The Three Questions with Andy Richter - Harriet Dyer & Patrick Brammall

Episode Date: November 26, 2024

It’s our first-ever husband-and-wife duo on "The Three Questions!" Writers and actors Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer—co-creators, co-writers, and co-stars of the hilarious show Colin from Accounts—join Andy Richter in the Team Coco Studio to discuss working with your spouse, the great nation of 'Stralia, and more.Do you want to talk to Andy live on SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Radio? Leave a voicemail at 855-266-2604 or fill out our Google Form at BIT.LY/CALLANDYRICHTER. Listen to "The Andy Richter Call-In Show" every Wednesday at 1pm Pacific on SiriusXM's Conan O'Brien Channel.

Hello, everyone. Welcome back to The Three Questions. I'm your host, Andy Richter. This week, I'm doing a twofer. I'm talking to a couple. I'm talking to Harriet Dyer and Patrick Bramell. Harriet and Patrick are actors and writers. They are a married couple and they have a hilarious show that they have created and starring together called Collin from Accounts. You need to watch it. It's on Paramount Plus now. Actually wait until after you listen to this podcast because it is a really fantastic show. And I had a great conversation and here it is with Harriet Dyer and Patrick Bramill.

["Can't You Tell My Love Is a Dream"] Hello everyone. This is a very special episode of Three Questions. Barry. Yes, an international episode because I'm talking to Aussies. Aussies. Is it Aussies? I don't know. What do you say?

Well, no, I mean, Australians tend to say Aussie. We say Aussies. I say Ossie. O Ozzy. We say Ozzy. I say O-see. O-see. We say Ozzy. Because then people think you're from the Orange County. Yes. Oh, we actually have one, like you guys say, Merica. Oz is Straya.

Straya. Oh, yeah, yeah. Just Straya. Straya, yeah, yeah. Yeah, but yeah, welcome. Hi. Hi. Hi. Well, all of you out there,

it's Harriet Dyer and Patrick Bramill from the really super funny show, Collin from Accounts. And it's so good. Thank you. It's so, so wonderful. Thank you. And in fact, Harriet and I worked together on, I'm sure you were on a,

well, you were on a few American shows, but you were on American Auto. American Auto, yeah. And I did a guest spot on that and we met on that. You played Andy Richter. I played myself. Paiobol Nephi. Which is like, yeah, which is like,

I was on the Conan Show for years and I was like, well, but someday I'm gonna get back to acting. And now it's like, oh. Damn, played by Andy Richter. Andy Richter. Andy Richter himself. Yeah, yeah. And it's like, I don't even Played by Andy Ritchie. Andy Ritchie himself. Yeah, yeah. And it's like, I don't even get to play

a particularly evil version of myself. It was very fun though. I had a lot of fun with you. That was a fun week. I really did too. And I, when I knew that you were my kind of people was, I remember distinctly there was a moment where there was a graphic, because

I was supposedly going to be a spokesman, a spokesman for a car in the show. And they did, they were, they were messing with Photoshop to make my dick look bigger. It was so good. And they went, and they, but they just looked, it looked like a full diaper on the front of my pants. And when I saw it, I said- With like a corn cob down the middle. Yeah. And when I saw it, I said, oh my God, it looks like I shit my dick. And you laughed for about a minute.

Like just giggling laughter. And I was like, all right, she's all right. Yeah, I'll shit my dick. Oh my God. And I'm sure that's probably the same reason that you've, you know, sort of reason. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you know what's so sad?

That scene was cut and it was the funniest scene I think in the series in the season. Like Anna and I going back and forth about how big Andy Richter's package should be on a car commercial like still. It was so kind of funny because also it's women talking about a man's body and it was so silly and it should have, I was really sad when that didn't make it.

Well, thank you. Oh God, you did look like you shat your dick. That's extraordinary. It was a really good graphic. It was a really funny graphic. We should get that in here. So, but anyway, I knew that you were doing this show. You told me that you were doing this show.

Did I? Embarrassing. Isn't that cute? Isn't that cute? She's got her own little show over there in Australia. Yeah. Did I have TV set? We just got them, we just got them. Their hand crank.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Give it a crank. Yeah. It went out again. It's my mom and a projector and she goes from town to town. She does. She's known as the projector lady.

Yeah. But I had work in Australia, and on the plane ride to Brisbane, I saw, oh, Colin from Accounts, I'll watch it. And I watched about five episodes on the plane. Five. I think so, yeah. Nice. Yeah, because it takes a while.

Yeah. You guys are so fucking far away. Heaps far. It's crazy. And we're twice as far if you go with a toddler. Oh my God. Yeah, time slows down. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's now 30 hours. Oh my God, I can't imagine. It's fun, yeah. What do you, I mean, what do you do? Just sedate her? Put her in a sky kennel? I try, you know what? She's actually one of those kids,

when you sedate her, she goes the other way. Oh boy. It's a real joy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She would turn into Spider-Man, I guess. Yeah. I have older kids and a four year old now, and my daughter, 18 years old, was like that. Yes, yes.

Was like, you know, if you want to calm her down, you got to shoot her full of speed. That's a great idea. That's a great idea. Yeah. Well, you know how the Christmas trip goes. It would work. You know, Benadryl would make her crazy, you know, as opposed to knock her out.

We gave our daughter Benadryl, and on a 15-hour flight, she slept for 40 minutes. Yeah, 4-0. What an asshole. It was disgusting. Yeah, yeah. And it was right at the start of the flight, so we were really smug. We got a glass of wine. We were like, she's going to sleep, oh my god, she's up.

And that was it. That was it. Oh my god. And I, yeah. I don't think we're laughing about that yet. No, I took her to the bathroom. It was when she was still in like a carrier and I was bouncing her, she was screaming and I was crying and just like crying on her hair

and Patty eventually just like knocked on the cubicle door and he opened it, I said, can everybody hear this? And he was like, yeah. Yeah. Give me the baby. Yeah. And then he like took her out of the car and I just sat there sobbing into like an empty

carrier on the loo. It was a good flight. Anyway, you had a better flight than that. You sure did. Yeah, yeah. You were 15 hours. I did, I did. And I just loved, I really do love the show.

