The Julia Louis-Dreyfus Episode

Oh, I thought you were saying he, but you weren't. You were talking about Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She's our latest guest. You might know her from Seinfeld. You might know her from Veep. You might know her just by knowing her. Everybody get up for we got Julia Louis-Dreyfus! Just the way we started is, like, we hang out in here for, like, 45 seconds, and then. Hang out where? If you stand anywhere here, right? Basically, you walk up, and I'll only say down here because if you're there, the camera will catch you, and we don't get you, like, walking up. But you're going to walk up here. This, like, half door will be like this, and you can just pop your head and be like, hello, and then we'll say, hey, and then we hug, and it's like. And then we just hang out? Hang out, yeah. Okay, that's great. Yeah. Okay. All right. Thank you, Julia. I'll see you in about 45 seconds or whatever. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Tell me when you want me to go. You can start counting now. 30 seconds. This looks broken. Oh, it is broken. It is. That's, like, almost broken. I glued it. Hey, Chuck. I glued it back together. Yeah. But be very careful because. I'm really excited. You have to hold it through here so that this doesn't fall off. I'm really excited about today. Okay, I'm coming. Are you ready? Yeah. Oh. What? Hi. Come on in. Hey. Hey. Nice. Nice. Seinfeld. It's the biggest show ever. Come on. Come on. I think you should even go one more. No. No. This is like being in the Truman Show. That is thrilling. That was thrilling. Yeah, I like talking to you. The chemistry is unreal. This would not be this without Seinfeld. Isn't that amazing? Wow. What are you? I'm a mutt. What am I? I don't know what I am. You know what? I would love to show you one item. Oh. Hold on a second. This has been framed and in my house. That's me. Yeah. I have had this up in this home for about a decade. No way. Yeah, I saw it at a flea market or something. I forget where I saw it. Who did this? Is it like a card or a what? The person that did this has other ones of like other cast members of Seinfeld and maybe other shows as well. I don't know. We do the same gag with everyone. We have the same thing with everyone. Here's a camera. Yeah, there you go. Yeah. That's her. That's so cute. I like it. Yeah. Even the shoes. Yeah. And the toilet paper. I bet you could find one like that on Etsy. Yeah. I still have those shoes. You know, this jacket I'm wearing is from back then. Really? Yeah. Really? Yes. Wore it on the show or not even? I think I wore it on the show. Wait, this jacket? This jacket is from, what year is this jacket from? Like the early, wait, when did the, it's from the 90s. Oh my. Wow. Yeah. Did you get to keep some of the wardrobe? Yeah. Oh, wow. All of my wardrobe, the entirety of it is solely from my show. I never go clothes shopping, but whenever I do a season of my show, I get all these new clothes. This is a good shirt. Yeah, from my show. Is that one? No. Yeah, it is. Not the pants on it. I think I got you that one. I tried to shop for him once. I know the pants. But it's based off of a shirt that I had that you said you liked it from my show. Yeah. It might even be the one. I like when he wears them. One button too low? Is that what you're saying? I like it, yeah. I had this button buttoned before. No, I like it though. It kind of felt like it looked like it was going to pop. Let me see. It just felt like, do you see how it looks? Yeah. Yeah, the shirt doesn't fit you. It looks like you have big breasts that are pulling it apart. My only option is to have it be so low. It's lower than comfortable. It looks good, though. I like it. No. No? No more? No. You can't go one more. You have two boys. Are they similar in. You have two boys. Do they wear their shirts low like this? Are they similar in spirit? They look just like you guys. Do they? They do? No. Tell us about your boys. They are 28 and 33. Is that how old you guys are? You look like you're 16. Thank you. I've been saying that I think I was 28. Wait, how old are you? 28. He's 10 years older than that. I'm not 28. How old are you? 37. We were born five days apart. Really? We're both 37, yeah. You're pretty much 38 now. But I feel as though. I feel as though I carry myself like I'm 28. Wait. Yeah, you have young. There we go. Young vibes. Maybe that never goes. Maybe I carry myself 31. Yeah, 30. No, actually, I think you both seem about 28. Yes. Wow. Kristen, Kristen. 20. One. Super young. Actually, yeah, you seem like a mature 21 where you are. Yeah. Do you know? Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. I'm like really wide. That's what I want. That's all I want. I want to look 21 but be so wide. You look absolutely beautiful. That is so sweet. I tell him to say that every day. No, she doesn't. She doesn't. She does not sound like. Yes, I do tell you to say it. I don't even. I think it's important to say it. Not a lie. Not a lie. I only say it when I'm struck by it, which is often. That's so nice. Maybe I should say it when I'm not struck by it, but I think it's so genuine every time I say it. I really appreciate it. When we first started. No, you need to always say it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, every day. I have two stories about when we first started dating. One, when we first started dating, it was like the beginning of COVID, and I had. Obviously, I used to watch Seinfeld, but I never watched it like. I became. You. It was mostly because of you. I watched it every day for confidence, because I felt like your character did such a good job of being herself, which is probably how you are, and being confident, and being around men, but not losing your sense of. She was still feminine, and I feel like when I started dating Dave, I was so nervous about being judged or. Oh, interesting. So it helped me. I feel like it helped give me my sense of self back. Oh, my God. I am so happy to hear that. I know. Yeah. And then he used to be like, you remind me. That is amazing. My story about watching Seinfeld is so different. The first time, when I was about maybe eight, maybe, eight or. I can't even see you. No, watch this. Nice. You want me to get you a chair? Watch this. No, I want to be sitting down like this. Okay, watch this. Oh, this is nice. Anything's possible. Watch this. When I was like seven, I can't even believe I'm telling you. This is so stupid. I was about maybe. Seven or eight, okay? And my family. Seinfeld was a religious experience. Every week, it was a thing that happened. Yeah. And I remember. And I don't remember many things from being a child. Really? But I remember this so. Not at that age. No, I think I blacked out a lot. So I'm like seven or eight, and everyone's watching Seinfeld, and I really have to use the restroom. I got to go number two. So I go up. And it was the first time in my. We can't go eight minutes without shit