SUPERFLY #41 - Jim Gaffigan JOINS!
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And your hand could shake. You don't know. You're just like, yeah, it's almost too much. And especially if you've never, I mean, she's giving speeches, but it's a different animal. I think my- I mean, let's be honest, you guys. What's more difficult, being on SNL or being president? You know what I mean? It's SNL. It's just different. Absolutely.

Okay, I want to start because you can tell me what I do and I'll tell you what you do. Okay. I see you do this sometimes, like when you're thinking, or sometimes- God, I touch my face all the time. Sometimes like this, the pinky- Really? The pinky in the ear? I think, unless I made it- Oh, that's nuts. Unless I made it up.

No, but you observe people. I kind of observe voices and stuff on people, which I didn't do before SNL because you sort of had to. You start to pay attention. Yeah. But something you do is this. I'll lean back.

Yeah. And that is a little bit just kind of stretching my back because I'm kind of in a high chair. But yeah, it's probably- It's also psychotic. A stress release, like, oh, let's not try too hard. Why don't we listen to the guests? Why do we have to overlap? I do. I go like this after I interrupt everyone. I go-

I got to reload to get my energy to interrupt again. I listen to other podcasts sometimes and boy, do they, you know, we are not the Kings of talking over our guests. I'll just put it that way. Interrupt us. Yeah. Momentariness. Yeah.

Well, my head is sorry. Listen, so my hair is all super helmet because why? You might be doing this today too, Dana. As you know, Dana's in New York. They're doing an SNL photo today. And it's in LA. It's, I've heard a little birdie. I think it's because there's too many

They're doing sections in New York and LA. And then they're going to try to make a cover where they jam us all on that. Yeah. It's not Vanity Fair, so I'm not going to give them my total blue steel looks, but it is a magazine. Yeah, I mean, you're... It's a penny saver. You're... Depending on where you are in the frame, your head would maybe be the size of a dime, but probably smaller than a dime, a half a dime.

So I'm not going to, you know, and you're supposed to dress like how you are, right? Would you explain what we're talking about? We're supposed to do a photo for the 50th anniversary with people that were involved in the show, but there's so many people. I don't know if it'll be a full cattle call like at Dodger Stadium or it's going to be- Isn't it for New Yorker Magazine? Sorry. New Yorker Magazine? Or New York Magazine. I don't know. Oh, that's it. New York Magazine. Sorry. And-

Who is the one we famously had the fight with back in the old days we wanted to beat the guy up? Was that New York Observer or was it New York Magazine? Probably. Do you remember that? Yeah, Atlantic or I don't know what they were. They came and stayed with us for a week and we buddied up with the guy and then he wrote a horrible article about it. Oh, that's right. Yeah. And just shit all over us. And it was Adam and Farley and everyone was like, let's go down there. Let's beat the fuck out of this guy. It was total chaos.

Disaster. Lauren, no. If so, I'm looking the other way. I have a new impression you just made me think of. Lauren Michaels as a bullfrog in a pond. No.

By the way, and guess what? Can I ask you a question? Too many. Go ahead. We actually, in our pond up on our farm, once had a male bullfrog sitting there in the middle of the night on the rocks.

And just cattle call, no, a frog call to all the female frogs. It was just super loud for like two hours. Just trying to get some puss in the middle of the night. But look, but the New York Magazine thing. Yeah. Open for biz. Open for biz. LA. LA.

Yeah. Everyone listening is like, you know, that's funny. That doesn't happen on my pond. We trapped a raccoon the other day in a cage. He's got a coon. And that whoops. And then, of course, you go to Harrison's Hardware. You get big, intense gloves and you're kind of wrestling with a squirrely raccoon while you were cruising down, going to Koi to get some sushi.

And you don't got to wrestle it. I like it when it's already keeled. Yeah. You're cruising high in your Land Cruiser, looking around, pulling up to the valet, walking in like some kind of stud superstar and ordering calamari. Look at me go. I go, give me that octopi. And half the time when you get the sushi, you go, I don't like the octopi. You always see a little.

And you go, you know, a good doctor could bring this back to life. Yeah, that's that notion. That's the gross part. It brings you to the table and still alive. And then somewhere it, yeah. I don't like it. I don't like it. Medium. I don't like it rare. I don't want a hamburger. I don't know if I like this look today, but go ahead. Well, I'll come around to this. New York Magazine asked me in the email, would you like a groomer?

We have hair people. And also, would you like a personal groomer that we can fly in? What? Yeah. Groomer. Now, a groomer. Spoiled. You have makeup. You have hair. This is sorry. Insight. If you're going to talk show. But a groomer is like an overarching person that tells you how to groom yourself up. I said, I don't, you know. Heather, what about that? Is that a groomer? Or is it a, do you have a stylist, Dana? Yeah.

It's the overarching name of it. My whole goal is bedhead next day hair. So I don't really need people quaffing my hair. You know, when you go on a movie and by the time you get in front of the camera, it doesn't look anything like you. You go, mine is bedhead hair. I don't care. That's my, that's really my look most days. Today they just went, mew, shellac.

I think it looks very tidy, very early Steve McQueen. You know, you look a little biker. I'm probably... I'm older than Steve McQueen. When did he idyllically say croak? 48 or 50, he went to the stars. God dang, really? Yeah. I had a weird SNL thing. The sketch got cut and I feel bad about it. We had...

The show was loaded. Kamala was the, I say it wrong, Kamala was in the 28-minute cold opening. Yes, and it was... So were you. What I wanted to say, because this election happened, and a lot of people...

are upset, which is normal. And it was pretty much decided by 2 a.m., I guess, because I went to bed and I was like asleep. Your time, yeah. 12 or something my time in New York. And then I woke up and I was like, I checked and it says Trump wins.

And here's my takeaway from the coverage last night. Did you watch any of it? Maybe you didn't. I did watch some. Yeah. They have these guys and I know they've done this for several cycles now.

But it seems more sophisticated. The guy's up with the map and he's like a wizard moving things around. And here you see in Calico County, Joe Biden carried 28,000. And come on here. The metric, it was like just this massive intensity. There's so much going on. Yeah. More than ever. Like little circles. Little circles. Little counties. These counties. This is how they voted. This is how they will vote. This is what we think they'll vote.

