Hollywood Handbook - Jessica Chaffin, Our Close Friend
Episode Date: September 26, 2017Sean and Hayes are joined by JESSICA CHAFFIN to shoot a pilot. This episode is sponsored by the Second City Training Center (www.secondcity.com/tc), ZipRecruiter (www.ziprecruiter.com/THEBOYS...) and Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/HANDBOOK).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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this is a head gum podcast
so it's me and it's ava duvernay and it's uh
terrell owens to and we're trying to win Ben Stein's money. Of course.
And it's not easy.
He's some kind of super genius.
Because there's three of you, but it actually at times is harder.
Well, and yes, exactly. Because he is actually playing you against each other as you're trying to play the game.
I was saying, I said from the very beginning, if we work together, we might get all of his money.
But instead, if you get some of his money and I get some of his money he might keep a bunch because you know and he's like
an evil super genius i mean he wrote speeches for nixon who famously had the smartest speeches of
all time yeah so anyway um we're trying to win and we're trying to win we're trying to win and
jimmy gimmel is cracking these jokes right and i And I'm going, this is serious, Jimmy.
If you want to crack these jokes, why don't you go do the frigging Tonight Show or something?
Yeah.
And he was like, and he goes, that gives me an idea.
Okay.
He said.
Okay.
Yeah.
I thought that was still, because I saw him doing this stuff the other night.
Yes, yes.
These doctors.
Yes.
He's saying there's these doctors.
And you're thinking, isn't Ben Stein mad?
I thought that was Ben Stein.
You're thinking, isn't Ben Stein mad?
He's been doing this forever.
I thought he had come off his stool and was saying, now it's Jimmy's turn.
Well, or I thought maybe at the beginning of this clip, he pushed Ben Stein out of the way.
Right.
And went, let's not talk about your money for a minute.
Let's talk about a doctor.
Right.
And so I thought, he's going to be in big trouble.
But turns out, that idea that I gave him turned into, he did a show his own.
This is great.
I am loving this stuff.
I'm loving having this conversation with you.
Me too.
I love spending time with you.
It's so nice.
I love you, and I'm in love with you.
We have to do this thing that we are here to do.
The show.
Because we have, you know,
the time is like a big issue at this point.
The show, yes.
Okay, let's just talk about it real quick.
Real quick, real quick.
Welcome to all,
I'm sorry, it's taking longer.
Sometimes like if you rush,
it can actually end up taking longer.
I almost wish we hadn't promised to record the podcast while we were doing this other thing
because we really should be focusing on the other thing.
I can't even have that conversation right now.
Welcome to Hollywood Handbook, an insider's guide to kicking butt
and dropping names of the red carpet linebacker hallways of this industry we call show.
We forgot that we had to do this pilot.
We have to shoot an entire pilot.
It is sort of the week that a lot of these things premiere.
So this thing should probably be...
Pilots are all premiering, yeah.
And this should have been written,
it should have been filmed,
and it should have been edited and mixed, right?
So we're going to be...
Brett's going to be scoring this thing live
while we're also doing all of the scenes.
We have a wonderful
actress here who we've gotten to play
sort of our main character, Jessica
Chaffin.
That's better because
Chaffin. Perfect.
And she's going to do the stuff
and we're just going to get
her side of all of her scenes.
Because we are, yes, we're piecing this thing together, which is actually how these things are normally made.
Quick premise, yeah, yeah, no.
Everybody's not in the same room at the same time.
That's all camera tricks.
So that's fortunate for us.
But we, yeah, scheduling-wise, that would be important.
So we are doing, obviously, a show.
It's a bit of a revival.
It's a reboot of, of course, Baby Grandpa last year, which did so well for us and was such a big hit.
It's been reimagined a little bit and sort of given new life.
And it's Baby Grandpa has now become Lady Grandpa, and the lady is grandpa, and then inside the lady's mind are all the codes for the nuclear foosball.
And she's still a baby.
Sure, she's a baby.
Yes.
She's a baby.
So it's like the look who's talking.
Acting like a lady.
The later look who's talking is when some of the babies were girls.
And grown up.
Yes.
So it's a grown up baby who found found out this baby does not talk it's a
bait it's like a real this is grounded this isn't like that other stuff no it's grounded it's real
it's kind of spooky and it is going to be on at uh 6 p.m and so and and it's the lady
who found out on the same day she found out not only is she a lady but she's a grandpa and not
only is she a grandpa but she's a baby and so imagine juggling all those pieces of news at once
and trying to remember the codes and having the codes for the nuclear foosball and maybe the
government wants that back so um and i am playing your lady grandpa
oh okay okay okay
sorry
no it's okay
I could have been the foosball
we should have said that
isn't it obvious
when you just think like
who is the best to be
who would be lady grandpa
well I do think I have a
masculine
and youthful quality
at the same time
it's everything
and I've always been told
that I'm wise
who checks all the boxes
you know what I mean
and who's available
yeah
so it's so that's great um'm wise. Who checks all the boxes, you know what I mean? And who's available.
So that's great.
We're going to be doing all the episodes this season live, or we're doing them all today?
We are going to shoot your part for the entire season today.
Yeah.
Okay, just my stuff.
Just your side of it.
For the whole season. I'll be reading off camera. I'll be feeding you the lines. And so you just perform as your side of it and i'll be i'll be reading off camera i'll
be feeding you the lines and so you just perform as if some of the actors are here not acting with
anybody no yeah i mean well you're acting with me often what but i'll be sitting on an apple box
and i'll be actually normal yeah it's totally like people think that there are all these sets
for like a show but it is actually a gym.
Did you see Limitless?
I did.
Yeah, so Bradley Cooper and, I almost called him Coop, he's my friend Coop.
But Coop and Bob were never in the same room.
Oh, I didn't see that.
I didn't see that.
Coop and Bob were never in the same room.
It's like one of those brain movies.
But you wouldn't know if you saw it.
Yeah, it's a brain pill. Mega brain pill.
Like that Scarlett Johansson one when her brain starts to work all the way.
You're thinking Lucy. Yeah.
And she finally uses all of her brain.
It's kind of like... Too much.
Turns out it's too much. But you can imagine
putting two silverbacks
like that in the same room.
Why that could be dangerous.
Especially when one of them is on brain pills.
Hard to ensure.
Very hard to ensure.
The cameras are pretty expensive.
Don't you think that one of them might take one,
break it, and eat it just to show the other one how tough?
Very good point.
So in order to sort of avoid,
we've got obviously some other heavy hitters.
We know you're a professional.
I'm curious who my co-stars are in this.
That wasn't something my agent had any information about.
Yeah, yeah.
Do you guys have information about that?
We've pinned a couple people.
Okay.
Yeah, we've got a couple people pinned.
Cool.
And they are tech avail.
Exciting to be number one on the call sheet, even just for today.
Yeah, no, for sure.
You'll be staying that way unless some of these deals go through.
