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INTRODUCING: I Need You Guys with Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate and Max Silvestri (w/ Sean Hayes)

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INTRODUCING: I Need You Guys with Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate and Max Silvestri (w/ Sean Hayes)

*I Need You Guys* is a heartfelt, comedic podcast from Smart List Media featuring long-time friends Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri. Rooted in their 20-year friendship, the show captures the warmth and humor of their real-life interactions, turning their group chat into a dynamic, intimate audio experience. The hosts share personal stories, inside jokes, and advice on parenting, relationships, and life challenges, often with the help of special guests like Sean Hayes. Episodes blend nostalgia with current events, from animated memories of 20s dinner parties to reactions to social media controversies. A central theme is emotional resilience—how they navigate online misrepresentation, public scrutiny, and personal discomfort with grace and humor. The show also includes playful segments on everyday quirks, such as nose-picking etiquette or vintage landline pranks, adding a lighthearted, relatable touch. Through candid conversations and shared vulnerabilities, the podcast underscores the strength of enduring friendships forged over time. New episodes release every Tuesday, offering a mix of comedy, insight, and genuine connection. The show serves as both a celebration of friendship and a reminder that humor, vulnerability, and presence are vital to staying close through life’s ups and downs.

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Hey Smarties, Sean Hayes here and I can't wait to tell you all about the new show from everybody here at Smart List Media. It's called I Need You Guys and it stars Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri. Oh my gosh, they're all hilarious people. Jenny, Gabe, and Max are well-established actors and writers, but they've also been best friends for over 20 years and now that they live in different cities and have kids and responsibilities, they need each other more than ever. Get it? This show is like their group chat come to life. You get to eavesdrop as they ask each other for advice on existing in the world, remember crazy dinner parties they threw in their 20s, and make lots and lots of Jurassic Park jokes. Plus, every episode, they'll welcome a special guest into the group. People like Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Michelle Buteau, Kate Berlant, and many more, including me. I'm going to play you my segment from this week's episode. We spent a lot of time goofing around and just maybe a little bit of time answering a listener question. This show is a ton of fun. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed doing it. Subscribe to I Need You Guys. Now, new episodes every Tuesday. Find it anywhere you get your podcasts. You guys, this is so exciting. You're the best. Can we just say that? You are the best. Well, great. And that's all our time. That's all I have to say. Our time is over. Let's wrap. Sean, I don't know if you remember this, but we, me, you, and Gabe were working together on Q-Force in March 2020. I don't even remember this. A powerful month. But I remember right before we had to go remote to make the show over some app called Zoom we'd never heard of, you were setting up this mic setup, I think, in this room. And you're like, I'm about to start this podcast with friends, and we're setting it up so we don't have to be in the same space. And I was like, what are you wasting time on this for? Brother, we're making an end. This is an animated show for Netflix. You don't need to do this below that. You don't need to do a podcast, buddy. You're doing fine. I know. I know. It really was. Ms. Merlis was just born out of the, like, you guys, it's like, we've been friends for 20, 25 years, something like that. And we're just like, we can't go anywhere. So let's just do this and hang out. And then we're like, oh, well, let's, instead of Zooming and hanging out, let's do a podcast and hang out. And then two people listen, and then 10. And then it's like, well, a ball, some shampoo. Anybody? Do you remember that? Do you remember those commercials? I told, they told two friends, and they told two friends, and so on and so on. It's an old commercial from the 1970s. Yes, yes. Wait, it's shampoo, it's shampoo, it's shampoo. You know, you know what commercial from the 80s literally made me want to eat the soap? And still, when I think about it. Oh, I know exactly the one. What do you think it was? Mr. Bubble? No. Irish Spring. Yeah. Irish Spring. Totally. Yeah. Oh, my God. Wait, why? It just seems so good. Do you remember? Do you remember the commercial for Gleam toothpaste? No. Do you remember Gleam? No. And she held it upside down. She's like, meagle. And I was like, no, Gleam, right? And then she, and then she licked her lips and she's like, oh, it was so gross. But I was like, oh, I'll try it. That's an artistic commercial. I wish there was more stuff like that where they read it wrong and then licked themselves. Yeah, and they're more playful with how reading upside down works, which actually doesn't reverse the letters. Right. And we shoot it in the back of an ambulance because everything's backwards. And on the on the front of an ambulance. Well, one thing I was going to say is so one of the things that I think is one of the cutest things about Gabe when he was a little boy. Actually, Gabe, I thought about you yesterday because my daughter was like, why don't I take the school bus? And we live like four blocks from her school. I was like, I don't know. I can't even explain this to you right now. You're four. But you don't need to. You don't need to. A bus is like a big car, Sean, that takes kids to school, but it can be for other stuff. I need I need