Seth Holds a Surprise Inspection of His Monologue Writers in April 2023

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Seth checks in with his monologue writers and holds a surprise inspection to review the quality of their jokes.
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@asdusty4372 Жыл бұрын

I admire Seth's dedication to utilise every piece of content he can. You tube comments. Rejected jokes. Nothing gets wasted. He is the Cajun chef of late night.

@QDWhite Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Jokes Seth Can’t Tell.

@jehCdrum Жыл бұрын

and he serves up a MIGHTY fine Liberal Lagniappe!

@sparrowofglory Жыл бұрын

Well that explains why these jokes are so offal

@LilSebastian_ Жыл бұрын

Offal… lol… it’s awful. Be honest, was it 9th or 10th grade when you dropped out of school?

@mr.littlepumpkin7721 Жыл бұрын

Uno-Reverse Offal: the entrails and internal organs of an animal used as food. "eating pieces of braised offal turned his stomach" When did *you* drop out of school?

@wooderson6616 Жыл бұрын

Seth is one of the few that never forgets how important the writers role is.

@Cancun771 Жыл бұрын

Because he is a writer himself of course. Same reason Colbert neglects his writers but fawns over actors instead.

@mismissy Жыл бұрын

Yes him and Conan. For the same reason

@akryeguy Жыл бұрын

If ever there is a comedy about prospectors in Colorado looking for Gold, I want Seth in it, trying to sell the holes they made. "I mean, come on, guys. They are naturally cool in the summer time. And so it's dark all winter anyway! All we have to do is circulate air better...and entrap the parts with Radon with another exhaust fan hooked under it."

@dmcgee3 Жыл бұрын

Well there is a SNL skit Gus Chiggins Old Prospector that has Seth in it

@naomiarram5187 Жыл бұрын

Yup, and a good writer would even put in apostrophes where they belong! 😉

@vincentho3792 Жыл бұрын

Seth has found a way to utilise his writer's bad jokes. Genius

@alfredotebasco Жыл бұрын

There be treasure in that trash

@AdrianColley Жыл бұрын

Reduce, reuse, recycle!

@tanzoniaflakes5068 Жыл бұрын

Yeah. It was a pretty ingenious idea for a segment. 😊

@tucci007da Жыл бұрын

The writers got paid to write them, might as well get something back.

@barb4641 Жыл бұрын

Lnmjnmp

@TheGreatAtario Жыл бұрын

Scollins is a hero for preserving the tradition of dark humor

@samringwald Жыл бұрын

Scollins is a hero for many reasons. Mostly because he wore that shirt tho

@kmcalary Жыл бұрын

Honestly, the Grandma joke got me

@geoffreymaher7169 Жыл бұрын

@@kmcalary That was one I laughed the hardest at.

@IMArt-kx2ci Жыл бұрын

Both his jokes were awesome 😂

@MyBiPolarBearMax Жыл бұрын

Correction: Seth said these were bad jokes but in fact, both of Scollins’ were amazing.

@marioalbertogonzalez484 Жыл бұрын

That Des Moines joke was honestly top-tier dad joke material.

@bretthake7713 Жыл бұрын

The idea of a snake wearing one shoe is the funniest thing to me for some reason, I'm crying laughing

@geneparmesan8748 Жыл бұрын

Also he was wrong about the whole joke being that snakes would only wear one shoe: that’s part of the joke, but I’d say the REAL joke is the idea that taking shoes off on a plane is so bad that it’s worse than there being a snake onboard.

@samanthaphillips12345 Жыл бұрын

Me too 😂

@peterpaul4518 Жыл бұрын

Hey Seth, as always I love your show. I have a correction for you: James Watson and Fancis Crick didn't find the double helix, it was Rosalind Franklin. They worked on it in parallel but stole her findings to complete their model based on her fotographs of the helix. I'd love if you could clear that up. Greetings from Germany, Marius

@jrs3739 Жыл бұрын

Much needed correction, well done!

@heavymetalbassist5 Жыл бұрын

Very good correction!

