Paul Rudd | SmartLess

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Ben Affleck, Clueless, Friends, Kansas City Chiefs
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Clueless, New York, New York, Andy Ostroy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
3. 10:00 – 15:00: David Letterman, Steve Martin
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Studebaker
5. 20:00 – 25:00: London, Toronto, Hullmeck, New York, New York
6. 25:00 – 30:00: Steve Martin, Faulty Towers, Holiday Ham Company, Monty Python
7. 30:00 – 35:00: Michael Shannon, Holiday Ham Company, Studebaker
8. 35:00 – 40:00: Friends, Ant-Man, Fred Weller, Knocked Up
9. 40:00 – 45:00: Steve Martin, Detroiters, Friends, Paul Thomas Anderson
10. 45:00 – 49:27: Paul Rudd, SmartLess, Michael Grant Terry

Notable quotes from "Paul Rudd | SmartLess"

• Hi, welcome to Smartless. Welcome to Smartless.

  about SmartLess · at 0:47

• Die hard Kansas City Chiefs fan. He's the coowner of a candy store in Reinbeck, New York. And he once said his youthful 8 hours of sleep. People often still mistake him for Ben…

  about New York, New York · at 3:56

• Loved comedians. I loved watching SNL and all of that stuff and listening to Steve Martin albums and I think that you know when I was kind of in school we had speech class we…

  about Steve Martin · at 13:42

• You know application I'd fill out. like there's no way I couldn't get a job. And I went to this bar called Studebakers, which was like a 50s bar in Kansas City.

  about Studebaker · at 17:05

• Was kind of was British. Both my parents, everyone was kind of around London. My grandparents were in London, but they we moved to the States. and then or my parents did…

  about London · at 21:35

• Think that, some of the earliest things I could really remember laughing at was they used to show Monty Python's Flying Circus on PBS. I loved it. And my parents loved it and we'd watch it and I thought it was hilarious.

  about Monty Python · at 25:47

• Them though? Like still touchy. Yeah, the hot spot. Look, it just please don't bring that up to anyone at Holiday Ham Company because they had a real issue with Honey Bake.…

  about Holiday Ham Company · at 27:43

• Show. It was a show called Grace and there was a scene and I was doing it with Michael Shannon and Michael Shannon had this long monologue. We're doing the scene. It's just the…

  about Michael Shannon · at 34:12

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Steve Martin — Person · 6 mentions · first at 13:48
• Paul Rudd — Person · 3 mentions · first at 4:13
  Looking for a publicist after filming Clueless. It's the hilarious, delightful, and widely talented Paul Rudd.
• Michael Shannon — Person · 2 mentions · first at 34:16
• Ben Affleck — Person · 1 mention · first at 4:08
  Youthful 8 hours of sleep. People often still mistake him for Ben Affleck. He met his wife when looking for a publicist after filming Clueless. It's the hilarious, delightful, and widely talented Paul Rudd.
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan — Person · 1 mention · first at 6:14
  The high school kids would work there and everyone needs a candy store. And so, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hillary Burton, who are neighbors of mine. yeah, let's Mhm. Yeah. I know me some Jeffrey Dean. You do like that guy.
• Andy Ostroy — Person · 1 mention · first at 6:32
  Anyway, we went in and another guy named Andy Ostroy. we went in and bought the candy store and now we Now, Reinbeck is that's that you can't walk there from the city, right?
• Jenny Slate — Person · 1 mention · first at 6:57
  From the Upper West Side, it's about an hour and 45. Well, I'll leave. I'll get a head start. The Jenny Slate also owns a small store like upstate New York, like Massachusetts. Oh, never mind. Moving on. A general storage.
• David Letterman — Person · 1 mention · first at 13:57
  You know when I was kind of in school we had speech class we had a radio and TV class. I loved watching the David Letterman show and I used to start making little videos like…
• Michael Palin — Person · 1 mention · first at 26:36
  The of the troop and then there's like the dry half of the troop. Like there's Michael Palin, being crazy and goofy and then you cut to John Cle and he's just blinking at him You fool.
• Fred Weller — Person · 1 mention · first at 38:07
  Shorts. I think we've all seen the shape of those things with the great Fred Weller with our mutual friend Fred Weller whom we adore. Fred. Yes.
• Tim Robinson — Person · 1 mention · first at 43:45
  And you know everyone even at that time in SNL said oh well I mean this guy Tim Robinson's the funniest most and he directed and wrote and is an actor in this film Friendship.…
• Paul Thomas Anderson — Person · 1 mention · first at 44:42
  Mean, I know that Andy, the director, said that he envisioned The Master, the Paul Thomas Anderson movie. Seems like we could do like a weird comedy version, but very strange of that. And so it wasn't really there was certainly some.
• Michael Grant Terry — Person · 1 mention · first at 49:16
  Less smartless is 100% organic and artisally handcrafted by Rob Armjarf, Bennett Barbco, and Michael Grant Terry.
• Amy Heckerling — Person · 1 mention
• Andrew DeYoung — Person · 1 mention
• Claire McCaskill — Person · 1 mention
• Hilarie Burton — Person · 1 mention
• Jason Bateman — Person · 1 mention
• Jason Sudeikis — Person · 1 mention
• John Cleese — Person · 1 mention
• Judd Apatow — Person · 1 mention
• Julie Yaeger — Person · 1 mention
• Michael Myers — Person · 1 mention
• Neil LaBute — Person · 1 mention
• Rachel Weisz — Person · 1 mention
• Sean Hayes — Person · 1 mention
• Will Arnett — Person · 1 mention

