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Adam Scott: From Step Brothers To Severance

April 30, 2026 / 01:01:24

This episode covers Coachella experiences, the TV show "Severance," and guest Adam Scott's career highlights. Adam Scott discusses his role in "Severance," his experiences on "Parks and Recreation," and his thoughts on Justin Bieber's performance at Coachella.

Adam Scott shares his recent trip to Coachella, detailing the challenges of finding his daughter and the lengthy exit from the parking lot. He reflects on the impressive performance by Justin Bieber, noting the audience's connection to him and the charisma he displayed.

The conversation shifts to Adam Scott's role in the critically acclaimed series "Severance," where he explains the unique premise of the show and its relevance to contemporary work-life balance issues. He emphasizes the show's smart writing and how it resonated with viewers during the pandemic.

Scott also touches on his comedic roots, discussing his experiences on "Parks and Recreation" and how he transitioned from comedy to drama. He recalls memorable moments with co-stars like John C. Reilly and the improvisational nature of their work.

Throughout the episode, Scott shares anecdotes about his career, including his early days on SNL and his interactions with iconic figures like Christopher Walken. The hosts express admiration for Scott's versatility as an actor and his contributions to both comedy and drama.

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Adam Scott discusses Coachella, "Severance," and his acting career highlights.

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Once Bieber ended, we took an hour to find my daughter and her friends. Finally found them, got them in the
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cars, and then it was 2 and 1/2 hours to leave the parking lot >> just to get out. So, we didn't get to
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bed till like 5:00 a.m. I remember the very first church chat. I remember exactly where I was. You
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>> serious? >> 100%. Can we talk about Carcenio really quick? >> Sure.
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>> Sure. Because Carinio, that was deep into your run, but I remember being like, "Holy shit." And we
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realized we were both big YouTube fans >> and no one else really wanted to talk
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about it with us. Like our wives were sick of hearing about YouTube. I remember shooting a scene uh at a dinner
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table and John C. Riley and I kind of started improvising and going back and forth and it just started sort of
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flowing and it was really fun, really funny. And after cut, I remember we looked at each other and he was like,
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"See there, that was fun, right?" Okay, so we had Adam Scott on Dana and
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uh >> pretty cool dude. Very interesting. Uh obviously the big one is severance right
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now >> which you have watched and I tried to explain him. I thought it was like the
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office. It is not. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. He he he breaks down severance for
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us in a way that David and uh others of his ill. >> Yeah. I said tell me let's say I'm a
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two-year-old. >> Yeah. Let's say I'm a baby in a baby creat. >> Tell me about seven. How would I get it?
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Uh, also obviously famously in some biggies like Step Brothers, um, does comedy, does drama,
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>> does good-looking. >> Yeah, he's a he's an uh extra extra nice
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person, very humble, and uh likes to laugh a lot and and he asked us some questions, too. So, we always like that.
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But yeah, he's an absolute delight and we talk about Big Little Lies. We talk
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about obviously what >> Parks and Wreck. We We try to get him to make fun of Rob Low.
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>> Yeah. And his new scary movie that sounds really cool coming out. Yeah. And
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we talk about Rob Low and his handsomeness effect and stuff like >> what's his new movie?
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>> Hulum. Hulum. So anyway, I hardly knew. Enjoy this podcast. >> Yeah, it is very scary. The trailer is
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scary. The movie's scary. We try to break down what it's like to do a horror
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film. >> Uh here he is. Adam Scott, >> are you in witness protection right now?
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>> I mean, >> it's fine. We've had it before, Adam, but uh you're you're definitely on the
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run, right? >> I am. >> Are you on the Are you doing re-shoots for Hokum? I thought it
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>> Thank you for joining me. This is great. >> Hold on. I have to turn on a light.
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>> Yeah, let's get Let's light you up. How about that? >> Well, let's get the union. Grievance.
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Grievance. more time to fix my hair. >> You know, Dana, if you move something on
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the set, it's a grievance to the union if they don't do it. >> Ah,
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always yell grievance on set. It's funny. I like get the curtains open. >> Let's wake it up.
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>> There we go. Isn't this nice? >> Wow. >> What? You have earphones in or I can't
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see what you got in. >> I have uh AirPods. >> He's a pro. >> Have you seen those before? They're
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>> They're really cool. >> I'm not always out at the parties. I
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don't know what AirPods are. in a pod. You know when you fly and you have a pod. That's my pod.
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>> By the way, I went to Coachella. >> I brought my daughter to Coachella.
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We in the first weekend. Did you guys didn't go, did you? >> Wait, this Coachella was
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>> I want to hear about this. Yeah, I didn't go. >> Oh, cool. What happened?
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>> It is I hadn't been in 23 years or something. Dude, it is a nightmare. H.
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>> That's exactly what I thought it would be. >> Oh, a a nightmare.
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>> Yeah. >> Anyway, it just way too old to go to [ __ ] Coach. >> It's like Burning Man with music kind
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of, but that has music. It seems like what? How many ouses? How many outouses? Five.
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>> So many like fleets of toilets. >> Okay, let's tell the audience. Coachella
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is at a polo field three hours out of LA already starting on an inconvenient foot.
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>> Yeah. >> Then when I went >> I went to actually Old Chella which was
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remember >> Oh, you did see I went with Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
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>> Rolling Stones. That sounds good. >> Unrealc. >> Rolling Stones.
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>> But but your the one I went to was three nights were McCartney, Stones, and The
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Who and then they did it again. >> Um but it was the walking alone. I don't
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know if it's still that way, but you can't get near the [ __ ] place. >> No. And we once Bieber ended, we took an
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hour to find my daughter and her friends, finally found them, >> got them in the cars. And then it was
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two and a half hours to leave the parking lot >> just to get out. So, we didn't get to
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bed till like 5 a.m. >> Just after just so people know, it's not hyperbole. 2 and 1/2 hours. You get in
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your car, it's 2 and 1/2 hours before you exit the parking. >> Two and a half hours till we inching out
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like out of >> I know. I get it. But you think an hour, maybe 90, but three hours sitting still
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for an hour and a half and then inching along for another hour >> and that was like the VIP parking or
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whatever, which is gross. >> Best of the best of the best. That's the funniest part. What about Did you stay
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>> in uh Madison Club? Where do you stay even out there? >> We stayed we had like an Airbnb
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house that we actually it was like a got through a friend or something. So we had
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like a a house for you know bedrooms for my daughter and our friends and it was and then the nights we just went
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to pick them up and didn't even go to the show. We only went one night because
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we were like forget it. Just the even that was impossible just going to pick them up.
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>> How would you ever meet someone and find where they were? >> No. And no phones work because
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everyone's trying to use their phone. So phones do not work. So there's no way to
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communicate. >> Yeah. They just completely shut down on everybody. >> Doesn't it sound fun?
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>> Did you It does sound kind of fun. But did you have any moment where the hair
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stood up in the back of your neck like this is worth it? Look at this [ __ ] show.
