“Will Ferrell: LIVE in Washington DC”

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Are we in the cold open right now? We're in the, yeah, the show's happening right now. Okay, so the cold open is right now.
We're about to do our first show. It's our first live show.
What should we, should we let people? Let's pray to the podcast God. Okay, pray to the podcast God.
What's, what's, what's, is it him or her? It's all of them. So it's a day.
It's everything. It's everything.
It's everybody.

We're all-inclusive.

Okay, what's the prayer?

And the prayer is... Please, Lord Pod...

Pod person.

Pod person.

Please shine your happy, funny, light, lovely light on our stupid, stupid idea to go live with this pod.

And welcome to Smartless.

Wow, thank you. Washington, D.C., thank you for having us.
Thank you for having us. And please, above all things, manage your expectations.
Yeah. Because this was really, you know, kind of a half a joke.
And then we got an invite. And we said, well, maybe we should.
But we want to make sure you guys understand. It's just the three of us talking to a person for an hour.
That's it. There's no...
That's it. That's it.
So I hope you enjoyed it. Yeah.
I mean... There's not going to be any singing.
There's no dancing. There's no...
We don't even know how to do it. We sat down.
We were backstage. And we were dicking around.
Well, make sure you buy one of these. Yeah.
Or four of them. Or four.
But we were dicking around. We were doing Sing For Real backstage.
And Jason didn't want to do it because he claims he can't sing. I can't sing.
I don't even sing in a show. You guys know about Sing For Real that we talked about, right? Have we talked about Sing For Real? No, I don't think so.
So tell them what it is. So Sing For Real is, it started a long time ago, one of the big enemies of the podcast, Justin Theroux, JT from New York.
He did this bit where we would sing in the car

and then he'd say, no, sing for real,

which means you can't do it as a bit.

You can't, like, embellish.

You can't go, like, stop me here.

And you can't, like, do it like that.

You have to do it for real.

Like, sing the best you possibly can.

And it's so embarrassing.

Yeah, it's so embarrassing.

So, Will, sing for real.

But you sing for real.

You've done Broadway.

No, no, no, I like when Will does it. So, Will, sing for real.
No, I'm saying you know how to sing for real. Will, can you sing for real now? Yeah, you have to sing for real.
Give me a song, any song. What is it? Don't Stop Believin'.
Don't Stop Believin'. Oh, yeah.
What are the lyrics? Just Don't Stop Believin'. Don't Stop Believin'.
Right? Hold on to that sweet... By the way, it stops here.
We're not going around. Hold on to that sweet...
Sweet feeling. Yeah.
Okay, ready? But now, but now, he can't do a bit. I can't do a bit.
He can't make fun of the song. He has to really sing it really like he's really doing it.
Look at him fucking focusing. It's the worst.
Okay, go. Okay, ready? Three, two, one, go.
Don't stop believing. Right? That was pretty good That was pretty good But now, now wait I want to talk about Hold on to that feeling Now you're doing a bit He's doing a bit Feeling All right All right, so wait, listen.
Have you, now, have you ever done any musical theater? By the way, I'm pretty sure that just cost us about $150,000. I know, I know.
Okay, so wait, now listen. We flew in, I've only been to D.C.
once before. I loved it, but I was here very briefly.
Sean, why don't you just relax and get casual and cross your legs a little bit?

So,

we, uh,

we, uh, and so we were...

Why did I bring my phone out here? What am I doing?

You brought your phone? I, I, listen,

I, I'm a doctor.

We were driving

in from the airport yesterday, and I

said I wanted to know

where a specific thing was, which was

I want, uh, uh, a landmark.

Oh, no, you were driving along, and there's some,

I'll see you next time. I was driving in from the airport yesterday and I said I wanted to know where a specific thing was, which was a landmark.
Oh no, you were driving along and there's some parkland or whatever and Sean seriously said, is that where the grassy knoll is? Not a bit. Could not be less smart.
So, I really didn't know. I thought, then you explained it.
It was shocking how little both of you knew about anything. That was a real shock.
Yeah. Well, what he didn't know, I bet you guys don't know, this came from the Washington Monument.
This was, this started. The finger, you're claiming the middle.
This whole symbol started. And keep giving it to them, for sure.
Yeah, no, this. There's a great, there's a still.
Because it was, it was a big. Jason Bateman on stage in D.C.
immediately gives the crowd the. It's a big...
It was a big F you back to Europe that we made it, we did it, and look, we got a monument now, and that's where this all started. I don't know if that's true.
It's not, Sean. Oh.
I forgot. We didn't really close that up.
I had him kind of going out on the sidewalk, and then we went on to something else, and he literally just tried to get the real answer just now. By the way, it should be, in your defense, this is coming from the guy who, all your facts lately are from Maple, who's nine.
Right, Maple, my 10-year-old daughter, spends a lot of time on YouTube because it cuts down on my parenting obligations. She, you know, when you say to an actor, oh, break a leg, I've always thought it's you wish the person, and my apologies to people over here.
You say break a leg because now only a good thing can happen, right? She says, no, Daddy. Break a leg means if you break your leg, you get put in a cast.
And that's what you're trying to do when you audition. To get put into a cast.
And that's where it comes from. Apparently, that's a true story.
Don't. Too many faces are going, no way.
Yeah. Here's.
They're all turning to each other. Go.
Is that funny? Here's the best part. And then I said, well, Mabel, where did she get that? He goes, YouTube.
Like, as if it's like, oh, oh, from the news. I see.
Also, that's where all the facts come from. Also, sand is called sand because it's neither sea nor land.
Right? Look, they're all looking at their neighbor. I don't know.
Yeah. I don't know.
Let's verify it. I think it's real.
But here's the other thing that happened today that I've never done. A day of firsts was we were walking.
Jason wanted to walk maybe another extra 25, 30 miles. And all of a sudden, you or Jay said, why don't we take one of those birds and i said marty bird and then right and then he slapped me really hard enough um but i'd never and i was like ah you guys go this is too fucking complicated like how do you undo the thing and i got to sign up on the app jason did it for me we rode these birds all around town today this is the best best time I ever had.
We took the bird from the Washington Monument to the Capitol and then here to the arena or theater. Marty Bird.
You're always flipping the audience off, even in your character name. We're sneaky smart on that show.
Can we speak to Marty Berg? Yeah. Sure.
Wait, wait, let me get... It's like inside the actor's studio.
Is Marty Berg here? Let me get... I'll get my...
Roll up your sleeves. I'll get my dumb, concerned face on.
Yeah. Yeah.
Don't you say that. It looks a lot like my smiling face.
Oh, no. Jason, this morning at one point, he got sort of mad at me when we were in the hotel room.
And I said, do you know what your face is doing right now? Because the look at his face was this. And he goes, am I smiling? No, you're doing the opposite of smiling.
We have covered this on the show. If anybody is north of 40 in this audience, are you not surprised i'm surprised when i watch uh you know as you do you watch a playback of stuff when you're shooting something and see i know what i'm what i'm trying to do as an actor i'm trying to have a but this is so heavy now that i look i look concerned when i'm just supposed to be listening.