Right, great.
And then the title might have to change.
Amazing.
Yes.
And the premise.
It's mine for a day.
Queen for a day.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
So should we do-
Lady Grandpa.
Day.
The Al Gore stuff first?
We got Al Gore's coverage on a sort of initial scene of...
Did he come in or was that Skype or via satellite or what?
Al Gore's going to Skype in, yeah.
Yeah.
So he'll...
I'm just trying to remember if we have his stuff yet or if that's something that we still have to...
Hold.
Hold for plane.
Hold for plane.
Keep rolling.
Sorry.
This is at the airport gym, so just in case that noise keeps coming.
Sound, are you good?
This is where we're doing this thing.
Yeah, I'm rolling.
Are you clear?
All right.
I hope that plane's okay.
I know.
It just disappeared really fast.
Very low.
Yeah, it was really low, and it was going so, so fast.
It's like a flyby in Top Gun when he flies by the tower.
Permission to fly by, not granted, and then the guy spills his coffee.
Oh, I love that.
Dangerous moment.
Yeah.
I love the punishment.
Which was?
I just love that he gets a big punishment right afterwards.
Imagine if everyone tried to do that, tried to show up like that.
So let's just, I'll read Gore's stuff just because I don't think we have it.
We did have him Skype in for his audition.
Right.
But no one recorded that.
That's right.
That was supposed to be on tape for producers,
but instead it wound up being more of a pre-read.
I wish we had just recorded everyone's audition, and then we wouldn't necessarily be having to do any of this now.
That would have been smart, and we could just be stitching that together.
But instead...
And then we could say that we weren't using people, and then just use their audition tape.
Say, sorry, we can't use you, and then it's free.
And then meanwhile we're paying Jessica, which is like half the money that we had.
And she's off her only, so we had to get her in here.
But anyway, let's just do her side of the scene.
So this is the scene where you obviously are worried about your grandson,
but you need a new diaper and the FBI is chasing you.
And your grandson is Al Gore.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
And, well, we haven't really worked out the character voice that you guys want for this.
Just like an old baby.
Just like a basic old baby voice.
And if you don't like it, you let me know.
Old baby.
We'll get levels.
Yeah.
We'll get levels.
He's a man.
So, worried about my grandson.
Need a new diaper.
Need a diaper change. being chased by the FBI.
Yes.
They want what's in your mind.
And if we could get one just of what's on the page, and then we can sort of play around with that.
And then we'll do a fun one, and we'll give you some room to listen up, because we don't really believe in what's on the page.
And then, what are we in for this?
Is there a 40 on that thing?
Brett?
A 40 on it? Yeah.
Is this a 2 and then we'll get overs?
Yeah.
Great. That sounds right. Perfect.
So this is the wide
or this is my own,
just my coverage? Yeah. Is this the master?
Yeah.
Should I put
sound foam around you guys?
Cause it's kind of echoing here.
Yeah.
That would be great.
If you could just surround us with foam.
It does seem like you guys got a great crew at the last minute.
I will say that.
Yeah.
We managed to get a guy.
Very professional.
He brings his own foam.
Very professional.
He has this weird amount of foam.
All right.
So hard to find people that'll wrap you in foam these days.
Okay, so I'm just going to read you in.
Okay.
Wah.
Oh, Joey, I'm worried about you.
Oh, we got to get out of here.
Oh, no, my diaper's falling down.
Don't you be nervous.
Now you're making me nervous.
Wah. Oh, you're so. Now you're making me nervous.
You're so calm. You know what? It was one of the best qualities your grandfather passed on to you.
I was a baby. I never
used to be able to
control my
temper.
They're after us.
Hey, freeze.
FBI, give me that brain.
I gotta get all these codes back to the frigging president.
Listen to me, Mr. FBI guy.
You can't just come in here and start telling me what to do.
My grandson's behind me, and I need a type of change,
so I'm not going to put up with it.
And I've got a gun.
Oh, wait a minute.
I'm pointing it at myself. No, you're turning my hand and making'm pointing it at myself
no you're turning my hand
and making me point it at myself
oh no you're squeezing the trigger part of it
and it's at me
and it's
shooting and oh god
and it's a blast
and then his brains will be
so that's one scene
so that was great
if we could just get one more
and if Sean and I
are just going to talk
for a second
and then we'll
that would be really good
I'm not even sure
we have any notes
but let's just like
I'll just go grab
a cup of coffee
and you guys
if you could actually
just stay here
that would be great
and just not move at all
thank you
not
very
like
sexual you know the the way like.
She's supposed to be turned on by her grandson.
Yeah.
And that's in the, yeah.
Yeah.
Um, it's on the page.
To me that's in the dialogue, but, um, I guess some people have to be told that stuff.
Um.
Okay.
Yeah.
And I was noticing like, it's like just for, because this is going to be one of the, this
is the opening scene
of the whole series yeah i'd love for it to have some energy to it yes that would be great which i
obviously was bringing a lot like and i'm not even going to be playing the role i know but just i'm
trying to give her something to play off of and she's not matching me i know i'm thinking it maybe
it's like a first take thing but like yeah a shyness issue, which I had heard about.
And also, we won't even be in this coverage for a lot of this.
I know.
So it's not the end of the world.
I don't want to hammer her with so many notes.
No, we're not going to use this scene.
I mean, this is going to be lost in editing.
But let's just get it.
But it is the first scene, and so it should be good.
But let's...
I mean, I got to say, to me, it's fortunate that these plane and helicopter sounds are never happening during the scene.
Which would be a much bigger issue.
This is ideal.
That, to me, is so lucky.
It's an ideal scenario that these sounds are coming in when we're just having side conversations.
So do you want to do this scene again and loosen her up, or do you want
to just move on? Because I don't think we're going to
use this. Yeah, so let's move on,
but I'll give notes based on what the...
Okay. Based on that performance.
And then so, okay, so Jessica,
so we're going to, yeah.
Hayes is going to give you some notes. We're going to move on to the
scene where it's you talking to Kelvin Benjamin.
I did hear most of that.
Oh, okay. Well, Kelvin Benjamin... I don't know. I'm not sure that you did, actually. Can I just talking to Kelvin Benjamin. I did hear most of that. Oh, okay. Well, Kelvin Benjamin is a...
I don't know.
I'm not sure that you did, actually.
Can I just explain who Kelvin Benjamin is?
Kelvin Benjamin is a wide receiver
for the Carolina Panthers.
They're having kind of a disappointing season,
so we were able to get him to sort of...
It's only week two.
You know...
Week three, I guess.
Yeah.
We always get him sort of as a backup plan.
We told him that he doesn't get to do the season anymore,
and he has to do the...
And also, football's just, you know... I don't think that's going to happen anymore.
So we're going to do this.
Oh, not after this week, yeah.
Yeah.
I'm a big football fan, though.
I'm going to enjoy the rest of this.