@cbpd89 Жыл бұрын

Yes! This better make corrections.

@sanseijedi Жыл бұрын

Thanks for remembering such important facts that too often get overlooked through our older learning mantras! Kudos.

@brigidbollweg2645 Жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, give credit to Rosalind Franklin!

@QDWhite Жыл бұрын

Come on! “change their minds/change Des Moines” is a genius level double entendre. Give that writer a medal.

@cassidya5629 Жыл бұрын

That one had me actually laughing out loud!

@S.Pociecha Жыл бұрын

There's trouble in the ways Des Moines is pronounced, though. The natives pronounce it their own way, and other-city dwellers have 3 or 4 different ways. How many of the Ss are silent? and are the Es long, short or silent?

@-xirx- Жыл бұрын

The Des Moines joke is even better the second time

@StarUnreachable Жыл бұрын

I love that I've seen enough of these that I can start guessing whose jokes they're going to be. Karen's are always adorable, Scollins' are usually dark, Matt likes puns for some reason...

@RVCfilm Жыл бұрын

And Brian does the dad jokes.

@feminist5641 Жыл бұрын

Love Surprise Inspection. Scollins is a terrible human being but we love him for it. And somehow I already knew that picture of him was taken shortly after he shoved a child.

@unmeshl.6708 Жыл бұрын

It's has child shoving energy

@ElonsDiamondMine Жыл бұрын

@@unmeshl.6708 All you need is shove

@nikobatallones Жыл бұрын

@@ElonsDiamondMine What the world needs now is shove, sweet shove

@juliaconnell Жыл бұрын

woah - that's a bit harsh - he's a 'terrible human being' - you don't actually KNOW him! and you know Seth was joking, right? Scollins didn't *actually* shove a child. he did however appear, in that 'top' in a work zoom meeting during covid lockdown.

@unmeshl.6708 Жыл бұрын

@@juliaconnell thanks, didn't realize this was a comedy show till you pointed that out. Scollins for President!

@gerbmcnuggets5466 Жыл бұрын

4:31 Karen will always be one of my favorite writers, she also occasionally appears on “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!”

@XopheAdethri Жыл бұрын

Karen is just *SOOOOOO* genuine. Love her optimism when she gets on camera.

@emu_warrior Жыл бұрын

I literally don't get the joke.. it's funny because it makes no sense unless I'm missing something :( Whale says it's their cocaine... why? because whales wash up on shore and get beached? WHAT?!

@thork6974 Жыл бұрын

Seth is right-- "a whale with a neck tattoo" would have saved it.

@tubabelle Жыл бұрын

Karen is fabulous on WWDTM! She comes up with some super funny quick responses. I'm always glad when she's one of the panelists.

@kaitzi Жыл бұрын

Yeah people hating on her don’t realize these are the bad jokes…

@justinmawi3745 Жыл бұрын

I don't think Seth gets enough credit for how funny he is. The way he comes up with great jokes and zingers on the spot is impressive

@gal1885 Жыл бұрын

Totally !

@TheBlade996 Жыл бұрын

I gut-laughed so loud for that last Scollins joke I think the neighbors might have called an ambulance! 🤣Best writers on late night comedy, no question, and Seth is such a generous guy to share the spotlight with them on Surprise Inspection.

@mrhappy3032 Жыл бұрын

2:09 was my favorite 😂😂😂😂

@marieparish8507 Жыл бұрын

I also loved this one 😂

@jericolandry9872 Жыл бұрын

"No uh, applause that time?" Hahahah

@pseudonym8791 Жыл бұрын

That Michelangelo joke was a marble of modern comedy. …I’ll see myself out

@reeveharper6061 Жыл бұрын

Don't! That was better than the original

@Rolbell Жыл бұрын

Statue idea of a joke?!

@censomh8446 Жыл бұрын

@@Rolbell cover letter for the show?

@thomthom6268 Жыл бұрын

He showed his staff. They all got face time on national TV. Clever and rather gracious.

@patrickfinnegan5230 Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite bits. I like to play along at home in a game I call “was it Scallins”? I’m usually right, I’m happy to say.

