show's stage over the years. 'I was being ushered around for rehearsal by a woman who was working for the show,' Samberg recalled on a recent episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast that he co-hosts with Meyers and his Lonely Island comedy partners Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. 'I was like, 'I really have to go to the bathroom' — number one, everybody relax — and she was like, 'You need to be on stage now! You need to be on stage now!' And I was like, 'Okay!'' he shared. The Hot Rod star was quickly escorted to the bathroom, where he ran into a member of the five-piece vocal group before they were supposed to take the stage for a performance of their hit song 'I Want It That Way.' 'Obviously it's a hit for them, but it was a big thing on Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' Samberg explained, referring to one of the sitcom's cold opens 'where we have the perps in a lineup singing that song.' 'One of the Backstreet Boys was about to go into the bathroom, and she was like, 'He needs to go! We need him on stage!'' he continued. 'And he was super nice, and he said hello, and he was like, 'Oh, we're doing your song!' 'cause he knew the thing about Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and I was like, 'Oh, that's so awesome.'' As it turns out, Samberg's bathroom emergency turned out to be for nothing. 'I went to the bathroom, quickly left, went out on stage, and then stood there for 45 minutes,' he said. 'And Backstreet Boys went on and rehearsed before us. And I was like, 'Aw, man, he must think I'm a piece of s***.' So anyways, I apologize for that.' The comedian later identified Kevin Richardson as the Backstreet Boy he cut in front of. SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, which premiered February 14, saw Samberg take the stage alongside Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, T-Pain, and Eddie Vedder to perform a medley of his Lonely Island songs, including 'Dick In a Box' and 'I Just Had Sex.' The live special also featured a slew of musical icons, such as Dave Grohl, Chris Martin, Ms. Lauryn Hill, and Miley Cyrus.