Very complex. We're going to talk, you know, when we have Gaffigan on in a little bit, he was taped

Right before the election, just so we are clear. We are talking right after. And election night. He was taped before election night. Yeah. That day. So if we don't mention that. He didn't see the magic man. And see these blue circles? That means a lot of young college voters could be coming in late over here. But these little red dots, these are rural voters. These are really, really stupid people. And they live way out on the

Yeah, it's so true. They kept it pretty neutral. I think both of them seem very scientific. CNN. These hayseeds out here. Yeah, I'd flip back and forth because I sort of want to get a real gauge. Some talk one way, some... It's funny because sometimes they don't count anything officially as far as a state for a while. I kind of like if they wait because...

There's too many that can flip. It's too close. You know, they'll say like 10 things in a row that looks like the state's going to be won by Kamala or Trump ago. But what I said means nothing. Anything could change. Don't listen to me. Let's just give it away. But these counties are not going. And then they put Biden versus Trump 2020. And here you see the metrics here. He's up one and a half percent over this time last. I mean, yeah, it was amazing. I was exhausted.

It's really hard on you, Sid. I do look forward to the, it's hard on you, the political ads going away. Did you choke up? Political, no, I turned into RFK. The political ads going away. It's like someone who's really sad for a second. So I'm just really upset about the political ads going away. I almost started crying.

No, I choked on something. But yeah, the political ads and the local ones. Oh, yeah. Prop 47. Bill Squankmire killed someone. Oh, you act like you didn't know that. You know, we vote for him if you want to die. Proposition 119 to help the children. Don't you want to help the children?

Mary Wang doesn't want you to know she beats her babies. She has 11 babies and beats the shit out of them. You didn't hear it from us.

Mary Wang really doesn't know a lot about this ad. Bill Campbell likes to climb mountains and throw rocks on nursery school kids. Do you want to stop Bill Campbell? Prop 111. Because stop throwing dirt on our children. A kid going like this. No! He built a roller coaster that exploded at the state fair. Then he laughed. Let me show him.

is that who you want oh you want that guy oh okay he strangled a crosswalk guard and then walked away isn't it time we put them behind bars proposition 1348 because it's time remember when jim jenkins put a nun in a sleeper hold we do here's a clip

Vote for him if you want. I don't know about you. I don't want to go into a guillotine hold. Do you remember when Kathy Woodfine slapped her pet duck in the face? On purpose? This ad is against duck slapping. Paid for the committee to duck slapping.

This ad was paid for by the duck. Tired of seeing rabbits bullied. This ad is paid for by the rabbits. Now they can just do it super fast. Okay, go ahead. I have to show you a picture just because we're on the subject, which we're not. This is a mystery picture I just got.

Because, you know, Lojo, Laurie Jo, who's been working with Norm forever, she's going through his stuff. She just sent me a picture. It's kind of a tearjerker, just funny, because I have no idea what this is from. Here's a funny picture. I go, Laurie Jo, I don't remember this, but Norm really fell apart at the end. Is that Norm? No, I said, this is a... Rubbing face. This is...

I don't know what. I'm by Trellis? Is that what it's called, Heather? All I'm saying, when I look at this, because of the stories I've heard, when a chimp goes full chimp, you are in danger in that picture, sir. If that chimp decides to turn and eat your face in one second, there's not a thing you could do or who's ever off camera. So...

You got to be careful. He says, I have the strength of a much bigger chimp than I am. By the way, he has pants on, so he's sort of domesticated, but I'm holding this and she said, there's another picture of Norm holding another chimp. I'm like, where are we? Maybe this is when we went to the zoo and taught

animals how to do stand-up and sketches. I've been around chimps, but I don't remember holding one like that for a photo. I'm holding it wrong, but I don't even know how I'm... Where's my arm? I don't know what's going on. Do you have friends who... Look at how terrified I am. ...who dress up indigenous chimpanzees into clown clothes and then hold them for photos? Pay for the people who want to keep chips dignity. I don't know about you, but if I'm a chimp, I don't want to look like a jackass.

Paid for by chimps that don't look like jackasses. Yeah. Okay. That was a good one. You made a chimp look like a jackass. I don't know what the third is there. There's got to be a third. Yeah, I don't know. Jackass. Also, there's a big hubbub if we're going into stories about... It's sort of political. There's a lot of stories. The squirrel. This is a tough story for Heather here. This is a tough story for anyone to hear. The squirrel was euthanized because...

Oh yeah, New York's decision to seize is rough too. That reminds me, I gotta get a power crunch. So the New York decided to get one specific squirrel? Why? Do you know this story? I've only heard about peanut the squirrel, but I didn't know they're euthanizing him in New York when there's 10 million squirrels. Why this squirrel? By the way, you kill an animal, that's the front page. People will flip out. So understandably, there was a squirrel. They called in that it bit someone, Heather, or might've bitten someone.

Oh, turn rabid or something? So they say, oh, in fear of rabies. And then they got there. First question they asked, do you have any cameras in the house? Why? I'm getting to the juicy part. They also found a raccoon, took that, euthanized that. They said in case people have rabies and it's like crazy. So now, I think I got that right. But now the guy says, they asked if we have cameras because the neighbor was mad they do OnlyFans.

So they were looking for a reason to bother them and they didn't like that. I don't know. I'm sort of making this up. But they think that was the reason they wanted... They didn't like them because they're doing OnlyFans, like a couple or something. Like I have not one fact, not nothing, nothing. It's a fascinating... But I will say, I know it really petered off at the end, but...

And then I thought, is the guy getting attention for the OnlyFans? Even though the squirrel is a national story. Intention. Everyone is- You need attention to trend on OnlyFans or everything.

We just don't do crazy stuff. We would never hurt an animal to get ratings on our podcast, Newsflash. Secondarily, who decided to call killing an animal euthanizing an animal? Bill euthanize? Bill euthanize invented the word euthanize. So people are murdered. I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty good. He wasn't killed. He was euthanized.

Paid for people to want to stop building. Did the squirrel really bite anyone? People that want to just go back to the word killed. Okay. Let's go to the stories then because should we, or what do you want to talk about? Danny, you know, everyone, I think at some point has problems with credit. I have, I,

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Hey, David, why do you want to learn a new language and where would you use it or how would it come in handy? Well, if I tour the road, I would go to mostly English places, but sometimes I want to go to these other countries and I do feel a little insecure about going without knowing a language.

And it's never too late, but it's also never too early. I mean, I should have done more when I was younger. This is Rosetta Stone we're talking about, and you should try to get in on this quickly because you probably learn quicker when you're younger. Oh, definitely. Right?