And then I finished it when I got home. Thank you. And congratulations. And I'm so happy that you got a second season. Yeah, season two came out in Australia, like May, June. Yeah. And, um, I feel like last month in the UK and it's done really well. People are loving it.

Yeah. And we're excited. We, we feel like we, we, we did it again. We did it again. Yeah. It's a bit harder. We were a little concerned because the first one was well received. Uh, we were a little bit concerned about the difficult second album.

Um, but we did it and the general consensus is better than the first season. So we're like, thank God. But is that relatives saying that? Mainly relatives, yes. Yeah, Mom and the projector, but she's doing great. She's doing so great. She's doing great. No, I mean, I've seen online, you know,

because you guys are constantly pimping it on your social media. It's disgusting, yeah. It's really, it's just, I don't know. I mean, it's like, oh, aren't the, just bless their hearts. We're sad. I remember you got mad at me on social media once, Sandy, because I was posting some like unflattering,

I think it was Patty on a plane actually. Yeah, yeah. And you were like, how is it going with this? Thank you, dude, thank you. You're like, is he okay? You're like really not showing his best side. I'm like, I disagree. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That's my best side. You know what? He's asleep and puffy faced. Yeah, yeah. You were showing a little ear, so I whipped my ear out and then you covered your ear. Are we in some like battle of sexy ears? I thought you pointed at me like, you need to put headphones. Headphones, yeah.

I thought you were like- He was kind of flashing an ear at me. I was like, I'll flash back. Because I was like, maybe I'll have some equilibrium in the room and not confuse as to what to do. That usually, yeah, I put them over, but unless I'm afraid somebody's gonna break in. I'm gonna put it back on, I'm covering again.

Yeah, this is like sitting in a restaurant with your back to the corner, so in case somebody comes in guns blaring, you know, so you gotta keep an ear. No, I just put them over my head, because I just love my voice. Oh, that's good. Oh, it's really, I can really,

I can really luxuriate today. The thing about the show too, that I'm amazed, is that you guys made a show together, you wrote it, are in it, and you're still married. Yeah, that amazes us every day. How the fuck do you pull that one off? I don't know. Not sure. We're a little tetchy on the way here.

Yeah. Oh yeah, definitely. There are kinks in the hose still. We gotta cut, like, it's tricky. Yeah. Working together is, it's a lot. Delightful. Is the word you're looking for? No, it's delightful. It is really excellent.

It's, the hardest part is the edit when we are so tired from producing the thing, from acting in the thing, and then we have to sit on these couches and stare at ourselves and each other and be each other and then just share air. And for all fucking day too. Yeah, eight weeks. A long day. Yeah. The edit is the most grueling part.

And also that's the bit where you're like, well, this is the show they're going to see. Like we can't keep punting it forward to some other process. The choices we make in the edit is what the show is going to be. Right. That's right next to the door. Yeah. It's the choices we make in the edit is what the show's going to be. That's right next to the door. Right. It's the loading dock. Very much so. Yeah.

Well, have you ever considered like picking one of you to just do the edit? Honestly, I think that the creative tension is the thing that helps. Like it's, it's a bit fucking hard at times, but it's like, it's definitely. I can see that without a doubt. Yeah. And we have a lot I can see that without a doubt. Yeah. And we have a lot of affairs and that really helps things. And we've just started talking about them. Just now in this podcast.

Yeah. Wow. The marriage is wide open. That is a lot of energy. Yeah. Jesus Christ producing her on show. And at the same time, get some strange. Yeah.

Wow. Yeah. We're getting some nice strange in there. Real fucking strange. Well, no, I mean, did you, as you guys started dating, which we'll get to that. Oh, shit. But were you, was it always kind of in your minds

that you would create a show or some, you know, work together in that way? Not at all. Well, we worked together as actors. Oh, yes. We have, like a few times before this. But that's different. That's different.

Yeah, it's someone else's thing. That's kind of fun and sexy. Yeah. Yeah. It's saucy. They say that's a wrap and you can go and get pizza and not give a fuck if it's raining the next day and the scene will be ruined.

Right. And when you're not in a scene, you go to your little trailer. Your little trailer. Amazing. Maybe hang out to a crossword together. Right. Whatever.

Absolutely. Yeah, not that. It's not that. Yeah. No, we never really thought, I mean, it just started because Harry wrote the first script because I was busy doing a show that was far less successful than this one. And she was climbing the walls board in LA. This is like 2017.

He gave me Benadryl. I gave her some Benadryl. I wish I went the other way with it. And then- Tried to drug me every time he left the house, so I wouldn't find other men. Yeah, but she did, she found them. And then she went and wrote the script in like a week

and came back and went, oh no, this is stupid, I'm not writing, fuck it. And I'm like, this is really good. And then it slowly kind of snowballed from that over time. But it was only just sort of a laugh that we kicked around, but we never thought, we're going to make something, yeah? We never said that. I don't know if anyone would. Like it was really championed by a friend of ours who's a producer who read my script as a writing sample for something. And he was like, okay, so this show, yeah. You and Patty, yeah. For real. And we were like, I don't know. It was really an exercise in getting out of the house. Yeah. Well, did, I mean, were you thinking of, if I may call you Patty, you may.

Were you thinking of Patty for this? I was thinking of Ryan Reynolds. We went out to Ryan. I mean, a lot is made of the age difference. Yes. Was there the age difference in the pilot script? Yeah. Oh yeah.

So it was, I mean, obviously sort of modeled. Yeah, this is the idea we kicked around. Unless she just is obsessed with men who are- 12 and a half years. 12 and a half years older than her. Cannot get enough of them. Well, we thought there is that age gap between us and we thought, well, it's there on the screen.

I'm older. Yeah, she's much older. It's there and you can see it all on her face. But we thought we might as well make fun of it because it's a good well of comedy in there and also it's the reality. Yeah, yeah. I think it'd be weird if you're making a comedy

that was like real and stuff if you didn't make fun of it. It's like, is anyone gonna mention that she's really hot? Yeah. That was an old. Then it looks like her dad. Yeah, we've had that one. She's got dad issues. Yeah, I don't.