pictures. So this so the bus went by. And what I remembered, which is one of my favorite stories from Gabe, is that when he was a little boy, he was on the school bus going down the center aisle of the school bus and he tripped super hard and like fell like all the way down and then got up and went super Grover. Yeah, that was what I consider to be my first joke joke. Which super what super Grover? He had like Grover on Sesame Street, had like a super cape. Yeah, super Grover. And what it was was I was sitting in my seat. The bus braked super hard and every other child was totally fine. But for some reason, I like when flying like a rocket up the aisle, landed at the front of the bus. Everyone was looking at me like, is he OK? I must have been like five. And I had the wherewithal to be like super Grover. And I that was like a real triumph for me as a comedian. People laugh. People laughed. And I came home and I bragged about it. And it was your first joke. OK, that's my first joke. Why this is not just me having like an ADHD flare up, ruining the entire podcast is that one of my first jokes was about a commercial that I saw on TV and I would go up to like adults for no reason and raise my hand and push my armpit out and go. Raise your hand if you're sure, because I remember that I remember that I used to do shit like that all the time. Yeah, I was like, everyone fucking loves me when I do that deodorant thing. I better like, I used to do a bit in high school where I would I would have a backpack on and I would open it just enough so that when I reached to the top of the stairs, I would on purpose trip and the top of the stairs and all my books would go flying everywhere and and people would think that was the funniest thing. So I was voted senior, most likely to trip at graduation. Yeah. So in the line of the 2000 people graduating, I had people like, do it, do it. I'm like, I think I'm going to do it. So I got up there and he goes, Sean Hayes and the dean hands me my diploma and I tripped and purpose. Everybody stood up and clap. Oh, my God. I love it. Did you like take down the podium, like when football players are practicing and they have to, like, run really hard into the thing? You know what I mean? Yeah, exactly, exactly. Yeah, I just sideswipe it kind of spirit off the top of the thing is what you're thinking about the podium out and the principal. Yeah, I was basically the podium. Have you guys ever seen those videos where, like, I think it's a thing more in the south where there's a day in, like, peewee football where the kids go up against their parents and they're just for tackling. It's like kind of like a tradition. So mostly moms. Yeah, there are some dads, but it's the kids are in full pads. So they're like absolutely cushioned, like sumo at a, you know, climbing gym stuff. They look like comically. Yeah. And then it's a man. Exactly. And the parents just themselves just smoke their kids. Like, so it's just their kid running and they run and it just they explode. But, like, nobody gets hurt. And you just can sense the, like, catharsis in relief feels so good in being like the mom of a 12 year old boy. Just absolutely laying in the way that is genius. I thought where I thought you were going was that the kids were going to do it, that the parents were all wrapped up and the kids get to tackle the parents. I mean, all the kids have it in their head that they're like, I'm going to be the one that can take my own dad down. Like, I'm actually like I do football. He's an old man. And then, yeah, every single one gets smoked by the parents because they're huge. You know, Jenny, I think I feel like we should get Sean's input on your conundrum. Like, I don't know if you heard heard some of it as you were coming in. I just heard the tail end. Here was my conundrum. It was a it was a fresh. I need you guys. Meaning I asked them for help with something, which was that you have your period on Saturday. Did you say I got my period? Oh, well, yeah. I thought you needed help with tampon. Like, what do you do? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What would you guys do? No, sorry. Sorry. Go ahead. Yesterday, the White House official Instagram, which I am not aware of. Weirdly, don't follow. And I don't use my Instagram at all. It is like my Instagram still. But three years ago, I was like, I actually can't interact with this at all. It's bad for me. I know I need to have it for, like, when I have a stand up show or a podcast or a book coming out where I wear a dress that someone was like, you can wear this, but you better post it if you wear it. Like, whatever. Yesterday, the White House posted a meme that is like Mona Lisa Saperstein from Parks and Recreation, a show that I was on. I played Mona Lisa. And so it's me and Henry Winkler. He played my dad. And it was like my character saying, like, money, please. And he's like giving her the money. But underneath the image of me saying money, please. A moving image. It said illegal immigrants being like money, please. And then under Henry, it said Democrats. And I was like, well, you know what to do, which is nothing. You don't do anything. That's how you just let it. You just let it go. And I know because you feel when you're the person that the thing. That is being exploited for whatever, for a missed message or whatever. And you're the kind of face of it. You can't help but internalize how personal it makes you feel. But know that everybody on the outside understands that this is unfortunately the norm and has nothing to do with you. You were just a pawn in their messaging. And I think even Republicans, even Democrats, I think everybody goes, oh, has nothing to do with Jenny or. Oh, for sure. Henry, right. You know, but. Henry. But I know it's weird. No, I'm just kidding. The nicest man in the world. The nicest. Oh, God, I love him. I love him. What about what do you feel about the pressure? Like for me, I was like, oh, I shouldn't I shouldn't