"Amy Poehler"

25:21Yeah, I mean, but some people have a higher and lower tolerance. Like, you know, you have to just be a little gentle. But as far as your, I read too, Amy, that you say that you were parentified at a young age, meaning that like you became your parents because your parents were so young when they had you. Yeah, my parents were young. And don't you feel that way? Like, I don't know, but don't you feel, and this might be just our generation too, I just feel like we felt very old really fast. Like we felt we had freedom, which gave us a sense of agency. And then we had jobs really early. And we just felt like we grew up fast.

26:03I don't know if that's a generational thing, but. Well, Jason, think about it. I'm not joking, was out working when he was, sweet little JB was working when he was seven. I know, bless. So cute. Like with a little briefcase. and a small security number. Had a small mustache. Yeah. So you guys, so you both, what I'm interested in, Amy, your background and your parents being school teachers and learning kind of from that, like what did you take from them for Archie and Abel? And Will, what did you take from your parents for Archie and Abel? And how do you do that together? Let me try to bundle that for you.

26:38Amy, do you parent like your parents at all? Oh, by the way. Look at you. Look who's talking. Oh yeah. Yeah, no, I've been working on it. I've been working with a tutor. You've been working on bundling? Yeah, bundling is sort of a gathering term that he suggested I use internally, but now I'm spreading it. Yeah. That actually, you could sell a whole bunch of like a series of tapes. Babe and bundles. Just talking about bundling other people's questions. Let me bundle that for you. You could be so successful talking about bundling. If you jumped on a mini trampoline and did a cold dip at the same time, you'd be a bundle king.

27:19I think parenting is a constant, ever-changing thing, right? It's like somebody said this to me once that I always loved, which was parenting is like a series of short stories. So a short story starts and you think, I don't know how this story is going to go. I don't know the characters. I don't even know what's going to happen. And then you're in the middle of the short story and you think, man, I never want this to end. I love this. I love this. I got it. I'm in the groove. I know what I'm doing. And then the short story is over and you think, oh, no, there's no way the next one could be better.

27:53It's just like a series of your kid is changing so much and the world is changing so much and you have to stay kind of flexible, pliable, learn from your mistakes. Yeah. I think the difference for me is, for my own parents, is I have to try really hard. Amy, you're really good at this. And you helped me do this in concert with you. To try to be, to remember to listen to what they're saying. And to not try to impose what I think they, you know, you need this, you need that. But to actually sit and listen to what your kid is trying to say. Like, you know what I mean? Encourage them to, as much as they can to speak.

28:35and to really hear, and it's not, I don't come by it naturally because that's not how I was raised. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I'm the same. It doesn't always feel natural. Your instinct is to want to give them advice or tell them what to be aware of or afraid of or share your own personal stuff. Like that's so instinctual, of course, because we want the best for our kids. And I remember reading somewhere that when your kid tells you something, you just repeat it back to them like you're doing a headline of a news story. It actually works really well with people too. I bet it happens on this podcast too.

29:13They say, oh, I had a bad day in math. And then you go, you had a bad day in math. That's all you say, period. Yeah, I mean, I'm usually thinking about what the bit is. Like, you know what I mean? But no, but you're right, you're right. And the other day, again, we were talking about something with one of our kids and I said, Amy and I were talking on the phone and I said, oh, I identify with that and I think that my own experience, and you said to me, you're like, they don't really want to hear about your experience. They want you to listen to theirs. Yeah, yeah. And we, this happens, don't you feel like this happens as adults too when someone talks about like, well, when I used to, you're just like, oh boy.

29:51Yeah, yeah. You know, even in your 50s, it still happens where someone talks about, well, I, you know, in the business I used to be in, we would be able, and you're like, well, that's not the way it is anymore, old man. Right, right, right. It's not that you don't understand. Jason, you must get old man a lot, right? A lot more recently. It's pretty shocking. Yeah, I find that I'm constantly battling like, how much should I be like leading this parenting thing or how much should I be reacting to this parenting thing? In other words, like, should I be waiting to see what they need me to parent them at or should I initiate sort of parenting based on nothing they're actually showing me?

30:34In other words, like, should I wait to see until how they react to a certain situation and then talk to them about that? Boy, this could use a bundle. Yeah, we could bundle this. Are we still rolling? Can we go back to one? I think what you're trying to say, yeah. Let's bundle. Let's bundle. Hey, wait, Amy, try to guess what he's trying to say. I think the bundle here is how can I be best of service to my kids? Yes. That's great. when they're teens. Yeah, that's the bundle. That's so good. That's the bundle. But you know, I read something and by read something I mean I saw it on TikTok.

