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[ Laughter ] I'm a woman. [ Laughter ] [ Music ] [ Music ]

Sorry, hi. [ Cheers and applause ] I was pathetic. Can you see the way?

He tried to come out loud.

No, no, no, no, no, no. I got caught up back there. Anyway, hey, I'm here now. Hey, hi. Well, hey, welcome, Philip Los Angeles.

[ Cheers and applause ] One more crack. Get one more crack. Let him have one more crack.

“Guys, we're so excited over here and thank you for coming out tonight.”

This is very exciting. [ Cheers and applause ] I gave Sean a big smack across the face, right before we came out. And I'm just waiting for the hippie back. So it just parted me up up over here.

It's so loud, I can't believe you're here. It's a little bit red over here. I'm sure it is. It's become kind of a tradition we've got. This is how we'll do it.

We'll do it. [ Laughter ] This is how we'll do it.

Just keep them in a clinch.

It was so fucking hard. Fix your mic. Look, I got a test. All right, so we're very true to be here. Huh?

The rest of the show is going to be less violent. Best violent. Okay, very happy to be here. We're lucky to be here.

“This is our second time here at the app.”

Yeah. Thank you for having us. [ Cheers and applause ] No, that's it. Thank you guys for coming.

I'm going to do a little set. Okay, yeah. Go for it. This should be good. [ Laughter ]

Now, thank you guys for coming. Look at these. We got our nice -- we want to think our sponge. We got a nice step to sit on from Ashley. Yeah.

We got some nice stuff from me. It's real from home. It's getting pop. Right? It's like a long time.

Who wants it? Oh, yeah. T-shirts. [ Cheers and applause ] Got a couple of t-shirts here.

Look alive, everybody. Well, fighting. [ Cheers and applause ] We're sorry there's no -- [ Cheers and applause ]

I don't know. Close. Very close. [ Cheers and applause ] I couldn't get it up.

We got more coming. We got more where that came from. Had hurt. Oh. Jason leaves tomorrow.

Jason leaves. I leave, yes. I'm going to go work tomorrow. Yeah. Because this isn't work.

This is fun. I'm going to go -- I have to leave my family for -- Yeah. Good long straight. Not my dad feels.

[ Laughter ] This is -- It's high-class problems. No, I'm not complaining. But it's hard because I've been home for like a year.

I know. It's now I'm not going to be home for three -- But it's exciting because you're going to direct a film

[ Cheers and applause ]

And it's very -- to us, it's very thrilling to you.

It's work. But to us, it's very thrilling. They're going to get behind the camera again. And wow us with this other talent that you have. That not a lot of people have.

And so I think --

“I think everybody's happy that you're going behind the camera again.”

You know? I think you make -- Because you're a good director. Yeah. Right.

That wasn't a compliment. Was it? Are you sneaking in an insult? No. No.

But you just got back from working away from home for a long time. But you had Scotty with you, so -- Yes. Well, you missed -- What a show!

[ Laughter ] Yes. I was -- we were gone for three months. We just got back last week. And --

But a man that will be with you in New York, right? No. She's going to be here. My friend is going to be with me.

Oh, that's for a little while.

And then Amanda and Maple are going to come out for a little bit. No, I just -- Just email me the January. We were good. Yeah.

Oh. What did you end up doing with your dog when you're in New York for so long? We left the dog. Nobody knows, actually.

The dog is still missing. No. We left put the dog in a --

“What's it called when you're bored them, prison?”

[ Laughter ] No, when you're bored them -- No, I'm just saying what I felt like for the dog. Yeah. No, we --

Yeah. It's cost a fortune, but he was with other dogs. And he could play, and he was good. He seemed happy. He seemed happy when we talked to him on the phone.

Yeah. No, he was good. You guys just meeting for the first time with happy. [ Laughter ] This is the weirdest --

I'm so far away. I know. Well, it's different than the pond. Okay. We are going to have a guess that's going to come out here

in a second. So that's why we're all separated. We do have a guess. Sean and I don't know who the guess is. I really think that's the key.

That's the key. But wait. We never know. Yeah.

We truly never know who the guess.

Everyone's somehow somebody who on our -- Except for like the presidents of the United States. The presidents we knew. Yeah. But we really don't know.

And so it's always a surprise. And we do never talk about what we're going to talk about. Yeah. Yeah.

“Difference with this, though, is that usually you guys we guys --”

I don't do it, but you guys -- When I bring on a guess when we -- I'm microphone. I see you guys typing on your computer quickly Googling that person as soon as they --

Well, I don't -- Yeah. But not because they don't know it. But like to come up with like questions. It's like, you're not going to have that.

That's fucking bullshit. No, it isn't bullshit. I don't do that. I type in a way. Sean doesn't want to.

Sean definitely does that. I do it, but if I don't know the person, it's like if a sports person comes up. I do not do that. How dare you accuse me of that?

What are you missing that on? No. No. What are you playing with? You're like --

You're like -- I'm missing people, dude. I'm busy. Playing. [ Laughter ]

Yes. You're just going to have to wing it. No. But I don't -- I mean, I don't know who it is. And so --

You're going to like him. I like him. He's a friend of mine. Wait, can I -- Before that, can I --

I just have a little something I brought with me that I want to show everybody. I love you. I love you. I love you.

I'm going to watch -- It's real. Yes. This is -- So today, today, only eight hours ago,

at 11.05 a.m. this morning, Scotty and I chatted with the friend of ours in a French-shatted. Chatted. Chatted. Sorry.

[ Laughter ] I can't hear ourselves up here. I'm so sorry. I -- we brought a friend over. We just shot everywhere.

At 11.05, we both happened to shit. [ Laughter ] No. No. We chatted with a friend of ours

and a friend of ours and a friend of the podcast. Oh. And it's pretty unbelievable. And we cut together -- Scotty cut together this 22nd video

to show you what we did only eight hours ago today. This is what happened. Okay. Are we going to the tape? Yeah.

We haven't seen this. Hello, it's everybody at the hour. Yeah. What? Isn't that crazy?

Look at her shirt. [ Laughter ] That is so cool. Hey, can you see my response? Yes.

That is wild. Just looking at the shirt. Look at that. Okay. Ready? No.

[ Laughter ] I'm putting it into our kitchen right now. So this is like our kitchen table. This is our -- this is how we warm up food. We got some garlic and onions and some fresh fruit.

That's gonna make the place smell real good. [ Laughter ] [ Music ] Isn't that amazing? Wow.

[ Cheers and applause ] So that is -- that was -- that was this morning. And she's like, "Do you want to just chat?" I'm like, "On the fucking international space station?" Yeah.

So for 45 minutes, we just -- we're just chatting. She showed us around. She showed us the Russian astronauts and the Japanese section.

Is that crazy? So how cool is that to see our government, you know, tax dollars at work? [ Laughter ] Can you say 45 minutes, Utah?

45 minutes we hung out with her today. Is that cool? And what was there a phone number? No, she sends us a link to, like, not zoom, but something else.

But wait, yeah, what Google meet or whatever. So wait, I wrote down these things.

They are moving five miles a second.

And they rotate the Earth every 90 minutes. That's how fast they're going. Isn't that crazy? And I said, "What experience are working on?" She said, "Something like astronauts get blood plots."

So they're doing some of that. And they're growing crops like Matt Damon and the Martian. And they're DNA therapeutics, protein crystals, future propulsion systems. But what's fascinating is that she said,

"When you go up there, something happens to the back of your eyes because there's no gravity and it flattened the back of her eyes." So she doesn't need glasses on Earth anymore. Isn't that amazing? No, it doesn't need glasses.