Books & papers

• Friends — Book · 4 mentions · first at 1:12
  Less. I have to say something. Okay, this year you guys, both of two of my best friends in the whole world, you both of you are doing some of the best work I've ever seen you…
• Clueless — Book · 4 mentions · first at 4:12
  For Ben Affleck. He met his wife when looking for a publicist after filming Clueless. It's the hilarious, delightful, and widely talented Paul Rudd.
• Faulty Towers — Book · 2 mentions · first at 26:10
  British sensibility, but I did always respond to that. And then when Faulty Towers was on, it was just one of my favorite shows all time. But it's you know. Oh, you guys like that?
• Monty Python's Flying Circus — Book · 1 mention · first at 25:52
  Think that, some of the earliest things I could really remember laughing at was they used to show Monty Python's Flying Circus on PBS. I loved it. And my parents loved it and we'd watch it and I thought it was hilarious.
• The Shape of Things — Book · 1 mention · first at 37:45
  About that? You know what's crazy about that? Your balls were showing in that show and the show was the shape of things. Yeah. Yeah.
• Knocked Up — Book · 1 mention · first at 39:18
  Summer and friends. You run on Friends was Anchor Man, by the way. and then 40-year-old Virgin and Knocked Up and working with Jud App and Role Models and Ant-Man that you…
• Role Models — Book · 1 mention · first at 39:20
  Was Anchor Man, by the way. and then 40-year-old Virgin and Knocked Up and working with Jud App and Role Models and Ant-Man that you wrote. I didn't know you wrote Ant-Man.…
• Ant-Man — Book · 1 mention · first at 39:22
  40-year-old Virgin and Knocked Up and working with Jud App and Role Models and Ant-Man that you wrote. I didn't know you wrote Ant-Man. That's crazy. No [ __ ] I didn't know…
• Detroiters — Book · 1 mention · first at 43:28
  What he was. Have you ever Have you ever seen his show? What is it? Detroit. Is it just called Detroiters? Yeah. What's his name? Tim. Detroititers is incredible. Tim, it's…
• Anchorman — Book · 1 mention
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy — Book · 1 mention
• Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers — Book · 1 mention
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson — Book · 1 mention
• Murdoch: Death in the Family — Book · 1 mention
• Quincy, M.E. — Book · 1 mention
• Steve Martin: Let's Get Small — Book · 1 mention
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin — Book · 1 mention
• There Will Be Blood — Book · 1 mention
• West Side Story — Book · 1 mention
• Wet Hot American Summer — Book · 1 mention

Companies & orgs

• Studebaker — Company · 3 mentions · first at 17:08
• Holiday Ham Company — Company · 3 mentions · first at 27:49
• Monty Python — Company · 2 mentions · first at 25:52
• Kansas City Chiefs — Company · 1 mention · first at 3:56
  Die hard Kansas City Chiefs fan. He's the coowner of a candy store in Reinbeck, New York. And he once said his youthful 8 hours of sleep. People often still mistake him.
• Samuel's Sweet Shop — Company · 1 mention · first at 5:47
  Please? Sure. Like where is the dress on it? I want to cover Sean's Well, it's called Samuel's Sweet Shop and it's in Reinbeck, New York. Wow. And it was started by a guy named…
• Honey Baked Ham — Company · 1 mention · first at 27:36
  Mean? It means exactly. It means glazing hams. Yeah. Like what does that what do you mean? You work at Honey Baked Ham. No, that was our competitor. Sorry.
• ICM Partners — Company · 1 mention
• iHeartRadio — Company · 1 mention
• Kansas City Royals — Company · 1 mention
• Saturday Night Live (SNL) — Company · 1 mention
• TWA (Trans World Airlines) — Company · 1 mention

Products & tech

• SmartLess — Product · 4 mentions · first at 0:47

Concepts & topics

• Forensics (Speech and Debate) — Concept · 1 mention
• Gern Blanston — Concept · 1 mention

Places & events

• New York, New York — Place · 4 mentions · first at 4:00
• London — Place · 2 mentions · first at 21:38
• Toronto — Place · 2 mentions · first at 21:52
  Most of the family went to Canada and so I had grandparents and aunts and uncle in Toronto and in the GTA. No, he really knows it. I know it right. And the way he said Toronto…
• Hullmeck — Place · 1 mention · first at 21:07
  It was mainly kind of like in an area of Bellarus. Yeah. Something called a town called Hullmeck.
• Paterson, New Jersey — Place · 1 mention · first at 23:21
  Kid, he's about 9 years old. And then they moved to New Jersey, his family, and they were in Patterson, New Jersey.
• Salt Lake City — Place · 1 mention · first at 24:02
  Yeah. Where were you before that? I was in Salt Lake City from 4:00 to 7:00.
• Belarus — Place · 1 mention
• Rhinebeck, New York — Place · 1 mention

Full transcript with timestamps

0:06 So, uh, listen, this is, uh, this is I know Sean's favorite part of the show, the the cold open. Super fun. Well, but no, no, no. That that is is is his really favorite part of the show is what follows here. After the fun music, he gets to do his his coffee chat. But right now, he sort of welcomes the the listener in. How you doing? How's that? get a sense of everything. Ask everybody and then like a little funny quip like what's the bit going to be? You know what I mean? Or I could do a dad joke, you know? I could do like something like I could do something like ask or I know you could do that or you could just say to our audience you could just say hi.

0:47 Hi, welcome to Smartless. Welcome to Smartless. Smart less smart. Smart less. I have to say something. Okay, this year you guys, both of two of my best friends in the whole world, you both of you are doing some of the best work I've ever seen you do. I'm hanging out with Will on the set of his movie and I've seen some footage and Will the the work is truly truly incredible. This is what I'm hearing. Truly incredible. Mindblowing. I've never seen people are going to be blown away. And Jay when I and Jay when I sat down and watched Black Rabbit, I've already spoken about it. It's so This year is so excit I'm so excited for people to see both of you in these two incredible pieces. And I know you cringe when I say this, pieces of art because I do believe that they're two awardwinning. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

1:51 Well, that's not why I said it's not. No, but you set the tone for us. You you kind of led out and uh you know what a performance really spicy from the Damasc and now and now that was unexpected. Nobody thought Watch him go back. That's as he's getting yanked out. Nobody. I have a good Wait, I have a When do we start recording this episode? You guys, I got a heart out. I know your guest. Sean, your guest is going crazy. Do you want me I know I'm going to get there, but you want me to ask you guys a like thoughtful question that we can riff on or I can have a joke or we can just get to the guest. Choice of patter, huh?

2:36 Yeah. Yeah. What do you want? Wow. You've had some time. We haven't done one of these in a couple of weeks. I guess you've got some uh That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. I'd love a dad joke. I'd like a dad joke. A dad joke. Okay. Well, this is a I have Okay, I can do a dad joke. I can also do a good This is a great joke I just heard yesterday. [ __ ] You have genres of jokes, too. Like a You have subsections to your All right. So this guy, this patient is in your a patient is in an a urologist office and the doctor says, "Well, the result is that you got to stop masturbating." And the patient says, "Why?" And the doctor says, "Cuz I'm talking to you."

3:13 I love it. Oh, really? I thought that was funny. I love it. I love it. I love it. Oh, wait. Then I got Wait, I got one like that, but I I don't have it yet. It's old. It's rusted. Yeah. Go ahead. Why did the Mexican Why did the Mexican take anti-anxiety medication? Careful. For Hispanic attacks. Oh, that's all right. That's okay. I feel like that's okay. I feel like that's okay. Yeah, but also also but also also for the record, no reaction. I have zero reaction. Story of my life. Ready? Here we go. America gang. Guys, my guest today, who's far funnier than I am, grew up in the Kansas City area and he's a diehard Jason Sedakus.