And so to get,

I think we talked about this on the podcast,

when I want, I have to tell myself,

when I want to just be level,

I have to tell my face to be semi-surprised. It lifts it just a little bit,

so now it's neutral.

So semi-surprised is all right. And then if I I want to seem happy I have to think ebullient it's a long because in the morning I try to keep my distance from you because I'm like is he pissed at me you're just like that's my good morning he's a little bit grumpy I am a little bit grumpy and then you getody.
And then you get your coffee and then you're good. I'm moody.
All right. Oh, man.
We've covered a lot. We're not even supposed to be talking to you.
We're supposed to be talking to ourselves, right? I know. It's so crazy.
It's a little nuts. It's a little surreal.
Did you just adjust the lace back then? No. Just a snap.
The snap. I'm wearing my sport piece tonight.

It snaps.

But they come loose.

I didn't realize it was going to be so windy.

But the

helmet, you slept and shaped it nicely.

Yeah, it keeps it. Well, it holds it.

I'm not stupid, dude.

These nice new

clothes we're wearing. We don't wear this on the podcast.
They're in pajamas in the podcast. Yeah.
Alright. Shall we? Shall we? Oh, you want to get going? I'm sorry.
Are you do you have a hard out? What are you doing? No, I fell back. How was that check-in? Did you guys enjoy the check-in? Showing your vaccination? Did it take too long, right? Where's your hat? Where's my hat? I know.
This is it. No, I thought I'd not wear one.
You usually wear one. That's a very valid question.
Thank you. You know why? Because otherwise, I look like a pedophile.
If I... Can I watch your kids? You know?

So I just try to, it just takes too long. It takes too long to do something.

So I got a lot of product in it.

That's why I wear a hat.

I'm like, I'm too exhausted and old.

Now, did Scotty tell you not to wear a hat on the tour?

Yes, he did.

He did, right?

I knew him.

Yeah.

He's like, you're not going to go out there looking like an asshole, are you?

Yeah.

And you thought the hat? You think you thought taking off the hat would do it? Right. All right.
Right. This is your guess, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.
So. Drink up.
Oh, yeah. And just, by the way, just to remind people, we don't know who this is.
Jason, Sean, legitimately don't know who it is so we never do we never do but we've carried this on The exception is Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams. We all knew about because it was a lot of you know Apparatus to organize that yeah, yeah, but other than that.
I think we've always not known not known and And that is totally legit. But this took some doing because this person

is backstage and they had to be in a certain area

backstage. They had to be brought here from out of town

and they had to, so it was a big deal

to keep it from these guys

and some other

people on the tour know who it is so

we keep on having to say the special guest.

Now do you have questions on you?

Do you have your intro memorized?

I don't have my intro memorized. My intro's going to...
I'm kind of winging it. You can keep them out.
I've got my cards. You can keep them out.
I don't want to hold them. I don't think you understand the concept of winging it.
You can't look at fucking notes. Those are my questions.
Those are my questions, not my intro. Okay.
Here's something. I've never admitted this to you because you do do your little intro sometimes which are obviously written right before yeah right before and what about you and i know i i spend time on mine here's an admission i've never written one you never what that's clear you never what i've never written an intro oh really no why because we're gonna get to them well did you write one for this person i did not no this person doesn't need an intro oh oh really this person legitimately is uh someone who has worn many many hats oh this person has been this person was a cop.
America's mayor? Is that who's coming out? I would like that interview. Wouldn't that be, that would be fun.
Turn up the heat in here a little bit, get some sweat going. Great.
We got our, we got our first cut. We got our first thing we have to cut.
Why is that bad? That'd be a good interview. So this person was a cop.
This person has been a cop. This person has been a race car driver.
This person, I'm telling you, this person wore a lot of different hats. This person has been a figure skater.

Elizabeth Banks.

This person is America's best friend.

This person has been a basketball player.

This person has been and will always be, to me, the funniest guy that I know, Mr. Wilfell.

What?

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.

Oh, yeah.

Woo!

Look at you guys. Look at you guys.

That's a Vax card.

It's a Vax card.

That's smart.

You did it.

I knew you were on the fence, but you did it.

That's smart.

I'm so mad at you.

Okay.

I asked you, is there a dress code? You said... Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...
That was when it was going to be in Toronto. And I swear, I don't see anyone in a tuxedo.
Wait, Will, did you fly in today? I flew in yesterday. You did.
This is so nice of you. I know.
I mean, truly. I'm happy to do it.
You guys didn't have to pay me the fee that you're paying me. They don't know.
Is that the same outfit you wore on the plane? Okay, you guys flew me first-class accommodations. I was not allowed to bring a change of clothes.
That was the stipulation. We don't need it.
Remember when people used to dress up on a flight?

Yeah.

At least my dad tells me.

No one does it anymore.

I'm trying to bring it back.

My mom was a stewardess or flight attendant for Pan Am.

Their outfits were incredible back in the day, right?

With the bowler hats, right?

Is that what it's called?

Yeah.

And everyone had to wear a suit and tie in first class, I think, right?

Yeah. And to be fair, just to catch that mistake you made...
Pillbox to amplify it a little bit. Just to underline it and highlight it.
Oh, stewardess. Yes.
At the time, she referred... What I was going to say was, in your defense at the time, she referred to herself as a stewardess.
Yeah. Well, that's what it was called back in the day.
You used to call her waitress. She used to call her waitress.
But why did they switch it? Guys, it's a long tour. I know.
It's going to be a long tour. Let's not get to you real tonight.
You are wearing Pan Am colors. The Pan Am classic.
Yeah. Blue and white and a little bit of teal, right? Wasn't there teal? A splash of gold.
A splash of gold. Right for the wings.
Did you have the travel, the shoulder bag? The Pan Am shoulder bag? Oh, sure I did. I had all the swag.
And, you know, we used to be able to ride with mom for free if there's empty seats. Right.
And then I would help out mom serving dinners to people. I'd walk around.
No, you didn't. Are you being serious? Like six years old.
No. No, you didn't.
On my life, yeah. I'd walk down with their tray and get in.
Your parents had you working even on vacation. On an actual flight.
This is on an actual flight. That's unbelievable.
I just flew all around the world for free. And you were thrilled to do it.
Thrilled to do it. Now, we had to be in suit and tie, including my sister.
No. But you had to be dressed up, and you couldn't check a bag because we never knew if we could get on the plane or not because you could only get on the plane if there's empty seats.
So you had to be carry-on bags. Oh, sorry, man.
So let's get back to Will. Okay.
It's February. Sure.