And she says, "20, 20 of these things." What's that book you're reading? I just saw you there. [ Laughter ] It's my phone.

Anyway, I just wanted to share that with you, because that happened today. How are you?

“Because I remember when she was on the podcast.”

Yeah. We must have covered this, but remind me. Yeah, yeah. How are you friends with an astronaut? Because of the podcast.

What's with the look on your face? I know shitty. Wait, Matt, why are you mad at him? He doesn't know anybody.

He never leaves his house.

He barely knows his dog. I was Scotty pretty good. What happens is he meets people, and they want to continue to have a relationship, because he's nice.

He doesn't have a shitty look on his face. [ Laughter ] And by the way, you just described yourself, and you were describing me. [ Laughter ]

Yeah, isn't that wild? Anyway. Is that cool? It just can't believe you can actually communicate. So she's currently on the Space State.

He'll set Timber. Wow. And I'm complaining about going to Jersey for you. Yeah. Exactly.

But we can talk to her. Again, we can hop on there. I asked her tons of questions. She loves it. They love it.

“Jamie, are you thinking about how fluid would move differently?”

If you're up there, like in your face and stuff? You know, you do look puffy when they do those little heads from out of space. I wouldn't be into it. No, no.

I just do radio from out of space. But it does. It lifts. [ Laughter ] Sorry, guys.

Camera's not working again. [ Laughter ] Radio from space. No, I don't care about this. This is just a bit.

I don't care about that. All right. So, okay. No vanity. Sean, do you have any more bits?

Any more stuff? Any more pre-tapes, Sean? Yeah. I was have tons of stuff.

I just said that we never do anything planned.

And then you went to a video package. Yeah, well, I wanted to make sure. I wanted to make sure. I left space for her. But I didn't know how to plan it.

[ Laughter ] Oh, my God. I can't find my intro that I wrote for the... What? I can cast.

This is so real. Like, I'll bring me those cards down. Please, God. Damn it. [ Laughter ]

This is... So, what else is going on? [ Laughter ] Unreal. You know what?

I just quit smoking recently. [ Cheers and applause ] No, you didn't. What? You did?

Smoking? Yeah, maple. Yeah, maple. [ Cheers and applause ] Maple, baby.

[ Cheers and applause ] All right, just going to be a disaster tonight. Um, all right. Free styling now. Intro, the guest.

Let's take a big short. Um, this guy. [ Laughter ] I'm an actor. I'm supposed to be written for me.

And then I see. I can see your sweat. I know I'm in deep sweat right now. [ Laughter ] Okay.

So, uh, this is a fella. [ Laughter ] Um, he is extreme.

“I think he's one of the greatest comedic actors we have.”

Full stop. Okay? That's -- that's a good start, right? See, we've been camping. Um, but he doesn't just make you laugh.

He makes you cry sometimes. Look at what else for the -- all the phones are up. What's going on? I feel like Ariana Grande. Um, he's been nominated twice for an Oscar for fancy movies, right?

Not just the comedy stuff. This guy's a big shot. Wow. He's also writes and directs movies done a few with those. What is it, Ryan Reynolds?

No. He hasn't written or directed a film yet. Um. [ Laughter ] And, um, and I have found that while he's incredibly talented,

he has hearts even bigger because we've become friends over the past few years. Oh. Oh. You know him from forgetting Sarah Marshall.

You know him from, uh, knocked up 40-year-old version.

Uh, you know him from Superbad Moneyball Wolf of Wall Street. Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Jonah Hill. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> I was already nervous and like, oh, you already fucking.

[MUSIC] >> What were you thinking, Jonah?

“What were you thinking backstage when Baton blew it with you?”

>> It's just a total wipe out. I'm just coming back out here, like, in crowds and stuff, my right here. >> Yeah. >> And I'm like, he's down his tail.

>> Okay. >> He's going to hook me up and he's like, oh, I don't have an intro. So I'm sitting back there going like, he's going to go, he's a guy. >> [LAUGH] >> That I friends with, that I text with and like, I was like, oh, fuck, he probably wrote something nice and now it's going to get like,

down down to, you know. >> You know how to improvise. I'm all right at the improvising, but you're the, you're the Mac dad. You invent fun. >> Yeah.

>> No one better. >> Really? >> Never. >> Really? >> All right.

So, you're not in front of crowds all the time. You're not up in LA, you're down in San Diego for the most part. >> At all. >> Are you living San Diego? >> Yeah.

“>> Okay, so real quick, before we go any further, my wife is here,”

my best friend in business partner Matt Ryan's is here. Shout out to my beautiful wife, Liv. Where's he? >> I was something. >> [LAUGH]

>> And then, so I live in a very small town in San Diego and it's amazing. And my neighbors are incredible people. And when we had our first kid, we moved out there three years ago. And my neighbors are so cool. I want to leave LA and raise a family outside of Los Angeles.

And I was away from entertainment. And I could maybe come back and then go back and forth. And my neighbors are so cool.

They never treat me weird or ask me about my job or anything.

And my neighbors, one of my great friends, Dr. Sean, he never asked. He's here tonight. >> Whoa. >> But hold on. >> Whenever it bothered me, it was like, oh, what's this person?

And then after like a year, we were in the sauna just chillin, like two dads. And he goes, can I ask you one question? And I was like, yeah, sure, man. And he's like, it's Jason Bateman, a cool guy.

>> [LAUGH] >> And that was his one question about show business. And I was like, yeah, he's an amazing guy. And he goes, he's like, he's like, it's fucking cool. I'm a big fan of his.

So shout out to Dr. Sean and Dr. Bob and Heidi and Laura. I love you guys both. >> You know what? It sounds like JB. You might be able to get in that sauna with these guys.

>> Yeah, listen. I love it so much more.

“>> I think Dr. John, do you think JB is good in the sauna?”

>> I get super nice in the schfits. [LAUGH] >> Jonah. >> Yeah, nice to see you all. Thanks for having me.

>> Jonah, thank you for doing this. This is a very easy no. And you said yes. >> [LAUGH] >> You know, you could just say, I'm down in San Diego now.

>> We drove in today with Ryan. >> Now will you stay overnight? Are we drive back? >> Yeah, we're staying at Hotel. We brought both our kids.

>> Oh, that's nice. >> We have a new little baby who's like, I was just a blue brand new baby. And then we have almost three year old. Both boys.

>> That's so nice. >> What do you miss about L.A., when you come up, what do you like to do? >> Oh, you don't miss it. >> I grew up here. It's, L.A. was such a cool place to grow up in the 90s,

because you could like, you know, you could go skateboard downtown, or you could sneak into a movie premiere, or you could go sneak into a comedy club, and see like Chris Rock or something. You had access to show business stuff,

but you had access to like punk and skating and graffiti, and all the like naughty stuff. And there was no internet. It was just so awesome. And you were skating, right?

Because your first film in '90s, which is awesome,

that you certainly were at least familiar with the skating culture. >> Yeah. >> Do you know your way around a skateboard? >> I mean, yeah. >> I still skateboard every day, like, come on.

>> Come on, yeah. >> You do, really? >> Okay, because my daughter, Maple, is, I took her to the skate park this morning, pedlow over there in the valley.

She's working on pop shoveds, all these. She just dropped in the last weekend. >> Amazing. >> You're already better than I ever was.

we surf skate, which is like way easier.

“It's like, like, I don't do tricks or anything anymore.”

I'm too old. I'm 42. >> So surf skate means you're on a longboard, and you just kind of crewed. >> That's not go crazy.

I'm not on a longboard. >> I'm on a shortboard. >> You're a part of that skate culture just a little bit. >> I loved it. Yeah, it was amazing.

