Hollywood Handbook - Jessica Chaffin, Our Close Friend

Episode Date: September 26, 2017

Sean and Hayes are joined by JESSICA CHAFFIN to shoot a pilot. This episode is sponsored by the Second City Training Center (www.secondcity.com/tc), ZipRecruiter (www.ziprecruiter.com/THEBOYS...) and Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/HANDBOOK).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 this is a head gum podcast so it's me and it's ava duvernay and it's uh terrell owens to and we're trying to win Ben Stein's money. Of course. And it's not easy. He's some kind of super genius. Because there's three of you, but it actually at times is harder. Well, and yes, exactly. Because he is actually playing you against each other as you're trying to play the game. I was saying, I said from the very beginning, if we work together, we might get all of his money.
Starting point is 00:00:42 But instead, if you get some of his money and I get some of his money he might keep a bunch because you know and he's like an evil super genius i mean he wrote speeches for nixon who famously had the smartest speeches of all time yeah so anyway um we're trying to win and we're trying to win we're trying to win and jimmy gimmel is cracking these jokes right and i And I'm going, this is serious, Jimmy. If you want to crack these jokes, why don't you go do the frigging Tonight Show or something? Yeah. And he was like, and he goes, that gives me an idea. Okay.
Starting point is 00:01:16 He said. Okay. Yeah. I thought that was still, because I saw him doing this stuff the other night. Yes, yes. These doctors. Yes. He's saying there's these doctors.
Starting point is 00:01:28 And you're thinking, isn't Ben Stein mad? I thought that was Ben Stein. You're thinking, isn't Ben Stein mad? He's been doing this forever. I thought he had come off his stool and was saying, now it's Jimmy's turn. Well, or I thought maybe at the beginning of this clip, he pushed Ben Stein out of the way. Right. And went, let's not talk about your money for a minute.
Starting point is 00:01:46 Let's talk about a doctor. Right. And so I thought, he's going to be in big trouble. But turns out, that idea that I gave him turned into, he did a show his own. This is great. I am loving this stuff. I'm loving having this conversation with you. Me too.
Starting point is 00:02:01 I love spending time with you. It's so nice. I love you, and I'm in love with you. We have to do this thing that we are here to do. The show. Because we have, you know, the time is like a big issue at this point. The show, yes.
Starting point is 00:02:16 Okay, let's just talk about it real quick. Real quick, real quick. Welcome to all, I'm sorry, it's taking longer. Sometimes like if you rush, it can actually end up taking longer. I almost wish we hadn't promised to record the podcast while we were doing this other thing because we really should be focusing on the other thing.
Starting point is 00:02:31 I can't even have that conversation right now. Welcome to Hollywood Handbook, an insider's guide to kicking butt and dropping names of the red carpet linebacker hallways of this industry we call show. We forgot that we had to do this pilot. We have to shoot an entire pilot. It is sort of the week that a lot of these things premiere. So this thing should probably be... Pilots are all premiering, yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:49 And this should have been written, it should have been filmed, and it should have been edited and mixed, right? So we're going to be... Brett's going to be scoring this thing live while we're also doing all of the scenes. We have a wonderful actress here who we've gotten to play
Starting point is 00:03:10 sort of our main character, Jessica Chaffin. That's better because Chaffin. Perfect. And she's going to do the stuff and we're just going to get her side of all of her scenes. Because we are, yes, we're piecing this thing together, which is actually how these things are normally made.
Starting point is 00:03:31 Quick premise, yeah, yeah, no. Everybody's not in the same room at the same time. That's all camera tricks. So that's fortunate for us. But we, yeah, scheduling-wise, that would be important. So we are doing, obviously, a show. It's a bit of a revival. It's a reboot of, of course, Baby Grandpa last year, which did so well for us and was such a big hit.
Starting point is 00:03:53 It's been reimagined a little bit and sort of given new life. And it's Baby Grandpa has now become Lady Grandpa, and the lady is grandpa, and then inside the lady's mind are all the codes for the nuclear foosball. And she's still a baby. Sure, she's a baby. Yes. She's a baby. So it's like the look who's talking. Acting like a lady.
Starting point is 00:04:17 The later look who's talking is when some of the babies were girls. And grown up. Yes. So it's a grown up baby who found found out this baby does not talk it's a bait it's like a real this is grounded this isn't like that other stuff no it's grounded it's real it's kind of spooky and it is going to be on at uh 6 p.m and so and and it's the lady who found out on the same day she found out not only is she a lady but she's a grandpa and not only is she a grandpa but she's a baby and so imagine juggling all those pieces of news at once
Starting point is 00:04:53 and trying to remember the codes and having the codes for the nuclear foosball and maybe the government wants that back so um and i am playing your lady grandpa oh okay okay okay sorry no it's okay I could have been the foosball we should have said that isn't it obvious
Starting point is 00:05:09 when you just think like who is the best to be who would be lady grandpa well I do think I have a masculine and youthful quality at the same time it's everything
Starting point is 00:05:19 and I've always been told that I'm wise who checks all the boxes you know what I mean and who's available yeah so it's so that's great um'm wise. Who checks all the boxes, you know what I mean? And who's available. So that's great.
Starting point is 00:05:34 We're going to be doing all the episodes this season live, or we're doing them all today? We are going to shoot your part for the entire season today. Yeah. Okay, just my stuff. Just your side of it. For the whole season. I'll be reading off camera. I'll be feeding you the lines. And so you just perform as your side of it and i'll be i'll be reading off camera i'll be feeding you the lines and so you just perform as if some of the actors are here not acting with anybody no yeah i mean well you're acting with me often what but i'll be sitting on an apple box
Starting point is 00:05:56 and i'll be actually normal yeah it's totally like people think that there are all these sets for like a show but it is actually a gym. Did you see Limitless? I did. Yeah, so Bradley Cooper and, I almost called him Coop, he's my friend Coop. But Coop and Bob were never in the same room. Oh, I didn't see that. I didn't see that.
Starting point is 00:06:20 Coop and Bob were never in the same room. It's like one of those brain movies. But you wouldn't know if you saw it. Yeah, it's a brain pill. Mega brain pill. Like that Scarlett Johansson one when her brain starts to work all the way. You're thinking Lucy. Yeah. And she finally uses all of her brain. It's kind of like... Too much.
Starting point is 00:06:35 Turns out it's too much. But you can imagine putting two silverbacks like that in the same room. Why that could be dangerous. Especially when one of them is on brain pills. Hard to ensure. Very hard to ensure. The cameras are pretty expensive.
Starting point is 00:06:50 Don't you think that one of them might take one, break it, and eat it just to show the other one how tough? Very good point. So in order to sort of avoid, we've got obviously some other heavy hitters. We know you're a professional. I'm curious who my co-stars are in this. That wasn't something my agent had any information about.
Starting point is 00:07:06 Yeah, yeah. Do you guys have information about that? We've pinned a couple people. Okay. Yeah, we've got a couple people pinned. Cool. And they are tech avail. Exciting to be number one on the call sheet, even just for today.
Starting point is 00:07:18 Yeah, no, for sure. You'll be staying that way unless some of these deals go through. Right, great. And then the title might have to change. Amazing. Yes. And the premise. It's mine for a day.
