Seth Holds a Surprise Inspection of His Monologue Writers in January 2024

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4 ай бұрын

Seth checks in with his monologue writers and holds a surprise inspection to review the quality of their jokes.
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@DanGolag 4 ай бұрын

Scollins 100% earned his bread with that police academy joke.

@imightbebiased9311 4 ай бұрын

His Uranus joke was actually the best of the bunch, too.

@shevek2954 4 ай бұрын

Scollins: too funny for network TV.

@bellyjellybean248 4 ай бұрын

The m&m one was good too lmao

@kiriuxeosa8716 4 ай бұрын

@@bellyjellybean248I'll be honest I was hoping they would've shown a picture of tucker carlson first as thats where my mind went to

@maxborn7400 4 ай бұрын

@@imightbebiased9311 He knows how to harness the power of the dark side of Uranus.

@GenericSweetener 4 ай бұрын

Right after the cucumber joke I paused the video and said aloud to no one “show me that tank top, I know who’s fault this is”

@innagottadavida8538 4 ай бұрын

Scollins was on FIRE in this Surprise Inspection. Seth should do one of these with all the writers present so the crowd can cheer each of them after hearing their bad jokes.

@Lisa-pl6gv 4 ай бұрын

This was some funny stuff! Props to Matt and Scollins both.

@cricketcricket91 4 ай бұрын

But then how will they LEARN?!

@dorianodet8064 4 ай бұрын

Scollins is always on fire. His jokes are the best

@IMArt-kx2ci 4 ай бұрын

Sooooo good the zucchini one...

@mbryson2899 4 ай бұрын

Scollins '24!

@derkeheath5172 4 ай бұрын

The "They all had their cameras off." joke was excellent because it's true.

@NrFive 4 ай бұрын

We demand more live attendance of the writers, so we can mess with Seth some more 😂

@bubblesezblonde 4 ай бұрын

Best reply ever

@MyBiPolarBearMax 4 ай бұрын

Live attendance is for Corrections

@RobertJohnson-bj5lk 4 ай бұрын

We need the writers on stage so that the audience can shame them, or cheer them. It would also be fun to have the audience try to guess who wrote what. Scollins is totally obvious. A cucumber🥒???

@---l--- 4 ай бұрын

Lot'of jackels in the audience today

@trancedoutkid 4 ай бұрын

I love when Seth gets antagonistic with the audience!

@TheCapedWanderer 4 ай бұрын

...Remember the joke!

@DCogny 4 ай бұрын

I loved the "You all get what you deserve." 🤣🤣🤣

@alias093001 4 ай бұрын

I love how everyone just collectively decided to embrace Matt, despite how terribly received his jokes were.

@moonkey537 4 ай бұрын

This just tells you how cowardly the audience is 😂 OR how they just like to pander 😂

@qazzaqstan 4 ай бұрын

@@moonkey537 We can separate the man from the (lack of) art.

@moonkey537 4 ай бұрын

@@qazzaqstan 😂

@sarahdee374 4 ай бұрын

Hate on the joke, love the writer. Isn't that what a "good Christian" does? and re: the peanut joke, I have a peanut allergy and thought that one was funny!

@wyntrefrostfoot2630 4 ай бұрын

My theory: Matt is hot.

@greglavagna5546 4 ай бұрын

We need a Scollins Special. 30 mins of Scollins jokes as Seth holds the cue cards. Wally produces.

@YourMomsSpecial69Friend 4 ай бұрын

I'll donate to the GoFundMe

@innagottadavida8538 4 ай бұрын

This idea would make for a great segment. Are you reading this, Seth?

@SugarandSarcasm 4 ай бұрын

@@innagottadavida8538hope he did! 🤞🤞

@robertdavezac 4 ай бұрын

He has to wear the tank top, though. Or Seth has to!

@innagottadavida8538 4 ай бұрын

@@robertdavezac Better yet, make it a contest and the loser has to wear the tank top.

@tree2me 4 ай бұрын

Can always pick out the Scollins jokes! I’m so happy you keep using the tank top photo. May Mike never have sleeve money …

@RobertJohnson-bj5lk 4 ай бұрын

That freakin Scollins photo captures everything about his flavor of humor. His jokes were very easy to pick out during this Surprise Inspection.

@jennymunday7913 4 ай бұрын

@@RobertJohnson-bj5lk If the audience is shocked its usually a scollins joke

@vincentcomeau7844 4 ай бұрын

The audience trolling Seth really made this surprise inspection earn an A+ grade.