3:56 die hard Kansas City Chiefs fan. He's the coowner of a candy store in Reinbeck, New York. And he once said his youthful 8 hours of sleep. People often still mistake him for Ben Affleck. He met his wife when looking for a publicist after filming Clueless. It's the hilarious, delightful, and widely talented Paul Rudd. Paul Wait, did you guys light reveal? Oh, he's doing his mouth. He's doing a slight reveal. This is long. Wait, how did you know he was from because there's only a few. There's Claire McKascal, there's Rob Wgle, there's Jason, and there's How do you know that? Well, do you get mistaken for Clare McKascal a lot? Uh, I get a lot of her emails and uh it's usually when they talk about the uh the three from KC, the big three.

4:51 It's uh it's Sedake as me and C mascll. How how has it taken this long for Shawn? I feel like this is Sean's fault. Didn't make your deal any earlier than now. And uh now finally uh you've given us a manageable price. Alen Kashian was was rough in the

5:17 negot. That's uh that's how far back we go. Yeah. No way. Oh wow. How about that? Wait a second. So, so she was working the phones for the for the real agent and that real agent kind of siphoned you off on the junior slash receptionist ICM. It was right on right since kind of clueless. Yeah. Wow. Wow. And and uh wait, I want to go back cuz I didn't know you own a candy store. Can you talk to me about the candy store, please? Sure. Like where where is the dress on it? I want to cover Sean's Well, it's called Samuel's Sweet Shop and it's in Reinbeck, New York. Wow. And it was it was uh it was started by a guy named Ira and um he was it's just this sweet guy and it he passed away sadly when he was very young and uh we we didn't want the candy store to kind of go away because it's it's not a big place. It's not a big town and and all the high school kids would work there and everyone needs a candy store. And

6:14 so, uh, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hillary Burton, who are neighbors of mine. Um, uh, yeah, let's Mhm. Yeah. Um, I know me some Jeffrey Dean. You do like that guy. I like all his performances. Sorry. Anyway, we we went in and another guy named Andy Ostroy. Uh, we we went in and bought the candy store and now we uh Now, Reinbeck is uh that's that you can't walk there from the city, right? That's a that's a that's a trip. You can. It'll take you a while. Yeah. Yeah. You'd need a lot of candy to fuel it. Yeah. Is it It's like a 2-hour drive.

6:50 It's about a 2-hour drive. Yeah. About an hour depending on if you're leaving from the Upper West Side, it's about an hour and 45. Well, I'll leave. I'll get a head start. The uh Jenny Slate also owns a small store like upstate New York, like Massachusetts. Oh, never mind. Moving on. A general storage. She's a general storage. Are we going to start going down? Sean, you you want to start listing people who also own businesses? Come on down the 85 and let us know. Paul's got a candy store in Reinach. Okay. Started by Um, wait. So, go back. So, you met your you met Alen that way and then you met your wife because you were looking for a publicist. Is that right? Yes. Well, I was the director of Clueless. Uh, you were the director? Oh, Amy Heckley. Okay. So, the Amy Heck uh said after we filmed Clueless, I knew nothing about anything. I I still don't that much really. Were you clueless?

7:42 Yeah, I was clueless. Well done you. Welcome to Smartless, guys. We got We're cooking with gas tape on smart. I mean, yeah. By the way, I love Julie, your wife, Julie. She's awesome. I love her. Thank you. And she loves Julie. That's what it is. Thank you. Uh, she loves you guys and she said say hi. And she also said say nice things about her. So, I love my wife and and and she's an avid listener. And then we just hear the page flip and then you and no it's enough of her. And so uh uh yeah. So um what were you talking about? I was talking about meeting Julie looking for a publicist on Clueless Amy. Paul you're upstate so so you meet your wife Julie. You meet her through she's your publicist. We've been through that. I mean let's just get down to that. Here are the brass. Nobody really cares. You are a guy who has been you've been working at the highest level for over 30 years. And I mean that in a

8:35 way. You have been consistently doing stuff, comedy, drama, all this like right always. No missteps. Yeah. Not there a few. No, not even not even No. Halloween 6. Not even that. I saw that. You were [ __ ] great in that. That was 75 years ago. That was so The first thing I ever did, the first movie I ever No. Was it really? Is that true? Yeah. Did Now, had you seen the first five parts? Were you just in the story line? I've seen all of them. I saw all of them. You saw them all. Yeah, I love it. I saw the first and loved it. There there was five more.

9:09 Is that even more than that? Yeah. The first is a classic. When you get to six plot holes, what are you talking about? I loved it. Yeah, there's some shark jumping. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Do you end up getting killed in that one? Spoiler. No, I I survived. Do you do you do you get a good shot in on him? Um I remember uh yeah. Uh we have a we get into it. We had some scrapes. Yeah. Now, now because you've done so many movies, do you really truly remember? Sorry, what Jason's asking. Wait, I want to wrap. Oh, what was the weapon that you guys were were tossing with you and Mike Myers? I think I hit him with a pipe. Okay. I think I maybe hit him with That's a good choice. So, you stun him for a second, but then he continues after you. He never runs. It didn't kill him. No. That's what's horrifying about Mike Myers is that he never runs. He just walks cuz he's going to get you. He's going to take his time.

10:02 Do you ever do a tiein around around Halloween at the candy store with like photos of yourself from the mysterious movie? That would be good. This is a great Thank you, Will. That's a great I haven't done it. Yeah, I haven't really done that yet, but maybe maybe this year. Write this stuff down. So, you end up surviving six, but was not you were not in seven. Did you? No, I I didn't. I They didn't ask me about seven. They did like a cash change like Fargo or I think they kind of got I want to say in seven it might have been Josh Hartnett. They did a White Lotus swap that might have been H2O H2O came back strong in seven.

10:40 If I if I if I had been a reviewer of seven and knowing and then you weren't in it, my headline for my review would have been all trick and no treat. Oh jeez. You know man. Yeah. You know, Paul, you're in a pretty special episode of Smart so far. We're only 31 minutes in. That's really sweet. And we're not even 29 of which my microphone went down. But I did want I did want I know. But can I just say also how fun it is just to you know when to listen to you guys. We're only halfway through to listen to you guys before I come on and to hear the jokes which I really really liked. Did you like my urologist joke? I did like the urologist joke. You're the one. Yeah. I'm a fan of the dad jokes. I heard one not that long ago that I really liked which was um uh what do where do McKI melons go um for the summer where where uh to John Cougar's melon camp. Nice. That's a good one. I've I've I've remembered my urologist joke. Guy

11:41 goes in for a prostate exam. [ __ ] No. Jesus. No. Watch this. Watch this. Not going to happen. We don't have any like a good prostate exam joke. No. Paul. Watch. Watch how you blend in a joke. Keep going, Jason. Watch this. Go trouble right before I cross right before I chest the tape. I will fall. Here we go. So, guy walks into urologist. Hey, he's got to get his uh prostate exam. And uh so he's got to lean over the table. He's got to get the the old and uh so the doctor says, "Uh, okie do. Here we go. This time, Jimmy, no hard on." And the guy turns around.