You learn about cultural appreciation. You appreciate cultures when you start to learn the language and go to the culture. And also it's good for your brain, David. It does wake up your brain. Like I, I do like to study stuff about comedy and when I'm on the road and trying to memorize stuff, but yeah,

Definitely don't use the brain like that anymore. And I think it wakes it up and it's very good for you. You know, like you travel more. If I even go to Mexico, which is very close, I don't know if you know where it is, Dana. It's straight down from here. Straight down. I thought that was Hungary on our border. You thought it was Canada or Chechnya. Yeah, Canada is up and then Chechnya is down. Anyway, I'll look it up.

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Picture this idea. It's for the 40 plus crowd. So I have scraggly brown hair about down to here and I have like a striped shirt on and a Coke spoon around my neck and I go as Peppermint Chatty. Hey man, what's going on? How's your Halloween going? I'm gonna start working out. You know who Peppermint Patty is, right? Yeah. Peppermint Patty. And okay, I see it now. Can we have a picture of this?

No, I'm just saying I want to go next year as Peppermint Chatty. Oh, I see. Yeah. Oh, there it is. What? Now... He looks young.

Yeah, no, this is Trump during his speech to claim victory in the presidential thing. I mean, he had he just was really rested. He finally took a took a really wrong nap. I took a long nap and I couldn't believe it. And here I am. But I guess that's actually Trump. Someone sent this to me. I guess it's Trump as a little kid. Or is it a kid who looks like Trump or is it photoshopped?

Or is it AI or is it none of the above? Let's go to the phones. You know, mom, what I could use right now. Well, the hair is too perfectly Trump's. I know. It's too, yeah, it's definitely has to be, you're right. It's a comb over and the kid is one. You know, I'm doing terrific and I could use some milk and you know how I like it. I like it the regular way. So let's get busy, mom. You know how I do these things. And you look at it and you see, you know how I do these things. Also, what are the,

oh he said in his speech he goes and i'm not going to rest i'm like i think you need to rest a little because

He's older and he's been campaigning for straight for a month. I saw a little mini doc of when he said, I'm going to run for president 2022. And he was almost, you could hear the crew stifling laughs. Like, oh, come on, man. You're so over. I don't put us through this. It is the most you got. I mean, you just can't. He's like radioactive. You couldn't kill him if you try. It's like unbelievable. Whoopty whoopies. Mm hmm.

All right, you have a picture of, let's go back to Jason Kelsey. Yeah, we can trend on this one. Well, these guys are, of course, our buddies. Jason was on the show. So that's a very serious picture. Is that his new headshot? I don't mind it. So he's wearing that Madonna microphone. So he goes to a game. Of course, I know nothing. He goes to football college game. He's leaving. You know, when you leave, people come up and talk to you. But also to get clout.

some people start trouble, of course, because getting in a situation with a celebrity is way better because you're going to wind up minimum on TMZ. So for good or bad, just want to get attention. So he used a slur referring to his brother. And I would say this from observing and having Jason on the Kelsey brothers. Like if it was right on Jason, I don't think he would have

uh gotten tweaked by it but when you when you attack my brother i don't sure the kelsey's go full kelsey at that point and in this case the guy is compared to a regular human being he's he's exceptionally strong like you would not want him what are you doing so it's an act of kindness to take his phone and smash it as opposed to the young man's head so

Sure. And I think I saw the story and then Jason bought back and it sort of went badly for everybody involved. It's fine. But I get mad like that too. And I think there's not enough attention on the guy that did it, like how uncool that was. They're just more me saying, Jason, are you sure you apologize? Should we accept this? But look at the instigator of everything who's

I don't know. He got his phone broken. Who cares? He said something foul and out of the blue to fuck with him to get a reaction. But you saw him walking until he said my brother. So it's kind of a thing. He ain't heavy. He's my brother. So don't mess with my brothers what I'm getting from them. And also, if you're going to yell something at a Kelsey and you yell at the other brother, you go to Travis and you say something about Kelsey.

his brother, you're going to get similar situation. You're going to get something. But the cell phone was an act of kindness rather than a right cross of the face. Cause you know, when you're 270 pounds, you can, you really hurt people. You know, I have that. And the thing is people are on the street sometimes and they'll yell David Spade and whatever pejorative. And you know, I go, I go nuclear. I I'm scrappy. I go low. Then I go high. I'll take three to get in.

They say Dana and I say yes. And they go, oh, are you Dana? And then it gets confusing. And then I take their phone. I try to lift it and then I throw it. One guy said to me, whatever happened to David Spade? And I slapped his face really hard. Nothing, bitch. And that was our manager, Mark Gervitz. I was kidding. I just want to add one simple question. Why doesn't Spade like money?

Why won't he get in the rocket ship and fly for 12 hours in a snowstorm? Dana likes money. Apparently you don't. Rob Lowe likes money. I think Mark would like this. We have to make, we each have them, little puppets of like a little frog or something. It kind of looks like our manager. Yeah, you apparently don't like money because it is like a puppet show at this point.

You go, Mark, I'm flying around the globe three times. I got a globe in my office. It doesn't look that big. Yeah. Trust me. I like trust me. Trust me. You're going to like it when you get the check.

I go, I thought it was going to be more money. The landscape has changed. That's a good one. It's not good out there right now. Everybody's getting hurt. I go, really? Smartless is getting hurt? Not them. Everybody's taking a haircut. Trust me, they're not making what you think. I go, I think they're doing fine. Everybody's getting a haircut. That's a good one too. Everybody's getting a haircut. Everybody's taking less. Everybody's taking less. All right, next story, even though Mark's the funniest one. Who's the funniest? All right.

Oh, yeah. How long have we done? Okay. Another Kelsey story. Okay. Oh, this is another Kelsey story. This is, they made, I think Heather knew it. Did you know this? They made a Hallmark movie, but based on Taylor and Travis. Oh, okay. Some third party, not them. Okay. Let's look at the pic. I don't think they're part of it. Yeah. I see. Oh, no. They make them look like an idiot right away. Oh,

Why would a great looking football player have a chance? Oh boy.

It's like regular people, huh? Don't screw this up. I promise not to follow him up with you. Of course, there's an imaginary little sister. The more I'm with you, the more I really like you. I just can't believe they got a documentary crew to follow him around like this. It's so spot on. We're trying to keep this a secret. Laith Squamblombler. In a Flumney production. Is this the whole fucking movie? My God. Look at how much she looks like Taylor Swift on stage.

