Who could that be? Who is it?
All: Hey!
[ laughter ]
Hey, guys. What's going on, brother?
Oh, I just got some plans going on tonight.
We're hanging out.
Excuse me, boys.
Hi, chris. How you doing?
You look amazing as always, adele. Thank you.
[ laughter ]
[ screams ]
♪♪
Let's just get this started.
Are you [bleep] kidding me?
Who's a good dog?
[ laughter ]
[ cymbals crash ]
♪♪
[ laughter ]
With special guest chris jericho.
Your fate is sealed, dude.
[ laughter ]
♪♪
Today we're posing as background actors
Playing a role in a new commercial.
The catch is it's not a real commercial,
It's just an excuse to pair us
With an actor who thinks it's a real commercial.
The goal is to do and say what you're told,
And if you refuse, you lose,
And then you get blacklisted by the entire industry.
Basically, your father was right the whole time.
You okay?
♪♪
Sal: So we're shooting a fake commercial today.
Playing the director of the commercial is james mccarthy.
James? There he is.
Here we go. Hey, what's your name?
Michael. Michael. Hey, james.
The actor we cast does not know it's fake.
The product is my favorite part of this whole thing.
The product. It's joint gravy.
Yeah, it's like bengay, or -- joint gravy.
Hey, what's up? Hey, man. How you doing?
So, sal, whatever line he says improv,
Just say the same exact thing the exact way that he said it.
Sounds feed. Three, two, action.
What's up, sal? What's up, sal?
How's it going, man?
Good, good. How's it going, man?
Oh, man, that was -- that was a rough game,
Wasn't it? That was a rough game.
My lower back is bothering me. My lower back, too, it's bothering me.
It's been bothering me.
Joint gravy? Joint gravy?
You think it'll help?
Cut. Great job, sal.
Yeah.
[ laughter ]
Is your back okay? Yeah, yeah.
My back is fine. That was all improv. You sure?
Sal, "that was acting?"
So your back actually doesn't hurt?
Uh, no. What? [ laughs ]
Murr: Mccarthy, have him go again, and sal,
Cut the commercial because he needs a medic, clearly.
Action. I'm glad we won.
Yeah, right. [ laughs ] better than losing.
Yeah, I know. But it came at a price, didn't it?
What do you mean, mike?
My lower back is hurting, man, real -- ow.
Real bad. What's this? Mike, can we -- can we cut?
Because I can't just sit here and let him be in pain.
No, I'm acting. This is acting.
The character for the commercial has a hurt back.
But michael, myself, I'm fine.
How does anybody in your real mike life --
How does anyone you know understand
When it's the real mike or the acting mike?
Because in my real life, nobody's saying action or cut.
"I wondered why I saw richard gere die in one movie
And then and then alive in another movie."
[ laughter ]
Richard gere was alive in one movie,
Then in another movie, he's alive.
He's two different characters. He's richard gere in real life.
Obviously, if he dies in one movie,
You can be alive in another movie
Because it's not the same character.
Right. Is richard gere dead or alive?
Guys? Uh, I don't know...
[ laughter ]
Mike, as soon as this commercial starts,
The line we want is, "ow, my back." ok.
And, sal, you immediately forget everything
You've learned about acting.
Three, two, one.
Ow!! Holy shit, guys!
Guys, mike's hurt.
Wait a second.
Damn, it works quick. I'm ready for another game.
"hit me in the tits." hit me in the tits, mike.
Hit me in the tits.
Cut. Can't use that if you say that.
Oh, all right, all right. Okay.
Sal, do the same thing again,
But just go, "hit me in the dick."
[ laughter ]
Three, two, one, action.
Come on, mike. Hit me in the dick.
Mike, hit me in the dick. Cut!
You can't -- you said -- I didn't -- I didn't say tits.
Yeah. No tits. No dick.
Okay, imagine if it were for kids.
When the scene starts, turn around and tell him
To hit you in your juicy little ass.
[ laughter ]
Action. Pass it back!
Are you feeling better? It's a miracle.
You seen just now I couldn't move.
I can't believe this look at me now.
Mike, hit me in my juicy little ass.
[ laughter ]
Cut! [ laughter ]
Would you say "my little ass" to a kid? No.
Next take, I want you to whine it and go,
"oh, I need joint gravy."
Action.
Ow! Sal, you don't look too good.
Ow! All right, relax. Relax.