31:05Supposedly when your kids become teens you go from producer to consultant. That's the difference. You're no longer producing their lives. You're there for them to consult. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you have to kind of let them start producing their own lives which is not easy. Perfect use of the bundling concept. Yes. Right? And I've also heard that But, you know, part of, like, I've heard you love therapy as much as I love therapy. I can talk about it all day long. I love it. I love going to therapy. You go to therapy? Ugh. Yeah. Are you serious? And I'm always trying to make her laugh. She's like, hey, let's get back on topic.

31:44She's so lucky to have you. You're so funny, Sean. Thanks, Amy. You're the funniest. You're the funniest, Sean. No, you're the funniest. And so, but you, I've heard, which means I saw on TikTok, that you identify as someone who's a natural fixer or you want to get into action and problem solve because that's kind of how I am a little bit. But as you've gotten older, that you've taught yourself how to pause and feel feelings and stuff like that. Barely. You got a lot of quotes out there. I do my research. I do my research. You're really talking out loud. You're really living out loud. I sent Sean a bunch of needlepoint pillows with a bunch of stuff on it and took credit for it.

32:22he's got his fill with pillows I just regurgitated a whole conversation you had on your phone that I overheard no that how has that like shaped you today because I also read that you the best work that you've ever done is the work where you feel most present yeah I think improv was really helpful with that like you had to stay super present just to be I mean I imagine you guys feel that with this podcast too right like you're actually where you are yeah as opposed to being ahead or behind, which is really hard. Yeah, I'm still searching for that. Still every day trying to stay in the present moment.

33:01It's not easy for me to not jump ahead. Will you talk to me about that? Because I've always been told that. It's best to just stay in the present. But my brain tells me. I know. But you go in there and your brain is like. I got plans, you know? It's like. Yeah, I've got plans. I've got a desire for the way I want this meeting to go or this week to go or something like that. I struggle with that too. Oh, JB, that's so sweet. It's true, you do. You do go in with that. But what are you supposed to do with that? Wait, what is that? Is that me inhaling a bomb hit? That's inside your brain. Inside your brain.

33:41Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Yeah, it's just empty braces. And then a little plan flies by like a bird. That's a little plan. so am i just supposed to react to things and not drive anything i don't know it's a great question actually i don't know because i i'm struggling with that all the time how much can i be prepared because that calms me down preparation calms me down yeah but you know life you cannot control you cannot control things in life i mean it's just like you have to let go you know what's A perfect example of that, JB, today, when I just told you I sprained my foot really bad last night. It was so painful.

34:22I can't even describe it. And my old me would have been like, oh my God, I got to cancel this. I can't do this. And I'm like, this is what it is right now. And I surrender to it. And I go, if I can't do this and I have to cancel that and I can't show up for it, then that's what it is. And it used to make me really depressed. I think that is one of the benefits I've been saying recently. I've been saying in therapy that, oh, no applause. I've been saying that. Oh, wait, Will, you're going. That's great. And you're 54. Okay. Very good. And what I've noticed at 54 is, and especially in the last six months, that it just kind of occurred to me.

35:06I'm like, oh, I'm doing a much better job of this is what the situation is. And I'm realizing it in real time. and I'm not really in a panic about the outcome. I'm just accepting it for what it is. And I said this to you the other day, like I got this notion of like, feelings are gonna come, feelings aren't gonna kill you. Your feelings aren't gonna kill you. That's a big one. And it really, and I went, oh yeah. And I can let it, I can let it, I can feel it and then I can let it go. And I can recognize, I think I used to, you know, you'd freak out and then you'd think about it later. Now I can, in real time, go, oh, this is where I am.

35:44In a much better way than I, for me anyway, than I've ever been able to do. And I think that that's the benefit of being older, having experience, et cetera. I find my 50s to be my favorite decade by far. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty great. By far. Oh, really? That's when you get to your 60s. It's pretty cool. I'm having a great time. No. Yeah. What is it? What if you guys find out you see Jason's license It's one of these days when you find out he's 62. I thought about that the other day. No, Willie, I like what you said about like not being attached to the outcome. Maybe that's a good hack for me.

