“Jimmy Kimmel: LIVE in Los Angeles”

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Episode Title

“Jimmy Kimmel: LIVE in Los Angeles”

  • Recorded: February 12, 2022
  • Description: Night Nurse Jimmy Kimmel prepares our warm milk and rocks our 6-City-Tour to beddybye, LIVE from Los Angeles.

Hosts

  • Jason Bateman
  • Sean Hayes
  • Will Arnett

Guest

  • Jimmy Kimmel

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Episode Overview

The episode revolves around the final show of the SmartLess touring series. The hosts engage in an amusing conversation with their guest, Jimmy Kimmel, blending humor with personal anecdotes and reflections on their experiences during the tour.

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Key Themes and Highlights

  1. The Farewell Tour
  2. The hosts express their excitement and gratitude for the audience's attendance on their last show of the tour.
  3. They recount their experiences while touring across various cities including Washington D.C., Boston, New York, Chicago, and Madison, Wisconsin.
  1. Humor and Anecdotes
  2. The episode features a series of humorous exchanges, particularly about face blindness, embarrassing encounters, and personal stories about their lives.
  3. Kimmel shares his awkward moments, including mistaking a neighbor for someone else and embarrassing celebrity interactions.
  1. Kimmel’s Perspective on the Podcast
  2. Jimmy Kimmel praises the podcast and shares his delight in listening to the hosts interact, emphasizing the fun dynamics between them.
  3. He suggests potential segments for the show, such as reading listener emails, which the hosts consider implementing.
  1. Celebrity Encounters
  2. The hosts and Kimmel exchange stories about various celebrities, revealing humorous or interesting interactions with well-known figures like Bruce Springsteen, Janet Jackson, and more.
  3. The conversation highlights the unique experiences that come with their professions.
  1. Cooking and Food Tales
  2. Food plays a significant role in their discussion, with Kimmel providing insight into his cooking habits and experiences hosting Super Bowl parties.
  3. The comedic exchange about food preferences and the "food shame" encountered during the tour adds to the light-hearted nature of the episode.
  1. Final Remarks and Audience Interaction
  2. The episode concludes with heartfelt thanks to the audience for their support throughout the tour.
  3. Kimmel shares his admiration for the hosts and the bond they share, reinforcing the sense of community among them.

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Key Takeaways

  • Bonding Through Humor: The episode illustrates how humor can create connections not only between the hosts but also with the audience.
  • Reflective Moments: Both Kimmel and the hosts express a sense of nostalgia and appreciation for their shared experiences on the tour.
  • Engagement with the Audience: Kimmel and the hosts acknowledge the importance of their audience, emphasizing that their support is fundamental to the show's success.

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Conclusion

This episode of SmartLess serves as a delightful wrap-up of a successful tour, blending laughter, personal stories, and insights into celebrity interactions. Kimmel's guest appearance adds a rich layer of humor and camaraderie, making it a memorable conclusion to the tour series.

Listeners are left with a sense of warmth, appreciation, and a desire for more engaging conversations in future episodes.

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0:20Right? Okay. You kind of name three brands of soap. Coming three brands of soap. appropri, Kiss oh.ANGンネル, Enterprise and American Effam. Okay, so quick, quick, quick. Name three problems with dental problems. Go. Name three dental problems. Oh, you've got an abscess, you've got a cavity, and you've got a punch in the mouth. Okay, what about you? Quick, quick, quick. Three great sports teams. Quick! The birds, the dinosaurs. Okay. God. The dinosaurs. Listen, let's just forget this. Let's just get down to what we came here to do. The last show of... Smart Boss!

1:05Smart. Less.

1:11Smart. Less. Oh, man. What? Oh, man. He's still here. Yes. Look at this So nice You guys It's our last You guys relax Relax This guy owns a place This guy owns a place He's looking to bust some heads Yeah It's our last show It's our last show Wow And we're gonna This is it We're We're so excited That you guys Wasted your money To come here tonight A lot of money Yeah Right We're gonna try to put full dollar value in it. We've got a pretty good guest. Not great. Not great. Pretty good. We've been on the road for the last couple weeks and we went all over the country. We started in D.C. and then we went to Boston and we went to New York and Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin.

2:16We had an incredible special appearance by my sister Tracy.

2:25And I think that Tracy got a warmer reception than we did. Yeah, for sure. Anyway, thank you for coming here. We're going to sit in and start the show. You get there because it's your guest. I don't care. Oh, boy. You haven't sat in the center since? Since Conan. Oh, wow. So all the way back to Boston. Yeah, thank you. This is a great interview, by the way. Thank you. No. How did you get started in show business? That's a great question. I wasn't expecting it out of you.

3:01Sorry, just before I... Green.

3:07What's your favorite color? No, they know. They know. All right, so wait. I, you know, people are so nice to come backstage and they say nice things all through this whole tour. sometimes I do think I have a little bit of face blindness, of undiagnosed face blindness, because sometimes I really truly don't recognize people and I make an ass out of myself. And so a quick story. I was remodeling my house and I came outside. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, it doesn't get any gayer than remodeling your house. And so the, and I walk outside and this woman's walking down the sidewalk and she says she goes I love what you did with the house I would love to see the inside of it sometime and I'm like who are you right I was like okay like what am I supposed to do and and she the conversation kind of went on I was feeling very awkward and I go I'm sorry do we know each other she goes it's uh Julio your next door neighbor of 20 years and uh yeah and then I and then the worst comeback you could ever come up with I go Did you change your hair?

4:12You look so different. That's gayer. That's gayer. That's definitely gayer. Oh, and another one. This is why I think I have it, because another one during Will and Grace. Remember Tracy Lord's The Porn Star? Sure. No.

4:27No. Okay. Did I say sure? You did really quickly. I said it pretty fast. Yeah. I was a little fast. Are we still rolling? Can we go back? So she ventured into talking parts in acting. She talked quite a bit, actually. So she came on as a guest star in Will & Grace, and I'm such an idiot. She sat down. I literally said, oh, my God, I loved you in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. I thought she was Rebecca De Mornay. And she looked at me like, excuse me? And all I did, didn't even say anything. I'm like, I'm going to be right back. I gotta get some water and I just, cause somebody's like, that's not Rebecca DeMornay.

