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Eli Coyote Mandel (who also wrote Adam Drivers oil-baron sketch) cares very much.
I am a real journalist, and as such did my research.
So I listened to the first half ofPacific Daydreambefore this.Alan Linic: Oh, Im sorry.
It was unpleasant.Eli Coyote Mandel: Well, I dont think thats fair to say.
Its not unpleasant, but the first half is the best half.
It gets worse?Alan:Yeah, it slides down pretty fast.
Which is saying something because it started out low.
How did this sketch come about?
I really wanted to write something similar to that.
And then I found out that Eli is likeobsessedwith Weezer and wanted to write something Weezer-related.
Its borderline disgusting how much Eli is into Weezer.
Alan: Yeah, Eli basically is Matt Damons character in that sketch.
We let him go HAM and then we wrote down all the insane bullshit he was saying.
Eli: I truly believe every word that is said in that thing.
I believe everything Leslie Jones says and I believe everything Matt Damon says.
As an American, I think its my right to believe two contradictory opinions.
Steven: I dont know if thats 100 percent true, Eli.
Steven: Yeah, as a joke, to get a reaction from people.
Steven: When I sawpeople debating that, I wanted to throw up because I felt terrible.
Alan: Oh, it feels bad!
When Matt says it, it feels bad.
We made a man with an Academy Award say those words.
If you razzle me, Ill razz you back.
I think everyone has had some version of this argument before.
Ive definitely gone slathering, froth-mouthed mad over which edition ofDungeons & Dragonsis better.
Okay, which one?Alan: Okay, heres the thing: Is5th Editionthe most accessible?
Does that make it the best?
Alan: Were here to roll dice and hit trolls!
We need to talk about theRivers Cuomo Twitter situation.
Did you know that Weezers manager was at the taping?
Its a rumor that Ive heard.
I was at the after-party, and someone texted me it.
And I stopped Matt Damon and was like, OH MY GOD, MATT SHARP TWEETED ABOUT THE SKETCH.
And he was like, Oh.
Steven: We got a shout-out from Yellowcard, too, which is sort of random.
Eli: For some reason, I dont know why, I feel like Yellowcard is the anti-Weezer.
Even though I kind of like them.
Your idea, Eli, at its heart was making Leslie a die-hard Weezer fan?Eli: Yeah.
How did she feel about that character choice for her?Eli: She loved it.
She didnt know anything about Weezer, but she was very much onboard.
I think she was kind of a champion of this thing.
It gives her a chance to have a big, crazy acting comedy moment on the show.
She was super into it.
We usually kind of give a general idea of what the script is.
Alan: She was like Raditude?
A valid question.Steven: I love writing for Leslie.
She will commit so hard.
She looked like she was about to Beat.
Steven: I hope that this is not like ourPinkerton.I hope that we do better stuff after this.
Eli: Ill say two things.
One is that I peaked when Matt Sharp tweeted about my comedy skit.
So for those other several weeks I was like,Oh fuck.
Was that my one thing?
Oh, Eli had one funny sketch and then he never did another thing on SNL?
?So this was great.
And that first night we wrote together, I felt like was the first night we became friends?
Steven: And we had so much fun writing it.
Thats always the goal.
I feel like the sketches I have the most fun writing are usually my best ones.
It was a fucking blast.
Alan: To pile onto that, it kind of shocked me how quickly [we wrote it].
It was definitely the easiest thing Ive written this season.
It was truly just banging it out, because it just comes so easily.
It was also so much fun thinking of things for Matt Damon to say.
Eli: Oh man, you know what I would love to see?
Eli: Yeah, Im actually pretty cool and into music in case anyone cant tell.