It's pretty much the start of the year,

so I thought I'd read my New Year's resolutions.

Good.

We're going to double back to the Pan Am story

because he's got something he really wants.

No, he really did the audience a favor.

Stop saying pun unintended.

That's a good note.

Because I love puns. And whenever I use it, I mean it.
Okay. Because otherwise you just wouldn't say it.
You're not going to do it if you don't intend to make a pun. It's like saying, hey, murder unintended after murdering somebody.
I'm just... He's trying to wiggle in a promotion for Murderville coming on that dubstep.
They applauded pretty quick. They're aware of it.
They haven't seen it yet. They haven't seen it yet.
It's very good. That's kind of you to say.
I mean, keep talking about it. Really commit...
I really want to commit this year

to referring to all money slash cash

as cheese or cheddar.

Fully commit to it.

Fully commit.

And $100 bills as blue cheese.

Do you...

So, I'd like... Yes, I'd like to to can i have a couple of those in blue cheese well at the atm you can request yeah or like you call your account you're like how much how much blue cheese how much blue cheese we got because i got a big spread yeah i'd love for you to say your agent calls and we've got an offer, and your only thing is, how much cheddar are they offering? Right.
Next person that says to me, age before beauty, I'm going to knock out. Okay.
You just don't like it? Okay. Say 2022 in the house as much as possible eat more vegetables sure well that one makes a lot of sense that's a good one yeah do you guys not look at him and just fall in love i I swear, I could just stare at the funniest man in the world.
Please, no. Drink at least 50 liters of water a day.
50 liters. That seems like a lot.
Do something special for a random stranger every day. That's nice.
That's nice. I got your pick.
Buy their coffee for them. You know, help someone cross the street.
And then ask a stranger to do something special for me. Let's do it.
Just pick one. This comes back to get in the face of flight attendants because I have rights too.
That I think has a head full of steam already. Just follow that trend.
Yeah, I got it. Never buy a pack of cigarettes again.
There's plenty of half-smoked butts out there with at least two or three drags left on them, so you just gotta look on the ground. Don't shake your head at me.
Wait, that might go double for cups of coffee. Right.
I got a lot, by the way. I got a lot list is so long.
I mean, you should have said...

Well, you don't follow through on all, sir.

By the way, if this list is like even five more minutes long...

It would have been nice if you started with buckle up.

Tell my wife I love her at least once a month.

And then treat myself to a nice piece of jewelry.

Remind myself daily that I ain't afraid of no ghosts.

That's good.

Good for you.

Can you forward these to me?

I will.

Thank you.

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Mostly tigers and jaguars.

Really try.

Mostly.

Mostly. Put all my money, all of it, every last penny.
All the cheddar. In Bitcoin.
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And now back to the show. Avoid slipping into vocal fry so much.
Right. You guys know what that is? I just found out what that was about six months ago.
You know, when you talk like this. Talk like that.
Oh, my God. It's like Valley Girl speak, right? Local fry.
That's going back a bit. Every sentence ends in a question mark.
Nah, it's talking like, you know, like that's... Isn't that vocal fry? Oh, my God.
Give us one more example. I don't want to do it again.
All I see are two cameras over there, and I don't... I can't do it again.
Thank God for the internet, huh? Because that will haunt you for so long.

By the way, Willie, again, this is starting to read like a manifesto

but go ahead.

Chicago

Chicago PD

Chicago Fire

Chicago Med

These are the three shows you're promising to watch this year?

No, I'm just

I just love them.

You love them.

It's actually an ad. It's actually an ad.

It's actually an advertisement. That's a paid ad?

It's a paid ad that I

snuck on the smart list.

What the fuck? So, thank you,

guys. Speaking of Chicago, you look

dangerously close to Harry Carey right now.

Oh, did I? Yeah.

I'm trying

to egg him on just a little. Chicago PD! What I love is it has all the thrill and excitement of the inner workings of the police department with all the backyard knowledge of Chicago.
Wait, you know, I'm from Chicago, and it sounds exactly like you. Yeah.
What's more exciting than solving a homicide at Wrigley Field? I'm sorry, I got a lot more. Should I stop it? No, listen, I mean...
Our guests don't show up prepared. Okay.
You know, this is what a... Okay, I'm going to speed...
I'll speed through. I don't really have questions.
Sean has questions. Try to work on my intense hatred of manatees.
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Oh, Jesus, man. Second half.
Second half. Hollywood has got you in there.
You don't know how much blue cheese I just landed right there. Well, not yet.
Not yet, but when this airs. Okay.
All right. Finally, finally change my name to DaBaby, unless it's already taken.
Or finally change my name to Yay, unless that's already taken. No, you're good.
They're both taken? Well, how do you spell it? Y-A-Y. No, that's taken.
Is it Yay or Ye? Well, I thought Y-A-Y isn't taken if you want that. I just want Y-E.
You can't have it. Taken? I don't know.
If you're pronouncing it the way you're doing it,

I think that you're good.

I should preface it by saying

I'm not a lawyer.

Does Kanye want it pronounced

yay or ye?

Ye?

You see, you're hearing both.

I just thought of a fourth one.

Chicago law.

Oh, Chicago law.

You can play a lawyer.

Shit.

By the way, now this is like a trademark thing.

Attorney Mike Davis.

Sounds like Terry Seattle.

He does sound like Terry Seattle.

Remember to talk louder on my cell phone

when I'm in public, especially on an airplane.

Eat more roadkill.

More? If we all more roadkill. More.

If we all ate roadkill,

at least one meal a week,

we'd reduce our carbon footprint by 25%.

You almost couldn't get that one out.

You liked that one.

Land voiceover contract for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

What the fuck?