@nitawynn9538 Жыл бұрын

Only Seth can make bad jokes hilarious. 😂

@JazzyTuddles Жыл бұрын

As a member of the pharmacy world, I truly cackled at the CV joke.

@conj764 Жыл бұрын

One of the best Surprise Inspections ever! I'm still creasing from the Bjorn joke 😂

@burnyizland Жыл бұрын

Creasing? That sounds dirty.

@untexan Жыл бұрын

He's going to put it on his CV

@XopheAdethri Жыл бұрын

I love how much Seth involves his team members. He makes sure they get credit for making such a great show... ... Even when that credit *IS* the _joke_

@smithjohn383 Жыл бұрын

If I'd be Seth I would also make sure that people know I didn't write all the material. Now he has a plausible deniability on everything.

@mjolnir3309 Жыл бұрын

Correction: these CAN be used in the show. You'd just need some sort of segment where you can highlight the kinds of jokes these writers turn in. Like some sort of unscheduled audit.

@mihajlo961x Жыл бұрын

Thanks to Seth and the team for taking our past advice to heart: including who wrote the joke after each one!

@UBERJAVS Жыл бұрын

Scollins with the home run closer!

@keithmassey3914 Жыл бұрын

I can now recognize Scollin jokes before Seth identifies the writer, is that bad?

@peerblickdicht8401 Жыл бұрын

No, that is very very good & a sign of how awesome this show is

@YosefASelim Жыл бұрын

I'd usually give Karen a free pass on account of her just being plain adorable, but even I think that Charlie Brown monstrosity is a fireable offence 🤣

@Swangdangflang Жыл бұрын

Hah yeah! And Arnold from Hey Arnold! was right there! Widest face ever

@mstar303 Жыл бұрын

@@Swangdangflang it feels like she must have meant Hey Arnold right???

@JRcomments Жыл бұрын

was gonna say.....

@ezioaltairac Жыл бұрын

Most of her jokes are awful. I have no idea who she knew to get this job.

@mstar303 Жыл бұрын

@@ezioaltairac she had a decent resume writing comedy before Seth Meyers so she must be throwing out a gem every once in a while.

@aabhahuddar Жыл бұрын

Honestly i might dress up as Scollins for Halloween 😅 that look is so iconic 😅😅

@greywolf2155 Жыл бұрын

I feel like every one of us who follows the show went, "dammit, Scollins," at that third joke

@JeffBoen Жыл бұрын

I've noticed that Amber and Jenny are never part of the surprise inspection. Is that because they get screen time on "Jokes Seth Can't Tell" or are they just such AMAZING writers that they never pitch a bad joke?!?!?!?! 😁😆😁😋

@ellenlouise5503 Жыл бұрын

They don't really write for the monologue so their jokes aren't eligible

@JeffBoen Жыл бұрын

@@ellenlouise5503 Ah! Thanks for the clarification. 👍🙂

@halycon404 Жыл бұрын

They've also got an entire other show they spend most of their time on. Amber headlines a show on Peacock and Jenny is the head writer of it. They don't spend as much time on Seth's show as they did. They are more contributing writers now. They do stuff on this show which doesn't work on their shows format. Mostly recurring bits from before they got their own show. I said 'show' a lot....

@JeffBoen Жыл бұрын

@@halycon404 That's okay... saying "show" a bunch just shows that you know lots about the show and like to show it. 😁

@mollydeschepper6872 Жыл бұрын

I really liked that Peppa Pig joke. Calling it like it is. Good job, Ian!

@vikio452 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought that Peppa Pig joke wasn't broken like the rest

@RubyDoobieScoo Жыл бұрын

The picture of Ian reminds me of a sloth, also the last Scollins joke was fantastic.

@Lepidopterous. Жыл бұрын

5:14 The snake joke was fabulous and you know it!!

@RubyDoobieScoo Жыл бұрын

Stop lying to yourself Ian.