She's Really Hot was the working title of the. She's Really Hot was the working title of it. Yes, that's right. Yeah, yeah, for sure. I was like, I like the script, but hmm. Yeah. What's the dog got to do with. Very little.

Yeah, yeah, dog shmog. Yeah, we're both Year of the Dragon, we enjoy that. We sure do. Because sometimes people say that they're 13 years apart, it's well, that's half the year. It's 12, probably 12. Yeah, yeah, let's call it 12. Okay? It's rounded down.

It seems less creepy. Well, when you guys got together, was it like? Creepy? No, I mean, especially as you get older, 12 years is not. No. I mean, you know, I mean, especially as you get older, 12 years is not, you know, like if you're 20 and 32, that's a big gap. Yeah. I mean, but you guys were, you know, the cake had been baked on both terms. Yeah, that's lovely. Don't you think?

Yeah, the cake was baked. You both were gelled. Yeah, we were gelled humans. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, was it an issue when you guys started seeing each other? It was a talking point, but it wasn't really an issue. I think it was more of a talking point for other people.

Really? I think so. I think people were a bit like, ooh. Ooh. Ooh, ey. And what were your ages when you started dating? I was 60. Wait a minute.

I was. I don't know, I was about, I think you were about 40. I was about 28. Yeah, that's about right. Yeah. Yeah. And that was, I think maybe it was even 27, 39. And that felt nicer because we were just a decade.

He was just the next decade. Sure, sure. But there was a moment, and we put that in season one, where I was in my 20s. And he was 40. When I was 28 and he turned 40. And that made me freak out a little bit as Harriet. I was like, okay, there's an entire decade missing between us.

And what if I am now just 40? By proxy. By proxy. And I didn't want to be, it wasn't enough to like cause, I think I literally said, I just, I wanna make sure I can go dancing. And he was like, go dancing. I was like, fine, no worries.

Yeah, yeah. No, I mean, honestly, that's, I think most men are like, yeah, go dancing, Jesus Christ. I was like, fine, no worries. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I mean, honestly, that's I think most men are like, yeah, go dancing. Jesus Christ. Go dancing. I don't want anything to do with that shit. Yeah. Yeah. Didn't we have a fight once? And you said something like, yeah, we're having a fight. It was in the pandemic. Yeah. And we're having a fight.

And you said something. Oh, I was annoyed that I think I was like getting pretty like, I don't want to see people. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was like, I don't want to see people. She's getting really hermetic. And I said, you know, I just thought. That's also my natural tendency, but also it was pandemic. I think also the baby had come.

I don't know. She was full introvert. It was full and I was like, I thought we just, you know, I would see more people, you know, more like an open door policy. And she looked at me and said, well, I thought we'd dance more. And I was like, fuck them. Oh, you got me there. Yeah. I mean, we are in a deep pandemic, but yeah. Well, we can open up, we can dance more than open our door.

Anyway, it was like, that was a thing. Do you know we have a sign in our kitchen that says this kitchen is for dancing? Yes. How often do we dance in there? Not enough. No. Andy?

Well, there's usually hot things on the stove. It's a question of safety. True. It is an OHS issue. Yeah. Go dance in a yard. It's a stupid sign, to be honest. It's a bad- Did. True. It is an OHS issue. Yeah. Go dance in a yard. It's a stupid sign to be honest. It's a bad-

Did it come with the house? No. I don't know where it fucking came from. I think I was like buying art in Verticommerce and it was like a bonus print. Yeah. You know what we're gonna do when we get home? Burn it.

We're gonna throw that fucking thing away. Yeah. And then dance. Yeah. Yeah, sure. ["Can't You Tell My Love's A Girl?" by The Caps plays.] Can't you tell my love's a girl? Well, now, where did the idea for the series come from

since you were writing it? Did it, I mean, cause you know, it's A, starting off a show with a couple of fuck-ups, basically. Yeah, yeah. Handicapping a dog. Yeah, funny. Yeah, out of just their own sort of selfishness and dopiness.

Yeah. It's a tough place to start. It's a tough sell, especially in America. Well, for those who haven't seen it, and I doubt there'll be anyone listening who hasn't seen it, but... What does that mean? No, listen, everyone listens to this show. Yeah, yeah.

And everyone has Paramount Plus. Yes. And seen the show. It starts when I'm... She's walking to work. I stop at a pedestrian crossing because I'm driving my car. She's a little bit day drunk. Also, I was like running late to... She's running late for her job. She's a to work. I stopped at a pedestrian crossing and driving my car. She's a little bit day drunk Oh, so I was like running like to she's running like for a job. Yeah. Yeah, she's a medical student Anyway, she goes alright and there's a little moment between us. She flashes her boob at me

Yeah, a little nipple call it nipple. Yeah, it's a nipple and I'm like what can I see titty cuz I Did he that's okay? Nice There is more like frisson before that's like, oh, you go. Oh, you go. And in Australia, this is important. Actually, pedestrians don't have right of way. Oh, that's so true. That wouldn't happen. That is so fucking true. Here in California, you just walk out in the car with stop. No one walks slower than an LA pedestrian. No, they really don't. Yeah. Yeah. I forgot. And I actually flew to Brisbane as well in the pandemic and I did the two week quarantine

and I'd been in a box for two weeks and I stepped out onto the road in Brisbane and someone nearly run me down. Like they sped up to like get mad at me because I forgot I wasn't in California. But yes, there is a little to and fro because in Australia it's not a given that the pedestrian has right of way,

actually cars do. Because light is cheap there. Very much so. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, there's a bit of you go, no, you go. Oh, he let me go. Here's my nipple. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then she's walking off thinking, Oh, what did I do that for? That was so silly. Meantime, someone behind me goes, are you driving buddy? And so I keep driving and I hit a dog. Yeah. And he gets a little honk that hurries along and she's got music in her ears. So does it, she doesn't hear any of this. And anyway, he does hit a dog.

So this all happens in the first minute. We've seen boob, we've crippled a dog. Yeah. And that is a tough sell in America. Well, yes, but in Australia, not the titty part. We love titty. Love the titty. Love it.

