The comedian also names another former costar as the funniest texter “independent of a group.”

Seth Meyers reveals the ‘funniest’ group chat name with his SNL castmates

The comedian also names another former costar as the funniest texter “independent of a group.”

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- During a recent appearance on the *Hey Jonas!* podcast, Seth Meyers revealed some *Saturday Night Live* group chat secrets.

- The comedian also named another former costar as the funniest texter “independent of a group.”

- “A voice note from Fred was better than a thousand donuts,” the late-night host declared.

The Jonas Brothers managed to get some *Saturday Night Live** *group chat secrets out of Seth Meyers.

Meyers appeared on the latest episode of the brothers’ *Hey Jonas** *podcast, during which Kevin Jonas questioned the late-night host about his correspondence with his former *SNL *castmates. “You’re still close with so many of your former SNL castmates. Are there any group chats?” the eldest of the Jonas trio queried. “If so, who’s in them? Who’s the most active? And do they all have a funny name?”

Meyers handled the bombardment of questions with ease, revealing that the group chat with the “funniest” name belongs to one with only two other people: his former Weekend Update cohost Amy Poehler and his producer, Michael Shoemaker.

“We’re The Tripod, the three of us,” Meyers shared. “That’s sort of a lovingly supportive one.”

Amy Poehler; Seth Meyers; Mike Shoemaker.

As for group chats with his other costars, Meyers admitted that the others don’t have funny names, but do consist of some funny people. “You know, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, and Bill Hader, those guys are on one,” he confirmed.

And in a phone full of funny guys, one has to take the crown.

“I will say the funniest texter independent of a group, [is] Fred Armison,” Meyers shared. “Would not surprise anybody, just got — with no context — a Happy Father’s Day message from him but it was a voice note [and] he was Homer Simpson. Just talking a lot about how he hopes I got donuts for Father’s Day.”

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Kevin, Joe, and Nick, all fathers themselves, were dutifully impressed by the gesture, with Kevin noting that he’d “save that one.”

While Meyers didn’t get any donuts for the holiday, he said: “You know what? A voice note from Fred was better than a thousand donuts.”

“I will say, it’s also like exactly the funniest version of a Homer Simpson impression where it’s like definitely not great, but also there’s some talent involved,” he added. “There’s just a little something.”

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Watch Meyer’s visit to the *Hey Jonas *podcast above.

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