I'm sorry I'm telling you guys too much about myself.
Yeah, well, because it's like, because actually you're not, because Lady Grandpa hates football.
Oh, okay, okay, okay.
That's why she only will refer to it as a nuclear foosball.
Yeah.
Oh, okay, okay, okay.
That's why she only referred to it as a nuclear foosball.
Yeah.
So anyway, we now are going to be doing the scene where you're with Calvin Benjamin.
Okay.
You're sort of driving him around.
You're his chauffeur.
Right, driving Calvin Benjamin.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He has to get to theā Can I reach the wheel?
Am I sitting on a bunch of phone books?
Your grandpa aspect can reach the wheel.
So long legs, baby body on top.
Yes.
Okay.
Yeah.
We'll see what we can manage in post.
That's one model.
And we're going to get an insert of a grabber claw steering the wheel from underneath.
Yeah.
And so we'll always be able to use...
Great, great, great.
We'll be able to cut to that at any point.
But it's really more for the dialogue.
It affects my breathing. Yeah, sure. You able to cut to that at any point. But it's really more for the dialogue. It just affects my breathing,
like, you know what I mean?
Yes, definitely.
Absolutely.
And just based on that last scene
that was so good,
that was really great.
So perfect.
I was like,
oh, our words are coming to life.
Yeah.
But if you could just like
be kind of feeling it a little more,
you know what I mean?
Just kind of like feeling the vibe
a little bit as you're doing it
right and also um just do it normal okay you know just do it normal like me yeah yeah but like
exciting but in an exciting way make it that you want to watch it okay yes yeah how did you guys
feel about the accent um you didn't notice it you didn't notice it it was really subtle it was turn up
the accent yeah uh let's turn that up do it normal yeah but just like because it's because
at the end of the day yes yes she's a lady yes she's a baby yes she's a grandpa but she's also
a human being right you know we think i do try to find the truth of the character and everything
that i do yeah
i mean that's how people connect it's grounded obviously later in the season she's not a human
being we know that but for now we want to be able to sort of reel the audience in and this is based
on like our babies and our grandpas and stuff who are just like who doesn't have a baby who
doesn't have a grandpa yes um well then
you guys will know best if this is really based on a true story i know we definitely will yeah
you tell me i mean i just want i know we are i just want to serve your vision that's really all
i'm trying to do yes and we and we want you to do that too um okay so um so anyway well do you think
i was just saying
I think it's so good
yeah I thought it was so good
and I'm excited to get
into the next scene
and it's you
I'm in love with you
you're driving
yes
you're driving a limo
Kelvin Benjamin's in the backseat
maybe you could say something
he's got to get to the show
on time to do a stand up routine
he's trying out
some of his jokes on you
he's in the limo
Chelsea Peretti's in there
with him
Ed Helms is in there with him
oh Ed Helms okay great Ed Helms Chelsea Peretti and Kelvin Benjamin are all in the back of the limo Chelsea Peretti's in there with him Ed Helms is in there with him oh Ed Helms
okay great
Ed Helms
Chelsea Peretti
and Kelvin Benjamin
are all in the back
of the limo
they're all about to go
do a big charity stand up
I just saw him
at a party the other night
okay
not really
is that really true though
yeah
yeah
and did he mention
that he might want to
be able to do this project
he didn't mention
it was weird
because I was like
I'm really excited
about this thing
that I'm doing
and he didn't
did not mention
that he was doing it
okay so scratch Ed Helms I do want to say that
this isn't a lying show.
Oh yeah.
I guess we maybe didn't. This is great to bring up.
Yes. Some shows are like
lying shows where lying is
acceptable but this is not
one of those shows where people can just say
that they talked to someone
who's so famous and like
a huge actor. It's not like a Marc Maron thing where we just make shit up?
Yeah, just to look like so cool.
No, I saw Ed at a party the other night.
Okay.
Okay, great.
And you obviously can't back off that now, but just moving forward,
it's not a lying show.
It wasn't a really deep interaction, but it was a catch-up.
Okay, well, now I know it's a lie.
I'd call it a catch-up.
Because if you're talking to Ed Helms, he's going to bring you in.
I'd call it a catch-up.
I'd get very deep from the jump.
Oh, no.
Yeah, he just is.
He's going to lock in.
I'd call it a catch-up.
We had a catch-up.
There's no such thing as a catch-up with Ed.
He's always going right back to the beginning.
Forget the small talk.
It's all big talk and medium talk with Eddie.
Well, he mostly just asked questions about me.
Yeah, well, that is very sweet.
And that sounds like Eddie.
But scratch Eddie.
If he didn't mention the project, he's off the project.
We don't need him.
We're going to bring in Nate Corddry.
And so we got Nate.
Oh, I love Nate Corddry.
We got Chelsea.
Okay, don't do this because it's...
So let's just get into the scene.
He's a very old friend of mine.
Let's get into the scene.
And Brett, if you could tell Jessica that you are in love with her,
and then we can do the scene.
Wait, I'm sorry.
Brett's acting with me now?
No, no, no.
This is just...
Just so you're comfortable.
He's going to put the foam in.
Bring in the foam.
I got the foam.
I need some egg cartons.
Is it the same scene? Wasn't enough cartons. Is it the same scene?
Wasn't enough last time.
Is this the same scene?
Same setup?
As far as...
Diaper grandson being chased by the FBI?
I love you.
No, this one is...
Brett, are we crossing this?
And I'm in love with you.
Brett, are we crossing this?
Just in case we want to rip?
It's totally crossed.
Okay.
I know we don't have the other actors,
but can we cross this
just in case we get some good improv?
This one is...
Can we have David cross?
Calvin Benjamin is in your limo.
Okay, I'm sorry.
That's right, you did tell me.
I apologize.
Oh, it is my limo.
Baby Grandpa.
Am I driving the limo?
You're leasing it.
And you are driving the limo.
Okay, Baby Grandpa.
And you got a really good deal.
Lady Grandpa.
Lady Grandpa.
Yeah, but she's also a baby.
Lady Baby Grandpa.
I know I'm not playing these roles, but I'm ready to go.
Can we just get into the scene?
Okay.
So what brings you guys into my court?
And action.
So, hey, Kelvin, I saw your game last week.
Boy, oh boy, kid.
You really got a motor in that engine, huh?
I'm not playing myself.
What?
I'm not playing myself.
Kelvin Benjamin not playing Kelvin Benjamin?
No.
This is like in case I don't want to do that.
Cut, cut, cut.
Can I say cut?
No.
Okay.
Turn left up here.
Okie dokie, Kelvin Benjamin.
Boy, oh boy.
Who's this?
Hey, Chelsea, who's this hot comic you got in the back seat?
He said left.
Sorry, guys.
The limo's on fire.
Are we clear for sound?
Are you picking that up in the boom?
Oh, it sounded great.
Okay.
The limo's on fire.
Guys, I got to pull over.