getting involved. Talking about a dump. Yeah. It was the first time in my life that I ever consciously experienced constipation. Oh. And. Oh, no. And I got really constipated, and I couldn't get it out, and I was embarrassed. So I went back downstairs, like mid. And I was like, I'm just going to like. I remember going through my head. I'm like, I'm just going to like keep this here. And it'll go away. And my parents had to go to CVS. Someone went to CVS and bought. What is it? Enema? The water squirter? But they made me wait until the show was over. Because they said they had to watch. They said, we can't go yet. So I had to stand up. I remember standing and wait, because they were like, don't sit down. I've never heard you say this. I know. And I just remembered it. And I was standing up, just pacing back and forth. Because back then, you had to watch it live. Or not live, but you had to watch it live. You had to watch it when it came out. Yeah, you had to watch it live. Well, no, you could have recorded it. No, no, no, you couldn't. A hundred percent. No, you couldn't have recorded it. You would have had to have a VCR right there with a tape in there. They didn't want to miss anything. I guess so. I can't really remember. There was no direct TV or recording. No, but there were VCR tapes. Yeah, yeah, but you had to have had a tape. And no one wanted to move when it was happening. Well, you do it in advance, knowing that this is the goal. Or you do it in the commercial. I'm just trying to help you out. Maybe I'll call my parents. I'll call my parents and ask them. So I remember they went, and then everyone, I remember how embarrassed I was. My whole family was gathered in the bathroom, and I got it out after, and that's. It all worked out, see? It all worked out. They all lived happily ever after. It's perfect. It's a perfect story. I think we're all a little nervous because of how important you are to our lives. Oh, my God. Please don't be nervous. From afar. We've never even met you. Yeah, I mean, once you get to know me, you'll see. It'll be awkward. It's a nothing burger. How do you even have the urge? You've already done, like, every. Oh, I like to work. Yeah. No, but you've climbed the mountain, like, you've climbed it so many times. That's not what life's all about. There's so many mountains. And it's not what it's about. It's about. No, I like. Break it down. Creating. Yeah. How have you seen women in comedy change? Like, how women are even allowed to. Well, women are much more powerful in comedy now, I think, than when I first started out. I mean, I don't know if that's your experience, but, I mean, yeah, for sure, which is a good thing. I mean, when I was back. When I was even on SNL, I mean, you know, it was just, like, the girl part. Yeah. Wait, were you on SNL and then Seinfeld or Seinf. Like, how. That's where I met Larry. Okay. David. Got it. Was. Oh, by the way, I was on the phone with Jeff Schaefer coming over here. Oh, you called. So he's. And he says hi, and he says. Wait, was it just a random. No, it can't be. No, I called him and said, I'm coming to do this thing. Is there anything I should know? Did he say don't do it? Did he say nice things? Yeah. Okay, good. What type of. No, I'm just. You loved. We love Jeff. You love Jeff. I'm from the Seinfeld coaching tree of comedy. Like, because Jeff is my mentor. Yeah, Jeff's great. Yeah, and Jeff is, you know, Larry, and then Benny's under my tree. And so on and so forth. Yeah. Loves your TV show. Thank you. Really. Thank you. Yeah, and it was my kids who turned me on to it. It was fucking hilarious. Thank you. That means the world. Yeah. It was really, really funny. In fact, one of my kids read for a part on. On your show, I remember. Oh, wow. Yeah. But I forgot the name of the part, so sorry. That's okay. Dave. Sounds like you didn't get it. Yeah. But I feel like Elaine as a character. Like, to me, they're. As far as just being a powerful voice in comedy, like the Elaine character, I felt like was, I mean. Yeah, it was like one of the first times in comedy where I really saw a woman have, like, such a powerful, like, I feel like it's what you were saying. Larry and I knew each other back during SNL days because he was there, I was there for three years, and he was there my third year, his one and only year. And we were sort of miserable on that show together and kind of hung out together. Yeah. And then we went off and did different things. You know, he was a stand-up, of course. And I did, like, I got a pilot and I did a series for two years on NBC. Anyway, long story short, he had written this thing and he sent it to me. He sent it to me. It was, like, four episodes. It was only four. They'd only ordered four. Yeah. Oh, wow. Oh, yeah, because didn't it have a little bit of a slow start? Oh, yeah. They'd done a pilot and then the network said, you need to add a girl. Oh, wow. Oh, really? And so, yeah. Good call by the network. Yeah. Yeah. You're literally my favorite character on the show. Well, actually, you know, I did, I was at the, it's funny that you say that because Jerry did a thing when I got, at the Kennedy Center, I got the Mark Twain Award a couple years ago and Jerry spoke and he talked about the network note of that. And it was actually a really funny speech. Are you saying that in that moment I reminded you a little bit of Jerry? No. Okay. Understood. Go on. But anyway. Four episodes. Four episodes. And so, and so he sent the four episodes and it was really an unusual script. And so, I think there was something about being kind of, sort of, what's the word I'm looking for? It was just like friends, being friends together and just hanging out. And I mean, that it does, that sounds as if it was just hanging out. It was a lot of work to make the show, of course. Yeah. But what I mean was there wasn't like, we were all, we're like kids. Yeah. And, and we had our own idea and they had their own idea of exactly what they wanted to do, which was not the norm at the time in terms of structured television. And so, so I think there was an air of freedom because of that. You know? You could feel it when you watch. I think the chemistry is just so unreal that you feel, you just feel the freedom, which is, it's rare I feel like when you're watching TV. Yeah. We had a lot of fun making it. Yeah. Yeah. When you guys were filming like the first time. Were you like, this thing's going to be huge or you had no idea? Oh no. I thought it was, I thought it was really good. Yeah. Those first four. I thought, wow, this is so unusual. Yeah. And then I thought, the network is too stupid. They'll never pick it up. Yeah. Oh yeah. A hundred percent. I mean, it was so, you know, the shows that were on then were like Cosby and, you know, and no disrespect. No, no, no. It's just a different format. Right. Yeah. It was set up, set up, joke, set up, set up, joke, set up. Yeah. Yeah. And this was just sort of like odd. Specific. It's not so odd now maybe in retrospect. It's nuanced and specific. No, no. It's not odd now because it started it. Yeah. Yeah. Like this, even this would not be this without Seinfeld existing. I really think one of the biggest inspirations of us even doing this was trying to capture the feeling of like the 90s sitcoms where it's just a group of friends hanging out. Because we miss it. Like I'm glad I'm wearing this jacket. You feel it, right? Well, this is different because it's also a podcast, but we would always say like. It's not a podcast. Or whatever it is. Sorry. You know, by the way, what the fuck's happening with podcasts now because everything's now it's on video. So it's a television show. