Tiny Desk Concert - SNL

A band (Ramy Youssef, James Austin Johnson, Chloe Troast) gets interrupted during their Tiny Desk Concert at NPR.
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[@javaunsky]

I worked at NPR and saw over a hundred Tiny Desks. Beyond the detail some inside nods here suggest that someone who wrote this sketch must’ve worked at NPR

[@shreyaaviri419]

can you share what the details and inside nods youve noticed? how many 35 year old interns from SUNY Newark wanting to start a podcast about queerness and AI are there haha

[@aweddemigod9956]

Please say more!

[@ivyrose779]

Elaborate!!!

[@perrydc]

Pretty much every tiny desk, javaun would jump out of a side door and tell, like, sting and shaggy to keep the ruckus down.

[@iedison3839]

Bro thinks It’s Glass and Terry Gross are “inside nods”

[@JamesHH]

The cellist playing milk carton was absolutely crushing it. 🔥

[@DerekWritesPlays]

I love the idea that a cello, already an acoustic instrument, was still too much for their TDC

[@kooale]

Drummer crushed the facial hair - stash & beard!

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Too many people take a really good milk cartonist for granted.

[@anahata2009]

"What do we owe each other," is taking the NPR vibe to 11.

[@ms0824]

Scanlon

[@nataliet6454]

As an NPR employee, let me just say...yeah. This this is exactly what it's like.

[@HalisiaHubbard]

Same, I had visceral flashbacks to the tiny desk noise complaint emails from 4th floor

[@deviction9314]

Why do they have concerts at npr? I don’t get it

[@sumnersvensson7237]

​@@deviction9314because people like music

[@deviction9314]

@@sumnersvensson7237 I get that part, but I don’t get why they have them in offices where employees complain I guess they don’t like music then lol

[@cannabistalk4164]

As a fan of Jeezy he needs a redo

[@Cornelius135]

“Nevertheless the ruckus persisted” didn’t get enough recognition

[@DeadpoolNegative]

I want a t-shirt

[@marctouss1862]

can you describe the ruckus?..

[@magy5011]

I need this on a T-shirt 😂

[@Jsuarez6]

Is the ruckus here in the room with us?

[@sleepy.timaeus.arts.]

@@magy5011real. id love that on a shirt too lol

[@Catherinzsl]

"Don't speak for what I have said" is incredibly funny to me for reasons I cannot disclose.

[@MissSorceress]

I was gonna comment a reason but I honestly don't know either 😂

[@babotond]

that line was ✨ b r i l l i a n t ✨ 😂😂😂

[@maddiewalsh3285]

It's so NPR 😂

[@skygamer7790]

Why?

[@user-cp6vb9cp8q]

Tell us! 😂

[@christophereric4]

i have no idea who's signature is on that red solo cup, but i hope it's the set designer because this set went CRAZY 👏👏👏

[@MaybeTheyreBatman]

Right??

[@VIDS2013]

You can tell they really enjoyed making this one!

[@louisrios5546]

I kept thinking about how many items were on that set and how difficult it must be to move it onstage and offstage.

[@juniorxranger]

They went for it

[@alwaysthinkin]

I'm sure they put the Bruce Dickinson (famed producer of Don't Fear the Reaper) book on top of the stack intentionally

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Love this tiny desk sketch bowen 's NPR voice was prefect 😂.

[@amla2263]

Right?! It's Ira Glass, Sabrina Tavernise and Phoebe Judge rolled into one. The cadence of rushing your words and then slowing down again... Chef's kiss

[@TheHappys]

“In a divided America what is music?” I ask myself that every day

[@victorfernandes7173]

A carton of milk

[@oldmanasante]

LOL. As a former NPR employee, I can also confirm that this is spot-on. Musicians using quirky instruments for the stripped down sets, employees complaining about the noise, and newbies trying to "find their voice," but basically emulating Ira Glass. And yes, there were 30+ year-old interns. Also, props to the set design team, y'all nailed all the details!

[@zayrharodriguez]

SNL should donate the milk carton shaker to the actual tiny desk!

[@Catherinzsl]

There's recycling, upcycling, and now cycling it forward.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Set decorations folks must be NPR fans!

