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00:00New item up there. How much you guys want to pay for me to stick my socks in this moron's mouth?
00:04I will.
00:04Did football legend Joe Theismann just bid a thousand dollars to put a sock in my mouth?
00:08Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best guest stars and
00:14cameo appearances on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. These stars can appear more than once,
00:18but we won't be including any major recurring characters. With apologies to Doug Judy.
00:23It's not loaded. I just want to cock it and say a cool cop catchphrase.
00:27New York's finest just got a whole lot finer.
00:32Number 30, Pete Davidson.
00:34We have a black president. Why can't black people sell drugs?
00:37Many actors from Saturday Night Live show up on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but in Pete Davidson's case,
00:43he appears on the show prior to officially joining the long-running late-night variety series.
00:48He plays Steven, one of several at-risk kids who attend a seminar at the 99th Precinct.
00:54Steven questions Amy's racial sensitivity during her impression of a dealer,
00:58and then joins Gina in affirming that black people can sell drugs.
01:02Black people can sell drugs! Black people can sell drugs! Black people can sell drugs!
01:13He also quickly puts his musical spin on Rose's speech, and it's shockingly catchy.
01:18It's a short appearance, but marks a fun early highlight in Davidson's career.
01:22Because I've been that same scared kid. And if you don't get your crap together,
01:26I'm gonna end up busting you and throwing you in jail.
01:29Number 29, Marshawn Lynch.
01:32What the hell? Man, they forgot my pico together.
01:37Real celebrities appear several times during the series, but few of them are athletes.
01:42One of the exceptions is football player Marshawn Lynch.
01:45The former Seahawks running back is around getting a quesadilla
01:48when a van full of prisoners escapes after a crash.
01:51Despite his reputation of being tight-lipped with the press,
01:54Lynch proceeds to give a rambling witness statement that goes on numerous tangents.
01:59I didn't see anything. I was eating my quesadilla.
02:04It was a good one. Chicken, cheese, guac.
02:06But they forgot my pico de gallo.
02:08These include everything from his love of pico de gallo,
02:11to his ideas for a pizza quesadilla combo.
02:14Rosa may be disappointed that her hero isn't as taciturn as her,
02:18but we'd love to hear Lynch talk more.
02:20This one time I tried to wait up all night to catch Santa Claus, right?
02:24You know how they tell you, you gotta put the cookies and the milk out.
02:26I don't really be telling nobody this, but I like to sleep with the fan on,
02:30even when it's chilly outside.
02:31All about that white noise, baby.
02:33Stop.
02:33Number 28, Eugene Lee Yang.
02:36I'm so sorry, but I have to check you in.
02:38I need a member number.
02:39I don't have my member number with me.
02:42It's too bad you can't just use my Amex Black Card.
02:44Oh, that's great. We can use that.
02:46You can.
02:47You may recognize Eugene Lee Yang from the Try Guys internet videos.
02:51Here, though, he shows up in a brief role in Chelsea Peretti,
02:54aka Gina's Last Episode as a regular.
02:57For her last hurrah, she and Jake attempt to infiltrate an exclusive club
03:02to meet Mario Lopez.
03:04Yang plays Theo, a snooty receptionist.
03:07I'm so sorry, Miss Lacroix, you're not in the system.
03:09This is ridiculous. You know what? Call Daddy.
03:12He's so on the ball with his job that Jake has to repeatedly
03:15switch tactics on the fly.
03:17Eventually pretending to call his rich father,
03:19who's supposedly already inside the establishment.
03:22It's a small role, but we're glad Yang tried it.
03:25Daddy wants to get this young man fired.
03:27What is your first and last name?
03:30Uh, you know what? Forget about it.
03:33You can just go on up.
03:34Fantastic.
03:35Number 27, Niecy Nash.
03:38Here you are.
03:39Hey, oh my God.
03:40My trip here from the train station.
03:43Hey, I swear to you I heard the cab driver mumble under his breath.
03:46You will die tonight.
03:48This actress and comedian has featured in plenty of shows,
03:51but she's arguably most famous for appearing in Reno 911.
03:55While her B-99 role isn't in law enforcement,
03:58she's still close to it, since she plays Captain Raymond Holt's sister Debbie.
04:02For as robotic as Holt is, his sibling is the complete opposite,
04:06revelling in gossip and drama to the point where the captain
04:10refers to her as a hurricane.
04:11You ain't gonna believe mom's take on this.