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know what it is, Julia. I really don't. I mean, you really don't know what it is. I don't. We're going to find out. We're trying to redefine. You're trying to redefine it. Redefine the medium. So this is going to be like on YouTube. Is that the deal? DSP's digital streaming platform. But then you can get it as an audio. Yeah, yeah. Digital streaming, it's on audio. Yes, yes, yes. The audio function's independent. And then what's happening with like even Spotify currently and Apple is getting into it is that they have videos now. So it's like Spotify has video. Yeah. If you want it. For us, like in our first episode that came out, we get into an argument about a sauce, about a marinade, like whether people, whether Dave believes that nobody makes marinades. No, that's not, that's not, that's the problem. That wasn't the argument. Okay, okay. I said it right in the beginning. The argument was that most people don't make their own sauce from scratch. Yes. And that's, to me, I stand by that. And somehow it's turned into me. You're saying that nobody makes their own. No, no, and I said, and I said most people, I said most people have made a sauce or marinade for a piece of meat or fish or tofu that they're cooking. I don't think you said have made. I think you said made. Okay, most people. I would, I don't think one time instances of. That's not, I think more, I think people have made a sauce in their life for a piece of chicken or fish more than once in their life. Do you cook? Maybe more than, let's say five times, more than ten times in their life. And I think less than half of the adult population. Have you ever made a sauce for yourself? Yes. Did you make it, did you make it out of sauce? No. Okay, so, so that's one for Benny. This off the college season, save on college, save the every day. Amazon has turned this whole room into a dorm room. I know, it's a good dorm, and it reminds me of my good old days in my dorm room, how about you? My dorm room was small. Are you drawing the S? Oh, yeah, I was. Michigan State. For my college, yeah, I thought the S was for Michigan State, but it turns out everybody drew the S for different reasons. Do you guys remember this S? Zoom in. Wow. Okay. Do you know what that S stands for? Satisfying to Amazon customers. Who've gone to the off to college option online. Yeah, I think it might have been, because look, I remember back in the day when I went to college, you had to go to one store, then the next store, and just have this whole cobbled together, like not even cool room. Now I can be strategic. Yeah. If I'm in college, which I'm not. And you can get it done quickly. Find you. So remember, with Amazon's low off to college prices, just save on college, save the every day. This episode is sponsored by McDonald's. Yes, it is. I'm so excited to drink the drink, so let's get through it. Yeah, you know what the drink is. This is the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer. That was the first time I've, it's so good, and it's beautiful. I get excited about these drinks. 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You know what? Next time I'm in the bathroom, I'm going to look around, and I'm going to see what areas I can spray. I'm not much of a cleaner. I do other things. I do other things. But now that you have. But I can become. I will become. Learn more at CLRBrands.com. CLRBrands.com/peptalk. But I need to know something because we're in the middle of something right now. Yeah. What? Your kids. Okay? Yeah. Your kids. You better not be talking about sauce. I am. Your kids. Yeah. So what are each of their names? Charlie and Henry. Okay. Charlie and. Has Charlie ever made a sauce for a marinade, you think? I doubt it. Okay. There we go. Has Henry? Yes. Okay. All right. So two to one so far. Has your. Well, I didn't know if you were divorced. I don't know. I don't know. You've been married a long time, right? Yeah. We need to learn. Has he ever made a sauce? Yes. Okay. You guys want to sit on the couch? Yes. Yes. Guys, in the comments, I know we've already done this and I won the argument. Well, I think you need another focus than marinade. The world is blowing up. You want to come up with our new focus? Where are the cameras? Oh, they're fucking everywhere. They're everywhere. Oh, yeah. Wow. Don't worry. Which angle do you like the best? I can't. I don't know. Do you have an angle? I just learned that everybody has an angle. I think I have a side, but I've sort of given up on all of it. Really? Do you know when you first walked in, I said to her, as you were walking in, I said. I used a different word, but I said. What? Hot. I said, "She's so hot." Inappropriate. Really? Yeah. That's so nice. That's inappropriate. No, you really are. It may be inappropriate, but I'm happy to hear it. No, you really are stunning. That's so nice for you to say. I have hair and makeup on right now, of course. No, you are beautiful. You are beautiful. But you've always. We've all known that. Thank you. We have all known that. I'm not surprised. But I see you in a show like Veep or Seinfeld, and you're dressed in a certain. You're so stylish. That's so nice of you to say. You're very stylish. You've really made me feel good. Thank you. Do you feel pressure to have to. When you meet people, that they're going to even be like. Nice. Do you just feel like people have such an expectation of you since you've been seen so much? Yeah, but I don't pay attention to that, because otherwise you're going to go mad. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, for real. I'm absolutely mad. Yeah. Yeah. Did you never pay attention to it? Back in the beginning, did you pay. Were you really. I guess there was no social media, so it's not like you had comments to read or anything. Thank God. Yeah, it's totally different. Oh my God. None of it. Yeah. Honestly, isn't it just the end of the world? It's hard to navigate. It's really hard. I don't read comments. I mean, I'm on social media, but I do not look at anything. Was it a trip to watch you become the most famous woman in America? Well, first of all, I'm not. No, but there was. At that time when you signed Seinfeld, I can't imagine you not being famous. I mean, that's like. You're like. Yeah. I think. Yes, it's definitely a big show, but you know, I think that after the show ended it got even bigger yeah I understand that you feel me about that but but it was so big like the finale like you couldn't it was the biggest show in America when it ended I know but you know I was so surprised at all that attention really oh yeah are you still surprised because it's still going it's still good it's still just as good the game yeah it's weird isn't it hey I got a question and maybe this I don't think this is inappropriate at all did you tell you did you like friends I didn't really watch friends how sorry it's I mean I've seen bits and bobs of it but we I was you know I've changed me when I was doing Seinfeld I but I had both of my kids during that time really and yeah and you'll see I miss so if you want children I do okay so you you'll see if you're working and you have kids that's a that's a balancing act like no other I can't yeah and so I wasn't no for real I mean I believe that trying to yeah yeah you have both like you and gave birth and then went back to filming yeah that's why I was enormous on that show I was going up and down up and down with pregnancies yeah was it at the time like friends and Seinfeld like were they like pinning you guys against each other no because they they came after us I mean what there was an overlap but we were first out it was Cheers then Seinfeld came along we overlap with Cheers for a while and then I mean I we could look it up I don't really remember the years but yeah I read the sign I read that I think was like a Seinfeld book or something but there was one overlap because wasn't there like a New York City blackout and then they did something that you guys like all coordinated like the TV show what Larry would never do it ah they see wanted to do like crossover episode where like each episode has a blackout and Larry's like no fucking way we wanted to do for the ends and so then that no no they were like it needs to if it's a blackout I think yeah and it's something like you know that was the network idea that you know cuz that that was what's it called must-see TV back then everybody was watching on Thursday night yeah and so the idea would be like all the episodes have a blackout to contend with and that's lots of fun for the audience and but Larry not in a million years would go along with anything like that and did you respect that he had that kind of hundred percent what do you think made Larry want to be not the star want to beat no want to be the star after all those years of making sight he made Seinfeld he got to like he got all the glory of making Seinfeld got all the success and then like at like no one knew who he was he said you know what I'm the man right now and I gotta show everybody yeah I mean and it was a good I mean the curb is a great idea for a show and yeah and I mean and he was a stand-up you know on-screen performer yeah like that was ever and why didn't he do it back then I don't know yeah it's a good I mean it's just like the one thing you you could make that argument about a lot of things but I mean it was he's also a really good writer so Jason Alexander was just better at the time yeah yeah it's just it maybe it's probably I know it's just it was interesting it was interesting I always found that interesting you should have Larry on this thing I know I gotta do you think I can get him I feel like maybe he'll be hard to get but Jeff if I have a chance it's through Jeff it's through Jeff he will be hard to get and he'll probably won't do it but you should try I'm gonna try ask him I don't know do you watch any of your old stuff yeah did you ever watch it like would you ever watch it not much no do you when you watch yourself I mean I watch it maybe once back in the day but like even with Veep I'm I don't I don't I love you yeah I do too I really I'm talking about Seinfeld but I love yeah you know my mom got me into Veep oh she did some people I work with like guys who are even comedians so funny and charming they can't watch an ounce of footage of themselves they won't do it me like I sit in the edit and I die laughing at my own delivery like like when you watch yourself is it like hard or are you like oh I love I love watching myself I can watch stuff but it's more like I I it just sort of depends on what the material is but I certainly was in very much involved with the edit on Veep particularly and so I would definitely watch it uh but it's kind of also like going back and watching early stuff it's sort of like going through a high school yearbook to a certain extent because it is quite a while ago so it's like only so much of that I can take yeah yeah but I understand yeah do you ever like if you're like in a hotel room and you like turn on the TV and it's like Seinfeld or Veep are you just like are you like and you like gotta turn it or do you sit there and you're like oh and you kind of like go down memory lane I don't usually watch it but you know what's really funny is and it's really sweet my husband does yeah like sometimes he'll be laughing and he's just watching he was watching bloopers or something of mine and I'm like I can't believe he's watching that he loves it what's the secret to being you guys have been married for I just googled it before you came here yeah a long time congratulations congratulations how long how long uh it said 38 years 38 years yeah we all just got married well we got married in August and he got married in September so we're fresh of this of last year we're newlyweds all of us well that's so cool any advice yeah how do you keep it going how do you keep it going for so long I don't think it's going to be a challenge but I don't think so either but I think it's good but there'll be challenges ahead yes no doubt yeah kids kid we're scared kids are going to rock our world but we know they are by the way what do you mean you're scared they are going to work yeah I believe everyone's world gets rocked so like you're going to have a baby soon I mean it's we should probably within the next few years yeah here here's here's why it's going to be good and also why it's challenging yeah so on it I mean I know you guys have partners and you're in love and that's great and everything but ultimately your ego is what you look after yeah yeah I agree and then you're gonna have a child and your child's ego will be in front of yours I think I need that yeah well don't have don't have a kid because you need it I won't don't I value cuteness and sweetness so all of a sudden your everything about your life is back burner and everything about this creature's life is front burner yeah and that's a big life adjustment that's a real shift yeah for reals and it's happier a happier life ultimately a happier life but I'm not going to lie it's a big adjustment it's only like 55 percent happier 45 percent less there abouts no I feel like the relationship too then because I