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You know, >> I was there. I I was really happy to see The Strokes and really happy to see
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David Burn and >> he was great. >> Um >> Yeah. >> And then the Justin Bieber show was very
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was impressive the set and he was charismatic. I just you know my daughter and wife and all my they love him. So
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>> sure. Uh that was uh it was uh I mean so many people like hundreds of thousands of people.
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>> It's too much. It's worth >> [ __ ] nuts. >> And they love Bieber. Did he come out in
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his boxers or did he put a hoodie on or what did he do? >> He had uh like these shorts, leather
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shorts, and then boots. So there ended up being about this much leg between the shorts and the boots.
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>> Yeah, I saw I've seen that look. >> Uh yeah, he did it. I thought he did a
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great job actually. >> Did you know how many songs roughly >> for Justin Bieber?
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>> Yeah. >> I don't know. >> I don't know how many I knew.
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>> I I Oh, that that I knew. >> Yeah. >> Oh, two maybe. >> Lots of low pieces.
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>> He's got his own charisma now. That's sort of like >> there was this troubled time, I guess,
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or he's been around and there's a sense like you don't know what he's going to
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do. Yeah, like exa exactly like what he did at the Grammys or whatever. He just came out. So there's something about him
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that's very brings you in. You're like what's going on with this? >> It was fascinating too cuz he's like a
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legacy. It's been like 20 years now. So all these people the audience just had
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feelings, you know, like these people grew up with him. So it was >> and he he was really a good performer
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and really kind of disciplined and charismatic. I thought it was really interesting and really good.
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>> Yeah. >> Yeah. I thought what he did was a cool idea and also with all the crazy stuff
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in quotes going on with the record industry and all the things and >> all the people involved and he was in
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the middle of it like everyone has a sort of pulls for him going >> what what have you been through like
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what is the life of Bieber even though he's got all the money in the world and
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>> and all the fame and >> the girls still love him and you think you'd grow out of that and he he hasn't.
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they still go crazy for. >> Yeah. And he he was so young when he started that I can't even imagine going
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through all of that at that age. But then also the the YouTube thing where he went on a computer and
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>> like kind of surfed YouTube with the it kind of brought this like intimacy and
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kind of I thought it was pretty pretty smart way to do it. That's charismatic
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because you was playing a YouTube like we all do at home and yet there's 100,000 people out there. Hey, listen
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this one, you know, and so that's also very makes. >> He and I have had the same sort of
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>> career exact >> trajectory. Yeah. >> Yeah. I I sometimes call him beeps part
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two, you know. It's just a friendly name of my boxers on stage when I do stand
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up. >> That's right. >> Can I a keyboard? >> Yeah. >> My 20 second Bieber story. Yeah. So, I
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think I was either hosting or whatever, but Bieber was maybe 14 or 15 and he's
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somehow on SNL >> and Lauren, we should have a church chat with Bieber. But his mom was very
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religious. So, we had a meeting in Lauren Michael's office with Justin and myself and Lauren and and his and had to
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kind of convince her that it's not satanic because the church lady gets a little hot and bothered in her PG-13
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way. >> She sure does. Cute. She does. That's what we're all waiting for.
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>> We want that, Adam. >> I am a man in a dress, you understand? >> But we want it's why we tune in.
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>> But Bieber was so good at it. He his acting was fantastic and he was funny
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and Yeah. Anyway, so that's my Bieber story. >> You know, Adam, when I watch church
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chat, >> Yeah. >> And I wasn't on SNL, but I'm at home. I'm always thinking, I hope this guy
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[ __ ] up and says something that will irritate the church lady. >> Oh. Oh. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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>> So then the church lady will start to get mad and bring up Satan. >> Oh yeah. That's that's what
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>> almost always happens. >> But also I remember the very first church church chat. I remember exactly
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where I was. >> Serious 100%. because it was so clear this was a brand new era of SNL
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starting. It was so crystal clear. I was in middle school and we were watching the brand new Was it the very f your
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very first episode? The very first episode of the cast. Yeah. >> Yeah. And Phil, we had Phil Hartman in
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there and Sigourney Weaver was the >> uh the host. So, and Victoria Jackson
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>> came out and did this whole and I try and Jesus and this and that. Pause,
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pause, pause. Well, isn't that special? First time I said it on TV and I got a
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big laugh and went, >> "Yeah." >> But, uh, that was just lucky because it
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was at home base and it involved a lot of the cast. So it was like a a perfect thing for our show, you know, because
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guests were coming on. Sean Penn and tried to beat me up and I beat him up, you know, stuff like that. So it was a
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moment in time, but I guess you were at the age where you could see it from young eyes.
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>> Well, it it was it was immediately that Monday at school, everyone was saying,
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"Isn't that special?" And Satan did did you say did was say Satan was in that
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first >> Yeah. Yeah. Church chat, too. Told you that Satan something like that, right?
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. I don't know. Lauren thought the
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reverb was a bit much. I don't know why >> the reverb is key. It has to echo. It
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has to echo back. >> And for a while, Lauren, shouldn't she have a a proper name, you know? And so,
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for one episode, she was Enid Strick. No one knew what that meant. It took and then that went away and then it was
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right. >> I don't remember that. the church lady. Like I thought the cone heads, the
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church lady. I don't know. >> I like they wind up and go. >> Well, I wonder where you acquired that
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information. I thought >> Well, could it be is the wind up? >> Yeah. Well, could it be? And then the
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leap >> jump in. >> Yeah. You lurch. >> Yeah. There's kind of a turn towards
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them, right? >> Oh, yeah. Wind up. Wind up. and then lurching. You know, it's hard on the
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director to get that properly. You know, that timing of that. >> Let's run it again and dress.
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>> Anyway, welcome to uh Church SL Church Chat the podcast where we go over every
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episode of Church Chat. My guest today is >> uh what would you like to talk? Okay,
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I'll give you topics. >> There's obviously severance. I've heard
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of it. I guess it's doing well. Uh >> oh, good, good. Go ahead, >> Dana. Let me tell him that I'm so I
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naively and stupidly and adorably thought Severance was going to be like The Office.
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>> Oh, like a like a comedic sort of >> Yeah, like a goofy comedic. And I was
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watching it going, >> "Sure." >> Huh? >> Wait a second.
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>> This is different. Severance has a great weird book. It's a smart show. I'll
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leave it at that. >> Satan. Dana, what are you doing? >> Yeah. Is it Satan? I was doing
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>> you're doing me watching it. >> I love it. I mean I was you know look
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looking at the origins of it and just one of the co-producers are he was working in a cubicle on a show and sort
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of the sort of life suck of that of what am I doing and >> and it sort of came from there in this
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work life balance there's all this a lot of interesting things beneath the actual
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characters acting and stuff. So >> yeah, I think also it it came out in February of 2022, right, when
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>> sort of everybody was just getting back, you know, kind of going back to work or
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staying home and kind of that whole culture was defining itself as the show came on. So I think it also struck some
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sort of a chord with people figuring out their work life balance as we were >> because they there was everyone took a
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year off kind of in the peak of co it was a shutdown and then you and then you know people were working from home and
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then then there's been this is going on now in corporate America could I get
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three day three days at home you know I mean I'll come in twice a week if you
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want but uh so yeah it was very precient and very uh of the Now, um, >> yeah,
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Can you explain sort of that hook of when you go to work in the elevator? >> Yeah,
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>> I know. I was any any and audi and implants. Anyway, go ahead. >> Yeah. Um, any Audi implants. That should
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have been the tagline. Any Audi implants. Um the uh yeah the it was like it was it
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was January in 2017 when Ben Stiller you guys know obviously he called me and just sort of told me the basic idea of
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it which is there's a procedure you can have done where you get a chip in your
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head and when you go to work you have no idea who you are in the outside world. Uh, and then when you leave work, you
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have no idea who you were or what you did at work. So, your lives, your life is split into
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>> two separate tracks. >> Great setup. >> Yeah. It's >> Yeah. It's such a great simple idea.