Anything skating hip hop and comedy when I was a kid, I was like anything about any of it. >> Did you cross paths with Spike Jones at all back in the day? >> Well, I did a ton, and Spike is my biggest mentor, and one of my best friends.

>> Incredible. >> What a nice guy, too. >> He's like one of the most amazing people, and before I directed mid-90, I wrote mid-90s at his apartment. >> Oh, really.

>> And New York, we were both living in New York, and I basically spent like five years after kind of, what was it like, I've been gone for a while, so I'm kind of coming back, and I'm like excited, 'cause I got all like serious for a while,

and I was not supposed to assault me. I was not happy, and then I had my family, and I got happy, and now all I want to do is be funny again.

>> So you were always funny.

“>> It's a freaking blast, it's just like, that's what I said.”

Yes, I'm like, I want to go fucking be funny in front of a crowd, and that'd be awesome. >> But the humor, do you find that the humor is coming from a more substantial place now that it's, I mean, you're still, you couldn't shake funny if you tried,

but now you've got a whole deeper well of reflection, and knowing yourself more, and you've peeled the onion, and now you've got a bunch of other stuff to draw upon to feed your humor, yes? >> Yeah, I think, I mean, speak for me, that's fine.

>> But that's my special, right? >> I don't need to be here, there's no intro, and I just drive back to see any of you. >> I put the question in the answer, and then I say, he could have just, he could have just zoomed in,

he could have just zoomed in. >> Totally, no, that is a good, that's a good. >> Thank you, that's a good question. >> No, but it's more like, if you're bummed, you don't feel like being that funny, right?

>> Right. >> And if you're happy,

the first thing I thought about when I got like,

had my kids and was so stoked, it was like, I connected to back when I was just, like, 12, and I was just being funny for fun. >> Right. >> And I was like, that's the thing I fell in love with,

my whole life, like, I dedicated my whole life to learning everything about the Simpsons and comedy history. >> What did you, when you were growing up in the '90s, who were your influences? Who were you like, God, that guy is so funny,

or that show is so funny. >> Everybody, everybody. >> Everything, like, anything good, battery in between, it was like. >> But like, but you're so, like Jason said, you're such a genius at improvisation.

The first time I saw you was on a show called Campus Ladies. >> Yes. >> And one of my best friends, Carrie Asley is here. She's right there.

>> Carrie. >> Yeah. >> And you were on the show with her. >> Oh, my God, he's Carrie. >> He met Dr. Sean.

>> Do you carry, Carrie? >> Sean couldn't get them to see him. >> Carrie gave me a huge break. Thank you, Carrie. You gave me a huge fucking break when I was like 18.

>> Yeah. >> But I watched you on that show, and I'm like, oh, of course you skyrocketed. You were a brilliant performer actor and provider all of it, and I was just like,

who is this person?

“>> So you must have-- >> Mostly the Simpsons.”

>> I think the Simpsons is like the number one thing in the entire world, like if anything's left and impact on my life, it'd be the Simpsons of it. >> But some of the greatest comedy writing of all time, it's pretty, it's like such a heavy weight.

>> But that was obviously, there's no acting in that, except for the voices, obviously. So were you following the writing of that, was writing the first pull for you, not performance? >> So if you like shook me in the middle of the night

and like, what do you do? I'd be like, I'm a comedy writer. That's what I do. I'm like jokes every day, like I go and write scripts like, you don't know this 'cause you just see the front side of it,

but I'm most of my job is writing comedy movies. That's like mostly what I do. And when I was young, I would VHS record the Simpsons and then pause it on the writers and write them all letters. And to this day, one of my biggest mentors and friends

is David Merkin, who's like an iconic Simpsons writer at the time, like you've been here screening of early cuts in my movies for notes. Like David Merkin comes to every single screening, every table read, and he was like my childhood hero.

So I wrote them all letters when I was like seven, eight years old. And that was my dream. Like if I had written for the Simpsons, that's like, would have been-- >> Did you write enough for--

>> Did you write a spec Simpsons script? >> Yeah, I've written a ton of specs. >> So did they ever buy one or pick-- >> No.

>> No, I never like sent them to them.

I wrote them like-- >> Oh, yeah. >> As like an eight year old. >> Yeah, they can't receive--

>> Oh, okay. >> Just an eight year old. >> Well, then when did the performance part of it start to take hold? Like when did you think that you could be in front of the camera?

“>> Well, I think all three of you were like Ham's comedic hands, right?”

>> What happened? >> Like-- >> Do you just drift off? >> He's an architect. >> He's an architect.

>> He said we're all ham. >> I think all three of us must have been hands when you were a little kid. Like if there was like a party at my parents house, I do like a comedy show. I feel like everyone here can relate to that.

>> So it was just always like people were like,

"Oh, you're funny." And then when I got to middle school, people's parents were like, "You should pull them out of school to my parents and like make them a comedian." >> Wow.

>> Yeah, people were like-- >> You were gone to schools where there were some people that were in the business. >> Yeah. >> Like when I was a kid, I was like, "Yeah." I was like, "Yeah."

>> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah."

>> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah."

>> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah."

>> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> I was like, "Yeah." >> And you were like, "You were young." >> Well, so we take a snack break?

>> Yeah. >> Yeah, you were like hanging out at my school. >> No, no, no, no, we were like, >> Like a trench coat on? >> Yeah.

>> No, that was a different. >> Yeah, that's different. >> Okay. >> All right. >> No, it was that like, um,

>> I'm leaving by example. >> You had this like, "Van?" >> It was that the wistler. >> No, no, no. >> No, no.

>> I went to the school called Crossroads, and everybody's parents are in entertainment. So to be fair, it wasn't an abstract job. That was like my big leg up where I was like, "Everybody's parents here works in entertainment."

“So if you want to like, right for the Simpsons,”

that's not the craziest idea in the entire world, right? >> Right. >> So that was a huge leg up for me to just not be like, show business as abstract and far away, right? >> Right.

>> We were, yeah, we were literally at, it was Henry Winkler, we were doing the first season rest of the development, and I went over there for breakfast, one Saturday, and you and Max were, so Max was like, "My best friend in high school is Henry Sun,"

and he's an amazing guy, and a great director. >> Great director. >> You're direct to a lot of the Ryan Murphy stuff, right? >> It's a lot of amazing stuff. The Charlie Hunnam show he just did was incredible,

freak months. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> And he's an amazing dude. >> Yeah, and so I met Will, and I remember meeting Will, you were a kid.

>> I was so hyped because I was interning for his brother and arrested development and just come out. And Jay Kaufman was another buddy of yours. He, he interned on arrested development, didn't he? >> Yeah.

>> Dustin Hoffman said a TV show. >> Yeah. >> Nice to meet you. >> Nice to meet you. >> Thank you.

>> I'm very funny.

>> Jonah, Sean's never seen it.

>> Never seen it. >> Is that real? >> Not a bit. >> It's real. >> It's real.

>> I saw the first episode. >> You guys have the best job in show business. I'm so jealous of you guys. >> You guys are on it. >> This is your joining.

>> We're looking to replace my host. >> You guys have like, it's like being in a writer's room. You're just bullshitting with your friends. But you don't have to make the thing at the end. >> He was just show up to the writer's room.

>> You never have to like make the good jokes in or edit out the bad ones. You're just like, "No, let's do this." >> Enjoy the watching order food. >> No.

>> But so wait. >> So you want to be a writer. You start doing it at your in a school, where the pathway to entertainment industry is not unreasonable.

“But at what age do you get the first sort of on camera idea?”