imagine when I have a kid like I'm going to be so focused on the kid and then then it's like and then if you're working you're doing all these other things and then you got to maintain a relationship with your partner it's all good everybody does it by the way you know me and my wife talk about this a lot and you're like the perfect person to ask this all right I'm sure I'm gonna get the answer wrong no no and I think about a lot and I always try to ask people that are in your position oh geez excuse me how how do you make it all work with you know you're successful you're forward-facing both me and my wife are forward-facing people how do you keep your children a grounded B how do you ensure that their life is as normal as possible while growing up well I mean I assume you have sort of a moral Compass that you go by and you just have to live that you know and the trappings of this town in particular how do you protect did you raise your kids here yeah and I when we first moved here even before we were married and I said to Brad I said okay that's fine we can live here because we're looking for work we can live here that's fine for now we can even get married here but I will refuse if we have kids refuse to raise my kids here and then we raised them both here and they turned out great yeah so there are enough great kids that I've met that it's really the parents obviously I know there's trappings and whatnot but there's I've met too many great kids that are LA based to be free where did you grow up Philly so you can you know imagine the grit and the hard work that my parents lived in in Philly for about 10 years oh yeah it's a nice town it's cool I just feel like in LA they kids grow up and there's there's so many things that just didn't exist it's like there's social media and it's like you know well that's something you've got if when you have kids that you're gonna have to figure that one out that's like a nightmare you got to keep those kids off screen keep it off yeah I feel like you can't get like your brain I know my nephew has kids and he was saying when they come home they take the phone and put it in a basket we're off phones as soon as you're in the house with the kids yeah and that's gonna be hard but I think you gotta do it how did you do it on set like you had children you're on set and like you're like because you still worked through I had a nursery I had a nursery right next to my dressing room so that's what that's what we were we're talking about all this stuff so they came to work with you yeah I keep thinking this thing is moving that's how sheba uh-huh yeah it's cute okay so in between takes you were doing all that stuff and yeah it was really hard it was tough it was the right thing to do but did you take off ever did you ever like for either one of your kids were you like I'm taking off four months to just like make sure I'm yeah I mean there are a lot of jobs I didn't take okay yeah yeah when you look back you said it was really hard which I know it was do you have like but it was also Divine yeah perfect so you have like it's just a mixed bag of probably feel you were like overwhelmed with work and with the kids but you don't have you're not like man I wish I didn't do it I wish I'd had one more actually yeah oh really one more season no one we're going live eBay live oh tell me more well you know eBay you know the brand I know the brand I love the brand beauty and you know you want an item you go to eBay bid or buy now they got live now they have live live auctions like you see you can see it all this right now like this oh wow look at that Dempsey this is all live it's a fun community event it's a fun community - They got all types of cards, like-- - I love rookie cards. I don't know if you collect rookie cards. - Sports cards. - That's right, sports cards. And I actually don't even have any rookie cards. I just wish I did. - Oh, yeah. Who's a rookie? - Who is a, everyone was a rookie is kind of the core. - Yeah, yeah. - So like, for example, I wish I had like-- - An LBJ rookie card. - LBJ, LeBron. Maybe, do they have like the opposite of a rookie card where it's like the end card? - No. That's a good idea though. - The end. - eBay Live is live. Interactive shopping on the eBay app. Watch live, shop live. We're back talking about the Energizers because this episode is brought to you by McDonald's. You want a swat? - Mm-hmm. - Mm. - Mm. - If I had this every night-- - Your productivity would be soaring. And let me just say, I've been a rapper in a studio waiting for another rapper to come collaborate and they've been nine and a half hours late. And the thing started at like, ooh, my voice cracked. But it started at like, you know-- - 9:00 p.m. - Mm-hmm. - And I've waited it out. I haven't waited it out with one of these because the Energizers do have caffeine. - Maybe we should chug it and then we can wait it out and then we can go out tonight. You're naughty. Let's stay up late. - Let's go to a party. A club. We could go to the club. - I don't want to. Try one of the many new drinks like the Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer at McDonald's. It's a White Claw summer. I love mango. You like peach, I'm sure. I know you like black cherry. - OK, now let me just tell you what we're going to be doing. This is filled with the best jams of the '90s and 2000s. Picture us sliding on a boat. Maybe I'm on a jet ski. I could be on like a wakeboard or a pontoon boat. Chuck, you ever been on a jet ski? - I have, I don't like speed. - You ever gone tubing? - You ever gone wakeboarding? Slow? - I went tubing one time. It was going so fast it whipped around. I fell in the water. My bathing suit got sucked off my body. I had to return to shore naked. - Really? - Yeah. - I love tubing. - Also, use a DSP. - A streaming platform. - Who uses a flash drive for a playlist? Please drink responsibly. Hard seltzer with flavors. White Claw Seltzer Works, Chicago, Illinois. - How do you raise boys? - Different, did not turn out like me. - Since having two boys, has your opinion on men changed at all? Like, do you see men differently 'cause you had to raise them? - Oh, probably. I don't know how, but yeah, I'm sure. - Are they good boys? - They're fantastic human beings. - You're not just saying that 'cause they're yours. - No, I'm actually not. - You're not? They're good? - No, I had to really think about that. They're both, like, if they were here, you would love talking to them. - Are they married? - No. - Are they single? - They're single, both with girlfriends. - That's not single to us. - Sorry, things have changed a little bit. - Oh, I see. Sorry. - That's not single to any human being. - They're single with girlfriends. What does that even mean? - They're not married, is what she means. - That means they're not married, that's what I mean. - Of course, one day I'm looking forward to having grandkids, my God. - Yeah. - Huh? - It's crazy. - What, I'm way too young