Starting point is 00:07:28 Queen for a day. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So should we do- Lady Grandpa. Day. The Al Gore stuff first?
Starting point is 00:07:39 We got Al Gore's coverage on a sort of initial scene of... Did he come in or was that Skype or via satellite or what? Al Gore's going to Skype in, yeah. Yeah. So he'll... I'm just trying to remember if we have his stuff yet or if that's something that we still have to... Hold. Hold for plane.
Starting point is 00:07:58 Hold for plane. Keep rolling. Sorry. This is at the airport gym, so just in case that noise keeps coming. Sound, are you good? This is where we're doing this thing. Yeah, I'm rolling. Are you clear?
Starting point is 00:08:14 All right. I hope that plane's okay. I know. It just disappeared really fast. Very low. Yeah, it was really low, and it was going so, so fast. It's like a flyby in Top Gun when he flies by the tower. Permission to fly by, not granted, and then the guy spills his coffee.
Starting point is 00:08:30 Oh, I love that. Dangerous moment. Yeah. I love the punishment. Which was? I just love that he gets a big punishment right afterwards. Imagine if everyone tried to do that, tried to show up like that. So let's just, I'll read Gore's stuff just because I don't think we have it.
Starting point is 00:08:50 We did have him Skype in for his audition. Right. But no one recorded that. That's right. That was supposed to be on tape for producers, but instead it wound up being more of a pre-read. I wish we had just recorded everyone's audition, and then we wouldn't necessarily be having to do any of this now. That would have been smart, and we could just be stitching that together.
Starting point is 00:09:12 But instead... And then we could say that we weren't using people, and then just use their audition tape. Say, sorry, we can't use you, and then it's free. And then meanwhile we're paying Jessica, which is like half the money that we had. And she's off her only, so we had to get her in here. But anyway, let's just do her side of the scene. So this is the scene where you obviously are worried about your grandson, but you need a new diaper and the FBI is chasing you.
Starting point is 00:09:43 And your grandson is Al Gore. Uh-huh. Okay. And, well, we haven't really worked out the character voice that you guys want for this. Just like an old baby. Just like a basic old baby voice. And if you don't like it, you let me know. Old baby.
Starting point is 00:09:57 We'll get levels. Yeah. We'll get levels. He's a man. So, worried about my grandson. Need a new diaper. Need a diaper change. being chased by the FBI. Yes.
Starting point is 00:10:09 They want what's in your mind. And if we could get one just of what's on the page, and then we can sort of play around with that. And then we'll do a fun one, and we'll give you some room to listen up, because we don't really believe in what's on the page. And then, what are we in for this? Is there a 40 on that thing? Brett? A 40 on it? Yeah. Is this a 2 and then we'll get overs?
Starting point is 00:10:33 Yeah. Great. That sounds right. Perfect. So this is the wide or this is my own, just my coverage? Yeah. Is this the master? Yeah. Should I put sound foam around you guys?
Starting point is 00:10:47 Cause it's kind of echoing here. Yeah. That would be great. If you could just surround us with foam. It does seem like you guys got a great crew at the last minute. I will say that. Yeah. We managed to get a guy.
Starting point is 00:10:57 Very professional. He brings his own foam. Very professional. He has this weird amount of foam. All right. So hard to find people that'll wrap you in foam these days. Okay, so I'm just going to read you in. Okay.
Starting point is 00:11:10 Wah. Oh, Joey, I'm worried about you. Oh, we got to get out of here. Oh, no, my diaper's falling down. Don't you be nervous. Now you're making me nervous. Wah. Oh, you're so. Now you're making me nervous. You're so calm. You know what? It was one of the best qualities your grandfather passed on to you.
Starting point is 00:11:30 I was a baby. I never used to be able to control my temper. They're after us. Hey, freeze. FBI, give me that brain. I gotta get all these codes back to the frigging president.
Starting point is 00:11:46 Listen to me, Mr. FBI guy. You can't just come in here and start telling me what to do. My grandson's behind me, and I need a type of change, so I'm not going to put up with it. And I've got a gun. Oh, wait a minute. I'm pointing it at myself. No, you're turning my hand and making'm pointing it at myself no you're turning my hand
Starting point is 00:12:07 and making me point it at myself oh no you're squeezing the trigger part of it and it's at me and it's shooting and oh god and it's a blast and then his brains will be so that's one scene
Starting point is 00:12:21 so that was great if we could just get one more and if Sean and I are just going to talk for a second and then we'll that would be really good I'm not even sure
Starting point is 00:12:32 we have any notes but let's just like I'll just go grab a cup of coffee and you guys if you could actually just stay here that would be great
Starting point is 00:12:37 and just not move at all thank you not very like sexual you know the the way like. She's supposed to be turned on by her grandson. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:49 And that's in the, yeah. Yeah. Um, it's on the page. To me that's in the dialogue, but, um, I guess some people have to be told that stuff. Um. Okay. Yeah. And I was noticing like, it's like just for, because this is going to be one of the, this
Starting point is 00:13:04 is the opening scene of the whole series yeah i'd love for it to have some energy to it yes that would be great which i obviously was bringing a lot like and i'm not even going to be playing the role i know but just i'm trying to give her something to play off of and she's not matching me i know i'm thinking it maybe it's like a first take thing but like yeah a shyness issue, which I had heard about. And also, we won't even be in this coverage for a lot of this. I know. So it's not the end of the world.
Starting point is 00:13:32 I don't want to hammer her with so many notes. No, we're not going to use this scene. I mean, this is going to be lost in editing. But let's just get it. But it is the first scene, and so it should be good. But let's... I mean, I got to say, to me, it's fortunate that these plane and helicopter sounds are never happening during the scene. Which would be a much bigger issue.
Starting point is 00:13:55 This is ideal. That, to me, is so lucky. It's an ideal scenario that these sounds are coming in when we're just having side conversations. So do you want to do this scene again and loosen her up, or do you want to just move on? Because I don't think we're going to use this. Yeah, so let's move on, but I'll give notes based on what the... Okay. Based on that performance.
Starting point is 00:14:13 And then so, okay, so Jessica, so we're going to, yeah. Hayes is going to give you some notes. We're going to move on to the scene where it's you talking to Kelvin Benjamin. I did hear most of that. Oh, okay. Well, Kelvin Benjamin... I don't know. I'm not sure that you did, actually. Can I just talking to Kelvin Benjamin. I did hear most of that. Oh, okay. Well, Kelvin Benjamin is a... I don't know. I'm not sure that you did, actually.
Starting point is 00:14:26 Can I just explain who Kelvin Benjamin is? Kelvin Benjamin is a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers. They're having kind of a disappointing season, so we were able to get him to sort of... It's only week two. You know... Week three, I guess.
Starting point is 00:14:36 Yeah. We always get him sort of as a backup plan. We told him that he doesn't get to do the season anymore, and he has to do the... And also, football's just, you know... I don't think that's going to happen anymore. So we're going to do this. Oh, not after this week, yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:50 I'm a big football fan, though. I'm going to enjoy the rest of this. I'm sorry I'm telling you guys too much about myself. Yeah, well, because it's like, because actually you're not, because Lady Grandpa hates football. Oh, okay, okay, okay. That's why she only will refer to it as a nuclear foosball. Yeah. Oh, okay, okay, okay.