And then it actually happens. Are you still in high school? >> I was 18. So like fresh out of high school. I started working.

>> So what's that first job?

Do you get an agent? >> No, no, no. So it wasn't like that. I went to new school. I went to Boulder for one semester and got kicked out.

My mom calls it her $40,000 sweatshirt. And she's really funny. My parents are really funny people. And awesome people. But they, they,

and then went to new school in New York City. And I started just performing in like, in theater school with them performing at bars and doing like kind of stand up. >> I understand that.

>> Yeah, like stand up and then like short plays. And like they would let me perform at this bar called Black and White, which is an awesome bar. Did you do Black and White with me? >> No.

>> It was so fun. It was at the most fun time. And then it started getting like a crowd of people. And I was already like, it's on.

So now it's like, it's so going to be on. >> It's your comfortable in front of an audience. >> Yeah. >> And then it's so going to camera then is not that much of a leap. >> No.

And then I got my first job in a movie called "I Heart Huckabees," which was like my first job. >> Yeah. >> And Jake's dad, Dustin, was like, you should be a comedic actor.

How did you get in front of Dustin?

“>> It wasn't like a performance thing or anything.”

We were just, I was just friends with his son. And he would see me do stuff and it was like, and I make prank all CDs. I'll make prank all CDs. I was like a ham.

I was just like trying to be funny all the time. >> But you were just making Dustin laugh around the house. And he says, "You do like a maple head of friend over." >> Yeah. >> And you are like, you know, Rob Riner,

resting piece to the legend. I fucking love that dude so much. But you know, Rob would bring Albert Brooks around. And Rob would tell me that, like his dad was like, Albert is the funniest fucking guy.

But Albert was just Rob's friend. >> Right, right. >> And Albert's Albert Brooks, right? >> Right. >> So like Dustin was like, I'm doing this movie.

Here's, I got you an audition. And so he got me an audition. >> You read for the casting director. >> He's asking you, yeah. >> She passed it on to David.

David said, yeah, great. And then you get on that set. And what's that like being on a set? You're just looking around.

“>> Well, David was fucking nuts at that time.”

>> I do. >> He was stuck wild. And I'm like, from his rhythm, he's awesome. Super nice guy. But at that moment in life.

And I've had my own trust me. He was buck wild dude. He was like, you know, he was like screaming at Lily Tomman. >> Oh, it's on line and shit.

>> Yeah. >> And he'll talk about it. Like, you know, he's like cool. He's one of the best directors ever. I mean, flirting disaster and three kings.

I mean, he's so good. It's insane. And I got on the set. I was like, everyone's screaming at each other.

He the first time I walked on set.

Him and KK bear at the production designer. We're joking around wrestling. And then it turned into a real fight. And it was like joking that like turned into a fight. And these guys are like fighting.

And it was before they were setting up my first scene to act. And I was like Hollywood is so tight. This is so cool. >> I saw a fist fight on set one, Stu. >> Really?

>> Yeah, it was crazy. It was so crazy. >> And you say the name of the movie? >> I don't remember. But yeah, I was just weird thing I did.

But it was out in the desert. Listen, guys, everyone where point is. But I saw these two dudes. These two big dudes, like a grip and a gaffer get into it. They end up, they were arguing.

And they end up getting into a fucking fist fight. >> Well, full circle moment. Real quick, I want to give KK some shot on right now. But if I was like if I ever get to direct movies I'm in a higher KK barit. And he did my newest movie outcome.

>> He did. >> He was the production designer. >> Yeah. >> So full circle, like 20 years later, he was the greatest production designer ever. >> Yeah.

>> So now I was like a full circle moment. It was a good dream of mine. >> So from there, you do a great job in that movie.

“You have to wait till the movie comes out until the industry starts to see it.”

Or does word get out from like Daly's and early cuts and stuff like that. >> My partner was so small that like it didn't make a den. It wasn't like people were like trying to give me jobs and shit.

And then I met a guy named Peter Prinsopado incredible manager who is my former manager.

Awesome dude. And he introduced... >> My former dude. >> That's what I was looking at. >> That's what I was looking at.

>> Legend and he got me an audition for campus ladies. And that was my second job. Was campus ladies. And I got like three or four episodes on that. And it was all grounding people.

And on that show because it was like will forte. And my roof and like every dope person I was like in love with came on to the show. And then my life really kicked off when I met you at Appetal. >> Right. >> So did those people kind of get in judge ear and say he got to check the sky out?

>> I think I was just starting to do like table reads. I mean inside baseball so this might be so boring. If is it boring and shit? >> Okay. >> So like when somebody's got to like has a script and they're thinking about making a movie.

They'll get a bunch of really talented people around a table and they'll read it out loud. And see if it makes everybody laugh in the park. >> I was like the funny like 18 year old. There wasn't a lot of like 18 me and Michael Sarah would be like all of them together. You know so.

And like Seth and Jason Seagull. Like all the young dudes would be at them. And then when Jud started blowing up was. I auditioned for four year old virgin. I met him and Seth.

And then my life from then on that day I shot four year old virgin. It's one scene in the eBay store. >> Yeah. >> And it was raining that day. >> Yeah.

>> So we were only supposed to shoot that scene for like an hour. But it was raining so they didn't have a cover set. So we shot it a whole day and I just improvised a whole day. >> Oh, oh. >> From a judge and set and shot the Robertson one of my best friends.

And Jud was like what do you want to write? And I was like you don't understand all I want to do. Right. And so. But what about the.

>> So he gave me it. I had a I pitched him to movies and he bought them. And my parents were like who is this guy who's molesting you. That I was living at home and I was 19. Who is Jud Abbot town is he like touching your weener because like.

You're like a fucking spirit. >> A lot of time over there. >> Don't want her who like doesn't have a job. And like why do you have a two picture deal at like universal.

>> What were the films.

>> One was called middle child which a lot of those jokes.

I won't say but the movie maybe got swallowed into another. And then a one called. One was about an imaginary friend which is really clever. Yeah. Neither of them got made.

But it like ingratiate me with those guys. And then we went on this whole crazy. >> I hear this all the time like just those two like the title middle child. And something with imaginary friend with you writing it.

“Where did those scripts go like when he resurrect them?”

>> They're around. I mean like I could probably try and clean one up and get it out. >> What's that? >> You want to take a look at it? >> I'll take a look.

>> I'll take a look. >> They're separated. Are you accepting notes still? Because John. >> Well be right back.

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>> And now back to the show. >> What about the stroke of genius lock that you landed in front of, Jad Apatel, like one of the greatest sort of finders of talent, and nurtures of talent. >> Yeah, he's amazing.

>> He's amazing. >> And chances and championing them, like, look what he's done, just, you alone. I mean, and there's what, 100, 100 probably named 25 people right now that are household names that Jad has championed.

>> Jad's like, Kobe. I mean, he's so, he's up there with Lauren Michaels, as far as launching people into the comedy world. >> Yeah, there was like me and my friends, then there's like Lena Dunham, and it went on, like Amy Schumer.

He really just, like, saw, see something in these people, and he's so great at, like, mining what you're going through, and helping you find your voice. And what he really did was he put me through Harvard Education of Directing Comedy movies.

So, like, now that I'm 42, and we have our own company, shout out strong baby, shout out at times, my bestie up there. And we produce the movies we make now. I like know what to do because of Jad. >> Right.

>> You know, so I'd go, he was blowing up, so my favorite thing was going to the table reads, because you'd have writers at the table reads, and you dissect and give notes on the scripts. And that's what I love to this day.