5:11What else? Are you happy to be done with the tour, both of you? Yeah. Well, I'm happy and sad. Huh? I'm happy and sad is what I said. What's the happy part? The happy part is that, of the happy part is the - You get to rest for a second. We're really searching for the happy part. Cause he's going, he's, Sean is about to go on the road for seven months to go do a play like tomorrow. And he's been doing all of this for his final week before... Thank you. Thank you. That's very nice. Anybody here see Promises, Promises? No, that's very nice of you to say. It's called Good Night, Oscar. It opens at the Goodman Theater in Chicago and then Broadway after that.

5:49So, but that's nice of you to say. No, I'm happy because I feel like it was a success. I had a great time with you guys. I feel very happy that we did it, but sad because it'll be gone. Yeah, it could have really been a shit show, right? I mean, we didn't know what, we still don't know what the hell we're doing. And to think that people would be engaged and entertained for a half hour or a full hour with us talking is stunning. And we might be blowing it right now, right? We were doing so good up to here. I know. It went really well. Did you black out for a second? I'm still out. Yeah. But I think we may have pulled it off without a real stinker.

6:33I have one more embarrassing face blindness story. Can I just share? Yeah, of course. Let's double back. I went to the premiere screening of Transparent. Remember that TV show? Sure, sure. And it was before it was on TV. It was a special event you could watch the first two episodes. I was like, oh, my God. I walk up to, what's his name? Take your time. Jay Duplass. Jay Duplass is an amazing actor, right? Sure. And I walk up to him. I'm like, oh, my God, you were so great. You were so amazing. and he's like, and I'm like, no, no, no, that was such an incredible show. I can't believe nobody's ever tackled this subject.

7:08I just went on and on and on and I was like, you're so great and Scotty, my husband, grabs my arm and I was like, oh, okay, well, I'll see you later. He's like, okay. He goes, that's Molly Shannon's husband, Fritz.

7:22And I was like, oh, my, and I know Fritz very well. Obviously. Yeah. And then I was like, do I say something to Molly and Fritz or do I not? Oh my God, it's going to be so embarrassed because every time I see her, then it's going to be in the back of her. You know what? I'm going to email her. I was like, oh my God, Molly, I can't believe I thought Fritz was J. Duplass. And she emailed me back. She's like, we cannot stop laughing on the car ride home. It was pretty bad. We're getting old. We're getting old and the brain starts to go. You guys are. I don't have any, yeah. You still play, you still, you play.

7:56I still play like 35 to 37. Right, you really do. I don't make the rules, dude. You have no socks on, or do you have those weird sort of hide... the socks that just hide in the bottom of the shoe? No. Oh, no-see-ums? Yeah. Right? No. Prove it to me right now. Okay. Oh, uh-oh. Oh, oh.

8:27So... Because those are not a good look. those little things isn't that what when when a woman goes to try on shoes at a shoe store high heels they've got those little things in there well men too dude well it looks like it looks like high heels it looks like a height well but they have those little like temporary socks for everybody and it's not a good look for men you either got to go without socks or put who likes the no socks look anybody thank you that was like 20 people good for you i can't pull that off good for you It's just, it's a, yeah, it's a very unique look. It looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker.

9:07I don't know the reference. It was a commercial where women are playing basketball on their high heels.

9:19But what was that from? It was some, it was some shoe company, I don't know. We have a lot of fun, we have a lot of fun together, we have a lot of fun with you guys knowing that you guys are having fun with us. That's a true story. Thanks for listening to our garbage. Truly, we really mean it when we say we can't believe it. We're truly humbled. And that you want to get involved with us and laugh at all the stupid shit we talk about. Because that's what we do all the time. And we're really happy to be back here with you guys, with our family and friends, a lot of whom are here tonight. Yeah. And so we wanted, yeah.

9:57And we wanted to do a show back here in our hometown. We wanted to do a show that really was representative of how great we feel and how grateful we are for you guys and for our friends. So with that in mind, our guest tonight is someone that we all hold dear to our hearts and we love very much. He's just the funniest. He's such a good friend of ours. We just love him to death. And for the first time, we all know who the guest is because we're at the end of the tour, and we've invited our really good friend, our pal, the hilarious, the kind, the generous, the amazing, Mr. Jimmy Kimmel.

10:42Thank you.

10:47How sweet. Thank you, thank you. Oh. Oh, hey now. Yeah! Thanks. Jimmy Kimmel! I appreciate it. Hi, guys. You know, I mean, this guy knows how to do it. We got to get some pointers at least. I feel like that, I mean, that was a really nice intro. I don't think I don't appreciate it. I do appreciate it. But it did feel a little bit like when, like, somebody's inviting their cousin to your house, and you're like, oh, he's such a great guy. You're loving him so much. Don't be an asshole to him. No, but the truth is that we mean it. Yeah, thank you. And we love you, and you're just a... Well, I love you guys, too.

11:26And I have to say, this is very exciting for me because I've never seen Jason up this late. And by the way, if at some point during the podcast, he just gets up and leaves, don't be surprised. Yeah, yeah. Every single time. He makes no bones about it, too, right? He'll just get up and leave. And he and Amanda will often come to dinner or whatever, we all know, in separate cars. Yeah. So that he's got an escape pod. Last night. He lies. He's also a liar. Yeah, sure. He lied to me last night. But it's funny that this is the big surprise. I saw you guys last night. I'm going to see you again tomorrow.

12:03I know. It's really another day. It's very special. Great merch, by the way. So great. It's subtle, right? Which mall kiosk did you get this made of? And I have to say, I made fun of the hats, but I didn't know Zazzle was making Motel keychains. I don't, listen. The keychains, by the way, Guess whose idea the keychains were? That was a... Yeah. They were. Who would use this? No, no, no, no. Hang on a second. I may have said, now it's coming back to me, I may have said key fob. That's like a motel... Oh, even better. What key fob? I have a Toyota Highlander. I need a 2018 key fob. A key fob to somebody's gym?

