1 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:12,912 -Ladies and gentlemen, 2 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:14,180 my guest today started this career 3 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:15,949 by blowing up the Internet with some 4 00:00:16,049 --> 00:00:17,217 of the funniest music videos of all time. 5 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:19,219 And I do mean funniest. You know them. 6 00:00:19,319 --> 00:00:20,854 Guys, I'm talking about "Lazy Sunday". 7 00:00:20,954 --> 00:00:22,422 I'm talking about "Dick in a Box". 8 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:24,391 I'm talking about "I'm on a Boat" and many others. 9 00:00:24,491 --> 00:00:27,127 And besides this amazing work on "Saturday Night Live", 10 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:29,029 you also known from his hugely popular series, 11 00:00:29,129 --> 00:00:31,097 "Brooklyn Nine-Nine". 12 00:00:31,197 --> 00:00:32,899 Please show some love to Andy Samberg. 13 00:00:32,999 --> 00:00:35,935 Come on, Andy. Huh? 14 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,971 -Yes. -My introductions, man. 15 00:00:38,071 --> 00:00:38,872 --Smooth. They're really getting good. 16 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:40,840 -Really good. 17 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:42,375 I liked how it said stuff I had done. 18 00:00:42,475 --> 00:00:43,810 -Well, yeah. Well, but it's not just that. 19 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:44,878 Like, I see what you did there. 20 00:00:44,978 --> 00:00:46,513 -[ Laughs ] 21 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:47,781 -It's the way that I'm talking about the stuff 22 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:49,416 that you've done. 23 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:50,950 -Like, so, if someone's watching, they're like, 24 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:52,052 "I wasn't sure I cared about this, 25 00:00:52,152 --> 00:00:53,186 but now I'm fucking amped." 26 00:00:53,286 --> 00:00:54,888 -No. No, it's like this. 27 00:00:54,988 --> 00:00:56,122 It's like, every time I say something, 28 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:57,424 I feel like the stakes get higher. 29 00:00:57,524 --> 00:00:59,793 I'm like, "You know him. You love him. 30 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:01,661 You've seen him here." 31 00:01:01,761 --> 00:01:04,998 And each time, a person gets closer and closer to the TV, 32 00:01:05,098 --> 00:01:06,599 and by the time I'm on the last thing... 33 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:08,435 -Yes. 34 00:01:08,535 --> 00:01:10,070 -...I bring it back down and I put on the hosting voice. 35 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:12,038 "Ladies and gentlemen, Andy Samberg." 36 00:01:12,138 --> 00:01:13,640 -So it's like a roller coaster. 37 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:15,208 -You see what I'm saying? It starts off with the "Hey. 38 00:01:15,308 --> 00:01:17,243 Come on now." -Mm-hmm. 39 00:01:17,344 --> 00:01:18,845 -"I need y'all to get focused and get locked in." 40 00:01:18,945 --> 00:01:20,113 -Right. 41 00:01:20,213 --> 00:01:21,247 -And now that I got you locked in, 42 00:01:21,348 --> 00:01:22,716 you got to really dumb it down. 43 00:01:22,816 --> 00:01:24,417 -Mm-hmm. 44 00:01:24,517 --> 00:01:26,353 -'Cause this next guy -- You see what I'm saying? 45 00:01:26,453 --> 00:01:28,421 I can do stuff like this. You get it. 46 00:01:28,521 --> 00:01:30,256 -It's hosting. It's the roller coaster. 47 00:01:30,357 --> 00:01:32,459 -Well, it's more than hosting. 48 00:01:32,559 --> 00:01:34,894 I would like if you didn't, like, put me in a box. 49 00:01:34,994 --> 00:01:36,029 -I would never do that. 50 00:01:36,129 --> 00:01:37,897 And you know that about me. 51 00:01:37,997 --> 00:01:40,233 -Okay. 52 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:42,268 -One time -- Straight into an anecdote. 53 00:01:42,369 --> 00:01:44,337 Unprompted. -Yes, unprompted. 54 00:01:44,437 --> 00:01:46,339 -The one time I met Matthew McConaughey, 55 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:47,674 I had just hosted an award show that he was at. 56 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:49,175 -Okay. Okay. 57 00:01:49,275 --> 00:01:50,443 -And I was like, "Hey, nice to meet you." 58 00:01:50,543 --> 00:01:52,178 He was like, "Hey, nice to meet you." 59 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:52,946 He was like, "I saw you host that thing. 60 00:01:53,046 --> 00:01:54,581 You were good." 61 00:01:54,681 --> 00:01:56,383 He's like, "Because you came out and you were like, 'Ah!' 62 00:01:56,483 --> 00:01:58,318 And then you kind of went, 'Ah-hah-hah-hah-hah.' 63 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:02,389 And at the end, you were like, 'Ah.'" 64 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:04,290 And I was like, "That's actually, like, 65 00:02:04,391 --> 00:02:06,192 a very accurate representation of the monologue." 66 00:02:06,292 --> 00:02:08,061 -I was going to say, like, as he's doing it, 67 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:09,462 are you following the "Ahs"? -I was. 68 00:02:09,562 --> 00:02:10,864 I was like, "And then that was the section 69 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:11,798 where I did those jokes." 70 00:02:11,898 --> 00:02:13,533 -Yeah. 71 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:15,402 -"And then it got crazy at the end, and it was one big bit 72 00:02:15,502 --> 00:02:16,970 that sort of built and, like, tied back in stuff from before." 73 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:18,805 -"Ah." -Yeah. 74 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:20,140 And I was like, "I'm, like, in 'The Wolf of Wall Street'." 75 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,242 It was great. -Andy, 76 00:02:22,342 --> 00:02:24,210 first of all, thank you for coming on the show, man. 77 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:27,881 I believe in great conversations being attached 78 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:29,516 with great glasses of wine. 79 00:02:29,616 --> 00:02:31,618 So I'm going to ask my somm come out here. 80 00:02:31,718 --> 00:02:34,654 Come on out here, D. Mm-hmm. That's my guy. 81 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:37,023 How are you doing, man? -Mr. Hart. Mr. Samberg. 82 00:02:37,123 --> 00:02:38,725 -What are we drinking today? 83 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:40,794 Oh, man. -2019 84 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:42,295 Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon. 85 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:44,230 -Come on, man. 86 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:46,833 -I'd love to top you off first, if I may? 87 00:02:46,933 --> 00:02:48,001 -Yeah. I support it. 88 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:49,536 -Vodka. 89 00:02:49,636 --> 00:02:52,138 -Well, it's not. It's clearly -- It's not vodka. 90 00:02:52,238 --> 00:02:53,340 It's water. It's fine. -Tequila. 91 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:54,774 -It's not tequila, actually. 92 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:56,176 It's just -- -It's water. 93 00:02:56,276 --> 00:02:58,812 I have physical therapy after this, yeah. 94 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:00,647 Tore the ol' ACL. 95 00:03:00,747 --> 00:03:01,915 -How? -Soccer. 96 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:02,882 -Still playing soccer? 97 00:03:02,982 --> 00:03:04,617 -Well, I was. 98 00:03:04,718 --> 00:03:07,187 -Actively, like, a Sunday friends type thing? 99 00:03:07,287 --> 00:03:08,788 -Please enjoy. -I appreciate you, man. 100 00:03:08,888 --> 00:03:09,889 -Thank you so much. 101 00:03:09,989 --> 00:03:12,192 -Cheers. So, what? 102 00:03:12,292 --> 00:03:14,728 You just getting out there on weekends? 103 00:03:14,828 --> 00:03:16,896 -Mm-hmm. 104 00:03:16,996 --> 00:03:17,864 -Friends? -Friends. Yeah. 105 00:03:17,964 --> 00:03:19,399 I would curate a game. 106 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:21,434 So, you know, it didn't get too agro. 107 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:25,338 But fun and friendly. -How big is the group? 108 00:03:25,438 --> 00:03:29,075 -Anywhere from eight to 16. 109 00:03:29,175 --> 00:03:30,210 -Eight to 16? -Yeah. 110 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:31,745 -Eight to 16 people? 111 00:03:31,845 --> 00:03:33,079 Years old. -No. 112 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:34,314 -Yeah, people. 113 00:03:34,414 --> 00:03:35,715 -Eight to 16 people. -Yeah. 114 00:03:35,815 --> 00:03:37,584 -And it was a freak accident or just like -- 115 00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:39,552 -I was up north playing a different game, actually. 116 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:43,156 And yeah, my cleat stuck and my knee exploded. 117 00:03:43,256 --> 00:03:46,126 And I haven't played since. It's been a year. 118 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:47,260 -How long has the recovery been? 119 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,162 -A year already. -Okay. 120 00:03:49,262 --> 00:03:50,663 That's not actually as bad. 121 00:03:50,764 --> 00:03:52,365 You know, it's a long recovery. 122 00:03:52,465 --> 00:03:54,467 If you're trying to get active again... 123 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:56,469 -Well, also, it's like, you know, I have two kids. 124 00:03:56,569 --> 00:03:57,871 -Yeah. 125 00:03:57,971 --> 00:03:59,239 -So then, I'm like -- basically, 126 00:03:59,339 --> 00:04:00,740 when you have kids, you can say, like, 127 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,311 "Okay, I'm gonna do knee physical therapy and my kids, 128 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:07,213 or I'm gonna do work and be with my kids." 129 00:04:07,313 --> 00:04:09,883 -Yes. -And so I've done work. 130 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:11,151 -You said, "I'm gonna do work 131 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:12,719 and then I'm gonna be with my kids." 132 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:15,121 How old are the kids? -Almost seven and almost two. 133 00:04:15,221 --> 00:04:17,023 -Good for you, man. 134 00:04:17,123 --> 00:04:19,025 -Yeah. -Good for you. Boy, girl? 135 00:04:19,125 --> 00:04:21,561 -Girl and a boy. -Okay. Nice. 136 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:25,632 -Oldest is what? -Oldest is 25. What? 137 00:04:25,732 --> 00:04:26,566 -Oldest is what? 138 00:04:26,666 --> 00:04:28,468 Your oldest child is a girl or boy? 139 00:04:28,568 --> 00:04:30,670 -Oh, girl. -Okay. I like the discovery. 