04:13She thinks I'm the one who should apologize
04:15just because it turns out the hairbrush ended up being in my car.
04:19Yes, I'd love to discuss your hairbrush for even more time,
04:21but I have some pressing police matters to attend to.
04:23Holt tries to fight fire with fire by making his own life
04:26seem more hectic to drive her away.
04:29However, after learning that Debbie's marriage has fallen apart,
04:32he decides to be there for her in a sweet, brotherly way.
04:36It's a shame we never see Debbie again.
04:38She brings out a rare side of Holt.
04:40I want you to know that I'm here for you,
04:42and I would love to be all up in your life.
04:49Number 26.
04:50Patton Oswalt.
04:51Oh, well, it's too bad we all can't be as awesome as New York's finest.
04:56Which, by the way, sounds like my mom describing her dishware.
04:59Which, and she's dead, so let's tread lightly on the response.
05:02Renowned for his stand-up comedy,
05:04Patton Oswalt makes a few season one appearances that hold up well on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
05:08Oswalt plays Fire Marshal Boone,
05:11the dim-witted head of the local fire department.
05:13He first appears when a conflict over jurisdiction erupts,
05:16when Jake's favorite pizza place is destroyed by arson.
05:19Sal is in financial trouble, he has no alibi,
05:23and in cases of arson, the owner always did it.
05:27What's going on, sir?
05:28What's going on is that Peralta has screwed with me for the last time.
05:31Boone also returns in a brief scene that sees the Nine-Nine go up against his department
05:36in a not-so-friendly football game.
05:38Unfortunately, his appearances are confined to the first season.
05:41We would have loved to see him come back to keep their rivalry alive.
05:45We meet again.
05:46Detective Peralta.
05:47Your fly's down, I made you look.
05:48I didn't look and I'm wearing shorts, there is no fly.
05:51That's not what your mom said.
05:52You make no sense.
05:53And now I'm inside your head.
05:55Number 25.
05:56Nassim Pedrad.
05:58Jake?
05:58Kate!
05:59Oh no!
06:00It's me, Kate!
06:02Give me a hug!
06:02Stand down.
06:03Back off, dude!
06:05That's my brother!
06:06Oh no.
06:07It's a mom-cut situation.
06:09Thanks to his promiscuous father, Jake has a ton of family he's never even met.
06:13One of his half-siblings is Kate Peralta, who comes to New York to see him and who's
06:17played by Andy Samberg's fellow SNL cast member, Nassim Pedrad.
06:22Right.
06:23Are we doing table apps or solo apps?
06:25Uh, table apps and lots of them.
06:27If it is fried, it must be tried.
06:29Johnny Cochran.
06:29I remember when he said that!
06:31Jason.
06:32Right.
06:32Unfortunately, while they both relate to each other over their father abandoning them,
06:36Kate seems to take after their dad's worst qualities, and is a consummate con artist.
06:41Though Jake attempts to get rid of her, he ultimately realizes that he'd be more like
06:45their dad if he fully abandoned her, and they decide to remain in contact.
06:50Pedrad brings plenty of younger sibling energy to the role, and her chemistry with Samberg
06:55is great.
06:56Don't worry, I'm going back to Dallas and you won't ever have to see me again.
06:59Until that is, I'm on The Voice, at which point you'll see me everywhere!
07:06Number 24.
07:08Mario Lopez.
07:09Hey, is, uh, this the Hungry Monkey thing?
07:12It sure is, A.C. Slater.
07:13I'm so sorry, Mr. Lopez, I know that you're not actually the very iconic character that
07:16you played.
07:16Sure about that, preppy?
07:18This is the best moment of my life.
07:19Renowned the world over, or at least the 80s and 90s over, as A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell,
07:26Mario Lopez appears as himself on the show.
07:28Jake and Gina sneak into the aforementioned exclusive club in order to meet him.
07:33Turns out they're successful, and the actor-slash-TV host shows up at the bar where Gina's
07:38goodbye party is being held.
07:40Wait, I was told that this event depended on me.
07:42You just begged me!
07:43Jake is starstruck, but Gina instead plays the event off as exclusive and drives him
07:48away instead.
07:50As funny as it is to see the celebrity get destroyed, Lopez just seems like such a cool
07:54guy that we can't help but feel bad for him.
07:57Hey, um, it's raining outside.
07:59Is it cool if I just wait here until my car comes?
08:01Get out of here, Slater!
08:02Get out!
08:03Number 23.