respond to this, first of all, because the trap will work. Like they have like a million traps to just like suck in anyone for attention so that we're not thinking about voting rights or whatever. But yeah, measles. Can you believe measles, you guys? Jesus Christ. The Marvelous Mrs. Measles. The Marvelous Mrs. Measles. Cheryl Hines calls herself. Yeah, that's what Cheryl Hines is called now. You know, isn't it kind of amazing? There are people in the world and this country that have a the time to write nasty things and be the inclination to write nasty things. I mean, don't you have isn't your day busy? Like, don't you have to work or like? And then what does it do? For you to just write these bad things? So like, yeah, got him. And then they go on. I don't know. It's just I've never I've never written anything bad on instant like anything about anybody. I mean, just give it. Take a sip from the fountain. You're going to want to. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Anyway, it's like popcorn. You're not just one. I always imagine they are busy, but jobs that are. I feel like there's a lot of jobs. There's a lot of jobs where you got a lot of downtime that I feel like I'm sure your boss is mean to you. A customer sucks. Go on there. We get a little endorphin hit by writing something mean anonymously. Like, it's just it's I think Sean's advice is the right to just let it go. This is it. And let it metabolize through and outside of social media. There's also like the weird, like dorky second wave of like you would get like Parks and Rec star Jenny sleep tells. White House, you suck or whatever. It's just such a dorky next thing. It's just like everyone fucking grow up. They call me a star. I was. I was. Yeah, I did. I did like five episodes. How many more were there? Because I only checked you out. Jenny, I know the desire to the desire so strong to when somebody does you wrong or somebody lies about you or whatever. There is this there is this incident in my life where this. This one thing happened and it got blown out of proportion and this one person completely, totally just lied about me. No, and yeah, and it was it kind of grew and grew and and all you want to do is show the receipts of like I have this email and I have this correspondence and I have this that would destroy this person's life in the sense that they would just be have egg on their face. They're like, yeah, everything you just said is completely not right, but on the advice and the great advice. Of my lawyer and my publicist and friends and family are like, don't do anything. Yeah, I'm like, yeah, but what they did was wrong. That's not right. What? That's not right to just go ahead and lie. And they're like, no, no, no, no. And I did that. And it's still kind of bothers me. Yeah, but it was the right thing to do. Yeah, right. Yeah, yeah. You know, and I really had like raw chicken on my hands while I while I got the text. Like I opened the phone with my knuckle. I was like, my daughter loves a drumstick. I had marinated it all day. I never I would have never got my God. Yeah, she loves a drum. Just one drumstick. King Arthur. She just. Yeah, I made her like these gorgeous marinated drumsticks. Did you eat them as well? I did. And I felt great about them. So did my husband. But I had made a bisque that while we were recording our podcast actually yesterday, I guess it maybe it sat on the stove at room temp a little too long. And then I reheated it. And I mostly had that for dinner. And like, when I say, how do I put this? I had diarrhea all night. Sure. So to speak, you know, like translate that how you will. My husband was also ill to the point where this morning I was like, hey, and he was like, Jenny, last night I Googled. Apparently he Googled. What is heart attack? No, because he had such a heart attack. He had such bad heartburn and gas from from the brisket. No, it was a bisque. It was a bisque. It was a bisque. It was a bisque. I like let it get cold. Then I reheated. I think I think that was it because she because our daughter didn't have it. And she's in great health today. So anyway, you should combine them and call it a bisque. A bisque. Oh, OK. Love this. Do that. It gives you both diarrhea and heartburn. It's a bisque. But it's nothing like either the British or the American. Because the brisket bisque is one of our favorite. Um, dishes. There's just hasn't been a name for it yet. And if you're hosting a brisque, you could you could you could have a catering service called brisket where it is. You do a brisque. Then you have the brisket. And you spell it. B-R-I-S-K. New word. I.T. Brisket. Yeah. And then we got. We got some. And then you chop off the top of the baby's penis. putting it on the air and professionally entangling yourself even more, even though it is just about the friendship. Like, you guys are doing fantastic. In the same vein that I had to interpret diarrhea, I'm going to interpret your question as how do we stay friends through all of this? Is that what it is? Yeah. First of all, you don't have to talk so close to the mic, Max. Second of all. I'm kidding. I'm totally kidding. At first, you're like, No, that's a good question. Well, the thing is, we all live in the same city and we all hang out even when we're not doing the podcast. But we've also, we really are like brothers and just like you guys are brothers and sister. Of course, we've gotten in arguments. And of course, we've got, it just makes you closer and it makes you stronger and it makes your bond tighter. You know, so I wouldn't be afraid to, and I'm sure you guys aren't because you've known forever, to have heated discussions about you know, topics you feel passionate about and, you know, and you get through it and on the other side is just a closer relationship. And not that we have, really. I can think of like one or two times that we've all kind of gotten into it and that was like decades ago. Who won? Definitely not me. You're