"Ike Barinholtz"

(upbeat music) - Hello, this is Captain JB up here in Skycopter IV, and there's a, what are we looking at today? - What are we looking at today? - Well, there's a little bit of a congestion over there. - JB, you lost your license. - Yeah. - Bring the chopper back. You lost, you're not supposed to. - We're all gonna switch other programming here. - Welcome to Smartless. - Smart. (upbeat music) - Smart. - Smart. - Right. - Smart. - Smart. - Blast. - Doesn't Jason kind of look like he just woke up and he just woke up, he's gonna have a bowl of cereal and watch cartoons. - I've had cereal, I've had my granola, my sugar-free gluten-free granola, with my unsweetened almond milk. - Oh, I wanna just blow my brain down. - That sounds like she needs. (laughing) - His halfway describing it is just terrible. - You're finally getting it, you're finally getting it. - You can beat yourself free. - You're a Bama-Tay fucking, it's like urine. - Well, it's not, it's not worth it, right? Well, didn't you say I was gonna, I was gonna die without a whole lot of water retention, but it'll, I'll be young. - And remember, and the whole idea is I was gonna be at your bedside eating a Sunday with 30 years to go. - Right, and me and my wooden teeth will be sitting in a casket. (laughing) - Um, I, I, I, I, I. - Maybe you got like a really, like you got like a sort of sexy, like, post-sex looked, did you just say I'm sand? - Right? - Do all does the hand count? - No, I don't do that. - Talk to my hand. - Keep talking to the hand, keep talking to the hand. (laughing) - I just, I'm just, I was telling Sean, I just did some reading. That's all, this is just me and reading, - This is reading for the, for those movie you're doing, yeah? - For maybe what might follow. You know, we, we, we, you know, we're hustlers, you know? - Sure, we are hustlers. - We're constantly getting hired and fired, and you gotta try to build a bridge to the next check. - That's right. - Always. - Yup. - I know. - How do we just stop? - How about we just stop? - I know. - Let's just stop. - You know, because you know what? I hear it from you, if we stopped. - Let's just chat. - We'll just chat once a week, you know? And we don't, we don't have to do any reading, and we don't have to do any, you know, - It hurts to be. - You know, it hurts to be. - It hurts to be. - Crazy hours, and being away from our families. - Oh my God, your voice is kind of warbly. - Oh, I'm here and lonely, and you're. - I know, I know. - I'm gonna be there soon, J.B. And for, for the first couple weeks, I'm gonna be across the street from you until I move in to my place. - Yeah? - Yeah, I'm gonna be right there. - So welcome, and I'll come and spoon you a night. - I'm there in June, late June. - Yeah, we're good. - We're gonna be good. - So, yeah, J.B., but I'm gonna. - I knew that was coming. - You see, that's what, that's what's generous about us. Three weeks, take turns, it's setting each other up to put our own feelings. - Now J.B., do you like being isolated like that by yourself there and all that stuff? - I do, you know, I was thinking the other day that I have lived in a number of these temporary situations because of work in various places around. And I was actually thinking, well, I'm kind of surprised it. I've made a friend of that and I'm kind of comfortable with that 'cause you know me, I'm so locked in and committed and comfortable in my cave at home. Like, I don't leave. - But you create a cave. You create a cave everywhere you go. - It's true. - Like, good about, like, immediately, just like. - Every time you get into Retzel, I remember in Atlanta when I was living that building underneath beneath you, you had your cave there with your couch and your thing, right? - Yeah, the couch has got to be in a situation where I can be laying down and looking, yes, so that I'm looking across my body, over my feet, right to the TV. - The couch is, again, perpendicular to the television. - But if I've got that, I'm comfy. - Remember on tour, every hotel, immediately, couch right in the corner, and then the TV on J.B. would right in the corner. - And you come out to Long Island, you get to my house. Everybody's outside in J.B.'s on the couch. - I know, but that's your, but then unfortunately, that's usually the host's spot. That's your spot. - No, no, because remember I had those two. - You do the corner. - I have those two corners. - Yeah, you do the other, why do you do that? - Well, but every single time you come over here, Jay, you got your spot on the couch. Exactly how you just described it. - Yeah, and I feel bad that this must be, this is the prime spot. Sean, I'm sorry I'm in your spot. Will, I'm sorry I'm in your spot. - You're not. - You don't care. - Nobody, you got, that's your spot. - I do the same, like last summer, somebody came in and we were watching soccer and Bradley and I were in that same configuration and we were both asleep and my brother came in and we were both on the couch. What's your brother's name? - Quick, quick, quick, quick. - Chuck, Chuck, Chuck, Chuck. - Okay, good. - Wait, Jay, but Jason does that. - Chuck, quick, shout out to Chuck. - I just need to know that you don't get, so after a while of being isolated, don't you miss people and the opposite of that? - I would, if in those situations, when I'm isolated by myself in a foreign city, I'm not spending 12 hours during the day with hundreds of people. - Right, right, right. - And my new family, I need one of those, right? So it's, again, it's that black, white situation. - Are we, are we now able to, are we allowed to talk about your new family? Because I didn't know if the public knew about this or whatever. - That one, that one, that one, that one. - This is exciting news that we're going to do it. We just grew part of 11 at TMZ. This was fun. - Great children. - Yeah, it's amazing. I'll tell you what's amazing. - Oh, really? - Our surprise guest, he is one of the greats when it comes to comedy. - Uh-huh. - He got his start on Mad TV. Yeah, he's been in over a hundred episodes. He's been in so many things that we love these days. He's in a show that he created with Minda Kaling that's coming back for season two called Running Point. But he's also lately been known as one of the breakout amazing hilarious stars of Apple TVs. The studio, guys, it's our friend. Our friend is like, "Bear it all!" - Oh, great, great. - First can I just shout out Chuck Arnett real quick, is that you? - Hey, Chuck E. - Chuck E. - Gunn. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Oh, I guess this is great. This is, now this is a guest, will? - Yeah, I know. - And the always is a guest. - This is one of the guys. - All right, I'm so glad you're here. I was thinking about this morning. I was pouring myself a coffee this morning. And I said to myself, I said, - Great, fill us in. What did you do? - You know, I'm in trouble. - No, Stadia, well, if I'm being real true of you, and then some Ripple half and half, 'cause it's Ripple. - It's so good. - He's doing very P-base. - What? - Dairy. - Ripple, you talk about cheap liquor? - Yeah, so. - And it's P-base. - You and I met, you and I met, I don't know, it is P-base. It's made in Canada, by the way, don't you know, eh? - What is that, right? - Boklet. - Hey, bud, I got some piece here. Should we make some half and half? - Yeah, bud. (laughing) - Boklet or Ripple? - Giver. (laughing) - I get giver, bud. - Who is that lady? - Wait, where are you? - So I just wanna say, before we find out where you are, we've known each other for about 20 years, and I was thinking, and I was thinking, I guess one of those guys, you're always happy to see here. - Yeah, wow. - In person, on the screen, doing stuff, it's a rare, no, you're one of the rare ones in that way. - Is there something darker there that you've kept hidden from? - Let's talk about it. - Yeah. - The first time I did beat the hell out of me. - Yep. - Oh wow. - Hey guys, I just wanna say first, I'm a huge fan of this show. - No, come on. - I'm a massive fan. I've listened to, I think, every episode. - Try to better up. - Really, this is what my plan is to really, what's your favorite, what's your least favorite? - No. - Of the three of us. - Alive, we can't name each other. - You can't name me. Last time I saw, I can person, I surprised him when I'm morning, he was staying at Amy's apartment in New York, and I was coming to pick up a jacket or something. - Can we stop there? - Yeah, yeah. No, and that's not breaking news. It's not breaking news. They're not taking Amy and Iker not together anymore. - No. - No, no. - No anymore. - She let me hurt apartment while I was doing a Broadway show. - He was doing a Broadway show. - He was doing a greatest thing ever. - Yeah. - To stay in that place. - My God. - So Ike was doing, Ike was doing this play on Broadway. - Yes. - And you were kind of right in the middle. Were you just starting it for good? - We were, we were right in the middle when I saw you. - What, what was it? - Yeah, I was Chicago. - It was a sexy heart. - It was, I got blasted by the critics and rightfully so quickly. - They didn't buy it, huh? - They didn't like it, they didn't like my take on it. - 'Cause I played it just as like a bro. - Yeah, you followed Cheetah Rivera. - Yeah, it didn't catch you. - You didn't try to do anything feminine at all with it? You just know I told a bro take. - Yeah, no, like, yeah. I reached for the gun. Now, Ike, have you done a bunch of theater? Was that just the one, the one pop there? - I started with, you know, improv and Chicago back in the day, but that was my first time doing the, the great white way. - Yeah. - I'll say that. - Yeah. - Did people come backstage and visit you after the show? - Oh no, we're not. - Hang on, we're not. - We're not. - We're creating a consensus here. - Did people come and say how do you have to the show? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - And did you enjoy that? - I did, yeah, I mean, we had friends come backstage, but then you do the stage door. - Because it was the stage door. - Which is crazy, you can call it, it's called act three. - Yes, respect. - Act three, you go out and you, you know, you're schmuz and you sign autographs and take selfies, and that really touched me, I thought. - And you give it to other people, 'cause you do it for them, 'cause they do. is not all about you right I go ahead I'm not all about with hold Sean why wouldn't we call that act for outside are we talking about a typical three things are in two acts yeah, there is a three act place while in plays and plays musicals there's two acts I gotta get you the internet what just because of the the what you call half time there the intermission is your show during half time hang on I'm gonna do everybody for Jason about to do your favorite today's guest it's Ike Baronholes. Hey quick edit point you like people coming back because this Jason's right that we are trying to figure out this is a long term study that we're doing over here at smartness I hear that you are support if you are somewhat famous oh my god here we are somewhat obligated to go backstage afterwards regardless of whether you know anyone in the cast and go you know say hi to them and tell them what you thought about the show and I've just I've just thought that that it would be presumptuous and also would delay those actors getting home and resting I thought I I it really depends on the celebrity like for instance Jason if you were there and you came backstage it would be so exciting we would take pictures everyone would be excited but if like I don't know a careful rob Schneider showed I don't just use a name I'm throwing out their shots fired but like you know to me or someone who was like we got to stay behind for person X Y or Z right yeah so so that it can be it goes both ways how fun would it be I give you a backstage and also Jason came back and he just actually said it he on the night just said hey I'm famous so I'm coming back and where should we sit because I've got notes you want to go back into your dressing room is it a lot just famous guy to famous guy you know I know what you were going for but let me tell you what's reading well you can go ahead and take the week out of it that would be that's a lot that that's a lot now I'm sitting about mid house and I wasn't feeling there in the third act you're a famous Jason I hate famous Jason so wait the fact that you have at the ready I know what you were going for but here's what's reading like you that you have that in your head ready to go I'm getting ready to direct over here you know yeah he's in prep I saw I saw a video of JB and in their buddy Sam Rockwell at the next game and it was footage of the MSG and they're walking and Jason's talked to him it looked like he was giving him notes on the way to their seats we haven't started shooting yet I'm sure and if I'm Rockwell I'm like hey man I just came to watch the fucking game I know what you're planning on doing let me tell you how that's probably gonna be and saying so nice he probably just took it but God what exhausting shout out before we're done you're shout out to the nice folks over there at MSG for accommodating they are the best they're their front row center thank you tray and the group over there it's just in those next they brought it home that night very classy I don't know when this is airing but it's looking good they look pretty good that's it Sean's been Sean's been saying this all season yeah so just on a loop what a fucking loop about how you guys talking about nix yeah here we go I spell it spell it Sean spell it KN and and what's it short for Nicaragua Nicarbockers is Nicaragua oh is it really Nicarbocker yet higher higher it's just