@flamingmonkeyxii 4 ай бұрын

That peanut allergy was HILARIOUS! I carry 3 epi pens. I did indeed get them for peanuts lol

@NoThatRyan 4 ай бұрын

Handsome Matt running away after his Cottonelle joke really got me.

@christineherrmann205 4 ай бұрын

I can't believe I called this Surprise Inspection before it happened. Also, kudos to Matt for showing up. And Seth, you should have known the crowd was never gonna boo Hot Matt to his face.

@petrify4814 4 ай бұрын

I think Matt's the only one who has ever physically shown up and he has before like 2 or 3 times

@SirLoin2418 4 ай бұрын

Scollins never disappoints😂

@lozenger8 4 ай бұрын

I unapologetically loved almost all of these jokes.

@kungfumachinist 4 ай бұрын

I laughed at everything. Except the dried fruit joke. What was Matt thinking...

@juliewick 4 ай бұрын

@@kungfumachinistI can’t lie…I lol’d at the apricot joke 😂! But I had eaten a couple like an hour ago haha so it was very relevant to my current sitch. 🙋🏼‍♀️

@AccelerateYourSuccess 4 ай бұрын

Actually that Scollins police joke was the best, and should've been used for the regular monologue.

@TrevorCopter 4 ай бұрын

If the reaction to Matt is any indication, I feel like if Scollins showed up for one, the audience would crowd surf him out of the studio while triumphantly chanting his name 😂

@angiki9988 4 ай бұрын

5:34 That audible "Gottem" is class.

@davidknightx 4 ай бұрын

Because Seth, we can simultaneously hate their jokes, but love your staff.

@icantollie 4 ай бұрын

Also because, while we will groan in agony when some of the jokes bomb, our love for your writers is deep and enduring, because we appreciate that your writers are the reason why your monologues and _A Closer Look_ are the best in late night ❤

@deathlokprime2645 4 ай бұрын

I think Seth’s is the only show where everyone knows the writers. I really don’t think another host gives props to them the way he does.

@MrGarfield900 Ай бұрын

Ever heard of Conan o'bryan?

@carlosfer2201 4 ай бұрын

I insist Seth should let the audience guess who's is the writer after each joke. My Scollins sense is super accurate.

@AnimalLover101195 4 ай бұрын

seth just interacts so naturally with the audience. i love it!!!!!

@katiemiller8313 4 ай бұрын

I see the applause as "We're amazed you're willing to show your face after that one. Good for you!

@tellmewhyfirst 4 ай бұрын

Seth is the funniest member of the show, along with everyone else on the show.

@curtiscarlson8958 4 ай бұрын

Yes but looks don't count for everything.

@katy4523 4 ай бұрын

Honestly after watching a few of these, you know exactly when Scollins wrote some of these jokes 😂

@YourMomsSpecial69Friend 4 ай бұрын

The hero we deserve

@cheyenne6913 4 ай бұрын

I can usually tell when Ally or Karen's jokes come up too.

@LollieVox 4 ай бұрын

Love the airline epi peanuts joke! Punny!! 😂

@ellwee3709 4 ай бұрын

Corrections, Inspection and Closer Look - that basically is Late Night with Seth for me.

@charlie-obrien 4 ай бұрын

There are also some interviews, I'm told.

@samuela-aegisdottir 4 ай бұрын

I love Jokes Seth Can't tell as well

@rightsarentpolitical 4 ай бұрын

@@charlie-obrien Hilariously, to @ellwee3709's point, I actually never watch the interviews either. I only come for those 3 segments LOL

@charlie-obrien 4 ай бұрын

@@rightsarentpolitical That's cool. Those 3 are a lock, but I also treat myself to anything with Amber Ruffin in it.

@kazza6078 4 ай бұрын

That police joke was great actually lol

@brianh.4185 4 ай бұрын

Surprise Inspection and Corrections are AWESOME. My favorite segments!

@ellaohara9305 4 ай бұрын

Correction: "Corrections" is technically not a segment of the show, as it is released only online on KZfaq.

@kbbbb7 4 ай бұрын

Can we have Scollins attend the next one :D

@rachelbee1 4 ай бұрын

In the tank top!

@SunriseCavalier 4 ай бұрын

Scollins has never had a bad joke. Even the ones that show up on these surprise inspections are good. Moreover, nowadays I can usually tell with about 90% accuracy when its one of his so kudos to Seth for giving his writers such a tremendous spotlight where we can get to know them better

@Dan210871 4 ай бұрын

The joke about all cops having their cameras off was brilliant.