I said take a left. I said take. Guys, I got to pull over. I said take a left.
I said take a left.
I got to pull over.
Somebody needs the nuclear foosball codes, and I'm the only one.
It's got me in my baby boy.
Hey, what do you pay for this limo?
I'm leasing it.
It's like $860 a month plus insurance, so it works out to about $965.
That's a good deal.
Is that a write-off?
Hey, Chelsea, I just want to say I love your podcast.
I wish you'd keep doing it more often.
Okay.
Okay, sorry, let's cut there.
I can understand how some of that would be confusing.
We only got sort of one take on all these guys,
so we had to write all that stuff into the script
where Kelvin Benjamin is saying that he's not playing himself.
Because that's all he said when you
talked to him about the part.
I'm not going to play myself. I want to play an actual role.
Yes, but then we couldn't think of any other
names for him, so the characters
were addressing him Kelvin, which
kind of made him upset.
And that is what we have from
his coverage.
And we have a really funny run later.
We couldn't get him to do it, but it's about like Celsius and Fahrenheit are his two best friends.
Yeah.
And I think it's going to be really funny.
And there's also, I think Kelvin at one point was an Instagram filter, and we're thinking of doing a spinoff based on that.
Oh, that's cool.
Yeah.
I think it was a refrigerator too, the Kelvinator.
Oh.
Yeah. That could be big. Yeah be big You guys can just have that one
I think some of the stuff we already shot
We can reference that
Or just reaction shots
From him maybe
Since not an actor
We have a lot of those
We have him being pissed
So Chelsea just doesn't speak
Chelsea doesn't say anything
She said okay We have him being pissed. So Chelsea just doesn't speak. Chelsea doesn't say anything much.
She said okay.
Yeah.
And we have her saying that as many times as we want.
Oh, okay.
We can keep doing that.
Yeah, we're able to loop that.
And we're going to get a lot of this in ADR.
Obviously, we're not using the sound that we get today.
Was that a sound effect?
I thought that was to do with the codes that oh
there's a so or did someone open a door that they weren't supposed to open there's chemicals in the
building in tanks and uh and if one of the tanks does start to release one of these toxic chemicals
there is an alert that goes off oh okay but some of that evacuate but yeah but that's but sometimes it's because they don't want you to be like stronger
because of them you know they're scared
of you getting too strong
for free
basically for free
so it's like evacuate unless you like are willing to pay
you want to become a superhero
so this is like a place if a regular
person wants to become
spider-man or something like that you come here
for a few hours you pay for the facility some of them could or something like that, you come here for a few hours.
You pay for the facility.
Some of them could do something like that.
And then you become a superhero.
Or, well, superhero, I guess, is more a construct of what you do for other people.
But you become, oh, you're altered.
Yeah, basically.
Bruce Bannon.
And we were thinking that some of them.
Huh?
Bruce Bannon.
Sorry, I was reading the table.
What's on some of these crazy names?
We brought the Earwolf table in here just because we have to do the podcast at the table.
We're not just going to do it somewhere.
Well, that's a security blanket for me.
Just knowing that all these storied comic minds have been involved.
Can we just actually go over notes for that?
And I actually thought it was great.
Berg.
One second.
Secunda and Berg.
To maybe do notes on this.
Sure.
Aaron Abrams or something.
I mean, who is that?
I am on, my philosophy is you guys hire me,
you own me for the day.
That's great.
And I totally agree with that.
I'm on your time.
Yes, and that's our philosophy as well.
So Brett, can we go in tighter on this one?
Until we get into turnaround.
You know what I mean? Like when you're
saying we're gonna
push. Can we push you
tomorrow? You know what I mean?
Hayes, just eye on the
clock. We do either have to break for lunch
or go into Grace.
Okay. I guess we'll throw a flag on this one.
All right, everybody.
That's Grace.
So let's go in tighter on this and just, Brett, if you want to give me a little bit of a swingle
where we can get, you know, Jessica and her lines and then we'll also get some of my stuff.
Performance wise?
It felt like she sort of
forgot where she was it was supposed to be like a car thing and i didn't hear her ever say like
honk honk or like vroom or like any of that stuff no and she's supposed to be driving a car and also
at one point she's pulling over which i know involves brakes and there was no like screech
and so that was frustrating and also it was kind of like a fuck you i know to kelvin who's obviously trying
to transition out of this football thing so like if she i i don't want her to be a personality
problem with the other performers who we get because i want to like everyone to feel safe
and like it's a safe even though they're not in the same place that they could be watching it on TV and feel like they're being respected.
Yeah.
So what do you want to shoot?
Like, what do you want to sort of clean up from the rest of these scenes?
I wonder.
Well, I guess we have to get the Franks in there.
Okay.
Yes, that's right.
That's right.
That's right.
That's right.
Okay.
All right.
Yeah, I'll get it. So there's the scene where. Okay. All right. Yeah, I'll get it.
So there's the scene where...
Okay, so Dean Cain is going to be sort of holding you up in the air.
Hi, Jessica.
Yeah, we're talking to you again.
So, hey, Jessica.
We love that.
Am I actually going to be the only actor here today?
Yes.
Just for today?
It's your coverage.
I'm sorry. I thought you had done this stuff before. Have It's your coverage. I'm sorry.
I thought you had done
this stuff before.
Have you done,
yeah, I'm sorry.
Have you been on sets?
Yeah, I've been on a few.
Okay.
Anything I would know?
I don't know.
I'm not getting the feeling
that you watch
a lot of television.
Is that a thing?
Okay.
I named like a bunch
of famous actors that were using
yeah who are doing television okay and i think i just said swingle yeah okay um the implication
is that like you need it like not yeah can we get this one i guess this is just very different
than most of the sets i've been on okay yeah. Yeah. Like, I just finished shooting Search Party.
That was a really amazing set.
Okay, but this is like a real show.
Yeah, that was like a real show.
This is not a BOD Thomas Middleditch movie.
This is like a big TV show.
Like a big, you know, and I love that show,
and it's so funny, and it's smart.
Yeah, it is really funny and really smart.
But this is like a big show. Yeah. And the way I'll, show, and it's so funny, and it's smart. Yeah, it is really funny and really smart. But this is like a big show.
Yeah.
And the way I'll, like, a lot, it's not like that show where everyone, like, goes to the place,
and they set up the little camera, and they just, like, get everyone, like, talking.
It's sort of a quiet show.
Because nobody has anything else to do, yeah.
And this is a real effects-driven.
But am I crazy?
Yes.
Thank you.
Search Party is a VOD.
CGI forward.
It's a VOD, unreleased, Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, and T.J. Miller film.
That's also true.
Probably filmed like seven or eight years ago.
And you're telling me-
Directed by Scott Armstrong.
Since you've been in that.
No, no.
You're in that.
I'm on the TBS show, Search Party.
It's a TV show.
Okay, TV.
Oh, wow.
Okay, so not even the real Search Party.