12:16 He says, "My name's Bill." He goes, "Yeah, no, I'm Jimmy. Yeah, that's not even I've heard Jason try to tell that joke 50 times. Times he's like and the guy Paul says and then Paul says Jimmy and he goes, "Bill, I'm not Bill. I'm Jim." And I'm like, "What are you?" I looked at him like, "What are you doing?" Listen, I don't write. I speak. Wait, we're going to get We're going to get to Okay, here here Sean. Sean, I'm going to grab the reinser. So, Paul, you've been you're all gussied up on Pop-Tarts, Paul. So I was saying that you've been at the top of level. So you you you you start out of the gate. You sure you do Halloween 6. It's amazing.

12:55 But then you do like CL you just do so many movies. So how was it that you came what was the thing? First of all, what was your first professional job? Not necessarily movie, but how did you know like it seems like you've been doing it at the highest level from moment one, but what was moment one for you? Like how did you how did you leave Kansas City? What was that thing? Did you Oh yeah, I didn't have any of those questions prepared. Go ahead. Well, well, [ __ ] We're 25 minutes in, man. Whose fault is that? Well, Paul's microphone.

13:25 It is totally. It's this weak connection that I have. Uh, thank you for saying that, Will. It's not It's uh Thank you, Colin. Uh, I don't think it's totally uh true. I've made many missteps and I' I've been very fortunate in many instances, but when I was a kid, I just loved comedians. I loved watching um SNL and all of that stuff and listening to Steve Martin albums and um I think that you know when I was kind of in school we had speech class uh we had a radio and TV class. I loved watching the David Letterman show and I used to start making little videos like he used to do and I used to perform in speech competitions. And when I was, you know, I want to say about 16 years old, my neighbor in Kansas City said, "What do you think you want to study? What do you think you want to, you know, pursue?"

14:17 And I said, "I don't know. I like the arts and I like drawing and all of that." And he said, "What about an actor? It seems like that's something that you would maybe like to do." Um, and I think it was some kind of lightning bolt moment where I thought, "Yeah, maybe that is what I'd like to do because I certainly always liked um funny stuff and movies and and everything else." And I it feels like from that moment on I decided, "Oh, this is exactly what I'm going to try and pursue." And I then went to school for it and I studied it and I And what were these what was this humorous interpretation thing? Because we had something similar in high school, but it was called forensics. I don't know why.

14:52 Yeah, forensics. Exactly. This is It was called forensics in Kansas City, too. And sometimes I would tell people I I study forensics and they think it's like what Quincy did. Yeah. Right. Quincy. Yeah. Quincy medicine. For all the young listeners. Quincy. Yeah. Do we know why do we know why it's called forensics show? I don't. I don't. I I and and high school people would be standing against a wall and talking to it like and I didn't know what they were doing, but they were rehearsing like but really close to a wall and talking to a wall. I thought that was the weirdest thing. But now I get it. They were just rehearsing their monologue or their forensics or whatever it was. You sure you weren't institutionalized? You weren't in an institution at that point. Is there It looks like an institution. You may have still been at the hospital, Sean.

15:34 Um, it wasn't even comedic forensics. That that Well, there were different categories. There was dramatic interpretation, humorous interpretation, pros and poetry, uh, improvised duet acting, and Yeah. And we will be right back. And now back to the show. So Paul, I I heard you were a DJ for a while, right? Well, I I mean, barely, you know, I thought it was like a long years. I really did DJ, but when you say to people that, you know, oh, I used to DJ. That sounds like it was kind of a cool thing, but the way I DJed was not cool. And it was like weddings and bar mitzvah and stuff. Yeah. Bar mitzvah. And by the way, eventually it was that the first time I DJed was I was in high school truck and I went nobody like what? We don't even have equipment in this thing. Um we we uh I was trying to get a job as a waiter.

16:38 Yeah, I was in high school and um and I went to different restaurants and I had really long hair and I didn't want to cut my hair because uh I I was I was a I was a cheeseball and I'm like I got to keep this. You're crushing it. And so and so I was getting rejected at every um waiting uh you know application I'd fill out. like there's no way I couldn't get a job. And I went to this bar called Studebakers, which was like a 50s bar in Kansas City. Had to be 23 to get in. They didn't want any of the younger crowd. Wow. Sure.

17:20 Yeah. They didn't even want They didn't even want new drinkers. You had to have at least new drinks under your belt. They want some certified 23 year olds who like who's got to go to a 50s bar anyway? Um. Right. You had to be born in the 50s to get in to to even want to go to this place. Yeah. That's funny. And um and so I went to try and get a job and they said, "We're not hiring." And I saw that they had a DJ booth. And I said, "Do you need a DJ?" Because I also DJed. Which is not true. I didn't. But they said, "Um, actually we do."

17:55 You But here's the thing. At Studebakers, every hour on the hour, we do these things called showtimes where all the waiters hop on the bar and they do like, you know, born in a hand jive or some dumb and dance thing. You don't Sean, we don't need to. The next sentence out of your mouth doesn't need to be, "You mean like this?" Like this. Yeah. Or are they still in business or what are their hours? Address, please. That's right. Any of those sentences are a no. So So you lied. So you lied, but you knew you had a stack of wax in the car.