[@ambientexpanse]

Yesss! For a second I thought it was at the real location, lol

[@TeddScheckler]

It’s almost like it’s a nationally famous show with a huge budget parodying a non-profit radio network. Who’d have thunk?

[@lauraanndekker7396]

@@TeddScheckler A huge budget doesn't mean anything if no one knows what to do with it. The details here are amazing.

[@wisdomprepper]

@@TeddScheckler Damn. You seem like you'd be fun at parties. lol

[@BorderlineBinge]

Shout out to set designers! Can be so underappreciated!

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Bowen doing ira Glass is my favorite thing tonight.

[@js1742]

Bowen nailed the This American Life tone! 😂 He's so so good!

[@hinnakoto]

bowen has that npr cadence down cold

[@paulmarado]

Not really. Very contrived

[@loohoo-zuher1983]

Fred Armisen did it better.

[@abjg6446]

NPR cadence drives me up the wall lol

[@thomastran2550]

He 100% listens to NPR 😂

[@yungmehico]

This set design is insanely accurate for just a 5 minute sketch. Much respect to the SNL crew!

[@The2ndQuest]

The setup for this with all the props and set decorations must have been insane to achieve in a quick turn around. The shelf contents don't just looked slapped together, but very natural "displaying stuff but also gradual storage build-up of stuff".

[@juniorxranger]

Peak design

[@thatboybear]

I mean, they’d have had a couple days to build it and decorate it, so not that quick a turnaround.

[@The2ndQuest]

@@thatboybear But it's not like it was a standing set or one of the opening skits where it could be set up in advance. It would still have to break down and be stowed back stage to one degree or another. And then moved and reset (with all the stuff on the shelves readjusted, fixed, stacked, etc) between other skits/performances.

[@thatboybear]

@@The2ndQuestI’m willing to bet their sound stage is big enough to house several pre-set scenes for their skits. It’s a one hour show shot live; there’s no way they’re actually setting up and tearing down every set mid-show. That’s not how professional productions work.

[@The2ndQuest]

@@thatboybear And most of their sets are modular for that purpose, I'm sure. They just usually do not have the crazy amount of props requiring placement by hand. They only have 3-4 stages free for sketch sets, I think (the other 2-3 are for music guests, monologue, Weekend Update, etc), and some are probably built in front of others to reuse the space. But the overall point is that, with all those prop placements, it's not something that can just be moved into place easily, or broken down into a few segments. Even if it was partially set up behind another set in advance, there's still an above average amount of work for something that was put together in a day or two at most.

[@d.b.cooper1]

lmao 'hey man big fan of the pod' bruh

[@artifach]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kgriff293]

When Bowen called out that “Tiny” Desk, I felt seen.

[@Mediaright]

That's how you know they're fans there. 😆

[@joybuehler5529]

😂

[@7roach]

It used to be tiny before OKGO helped them move to this less tiny desk 😂

[@dlobelow760]

​@@7roach OF COURSE OKGO HELPED THEM

[@99lodewijk]

Okay, but doesn't tiny refer to the concert? So it's a desk concert, that's tiny

[@perrydc]

This sketch gave me a new appreciation for the SNL set designers. They NAILED the desk. I'm 90% sure they borrowed some of the props.

[@juliusayo5049]

That was the BEST Ira Glass "This American Life" voice impression

[@AspenJohnston-zg5ir]

My high school teacher was an employee at NPR before working at my (very rural) high school. He was very gay,very flamboyant .honestly one of the best teachers I've ever had . This was uncanny. The only thing missing is him being fashionably late to 1st period and him walking in dressed all spiffy waving with two hands and an iced coffee saying "hellooo everybodyyyyy. Sorry I'm late!! ".

[@zerjiozerjio]

Sounds like… the best human being in the United States 💕

[@butchgreene]

Which is it… waving with 2 hands or carrying an iced coffee

[@samanthalee5808]

As someone who worked in two NPR partner stations, GOOD GOD THIS IS PERFECT 😂.

[@PhillyFrank1]

Totally nailed the look of the Tiny Desk Concert and the vibe of NPR. Kudos to props and wardrobe!