@TrumbullComic 4 ай бұрын

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate Ally Hord and Karen Chee for hardly ever showing up on Surprise Inspection? What better testament to their joke writing abilities is there? I wonder if when the writers turn their jokes for the day, they put an asterisk next to the ones they KNOW aren't up to snuff.

@petrify4814 4 ай бұрын

Amber and Jen NEVER show up xD

@theyearsburn1 4 ай бұрын

Doesn’t it seem at least as likely that the white male writers are singled out for abuse because Seth realizes that a white male boss mocking his female writers (or black or hispanic or gay writers) won’t be received as well by the audience?

@theyearsburn1 4 ай бұрын

Doesn't it seem at least as likely that the male writers are singled out for abuse because Seth realizes that a male host mocking his female writers wouldn't play as well to his audience? It would seem like bullying. The "Scollins" role, for instance, could only be played by a white guy.

@theyearsburn1 4 ай бұрын

Ok but let me propose a thought experiment: let’s imagine that Karen - or better, Amber - had written the jokes that Scollins wrote. How would the audience react if Seth mocked them as frequently and mercilessly as he mocks Scollins?

@blauespony1013 4 ай бұрын

@@petrify4814 Well, they do, just in another segment XD

@kosmomitch 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE this crowd cheering to spite Seth. I would so be one of those people if I got to see the show in person 😄

@markiliff 4 ай бұрын

4:30 A proper calendar, with the week starting on *Monday* - keep it up!

@jessaminehaak8253 4 ай бұрын

I know Seth is just playing to the crowd for more laughs and of course doesn't actually want anyone to boo the writers, but I'm also just glad that the audience's instinct was to cheer to celebrate Matt's hard work as a writer even if a few jokes don't land lmao. That's a logical response, knowing how much work everyone does every day - and I hope Matt had fun XD

@annikala 4 ай бұрын

Scollins was in RARE form this week

@MariaVosa 4 ай бұрын

C'mon Ben's joke about the epi-pen was brilliant, and Alllie's about Uranus was funny and Seth knows it! He was clearly using SI as an alibi to be able to tell them. Just as I'm starting to think Scollins puts forth some really dirty jokes to be featured on this segment, especially if they make Sth look bad.I'm not complaining, quite the opposite. I love everything about this! ❤

@curtiscarlson8958 4 ай бұрын

True, even though they are 'bad jokes' they are funnier than most shows and definitely funnier that all sitcoms...on par with Family Guy I would guess. imho

@ClaudiusCaelum 4 ай бұрын

What happpened to Karen Chee ? I loved Seth's "Ask a Milenial''

@scarletspidernz 4 ай бұрын

Seth Chee-sed her off 🤣

@ClaudiusCaelum 4 ай бұрын

@@scarletspidernz That's a Chee-ep shot...

@MariaVosa 4 ай бұрын

Correction! Seth claims at the start of the segment that none of the writers know about Surprise Inspection - but later he says he told Matt it was "his funeral" if he came to work. Could it be that Seth is LYING to us!?! 😂😂😂

@YeeSoest 4 ай бұрын

As a european, I think that's just your average New York City Boss - Employee exchange for you: If you come in today, you're dead! - Ok, see you at my desk

@MariaVosa 4 ай бұрын

@@YeeSoest Definitely!

@alias093001 4 ай бұрын

I've pointed that out before. Matt showing up to Surprise Inspection (it's not the first time he's done this) ruins the illusion that the writers don't know he critiques the jokes.

@romulusnr 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like a case for the next Corrections!

@TheBjberkow 4 ай бұрын

#JackalLife

@commaJim 4 ай бұрын

That cucumber joke was so dumb it was hilarious. Scollins is a treasure

@Phynecone 4 ай бұрын

Matt is ✨serving✨ visuals fr

@askew9976 4 ай бұрын

I would’ve bet money, that Tucker Carlson wrote the hard candy joke. Damn Mike. 😂😂😂

@gadget6623 4 ай бұрын

Scollins' Uranus joke was actually seriously funny. 🤣 Love these!