18:28 So I lied and they said, "Well, here's the thing. You got to audition because we do these showtimes." So I I I had to audition with a lip-s sync of a 50s song. Um, which one? I know you still I chose So I chose Valare. Um, yeah. And uh, which was I just thought it'd be funny because it's in, you know, Italian. Um, and uh, but I put on a tuxedo and a pompador to cover my long hair. like an Elvis wig, right? And so anyway, I got the job and then they saw that I had really long hair and they said, "You got to cut your hair. We're a 50s bar, not a 60s bar." And I said, "Well, I won't do it." So they made me wear the Elvis wig every time I worked. Oh. The pompador every time. Yeah. And it was also a really bad pompador. So, uh, it was really cheap wig and, uh, and so it started to lose its pompador shape and it just turned into like a big weird black tuft of something. Yeah. And when I was working, people didn't realize

19:32 that I had long hair and had to cover it up. So, they just thought I was some young kid with this weird wig. Um, I don't know what they thought, but anyway, that started that started my DJing career. And then, well, you know what? It reminds me, you make me think, you know, you hear about, you know, famously Michael Jordan when he had his Hall of Fame speech. And then he, you know, he's being celebrated for being the greatest basketball player. And then he he harp he's he really harped on like his high school coach who cut him from the basketball team and all the people who didn't like right like that. He still hung on to that. And I think we should get stickers made up and go around these Kansas City establishments that rejected you and stick it on the front window. They This place rejected Paul R, right? Really let that stink linger on them. You know what I mean?

20:20 Your hiring practices are ridiculous. You know what I mean? Ridiculous. Yeah, that's great. Speaking of your your original last name was R uh RDsky. Rniski. Rnitki. What is it? Radnitzki down like way back not while I was born or my grandparents way back great greatgrandparents. Yeah. Wow. Polish. Uh like Russian Bellarus that Eastern European. Yeah. Have you done the the thing where you do the whole look back and like do you know do you know do you know your people what what they did where they were the wars they fought in. And I found uh I found that it was mainly kind of like in an area of Bellarus. Yeah. Something called a town called Hullmeck.

21:09 Ohbody anybody's listening from Hullmeck. Uh I your boy you know. But no wait. So Paul you you let me tell if I got this right. You were were born in Jersey, moved to Kansas City, had a bar mitzvah in Canada, your parents were from England. Yeah. So in Canada, this is now I'm interested. Yeah. I mean, why why so many different places? Well, I being, you know, everyone in my family was kind of was British. Both my parents, everyone was kind of around London. My grandparents were in London, but they we moved to the States. Um, and then or my my parents did anyway. Uh, most of the family went to Canada and so I had grandparents and aunts and uncle in in Toronto and and in the GTA. No, he really knows it. I know it right. And the way he said Toronto, too. He This is real. Yeah. I'd walk to the byway. Get my Empire Strikes Back cards in French.

22:07 Yes. Um, the byway. Are you still a Maple Leaf fan? Pass the Mr. Submarine. Um, Mr. This is all for you, Will. This is such good stuff. Pizza. Pizza 967. It's Mr. Sub though, isn't it? Mr. Sub. It's now Mr. Wait, how did you live in Canada? No, but I'd been going there my whole life. Yeah. Yeah. So, um, and so most of my relatives uh were in Canada. So, when I had to get a bar mitzvah, um, my parents said, "Well, just do it in Canada because that's where most of the family is." Where was it in Canada? In Toronto. In Toronto? Yeah. No way. Paul, come home.

22:48 Come home. Wait. And so your mom, by the way. Great. Yeah, I will. What? So your parent So your parents are in England. Your dad was a a tour guide or something. And your and and was the vice president of TWWA and your mom Oh, no. He wasn't the vice president. That would have been nice. No, he did work for TWWA. TWWA was the the the airline uh TWWA. Their hub was in Kansas City, which is why we wound up in Kansas City. Oh, I see. Got it. Got it. Got it. When when my dad left London when he was a kid, he's about 9 years old. And then they moved to New Jersey, his family, and they were in Patterson, New Jersey.

23:24 And um but he eventually started working with TWWA before I was born. And uh and he kept getting job transfers. So we moved around a lot when I was a kid. I was born in New Jersey and then I lived in New Jersey and then I moved to Kansas for about a year and then I moved to California for a few years and then I moved back to Kansas. So we moved around quite a bit as a um What about all the moving around and stuff? Was there like that it's giving me anxiety all the the schools all the kids. Oh, look at Did you guys when you grew when you did you grow up in one spot? Did you always I mean Jason, you were always LA since I was seven. I've been in Los Angeles.

24:00 Yeah. Where were you before that? I was in Salt Lake City uh from 4:00 to 7:00. I was in Boston from 2:00 to 4:00 and I was in New York from 0 to 2. Uh just just outside in R. Oh, beautiful. Um but what about what about uh you adapting into all those different environments? Did you have a sibling to sort of uh protect you or did you do the protecting? I have a younger sister. She's two and a half years younger than me. And um I think yeah, we always were just kind of the new kids in school. We got very used to it. We didn't really know any different. But like did that shape your at an age where you're kind of learning your personality and and kind of what your what your strong suit is and what isn't? You know, are you funny? Are you like did it did you find that you were perhaps made you nicer earlier because you had to be accepted by these new groups all the time?

24:56 Uh-huh. Yeah, possibly. I Yeah, I sometimes think that, you know, a good way to kind of ingratiate yourself or just not get your ass kicked is to just be kind of pleasant. And if you can make somebody laugh, then you can be accepted a little bit easier. I certainly was drawn and always have been drawn to people who are funny. I mean, my dad was hilarious. Um, and I think that, you know, when I'd be Yeah. probably in some new school or something. I was I'd go home and I'd listen to those Steve Martin records or you know Yeah. That album Get Small. Did you ever listen to that? Yeah. What about British humor?

25:33 Cuz my mom's British as well and she really shaped my my taste in in dry kind of no winking, you know, uh humor. Did Did your dad do that for you? Well, I think that, you know, some of the earliest things I could really remember laughing at was they used to show Monty Python's Flying Circus on PBS. I loved it. And my parents loved it and we'd watch it and I thought it was hilarious. Um, I never really understood or thought in terms of like British comedy or a British sensibility, but uh I did always respond to that. And then and then when Faulty Towers was on, it was just one of my favorite shows all time. But it's like, you know. Oh, you guys like that?

26:16 Monty Python's a great example because Oh, holy [ __ ] There's no way you guys like Faulty Towers, Sean. Oh, Sean, you really like that? [ __ ] let the world know, man. Yeah, you guys discover this. Um, there's But like Bonnie Python, there's like there's the broad half of the of the troop and then there's like the dry half of the troop. Like there's Michael Palin, you know, being crazy and goofy and then you cut to John Cle and he's just blinking at him like, "You fool." Um, which which were you drawn to? Was was it the John Cle side since you you went to Faulty Towers? Well, Cle is always Yeah. hilarious. I think that I think I just there was like an absurdity to it and there was also something it might have been the first time and maybe why I was drawn to Steve Martin as well, but it was like, oh my god, there are grown-ups that are being completely silly. I remember that twit of the year

27:10 competition as a kid and I crying. I couldn't believe how funny it was to see these grown-ups acting this way and I mean there was still so much with Same with Steve Martin where it was this kind of ridiculous I'm getting happy feet kind of thing. Yeah. I want to know about glazing hams cuz that was one of your odd jobs out of school. What do you mean glazing hams? What does that even mean? It means exactly. It means glazing hams. Yeah. Like what does that what do you mean? You work at at Honey Baked Ham. No, that was our competitor. Sorry.