140 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:31,571 "Uh..." 141 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:33,173 -I didn't understand the question. 142 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:34,607 -They were, like, pop quizzes. 143 00:04:34,708 --> 00:04:35,942 -I thought it was, like, you know, like, 144 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:37,344 "Ass-wee-pay says what?" 145 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:39,245 -No, no, no, no, no. I got, you know, four. 146 00:04:39,346 --> 00:04:43,350 I did girl, boy, then boy, girl. 147 00:04:43,450 --> 00:04:46,419 So... -Are they all happy with that? 148 00:04:46,519 --> 00:04:48,355 -Well, yeah, I think so. 149 00:04:48,455 --> 00:04:49,889 You know, I'm trying to figure it out. 150 00:04:49,989 --> 00:04:51,858 They're trying to figure it out. -How old? 151 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:53,760 -My oldest is 18. 152 00:04:53,860 --> 00:05:01,001 My oldest son is 16, then it's six and three. 153 00:05:01,101 --> 00:05:02,202 -Okay. -Six and three. 154 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:04,604 -You've got nice space in between. 155 00:05:04,704 --> 00:05:06,840 -Well, I'm on a second marriage. 156 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:08,608 -But so that the olders can help take care of the youngers. 157 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:10,543 -Yes. Absolutely. That's their job. 158 00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:12,212 That's the meaning of having older kids. 159 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:13,646 -And they're stoked on that, right? 160 00:05:13,747 --> 00:05:15,348 -They don't have a choice. -Yeah, yeah. 161 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:16,916 -That's what happen in a household. 162 00:05:17,017 --> 00:05:17,884 -Yes. -But I actually -- 163 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:18,918 You know what? 164 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:20,320 They're so close in age 165 00:05:20,420 --> 00:05:22,222 that they occupy themselves. 166 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:24,357 Like, I don't have to do much. 167 00:05:24,457 --> 00:05:26,493 Like, you can sit them down and, 168 00:05:26,593 --> 00:05:28,595 you know, give them some boxes or some creative... 169 00:05:28,695 --> 00:05:29,629 -Yes. 170 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:31,498 -...crayons, markers, or whatever, 171 00:05:31,598 --> 00:05:32,766 they're with each other for hours. 172 00:05:32,866 --> 00:05:35,435 -Yes. That is a huge shift, 173 00:05:35,535 --> 00:05:38,605 when your child can just do things by themselves. 174 00:05:38,705 --> 00:05:39,939 -Yeah. 175 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,374 -And like, it went from, like, you know, 176 00:05:41,474 --> 00:05:43,309 you're helicoptering all the time 177 00:05:43,410 --> 00:05:44,978 and "Don't fall off that, don't run into that." 178 00:05:45,078 --> 00:05:46,613 And then there's that moment where you're just like, 179 00:05:46,713 --> 00:05:48,148 "[Gasps]" 180 00:05:48,248 --> 00:05:50,250 And the world comes back into focus. 181 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:51,885 -It all changes extremely fast. 182 00:05:51,985 --> 00:05:53,253 -Yes. 183 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:54,754 -Let's talk about your world, 184 00:05:54,854 --> 00:05:56,089 and let's talk about how your world has changed 185 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:57,590 throughout the years. 186 00:05:57,691 --> 00:05:59,693 You know, I expressed in the beginning, 187 00:05:59,793 --> 00:06:01,895 like, I love this show because it's about giving flowers. 188 00:06:01,995 --> 00:06:05,365 Anytime I get to talk to anybody that comes from the space 189 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:07,267 and/or place of comedy, man, 190 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:09,703 it's exciting because the journey 191 00:06:09,803 --> 00:06:13,473 to get to is so different for so many. 192 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:17,911 And yours, you know, we start with the concept of, 193 00:06:18,011 --> 00:06:21,281 you know -- I don't want to say -- it's not just sketch 194 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:23,650 because it was more than that. 195 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:27,821 You know, Lonely Island and what you guys did in the beginning, 196 00:06:27,921 --> 00:06:29,389 it was like -- 197 00:06:29,489 --> 00:06:31,891 it was so crazy because of the bandwidth 198 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:35,562 that you guys got off of the things that hit hard. 199 00:06:35,662 --> 00:06:38,331 Right? But was this at the time -- 200 00:06:38,431 --> 00:06:40,000 Like, were you guys considered, like, 201 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:41,768 a sketch group or like -- 202 00:06:41,868 --> 00:06:44,137 What was Lonely Island in your mind at the time? 203 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,271 -Like, before we got "SNL"? 204 00:06:45,372 --> 00:06:47,674 -Yes. Before. 205 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:49,109 -I mean, we were friends from junior high and high school, 206 00:06:49,209 --> 00:06:50,610 first off. 207 00:06:50,710 --> 00:06:52,679 And then, you know, we started a website 208 00:06:52,779 --> 00:06:55,715 and we were doing videos on our own and just trying to get on. 209 00:06:57,317 --> 00:06:59,886 So, we had already started making songs and videos 210 00:06:59,986 --> 00:07:02,689 and stuff, but it wasn't, like, "SNL". 211 00:07:02,789 --> 00:07:06,860 It was like -- Having videos on the Internet was new, 212 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,862 where you'd be like, "You can stream a video," 213 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:11,564 you know? 214 00:07:11,664 --> 00:07:16,703 So we were, like -- We had had, like, two pilots, like, 215 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:18,872 for, you know, attempts at TV shows that were sketch shows. 216 00:07:18,972 --> 00:07:20,006 -Okay. 217 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:21,841 -That didn't go, 218 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:24,044 but basically were what we ended up doing on "SNL". 219 00:07:24,144 --> 00:07:26,279 -Okay. -So... 220 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:28,548 Probably should have let us make them. 221 00:07:28,648 --> 00:07:30,050 -But here's my question, though -- 222 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:31,284 How do you get the idea? 223 00:07:31,384 --> 00:07:32,585 Like, for you guys early on, 224 00:07:32,686 --> 00:07:34,554 where did the concept of, you know, 225 00:07:34,654 --> 00:07:36,389 filming the videos to put the videos on the Internet 226 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:38,558 and hopefully get some bandwidth come from? 227 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:41,494 -I mean, we were -- There was, like, you know, "Stella", 228 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:43,563 like, those dudes from "The State". 229 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:46,366 You know, Showalter and Wain and Michael Ian Black. 230 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:48,401 They had been doing their videos, 231 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:50,970 and we were inspired by those, where it was, 232 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:57,077 like, completely unhinged, buck wild, like, filthy. 233 00:07:57,177 --> 00:07:58,712 So when we first started doing our videos, 234 00:07:58,812 --> 00:08:00,747 we were like, "Oh, let's do stuff like them." 235 00:08:00,847 --> 00:08:03,783 And then, kind of, by accident, we started making the songs. 236 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:05,552 And, like, we'd go out at night 237 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:07,253 and get drunk and come home and, like, 238 00:08:07,354 --> 00:08:08,154 record songs sort of just for fun. 239 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:09,823 -Okay. 240 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:11,825 -And then, at one point, we were like, 241 00:08:11,925 --> 00:08:13,893 "Let's shoot a video for one of those dumb songs we did." 242 00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:17,263 And as soon as we did, everyone we knew was like, "Oh, that. 243 00:08:17,364 --> 00:08:18,965 We like that." -That's the thing. 244 00:08:19,065 --> 00:08:20,934 -Yeah, so we're like, "Oh, shit, okay, let's keep doing them." 245 00:08:21,034 --> 00:08:23,770 And then, even when we got hired on "SNL", it was not to do that. 246 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:25,839 -Yeah. 247 00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:27,607 -You know, we had been writing on the movie awards for Fallon 248 00:08:27,707 --> 00:08:29,275 when he hosted, and we met a lot of the people 249 00:08:29,376 --> 00:08:30,844 that worked at the show there, 250 00:08:30,944 --> 00:08:32,812 and they were like, "You should audition," 251 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:34,848 and even after we got hired, they were still like, 252 00:08:34,948 --> 00:08:37,217 "Let's figure out how to do your live stuff, 253 00:08:37,317 --> 00:08:40,453 Andy. Like, let's find ways to introduce you to the audience." 254 00:08:40,553 --> 00:08:42,288 And then we kind of were like, 255 00:08:42,389 --> 00:08:43,757 "Oh, let's do one of those songs." 256 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:46,326 And then the first one we did was "Lazy Sunday". 257 00:08:46,426 --> 00:08:47,861 And then they were just like, "Make more of those. 258 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:49,562 Make more of the songs. Do the songs." 259 00:08:49,662 --> 00:08:52,565 -So in the best possible world, 260 00:08:52,665 --> 00:08:54,968 what did you guys see the next thing being? 261 00:08:55,068 --> 00:08:56,770 -I mean, for me, 262 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:58,672 specifically, my dream was "SNL" from when I was, like, 263 00:08:58,772 --> 00:09:00,240 eight years old. That's what I wanted. 264 00:09:00,340 --> 00:09:02,042 -That's so dope. 265 00:09:02,142 --> 00:09:05,311 -But I had no faith that that was going to happen. 266 00:09:05,412 --> 00:09:07,080 -Why was it your dream from eight? 267 00:09:07,180 --> 00:09:08,448 Like... 268 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:09,616 -I just loved it. I don't know why. 269 00:09:09,716 --> 00:09:10,984 I mean, I loved sketch in general. 