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It's like a great Twilight Zone episode or something like >> Yes. And you understand it easily.
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>> Yeah. >> And uh and when he So, he calls you which is must be very flattering.
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>> Yes. very um you know I think I remember he called me and he may have been on a
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trip with you David. I think you guys were January 2017. I think you guys were like on a trip with like Sandler and
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those guys doing I don't know. I I >> we might have been at the Netflix skiing
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thing where we all went >> Oh, maybe that's what it was. Maybe that's what it was. Um, which uh I just
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remember because I was at Sundance and I had to step outside to take the call and
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I was standing in snow while he was kind of telling me this weird idea >> uh of this uh Dan Ericson's idea and uh
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so I just and I remember the Muslim ban had just happened so that was on TV inside which is why I had to stay. So
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anyway, it was just like a marker in time. I remember exactly uh what day it was.
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>> I remember because I saw him and I said, "Do you have any show ideas?" And he
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said, "No, by the way, do you have a phone? I need to call Adam Scott."
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>> That's right. So, you're just an integral part of it >> from the very start.
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>> Nothing on your mind for anything we could do together. He goes, "No."
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Anyway, I got to make this call. >> That's right. And uh but how how how fun
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to first of all Ben who's a super smart guy and proves it again because the show
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I feel like immediately was a kind of an interesting hit. >> Yeah. >> Oh yeah.
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>> Yeah. Which was a a huge surprise to us because it kind of felt like you know
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you never know if something's gonna >> work or not um >> at all. And this felt like it was really
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weird and we made it in a bubble during the pandemic. So, >> we had no sense of how people were going
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to react to it or if critics would hate it. I just assumed people would make fun
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of us and it would no one would watch it. I feel like that's a good default position and then you're just pleasantly
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surprised if anything happens with >> Keep your low low expectations going in
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in Hollywood and then when when it's a hit, it's magic. >> If I've ever had anything work, you go
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people say, >> did you know it was going to be a hit? You go, there's no idea at this point. I
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know anything is anything. And also, it's not edited and you're just shooting
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scenes and there's so much trust in the director and then the what edits they're
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going to pick and how they're going to put it together, the music and the marketing.
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>> There's so much out of your >> control. So, if something works, it's
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almost a miracle because and when when things come together like that, it's it's such a gift because you're doing
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your job very well and then you see the cast acting, you're like, "This seems
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cool. Everyone's good." >> Yeah. It still means nothing >> because you just don't know.
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>> No, I've been a part of things I've been a part of things where it's just like,
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"Oh man, this is this is really clicking. This feels >> this feels great." And then nothing.
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>> Nothing. >> Just complete silence. >> Do you want to name that project or No,
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>> we all have them. And and there's even like the indies you do where you don't
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even hear from those people ever again. >> Like you the movie never even comes out.
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Like you just never hear from them. That happened. >> Always good news travels fast in this
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business. Bad news travels very slowly. You don't even know if it's coming out.
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Oh, it came out a week ago. Oh, it did? Yeah. Really? It was good. I think with severance, you know, the the consistency
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of tone from the brain trust, whoever the, you know, obviously it's Ben and the brain trust kept it really
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consistent. Hey, should we speed it up a little bit here? I don't know if you got
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notes, you know. Uh, could we get the plot going a little further because right now, you know, but it stayed in
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its lane. It never patronized you. It never tried to. So, that created this mystery that was so compelling, the
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smallalness of it, you know. >> Yeah. Ben really I mean Dan Ericson uh yeah is a brilliant writer and and Ben
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really was sort of we were kind of finding those first few weeks or first month >> producer too by the way sorry to
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interject but you're a producer so continue >> you can say you these stories
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>> yeah so you're with Ben and you're you're part of that whole
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>> Yeah there's more than just Ben I didn't mean to just say >> yeah but but at the beginning it was
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really Ben spearheading like figuring out the tone of this place in this world and not quite knowing and we were just
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kind of >> it was just sort of trying stuff out until we kind of found it and it started
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feeling right and couldn't quite >> articulate it but it we knew it when we
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saw it and kind of felt it and just kind of continued >> once we figured it out. Because
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sometimes you get you get hit with a good idea like that and then the really fun is you know when ideas stick with
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you and you get excited and then you want to talk about it and I'm sure now you're all running with a great idea and
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that's one of the most fun things even in comedy is like >> oh this is the setup okay go we all oh
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what what if we did this what if we did this and someone's kind of got to steer
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it make the final call but that's the real fun and then when it's working it's
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so fun >> and then you're getting drawn to Turo and and Christopher Walk and you Crazy.
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>> It's crazy. >> Crazy. Don't know what I'm doing. >> I still can't believe Christopher
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Watkins and and John Turo. It's so >> Yeah. I mean, these are like iconic. Did
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you have any uh lunches with Christopher? Any exchanges with him? Because we all we all love Chris and
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we've all had funny moments with him because he's he's a one oneoff in
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acting. >> I just Yeah. just the the great I mean I didn't really have a ton of scenes with
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him. We had scenes where we were both there and I just I'm I uh I'm just so afraid of
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saying or doing something that he would think is lame >> of course I would too. I've done it.
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>> [ __ ] >> But you guys have worked with him. He's such a sweet person.
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>> Oh yeah. SNL a lot. I I saw him last year. I was doing Biden on SNL. And I ended up at a wardrobe fitting
00:25:08
hanging out with him on a couch. He was just there and I got to talk to him for an hour. And at one point I just said,
00:25:14
"Um, >> do you paint?" And he goes, "Of course all old actors paint.
00:25:20
>> We all paint." >> That's great. >> You know, stuff like that.
00:25:23
>> He He didn't He looked at my phone. Don't have one. You don't? And he
00:25:28
doesn't watch TV. I go, "What do you do at night with your wife? She watches."