[@joybuehler5529]

“Well, this is NPR, so every day is like a big deal for us.” 😂

[@TheOddJuan]

Prop team did an amazing job! This was great! 😂

[@julian3bk]

I could go for more NPR parodies

[@RandomPerson-iz1qu]

"Your body is good but your mind! is! bad!" LMAOOOOO

[@breathspinecore]

Did anyone else have a moment of confusion with the video thumbnail?! My brain was like, "wait, tiny desk but who's the band, and wait, SNL what... oh my god, yes!"

[@withthetrans]

Haha yes exactly

[@HustonSingletary]

The Bruce Dickenson book laying in front is a nice touch 😆 More cowbell! 1:19

[@EclecticCleric]

Could be an Iron Maiden memoir, which he did after producing Don't Fear the Reaper

[@jasonlogan5622]

THE Bruce Dickinson?

[@FakingANerve]

😂 OMG! How did you catch that??

[@OvSpP]

Ramy: *harassed all concert by him Also Ramy: huge fan of the pod

[@d.b.cooper1]

Lmao lost it at that 😂

[@rktile8966]

I never worked at NPR but this is exactly how it is

[@Beatsbooksandbits]

Lol I’ve been waiting for the tiny desk parody 😂

[@surfwriter8461]

Now that you got it, you can go back to the woods. This is a parody of SNL doing a parody. And it rocks, sort of.

[@jonhowe2960]

@@surfwriter8461 I love SNL parody-comments parodies.

[@TaylorTrask]

It was like a lost Portlandia sketch from season 2.

[@davidserlin8097]

SUNY Newark is a very funny inside joke. SUNY is the State University of New York system. Newark is in New Jersey.

[@jjsingh04]

It's a bit of a twist on how Newark is considered basically NYC, I guess. Like Newark Airport being considered one of NYC's airports.

[@fustigate314159]

Not really an inside joke

[@ambientexpanse]

​@@anahata2009I do so technically that's someone, lol

[@TabethaAurochs]

It's a really funny joke made funnier when you explained it, even funnier when someone pointed out that a lot of people think Newark is part of NY, funnier still when someone else said nobody really thinks Newark is part of NY it's just that the airport's close... Promptly dispensed by someone who admits they did indeed think Newark was in NY which made it funnier still 🤣I appreciate all of you! ❤❤❤

[@davidserlin8097]

@@jjsingh04 I think some people consider Newark part of the greater NY metropolitan area because of all the people who commute in for work who live in Newark, which is also true of Hoboken, Jersey City, and Montclair but also true of parts of Westchester and Long Island and probably even Greenwich CT.

[@laalaa99stl]

There he is. Bowen was almost invisible this week.

[@yeskapanda]

Good..he's not even that funny.

[@rantman4521]

I love it when that happens 😊

[@vincentjohnflorio]

@@yeskapanda So edgy

[@blipmachine]

And that too on Gay Asian Visibility Saturday smh

[@stephansteohanlarsen7457]

He's never made me laugh.

[@RobeLifeMusic]

Tiny Desk Concert is the best thing on NPR.

[@DerekWritesPlays]

Now THAT'S niche. I remember when Armisen kept trying to put NPR sketches into the show

[@porksterbob]

Npr sketches are classic. Alec Baldwin with molly shannon and amy gasteyer did the Schweddy balls sketch.

[@Brennyv219]

All that’s missing here is the single skinny sennheiser microphone.

[@crob_0642]

I gotta have more milk carton!!!

[@lexohantas7638]

Bowen nailed the NPR podcast voice! 😂😂

[@alaskagal4958]

“…Speaking of big, I’m brave enough to say it: THAT desk is NOT tiny. Never was. Just feels small ‘cause there’s so much crap on it.” Truer words were never spoken. ☠️

[@Grace-fb7jk]

It was an awesome line!

[@peterb.559]

They're missing the most important part of Tiny Desk - the shotgun microphone! It's even in their logo.

[@VIDS2013]

That's the first thing I noticed! 😅

[@Neocaridina]

Goose "WEH!" 😂

[@digamejh]

It sounded like the Classic MacOS "quack" sound effect!