for that shit, is how I feel. But anyway, I just, all I want is, and that's a big life decision, needless to say. - Are you in an icing on the cake time in real life? - What part of life are you in? - Oh. Huh. I guess you could call it icing on the cake, except it's been, you know, we've had our, we've had struggles, as I mentioned. I mean, in other words, it's, I wouldn't call it living, I mean, yes, yes, it is kind of, I mean-- - Cake-ish. - Cake. - Cake, for sure. There's plenty of cake. - There's cake. There's lots of cake. - And I do love cake. I actually do love cake. - Do you love cake? - Yeah. - Like, I love cake. - That's your favorite dessert? - Oh, yeah. - Really? - Oh, yeah. Huge sweet tooth. - Not my number one favorite dessert. - Chocolate. - Chocolate, straight up. - Yeah, me too. Chocolate. - Do you love it? - Love it. - Cacao? - Just, no, but chocolate cake. - No, chocolate cake. - I actually only love chocolate cake. - Can you guess our favorite desserts? - I wanna hear more about-- - Keep going, yeah. - I wanna hear more about where she is in her life. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - We only have her for so much time. - We don't have to rush back to getting to her, what guess of dessert we'd like. - I'd like to after. I think it's important. - She'll text you after her favorite dessert. - No, no, no. Don't text me after. I wanna know in this. But first, tell us about your life. - Well, I had cancer. I got cancer about, I don't know how long ago. - You did? - Yeah, I did. - What type of cancer? - Breast cancer. And so, I got through all of that. And so, that's a sort of a heart, stopping challenge. - Were you scared? - Terrified. - Really? - And yeah. And we were doing Veep and we had to shut the show down. Now, there's definitely, I have a sense of like, oh wow, this isn't gonna last forever. - Yeah. - Yeah, and so, what's the focus? - Mm-hmm. - Yeah. - And so, the focus for me is not to waste a lot of time wringing my hands about shit. - Did it put everything into perspective? - A lot into perspective, yeah. - So, does it change how you even operate on a day-to-day level? - I think, sure, it changes how you operate on a day-to-day level, but it is a different lens through which you're looking at your life, for sure. - What'd you do yesterday? Like, just start to end. - Okay, wait. - I just wanna know what an average day is. - What day of the week is this? - Thursday. - I don't know. - Today's Thursday. - Oh, today's Thursday. - I'll tell you what I did yesterday. - See this? - Yeah. - See that camera? - Yep, what is it? - It says NRDC, Natural Resources Defense Council. - Oh, I thought it said NERD. - It's a huge environmental organization, and I was at a board meeting all day. - Oh, wow. - That's what I was doing. - Board meetings? - Cheers. - Cheers for that. - Cheers for that. - You guys, you need to support this organization. - We will. - I would love to. - Will you? - Yes. - We made a song called Earth that raised a lot of money for the climate and the environment. Now we do still use plastic bottles every now and then, as you saw earlier. - But we will change. - Change. - We will change that. - We'll change in honor of you and Lenny. - Thank you. - Do you wanna know something crazy? For about 16 years of my life, maybe, I thought your whole name was your first name. - Julia? - Julia Louis-Dreyfus. I thought it was all one, and I was like, "Whoa, that's a crazy first name." - Yeah, that would be a crazy first name. - Well, it's your first middle-- - I think you thought her first name was Julia Louis. You didn't think that her first name was Julia Louis-Dreyfus. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, I probably thought your first name was Julia Louis. - Julia Louis. Yeah, sometimes people call me that. - Is that French or something? - Are you French? - Yeah, my dad was French. - Are you Jewish? - Half Jewish. Quarter Jewish, I guess. - What is your, like, what are you? - What's your ethnicity? - No. - A religious-- - No, yeah. - What are you? - What am I? What am I? - What are you? - I don't know what I am. - Okay, cool. - No, no, no, I'm a mutt, you know. - Yeah. - But my dad, my dad was French, and my whole family on his side was French. - Accent French. - Oui. - Was there any debate in your career with going with the Louis? Like, just being Julia Dreyfus. Is Louis your middle name? - No, it's Louis hyphen Dreyfus. - Oh, so it's, okay. - That is, in fact, my last name. - Oh! - Yeah. - Hey, so maybe my thoughts weren't so wrong after all. - No, you said your first name ended in Dreyfus. - What's his favorite dessert? - I don't think he's a dessert guy. - I'm not. - Yeah. - What's her favorite dessert? - Chocolate cake. - Growing up, there's a nostalgic dessert that I had. Growing up, my mom used to get from a place called Safeway. Like, it's like a-- - Safeway, yeah, sure. - It's a grocery store. - A lot of people have not heard of that because it's only-- - Isn't it like Kroger brand? - Yes. - In certain locations. - Yeah, but that's what every grocery store thing is. - Yeah, I know. - No, but there's no Safeway here in California. - Yeah, there's no Safeway here. - There's a place called Ralph's, yeah. - But there's a Safeway in Colorado. - Well, there's a Ralph's here, yeah. But a lot of people, like when I say Safeway, a lot of times people go, "Huh?" - In Philly, it was Acme. - I've never heard of that. - Acme? - Acme. - Never heard. - And Gennardi's. - Never heard of either one of those. - Mine was Meijer. You ever heard of Meijer? - Mine was Michigan. - We had Safeway Giant. - Giant. - We had-- - Giant, that's a fantastic name for a grocery store. - It is. - Giant. - You got any good names? Should we name, should we come up with one? - Yeah, I'd like to steal Giant. That could be my new name. - Giant. - Giant. - Julia Giant. - Julia Giant. - I like Julia Giant. - No, just Giant. - Giant, yeah. - I like Giant. - It's like a rapping, it's like Lil Wayne, 'cause he's so small, and it's, yeah, you could be Giant. - You could call you Jai. - Jai, Jai. - You know what movie I love that you did? - I love the movie Enough Said. - Me too! - Oh, thank you, I love that movie, too. - I love you, Julia Giant. - Oh, wow. - I love that one. - Have you seen Enough Said with James Gandolfini? - Oh, yeah. - Yeah. - So good. - That is a good one. - He was, what was it like working with him? - He was a dreamboat. He was actually a lot like the character he played in that movie. He was a very sort of soft, kind of a teddy bear kind of a guy. - Yeah. - And insecure. - Oh, really? - Strangely insecure. - Yeah. - Well, Tony was. - Yeah, that's right. - I think he tapped into that. - Yeah, we all have a little bit. - He did tap into that. - Have you ever been starstruck in your life? - Yes. - You have? - Yes. - Who were you most starstruck for? - I have to think. Mel Brooks. - Oh, yeah. - I was starstruck, oh my God. I was so starstruck when I