Uh-oh. And don't be sorry about it.
Don't be sorry. Don't be sorry about it.
Good luck. Will, can you roll down your sock a little bit more? Sorry.
Just get it all the way down. Jason and I got in an argument for real just before the show because I did have a Reese's peanut butter cup.
Also a paid ad. And Jason said in that way he goes, oh, so funny.
He said, how long you do? Thank you. Well, they're really funny.
Thank you, man. I actually stop and watch them every time I see.
Thank you. It's so nice to get a compliment from a friend.
Whoa.

I mean, the hours we talk about Ozark.

The last great commercial I saw was the Dodge thing that you did way back when.

Remember that was for Dodge, wasn't it? Right, yeah.

Have you done a commercial since then?

I did one for GM.

Oh.

GMC.

Not GMC. Not GMC trucks.

No, no. Not GMC.

So you did GM. He does GM cars.
That's the C part, right? GMC is a division of GM.. Not GMC.
Not GMC trucks. No, no.
Not GMC. So you did GM.

He does GM cars.

That's the C part, right?

GMC is a division of GM. What's GM?

That's the big overall company.

Yeah.

Oh.

General merchandise.

Do you talk about light trucks?

No, we talk...

I mean, we're talking about professional-grade vehicles.

And we've only been doing it for 23 years. Look, here's the here's and we're not is that like a world record in voiceovers i don't know it might be but i try not to someone google it i try not to talk about it in front of people in front of the theater a pack theater people no because it's gross but uh but you love it i love it but you're a good match for it because you are kind of a professional grade kind of guy.

Oh, thanks, man.

It fits him.

Thank you.

Well, the voice alone is like a truck.

It sounds like a truck.

It's burned out.

Who sings that song, Believer?

Don't Stop Believin'?

No, Believer.

Imagine dragging these nuts across your face. Is that on the list? That's on my list.
Say that more. The last one is whatever.
Imagine dragging your nuts. Uh-huh.
Which is not really a resolution. It's just a reminder to take chances.

And be more spontaneous.

Yeah, yeah.

Even though it's on my list.

Well, it makes me think...

This is my last one.

He's not finished.

He's not done.

Okay, I didn't know.

I didn't know.

Remove all and repeat all of my music from Spotify.

All my albums.

There we go.

All my albums.

All of them.

All of them.

You think?

Cupcake Party.

All the way back.

Revolution Yesterday.

Not on there.

Grandma's Unicorn.

Jesus Clown.

That's a B-side.

Even the B-side.

Get them off.

Get it off.

Get everything.

And Will, why?

Here we go.

Here we go.

Thank you. Jesus clown.
That's a B-side. Even the B-side.
Get it off. Get it off.

And Will, why?

Here we go.

Here we go.

Why do you want to remove it?

Because.

Because it's a bad platform.

Yeah, it's a bad.

Yeah, yeah.

Because you have a lot of glitches.

Yeah, a lot of glitches.

And your music is pure.

Is that it?

We're getting there.

We're halfway done.

That was it.

No, it did. That was it.
Will Ferrell's New Year Resolution. But Will, so sitting here thinking and being...
That's our time. Hang on, he's getting a call.
He's taking a call. Are you FaceTiming? Wow.
Will, I gotta say, sitting here on the stage, I was gonna say, and doing that and I was thinking, with all these people here, do you miss, and I know we've asked you this before, but how much do you miss performing every week like you did for a long time? Will, you guys, are you yawning right now, Sean? Am I what? You were kind of yawning, weren't you? Oh, I've been yawning for 20 minutes. Sean, Jason forced Sean to walk a lot earlier today.
You guys were on the birds all over the city, I heard. Yeah.
We did the birds, but it started as a walk, and then this is actually... You're exhausted.
Okay. I'm not.
You make me laugh harder than anybody I know. But Angel didn't sleep last night, right? I didn't sleep.
I got up at like three or four in the morning because these guys are like out, like they can do the switch from west coast to east coast time. No problem.
I need like two weeks and I don't have it. Right.
But it should be, you are a little bit tired. I'm okay.
Why is everybody on my back about being tired? Because you were yawning when Will was talking. I not yawning.
I went like this with my thing. I was like, dude, good God.
Do you... Look at the foot.
Maybe it's a different problem. Do you know what a yawn is? I'm pretty sure I can identify a yawn when I see it.
No, I did a small scene in a movie with Kevin Hart, and I was doing my, thank you, thank you, thank you. And we're doing my single, right? So single, so the camera's on me, and the person that you're talking to is behind the camera.
Right here. So, okay, right.
Oh, good. So Kevin Hart's face is right here, and I'm talking to him.
We're in the middle of the scene. The Hollywood.
He bounce guard. Falls asleep.
He fell asleep while he's off camera. Camera's rolling.
Who, K. Hart? Kevin Hart fell asleep while I'm doing my single.
Wow. I'm talking.
Literally, his eyes closed. And I thought, well, maybe he's...
Finally, somebody has the guts. And then...
While you're performing to do it. Has K-Hart been a guest? No.
That'd be a good one. It would be a good one.
Yeah. You guys could break that down.
I'd like to talk to him about that. Let's call him.
Is that phone still on? Let's see if we can get him. I want to go back to this thing.
Do you have a problem like I do with the changing? Because you travel a lot, too. That's the thing I don't understand about you guys who do do like movie after movie after movie after movie is like how do you adjust and then have the energy after 14 hours to just get up and go like be funny.
Ambien Coke. Yep.
Okay. Those are the two.
That's what's in the old dop kit. Yeah.
The old dop kit. That's what he told me.

He told me years ago. I got two dop kits.

One's brimming

full of soap.

You've been open about that.

It spills out

everywhere. You're really open

about your cocaine use, right? You have been

for a long time. I've never

hidden that from anyone. Right.
Not a soul.

Yeah. The kids.
You know what?

Backstage, there's a true story also before this is

that we were trying to figure out. Jason,

to work. have been for a long time.
I've never hidden that from anyone. Right.
Not a soul. Yeah.
The kids. You know what?

Backstage, there's a true story also before this is that we were trying to figure out. Jason

went, what is a dop kit? What does it mean? We looked

it up. Do you know why it's called a dop kit? Does anybody

here know? A what? Why they call it a dop.

You know what a dop kit is? Do you know what I'm saying?

It's got to be. Damn.

Some people refer to it as a toiletry bag

or a shaving kit. Oh, yeah.
Right. Dop kit.

It was anybody? Germany. Germany.
yeah. Yeah? And what about it? This is all a point where we're trying to root out the Germans.
He's right there. Get him.
Right there. Dopp kit.
Dopp kit. That's the same word.
Dopp kid. His son is pounding him right now.

Do you see?