Not even the real Search Party.
So not even a movie, with the no i've done a
few movies but mostly tv i've done like movies with like melissa mccarthy and and anyway i figured
you probably knew all this stuff before you hired me but maybe not timing wise we weren't able to
necessarily go through every single credit and so it was just uh every so it was just... You couldn't read that whole page.
We're a little bit under the gun
because the show does air tomorrow.
Yeah.
And we are trying to kind of get this locked up.
No, no.
You know what?
Top down.
Set for the top down.
The more we talk about it, yeah.
You guys are the bosses.
I am here to do a job.
I am a dolly.
Move me around a stage.
Swingles heavy, so...
So let's do the pool party.
Okay.
Oh, okay, great.
So Dean Cain, it's a chicken fight.
Dean Cain's carrying you around.
Yeah, he's terrific.
You're not in the water yet, but you're already on his shoulders.
Okay, okay.
Oh, we're not in, okay, okay, okay.
And you're both asking for your favorite grilled food,
Ballpark Frank's.
And you are
sort of like trying to do double duty
here because you don't want to get splashed.
You don't necessarily want to get dunked under the water.
You do want to get a ballpark
Frank. I'm on his shoulders.
How dirty is my diaper at this point?
Okay.
Do we need
to match this to anything? Is there going to be drip
itch of any kind?
You know how it is with babies in pools.
Am I wearing a swimmy?
The diaper continuity guy is not here today.
Maybe someone has some pea soup we could spill down Dean's back.
So that would be his job is making sure that the diaper is continuous,
but he got sick from smelling the diaper so much.
Scripty, can you tell us where the diaper's at?
I'm making the pea soup.
I tend to keep
track of a lot of my coverage anyway,
so I'm pretty sure you need
to spill some of that pea soup down
Dean Cain's back, but
it's your vision.
And I'll just say for this scene,
just remember where you are and what you're
doing and just
who your character is. And that people will say for this scene, just remember where you are and what you're doing and just who your character is.
And that people will be watching this.
Yes.
That was a very good note.
Yeah.
And how are you feeling about the levels of my performance?
Am I giving you what you want?
I'm loving it.
I think you're doing it exactly right.
I would just say to do it like a person.
Okay.
And make it so it's just like doing it like a good way.
Yeah.
That's so great.
And I want to say too, we don't have a ton of time,
but just to stop down and say, hey,
it's never easy to sort of have some of these conversations
where you're taking notes.
We all just want the same thing.
We all want the best product.
And yeah, we're going to be cracking whips,
but we're also going to be cracking jokes.
And release the cracking. That's one of the things we
like to say on set is like we're gonna release the crack it and hayes has to be cracking whips
and i'm gonna be cracking jokes okay you know and you gotta you know you gotta break so it's me and
dean kane ballpark franks are the motivation yeah anyone else I was in the chicken fight with you. Tatiana Maslany is holding up Ving Rhames.
So it's sort of a joke.
That's cute.
Reverse.
Yeah.
Upside down ice cream cone.
Yeah.
And we're going to, and that's going to be, we're going to have to get a plate and then
we'll do that on a green screen.
Okay.
And in this scene, you are going to, you'll see in your lines, you are going to be pushing
the, the pushing the Franks
stuff pretty heavily. What we have
from Dean Cain is footage that we pulled
from him on
Good Day LA.
Promoting Lewis and Clark on
Good Day LA from
a number of years ago.
He's pre-Barbary.
He's pre-Barbary.
So what do I do with this? The pea suit? uh-huh pre-barberry uh so um
so what do I do
with this
the pea soup
let's just eat it
eat it man
and you put it down
and pick up the camera
okay
I already ate it
so
wow
all right
I'm good
hold on
okay
uh
uh
uh okay yep okay I think I got it I think I got it I'm good hold on okay la la la ah ah ah
ah
okay
yep
okay
I think I got it
I think I got it
and we'll just do
what's on the page
yep
yes
okay
great
I'll read you in
okay
it's so great
working with Terry
you know
she's just been a dream
and
the set's really wonderful
and it's such a cool
reimagining
of a classic story
we all feel like we know Superman
and there's nothing new to discover but
this version. Well I'm your number one fan I mean I think
I made that pretty clear Dean oh baby
oh baby right? If I could
look like a giant man baby instead
of a little tiny old woman small
baby I'd look just like you
Great question
You look like a giant baby to me
Anyone else see it?
Oh.
Oh.
Follow that scent, Dean.
Oh, baby.
Oh, boy.
I smell a...
Thanks.
Right over here somewhere in this here barbecue.
So, Dean.
Keep going.
Tell me, have you ever been to a water park before?
He works at the Daily Planet, and it's this sort of old thing we know,
but obviously media is different now than when the original comics were written,
and so we try to sort of modernize some of what they're interested in.
Do you ever find it hard to act with those fake glasses on?
Oh.
When you're being.
Are you talking directly to me?
When you're being. Yeah, I me? When you're being
Yeah, I'm asking when you're being
Clark Kent
And you're not being Superman
Whatever it is you're doing
Move a little to the right, buddy
It's funny, people think that I would
Relate more to
The Superman character
But I'm actually more like Clark Kent
I was kind of a nerd in high school, and I had this very awkward phase before I found sports.
My diaper's all wet, and I'm uncomfortable.
And now you taste the Franks?
Taste the Frank?
And it fixes your diaper.
You take use of classic distraction, Dean Cain, huh?
I'm distracted from my wet diaper with the delicious boba, Frank.
Boy, I love these.
Why don't you eat on one side and I'll eat on the other and we'll be like Lady and the Tramp.
Sorry, and call them Michael Jordan's favorite hot dogs.
You know, there's a reason these are Michael Jordan's favorite hot dogs, I'd say. They're the 23s of mystery meat.
So good.
That's good.
Okay.
Is that a cut for you, Hayes?
That's great.
Kevin.
Is Kevin doing donuts?
Kevin.
Were you driving during that whole?
I mean, is that part of it?
Kevin, were you drag racing with some of your Fast and Furious buddies?
Yes, I was.
Saturdays, I just kind of have to let the steam out sometimes.
It's a steam.
It's like a steam powered bike.
I just feel like that was really great stuff we were just getting.
It's like a car.
And that's probably not even going to be usable.
It's supposed to look like a locomotive.
And you were so in the zone that I didn't want to hold for sound.
But I feel like I've been really patient.
Okay.
That's great that you think that.
I love that you feel good about what you're doing.
What I'm doing?
Yeah.
That's only going to help us.
Somebody has to feel good about it, so it might as well be you.
I don't want everyone to leave here unhappy.
And I felt like Dean and I, whenever you get him, that that was a real connection.
There was a true connection there.
Yeah, that was really insane.
I'm feeling like if he's not a regular on the show, we have to make him one.
No, we're going to want to at least bump him to recurring.
I hope you guys don't mind that I feel like I'm part of the process.