36:20It's like it's okay to be prepared, but don't be like stuck on it has to end this way. Again, it's a new concept for me. I've just been kind of going through it, and it's very freeing. Well, like Jason, for example, your mic hasn't been working this whole time, and the audio hasn't recorded, and you should be fine with that. Like, just let that go. It's going to be great. It's a great episode. And just let go of the outcome of that. I can't touch it. Amy, any funny stuff happen on stage before? Any funny stories? No, come on. Wait, Amy, why is 50 the best decade? I feel like I finally have a better sense of who I am.

37:00Kind of what we've been talking about. I have some of my priorities are, you know, I just feel like I'm a little kinder to myself. I definitely care less about how I'm perceived by other people as long as I feel like my side of the street is clean. Yeah, yeah, nice. And I have a lot of wise people younger and older than me. I'm in this sandwich of experience. So I learn a lot from people who are younger than me, and I learn a lot from people that are older than me, and knock on wood, I still feel healthy. like being in your 50s, you're like the youngest old person you know. You're the youngest of the old people.

37:39That's right. You're the freshmen of old people. That's really true. And so we'll never be this young again in our 50s because I'm looking to people in their 60s and 70s to seeing how they're living life, how they're doing it, how they're keeping healthy. And then I still feel connected to people in their 20s and 30s. It doesn't feel so far away. I'm on medication to reverse the aging process. Ooh, what are you doing? I'll text you. I'll send it in the chat. I'll send it in the chat. You're that guy who does all those crazy things to like stay in super shape. Oh, that dude. Oh, my God. Remember that?

38:10Oh, that dude. Did you watch that? Oh, my God. That's wild. Wait, Amy, remember when you used to come over and we would watch Intervention? Oh, my God. Yes, Sean. We would airplay all the instruments in the opening theme. Great theme. Intervention. That's such a good show. I know. That show made me so uneasy. I wanted to tell the story or for you to tell the story about remember the time that you told your friend that the TV was voice activated. Oh, my God. Oh, jeez, yeah. Have you told that story here? I don't remember. Oh, God. Well, maybe can I try to tell it? Yeah. It was, Sean was with a bunch of friends, right?

38:47Yeah. Yeah, go ahead, Sean. No, no, I was just gonna help you out. And you guys were really, like. We would get stoned after. Stoned, get really stoned. After an episode. I know. After taping an episode of Will and Grace. and we went back to his house one night. Will and Grace. That's the show you were on. That's it. I'm never going to get through it. That is it. You couldn't think of it? Talk about a show. Amy, never going to get through it. This guy. A story that long, we'll never make it on here. Go ahead. No, no, go ahead. Don't tell it. It's good. It's really good. Just bundle it. All right, well, bundle it.

39:21Bundle it. I'll try to bundle it. Okay, here we go. So we would go back after his house. We would get stoned and we'd just hang out and talk about the night and whatever after we'd tape an episode of Will and Grace. So we go to his house. It was a brand new house. And he has a brand new house. He has a brand new media system. This massive screen in the screening room. And I'm high out of my mind. I can't even see straight. And he's trying, he goes, I just got the DVD of Castaway. We should watch it where the plane goes down because the effects are so cool, right? I'm like, yeah, let's put it on and watch it.

39:51So he walks all the way to the front of the screening room and I'm way in the back and I start to giggle. He's like, what's so funny? I'm like, nothing. and he can't get it to play. And I go, is that a Sony? And he goes, yeah. And I go, well, those are the new ones. You don't even know what you have. You're so rich, right? They're voice activated. And he goes, what? And I go, those are voice activated new screens. Like you have to speak the name of the movie into the DVD player. And he goes, you're making that up. That's not even true. I go, those are the new screens. You have to speak the name of the movie.

40:25and he totally bought it and he goes really close into the DVD player and he goes, cast away. And he looks at the screen and it didn't come up and the second time, cast away. And I couldn't breathe. We and Meredith Walker say cast away into our remote control a lot. No way. A lot. And into our DVD a lot. Cast away. Cast away. Oh, Meredith. Let's say hi to Meredith. Hi, Meredith. Hi, Meredith. Meredith. Oh, we love Meredith. Hi, Dee. Are you guys still working together? It's a friend of all of ours, Meredith Walker. Yes, yes, we are. Is she still in Austin? Yep, living in Austin. Hey, all. She's so great.