No, it was a guy who was a leathersmith in Germany

and he came up with a toilet bag

and it began to Dopp kid.

Was his last name Dopp?

Doppelt.

Okay.

Does that sound right to you, sir?

Yeah?

Well, of course it does.

To the German?

I wanted to ask you this before.

Who is your favorite historically SNL performer?

Oh, historically.

Like, so you can go, like, before you,

like, when you were a kid that you watched

and you were like,

I love what that person does.

Other than Gilda.

Other than Gilda and Jim Belushi.

Or John. Or John.
No. Eddie Murphy.
Pretty tough to beat. I feel like it all kind of happened in various increments.
Right. For me, it was Dan Aykroyd the first time I started because I just thought, oh, that guy.
Who's this other guy? What, Dan Aykroyd? No, I thought you said somebody else. Have you seen? I swear, I thought you said a second person.
No, no, no. Under your breath, okay.
You have, this is- I was about to. I was about to.
But you have a beef with Sean, a little bit. No, you guys have been fighting for years.
Tell them about your fight. Don't make me pull up the emails.
I mean, they're scathing. Salacious.
I emailed Will today. Sean hosted once, and we just got off on the wrong...
He just came in all sassy. I think we talked about this on the podcast maybe before, so forgive me, but one of the hardest times I ever laughed in my entire life was when we hosted and you came out and you didn't tell us in a sketch with me and you and Jimmy Fallon that you came out with a little tiny phone.
Jeffreys. Jeffreys.
God, that was so funny. What was the other thing you did? Oh, and you came out on a scooter which you didn't do in rehearsal..
Did we not have the rehearsal? No, it was like... It was a little jazzy.
Yeah, and you came out. Oh, my God, it was so funny.
There was no reason for that. Dan Aykroyd.
Yes. Eddie Murphy.
Yeah. And Phil Hartman, maybe.
Yeah, Phil Hartman. Oh, yeah.
The great Phil Hartman. Bill Murray.
Let's notray let's not forget about bill murray but you know what he's funny you say disparage any other cast members but well let's do that too yeah okay okay these are the ones i hate yeah these are my bottom three okay bottom three yeah you guys you go for it i don't have them all but wait do you like you You know what's so funny about because you know it's kind of like when you have a you have a teacher in school and you see them out at the grocery store and you're like oh my god it's so bizarre like I didn't see you as a real person I didn't see you as doing anything else than teaching like in that room and so for me I always see like you've done so many movies and they've been so successful and everything you do, every appearance you do, you're always so unbelievably funny. I always like picture, like what does he do like on a day, like what are you doing now other than doing this? Like what do you do when you're not movie to movie? It's terribly boring.
Yeah. It's very.
What does a boring day look like in your life? Take one of my children to school. Just the one.
The other one is learning at home? They don't deserve to learn. They don't deserve me.
We draw straws at the beginning of the school year. We have what's called the private school tuition bucket, and we only got enough money for one kid.
By the way, he has stallions by the way. Our kids go to school somewhere near one another and everyone's in love with his kids.
Like these are models. One of my boys maybe sort of knows your daughter.
Hey man. Through friends! So you see where I'm going with this.
Yeah. My daughter's bedroom walls are filled with the young feral.

No, I'm kidding.

But yeah, no, they, nice, nice gene pool there.

Thank you.

So boring day.

Why not?

All of me.

Not so much my wife.

I have a feeling it is similar to my boring day,

probably close to your boring day too, and yours as well. Try to exercise in some way.
Right, a little drop off, a little exercise, work in some lunch. What's your lunch look like? No, but I mean...
Quiet. Yeah, quiet.
And you know about his unhealthy relationship with food. Go ahead.
No, but I bet he... I think you are a healthy eater.
I don't know what I'm basing that on. I mean, sort of, yeah.

I think you're basing it on the nice fit of the suit.

Well, I used to see, but I also used to see Will out jogging.

We used to be in a similar jogging loop.

So you like, you enjoy a healthy body.

So you're putting good fuel in that body?

A lot of laughter during a healthy body there.

By the way, can I thank him for all of us

that he's so willing

and generous to show his body

in almost everything he does.

I mean, the crumb cake hairdo on the chest

is just...

It gets me going. That's two and a half

hours of makeup.

I am so good.

I'm like a Ken doll. Shaved down like a channel swimmer.
Yeah, channel... Exactly.
That's just a chest and belly plate you put on? I remember sitting at a screening preview of some movie where I was shirtless, literally behind an audience member who went, oh boy. Oh no.

Here we go again.

It's so good.

That and the other,

I remember going to, sneaking into a movie to see it on opening

weekend when there used to be opening weekends

and listening to one kid go,

he's got a lazy eye.

Look at him, he's got a lazy eye. I'm like, I'm sitting right behind you.
I sat right behind. He's got a lazy eye.
Do I? Do I have a lazy eye? I sat right behind Ron Howard in this wonderful film that he directed at a screening for like 12 people. It was the first time

a screening. And right when it was done, he turned

around and I go, and he goes, oh, hey,

Sean. I go, hey, is the picture locked?

I have a lot of thoughts.

Did he go?

Oh, he was not having me at all.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I mean, it was his baby.

I was sitting next to somebody in a movie theater, packed movie theater

for a very, very good movie.

All sold out. It was an empty seat in the house.
And I'm sitting in the back row, sitting next to somebody in a movie theater packed movie theater for a very very good movie it all sold out so it wasn't empty seat in the house and i'm sitting in the back row sitting next to somebody and they don't they don't we don't we haven't looked at each other they don't know who i am and a trailer comes on for a comedy that i'm i have a trailer was not that great not not one laugh through the whole trailer trailer ends and then then there's the silence as it goes black and then another trailer's

about it.

But during that silence, this guy thought it'd be funny.

He'd go, no thanks.

And then it echoed.

And I was sitting there, I'm thinking, well, that was pretty good, but wouldn't it be better

if I just tapped him right now?

Yeah.

Because I think my face was like the last face on the trailer. Like, he's going to know.
He's going to recognize. And I did.
You did. You did it.
I tapped him on the shoulder. No, at first I squared up to him so that I knew as soon as he turned to be looking right at that, I tapped him, he looked right at me, and I go, not for you.
But then we were buddies, and we were laughing the whole way through the next film. Nobody delivers that shittiness better than you.
I swear to God, it's the fucking best. But he killed it.
He got a huge laugh with the, no thanks. But have you ever had those people? Have you had, at a premiere of something, people come up, this happened to me, parents of someone who worked on the film, dad grabs me by the shoulder, he's like, I don't care what they say, I loved it.
Yeah. I was going to say...
Oh, what did they say? They're already saying it? It's not even in the theaters yet. I've had friends, like specifically like friends that you grow up with

and then you go back to your hometown

and go back to Toronto

and I had a few friends go like,

got that last one, huh?