Yeah. I'll tell you what, they would never make this with just comedians like us and a pop star. He's funny. Get his number. Yeah. Um, he tackled her down and married her, but I'm sure in this movie they get married. What do you think? Uh, yes. Cause they want ratings and they want money. They like money. See people on Hallmark like money. Let's ask Heather, uh,

Heather, what do you think of having a boyfriend who's like 6'8", 260,

as your boyfriend and he can pick you up, throw you over his shoulder, swing you around, throw you in a stroller. You know, I mean, is there, is there, are you asking, is it good that he's a football player or that he's huge or that he's rich? Like he just carries her out on stage like a little baby and she's like five, you know, and he says, don't drop the baby, which is kind of sweet. You know, Taylor, go ahead with three, you know, so Heather.

Weigh in on the size of the man. I'm not talking about... Yeah. Can you hear that? Ladies like to feel a little smaller than the guy. Oh, she says, is it consensual? We don't know.

I think it's consensual between Taylor Swift and Travis Scott. What if it wasn't in this Hallmark movie? That's where they kind of go wrong. Yeah, he just turns. It's time for me to score a touchdown. What? Now she's a hostage in his basement. Where's the pop star? He's like, I don't know. She was with you. No, and then the cops are like... He opens the trap door and looks down. You'll get fed tonight.

Yeah, exactly. No football player. If they spun it like that, I'd probably watch most of it. A little Silence of the Lambs in there.

Keep it exciting. I wish them all the best. They have to be, if you take Trump as a metric, as a metric of resiliency, no matter what's thrown at him, he just keeps coming. The world attention on this couple, just think of them as it's Taylor and Travis. They're just dating, you know, they can withstand this and go with it and not go crazy. It's crazy.

The storm. Yeah. Too many cameras. Got to get away. Listen, when people know you're dating and everyone comments, it's already hard. And then add that times a thousand. Well, it's a Hollywood story. It's a handsome football star, you know, world-class Super Bowl winner. Just what women like in a man he is, you know, and then she's supernaturally talented and beautiful. It's like kind of a fairy tale. And we're all pins and needles. Yeah.

I talked to Chapel Roan about it at the show. She's a huge fan of our podcast. Where is she? Why don't she lean in? This is where she's supposed to lean in. I just made that up in case she's listening.

Did you, did you talk to her? Do you go up and go, Hey, do you act like Biden the whole time when you talk to people? Um, well, yeah, I mean, we talked with, well, yeah, I do. Yeah. I mean, they want to hear the Biden, you know, I ran into some nice people had some nice things to say at the party. I don't want to name drop Jon Stewart, but it doesn't matter who was there, but, um, people, you know, Biden's a new character that's about to leave the stage.

But I think he should walk around the White House with a t-shirt that says 81 on it. What's that mean? Because in 2020, he got 81 million votes. And sweet. Kamala got 66 million. So he should just have a t-shirt. It's 81. What's it mean? It should say 81 M and then under it. You like that?

How about just 81 million? Why are we hiding and pretending? Yeah. You got to help people a little bit. Yeah, 81 million. I would have won it. I would have beat him like a drum. I would have won it. People know I would have. It's a cakewalk. Come on, I'm being serious. I would have beat him like a drum. I did it before. You can do that this week on the show. You should be in your room with a cigarette going.

You know what? People can do the one index finger tap with the ashes because he'd think mostly, and it's kind of like that or something. I guess somebody doesn't want to win. But, you know, it's just, it's everything's a human story. I don't know how it feels to lose the presidency. Trump knows how he got a little angry about it. He knows how to win though. He's had that twice, you know, so.

Looks good on the res. Hopefully tomorrow he won't say it. I just changed it. I talked to the Supreme Court and I could do three terms starting now. I'm going to 90. I know how to be 90 and I'm going right there. All right. One more story and then we got to go because we got a good guest. We got it. We have a really good guest today. We got a really good guest. Here we go. Okay. Let's see. Okay. This is just a goofy one.

So this guy is going to try to walk through this hula hoop. Big shoulders trying to get through a hula hoop. Ain't no way, bro. Ain't no way big shoulders can do that. Okay, you can turn the volume down. Okay, here he goes. He's a big guy. He's crossed himself. He puts his sweaty sweat napkin in his hat. And you're doing it blindfolded? All right. He's creeping up on it. Oh.

Okay. That's pretty good, right? It wasn't even hard. It wasn't even close. What's this guy say? He's blown away. He said, nah, bro. He's perplexed as we are. This is the highlights of the world's Instagrams.

That's out there. That's a good harmless one. No, it didn't look like he could fit through. And then he went back and he went through fast and he leaned down a certain way. It's kind of like when you're moving a refrigerator or a couch through a doorframe. Yeah. And for some reason, you know, you have to lift it up and it creates more vertical space or, you know, just something I'm talking about. I saw you do this once when we were going to dinner and someone had a hula hoop and you

had your pile of money you carry and you go, do you think it could fit in there? And everyone's like, no. And then you like squished it and then a lot fell out. I know. I know.

Well, that's when you got me that Dr. Seuss cap for Christmas. And Paula said, what are you going to do with it? I go stuff cash in it and go to a restaurant with David. Scrooge McDuck. It's a big Dr. Seuss thing. And I put lots of 20s in there. It's just money. Yeah. And then. All right. Well, let's get Jim out here because we're. We can always. We have editing capability.

Jim Gaffigan. Coming up next, you're our buddy, but you get to work with him lately. I worked with him for the last five shows on Saturday Night Live. He came in and never been in 8H, never done sketch comedy. We'll talk all about that and how we found his Governor Walsh. And...

You know, his character lost the election, but he didn't lose the election because that guy is a winner as a sketch player and a comedian and a hell of a nice human being. New Hulu comedy coming out on November 22nd. We'll talk about that. Here he is, Jim Gaffigan. Let's talk. I have a different shirt on.

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Speak to delivery people. Yeah, right. Exactly. You can see a high up and down low with the head to toe video. So you kind of really, you know, and tell them where to leave the packages. What can't it do in terms of this? I like that head to toe. That's a good description because I don't want to just see this. I want to see what am I dealing with here? So I had to ring.com to find the latest deals on ring video doorbells, cams,

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You know, because the cold is great. That's a super Pepsi? It's not that super, but yeah. Well, I think if I say it's super, then it's kind of, it's closer to super. Well, in your head it's super. Because it's great. It's a super Pepsi. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Pepsi's been around our whole lives. It's not a regular situation. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I was flying this week and Pepsi on the plane, all Pepsi products.

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I said, thank you, Austrian. So he gives it a pop. Yeah, he gives you a pop with the Pepsi pop. It's better than a regular pop.