a just a dash more gay okay i'm still rolling okay it's a baby Nicarbocker I wait no wait one holds to go welcome the show it's Ike Baron holds another cut point wow hey now listen I was going to I was going to have a different intro for Sean but I was going to open with because Sean because I like Ike you're from Chicago and obviously the question is I'm from Glenn Allen I have been a Glenn Allen I've been all the glens a lot of glens have you ever been portillo's I've been a portillo's many a time I've been chocolate cake shake by the way shake where they dump a big slice of cake Jason said in Ozark chocolate cake shake from portillo's and he doesn't like that Catherine Han by the way is watching Ozark now the best oh my god she just sent me a text yesterday is a matter of fact that must that's where you must be working with her yes she something that she said hey I'm really embarrassingly late on this but your grade in Ozark or something like that I was just like Catherine Han the greatest love of my life and I said I was just so excited she's seeing it for the first time I was just like oh yeah I was so tempted to say what's what's your favorite part yeah she would come to set and she's like Ozark is amazing we're like we know I wonder why she started watching that I wonder if it she must have she must have tapped everything else out all her subscriptions had had had packed out and she found an old iPad that belonged to a neighbor and it was loaded on Han told me a story she she had Laura Dern's phone number and she would text Laura Dern sometimes and had like a little bit of a texting relationship with her and then when David Lynch passed away Han reached out and was like I'm so sorry about your collaborator I know how much he meant to you and the person said I don't think this is who you think it is and it was the word Tina Faes stand in from this is where I leave you and this years of text just staying in loose casual contact with over the years yeah gotta wait a minute I like where are you are you in New York right now I mean I'm in London night how you are I'm in London look the bottle lid doesn't come off I know how annoying was that on all the plastic bottles they don't come off they just hang that real yeah hang there that's actually that's that's not a bad design it's kind of smart actually we think but it's hard to screw it back on and then you do sometimes like yeah you got your mic jacked on your on your rolling luggage that on your luggage is the mic rob is like you got some books right I was like now this hotel room doesn't have any books so I haven't had a roller bag I love you said wait wait it's no video right it's no video it is a great composition there with your little frame there's one little wheel bottom left are you shooting are you shooting the studio over there I know is that what we are we are actually here for we're here for the BAFTAs mate we got nominated for a bloody BAFTA oh that's great congratulations yeah it's very cool it's weird though it's that we're best foreign show so all the other shows that are nominated some of them I've heard of but a lot of them are like BBC one shows that are like are you quite through now sir you know well that's fun congrats on the thing so so dude you've done so much stuff we mentioned so let's talk you you did start in Chicago we're talking about did you grow up in Chicago I yes I grew up in uptown exactly one mile away from Rigglyfield oh wow in the city the heart of the city right there yeah in the city that's some bullshit 80 miles away you know yeah with nothing big Chicago nothing but fucking yeah tired tread marks all over the no I used to well Riggly Riggly near Riggly is the is Boystown I spent I basically honestly kind of growing Boystown yeah all the games everywhere we would go to the gay parade it's super gay around Rigglyfield yeah is that right yeah yeah yeah we'll be right back and now back to the show so you grew up in the city and I know that you so you're you're sort of second city and all that yeah was improv you kind of you started an improv on stage big improv guy I saw yeah I college didn't really work and then I went to the improv Olympics like 10 year anniversary show and I saw Amy Polar I saw Adam McKay Tim Meadows in particular was so so funny that I was like I'm going to sign up for improv classes and I really just immerse myself in that whole that's amazing the trifecta the trifecta we were there people who were kind of in your year back then who you still are work with or tight with like who else oh yeah I mean Jack McBrayers a very dear friend no we don't consider him you don't can lead on Jack no Jack is a person on another brother yeah he's not he's not that great but like Seth Myers was kind of my generation sedacous was around there John luts like that cruise was around there luts one of the all-time one of the all-time greats love luts yeah Seth I mean what what what between second city uh uh UCB and groundlings I mean if there was like a little Olympics going how do you think those those three would well there's so much there's so much crossover right yeah there's a lot of crossover now I mean groundlings is more like UCB doesn't go back that far right ground what which is the oldest yeah like in like 95 or so Amy and and the the guys kind of left and Matt and Matt and and Ian right so Del Close he knows this Del Close was was the guy at improv Olympic and they'll study with him and he was your director >> Was groundlings or second city the oldest? >> A second city's the oldest, second city was like 1962, like Ed Asner was in the original second city. >> Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that goes way back. Groundlings I think is more like mid 70s hippies. >> So like, and did you not go, am I, do I have this wrong, do you, do you go to Amsterdam, did you choose? >> Sorry, Sean, we're recording something. >> So wait, one second, look at, this is Favreau, this is that second city, Favreau, that's me right there, that's Jack McBrayer right next to me. >> Wait, were you in a touring company? >> No, that was, we just went back for like a, and Ramos, Harold Ramos right there. And then we just went back for like an anniversary, but the fact that you said Jack McBrayer's second city, that's crazy, all of those people that came out there including yourself from that whole troop and all of those things in Chicago, it's just, it doesn't happen anymore, feels like. The mid 90s improv scene was, was really fun, and then I would work in second city as like a bus boy. And I would see like a, like Tina when she first started, like Scott Adseid, Brian Stack, a lot of the, you know, Coleman guys, Jerry Miner, just amazing. >> Yeah, Jerry Miner. >> Stack, one of the all time grades, one of the, one of the all time grades. >> Yeah, one of the all time grades. >> You know, Willie, anytime anybody brings