27:41 Um, no. No. What do you mean glazing them though? Like still touchy. Yeah, the hot spot. Look, it just please don't bring that up to anyone at Holiday Ham Company because uh they had a real issue with Honey Bake. Wait, but how do you glaze a ham? Like, what do you do? It's a whole process. Sean, let's keep it clean here. Sounds like a YouTube how-to video. How do you glaze a ham? Is it like in a factory? No, no, it was in a like a mini mall and um Oh, I see. Like personalized. It was like a It was a standalone store. Oh, got it. Honey Bait, I believe, is a chain, isn't it?

28:19 Okay, got it. I just wanted No, I don't mean to bismerch Honey Baked. No, no, no, no. Nobody took it that way. No, no, no. I think we're a public company, by the way. There's one thing I don't want to do. It's piss off the people at Honey Baked Hand. No old age. You do. You don't have a target on your back now. Don't worry from the gang over at Honey Glazed. Okay. Um Um I love Yeah. Go ahead. Oh, no. No. What do you love? No, you go. You go. What are you going to say, guys? Don't fight. Um All right. I was going to You go. Oh, Jesus. No, you go. This is a great It is a great party. I want to know where you worked. I want to know where you worked.

28:57 Oh, I worked at H the Holiday Ham Company. No, you're going to say something else about working. So, I worked I worked at this place. Yeah. And and it was a it was a whole when I say it was a whole process. I would get there very early in the morning and I would unload a truck filled with ham naked. These aren't these aren't glazed yet, right? These are unglazed. Oh, you're talking unglazed hams. Yeah. All these, by the way, this isn't this isn't like a you know pigs hanging in a truck. This these these were ham hawks. Are they hawks? Thank you. Sure. And they were cryovaced, vacuum sealed. Oh wow. And what I would have to do is unload a truck at like 5 in the morning and then I would have to cut open release them from their sheets. Yes. Exactly. Cut open the plastic and then uh I would have to put them these entire ham hawks.

29:56 So far I I haven't heard one thing that we're going to keep in the episode, but go ahead. Yeah. No, no. This is absolutely It's boring myself as I even listen to myself. So, so there you are. You're unloading. You got a truck full of unload. I got a truck. So, I got to put it on a thing. I slice it. I dice a whole thing. I got to cut it in half with a saw. I put it on a spit. And then I take a propane torch and a sugar sifter. And I have to wear protective gear on my wrists. Same approach to acting. Same approach to your acting.

30:23 That's exactly right. That is how I approach all of my roles. Um, how long were you were you longer in this job than you were uh at the at the at at the Bevix place? The the 50s joint? Oh, at the at the uh Studebakers. Yeah, Studebakers. I went from Studebakers to Holiday Ham Company. So, you know, did you cut your hair before you were handling those hams? Sorry. Can I ask, did you have the long hair when you were handling the hams or did you have Yeah, they didn't care. You had to put that [ __ ] in a net, though, didn't you? I By the way, I think I had it in a net.

30:54 Yeah. and uh the hair. Yeah. Yeah. It was in a net. I was in the back. So if I was up front dealing with customers, Sure. There's no way that off. There's no way they comb it out. Yeah. Now, uh you I can only imagine though, you know, at least one or two of those long hairs were getting glazed into the ham. But you I just thought it would be a good Italian place called I I Can Only Imagine. I just can only. Okay. So, uh it's terrible. It's terrible stuff. It's Saturday. It's Saturday and it's free. And it's free. So go ahead, Sean. Sean, get to your laundry list of questions and forget trying to have a conversation with Paul, right? Let me help you. Go down and [ __ ] check off your [ __ ] [ __ ] rudd here of [ __ ] He's one of the most handsome. By the way, Paul, and I've seen it and stuff before. You look you you always look so [ __ ] good. So handsome. You're so handsome. You're so good. We're around the same age. What

31:47 are you doing? Just honestly, just an email with a couple tips. olive oil bed. 8 hours a day. You say the most important thing is 8 hours a day. That's what you say. It isn't what I said. I think I said something about sleep once where it was like, "Oh yeah, this is this." You try and get enough sleep, but I sleep a lot. I don't look anything like that. You know, can I can I uh You know what the secret is? What? Love. Yeah. Oh my god. That's our time. That's our love and love and laughter. You You saved a name. Julie will have you back now. Who knew? This is We'll be right back.

32:23 And now back to the show. No, seriously, Paul. Anything weird ever happen on stage real quick before we're out of time? No. No. Well, yeah. You did a lot of theater. Do you have you I don't know if you listen to the podcast, but I love good theater stories for something wrong. No, of course. Yeah, I do. You have anything ready? Or you can sub it out for a Star Wars story if you ever audition? I have I have lots of other questions of great theater stories. Yeah. Yeah. Something bad happened in the theater. Something Oh, something really bad. Yeah. No, no. I've had I actually I Well, I I've done a show where somebody died in the audience on stage. Death. There was a death.

32:57 There was a death in the audience. There was somebody uh went to the um to the bathroom in like the fourth row. That was an interesting thing to get a whiff of that during the scene. No way. Somebody somebody lost control of their bowels. So So not only did you kill, but you acted the [ __ ] out of that part. Nice. Bravo. Thanks, guys. Well, it wasn't me that did it. Oh yeah. No, that would be actually that would be that would be horrible. Wait, what what was the show and somebody really died? Somebody died last night of Bali. Who was the show? These were two separate occasions. Mhm. Okay. Unless I'm conflating them and they [ __ ] themselves in they die cuz that often happens by the way. It's often I think it even happens in the other order where it's like you die and then you wind up just [ __ ] yourself. That's a shake that happens. So wait, so the person died?