Get a fizzy Pepsi in you and a pepperoni piece of pizza. You know, I've done that so many times. Well, yeah, I would say pizza and a Pepsi. They sound alike. They go together. You will lose your mind with pizza and Pepsi every time. Grab a Pepsi zero sugar for your next meal as food deserves Pepsi. David.

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No, he's saying you're better friends than me and him are already. What's going, you know, Dana has been like my support animal. Yeah. I've got a few laps under my belt, but I do say this and I've said it before. It became a catchphrase as Hans and Franz. Whoops. It looks like the student has become the teacher. I used to say that to the junior varsity sometimes. Yeah.

Chris Rock or you or Sandler. The student has become the teacher. Jim is a quick learner, but the first week he texted me, cause you, let's just set the scene. This is Jim Gaffigan. He has 11 specials. He's world famous. He's incredibly successful.

Great stand-up, great writer. So anyway, that's out of the way. Now, he came in green going, hell, I don't know nothing about no sketch comedy. What are you doing here? I ain't never done nothing like that.

What's this microphone? Yeah. Why do they call it a script? Is it live? No, now you do you. Oh, yeah. I didn't know what to do. I met that Lauren Michaels I thought was going to be a woman. Hey, Lauren. All I know is Lauren Greene.

He came up to me and you said, I remember I was like, well, Mr. Dan Agarni, what should we do next? What's going on? This here's a big building. Sure is crazy.

It was so bizarre. Yeah. You've never hosted. Just so the people know, you haven't hosted. So it's all new. It's all new. I'm not good enough. I'm not good enough. Whoops. Keep your phone nearby. This is a long audition, this four weeks. It's a microcosm of the entertainment industry, right? It's just every emotion that a performer might feel

They have felt it around SNL. Like everyone desperately wants to do it. Everyone goes through emotions where they feel like,

they should be there or and then they feel like they're being ignored and then they feel like they're embraced and it's just a blanket every generation alive today knows about SNL it's amazing turn off that was that yeah I was just that was me just saying you're doing great at the end of a question we tell you that's your limit you know what's funny is Greg little Wayne said

he said, "The Super Bowl halftime show was ripped away from me." And I think that made me think of what Jim said is there's everyone in Hollywood at some point thinks SNL was ripped away from, they're like, if they don't get asked, they feel like this is the year I've done enough, they should ask me, right? Kind of like that. - Yeah, it's such a,

unique, you know, because in our lifetime among in comedy, it's the last pillar of this significance. It's like even the status of obviously HBO is great and I would love to do an HBO special, but like it's like compared to like when I was in my 20s, an HBO special was enormous. I'm huge, you know, hosting the MTV show.

Video Awards was an incredible event at one point. And SNL has remained.

And let me read these other things that Lauren told me to say. Do you want to start linearly? Do you want to like you got the call to do Walsh, Governor Walsh? Sure. Yeah. Whatever you think. I don't know. I mean, everybody's got to do something coughing. Yeah. Well, what I would say is, of course, when he was picked by Kamala, I say Kamala because I'm friends with her now. Yeah. I call her Kam Kam.

cam cam and um once he was picked as the running mate every dopey uh out of shape white guy after steve martin turned it down was kind of like what about this guy and of course i you know i would love to do it but i also know that

because of the prestige of SNL, it's not something that you can necessarily campaign for. Does that make sense? - Sure, yeah. - So it's definitely-- - You look thirsty. You just hope they find you, right? - Yes. And so my manager was talking to someone

And at one point I was shooting a movie, you know, one day a year on a movie. And I was in the UK actually. And so then he called me.

And he said, "Hey, you know, I've been talking to this person about you for Tim Walls, and I've been saying that you're sending me videos of you for impression of Tim Walls." And I go, "Really?" And he goes, "Yeah." So now they're kind of saying, "Can I see those videos?" And I was like, "Oh, so you want me to..." And it was like 10:00 the night before I was doing one day on a movie.

And then I kind of just went around my hotel room and put on a jacket and took off a jacket and put on a sweater and things of Tim Falls, which is essentially I'm, I'm portraying my brother, Mitch, who lives in Indiana, who has a very Chicago accent. It's just like a guy. And, but I thought that was funny. And,

Normally for me, whenever I get that close, I definitely don't get it. Like whenever I test for a sitcom, it's just... Marvel movie. Because life's hard for me. Yeah. I was over 200 at one point. What's that? I was over 200 at one point reading for things. But go ahead, David. I said you also have a lot of shows booked. And also sometimes managers...

They told me we have the same management team and they told me, Hey, we're talking to these guys about this movie. We're talking to these guys about this movie and it's between you and another guy. I'm like, what movie?

So, that happens where it's like they're pushing and then you're not even aware if you want anything or not. I had not read the movie. I didn't know what the movie's about. They're going, "It's looking pretty good though. It's looking pretty good." And I go, "What is?" But that's like you, they're like, "By the way, you got Waltz. Second question, do you want to do it?" - Of course. - I think you should do it. - I know, but-- - Everyone wanted you to do it. - That's the funny thing is like, what if you said, "I have no interest in that," and then they go, "Oh."

Now we do. And by the way, go ahead. And guess what? It's, it's SNL. So it's, I mean, I guess it's, you guys have a different perspective on it, but it's this elusive thing that has been always out of my grasp. And, you know, you know, as an American comedian, that's,

The measuring stick used to be like, "Oh, you're a comedian. Have you been on The Tonight Show or have you been on Letterman? And have you ever been on SNL?" And I did a short, a Jack Handy thing a million years ago. - Oh, wow. - I love Jack Handy, of course. - Where I played a murderer. - That's great. - Interesting casting. - Yeah.

You know, SNL, this is probably of all years the year to do it. And the 50th is a big year and an election year, which is always big for a Saturday Night Live. So the combo platter is a big, bigger deal. Massive pickup. How fun you got to be a part of this one. Massive global pickup with this show. Yeah. It's crazy how viral everything is.

particularly the political thing on SNL. It's like, there's the people that watch it, but now we're in this clip age where then the clip goes, you know, the Daily Beast posts about it, the Drudge Reporter posts about it. It's...

It's almost, you know, it becomes unavoidable. I think Deadline, I follow Deadline. I think Deadline on Twitter puts every single sketch on. I never knew that. I mean, usually on a Monday, you'd see what's their funniest thing they did and they would show a clip and it gets out there on Yahoo News or whatever. And now suddenly it's everything on my feet. I can see for sure every sketch, even update. It's like, boom, as they're coming out, boom, boom. Yeah.