00:25:32
What do you do? when he says magazines every night. I mean you have many are there
00:25:39
>> magazines. How many >> magazines magazines that was >> time
00:25:45
national inquirer National Geographic you name it I'm looking at it >> reading opening to issue time
00:25:54
>> table of contents >> pages >> moving turning pictures >> words
00:26:04
>> what about when you got someone like walking and you go I feel like he's
00:26:08
giving me a break I'm starting at 100% coolness and everything I say to him,
00:26:12
I'm dropping to 92%. >> You're going to go to lunch today and it's 84. And I'm like,
00:26:18
>> he's losing cool points. So, I'm just going to stay whatever thinks he can't
00:26:21
really hate me yet. >> That's right. I I would >> I if I say nothing, maybe he'll hold me
00:26:28
in. Maybe he'll just remember me. I remember Oh, I remember one thing. In season one, I had a scene that he was in
00:26:36
where I had a big speech that I had to like rally the troops and he was standing there and I asked if I could
00:26:43
go. There were a bunch of people on the scene so they're going person by person
00:26:47
to shoot the coverage, right? So, we're doing it all day and I asked if I could
00:26:51
go last cuz I wanted to get as much practice as rehearsal or whatever as possible at while they shoot everyone
00:26:58
else. And um I remember jump to Turo being like why are you going last? You're crazy. You're gonna be exhausted.
00:27:07
And and they're go but I was so I didn't by the time I did it it was going to be
00:27:11
in front of Christopher Walkan and John Zuro. So I didn't want it to suck. And
00:27:15
so and and I was having trouble with it. I couldn't quite didn't feel like I was
00:27:20
you know when you're doing doing it and you're just like something isn't
00:27:24
slotting in. It's just not. And then finally, by the time they got to me, I felt like I had at least found the shape
00:27:31
of it. And afterwards, we were we were just hanging out, chatting, and Walkin was walking behind me to just to get by.
00:27:40
And as he walked by, he grabbed under my elbow and just gave it a squeeze and a shake as he walked by, which
00:27:50
may have just meant, "Would you please move out of my way?" But to me, it
00:27:54
meant, "All right." Yeah, >> good job. >> You got it. >> Uh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:27:59
>> Absolutely. It meant that. And I'm getting chills from that. >> I want less like that. I want those
00:28:05
compliments. >> He wanted the same after we did a sketch at SNL. He got me to headlock and
00:28:10
between the slats and it was painful. What are you doing? Ruined it. >> But my We all have stories. I have a
00:28:17
very quick one I've told before, but you might appreciate because it's very
00:28:21
Christopher Walkin. So, we're playing aliens on SNL and it's a Jack Handy
00:28:26
sketch and every time our trapoor comes down to say hello to the Earthlings, we kill one of them accidentally, but we
00:28:33
don't know. So, so we come out and there's farmers. What are you doing? And
00:28:37
we try to go, we come in peace and then he has a line where he says like almost like a cartoon. He goes, "Let's get out
00:28:44
of here." And and then we run back up into the cardboard spaceship and he's in
00:28:50
my face laughing. so hard. He's almost crying because he said, "Let's get out
00:28:55
of here." So last fall when I was hanging out with him, I brought that up. Let's get out of here. And he was like
00:29:01
just kind of like, "Yeah, I remember that." So then when we're saying
00:29:04
goodbye, he's like 20 ft away >> and I say, "See you, Chris." And then he
00:29:09
turns and he goes, "Let's get out of here." God. >> And then he did his head back and
00:29:15
laughed his ass off. Oh, that's crazy. >> Laughing his ass off as he walked past
00:29:20
someone. >> God, I love him no more. >> I just want to insert something here cuz
00:29:24
you know, you're you're an incredible actor. I just heard you tortured about
00:29:28
that scene. I mean, you're >> Big Little Lies. I mean, you are you're
00:29:32
Thanks. You're like a A+ actor. I mean, that's why you work a lot. You're I got
00:29:38
exhausted reading your Wikipedia page. Christ sank. This guy's been in more movies than Chaplain during the World
00:29:45
War II era. >> Oswald and the prison transfer. >> See, I can't do I can't do it. Yeah.
00:29:53
Yeah. >> Christ sings. Give me a topic. I'll try I'll try to fill like that since the
00:29:58
Oswald prison transfer. >> That's right. That's what it is. >> Okay.
00:30:02
>> Okay. Here's the guy who owns a local strip club. He's got a gun. You let him
00:30:06
through. Who are they turning away? >> Yeah. You're you're bringing you're
00:30:10
bringing the Scott kid into the flying the wall perennialism. Yeah. He's done a couple little chunks
00:30:17
in that career. Getting up in Reese Witherspoon's face on occasion as the grumpy husband. All right.
00:30:27
Bros. >> Oh my god, that's incredible. I remember the Off-White album. Uh
00:30:33
>> yeah, dude. He's a genius. That album was everything. Talking about the big
00:30:41
gulp and 32 ounces of any fluid. Like you could only you would only have that if you walked directly off the surface
00:30:48
of the sun. Would you need that much fluid in your life? >> 44 o you can park your jet skis.
00:30:54
>> That's right. Oh my god. >> Only drink with an undertoe. >> That's right.
00:30:58
>> If you talk to him, we'll have these conversations on the phone and he is
00:31:04
>> just like that. really. Ah, >> yeah. He doesn't have to practice. It's
00:31:08
reference that special he did. I opened for him. >> Did you really? >> And I was
00:31:16
there was that >> ended up being Off-White album. >> There was black and white, I think, was
00:31:20
one. >> But what was on was that the one was the Off-White album recorded?
00:31:26
>> I don't know if an album and a special, but Black and White and Mr. Miller goes
00:31:29
to Washington. Is that one? >> That's one. Yeah. And uh so I opened one
00:31:33
because he's my favorite comic at the time. >> Yeah. >> Uh just mostly from the writing. And
00:31:39
then I and he was nice to me. And then he had Schneider open one >> and and then after that I started going
00:31:46
on the road with Dana. What? >> Oh, how fun. God, that must have been so fun.
00:31:52
>> Well, I got to watch these guys [ __ ] crush it all the time and I'm like turn
00:31:56
into a research paper of all of them. Well, it just we you get into these when you're on the road or even a movie set
00:32:02
or something, you get punchy and you get into these rhythms. But Dennis Miller and I both hated flying. So, I'd be in
00:32:09
front of him, he's behind me flying. He goes, "Carvey, if you see or hear
00:32:14
anything, I want to be I want to be the first to know." Okay? And then he had
00:32:20
this thing that he would do. You know, I want to tell you guys without a doubt, you're the ragiest muffin, bunch of
00:32:26
knuckleheads I've ever had the pleasure to command. You know that trope from
00:32:30
movies. >> And he would do that endlessly. But we would laugh at the driest
00:32:36
>> weirdest stuff on when you get punchy on those roads. >> So, so you guys would was it just on
00:32:42
your off weeks you would go on the road? Is that or was it just summer? >> Summer time. Summer mostly, you know. I
00:32:49
don't you know for us we I did a tour with him and Kevin did a lot of dates with David.
00:32:53
>> Kevin Nean's great man. >> Kevin Ne Dennis and Dana did this watch
00:32:58
sponsored tour and I was so [ __ ] jealous. I'm like how fun these three guys go hang out
00:33:03
>> and they play like where I'm from in Arizona. >> Really cool watches.