33:46 I've had somebody, by the way, I've also done a show where somebody uh in the middle of a scene, I heard a bunch of commotion in the audience and then didn't realize it didn't subside. So, it's like, what is happening? Only later came to realize that somebody in the front row of the balcony leaned over and puked on all of the people below. Oh my. No way. Swear to God. Yeah. It was a show. It was a show called Grace and there was a scene and I was doing it with Michael Shannon and Michael Shannon had this long monologue. We're doing the scene. It's just the two of us. We hear this noise. We're both aware that like there's a commotion, but usually it dies down and it's getting louder and louder and Michael is pissed off and starts screaming his lines at toward the direction of the noise to make a point which of course when Michael Shannon is yelling at you like it's the most terrifying thing ever. It's the thing

34:46 that did make everybody kind of quiet down. And then after this scene, I have to rush over to the to the wings to do a costume change. And I asked the stage manager. I said, "What the hell's h what happened out there?" And he's the one that said, "Somebody threw up. Somebody was drunk. Threw up over the balcony and it puked onto about 10 different people. I'm covered in barf. This show's not for you, huh? [ __ ] mat. That's amazing. Should have seen the Lion King. Yeah. Yeah. What was a great [ __ ] Wait, Sean, this is like your [ __ ] dream come true. Million great theater stories. Talk about the person who died.

35:40 I mean, learn that after the fact. Like, oh my god. They had to close down and then eventually they had to bring somebody like a stretcher to get somebody out of there. It's like, oh wow, that's Wow. It's weird. I mean, you know, you hear of people dying on stage. Yeah. But you don't hear as much about people dying near the stage. Yeah. Yeah. But did you So you stopped the show. Yeah. You stopped and they Right. Uh we did not keep going. You kept going. I don't think Dude, are you kidding? Are you kidding? He [ __ ] He killed by the way died. the guy we we slayed him.

36:12 Yeah. died nearing the end of the show. Yeah. And so you finished I'm not so sure. Yeah. Anyone realized Oh, right. until until it was over. Until people were shuffling out of the theater. That one guy stayed. Sounds like a nice peaceful passing. Yeah. It was a definitely a courteous way to go um for us for the actors. That's a great Now Sean, you have I know you have plenty. I've told I think I've told every single good one I know on here. Is there one you haven't told yet? I mean, I'd have to think about it. Me and Raina are at the dinner field. Yeah. Yeah. Right.

36:48 I've had I there, by the way, I I had one I now they're all kind of coming. They're flooding back. I did a scene. I was lying on top of a bed. I was doing a scene. I was lying on top of a a bed and uh with this woman uh Rachel Vice was in the show and I was wearing boxer shorts and a t-shirt and all of a sudden this had never happened before. I heard the audience laughing and I I'm like what is going on? I realized it's because I was lying on the bed. I had my uh leg up and kind of like and uh I realized my uh balls were hanging out. Wow.

37:30 Which is worse than actually like even the penis. It's like if when it's just your ball or just one ball, by the way, it might have been just one ball, but it was it loose. You know what's crazy about that? You know what's crazy about that? Your balls were showing in that show and the show was the shape of things. Yeah. Yeah. Y that's exactly right. That was your show. The shape of things. That's nice. They were pendulous. I have one that's not as racist. The shape of things. It should have been and the poster should have been your balls hanging out of shorts. I think I think we've all seen the shape of of those things with the great Fred Weller with our mutual friend Fred Weller whom we adore. Fred. Yes.

38:11 Great Fred Weller. You guys go back. Do you go back? Yeah. What's another one of mine? Mine is we were doing Westside Story. This isn't as funny, but we were doing Westside Story and you know the Jets and the Sharks and they negotiate the rumble. They say you know knives, guns, pipes, fists, whatever. And this one guy, Darren. Yeah. Well, you just blew the joke. But uh but no, it's like that. So Darren, Darren, my friend Darren, who's the most gayest man on the face of the planet and wears it with a badge of honor. He's very, very, very funny. But he was a jet and he's trying to act tough. And you know, during performance 250, they go guns, knives, you know, pipes, fists, and he just jumps out and he goes purses. Same joke. Same joke as dance.

38:57 No, I guess. I guess I guess it's funny. You had to be there. You had to be there. All right. So, listen. When you're scrolling through because you've been in I want to go through before you leave. I just I mean, my god, I had all these hour 10. Let this guy get back into his weekend. I know. Sorry. Wild oats. No, but his credits. Your credits are [ __ ] sick. What? Hot American summer and friends. You run on Friends was Anchor Man, by the way. Uh, and then 40-year-old Virgin and Knocked Up and working with Jud App and Role Models and Ant-Man that you wrote. I didn't know you wrote Ant-Man. That's crazy. No [ __ ] I didn't know that. Yeah. Well, one one of them one of the right one of the writers. It was originally written by Edgar Wright, who I just the best. We love We love Edgar. He's a He's a friend of the show. He's a friend of the show.

39:40 He should come on. Adore him. Yeah. Um so wait, uh uh what do you might need to be a two-parter. Yeah, I know. There's so many things. But wait, get into the [ __ ] credits are crazy. I know. But but anyway, so friends have to get in the night. Honestly, no, but it's incredible. But the the the people they la they want to know Paul. I know. You know, they want to know about the moments and the movies with the years. I mean, you you and Jud you and Jud collaborated on so many of those movies that were huge seinal comedies that that really kind of changed. But you think about it at that time when you guys did 40-year-old Virgin that really changed the trajectory of of comedy films like it kind of went into a started created a whole new Jud Appatile. He he launched all kinds of folks. Yeah. Well, he he's great. There was the first time I ever met Jud um was it it was it really is a weird thing. I

40:40 don't know if you guys feel this way about those Steve Martin records. I know we've talked about them a lot, but it seems as if a lot of people in our generation those albums had a big effect on them. Sure. Yeah. And uh as did Steve Martin in general. And um one time I was at a dinner and I was talking about fake names and how it's so uh difficult to come up with a perfect funny fake name. And I said a great example is Gern Blon which was from an an a uh an early Steve Martin routine and someone at the dinner said Gern Blon. Oh that explains Jud Appattow's email address. Oh wow. And and I and I think at this time there was only AOL. I'm like, "Oh, that's hilarious." Yeah, he's like Gern Blanchston. I don't think he has this anymore in case anybody wants to email him. Um but uh anyway, I I went home and emailed Jud. I'd never met him. No way.

41:36 And I said, "Hey, man. Nice nice reference on your email address. Um that's amazing." And he emailed me back. And that's how you guys started be and that's how we met. And then and then wow that's amazing. He emailed me back and said, "Oh, I'm glad you've emailed me. It's nice to connect with you. Now I know who to hit up if I ever need tickets to a new Neil Abute play cuz I've just done a bunch of Neil Abute plays." Anyway, we we Anyway, we kept emailing each other for about a year. We became kind of pen pals. Never met each other. And it wasn't until Anchor Man that I actually met him in in person.