Weighing in as a producer?
Yeah, that I feel like I'm part of the process.
Well, I think it's good.
I mean, obviously your contributions in front of the camera
are not necessarily something we're going to be able to use.
But if you're able to identify like,
okay, Dean Cain should really be a bigger part of this show.
And that interview was so revealing.
I'm feeling that as well.
And we have lots of other stuff of him promoting the Animal Planet show that he hosts.
Well, and he hosted that Ripley's Believe It or Not show.
Oh, I love Ripley's Believe It or Not.
I could never see enough shrunken heads in a lifetime.
Well, and neither could Dean.
And neither could Dean.
How many of them do you think are real?
Of the shrunken heads?
Yeah.
How many are there really?
How many do I believe in?
How many do I not?
How many are there?
And then how many do they make a prop one for the different locations?
How many are there?
How many Ripley's stores are there at this point?
How many Ripley's stores are there?
And how many are there?
It's got to be at least six.
Hang on a second.
Right?
Hey, shut up.
Fisherman's Wharf.
Shut up, shut up.
Hollywood Boulevard. That's two. That's shut up hollywood boulevard that's two
just let him count the ripley's first i think there's a ripley there
this is like sort of a limitless moment where he can just count all the ripleys and
yeah wow yeah so there's six fake ones oh it's amazing how much information he
yeah holds i know uh-huh it's scary a little information he holds. I know.
It's scary a little bit.
Kevin, Kevin's here as sort of a brand rep for the Franks.
We did the ballpark Franks. You just missed the ballpark Franks scene.
So is there any specific language we needed to get?
I guess you were watching it from your weird car.
And is there no conflict between Kelvin Jackson's promotions for Fenway Franks and Ballpark Franks?
Kelvin Benjamin?
Whoever the guy was.
Yes.
In the car.
There is conflict.
Kelvin Jackson, is that right?
Yes.
Yeah.
It's...
Sure.
It's sexual.
I always get him and Randy Jackson confused.
Yeah, it's kind of like intimate,
like will they, won't they conflict.
Oh, that the two mass market hot dog companies might wind up having a romance.
I felt like Dean and I were playing that.
Yeah, no, that came through in the scene.
And you guys have your own.
I see him as a potential love interest for Lady Grandma, baby.
You guys do kind of have your own thing going on as like the best friends of the Franks.
Well, it's on his shoulders, which I think is suggestive. yes and brett while we talk about this can we turn around on this scene
i mean can we just get the pole turn around roundy yeah and uh um next time can you just
light the shit out of the whole thing i mean i know it's a little bit
you know it's not going to look quite as good i particularly would appreciate it if you could
fill in my right side.
Let's just light the shit out of the thing.
Because that's my asymmetrical side.
Let's David O. Russell style.
Let's just light the fucking room,
and then we'll just move the cameras around and shoot the whole thing.
Yeah.
I don't want to sit here and wait every time while you fill in all these little ā
I mean, it's just not ā
All right.
We're not making Citizen fucking Kane here.
This is Lady Grandpa.
Lady Grandpa.
That's what it is.
I couldn't remember if it was Baby Grandpa or Lady Grandpa.
Lady's a baby.
Lady Baby Grandpa.
Did you think that the Franks
were shiny enough?
Yeah. I thought Brett
did a good job lighting the right side
of the Franks.
They were slippery to the touch.
That's good.
That's like their corner of the market is the slipperiness.
That's my specialty is lighting.
Lighting hot dogs?
Lighting hot, more like hot dogs.
Oh, you're a food stylist, sort of a food stylist?
Yeah, in my off time.
But this is mostly new to me.
Is this time on or off right now?
This is definitely off.
I don't know half of what I'm doing.
So if you could time the move a little better on this one, Brett, too,
where we're just going to do a little bit of a quicker push
because we're going to truncate some of these lines.
It's just for her.
We're going to do a pickup,
and it's just for her saying Michael Jordan's favorite hot dog.
And this time
as we're doing it,
let's do it
like you're an actor.
Oh, okay.
You know what I mean?
That's great.
You're an actor, you're a human being,
and people are going to want to watch you.
Your character isn't an actor.
Your character is the Lady Grandpa,
but you are an actor.
Oh, so Lady Grandpa is like a spokesman.
No, I'm just saying Lady Grandpa is from the planet Earth,
and so that we really want to be able to sell for now.
Right.
So just turn it on the lights.
Oh, I thought that was a gunshot.
That's how he turns on the lights.
He shoots the lights on.
My God.
Okay.
Is this a safe set?
Make it safe.
Yes.
So that's just another chemical leak?
Make it safe.
That could be a test.
And Brett, can you check the gates on that last pickup?
Guys. Did we get it? I'm a little Guys, I'm starting to feel a little unsafe.
That's not what we want.
Is this an OSHA compliant environment?
Yes, because you can hear the alarms.
An unsafe workplace would not have those alarms.
You know what?
I feel much better now.
That's true.
That actually made a lot of sense.
Can we get, while we have the light, can we get the Michael Jordan?
The line. Yes, the Michael Jordan line.
Yeah.
Uh-huh. Okay.
And can we widen out? I just want to be able to, I actually, can you widen out a little bit?
Because I want to swing over and I want to be able to pick up Carolyn's stuff.
Carolyn Ray is going to be standing next to you working the grill. Oh, stuff. Carolyn Ray is going to be standing next to you working the grill.
What?
Carolyn Ray is going to be standing next to you working the grill.
She's like the Frank's mom.
Yeah, okay, no one mentioned that to me.
That's a problem.
That's going to be a problem for me.
You guys have a thing?
Yeah, I'm not working with Carolyn Ray.
Well, I agree.
You're not working with Carolyn Ray. Well, I agree. You're not working with Caroline Ray.
She's working on a totally different day.
I'm not going to be in a show with Caroline Ray.
It might not even end up being the same pilot.
Okay.
Can you guarantee that?
I'm not appearing on screen with Caroline Ray.
There's about three people I won't work with, and Caroline Ray is at the top of that list. Okay, so she's number one. And it's Caroline Ray. There's about three people I won't work with,
and Caroline Ray is at the top of that list.
Okay, so she's number one.
Caroline Ray.
And it has nothing to do with the day I did on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
It has nothing to do with that.
So don't ask me if that's what it's about.
But guys, I'm also a person.
I have to have boundaries.
I don't feel.
No, no, no. Is there a way that you would be happy doing it I'm also a person. I have to have boundaries. I don't feel... No. No.
No. Is there a way that you would be
happy doing it where you could like, maybe
we can film you saying
what you want to say to her
and we can just cut that into
the pilot. Okay. And that could be cool
and cathartic. And you can be sort of giving her what
for. Okay. If you're giving
her the business and if you're done with your
little hissy fit, we actually do have a show to make.
And, you know, we're trying to run a professional set here.