08:04Neil deGrasse Tyson
08:07Gina, I know astronomy can seem a little daunting and scientific, but I have a friend who I
08:12think can make it pretty interesting.
08:14Let's move from one celebrity playing themselves to another.
08:18Gina may seem unmotivated, but she does go back to school at one point.
08:22She initially struggles with astronomy.
08:24To help, Terry calls in his gym buddy, the amazing astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
08:30Hi Gina, I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.
08:32And I care why?
08:33Director of the Hayden Planetarium.
08:35One of the world's leading astrophysicists, and he's doing me a huge favor.
08:39However, even one of the world's coolest scientists isn't enough to fuel Gina.
08:44While we agree that naming astral bodies does sound cool, her version of what the subject
08:48should be is way off the mark.
08:50At least we get confirmation of how much Tyson can bench, though.
08:54Damn, Neil deGrasse Tyson!
08:56How are you doing that?
08:57It's physics, Terry.
08:59It's physics.
09:00Number 22.
09:01Yorma Ticconi
09:03Excuse me, sir, there's something I'd like to talk to you about.
09:05One second, I'm busy.
09:07At the buzzer!
09:08Suck it, Chase, you dirty little hippie.
09:10Besides SNL and B-99, Andy Samberg is arguably most famous for the music comedy group The
09:16Lonely Island.
09:17The other two members of the trio both appear on screen in and direct episodes of Brooklyn
09:22Nine-Nine.
09:23Well, well, well.
09:25If it isn't Jake Peralta, my old-
09:29Rogers!
09:29It happened again!
09:31I told you to kick the walkways clear!
09:33And while Akiva Schaefer's cameo is a lot of fun, we have to give this to Yorma Ticconi's
09:37appearance.
09:38Ticconi plays Taylor, the absent-minded and wildly incompetent manager of the Fun Zone
09:43where Jake and Holt work while in witness protection.
09:46Taylor's utter chill and inability to do his job plays brilliantly off both former
09:51cops.
09:52Seriously, how did the bathrooms not have sinks?
09:55As you know, I've been here for four months and I think I'm a model employee.
09:59Oh, no doubt, no doubt.
10:00You had the idea to install sinks in the bathrooms.
10:02I love that.
10:03Number 21.
10:04Danny Trejo.
10:05You and Jake are dating.
10:07That's why you were nervous, because you know I never liked him.
10:10What?
10:10Okay, first of all, that's insane.
10:12We've only met once and we totally hit it off.
10:14We talked about soccer.
10:15I called it football.
10:16Oh, I see what happened.
10:17Rosa Diaz is such a stoic badass that only the king of stoic badasses could possibly
10:22play her dad.
10:23So naturally, they got Danny Trejo to portray Oscar Diaz.
10:27Much like most of Trejo's characters, Oscar is fairly taciturn, but it's played for
10:32laughs a few times.
10:34Well, I don't have my guitar here.
10:35Sing the song.
10:36Rosa, Rosa, Rosa, Rosa, Rosa, Rosa, Rosa, Rosa.
10:38Diaz, Diaz, Diaz, Diaz, Diaz.
10:39He and his wife react poorly at first when Rosa comes out as bisexual to them at dinner.
10:44However, by the episode's end, he reconciles with his daughter.
10:48I reacted poorly last night.
10:50This is all new to me.
10:51I know, but it's also not new.
10:54You know, I'm still the same person I always was.
10:57It's a great storyline for Rosa's character development, though we do feel like not having
11:02a father-daughter fight scene against criminals is a missed opportunity.
11:05Number 20, Damon Wayans Jr.
11:08Jakey P in the place to be.
11:10What are you doing here?
11:11I thought you were in the 124.
11:12Ah, I was, man, but then I arrested all the bad guys instead and so I transferred to the
11:169-8.
11:17So dope.
11:18A member of the prolific Wayans family, Damon Wayans Jr. is best known for appearing on
11:23shows like Happy Endings and New Girl, the latter of which makes for some interesting
11:27continuity issues.
11:29But more on that later.
11:30Wayans Jr. plays Stevie Shillens, Jake Peralta's first partner from when the two of them were
11:35beat cops.
11:36A reunion leads to the two of them gelling and reminiscing about old times, frequently
11:41breaking into improvised raps.
11:42Where's a good drive-in in a car?
11:45While Jake's buddy Charles Boyle is jealous, he also discovers that Shillens is a dirty
11:50cop after he plants drugs at a suspect's house.
11:53I can't believe I'm saying this, Stevie, but I gotta report you.