[ laughter ]
Put a little bit of joint gravy on...
[ whining ] starting to feel better?
Get up, get up. It feels really good.
Yeah, yeah. Get up, get up.
I do feel better. Now let's play.
"hit me in my tits."
Yeah, mike! Hit me in the tits!
Cut. We got it.
[ laughter ]
You earned the tits that time.
[ ding ]
♪♪
Hey, how's it going? Mike.
Mike. James. Nice to meet you.
Thanks for joining us.
Sal: Go up to mccarthy right now,
"say, hey, why does this guy get to have an austin powers costume
And I don't?"
I'm sorry, I hate to interrupt.
[ laughter ]
What does this guy get to have an austin powers costume
And I don't?
[ laughter ]
Yeah, baby. Right.
This is just b-roll, so, again, if you need an eyeline,
Can look over at dan right there.
But just be loose, have fun. Action.
Alright, grab a ball, and when he's throwing it,
Next time, be like, "I'm gonna [bleep] you up."
[ laughter ]
Yo, I'm going to [bleep] you up!
Cut!
That's great.
Yeah, that's not really great. Don't say anything. Tight lips.
"but the point of dodgeball is to [bleep] somebody up."
[ laughter ]
But the point of dodgeball is to [bleep] someone up.
Yeah, but this is joint gravy, right? It's not dodgeball.
"you don't have to tell me it's joint gravy,
I'm the spokesperson."
You don't have to tell me it's joint gravy.
I'm the spokesperson. I get it.
James, why don't you kind of come over to the side here?
Just watch michael do a little b-roll just mike.
Action.
"[bleep] 'em up, mike. [bleep] 'em up."
[bleep] 'em up, mike.
[bleep] 'em up.
Mike's not having it.
Alright, murray, now get up and start
Talking to the camera like you're the spokesperson.
Hi, I'm james with joint gravy pain relieving cream.
If you're like us, tough guys
Working hard, when life [bleep] you up,
Get muscle gravy.
Yeah, cut. Get joint gravy. What?
You are a second away from being fired right now.
Start taking it out on both of them.
They're both about to get fired.
Both of you, enough with the clowning around shit.
[ laughter ]
We're gonna go again, just mike.
♪♪
Joint gravy -- for all those hard-to-reach joint pains.
Try joint -- you're fired. You're fired.
You're fired.
I'm doing the commercial, man. Get out!
I'm the spokesperson.
I'm doing the commercial. Just let me get -- joint gravy.
Sal: Take him and pull him out.
Try it now.
It's available for all those hard-to-reach joint pains --
No. Not you. What are --
[ laughter ]
Joint gravy! Joint gravy. Joint gravy.
All of those -- it's available in stores now.
"yeah, baby."
Yeah, baby. Right? It's joint gravy.
Just let me get in there.
[ ding ]
[ laughter ]
Here we go, q.
Oh, for the love of god, guys. She's so pretty.
I'm always 50% towards failure when I'm up -- when you guys
Throw me in here with a woman.
Very nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
I got this. You got it?
Yeah. "don't I follow you on onlyfans?"
[ laughter ]
Q: I can't do it.
[ laughter ]
♪♪
Four, five, six, seven, eight. Great.
I'll take the loss.
[ buzzer, laughter ]
Q, we're going to let you keep going,
But we're counting every refusal.
Frame up real quick. I want to get them into frame.
Ask, "can I slather her with the joint gravy?"
[ laughter ]
Like do I -- when we apply the joint gravy --
Am I -- murr: He can't do it.
Sal: Two consecutive refusals.
It is impossible for you to do any worse than you've done.
I can say with utmost certainty
It's the worst turn in ten years.
Let's just roll on one. Thank you.
Q, as soon as the scene is over, turn to her and say,
"imagine we fell in love right now."
[ laughter ]
Action.
I can't believe we won. I know, finally.
We finally beat them after all this time.
Oh, my god. I'm in so much pain. You alright?
My neck is killing me.
[ sighs ] imagine if we fell in love right now.
[ laughter ]
Cut, cut. I was too--
It was like a scene from a rom com.
Yeah. This is a medicinal commercial.
Buddy, buddy, let's try one more time.
Look.
Oh, my gosh. This woman is amazing.
I'm going to try it, and then they're going to cut.
Okay, I can do that. Action!
Yes! I can't believe we won.
That was awesome. How are you doing? You alright?