12:46That's, that's, I'm gonna destroy my marriage and cheat on my wife key fob. Like, what is that? Wait, wait, what's happening? Oh, but that's like terrible. Oh, there we go. There's a key fob for the audience. A key fob is decorative. So last night, Jason... I left before you came. I pulled abatement, so I missed you. I gotta be... Honestly, I was surprised that you guys weren't there, and I thought, wow, this is really shitty of Jimmy and Molly not to be here tonight. Yeah, see, he took off before even I did. I was tired. We came late. It was a dinner thing. So did you, yeah. But Jason, when you were...

13:21I was walking in, and then moments later, you were leaving. because I heard you were there. You said, and correct me if I misunderstood this because I was trying to figure this out with my wife. You said, I said, you're leaving, obviously. And you said, yeah. I said, is Amanda, your wife, going with you? And you said, yeah, we rode together. And then you left. And then about 45 minutes later, there was Amanda. And I said, she's like, no, we came in separate cars. I don't remember saying that. I'm not saying that I didn't. Well, you never know what stage of the gummy that you're getting. Is that what happened?

14:01It was deep into the gummies. No, I just, I don't know what I'm saying when I'm leaving because I'm just trying to get the hell out of there. Yeah. And not be like the dick that's saying goodbye and wrecking the thing. I learned that from you, though. By the way, what time did you get there last night? Late. Sorry, guys, we'll be right with you. Yeah. Jimmy, I got to... Oh, you have mugs, too. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Buy all this shit you want. So, Jimmy, you were on our show quite early on, not as early as you should have been, which was a big bone of contention. But as we explained when you were on the show, the three of us, nobody knew who to add.

14:38And it became one of those, like, well, when are we going to, well, who's going to have Jimmy on? So it was quite late. But you were on early and you were an early... It's called being taken for granted. Yes. Yes. We can always get Jimmy. Let's take a swing at something. but you you were an early listener and you were somebody who had a lot of notes I did yeah I still do this interview you're out here tonight we are interviewing you but we really want to know what you think about our podcast so it's kind of about us well I will be happy to share my notes and first of all I love the podcast honestly no kidding around I love listening to it it's great because I have to say I don't think you need guests I don't think that you need me here everybody Jimmy Kimmel exactly goodnight everybody I love hearing you guys bust each other's balls I love hearing the stories I love oh I love when you guys pretend to use the products in the commercials I love that so

15:48you know Wait, I know Will's designing his own couch at home.

15:59Yeah, of course, with all form. Don't be a dick. Did you know they make mattresses now? Yes. It's so crazy, right? They're so comfortable. Which one do I have? I've got the organic hemp stuffed with hay or something in it. You fight with your daughter over the fake Chicken McNuggets. Yeah. Did I say that? Yeah, oh, yeah. Listen, the checks are clearing, you guys. Do you? Jimmy, I... You know what the truth... Sorry, go ahead, John. Oh, no, I was going to ask a real question. Well, I just want to just... Before we finish the commercial thing, it should be noted that we actually do legit... I'm not trying to buy back for the advertising.

16:48I'm really not, but we weirdly legitimately do use a bunch of stuff. Three quarters of them, I think is fair. Yeah, we won't say which ones we do. Of course you do. That would be foolish. Of course you do. Thank you. We'll design these shoes on allform.com. Enter SmartList20 for a 20 % discount.

17:10Hey, they like our ad reads. Let me go through the rest of the show, and this is not something we had planned, but I do have some thoughts on it. Okay. One of my favorite moments in the show is right at the beginning. One of you introduces his guest, and the guest is sometimes fantastic, and sometimes, I mean, they're usually pretty good. You know, they're at least usually pretty good. Sometimes not so great. But there is a moment where the person who brought the guest is all on board, and then the other two are decided, there's two things going through the other two's mind, which is, number one, if the guest is interesting, oh, oh, oh, what were they in?

17:46What am I going to say to this person? And then the other one is trying to mask your disappointment. So there's always like a moment of... It's a lot of tension. And there's also, if you listen carefully, there's a Google search going on. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. For sure. I mean, sure. You know, what are you going to do? Well, we'll have the formula, what is it? Formula 41? Formula 1? Just one. Just one. Yeah. Daniel Ricciardo. which was a great episode. Yeah. Which is like, yeah. And I was like, oh, oh my God, Daniel Ricciardo. This is amazing. Ricky Ricciardo. Oh, he races cars. Oh. Yeah, it was something like that.

18:31The word car was right in his name the whole time. So I also believe that there's more that can be done. And I know you guys are all very busy, but I think I would love to see a segment at the end of the show where you just read emails from your listeners. Yes, we have to do that. We talked about that. Great. Done. Yeah, done. We talked about that. No, not necessarily. Yeah. But have you met people? These are good people here. I mean, look at this. These people. No, these people are good. Good save. Well, I think that was a good save. How crazy is this? I remember when you guys started this podcast.

19:11and you were talking about it. And the big thing was, most of the discussion was Bateman complaining about having to pay an editor to do this. And he's like, you know, we got, we're doing this on our own. You know, we're funding this whole thing. And I'm thinking, what are they funding? Zoom is free. Microphones are$400. And how much could you be paying the editor? I mean, look at this merch. You brought up a very good point. The fellas that make this thing fly And you should thank right now Who are here tonight Rob Armyard Bennett Barbaco And Michael Granteri Stand up and stand up Where are you guys with the hands lights up Where are they Where are they You can't see them You can't see them They're here though They're here somewhere Without them we'd have nothing I like that we're like, put the house on something, and the guy's like, fuck you.

20:14And we will be right back.