41:03We love Meredith. We love, love, love Meredith. Yeah, we say cast away quite a bit. Oh, that's great. I love telling someone something is voice activated when it isn't. I don't like a prank. I'm not a prank person at all. You got it. You might know this. For anybody to use. That is a harmless funny prank. That's harmless.

41:26We'll be right back.

41:31All right, back to the show.

41:36Okay, so wait. Sean, do you have any questions for Amy? It's okay. I mean, we don't need to. No, no, this is minute 46. I don't think we've had a legit one yet. I know. I've asked her a couple ones. Really? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, do we really need to? I mean, we should probably. No, it's a conversation. Yeah, it's a conversation. Wait, wait. I do want to get into, you touched on it before. Talk a little bit about when you were in Chicago, AIM, and how you knew your experience in Second City, who was in that when you were on the tour, you toured with Second City and Improv, Improv Olympics, Chicago, all that stuff, and then how that moved to New York and UCB and all that stuff.

42:12Just bundle it. Well, I mean, it is, I'll bundle it because it is important as a storyteller to discuss my craft. You will get kicked off this podcast if you slam your life. I love telling a story and I love crafting a story and I love my story craft to be about telling crafts. Oh, God. So, get used to it. The only thing we like on this podcast more than independent film is talking about independent film. Go ahead, Amy.

42:39Started out in Chicago and arrived at Second City in 93 and the seniors to my freshmen were on the main stage of Chicago, Amy Sedaris, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert. Amazing. Mike Myers and Chris Farley had just left to go to like stardom at SNL. I rented Chris Farley's old apartment. In Chicago? In Chicago. I didn't know I was renting it, but you know. In the Hancock building? No, it was another earlier one. Yeah, you know, back then in the 20s, when we were in our 20s and we moved every year. Like remember moving every year? Yes, that's true. And I think the apartment was probably like$3.90 a month.

43:21Yeah. And hard to make that rent. Yeah, yeah. And then, yeah, studied and met Tina there very early on and met Rachel Dratch, who I was the understudy for at Second City. And it was just, the place was lousy with talent. Everyone was so great. And then moved with, and then UCB, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts, Ali Farinakian. All great guys. Yes, yes, yes. Adam McKay, all those guys. Neil Flynn, they were all part of a big improv group called The Family that we would go and watch, and they were incredible. And then they also had UCB. I joined in 93, and then in 96, which is not that much time, now that I think about it, it was only three years, but we left and moved to New York, drove to the city, did a show, and just started.

44:11Well, at the time it was, and Will, I don't want this to be uncomfortable for you, but I was dating Matt Besser at the time so it was a different relationship. I fucking knew it. Yeah. No, no, truly I knew it. But here's the thing. Here's a funny story and Amy knows this. So 96 and she knows how good I am with dates and this. Yeah, you're very good. That's crazy. They come and they do UCB. So it's Amy, Walsh, Besser and Ian and they do their show Bucket of Truth which was an amazing show. It was so funny. It was a sketch show. The improv and sketch etc. And they're doing it downstairs at the West Bank on 42nd Street.

44:50And Peter Principato, the beloved Peter Principato, who we all love. Yeah, the manager. My first agent. First agent. William Morris. And Peter Principato, and he was my agent at the time, and he said to me, hey, I've just signed this new comedy group. You've got to go see them. They're performing at the West Bank. So I went with Duff and Amy. I was dating Missy at the time. I don't know if I told you that. Oh, touche. Okay. So I go, so we go, the three of us to the West Bank, knowing nothing, go downstairs to that little stage and watch them do Bucket of Truth. And we're blown away. You had not yet met Amy.

45:29Had not yet met. We watched the show. We're blown away. We go for a drink after. We're talking about it. We talked about it for a few days because nobody was doing what they were doing. And we were like, God, that was so funny. And it was so inventive. And it was so cool and blah, blah, blah. So that is January of 1996. and just like, what the fuck? Continue, sorry, Amy. Yeah, then we were there just slogging away. And like Will said, and we remember this too, right? Like people had to come see you live. They had to go actually see you. We didn't have any, like, now you can really deep dive on someone really fast on the internet, but we didn't have that.

46:04So you had to like go see people live. What was that first space you guys had when you started? We had a, Solo Arts was the name of a, yeah, was like the walk-up theater where we would improvise there. stuff. So we just kind of, you know, slogged for a while in New York and handed out flyers in Washington Square Park and everyone, I was a waitress and just thinking like, okay, you know, and then I started getting some bits on Conan because of Andy Richter. And that's where I got like my SAG card. That's where I got my, you know, I got paid like an under five. And now you're in the building though, right?