My neck is killing me, but let me try some of this joint gravy.
"can I pick you up at eight?"
So, uh -- well, there's no point.
[ laughter ]
Narrator: Q didn't have chemistry with his costar,
So he's first up on the loser board.
Murr: It's so great having you here, man.
Thanks for being on the show. It's a blast.
It's been a blast all across the board.
The crews is pretty nice. The crew is great.
Everybody here is just working together.
We find that when you treat your crew
With the utmost respect, they respect you.
In return, it makes for a good family kind of relationship.
Have you met joe bruno, one of our writers?
I have not. Hey, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, man.
What did you say he does?
He wrote this bit. Hmm, really.
[ laughter ]
Why is the tray rising?
[ laughter ]
Today, we're at the offices of 150 bay street,
Competing head to head
As focus group participants answering a questionnaire.
The catch is the two guys participating in the focus group
Have written the answers for each other
And will be seeing them for the first time as they read them.
At the end of the session, the participants will be asked
To vote someone out of the group.
If you're voted out, you lose.
And I'm jiggy.
[ laughter ] nothing?
♪♪
So jiggy's our fourth today. When we need a fourth,
We just reach out and ask a friend, a comic,
Someone from the neighborhood, anybody. So today it's jiggy.
Jiggy tours with us -- almost every time we're on the road,
You're in there, right?
He's going to be going head to head against murray today,
Which means the pressure's really on murr.
I am a seasoned pro.
[ laughter ]
Oh, I hope you win.
[ laughter ]
You got no shot. I've been doing this for years.
I just want to let you know, like,
Sometimes before we film that day,
We'll be like, "oh, what is --
What are we expected to wear today?"
Today was street clothes, like our own clothes.
And that's what murray wore,
And I just want to point that out.
This is me in nature.
What if we just did a switcheroo
And we made you wear jiggy's jacket and like,
A baseball cap for this turn?
Let's do it.
[ laughter ]
You look like a record producer
That's, like, trying to remain hip.
And yet jiggy looks fine. Jiggy looks great.
Thank you guys for coming in and doing this.
Describe the workplace vibe you'd want to have
For your office. Mike?
I put down serious and professional,
But yet somewhat casual.
Mike.
Jimmy, what did you put for your office perks?
I wrote "anyone can borrow my shit box '91 honda civic,
No questions asked."
[ laughter ]
All right, jiggy, what is your ideal office perk?
Cool nicknames. Cool nicknames for everyone,
Like hangdong marie and scumbag daniel.
[ laughter ]
♪♪
Hangdong?
Hangdong.
But nicknames, they're fun. Miracle mike.
There you go. Do me next. Do me.
"try-hard jimmy." hard jimmy.
Try-hard.
[ laughter ]
Try-hard jimmy.
What would your company's termination policy be?
I wrote, "for every man fired, we fire a woman
To keep it fair and square." right?
[ laughter ]
You wouldn't just fire someone because you had to let a man go.
You got to keep it fair. I don't see race, sex, genital.
I don't see --
[ laughter ]
That's that hard jimmy game right there.
[ laughter ]
Sal: Oh, my god. Ugh, hard jimmy.
[ laughter ]
♪♪
Can you describe your workplace safety protocol?
I'd implement a strict no gangly limbs in shared spaces policy.
"I worked with this real gangly mother [bleep]."
I worked -- [ laughs ]
I worked with this real gangly mother [bleep].
[ laughter ]
Every time he walked down, he'd slap papers around,
And it's unsafe.
Hard jimmy, what did you put?
"I wrote creamy hummus. Oops.
I think I answered the wrong question here."
[ laughter ]
"nothing soothes my mono like creamy hummus."
[ laughter ]
Nothing soothes my mono like a creamy hummus.
[ laughter ]
♪♪
What's mono?
Mononucleosis. The kissing disease.
[ laughter ]
You know when you're in school as a kid,
And a kid goes out of school for, like, a month?
You kissed a kid and got mono?
[ laughter ]
♪♪
Sal: Oh, look at her face!
What we're going to do now is I'm actually going to pass
Out a piece of paper. So write down the name
Of the person you would not want to bring to your office.
You can fold it up, bring it back to me.
Sal: Of the three of them, does anyone write hard jimmy?
Q: She does. I think she writes hard jimmy.
J-I-m-m-y.
Hard jimmy. 100%
Mccarthy, who is it, buddy?