I love, like, the Rubik's Cube of cracking and making better, and making a comedy script better. >> Absolutely. >> You're not burdened by the idea of writing. >> I love it.

It's my favorite part of the process.

and you're staring at a blank wall,

and you're just trying to fill a blank page? Like, to me, that's the hardest thing in the business. >> As Dick Heddish and insane as I was when I got famous at 22, like, I don't take for granted a day that I get paid to write jokes. >> Okay.

>> I actually think, and I've grown way past that part when I was 21 or 22, but I cannot believe I get to write jokes from my job. I say it to myself every day. I want to do a structure and character development, and all this lost on page 75,

and all of this stuff you've got to, there's like, it's the best job I can do. >> By the way, Tony, if you know everything exhausts him. >> Yeah, everything. >> Dude, if I was on smartly, I wouldn't fucking write script.

>> This is so hard. >> Dude, if I was you guys, I wouldn't touch a computer the rest of my goddamn luck. I live in Tahiti and fucking phone this in on Zoom. >> [LAUGH]

>> All right, so I'm out here. I got to work in Hollywood. It was like, doesn't exist anymore. I'm basically a cobbler. I make comedy movies with like me and two other people.

>> Well, Jonah talks to me about that. I know you're half joking about Hollywood being whatever you just said. I told her, because that's the feeling out there right now is that, you know, where is this going? And everybody's scared and everybody's like,

"What's gonna happen with AI?" And especially in comedy, not especially in comedy, but like-- >> Oh, thank God, a conversation about AI. [LAUGH]

>> Finally, finally, you can't put in a prop.

This is right me, a joke that Jonah Hill might say on a stage with three other dudes. >> Like, you'll get like six jokes. >> Yeah.

“>> So like, does that kind of like affect their whole writing stuff?”

>> No, because you can't replace comedy. >> Yeah. >> Ultimately, as human, human can kill the time page, and then you're just plusing it, perhaps. >> It'd be like having some grom writers in the writers or--

>> Yeah. >> They'll write-- I, I'll write like 50, shitty jokes that you could rewrite or write. >> Right, right. They won't have the human experience that allows comedy

to be funny because you got to get dumped to write a funny movie about getting dumped, right? >> Right, right, right. >> A computer hasn't been dumped. They know, maybe they have, I don't know.

>> I shouldn't say that. >> Yeah. >> I'm sure it almost appears in the crowd. >> Yeah. >> But like, I don't worry at all.

>> Yeah. >> I'm like, I just go until they fire me. Like, I'm so motivated by what I do. And my family, that, like, I just have two things. I have my family and writing comedy.

>> Yeah, yeah. >> So like-- >> Where do I fit in in that? >> Yeah. >> Well, I'm here tonight. >> [LAUGH]

>> All right, so I'll close our way to Superbad now at this point in-- >> It'll be 20 year-- Oh, you mean like that? >> Yeah, and this in the story here while you're-- >> So it's 40-year-old version. And then a year later we made knocked up.

And then two months after knocked up, we made Superbad. >> So like a year after I met Judd, we made Superbad. >> So who-- I've been embarrassed, I should know this. >> And you guys were working with Michael, right?

>> We were. >> Who wrote Superbad? >> Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg wrote the most brilliant script of all the time. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.

>> And it hit red. We all improvised and everyone comes up with great jokes on those movies, but their script that they wrote was like flawless. >> Yeah.

“>> But like, do you remember Michael Sarah going away to do that movie”

that was during the high-- >> Oh, but I tell you something, this is a true story. So years ago, right before-- like the year before Superbad, there was a script that we were going to do at a place

I won't say because then you'll be able to know who is in charge. And it was about-- it's this crazy great script that Mitch Hurwitz and I worked on with Jim Valley. It really, really, really funny. It turned out great.

And I said to the guy who ran this particular studio. So this is-- Superbad was 2007, right? >> Yeah. >> So this is--

>> I mean pause for a second.

>> You with the dates. >> He knows dates like-- >> So Mary Leonard. >> It's great not. >> Yeah.

>> And he'll tell you what month was the film released in-- >> Which month? >> Superbad, 2007. >> That I don't know. >> I don't know.

>> You was 2007. >> Yeah, no, what month? >> It's probably a summer release, right? >> Yeah, probably. >> You might have been--

“>> But I remember going in and this thing that we were working on”

called for this dude, this character I was playing and then these two teenage sons. It was two teenage boys who were best friends. It was basically like a three-hander. And I said to the guy, this is before all that,

before 440 of virgin, I go, it should be Michael Serra and this kid, Jonah Hill. >> No way. >> And he goes, what? No, man.

>> [LAUGH] >> What are you talking about? >> And it's where to go.

was 18 months later, it was superbad comes out.

And it's like a huge hit. And I'm like enormous, this dumb fuck. >> Yeah. >> Fucking guy blew it. And he got fired.

>> Did he? >> Yeah, you should have. >> I'll tell you after. >> Thank you. >> I'll tell you after.

>> 'Cause when I met Will like when I was 18, I met him at my friend's house, and I was bugging out dude because he was Joe from a rest of the government. I was like, holy shit dude, like.

>> So good. >> Couldn't believe it. >> No good, he's good. >> Anyway. >> All right, so superbad happens.

That's very, very cool, very exciting yes, but I would imagine. >> He was a team changing too, yeah. >> That's my question. Was it disruptive?

Or did you flow with it pretty good?

Because I know Michael Sarah was, because a rest of the development was just finished. >> Right, we were just, we were just on a rest of the development. >> We had finished the three seasons at Fox? >> Yeah, because we finished in December of 2005.

[LAUGH] >> Okay, so then that-- >> I love to say rainman.

“>> I remember, yeah, it's Mary Lou Henner.”

>> Are we okay now? >> I remember, Michael was just, even though he'd already had some fame, some notoriety from rest of the development. Superbad was a whole not the level.

>> Yeah. >> And there was a level of adjustment for him. I know for sure, for you as well. Was it comfortable for a bit? >> I mean, it was exciting as hell, but it was crazy.

It was just bizarre. You know, it was like-- >> Can't walk down the street anymore. >> Yeah. And Michael and I hung out every day still. >> Oh, no.

>> So we would go to canter. >> I live my entire canter's incess old apartment. And Michael and I would just walk to canter's in there. People would, we'd be talking about the shit, like in our lives were like that movie.

People would see us in the freak out, because it's like we walked off the screen into the deli. >> You know, like-- >> People think you're shooting a sequel. >> Yeah, it was just so bizarre. >> But are you thinking, because you're--

How old do you at that point? >> 22. >> 22. >> 22. >> So you're adding--

>> I don't think I'm out will. >> 22 or 23.

“>> So you're adding age where you're thinking about,”

okay, I need to have a job, a career. I need to be starting thinking five years, ten years in the future. I got to provide. I got to-- So this is--

Are you thinking now, this is-- I've got some momentum. This can be my career. Is it a line with what your plans, what your dreams were, what your goals were?

>> I was obviously stoked, because I loved the movie. You know, I didn't know if I'd get to work on shit I loved. >> Right. >> I knew I'd work in comedy in some capacity. Like I had the confidence enough to know,

like I am professionally funny, even at like 18 or 19, whatever. But I didn't like super bad was like my dream, I was like what I wanted to see. >> Yeah. >> Right.

>> You know, so I was so stoked that Judd was in the position to make the cut out of the movie. >> Yeah. >> So super bad comes out. You've got a pretty good idea that shit's working out.

It's a huge shit. >> I'm going to watch that comedy features where a huge business. >> I'm going to watch it tonight. >> I'm going to have seen it, but I'm going to watch it again. >> Right after arrested.