[@drebugsita]

Love Bowen's character is a podcaster and he is a podcaster IRL! Also the Cellist turned milk carton insturmentalist is so random yet natural it's comedic genius

[@tychoman]

Whoever did the props for this sketch deserves an Emmy

[@peachxblue]

Hahaha “SUNY Newark” 😂

[@VIDS2013]

I mean, it makes sense, if you don't think about it too much. 😅

[@heynowls3058]

Ramy Youseef. Is one of the best guest hosts. Easy and natural. Well done. SNL nailed the tiny desk/npr vibe!

[@GooseTheDrummer]

Pleasure to meet another Goose the drummer😂

[@Catherinzsl]

Since you're the more established one, I reckon you're Goose, and he's Goose Deuce.

[@captsatch]

And the indie band Goose just got a new drummer.

[@Catherinzsl]

@captsatch That person would be "The Goose Drummer" as opposed to "Goose the Drummer."

[@dogmosatchmo]

Goose is actually the term for female geese. Male geese are called ganders. There are only two genders of geese gen z. Calm down.😊

[@captsatch]

@@dogmosatchmo From one Satch to another.

[@DeadpoolNegative]

I love how the sketch is as set up one way but surprise pivot to Bowen Yang!

[@unshavenmarc]

"I have a sketch idea." "Great Bowen! What is it?" "It's me, being basically me, but this time I'm not in a weird full makeup."

[@mmrw]

Fun fact: the name doesn’t refer to the size of the desk. It’s called a tiny desk concert because it is a tiny concert at a desk, not a concert at a tiny desk

[@brucerows]

Thanks for clearing that up for me; I always thought it was because the music was so insignificant.

[@aljustal6554]

Kind of like, in the Denver area, a business called Wolff Child Psychology. It's Psychology for children founded by a guy named Wolff, not Psychology that's only for a wolf child.

[@WinteryMix84]

@@aljustal6554now that is funny!!

[@mmrw]

@@aljustal6554lmao

[@tj_sothu]

was just speedrunning through the npr concerts and this pops up outta nowhere🤣🤣

[@BeeOstrowsky]

Oh my God, who did the set design for this skit? This is amazing.

[@alexc.7375]

Finally a sketch with Michael Longfellow, but still completely under utilized.

[@jojomakes]

He was in another one as well tonight

[@MaybeTheyreBatman]

Beep boop I’m gay now - unfortunately I now require this podcast

[@NickHuntingtonKlein]

i'm about a minute into the video so far and what i'm taking away from it is "oh dang there's an Alex Ross book in that stack in the front that I haven't read" so I paused the video and bought it. A+ product placement.

[@tonyyoung3985]

I don't see it. Which book is it?

[@NickHuntingtonKlein]

"Wagnerism", light brown cover, 0:37 in the bottom-left@@tonyyoung3985

[@NickHuntingtonKlein]

"Wagnerism", light brown cover, bottom-left around 0:37 @@tonyyoung3985

[@IknowMoreThanYou]

​​@@tonyyoung3985 "The Answer You'll Never Find"

[@ambientexpanse]

​@tonyyoung3985 it's called "Wagnerism"

[@randommminator]

Bowen been getting toned up, glad to see him!

[@brainjellyTV]

"This could've have been an e-mail" 🤣

[@10aseews]

as a 40 year old intern, I felt represented here.

[@christinescott5002]

“More on this when we come back.” 😂😂

[@Mediaright]

Getting the signs on the top shelf right must've been impossible... so much so that I wonder if Bob and the gang loaned them to SNL expressly for this skit.

[@doubaraaganaba139]

The way he says 'my species is human' kills me

[@gracepapish1623]

Can we give a shout out to the set dressers!

[@toritori5835]

Bowen has that perfect TAL voice. “Terry. Ira. Gross. Glass” 😅

[@queenb604]

That desk is not tiny 😂

[@royoser9956]

Captures the over-the-top urban intellectual coffee house chic look of the original perfectly, in my opinion. Somebody took a lot of time and effort into putting that set together, including the choice of books.

[@lesliecurtisnkotb]

Glass and Gross ❤!

[@starrr365]

"Don't speak for what I have said" 😭

[@brandtsweet]

Tiny desk concert is one of my favorites. To be honest, I mean, it's hard to beat...