270 00:09:11,084 --> 00:09:12,285 -Okay. 271 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:14,054 -I would say, like, 272 00:09:14,154 --> 00:09:16,489 when I was in elementary school and then junior high, 273 00:09:16,589 --> 00:09:19,225 I watched "SNL" and "In Living Color". 274 00:09:19,325 --> 00:09:21,061 Like, that was what I dined on, 275 00:09:21,161 --> 00:09:23,630 and I would, like, watch it once and memorize it 276 00:09:23,730 --> 00:09:25,231 and regurgitate it for everyone at school 277 00:09:25,331 --> 00:09:28,134 and, like, do all the sketches for people from memory. 278 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:29,936 And I don't know. 279 00:09:30,036 --> 00:09:32,072 It was like -- I've always really loved comedy 280 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:34,240 where the world can be almost like a cartoon. 281 00:09:34,341 --> 00:09:35,608 -Mm-hmm. 282 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:37,577 -And so that's why I loved, like, 283 00:09:37,677 --> 00:09:39,412 Mel Brooks and "Naked Gun" and, you know, 284 00:09:39,512 --> 00:09:41,348 Monty Python type stuff, too. 285 00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:42,449 -Yeah, you're talking about 286 00:09:42,549 --> 00:09:43,583 the cream of the crop. 287 00:09:43,683 --> 00:09:45,285 -But surrealistic too, 288 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:47,454 where it's like, "Oh, wouldn't that be nice if the world, like, 289 00:09:47,554 --> 00:09:48,922 wasn't so fucking intense 290 00:09:49,022 --> 00:09:50,423 and you could just, like, do whatever?" 291 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:51,791 -Yeah. -You know what I mean? 292 00:09:51,891 --> 00:09:53,793 There's a moment in "Billy Madison" 293 00:09:53,893 --> 00:09:55,729 where Sandler's, like, acting like a moron and, like, 294 00:09:55,829 --> 00:09:57,530 grabs the dude's hand 295 00:09:57,630 --> 00:09:59,232 and just starts biting it at the table. 296 00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:01,201 You're just like, "What is happening in this movie?" 297 00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:02,769 Like, there's those moments 298 00:10:02,869 --> 00:10:04,571 where when you're a kid and you watch that or, 299 00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:06,806 like, the opening of "Ace Ventura", the first time 300 00:10:06,906 --> 00:10:08,842 I saw it, where he's, like, kicking the box. 301 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:10,643 He's like, the delivery guy kicking the box over place 302 00:10:10,744 --> 00:10:12,379 and, like, stepping on and shit. 303 00:10:12,479 --> 00:10:13,613 You're like, "Why was this made? 304 00:10:13,713 --> 00:10:15,882 Who let this happen?" 305 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:18,985 But for me as a kid and as a teenager, I was like, "Oh, fuck. 306 00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:20,520 It's possible. 307 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:21,955 You can do the thing that I like, 308 00:10:22,055 --> 00:10:24,391 and actually have people really see it." 309 00:10:24,491 --> 00:10:26,126 -What I'm most impressed about 310 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:29,229 is you talking about knowing what you wanted to do 311 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:30,563 from the age eight. 312 00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:33,800 -Right. -You having mindset to say, 313 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,636 like, "That's the thing that I'm going to chase 314 00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:39,572 and stick with it" is extremely impressive. 315 00:10:39,673 --> 00:10:42,909 -It's definitely, I think, a little rare. 316 00:10:43,009 --> 00:10:45,178 I mean, a lot of kids are like, "I want to be on 'SNL'," 317 00:10:45,278 --> 00:10:47,447 but at that time, my parents would be like, "Yeah, okay." 318 00:10:47,547 --> 00:10:49,449 -Yeah. -Like, 319 00:10:49,549 --> 00:10:51,751 "I want to be an astronaut", you know? 320 00:10:51,851 --> 00:10:53,253 There's not that many people that get to do that. 321 00:10:53,353 --> 00:10:54,988 -Amazing conversation, 322 00:10:55,088 --> 00:10:56,690 Andy, but look, we got to stop for a second, 323 00:10:56,790 --> 00:10:58,892 'cause we got to pay bills, guys. 324 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:00,827 We'll be right back with more "Hart to Heart" after this. 325 00:11:00,927 --> 00:11:02,996 -* Stork patrol, he's rolling * 326 00:11:03,096 --> 00:11:06,366 * Stork patrol with my storkies * 327 00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:08,735 * Stork patrol * 328 00:11:08,835 --> 00:11:11,271 -* Yo, what up, my feathered stork? * 329 00:11:11,371 --> 00:11:12,839 * Peace, you're lovely * 330 00:11:12,939 --> 00:11:14,941 * Hollow legs, long beak, feathers so cuddly * 331 00:11:15,041 --> 00:11:17,310 * Yo, I want to step to ya, stork, but I don't know how * 332 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:20,747 * Your style's mad intimidating, makes me go wild * 333 00:11:20,847 --> 00:11:22,615 -* Get you open like those webbed toes * 334 00:11:22,716 --> 00:11:24,217 * You know I spread those * 335 00:11:24,317 --> 00:11:26,820 * Scrawny bird legs past the head when I bed those * 336 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,489 * Stanky seed stork steady salty in your seed sack * 337 00:11:29,589 --> 00:11:32,692 * How about this barnacle, bird? You know I need that * 338 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:34,928 -* Your feathers shiny, nasty plumage * 339 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:38,231 * Let me probe your inner sanctum, I love you doin' * 340 00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:53,046 -How was it? -Serious. 341 00:11:53,146 --> 00:11:56,950 It's like "Inside the Actors Studio". 342 00:11:57,050 --> 00:12:01,688 But, you know, posi vibes. Everyone, take care. 343 00:12:01,788 --> 00:12:03,423 -Alright, guys, welcome back. 344 00:12:03,523 --> 00:12:04,791 This is still "Hart to Heart", 345 00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:06,159 and we're still talking to Andy Samberg. 346 00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:08,962 I want to go now and fast forward, you know? 347 00:12:09,062 --> 00:12:13,299 The awards have presented themselves, Fallon is there. 348 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,101 As a host, 349 00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:17,037 the host takes a relationship with the writers room 350 00:12:17,137 --> 00:12:19,506 at some point, because the host is going over bits. 351 00:12:19,606 --> 00:12:21,041 The host is going over monologues. 352 00:12:21,141 --> 00:12:22,676 -Yes. 353 00:12:22,776 --> 00:12:24,077 -When do you feel like that relationship 354 00:12:24,177 --> 00:12:25,745 kind of started to present itself? 355 00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:27,480 -With Jimmy? -Yeah. 356 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:30,917 -Well, they did -- 357 00:12:31,017 --> 00:12:34,421 The year he hosted, we wrote two of the three, 358 00:12:34,521 --> 00:12:35,955 like, pre-taped pieces. 359 00:12:36,056 --> 00:12:39,926 You know, I think you have done it now, too, 360 00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:41,327 and I did it eventually, which was the greatest, 361 00:12:41,428 --> 00:12:43,430 where you put yourself in clips from the movies 362 00:12:43,530 --> 00:12:44,531 that came out that year. 363 00:12:44,631 --> 00:12:46,466 It's like the Billy Crystal. 364 00:12:46,566 --> 00:12:51,137 -And just to say, just to highlight, we're talking about, 365 00:12:51,237 --> 00:12:54,507 like, MTV Movie Awards, which was the biggest -- 366 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:57,777 -It was a smash at that time. -Like, it was the biggest -- 367 00:12:57,877 --> 00:12:59,479 When the offer came, 368 00:12:59,579 --> 00:13:02,882 I thought that this was -- I was the "Oh, my God. 369 00:13:02,982 --> 00:13:08,188 Like, I've made it." It's a real staple or stamp. 370 00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:09,456 -Yes. 371 00:13:09,556 --> 00:13:11,257 And also, at that time, 372 00:13:11,358 --> 00:13:13,226 it was before it switched to being in, like, a massive arena. 373 00:13:13,326 --> 00:13:14,861 -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 374 00:13:14,961 --> 00:13:17,063 -So, it's now more become like the VMAs, 375 00:13:17,163 --> 00:13:18,865 where it's just kind of like a crazy raucous party. 376 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:21,034 -It's a huge production. 377 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,436 -But before that, it was a good room for comedy. 378 00:13:23,536 --> 00:13:26,006 Like, Stiller did that pre-tape where he was, 379 00:13:26,106 --> 00:13:28,641 like, Tom Cruise's stunt double on "Mission: Impossible". 380 00:13:28,742 --> 00:13:30,543 And people still remember that 381 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:33,446 as, like, a great comedy piece that aired on that show. 382 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:37,317 -How can I describe it? I think it is or it was... 383 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:38,885 -Yeah. 384 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:42,422 -It was one of the best award shows 385 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:47,027 because it centered itself around the concept of sketch 386 00:13:47,127 --> 00:13:55,035 and, like, satire, like, that the audience wanted to see. 387 00:13:55,135 --> 00:13:57,837 The audience came into that award show, like, 388 00:13:57,937 --> 00:14:01,041 looking forward to seeing what comedian, 389 00:14:01,141 --> 00:14:04,244 what comedians, what comedic actors, 390 00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:07,981 like, what personalities were going to involve themselves in, 391 00:14:08,081 --> 00:14:10,984 you know, making fun of 392 00:14:11,084 --> 00:14:12,585 the business, and it was accepted. 393 00:14:12,686 --> 00:14:13,953 -It was. 394 00:14:14,054 --> 00:14:15,355 It was more about the comedy 395 00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:16,823 and the entertainment factor than the award. 396 00:14:16,923 --> 00:14:19,392 -Absolutely. Absolutely. -Yes. 397 00:14:19,492 --> 00:14:22,896 And so it was a very coveted job in comedy, I think. 398 00:14:22,996 --> 00:14:24,898 And then we got two of those pieces written. 399 00:14:24,998 --> 00:14:26,766 We did a "Batman" one and a "Star Wars" one, 400 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:28,268 and they both got picked by Jimmy. 