11:57Ow!
11:57Did you just Donkey Kong punch me?
11:59It's not enough for him to regular punch you.
12:01Number 19, Jenny Slate.
12:03Hello.
12:04Hey, you're Bianca, right?
12:05Mm-hmm.
12:06I'm Jake.
12:07I'm a friend of Freddy's from work.
12:08I'm looking for him.
12:09Well, which Jake are you?
12:10Are you Jakey Ladyhands or are you Jakey the Jew?
12:13Well, it feels weird saying this, but I hope Jakey the Jew.
12:17This SNL alumnus is also notable for her voiceover work.
12:21In Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Slate plays Bianca, the mistress of mobster Freddy Maliardi.
12:26Get him up.
12:27Get your hands up.
12:31Ladyhand.
12:33Jake hears the mobster is hiding out at his mistress's place and confronts her there.
12:37Although she first holds him at gunpoint and is then uncooperative, Bianca eventually gives
12:42up her former beau when she learns he was cheating on her with her sister.
12:45Freddy is cheating with Bianca G, but also with her younger sister, Valerie.
12:52No.
12:53Oh, yeah.
12:53I saw them together.
12:55That's why it's in the song.
12:56I knew it.
12:57It's a small but crucial role for the episode and one that Slate clearly has a lot of fun with.
13:02Number 18, Nicole Byer.
13:05Carl?
13:05Mangy Carl?
13:07Yes, that is me.
13:09I'm Trudy Judy, Doug's sister.
13:11This is our Aunt Patrice.
13:12I'm so glad you could make it.
13:14Doug really loved you.
13:16Doug Judy may not make our list, but his sister Trudy Judy does.
13:19Trying to get your freak on with my sister?
13:20What?
13:21No.
13:21I see you looking at Trudy Judy's booty.
13:23I am not looking at Trudy Judy's booty.
13:24Oh, you don't think she's a cutie?
13:26Don't be snooty.
13:26She's a beauty, but I'm on duty.
13:28And you're married.
13:29Well, yeah, but that doesn't rhyme.
13:30Played by Nicole Byer, a comedian known for her Bake Off show Nailed It,
13:34Trudy is quite similar to her brother, going so far as to copy his signature crime,
13:39stealing Pontiacs.
13:40She's also prone to betraying Jake to evade justice, just like her sibling.
13:45Trudy is more than just a female version of the Pontiac Bandit, though,
13:48as her flamboyant and confident sexuality gives her a flair all her own.
13:52Trudy Judy, you're not going to see boobs or butts this weekend.
13:55I'll see butts if I want to see butts.
13:57While she only appeared a few times, given her brother's reformed ways,
14:02she was always a blast to have around.
14:04Number 17, Sean Astin.
14:06Right now, they're trying to get root access by connecting the OSI network to the data link.
14:10This actor of Lord of the Rings and The Goonies fame is also a self-professed fan of the show,
14:15tweeting about its cancellation by Fox.
14:18Thankfully, not only was the show saved by NBC,
14:20but Sean Astin also wrangled a role of his own on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
14:24Astin plays Sergeant Knox, a tech expert called into the precinct after it's hacked.
14:29I hate to say it, but maybe it's time we start thinking about erasing the server.
14:32No, not until the last possible minute.
14:34What else can you do?
14:35With the ticking clock, Knox pressures Captain Holt to erase the servers.
14:38Yet Amy discovers that Knox is actually the perpetrator,
14:42and is attempting to use them to destroy evidence of an earlier crime he committed.
14:46From fan to show foe.
15:00Number 16, Tim Meadows.
15:09Another former SNL alum, Tim Meadows plays Jake's prison cellmate and friend, Caleb.
15:14Although amiable and friendly, Jake is horrified to discover that Caleb is a cannibal.
15:19Nevertheless, as one of Jake's few allies inside,
15:22Caleb is indispensable during the detective's time served, even taking a knife for him.
15:28Peralta is my best friend.
15:30If you want to kill him, you're gonna have to kill me first.
15:33Because friendship...
15:34Oh my god, he stabbed me, Jake!
15:36That doesn't stop him from getting a little bitey though,
15:39such as when he returns to assist Jake with a case.
15:41Come give me a hug, I'm not gonna eat you.
15:44Also, don't hug me because I will try to eat you.
15:47Meadows manages to make Caleb's congenial attitude contrast hilariously with his
15:51disturbing interests, making for a wonderfully entertaining and kind of scary character.