46:39Like, was it, could you like taste the possibility of SNL perhaps? Did you allow yourself to start to dream that? That's such a good question. I think you're right. I didn't really put that together, but you're right. Like walking in a 30 rock, you are, I always feel like with jobs and stuff, like Chicago felt like where I was getting my training, but New York and Los Angeles, it's almost like, you know when you're having like a pickup game of basketball and someone's just standing around and you're like, hey, come play. Don't say sure. Your proximity to the game can be very helpful. Yes. like getting closer to the game, just being around.

47:14So that's what happened. When we moved to New York, we were just a little closer to the game. So we got asked to do things. And you're doing bits on Conan and you did Andy's sister, Richter's sister, and you started doing more. And all those guys were there who were writers, a lot of whom were performers from Chicago you knew, like McCann and Glazer and all those guys. Brian Stack, one of the all-time greats. And all those people, they're all there writing on Conan. And you guys are all kind of part of this group of people who are creating comedy, right? Yeah, my decision to move to Chicago was probably the best decision for me in my career because it allowed me to meet all these people really fast who then went on to do things that I got to be a part of.

47:59Like, they remembered me for things. They put me in small things. They, you know, wrote things for me. And it, like, was just this, like, concentrated feeling of comedy at the time that then everybody went to LA and New York and, you know, and McKay was the head writer of SNL and then Tina got a job there. That's amazing. We all just started. It was really, really cool to, and I depended on the kindness of a lot of those people for a long time to have a job. Let me ask you like a tough question and I'll try to bundle here. It's basically after all of the accomplishment, you've just walked us through the whole beginning and everything.

48:35It just seems like you've done, or maybe even far exceeded what you allowed yourself to dream of at that age when you were starting, what's left? What would you love to do in your next, you know, now that you're a freshman? Why do you still get out of bed, Amy? Yeah, I mean, there's like, you've just, you've, you've done it. You've like, you've had like this incredible career already and you're still, as you said, a freshman. Like, where would you love, how would you like to use what you've done, the success you've had. Bundle. Yeah, sorry. Go ahead. Well, I am, that's why I'm starting to wind down, and this podcast is the beginning of that.

49:11Like, I'm just starting to wind down away from showbiz. Hang on a second. Wait, truly? Fucking cool. Just fucking cool. We're the number two most downloaded podcast on the planet, so just know who you're just. Her podcast she's talking about. Oh yeah, that is a wind down. You're right. That is a wind down. No? Or are you talking about us? Well, you know what? It remains to be seen. But honestly, it is kind of why I'm excited to do a podcast. Because I'm actually, Jason, to genuinely answer your question, I am excited about what is the next. I like thinking about what is the next thing to do. I like trying new things.

49:48That's what keeps me feeling engaged in the world and creative. So I'm very excited about this new podcast because I really like, I'm a huge fan of podcasts in general. I listen to them all the time. and they're really replaced a lot of like media for me. And I'm into the idea of exploring it because I really like talking to people and I'm curious about people and I learn a lot about myself. And I like to have fun. Like I think what's happened in the space, especially for women, is that women are being asked to be like teachers and wise leaders and like a lot of, and they don't get to fuck around and like do very little research like you guys.

50:29Yeah, zero. Yeah. You guys do not know who the guest is, which is the wildest con in the world. It's unbelievable. By the way, you could have bundled that insult. That would have been a lot nicer. But let me ask you a tough question. Really, really quick. Shut up for one second. Shut the fuck up. Amy, Amy, answer this question. Honestly, this is a tough one. This is a hard-hitting, all right? All right. And I know you're very serious for a comedian, so that's okay. Her mom used to say that to her when they'd get into arguments. When we get in a fight, she'd say, he's so serious for comedians. So, wait, have you ever listened to Smartless?

51:08Of course I have. Okay, you have. That's a little high. I've listened to Smartless. She did go up on that. I was like, what's the thing about? Of course I have. Oh my God, I love, my favorite episode is the one with the lady and the other one with the guy. I love the one with the guy. Oh my God. Oh, I like the one with the Bradley. But so, but in your answer to my unbundled question, sort of gets into the area of there is a slight plan, but you still want to kind of stay in the present and not be too sort of strategic about what the next five, 10 years are, right? So like, how do you find the balance there?