up these, these folks, you, you know them all, but I, did you ever do any time at one of these improv groups? >> No, I was too dumb, like I was living in New York, and there wasn't that same thing, and I wish I had. >> Yeah, but you were going to a lot of them and you were hanging out with them a lot. This is even before Amy, right? It's probably how you met Amy. >> So when Amy, Amy first came to New York with, with Matt and Matt and, and Ian as, as UCB, they did the, they did Bucket of Truth and they did the West Bank downstairs. >> Yeah. >> And my then, one of my, then agents, a man by the name of Peter Principato. >> My current manager. >> His current, my current manager said to me, you've got to go and see this group that I represent. These were doing this thing called Bucket of Truth. So I went there, and that was 1996. They just moved in January of '96. I know all this. They moved in January of '96 to, to New York. I went and saw Bucket of Truth with my buddy, our buddy, Duff, and my then-girlfriend, Miss Yeager. >> I know Duff, yeah. >> But anyway, I remember seeing those guys and be like, holy shit, like, and this is what was going on in Chicago with all you guys were, were doing, and it wasn't in New York and they brought it to New York, UCB, Amy and those guys. But it didn't exist. I wish I had done it. I was too dumb. I got to know everybody, obviously, because I was around all those- >> Well, do you remember in like 2000, maybe two or three together, we did a reading of Jerry Lewis's The Day of the Clown Pride? >> Fuck, yes. >> You, me, Cross. >> Yeah. >> Glazer. >> Glazer. >> God, who else? Rob. >> And for my sister, the Day of the Clown Pride is about a clown that visits the kids in the Holocaust. >> Yes. >> And it's a movie that famously was never released, right? >> Yeah. >> Jerry Lewis plays a Jewish clown who entertains the children as they're about to be murdered. And for some reason, they never released it. >> Yeah. >> But was it Jerry Lewis that killed it? Did he like try to bury it or was it the finance here? >> No, he. >> I think Jerry Lewis himself was like, no, no, no, we can't- we can't show anyone this. >> But the rumor is that Harry Shearer has a copy of it. Like, is it- >> Yes. >> Really? >> There are some clips on YouTube. There's some clips on YouTube. You could type it in, see like little small moments and stuff. >> Oh, really? The thing isn't out there yet. >> Whoa. >> Yeah, we did that. I forgot about that. And there was a cre- that was so much fun and everybody- and not just everybody on stage, but everybody in the audience, it was so much people of that era. >> It was the first time I felt cool on stage, you know, comedy. Like, there was cool people around and I felt very cool from the first time. >> Holy. >> Now, let's go back. I heard you say something like college did not work out for you or something like that. Well, it was a bit of a breeze over there. Let's scuffle back to that and let's talk about, um, so from day one. >> He loves pain points. >> He loves hitting pain points. >> So you show up, you got your suitcases and go from there. >> I, I want- I went into Boston University hoping I would be a politician. >> Really? >> Really? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Are you still interested in politics? >> Um, I, I'm disgusted by it. >> Right. >> Yeah. >> But I- >> I do, yes. >> I do, yes. >> I'm perverted. I know a lot about it. >> So you- >> Yeah. >> But I- >> You're studying Polycy at Boston youth, so you're not a dummy. >> I was going to and then right away I went crazy where I was like, oh my god, if I'd never smoke potter done mushrooms before, that started happening quite a bit. >> Oh, you started to have some bad news. >> And then I was just the freedom of not having to do anything took me over and I kind of went crazy for a couple of weeks, um, and watched movies over and over again. >> Yup. >> And like I watched 2001, like seven or eight times. >> Same disease? >> Yeah. >> So good. >> I kind of halfway through the semester, I was like, this isn't, I'm not- >> I need more structure. >> Right. >> Yeah. And I just wasn't enjoying that. And so I- >> You couldn't handle the freedom. >> I couldn't handle the freedom. I felt bad for my parents, so I told them everything was status quo and it was going great. And um, when I came home and finished the year, my dad is a- is a reward, took me to Los Vegas and LA on a vacation because I finished my first year of college and literally on the way to the airport, my mom called and was like, I just got a letter from BU, they're kicking him out. And um, that was problematic. >> Trip still on, right? Trip still. >> The trip was, the trip was literally, we were done and flying back home and like we saw it on a Southwest flight and my dad for like three hours was like, how could you do this to us? >> I don't know, it's like I'm really sorry. >> But now they're very happy and they're everything's good. >> Of course they should be. >> So then, so then you stay in Chicago and you just start some odd jobs and go into the comedy clubs and at what point did you go all in on having a conversation with your parents about I'm going to pursue entertainment? >> They knew that I was really enjoying improv and everything and at that time your kind of goal is to be on the second city main stage and then eventually SNL, that's the ultimate trajectory. >> After a few years, I audition for this theater group in Amsterdam called Boom Chicago, you know, a lot of our friends have gone through and that is where your job is acting. You don't have to have another day job, you just have to do shows at night and I got hired by them and my parents, I told them, hey, this is it, I'm leaving, I'm doing this now I'm an actor and they have been, they're like the most supportive parent. >> My dad became an actor, like you know what I mean, it's like, it's crazy, they are, they are very, very cool. >> I remember the reason I brought up, I think the first time we met was like 2001 or maybe two, and you and Josh, my or Seth's brother came back from Amsterdam and came to Amy and our old, old apartment. >> Yes. >> Do you remember that? >> Yes. >> And that old was there. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> It was right after she got hired by SNL. >> Yes. >> Yeah, it was that first season because Seth got hired at the same time, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's crazy. >> Crazy. >> I know you a long time, Will. >> I was 25 years ago, dude. >> Yeah. It's nuts. >> Wow. >> Okay. >> It's crazy. >> All right. So you tip, then they go, okay, great. You're going to do it, you're going to, you're going to be and they're supportive in. >> Very supportive and, and do your brothers and sisters? Younger brother, and then he decided he wanted to be an actor too and I was like, dude, don't do it. But now he works, he was, he was on Superstore for years and then creates shows and stuff. So we're like a, we're a showbiz family now. We're like, we're like the arcettes. >> So mom is the only one without a sad card at this point. >> Mom is the only one we're trying to taft Hartley her and come on to like be on something. >> Yeah. >> But she, she, she, she'll be tough, but we'll get her there. We'll get you there, Peggy. >> So, but how did you get dialed into that whole crew of all the comedy? How did you get in, what, what was your first foray into that world? >> Well, came, moved to LA with Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers and my buddy Dave. And for like a year and a half was like a bus boy and just trying to break into stuff. But it was mad TV was my first gig, I got hired with Josh Meyers and we, I did five years on mad TV. >> Wow. >> Which was. >> I watched a lot of those. I used to love you and Josh on it truly. >> It was, it was, you know, it was one of those shows I love doing it until I didn't. It was tough at the time because SNL, I think that's the best SNL cast ever, that like 2002 to 2008, is you know what I mean, that was just like Polar and Will and Wig and Fred and it was just wild and we would always get compared to them. And it was just tough because sometimes you wanted Mad to be a little bit better, you wanted it to kind of not have kind of like guests and stuff, but it was, it was a great job. >> Didn't you guys have like a half hour jump start before, did you guys come on at 11? >> We did, we came on at 11. And we had a little bit of a head start and it was, yeah, I will say it was very fun. My first TV show, I'm still friends with those guys. Like Jordan was on there, Jordan Peale was like one of my best friends and he had a cool thing. It was very fun. But towards the end, I was getting restless and I was like, I need to be on a different show. I want to be on a sitcom and then I left mad TV and like literally did not work for like 3 and a half years. >> That is the curse of a series, right? >> Yeah, yeah. >> You start to be on like all the things you're not being able to do and then you leave and it's like, oh, there's a lot of crickets out there. >> Yeah, who is the guy who famously did that? What was the guy who was on that show? It was them in white people. >> David Caruso, baby. >> Yeah. >> David Caruso. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Well, in fairness to him, there's a long list of folks that think he had enough having a very long career and he had a big show after that, too. He was awesome. >> Yeah, he did do CS that. >> But then you did, and correct me if I'm wrong. So then after that, you do that and you have a, you do a couple things here and there, but it was then the Mindy project, right? >> Yeah. >> That was the next page. I did get Danny McBride did cast me on Eastbound and down at a time. Okay, got it. I just was not working and that was like a big deal for me. Yes, that show, that show, that group, what it was, they're the best. They are the best. I just saw him. Yeah. I love them. They're so cool. They're so original. Yeah. That was the first time I went onto a show that I was a diehard fan of. So was it, was it a little nerve wracking at the beginning then? Was it, was it what you thought it was going to be as a, just as a viewer? I was nervous enough, just like I hope I'm as funny as these guys, but I also had to be a baseball player. I had to be like the best pitcher in the world. And you don't have a lot of baseball talent? I have a little bit of baseball. I'm like a solid five, but it was, that was a little bit of pressure. You don't look like you're throwing with your left hand, you know? I don't look like, no, no, no, I've seen like bad, like Robert Redford's son in the natural. Like when he throws it, it looks so bad. I, I'm not that bad, but I just like slip of the natural to the day. And Robert, you know, when he strikes out that guy in when the train pulls over Joe Don Baker, yeah. And it's, and Redford had a pretty good release. He had skills. He, he was a good athlete. You could tell. Yeah. Good athlete. Yes. Who's not? It's pretty clear when you watch. Yeah. But yeah, there was pressure, but it was like so much fun. And I love those guys. And from there. Would you consider yourself the Redford of these better down? No. Oh, for sure. Yeah. The Redford and the Newman, quite frankly. And the Newman, of course, yeah. Whatever. Both of them. So you do, you spend a down with those guys, but then the Mindy project you do for a few years. You guys did like a lot of episodes. Six seasons, man. Yeah. Six seasons. Wow. It's crazy. Now we can plan about 10, 10 episodes shows. And it's like we used to do 22 episodes. It was a year every year. Yeah. Yeah. And through that process, you and Mindy get closer because you've ended up collaborating since then. And you guys have written together. You guys created Running Point. I think I mentioned that. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I don't know. Jason remembers this. But in like 2019, I sat next to Jason at the Emmys, my wife and I said, you and your wife. He does not remember your wife. He doesn't know. Wait, I think I do. Wait, I think I do. Right at the time. I'm going to come back. There's some horrible, like abortion ban hit. Oh, I don't know. I don't know. But in like 2019, I sat next to Jason at the Emmys, my wife. And I said, you and your wife. Wait, I think I do. Wait, I think I do. Right at the time. There's some horrible, like abortion ban hit at Georgia. Yeah. And we were talking about it. And I was like, yeah, I actually do a lot of work with the ACLU. Uh-oh. And Jason goes, have they filed a lawsuit yet? And I go, you know what? I don't know. He goes, well, you really have your talking points in order. And they're lucky to have you as an ambassador. Like locked and loaded ready to go. I didn't know him that well. I figured we'd skip a few dates. And I'd just get right to hurtful. Sorry. I must have been nervous that night. No, it was very funny. You were too busy winning multiple Emmys out there. No, I didn't. I was like, when some Emmys. I was like, oh, maybe that was was that one I won for direct maybe? Yeah. I think I have a few sag awards. Yeah. Let's go back. Yeah. Is that one I won for direct? Remember. Oh, sorry. That's my cue. Oh, you won for directing? No, no, no, no, no, no. Guys just trim this part. Or just. But why are you saying trim it, but you're shaking your head? No. Where's my camera on? So, but I wanted to get it like. So what's awesome is that you do all these shows and stuff. And now you're kind of. You've expanded and you're writing and creating shows with Dave. You're writing partner. And you guys are. And you're. You've got a kind of a very robust career going in a lot of different ways. And you're doing. You're creating running point. You're on that. You're doing the studio with. With. With Seth and Evan. Those guys, which is awesome. I mean, you're. You're so good. On that show. Real busty right now. Yeah. You are so good on that show, dude. It's amazing. That's really nice to you guys. It's really fun. It's been a few weeks left shooting season two and it's it's it's been long but really fun and really. Yeah, great. I love that. It's a Venice for two weeks. We shot for two weeks in Venice. I saw that. Yeah. With Madonna. We're in the show. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know. Hey, wait a minute. Wait to drop that. Okay. I like the Fred Norris of this show. Yeah, Fred by the way. Okay. Yeah. What are you saying? I would love to. I would love to. I would love to. Shut up. Sit down. You idiot. Don't touch it. You idiot. I told you not to be stupid. You moron. Wait, so I. When you. When you do. I'm sorry, Sean. What were you? Yeah, Sean. What were you saying? Sean, do you want to say something? Go for Sean. Yeah. Wait, is that on your third button on your phone? So it's always there and ready? It's ready to go. It's ready to go. It's so fun. I'm having a lot of fun right now. I'm so jacked up on coffee. Ike's here. Ike likes to. I'm in a year of a Montess wet. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So Sean, you had something. So I had a question about how do you balance family? Oh, for fuck's sake. Yeah. What's your real. What's your real. Fucking real. Work. Life. Well, because like you said, you're like in Venice and you're doing this. Yeah. And like, 18 shows at the same time. And then you, but you have how many kids you have? I have three daughters. Come on. Wow. Girl dad. And I'm not home as much as I like, but my wife's boyfriend is a great guy. And he, we, it was kind of rocky at first between me and him for obviously. But now it's gone. Mother, he's like really good. And he's really good with my kids. Yeah. And you're not. So yeah, we're just kind of letting that rise. And that rise. And he's still doing the MMA stuff. Is he still into the next martial arts? Yeah. Well, you guys know Andrew Tate. You've heard of it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He's actually not as bad. Yeah. People say. And how do your daughters get along with his four pit bulls? They're like pretty good. And now, yes. Now they have the mouthguards. Sure. They can. Yeah. The muscles. They can't fight now. But it was a little touching go from it. Oh my God. And we will be right back. And back to the show. How old are the little angels? The little angel. Hello, little angels. They are 8, 10 and soon to be 13. Wow. God. Right in the right in the zone. Oh, nice. Yeah. It's fun. It's fun. I watch the interview with Bob Odenkirk. And Mike Bidglia asked. And he's like, who are you jealous of? And he meant like professionally. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I got a 14 year old still in the house. And I'd just like to keep her in a box. I know. Right there. And does. And you do. And you do. I do. I put a punch little holes in the top of it. Yeah. Yeah. It is true. It is true. It is the best part is keeping them young. Yeah. It's so good. Don't. I got a little six. My guy's about to turn six. Yeah. Yeah. What are you going to do for him? Hold on, Mike. We're doing a we're doing a party at a place called. You know, let's say the name of the place. I just want to like it. I like it because it's got ninja in the name. But it doesn't matter. We're looking for a break. No, you're looking for a break on the point. By the way, they're crushing me on the price for this thing for a couple of kids. You want it on the weekend, right? Yeah. You do it during the week. You get a real deal. Fucking Brooklyn. All right. Give me a lot of fun. Anyway, so I so I so you're the life work. Work life balance. The channel is so desperate to know about. It's fun. Yeah. You figure it out. You're working. Everybody knows dads on the. Yes. And by the way, like we talk about it all the time. We go away. But everybody has busy. My dad was an actor. But he was busy a lot. He was off working. And he had to. He was like, I got to provide for the family. So he's off doing his job. Well, he's driving down to the mullsen. And he's checking the the taps. And then he's coming home. You know, still fresh voice. I am off somewhere. He was. He was on the road a lot, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What's a knickerbucker? Well, this is. This is an old phrase from New York City. It's like a metropolitan fellow, maybe. Where I believe it is. Yes. I could let's go with that. I believe it is a. Yeah. No, I don't think it's necessarily a dandy man. Hold on. That's what you said. But will you. Are you searching? I'm going to search it up here. No, I'm not. It's good. Our next question. Hey, Siri, what's a knickerbucker? Oh, it goes. Descentive of the original Dutch settler. Or knickers in the United States are a form of baggy knee bridges. No, it's a person descended from the original Dutch settlers of New York or more broadly a native or resident of New York City. Do you guys like trivia? Are you guys are anywhere? Are any of you trivia heads? No. I'm a little bit. I watch jeopardy. So I was going to mention this. I just got a trivia podcast that he's doing now that we're, we're always going to play golf. Oh, for real? Yeah, fun to call. Funny you ask. So Will, Will was going to do it and he texted me. Oh. He said, "Hey, man, I can't do it." And I thought it was going to be like. I didn't sound like that exacts by the way. But good. That's how I read your text. And I thought it was going to be like, "Yeah, I'll work thing came up." Or, "Yeah, I got a kid thing." And he's like, "I can't. Bateman really wants to go golfing." Oh. Good. [LAUGHTER] You how dare you. I sold you out. You go. Because Jason, well, it was here. I didn't tell you this. Was that thing a couple of weeks ago? It was the last time he played. Yeah, it was the last time he was playing before he was leaving town. It was in the vanyac. So baby. I'll do it. And so Bateman texted me, well, why don't you just risk schedule? >> I don't sell like that on text. >> I mean, you just risk schedule with I can do it on a later day and join me on the golf course tomorrow. >> I don't want to sell like Paul Lynn. >> That's who it is. That's who you sound like. I've been trying to place that. >> Now, but did he want to be honest? I wanted to be honest with, I truly appreciate that because if he would have been like it's I have a work thing and then I went golfing and saw him there, I'd be crushed. >> Yeah. >> Did you offer him a rescheduling date? >> He did. >> I did. >> I'm here and I'm waiting. >> Absolutely. >> He's out of town and I'm waiting for him to get back and I'm going to do it. >> We're actually going to do it right after we finish this part. >> Yeah. >> We're