Can't get enough. The dog thing. Australia has like a The dog thing. Australia has like a working dog relationship. Like dogs still, like if your dog is an outside dog, that makes absolute sense in Australia. Whereas here they are treated better than some people. Yeah, a lot of the reviews are like,

and they hit a dog, don't worry, the dog's fine. Like they lead off with that. Yeah. I attempted to show my wife the pilot and she checked out. Oh really? Yeah, yeah. Sorry, Ben. She couldn't, she could not get past that.

The dog thing. Yeah, yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. Thanks for your honesty. I do think it's a, we don't hear that in Australia, or the UK. No, the UK and Australia, we love killing dogs, honestly. No, stop, Patrick.

We can't get enough of it. Well, you know, here we're eating them. We're eating the dogs, we're eating the cats. Oh yeah, we know that. That's well documented. Very well, very well. But yeah, it's a funny, it's not funny. It's a funny observation though, that is a difference in the countries.

It is, and there was a moment when we were writing the show, and to be clear, the dog is fine, and the dog is the glue to the relationship. And we end up naming the dog Colin from accounts. So people think that it's a workplace comedy, and maybe I play a guy called Colin. That started because we fostered a dog for a couple of weeks who's name was Mintchoo. Which we didn't film much for.

We thought, this is not the name for us. And so we called him Colin from Accounts. Yeah, Colin from Accounts Payable who's working on the big merger. That was his full name. Was his name. And then we literally just airlifted that. And put it in a scene. And put it in there, yeah. And put it in the show. Part episode, yeah. But I couldn't keep looking after Colin from accounts

because he tried to bite me a lot. He did. And he kind of like locked me in a bathroom. Oh really? Not with, I mean, he doesn't have a thumb. And he started smoking a cigarette. Yeah. I was like, try and get out of there, honey.

How big is this minchoo? He was like 16 pounds, I'm sorry. Wow. But he was really mean. Anyway, I thought I could. And then he went on to adopt a child after that experience too. Yes, we did. Yeah, we did. And we named her Colleen-a. From human resources. We named her Minchu. Yeah. She's a beautiful Minchu. There was a moment when we were writing the show,

we were developing it for like a year or so and Harry came in flustered one morning and said, because she was so allergic to making a cute doggy show. Yeah. And at one point she came in in the morning and went, okay, they don't hit a dog anymore. They hit an old lady and she's, she's got dementia and she doesn't know where she is and they have to take care of the old lady. And I was like, okay. And I was like, come on, it's about, you know, we're so disposable of our elderly, you know, they have so much wisdom and our, you know, society doesn't look at old people anymore, we just look right through them and pass them and like, what if we just

like really embraced an old lady? And so she sold me on it somehow. I think I hadn't had my coffee yet. And then we talked to our producers and they were like, what? And we're like, no, no, no, think about it. You know, the disposable people and the forgotten one is a statement. And then they said, leave it with us. And they came back a day later and said, okay.

We trust you guys. We trust you guys. By which point we were like, no, no, fuck. We forgot about that. I was on another day of my cycle and went, you joking? Yeah. We're not doing that. But honestly, I think that would be an easier sell here.

I agree. I do think it would be an easier sell here. Americans have no compunction about hitting an old lady with a car, but hitting a dog, fuck me. Absolutely. But I get it. You know, there was that thing on, what was that, um, doco about the cats.

Don't fuck with cats. Oh yeah, yeah. Did you see that? Yeah. That was heinous. The worst thing ever. Very, very funny. As soon as, as soon as they started fucking with puppies.

Yeah. Like that's it. That's when you saw a woman at her desk, she started crying. Like the whole documentary broke. Yeah. Yeah for something, like for a show called Don't Fuck with Cats, like it should have been called and don't even begin to think about fucking with dogs. Like, so we, we are aware that, and also didn't end up on a, it's a website, there's a website called Does the Dog Die?

Yes, doesthedogdie.com. Yeah. Yes. And that's now, that was something that Ricky Gervais talked about in his later standup, it was called Does the Dog Die? And everything you can look up anything you can be like, is there a wet cake in this movie, like anything that could trigger any kind of trigger? Is there a dragon in this messy room?

So any show that you've done will be on does the dog die dot com. And it's like for all the people that are super sensitive about everything, like are there feet in this? Is there a mother yelling at this? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Videobabyproofing.com. Yeah. Totally.

And it's like, watch out in, you know, in scene seven, someone is wearing a very loud sweater. And I was like, thank God. What about if a titty triggers me? Would it be on the side for that too? Yeah, there's many, there's other websites for that. Yeah, the different ones. Yeah, heaps.

I'm on, I'm all over the world, I guess. Oh really? I don't know. I'm sure, I'm sure. Once you whip it out, you're fucked. Once you whip it out, you can never whip it back in. I mean, I think it is like a hurdle that's built into it, but there's so much more to the show.

Yeah. And, you know, and I mean, you know, you all guys have also kind of, you've done that thing where you take people who are like, both of these people are messes in their own way, and you make them winning lovable characters, you know? And it's a credit to both of you. And I do very little smoke blowing on this podcast.

I don't like listening to podcasts where it's like, they're striking each other. Yeah, it's like a giant movie star. You're fantastic. Like I think they get it. Yeah, sure, sure. And I, you know, and if that's what they need, well, they're in the wrong place.

Absolutely. You're not going to find it in Larchmont. Yeah, I should call this podcast The Dressing Down. Oh, that's good. That's really, yeah, yeah. We'd love a Dressing Down if you've got it in ya. Yeah. I know it's a Monday.

Oh, it is a Monday. It's exhausting. It is a Monday, yeah. Yeah. Well, yeah, I lost my place. That's okay. I'm distracted too because you took your wedding ring off. Yeah, I saw that.

Patrick took his wedding ring off and put it on the table. I'm not sure about this whole marriage thing anymore. No, it clanked. It clanked on the table and so I took it off. Oh, oh, I see. But you should all- Oh, he's being a good audio boy.