cheating. No, no, no. Yeah. No, but it was all, it was all sibling stuff, you know? And then you realize, oh God, that was so dumb. Yeah. Yeah. Our dynamic is a little more sexual tension. Right. Sure, sure, sure. But not in any of the directions you'd think. You know, Gabe and I have been staring at each other since Y2K. Yeah. Who's going to make the first move? You know, days like this when I show up in both a turtleneck and a full-length corduroy jumpsuit, you know, both of these guys are going crazy. But you guys are having a good time and you guys are going to do this forever, right? Yes. And it's like, it's. I mean, truly, like when we got to record in person, whatever, last week maybe, I was like, oh, the more we do it, the more energized I get. Like, I could talk. I mean, I could talk all day anyway. I kind of do. Yeah, I'm in there. Just walking around mumbling, but. I know, me too. I told my therapist, you know, that she gets a break because I just lay it all out on Scotty. Yeah. Like, I don't stop talking during the day. I'm like, what do you think? Wow, do you. Look at those mountains in Burbank. Do you think that like they ever had a snow cap on top? Like, just endless. Dumb shit. Jenny doesn't have dreams because everything gets processed while she's awake. There's nothing left. That's funny. That's what my therapist told me is the reason why my dreams are so boring. Like, the other night I had a dream that I was taking the SATs and I was waiting for my result. The reason why it's so boring or I'm waiting for a sandwich or, you know, just stuff like that is that I. So you dream in black space. I just process so much during the day that when it's time for me to go to bed, it's like my psyche can't even think of anything. So it's just like, ugh, SAT. Jenny used to fall asleep in cars pointing at herself. It was such a weird, like. What does that mean? Like a weird rigor mortis but also just such like a weird, like, actor. That's like a baby finger thing. I'm unplugging, but I'm still here. But yeah, it just was fully. What does that mean? While you're driving? We were in a van on the way to do an improv show somewhere in college. It was many times, but that was probably when I started screaming about it. Oh, my God. Yeah. So good. If I recline even five degrees, I'm out. No one sleeps. Oh, really? No one falls asleep faster than me. It's crazy. If I. What about you, Max? I have to be put down like a wild horse. Yeah, you gotta get tranked, right? Okay. Yeah, I'm ambient and, you know, all sorts of. Oh, for real? Yeah, yeah. Oh, that's good, though. For 15 years. It's great. Wow. And you think you still need it? Ambien? You know, whenever I, like, once. a month try to take a night off and can but have like the worst night like wake up like i just you know cross the delaware by boat um i have messed up i have um adhd um so or something self-diagnosed yeah same and so if the second i watch a movie or tv show i'm out in like two minutes because i have to focus on something but then if i take that nap i'm up i can watch the whole thing but it's just like the initial or reading a book i'm like one one paragraph i'm out we should take our voicemail right we have an audience question and sean we would love the people ask us for you know advice because we're we have everything together figured out in life yeah um and we're saying i was gonna call and leave one leave a message you should you should please do yeah where should you point when you're sleeping yeah you already know yeah that's a good one my grandmother nana connie called the boston globe one time and told them they should do more um more stories about that actress jenny slate she really did and then the reporter told me did you say my anaconda my nana connie my grandmother oh nanny yeah and they were like is this because they could see the call or caller id i love that that's fine it says jenny's nana is what her color is um okay okay let's listen to this uh a question from a listener hi i just saw your post on instagram and here's my question um is there any amount of nose picking that is acceptable in some kind of etiquette idea idea i live in colorado and almost everyone here picks their nose because it is so dry and you always have stuff going on and then it's also an anxiety thing and everybody's anxious and i would rather someone pick their nose than like do other bad things that come from anxiety but when i see people really going at it or like cranking up their elbow it really bugs me and i cannot i cannot tolerate it and there's all kinds of things around that like what do you do with what you get out of it you know out of your nose oh yeah what you do with what you get out of it it's beautiful put that on a mug yeah um what you do that's a great with what you get out of it feels like an inspirational saying or like a pillow and yeah um wait what so this these are the highbrow questions we got here yeah well i mean it's a pretty easy one that was dostoevsky herself calling in um i don't know that it's easy i don't think it's easy okay wait um what's your answer so i realize as i was listening to this question there is something weirdly i think worse about working from the outside in than working on the inside does that make sense what's that like like a little pinch in the middle a little pinch in the middle kind of feels like like yeah you're managing worse but when you know that's better when you're the vaudeville hook you can't have that right if you're working on something in the like the lobe i don't even know what you call the larger i'm like well that's gross that's gross you're allowed like if you're on like the side of the nostril picking something yes weirdly in my head i'm like i wouldn't do that in public i wouldn't want someone to see me in my car doing that but it is an incredible feeling once you clear that out and you can breathe do you ever watch videos where they pull out massive amounts of mucus from noses no no my mouth