51:45I guess it's just figuring out, it's just kind of figuring out what feels challenging. I like a challenge. So I like mixing things up to feel challenging and also a big part of my 50s has been balancing my relationship to work in general and how do I make sure that there's real balance in my life. Like the last five, you guys were talking about being on your podcast. Stuff that's not challenging potentially, right? It's relaxing, yeah. Yes, like basically how to find ease and enjoy, you know, the past five years have been wild, wild. and you know what you guys do here what I've been doing is just like trying to just genuinely laugh with my friends it's been actually you know how I've been keeping sane and so I want to just do whatever feels like that which feels kind of fun and a little bit challenging and so I'm always trying to figure it out I don't know it's a long winded answer I don't know it makes total sense it's basically a combination of all the things and you're able to combine now because you're older and smarter and wiser and it doesn't have to be like all go on career or all go on just like no fucking I don't want to do anything.

53:03We're actually able to merge both now finally at this age I think. And women I think especially have often a burden to really pay attention to what everybody is doing and feeling and then if you have the luxury of turning it around and trying to figure out yourself it's like that is what can be great about getting older and women do really well, I think, when they give themselves time to do that. Let me speak to that. Let me speak about women. Yeah, let's talk about women. But we'll go ahead. Your thoughts on women?

53:42But, Aimee, who is that person that you bounce stuff off of? Or when you get like... Oh, I would say all of the women in my life have been like really, really helpful mentors and teachers and friends and stuff. Like, you know, the women in my life that have been through it with me, I think, is really the biggest resource for me. You know, people who have kids and people who, you know, who understand what it's like to feel overwhelmed and stuff. And especially the past five years, which has just been a complete insane hit after hit of sci-fi nightmares. That's a dream of mine. What's it like being, for you and Will, being on the verge of being empty nesters?

54:33It's not the verge, but it's going to come sooner than later. Do you think about that? I do. How that relates to what you're going to do? I know. I haven't really, but kind of in the short story metaphor, I don't feel like I'm there yet, so I'm not quite. I don't know. I mean, it feels so, I don't even know. It sucks. I got one about to go to college. How does it feel, Jace? It's bleak, you know, because there's just, it's a mortality thing. It's like, you know, we all kick it down the road. Oh, it's about you. Well, but it's like, it's the concept of the end of something that is just something you, is conveniently kind of pushed aside.

55:14And then it's here. Can I say something about that that I've noticed? And this is, JB, this is, I've learned from you something that, and I mean this, I mean this gently and I mean this sweetly, which is. This is going to hurt. No, which is you've been, Jason's been so nervous and anxious about Franny going to college for a few years and he's talked about it. And so I see him going through the pain for so long. And this is an example of not living in the present. So sometimes I think that you had a tough time enjoying the moment because you're just so, you've been anticipating. for years you've been putting that out and talking about it.

55:49I've been trying to separate myself from her so it doesn't hurt. Yeah, exactly. Which is, by the way, which is so you. Remember you do that? Jason's thing to not laugh when he's in a take is to think about people dying in a car crash. I'm not kidding. And then he won't go up. Right? Well, we all know. We all do that. We all know Jason is a sociopath. No, he's a robot. But the thing is, but I see that in you, and I've said it to you before. I'm like, it's okay. Like let that moment come when that moment comes and enjoy. So I've been using it. I keep reminding myself, just enjoy it now. Enjoy it now.

56:22It's not, again, not easy. It is not easy. No. It's a great no. Raise your hand if you think you're going to live to 100 and if you want to live to 100. That's me. Okay, three of us are raising our hands. Sean is not raising. It's that ankle. Sean's like, I can't go on with that ankle. I can't. With this ankle, no way. No, I'm done. The ankle was the last straw. I think we got a shot. Yeah, no, it's really. didn't one of these really smart scientists lately say that the person that's going to live to 120 or 150 or something is already born? Yep. No way. That's going to be kind of common in this generation.

56:55Like 100 is like the new 80s. Yeah, but what kind of life do you have at 120? Yeah, Sean, I hear you. Like as long as it feels like a fruitful life. But you know, imagine if you were like a little dude in a cute little suit and you got wheeled around. But they cut to the, like in the news, like the local news, they cut to like, Marjorie is 106 today and we visited her and she can't talk or move. And they're like, Marjorie, Marjorie, what advice do you have for people to live this long? She's like, make sure that you're... She's got cake falling out of her mouth. Love every day. Yeah, exactly. Please walk in, have a glass of wine.