@mollybud6393 4 ай бұрын

I like to play a little game watching Surprise Inspections - guess which jokes Scollins wrote. I'm getting pretty good at it 😂

@tangerinedreamsicle 3 ай бұрын

that “cameras off” police academy joke is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@kazza6078 4 ай бұрын

I would have given Matt a standing ovation and a salute

@darrensmith5997 4 ай бұрын

That cucumber joke was awesome. That should have been in the show. The melted butter joke too

@streetographer 4 ай бұрын

Whenever I see a "surprise inspection" I grab my popcorn and wait for a Scollins joke. And he delivered. Thanks man. 🍿♥

@romulusnr 4 ай бұрын

The cop camera and the hero and heroin(e) jokes were actually really good.

@bagnumpi1919 4 ай бұрын

I was genuinely excited when i correctly called the first two Scollins jokes in a row

@cannibalbananas 4 ай бұрын

lol! Love Seth getting sassy w/ the audience. "You've ruined applause. Now it's meaningless." 😂😂

@TC_here 4 ай бұрын

Scollins never disappoints. Can we have an entire segment dedicated to his rejected jokes

@askew9976 4 ай бұрын

Seriously, how does he have a job? They all get rejected 😂😂😂😂

@KhjjnJustDance 4 ай бұрын

They get better and better each one!!!!

@hattiequinn3516 4 ай бұрын

Matt, with the heroes and heroines! Loved it.

@heyou1 4 ай бұрын

It’s not about the jokes. It’s about Seth’s pain. 😊

@jaylowry4082 4 ай бұрын

Well his pain is personified in corrections. It is his cell after all.

@potatowater285 4 ай бұрын

I want Scollins there for surprise inspection. He needs to feel what the audience feels when we hear his jokes 😂

@zoznammic 4 ай бұрын

How good is it that you KNOW which ones are from Scollins even before reveal 😂

@Nonya_Bizz 4 ай бұрын

Surprise Inspection is so funny. I can always tell when it's Brian, Ian, or Scollins. Ian's jokes are terrible and he makes me laugh. Every stupid pun every stupid time. Brian's jokes are terrible but he makes me laugh. Every horrible pun, every horrible time. Scollins is terrible. I feel bad when I laugh. Which I do. Just about every time. I love how Surprise Inspection has taught us the vibe of the writers. Like how with Matt, you usually have to have some sort of secondary knowledge to get the joke. And how Allie has a weird and sometimes dark sense of humour, but it doesn't hold the creepy menace that Scollins has. I've noticed that Brian is like the mid point between Ian and Scollins. If a joke is a terrible but mostly harmless pun, it's Ian. If the joke makes your skin crawl, it's Scollins. If it's a pun that makes your skin crawl, or a dad joke that's just a little too dark, it's Brian. You ever notice the face Ian makes in his headshot looks like an expression an animator would give to a derpy cat? Ian is also sort of a good name for a cat. Detective Ian Buttons III. Smallest cop in Brooklyn, but gosh darn it, he gives it his best.

@izzybeth 4 ай бұрын

This comment was a journey, and I'm so glad I took it with you

@lightningpastry2153 4 ай бұрын

I haven't seen enough Karen Chee flops that make it to Surprise Inspection to recognize her style

@Nonya_Bizz 4 ай бұрын

Agreed, @@lightningpastry2153! Usually when it's Karen I sit there going 'Who wrote this?' and rolling through names. Then when her face comes up it's like 'KAREN!'

@AccelerateYourSuccess 4 ай бұрын

Scollins' Uranus joke was pretty good, too.

@HH-mw4sq 4 ай бұрын

NASA publishes a high resolution photo of Uranus. Me: wow, great view of its rings. Seth's writers: assignment met for today.

@CasualGamer11 4 ай бұрын

I wanna ask Ian how come he didn’t use “tempura-ture” - it was right there lol

@thomiJohnson 4 ай бұрын

I want more suprise joke inspections!

@icantollie 4 ай бұрын

Srsly though, what other late night show has this; you and your team and this outfit y'all have going on here are something special, Seth

@LaceyRoseLove 4 ай бұрын

Don't know why we needed a Surprise Inspection. These were all bangers!

@PaulLaCen 4 ай бұрын

That "gotem" was perfect.

@imnevertopcomment 4 ай бұрын

Jokes that are too bad for the show = great segment for the show

@Jenvick 4 ай бұрын

That's some serious efficiency! It's like a joke hotdog made from all the unusable parts!

@uewneeq7901 4 ай бұрын

Love these segments!

@naomiarram5187 4 ай бұрын

I'm in my 50s and the "green M&M" legend circulated when I was a tween. Glad to see it's still alive and well!!!