It's amazing. I don't know if this is true, but I think Ariana Grande, it was like the show and then 350 million across all platforms, you know, TikTok, everything. So that it matriculates. I still, people just watch the first episode, you know, texting me. Yeah. Yeah, I saw that, you know. So anyway, so I meet, we meet.

You're coming in 8-H for the first time. The read-throughs are now in 8-H. They used to be in a little room upstairs, basically. And it's set up with 40 people. There's tablecloths. There's cars like an Oscar party. There's piano. There's music. And it's kind of, I was a little nervous. I was coming in doing Biden for the first time. That was the read-through we were at. And you were reading. And so how did that feel? Because that's the first time you kind of

kind of hang it all out, you know? Here comes Jim's take, you know? It's very unnerving, and there is a sense that this can change in a moment's notice, where, you know, Lauren could be like, I didn't really like that. You know what I mean? And that's not to say that he's attaching an opinion to it. It's just the reality. So there was something of like,

you know i canceled all these stand-up dates i hope they don't change their mind oh yeah that's right but yeah it was well they can tweak right you know you you take your take on it it's like a movie and then you get with the directors or people around the writers and they say could you i mean i'm just guessing i don't know what happened but sometimes they will play with a little bit until everyone agrees this is this is the right feel yeah i i was surprised at um

the amount-- Probably 'cause there's just so much happening so quickly there. Particularly-- And the cold open feels separate from the show in some ways that...

I feel like Dana and I were like, well, because these head writers are juggling so many things. And the last thing you want to do is be a pest. And so it also doesn't serve your needs to be kind of like, what about this every two seconds? So there's Dana and I are like, are we crazy about, you know, like if you do catch someone's ear, you want to be very precise with

an idea you have. You don't want to just be jawing their ear off because you know also they've been, they haven't slept for three days. So it's... Yeah. You pick your fights. You go, can I just change this line? You have to have like a plan. Like, can I just, this is my most important thing. Instead of going, it feels a little wonky. They're like, it'll be great out there. And then you're like, oh shit, I didn't really specify what

what I needed. - I think they've been pretty good all in all, but I know what you mean. There's a lot of different inputs into that cold opening and the political environment. It's moving in real time.

But I think for someone like Jim, a standup, you know, he just knows that there's a rhythm and a musicality to the way you land a laugh and as waltz. So I kind of encourage you just to say, take it or leave it. Leave it. We always, we don't try to push, like put this in, but sort of suggest it. And a lot of times they're like glad, like,

Like, oh, great. Now, one less joke, we don't have to fix it. Yeah. So it is kind of nice. So I watched you throughout the week get more and more confidence because then we go down, we're on our feet, we're kind of walking through it, and you're kind of feeling a little better, or how are you? It's also, yeah, it's strange, but there's also nothing...

more fun than trying a new joke. Right. So there's nothing more rewarding, but it is, it is very strange. And it's also, but you're also, you know, you're inserted into this all-star lineup, right. With, with Dana and, and, and Maya and, and Andy. And so there is it. Yeah, no, it's, it's, it's fascinating. It's just,

It's just so weird how there's, it reminds me, because there's been different times when I've been hired for different acting jobs, and you have a couple lines. For me, I'm such an obsessive person that whether I have two lines or whether I have like 10 pages...

all that will take up all my time. I don't know about you. It's like-- Sure. Just want to get it right. I have never seen you in all these five weeks not holding the script. Yeah. And whereas like, I think Andy Samberg, I don't think he even looked at a script. He was so-- He's good at it. Yeah, he knows what he's doing. Just the cards, right? Which-- and I think after the first week, I was like, I do have to read the cards.

But, you know, also as a funny person, you know, it's much more important to get the sentiment of the joke or the point of view of the joke than the exact wording. But, yeah, it's so different because it's also –

as we all know as standups, you go up there by yourself, you're the writer, director and editor. So if you're like not feeling it, you could just be like, I don't want to do that right now. And you can move on. But when you're, uh, particularly in such a, uh, you have like 80 eyes on you on this one. Like, yeah, you know, what's he doing? And then you want to be, you know, obviously you want to be respectful to the other performers and to the writers and, uh,

And, you know, I think when, you know, it's like different if you have your own TV show, you can sit there and go, "No, I'm gonna say this." Whereas you wanna be respectful of everyone here. It was interesting on the cold opening of the first show where we were ostensibly top secret, not revealed. We would go in secret ways to the building. Who's gonna play who on this thing?

And then it was very gratifying to watch, you know, when you came out just with that kind of energy and doing the prayer hands and this. And then they would, for Andy too, they would kind of like, it's Jim Gaffigan. And then it would just really, and I was sitting back on the couch going, well, that's kind of satisfying. They're like, we're so happy it's you doing waltz. It's a great boost. Yeah. So fun.

So, yeah, such a really kind of rewarding experience. It's bizarre. And the one with you and Bowen side by side, that came together on air. That had some great moments. That was a killer section in there.

Yeah, and I love the last minute. I actually love the last minute aspect of it because it reminds me of like when you're about to go on stage doing stand-up and you have an idea or you're on the subway and you have an idea that adjusts a joke that you've been working on for like

an extended period, and it's that adjustment that really helps. I was just always watching Tim Wall's videos, and I would see him do a behavior

and then i'd be like all right i'll bring that in because again there's so many moving parts it wasn't like um people were like tim walls does this can you add it it was it was left up to me you know which i know surprising you know what everyone's so good that uh as an outsider watching you know i would say give it to gaffigan give it to maya give it to dana and then

they're gonna get it 98% there because they're such perfectionists in their own comedy that it's kind of nice that you can hand it over and you know it's going to be pretty much what it's gonna be. And they have so much on their mind. I think it's great that you're working on it because you wanna just, every time they see you, it's a tiny bit better. And they're like, oh, he's been paying attention because we have other 22 sketches and all the other millions of things going on. And then if Kamala comes, yeah.

They have to say, oh, now it's more security, more hassle, more confusion, I guess, wasn't it? I mean, I'm guessing. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Speak to that. Just that whole evening. You know, there's times when, I don't know, I don't have a machine gun. I don't have an AR, but to walk down the hallway and there's like six guys with

You're like, I don't know if we need six, you know? I thought it was more like 12 or something. Feels like. It's like, I'm a pragmatist. I'm like, I'm not a gun guy, but I think a handgun would be more practical here. Yeah.

You don't want to catch catch. They seem to be six foot five. They had helmets. They had flak jackets, big boots and night vision goggles, night vision goggles. And then this assault rifle or machine gun or whatever it was.