42:11 Wow, that's crazy. And when I went in to audition, he was there and it was a little bit like, you know, meeting your your pen pal that it's like, "Oh my god, wow. I can't believe there you are. I can touch you." Been catfishing. I didn't want to touch him, but real. Yeah. Um, now that your character in Anchor Man looks very similar to the character in Friendship, was that on purpose? Um, no, it wasn't on purpose. Although in Friendship, the character that I was playing was originally called Brian, which was the name of my character in Anchor Man. Wow. And I thought maybe I should change that name just because I also have another mustache. The mustache was just something it seemed like um Oh, this is the kind of thing that this guy would probably Yeah. Yeah, for sure.

42:57 It's a weatherman. He's a weatherman. It's so It's really funny. You're so good. And and the movie is so great. Well, I I got to say, you know, Tim, it it's really Tim and it's Tim is so funny. And I don't know if you've ever watched I think you should be which I mean he's he's a he's a brilliant brilliant he's incredible. I mean, he really has his own take on all of this stuff. And that was just such a blast to kind of get to work with him and see what he was. Have you ever Have you ever seen his show? What is it? Detroit. Is it just called Detroiters? Yeah. What's his name? Tim Tim. Detroititers is incredible. Tim, it's incredible. You would love him, Jason. I I remember I met him when he was a writer on SNL and and uh you know everyone even at that time in SNL said oh well I mean this guy Tim Robinson's the funniest most and he directed and wrote and is an actor in this film Friendship. He is starring in

43:53 it. He didn't write it. It might be the only thing I think he's ever done that he didn't write. However, the guy who directed it is a guy named Andrew Andrew D. young. He is. He also wrote it and he's friends with Tim and completely captures Tim's voice. I mean, when I read it, I would have sworn that Tim wrote it. Was there a lot of improv on the movie? I mean, there was some, but you know, it's like it's funny when we kind of started Tim, we were talking about it and Tim said, "Let's take out all of the jokes." He wanted no jokes. Mhm. Um, and so it was very, it wasn't really like this perceived as this silly comedy. I mean, I know that Andy, the director, said that he envisioned uh The Master, you know, the Paul Thomas Anderson movie. Seems like we could do like a weird comedy version, but very strange of of that. And um and so it wasn't really there was certainly some improvisation, but uh but it, you know,

44:58 none neither one of us was trying to really hit anything too funny. And I apologize. Is this Can we see this now? Uh it's coming out uh uh can't see it now. I think it's coming out in I don't know, April or May or the [ __ ] did Sean see it? I got a little screen. He gets a link. So depending on when this when this airs connection perhaps. Yeah. So, April, May, some spring release on this, huh? Yeah, spring release. Like all the beautiful things that come out in spring. Huh. Well, we're really excited about it. We're really excited about you, Paul. We love you. You're tremendous talent. Really excited.

45:30 Bullish about your career. I think you're going to do great. Thank you. I'm so happy to be doing this and like it's such a You guys are so awesome. Show is so funny. I'm so uh happy to to be finally up. I mean, it's we broke a lean down and we got you here. No, no, this is Look, you you you guys have you got a lot of people to talk to. I'm I'm honored to be one of them. Well, we're very very happy that you came. Honored that you spending some Saturday. I sure wish my connection was better cuz No, no, no. Don't think twice about that. I'm not going to say anything at Honeyhams or your Wi-Fi connection. None of it. Don't Don't think I'm not going to Yeah. Yeah. We didn't talk about uh we didn't talk about the Royals. We didn't talk about the Chiefs. We didn't talk about Nobody wants to talk about Nobody wants to talk about that. You want to lose the You really want to lose the audience? Shut up,

46:22 baby. You don't even know Tim. You get two U's. You get two. I tell you who would I I tell you who would turn the volume up. Jason Sedakus and Claire McCascal. That's who. You're right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They would. Tell what's what's Bobby Wit going to do this year? And and the great and the great Dandee is also of Kansas City fame. the great D's friend of the show. Great Dandy friend of ours. D. Um Paul Rudd. Paulie, you're just good to see you, my friend. All the love to you and Julie and the kids. You're world class. Tip top. Thank you. Tip top. You guys are the best. And uh I can't wait to see you in person. It can't come here soon enough. We'll be a candy shop soon.

47:01 Yeah. Yeah. We're going to we're going to do a smartless outing. Let's do a live show from the candy shop. Oh, there we go. Look, anytime you want. Claude Hoppers for all of you. Free. That's a good That's a good fake name. I know something. We're sweet on you, Paul. Yeah. Oh, there it is. Uh, all right. I need a beautiful button. What a button. A candy button. I'm on my way to I can only believe it. Uh, Paulie, have a great day. We love you. Goodbye. Love you guys. Thanks so much. Yes. Thanks, dude. Take care. Bye. Bye, pal.

47:41 Paul Rudd. Paul Ru, what can you say? I mean, we we've said this before about people, but that is an that is an overdue of overdoses that should have. It's almost embarrassing how overdue you are. I feel bad I didn't get into his stuff, you know, like all the You didn't get into anything, Sean. This is one of the least prepared episodes I've ever seen you host. And and and I can't believe a former a former member Jason a former host of the year nominee. Remember? Yo, for sure. Well, you know, but if he gets into the sugar like any [ __ ] little three-year-old, you can't count on him. Guys, I' I've failed. I bet I bet they are regretting that nomination a couple years ago in that gang when they Well, aren't you on that board, too? Yeah. The iHeart Radio.

48:21 Yeah. No, I'm these days I'm only bored when you're hosting. You know what I mean? Yeah. But uh I I do think if if uh if we ever uh soften on the repeat guest policy you guys are enforcing like [ __ ] live show. He'd be a live show. Oh, that's a good show. Be a good live. We could just go through all its credits and talk about funny stories. Yeah, we'll go funny stories. I love that. Yeah, I do like that man a lot. But Willie, remember when he was talking about um walking in Canada and he was walking on the what was it? A by here comes a by here. He was walking on the He went to the by way smart.

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What is discussed in "Paul Rudd | SmartLess"?

In order: 0:00 Ben Affleck, Clueless, Friends, Kansas City Chiefs; 5:00 Clueless, New York, New York, Andy Ostroy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan; 10:00 David Letterman, Steve Martin; 15:00 Studebaker; 20:00 London, Toronto, Hullmeck, New York, New York; 25:00 Steve Martin, Faulty Towers, Holiday Ham Company, Monty Python; 30:00 Michael Shannon, Holiday Ham Company, Studebaker; 35:00 Friends, Ant-Man, Fred Weller, Knocked Up; 40:00 Steve Martin, Detroiters, Friends, Paul Thomas Anderson; 45:00 Paul Rudd, SmartLess, Michael Grant Terry.

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