401 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:29,402 -Wow. 402 00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:30,737 -And so they did, like, these animatics, 403 00:14:30,837 --> 00:14:32,672 which is, you know, 404 00:14:32,772 --> 00:14:34,274 they do storyboards and they cut it together to show him like, 405 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:36,242 "This is basically what it'll be." 406 00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:37,777 And then he goes, "Okay, let's shoot it," 407 00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:39,646 or "Let's change these things." 408 00:14:39,746 --> 00:14:42,482 And I did the temp voice for him. 409 00:14:42,582 --> 00:14:44,351 -Okay. An impression? 410 00:14:44,451 --> 00:14:46,186 -But I didn't realize I even had it. 411 00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:47,587 They were just like, "Andy, can you do it?" 412 00:14:47,687 --> 00:14:49,255 And I was like, "Oh, sure." 413 00:14:49,356 --> 00:14:50,790 And I was like, "Hey, I'm in 'Star Wars'," you know? 414 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:53,526 And so they showed it to him. 415 00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:55,695 He was like, "Hey, who's that guy doing my voice?" 416 00:14:55,795 --> 00:14:57,464 You know what I mean? 417 00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:58,932 And they're like, "Oh, this is this kid, Andy. 418 00:14:59,032 --> 00:15:00,667 He's one of the new writers." 419 00:15:00,767 --> 00:15:01,835 He was like, "Buddy, that's so funny. He sounds just like me." 420 00:15:01,935 --> 00:15:04,070 He was so fucking nice. 421 00:15:04,170 --> 00:15:06,039 And I was like, "Oh, my God, this is, like, 422 00:15:06,139 --> 00:15:07,374 your dream reaction." 423 00:15:07,474 --> 00:15:09,275 I mean, we watched "SNL" every week. 424 00:15:09,376 --> 00:15:10,443 We were like, "We know who the fuck Jimmy Fallon is." 425 00:15:10,543 --> 00:15:12,479 -Yeah. 426 00:15:12,579 --> 00:15:13,713 -And so, from that point on, he was like, "This is so great. 427 00:15:13,813 --> 00:15:15,115 This is so funny. 428 00:15:15,215 --> 00:15:17,350 Maybe more jokes here, more jokes here," 429 00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:20,286 and we were like, "On it," and we just started grinding on it. 430 00:15:20,387 --> 00:15:23,923 And then we shot with him and a bunch of the "SNL" people, 431 00:15:24,024 --> 00:15:25,525 and we shot really late into the night, 432 00:15:25,625 --> 00:15:27,594 which we didn't realize was basically, like, auditioning 433 00:15:27,694 --> 00:15:28,661 for how "SNL" works. 434 00:15:28,762 --> 00:15:29,863 -Yeah. Yeah. 435 00:15:29,963 --> 00:15:31,297 -And we were there 'til, like, 436 00:15:31,398 --> 00:15:32,532 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning just pitching joke 437 00:15:32,632 --> 00:15:33,833 after joke after joke. 438 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:35,201 And he later -- years later told us, 439 00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:36,536 like, "I remember that night being like, 440 00:15:36,636 --> 00:15:38,204 'These guys want it.'" 441 00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:41,341 And us being like, "Is it an option to not do that?" 442 00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:43,009 -Wow. 443 00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:44,110 -Like, do people check out and go like, 444 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:45,445 "Anyways, I'm going to leave." 445 00:15:45,545 --> 00:15:47,414 Like, I'm not going to try and get in good 446 00:15:47,514 --> 00:15:50,950 with everyone that I want to work with and, like, work hard. 447 00:15:51,051 --> 00:15:53,153 So, we had a great time, 448 00:15:53,253 --> 00:15:58,024 and I had just done, like a little tiny Comedy Central, 449 00:15:58,124 --> 00:15:59,926 had this show called "Premium Blend". 450 00:16:00,026 --> 00:16:01,561 And I had been on that. -Yeah. 451 00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:03,563 -So they were like, "Oh, Andy does stand up," 452 00:16:03,663 --> 00:16:05,665 and they could look at that and go, like, "There he is." 453 00:16:05,765 --> 00:16:08,902 And then we had had our pilot and we put it online 454 00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,437 and you could watch some of that. 455 00:16:10,537 --> 00:16:11,938 They're like, "Oh, these guys write sketches." 456 00:16:12,038 --> 00:16:12,972 -You had a bunch of receipts. 457 00:16:13,073 --> 00:16:15,075 -Exactly, exactly. 458 00:16:15,175 --> 00:16:19,212 And I think we were all kind of, like -- I mean, 459 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:20,814 we were just gassed that they chose our pieces. 460 00:16:20,914 --> 00:16:22,382 -Okay. -That's the other thing. 461 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:24,417 Like, after we got on "SNL", people would be like, 462 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:26,319 "Could you believe it blew up the way it did?" or whatever, 463 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:29,356 and we were like, "We just were so grateful it aired." 464 00:16:29,456 --> 00:16:32,258 Like, when you first get there, you can't believe you're there. 465 00:16:32,359 --> 00:16:35,829 So like, when people first get on "SNL" and just kill it, 466 00:16:35,929 --> 00:16:37,464 I'm always like, "God damn." 467 00:16:37,564 --> 00:16:39,199 -Yeah. 468 00:16:39,299 --> 00:16:40,166 -Because for most people, you get there and you're like, 469 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:42,502 "I can't believe I'm here." 470 00:16:42,602 --> 00:16:43,670 You know, it's like when, like, a rookie quarterback goes in, 471 00:16:43,770 --> 00:16:44,904 you know what I mean? 472 00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:46,339 Like, "This is the NFL!" 473 00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:48,174 -You also get thrown into the process. 474 00:16:48,274 --> 00:16:51,978 You know, I had Rock on here, 475 00:16:52,078 --> 00:16:55,115 and we talked about "SNL". 476 00:16:55,215 --> 00:16:57,250 We just talked about, like, the process. 477 00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:59,252 We talked about the commitment. 478 00:16:59,352 --> 00:17:02,756 And what happens is you get thrown in that, 479 00:17:02,856 --> 00:17:05,225 and that blender is real. 480 00:17:05,325 --> 00:17:08,728 And if you're not ready, you will get eaten up... 481 00:17:08,828 --> 00:17:10,497 -Yes. -...by the blender. 482 00:17:10,597 --> 00:17:14,467 -Also, it's -- I mean, we know now from a million examples, 483 00:17:14,567 --> 00:17:17,671 some of the funniest people in all of comedy history 484 00:17:17,771 --> 00:17:21,207 didn't quite translate on "SNL" specifically. 485 00:17:21,307 --> 00:17:23,076 And you're like -- So, even going in, you're like, 486 00:17:23,176 --> 00:17:25,045 "I think we're funny, 487 00:17:25,145 --> 00:17:26,046 but it doesn't mean it's going to work." 488 00:17:26,146 --> 00:17:27,547 -Yeah. -You know? 489 00:17:27,647 --> 00:17:29,182 And, frankly, I don't know how it would have gone 490 00:17:29,282 --> 00:17:31,751 if we hadn't started doing the songs. 491 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:33,420 But because we did the songs, 492 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,389 and it just worked out that it clicked with the moment 493 00:17:36,489 --> 00:17:38,191 where it was like, "There's this thing called YouTube." 494 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:39,759 You know what I mean? 495 00:17:39,859 --> 00:17:41,461 So all of a sudden, it was like, 496 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:43,063 "'The New York Times' just wrote this article about YouTube, 497 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:43,997 and it's your face with Chris Parnell." 498 00:17:44,097 --> 00:17:45,999 -Yeah. 499 00:17:46,099 --> 00:17:47,500 -And then all of a sudden, everyone's like, 500 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:48,835 "I guess, these guys are this cool new thing." 501 00:17:48,935 --> 00:17:50,570 And we're like, 502 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:52,439 "I kind of feel like we're not that different 503 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:53,840 from everyone else, but we're just having great timing." 504 00:17:53,940 --> 00:17:55,075 -Alright, wait, don't go. 505 00:17:55,175 --> 00:17:56,076 Don't go into it yet. 506 00:17:56,176 --> 00:17:58,244 We're talking "SNL", 507 00:17:58,345 --> 00:17:59,746 and all of the bells and whistles attached to it. 508 00:17:59,846 --> 00:18:01,414 Guys, stick around, 509 00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,149 'cause we got more Andy Samberg and great "SNL" stories 510 00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:04,651 when we come back with "Hart to Heart". 511 00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:10,056 ** 512 00:18:10,156 --> 00:18:11,925 -Alright, you two gonna... 513 00:18:12,025 --> 00:18:14,127 Good. Perfect. 514 00:18:14,227 --> 00:18:16,996 Good. Big smiles. Nice. Perfect. 515 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:19,466 Good. I love it. Done. 516 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:35,148 -This is the main bumper in between shows. 517 00:18:35,248 --> 00:18:39,819 Yes. Yes. And it's all worth it. 518 00:18:39,919 --> 00:18:43,289 [ Both laugh ] 519 00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:45,592 -Welcome back to "Hart to Heart". 520 00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:48,328 I'm sitting with Andy Samberg and the conversation is amazing. 521 00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:49,796 We're talking everything comedy, 522 00:18:49,896 --> 00:18:50,864 so I can't slow you down. 523 00:18:50,964 --> 00:18:52,465 Let's get back to the "SNL". 524 00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:54,100 I think you look at "SNL" in classes. 525 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,036 -Yeah. -Right? 526 00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:58,304 So, it's like, within the classes, 527 00:18:58,405 --> 00:19:00,340 I look at it in two ways, right? 528 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,876 You know, I look at it as life in "SNL" 529 00:19:02,976 --> 00:19:04,577 and then life after SNL. 530 00:19:04,678 --> 00:19:07,947 Because life in "SNL" with exposure is great. 531 00:19:08,048 --> 00:19:09,949 -Mm-hmm. 532 00:19:10,050 --> 00:19:13,953 -Like, if you are constantly hitting the base hit on "SNL", 533 00:19:14,054 --> 00:19:17,357 the way that I now know that that machine is from, you know, 534 00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:19,526 being a part of the pitches with the writers. 535 00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:21,961 After the pitches with the writers, pitches with Lorne. 