Starting point is 00:15:04 That's why she only referred to it as a nuclear foosball. Yeah. So anyway, we now are going to be doing the scene where you're with Calvin Benjamin. Okay. You're sort of driving him around. You're his chauffeur. Right, driving Calvin Benjamin. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:18 Yeah. He has to get to theā€” Can I reach the wheel? Am I sitting on a bunch of phone books? Your grandpa aspect can reach the wheel. So long legs, baby body on top. Yes. Okay. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:31 We'll see what we can manage in post. That's one model. And we're going to get an insert of a grabber claw steering the wheel from underneath. Yeah. And so we'll always be able to use... Great, great, great. We'll be able to cut to that at any point. But it's really more for the dialogue.
Starting point is 00:15:44 It affects my breathing. Yeah, sure. You able to cut to that at any point. But it's really more for the dialogue. It just affects my breathing, like, you know what I mean? Yes, definitely. Absolutely. And just based on that last scene that was so good, that was really great. So perfect.
Starting point is 00:15:53 I was like, oh, our words are coming to life. Yeah. But if you could just like be kind of feeling it a little more, you know what I mean? Just kind of like feeling the vibe a little bit as you're doing it
Starting point is 00:16:05 right and also um just do it normal okay you know just do it normal like me yeah yeah but like exciting but in an exciting way make it that you want to watch it okay yes yeah how did you guys feel about the accent um you didn't notice it you didn't notice it it was really subtle it was turn up the accent yeah uh let's turn that up do it normal yeah but just like because it's because at the end of the day yes yes she's a lady yes she's a baby yes she's a grandpa but she's also a human being right you know we think i do try to find the truth of the character and everything that i do yeah i mean that's how people connect it's grounded obviously later in the season she's not a human
Starting point is 00:16:50 being we know that but for now we want to be able to sort of reel the audience in and this is based on like our babies and our grandpas and stuff who are just like who doesn't have a baby who doesn't have a grandpa yes um well then you guys will know best if this is really based on a true story i know we definitely will yeah you tell me i mean i just want i know we are i just want to serve your vision that's really all i'm trying to do yes and we and we want you to do that too um okay so um so anyway well do you think i was just saying I think it's so good
Starting point is 00:17:25 yeah I thought it was so good and I'm excited to get into the next scene and it's you I'm in love with you you're driving yes you're driving a limo
Starting point is 00:17:33 Kelvin Benjamin's in the backseat maybe you could say something he's got to get to the show on time to do a stand up routine he's trying out some of his jokes on you he's in the limo Chelsea Peretti's in there
Starting point is 00:17:42 with him Ed Helms is in there with him oh Ed Helms okay great Ed Helms Chelsea Peretti and Kelvin Benjamin are all in the back of the limo Chelsea Peretti's in there with him Ed Helms is in there with him oh Ed Helms okay great Ed Helms Chelsea Peretti and Kelvin Benjamin are all in the back
Starting point is 00:17:48 of the limo they're all about to go do a big charity stand up I just saw him at a party the other night okay not really is that really true though
Starting point is 00:17:54 yeah yeah and did he mention that he might want to be able to do this project he didn't mention it was weird because I was like
Starting point is 00:17:59 I'm really excited about this thing that I'm doing and he didn't did not mention that he was doing it okay so scratch Ed Helms I do want to say that this isn't a lying show.
Starting point is 00:18:08 Oh yeah. I guess we maybe didn't. This is great to bring up. Yes. Some shows are like lying shows where lying is acceptable but this is not one of those shows where people can just say that they talked to someone who's so famous and like
Starting point is 00:18:23 a huge actor. It's not like a Marc Maron thing where we just make shit up? Yeah, just to look like so cool. No, I saw Ed at a party the other night. Okay. Okay, great. And you obviously can't back off that now, but just moving forward, it's not a lying show. It wasn't a really deep interaction, but it was a catch-up.
Starting point is 00:18:45 Okay, well, now I know it's a lie. I'd call it a catch-up. Because if you're talking to Ed Helms, he's going to bring you in. I'd call it a catch-up. I'd get very deep from the jump. Oh, no. Yeah, he just is. He's going to lock in.
Starting point is 00:18:59 I'd call it a catch-up. We had a catch-up. There's no such thing as a catch-up with Ed. He's always going right back to the beginning. Forget the small talk. It's all big talk and medium talk with Eddie. Well, he mostly just asked questions about me. Yeah, well, that is very sweet.
Starting point is 00:19:14 And that sounds like Eddie. But scratch Eddie. If he didn't mention the project, he's off the project. We don't need him. We're going to bring in Nate Corddry. And so we got Nate. Oh, I love Nate Corddry. We got Chelsea.
Starting point is 00:19:22 Okay, don't do this because it's... So let's just get into the scene. He's a very old friend of mine. Let's get into the scene. And Brett, if you could tell Jessica that you are in love with her, and then we can do the scene. Wait, I'm sorry. Brett's acting with me now?
Starting point is 00:19:35 No, no, no. This is just... Just so you're comfortable. He's going to put the foam in. Bring in the foam. I got the foam. I need some egg cartons. Is it the same scene? Wasn't enough cartons. Is it the same scene?
Starting point is 00:19:45 Wasn't enough last time. Is this the same scene? Same setup? As far as... Diaper grandson being chased by the FBI? I love you. No, this one is... Brett, are we crossing this?
Starting point is 00:19:55 And I'm in love with you. Brett, are we crossing this? Just in case we want to rip? It's totally crossed. Okay. I know we don't have the other actors, but can we cross this just in case we get some good improv?
Starting point is 00:20:04 This one is... Can we have David cross? Calvin Benjamin is in your limo. Okay, I'm sorry. That's right, you did tell me. I apologize. Oh, it is my limo. Baby Grandpa.
Starting point is 00:20:15 Am I driving the limo? You're leasing it. And you are driving the limo. Okay, Baby Grandpa. And you got a really good deal. Lady Grandpa. Lady Grandpa. Yeah, but she's also a baby.
Starting point is 00:20:26 Lady Baby Grandpa. I know I'm not playing these roles, but I'm ready to go. Can we just get into the scene? Okay. So what brings you guys into my court? And action. So, hey, Kelvin, I saw your game last week. Boy, oh boy, kid.
Starting point is 00:20:43 You really got a motor in that engine, huh? I'm not playing myself. What? I'm not playing myself. Kelvin Benjamin not playing Kelvin Benjamin? No. This is like in case I don't want to do that. Cut, cut, cut.
Starting point is 00:20:57 Can I say cut? No. Okay. Turn left up here. Okie dokie, Kelvin Benjamin. Boy, oh boy. Who's this? Hey, Chelsea, who's this hot comic you got in the back seat?
Starting point is 00:21:11 He said left. Sorry, guys. The limo's on fire. Are we clear for sound? Are you picking that up in the boom? Oh, it sounded great. Okay. The limo's on fire.