I'm trying to, but you should all know, you're very welcome. You should all know, are you wearing your rings today? I actually am. Why do you not wear them sometimes? I always take them off, it's embarrassing. I find them next to the sink, I find them in the dog bowl,

she's constantly trying to send me messages. Yeah, yeah. No, I take them off a lot. Yeah. Because I was a little heavier when you produced me. When you proposed, they fit, and I lost a couple of kegs. Do we need to size the rings down? I think maybe.

All right. Or size you up. Size me up. Yeah. Let's go get a bagel. One or two pounds. Yeah, come on. Yeah.

But yeah, they slip around a little. Have you really lost some finger weight? That is serious. It happens. It does happen. It does happen. Thank you. I also take them off if I'm doing like yoga or something because I want it just to be me.

Like I want to be not connected to anyone. Sure. That is more of an emotional removal. That's pretty full on because when you go to yoga, it's with the strict understanding that my wife is doing yoga. Yes, but I put them next to the mat so people can see that I am betrothed.

Okay, good. Yes. Good. Thank you. I don't want any- Some guy starts downward dogging towards you. Yeah. Backing that shit up.

Oh no. She's spoken for. We're doing some cat cows. Cat cow. I remember what I was gonna say is that- Yes, Andy. You guys had your daughter, brought her into your life very shortly after you were married.

Yeah. Like how long? Well, we got married in a March and she was born in a September. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. And was that, I mean, it seems like, again, you guys are constantly setting yourself up for like stress bombs.

Yeah, stress bombs. We were only actually engaged for four and a half days. Yeah. Really? Yeah. That's true. Wow. Because we adopted our daughter and I was doing all this paperwork in the pandemic. We were pregnant with paperwork and we weren't married. And I said, Patty, if we're married, this is so much easier.

You know, we can just, it's one court date. Yeah. Otherwise you've got to do a, only one parent can adopt and you've got a separate thing. Right, right. And then like where, he, And then you'd have to adopt her after. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

And he was like, I don't want to get married for reasons like that. I said, you know what, fair enough. We'll work it out to be single people that adopt. And then when we were, we said, you know what, fair enough. We'll work it out to be single people that adopt. And then when we were waiting for a baby before our daughter, you didn't end up coming to us.

But we're waiting in Tampa for this baby and Patty proposed and then we made it fun and got married and then we didn't need to technically be married till much later when. So you were planning on having a child before you got married. Yes, yes, yes. Oh, yeah we were.

It was more of a formality. Yeah, adoption takes time. Like there's a lot of waiting. And then when I proposed, it was like, look, we can do this now, and then we can save on the paperwork or fuck all that shit, and we'll just do this later when we wanna do it.

And Harrah was like, what else are we doing here in Tampa, Florida? Let's do it. So we got married four days later on the stripper beach. And then talking about adding- On this strip of beach. It sounded four days later on the stripper beach. And then talking about adding- On this strip of beach. It sounded like you said on a stripper beach. On a stripper beach.

On stripper beach. Yeah, it's a famous beach. Yeah, near Daytona. Where all the strippers go. Yeah, spring break, it's fantastic. Speaking of adding to our stress, because we did that, we essentially eloped. We're like, oh, we'll do a proper wedding

for our friends and family and city and stuff. And so we did it, like between the Christmas and the New Year gap, just gone in December, we're halfway through shooting season. Two, we were literally four episodes down, four to go. And like your wife, I, we produced the whole wedding. There was no wedding planner. We don't have an assistant. We don't have any help.

And we put on a wedding for like 130 people. Jesus Christ. And it was, yeah, literally also there was, there's a wedding in season two. It's not ours, but it was funny getting all these emails about locations and catering and stuff and it's like, was this the real wedding or like, anyway, uh, yeah, we, we'd put a lot of pressure on ourselves getting married in that, in our only like breath in the whole shoot. Yeah.

We put on a huge wedding where everyone came to town and said, then we have to host everyone and la la. That was hectic. Is that the kind of, I mean, have you both lived your life kind of like that? Like where you sort of thrive under pressure that's self-imposed? I think together we make stupid decisions. I think together we think we can do everything and we simply can't. No. Do you know what's very funny?

Our daughter is like all toddlers, a sensitive creature and picks up on stress and pressure. And, um, she was supposed to be a flower girl and she was supposed to kind of walk down the thing of the restaurant and everyone was owing and ahhing and she panicked a bit. And so Patty had to carry her. And so he was up on the stage holding Joni and she looked adorable. They both did. And I walked up, my dad walked me down. My brother and sister were singing a beautiful song. Yeah. It was a beautiful moment.

And I walked up onto the stage and like, I looked a bit different. I'd had hair and makeup and a beautiful white dress and everyone was looking and I looked at my daughter and as I stepped towards her in my head, I was like, she's gonna hit me. And she did. Like, I literally just walked up to them and I went, hi, papa. And she just went smack.

And the entire room laughed. It was hysterical, but it was so awful. She's got great comic timing. Oh, that is really- And every mom afterwards just put their hand on my arm and said, been there, you're okay. And I was like, I promise she likes me, like I promise, but she really clocked me one.

It was embarrassing. Yeah. She's gone now. My four-year-old who was, I did a stepdaughter adoption. There you go. And- That's what we would have had to do. It's called like a step-parent adoption.

Yes, right. Exactly. Yes, exactly. And, but we used to have a bit, cause I would, you know, I've been in her life for over three years now, you know, she's four and a half. And we used to do a bit where I would, and I would do it for people. I'd say, watch this.

And I'd say, Cornelia, I love you, honey. And she'd go like, I don't love you. Amazing. Like just constantly, like just would never, ever give it to me. That's so good. And now she does. Now she will. What does she call you? Andy? Daddy.

She calls you daddy? Yeah, she called me daddy from before we were married too. Now she does, now she will. What does she call you? Andy? Daddy. She calls you daddy? Yeah, she called me daddy from before we were married too. And it was like, and I was very- The first time she did that, did a little something shatter in your chest? I was, it made me nervous. It made me nervous because I felt like,

well, first of all, I just, you know, I didn't want to be, I have kids and I am a dad and I take it seriously. So when Jen and I started dating, I was not gonna be the guy that like, tries to win over the little girl, you know? Like I just kinda, you know, it's like a, truly I believe like an animal.