57:33Exactly, I don't want to be that. I don't want to be Marjorie. Remember Ernest Borgnine had that great, he had this great advice on how to live forever, which was to snap one off every day. And Amy, you know where he lived? In Jason and Amanda's house. So I always remind him to think about Ernest Borg-9 walking around that house. Just throwing goo all over the place. He had Borg-9 lives that year. Oh, nice. Very nice. Thanks, guys. Amy, I have one last comment before we let you go because we've had you for too long and I want to thank you for your time. Thank you, Sean. I told you, and both you and Will, I love Archie and Abel so much and I love Maple and Franny too and both of you everybody on this podcast right now you guys have done such a phenomenal job between your journey between you two your kids are just unbelievable great human beings and it's the greatest compliment to you guys I just love them and I wanted to remind people to listen to Good Hang with you Thank you.

58:40It's on Spotify. On Spotify. And I have great guests coming out. Tina Fey is my first guest. No kidding. That's great. Yep. Because, you know, give America what they want. And then get Dax on there. Dax will give you some pointers. Yeah, Dax will be great. Can't wait. Yeah, any pointers, guys, now that you're five years in? No. You can tell we've learned nothing. Yeah. I think we'll tell you. We're the last people. I mean, if you guys can do it. It's true. Anybody can do it. By the way, Amy, you won't be surprised. We haven't looked at comments forever. They'd always be like, their questions suck and they interrupt people.

59:10all the time and I'm like yeah of course we do what are you talking about exactly the conversation if you guys have taught me anything and you've taught all individually and collectively you've taught me so much this is gonna hurt it's don't overthink it don't overthink it it's good unbelievable we're glad we finally got you we love you Amy thanks guys thanks for having me on it was so fun thank you Amy okay glad it was a fun surprise it was such a good surprise I'm bringing the boys over okay can't wait bye bye bye bye bye bye Aime thank you yeah you got it my pleasure so well that was fantastic to meet her I've been such a fan of hers for I don't know yeah how funny I had no you know what when you were doing the intro and of course I was like and then she was like oh you didn't I was like it never occurred to me you just thought it was coincidental that oh well you know Boy, Amy did all those things.

1:00:10How did you guess it, Jay? From what? Because you said a queen of Massachusetts or something like that. Oh, wow. You knew it just like that. I had such a like, yeah. I love that you didn't know. I told Amanda last week. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Amanda could work for the government. She is very good about keeping a secret. But the kids, Abel's here right now. He never said a word. I love that. God bless him. I love your face. I'm going to go drag him out of his bed. How dare you? That was rad. Listen, it's not to get weird, but I hope you're as proud as you should be. And she as well. I mean, like, that went beautifully.

1:00:48Like, the fact that you guys not only have raised these two kids so well, but your relationship is so great and healthy. And, like, you could do a fucking one-hour podcast in front of millions of people and not have to fake anything. Like, it's just, you know, it's pretty admirable. I know it's, like, full disclosure, or like any couple that goes through the journey you've gone through, it took a while, but you're there now. Yeah. But, you know, I am really proud of it. And, of course, things take a minute because everybody's sort of adjusting to what it is. But I'm also very proud of, certainly as parents, what we've been able to do.

1:01:24Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that, you know, has been really important to both of us. and yeah, I'm really, really lucky to have her as a partner in this way for us to parent in this way. How lucky Archie and Abel are too that you guys like worked out a brand new relationship that serves you both and them and it's... And I would say that I probably, you know, there aren't many people I speak to more than I speak to her, which is weird because, you know what I mean? Yeah. But it's great. I feel really lucky and I do still... Shotland get jealous at all? He does. But she is somebody that I still run a lot of stuff by.

1:02:06Does who get jealous? If Josh is not available. He's my buddy Josh that I FaceTime with. Oh, Josh. I didn't hear what you said. But I still like, she's the person I go like, hey, I'm thinking about doing this or hey, whether it's life or work. And I really, I seek her counsel because it's important to me. Because I trust her. Yeah, she's a sharp cookie. She's awesome. She's awesome. and so what is the what did we what was the bye from the opening it was a bicentennial okay 250 episodes that's right so anyway so guys that was unbelievable and enjoy the rest of your day no it's our 250th episode I can't believe wait what yeah you remember 1976 yeah yeah that was the 200th that was the Bye, Santino, everybody.

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