Starting point is 00:21:23 Guys, I got to pull over. I said take a left. I said take. Guys, I got to pull over. I said take a left. I said take a left. I got to pull over. Somebody needs the nuclear foosball codes, and I'm the only one. It's got me in my baby boy. Hey, what do you pay for this limo? I'm leasing it.
Starting point is 00:21:37 It's like $860 a month plus insurance, so it works out to about $965. That's a good deal. Is that a write-off? Hey, Chelsea, I just want to say I love your podcast. I wish you'd keep doing it more often. Okay. Okay, sorry, let's cut there. I can understand how some of that would be confusing.
Starting point is 00:21:56 We only got sort of one take on all these guys, so we had to write all that stuff into the script where Kelvin Benjamin is saying that he's not playing himself. Because that's all he said when you talked to him about the part. I'm not going to play myself. I want to play an actual role. Yes, but then we couldn't think of any other names for him, so the characters
Starting point is 00:22:15 were addressing him Kelvin, which kind of made him upset. And that is what we have from his coverage. And we have a really funny run later. We couldn't get him to do it, but it's about like Celsius and Fahrenheit are his two best friends. Yeah. And I think it's going to be really funny.
Starting point is 00:22:33 And there's also, I think Kelvin at one point was an Instagram filter, and we're thinking of doing a spinoff based on that. Oh, that's cool. Yeah. I think it was a refrigerator too, the Kelvinator. Oh. Yeah. That could be big. Yeah be big You guys can just have that one I think some of the stuff we already shot We can reference that
Starting point is 00:22:53 Or just reaction shots From him maybe Since not an actor We have a lot of those We have him being pissed So Chelsea just doesn't speak Chelsea doesn't say anything She said okay We have him being pissed. So Chelsea just doesn't speak. Chelsea doesn't say anything much.
Starting point is 00:23:05 She said okay. Yeah. And we have her saying that as many times as we want. Oh, okay. We can keep doing that. Yeah, we're able to loop that. And we're going to get a lot of this in ADR. Obviously, we're not using the sound that we get today.
Starting point is 00:23:20 Was that a sound effect? I thought that was to do with the codes that oh there's a so or did someone open a door that they weren't supposed to open there's chemicals in the building in tanks and uh and if one of the tanks does start to release one of these toxic chemicals there is an alert that goes off oh okay but some of that evacuate but yeah but that's but sometimes it's because they don't want you to be like stronger because of them you know they're scared of you getting too strong for free
Starting point is 00:23:51 basically for free so it's like evacuate unless you like are willing to pay you want to become a superhero so this is like a place if a regular person wants to become spider-man or something like that you come here for a few hours you pay for the facility some of them could or something like that, you come here for a few hours. You pay for the facility.
Starting point is 00:24:06 Some of them could do something like that. And then you become a superhero. Or, well, superhero, I guess, is more a construct of what you do for other people. But you become, oh, you're altered. Yeah, basically. Bruce Bannon. And we were thinking that some of them. Huh?
Starting point is 00:24:21 Bruce Bannon. Sorry, I was reading the table. What's on some of these crazy names? We brought the Earwolf table in here just because we have to do the podcast at the table. We're not just going to do it somewhere. Well, that's a security blanket for me. Just knowing that all these storied comic minds have been involved. Can we just actually go over notes for that?
Starting point is 00:24:44 And I actually thought it was great. Berg. One second. Secunda and Berg. To maybe do notes on this. Sure. Aaron Abrams or something. I mean, who is that?
Starting point is 00:24:55 I am on, my philosophy is you guys hire me, you own me for the day. That's great. And I totally agree with that. I'm on your time. Yes, and that's our philosophy as well. So Brett, can we go in tighter on this one? Until we get into turnaround.
Starting point is 00:25:09 You know what I mean? Like when you're saying we're gonna push. Can we push you tomorrow? You know what I mean? Hayes, just eye on the clock. We do either have to break for lunch or go into Grace. Okay. I guess we'll throw a flag on this one.
Starting point is 00:25:26 All right, everybody. That's Grace. So let's go in tighter on this and just, Brett, if you want to give me a little bit of a swingle where we can get, you know, Jessica and her lines and then we'll also get some of my stuff. Performance wise? It felt like she sort of forgot where she was it was supposed to be like a car thing and i didn't hear her ever say like honk honk or like vroom or like any of that stuff no and she's supposed to be driving a car and also
Starting point is 00:25:55 at one point she's pulling over which i know involves brakes and there was no like screech and so that was frustrating and also it was kind of like a fuck you i know to kelvin who's obviously trying to transition out of this football thing so like if she i i don't want her to be a personality problem with the other performers who we get because i want to like everyone to feel safe and like it's a safe even though they're not in the same place that they could be watching it on TV and feel like they're being respected. Yeah. So what do you want to shoot? Like, what do you want to sort of clean up from the rest of these scenes?
Starting point is 00:26:33 I wonder. Well, I guess we have to get the Franks in there. Okay. Yes, that's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. Okay.
Starting point is 00:26:43 All right. Yeah, I'll get it. So there's the scene where. Okay. All right. Yeah, I'll get it. So there's the scene where... Okay, so Dean Cain is going to be sort of holding you up in the air. Hi, Jessica. Yeah, we're talking to you again. So, hey, Jessica. We love that.
Starting point is 00:26:57 Am I actually going to be the only actor here today? Yes. Just for today? It's your coverage. I'm sorry. I thought you had done this stuff before. Have It's your coverage. I'm sorry. I thought you had done this stuff before. Have you done,
Starting point is 00:27:07 yeah, I'm sorry. Have you been on sets? Yeah, I've been on a few. Okay. Anything I would know? I don't know. I'm not getting the feeling that you watch
Starting point is 00:27:19 a lot of television. Is that a thing? Okay. I named like a bunch of famous actors that were using yeah who are doing television okay and i think i just said swingle yeah okay um the implication is that like you need it like not yeah can we get this one i guess this is just very different than most of the sets i've been on okay yeah. Yeah. Like, I just finished shooting Search Party.
Starting point is 00:27:45 That was a really amazing set. Okay, but this is like a real show. Yeah, that was like a real show. This is not a BOD Thomas Middleditch movie. This is like a big TV show. Like a big, you know, and I love that show, and it's so funny, and it's smart. Yeah, it is really funny and really smart.
Starting point is 00:28:03 But this is like a big show. Yeah. And the way I'll, show, and it's so funny, and it's smart. Yeah, it is really funny and really smart. But this is like a big show. Yeah. And the way I'll, like, a lot, it's not like that show where everyone, like, goes to the place, and they set up the little camera, and they just, like, get everyone, like, talking. It's sort of a quiet show. Because nobody has anything else to do, yeah. And this is a real effects-driven. But am I crazy?
Starting point is 00:28:19 Yes. Thank you. Search Party is a VOD. CGI forward. It's a VOD, unreleased, Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, and T.J. Miller film. That's also true. Probably filmed like seven or eight years ago. And you're telling me-
Starting point is 00:28:32 Directed by Scott Armstrong. Since you've been in that. No, no. You're in that. I'm on the TBS show, Search Party. It's a TV show. Okay, TV. Oh, wow.