[@laurenw.8178]

Ramy totally pulls off the hipster musician look 😂

[@whatnowprods]

So guys, guys, my name is Amanda... I'm 37... I go to the Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY... and I'm working on a podcast that DOES have to do with Ai... and I am queer but that has nothing to do with the podcast... And I interned for an NPR affiliate station last summer. The question is, who the heck wrote this sketch?? I just got personally roasted.

[@Hereaftersuperman]

I’m dying at SUNY Newark, but I don’t know how many non-NYers got it 😂

[@SuperAngela40]

I’m from Ky amd live in SC and I got it so probably a lot of people 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@MusicfromMarrs]

Got it. I’ve flown into Newark plenty of times, plus relatives have lived in NYC and local NJ cities.

[@luthiermatt]

From CO. We actually know about things outside of our bubble.

[@sogiki]

Can you explain it?

[@MusicfromMarrs]

@@sogiki SUNY: State University of New York (ex: SUNY- Potsdam, SUNY-Stony Brook) Newark: a city in New Jersey

[@EM-ol6rb]

Portlandia rebooted

[@balusmbox]

As the biggest fan of Ira & Terry (Glass and Gross) - this is a fantastic sketch

[@loohoo-zuher1983]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6TYl4CqirSLqqs

[@aa23music]

i swear i was just watching a tiny desk concert when this popped up!!!! perfect timing

[@a_d_a_m]

‘this is goose’ *quack*

[@tylerhackner9731]

Was waiting for this tiny desk parody lol

[@brownkemosabe]

Finally a TDC sketch!! Bet Bob Boilen will be cracking up

[@2CWILKES]

Yes....prop team on point!!

[@SaraStar7373]

the quirky plucking guitar podcast intro is too real

[@somerset8088]

“I’m still on an important Zoom. With Ira and Terry. Glass. And Gross.”😂 My two favorite NPR programs, This American Life and Fresh Air!!

[@bisket2003]

Goose is so funny man.

[@mauiskater]

Snoozy me too, great episodes tonight. GREAT WRITING TONIGHT ❤❤

[@MichaelfromtheGraves]

Thie audience did not deserve "Beep boop. I'm gay now. It's a play on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me"

[@cranjismcbasketball2565]

Tiny desk is really good! They've got some great sound!

[@TerofiedBeats]

Ok that goose sound was on point 🤣

[@jaebee1121]

Nice to see Michael at last. I was actually googling if he was still on the show for how criminally underused he has been.

[@catrobertsverser]

"All I'm saying is What's with all the ruckus?" Somehow, Bowen really brings the snark lol. "Speaking of big, I'm brave enough to say it. That desk is not tiny. Never was. It looks small because there's so much crap on it. By the way, this could've been an email." Just hearing that line 😂

[@paulmarado]

Nothing was funny, even your little snarkiness

[@Bearedd]

@@paulmarado Your life must be sad with the only joy coming from projecting how much you hated this skit. Must’ve touched a nerve.

[@paulmarado]

@@Bearedd and you listen to NPR? You thought this was funny? This guy wasn’t even close to be funny. None of it was funny.

[@Bearedd]

@@paulmarado irrelevant whether or not i listen to npr. Im not even a fan of snl these days, but I’m not commenting multiple times my bitterness about it. It seems like you were triggered by this skit.

[@LC-le9ew]

I hope you guys make this a recurring sketch!!!

[@michaelwilliams8242]

Was about to find another video to watch when Bowen walked in and I immediately started paying attention 😂

[@sk8rn8thegr8]

“beep boop im gay now” took me out

[@emmyashbaugh]

Best of the night!!! 🥂👏

[@shydreamguyman4098]

Tiger's locker room skit almost made me fall out of my wheelchair laughing .

[@LintonWong]

Ira and Terry 😂

[@judithbg5588]

Bowen is soooo NPR - I’m rolling,!

[@tonyyoung3985]

I thought this was a real Tiny Desk concert. Almost skipped it.

[@joekellyou]

“Parentheses Taylor’s version” was right there! 😂

[@liizzset]

Love this sketch. And a fan who listens to NPR. This was hilarious.

[@RickLindstrom]

At first I thought this was a dead end sketch about how virtuoso Nev was disappointed to play a milk carton shaker.

[@eddiethecurler]

I absolutely hate pretentious podcast microphones, and they totally made fun of that.

[@carolinavalencia6707]

i loved this