going to do it. >> Wait, you got some questions? >> I do have some questions for you guys. >> Yeah. >> I started a trivia podcast because I love trivia, right? >> I do. >> I'm obsessed with trivia. >> I've gone on. >> Have you been on Jeopardy? >> I won celebrity Jeopardy, Mr. Bateman. >> Yeah. >> Wow, wow. >> Yeah, I won celebrity Jeopardy. >> He's one who wants to be a millionaire. >> Whoa. >> A one celebrity who wants to be a millionaire. >> What's the game in the bars? >> In the bars. >> Is there a game in the bars? >> Oh, a pub trivia? >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> Yeah, I've done that before. That's very fun. That's very fun. >> Yeah. >> But I want to do a podcast where I interview friends of mine who are like funnier cool and then ask them trivia questions about subjects that they kind of do. >> I'd love to read for it. >> We are out to your people, I'm sure. >> Okay. >> You guys want a couple of questions? >> Yeah. >> Obviously, obviously. >> Okay, let's go. Let's go. You can just call out the answer if you know it. >> Okay. >> There's no buzzer. >> No, just say your name for the buzzer. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> The battle of the Hastings was-- >> Jesus. >> What you got? >> Sorry. >> 19. >> The battle of the Hastings, this Norman King was the conqueror-- >> William the Conqueror. >> William the Conqueror. >> Okay, I believe that question. Ready? Here we go. >> 1060, by the way, 1066. >> Yes, 1066. >> This American car company ceased production in 2004. >> What was that? >> This American car company ceased production in 2004 but was part of GM. >> Yeah, I know what it is. >> Jason. >> Also on Ville. >> Yes, Jason. >> Oh, wow. How do you know that? >> Name another Mark's brother besides Groucho or Harpo? >> Yeah. >> Sean. >> Groucho, Harpo. >> And you were in the fucking movie. >> Richard. >> Richard. >> Richard. >> Richard. >> No, wait, it starts with the P, right? Does it start with the P? There's a C, a C, a G, and a Z. >> Zepo. >> Zepo. >> Zepo. >> Zepo. >> Zepo. >> That's very different. >> Like a Francisco gummo or Zepo. >> Yeah, the Eastern region of Canada consists of three provinces and is known as what? >> Well, that's right. >> It is known as the commonwealth. >> No, no, no, no, no, no. In the, in the, in the, in the, in the, >> Maritimes. >> Yes. Uh, who was the 10th US president? >> Oh, God. >> Jason. >> Yes. >> Lincoln. >> McKinley. >> No. >> John Tyler. This actress has one more Emmys than any other actor. >> Jason. >> Yes. >> Is it Julie Leroy-Dreyfus? >> It is Julie Leroy-Dreyfus. >> Damn it. >> Isaac Newton, Charles Dickens and Oliver Cromwell are buried in what London landmark? >> Jason. >> Um, it is the big, the big church, the big cathedral, the big, um. >> Wait, what's the rabbit? >> That's it. >> Boom. Uh, two more. This man is the NHL's all-time leading score. >> Sean. >> I don't know. >> Jason, Wayne Greskey. >> Wayne Greskey. >> No, it's a Vetskin. >> Oh, that's. >> Score, no score of goals. Score, I was including points. >> Oh, okay. >> Sorry. >> I knew it was a Vetskin close goal. >> Sorry. >> Last one, infant insects are called nymphs or small bugs. >> Or larvae. >> larvae is correct. Nice job, guys. You guys got the majority of those right. >> God, that's so cool that three of us could get 20% of them right. >> Welcome to Smartless. >> Yeah. >> Oh, shit. >> Well, what's the name of that? What's the name of that podcast there, all right? >> That podcast, Jason. >> You guys got the majority of those right. >> Yeah. >> Oh, shit. >> Well, what's the name of that podcast there? >> That podcast, Jason, thank you for asking us called Funny You Ask. >> Funny Ask, guys. >> Well, that seems like a tune in. >> And you just had our friend, you just had our mutual friend, Adam Pali on there, who posted a podcast for us, which I love with him and Gaboris. >> Yeah. >> What's that one called, Cross Plug? >> Cross Plug. >> Staying alive. >> Staying alive. >> It's a Smartless Media podcast. Check it wherever you get your podcasts with Gaboris and Adam Pali. Adam Pali is so fucking funny. >> He is one of the funniest dudes, guys. >> He is so fucking funny that dude, isn't he? >> He said I was asking him, what would you give, what would you do if the next could win the championship? And I named a bunch of things. Like, would you change your middle name to Stalin? He was like, yes. >> Yes, I was happy. >> I was like, would you, every time you turn on the TV for the rest of your life, it's only kill Tony. He's like, yes. >> One thing he said he wouldn't do is give up chicken parm. >> Yes. >> He's like, I can't give up chicken. I'm sorry. >> Do you have a co-host on your show? >> No, it's all me, man. It's so long. >> Wow. >> That's once a week. >> It's once a week. And I write all the questions for my guest. It's one hour. >> Wow. >> You do all your own questions. >> I write the questions for the guests. And I really love doing that. It's like, it's a fun way to kind of like get into their head a little bit. And then my producer Annabelle writes the questions that the guest asks me because I also want to do a podcast where I answer questions as well. >> But that's still like a lot of work that you're doing. >> A lot of work. >> You're doing all the shit you're doing. >> Yeah, that's it. >> You're writing running point. You're e-peeing that show. You're doing the studio. You're doing this podcast. You're running around doing all this. Like, how the fuck? >> You got an outer addiction. >> Yeah. >> I have a minor speed addiction that we're trying to kick right now. >> Good for you. >> Cut this. >> Look at the trend point and number point. >> I go with the podcast and the movies and the being a father and everything else. When do you slow down? What do you do to slow down? >> Yoga. >> Yoga. >> When Jason was saying, I like to watch TV. That's like my favorite thing to do. It's like at the end of the day is to watch. >> Right. >> And what's your favorite of television? >> Is it reality TV? >> Something dumb? >> The only thing out of the reality TV, not too much. We just finished beef season two. >> Sure. >> Am I like watching good TV shows? >> You'll climb in and the Wii is, is that the girlfriend or the wife? >> That's the wife. The girlfriend does not like TV. The girlfriend wants to go out to nightclubs. >> She's a list of nightclubs. >> Yeah. >> She wants to go out to nightclubs. She likes bottle service. >> She actually works at the club and does the bottle service. >> Of course. I don't know if you guys had this with your wife where my wife does want to go to bed earlier. >> Yeah. >> And so there's some nights where it's like 8.52 and she's like, should we just go to bed? And it's like a push and pull. We're like, no, we have to watch like 46 minutes of a TV show right now. >> But what about, but you're not watching the TV shows