20:19All right, back to the show. But what about a podcast of your own? Are you sick of talking to people? No, I don't need a podcast, but this is enough. Wouldn't you like a show where you can talk to people, though, and interview them and stuff? You know what I mean? It would be fun. It would be nice to... You know what I really like to do is to plug people's projects. That's my passion. Imagine when you were a kid. When you were a kid, you were like, God, I just wish I could get to plug in projects. You know what? I wish I could tell. I know there's no such thing as a Netflix yet, but if there is one, one day.

20:55Would you guest host this? Oh, this is the best. This is my favorite part of the show. the very, the longest questions in the world but not just the longest questions in the world but also they're multiple choice and sometimes they're answered within the question and the multiple choices are not A, B, C, and D they are just A and B but what if buckle up Could we, what about if I hosted your show for a week while you did this for a week, then he did your show for a week, you did this. Like, would you do this for three weeks and we took turns doing yours? A hundred percent, of course. All right.

21:46I'd love. Are you sick of this already? Nothing, nothing would make me happier than hosting your show for a week. To me, you have the best job in the world. Oh, really? We'll get you a week right now if you'll commit to it. Yes, a hundred percent. Why don't we do Smartless Month? Yeah. Right? Why not? I would love, I just, you just look like you're always having so much fun. Yeah, really? Honestly. Do I really? Look at this face. Does this look like I'm having fun? But you're so comfortable. Is he not like so comfortable up there? And it's so nice to like sit there in bed late at night. You just kind of rock us to sleep and we're out.

22:28And it, there's a. it's a compliment it's a compliment I know it's a compliment and I would take it as a I would feel very touched if I didn't know for a fact that you are sound asleep at 9.45 every night I got one of those TiVos you're right he is a liar yeah he's a liar and yeah we should have known this from when you were a child actor we really should have known it now you've been doing your show for so long are you talking about Bateman no you oh and And I've heard rumors that you're going to be done in a year. I've heard other rumors that you're going to do for seven more years. Like, what are you feeling?

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23:05Let's make some news, Jimmy. Right here, right now. You know, it is funny how interested people in, like, when I'm going to leave already. Because the three of us are going to take over. No, because we hope you never leave. Yeah, that's what people say. But I think it's like, like, if we were at just a party right now, and you guys kept asking me when I was going to leave. Right, yeah. It would be weird. Yeah. And I feel like that all the time now. No, no, no. Is this something you want to do forever? What, forever? Your show, would you do it for another, for the same amount of time you've been doing it?

23:43I want to die. I want to die. Die on stage. On stage. You want to die on live TV. Wouldn't that be the best? I mean, the ratings would be tremendous. The show... I mean, the show itself is pre-taped, right? So what does ABC do if I die during the show? Do they air it? Do they run that night show? Yes, of course. Sure. We want to see that. Yeah, they tease the hell out of it. Wait, wait, how are you dying? Massive heart attack. Sure. Because your chest just explodes at the desk. Yeah. Right. I think that if you can do it during sweeps, it'd be fantastic. Oh, that would be great. Yeah, at the end of sweeps, yeah, for sure.

24:27Yeah. Well, what do they do? I mean, I should probably set this up like a will where I tell them what my wishes are. Right. As if I were to die on the show. I once had an overdose of Advil on the show where my head, I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's possible. What's that look like? It looks like a pumpkin head. It looks like your head expands. Why were you taking it? Because it's delicious. Have you had an Advil? They're like M &M's, you know? They're candy. There's a sweetness to them. Yes. And they have a magic power that makes you forget how many you've already taken. Yeah. Did you really have a bad reaction to it?

25:04I had a very bad reaction, and the show was live at the time, and so I started losing my voice. I might be having it now. I started losing my voice, and then my head started to swell up, and by the end of the show, my head was really big. Come on. And I was introducing Rick Springfield. This was some time ago. And I've been on a long time now that I think of it. Tracy doesn't even need to fill in on this, right? She's got it. Exactly. I did it, and then I went directly to Senior Sinai, to the hospital, to the ER. Yeah. And they were like, what did you do? And I said, yeah. You saw Sean there. Yeah.

25:43By the way, we did. I have seen Sean at the ER. Have you really? Yes. Yeah. No. You didn't know that? No. Yeah. I took a friend of mine. I took a friend of mine too sometimes we have a little double date we go to the ER with our friends the cafeteria is delicious but yeah I was like sitting in a corner with my friend who was sick and you were standing up there and I was like Jimmy and you were like Sean and we're like what's going on and you're like oh I gotta go I'm getting called in through your warm up guy yeah my warm up guy was having a panic attack and thought he was having a heart attack so I had to take him in his hospital so you took Advil and you had a friend there who was a famous person we shouldn't mention who it was and they were like you will anyway they paid a lot of good money Sean let's do it this person was staying with me and I took her to the ER because she was having diverticulitis yeah right and I had a chat with the nurse and I got you guys in you know what the great thing is the nurse let you cut ahead of some people who were bleeding and I just, you know what I did?

26:55You must have been a big fan. I looked at the room. I sized it up. I saw these bleeding guys. I was like, what are they going to really contribute to society? It's Thursday night at one o 'clock in the morning. I mean, they're bleeding. They were probably up to no good. Let's get this woman in the thing. Yeah, this situation. Sean, how well do you know your way around Cedars? Oh, like the back of my hand. You do? Absolutely. Yeah, because I get, here we go. I get AFib, right? So you know what atrial fibrillation is, right? Where your heart goes like this. Yeah, it's actually... I don't know where we're going.

27:30It goes like this. And so I'm like Norm from Cheers. I just go in there like, hey, Sean, come on right in. And they put propofol in, which is fantastic. And then they knock my heart back, and I go home. And it happens all the time. They do that? Yeah, they do that. Yeah, one time it happened in New York, and they put me out, and I don't think they gave me enough. And I'm not kidding. they went to call and I woke up and I go, this is amazing! Yeah, I thought it was the most incredible feeling in that moment. Sean, do you have a nickname? Sean, do you have a nickname? No, what would my nickname be?

28:07Well, because I feel like I just came up with a great nickname for Sean. Is it Paddles? It's Paddles.