Starting point is 00:28:41 Okay, so not even the real Search Party. Not even the real Search Party. So not even a movie, with the no i've done a few movies but mostly tv i've done like movies with like melissa mccarthy and and anyway i figured you probably knew all this stuff before you hired me but maybe not timing wise we weren't able to necessarily go through every single credit and so it was just uh every so it was just... You couldn't read that whole page. We're a little bit under the gun because the show does air tomorrow.
Starting point is 00:29:07 Yeah. And we are trying to kind of get this locked up. No, no. You know what? Top down. Set for the top down. The more we talk about it, yeah. You guys are the bosses.
Starting point is 00:29:17 I am here to do a job. I am a dolly. Move me around a stage. Swingles heavy, so... So let's do the pool party. Okay. Oh, okay, great. So Dean Cain, it's a chicken fight.
Starting point is 00:29:29 Dean Cain's carrying you around. Yeah, he's terrific. You're not in the water yet, but you're already on his shoulders. Okay, okay. Oh, we're not in, okay, okay, okay. And you're both asking for your favorite grilled food, Ballpark Frank's. And you are
Starting point is 00:29:46 sort of like trying to do double duty here because you don't want to get splashed. You don't necessarily want to get dunked under the water. You do want to get a ballpark Frank. I'm on his shoulders. How dirty is my diaper at this point? Okay. Do we need
Starting point is 00:30:01 to match this to anything? Is there going to be drip itch of any kind? You know how it is with babies in pools. Am I wearing a swimmy? The diaper continuity guy is not here today. Maybe someone has some pea soup we could spill down Dean's back. So that would be his job is making sure that the diaper is continuous, but he got sick from smelling the diaper so much.
Starting point is 00:30:22 Scripty, can you tell us where the diaper's at? I'm making the pea soup. I tend to keep track of a lot of my coverage anyway, so I'm pretty sure you need to spill some of that pea soup down Dean Cain's back, but it's your vision.
Starting point is 00:30:39 And I'll just say for this scene, just remember where you are and what you're doing and just who your character is. And that people will say for this scene, just remember where you are and what you're doing and just who your character is. And that people will be watching this. Yes. That was a very good note. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:30:51 And how are you feeling about the levels of my performance? Am I giving you what you want? I'm loving it. I think you're doing it exactly right. I would just say to do it like a person. Okay. And make it so it's just like doing it like a good way. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:31:10 That's so great. And I want to say too, we don't have a ton of time, but just to stop down and say, hey, it's never easy to sort of have some of these conversations where you're taking notes. We all just want the same thing. We all want the best product. And yeah, we're going to be cracking whips,
Starting point is 00:31:23 but we're also going to be cracking jokes. And release the cracking. That's one of the things we like to say on set is like we're gonna release the crack it and hayes has to be cracking whips and i'm gonna be cracking jokes okay you know and you gotta you know you gotta break so it's me and dean kane ballpark franks are the motivation yeah anyone else I was in the chicken fight with you. Tatiana Maslany is holding up Ving Rhames. So it's sort of a joke. That's cute. Reverse.
Starting point is 00:31:50 Yeah. Upside down ice cream cone. Yeah. And we're going to, and that's going to be, we're going to have to get a plate and then we'll do that on a green screen. Okay. And in this scene, you are going to, you'll see in your lines, you are going to be pushing the, the pushing the Franks
Starting point is 00:32:05 stuff pretty heavily. What we have from Dean Cain is footage that we pulled from him on Good Day LA. Promoting Lewis and Clark on Good Day LA from a number of years ago. He's pre-Barbary.
Starting point is 00:32:21 He's pre-Barbary. So what do I do with this? The pea suit? uh-huh pre-barberry uh so um so what do I do with this the pea soup let's just eat it eat it man and you put it down
Starting point is 00:32:33 and pick up the camera okay I already ate it so wow all right I'm good hold on
Starting point is 00:32:41 okay uh uh uh okay yep okay I think I got it I think I got it I'm good hold on okay la la la ah ah ah ah okay yep okay
Starting point is 00:32:47 I think I got it I think I got it and we'll just do what's on the page yep yes okay great
Starting point is 00:32:53 I'll read you in okay it's so great working with Terry you know she's just been a dream and the set's really wonderful
Starting point is 00:33:01 and it's such a cool reimagining of a classic story we all feel like we know Superman and there's nothing new to discover but this version. Well I'm your number one fan I mean I think I made that pretty clear Dean oh baby oh baby right? If I could
Starting point is 00:33:14 look like a giant man baby instead of a little tiny old woman small baby I'd look just like you Great question You look like a giant baby to me Anyone else see it? Oh. Oh.
Starting point is 00:33:29 Follow that scent, Dean. Oh, baby. Oh, boy. I smell a... Thanks. Right over here somewhere in this here barbecue. So, Dean. Keep going.
Starting point is 00:33:41 Tell me, have you ever been to a water park before? He works at the Daily Planet, and it's this sort of old thing we know, but obviously media is different now than when the original comics were written, and so we try to sort of modernize some of what they're interested in. Do you ever find it hard to act with those fake glasses on? Oh. When you're being. Are you talking directly to me?
Starting point is 00:34:05 When you're being. Yeah, I me? When you're being Yeah, I'm asking when you're being Clark Kent And you're not being Superman Whatever it is you're doing Move a little to the right, buddy It's funny, people think that I would Relate more to
Starting point is 00:34:21 The Superman character But I'm actually more like Clark Kent I was kind of a nerd in high school, and I had this very awkward phase before I found sports. My diaper's all wet, and I'm uncomfortable. And now you taste the Franks? Taste the Frank? And it fixes your diaper. You take use of classic distraction, Dean Cain, huh?
Starting point is 00:34:44 I'm distracted from my wet diaper with the delicious boba, Frank. Boy, I love these. Why don't you eat on one side and I'll eat on the other and we'll be like Lady and the Tramp. Sorry, and call them Michael Jordan's favorite hot dogs. You know, there's a reason these are Michael Jordan's favorite hot dogs, I'd say. They're the 23s of mystery meat. So good. That's good. Okay.
Starting point is 00:35:15 Is that a cut for you, Hayes? That's great. Kevin. Is Kevin doing donuts? Kevin. Were you driving during that whole? I mean, is that part of it? Kevin, were you drag racing with some of your Fast and Furious buddies?
Starting point is 00:35:30 Yes, I was. Saturdays, I just kind of have to let the steam out sometimes. It's a steam. It's like a steam powered bike. I just feel like that was really great stuff we were just getting. It's like a car. And that's probably not even going to be usable. It's supposed to look like a locomotive.
Starting point is 00:35:44 And you were so in the zone that I didn't want to hold for sound. But I feel like I've been really patient. Okay. That's great that you think that. I love that you feel good about what you're doing. What I'm doing? Yeah. That's only going to help us.
Starting point is 00:36:02 Somebody has to feel good about it, so it might as well be you. I don't want everyone to leave here unhappy. And I felt like Dean and I, whenever you get him, that that was a real connection. There was a true connection there. Yeah, that was really insane. I'm feeling like if he's not a regular on the show, we have to make him one. No, we're going to want to at least bump him to recurring. I hope you guys don't mind that I feel like I'm part of the process.