536 00:19:22,062 --> 00:19:23,763 After the pitches with Lorne, what's getting picked, 537 00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:25,465 what's not, what gets tossed to the side? 538 00:19:25,565 --> 00:19:27,100 You got to come back every week. 539 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,668 If you are in the mix 540 00:19:28,768 --> 00:19:31,237 and you're gaining popularity in that machine... 541 00:19:31,338 --> 00:19:33,740 -Mm-hmm. -...that's not to be overlooked. 542 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,643 Like, there's a lot of work that goes into that. 543 00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:39,679 -And there's so much exposure. -Yes. 544 00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:43,149 Like, if you have a pretty good sketch on a week 545 00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:44,584 where the show's not good, 546 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:46,820 that sketch will be fucking everywhere. 547 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,855 You know what I mean? For better or for worse. 548 00:19:48,955 --> 00:19:50,857 -Yeah. 549 00:19:50,957 --> 00:19:52,525 -But, like, that's why you see so many people coming out of 550 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:53,727 "SNL" working because everyone knows them. 551 00:19:53,827 --> 00:19:54,594 -Yeah. 552 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:56,396 -Like, the media machine loves "SNL". 553 00:19:56,496 --> 00:19:57,964 It's constantly helping to promote it, 554 00:19:58,064 --> 00:20:02,068 and the show is feeding that machine at the same time. 555 00:20:02,168 --> 00:20:03,570 Like, it's an institution. 556 00:20:03,670 --> 00:20:05,305 So all the groundwork has already been laid. 557 00:20:05,405 --> 00:20:07,273 -Did you ever get to a point 558 00:20:07,374 --> 00:20:11,444 where you felt like "SNL" was breaking you? 559 00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:14,914 Where you felt like, "Okay, this is too much"? 560 00:20:15,015 --> 00:20:17,117 Because the schedule -- I just want to make this very clear. 561 00:20:17,217 --> 00:20:18,651 -Yeah. 562 00:20:18,752 --> 00:20:20,587 -It is necessary to a certain degree 563 00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:23,857 because the system -- it's proven to work. 564 00:20:23,957 --> 00:20:25,725 -Yes. 565 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:30,430 -It is an incubator for the stars of today and tomorrow, 566 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:33,400 and those stars are behind the camera. 567 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,468 Those stars have a pin to the pad. 568 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:37,237 And some of those stars are in front of the camera. 569 00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:39,506 So whatever this thing is, it works. 570 00:20:39,606 --> 00:20:41,574 It shows that. -Yes. 571 00:20:41,675 --> 00:20:45,311 -But not a lot of people can get through that. 572 00:20:45,412 --> 00:20:47,213 So, what were some of your breaking points? 573 00:20:47,313 --> 00:20:50,316 -I mean, 574 00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:52,786 before we sort of started getting going on 575 00:20:52,886 --> 00:20:56,656 making the digital shorts, there weren't as many pre-tape pieces. 576 00:20:56,756 --> 00:20:58,491 -Okay. 577 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,593 -And part of that was because they used to shoot film. 578 00:21:00,694 --> 00:21:02,162 And part of it was just, they were like, 579 00:21:02,262 --> 00:21:03,596 "It's 'Saturday Night Live'. 580 00:21:03,697 --> 00:21:05,031 It's live. It's like, that's the show." 581 00:21:05,131 --> 00:21:09,536 And then, they started asking us to do ours every week, 582 00:21:09,636 --> 00:21:11,705 whether we had an idea we liked or not, 583 00:21:11,805 --> 00:21:15,475 and which we were grateful for most weeks. 584 00:21:15,575 --> 00:21:19,746 But then after, like, five years of that, 585 00:21:19,846 --> 00:21:22,182 Kiv and Jorm both started being like -- 586 00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:23,683 their contract as writers were up, 587 00:21:23,783 --> 00:21:26,619 and they started sort of -- they both sort of left, 588 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,455 but would come back to help me out. 589 00:21:28,555 --> 00:21:30,023 -Okay. -But once they left -- 590 00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:30,990 -Was that a discussion? 591 00:21:31,091 --> 00:21:32,425 -Oh, yeah. Yes. 592 00:21:32,525 --> 00:21:34,627 I mean, Akiva left to do a movie. 593 00:21:34,728 --> 00:21:36,596 You know, he did that movie "The Watch". 594 00:21:36,696 --> 00:21:39,065 And Jorm is doing other stuff, too. 595 00:21:39,165 --> 00:21:40,633 He did the "MacGruber" movie, 596 00:21:40,734 --> 00:21:42,369 which, you know, is one of the funniest -- 597 00:21:42,469 --> 00:21:44,137 -One of the funniest fucking movies. 598 00:21:44,237 --> 00:21:45,638 One of the funniest movies. 599 00:21:45,739 --> 00:21:47,507 And people who have not seen that movie, 600 00:21:47,607 --> 00:21:51,311 do yourself a favor. Do yourself a favor. 601 00:21:51,411 --> 00:21:53,079 Like, one of the funniest movies. 602 00:21:53,179 --> 00:21:54,647 -Yes. 603 00:21:54,748 --> 00:21:56,816 The first time I watched it, 604 00:21:56,916 --> 00:21:59,319 I was, like, actually, like, took a knee laughing. 605 00:21:59,419 --> 00:22:04,024 No, it's -- Like, "MacGruber" -- 606 00:22:04,124 --> 00:22:05,458 So "Die Hart" 607 00:22:05,558 --> 00:22:08,194 stems from the word "MacGruber", 608 00:22:08,294 --> 00:22:09,662 like me trying to do, 609 00:22:09,763 --> 00:22:11,364 like, the action and the crazy thing 610 00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:12,665 and having the fun with it. 611 00:22:12,766 --> 00:22:14,868 -It stems from that. -Yeah. 612 00:22:14,968 --> 00:22:16,403 -When I say "MacGruber's", pound for pound, 613 00:22:16,503 --> 00:22:17,904 one of the funniest -- 614 00:22:18,004 --> 00:22:19,339 -I'm with you. 615 00:22:19,439 --> 00:22:20,240 -...one of the funniest fucking movies... 616 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,775 -Yes. 617 00:22:21,875 --> 00:22:23,043 And it looks good and they shot it for cheap, too. 618 00:22:23,143 --> 00:22:24,711 -Yes. Yes. 619 00:22:24,811 --> 00:22:26,613 I got to get back to the moment of, like, break, though. 620 00:22:26,713 --> 00:22:29,783 So, you know, your team, your partners, 621 00:22:29,883 --> 00:22:31,785 they're making decisions to do other things. 622 00:22:31,885 --> 00:22:33,920 Like you said, they're coming back, 623 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:37,290 but it's not just all "SNL" all the time for all. 624 00:22:37,390 --> 00:22:39,259 -No, no. 625 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,594 And I was basically left, like in charge of making the shorts, 626 00:22:41,695 --> 00:22:45,732 which I never pretended, like, I could do without them. 627 00:22:45,832 --> 00:22:48,368 So, when they left, I was like, "Okay." 628 00:22:48,468 --> 00:22:50,437 And, by the way, incredible people came in, 629 00:22:50,537 --> 00:22:53,106 you know, Jonathan Crysal, Jake Szymanski, 630 00:22:53,206 --> 00:22:54,574 my friend John Solomon. 631 00:22:54,674 --> 00:22:56,176 All three of those guys would help me, 632 00:22:56,276 --> 00:22:59,579 and they would direct, and they're all insanely talented. 633 00:22:59,679 --> 00:23:01,548 And we made stuff I'm really proud of 634 00:23:01,648 --> 00:23:04,584 in those -- my last two years. 635 00:23:04,684 --> 00:23:06,720 But there's something about the songs 636 00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:09,055 that I can only do with Akiva and Jorma. 637 00:23:09,155 --> 00:23:10,457 -Mm. Mm. 638 00:23:10,557 --> 00:23:12,659 -It's just like -- It's just how it is. 639 00:23:12,759 --> 00:23:14,060 We're just a band in that way, right? 640 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,995 -Yeah. 641 00:23:16,096 --> 00:23:18,465 -Physically, it was taking, like, a heavy toll on me, 642 00:23:18,565 --> 00:23:20,867 and I got to a place where I was like -- 643 00:23:20,967 --> 00:23:23,069 I hadn't slept in seven years, basically. 644 00:23:23,169 --> 00:23:24,904 -Okay. 645 00:23:25,005 --> 00:23:27,340 -Because we were writing stuff for the live show 646 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:28,641 Tuesday night all night, 647 00:23:28,742 --> 00:23:30,777 then table read Wednesday, 648 00:23:30,877 --> 00:23:32,946 then being told, "Now come up with a digital short." 649 00:23:33,046 --> 00:23:36,282 So write all Thursday, all Thursday night, don't sleep. 650 00:23:36,383 --> 00:23:38,518 Get up, shoot Friday, 651 00:23:38,618 --> 00:23:41,955 edit all night, Friday night, and into Saturday. 652 00:23:42,055 --> 00:23:44,324 So it's basically like, you know, four days a week, 653 00:23:44,424 --> 00:23:45,692 you're not sleeping for seven years. 654 00:23:45,792 --> 00:23:47,861 -You're grounded. -Yeah. 655 00:23:47,961 --> 00:23:49,896 So I just kind of, like, fell apart physically. 656 00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:53,500 -Talk to me about your confidence in the thing 657 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,236 that you wanted to develop outside of "SNL" 658 00:23:56,336 --> 00:23:59,806 and the decision to walk away from "SNL" to pursue that. 659 00:23:59,906 --> 00:24:01,841 Like, what made you feel comfortable with it 660 00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:03,309 and why did you feel like it was time? 661 00:24:03,410 --> 00:24:04,444 -It was a big choice. 662 00:24:04,544 --> 00:24:06,379 For me, it was like, 663 00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:09,949 "I can't actually endure it anymore." 664 00:24:10,050 --> 00:24:11,518 -Okay. 665 00:24:11,618 --> 00:24:13,086 When you say "endure", 666 00:24:13,186 --> 00:24:15,121 you're talking about... -Physically and emotionally. 667 00:24:15,221 --> 00:24:16,823 -Okay. 668 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:18,124 -Like, I was falling apart in my life. 669 00:24:18,224 --> 00:24:19,959 -Okay. 670 00:24:20,060 --> 00:24:24,831 -And, you know, the idea of, like -- I was like, 671 00:24:24,931 --> 00:24:26,700 I knew 'cause I had talked to Poehler and other people 672 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,537 that had already gone. I was like, "Once I go, 673 00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:33,840 when I have an idea, I can't just do it." 674 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:36,242 You know, the craziest thing about working there is 675 00:24:36,343 --> 00:24:38,745 once you get going, if you're just in the shower 676 00:24:38,845 --> 00:24:40,814 and you have an idea, 677 00:24:40,914 --> 00:24:43,016 that shit can be on television in three days. 678 00:24:43,116 --> 00:24:44,250 -Mm-hmm. 679 00:24:44,351 --> 00:24:46,119 -Which is the most, like, intoxicating feeling. 