28:15It's Paddles. I mean, come on. That's so good. Do they say clear like they do in the movies? I don't know. I'm out. I'm out. But I did say... You have a set of panels at home. No, no. But I did say... Maybe you said this on the podcast. I don't know. But I... So I... Yeah. So I... But the last time I went... This is fascinating. Forgive me if I already told you this. I went in there and this is unbelievable. It never happened to me before. I'm there and my heart is pounding. And I go... I'm getting ready to go under. and the doctor says, okay, it's going in your veins now. I was like, oh my God.

28:52And I start shaking, which is a whole other story because I have a side effect. So I'm going like this. I could be paddle shakes or something. And so he's like, just try to relax. I was like, okay. And then the nurse goes, did you feel it? And I go, what? She goes, the procedure. I'm like, what? She goes, yeah, we already did it. I'm like, what are you talking about? I like transport, I time traveled. It was like 20 minutes. It was, I've never experienced that. That sounds fantastic. That's paddles for you.

29:24Hugging paddles. That's classic paddles. Yeah. I was trying to work on a joke like the first time Bateman got laid that she was like, what, it already happened? You know what I mean? Like, I... But I'm not... I'm not doing that. Speaking of Bateman getting laid... Bateman getting laid. I just want to say this. Jason Bateman might be the most interesting person I know. Yes. I'm not joking. Because first of all, I think my wife would disagree with that. You hear little bits and pieces of the tales of the old days, which I was not around to witness, but it's like, you know, it's like you did play Teen Wolf, and it's like there was a...

30:03Two. Two. Also. Also. Also. Teen Wolf. Also. Yeah, it was T-double-O. It wasn't T-W-O. It was also. In a way, you are Teen Wolf because, you know, you appear to be normal, and then there's this other guy who's this raging maniac, right? Right? Yes, right. You never met the maniac. I did meet the maniac, but I didn't know the maniac. The maniac may have been doing something illegal backstage on... Oh, you did meet the maniac? Yeah, I met the maniac, yeah. Oh, God. I just didn't know why the maniac was the maniac. You understand what I'm saying? I think so. We got paddles Maybe Coke Wolf will be the character Will be the character from now on But that aside I mean that's a whole thing just right there Oh I remember that I was there that night too with Andy Dick Were you there that night?

31:00Yeah Wait a second With you dude Wait are you being serious? On my kids life We went there together? Sure we did we must we must dig up that clip of your interview on the show that night and watch it together and perhaps do it on the podcast so others can enjoy as well this reminds me of the other time, I think we've already told this on the podcast so did we talk about it the first time that I met Jason and he said no, second, we were doing Arrested Development and he's like, man I wish we just this is when he was still partying, he was like, I wish we had just partied together once now because you don't party I wish we just partied together because Will had shut it down, I was still a year or two away from shutting it down we part of it, I go, we did.

31:46And he's like, what are you talking about? I'm like, like five years ago, we went out, we had a big night and you were with a friend of a friend and he had done this show. We had a big night and I remember he was so cool because we went to this bar, we got all hammered and then he like, not cool, but he got in his car and he sped away and I was like, this guy's a badass. You know, like, he doesn't give a shit. He had a candle on his dashboard. It's so bad. He had a lit candle on his fucking dashboard. Yeah, wait a minute. What? Wait. I swear. I know. Wait, why? Ask any questions you want. Go ahead.

32:21Why? Yeah, why? Why did you light a candle on your dashboard? Were your headlights out?

32:35I don't know. I don't know. I was driving a vehicle that had a dashboard that had a little cutout on top of it that just screamed, put a Rego candle on me. That's incredible. And that was just my roadie candle. Fucking idiot. And I would light that thing, and it would be blazing on my dashboard while I'm driving when I shouldn't so that the cops can see this dick's got a candle. I gotta pull it's so stupid every night by the way instead of mugs instead of keychains maybe dashboard candles that's the smart list there you go you sell a lot of those you're right that's a great idea so um but even the drugs drugs aside sure whenever I mention some weird random celebrity to Jason it's become like a game that I don't know that he knows I'm playing.

33:37It's like a Bateman roulette. He has a great story about everyone. All the time. And actually, right before the show, we were upstairs and somebody mentioned that Jason, right now, just because he's, look, he's so handsome. We love him. And with his haircut right now, he's about to get a cut that he looks like Christy McNichols. So we said, And so, of course, the obvious question is, as we're all laughing, is, oh, by the way, hey, Bayman, do you know Chrissy McNichol? That's a legitimate question. He did it, but he admitted that he had a huge crush on her. Yeah, huge. And then he had a dream about it.

34:18He had a dream about her, and then he went jogging with his dad that morning after his dream, and he let his dad go ahead because as he was jogging, he was weeping. It's like sixth grade. Yeah, because... I had it bad. I was crying. Anyway, I don't know, man. So now I grow my hair out like her. So. You went jogging with your dad? Yeah. I was that shit. I love that's your takeaway instead of the crying. Yeah, I know. I don't know. I'm trying to imagine myself jogging with my dad and I'm not seeing anything. By the way, me too. Yeah. Yeah. Wait. Your dad. Yeah. Your dad did go jogging. He just went in a straight line.

35:00Still jogging. Still running. Still running away. And I can't catch up to him. So anyway, so he's got all these random people. Yeah, so I wrote down some names, and I just figured I'd throw some by you. Oh, my God. That was great. You didn't know any of them. Mr. T.

35:23I knew him pretty good. Wait a minute. Lay it out. I don't know that. You did?

35:34He knew him pretty good. No one knows him pretty good. Not great. The first place my head goes to child adult. Why hanging out?

35:50My mom became friends with Mrs. T. She was really good. She was tight with Mrs. T. Sure, go ahead. My mother became friends with some personal trainer she met on a plane, she was a flight attendant, and he was Mr. T's trainer. And then Mr. T and I met, and then we rekindled when he was guesting on Different Strokes, which I was filming next door to. And that was sort of... Fantastic. You know, so that qualifies. You know, I once saw Mr. T, I was getting on a plane in New York to come here years ago, and there was like a jam up at the front door, and it was because Mr. T and Flavor Flavor were talking in the aisle really loudly.