Votes are in and, um...
Hard jimmy, you're not coming to the office.
Oh. [ laughter ]
Really?
Jiggy beats james.
Jiggy beats murr.
Three of you have made a very powerful enemy today.
[ laughter ]
[ buzzer ]
♪♪
Jiggy: He looks like he's in the game here.
Murr: He's ready to go.
Well, thanks so much for coming in today.
You can just describe the workplace vibe
You'd want your office to have.
Ronald, what did you have?
It should still be fun at the core
While still being productive.
He looks like he smells good.
[ laughs ] he does.
Sal, what is your pto policy?
I don't think you should get any time off
Unless you [bleep] out a kid or whatever,
In which case you could go, like, the weekend
Or however long you might need.
What a kid?
If somebody [beep] out a kid, give them the weekend.
[ laughter ]
Maria, what is your --
I just put paid time off if you have a child.
[ laughs ]
Oh, you've [bleep] out a kid.
[ laughter ]
Is it important for your company to give back,
And how would you?
Tony, what did you put for that one?
Murr: Here we go.
Uh, okay. Yup, I remember writing this.
Uh...
Jiggy: He can't do it.
Is it important for your company to give back, and how
Would you? Tony, what did you put for that one?
I said employees of the company can give amateur haircuts
To the needy at christmas time,
And we'll give a $50 cash prize to the funniest cut.
[ laughter ]
Free funny haircuts?
Yeah.
Like a random haircut to this person?
Like, that's going to make other people laugh at them?
[ laughter ]
I'm laughing, thinking about them haircuts now.
[ laughter ]
♪♪
Sal, is it important for your company
To give back, and how would you?
Eh.
Murr: That's his answer? His answer is, "eh."
That was it? That was it.
To give to charity, your response would be...
Eh.
Fight homelessness on the streets. Eh.
Give to climate change. Eh.
Just to help sick kids?
Well, the answer I put is, "eh."
[ laughter ]
Murr: Good job, q.
I just want to hand out papers, pass them down.
Murr: All right, the big moment.
The group is going to vote one out.
The votes are in.
Well, I'm sorry to say that...
Here we go.
♪♪
Tony, you're out.
[ laughter ]
I mean, I'm not surprised, but at the same time,
I feel a little bit betrayed.
[ buzzer ]
[ laughter ]
Narrator: Looks like q is tonight's big loser,
But he doesn't know it yet.
♪♪
[ cheers and applause ]
Sal has lost, and we have today our friend,
An icon, a legend, chris jericho here
To help punish you, buddy.
♪♪
All: Well...
Actually, buddy, if you've been keeping score,
You're the one who lost!
It's a chris jericho heel turn on you!
You guys gotta be [bleep] kidding me.
As a result, you get to go into the ice cold bath.
And you can't get out of the ice until sal's mum, adele,
Completes all her tasks.
I know what she's got to do because [bleep] set that up.
Who knew? I want to know who from the crew
Knew this was happening? Everyone? Shame!
Now you know! Now you know how it feels!
I'm involved, like, a half dozen times.
It's time to pay the piper, bitch.
All right, buddy. Here we go.
You're going to get in that bath right now.
My mom has to complete three tasks...
I know. Before you can get out.
The first thing she's going to be doing
Is trying to hook up a vcr. You have to coach her
Through hooking up a vcr. There she is. Hey, mom.
Hi. [ laughter ]
Sal: Oh, she's there. She's ready.
If you ever need to get out,
You can get out, but every time you get out,
There'll be a consequence, and that's all we can say.
Do we know what's going to happen to my body?
Am I just stepping in this? Just get in there!
Get in!
I think it's probably better if you just jump in all at once.
I can't. This is bad, man. All right.
Alright. Oh, oh.
That's not going to help. That's not going to help.
We can feel it. Your fate is sealed, dude.
♪♪
No way!
♪♪
No way!
[ laughter ]
Oh! Oh, oh, oh, my god.
I can't even breathe. I can't talk. All right.
Come on, guys. I'm cold in here.
[ laughter ]
Hurry up and tell me what to do.
You got to get the correct cable. [ exhales sharply ]
[ laughter ]
What color is it?
It is a black cable with these -- that's it.
That's it. Was that -- holy crap, that's it!
On the back of the vcr, there's color code -- coded --
[ exhales sharply ]
[ laughter ]
I can't do it. I can't even breathe.