680 00:24:46,219 --> 00:24:47,721 I can't even tell you. 681 00:24:47,821 --> 00:24:49,322 And I got really addicted to that. 682 00:24:49,422 --> 00:24:50,890 I loved it. 683 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:52,659 It was so just crackly and exciting. 684 00:24:52,759 --> 00:24:54,828 So, I knew what I was giving up. 685 00:24:54,928 --> 00:24:56,830 And, you know, they told me straight up, 686 00:24:56,930 --> 00:24:59,566 like, "We'd prefer you would stay," you know? 687 00:24:59,666 --> 00:25:02,435 And I was like, "Oh, that makes it harder." 688 00:25:02,535 --> 00:25:09,676 But I was like, "I think, to get back to a feeling of, like, 689 00:25:09,776 --> 00:25:11,077 mental and physical health, 690 00:25:11,177 --> 00:25:13,046 I have to do it." 691 00:25:13,146 --> 00:25:15,782 So I did it, and, you know, it was a very difficult choice. 692 00:25:15,882 --> 00:25:17,584 I did have things lined up, 693 00:25:17,684 --> 00:25:19,419 you know? I knew that me and Kiv and Jorm 694 00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:20,920 were going to make another album, 695 00:25:21,021 --> 00:25:23,123 you know, like, right after I left. 696 00:25:23,223 --> 00:25:26,960 I had shot a movie with Sandler, which hadn't come out yet. 697 00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:32,132 And I was just kind of like, "Even if it doesn't go as well, 698 00:25:32,232 --> 00:25:34,801 like, I got to do the thing I wanted to do." 699 00:25:34,901 --> 00:25:37,003 So everything past this point is icing. 700 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:38,872 -Okay. 701 00:25:38,972 --> 00:25:41,174 -But, yeah, it was hard. I didn't like leaving. 702 00:25:41,274 --> 00:25:47,013 -Did you outsource anyone just for the advice? 703 00:25:47,113 --> 00:25:49,849 Like, you know, "Is this too early? 704 00:25:49,949 --> 00:25:51,685 Is this the right time?" -Yeah. 705 00:25:51,785 --> 00:25:53,319 -And, you know, doing that, confide? 706 00:25:53,420 --> 00:25:54,688 Like, "Yo, 707 00:25:54,788 --> 00:25:55,922 I'm only thinking about this 708 00:25:56,022 --> 00:25:57,624 because I'm being honest with you. 709 00:25:57,724 --> 00:25:59,526 I'm really losing myself in this shit." 710 00:25:59,626 --> 00:26:01,828 -Yes. Yes. 711 00:26:01,928 --> 00:26:04,564 -"And I don't know what the worst side of that can be." 712 00:26:04,664 --> 00:26:07,901 -The craziest thing about that was 713 00:26:08,001 --> 00:26:09,736 when I would talk to people about it, 714 00:26:09,836 --> 00:26:12,205 how everyone was like, "Oh, same." 715 00:26:12,305 --> 00:26:13,039 -Wow. 716 00:26:13,139 --> 00:26:14,240 -Like, no one was like, "What?" 717 00:26:14,341 --> 00:26:15,608 -Yeah. 718 00:26:15,709 --> 00:26:16,710 -Everyone was like, "Oh, yes, yes. 719 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:18,311 This is just what happens. 720 00:26:18,411 --> 00:26:19,679 Like, you hit a wall. 721 00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:22,182 We're not built to operate that way." 722 00:26:22,282 --> 00:26:24,484 I've always sort of likened in being on "SNL" 723 00:26:24,584 --> 00:26:26,052 to being a professional athlete 724 00:26:26,152 --> 00:26:27,854 because it's this high pressure thing. 725 00:26:27,954 --> 00:26:30,423 You adrenaline goes through the roof. 726 00:26:30,523 --> 00:26:34,160 You know, there's parallels. 727 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:36,162 You have to perform under pressure in front of people, 728 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:38,798 blah, blah, blah. 729 00:26:38,898 --> 00:26:40,667 But, you know, I did talk to people. 730 00:26:40,767 --> 00:26:42,202 I mean, Amy really was helpful to me. 731 00:26:42,302 --> 00:26:44,637 I had done a guest spot on "Parks and Rec", 732 00:26:44,738 --> 00:26:47,941 and I had seen that life. 733 00:26:48,041 --> 00:26:49,743 And she was like, "It's pretty comfortable, Samberg. 734 00:26:49,843 --> 00:26:52,212 Like, I love everyone I work with. 735 00:26:52,312 --> 00:26:55,982 The hours are pretty chill. It's funny. 736 00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:58,685 Everyone's nice, you know?" 737 00:26:58,785 --> 00:27:00,520 I was like, "Yeah, I could see it." 738 00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:02,088 And then that was a huge deal 739 00:27:02,188 --> 00:27:03,990 that I did that guest spot on the show 740 00:27:04,090 --> 00:27:06,126 because when Mike Schur and Dan Goor came to me 741 00:27:06,226 --> 00:27:07,994 with "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," I was like, 742 00:27:08,094 --> 00:27:10,030 "Yeah, that sounds good. That sounds good." 743 00:27:10,130 --> 00:27:12,832 -And you got a taste of it? -Yes. 744 00:27:12,932 --> 00:27:16,102 -But do you think that you get the success 745 00:27:16,202 --> 00:27:18,138 that you got off of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 746 00:27:18,238 --> 00:27:21,641 without going through the hardship and wear and tear? 747 00:27:21,741 --> 00:27:23,576 Exactly. -Yes. 748 00:27:23,677 --> 00:27:25,378 -So it's a weird thing of, like, 749 00:27:25,478 --> 00:27:27,213 balance and gift and curse. 750 00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:28,548 -Absolutely. 751 00:27:28,648 --> 00:27:29,449 I mean, you have to earn it, right? 752 00:27:29,549 --> 00:27:31,251 -Yeah. 753 00:27:31,351 --> 00:27:35,188 -There's so many examples, both for myself 754 00:27:35,288 --> 00:27:37,590 and other people I know, where when it happens too soon 755 00:27:37,691 --> 00:27:39,192 and you're not ready, it doesn't work. 756 00:27:39,292 --> 00:27:42,062 Like, you have to have the 10,000 hours or whatever 757 00:27:42,162 --> 00:27:44,130 to be like, "Okay, I know who I am, 758 00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:45,699 and I know this is how I need to play this 759 00:27:45,799 --> 00:27:46,933 or else it's going to be wrong, 760 00:27:47,033 --> 00:27:48,735 and it's going to put people off." 761 00:27:48,835 --> 00:27:50,804 -Now, we're in the success of the pilot, 762 00:27:50,904 --> 00:27:52,572 and you shoot the pilot. 763 00:27:52,672 --> 00:27:54,007 So now you've got another problem. 764 00:27:54,107 --> 00:27:56,776 Now the next problem is, "I shot this thing. 765 00:27:56,876 --> 00:27:58,611 I walked away from this thing. 766 00:27:58,712 --> 00:28:01,114 I hope that this thing goes." 767 00:28:01,214 --> 00:28:02,282 -Right. 768 00:28:02,382 --> 00:28:04,918 -"I hope that this gives me the opportunity to do." 769 00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:06,252 You're not doing stand up anymore at the time, right? 770 00:28:06,353 --> 00:28:07,821 -Nope. 771 00:28:07,921 --> 00:28:09,122 -You stopped doing stand up 772 00:28:09,222 --> 00:28:10,457 because you couldn't do stand up. 773 00:28:10,557 --> 00:28:11,891 -'Cause I was on "SNL". 774 00:28:11,991 --> 00:28:13,093 -So "SNL" took the stand up schedule way? 775 00:28:13,193 --> 00:28:14,094 -Yep. 776 00:28:14,194 --> 00:28:15,962 -Because so many years passed by, 777 00:28:16,062 --> 00:28:17,630 you said, "Fuck that. I'm not going back to that." 778 00:28:17,731 --> 00:28:19,432 -Well, also, we had a record deal, which I was like, "Fuck, 779 00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:21,634 we get to make albums," which to me, was just more dope. 780 00:28:21,735 --> 00:28:23,036 -Insane. 781 00:28:23,136 --> 00:28:24,471 -I just liked it more than stand up. 782 00:28:24,571 --> 00:28:28,441 -Insane. Alright, Andy, got to put a pin in it. 783 00:28:28,541 --> 00:28:29,642 Got to put a pin in it. 784 00:28:29,743 --> 00:28:31,378 I got to pay bills. 785 00:28:31,478 --> 00:28:32,746 Guys we'll be right back with more "Hart to Heart" after this. 786 00:28:32,846 --> 00:28:34,447 Andy Samberg. Stick around. 787 00:28:37,217 --> 00:28:40,387 -Here we go. Here we go. Thank you, sir. 788 00:28:40,487 --> 00:28:42,288 Good. 789 00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:43,656 -Wink again. 790 00:28:43,757 --> 00:28:45,125 Good. 791 00:28:49,362 --> 00:28:50,363 -Nice. 792 00:29:02,876 --> 00:29:04,544 -Welcome back to "Hart to Heart" . 793 00:29:04,644 --> 00:29:06,946 We're still talking to Andy Samberg. 794 00:29:07,047 --> 00:29:08,782 You're supposed to record an album. 795 00:29:08,882 --> 00:29:11,284 You do the pilot, you're waiting. 796 00:29:11,384 --> 00:29:13,053 Does the stress present itself again 797 00:29:13,153 --> 00:29:15,121 all over again at that point? 798 00:29:15,221 --> 00:29:17,824 Or are you comfortable with, "Whether it goes or not, 799 00:29:17,924 --> 00:29:19,626 I'm going to be okay"? 800 00:29:19,726 --> 00:29:23,296 -I truly mean this. 801 00:29:23,396 --> 00:29:28,535 After I left "SNL", and to this day, like -- I get stressed out. 802 00:29:28,635 --> 00:29:30,403 I'll be over scheduled 803 00:29:30,503 --> 00:29:32,806 or I'll think something's going to happen, and it doesn't, 804 00:29:32,906 --> 00:29:37,010 or, you know, strikes occur. -Mm-hmm. 805 00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:40,847 -But in terms of, like, my creative fulfillment, 806 00:29:40,947 --> 00:29:41,948 I'm not really worried about it now. 807 00:29:42,048 --> 00:29:43,049 -Wow. -'Cause I did "SNL". 808 00:29:43,149 --> 00:29:44,351 -Yeah. 809 00:29:44,451 --> 00:29:46,252 -I didn't I didn't say at eight years old, 810 00:29:46,353 --> 00:29:48,188 like, "I want to be the biggest movie star on Earth." 811 00:29:48,288 --> 00:29:51,391 I was like, "Man, movies, that'd be cool." 812 00:29:51,491 --> 00:29:54,728 But I was like, "Movies like 'Wet Hot American Summer' 813 00:29:54,828 --> 00:29:56,396 and 'Billy Madison'." You know what I mean? 814 00:29:56,496 --> 00:29:59,432 -"I want to do that thing." -Yeah, exactly. 815 00:29:59,532 --> 00:30:03,570 And so, anytime something goes great, I'm like, "Whoo!" 816 00:30:03,670 --> 00:30:05,939 And every time something goes bad, I'm like, "Okay." 817 00:30:06,039 --> 00:30:08,108 -Yeah. -You know? 818 00:30:08,208 --> 00:30:11,911 And it sounds very corny and, like, rehearsed, 819 00:30:12,012 --> 00:30:13,580 but I'm just always just like, 820 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,281 "I still can't believe I get to do comedy for a living." 821 00:30:15,382 --> 00:30:17,851 It's all I wanted to do. I got to be on "SNL". 822 00:30:17,951 --> 00:30:19,753 It went way better than expected. 823 00:30:19,853 --> 00:30:24,891 And, like, I go out and, like, teenagers that were like me 824 00:30:24,991 --> 00:30:26,960 who like comedy say what's up to me. 825 00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:28,128 And they go, like, "We quote your shit." 826 00:30:28,228 --> 00:30:29,963 And I go, "That's all I wanted." 