36:37It was an incredible... Is that true? Yeah. It was an incredible moment. He probably wanted to know what time it was.

36:47Well, he pitied the fool who didn't know what time it was. Go ahead. All right. Bill Cosby.

36:56be careful

37:00pass no I knew him only from when he was starting the Cosby show and we were in New York doing all the up front sales for stuff I was on a show that was on NBC Cosby show was on NBC we were at the same table together and we talked and we had a good time these are boring stories I didn't say they're good stories Because I said he knows these people. Oh, okay. Wait, so did you know him for a long time or? No, no. No, no, okay.

37:34One conversation, one table, a professional event. Okay. Next question. What about OJ?

37:48Simpson, specifically.

37:54No, but we were, I was at that Buffalo Bills game where he was on the sideline doing the reporting when he was wearing the shoes that they zoomed in on, and I was there because I was buddies with Jim Kelly at the time, and he was playing quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. Yeah, this is getting better. Yeah, there's a good story there, but we don't have time. Ronald Reagan, you ever meet Ronald Reagan? I did not. Oh, okay, I was going to go wild. I know. All right. Janet Jackson. Oh, yeah. I went to school with Janet Jackson. Are you serious? We went to... On the Universal lot? Close. I went to this poor excuse for a school called Valley Professional School where kids who are trying to make it in show business go because it's only from 8 to 12, so you can go do auditions after 12.

38:57And it was like in a mini mall deep in the North Valley, and she went to school there. Some ice skaters went there, and that was just before the following year I went to a school called Heartlight where... Neil Diamond School. Turn on your heartlight. And this school, this had nothing to do with Janet Jackson, but it's a good story. This school was very progressive, such that there were city days and country days. And the country days, you went to this dude's house in Calabasas. I had the greatest parents in the world, you guys. So you go to this dude's house Monday, Wednesday, Friday out in Calabasas, and you do some school.

39:38There's only like six kids in the whole school. And on city days, you get onto this bus, a full school bus, that the back half was converted into school desks. And the front half are regular seats because you'd go and you'd visit all the cultural sites in Los Angeles. But because we're in Calabas and the traffic is so bad, you can do schoolwork in the back of the bus on the way to these fucking things. I think we paid, my parents paid, my mom, they and I paid for this shitty experimental school that wasn't accredited. And so, this is why I'm so stupid. Listen to the schools I go to. Wow, so did you and Janet hang out?

40:18Like, were you friends? We were pretty friendly. That's nice. She's great. Like, if you were to call her now, she would answer? We'd have funny stories about Valley Professionals. Wow. When was the last time you spoke to Janet Jackson? it was sixth grade no way really I think so Sean and I did a I did an episode of Will and Grace with Sean and I played one of her background dancers yeah that was a good episode no but Sean and I Sean and I had a dance off yeah how'd that go let's go no god no I don't remember let's go I don't remember but Sean Sean has some 5, 6, 7, 8 boom

41:03But you know what? That was right after Nipplegate, right? And so that was nice of her to come on because it wasn't the best time for her. We'll be right back. And now, back to the show. Lucille Ball. Oh. Oh. Did you meet Lucy? I did not. Oh. How old do you think I am? I'm not suggesting you were in School Bus School together.

41:44School Bus School. Never met Lucy. Never met Lucy. All right, one more. Yeah. Hulk Hogan. Never. Never. Wow. Never. Well, you've disappointed everyone. Sorry. Let me just toss it in the same area. Lou Ferrigno. Yes. I have a story about Lou Ferrigno when you're done. I played the Dodgers, the greatest baseball team in the history of sports. Wait a minute. Why wouldn't they be the greatest baseball team in the history of sports? Wouldn't they just be the greatest team in the history of... I haven't had a great education, Jimmy. Oh, all right. So the Dodgers have this great celebrity baseball game every year, and I was lucky enough to play in it one year, and I somehow closed my eyes and put the bat on the ball and hit a gapper into right center field.

42:40Lou Ferrigno is playing right field, and I hit it right past the sprinting Lou Ferrigno. It hit the wall. I hit it off Tony Danza, by the way. And Lou threw a seed back into the infield. There was a play at the plate. I got an inside-the-park home run at Dodger Stadium. Wow. Wow. But that's a legit Lou Ferrigno story. Yeah. You're telling me you hit a line drive into right field and managed to get all the way home and there were no errors committed? No, Lou had real skills. Now, Jonathan Silverman may have overthrown the home plate, but did we give you that hat and that motel keychain? I don't know if he gave it to me.

43:23it was sitting in a pile in the room in the prison cell you had me in before I came out here. Oh, everyone's so like, they can't see you. If they see you, they cannot see you. But meanwhile, back to the critiquing of the podcast. Okay, yeah. There's this big mystery of who the guest is going to be. And, you know, it's like, oh, there's so much mystery. Meanwhile, when we're listening, the name's right there on the phone. I know, but it's... No, no, it's only a mystery to you guys. It's not a mystery to us. But that's kind of the fun. There's no mystery for us. Okay. Oh, there's no mystery for them.

43:58For us, there is. Yeah, right, right. For the listeners, right, right. Oh, yeah. For the people listening, there's nothing. But for you guys. Yeah. All right. There's a real rush. That's a really good point. Okay, okay. Except on tour. It's something that we, I thought about that, but what do you want us if we can just take the name off? Do you guys want us to take the name off so you don't know? No, no, no, no, no. Fight it out. Fight it, guys. No, wait a minute. But it was an idea born of laziness. And Will and I were trying to remember whose idea it was. You're saying it's yours. I can't remember who it was.

