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

[@CFTim]

I love that this is kind of just a sneaky way to credit the writers more openly. If I know anyone in the writers room of any other show, it's because I know them from somewhere else. But I heard "traffic yam" and immediately went "that's Brian".

[@smilingkevin]

Same - knew right away. Such a fun way to interact with fans.

[@NealKlein]

Easily my favorite comment this week. Thank you.

[@maxborn7400]

Brian and Ally are masters of puns. Most of Brian's "bad" jokes are really good and make me audibly lol. Matt is just amazing with his jokes that make the audience go, "AAAAHHOOOOO." He FEEDS off of the anger/confusion of the crowd and it's hilariously done.

[@lisahenry20]

It's also giving a lot of the audience (at least the KZbin audience) what they want. I think they realised we like getting little peaks behind the curtain during the pandemic and so have kept giving us them.

[@cobrasys]

True. It's gotten to a point where most of us can hear a groan-inducing joke that makes us feel uncomfortable for find it genuinely funny and instantly go, "yep, that's Scollins".

[@softno7506]

Scollins always delivers. Might not be what you wanted, but it is delivered.

[@erukaseven]

"It is delivered." Is such a Scollins line.

[@MK-jn9uu]

Seth’s delivery is just as funny 😂 one of my fav segments

[@jasonjohnson4803]

Especially on the last joke. 😂

[@InformationLiesAtTheEdges]

His delivery is what, for me, makes this one of the best Surprise Inspections ever. 😃

[@123mbo]

The traffic yam joke was brilliant

[@jasonjohnson4803]

It was very 'sweet' 😂

[@Morepanthers]

​@@jasonjohnson4803 taro-iffic!

[@stripesthesecond8656]

He really loves his staff

[@kaja9oo9oo]

The best part about this is the closed caption "[groaning continues]" at 6:00 on the Scollins joke. It's like Seth is writing the closed captions.

[@alias093001]

Traffic yam is beautifully stupid, and I love it. That and the Jolene joke were the best ones.

[@Poppy-p2]

These segments are always as funny as those jokes that make the A grade Thank you all

[@Mrlzman]

It is kind of cool that I'm starting to recognise each writers style from these, i'm like "oh Brian, before the picture even comes up. Also, Matt is on a Scollins-like chase for the biggest oooh these days. That sexy-ass photo is going to his head. You gotta get him in a tank-top before he gets too big for his britches.

[@adsteel]

Yeah, I wonder if Matt is angling to get on Surprise Inspection. I feel like I would be. More power to them all!

[@r00pea]

This is one of my favorite segments, I wish they did it more often. I mean they definitely have enough jokes! Twice a month maybe?

[@bismarck2385]

How you take the scraps from the cutting room floor and weave them into pure comedy gold.

[@susanroutt6690]

This is the real “weave”. 🤣

[@BroxTheHusky]

CORRECTION: the traffic yam joke was worth every penny

[@sherinameless1618]

Yes, all fifty of them.

[@British_Rogue]

The Scollins chocolate joke was the best one.

[@cobrasys]

I dunno, the Catholic priests one was up there, too.

[@sherinameless1618]

Dead dog and pervy priest jokes? That's our Scollins!

[@TheTabletopMisfits]

That Serial Sexual Assault joke was a banger.

[@stephen2d338]

I was shocked that the Aer Lingus joke was not Scollins! Matt? Really?? 😂

[@phelan_pt]

Same!

[@clarewillison9379]

Scollins is rubbing off on him. That’s about the effect of a bad (or good) influence you filthy-minded lot.

[@psugab]

And it was pretty fantastic

[@PopeLando]

Waited my whole life for someone to make fun of the fact that a national airline has the word "Lingus", right there, in their name... And I think Matt cracked it!

[@adrianaheiler9794]

While I'm all for globally crushing the gap between Latio and Lingus, I got way too hung up on the Dublin - Nashville part and how that relates to either of those. So I have to give that point to Seth in that it distracted too much from the actual joke.

[@pavelontube]

There's a SNL skit about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnusq2COg7F4pJo

[@calumnyslander4050]

The fact that the explicit in-flight movie set up didn't result in an Aer Latio callback just felt wrong.

[@ThestuffthatSaralikes]

3:22 the termite man is here as I’m watching… we both laughed out loud at the Airlatio joke… a lil uncomfortable cause we’re strangers but I feel we got closer today…😅

[@LE-te9vx]

How did he feel about the termite mound joke

[@bubblesezblonde]

thanks Seth and Crew

[@flowbot159]

Man, hot crowd for this segment!

[@paulkinzer7661]

I loved all of Brian's jokes!

[@bobupanddown8309]

Probably my favorite skit from Seth & crew.