827 00:30:30,063 --> 00:30:31,865 -Yeah. -We did it. 828 00:30:31,965 --> 00:30:32,799 -But that doesn't sound corny. 829 00:30:32,899 --> 00:30:34,134 -Well, good. 830 00:30:34,234 --> 00:30:36,202 -That doesn't sound corny at all, 831 00:30:36,302 --> 00:30:42,776 because you're comfort with knowing that 832 00:30:42,876 --> 00:30:44,778 "I achieved my goal, 833 00:30:44,878 --> 00:30:46,780 but the ultimate goal is happiness 834 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,648 and a choice of what I said I want to do." 835 00:30:48,748 --> 00:30:50,483 -Yeah. 836 00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:53,753 -"And, like, in doing that, I still love that. 837 00:30:53,853 --> 00:30:55,889 Even through my darkest times 838 00:30:55,989 --> 00:30:57,724 where I was supposed to check out, 839 00:30:57,824 --> 00:30:59,259 I didn't, I stayed with it. 840 00:30:59,359 --> 00:31:01,995 And shit got funny again." -Yes. 841 00:31:02,095 --> 00:31:04,130 -"It got better again." 842 00:31:04,230 --> 00:31:06,066 -Dude, by the way, I was just talking to a friend about this. 843 00:31:06,166 --> 00:31:08,234 The craziest moment when you're a comedian, 844 00:31:08,335 --> 00:31:11,371 and it happens to every comedian who has a career, is 845 00:31:11,471 --> 00:31:14,140 when something horrible happens in your personal life 846 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,043 and they're like, "Action." [ Laughs ] 847 00:31:17,143 --> 00:31:18,712 And you're like, "Oh, right. 848 00:31:18,812 --> 00:31:20,046 This is a job." 849 00:31:20,146 --> 00:31:21,748 -"Oh, shit." -Yes. 850 00:31:21,848 --> 00:31:23,049 And, like, people are like, "And the thing we love about you 851 00:31:23,149 --> 00:31:24,484 is that you're so happy." 852 00:31:24,584 --> 00:31:26,720 And you're like, "I don't feel happy at all." 853 00:31:26,820 --> 00:31:28,488 -"Like, see, today, I'm not, actually." 854 00:31:28,588 --> 00:31:30,623 -Like, "This person I love just died." 855 00:31:30,724 --> 00:31:32,559 -Yeah. -You know? 856 00:31:32,659 --> 00:31:34,427 And now I'm about to be like, "[Speaking gibberish]", 857 00:31:34,527 --> 00:31:35,695 you know? 858 00:31:35,795 --> 00:31:37,230 But you do it and you get through it 859 00:31:37,330 --> 00:31:38,965 and you come out on the other side of it, 860 00:31:39,065 --> 00:31:41,101 and you go like, "Okay, I can do that. 861 00:31:41,201 --> 00:31:43,370 I know now I can do it if I have to." 862 00:31:43,470 --> 00:31:46,006 And then you go back home and cry then. 863 00:31:46,106 --> 00:31:48,141 -Well, it's the job. You know, 864 00:31:48,241 --> 00:31:51,044 you get lost in the fun, you get lost in the idea, 865 00:31:51,144 --> 00:31:54,681 but there are moments where the job tugs on your shirt, 866 00:31:54,781 --> 00:31:56,916 and it goes, "Hey, this is work." 867 00:31:57,017 --> 00:31:58,852 -Yes. -Right? 868 00:31:58,952 --> 00:32:00,687 There are times where you don't want to go. 869 00:32:00,787 --> 00:32:02,522 There are times where you don't want to get out the bed. 870 00:32:02,622 --> 00:32:03,790 You don't want to perform. 871 00:32:03,890 --> 00:32:05,425 You don't want to write. 872 00:32:05,525 --> 00:32:07,961 You don't want to hand in notes and make sure 873 00:32:08,061 --> 00:32:09,529 that everybody is on the same page. 874 00:32:09,629 --> 00:32:11,131 You don't want to do it. 875 00:32:11,231 --> 00:32:12,966 -No. -There are times. 876 00:32:13,066 --> 00:32:15,068 -And you have to just be, like, 877 00:32:15,168 --> 00:32:18,872 "Remember how you felt before you had it. 878 00:32:18,972 --> 00:32:21,307 And how many fucking really funny people are 879 00:32:21,408 --> 00:32:23,209 out there right now that feel exactly like that." 880 00:32:23,309 --> 00:32:24,878 -1,000%. 881 00:32:24,978 --> 00:32:26,813 -"And if you don't show up, they will. 882 00:32:26,913 --> 00:32:28,314 And they're good." -Yeah. 883 00:32:28,415 --> 00:32:30,183 -And they're soon going to be better than you 884 00:32:30,283 --> 00:32:32,986 and more relevant and doing newer, crazier shit." 885 00:32:33,086 --> 00:32:35,321 So, like, get it while you got it. 886 00:32:35,422 --> 00:32:38,458 -What was the most impressive thing about the space 887 00:32:38,558 --> 00:32:44,164 of TV and sitcom versus the space in live television? 888 00:32:44,264 --> 00:32:45,231 Live television, to your point, of what I know. 889 00:32:45,331 --> 00:32:46,933 -Mm-hmm. 890 00:32:47,033 --> 00:32:48,301 -Not answering for you, but there's pressure. 891 00:32:48,401 --> 00:32:49,936 It's live. Everybody's got to be on. 892 00:32:50,036 --> 00:32:52,138 We got to do it. We got to go. Rush, rush, rush. 893 00:32:52,238 --> 00:32:53,373 -Yes. -"One to the clock, guys. 894 00:32:53,473 --> 00:32:54,941 We only got this amount of time." 895 00:32:55,041 --> 00:32:56,443 They're pulling your hands. 896 00:32:56,543 --> 00:32:58,144 "Take this off. Put that shirt on." 897 00:32:58,244 --> 00:33:00,246 It's a shit show back there. 898 00:33:00,347 --> 00:33:02,015 -Yes. 899 00:33:02,115 --> 00:33:04,351 -But then you get to sitcom, 900 00:33:04,451 --> 00:33:07,020 and, you know, the amount of people drop down. 901 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,555 -Mm-hmm. -The sets are different. 902 00:33:08,655 --> 00:33:11,358 The cameras are different. -It's super chill. 903 00:33:11,458 --> 00:33:12,859 -It's super, super chill. -Yes. 904 00:33:12,959 --> 00:33:14,160 -So, what was the biggest, 905 00:33:14,260 --> 00:33:16,796 like -- I guess you could say, 906 00:33:16,896 --> 00:33:19,933 what were your big takeaways of this 907 00:33:20,033 --> 00:33:25,271 versus that and why "I'm just more appreciative 908 00:33:25,372 --> 00:33:26,573 of my opportunity of now"? 909 00:33:26,673 --> 00:33:27,774 -Mm-hmm. 910 00:33:27,874 --> 00:33:29,609 -If you could compare the things, 911 00:33:29,709 --> 00:33:32,012 what were your big, like, this versus that, 912 00:33:32,112 --> 00:33:33,279 "This ain't worth that"? 913 00:33:33,380 --> 00:33:35,215 -Yes. -"I'm gonna go with this." 914 00:33:35,315 --> 00:33:37,484 -I mean, as someone who loves editing, 915 00:33:37,584 --> 00:33:40,286 shooting a single camera sitcom was a dream. 916 00:33:40,387 --> 00:33:41,454 -Okay. 917 00:33:41,554 --> 00:33:43,056 -Because we could you like -- "Try 918 00:33:43,156 --> 00:33:44,691 six different jokes on that line." 919 00:33:44,791 --> 00:33:46,159 -Okay. 920 00:33:46,259 --> 00:33:47,093 -"And then let's look at them all later. 921 00:33:47,193 --> 00:33:48,995 Now tighten it up here, 922 00:33:49,095 --> 00:33:51,464 and, like, make everything feel kind of, like, unjudgable." 923 00:33:51,564 --> 00:33:53,366 -Okay. -Right? 924 00:33:53,466 --> 00:33:55,135 "We can throw jokes away that don't hit enough, 925 00:33:55,235 --> 00:33:57,671 and they seem smarter," you know, stuff like that. 926 00:33:57,771 --> 00:34:00,974 That felt really, like, comforting to me to be like, 927 00:34:01,074 --> 00:34:03,076 "We can really control the tone and the pace 928 00:34:03,176 --> 00:34:04,310 and make sure no one's exposed." 929 00:34:04,411 --> 00:34:06,413 And if there's a shot 930 00:34:06,513 --> 00:34:08,281 where me or one of the cast members is like, running, 931 00:34:08,381 --> 00:34:09,949 and we look kind of wack, you can just cut it out. 932 00:34:10,050 --> 00:34:11,518 -Yeah. 933 00:34:11,618 --> 00:34:13,420 -As opposed to "SNL", where it's like, 934 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,021 you're getting what you're getting. It's happening. 935 00:34:15,121 --> 00:34:16,756 You know, if they cut to the camera too soon 936 00:34:16,856 --> 00:34:18,324 and the cue card guy's in there and the boom's in, it's 937 00:34:18,425 --> 00:34:20,427 fucking on the show. -And it's funny. 938 00:34:20,527 --> 00:34:23,163 -Yes, exactly, exactly. -We'll make it work. 939 00:34:23,263 --> 00:34:25,165 -That said, it's seven years of "SNL", 940 00:34:25,265 --> 00:34:26,399 eight years of "Brooklyn". 941 00:34:26,499 --> 00:34:31,237 -Mm-hmm. -"SNL" is like adrenaline hit. 942 00:34:31,338 --> 00:34:33,940 It's like, you're the hottest shit. 943 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,875 Everyone's coming through. 944 00:34:35,975 --> 00:34:39,346 It's like the dopest thing to do in New York on a Saturday. 945 00:34:39,446 --> 00:34:41,014 I mean, I've told this story before. 946 00:34:41,114 --> 00:34:42,682 You'll be doing the dumbest sketch you've ever thought of 947 00:34:42,782 --> 00:34:44,150 and look up, and Paul McCartney is just, like, 948 00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:45,685 standing there laughing. 949 00:34:45,785 --> 00:34:47,721 And you're like, "Okay, that's Paul McCartney." 950 00:34:47,821 --> 00:34:50,357 You know, like, it's just "SNL" and it's Lorne 951 00:34:50,457 --> 00:34:53,193 and it's the legacy of it, and you get to be a part of that, 952 00:34:53,293 --> 00:34:57,330 and you're touching this, like, turbocharged legacy thing. 953 00:34:57,430 --> 00:34:59,199 -Yes. 954 00:34:59,299 --> 00:35:01,167 -But as discussed, that can take its toll physically. 955 00:35:01,267 --> 00:35:03,903 And then I would say the flip side on shooting a sitcom 956 00:35:04,004 --> 00:35:06,940 for eight years is you -- especially 957 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:08,875 once you're lucky enough to get a fan base 958 00:35:08,975 --> 00:35:10,410 like we had where they love the show 959 00:35:10,510 --> 00:35:12,879 and they love the characters, 960 00:35:12,979 --> 00:35:16,916 you do, you know, 20 takes or ten takes of every scene. 961 00:35:17,017 --> 00:35:18,651 So, like, for you, 962 00:35:18,752 --> 00:35:20,153 every one time they've seen you do a certain kind of joke, 963 00:35:20,253 --> 00:35:22,622 you've done it, like, 50 times. 964 00:35:22,722 --> 00:35:25,959 So when you're in season 6, 7, 8, you're like, 965 00:35:26,059 --> 00:35:27,761 "I feel like I've kind of done this, guys. 966 00:35:27,861 --> 00:35:29,763 Like, I'm feeling like I could use a little bit 967 00:35:29,863 --> 00:35:31,664 of a new challenge, you know?" 968 00:35:34,034 --> 00:35:35,502 -You're tapping into the same bits. 969 00:35:35,602 --> 00:35:38,672 You're tapping into the same the same things. 970 00:35:38,772 --> 00:35:40,140 The character is starting to present itself 971 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:41,741 to be the character. 972 00:35:41,841 --> 00:35:43,376 And that's not in a bad way. 973 00:35:43,476 --> 00:35:44,678 -And ours was better than most. 974 00:35:44,778 --> 00:35:46,346 Like, the characters grew on our show, 975 00:35:46,446 --> 00:35:48,615 which I think was part of a sort of, 976 00:35:48,715 --> 00:35:53,019 like -- it was a different wave of sitcom. 977 00:35:53,119 --> 00:35:54,354 And it happened, you know, 978 00:35:54,454 --> 00:35:56,089 on "Parks" and a lot of other shows 979 00:35:56,189 --> 00:35:59,826 that I think we were similar to, which helps. 