15:57Number 15, Mark Cuban.
15:59Doug Judy!
16:03Doug Judy and Jake Peralta may begin as bitter rivals,
16:06but their bromance grows as time goes on, to the point where Jake attends Doug's bachelor party.
16:12Held in Miami, the guys take a private jet lent to Doug by Mark Cuban,
16:16the billionaire host of Shark Tank, playing himself.
16:19It's a short scene, but in it, we learn that Cuban had Doug on his show to pitch
16:23a noise-canceling blanket for intimate relations called the Smush Shush.
16:27How do you guys know each other?
16:28Doug came on Shark Tank to pitch his idea for the Smush Shush.
16:32It's a noise-canceling blanket for secret sex.
16:34The product demonstration did not go well.
16:36Does anyone else want to see that episode of Shark Tank?
16:39Number 14, Nick Kroll.
16:41All right, everybody take their seats.
16:43My name is Agent Kendrick, Homeland Security, and I am in charge here.
16:47This comedian, best known for creating and starring in shows like Big Mouth,
16:51appears in an episode where the 99 is invited to participate in a mock hostage situation
16:57in a multi-agency training exercise.
16:59Kroll plays Kendrick, an arrogant Homeland Security agent who immediately gets on Jake's nerves.
17:05After Kendrick assigns the precinct to be hostages, Jake leads a rebellion and they
17:09become the hostage takers, eventually culminating in a showdown between him and Kendrick.
17:14You trying to goad me, Peralta?
17:16Because I'm in charge here and I don't have to engage with mall cops.
17:21But I will.
17:22Kroll does a great job making the snarky DHS agent both funny and easy to dislike.
17:27I'm already 10 pounds heavier than the picture she saw.
17:29Okay, just to clarify, those are your last words?
17:33Because I'm about to shoot you now!
17:36What?!
17:37Number 13, Katherine Hahn.
17:39Hello, chunk.
17:41Heard you want your sperm.
17:42You're gonna have to go through me.
17:44An actress and comedian known for films like Bad Moms,
17:47Katherine Hahn plays one of Brooklyn Nine-Nine's worst characters,
17:50Charles' ex-wife Eleanor Horsewheel.
17:53Oft-mentioned but only seen once, Eleanor manipulates and torments her former husband.
17:59Hey, do you threaten that 90-year-old man for me yet?
18:02But the guy you hit was 90.
18:04Yeah, and you would know that if you had talked to him, which obviously you did not, so goodbye.
18:08In her only on-screen appearance, Eleanor takes Charles' sperm hostage after learning
18:14he wants to use them to have a child, attempting to use them as blackmail in
18:18order to get him to have charges against her dropped.
18:21And this is the other one.
18:24Or rather, it was the other one.
18:28No!
18:32She shot a hostage!
18:33It's a testament to Hahn's skill as an actress that we hate Eleanor as much as we do.
18:38Then again, anyone who treats poor Boyle so badly was bound to earn our ire.
18:43Number 12.
18:44Maya Rudolph
18:50Marshall Haas
18:51Rick?
18:52Jake and Captain Holt being forced into witness protection isn't all bad.
18:56It gives Andy Samberg an opportunity for an SNL reunion.
18:59His former castmate Maya Rudolph appears as Marshall Karen Haas,
19:03the duo's contact with witness protection.
19:06Larry, what's your favorite movie?
19:07Uh, Die Hard.
19:08Wrong!
19:09Jake's favorite movie is Die Hard.
19:10I asked you for Larry's favorite movie.
19:12Two people can have the same favorite movie.
19:14Haas is insistent on maintaining the minutiae of their cover identities.
19:19She also calls a meeting that gets strangely personal,
19:22as Haas asks their advice in a roundabout way for her to cheat on her husband with a younger man.
19:26Rudolph's absolute commitment to the character's ridiculousness is a real treat.
19:31I don't know.
19:32I mean, I met someone, okay?
19:35And, um, I mean, it's not my husband.
19:37I mean, nothing's happened yet, but...
19:39My entire body is on fire.
19:42He's Cuban.
19:43Is this still official business?
19:44Of course it is.
19:45Number 11.
19:46Kid Cudi.
19:46Dustin!
19:48It's been a while.
19:49Mind if I ask you a few questions?
19:51Well, well, well.
19:52If it isn't Joe Peralta.