>> Yeah. >> Now that I have kids, I'm like oh my god imagine when my son, like who's three imagine him watching that movie. Oh my god.

>> I never thought about that shit.

>> Maple loved it. >> Maple is your cool kids still watching it and stuff. >> You see, loved it. >> That's right. >> That's right.

>> She was very excited to be here tonight. >> Yeah. >> What I couldn't want to know is she was psycho. It was psycho. We couldn't walk around.

And it was like so exciting and kind of scary. And then like you just cannot not become obsessed with yourself when something like that happens. It just is like it's impossible not to become like a weird dude. >> Yeah.

>> You're telling you you're great, right? So it's going you're the greatest. >> You just have all your friends that you're still friends with from high school, but all of a sudden one of you people like respect and pay attention to.

>> Yeah. >> So like you just are kind of a self-centered person because it's about you a lot of the time. >> Yeah. >> And thank God that time is over and it's not about me anymore.

>> Yeah. >> But you're skipping over a very interesting part where you're like you're kind of you're munching on all the junk food of all that fame and all of that access and relevance and whatnot. And then you start to think this is a question.

“What should I do about dramatic work to make sure that?”

>> So I'll tell you the smartest thing I did was like Michael Michael at Juno come out like two months later. >> It was like Michael Jackson. >> I do seen Juno. >> But for real.

>> Yeah. >> Michael Sarah had super bad in Juno come out in like six months. And it was like he really, he was more famous than I was. And he retreated inward. And I was like.

>> I'm going to watch Juno tonight too. [LAUGHTER] >> We still talk like once a week. >> Just finished directing a movie. >> Yeah.

>> He's so fucking brilliant and cool and a great human being.

And but what I did was I got offered up on some movies for the first time.

And I was like, I can't make a move. None of these are as good as super bad. >> Right. >> So I said what to my agent, what writing jobs are available. And Sasha Barron Cohen was looking for writers for the Bruno movie.

And I auditioned for the writers room. >> Exactly. What's the writer audition like? >> It's like you get like a day sitting in the writers room. But I've been in the writers room with judge in those guys.

So I got the job and I was like super. I was like arguably more famous than Sasha was it that time. And I was like a pimply writer in his writers room for like six months. I would ride by bike to the lot over here on for most from my apartment on Fairfax. And people would be like yo.

And I would just go and write jokes because I didn't want to think about like the outside world.

“And think about the pressure of like what do I do now?”

>> It's such a funny move to do that to go from that to then all of a sudden just to be a write a staff writer on the Bruno movie. >> It was the best time of course. Because it was like I was like I just got to work with one of my heroes and pitch like I love Bruno. Like when the college you show came out it was like it was like when a rest of development came out. I was like obsessed with Bruno.

So like all of a sudden I was writing jokes and like Mickey Mouse was saying my jokes. Like you know what I was like it wasn't just like someone cool.

It was like a character that I was in incredible talent.

Yeah he's an awesome guy he was an awesome boss. >> I kind of want to I don't kind of want to get to I think you were trying to get to it. But man you take a long time. >> No I do I'm sorry. >> You're you're allowed to you're supposed to be speaking.

>> We want to hear from you. >> Leave it my being boring or no. >> No this is fascinating. >> We love Jonah. >> Sean is this one of your favorite episodes.

>> We love him sir. >> Can we flip over to like Dax's podcast Sean or no do we keep this. >> I want to join I want to get into because then you go when you start doing interesting things like Wolf of Wall Street. >> In which you're amazing. >> Thank you.

>> You're so cute. >> You're so cute. >> You're so cute. >> Well I'll tell you I'll tell you this. >> That way money ball.

>> Oh dude money ball. >> First of all that really hard to film to make from that book is a great book.

“And you're the I remember thinking like don't never do it.”

So far it's so that movie so great. You're so great in that movie so you do money ball. >> Well can I say one thing before this I don't want to jump straight to there. >> If we miss it. >> I know the question I know the question you're trying to get to it.

>> The question you're trying to ask is this in my opinion is this is that. I got I was working for Sasha and got offered all the big comedies. And I got offered the hangover in Cyrus at the same time. And I did Cyrus. >> Wow.

>> This is why we need agents.

>> I wish I did both because the hangover rips and is an amazing movie and I love

talking. But like I was like. >> Cyrus didn't talk. >> If the two classes know what they're doing. >> No no no but change my life because I wanted to do dramatic movies and comedic movies.

And that script in that part was incredibly and very deep in emotional. And a lot like my work today. >> And guess what Bennett Miller probably saw Cyrus and he probably did not see hangover. >> So he saw Cyrus and he carries me a money ball.

>> I can let him speak. >> Sorry I get so excited. >> Now we're caught up I'm just bridging the just doing it a little bridge. >> So bridge work. >> So then you work better Miller and then you work with Martin Scorsese on Wolf

Wall Street and with Leo de Caprio. That must have been just a mind blow with the first day. >> Well money ball was unbelievable. >> Yeah of course.

“>> Money ball was such a trip because I remember my dad was a fan of that book.”

And he's like how are they going to make this. >> Like a Lewis. >> Yeah how are you going to make this a movie. >> Didn't Aaron Sworkin write that script. >> And Steve Zalin.

I mean Bennett Miller is not like a household name but if you make a movie. >> Yeah, he is. >> He is such a brilliant director the director of that film. >> He has a made a movie in the years. >> He has a made a movie in the years.

>> So much. >> But you didn't you want to direct early early on. >> Okay. >> So all these guys I would just work for them and sponge for them and write for them. And like spike at that time I would just write for him for free for like five years.

Whatever commercial whatever like short film he was doing or whatever I'd help on. Because I was just an intern for all these great directors that I'd get the chance to work with as an actor.

And geek out of them at the mall and they'd be like what? >> Right. >> So it was I'm so privileged because I just love the actual work of what I do. >> Right. >> You know.

>> So then talk about that. >> So we're asking you know.

>> Yeah I mean you so you so incredibly like you do have been on the sets of all these incredible directors.

You find yourself cherry-picking from them finding them. >> And Marty's like another level. >> Right. >> Which is another level than everybody ever. >> What do you think?

>> I feel like there's a bit of a paternal element there between the two. You guys seem so close and it's warm. It's genuine. He did a great cameo in this in the last film. >> Yeah.

“>> He was in outcome which is on Apple if you want to watch it.”

>> Great movie. >> And Keanu Reeves. >> American treasure. >> Yup. >> But yeah.

The fact that I call Marty and don't have to stop and like apologize. It's psychotic to me. You know like since it's in good fellows I guess would just be the two things that I think are like. If you had to like take my brain and freeze it you'd cut it open. It probably would be those two things.

And so like so you know I got to direct him. This was the first movie he did. >> Did you give him a note? >> Huh? >> Did you give him a note?

>> And you pull your shit together. >> Huh? >> You get your shit together. Time is money man. >> Yeah.

>> No. >> I mean like he came in so prepared. >> It was honestly the whole thing was so psychedelic. Like him coming to set and me directing him. It was so psychedelic.

It was like childbirth. It was like you see like colors and you're like this is so trippy. And but then he interviewed me for interview magazine and he had to talk to me about the movie. And he loved the movie. And I'm directed to other movies which he liked but he didn't love.

And he was like I love he's like this is a giant leap forward and I love this movie. And that meant a lot to me.

That was fucking so powerful.

The critics did not agree but you know I am introduced on the toilet for the first four minutes of the movie. So there's that but you know like he didn't have him love the movie was fucking rad. It was fucking cool and meant a lot. And he's just the best guy. You go through withdrawal after you work with him because the poor and fortunate other directors.