met Mary Tyler Moore. - Really? - Oh my God. And this is what happened. I had to do a photo shoot. We were doing a photo shoot. I forgot what it was for, some magazine. And it was. It was the two of us together. So, first of all. - Yeah. - What? - Yeah, like what? - Like, that's bananas. - Of course. - And then the photographer, who's a really good photographer, she said, "You guys." Oh, I don't wanna block the camera. - Don't worry. - You can do it. - Put it wherever you want. - Fuck it. - Don't say fuck you to Hoshi. - Yeah, but that's good. - Sorry, darling. - It's okay. - But, and so she said, "Will you guys just stand next to each other "and put your hands together like that?" So, in other words, like that, right? Two people. - How I feel starstruck right now. - What? - Are you a little starstruck from Kristen, or no? - Yeah. - Okay. - I'm not as starstruck for you today, but I think I'm holding it together. - So, we did that, and he takes the picture, and as I'm doing that, I start to bawl uncontrollably. - Really? - I was so overcome. - Yeah. - I couldn't believe this moment that I was touching, that, you know, that's a very intimate thing, to hold your hand like that. And, you know, for. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It wasn't just like that. There's the power. You can feel it. And I started to cry. And then, of course, I was so embarrassed. Yeah. What did she say when you started crying? I tried not to let her see. Yeah. You know. The first time we ever saw LeBron James. I thought you were going to say the first time we ever. No, the first time we ever saw LeBron James. Well, LeBron was bananas. LeBron. Yeah. I met LeBron, too. Yeah. That's crazy. The air moves as he moves. Yeah, we also. Can you believe LeBron's career, by the way? I know. It's unbelievable. Believe it. What do you think? Are you LeBron or MJ? Best of all time. Oh, well, I have to say LeBron. I mean, but. I mean, I can't. I can't call that. Now, I really wish both my boys were here. Yeah. Oh, are they big sports fans? Well, my younger son, Charlie, played Division I basketball. Oh, my God. Really? Yeah, he played at Northwestern. Oh, wow. Yeah. You went to Northwestern. Yeah. Wow, they went to the tournament? Yes, and I went. That is thrilling. Yeah, it was thrilling. Did they lose in the first round, or did they win a little bit? No, they made it to the second round. Was he like, did he ever play or no? Yeah, he played. He was a walk-on, but he definitely played. I wish I was still hooping. I have two. It's so fun. I have two questions. All right. One question I need to know. What? What's your favorite breakfast food? No, it's just the prefaces. Well, one question. Okay, I need to know your hobbies. Well, I'm a big hiker. I'm a big exerciser. Do you hike every day? I try to hike, no, not every day, but maybe three or four times a week. You don't go alone, do you? Uh-huh. Are you never worried? Zero killer? Well. I've lived in L.A. for 14 years. I've never been on more than one hike. The one I took you on? I've been on one hike. And? How'd it go? Not that well, I guess. I took him. I begged for him to go on a hike with me, and I picked. It was like. It's the hottest day of. Where'd you go? You go to Fryman? I don't know. We went somewhere in Malibu. The lands were, like, every bit of land, like, the leaf color was, like, burnt. Well, you need to go now, post all these gorgeous rains. Yeah. I did this thing. No, you really should. You should go to, like, Los Leones. Where is a good one? You should go to Los Leones, uh, hike. Okay, so that's your hobby number one. That's my hobby number. My next hobby is, where's the bathroom? I have to go pee. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Dave, what is one small habit that's made a difference in your mental health? Man, one small habit. Well, I. Whenever I get stressed about the future, I really try to make myself think about how lucky I am about my present. Oh, that's great. It's a very basic line of thinking, but those types of conversations. Conversations help when I have those with myself mentally. Yeah. Me, myself, and E. Who's E? I, and for. I. Because sometimes I is E. I like that. It's a little bit different for you, so you're not always thinking about I. You're thinking about E. So, but I think about how lucky I am. If you're thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. Sign up and get 10% off BetterHelp.com slash FKS. That's BetterH-E-O-P dot com slash FKS. Kristen. Yes? I'm eating one. Do you want one? No. I don't want any more of that. What is it? Oh, chocolate covered strawberries. A frozen strawberry with chocolate? Yes. Oh, you want one? 100%. Oh. I would love one. We also have, if you're looking for. There's one left. I'll take it. Do you mind if I take the last one? Take it. Do you want a snack or anything? I was digging my sticky fingers in this. No, this is good, I guess. You should check, though, if you get a little chocolate on your teeth after. This has chocolate. If you like it. Because sometimes it does when we're shooting. Okay. Ooh, they're good. Yeah, they're great. That's a little healthy snack. We also have Heavenly Hunks, but they might be moldy. They're not moldy. What are you going to. What's your go-to dish? Oh, I don't know. God. What's yours? I mean, I don't. She isn't really a cook. No, I'm not a good cook. I just make soup and I freeze it. But I know. Oh, I love to make soup and freeze it. That's my favorite. I love freezing things. You know what you should get? I love freezing. I'm serious. I am, too. That's Jerry the giraffe. What do you think of that giraffe? I think it's nice. Makes me feel like I can do anything. Yeah. When we first started dating. Hey, Jack. I'd like to just talk about the weekend because you're leaving me. Out to drive. You're leaving me in limbo. Why don't we just take one of these mango white claws, go somewhere private, me, you, wives, crack them open, sip. I'm going to. I might just have to crack this open real quick just while we. I beat you to it. I just want to go. I want to go to Malibu, sit on a beach, and I want to watch our wives frolic around in the sand. They're running. They're. They're bikinied? How are they? They're probably bikini. As long as I have. Me? All of them and this peach. Yeah. Oh, my God. I almost. Spilled a little on my hand. You promise you'll go on a jet ski with me? I know you don't like to because of the motion. No, I don't promise that. It's freezing in that water. Well, do you think about it? Yeah, I've already thought about it. Okay. Well, maybe you'll do it. Do you have a dog? I do. And is it a. Is it a cockapoo? No. He is a. It really is a rumor, then. Well. No, no, it's not. Not a cockapoo. Labradoodle. We got a. We got. We have a puppy named. Not a puppy anymore, I guess. He's a baby, though. He's three. What's his name? Reggie. Oh, that's nice. My dog's name is George. George? Oh, George. No relation to George