So if you could just sort of, you know, say what you need to say about Michael Jordan's favorite hot dog.
And then let's give it to Carolyn.
Because she's actually cool with that stuff.
She's from that roast culture.
Oh.
Oh, okay okay so you think
I'm the one
that's being immature
about this
we'll find out
because you'll do
your side of it
and then we'll get
some of Carolyn's stuff
so we won't know
how the fight
turns out
until afterwards
you guys are just
going to take her side
I'm here right now
you want to sit
and fucking post
with me
till 4am
and chop this thing up
you want to fucking
get in there
with a scalpel and slice and dice with me and Hayes them. and chop this thing up? You want to fucking get in there with a scalpel and slice
and dice with me and Hayes, the fucking
two surgeons in the edit room?
Because we're put that time in.
It's nip and tuck when it's me and Sean.
We'll do it. So you tell me.
If you want to do that, be my
guest. I'm there already. I don't
give a fuck.
I am deeply regretting this choice.
And I will just say, we did caroline ray's stuff
she said oh jessica's doing this i'm really happy for her this is exactly what she should be doing
and i am and she's like i am honestly rooting for her and i have been for a long time
and she said this is perfect for her oh my god this is exactly what she should be doing well
that to me means it's exactly what i shouldn't be doing and i'm also starting to wonder if maybe
you went to her first
for Lady Baby Grandpa. I'm sorry.
When you said I'm really regretting this choice, were you
referring to your vocal choice?
I was referring
to wearing just a diaper
all day. I haven't had any
clothes on this entire time but a diaper.
And it's a wet diaper.
Full of pea soup.
Which I thought was a bold, dramatic choice to make.
To me, that's what's working about this.
It's very rare that a comedian is asked to be clothing-less in anything.
It's very brave.
I thought this was going to be a Peabody situation.
You have, but it isn't.
Certainly a Golden Globe.
That's what we meant by Peabody.
You have a Peabody, your body.
Covered in tea.
And we've got the Sherman and
pea body guys coming in.
What? We've got the Sherman and
pea body guys coming in.
No one's even offered me a robe
between takes.
So Sherman's going to be holding the mustard.
I would have a baby have a robe.
And pea body, yeah.
That's kind of funny.
What about those towels though?
When you take a baby out of the tub and you wrap it in a robe towel?
For the grandpa scenes, I think it would be good.
Yeah, maybe, yeah.
Why can't Dean Cain wrap me in a towel robe?
Dean, we don't have him doing that.
We can't match that footage.
I mean, we've got to work a little bit with our limitations.
I had heard such great things about you guys.
I mean, we could hire Dean Cain on a different show where he puts robes on people.
And then when he's going around the country promoting it on morning shows, he could demonstrate that by putting a robe on somebody.
We can grab that footie.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, because we do have Dean Cain taking a pause or we have a pause screen with him.
So we can put just about anything in his mouth.
If you want to hear him offer you a towel, and then we'll match cut to you wearing a towel.
Right.
So Caroline Ray is where when that's happening?
Well, she's getting the business from you, right?
So she's still flipping the hot dogs.
She's manning the grill.
Yeah, she has like a grill.
Is she the Ballpark Frank spokeswoman?
That's the only thing we have filmed.
So that we're really married to.
She wears a grill, you know, like a marching band guy with like a timpani.
She kind of wears a grill around her waist.
Oh, she's like a cigarette girl?
Yeah.
Yes.
Thank you.
But she's a hot dog girl.
But for Frank. So it's hibachi that she has strapped to her chest? Yeah, she's like a cigarette girl? Yeah. Yes, thank you. But she's a hot dog girl. But for Franks.
So it's hibachi
that she has strapped to her chest?
Yeah, it's like a big grill.
Yeah.
It's like a big green egg.
Did you want me to score
any of this?
Kamado.
You mentioned that.
Huh?
Did you want me to score
any of these?
What?
Parts.
Yeah.
You mentioned that.
Yeah, please.
Have you not been scoring this the whole time?
No.
Oh, you have to.
I was lighting and making pea soup.
Okay.
Carolyn Ray invited me to a barbecue at her house 12 and a half years ago.
Yeah.
And at which, come, a whole invitation.
Come to my house. Tell her. It's going gonna be amazing, would love to have you, blah blah
blah, BYOB
BYOB
bring your own ballparks
bring your own ballpark prank
have you ever, she had been on Sabrina
a good, I mean, she was making
big Sabrina money at that point
and bring your own booze?
Yeah.
To a party at a sort of celebrity's house?
You read it wrong.
Oh, I don't think I did.
Well, that's something you could clear up with her.
Well, I did.
And I wrote back and I said, I'm confused by what this, I would love to be there.
What does this mean, BYOB?
What did you mean by BYOB?
Did you intend to put this in this email?
Did you have the right email?
Yes, I had the right email.
We both had the right email.
There's pranksters who send emails from Carolyn Ray.
Let's use this for the scene.
That'll be great.
I can read Carolyn's parts, and you can just riff on what you want to say,
like all the stuff that's been building up.
And it can be like a Louie thing.
You remember when he did some shit like that?
With that guy he was mad at, and they did it on the show.
And it was not laugh out loud funny, but it was definitely unusual. It was more like what he wanted
to do. Yes.
And Brett, can you get her... As opposed to
worrying about if it was funny
or it wasn't funny. Is that what you mean?
It was like him doing whatever
he wanted. I hate these
comedies that are just funny.
I'm like, I don't care if it's funny.
Is it fucking on TV?
That's what I want to know
or streaming
who gives a shit if it's funny
is it on yet
that's what I'm asking
and if it is
you've been very true to your vision today
you know it
and so
let's release the Kraken
if we Kraken whips I'll be Kraken jokes and this is on release the Kraken Hayes could be
Kraken whips
I'll be Kraken jokes
and this is on TV
the beginning of this
is now on TV
so we do have to
so it is on yet
it's already airing
just the beginning
but we do have to catch up
and we have to get
this stuff pretty fast
we're a little behind
it's like live grease
it wasn't meant to be
but yeah
when they did live grease
and live
what was the other one
they did hairspray
we've got like an 18 second delay did they do live hairspray little oh no they did they did live grease and live, what was the other one? They did hairspray? We've got like an 18 second delay.
Did they do live hairspray?
Oh no.
They did Rocky Horror Picture Show.
14 seconds.
Okay.
10 seconds.
Three second delay.
This is like that except it's hot dog grease.
We are live right now.
Do try to match your body position to the other side of this.
Okay.
Well, I guess Dean Cain, let's head over there because I can smell those Michael Jordan's favorite hot dogs.
Terry and I didn't know each other, but the chemistry was just immediate.
I sort of feel like you and me are hitting it off.
Dean, what do you think?
For me, I...
Oh, so let's just go over here.
There's a really ugly, poorly behaved jerk of a lady who's cooking hot dogs over here.
So maybe we could just...