@AisuruMirai Жыл бұрын

The less glaring problem with the snake joke was that if you suddenly encountered a surprise plane passenger, unshod, the length of time their shoes were off 1) wouldn't make any difference to you in that instant and 2) wouldn't even be something you could know.

@mrhappy3032 Жыл бұрын

Scollins killed it 😂😂😂😂😂my favorite is 2:09 that Cosby joke was hilarious 😂

@deementia6796 Жыл бұрын

It's scary that at least 90 percent of the time, when I hear a cringe-worthy but hilarious joke, I say, "Oh, that's OBVIOUSLY Scollins," and it is.

@myhatmygandhi6217 11 ай бұрын

It was the best jokes and it got the least amount of laughs. Man are people afraid to appear as being "non-PC".

@fishonkayakadventure Жыл бұрын

the snake 🐍 🐍 joke was GOLDEN!!!

@emu_warrior Жыл бұрын

Scollins is just amazing

@Idontcarewhathandleihave Жыл бұрын

Surprise inspection continues to be the best sub segment of the whole show. Can’t wait for the next one!

@trappleton Жыл бұрын

Karen is the most underappreciated artistic genius of our time

@grubiebub6851 Жыл бұрын

I want to hear Karen explain the Charlie Brown joke so bad.

@GaryDunion Жыл бұрын

Congratulations to Ally though on being the only person from Florida ever to have heard of Francis Crick

@ciaartin2221 Жыл бұрын

Some words appeared to Ally😅😅😅😅

@LoganRexus Жыл бұрын

The Texas Peppa Pig joke was excellent and should have been in the show! 😂

@courtney-ray Жыл бұрын

Actually the bjorn one, the cvs one and the grandma one were good! If those were delivered in the monologue they each would’ve gotten a laugh 😂

@Elkator Жыл бұрын

I loved the snake on a plane joke.

@squishyshelli Жыл бұрын

The Peppa Pig joke got some genuine chuckles out of me 😂

@anthonyhewetson5086 Жыл бұрын

Scollins doesn't do stupid or confusing - he just goes straight for dark.

@Kid_Ying Жыл бұрын

This and Ya Burnt are my favorite segments of any late night show

@dmercury292 Жыл бұрын

Seth, we need you 365 days a year.

@mariyamwaniki Жыл бұрын

I agree but his mental health is more important

@mnchls Жыл бұрын

I don't know if it's indicative of either (a) how incredible this show is by several metrics or (b) how much of a massive lamewad I am... but whenever I see a new Surprise Inspection, I pump my fist and let out an audible "hell yeah!"

@rex-racer Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t this segment (maybe accidentally) already included as a bonus to the monolog video posted earlier?

@Risenshinenfall Жыл бұрын

They've done that a lot lately.

@kalebproductions9316 Жыл бұрын

In defense of the whale joke it’s important to remember that whales have blow holes.

@cokesquirrel Жыл бұрын

Ha!!!

@rosemarieholt2261 Жыл бұрын

That’s it Seth - you have to be as smart as the writer. Hope this makes it into #Corrections.

@matteoar Жыл бұрын

In defence of the joke inspection it's also important to remember: that's a blow hole, not a snort hole

@AlexWhiteVideo 10 ай бұрын

she should have worked that into the joke fr

@essiebessie661 5 күн бұрын

Ahhh…..

@druidictroy1157 Жыл бұрын

Please have another Things Karen might Know or whatever that segment is called. It's always so so good.

@ericveneto1593 Ай бұрын

“What Does Karen Know”. It makes me feel old afterwards. I’m 46

@druidictroy1157 Ай бұрын

@@ericveneto1593 LOL. Yeah I'm 55 so I know how you feel. Still a great segment and they haven't done it in forever it seems.

@pseudonym8791 Жыл бұрын

…also needing to add that Rosalind Franklin should share credit with Watson, Crick and Wilkins for the discovery of the structure of DNA given her work in x-ray crystallography :)

@GaryDunion Жыл бұрын

Yeah but you can't have a Franklin in your neck

@reeveharper6061 Жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely! We talked about her in class and I'm sure if she hadn't died so young she would have gotten a Nobel Prize as well

@ericminch Жыл бұрын

@@reeveharper6061 ...or even a Nobel Prize.