00:33:09
>> I'd go I'm sorry. I'd go watch swatches get a bad rap but they're really but um
00:33:15
actually so they were killing it and making good money and I was like a summer you're on SNL and then your
00:33:21
summer is fun. I couldn't believe that situation >> 20 cities >> but also you guys were just like that
00:33:30
was in the midst of SNL so people must have been going nuts everywhere you went. Not that they don't still, but it
00:33:38
must have been so fun and and electric. >> Yeah, that was right after my first
00:33:43
season. So, it was >> we did 20 20 cities. And I remember we were getting 5,000
00:33:51
>> dollar or something. We we when we finished 10, we had made $50,000. So, we
00:33:57
called it and we threw a little party at the hotel. what we call halfway to a big
00:34:01
bill cuz to make a h 100,000 over a summer was unbelievable. Halfway to a big bill, Carvey. The way we're going,
00:34:08
just remember, show business is one thing. It's all about securing rectangular green back.
00:34:18
>> Is that real? Is that >> That's dead real. Even if he said it
00:34:21
once, he said it a thousand times. Why are you turning down this commercial? Why aren't you doing this, Carly? This
00:34:28
This town will eat you up and spit you out. Nobody cares about you. All right. >> Oh, God. It's all about securing
00:34:34
rectangular brink. Thank you. >> All right, back to the story. >> Good advice.
00:34:41
>> Uh, yes. I would just I said it to Marcelo. I said, make sure you have a
00:34:46
wall of money that can spit out passive income at a certain point. So, you're
00:34:50
still working, but you don't do anything for the money anymore, >> you know? Right. You do it because you
00:34:56
want to. Yeah. There you go. Dana, he was on Parks and Wreck. Is there any any way you can make fun of Roblo?
00:35:04
How good looking? Was Rob Low better good looking when he came out of the makeup trailer or did it didn't matter.
00:35:11
>> No, they had to they had to when he went in the makeup trailer, they had to
00:35:15
somehow take it down. >> Take it down a little bit. 10%. >> That's right.
00:35:21
>> Give him some. >> It's a different trailer. >> Tommy boy say bring it down about 30.
00:35:26
I'd whisper to the makeup. >> Yeah, if you could take the handsomeness.
00:35:29
>> A little ruddy would be nice. He really is a beautiful looking person. >> Unbelievable.
00:35:39
>> Yeah. Uh yeah, he is. He's He's Yeah, he and um he loves comedy. He would love to
00:35:46
put prosthetics on and play some weird character. Um >> you know, he loves everything we do. He
00:35:54
loved being on SNL all those times. >> Yeah. And in Wayne's world, he loved
00:35:58
being in Wayne's world. >> He was so He was so perfect. and he's just fun to hang out with. He reads a
00:36:03
lot. He wrote that great autobiography. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was great. Uh I
00:36:07
love his line in Wayne's world when he's kicking you out of the office and and
00:36:12
telling you you can validate your parking. Uh uh just what such an [ __ ] Um uh but
00:36:20
also speaking of the prosthetics, remember him in that Soderberg Liberace movie? He's so great. He plays the
00:36:28
plastic surgeon and I don't know how what they did but they pull his >> face back and he can barely speak
00:36:35
because his face is pulled back so tight. >> It's a great one. I like that. Instead
00:36:41
of going to makeup where they try to make me look better and then I take it off at the end of the night and start
00:36:45
crying what I look like. Rob gets to go make me ugly but only for eight hours and then I get to take it off and go
00:36:53
>> back to my beautiful self person for a while. >> When you have makeup on and you kind of
00:37:00
catch yourself in the mirror throughout the day, you can convince yourself that >> oh [ __ ] you know what? I actually I'm
00:37:07
I'm like those red spots and like and then you and then when you wipe it off
00:37:13
you're like oh yeah, >> [ __ ] Yeah. >> Didn't Didn't Ben Stiller I think I I I
00:37:18
think I read this somewhere. Uh but uh Ben Ben Stiller said about you that you can with your physicality and your act,
00:37:28
you can play the regular guy or you can play kind of the sexy handsome guy. You can just through your you can change the
00:37:35
way you look and carry yourself and transition from those two types of roles. Did you do you remember that?
00:37:42
>> No. But that's very kind of him to say if he did indeed say that. Um
00:37:50
>> uh yeah, I don't I don't I don't know. I I I don't um I maybe that's a that's a
00:37:58
very generous uh st pretty stout range. You've done a lot of things, you know. Um, and you know,
00:38:08
sure, you know, no, you're terrific to just u, you know, we want you to play
00:38:12
the uh, you know, the sexy, you know. Sorry, I I I don't know why I'm punchy.
00:38:17
It's early here. I'm sorry. >> Wait, wait, wait. The Carson, can we
00:38:20
talk about Carcinio really quick? >> Sure. >> Sure. Because Carcinio,
00:38:26
that was deep into your run, but I remember being like, "Holy [ __ ] this is
00:38:33
like a brand new angle on you'd been already doing Carson for a few years and
00:38:38
it always >> scored." I mean, it was always >> and then Carino with the fingers and
00:38:45
that was a brand new angle and >> Yeah, that was >> a comment and he he got pissed off. Is
00:38:53
that right? >> Um, it was later. You know, that one he was like, "They're making fun of our
00:38:58
senior as much as they're making fun of us." So, he kind of was okay with that
00:39:02
one. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Good. >> Hey, did you know that, Ed, a crib is
00:39:06
called a bed and a bed is called a crib. Did you know that? >> All right. Oh my. That was what I might
00:39:12
be my favorite thing I've ever done because um I literally I had no sense of
00:39:17
trying to be funny. I was just inhabiting the earnestness of you at home and Phil was just this hysterical
00:39:24
laugh button. >> My god, he's so >> those kind of things. And um that that
00:39:30
was at the time, you know, this this is a great escalatory uh chapter for Carson and call him
00:39:37
Carcinho and do the >> thing. What a funnier matchup name to fit perfectly. Michael or someone to go
00:39:44
Cario and everyone like oh my god how funny. Yeah. >> And the the title card and more to come
00:39:52
except it's all like neon and and like they're trying to hip everything up.
00:39:57
There's no death >> turtle. >> Yeah. An oil painting of a of a mongoose. They
00:40:05
have neon lights and stuff. >> The one that got him upset was when um Susan Day was on and it was I didn't
00:40:15
think it landed anyway. I tried to get it cut, but he Johnny didn't know that
00:40:19
the Partridge family was off the air >> and that kind of bothered him. So, how
00:40:24
many she what she Well, we've been off for 10 years. Yeah, you never know. But
00:40:28
over time, >> that's so weird. >> I I didn't like that it dinged him, you
00:40:33
know, cuz love Johnny, but I think for the most part, he liked it. For most of them, he thought it was funny.
00:40:39
>> Oh, that's great. That's great. >> So, now is Ruben Concaid a regular cast
00:40:44
member now? No, he's that's over. He died five years ago. That's we don't do
00:40:48
that show anymore, sir. >> Okay. And now you have the buff. >> Gentleman joined us, Adam Scott. He's
00:40:56
had success with a show called separates. You know that they uh they have dual lives.
00:41:01
>> I don't know where they pay channels. >> Anyway, >> back to our incredible guest,
00:41:10
>> Steph. And then we'll get to Hocom. >> Yeah. Rose first because is it called Hulum?