19:55A famed rapper and actor, Kid Cudi shows up early in the show's history
19:59as Dustin Whitman, a recently paroled convict that Jake put away,
20:03whom he suspects is up to his old tricks after a robbery with the same M.O. occurs.
20:09Unfortunately, Jake arrests him without enough evidence,
20:12giving the team only 48 hours to prove his guilt.
20:15I got all the time in the world.
20:18No, you actually have 48 hours.
20:21I know the law.
20:22As it turns out, Whitman taught his former cellmate how to do it and gave himself an alibi,
20:26leading to his arrest.
20:28Kid Cudi plays Whitman's smug superiority well and acts as a great foil to Jake's antics.
20:34What are you gonna do?
20:35Annoy him into talking?
20:37Ha ha.
20:38Number 10.
20:39Zooey Deschanel.
20:40NYPD, I need to commandeer this vehicle.
20:42It's a crossover.
20:44It's a crossover SUV and you can't have it.
20:46Most of the cameos on our list are of celebrities playing themselves or original characters.
20:51However, in this instance, we have a character from another show.
20:55Zooey Deschanel appears in a crossover event between New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Just Day.
21:00No, this is Schmidt's mom's car and I'm more scared of her than I am of some two-bit thug.
21:05I'm not a thug, I'm police.
21:06Okay, then name one law.
21:08Don't kill people.
21:09It's on me.
21:10I set the bar too low.
21:11Although the New Girl half of the crossover is much more extensive,
21:14only Jess appears in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode, in which her car is briefly commandeered
21:19by Jake while pursuing a suspect before he crashes it soon afterward.
21:23It's a short but sweet cameo that we enjoy every time.
21:26You're making a point you don't even believe in.
21:33Number 9.
21:34Nathan Fillion.
21:35Hi.
21:36Mark Devereaux.
21:36He plays Detective Coltracker on the show.
21:38Yeah, he does.
21:39And if I know Coltracker, the next thing you're gonna say is...
21:42So what's it gonna be?
21:44Rock, paper, scissors, or gun?
21:47You watch the show.
21:49I like that.
21:50In a nice bit of meta humor, Nathan Fillion, an actor known for appearing on cop shows like Castle
21:55and The Rookie, appears as an actor on a cop show within the cop show Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
22:00Everybody follow that?
22:01Fillion plays Mark Devereaux, an actor on the Law and Order-like Serve and Protect,
22:06who injects himself in Rosa and Jake's investigation into the theft of a laptop on the set.
22:10Isn't this the case the laptop was in?
22:12Yes, but in real life, when we handle evidence, we gotta wear gloves.
22:15Never wear gloves on the show.
22:17Fans love to see my fingers.
22:19Devereaux's hapless belief that he can do their jobs because he plays a cop on TV is hilarious,
22:24and also acts as a good red herring, since it turns out he's the culprit responsible.
22:30That's my move.
22:31Oh, I'm aware.
22:32You told us you never wore gloves when you picked up Cassie's laptop bag.
22:37Double tracker.
22:38Number eight, Fred Armisen.
22:39Hello.
22:40Hello.
22:41What's your name?
22:42My name?
22:42Mm-hmm.
22:43Milipnos.
22:44Can you spell that, please?
22:45M-L-E-P, clay.
22:51Did you say clay?
22:52Yes, the clay is silent.
22:54Another SNL castmate of Andy Samberg's, Fred Armisen makes several cameos,
22:59as a bizarre foreign man named Milipnos, who's from a fictional country.
23:03Encountered by Jake and Amy several times while canvassing doors,
23:07Milipnos has a number of odd qualities,
23:10such as spelling his name with a silent clay or singing songs about a dog's loss of virginity.
23:15This song is a celebration song for when a dog loses its virginity.
23:19Who checks that?
23:20He even makes an appearance at Jake and Amy's wedding playing the violin,
23:24although he claims not to know either of them.
23:29Guitar.
23:30Holy crap, Milipnos plays like an angel.
23:32Armisen's shy and weird demeanor helps make the minor character very memorable.
23:37Number seven, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
23:39David and I both arrived an hour early.
23:41We're sharing a French onion.
23:44Mother.
23:45Best known for his work composing and starring in the musical Hamilton,
23:48Lin-Manuel Miranda guest starred on Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Amy Santiago's brother, David.
23:53So she's about to jump, and I say, hey, I can't tell you this world is a good place,
23:57but I guarantee you it's better with you in it.
23:59And she climbs down off the ledge and she gives me a big hug.
24:02And that was before she won the Oscar?