@PeterVelociPeter Жыл бұрын

They need to do a version where he reads the joke, then tries to guess who wrote it.

@nonsum489 Жыл бұрын

Dammit. I knew the Cosby joke was Scollins long before Seth said it. I might be a Late Night superfan. *sigh*

@SJN861 Жыл бұрын

Grandma napping. Brilliant

@kstepko Жыл бұрын

I expected that last Scollins’ punchline about National Napping Day to also be about Bill Cosby.

@ericminch Жыл бұрын

But it's just plain napping, not kidnapping.

@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312 Жыл бұрын

Some of the puns+plays on words at the beginning of this bit actually made me laugh.

@Feintgames Жыл бұрын

On Halloween, you should have a segment that's called Scollins's Jokes from the Dark Side.

@monicaolivares8089 Жыл бұрын

For real, I laughed out loud at that Des Moines joke 🤣

@yaseenbrown Жыл бұрын

Jackal here, Watson and Crick did not discover the double helix of dna, Rosalind Franklin discovered it when she took the first xray pics and Watson and Crick took credit,

@MarcColten-us2pl Жыл бұрын

The stress on those writers must be brutal. They're like chickens swearing they'll have an egg tomorrow.

@gregshort12 Жыл бұрын

The Des Moines joke was gold, come on now.

@NemohHoes Жыл бұрын

Dude wtf Scollins jokes were lit 😅

@TheSLOShadow Жыл бұрын

Favs segment next to corrections

@WAMTAT Жыл бұрын

Love all the writers. Keep up the great job

@joanneweiss3864 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but I like the CVs joke, yay Ian 😂

@julieholt7889 Жыл бұрын

I love hearing Karen cracking up throughout this whole thing

@cheriann6461 Жыл бұрын

I never would have expected that watching a late-night show host publicly shame his writers would be so very hilarious. Well played Mr. Myers...Well played.

@reidintx7570 Жыл бұрын

I love every time they do this bit.

@jakegilbert8116 Жыл бұрын

Top 5 surprise inspirations for sure!!!! Thank you for sharing! 👏

@peerblickdicht8401 Жыл бұрын

LOL! It was so clear who wrote that Cosby joke, we all shook our fists at the sky, trying to whisper "Scollins!" while failing to keep our smiles from turning into giggles....

@eriktruedson5658 Жыл бұрын

the grandma joke is gold

@TheNo1pencil Жыл бұрын

This is my absolute favourite segment you guys do

@leahklein6814 Жыл бұрын

I KNEW IT!! I knew that terrible Cosby joke was gonna be Scollins before he even said who it was, lmao 😂😂😂

@erly108 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite segments

@sailordaigurren8225 Жыл бұрын

I love his ribbing of Karen's joke😂

@huffore Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your collective comedy genius. 👏 😀 Great way to start a Wednesday.

@OleRogeberg Жыл бұрын

Correction: The snake with a boot joke failed because the art department didn’t get the obvious Richard Scarry reference.

@rd6203 Жыл бұрын

This

@chrisneyman Жыл бұрын

I love this segment.

@nicksenn7701 Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite segments. So funny.

@deansarabia9782 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for another one of these. 😂

@christianbender6877 Жыл бұрын

I just knew, KNEW that it was Scollins when I heard the Cosby joke. SCOLLINS!

@DraaelD Жыл бұрын

I love these surprise inspection episodes. My favorite is figuring out what joke Mike Scollins made and this time... i was on the money. That Bill Cosby joke... wow, good stuff.... dark.... but wow.

@djc6323 Жыл бұрын

I like the national napping day joke😂

@alexliron2902 Жыл бұрын

I'm so excited to finally be a jackal. Watson and Crick did not discover the double helix structure, Rosalind Franklin, who happened to be Jewish and possibly queer, did. Then, they didn't give her credit and they got the accolades.