Not very good.

As if like, hey, we're inside

and I can say to you

that what you do for a living sucked.

And you're like, yeah, I guess.

I mean, we haven't agreed on it,

but I guess now we have, so thanks.

I had this friend come back

after a show I did, The Promises Promises on Broadway. Yes.
Everybody up. Everyone up.
Promises Promises. Promises Promises.
Take a bow, Sean. Amazing.
Sean, take a bow. Okay.
Sean. Do one, do one.

What have you thought?

Can you do one song from it?

Just a little bit.

No, and this person came up.

I didn't know this person very well,

and they said,

one sees such a performance and one can only say,

Sean Hayes.

Yeah, that's sort of bittersweet.

Yeah, I love those.

It hurts.

No, it's not so bad.

It's fine.

We'll be right back.

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And now, back to the show. Now, Will, Hey, speaking of acting, Uh-oh.
What do you say we all do a cold reading of a scene from the OC? Sean, you'll play Luke. I play who? Sean, you're playing Luke.
Jason, you will be Seth. Okay.
You're going to be Seth all They're all highlighted

Each of our lines are highlighted

You're going to play the part

None of this is prepared

You guys know

None of this is prepared

I'm Marissa

You're Marissa

Who are you?

I'm Ryan

Okay, wait a minute

Yes

Wait a minute

I have to say

By the way

Yes, what Jason just said

You were fucking crazy

Like this is

I just thought of this today

Am I

But can we just say

Thank you

Thank you. Yes, what Jason just said.
You were fucking crazy. Like, this is...
I just thought of this today.

But can we just say thank you?

Nobody ever comes on prepared. This is incredible.

He's got index cards he hasn't even gotten to yet.

I'm just trying to make you guys laugh.

Hey, I'm playing Marissa.

Okay.

So you don't have to thank him, but we're gonna.

Everyone, this obviously is a cold read.

So.

Everyone familiar with the show OC?

The great OC.

Okay.

What was the song of the OC? Anybody?

Oh, sing it.

California, here we come, and the band.

I think I.

Da, da, da, da, da.

California.

Sing for real, Will. Sing for real.
I would, but I can't remember... That one.
Alright, let's get to it. You got a fucking dinner date? It is unbelievable how much of a rush you're in.
Okay, we are interior, diner, day. In a casual little restaurant by the water, Seth, Ryan, and Marissa eat a meal.
Okay? That's your setup. Here comes the dialogue.
See, guys, I've been thinking about a plan. You know, right now, this could very well be the first stop on our pancake tour of America.
Hey, like on the road. Like a woman.
You're Marissa. You're Marissa.
I got this, you guys. That's offensive.
Yeah. Right? Is it offensive because you think you sound plenty like a girl? First of all, first of all, I'm not auditioning for you.

Hey, like on the road.

There you go.

Yeah, that's good.

That's my favorite book.

Mine too.

So here's the deal.

Yep.

My mom had this boyfriend.

He hired me to work construction last summer.

But then they broke up.

He moved away to Austin. In Texas? Said if I was ever out there to look him up, so...
Well, I mean, well, that's dot, dot, dot, really kind of far. We were thinking, like, Long Beach or something, so we could all hang out.
I'll need to get a couple of days work so I can get a little bit of travel money. Well, I mean, we can get you money.
Ryan looks away, uncomfortable. Marissa and Seth seem to get the point.
Well, I mean, you know, I guess in a way you're kind of lucky. You get to move to a whole new place, start over, be whoever you want to be.

That's really not so bad.

Luke, Luke and a couple other guys walk in,

banging the door on purpose and being rude and noisy in general.

Hey, putz.

What's it take to get a menu around here?

That's great, that's great.

Yeah.

That's great.

Okay, I'll handle it.

And it does say Marissa stands up.

Oh, thank you. That's all right.
That's all right. I'll handle it.
And ruin your popularity? You know what? Why don't you guys just sneak out back? Marissa gets up and heads for Luke's table.

And ruin your popularity.

What's going on with you two?

Hey.

Oh, sorry, Marissa.

Kisses Luke on the cheek and then takes a seat with him.

And then takes a seat with him.

And then takes a seat with him. And then takes a seat with him.
And then takes a seat with him. There we go.
Thank you. I mean, you want the job or not.
Okay, ready? Luke says, How was the manicure? Oh, it was great. While Marissa distracts, Ryan and Seth quickly leave their booth and head for a hallway toward a back exit.
Marissa notices Seth and Ryan walking through and keeps talking, distracting Luke and the guys. So what did you guys do today.
Seth and Ryan try to hurry up, but Luke notices them.

Hi, hey guys. eyes.
So, what did you guys do today? Seth and Ryan try to hurry up, but Luke notices them.

Hi, hey guys, how are you guys doing? You like the food here too? Pretty awesome.

Here it comes. Say it, Sean.
Shut up, queer.

Writing still holds up.

It still holds up.

Okay.

Seth says, well, at least I don't shave my chest.

Nice.

Luke gets up.

Thank God.

What'd you say?

Luke, come on.

I was just saying you look nice in a sweater vest.

It was a compliment. Luke gets up in Seth's face.
All right, bring it. We got it on its feet real quick, by the way.
We're just workshopping this. You want me to break you, Cohen? Hey! Hey! How did I miss this episode? This show seems great.
Just six pages left, guys.

We're almost there. You guys have been so patient.

Thank you.

So then Luke says,

no way, look who's back.

Here he comes.

Cue Luke.

I got it.

No way. Look who's back.

You know, you're a little far from Eight Mile.

Luke, don't.

What are you?

What are you, like spokesperson for Geeks of America or something?

Nice.

That's a sick burn.

They all laugh.

They all laugh. They all laugh.

Oh, Ryan laughs. Here comes big finish.

You know what I like about rich kids?

Ryan punches Luke in the face

hard enough to throw him back under the

table.

Nothing.

Seth says, that was awesome.

Your asses.