24:04I don't know, I don't really follow pop culture.
24:05Much like his sister, David is a chronic overachiever,
24:08and is even less humble than Amy is.
24:11Naturally, this drives her nuts,
24:13leading her to be happy instead of upset when David is framed for possession of an illegal drug.
24:18So David, did you get fired or is there gonna be like a hearing?
24:22She's asking so she can be there to support you.
24:24Oh yeah, I wouldn't miss it.
24:26I'm so excited.
24:27While trying to clear his name, the two of them remain competitive,
24:30but they eventually become closer.
24:32I'm also a better dancer than you.
24:35Ames, you have badly misjudged your own abilities.
24:38You think you're better than me?
24:40Oh damn, she's got a shot.
24:43We just wish David had gotten a chance to sing and show off Miranda's impressive pipes.
24:48Number six, Nick Offerman.
24:50Happy Thanksgiving.
24:52Ha!
24:53A dry comedic actor most famous for his time as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation,
24:58Nick Offerman is also deadpan funny on this show too.
25:02Offerman plays Frederick, an OBGYN and Captain Holt's ex-boyfriend.
25:06When Terry's wife goes into labor at the station,
25:09Jake, in charge of the delivery due to Terry's absence,
25:12forces Holt to try to reconcile with Frederick to gain his assistance.
25:15Please don't slam the door again.
25:17We have a bit of a medical situation.
25:19I wish I could help, but unfortunately I have a bit of a wooden duck situation.
25:23Excuse me, what now?
25:24Still on about the duck, Frederick?
25:26The disappearance of a wooden duck apparently led to their breakup,
25:29though we can see Holt's attraction in the first place given that glorious beard.
25:34Hey, what took so long? Is she okay?
25:35Uh, yeah, I was just telling her the entire duck story,
25:38now that it finally has a satisfying ending.
25:40Number five, Bill Hader.
25:45Hello, I'm your new commanding officer, Captain Seth Dozerman.
25:48Yet another ex-SNL cast member, Bill Hader has amazing range,
25:53and he delivers an intense performance as Holt's temporary replacement, Captain Seth Dozerman.
25:58I have no use for people. I find people weird and confusing.
26:01I live my life by numbers. You see this watch?
26:03It tells me how many calories I burn at any time.
26:06Perhaps even more serious and productivity-focused than Holt is,
26:10Dozerman has a cardiac event within minutes of introducing himself to the squad.
26:14I'm having a heart attack. Yeah, I'm having a heart attack.
26:17Get back to work.
26:18Get a doctor!
26:19This barely slows him down, though, as Dozerman continues making draconian
26:23attempts to increase efficiency around the precinct, even briefly bonding with Jake over it.
26:28When you stare death in the face as I have, it really puts things into perspective.
26:34Namely, that I've been wasting too much of my time farting around, so that stops now!
26:41However, catching Jake and Amy kissing in the file room sends him into a full-blown meltdown
26:46that gives him a fatal heart attack.
26:48As much as we would have loved to see Bill Hader appear more in the series,
26:51we don't think our hearts could take it.
26:53I'm gonna be here a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long...
27:00Oh, this is a heart attack. This right here, this is a heart attack.
27:02Ooh, it's a big one. Ooh, ooh, ooh.
27:06Number 4. J.K. Simmons
27:08Squad, meet Detective Frank Dillman of the San Francisco PD.
27:11J.K. Simmons has had a long career, during which he's appeared in pretty much everything,
27:16so it was only a matter of time before he showed up on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
27:20When an apparent prank gone wrong explodes on Jake's desk, Holt calls in his experienced
27:25detective friend, Frank Dillman, to solve the who-has-done-this that ensues.
27:30Seemingly unflappable and able to deduce everything about someone just by meeting them,
27:34Now, based on your reaction, I know every single thing about you as a person.
27:39That can't be true.
27:40Dillman pins the blame on Jake after finding a receipt for the materials in his bag.
27:44However, Jake then proves that Dillman framed him,
27:47as he's no longer even a detective and now works at Yarn Barn.
27:51Just to double-back.
27:52My God, he's double-backing Dillman.
27:53How could the best detective that Holt's ever worked with make such a mistake?
27:56I wondered myself, so I made a few phone calls.
27:58It turns out Dillman was fired by the SFPD.
28:00I guess he rubbed the brass the wrong way.
28:02Not only that, but he's currently working part-time at Yarn Barn, a hobby shop in Albany.
28:06I have his manager on the phone right now.