“You have to work with after cannot compare.”

No matter how wonderful prepared and amazing they are they just is there a is there one thing that that is louder to you about the experience of working with him. That that is different than other directors is it is it just easy. Nothing comes within a billion miles. But like the billion with a beat. What is the one main thing do you think that he does different?

Well there must all this thing. That's what he excluded right. So you know how like he's everyone's favorite director. Yeah. So his ideology entased in life and everything is like your favorite person. So it's like it's not he doesn't just a director's work is like their worldview.

So the reason you love Marty's work is because you love him. Right. You love his lens as he sees the world through and like his taste. His taste his humor, his fucking realness. You know like you see someone in life. Here's how I know I'll be friends with somebody when you're like at the mall and you see someone in the person's being a fucking weirdo.

And you look to like the person who are with and you both see it without saying anything. Yeah. Marty sees the fucking weirdo that you see he gets it. He sees it all even though he's and he's Martin Scorsese at the same time. Right.

He says human and real is like the fuck is that guy doing. And he's also the biggest genius you've ever met. And you're so and we're also lucky to be immersed into the thing that we chose to do because we love to do it. Right.

“And you've been enjoyed tremendous success both writing and acting and now directing and everything.”

Is there something and that really stimulates your mind like you said there's my family and there's work. Right. And that's all you care about. It's all you love. Yeah.

Is there anything else in that? My friends. Sweet guy. Jason. Yeah.

Great friend. Yeah. He is an amazing friend. For sure. But say more.

And I look up to him very much. He's a.

I would call him a mentor because I admire his relationship with his amazing wife Amanda and the father.

He is to his children. Yes. And he's great at his job. And they don't have to be used to say more. This is a good.

That's true. He's a wonderful human. It is very true. - It's gotta go to New York to my, I don't know if you heard of what he's up against. - Yeah.

- It's just, he's going the way, he's gonna be hunting. - Like, I'm being in 36 G.A. - I need to intro you wrote. - Yeah. - It was, I love to read, like, kind of remembered it.

- It was close to that. - I interrupted you, like, what was your question? - No idea. - I'm sorry. - No, no, no, it was, oh, you don't know. I mean, to being immersed so deeply immersed in what we'd love to do,

there's gotta be other things that interest you.

- Yes. - And, and sci-fi and all that.

Are there, what are the other things that when,

“when we think of Jonah Hill instead of work and family?”

What is the thing that's like, oh, you know what it's skateboarding? What is the other thing that we're like, what? I didn't know that. You absolutely love. - Super great question because I would be like,

hobbies are a huge part of my life and happiness as well. So, like, I love Brazilian Gigiitu. I love, except my body is begging me to not love it. Um, 42 isn't that my wife is often like, you're not gonna become like a professional fighter, you know that, right?

Like, you're a comedian, like, but let me ask you something. - Yeah. - If we got into it, I would fuck you off. - You'd fuck you off. - I would fuck all three of you. - Really? - Yeah. - And that's the best part, my favorite thing is you were like,

"Oh, Jonah Hill, a fucking fat guy from Super Bell, really?" And I'm like, I would fucking annihilate. - Yeah. - I'm not kidding. - Every five of you. - If you see me, try it. - I have my fight ends up on the ground.

- I can't really get it, who's got it? - I will. - Unless we were way bigger than me. - I have fucking fuck around and find out. - I love it. - And also, surfing. - But then your kids take all that stuff,

like, pandemic, no life, selfish, have no family, no wife. But then kids, it's your life, you know? Like, there is not a free moment. Like, I ask permission now to go do my hobbies. - You know? - Because if the kids need me,

but then you've got to fill your own cup.

“That's why I call guys with Jason to be like,”

"How do you balance this shit, you know?" - I have a secret fantasy of wanting to get into a fight.

And, 'cause I've never been into it.

- It's not a fantasy, I feel really bad for you to guys. - Sean just likes the ground in pounds situation. (laughing) - By the way, I'm being punished by the way. - I would fuck you up, but I am being punished.

- You like, you're just, I'm gonna start a new one called Ground in Pound. - Yeah, I'm gonna teach you. - Ground in Pound.com is not what you think it is. - Get it now.

Yeah, no, I've never been in a fight in that. I've always been like, that has to feel like it. - But do acting, and like, I hadn't acted in a long time. And now I'm out there maybe gonna take a role in like, start acting for other people.

I'm so excited to act, like, almost like, I'm excited about to serve for DJ Gizzi. - I could've been away for a while or because of the directing. And now you're gonna bring that perspective to the acting.

- Yeah, like, like, I haven't done a movie where I acted for another director. I didn't make a movie, don't look up. - Which you're awesome. - And I knew people with Kenya,

which was such a funny experience.

“I saw Lauren London today, Shoutout Lauren, London.”

I fucking love you. Shoutout Kenya, shoutout me, okay? All the homies. And then, one of my talking about, and then, so, your hobby is acting.

- Yeah, like, I was like, I might take a job and I'm like, dude, I'm so excited to like, just put on the t-shirt you tell me to put on and go be funny. Like, I'm so excited like I was when I was young.

And it's fun feeling, you know? - Yeah, yeah, I do know. - What about daddy stuff? Do you, what's your favorite part of it?

- You're amazing, I call you back.

You gotta see, is this thing on? Will was so incredible. (audience cheering) - Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. - And bravies, just amazing.

- So incredible. - Yeah, yeah. - Who don't you like? - Don't I like? - I'm just kidding.

- It's more like who doesn't like me. - What is your favorite part about daddy stuff? What have you found is your favorite thing to do with your kids that you didn't think that you didn't know you were gonna love?

- I knew I was gonna love it. I just prayed that I'd be able to do it in the right way. You know, so I'm so proud of what I get to do. Every second of it is so sick. Because even when he's like three in crazy,

because one of the ones that's a little baby, you can only yell at him, scream yourself, horse at him so much. - How's your swaddled game? - How's your swaddled game?

Are you a good swaddler? - No, he's out of, yeah, no, I'm not a good swaddler. I'm a good diaper change. - Is this a good diaper change? - No, I think no.

- Yeah. - But that's a swaddling is when you take and you wrap up, but it will probably pass the young ones probably pass the swaddling now. - Yeah.

- It's like swaddler. - No, that's on ground in pound up. - That's, that's, that's, that's, - With Jason, I don't get on the swaddled. - He did, for real.

- A great swaddler. - A great diaper change or rubber. - Making your kid, like seeing your kid come up with something that he thinks is funny to make you laugh, like knowing that that's, like he wants,

he thinks of something that is funny in his three-year-old mind and then tries to feel like data and then says, which is usually O-Fuck or Weener, 'cause he's my son. And he'll be like, "Dada, O-Fuck."

And I'm like, "Family business, baby, get out there." - Are you a joy where he's still a little bit teal but like, are you, I bet you're gonna enjoy starting to feather in like your sense of humor to him. And like, you know, he'll start to like,

pick up on that from you and it'll start to maybe become kind of his sense of humor to like,

“I remember, I think it was, I think it was me.”

Maybe it was you, was it Franny, I remember,

I'll never forget what type of face,

what of him says to be like, "Daddy, how come you never smile after you say something funny?" And it was like, you know, just kind of like, "Well, 'cause if you smile, then you know, it's a joke." But if you don't smile, then it's kind of dry

and that's like sarcasm. Like it was like, so weird that I was trying to formulate what the answer would be to that. But like, you don't know what the answer is that. It's just like, your kids have never seen you smile.