in bed. We did not put a TV in our bed. >> That's smart. >> It's terrible TV show. >> Yeah. >> Boy, you guys both keep in the sex alive. >> No, yeah, TV in there. >> This is bullshit. >> But so you're watching, by the way, that beef season two, can I just shout out, obviously, Chuck or Ned. But Carrie Mulligan. >> Yeah. >> The great Carrie Mulligan. >> The great Carrie Mulligan is the most underrated actor of our generation. >> She's really good. >> Carrie's great. >> Yeah. >> I fucking love her. >> I will say, though, that always sounds like a bat. Like, it always sounds like a bat cannon compliment. I will say, to those who know what they're talking about, she is not underrated. They're talking plan. >> No, I know, I just mean, I just mean she should be lauded. There should just be permanent billboards of her not even promoting a movie just because she's agree with you. >> I give you. >> You should buy some. Take them out. >> I will. I don't know if Marcus will. Her husband will love it. He might think that, you know what I mean. >> It's a little strange. >> It's a little much. Anyway. >> Hey, yeah. We are at hour one. >> I know. >> We're at hour one. >> Let's get to our first question. >> I love fucking Ike. >> I just love hanging out with Mike. I was so excited. I said to Sean before, we were facing him before, you know, the core part of smartness we're facing before. Just Sean and me. And I was saying, he was saying is your guess good? I said, oh, our guess is so good. We just want to hang out and laugh and we'll do it. That's exactly right. >> Right. >> Do you have any questions, Will? >> No. >> Fuck no. I do. >> I had a bunch. What's a note that you've gotten as an actor or writer that really changed how you approach your work. You collaborate with a lot of comedic voices. What do you think makes a collaboration? >> Who cares? >> Who cares? >> I want to know this is it. >> What's the show? >> Did you J.O. today? >> Yeah. >> I'm religious and I'm in a hotel room by myself. No upset. >> When did the first show? When did season two come out? Because I can't wait. >> That's going to come out next March, I believe. >> Fuck off. >> March 2027. >> Wow. >> Take some that long to cut it together. >> Fuck it. >> Time. >> Yeah. >> What's up with Rogan and fucking Evan? What are they doing? >> Man, they're smoking dubies, man. >> I know there's no dubies. >> I bought one of his standing asterisks. No, I bought two of them. And I sent him a pick and I said, "I'm supporting the cause." >> As an investor, I say, "Thank you." >> Oh, no shit. >> Yeah, a little bit. >> Fuck it. >> Well, you guys want to cut me a deal? I fucking paid retail on the fucking website, dude. >> I only invested my friends companies. We had no money in the market, no mutual funds, no Roth IRA. I just invested my friends' money. >> That is. That's our whole sign. >> What's your email? I'm going to send you a perspective on something. >> Yeah. >> It's an old email. It's dumbass Ike at AOL. >> Yeah. >> I got to share it. >> For myriad reasons. >> Your four minutes over, Will. >> I know. I know. I just want to say, I love having you. I love that the rest of the world appreciates you. >> I love that the rest of the world appreciates you. appreciate what a fucking great funny dude you are increasingly. And I've loved watching the success you've had with the studio. I'm just fucking always rooting for you as you reach these crazy heights. And everybody with a studio came out earlier, I light up every time I see you. 100% you always have a great vibe and then now you've taken to the next level. And like everybody's like have you people are like, have you seen Ike Baron Hose on the fucking studio? He's so fucking funny, you're so fucking good. And aside from all that, you get hired over and over because you're normal and easy and kind and a good person. You are talented. You are. Aside from all the talent. It is true. If you're listening out there to our listener, and you've got a script, Ike, if you got a script, Ike is the guy to send it to, and then he'll put his name on it. He'll put his name on it. Well, I might not be the best actor of the funniest actor, but I'm on time. Yeah. I'm respectful. Yeah. And that is all that matters. It's truly for our listener, I will say truly you're one of the fucking great good dudes out there. And I really mean that. This is a bucket list thing from you guys. Buck up on it. I'm dying. What a guy. This guy. Take another bow. Ike Baron Hose. The one and only. Thank you Ike for joining us, my friend. Give our love to everybody over there on your cast that you guys are doing. The Bafterswitz tell them we say hi. We love you guys and we love you. Amazing. Love you very home. Thanks. Bye everybody. Bye. Ike. I love that tune. I love that tune. That's one of those fellas that I have not yet worked with and I'm not happy about it. You know, and you know, who else like, you know, like Seth, Evan, Judd Apatow, like, I've never been, never been included in that group ever once ever, you know, said, hey, come on over and play a little bit now, stop, stop for a second. Take a beat. Let's look at, let's look at ourselves, Jason. Let's look at ourselves for a second. What's my part in it? What is your role? What is my part in it? I'm going to get a mirror. Let me get a mirror. Don't get one of those true mirrors. Don't get one of those true mirror. What's a true mirror? Have you ever seen those? It's not even just a reflex like it kind of sees like what the world sees of you. It's just inverted. It's inverted. It's scary. AF. Really? It's different that you're just your face is flipped the other way around. You look, yes, have you never done it? I think the iPhone, if you reverse the camera is, that's the way people see you. I don't know. No, you just see the room you're in. I don't know. Yeah, but I mean, that's the perspective of people looking at you. Oh, you're in like MIT just called they have an opening. Like what I'm looking at right now in this zoom, I'm assuming that is the perspective that you would have if you were sitting across from me, right? Yes. The cameras in front of me. Yeah. I guess so. Yeah. I'm not sure. Can we get Tyson now Neil and Beth Tyson on the floor? Please. This is so depressing. Wait. Sean's got here. He comes. I'm just going to see his eyes. Oh, here it is. Scottie just DM them. Okay. Just DM them a little by. Another one. No, no, let me see. Oh, okay. Okay. I'm looking at something else. Nothing to do with. I'm scrolling. I do remember the. Oh, hey. Do you guys. Do you remember that Beatles song or Paul McCartney's song where he's singing about a bird or something? Oh. Oh. Oh. Is it Blackbird? Yeah. It's about to tell you about that. Out of left fucking. Yeah. That's what I mean. That's what I mean. That's what I mean. That's what I mean. Yeah. That's what I mean. Yeah. That's what I mean.