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

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

Please say more!

@ivyrose779

2 ай бұрын

Elaborate!!!

@perrydc

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

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

The cellist playing milk carton was absolutely crushing it. 🔥

@DerekWrites

2 ай бұрын

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

@kooale

2 ай бұрын

Drummer crushed the facial hair - stash & beard!

@chasbodaniels1744

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@HalisiaHubbard

2 ай бұрын

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

@deviction9314

2 ай бұрын

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

@sumnersvensson7237

2 ай бұрын

​@@deviction9314because people like music

@deviction9314

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

As a fan of Jeezy he needs a redo

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

@DeadpoolNegative

2 ай бұрын

I want a t-shirt

@marctouss1862

2 ай бұрын

can you describe the ruckus?..

@magy5011

2 ай бұрын

I need this on a T-shirt 😂

@Jsuarez6

2 ай бұрын

Is the ruckus here in the room with us?

@sleepy.timaeus.arts.

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@ms0824

2 ай бұрын

Scanlon

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

@MissSorceress

2 ай бұрын

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

@babotond

2 ай бұрын

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

@maddiewalsh3285

2 ай бұрын

It's so NPR 😂

@skygamer7790

2 ай бұрын

Why?

@user-cp6vb9cp8q

2 ай бұрын

Tell us! 😂

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

@victorfernandes7173

2 ай бұрын

A carton of milk

@sumnersvensson7237

5 күн бұрын

It's mostly like melodies and rhythm. Some times they'll throw in some lyrics, and those should be insightful.

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

2 ай бұрын

Right??

@VIDS2013

2 ай бұрын

You can tell they really enjoyed making this one!

@louisrios5546

2 ай бұрын

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

@juniorxranger

2 ай бұрын

They went for it

@alwaysthinkin

2 ай бұрын

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

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!

@Greanestbean

15 күн бұрын

The emulating of Ira Glass was spot on

@bigseanprice

14 сағат бұрын

what a terrible establishment then. stop doing these things! please

Set decorations folks must be NPR fans!

@ambientexpanse

2 ай бұрын

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

@TeddScheckler

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

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

@wisdomprepper

2 ай бұрын

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

@BorderlineBinge

2 ай бұрын

Shout out to set designers! Can be so underappreciated!

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

@amla2263

2 ай бұрын

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

Bowen doing ira Glass is my favorite thing tonight.

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

@Catherinzsl

2 ай бұрын

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

bowen has that npr cadence down cold

@paulmarado

2 ай бұрын

Not really. Very contrived

@loohoo-zuher1983

2 ай бұрын

Fred Armisen did it better.

@abjg6446

2 ай бұрын

NPR cadence drives me up the wall lol

@thomastran2550

2 ай бұрын

He 100% listens to NPR 😂

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

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

@Mediaright

2 ай бұрын

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

@joybuehler5529

2 ай бұрын

😂

@7roach

2 ай бұрын

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

@dlobelow760

2 ай бұрын

​@@7roach OF COURSE OKGO HELPED THEM

@99lodewijk

2 ай бұрын

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

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

lmao 'hey man big fan of the pod' bruh

@artifach

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

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.

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

2 ай бұрын

Peak design

@thatboybear

2 ай бұрын

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

@The2ndQuest

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

@@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

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

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

2 ай бұрын

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

@butchgreene

2 ай бұрын

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

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

I could go for more NPR parodies

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

@jjsingh04

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

Not really an inside joke

@ambientexpanse

2 ай бұрын

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

@TabethaAurochs

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

There he is. Bowen was almost invisible this week.

@yeskapanda

2 ай бұрын

Good..he's not even that funny.

@rantman4521

2 ай бұрын

I love it when that happens 😊

@vincentjohnflorio

2 ай бұрын

@@yeskapanda So edgy

@blipmachine

2 ай бұрын

And that too on Gay Asian Visibility Saturday smh

@stephansteohanlarsen7457

2 ай бұрын

He's never made me laugh.