00:41:17
>> Hulum. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hulum. >> I I watched the trailer. Of course it's
00:41:21
good when it says nightmare fuel. >> Yeah. >> Of course. >> That just gets you running out to the
00:41:28
theater. >> Well, it does because the people that like scary movies are getting immune and
00:41:34
they got a goose. But I got scared when it goes deep in the woods. I go, "Uh-uh.
00:41:39
I don't know. I don't know." >> Yeah. Why is someone walking in the
00:41:43
woods more than 10 feet? >> Right. Anything that in the woods is scary. It really is frightening. It's it
00:41:51
and I'm in it and I found it super scary which is >> when you read it, do you get scared
00:41:56
>> while you were shooting? You got scared? >> Yeah. I'm two questions. When you read a
00:42:00
script, it's a horror movie. I don't read them. >> Is it scary? And you kind of like the
00:42:05
idea. Of course, it's got to all kind of come together. And if you picture it the
00:42:09
way you read it, you probably go, "This will be great if we can do it like I'm
00:42:12
picturing it." >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Yes. When you're reading it, if it it's
00:42:17
it's you. It's more an intellectual thing, like, "Oh, I can see how that
00:42:22
would be super scary if all the pieces come together." But I had seen this guy,
00:42:27
Damen McCarthy, the filmmaker. I had seen his >> previous movie called Oddity, which is
00:42:33
super weird and super scary. So, I knew he would be taking a side door into it and and and making
00:42:41
it scary in a in a in a strange way or a different way. So, >> uh so that that really helped kind of
00:42:49
ensure that this was going to be interesting and scary. >> By the way, uh right before we came on
00:42:56
air, I saw it's at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. >> Oh, that's great. >> Already.
00:43:03
>> Yeah. And I think the by line is a kind of movie I'd want to see. I love the
00:43:07
idea of a writer is mourning his parents' death and he's going to Dublin,
00:43:11
right? Ireland. Yeah. I mean, just that feels like interesting, you know? >> Yeah. That's part of what's cool about
00:43:19
it is it's a real story and a real kind of character piece, but then it >> takes a turn and it and it's super scary
00:43:27
and >> uh so yeah, I think it's I think it's a it's a really fun
00:43:32
>> ride. It's it has a lot of, you know, jokes and stuff, too. So, aim to you
00:43:37
because again there's a lot of people out there and you get like a guy luckily
00:43:43
I mean a horror movie would be fun for me if I just read it and go if they just did it like this I think it'd be work
00:43:48
but when you already see a blueprint this guy's already done this now he knows what he's doing.
00:43:53
>> Yes. >> So you're half more than halfway there and then you read it you go I like it
00:43:57
too >> and then you so it's >> not like you're an odd choice it's just
00:44:01
it's got to be someone then you do fit kind of a writery that kind of thing.
00:44:05
So, good casting, good setup, and then you've seen it and it's good that it's
00:44:10
scary. I mean, that's what everyone's looking for these. >> I would predict that right now in
00:44:16
Hollywood, there's people in rooms uh working on projects and someone is saying, "Hey, do you think we could get
00:44:26
Adam Scott?" >> Oh, [ __ ] That'd be great. >> He's really busy. I'm just saying if you
00:44:33
look at all your stuff, the range of it and you're hitting it, you know, between
00:44:37
all these shows and uh I mean obviously Big Little Lies was a a smash, you know,
00:44:43
it was one of those >> everyone has to see it. It was so well done >> and your character was just kind of just
00:44:50
heartbreaking and it's just it's you know human human. Yeah, that was one
00:44:56
where I was like Parks and Wreck had just ended and I was having trouble even being considered for anything that
00:45:02
wasn't comedic and I just wanted to try something different. So, >> yeah,
00:45:07
>> I heard about that and and just went and auditioned and really wanted to to be a
00:45:14
part of it. So, I had to kind of prove that I could do that to to to get the the role and was happy I happy I did.
00:45:22
So, were you typ cast after Step Brothers or anything where like he's a comedian, he can't act?
00:45:29
>> Well, it was it was funny because before Step Brothers, I hadn't really been in
00:45:34
hadn't really done a lot of comedy. I was a comedy nerd since I was a little
00:45:40
kid, but >> but had never I always kind of thought I would be like a dramatic actor or
00:45:46
whatever. And but then step brothers and the way those guys work after that finished I was I kind of felt like I
00:45:53
never wanted to go back. It was so fun >> and uh Will and Adam and John C Riley
00:45:59
and those guys. So uh that kind of changed >> me and it also kind of gave me a career
00:46:05
like I was able to finally like piece a career together after >> well that's a big one in the alltime
00:46:11
comedies. It comes up a lot. Do you uh do people know you a lot from Step Brothers or is it more Severance and
00:46:19
other stuff? >> It's these days it's Severance, but and there's always a Parks and Wreck, but
00:46:24
definitely Step Brothers a lot. Like people love they just keep watching it and uh on a lot of tour buses like
00:46:33
athletes and musicians watch Step Brothers a lot. >> Yeah. Yeah, >> that's up in the rotation for sure.
00:46:40
Yeah. I feel like if I wasn't in it, I it would be one that I had seen like 30
00:46:46
times, you know. >> How much did they uh allow you to be playful? Were you
00:46:53
>> obviously Will they'll put a camera on Will and for 10 minutes or whatever?
00:46:57
Were you given some license to try things? Because that is pretty heady stuff for
00:47:02
>> on film, you know, that playful >> completely. and they they gave that
00:47:07
license to everybody. And that's part of what freaked me out is I had never really done that before. So, it took me
00:47:15
a while to figure I remember I would come to set with like jokes written on a piece of paper that I had in my pocket
00:47:21
and I would pull it out during scenes and during my coverage just cuz I wanted to get and uh just didn't know like and
00:47:29
then you know after like three months or so towards the end of the shoot I remember shooting a scene uh at a dinner
00:47:37
table and John C. Riley and I kind of started improvising and going back and forth and it just started sort of
00:47:44
flowing and it was really fun, really funny. And after cut, I remember we looked at each other and he was like,
00:47:53
"See there, that was fun, right?" Like, like I had finally kind of at least
00:47:58
started to figure it out. Um, and uh and so like I said, after that, I just kind
00:48:04
of didn't didn't really want to go back. And then parks and rack there is
00:48:08
improvisation and stuff too. >> A lot of people stick to the word of the script and they just say that's it. Cut.
00:48:13
Move on. And it feels like you're being greedy. I've been on comedies where I
00:48:17
don't even want to be greedy. Even something like grown-ups when it gets to your you don't want to go I'm not trying
00:48:22
to take over here. You know, >> everyone's kind of throwing each other
00:48:26
jokes. But especially if you're new to their situation, you don't want to go
00:48:30
>> here's my 18 things I'm going to say when you got to me. But you at least you
00:48:34
start to be prepared going if they cut to me I guess I'm allowed to try stuff
00:48:39
or at least say do you guys mind if I say this on this one or whatever >> and then you get more relaxed about it.