You gotta give off a vibe of like, I'm fine with you. Whenever you're ready to deal with me, I'm here. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then, and Jen started to encourage her to call me daddy. And I mean, and we were already committed at that point. It wasn't like the third day, like, here comes daddy. But we were already committed.

And I was kind of like, well, I didn't, you know, I mean, and she's like, no, no, let me, you know, I'm like, all right, if that's what you guys want to do, that's fine. That's beautiful. Yeah, yeah. So yeah, no, she started calling me daddy, but I mean, it's still all about mommy. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, she started calling me daddy, but I mean, it's still all about mommy. I'm sure.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know if it's the same with you. It's like, there is mommy, and there is a good part of the comedy of our family is mommy's great, you're not as great. Yeah, no, just that. That's comedy, classic. Yes, yeah, yeah.

Well-worn. That's gotta be that guy. Yeah, yeah's comedy classic. Yes, well-worn. There's gotta be that guy. I was a talk show sidekick, so I'm used to, get a load of this fucking idiot. I was gonna say. It's the exact same thing. She's doing good there. She's picking it up. Yeah, she is.

Can't you tell my love's a-growing Have you had trouble going back and forth with a little kid from Australia to here? We've done a bunch. We've, I mean, the last few times- Are you here now? We live here. Yeah, yeah. And she's American. She's not even Australian. She's a permanent resident there.

We're still working on her. I know, gross. Gross. The accent's so nice. It really opens doors. Yeah, actually she does have a little Australian accent. She does. She's so Aussie.

I'm like, do we really sound like that? She goes like, calm down. It's really good. Hinnori. No, she's Aussie. But yeah, she doesn't have the passport yet. But we'll get there. But yeah, we've taken her back. So we did season one with her when she was like four and a half months old, that was six months there.

We did season two when she was two and a bit. It's like every season is six months. It's a big time. And so, yeah, we've taken her, and we're taking her for Christmas, for example, at the end of the year, but that's only two weeks. And it's also like, it doesn't make sense. If you're gonna do the flight, you wanna stay a while. Like two weeks is almost, it doesn't make sense. You want to, if you're going to do the flight, you want to stay a while.

Like two weeks is almost, we'll just recover and then we have to. Pretty much. Well, Australians are famous for going, you know, like going not just like on a backpacking trip to Europe, but like just getting out of Australia when they get to be 20, whatever. How do you do that?

For a long time. Well, you have to. It's so far away from everything else. If you want to see the world, you have to. So Australians are pretty good at traveling. And so it's a long flight from here, but not really. It's like a couple of movies in a whiskey and you're good. Ish, yeah.

Ish, but not with a toddler, obviously not with a toddler. Right, right, right. Three whiskies. And it also depends on where on the plane you're sitting. Exactly. And I didn't want to be that guy, but the last time we flew was for Colin. And so the three of us got flown in business. And so she was like, love and life.

We gave her an iPad. It was really... But you know, people are looking at us going, who the fuck is bringing their two year old into business class? Wankers. And we apologize. Somebody who's not paying for it. Yes, exactly. Whereas we are paying for Christmas and we list like as a joke, we're like, one of those shank loves us. And it was like 60K, the three of us. And we're like, well, let's check, let's mess. And it was like 60 K. Oh, it's absurd.

And we're like, well, we're absolutely not doing that. We're coaching it way hard. Yeah. And now I'm like, I mean, that thing of do we do a three or a four and hope that the middle one's empty and yada yada. Like I, it's taking up my waking hours. A lot of time. Um, but I don't know how she'll go.

She's fine. Yeah. She's a good, she's a good person. She's fun to hang out with. I like her. So that helps. Yeah, it sure does. Yeah. And it does, I mean, some people are baby people, but I always like it. With all three of my kids, it's just better when they start to be people. I think for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The first, I'd say the first year or so was like, oh Christ. Toilet. Kind of. It was like, this is my number one job that I've been paid for, but it's definitely my number one priority, but I'm not getting a lot. Yeah. Yeah. Other than job well done.

We weren't very goo goo goo ga ga ga. We were not goo goo ga ga ga. Nah nah. Yeah. We were. We were good at taking her places though. We took her a lot of places. Sometimes I see people with a newborn and I'm like, go have a wine. Yes. Take that child strapped to your body everywhere. Well, we took her. And also get a babysitter for that child. Totally, totally.

We took her to Vegas when she was five weeks old. We did. We took her to Vegas. And we lost her on the slots. Oh, on the slot? Yeah. See, now, if you had said, you know, baccarat, then maybe that would be okay.

He just placed her on the table at Roulette and she covered like odd Zen events. It was really impressive. It was amazing. And they said- She covered the spread. They said, you need to go now. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, you just want four more babies. There you go. How do you like living here? It's okay. It's okay. We're feeling a bit far from the families. We're feeling a bit like the parents need It's okay. It's okay. I mean, we're feeling a bit far from the families. We're feeling a bit like the parents need us and we want to be there. It's a funny old town, the sort of place you've got to figure out yourself.

It's not like going to New York and it goes, here's the city goes, fucking this is the city. Whereas LA it's like, get yourself a car and figure it out yourself. Yes. Don't die on the 101. Try not to. And so we have, and we really like our lifestyle here. But we came here for work, you know, and then we've got a large

part of our workers in Australia. Harry's got a gig coming up in Canada. I've got a thing coming up in Australia. It's like nothing shoots in LA. Yeah, that's what's getting a bit hairy is that we're like, um, why do we live here if not for just meetings and hanging out with yourself, Andy? Right, right.

Well, I'm, my schedule is clear for lots of podcasting. Oh, come on. So that will tell you either the state of my career or the state of show business, you know? I think it's a, yeah. You know, I get LA Times updates about like, why are people leaving LA and living up show business? Oh, God.

I'm like, oh, that feels good. Yeah, it feels right. It's everyone. It's like the dry cleaners, the restaurants in Studio City. Like everyone's suffering. And, and, um, I dunno, I, we're not sure. We will, we'll probably end up living back in Australia or I don't know. I think we'll hold onto this place here and just bingo bango back and forth. We have so many houses.