No, why don't we go get a hot dog
from this jerk who has no manners,
who invites people to their house
and doesn't have anything to feed them.
Hey guys, welcome to my house.
Oh wow, you don't look familiar at all.
I'm just a nice person
and I think it's nice having people over.
You know, has anyone ever said
you look angry all the time?
Cannonball!
And I think there's enough to go around for everyone in this business,
and we don't have to be, like, jealous and petty of each other.
Oh, that's so funny.
You don't look at all familiar to me.
Have you ever been in anything?
Hey, you guys want sweet banana peppers on your dogs?
Yeah, I've actually been in a few things.
I just wanted to quickly say I really love your pants.
I think I saw them at Target.
Did you get them at Target?
All those clothes you're wearing?
Yeah, this is actually
from my line.
Hey, can I make you guys
an old-fashioned
piƱa colada?
Yeah, I guess I just was
wondering, Caroline,
like we're at a barbecue.
How come you're not wearing your bathing suit?
Release the Kraken.
Okay, let's cut.
Was that the right kind of score?
Yeah, I think we got some really good stuff.
I feel better.
I'm glad we, yeah.
I wish you'd been scoring the whole thing.
All of her clothes look like they come from Target.
All of her clothes.
And that's.
Look like they come from Target.
And we are maybe potentially hoping to have them as an advertiser, both on the podcast
and on the show.
Well, this is...
I didn't say I wasn't giving a compliment.
Good.
Hey, we're all complimenting everything.
Obviously, I was complimenting...
I love the Louis Vuitton.
I love the frigging, you know, VOD movies.
And the...
Everything to me is good.
As long as it's happening.
Yes, please. Just finish it and then let me watch it. Yeah. you know VOD movies and the fact everything to me is good as long as it's happening yes please
just finish it
and then
let me watch it
yeah
and the fact
you know like being on TV
is good
but taking like three years
off your show
is also like a great
like cool thing
to do
yeah
even when
when you were doing the show
you were just like doing
whatever you wanted
and it didn't seem that hard
right so it would make sense you'd need a break yes yeah a break imagine if something else you were just doing whatever you wanted and it didn't seem that hard. Right.
So it would make sense you'd need a break.
Yes.
A break to do something else
that's whatever you want to do.
Imagine if you were living your whole life
doing exactly what you wanted to do.
It would be so tiring.
Exhausting.
Yes.
Imagine if you were making a show
that was damn near stream of consciousness
in the most minimal way possible.
And people say, how could you say how could not at all prepared
yeah and then you go like i can't even fucking do this and it's like what are you doing it's like i
don't know so maybe i don't know and then imagine is that how it feels to me yeah the process with
this show yeah it's pretty crazy with this to think about how everything we're seeing today, the ballpark
Franks, that amazing exchange with you and Carolyn sort of was birthed from my own twisted,
deranged mind.
And that the sort of sinister thoughts I have that just about drove me insane until I splashed them down on paper
have now become this beautiful
burden.
You're watching it fly away.
A pastiche.
And you had a sick wing
and you like fix it
kind of in your mind
to come to watch it fly.
God, they're bringing this to life.
My words, you know,
my Dean Cain interview
about Lois and Clark,
you know, my Dean Cain interview about Lois and Clark, you know, my ballpark Frank thing, my, who was that, Louis Anderson doing a cannonball from the short-lived reality show Splash.
Thank goodness.
Yeah.
Well, I guess that's the other thing that we haven't really said today, which is how gender fluid this show is.
I mean, I'm a lady playing a grandpa,
playing a baby, gender fluid, age fluid.
Yes, exactly.
I feel like we're really starting
to gel here.
And as I've said,
later in the season, we are
going to reveal that you are, in fact, a Kung Fu
Panda. Oh my God, in my dreams.
But I just feel like with Louie Anderson. It is also a dream.
And with Louie Anderson playing
Zach Galifianakis' mom on
Baskets, it's like everybody
is taking such
risks. Can we get a couple
wild hi-yahs? Put him in a dress.
Can we get a couple wild hi-yahs?
Excuse me. Jessica.
We're doing the show. Can we get a couple
wild hi-yah lines
just for when you're
a Kung Fu Panda later?
Hi-yah.
Uh-huh.
Hi-yah.
Hi-yah.
Okay.
Give me three in a row.
Hi-yah.
Fast ones.
Hi-yah.
Hi-yah.
Hi-yah.
Hi-yah.
Hi-yah.
Hi-yah.
And a gadoosh, please.
And a what? A gadoosh. A gadoosh. Sorry. A gadoosh, please. And a what?
A gadoosh.
A gadoosh.
Sorry.
A gadoosh.
But like they do at the end of Funny or Die videos.
I don't know how that works.
Sorry.
It goes gadoosh.
Gadoosh.
And do you have something to promote?
Oh, what?
You're here to promote something?
This show.
Yeah, that's what I meant.
It's going to be going out, isn't it?
Do you have something to promote?
Yeah
It's on right now
That's what I meant
Shouldn't I be promoting the show?
Yes, this show, which is called Lady Grandpa
Yeah
And then I'm on the new season of Search Party
And I'm also on Big Mouth, which I'm really the new season of Search Party and I'm also on Big Mouth which I'm really excited about
on Netflix and then
oh let's see
circling back around
let me think about what else I've got going on
the plane is actually hovering
oh yeah and then I'm going to be in a new movie
with John Cruise
and then I'm really excited about that
and
I just have a few other things I'm working on
so like it's been probably
I would say
Barbra Streisand
also
yeah
American Idol
I'm going to be on the news, hosting the new season of American Idol
and other than that I just sold a movie
so yeah Kevin's in his steampunk car season of American Idol. And other than that, I just sold a movie.
So yeah.
Yeah.
Kevin's in his steampunk car again.
So it's been probably the biggest year of my...
Sorry, if you could just hang on.
We're almost out of time.
Oh no, that's good.
I feel like I got over it.
And we did want to promote
Hollywood Handbook.
So it's this great podcast on here.
Oh, I'm going to be on that too, right?
That's part of this?
That's not really part of it. Oh. But it's this really cool... Not part of this promotion. It's this great podcast on Earwolf. Oh, I'm going to be on that too, right? That's part of this? That's not really part of it.
Oh.
But, you know, it's this really cool podcast that we've been doing on Earwolf for a little while.
If you could check it out.
It's super funny.
Yeah, it's a fun, funny show.
My friend Hayes Davenport, this guy Sean Clements, who's sort of like an entertainer type.
And they do these characters
and they kind of give this showbiz advice,
but it's all tongue-in-cheek.
It's all really funny.
You kind of have to listen to it.
Yeah, you have to listen to it to get it.
It's easy to explain, but you'll drop right in.
Most people like it right away
and the episodes always sort of work.
So, what else about Hollywood Handbook?
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
So, what else about Hollywood Hamburger?
Bye.
Bye. Bye.
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