[@Bamajana]

Best segment! Thanks for highlighting the writers!!!

[@f.eugenedunnamiii9452]

That last joke is why this segment is so great. They can air jokes that would never fly in the straight monologue. There's some shenanigan genius behind this bit and Jokes Seth Can't Tell.

[@animaddy]

The fact that the higher ups at NBC have actively asked Seth to warn people of an impending Scollins' joke is just brilliant!

[@sherinameless1618]

Well, Seth has been known to bend the truth, or totally make up stuff, for the sake of a joke, so I wouldn't credit the network with mandating Scollins Alerts until I hear it at a stockholders meeting. To which I am not invited, but you get my point. 🙂

[@animaddy]

​@@sherinameless1618- fair point. I would love to be a fly on that wall, if such a discussion happened though!

[@jvissers3086]

​@sherinameless1618 lol, if you asked the higher-ups about Surprise Inspection they'd probably ask what it is.

[@DneilB007]

@@jvissers3086 “Sorry, Seth who? Does he still work for us?” - a shareholder, probably.

[@kaja9oo9oo]

The higher ups at NBC are less likely to watch Surprise Inspection than the writers, who do not watch Surprise Inspection.

[@peerblickdicht8401]

Matt on fire this inspection

[@jayharyu927]

Seth wishes

[@jeandrzyzgula]

Brian really ran the full range of "dad joke" to "Scollins joke" this week

[@shabladooo]

both the Scollins jokes were excellent

[@SuperDrwolf]

"Mad about it together" might be the best description ever.

[@alexanderburns4616]

the air latio joke was hilarious as hell i almost choked on my own spit.

[@steelznation3738]

I laughed at the "yam" joke twice. The first time for the joke, and the second time at myself for laughing at it.

[@bwuh]

This segment is simply genius. Love ya, writers!

[@The_Malcontented]

@1:18 I KNEW IT! As soon as the joke ended in a pun, I knew from previous Surprise Inspection segments that my #1 guess for who it was should be Brian, with #2 being the writer who is best friends with Brian (forget his name)

[@desertcreature2022]

I really liked the closing joke by Brian.

[@JasperOferral79]

Saving this to watch it with my daughters. We love this segment.

[@lashendawest7509]

Good morning seth meyers fans

[@annakarenabeads]

I love surprise inspections. I haven’t see a graphics one in awhile. ❤

[@erukaseven]

So many perfect jokes, I love that you show off your writers real talents in these.

[@danielmadar9938]

Even the usual known intro to this segment makes me laugh 😂❤😂❤

[@Michael_CS615]

In some VERY ODD WAY they are all .... interesting - and worth telling in this segment - keep up the creativity writers!

[@Pseudowolf]

Minor correction: The bugle call used for Surprise Inspection is "Assembly" and is used to call the troops to assemble in a designated place. This is correct to start the segment, but you play the sequence once and it should be played twice. You use the same bugle call for the end of Surprise Inspection which is incorrect. You should play "Recall" which signals the end of the drill.

[@MidnightJester]

I never thought I'd see a Jackal acknowledge that a correction could be minor.

[@Pseudowolf]

@ I’m a new Jackal who only recently finished watching all of the Corrections episodes. This is my first correction and I didn’t want to be presumptuous.

[@yogachick1955]

I laughed out loud at the dog/chocolate joke. It is tied with the cereal sexual assault joke for my favorite joke of the segment

[@meloysmusicstudio]

I think the traffic yam and square orange F jokes are gold

[@vampirelogan]

I genuinely loved Brian's jokes!

[@deebrady7135]

I love when he does this.

[@MJW98101]

I love this skit

[@xamishia]

THANK YOU for saying "route" like 'root' and not 'rout'.

[@radhageorge]

My writer crush on Matt is alive and thriving after that serial joke

[@jasonengland6372]

Both scollins jokes were winners

[@barbarina012]

My favorite segment of seths show

[@krisherman3513]

Any joke is funny with Seth's set up and delivery!

[@jakedefort]

I would think that Seth also writes jokes for the monologue, I noticed none of his rejects ever makes Surprise Inspection.

[@predeliction]

Minor correction: while true, Seth's rejects tend to end up in the monologue and then he has to inspect himself while surprised in front of an audience, so one could argue he experiences the true surprise inspections.

[@newarteest]

damn this was the best surprise inspection yet!

[@kinsmed]

Okay, Seth. The time has come. Have your writers choose the one joke they collectively love that you kiboshed.

[@mumlee4807]

Seth - you HAVE to make this a regular segment of you show! I'm still laughing through my tears...😂🤣😂 I know you have made many of them before, but as often as "A Closer Look." Maybe just before or after A Closer Look??