28:08Frank, what is going on?
28:10You have a shift tonight.
28:11You know I have finals.
28:12Number 3.
28:13Reginald Bell Johnson
28:15Jake Peralta loves Die Hard.
28:17This is no secret.
28:18So Jake is thrilled when he learns from Charles Boyle that actor Reginald Bell Johnson,
28:23who played Sergeant Al Powell in Die Hard,
28:25was part of his bachelor party, with the actor playing a fictional version of himself.
28:29Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, it's Reginald Bell Johnson.
28:31What's going on?
28:32Who are you?
28:32I'm Jake Peralta.
28:33You were part of my bachelor party tonight.
28:35Oh, you're the jerk who didn't show.
28:36He knows who I am.
28:38Unfortunately, Jake skipped out on that part of Boyle's carefully constructed evening,
28:43leading him to turn to Bell Johnson for help when Charles leaves after finding out they cheated.
28:47This is where he told me to wait for you.
28:49Oh my God, this is the corner where John McClane met Zeus Carver in Die Hard 3.
28:53Bell Johnson's dislike for Jake for not showing up builds to the point
28:56where he considers him an enemy for life and is willing to badmouth him to Jake's idol,
29:01Bruce Willis.
29:02You made an enemy for life, and I'm telling Bruce Willis you suck.
29:07Number 2.
29:08Sterling K. Brown
29:10I'm Philip Davidson.
29:12Detective Jake Peralta asked me to drop by.
29:13Oh, the dentist who murdered someone.
29:16Spoiler alert, they think he did it.
29:18Known for his work on the drama This Is Us, among other roles,
29:22Sterling K. Brown made a dramatic impact on Brooklyn Nine-Nine
29:25during his singular appearance on the sitcom.
29:28Brown plays Dr. Philip Davidson, a dentist suspected of murder who
29:32is interrogated by Captain Holton Jake throughout an entire episode.
29:367pm, talk with Philip about?
29:38Missing meds.
29:40Did I get that right?
29:41Uh, yeah.
29:43But, missing meds hardly sounds like firing Cheryl, so maybe you want to explain-
29:46He thought Cheryl was stealing the azepam, that's why he wanted to fire her.
29:49Any other questions?
29:50Davidson is smugly superior and always seemingly a step ahead of them.
29:54Eventually, though, Jake is able to play on his pride and get him to fess up to the murder.
29:58He may just be sitting at a table, but Sterling K. Brown still manages to make Davidson one of
30:03the show's most effective one-off antagonists.
30:06I knew exactly where I was driving.
30:08I left my phone in the office on purpose.
30:09I was in a surgical suite by design, and I didn't use some glass award that any idiot
30:13would clearly see was missing.
30:15I made a rod out of a special dental polymer, killed him with it, then melted it back down.
30:19It's already in a patient's mouth, son!
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30:38Number 1.
30:39Adam Sandler
30:40This is terrible.
30:42You don't know what you're doing.
30:43Adam Sandler?
30:44Yeah, that's right.
30:45Yet another SNL alumnus and a frequent collaborator with Andy Sandberg in movies,
30:50Adam Sandler makes a cameo in Brooklyn Nine-Nine playing himself.
30:53While trying to spot a suspect in a crowd, Jake switches places with an auctioneer and
30:58is heckled by Sandler after he does a poor job of pretending to auction off items.
31:02How much you guys want to pay for me to stick my socks in this moron's mouth?
31:05I will!
31:06Did football legend Joe Theismann just bid $1,000 to put a sock in my mouth?
31:10You bet!
31:10Although Sandler has most of the crowd behind him throughout the exchange, Jake's crack
31:15about Sandler's Russian Revolution movie featuring Kevin James is definite gold,
31:20particularly since it's true.
31:22I collect antiquities.
31:23I'm a serious person.
31:25I'm writing a movie right now about the Russian Revolution.
31:27Oh really?
31:28Who does Kevin James play in it?
31:29Uh-huh, it's a serious movie.
31:32Trotsky.
31:33Ah, there it is.
31:34We have to wonder who Sandler himself would play.
31:37Lenin or Stalin?
31:39Is there a cameo from Brooklyn Nine-Nine you want to arrest us for not including?
31:43Throw us in jail in the comments with your favorites.
31:46But the only thing I don't get is why they would handcuff you for vaping.
31:49Because they're the worst.
31:50Yeah, I mean because they're the worst.
31:52Also, I slapped a stewardess.
31:54Real hard.
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