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

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

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

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

@d.b.cooper1

2 ай бұрын

Lmao lost it at that 😂

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

@porksterbob

2 ай бұрын

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

Tiny Desk Concert is the best thing on NPR.

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

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

Ай бұрын

Haha yes exactly

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

2 ай бұрын

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

@aljustal6554

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

@@aljustal6554now that is funny!!

@mmrw

2 ай бұрын

@@aljustal6554lmao

@davidwright1011

18 күн бұрын

Could this be one of the most NPR replies possible?

I gotta have more milk carton!!!

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

Bowen nailed the NPR podcast voice! 😂😂

“…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

2 ай бұрын

It was an awesome line!

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

@surfwriter8461

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

@@surfwriter8461 I love SNL parody-comments parodies.

@TaylorTrask

2 ай бұрын

It was like a lost Portlandia sketch from season 2.

Goose "WEH!" 😂

@digamejh

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@VIDS2013

2 ай бұрын

That's the first thing I noticed! 😅

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

@EclecticCleric

2 ай бұрын

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

@jasonlogan5622

2 ай бұрын

THE Bruce Dickinson?

@FakingANerve

2 ай бұрын

😂 OMG! How did you catch that??

Hahaha “SUNY Newark” 😂

@VIDS2013

2 ай бұрын

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

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

Pleasure to meet another Goose the drummer😂

@Catherinzsl

2 ай бұрын

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

@captsatch

2 ай бұрын

And the indie band Goose just got a new drummer.

@Catherinzsl

2 ай бұрын

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

@dogmosatchmo

2 ай бұрын

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

2 ай бұрын

@@dogmosatchmo From one Satch to another.

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

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

Whoever did the props for this sketch deserves an Emmy

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

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

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

SNL Alex G can’t hurt me… SNL Alex G can’t hurt me

Bowen been getting toned up, glad to see him!

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

@jojomakes

2 ай бұрын

He was in another one as well tonight

@sarahsudheer296

3 күн бұрын

He doesn't have much range which is why he's used in few sketches.

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

Can we give a shout out to the set dressers!

"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."

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

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

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

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

2 ай бұрын

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

@NickHuntingtonKlein

2 ай бұрын

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

@NickHuntingtonKlein

2 ай бұрын

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

@IknowMoreThanYou

2 ай бұрын

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

@ambientexpanse

2 ай бұрын

​@tonyyoung3985 it's called "Wagnerism"

Portlandia rebooted

"This could've have been an e-mail" 🤣

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.

That desk is not tiny 😂

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.

“More on this when we come back.” 😂😂

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

@SuperAngela40

2 ай бұрын

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

@MusicfromMarrs

2 ай бұрын

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

@luthiermatt

2 ай бұрын

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

@sogiki

2 ай бұрын

Can you explain it?

@MusicfromMarrs

2 ай бұрын

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

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

Glass and Gross ❤!

Goose is so funny man.

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

‘this is goose’ *quack*

Was waiting for this tiny desk parody lol

the quirky plucking guitar podcast intro is too real

Ramy totally pulls off the hipster musician look 😂

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

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.

"Don't speak for what I have said" 😭

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

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

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

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

@loohoo-zuher1983

2 ай бұрын

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you can tell it's not real tiny desk when vocalist doesnt use shotgun mic

@Mediaright

2 ай бұрын

The shotguns they use are pretty expensive, so I can get not thinking it was important enough a detail to splurge on.

Ok that goose sound was on point 🤣

Yes....prop team on point!!

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

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

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

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

Rarely see Chloe in a sketch.

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

Best of the night!!! 🥂👏

@shydreamguyman4098

2 ай бұрын

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

“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!!

I worked at NPR and it wasn't like this the desk was much tinier

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

Bowen is soooo NPR - I’m rolling,!

Ira and Terry 😂

That Ira Glass voice was great. lol

You gotta zoom in on the set there are so many cool details!