44:32But it was basically like, it was yours. Because we didn't want to do any prep. You know, we're just like, if I don't know who it is, then I'm going to ask really organic questions. Questions in real time, yeah. As opposed to thinking them through. Organic is a great word for it. What does it mean? I hear it all the time. No, wait a minute. You didn't learn that at a stoplight of a little wheelchair? You guys... Hey, guys, this is a long light. In World War II, you guys vacation a lot together. Or not a lot, but sometimes you guys vacation. We do. Do you have any kind of crazy Jason Bateman stories from vacation?

45:13Crazy? I mean, all he does is listen. I'm going to take a lot of fire. What about some funny stories about this guy? I'm normal. I'm normal. He's pretty normal. Well, I mean, yeah. I mean, there are certain things that, I mean, it's interesting that you can be so tan in December. In February. In England. In England under an umbrella. And then you say you're not using any kind of a tanning cream. And to prove it, and this is the best thing, he makes us look at his feet. You know what I feel like right now? we're going to find some weird sex thing about you that you're really into showing women your feet or something.

45:54No, yeah, yeah. And we'll go, oh, yeah. He used to do that with the tanning thing. And then even when we did the Smartless podcast at the Orpheum, he took off his shoe and he quickly showed his foot to everyone. He can't stop. I legitimately don't do anything weird. And I'm probably very sort of boring in that way. And yes, you show the feet because people who get spray tan, and I know some people who have had it done. Who? I'm not going to say Justin Theroux on the stage. Why would I fucking say it? Because then he's going to hear about it and he's going to be mad. So I'm just like, not going to say it, not on the show.

46:30And you can see streaks on your feet. Yeah, like full Giuliani on your body. He's got to say, you'll never catch Justin Theroux in the rain. You'll never see a photo of him in the rain. Can't do it. But I've gotten to the point now where people say you're tan and I just say thank you. Oh. But I have like a real farmer's tan now. It's like a golf tan. Oh, yeah, you're a real farmer. I know. Yeah. Like a gentleman farmer. I was thinking, what was I thinking about? You said one of your stories. Did I tell you? Rick Springfield. Yeah. Did I tell you guys, did I tell the story on the show about, made me think of Bruce Springsteen?

47:09Did I tell you about meeting Bruce Springsteen? No, everybody confused. Yeah, he even made a song about it. They call me Bruce. So this is years ago. I was in New York at Barney's on like a Wednesday, this old clothing store on the Upper East Side of New York, at like 11 o 'clock on a Wednesday. There was nobody up there. And I see Bruce Springsteen in there clothes shopping. And he's not obviously going to try stuff on in the change room. He's just got like a pile on the counter, and he's just going to take it all home with him and then I guess send back whatever he doesn't like or doesn't fit or whatever, right?

47:44So legitimately, just the two of us. So he puts it on there, and then there's a guy working at the counter, and Bruce Springsteen says, hey, can I just, I just want to put this on my account. That's a great Bruce Springsteen, by the way. Thanks, man. Thank you. If I close my eyes, it's like I'm at the store with you. And he says, and the guy goes, no problem. And he grabs the phone, and he goes, No, no. And he goes, um, hi, I've got Rick Springfield here. True story. And I was just behind Springsteen as this happens. And he goes, Rick Springfield, you want to? And to his credit, Springsteen goes, it's Bruce Springsteen.

48:26And the guy's like, I mean Bruce Springsteen. And then hangs up. And then he was, and he kind of laughed. He turned to me, and he just said, my kids will love it. It's fine. The guy was so fucking mortified. Wow. Yeah. Got all the clothes for free. It was a great moment. Great moment. That's pretty good. Yeah. And that's what closed Barneys. Yeah. That set it down. That story closed Barneys. Yeah. Now, you're having us over tomorrow for Super Bowl. Yes. Very nice of you. Thank you. You used to have a lot of football gatherings every weekend. Why did that stop? Did Molly get pissed off? No, no.

49:05Actually, my cousin Sal, who kind of organized the whole thing, took mercy on me because I was spending the whole day Saturday preparing for the Sunday. Meaning you cook because Jimmy cooks everything. Yeah, because I cook everything. The most incredible cook ever. It's insane. And then Sunday would be me feeding those animals. Right. And this went on for like 11 years. And finally he's like, this is enough. This is too much for you. So you like cooking for that many people. Don't you like maybe taking a break and having somebody cook for you? Like, do you always do that? Oh, yes. Sometimes I go to restaurants even.

49:38What do we got tomorrow? What are you cooking up tomorrow? Tomorrow, smoked pastrami, smoked chicken wings. My mother's making a vegan chili. The greatest mother. I'm making a big sandwich that has grilled zucchini and melted cheese and arugula on it. Ribs. Can we do part of that with no zucchini in the sandwich? Yeah, can you take the zucchini off? Just if I can make a request. Yeah. No problem. Just on a quarter of it? Yeah. Now, is half of that marinating right now? Like, did you prep today? I grilled the zucchini today, yeah. Okay. You toss it out. You need to toss it out. I learned... Wait, but why...

50:21Who makes a... I'd have never even heard of a zucchini... Look how mad you are. Why are you so mad? Because who's here's of a zucchini sandwich? You know why? Because he's hungry. He needs popcorn. What? He's hungry. Who's ever heard of a zucchini sandwich? That's terrible. But you know what? Look, he hasn't had anything to eat for like 45 minutes. Yeah. My blood sugar's dropping. First of all... I've also got to get him some food. Great, because I made it for you, number one, because you eat like a princess. Yeah.

50:53I'm going to go outside my comfort zone tomorrow. Do you want me to get you some popcorn? No, I had a bunch of... I'm not going to crap for a week. Let's get some popcorn. Can we get some popcorn? Can we get some popcorn? Maybe some popcorn. Thanks, man. Thank you, honey. Oh, this is great. Thanks so much. Just bring it right over here. Thank you. This is a good friend of ours. Hold on. Who's that? Wait. Jennifer Aniston. What? What?

51:39Go this way. No, no, no.