00:48:46
>> Yeah. And then also Adam Mccay would be yelling jokes from the monitors like
00:48:52
right >> if there was anything they would always have a bunch of great jokes to throw you
00:48:57
and >> alts and Yeah. I would just say that, you know, um, before digital, it was
00:49:03
kind of, you know, it was hard to, you know, can I do more takes or could I do a five minute take and it would run out
00:49:10
and stuff. It seems like 1922 in the old once digital came in, you could >> I I just think that and I don't know if
00:49:17
Brando created a way for him, the greatest ever I suppose, to discover it while the camera is rolling. In other
00:49:25
words, you're not rehearsing over there and you, oh, we nailed it. You're like,
00:49:29
"No, right now when you were improvising like that, it's new to you." And and how
00:49:34
do you like the high of that right now it's happening? You don't have to act in
00:49:39
a way. >> Totally. >> Yeah. So, >> that was the thing that turned it all
00:49:43
upside down for me shooting Step Brothers was watching these guys and their lack of preciousness that they're
00:49:50
just they'll do a take or two scripted and then they'll just screw around. And
00:49:56
the thing that clicked for me, I was like, "Oh, >> these guys, they don't have to use all
00:50:01
of this. They're just gonna play and use all the good parts. That's all it is."
00:50:07
For whatever reason, that hadn't I was so like dead set on getting it right.
00:50:11
And >> probably because I had such limited time and small roles where I was always like
00:50:16
wanting to So watching these guys, it was like, "Oh, you just [ __ ] around and
00:50:20
then cut together all the stuff that works, all the great stuff, and then you have the great thing."
00:50:25
>> Yeah. I never got to do that. I I think it's I think it's such a great thing.
00:50:30
No, not really. Not like that. Not because I didn't do a movie on digital where there was time time just let it
00:50:37
run. >> But yeah, you can really feel it. And comedy is uh exciting in the way that
00:50:42
what you think is just a throwaway and then you go to the preview and it gets this gigantic laugh, you know. So
00:50:49
totally or a year after it's released, you go >> now I'm hearing that these are their
00:50:55
favorite jokes because now they've seen it 10 times, >> right? >> And they like the minutia and all these
00:51:00
throwaways. >> But I I agree. It's so much fun to do that. It's very hard for the director
00:51:04
like McKay. The harder thing is what to throw away because you're throwing away
00:51:09
a 100% great joke. There's sometimes when it's like there's three >> and you go, "This is funny for this
00:51:15
reason. This is better. This is more of a weird one. Two of these got to go and that's must kill you. It's tough.
00:51:22
>> Well, I remember I went to a test screening of Step Brothers which was a
00:51:26
couple months before it came out and it didn't totally work yet. Like this the
00:51:32
singing in the car scene wasn't in it and it was just different and different
00:51:37
jokes and they were just trying different things out and then a few adjustments and it it totally works.
00:51:46
David, I'm curious with it like with the wrong Missy, which is so great. Um, was
00:51:52
it were you guys improvising a lot on that? >> Yeah, especially Lauren who played Missy
00:51:58
because there's Schwarz and there's all these people and it's an Sandler movie.
00:52:02
So, >> at least we're all from that world of let's do weekend and >> the best is just she's more the crazy
00:52:10
one. So I was have to be more restrained, but I would try to pitch her jokes to be and she didn't need much
00:52:15
help. I mean, honestly, to get >> someone to come in sort of out of the blue, she' done a lot in LA,
00:52:21
>> a lot of improv, which really helped. When the first day we shot, we were in
00:52:25
the first scene of the movie really, we were on a date, >> and she's yelling at this guy,
00:52:30
>> "Quit eye [ __ ] me." And it wasn't in the script. Everyone and then when they
00:52:35
cut, we all laugh. And then the director would go, "How about a little drunker?"
00:52:39
And then she go, "Uh, okay." >> But that's where you have to be good
00:52:43
because >> it isn't a line. >> It's just play it like you're more Now
00:52:48
defend spade >> now. And then she goes, "He'll come over there and beat the [ __ ] out of you."
00:52:53
That's right. >> I would I don't even know this girl like But it's always fun cuz
00:52:57
>> it's a fun way to react against a crazy person. >> Totally. >> So there's like two things going on. But
00:53:03
thank you for saying that, Ed. That was really fun. all those movies hopefully uh especially with Happy Men just you
00:53:10
try a lot when you can and like Dana is saying I'd been there in movies where
00:53:14
they go can I try something they're like we have 30 seconds of film left you
00:53:17
everyone's like if you want and you're like sucks >> we got to cram it in
00:53:21
>> that's different than just going you know let's just keep going and but we
00:53:25
got to move on at some point >> that's you know I think that stood out
00:53:29
because you know people say well you know if you look back it's uh step brothers and uh Tropic under and the
00:53:36
hangover and and there was sort of a shift and that R-rated comedy with her just popped and sometimes it just
00:53:43
happens. >> Great. >> Just like any Rated ones out there. Yeah, >> it was really fun watching you play the
00:53:49
straight man in really really well. We is so you were able to be the straight man and really score and be hilarious
00:53:57
but also let her have all of this room to just destroy. It was I appreciate it. I went off of the
00:54:05
>> Ben Stiller, Jason Baitman, overwhelmed guy. You know what I mean? Like they're
00:54:10
very good. >> Meet the parents. >> Ben going, "What's going Yeah. It's like
00:54:16
so uh it was fun to do something that was that because usually I'm a [ __ ] ham bone."
00:54:22
>> Um All right. Thank you. Oh, anything else for this young man, Dana? Because
00:54:27
he's got to get back to >> It's just just research. that you do bands.
00:54:33
>> I did want to mention that cuz I I found that you and Scott Arian do >> Yeah.
00:54:39
>> these podcasts. Um are you talking was the I guess the first one. Are you
00:54:45
talking >> the first one? The first one was you was you. Okay. >> And are you guys deciding together? How
00:54:52
did that happen? Like I love you too. Let's just do a podcast where we just talk about you too.
00:54:57
>> Yeah. It was because we had uh on his one of his podcasts I was just a guest
00:55:03
on it. I made a YouTube reference like as a joke and he was like, "Oh yeah."
00:55:08
And we realized we were both big YouTube fans >> and no one else really wanted to talk
00:55:14
about it with us. Like our wives were sick of hearing about you. So I was just like maybe we just go through their
00:55:22
discoraphy together and uh and right up to because they were supposed to have a new album coming out. So and then end
00:55:29
with their new album. So we just started doing that and then eventually had the actual band on a couple of times.
00:55:37
>> Oh wow. Really? >> Yeah. It was crazy. We went and saw them in New York and interviewed them in
00:55:45
their dressing room and then another time interviewed them at a like the recording studio. It was wild.
00:55:53
>> Yeah. >> I remember hearing in the name of love just probably FM radio early 80s and
00:55:58
went okay. >> That's how I felt when I first heard the police as well. It's like this is new
00:56:07
>> you know and the theatricality and and the >> you know that you know where Cold Play
00:56:13
they have uh people influenced sort of by that loose baseline they would do you know it was kind of a new sound.