You're dead. That's it.
Scene. Thank you so much.
I'm sorry. I mean, after a rough beginning.
Wow. After a rough beginning, Arnett killed it.
Thank you. Thank you.
Will Ferrell, I have a dumb fan question. I mean, it's a really dumb question.
Here we go from these two idiots. What is your favorite movie that you worked on? What's a favorite role? What is something that you love to do that really sticks out to you? He can't tell his favorite.
We love his movies, right? We love Will's movies. But what was the one that you just had the most incredible experience? You were proud of the result? All of that kind of stuff.
Blades of Glory. Blades of Glory starring Will.
Will. Do you guys know how you really pronounce his last name? The which? Arnt.
Arnett. Arnett.
He's actually, he's right. He knows.
In Canada, he's Arnott. Arnott.
It's true. He moved down here and he started elongating it.
Wait a second. Is that true? Yeah.
He knows that because my parents, my parents, my mom and dad are always like no it's will earn it willnett. Willie.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Willie Arnett.
I didn't know that. Guys, this changes everything.
Can I borrow your shades? Can I borrow your shades? Can I borrow your shades? Can I borrow your shades? This changes everything. So wait, wait.
If your mom and dad introduced themselves to somebody, they would say, I am Mr. or Mrs.
Arnett. No, no, no.
Now they say Arnett because they want to get the bump from being my parents. Yes.
Oh, got it. That makes sense.
Right, of course. No, but they do.
They want the juice. No, but they do say, my dad says, yeah, Jim Arnett.
Wow. So he's been living a professional lie this whole time.
It's true. It's true.
So my question.

Favorite?

Yeah.

Which one makes you laugh the most?

And it doesn't have to be about you.

It could be somebody else in it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The one... Which one?

I heard Elf.

I heard Kicking and Screaming.

I heard Old School.

I heard...

Zoolander!

Zoolander was pretty ridiculous.

The one that makes me laugh the most is...

I can't do the best.

I'm trying to think of something really obscure.

What's your...

I would say in terms of overall, if I had to pick one, it's Anchorman. Yeah.
Oh, God. Yeah.
Just because... Yeah.
Right back up. No.
Right back up. Right back up.
We love Anchorman. Wait, what was your show called again? What was the what? What was my show my tv show no your broadway show um promises promises there was a thundering standing ovation for promises yeah it's true yeah yeah not so much for not so much for anchorman but that was uh that was like we were playing with the house's money.
It was like, why are they letting us make this? Will, when you went and pitched that movie to, what's his name, husband and wife team, where the producers is it? Walter Parks? Yeah, right, right, right. And Will, apparently, this is legendary stuff, Will walked in, he was wearing a huge, they were trying to get the money to make Anchorman.
And you and McKay went in.

Well, we had to go in for a lot.

We knew it was not looking good.

People just were not getting the idea.

And so we were like, let's just go and mess around in a picture. Fuck around.

And you had a huge foam cowboy hat.

Yes.

And in the middle, Will's across from Walter Park.

He's making the decision to make it.

And there are people who are talking.

And Will stared him down and then just interrupted and said,

I think I'm falling in love with you.

Will also came.

We had an engagement party years ago.

And Will showed up wearing a hat that said, I'm number one.

To my, remember that?

It's true.

And you also used to, you had a hat, a Patriots hat, 19 and 0.

19 and 0.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you. My...
Remember that? And you also used to... You had a hat, a Patriots hat, 19-0.
19-0. Yeah.
Yeah. That you wore to...
To Boston, to Amy's parents. To Amy's parents' house after they had just lost the Super Bowl to go 18-1.
18-1. You know, they make those hats in case they win.
They make the hats so the team can put them on. And if they don't win, they destroy them or they send them to some other part of the world

where they can use the hats.

People say that about our merchandise, but yeah.

Yes, yeah.

So it said, Patriots, perfect season, 19-0.

And a buddy of mine got me one,

and I wore it up to Boston Thanksgiving dinner.

And I think Amy's dad was like,

Will, not funny, get that hat off.

Dude, that is not fucking funny.

Look at this guy.

Thank you. And I think Amy's dad was like, Will, not funny.
Get that hat off. Dude, that is not fucking funny.
Look at this guy. Fucking choker.
I'm from Canada. Hilarious dude, actually.
Bill Poehler. Hilarious dude.
I love that you found a 19-0 Patriots hat. I know.
I know. That's crazy.
I think I still have it somewhere, too. You know? I lost the I'm number one hat.
I don't know what happened. It was a great one.
So on SNL, you can pick a character, write a character, and it only has to last three, four, five pages. So if it doesn't work, you never have to do it again.
If it does work, you can repeat that character next week. With a film, you have to go make this full commitment into oftentimes a brand new character is that more scary for you that like well i can't change it now i got to do 120 pages of this character over the course of a few months like is is it how do you like the the stakes of those two things? We're laughing at something.

You're blowing up. You're burning.

You are burning to look at that.

This is your next interview.

We've gone over.

Emoji thumbs up.

Can't beat that.

You can't beat that.

Is it nerve wracking?

Uh-oh, he's gone.

I, you know, ignorance is bliss.

I don't... You don't think about it.
Yeah. For better or for worse, charge ahead.
Same stakes of doing one that lasts for one sketch versus a whole movie. You're either picking up the debris later or somehow you land on your feet and you're like, oh, that worked.
Let me ask you this. Have you ever done a film where you come in on the first day and you're doing one of these incredible characters that you do and you pull it off, you take huge swings, you always pull it off.
Am I wrong? I'm right. Have you ever had a director that doesn't have a great sense of humor that might go, huh, can I talk to you for a second? And on the very first day, they don't get it, and they want you to make a big change.

Has that ever happened?

Luckily, that is not happening.

Yeah, I've fared pretty well in that department.

But I have had those moments, and we might have talked about it when we did the podcast

a year ago.

When did we do that?

Almost two years ago. Almost two years ago.
So many gummies between then and now. Oh, I'm sure.
So many. I got six in me right now.
But that was the experience of... Well, the two dop kits.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Dop kits. Uh-oh.
Sorry. Get more dop kits.
Note to self, freshen up cocaine duck kit. Running low.
But that was kind of the experience on Elf in the sense that I had just finished doing Saturday Night Live where a lot of that stuff pushed the envelope. Here I was doing this PG family Christmas movie running around New York City in my yellow tights.
Yeah. Sitting in my little, not even a, not even a, um, my half banger trailer in front of the little electric heater.
You're right. And just looking in the mirror going.
So it was you that had the self-doubt. It wasn't Favreau.
I was just like, this could be it. Yeah, you know what? Will, that's a good point.
It's a tight second to It's a Wonderful Life is the best Christmas movie ever. Yeah.
But that's a great point. So it's a big swing.
You're doing this character of Elle,

and you have,

that's the thing is,

you have no fucking idea

if it's going to work

or if people are going to laugh.