51:44Looking a little snacky, JB. And Will. Yeah, he's looking snacky. Give me your shoes right now. Oh, my God. You want my shoes? No, because then it'll have to be shoeless. Yeah. No streaks. Yeah, but there's zero tan on those feet. Zero tan on the feet. Okay, yeah, I don't need it. Jennifer Aniston! Jennifer Aniston! Oh, my God, Jenny! Oh, my God!

52:14I thought I heard that laugh backstage. Jen, will you grab me a sparkling water, please? By the way, it's so funny because it was very nice when you guys applauded when I came out, and when these guys came out, it felt like real enthusiasm, and it definitely made me feel good. That's what I know. And then Jennifer Aniston comes out, and you're like, oh, we're a bunch of fucking slugs. I know. I know. It's like, ah!

52:43The best. The best. There you go, buddy. All right, so I'm going to go outside my comfort zone tomorrow. I'm going to have ribs. Yeah. I'm going to have, what else? What else is off the cow? You're not going to have any of these things. Let's be honest. You're going to sit there and pretend to be eating. No, no. So you can imagine. To be fair, what about last night? I mean, I was just a shit pig last night. I put everything in me last night. Yeah.

53:12If you're videoing this illegally, please put just that clip on the internet. I put everything in me last night. Thank you. Thank you in advance. And then follow it with, do I have Tubi? Yeah. Hey, you want to know what? Yeah. This is true. We told some other people before. 2B, since December, this is not a joke, has gone up 40%. Yeah, it's true. It's true. But what's 40 % on 2B? It's like eight people? Who's going to win the game tomorrow, Jimmy? Oh, I don't know. Wait, wait. Do you know who's playing tomorrow? Of course I know who's playing. Who? Well, the Bengals and the Rams. All right, good.

53:59Or, as everyone says all the time, the Bengals and the Rams, as if Susanna Hoffs and the gang are taking on Matt Stafford. I mean, it's ridiculous. Bengals and Jaguars. Those are the two things that just make every hair on my body stand up when I'm watching football. I want to get back to Bateman's eating for one second. Yeah. And that is the title of his new book, Jason Bateman eating for one second. When we were on the road, the food shame was off the charts. Oh, really? Oh, constantly gauging, what are you having? What are you eating? I'm not going to have that now. It's way too late. It was crazy.

54:41Right, John? Yeah, and then he's... Well, I get nightmares if I have it too late. Right? You eat too late, the demons come. He's the king of like, Hey, I'm gonna order some dessert. I'm not eating any dessert. Three, two, one. What do you got there? Yeah. Yeah. You started, I finished it. He just used that term. He said he was doing the ordering for the room service. We all stayed in the same room on tour, every city. It was such a mistake. And every night, and so Jason's ordering dinner one night, and he's taking the order from all of us, and then he goes, he's got the person on the line, and then he goes, and he turns to Sean and goes, what do you want, shit pig?

55:25And the person, like, imagine is like, what the fuck is going on here? See, you're the woman. And I'm like, I said, I'll have the spare ribs. And he goes, yeah, the pig will have some spare ribs.

55:37It's all good fun. It is all good fun. See, you couldn't resist the popcorn, huh? No, I love it so much. Skinny Pop, the best popcorn in the world. Where's the camera? Where's the camera? Not a sponsor. Speaking of fun, Jimmy, it's been so fun having you. Thank you for coming and doing this Jimmy Kimmel! No, no, I'm Fine, I'd like to watch the rest Of the show We love you We thank you, you're the best Well, thanks, I know You know what? I appreciate it I appreciate all of you For coming here tonight And I also want to make one more Comment about the show Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead. Thank you, Jen.

56:28You guys realize... You can't do the rest without shoes? Go ahead, Jimmy. Yeah. No, I love the show. I'm glad that I feel like it's so exciting to see all these people come to see you guys do this, which really came out of just a very private conversation between the three of you and then sometimes really good and sometimes not so good guests. And it is... I'm so happy for you. and I hope you guys are appreciative of this, of the magic that this is, because it is a magical thing. These people are here. And to hear the way, the dismissive way you talk about them off the air is just, I just find it offensive.

57:08I know, me too, and I tell them all the time I find it very offensive. I'm with you. But these are the best. Yeah, these are the best. They're the best, yeah. Thank you, buddy. Thanks, guys. Thank you, everybody.

57:28Keep it going.

57:35Well, nice going. Really nice going, right? We just wanted to, it was so fun having somebody who's important to us out here for the last night. You guys are here at the last show of the tour. Yes, thank you. Thank you for being here. I've said it to Jimmy's face on his show. I say it all the time that he's one of the kindest. He really is everything you think he is. He's one of the kindest, most generous people in the business. We all love him. And something you should know, he said, if any of our guests dropped out on this tour all over the country over this last week, week and a half, he says, I will get on a plane and I will fly there and I will sit there.

58:14I swear to God, true story. and uh yeah he jokes around a lot but he does he does really have he's just got such a squishy sort of center and he's always the first yeah he really does he's like the guy who will just always offer to help or do whatever it's amazing on top of being incredibly hilarious and just and a gorgeous hard candy shell on the outside yeah yeah back to food so Yeah. You've got to get that looked at. But anyway, so thank you guys so much. I mean, it's just been incredible. I'm not, no. I feel Sean thinking right now. There's a fucking smoke coming out of his ears. Trying to work on, you know what he's trying to do.

58:56No, he's, he... I just wish, you know, I just wish we could have spent more time with Jen, you know. Yeah. But it was so nice to be here. Get out of here! Get out of here! Come on! Come on, yeah!

59:25I don't want to do this. Just say hi. Hi, everybody, and thank you for coming. Hi, everybody. Thank you for coming. And if you were... Okay, I think this has been really a lovely, lovely evening, and I wish I could just come up with something, something sort of... Like... Something to say, simple. Something really simple. Something to say at the end of something. Something. Oh, like, like, goodbye! Bye!

59:57Thank you so much! Thank you, LA! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Night Nurse Jimmy Kimmel prepares our warm milk and rocks our 6-City-Tour to beddybyeeeeee, LIVE from Los Angeles.


(Recorded Feb. 12, 2022)

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