And, you know, I'm dressed as a tomato. Like, hi, fellas. I never felt more feminine. They have those goggles because they saw in the itinerary it's Saturday Night Live. They're like, bring the night vision. Yeah.

It's also, you know, and I don't know, 'cause they were all very nice, very professional, very professional. Absolutely. But you could also get a sense a little bit though, like, "Oh my gosh, we're at SNL." Do you talk to them like London guards? Are you allowed to talk to them?

Yeah, I mean, they were they were. But like when she came down the hallway, I had to leave. And then, Dana, you got to hang out with her, right? Yeah. I mean, well, first of all, when I was walking down the middle of those guys dressed as Biden, I just instinctually did a little salute. I was the commander in chief. So it was all very just when is she coming? How is she coming? Everyone was waiting longer. Is she happy?

And we needed to fit in a time for her to rehearse with Maya. So we're waiting to do the notes. We're in 8-H. There's a tension and a sensitivity going on, a quietness. It was like an exotic tiger was coming. When is Kamala coming? And she comes in and she turns and she gets a huge smile on her face, looks all around 8-H and go, oh, my mother could see me now. And then kind of under her breath, she goes, of course she's seeing me now. I thought it was very sweet.

Oh, wow.

Yeah. And so if we want to jump ahead afterwards, I was going down the hall, she'd done the cold opening and it was a very, whatever your political thing is, it was a very human moment. The way the audience, the emotion of the audience for her in that studio for about two minutes couldn't help but kind of well you up. I mean, it just was sort of emotional. And then she's down in Maya's dressing room

Her people go, oh, take a picture. Cause I was still dressed as Biden. And then I came in and she kind of went, Hey. And so I had about a minute face to face with her and I just did all my Biden hooks. No, I'm not kidding. I'm being serious. She laughed so hard. She was bent over laughing. So that was kind of a interesting. So, you know, I guess she, she sees all of this from a different point of view, you know, but it was kind of seemed cathartic or something. I don't know. People seem to like it.

No, I thought it was really interesting because when they did the very brief rehearsal, and it was a long dress, so it was...

it was not like there was an abundance of time for any of this. Oh, was it between dress and air, her rehearsal? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that late. It was like close to 11 o'clock or something. Oh, shit. That's first time for her. And then they did the meeting after that. Oh, God dang. When they did the, and they didn't even rehearse the whole scene. They just rehearsed her and Maya first.

And by the way, Dana, if I'm saying anything, I'm not supposed to say, you guys have to cut this out. - We have editing capability, by the way, so you can say anything. - What I thought was really interesting, and this is just me being paranoid, is that Maya has such a presence and blood of ice, and I mean that as a compliment,

is that I was like, oh my gosh, what if, you know, Maya's been doing this in this room for years, right? And then this person who's been on the campaign trail, who, you know, having come in five weeks earlier and was intimidated by the setting, by the live setting, even though I'm a standup comedian and a great actor. But when I was like, is Kamala Kamala?

going to when they do that mirror thing is the status of maya going to kind of be a disservice to kamala i don't think it was but it entered my mind like you mean a super pro yes whereas just you know maya just is so

you know, such a home run hitter and just like never strikes out. That is the juxtaposition. Is that going to end up being a disservice to Kamala? And it didn't end up being that way. It actually, I think that it really kind of, I think that Kamala appeared very warm and very, like, I think it was a really important humanizing moment for,

Here, let me tell you what Lauren also wanted me to say. No, but it was one of those things where I was like, oh, wow, she really hit it out of the park. I think, Kamala, you know, it was hell...

held up her side because she's not an actress and she's coming in like on the fly there's really almost no rehearsal and so it is fucking scary as shit even if like you said we've all done it if i was sitting there i'd be freaking out and your hand could shake you don't know you're just like yeah it's almost too much and especially if you've never i mean she's giving speeches but it's a different animal i think let's be honest you guys what's more difficult being on snl or being present it

you know what i mean it's just different absolutely we we just want the audience to know what how hard but you know i think that you're talking yourself in the mirror was the conceit and it's been done a lot but it was very uh maternal in a sense and in the end pamela kamala give me your hand and it was written not in a hectic way it was kind of slow and casual and relaxed and the way maya was so

supernaturally comfortable. I gave her good jokes. I mean, those-- it was not too long, in my opinion, 'cause I didn't know anything about it, you know? I didn't ask Dana for any spoilers. And I thought the Pomelo was the first big-- I was like, "Oh, that's great." And then they did a few plays on words. Yeah. And then they sort of ended it, and it was like, "Oh, good, it's not--

dragging out forever. It's not, you know, classically like, oh, they went too long. It's like, oh, great. Tight. Get to say live from New York. Big ending. Get out. Yeah. And surprisingly, it was just a very friendly audience. It was...

Who would think? But it was, you know, I've said this when I went to do the George Bush senior White House, that I was sitting with Neil Young at the party telling him that. And he just said to me, he didn't even, it was in an apolitical things. He goes, oh, that's a human thing, man.

That's a human thing. So it was like, whatever your political stripe is, it was this woman who's been, now is running for president in this room, being kind of awestruck in some ways, and then having that sort of reaction. It's just like your, it was hallowed grounds for a moment. It was like the only SNL can capture these kinds of moments because everybody knows it's live. Yeah. I mean, it's particularly in this year where I think

the most important media piece was not these traditional media things, but I think her appearance on SNL was significant. You know what I mean? Like compared to like the, some of the media hits that,

historically would like i don't think they would even contemplate having her appear on you know a sitcom yeah and anyone who sits there and uh the part where she asked maya do i really laugh like that she says a bit you know anytime a human being can laugh at themselves a little bit the likability quotient or the relatability quotient goes up so yes it was uh

a home run as they say but yeah did will people vote differently because of us i mean you and me in particular or did we reorientate western society

Absolutely not. It says here in my calendar, reorientate Western society. But everything is kind of nice when the reviews I casually I don't possess on them. But now you can not. I think it was New York Times or something. You can't imagine anyone else playing waltz after seeing Jim Gaffigan was one of the ones I read, you know.

Yeah, that's very nice. Well, thank you, Jim, for talking to us. I'm not leaving. I'm here for another hour. We're going to do three hours, David. Is that all right? Yeah, it's fine with me. Do you have a problem with that? I run out of stuff. You're like, then I couldn't get rid of Gaff.