Oh my God. We are drunk with houses. I can't even remember where they are. Good thing someone else drives. Yeah. But we really like it. It's a good life here. Yeah, we love our life here.

Yeah. I mean birds of a feather flock together. It's a bit embarrassing. We've got a lot of Australian friends. Yeah, it's true. But we know actual Americans. We're real ones. We're friendly with actual Americans as well.

Like you guys, I mean, you guys are our best friends. Oh really? Best friends. I love it. Yeah, I love it. What do you think about it? Yeah, that's great. That's great.

I actually, I don't get out much, so I'm not gonna be a very giving friend. That's fine. But yeah. Remind me what you were doing in Brisbane. Yeah. Because you were there for work. I was doing a show called Stars on Mars.

Oh Jesus. It was a Fox summer reality show. Okay, can I guess what it was? Yeah. It was like a replica Mars thing and you all had to live in that. Yes. Really?

Yes. Stars. How did you go? Did you win? Is it out yet? No, I did not win. I did not win. And no, I didn't. And it's the kind of thing where.

Stars on Mars. I don't think of myself as a. Did you have to live in this place? Oh, yeah. I had to sleep in fucking like I had to sleep in a bunk bed, you know, and with Lance Armstrong and Paul Pierce, the NBA player Paul Pierce. Wow. Wow, yeah.

Okay. Yeah, right. Adam Rippon was, he was my bunk mate below. And he was great. He was a lifesaver because he's funny and smart. Did you have to weigh in plants and drink it? And it was, did you have to do all that? Dehydrated meals? They did some of that stuff.

And of course it's all fucking fake, you know? Yeah. And they do things like, today you're going out on a mission, and one day it was like me and Lance Armstrong going out to clean up space trash. Stop it. And you put on fucking spacesuits,

and they plant space trash. Jesus. And then they, you know, and we have, they plant space trash. And then they, you know, and we go, it's 20 minutes. Like we're not, you know, cause there's part of me, it's like, I don't want to pick up trash in this, in this suit. You have to, that's episode five. What did it look like? Were you out and about? Were you in the Gold Coast?

We were in a Coober Pee Dee. Oh, jeez. Way into the Outback. Yeah. That's South Australia. Oh yeah. Yeah. Cause I the outback. Yeah, yeah. That's South Australia. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

What the fuck were you doing in Brisbane? Fluent. Flew into Brisbane, went to Adelaide and then flew from Adelaide to Coober Pedy. Coober Pedy, I've never been there, but they've got some weird, like, subterranean people. It's a lot like Mars. The motel we stayed in was dug out of the side of a rock mountain. Yeah. The walls of it were just, you know, the big grind marks of the industrial digger.

That was the walls of this entire hotel. Well, people would be like, what are you doing here? Andy, isn't it? No, they, I think the entire town. You think you're pretty special, Andy. The entire town knew that we were there and they had turned. The water pink.

There was like a settlement for Aboriginal people and they have a community center and they turned the community center into the Hab, the habitat. Holy shit. I'm sure they love that. Yeah, and so when you got out of the Hab, you could see where the like basketball court lines were. Yeah.

So it's like, then no one's getting to play basketball while we're doing this. And I'm like, they shot ours. And then I think they took a couple of weeks off. And then I think they shot a UK version. Oh boy. UK celebrities. Oh, you know what?

The Hab, that was a podcast, right? Oh, the Hab, that's right. You listened to it. We did. Bing, bing. The Hab. They're touching fingers. The Hab, yes, that's a podcast. And it was about people who are training

to go to the moon. That's right. No, no, Mars. Well, Mars. Yeah, well Mars, if you were going to send people to Mars, you would send NFL players, NBA players, Lance Armstrong. An anti-rector.

Yeah, so com actors, stand-up comedians, Real Housewives, contestants on dating games. You know, that's what you would do. You would. Yeah. Okay. Did Lance, did he get into it? Did you talk, like surely that's what everyone wants

to talk about Lance and the whole thing. Did you talk about it? Did you talk about it? Other people, you're talking about the doping scandal? Yes, we're talking about the doping scandal. I think Andy's stressed, he looks stressed. No, no, not at all. You saw him in MDI?

Because the main headline from Lance Armstrong on that thing was that he and Ariel Winter, who is an actress, she was on Modern Family, they got into a fight. Was she on the show? Yeah, she was one of the stars on Mars. On Mars. And they got into a fight.

Fist fight. No, a- Topless dance. Lovers' Trist. A trans athlete sort of conversation. Oh, sugar. Because he said just some dumb stuff and I came in right at the-

Did you do a good button? Well, I came right at it as that had happened because I was with a group of people that came in halfway through. We were like new blood. And that had just happened. So it was the whole place was a buzz about it and stuff. And I'm very happy.

I didn't watch all the episodes I was in cause it did make me feel dirty. And, uh, but the one that I did see is it was like, I'm glad that they left in me going like, yeah, I mean, there's this, all this controversy in what Lance said and what Ariel said. And really, I mean, ultimately, who gives a shit? And they did leave it in.

They left it in. Yeah, yeah, that's good. Then I was happy about that. Okay, good, all right. But yeah, I was, I'm, I don't think of myself as a competitive person and I was kind of, and I was sleeping in a fucking bunk bed in the outback of Australia.

And it was kind of slightly, and also too, when it got even like a little bit warm, there were flies that would land in your eyeball. You know, like just the flies that are just, and like locals would tell us, yeah, you know, I'm taught up at, you know, wherever. Yeah. And one time, one of the kids, he had one rot in his eye

and he just poked it and smashed it in his own tear duct and killed it and threw it out. Like that's how, how just used to- Revolting. How bugs just flying all over you. Yeah. Did you say that was South Australia? Yeah.

It was South Australia. Yeah, I had an ex-boyfriend, sorry, Patrick. I had an ex-boyfriend who shot a movie in South Australia and he said that the flies were just like, they almost wrecked his entire performance. He didn't know how they were gonna edit it because he was just constantly swatting flies off his face. On days when, like I say, when it got,

cause it was winter, but when it got like a little bit warm, just all of a sudden it's like, oh my God, there's- Fly city. Yeah, like carnivorous flies. Sorted out South Australia. Delicious. What's going on? Yeah.

