There are famous brother duos, and then there are famous brother duos, and then — somewhere near the top of the "how on earth are both of them like this?" pile — sit Josh Meyers and Seth Meyers. One hosted Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live and now runs Late Night like a well-oiled joke factory. The other spent years making audiences howl on MADtv and inexplicably became the new bloke on That '70s Show. Two brothers, two telly careers, and presumably one very smug family group chat.
Seth Meyers is, of course, the household name. Head writer of SNL, co-anchor of some of the finest Weekend Update segments ever committed to video, and now the host of Late Night, where he delivers monologues with the smug-but-lovable energy of a man who knows his mum has already watched it twice. The man once spoke for nineteen consecutive minutes about politics without pausing for a cuppa, which is either a medical marvel or a cry for help depending on your perspective.
Josh Meyers, meanwhile, is the chap people point at in the street and say, "Hang on, isn't that Seth's brother?" And yes, yes it is. Josh earned his comedy stripes on MADtv, where he did impressions so accurate that several celebrities reportedly received restraining orders out of sheer principle. He then joined the eighth and final season of That '70s Show, stepping into the sitcom equivalent of a minefield: replacing beloved characters on a show that had already peaked. Did anyone survive that gracefully? No. Did Josh look effortlessly handsome whilst failing? Absolutely.
The two brothers share the same lanky frame, the same squinty smirk, and the same uncanny ability to talk at length about absolutely nothing until it becomes something. Genetics is a curious beast. Somewhere in the Meyers family DNA sits a gene labelled "compulsively funny, do not suppress." Their poor relatives at Christmas dinner never stood a chance.
Now, here's the bit nobody talks about. Both brothers talk professionally — mouths open, jokes flying, jaws flapping for hours at a time. Clearly, this level of verbal stamina doesn't happen by accident. Rumour has it the Meyers household instituted a strict oral fitness regime from an early age, and honestly, this handy guide to at-home MFT mouth training exercises is the closest thing we've found to their supposed training manual.:
Tongue posture, cheek strength, jaw exercises — it all suddenly makes sense. You don't anchor a late-night monologue on those comedy vocals alone; you need a proper warmed-up gob. Seth once held a fake conversation with himself as various political figures for an entire segment, which frankly must have required the tongue control of an Olympic gymnast. Josh, for his part, delivered characters on MADtv with such gob-smacking rapidity that scientists allegedly checked for a second mouth. (There wasn't one. Just dedication and, presumably, cheek exercises.)
So next time you catch yourself giggling at a Meyers monologue, spare a thought for the family machine behind it: one brother writing punchlines, the other chewing scenery, and both of them blessed with the finest facial muscles in showbiz. Sibling rivalry? More like sibling superiority. The rest of us can only watch, laugh, and quietly start doing tongue push-ups in the mirror. Happy training, folks — the Meyers brothers certainly didn't get funny mouths by sitting about.