My god, I don't got my readers on.
Oh, get your readers on! Please get your readers on!
I don't have them!
You're on the output, right?
I know. I can't see. I can't read.
She doesn't have her readers!
Can somebody get her her readers?!
They're downstairs in my pocketbook.
[ laughter ]
This is -- it's in.
Is red where red, yellow, yellow -- yes!
I wouldn't even know how to do this.
All right, now on the back of the tv.
There's the corresponding ports.
I got it. I got it. She got it!
[ laughter ]
In case you're getting hot, buddy.
Dude, your hands are turning blue.
Dude, everything's turning blue.
Oh, my god. All right.
It's static. It's static.
Okay. You have the vcr remote? Yes.
Is there an input button? An input button?
Get them readers. Oh!
Yes. This guy is going to die.
Can somebody get adele her readers?!
Somebody?!
I can't help you.
Put the remote away for a second.
There are several buttons. Can you read them to me?
Okay. Tv/video, volume, channels.
Hit tv/video. That's it.
♪♪
[ all cheering ]
Done. What's the next thing, guys?
All right, the next thing you have to do is,
She is going to see pictures of famous people,
And she has to describe them to you
And you have to guess who they are.
Adele, we're going to have to take a quick break.
You can get out, buddy, but here comes the consequence.
Can we get the milk, please?
Oh, the milk!
All right. No problem. You can stay out,
As long as you're chugging milk the entire time.
Oh, come on. [ laughter ]
Oh, god. Why are you -- what is the matter with you?
Let's get that whole gallon down.
[ laughter ]
Don't let it go on the floor. Get back in the tub!
Just get back in the tub.
I'll get back in the tub.
Adele: That poor guy.
She just said, "poor guy." I agree.
Are you okay?
I don't think so.
You ready to go?
Yeah. Please describe the celebrity you see.
Uh... [ sighs ]
Oh. It's alright, adele. We got it. We got it.
I do believe he's associated with staten island or --
Is it method man? Pete davidson.
No, he's in a group, and they sing.
They might not even be who I'm explaining.
[ laughter ]
He's nice looking. He's got a beard and a black mustache
And pretty cool. He dresses really nice.
He looks like he has a lot of money. [ laughs ]
There's cupcakes named after this guy.
That doesn't help me at all.
Years ago.
Years ago, they named a cupcake after him?
He has cupcakes with his name.
John legend.
No. Jimmy hostess.
Not hostess. Drake?
Yes!
[ all cheering ]
All right, next one.
This guy's really funny. He has a suit.
And he goes [gibbers] and makes all those noises.
Pee-wee herman? Yes.
[ cheering ]
All right. I got to get out. I got to get out.
Can we get the hot candle wax?
Okay. Okay. Ah! Oh! Oh!
I like how it's red and blue. Do you like it, chris?
Yeah, I do. Do you like it?
Not such a big fan anymore, are you, kid?
Do you know how much people would pay to have chris jericho
Drip hot wax on them?
I can make a fortune on these things.
Yes. Amazing.
[bleep] nft that. Let's make a million.
[ laughter ]
All right, let me get back to it.
All right. You're doing great, buddy.
Two more, and then we move on to the final round.
Okay, adele, I'm back. All right.
It looks like a piece of equipment,
Like, you know, vcr and this and that and remotes.
And it says...
Adele, I mean this with all due respect --
What the [bleep] are you talking about?
It has a round button. And you can press right, left.
I think there's a pause button.
Is this an ipod?
[ cheering ]
All right, next person.
This is a woman. She's got blonde hair
And she got big boobs.
Oh, samantha fox.
No. She was in "9 to 5."
Dolly parton.
[ cheering ]
Sal: Alright, last round. Final round!
[ cheers and applause ]
Alright.
All she has to do, the easiest one, is throw a football
Through a moving tire.
Oh, my god. A moving tire?
You got it, girl. You got it, baby!
Whoa!
[ laughter ]
Don't worry about it, just focus, adele.
You're doing it, you're doing it!
Aww, jeez.
[ all shouting ]
[ cheering ]
No, it didn't go through!
It did not go through!
Q: Focus everything you got, baby!
[ shouts ]
Alright, you got it.
Come on! Get in there!
[ cheering ]
[ laughter ]
Oh, my god!
[ cheering, laughter ]
♪♪
Thanks, buddy. Thanks for doing it, pal.