waters yeah it does my mouth waters like oh god that that looks like it feels so good the satisfaction of clearing out your nose i i mean i've definitely seen people like going crazy on their noses in their own cars and i understand that but i don't think it's a good idea to do that you know like there's people doing you know they're like popping pimples and stuff because they they feel that they're alone that's fine it's your car you know don't do it when someone else is in it but when you're free when you're out in the world i really well you know this is interesting i think because i think it's the car thing because people feel more confident because if if somebody sees you do it you're like fuck i don't care i'm gonna drive away and never see this person again but if you do it you know in public or like in a in your house with other people watching you're probably more disappointed you're probably more disappointed you're probably more discreet about it because you're stuck with that person in a room yeah oh yeah of course i don't know what do you think about that i have a gym membership just to pop in and absolutely rip ones in the locker room you know like i pay for it and so i have a couple around the city and i'll just just park get the validation go to the locker room absolutely get screwed up up there and then and then just go i was such a nose picker when i was little it like that was something i really had to like learn to like know how to do it and i was like i don't know how to do it i don't know knack it off did you flick flick it or wipe it i flicked it oh yeah yeah and i remember having to be like okay this is unacceptable to other people i still think it's normal and fine i think i knew not to let people see me doing it but i do think it's really satisfying and that it's okay it's it's your own body you find a private space to do it like if you have like a dry booger and getting it out that feels great i think the answer is you should really try to do it and try to well this is what i would say try not to do it in public yeah you know just try just try the etiquette is don't do it in public and definitely don't love you yeah i'm sorry about colorado's anxiety epidemic i know it's tough to pick which brew house and pizza place to go to or whatever because there's four on every block but you'll figure it out i need you guys i i saw the clip the promo clip for um i need you guys and jenny you brought up such a funny thing about getting your own phone or something you're like remember you when you oh yeah when you got your own phone it was such a big deal and and gabe you said and then your family would listen in or something jenny's dad listened in yes all the time right my mom would do that too i remember that as a kid like the landlines and one time i went down to the basement and i called some gay chat group line you know remember those from the 1980s singles are waiting to party on the landline that's right and you're like oh i'll try it and i thought it was being real discreet and then my mom got the it was like three dollars a minute or something and then my mom got the phone bill and she and she called it before confronting me and she was like what is this and i was like i don't know i mean we got i was like i'm trying to call i'm trying to call my friend randy yeah and i must dial dot dot dot dial the wrong number and she's like you dialed it five times for an hour you know but you could never get away with anything on a landline god no no well before caller id you could definitely prank call you could do that star 69 or whatever yeah oh that's right you could block your number right your number so you could get away with anything can't you do that on cell phones now i don't know i think so i mean there was a time when i asked you for a friend yeah my friend randy wants to know randy needs to know if he can block yeah because he likes to party on the phone with a blocked number the number we knew about that we would call it a like if we were like there was a pay phone somewhere and you could only listen to like 90 seconds before it made you paid um 1-800-RED-TITS and what i don't know who like knew that but it's like also why is that why not red nips why are those all the full titties all red that's they're all red that's the whole thing is red that's the whole thing is red that's the whole thing the red the bright red they're the same because there's no change in tone it's just an absolute fire engine red oh i once got a 750 aol bill because i thought i had and my parents were like why do we have a 750 charge and it was because i would we had a second line that i quietly co-opted for aol and but i didn't know that the 40 free hours had run out or whatever because we would get those discs in the mail yeah and um truly it was because i would leave my computer on overnight to download like a dot gif of like tiffany amber thesen you know like sitting on the hood of a porsche but it took 15 hours for like a half a megabyte file and cost my parents 800 sorry mom by the way before we go if you're looking for affordable plans for anything smartless mobiles ten dollars a month for 10 gigabytes you're kidding thank you guys what a pleasure to be on your show such a pro this was sean thank you for coming on our show so good to see you i miss you too i love you oh come on thank you so much i love this so much we do too we're doing it okay bye what an angel that was so i love sean hayes he is one of one of the greats boy i think that's the living room he or the room he was setting up in at the beginning of a pandemic like great bookshelf great setup beautiful bookshelf we he also had a sort of a kitchen island um right moment too for table reads where you could see like a living room behind him you're right i don't know i would suspect that you guys feel this but like there are and there are moments in like i don't feel that it's normal to be able to um talk to sean hayes you know like i know like yeah