[@androd-87]

Always funny 😂

[@connorsampson1566]

Anyone else getting pretty good at predicting who wrote each joke? I can tell a Scollins joke a mile away & I have a pretty good sense of a Brian joke. Ally's the wild card.

[@HellInternAKACandyMD]

Pst, Audio, your time to shine: Overlap a mix of Scollins' dog joke groan with Matts' Cereal joke response, for a sample track for remixes and haunted house soundtracks.

[@ssent1]

"Traffic yams" is a great dad joke!

[@ragemachinist]

I'm a simple man, I see Matt Golditch in the thumbnail, I click.

[@amberx1863]

“Serving” food-based comedy was the best joke of the segment 😂

[@clarewillison9379]

5:25 ooh, “the exits are located here, here and here” must’ve been diverting…

[@RogerOThornhill]

While the Aer Lingus joke wasn't First Class, it would have been more of a Sleeper if Seth had been Coached. As it stands it's not Redeye for prime time, but that's show Business.

[@bonyuki3872]

I love how scollins has become this force of nature that needs a full on advanced warning system in his quest to see just how dark he can get a joke and still have it be read on air.

[@akira00013]

yay

[@patientzerobeat]

This is a good case study of context.

[@harmonicajay91]

I kept waiting for Scollins and I was not disappointed.

[@dangerwr]

God, I love Scollins' jokes. 🤣

[@RukYouLikeAHurricane]

Good morning 😃 😊

[@sherinameless1618]

🎶Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, I'm begging of you, please don't hate our Matt. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Don't hate him just because his joke fell flat.🎶

[@mrscary3105]

I like the airline one LOL (And others)

[@WaitingtoHit]

As usual, all of the Scollins jokes are actually keepers.

[@kagomeshuko]

I loved the traffic yam and Helene jokes.

[@nickgioldasis8306]

Seth should do this every other day.

[@nicolasstaudt5714]

I loved the traffic yam.

[@AfikiJ]

Brian is actually hilarious

[@will9001asd]

Scollins doesn't abort. He always delivers

[@lisabartley4629]

Why 6 asterisks in Square Orange F******s? What does the "F" stand for?

[@sherinameless1618]

Frog. They are Square Orange Frog-Its. 😉

[@kaja9oo9oo]

@@sherinameless1618 That's why it didn't work! If they had said "F***-its" I would have gotten the joke, but I was thinking they meant "F***ers" which doesn't work. THIS IS A CORRECTION!

[@lisabartley4629]

@@kaja9oo9oo that explains it!

[@JustinJones_now]

Brian has the best dad jokes. I always feel a kinship to him

[@marksummers666]

that cheez-it joke is a solid 9/10

[@essiebessie661]

Poor Scollins. He wore that tank ONCE and will never live it down.

[@OccuBot2011]

This and Ya Burnt are my favorites after Closer Look

[@darickhibbert1624]

The fact that the corporate whigs call for a disclaimer for Scollins jokes proves his genius.

[@AndrewGalan]

The last one was excellent, it just needed the added drama and storytelling.

[@tonylegg2434]

There should be an award each month for the worst joke. Take a picture of the writer wearing a cone of shame for their crime. Call it the Scollins Award

[@sharontz6534]

Makes me want to write to the show....

[@almogdov]

I was sure the Mall joke was Scollin's

[@sailordaigurren8225]

The serial sa joke was solid

[@deathlokprime2645]

6:07. Acknowledging the writers AND the audience is tight.

[@jessicaruby1ify]

I'm sorry, but the air-laccio joke did make me LOL. 😮😁 The trump joke was pretty wicked. Keep up the good work! 😅😅😂😂

[@lordcaptain73]

I think the writers got slammed in this one, I enjoyed more of these than I didn’t

[@boblowney]

I am sure this has been said before, it is true genius to transform actually bad jokes into comic genius by having a segment on bad jokes.

[@shastagarcia1878]

CORRECTION: This seems like the most logical place to put this… This weeks John Mulaney SNL promo doesn’t have Wally holding the cue cards. If it’s not Wally they should have had someone doing a Wally impression, yes?

[@nahuelma97]

Many of these should've made it into the show lmao

[@SparkyOhms-z2g]

Cold😂

[@deborahdonnelly8423]

LOVE MATT…..my daughter went to HS with him!

[@guyvizard549]

C'mon, Matt. Just go for the full-on "women be shoppin'!"

[@jesseburch7063]

It could be -- COULD be -- that I'm a dad, but traffic yam was a great joke.

[@keshaartis8365]

That latio joke really blows. 😂

[@clarewillison9379]

Good job 🎉

[@steveh6612]

I try to guess the writer. Hahaha. I usually get it correct with one writer ✊ Scollins(sp)