00:56:19
>> I love Cold Play too. I think they're brilliant. But >> how about the beginning of Sunday Bloody
00:56:23
Sunday went >> Yeah, >> it's amazing because it's all pretty
00:56:31
simple. >> Uh, you know, kind of the post punk kind of simple. No one's like shredding. It's
00:56:39
just really disciplined, but you put it all together and there's a magic to it.
00:56:44
>> Do you remember? >> The bass and the drums are such a great >> I'll let you go after this.
00:56:48
>> Yeah. >> Go ahead. >> I don't need to go. You guys, I'm fine.
00:56:51
No, you you've got to go. They told us he gets >> uh but I went to YouTube in Arizona.
00:57:01
I was going after Police Academy 4 came out. Dana, thank you. Oh, which answered
00:57:08
all the questions from Police Academy 1, two, and three. And so >> I was that your first movie?
00:57:14
>> That my first movie and I went and saw it in a day with my friends in Arizona.
00:57:18
>> Yeah. And then we little sparse in the theater. Then we >> drove to UT Arizona ASU Stadium and two
00:57:29
trivia. They cancelled >> rattling. >> Oh, >> they cancelled because it was the
00:57:34
governor didn't have Martin Luther King holiday. >> Oh wow. >> So they we the show was canceled. They
00:57:40
wouldn't go on. >> I remember that. >> Then they came back and did Ratt they
00:57:43
did Rattling Hum. >> Okay. >> So I was in the audience. >> Yeah. for Rattle and Hum.
00:57:48
>> Yeah, >> at Sunundevil City. >> Part of it like they did like maybe
00:57:52
Streets Have No Name or they I don't know what they did, but >> yeah, >> I think they jumped around in Rattham.
00:57:57
Is that possible? >> Yeah, but it ends with that big Sunundevil Stadium show.
00:58:03
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> As far as I remember. the uh can I mention uh I've mentioned this before,
00:58:07
but we rarely talk about YouTube, but when I was hosting the MTV Music Awards where David was writing on the show,
00:58:15
>> um did we did a remote YouTube >> Yeah. played along with them. I didn't
00:58:21
even know if I was staying on the beat, but that was quite a thrill. >> Even better than the real thing.
00:58:27
>> That was right. Yeah. Bucket list. >> I know. >> That was incredible.
00:58:31
>> That was amazing. And I got to have a, you know, a precall with uh Bono and I
00:58:38
kept calling him Bono accidentally. What a [ __ ] [ __ ] >> Nervous. It's Bono, man. Cuz we were
00:58:44
doing jokes like you you know, Lucky Charms and all that kind of thing. >> It's not I'm not I'm not booed about it.
00:58:52
I'm not booed about it at all. I'm not booed about it. >> Booed? Is that something?
00:58:56
>> You mean bugged? No, I'm not booked about it. >> Oh, don't boo. I go, "Should we do a
00:59:01
sequel to Wayne's World?" I wouldn't touch it. >> Hey, [ __ ] you. We'd love to have him on.
00:59:10
>> So, uh, it's crazy that you were able to stay on beat via satellite with that
00:59:16
>> via moonlanding. >> I had a monitor and it was just on a wing and a prayer. It was kind of just a
00:59:21
basic in the pocket thing, but I I don't I don't I don't know if I ever was
00:59:25
really in sync with him, but I guess it appeared like I was. I remember watching
00:59:29
it over and over again. It was cool. >> Jeez Louise. I'm gonna watch your stuff
00:59:33
over and over again. Okay. Big Little Live. >> Watch that again. Step Brothers Tonight
00:59:39
with the Wife. >> There you go. >> Um, so Hoko, I It sounds like a great
00:59:44
film. I know that, you know, they're going to be like, "Did you mention the
00:59:46
movie?" Yeah, we did. >> Thanks, you guys. Thanks for mentioning it. >> It's been a pleasure. I was so thrilled
00:59:54
when I saw your name come up because it's just I just I just like what I like
00:59:58
what you do. I like the way your your job as an actor and and you you are and seem like a perfectly centered nice
01:00:05
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01:00:12
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Episode Highlights

  • Coachella Chaos
    After attending Coachella, the challenges of parking and finding friends were overwhelming.
    “It is a nightmare.”
    @ 04m 02s
    April 30, 2026
  • Bieber's Charisma
    Bieber's performance was impressive and charismatic, captivating the audience.
    “He was really a good performer and really kind of disciplined and charismatic.”
    @ 08m 40s
    April 30, 2026
  • Severance Misconceptions
    Dana hilariously thought 'Severance' would be like 'The Office'.
    “I naively thought Severance was going to be like The Office.”
    @ 14m 11s
    April 30, 2026
  • Surprising Success
    The show was a huge surprise hit, created during the pandemic with low expectations.
    “You never know if something’s gonna work or not.”
    @ 20m 24s
    April 30, 2026
  • Christopher Walken Encounter
    A memorable moment with Christopher Walken that left a lasting impression.
    “He grabbed under my elbow and just gave it a squeeze and a shake.”
    @ 27m 46s
    April 30, 2026
  • Advice on Show Business
    A reminder that success in Hollywood is often about securing financial stability.
    “It’s all about securing rectangular green back.”
    @ 34m 14s
    April 30, 2026
  • A New Angle on Carson
    Reflecting on a memorable moment that changed the game.
    “Holy [ __ ] this is like a brand new angle on you.”
    @ 38m 29s
    April 30, 2026
  • The Fear Factor of Horror
    Discussing the fear experienced while shooting a horror movie.
    “Uh-uh. I don't know. I don't know.”
    @ 41m 39s
    April 30, 2026
  • A Fun Ride
    Describing the blend of humor and horror in a new film.
    “I think it's a really fun ride.”
    @ 43m 32s
    April 30, 2026
  • The Magic of Simplicity
    The conversation highlights the beauty of simple yet disciplined music, creating a magical experience.
    “It's amazing because it's all pretty simple.”
    @ 56m 29s
    April 30, 2026
  • Memorable Movie Experience
    A nostalgic recount of watching Police Academy 4 and its impact on the speaker.
    “That my first movie and I went and saw it in a day with my friends in Arizona.”
    @ 57m 14s
    April 30, 2026
  • Thrilling MTV Moment
    A thrilling experience of performing alongside U2 at the MTV Music Awards.
    “That was quite a thrill.”
    @ 58m 12s
    April 30, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • It’s like Burning Man with music kind of.
    Adam Scott: From Step Brothers To Severance
  • I sometimes call him beeps part two, you know.
    Adam Scott: From Step Brothers To Severance
  • I’m just so afraid of saying or doing something that he would think is lame.
    Adam Scott: From Step Brothers To Severance
  • Holy [ __ ] this is like a brand new angle on you.
    Adam Scott: From Step Brothers To Severance
  • I would predict that right now in Hollywood, there's people in rooms...
    Adam Scott: From Step Brothers To Severance
  • It's amazing because it's all pretty simple.
    Adam Scott: From Step Brothers To Severance

Key Moments

  • Coachella Experience03:46
  • Severance Discussion13:59
  • Making the Call19:48
  • New Angle38:29
  • Fear in the Woods41:39
  • Fun Ride43:32
  • Simple Magic56:29
  • First Movie57:14

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