But did you feel pressure

from being on,

this being your first movie,

and did you feel like

all eyes are new,

let's see if this guy's got it?

Well, a little bit,

and like I said,

it was,

like old school was in the can,

but it hadn't come out yet. Oh, really? So it was just like...
For my sister school was in the can, but it hadn't come out yet.

Oh really?

So it was just like.

For my sister Tracy, in the can means.

Just for people who don't know what in the can means.

In the can means shot, but not yet released.

That's right.

And I don't want to say that,

cause I don't want to make you mad,

cause I know about your hair trigger temper,

but Tracy almost got more applause than Anchorman.

Don't think I didn't talk that.

Don't get up.

Don't, don't, fucking don't do it.

I am going on such a bender tonight.

I'm going to run around those monuments with a spear gun

fueled on cocaine, screaming Trace's name. When you used to be addicted to day-old seafood, remember? Don't get me going.
Day-old lobster. Day-old lobster.
Yeah. Yeah.
I get it. But yeah, so old school was in the...
Yeah, so yeah, that was just such a huge... Scary.
And James Caan, Jimmy Caan, who was fantastic, and we were so lucky to get him, he, another moment at a premiere, a comment, he was like, great job. I gotta tell you.

Because he didn't think so during...

He said, I thought every day you were way over the top.

You know?

Did he really?

Yeah.

You could see it on his face in the movie,

but it works for the character.

And so I think he literally was like,

what is this guy doing?

He probably fired his agent six times

during that shoot.

But, yeah, so that was, like, prime example of...

Right.

It's all about process.

Don't try to judge it too much.

Just keep plowing ahead because you could look at it later

and be like, oh, that was working the whole time.

Well, your commitment is just...

We're so lucky.

Yeah.

Let's thank Will Ferrell, everybody.

Thanks, you guys. Right this way, William.
Do I leave? Yeah. Okay.
Which way do I go? Just right out the side. This way? Thanks, everyone.
Robel! Robel! Robel! Robel! And just right... He's already on the phone.
He's already on the phone. Look at the string on the back.
She did the cigarette butt. And he left his cigarette butt.
He left his cigarette butt. You guys got Will Ferrell.
Yeah. How? Nice job.
I just thought for our first show, I wanted to have somebody who's a friend of the show, and he was the first person that we actually interviewed. It wasn't our first broadcast, but the first guy that we interviewed, and I just wanted to have it to be like a friendly, you know what I mean? Make it feel like a home game.
Yeah, yeah, for sure. I mean, I meant what I said.
Like, I'm such a, like everybody is such a massive fan. He's never not funny on a talk show appearance, on a movie, on a TV show, on anything.
He's so prepared. By the way, and he came...
Oh, this is hilarious. She's holding us...
Oh, my God. Let's have that.
Holding us... She's got a bunch of buys for us.
This is incredibly helpful right now. Because this is...
We need to start thinking up how we're going to get out of here. Let's see here.
Well, I'll tell you what. So you guys take a look, and I'll take a look.
I was going to talk some more nice things about Wellman. No, no, no, I know, but you can upload this.
Put it right there so the audience can't see. And they don't know.
This is really cheating, though. It's called The Endless Goodbyes.
I feel like if we use one of these, too, we could get sued. Oh, good point.
So anyway, so he shows up... I was going to say, he's never done funny at everything he does, and the commitment, the fact that he brought us these scripts, like he worked on scripts to do for us tonight, and then all of the other bits that he came out with.
Like, that worked. Like, you have to write that and think about that.
So nice of him. He's always prepared and the nicest guy in the world.
Super. He, um.
Super, super funny. You know, when we did Blades of Glory, the first thing we...
No, no, no. No, no, no.
And it was like the first big movie that I did coming out of Arrested Development.

And Will...

Thank you.

And Will...

Oh, wait, really quick.

Who went to the premiere of that?

Of Arrested?

No, of Blades of Glory.

I didn't.

You did?

Were you there?

I was there for you.

Oh, you were Jason got mad for real again today about the fact that Sean and I have vacationed together a few times but we love you really yeah you're invited you're invited we're invited but what I was going to, you know, of course Will is hilarious, and he's, like you said, super well-prepared, always does a funny bit, always does something that you wouldn't think of. Yeah, really special, interesting.
But on top of it, he's the senior. He's the guy, you know, he's already making these incredibly funny, great movies.
And I'd known him for a few years, but getting on the set where that's his milieu, if you will, like that's where, and he was so gracious to everybody in the cast and me by being, you know, he was just always very generous. Well, that's the sign of a big superstar.
Like you can't be an asshole. Yeah.
I mean, you know, if you have to treat everybody equal, just work hard and and be nice I have that up in my office just work hard and be nice and one day one day you're gonna do it and we can't wait we really can't this is I love Oh, you're the one who saw it.

Thank you.

We, uh, that was a funny script.

Really funny.

We love Sean, too.

Oh, you were checking this out?

I'm not going to look at those.

Okay.

That's a great question.

We're not going to take any more questions from the audience other than have you watched the rest of Development yet?

Sure.

What character does he play?

He played, remember I call it Job?

No, no, I call it Gob.

Gob.

But it is what?

It's Job, yeah.

And?

Wait, no, you are...

Well, give me the first letter of your character. No, no, no talk can we talk about wordle oh let's do it and one of the other things is is our big joke is like oh great yeah send us grabs at Wordle.
And also, tell us what you think about the Beatles documentary.

But

I can't wait.

And

how is your work situation

like succession? It's not.

But here, so we did Wordle

for the first time yesterday on the plane.

And

so, of course, we were making fun of it.

We hadn't done it. And of course, it's great.
And then today, Jay goes, all right alright I can't wait for the next one we're like no it's only once a day it's only once a day how does that work and then everybody gets the same word is that right so how are you not like seeing that on Twitter at the top of the day how is this catching on because people have other stuff to do. Yeah.
By the way, all these buys are, thank you for the effort. They're all useless.
They're all, they're not like, oh, I guess some of them do work. No, that one's good.
That one's pretty good. You know what? You know what? One of my favorites.
Here he goes. This is, now that's Sean right there.
He's about to do his buy. We always have to pull him back in the brink.
Go ahead. And it's going to be the worst.
You know, one of my favorite characters that Will played, that Will Ferrell played, it was in Talladega Nights. What was his name called? Ricky Bubba! Bye-bye.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you, Washington, D.C. Thank you.
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