@kazza6078 4 ай бұрын

This is one of the best segments to ever happen

@steveh6612 4 ай бұрын

So funny. The Uranus dad joke was funny

@NewMessage 4 ай бұрын

Did... did Matt hire a stylist?

@barkergirl33 4 ай бұрын

That's Cool Matt. Old Matt is gone.

@jamiegasbarro2400 4 ай бұрын

My favorite segment ever!!

@brianh.4185 4 ай бұрын

Every single one of those jokes was hilarious. 😂😂😂

@SpaceForceCommander 4 ай бұрын

One day, I hope Surprise Inspection will have nothing but Scollins jokes…

@DarkTypeWriter 4 ай бұрын

THANKS!! FINALLY! the calendar (around 4:19) done right: with the entire weekend at the end of the week, where it belongs.

@witerabid 4 ай бұрын

I think the audience is trying to tell you we want more surprise inspections. We want more "bad" jokes. In our house we actually made this a game where we try to guess who made which joke and we are getting better and better. 😅

@Flamezy86 4 ай бұрын

Oh man, we really a writer on set more often when they record these So much fun 😂

@johndiaz6431 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this! Hilarious

@davidlist7507 4 ай бұрын

Love you Seth and your host of writers you make me laugh quite often and I want to thank you and your writers, Peace , moved all the way to Thailand from Boulder, Colorado 24 years ago😎🏝☮🌴🌴🌴✌💖

@viclizardi6152 4 ай бұрын

This segment was hilarious

@kenmego5553 4 ай бұрын

I want the old Matt photo back

@EvanSmith1000 4 ай бұрын

The gyro/heroin joke was solid.

@wasseofficial 4 ай бұрын

I'd cut off whatever I'm watching to see what options the writers put forward and didn't get picked cuz for me, that's the genuine heart of comedy late night. The innocence of writers just going with their flow. Best part of you ask me, I prefer the ones that don't matter much to TV.

@GetYourPull18 4 ай бұрын

This is by far my favourite segment of the show

@madiantin 4 ай бұрын

HAHA! As soon at the cucumber joke was said I went, "SCOLLINS!" =D.

@DraaelD 4 ай бұрын

Yooooooo! Mike came out swinging LOL.

@samuela-aegisdottir 4 ай бұрын

Isn't that weird? I like Closer Look and the Monologue, but I love Surprise Inspection, Jokes Seth Can't Tell and Corrections so much more!

@tubabelle 4 ай бұрын

I loved every minute of this segment. Best surprise inspection ever!!

@bgheadjack 2 ай бұрын

Love this bit so much. My favorite recurring bit. Audience was weird on this one, but at least they applauded to get Seth's goat.

@RobertJohnson-bj5lk 4 ай бұрын

SSSKAAAAALIIIINNNZZ!!!

@ericlaukonen9911 4 ай бұрын

This is my favorite recurring segment

@stuartzoo 4 ай бұрын

This is my new favorite segment😂

@Vanillastump 4 ай бұрын

The studio audience love all the behind the scenes people. One of the make-up artists will come in for a legitimate reason and become co-host without meaning to.

@snowxprincess 4 ай бұрын

Hi Brian! Allergic to nuts, loved the joke!! Allergy sufferers need to chill 🤣

@squalley 4 ай бұрын

4:50 *standing ovation* 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@catgir5x 4 ай бұрын

Thank You Seth & Team for all the joy you create...love ya all to bits..

@karadj4801 4 ай бұрын

Those writers are gonna start showing up.

@HelgeStrichen 4 ай бұрын

That staff is exactly as diverse as i pictured it to be

@danielgregory3295 4 ай бұрын

Shows all jokes are good jokes..this is Seth's answer to Meanwhile...😊❤😂😂

@85priesty 4 ай бұрын

I find it entertaining trying to pick the Scollins jokes during the surprise inspections...I get the feeling that they're either absolute gold...or horrendously inappropriate, but given Australian humour it's always funny....(not taking away anything from any of the other writers, and "Seth giving the punchlines "that Seth Can't tell"" was brilliant. Mike Scollins, your (clearly deliberately "terrible" jokes) that would never be broadcast, are brilliant, could we please have a series of "Surprise Inspections" for each writer randomly. Matt does look like James May from 30 years ago now.... But what people don't know is that the Photo of Mr Scollins in the tank top, Seth has the Tatto on his back...life size...😅