(audience laughs) Think about that, that's what it is. Think about how fucking traumatized they're. (laughs) Comedy is not supposed to be fun in our house.

(laughs) Stop laughing. I mean, you don't have to teach him, they just watch you, they just watch you. Right, that's what I mean, it's like,

you start to just like, I don't know, it's, I just, I don't wanna go tomorrow. You're gonna be brilliant, it's gonna be brilliant. Yeah, it's gonna be brilliant. I would be having a nervous breakdown

“if my kids were going to college, 'cause I think about,”

I start crying sometimes. I'm like a little baby myself, because I'll look at them and be like, if you're a teenager and don't wanna hang out with me, I'll cry every night. You know, like, I can't imagine them.

Well, here's something that somebody said, somebody said to me that sort of got me off the ledge, when your kids go to college, you've got a long time to go and make it. - You're not going to college, it would be on me.

- Maybe it was got another four or five years, so I'm still, the tears are still pretty low. But when Franny and my eldest left, I was like, I'm not gonna do well with this portion, she goes to school in town, so I'm okay.

But somebody said to me a few years before she says, you're not losing your four-year-old. Like, it's not, your four-year-old is not leaving. It's an 18-year-old that's probably been spending a lot of weekends out at friends' houses,

like, so it gets feathered in, and it's not, like, boom, your four-year-old, your 10-year-old is leaving the house. It's, you're actually excited for them to leave the nest or flap in the wings, and it's, it's, you know. - And you've, like, knowing, you relationship with your daughters,

you've seen them blossom into these incredible people,

so you're like, go shreds. - Yeah, you're excited to watch them, so go to play guitar. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Oh, you'll love it. - It's radical. It's all, it's all, it's all, a blessing.

- Yeah. - All right, we're about done here. These people, they probably want to pee, or do something, or get a lot of hair. In closing, though, we're done, oh my God.

- Yeah, we don't take you to the sun. - I was so boring. - Oh, talk to us about the film that's out right now, and the film that's coming out, that you saw that one too, that one's fucking great.

You guys are going to have to wait a little bit longer on that, you're still imposed on that. - Jason also gives the best notes, 'cause you such a great director. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- So, but tell us your presentation. - Yeah. (audience applauding) - Incredible. - And will and I, will and I are friends,

but it's like a newer friendship, and then Shannon and I are going to become friends. - That's right, right. - You're safe and overdone. - Yeah, we're going to watch Super Bad tonight.

- Yes, right. - Beat 'em up. - Yeah. - If you'd like to shit, be now, do you please let me know? Sean's got a singing.

- Come on down to San Diego, we'll treat you right? - We're looking at your rear wheel mirror. Diego's a gentleman could beat me up. (audience laughing) - Traffic was a nightmare.

- Gotty, let's go. - So, tell us about these two films. - New movies called Outcome, and you can stream it on Apple, and it's Keanu Reeves and myself and Cameron Diaz

in the great Matt Bomer who's incredible,

and a bunch of amazing people, David Spade, LeVern Cox, really amazing cast, and it's a really funny movie,

“and if you want to enjoy yourself at home”

and then pause it and take a piss and get snacks and stuff, you can totally go do that. - But it's also got film maker stuff in it. Like you shot it beautifully, and it's scored beautifully, and it's like you're doing it, and this next one,

the next one is just pure stupidity. So, it is just, tell them what the concept is. - It's dumb. I'm about to go on a run of just the dumbest shit you've ever seen in your entire life.

So, I hope you left your brains at home. So, it's called Cut-Off, and Kristen Wiggen, I play two dumbass airs, rich kids in their mid-40s who get cut off by their rich parents, played by--

- I've got a pattern to learn Nathan Lane. So, it is like step-rothers, clueless, trading places. - It's so great. - Classic comedy, and Kristen Wig is the American treasure.

I've been so lucky in my last two movies, Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz, and Kristen Wiggen, Batman, and Nathan Lane. I'm the luckiest guy, but it's gonna be in theaters

And we are trying to bring comedy movies back to the business.

- Yeah, in the mid-40s. - In the mid-40s? - About time. - We haven't been enough comedy movies getting made, and I think it's about time,

and I hope that you're glad you're leaving home. - I am dedicating the, till you guys make me stop to the break-making people last. - You want more of you, more often, higher frequency, your break-sover,

move back up from San Diego, or at least-- - I don't know how to do it.

“But I believe it's to try and make a movie every year.”

That's funny. - I used to. - Critics, do your best, you've cocksuckers, and then I'm gonna make people laugh so fuck ya. - That's great.

- I love you. - We love you, buddy. - We love you. - Thank you very much. - Don't you?

- Don't you?

(audience cheering and applauding)

- Thank you, I hope that was okay. - I love you, dude. - I'm sorry, I was like, not that good. - No, that's okay. (audience cheering and applauding)

(audience cheering and applauding) (audience cheering and applauding) (upbeat music) (audience cheering and applauding) - Sean, I find is the most genuine, warmest, sincere,

attentive friend I could ever ask to have. (audience cheering and applauding) - That's a true story. - That's very nice.

“- Will has all of that, and just happens to make me laugh more”

than anybody I've ever met in my life. - Yes, thank you. - You're pretty good, Jason. - Jason. - Take your time.

(audience laughing) - It's good to take a minute. - To think of something? - You are, you're so Jason, you know? (audience laughing)

Which is what we love about you. You're just, you're the, no, Jason is such a sweet boy. - This is awesome. - No, it's true, yeah. - And he's, and he's, you made such a great thing of yourself.

You've really turned, I mean, you kind of grew up in the woods and you just, you got out and you're a beautiful person. And he's, and I give him shit, we give him shit for being so, you know, a beautiful circle. - But he's so squishy on the inside.

- Yeah, yeah. - He is such a sweet boy. - Yes, I love, I love you because you also are a genuinely kind person who really think of other people. And you are one of the, you're grabbing my ass right now.

(audience laughing) And you're one of the smartest people that I've ever known in my entire life. And, yes, you're squishing inside. This fella is also super squishy.

The funniest person on the face of the planet, both of them are. And I love you guys, both. - I love you too. And I said, Sean, and I were texting last night about something. And I, you know, you have those moments.

One of the great things is that, about our friendship. And I don't know why we're doing this, but, (audience laughing)

“is we love each other and I think it's the age that we've got to.”

We can tell each other that we love each other. - Yeah. - And it feels really great to be able to do that. - Yeah. And I said, Sean sent me text last night.

We talked on the phone and then he sent me a really lovely text afterwards. And like Jason said, you cannot meet a person who is more consistently supportive and kind than Sean Hayes. - You can try. - No, in Constantly.

He checks it on everybody he loves.

He's always so selfless and it's unbelievable.

And JB's the same. I feel very, very honored that we get to do that. You guys listen to us. - Yeah, fuck around. - I don't know if you guys get to work with your best friend.

They are truly my two best friends. You guys let me work with them and have the greatest time of my life and talk to some of the most interesting people in the world. So we cannot thank you enough. - Yeah, we really, really appreciate it.

- We do. - We do. - We do. I also want to say sorry thank you to Bennett and the Rob and to the Terri. - There's Rob, Rob Armure.

- Rob, Rob, this is a, this is a, this is a, - There's Bennett over there. - Yeah, job. - And where's Michael Terry? - Michael Terry somewhere.

- Michael Terry is somewhere, but there's a, there's a, it is six of us. - And I agree with you. - But there's a serious, but it is a six of us that make this thing happen. So without them, we wouldn't have. - And we didn't want to let another moment go.

- Bye! - Bye! - Bye! (audience cheers) - Bye, guys.

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