Costanza? No, after my father-in-law. Oh, okay. That's sweet. My dog's name's Pudding. Oh, I love Pudding. I know somebody else who had a Pudding. Really? For real. That's a good name. Pudding looks like she's melting at all times. Oh. She's a big. Oversized tongue. A big, chubby English bulldog. Oh, wow. Yeah, I have. Tongue doesn't fit in the mouth, right? Yeah, it doesn't fit. She was a rescue, and she's got all sorts of issues. But. And then Larry. Larry, Larry. Larry named after Larry David. Larry is named after Larry David. Seriously? Yeah, he was. I forgot. Yeah. Wow. Larry David. And, yeah, Larry. His name was. His name was actually Larry David was his full name. Oh. And he was. I thought it was Larry Reese. We changed him. We call him Larry Reese. Yeah. He, uh. That was the first dog you fell in love with. Yeah, he's a bodybuilder. Yeah. Oh. He didn't even like dogs. He didn't like dogs before. He's a thick. And he loved to lick. He would come up and just lick you constantly. Those bulldogs are just like fucking built. He was a French bulldog. He's a French bulldog. He was so cute. And his rapid descent. Rapid descent. Oh, yeah, that dog fell apart. Yeah, rapid. I feel like a dog is a good segue into. Children? Well, for me, at least. When we got a puppy, I was like, he was working a lot, and I said, don't worry. Like, I will take care of it. No, a puppy's a lot of work. But, I mean, I imagine that's how I feel with children. You know when a balloon's in the air and you play the game where you try to keep it up in the air and you hit it? It's like, there's a balloon in the air for the rest of your life that you always are kind of having. Can't, like, just live your life. You're always gonna have to be like. There's nothing I'm more excited. Is that a good analogy? I feel like that's a good analogy. It is. It's great. I'm so excited. I'm just nervous. I feel, I think it's, like, approaching. So you wish you had three? Yeah, that's a debate we keep having. She says she wants three. I love the number. But I've never had one, so. Start with one. See what happens. Whatever happens, happens. Yeah, exactly. We'll figure it out. You'll figure it out. Yeah, of course. Speaking of figure it out. Yes. What do you think that special thing is about a show like Seinfeld that we could perhaps. Steal. Steal. Give us the, give us the ingredient. Is there an intangible. Um. Kind of thing, like a North Star that, um. Well, this, I really. It's nothing like Seinfeld. It doesn't, it doesn't apply to it. It doesn't apply. This is not a scripted thing. No, it's not. You know? We've been reading off the script. But chemistry. So irrelevant. Oh, you've been on. We've been on a script Oh, that's right. I had this all memorized. I forgot. But feeling. No, but I think what we should better. What are you talking about? Feelings. You know, disregard that question. You got any more hobbies? Do you still keep up with all those guys? I do, actually. I just saw Larry and Jerry recently. Yeah. Larry and Jerry. Larry and Jerry. You keep up with Jason? Not as much, but we email back and forth. Was there ever. You don't even have to answer this if you don't want to. Okay, I'm not going to answer. Was there ever any friction ever, like, on Seinfeld? Of course, yes, tons, yeah. Oh, really? Well, I mean, it's hard to do anything really well, and it takes a lot of work, and you're going to butt heads, and. Live audience was there, of course. What am I saying? Yeah. Oh, wait, I always forget. Talk to us about the live audience. Live audience. Yeah. It's awesome. Yeah. It's like a whole other level of, like, intensity. Wait, every night was a live audience? Yeah. Every episode was a live audience. Did you ever feel alone without a live audience? Yes. Was there, like, COVID or something? No, there was no COVID back then. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, yeah, we did. I want to say we shot the Puerto Rican Day Parade, I think, without a live audience. I think, if I'm. Oh, no, that was just in real time. The Chinese restaurant was. But that was different. You found it inspiring and additive as a performer, performer, not, like, distracting. Well, I mean, you know, you know what it's like to be in front of an audience. I mean, it's. There's energy that you're living off of and it infuses performance and that's true for. Is that your phone? That might be you. No? Were you still able to do. Yeah, it's probably my phone. Were you still able to do multiple takes? Yeah. Yeah. But I think the audience got a kick out of it because you got to see, you know, sort of how the sausage was made and you also got to see, like, rewriting on the fly. Yeah. Any hecklers? Like, would you ever get, like, some regular hecklers? No, they don't let hecklers in there. Kristen, when I went to Selena's reboot when they were shooting, like, in between when people are chilling, they have, like, a commentator, like, an MC. Oh, really? They've had the same one on Selena's thing for, like, 30. Like, he was there from the beginning. Yeah, a warm-up guy. Yeah, yeah. It was really. It was so cool. And that, by the way, is a real skill set. Oh, my God. Did the warm-up guy ever make it in an episode? I feel like he's probably waiting to get, you know, plucked and be like, Yeah, he might have. Yeah. Did you start to be like, in your head, well, that laugh wasn't loud enough? Or no? Like, you kind of zoned. You weren't, like, focused on their feedback as much as, like, just making the show? Well, if you're focusing on the feedback, you've got a problem. But, I mean, I think, but, I mean, of course you clock it. Yeah. Were they collaborative? Like, could you be like, Larry, like, I would never say this. Like, we have to change how this is being said. Yes, they were collaborative. I mean, sometimes there was an argument. Yeah. Was there a lot of improv? Huh. There was some improv that came out of rehearsal. Yeah. It feels so improv. I know. There was some stuff that happened. And then, of course, mistakes would happen and would get folded in. Yes. Yeah. It feels like so much pain. Tell us, tell us. You know the parking garage episode? Of course. Yeah. Remember how the car doesn't start at the end? It was supposed to start, but it just didn't. Wow. How funny is that? That is funny. And Michael was going, come on, come on, trying to get it started. Yeah, it was really funny. God, that made me laugh. And you can see, if you watch carefully, you can see that I collapsed in the back seat because I'm laughing so hard. They're blinking that thing. You got to go, Julia. I think you got to. Boy, are we thankful that you came. I know. The light is kicking me out of here. Yeah. Yes. It was so fun. It was such an honor. Wow. It was so fun. Thank you so much for coming. I hope this cuts together. I feel like we didn't talk about anything. That's the best part about it. That's like Seinfeld, the show about nothing. Thank you, White Claw, for sponsoring this episode.