Starting point is 00:36:28 Weighing in as a producer? Yeah, that I feel like I'm part of the process. Well, I think it's good. I mean, obviously your contributions in front of the camera are not necessarily something we're going to be able to use. But if you're able to identify like, okay, Dean Cain should really be a bigger part of this show. And that interview was so revealing.
Starting point is 00:36:46 I'm feeling that as well. And we have lots of other stuff of him promoting the Animal Planet show that he hosts. Well, and he hosted that Ripley's Believe It or Not show. Oh, I love Ripley's Believe It or Not. I could never see enough shrunken heads in a lifetime. Well, and neither could Dean. And neither could Dean. How many of them do you think are real?
Starting point is 00:37:04 Of the shrunken heads? Yeah. How many are there really? How many do I believe in? How many do I not? How many are there? And then how many do they make a prop one for the different locations? How many are there?
Starting point is 00:37:14 How many Ripley's stores are there at this point? How many Ripley's stores are there? And how many are there? It's got to be at least six. Hang on a second. Right? Hey, shut up. Fisherman's Wharf.
Starting point is 00:37:23 Shut up, shut up. Hollywood Boulevard. That's two. That's shut up hollywood boulevard that's two just let him count the ripley's first i think there's a ripley there this is like sort of a limitless moment where he can just count all the ripleys and yeah wow yeah so there's six fake ones oh it's amazing how much information he yeah holds i know uh-huh it's scary a little information he holds. I know. It's scary a little bit. Kevin, Kevin's here as sort of a brand rep for the Franks.
Starting point is 00:37:54 We did the ballpark Franks. You just missed the ballpark Franks scene. So is there any specific language we needed to get? I guess you were watching it from your weird car. And is there no conflict between Kelvin Jackson's promotions for Fenway Franks and Ballpark Franks? Kelvin Benjamin? Whoever the guy was. Yes. In the car.
Starting point is 00:38:10 There is conflict. Kelvin Jackson, is that right? Yes. Yeah. It's... Sure. It's sexual. I always get him and Randy Jackson confused.
Starting point is 00:38:20 Yeah, it's kind of like intimate, like will they, won't they conflict. Oh, that the two mass market hot dog companies might wind up having a romance. I felt like Dean and I were playing that. Yeah, no, that came through in the scene. And you guys have your own. I see him as a potential love interest for Lady Grandma, baby. You guys do kind of have your own thing going on as like the best friends of the Franks.
Starting point is 00:38:43 Well, it's on his shoulders, which I think is suggestive. yes and brett while we talk about this can we turn around on this scene i mean can we just get the pole turn around roundy yeah and uh um next time can you just light the shit out of the whole thing i mean i know it's a little bit you know it's not going to look quite as good i particularly would appreciate it if you could fill in my right side. Let's just light the shit out of the thing. Because that's my asymmetrical side. Let's David O. Russell style.
Starting point is 00:39:09 Let's just light the fucking room, and then we'll just move the cameras around and shoot the whole thing. Yeah. I don't want to sit here and wait every time while you fill in all these little ā€“ I mean, it's just not ā€“ All right. We're not making Citizen fucking Kane here. This is Lady Grandpa.
Starting point is 00:39:22 Lady Grandpa. That's what it is. I couldn't remember if it was Baby Grandpa or Lady Grandpa. Lady's a baby. Lady Baby Grandpa. Did you think that the Franks were shiny enough? Yeah. I thought Brett
Starting point is 00:39:35 did a good job lighting the right side of the Franks. They were slippery to the touch. That's good. That's like their corner of the market is the slipperiness. That's my specialty is lighting. Lighting hot dogs? Lighting hot, more like hot dogs.
Starting point is 00:39:52 Oh, you're a food stylist, sort of a food stylist? Yeah, in my off time. But this is mostly new to me. Is this time on or off right now? This is definitely off. I don't know half of what I'm doing. So if you could time the move a little better on this one, Brett, too, where we're just going to do a little bit of a quicker push
Starting point is 00:40:14 because we're going to truncate some of these lines. It's just for her. We're going to do a pickup, and it's just for her saying Michael Jordan's favorite hot dog. And this time as we're doing it, let's do it like you're an actor.
Starting point is 00:40:32 Oh, okay. You know what I mean? That's great. You're an actor, you're a human being, and people are going to want to watch you. Your character isn't an actor. Your character is the Lady Grandpa, but you are an actor.
Starting point is 00:40:46 Oh, so Lady Grandpa is like a spokesman. No, I'm just saying Lady Grandpa is from the planet Earth, and so that we really want to be able to sell for now. Right. So just turn it on the lights. Oh, I thought that was a gunshot. That's how he turns on the lights. He shoots the lights on.
Starting point is 00:41:06 My God. Okay. Is this a safe set? Make it safe. Yes. So that's just another chemical leak? Make it safe. That could be a test.
Starting point is 00:41:20 And Brett, can you check the gates on that last pickup? Guys. Did we get it? I'm a little Guys, I'm starting to feel a little unsafe. That's not what we want. Is this an OSHA compliant environment? Yes, because you can hear the alarms. An unsafe workplace would not have those alarms. You know what? I feel much better now.
Starting point is 00:41:41 That's true. That actually made a lot of sense. Can we get, while we have the light, can we get the Michael Jordan? The line. Yes, the Michael Jordan line. Yeah. Uh-huh. Okay. And can we widen out? I just want to be able to, I actually, can you widen out a little bit? Because I want to swing over and I want to be able to pick up Carolyn's stuff.
Starting point is 00:42:04 Carolyn Ray is going to be standing next to you working the grill. Oh, stuff. Carolyn Ray is going to be standing next to you working the grill. What? Carolyn Ray is going to be standing next to you working the grill. She's like the Frank's mom. Yeah, okay, no one mentioned that to me. That's a problem. That's going to be a problem for me. You guys have a thing?
Starting point is 00:42:19 Yeah, I'm not working with Carolyn Ray. Well, I agree. You're not working with Carolyn Ray. Well, I agree. You're not working with Caroline Ray. She's working on a totally different day. I'm not going to be in a show with Caroline Ray. It might not even end up being the same pilot. Okay. Can you guarantee that?
Starting point is 00:42:37 I'm not appearing on screen with Caroline Ray. There's about three people I won't work with, and Caroline Ray is at the top of that list. Okay, so she's number one. And it's Caroline Ray. There's about three people I won't work with, and Caroline Ray is at the top of that list. Okay, so she's number one. Caroline Ray. And it has nothing to do with the day I did on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. It has nothing to do with that. So don't ask me if that's what it's about.
Starting point is 00:42:59 But guys, I'm also a person. I have to have boundaries. I don't feel. No, no, no. Is there a way that you would be happy doing it I'm also a person. I have to have boundaries. I don't feel... No. No. No. Is there a way that you would be happy doing it where you could like, maybe we can film you saying what you want to say to her
Starting point is 00:43:14 and we can just cut that into the pilot. Okay. And that could be cool and cathartic. And you can be sort of giving her what for. Okay. If you're giving her the business and if you're done with your little hissy fit, we actually do have a show to make. And, you know, we're trying to run a professional set here. So if you could just sort of, you know, say what you need to say about Michael Jordan's favorite hot dog.