Gaffigan now smokes. I'm still a hostage. He smokes cigarettes now, and he's so comfortable, and young Cass will come up to him and go, Mr. Gaffigan, Mr. Gaffigan, could you help me with this? He goes, get out of my face, kid. I got better stuff to do. Yeah, I call everyone kid. By the way, I just want you guys to know, you're going to have to plug my Hulu special, which is The Skinny, which is on November 22nd. You have a stand-up special on Hulu, and it's called...

And when is it? The skinny. Now, David, you made this special recently. Jim, we're trying to get rid of you. So if you could just wrap it up. No, get this in. A Hulu special is at November 22nd, is that what you said? Yes. Am I reading this right? Am I reading this right? All these streaming sites, your words, not mine. How do you pick between Netflix, Amazon, and what's it called? Netflix.

Is that a real one? John, you know, he went to Harvard too. I know. He's a TV character. He's like Columbo or something. I mean, I want to do him on the show. I'll just say we've been doing him on this show. Well, there's a brilliance to his kind of... Oh, the fumbling paper...

I read something here. Could I get this again? Am I saying that right? You tweeted on October 7th that you would kill all people. I'm just a simple folk that studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Public Relations. No, he's clearly very bright, but it's hysterical.

I see you squirming in your chair a little bit. He knows he set the trap for the guest. It's so funny. He has a little smile. He talks like he's in the movie Mississippi Bird. He jumped in. You're worse than I am here. It's a failure to communicate. Now, do you think how much you think it would cost to end climate change? But

I don't know. $100 trillion. Who's the congresswoman from California who has charts? Let me ask you this. If you had 425, Katie, Katie, she has her whiteboard. She's brilliant. I love no matter what's going on. At least it's fun to watch. I don't even know what's going on. I just laugh at the go. Rand Paul with Fauci, hysterical. You, in fact, killed millions of people.

Are you prepared to apologize? By the way, it was, I know David wants to get rid of me, but it was, I thought Tim Cain was great. I got to hang out with Tim Cain afterwards. I promise you, I thought it was Tim Waltz when he came out. That's how dumb I am. I go like this. I did a photo with Tim Cain and we looked the same. By the way, it's a bit of a deep dig because to your casual viewer, you're like, there's some 24-year-old kid going,

Oh, that really is. What's his name? Kim. Vice presidential nominee. Yeah.

I ran into him at the party. That was the game show one. Very funny. Game show was a great sketch. Monkey was very funny. Dan Bula, of course. Very funny. Monkey in Space. Yeah, that's some great stuff in there. John Mulaney, great host. Jim's like, I don't get to watch the whole show. I'm really lasered in. I'm already drinking bourbon after that. Yeah. Oh, you got your bourbon. On the rocks, though. On the rocks. Do you remember the name of your bourbon?

Father time. Father time, you're right. Do you remember at the party when I saw your cheeseburger and I said, I got to get something to eat? And didn't I offer you half of it?

Well, it was like a petite. It was a slider. It was the size of a silver dollar cast members with sliders. That's the big story. I did get the pasta, but guess what? And this first world problem around 4 a.m. The waiter comes up. Oh, sorry. The kitchen is closed. No. Yeah.

Dana's Venmoing Jim 25 cents for pickles. I think that was my last episode because I was only contracted for that time. Oh, no. Parties are amazing, but I'm so wrecked the next day. It's not like I'm drinking so much. It's just staying up till 5 a.m. 5 a.m. is when I turn the light off.

You know, because it's just a lot of your peers and friends. You want to say hello to Marty Short or Jon Stewart. Oh, fun. Yeah. But I'm still tired from staying up that late. Yeah. A little bit. Yes.

Oh, you get home when everyone's jogging and you guys are driving home in your limo. These are just the, this is just the behavior of someone with a severe drinking problem getting home at 5 a.m. Jim, do you think you'll still go to the parties if you're not on the show just every week? I think I would, it would be too weird. I mean, I'm...

I feel out of place even when I'm on the show being there. So I know I won't go. Have you secured an invite to the 50th? No, I'm not. I think so. Have you guys been invited? It's complicated. I'm going to talk to Gervitz. Um,

You will have to make a video. I told Lauren that you have made YouTube videos in a hotel room about how you would be at the 50th. So you're going to have, I'd like to see one of those videos here. I am at the 50th being nice to everybody. And here I am introducing Coldplay, you know,

I've got a sneaky feeling that we're not done with Mr. Gaffigan. Let's do. We'll all split on side of sliders. You know, here's one thing that I would add, even though David's trying to get rid of me. I was, there was, Dana, weren't you secretly hoping, like I was like, oh, hopefully Tim

Tim Walz will do something like his pants fall down or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. News. I don't want him to humiliate himself. No, he just... He'll be in some... But there's competing for attention. And even when he... I think in a different time, him even playing Fortnite with AOC, that would be newsworthy, but we live in such chaotic times. Oh, right. That would have been a good one. That's not the...

Who would play AOC? Who plays AOC on the show? Heidi? I think Dana would. Dana would. Dana, you're doing off Dana. I got an AOC. Dana ripping off characters from Casimir's. That's mine now. Thank you. Hi, I'm AOC. You don't want to... Like, I want to do other things. You don't want to take a job from someone. Yeah, it feels weird because no one there at least looks exactly like Tim Waltz. If you walked by a Casimir, he looks just like him. He goes, hey, how you doing, man?

To me, Tim Walsh has been not around that much. And I just saw a speech or two or whatever. So I couldn't, I, when I see you, I see, I, it's Tim Walsh, you know? I mean, no one knows the idiosyncratic speech things he has. I mean, you have the prayer hands and the pounding the heart. And then some of those. The ear thing. Cause he, he does the ear thing. And Lauren was like, get rid of the ear thing. Hmm.

know too much. To Carol Burnett, she would go like this. Lily Tomlin used to go one ringy dingy two ringy dingy. Do you want a big chair like Lily Tomlin too? What are we doing here? You can play Tim Walz as a five-year-old.

put a hair piece on you. No, you'll be back and I will lobby. It doesn't matter. I think you should host. The audience clearly loves you and you're kind of iconic at some point. You've been famous. And you're mostly white. You know, I'm mixed. You're 120% white. I'm mixed. I'm Irish and Scottish. Whoops. You.

All right. You're going to say goodbye because I cannot say it. So I've just been sitting here because they told me our manager said, you get him off that fucking thing at 30 minutes or we'll go dark. And I'm like, we'll pull the plug. I'm like, oh, my God. This has been a presentation of Odyssey. Superfly is executive produced by Dana Carvey and David Spade. Jenna Weiss Berman of Odyssey, Heather Santoro and Greg Holtzman. Hope you liked it.