And the other thing too that was difficult was that, well, first of all, I was the oldest person there, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like,

it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it had my space suit on and I wore it like, no, it was white and sort of space suit-y looking. So it was flattering. Yeah, but like really silly. Yellow in places. Doesn't matter.

Well, in life there were different tasks that we have because we have to have our space gloves on and then you just see people taking off their gloves. Nice. Which you know, on Mars would make your hands pop like a balloon. But you know. At any time in your spaceuit, did it look like you shit a dick? And if so, I want that screen grab. No, they didn't. But there was Marshawn Lynch was there, the NFL player who's fantastic, really funny guy, but he was so averse to doing anything that he was told that he wouldn't sit still for promo shoots, like they got promo shoots.

So they had to Photoshop him into a space suit while wearing a straw cowboy hat. Like the promo shot is him with a straw cowboy hat inside a space suit. Oh man. That's the kind of, I aspire to that level of boundaries. Like that's a big boundary. Oh yeah, yeah.

Just when people go Noah's a full and complete sentence, I'm like, God, that'd be nice. Well, it was funny to me too, because he was like so over it, but yet didn't leave. Like still it was important to stick around and do it. It's getting something now. We sometimes talk about what reality show we would do.

Yeah. And have you watched The Traders? Yes. Okay. I, we've only watched the UK one, um, so far, but it's the first time I've watched a show and gone would, would. I'd do it. Yeah. Yeah.

But I don't think I could be a traitor. You'd be, you'd be, you'd be voted off or murdered in the first three days. If what? As a faithful. Whatever. Yeah. As a faithful. Yeah, you would be. Absolutely. Why? Why would you say that? Because everyone thinks you're lying all the time. You do.

I do look sus. Yeah, constantly. Interesting. People think you're lying. So I may as well be a traitor. You might as well, because especially when you're telling the truth, you can't help but smile when you're trying to convince someone of something. Yeah.

You have liar face. I do. I do. I've had it my whole life. It's very pretty, but it's definitely. No, it's a thing. Yeah. But you wouldn't mind a bit of survivor, isn't that right? I don't wanna go on survivor.

Oh. I'm 48. Oh yeah. Jesus. Well guys, I'm sorry, but I have to, I have to cut this off. We've got something else to do. We've got heaps on, we've got heaps on.

So everyone see Colin from Accounts. Yeah. Param go heaps on. We go heaps on. So everyone see Collin from Accounts. Yeah. Apartment Plus. Season two, it's coming out. It's all already out by the time this is out. Great, it's already out. It's already out. So check it out.

It really is. It is a wonderful show and I'm not a big comedy fan. No. If there's not murder in something, I'm not that interested in it. I think people know that about you. You're not really associated with comedy. No, no. But I remember your message. It was like you were surprised to interested in it. I think people know that about you. You're not really associated with comedy. No, no.

But I remember your message. It was like you were surprised to be sending it. You're like, Harry, this is really good. This is a really good message. I don't think it was. No, I was like, that. That's a compliment. That's a good thing.

It was a compliment. Like it sounded like you were like honestly jazzed. You're like, I found this thing on the plane. I'm so excited. Right. And I was like, well, thank you, Andy. That's so nice. Well, and that was because it is true.

It is like. Yeah, appreciate it. Because there is, well, thank you, Andy, that's so nice. Well, and that was because it is true. It is like I- Yeah, appreciate it. Because there is, well, you know, in order for good things to be good, they are few. You know what I mean? Like most, if you tell me, like, I'm on a new comedy, my picture in my head is like, mm, okay. You shitting a dick. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's probably shitting its dick, this show. Um, so yeah, it's probably shitting its dick, this show. So yeah, it's just, it's really beautiful and funny and warm and I really love it. So everyone should watch. Are you looking for a season three? Yeah, we're gonna start plotting that ASAP. The way we finished season two, it's not quite resolved. So we sort of forced the hands of our overlords.

So yeah, they're going to have to. If they don't do a season three, people are going to be mad. People are going to be mad. Oh, right. Cause it's a cliffhanger. Pretty much. Sort of. Sort of.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Whereas we ended season one like, I don't know, will people like this? It could be a limited series. And then season two were like, we've got a thing here. Yeah. And do you, is it an open-ended run in your mind, as long as you can do it, or do you

see these, you know, at some point? It's a three or four and done, I reckon. I think we'll have to choose between the show and our marriage, which is not a done deal. Not a done deal. We're going to talk about it. Well, yeah. Yeah. Exactly.

Yeah. There's a couple more, maybe one or two. You should have the network decide whether you're gonna renew the marriage from here to here. Yeah, that's true. That's a great idea. That's nice. Yeah, fingers crossed. Yeah, gotta get on a Zoom.

Yeah, make it babe. What happened to you and Harry? We were canceled. In year three. Well, Harry and Patrick, thank you so much for coming on the three questions. Thanks. I didn't really stick to the format.

No, what the fuck? No, it is, yeah. Well, you have to come back individually now. Yeah, that'd be great. That's why I can ask him, Thank you so much for coming on the three questions. I didn't really stick to the format. What the fuck? Well, you have to come back individually now. Yeah, that'd be great. So I can ask them, because you ruined it by coming in together. Yeah, just a lot of statements. Yeah, sorry. Also, because you were completely guarded.

Yeah. You were afraid of offending each other. I don't want to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like you guys work together, but it's still obviously... It's a bad vibe. You don't really know each other. We don't live together anymore. Really?

We come to do these sorts of things. This will be the last I see of it for a week and a half. So which one of you is gay? It's me. Oh, cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's me. I was hoping. Yeah, yeah, massively.

Well, good luck with that. Thank you so much. It's very big now. Yeah, it's huge. I'm looking to get into it myself. You're looking at me and the wedding ring's on the Yeah. It's huge. I'm looking to get into it myself. Looking at me and the wedding rings on the table. Let's go. All right, we're checking out.

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