Starting point is 00:43:38 And then let's give it to Carolyn. Because she's actually cool with that stuff. She's from that roast culture. Oh. Oh, okay okay so you think I'm the one that's being immature about this
Starting point is 00:43:47 we'll find out because you'll do your side of it and then we'll get some of Carolyn's stuff so we won't know how the fight turns out
Starting point is 00:43:54 until afterwards you guys are just going to take her side I'm here right now you want to sit and fucking post with me till 4am
Starting point is 00:44:01 and chop this thing up you want to fucking get in there with a scalpel and slice and dice with me and Hayes them. and chop this thing up? You want to fucking get in there with a scalpel and slice and dice with me and Hayes, the fucking two surgeons in the edit room? Because we're put that time in. It's nip and tuck when it's me and Sean.
Starting point is 00:44:13 We'll do it. So you tell me. If you want to do that, be my guest. I'm there already. I don't give a fuck. I am deeply regretting this choice. And I will just say, we did caroline ray's stuff she said oh jessica's doing this i'm really happy for her this is exactly what she should be doing and i am and she's like i am honestly rooting for her and i have been for a long time
Starting point is 00:44:36 and she said this is perfect for her oh my god this is exactly what she should be doing well that to me means it's exactly what i shouldn't be doing and i'm also starting to wonder if maybe you went to her first for Lady Baby Grandpa. I'm sorry. When you said I'm really regretting this choice, were you referring to your vocal choice? I was referring to wearing just a diaper
Starting point is 00:44:55 all day. I haven't had any clothes on this entire time but a diaper. And it's a wet diaper. Full of pea soup. Which I thought was a bold, dramatic choice to make. To me, that's what's working about this. It's very rare that a comedian is asked to be clothing-less in anything. It's very brave.
Starting point is 00:45:12 I thought this was going to be a Peabody situation. You have, but it isn't. Certainly a Golden Globe. That's what we meant by Peabody. You have a Peabody, your body. Covered in tea. And we've got the Sherman and pea body guys coming in.
Starting point is 00:45:28 What? We've got the Sherman and pea body guys coming in. No one's even offered me a robe between takes. So Sherman's going to be holding the mustard. I would have a baby have a robe. And pea body, yeah. That's kind of funny.
Starting point is 00:45:42 What about those towels though? When you take a baby out of the tub and you wrap it in a robe towel? For the grandpa scenes, I think it would be good. Yeah, maybe, yeah. Why can't Dean Cain wrap me in a towel robe? Dean, we don't have him doing that. We can't match that footage. I mean, we've got to work a little bit with our limitations.
Starting point is 00:45:59 I had heard such great things about you guys. I mean, we could hire Dean Cain on a different show where he puts robes on people. And then when he's going around the country promoting it on morning shows, he could demonstrate that by putting a robe on somebody. We can grab that footie. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, because we do have Dean Cain taking a pause or we have a pause screen with him. So we can put just about anything in his mouth.
Starting point is 00:46:25 If you want to hear him offer you a towel, and then we'll match cut to you wearing a towel. Right. So Caroline Ray is where when that's happening? Well, she's getting the business from you, right? So she's still flipping the hot dogs. She's manning the grill. Yeah, she has like a grill. Is she the Ballpark Frank spokeswoman?
Starting point is 00:46:49 That's the only thing we have filmed. So that we're really married to. She wears a grill, you know, like a marching band guy with like a timpani. She kind of wears a grill around her waist. Oh, she's like a cigarette girl? Yeah. Yes. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:47:04 But she's a hot dog girl. But for Frank. So it's hibachi that she has strapped to her chest? Yeah, she's like a cigarette girl? Yeah. Yes, thank you. But she's a hot dog girl. But for Franks. So it's hibachi that she has strapped to her chest? Yeah, it's like a big grill. Yeah. It's like a big green egg. Did you want me to score
Starting point is 00:47:14 any of this? Kamado. You mentioned that. Huh? Did you want me to score any of these? What? Parts.
Starting point is 00:47:24 Yeah. You mentioned that. Yeah, please. Have you not been scoring this the whole time? No. Oh, you have to. I was lighting and making pea soup. Okay.
Starting point is 00:47:35 Carolyn Ray invited me to a barbecue at her house 12 and a half years ago. Yeah. And at which, come, a whole invitation. Come to my house. Tell her. It's going gonna be amazing, would love to have you, blah blah blah, BYOB BYOB bring your own ballparks bring your own ballpark prank
Starting point is 00:47:56 have you ever, she had been on Sabrina a good, I mean, she was making big Sabrina money at that point and bring your own booze? Yeah. To a party at a sort of celebrity's house? You read it wrong. Oh, I don't think I did.
Starting point is 00:48:14 Well, that's something you could clear up with her. Well, I did. And I wrote back and I said, I'm confused by what this, I would love to be there. What does this mean, BYOB? What did you mean by BYOB? Did you intend to put this in this email? Did you have the right email? Yes, I had the right email.
Starting point is 00:48:32 We both had the right email. There's pranksters who send emails from Carolyn Ray. Let's use this for the scene. That'll be great. I can read Carolyn's parts, and you can just riff on what you want to say, like all the stuff that's been building up. And it can be like a Louie thing. You remember when he did some shit like that?
Starting point is 00:48:54 With that guy he was mad at, and they did it on the show. And it was not laugh out loud funny, but it was definitely unusual. It was more like what he wanted to do. Yes. And Brett, can you get her... As opposed to worrying about if it was funny or it wasn't funny. Is that what you mean? It was like him doing whatever he wanted. I hate these
Starting point is 00:49:18 comedies that are just funny. I'm like, I don't care if it's funny. Is it fucking on TV? That's what I want to know or streaming who gives a shit if it's funny is it on yet that's what I'm asking
Starting point is 00:49:33 and if it is you've been very true to your vision today you know it and so let's release the Kraken if we Kraken whips I'll be Kraken jokes and this is on release the Kraken Hayes could be Kraken whips I'll be Kraken jokes
Starting point is 00:49:46 and this is on TV the beginning of this is now on TV so we do have to so it is on yet it's already airing just the beginning but we do have to catch up
Starting point is 00:49:54 and we have to get this stuff pretty fast we're a little behind it's like live grease it wasn't meant to be but yeah when they did live grease and live
Starting point is 00:50:02 what was the other one they did hairspray we've got like an 18 second delay did they do live hairspray little oh no they did they did live grease and live, what was the other one? They did hairspray? We've got like an 18 second delay. Did they do live hairspray? Oh no. They did Rocky Horror Picture Show. 14 seconds. Okay.
Starting point is 00:50:11 10 seconds. Three second delay. This is like that except it's hot dog grease. We are live right now. Do try to match your body position to the other side of this. Okay. Well, I guess Dean Cain, let's head over there because I can smell those Michael Jordan's favorite hot dogs. Terry and I didn't know each other, but the chemistry was just immediate.
Starting point is 00:50:31 I sort of feel like you and me are hitting it off. Dean, what do you think? For me, I... Oh, so let's just go over here. There's a really ugly, poorly behaved jerk of a lady who's cooking hot dogs over here. So maybe we could just... No, why don't we go get a hot dog from this jerk who has no manners,
Starting point is 00:50:52 who invites people to their house and doesn't have anything to feed them. Hey guys, welcome to my house. Oh wow, you don't look familiar at all. I'm just a nice person and I think it's nice having people over. You know, has anyone ever said you look angry all the time?