like to be like oh yeah like look into my future and be like yeah i get to talk to one of the funniest people on tv yeah and he knows my name and in fact has like helped me have a podcast that just was like kind of blowing my mind. And I didn't want to say it to him because I felt like I would start crying. So I'll just tag it on the end here. But it's just like, you know, remember that like episode of Will and Grace where it was like the real Cher? Of course. Oh, my God. Like, I just remember being like, yeah, he's like a gold medalist of comedy. Jenny, that is great. OK, I so Daniel and I, my husband and I, we've rewatched the old Will and Grace many times over our 10 year marriage. And so like and he always makes fun of me because while we're watching it, I will mumble under my breath. Olympic level. Oh, my God. Olympic level. Whenever Sean lands a joke, it's just like it's crazy. The writing is hard to say. That character is like hard to play. And then he was doing like backflips and all this physical stuff. Absolutely crazy. Like sometimes like the first time I went to like a table read for a show and was like, oh, you like I didn't really know what it was. Like, so if you don't know, like if you're on TV, there used to be a time they don't really do it a lot now, but it used to be especially on like a sitcom, but also animated stuff before they would film or record, you would all sit around like a table and everybody would like perform the script and like for the executives and you would like really want people to laugh and like see if it works. And it was kind of a lot of pressure and it was really important. And anyway, the first time I did one, the thing I thought and it was a successful table read on my way out. I was like, oh, my God. The people that got to see Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally do table reads must have like been crying. Like they must have like known that they were like a part of something. One story I meant to tell earlier, just to wrap it up, to let you know how where I am as we head off into our days is that you were talking, you mentioned you mentioned Dean Cain, Jenny. Yeah. And a month ago, I was looking at my phone and I said to my wife, oh, wow, Trader Vic's is reopening. And she's like, what? Trader Vic's. And I like love like tiki cocktails and love kind of like L.A. Divey spots. And so I started explaining to her. I was like, well, it was kind of this like now there's a lot of them, but it was sort of this hot spot in like, I think the 50s, 60s. And it was like, you know, Dean Martin and his crew would be there. It was sort of like, you know, Dean Martin's hang. But I accidentally said Dean Cain. So she was she was like, I'm excited about Trader Vic's. She's like, what's Trader Vic's? I was like, it's a sort of like. It's like tiki lounge. It's like where Dean Cain used to hang out. And it was kind of like Dean Cain's crew. But I'm saying she but she and to her credit was just like, oh, cool. Yeah. I would be like pretty excited about a restaurant where Dean Cain used to hang out. Yeah. Reopening famously his crew of lounge lizards. Oh, the coolest. Yeah. The coolest. And coming up next, Dean Cain will be batching up some tiki drinks. Riding in here on a big old lounge lizard. He's sitting on one of the big stegosaurus spikes. This was fabulous, you guys. I love you. It really was. Gosh, I love you guys so much. And is there anything cool you're going to do before you see us all next? I'm going to send the White House some memes. Oh, we're taking our baby to a pumpkin to like a big light show at Descanso Gardens tonight. Pumpkins Halloween. You might dress him up in his costume. Yes, you should. Great. That's so nice. I'll send pics. Wow. Bye, guys. Bye. I need you guys. This show is called I Need You Guys, and it starred us, Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate, and Max Silvestri. It's a production of Smart List Media. I Need You Guys is produced by Anne Harris, Josh Richmond, and Devin Torrey-Briant, and edited by Josh. Music is by Devin. Executive producers are the coolest people in the world, Gabe, Jenny, and Max. Executive producers for Smart List Media. Our Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Richard Corson, and Bernie Kaminsky. Email us at ineedyouguysshow at gmail.com with all your most perplexing etiquette questions, or even better, call us at 949-441-1231 and leave your questions as a voicemail so we can play your adorable voices on the show. We'll see you next week. Because we need you guys. We need you guys. We need you guys. We need you guys. We need you guys.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The podcast *I Need You Guys* features Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri, who are close friends and longtime collaborators sharing personal, humorous, and heartfelt conversations.
  2. The show captures the essence of their real-life friendship, blending nostalgic memories, inside jokes, and heartfelt advice about modern life, parenting, and relationships.
  3. Each episode includes a special guest, such as Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, or Sean Hayes, who contribute to the dynamic and playful group chat atmosphere.
  4. The hosts emphasize the importance of staying connected despite distance, using candid discussions to strengthen their bonds and navigate life’s challenges.
  5. A recurring theme is the value of self-awareness and emotional boundaries, especially in response to online harassment or misrepresentation.
  6. The show includes playful, quirky anecdotes about childhood, humor, and social norms, including nose-picking etiquette and vintage landline pranks.
  7. Personal stories highlight the evolution of friendships over decades, showing how conflict and vulnerability deepen trust and connection.
  8. The podcast promotes resilience, authenticity, and lightheartedness as tools for navigating modern life and staying emotionally grounded.