Starting point is 00:51:07 Cannonball! And I think there's enough to go around for everyone in this business, and we don't have to be, like, jealous and petty of each other. Oh, that's so funny. You don't look at all familiar to me. Have you ever been in anything? Hey, you guys want sweet banana peppers on your dogs? Yeah, I've actually been in a few things.
Starting point is 00:51:23 I just wanted to quickly say I really love your pants. I think I saw them at Target. Did you get them at Target? All those clothes you're wearing? Yeah, this is actually from my line. Hey, can I make you guys an old-fashioned
Starting point is 00:51:35 piƱa colada? Yeah, I guess I just was wondering, Caroline, like we're at a barbecue. How come you're not wearing your bathing suit? Release the Kraken. Okay, let's cut. Was that the right kind of score?
Starting point is 00:51:53 Yeah, I think we got some really good stuff. I feel better. I'm glad we, yeah. I wish you'd been scoring the whole thing. All of her clothes look like they come from Target. All of her clothes. And that's. Look like they come from Target.
Starting point is 00:52:04 And we are maybe potentially hoping to have them as an advertiser, both on the podcast and on the show. Well, this is... I didn't say I wasn't giving a compliment. Good. Hey, we're all complimenting everything. Obviously, I was complimenting... I love the Louis Vuitton.
Starting point is 00:52:18 I love the frigging, you know, VOD movies. And the... Everything to me is good. As long as it's happening. Yes, please. Just finish it and then let me watch it. Yeah. you know VOD movies and the fact everything to me is good as long as it's happening yes please just finish it and then let me watch it
Starting point is 00:52:28 yeah and the fact you know like being on TV is good but taking like three years off your show is also like a great like cool thing
Starting point is 00:52:37 to do yeah even when when you were doing the show you were just like doing whatever you wanted and it didn't seem that hard right so it would make sense you'd need a break yes yeah a break imagine if something else you were just doing whatever you wanted and it didn't seem that hard. Right.
Starting point is 00:52:45 So it would make sense you'd need a break. Yes. A break to do something else that's whatever you want to do. Imagine if you were living your whole life doing exactly what you wanted to do. It would be so tiring. Exhausting.
Starting point is 00:52:55 Yes. Imagine if you were making a show that was damn near stream of consciousness in the most minimal way possible. And people say, how could you say how could not at all prepared yeah and then you go like i can't even fucking do this and it's like what are you doing it's like i don't know so maybe i don't know and then imagine is that how it feels to me yeah the process with this show yeah it's pretty crazy with this to think about how everything we're seeing today, the ballpark
Starting point is 00:53:29 Franks, that amazing exchange with you and Carolyn sort of was birthed from my own twisted, deranged mind. And that the sort of sinister thoughts I have that just about drove me insane until I splashed them down on paper have now become this beautiful burden. You're watching it fly away. A pastiche. And you had a sick wing
Starting point is 00:53:54 and you like fix it kind of in your mind to come to watch it fly. God, they're bringing this to life. My words, you know, my Dean Cain interview about Lois and Clark, you know, my Dean Cain interview about Lois and Clark, you know, my ballpark Frank thing, my, who was that, Louis Anderson doing a cannonball from the short-lived reality show Splash.
Starting point is 00:54:16 Thank goodness. Yeah. Well, I guess that's the other thing that we haven't really said today, which is how gender fluid this show is. I mean, I'm a lady playing a grandpa, playing a baby, gender fluid, age fluid. Yes, exactly. I feel like we're really starting to gel here.
Starting point is 00:54:35 And as I've said, later in the season, we are going to reveal that you are, in fact, a Kung Fu Panda. Oh my God, in my dreams. But I just feel like with Louie Anderson. It is also a dream. And with Louie Anderson playing Zach Galifianakis' mom on Baskets, it's like everybody
Starting point is 00:54:53 is taking such risks. Can we get a couple wild hi-yahs? Put him in a dress. Can we get a couple wild hi-yahs? Excuse me. Jessica. We're doing the show. Can we get a couple wild hi-yah lines just for when you're
Starting point is 00:55:07 a Kung Fu Panda later? Hi-yah. Uh-huh. Hi-yah. Hi-yah. Okay. Give me three in a row. Hi-yah.
Starting point is 00:55:18 Fast ones. Hi-yah. Hi-yah. Hi-yah. Hi-yah. Hi-yah. Hi-yah. And a gadoosh, please.
Starting point is 00:55:24 And a what? A gadoosh. A gadoosh. Sorry. A gadoosh, please. And a what? A gadoosh. A gadoosh. Sorry. A gadoosh. But like they do at the end of Funny or Die videos. I don't know how that works. Sorry.
Starting point is 00:55:33 It goes gadoosh. Gadoosh. And do you have something to promote? Oh, what? You're here to promote something? This show. Yeah, that's what I meant. It's going to be going out, isn't it?
Starting point is 00:55:45 Do you have something to promote? Yeah It's on right now That's what I meant Shouldn't I be promoting the show? Yes, this show, which is called Lady Grandpa Yeah And then I'm on the new season of Search Party
Starting point is 00:56:02 And I'm also on Big Mouth, which I'm really the new season of Search Party and I'm also on Big Mouth which I'm really excited about on Netflix and then oh let's see circling back around let me think about what else I've got going on the plane is actually hovering oh yeah and then I'm going to be in a new movie with John Cruise
Starting point is 00:56:20 and then I'm really excited about that and I just have a few other things I'm working on so like it's been probably I would say Barbra Streisand also yeah
Starting point is 00:56:36 American Idol I'm going to be on the news, hosting the new season of American Idol and other than that I just sold a movie so yeah Kevin's in his steampunk car season of American Idol. And other than that, I just sold a movie. So yeah. Yeah. Kevin's in his steampunk car again. So it's been probably the biggest year of my...
Starting point is 00:56:53 Sorry, if you could just hang on. We're almost out of time. Oh no, that's good. I feel like I got over it. And we did want to promote Hollywood Handbook. So it's this great podcast on here. Oh, I'm going to be on that too, right?
Starting point is 00:57:03 That's part of this? That's not really part of it. Oh. But it's this really cool... Not part of this promotion. It's this great podcast on Earwolf. Oh, I'm going to be on that too, right? That's part of this? That's not really part of it. Oh. But, you know, it's this really cool podcast that we've been doing on Earwolf for a little while. If you could check it out. It's super funny. Yeah, it's a fun, funny show. My friend Hayes Davenport, this guy Sean Clements, who's sort of like an entertainer type.
Starting point is 00:57:23 And they do these characters and they kind of give this showbiz advice, but it's all tongue-in-cheek. It's all really funny. You kind of have to listen to it. Yeah, you have to listen to it to get it. It's easy to explain, but you'll drop right in. Most people like it right away
Starting point is 00:57:36 and the episodes always sort of work. So, what else about Hollywood Handbook? Bye. Bye. Bye. So, what else about Hollywood Hamburger? Bye. Bye. Bye.
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