Summary:

*I Need You Guys* is a heartfelt, comedic podcast from Smart List Media featuring long-time friends Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri. Rooted in their 20-year friendship, the show captures the warmth and humor of their real-life interactions, turning their group chat into a dynamic, intimate audio experience. The hosts share personal stories, inside jokes, and advice on parenting, relationships, and life challenges, often with the help of special guests like Sean Hayes.

Episodes blend nostalgia with current events, from animated memories of 20s dinner parties to reactions to social media controversies. A central theme is emotional resilience—how they navigate online misrepresentation, public scrutiny, and personal discomfort with grace and humor. The show also includes playful segments on everyday quirks, such as nose-picking etiquette or vintage landline pranks, adding a lighthearted, relatable touch.

Through candid conversations and shared vulnerabilities, the podcast underscores the strength of enduring friendships forged over time. New episodes release every Tuesday, offering a mix of comedy, insight, and genuine connection. The show serves as both a celebration of friendship and a reminder that humor, vulnerability, and presence are vital to staying close through life’s ups and downs.

FAQs

It's a podcast featuring Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri, who are best friends and former colleagues, sharing personal stories, advice, and humorous anecdotes about life, friendship, and their experiences.

New episodes drop every Tuesday and are available on all major podcast platforms.

The show is hosted by Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri, who are long-time friends and creative collaborators.

Yes, each episode features a special guest, such as Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, or Michelle Buteau, who joins the conversation for a fun and engaging discussion.

The show covers a wide range of topics, including friendship, parenting, friendship dynamics, life challenges, and personal anecdotes, often with a humorous and relatable tone.

You can email them to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 949-441-1231, which will be played in a future episode.

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