980 00:35:59,926 --> 00:36:03,563 -I think the thing that should be highlighted here, 981 00:36:03,663 --> 00:36:06,866 though, eight years for a TV show. 982 00:36:06,966 --> 00:36:09,069 That's unheard of. 983 00:36:09,169 --> 00:36:10,770 -Yeah. -That's an anomaly. 984 00:36:10,870 --> 00:36:14,841 Like, when you tap into this conversation of five plus... 985 00:36:14,941 --> 00:36:16,443 -Yes. 986 00:36:16,543 --> 00:36:18,378 -...and you get to the seven and above... 987 00:36:18,478 --> 00:36:20,547 -Yes. T -...the eight to ten, 988 00:36:20,647 --> 00:36:22,949 those that are on 20, like, the "Law & Orders" -- 989 00:36:23,049 --> 00:36:26,319 20, 25. Like, it's unheard of. 990 00:36:26,419 --> 00:36:28,555 -Yeah. -It's unheard of. 991 00:36:28,655 --> 00:36:31,124 You're in a different space of success on television. 992 00:36:31,224 --> 00:36:33,293 But the same challenges 993 00:36:33,393 --> 00:36:35,995 you start to find in entertainment are recurring. 994 00:36:36,096 --> 00:36:37,597 -Yes. 995 00:36:37,697 --> 00:36:38,898 -Although different, they're the same. 996 00:36:38,998 --> 00:36:40,500 -Yeah, yeah. 997 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:41,801 And we don't know if there's gonna be shows like that 998 00:36:41,901 --> 00:36:43,003 anymore now with streaming and everything. 999 00:36:43,103 --> 00:36:45,038 Like, most places, 1000 00:36:45,138 --> 00:36:46,639 it's cost effective to do, like, what, 1001 00:36:46,740 --> 00:36:49,175 two to four seasons? -Two, three? 1002 00:36:49,275 --> 00:36:50,910 -And they know they have a certain number of fans 1003 00:36:51,011 --> 00:36:52,245 that love it, too. 1004 00:36:52,345 --> 00:36:53,780 That's what's so painful. 1005 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,416 I mean, we got canceled and then re-picked up. 1006 00:36:56,516 --> 00:36:58,251 We were on Fox, and then we went to NBC, 1007 00:36:58,351 --> 00:36:59,486 which was the studio, anyway. 1008 00:36:59,586 --> 00:37:01,421 -Yeah. 1009 00:37:01,521 --> 00:37:04,124 -And that was a big story because like -- 1010 00:37:04,224 --> 00:37:06,092 -In, like, what period of time? 1011 00:37:06,192 --> 00:37:07,927 -We did five seasons, 1012 00:37:08,028 --> 00:37:10,363 I think, and then they were like -- Fox was like, 1013 00:37:10,463 --> 00:37:12,499 "We're pulling the plug". 1014 00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:15,435 And NBC was like, "Scoop", and we did three more. 1015 00:37:15,535 --> 00:37:17,604 And a big part of the story was, 1016 00:37:17,704 --> 00:37:20,807 and it was real, was that the fan base for the show 1017 00:37:20,907 --> 00:37:23,777 was so vocal on social media, being like, 1018 00:37:23,877 --> 00:37:26,546 "No, we love this show. Like, you can't." 1019 00:37:26,646 --> 00:37:29,482 And then also, you know, like, 1020 00:37:29,582 --> 00:37:33,353 my buddy Seth and, like, Mark Hamill and Lin-Manuel 1021 00:37:33,453 --> 00:37:36,923 and all these people went to bat for it publicly. 1022 00:37:37,023 --> 00:37:38,758 And so, then all of a sudden -- 1023 00:37:38,858 --> 00:37:39,993 It was the same thing as the "Lazy Sunday" thing, 1024 00:37:40,093 --> 00:37:41,628 where I was like, 1025 00:37:41,728 --> 00:37:44,364 "Oh, this is interesting. It's becoming a news story." 1026 00:37:44,464 --> 00:37:46,733 And, like, I remember I was traveling that week. 1027 00:37:46,833 --> 00:37:48,802 It got picked up right before upfronts, 1028 00:37:48,902 --> 00:37:50,337 and I was flying to upfronts, and they were like, 1029 00:37:50,437 --> 00:37:51,771 people at the airport being like, 1030 00:37:51,871 --> 00:37:53,540 "Hey, congrats on NBC picking up the show." 1031 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,242 And I was like, "What is happening?" 1032 00:37:56,343 --> 00:37:58,478 Like, when did the world get this involved in, 1033 00:37:58,578 --> 00:38:00,413 like, entertainment news? 1034 00:38:00,513 --> 00:38:02,048 But it became that, 1035 00:38:02,148 --> 00:38:04,718 and I think became part of the story of the show, 1036 00:38:04,818 --> 00:38:06,219 and it was like a feel good story. 1037 00:38:06,319 --> 00:38:07,754 -Wow. 1038 00:38:07,854 --> 00:38:09,456 Alright, let's take a quick break, Andy. 1039 00:38:09,556 --> 00:38:10,757 We're going to go pay some bills. 1040 00:38:10,857 --> 00:38:12,859 Guys, you already know what it is. 1041 00:38:12,959 --> 00:38:14,861 It's great conversation. Great wine. Great people. 1042 00:38:14,961 --> 00:38:18,031 We'll be back with more "Hart to Heart" after this. 1043 00:38:18,131 --> 00:38:19,532 -Oldest is 25. What? 1044 00:38:19,632 --> 00:38:21,468 And it is mind blowing to think about because 1045 00:38:21,568 --> 00:38:23,937 everybody -- like, you know, 1046 00:38:24,037 --> 00:38:25,472 they've seen you do a certain kind of joke. 1047 00:38:25,572 --> 00:38:28,641 You've done it, like, 50 times. 1048 00:38:28,742 --> 00:38:31,778 So when you're in season 6, 7, 8, you're like, 1049 00:38:31,878 --> 00:38:33,947 "I feel like I've kind of done this, guys. 1050 00:38:34,047 --> 00:38:35,615 Like, I'm feeling like I could use a little bit 1051 00:38:35,715 --> 00:38:37,017 of a new challenge, you know?" 1052 00:38:37,117 --> 00:38:38,118 -Yeah. 1053 00:38:49,963 --> 00:38:52,799 -Welcome back, guys. We are still "Hart to Heart", 1054 00:38:52,899 --> 00:38:54,634 and I'm still talking to Andy Samberg. 1055 00:38:54,734 --> 00:38:57,237 You know what I want to ask now? 1056 00:38:57,337 --> 00:38:59,039 And I should have asked it earlier, right? 1057 00:38:59,139 --> 00:39:01,941 Because you mentioned it, and you said it in passing. 1058 00:39:02,042 --> 00:39:03,610 You said, you know, "At the time when I was going through this, 1059 00:39:03,710 --> 00:39:05,679 like, the worst times, 1060 00:39:05,779 --> 00:39:08,081 my girlfriend was with me who now is my wife." 1061 00:39:08,181 --> 00:39:09,049 -Mm-hmm. Right? 1062 00:39:09,149 --> 00:39:11,484 "And my girlfriend was there 1063 00:39:11,584 --> 00:39:15,789 and helped me kind of just get back to a space of good." 1064 00:39:15,889 --> 00:39:19,259 When you got to "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 1065 00:39:19,359 --> 00:39:23,063 and you felt like you were in a better place, 1066 00:39:23,163 --> 00:39:25,231 did the relationship get better? 1067 00:39:25,331 --> 00:39:30,770 Did you guys, like, find some new, like, 1068 00:39:30,870 --> 00:39:32,939 flooring where it was like, "Wow. 1069 00:39:33,039 --> 00:39:35,809 You're different, honey" or "You're vibrant." 1070 00:39:35,909 --> 00:39:37,410 Like, did you see a difference in yourself, 1071 00:39:37,510 --> 00:39:39,546 and did she during that time? 1072 00:39:39,646 --> 00:39:42,582 -I mean, the word better is slightly loaded, maybe, 1073 00:39:42,682 --> 00:39:43,817 because it was always really great. 1074 00:39:43,917 --> 00:39:48,188 -Okay. -However, me leaving "SNL" 1075 00:39:48,288 --> 00:39:50,890 undoubtedly made me a better partner. 1076 00:39:50,990 --> 00:39:52,559 -I was going to say, let me rephrase that. 1077 00:39:52,659 --> 00:39:55,328 When I'm saying better, 1078 00:39:55,428 --> 00:40:02,369 we're not talking in terms of you to her, right, her to you. 1079 00:40:02,469 --> 00:40:05,672 I'm talking there's a change 1080 00:40:05,772 --> 00:40:06,673 in anyone when there's a change in mind. 1081 00:40:06,773 --> 00:40:08,274 -I was way more present. 1082 00:40:08,375 --> 00:40:09,342 -That's what I'm saying. -I had free time. 1083 00:40:09,442 --> 00:40:10,844 -Okay. 1084 00:40:10,944 --> 00:40:12,946 -We could go on, like, normal dates. 1085 00:40:13,046 --> 00:40:18,251 Like, the schedule was normalized, you know, et cetera. 1086 00:40:18,351 --> 00:40:20,053 So it was good. 1087 00:40:20,153 --> 00:40:22,522 I mean, she's a musician, so, when I was on "SNL", 1088 00:40:22,622 --> 00:40:24,324 when we first started dating, 1089 00:40:24,424 --> 00:40:25,725 she'd be, like, touring all over the world 1090 00:40:25,825 --> 00:40:27,560 and I'd be on the "SNL" schedule. 1091 00:40:27,660 --> 00:40:30,463 And it was like, "Who knows what real life feels like?" 1092 00:40:30,563 --> 00:40:32,465 You know? 1093 00:40:32,565 --> 00:40:34,701 And then when that sort of calm down, it was like, 1094 00:40:34,801 --> 00:40:36,569 "Oh, I see, we're great. 1095 00:40:36,670 --> 00:40:37,737 Let's get married." 1096 00:40:37,837 --> 00:40:39,439 And then we did. -So now, 1097 00:40:39,539 --> 00:40:42,876 okay, we're talking successful TV show. 1098 00:40:42,976 --> 00:40:45,879 We're talking dream job, "SNL". 1099 00:40:45,979 --> 00:40:47,580 We're talking -- 1100 00:40:47,681 --> 00:40:49,716 -Oh, yeah, that sounds nice, the way you're saying that. 1101 00:40:49,816 --> 00:40:51,084 -Well, dude, we got to go, 1102 00:40:51,184 --> 00:40:53,053 and we got to check the boxes. 1103 00:40:53,153 --> 00:40:55,755 And I'm going to check the boxes in a way that people should, 1104 00:40:55,855 --> 00:40:57,457 because we're talking about an individual 1105 00:40:57,557 --> 00:40:59,192 who's put his mind of things 1106 00:40:59,292 --> 00:41:00,493 and you've actually done the things 1107 00:41:00,593 --> 00:41:02,328 that you said you wanted to do. 1108 00:41:02,429 --> 00:41:05,265 Right? The albums that you have made the choice to do. 1109 00:41:05,365 --> 00:41:07,067 All these things, they've all worked. 1110 00:41:07,167 --> 00:41:11,004 Although hard in some spaces and places, 1111 00:41:11,104 --> 00:41:13,573 they have proven themselves to work. 1112 00:41:13,673 --> 00:41:16,142 They are all success stories. 1113 00:41:16,242 --> 00:41:18,111 What do you feel is next? 1114 00:41:18,211 --> 00:41:20,847 Like, after coming through this and you look up 1115 00:41:20,947 --> 00:41:23,083 and you look at the Hall of Fame of "SNL" -- 1116 00:41:23,183 --> 00:41:26,619 By the way, does that exist? Is there an "SNL" Hall of Fame? 1117 00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:28,922 -Like an actual, like, organization? 1118 00:41:29,022 --> 00:41:31,624 -Well, they don't have the people 1119 00:41:31,725 --> 00:41:33,593 that are -- Because, 1120 00:41:33,693 --> 00:41:35,161 look, you know all of the cast members that were on "SNL". 1121 00:41:35,261 --> 00:41:36,863 -Yeah. 1122 00:41:36,963 --> 00:41:38,698 -But there should be an "SNL" Hall of Fame. 1123 00:41:38,798 --> 00:41:40,433 And what I mean by that is the people 1124 00:41:40,533 --> 00:41:45,905 that did the show and that were able to do multiple things 1125 00:41:46,006 --> 00:41:47,273 after. 1126 00:41:47,374 --> 00:41:49,576 Like, the careers that were built after the show. 1127 00:41:49,676 --> 00:41:51,311 And then after that, 1128 00:41:51,411 --> 00:41:53,780 you have another one with the careers that have existed 1129 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:55,682 that are still on the show. 1130 00:41:55,782 --> 00:41:58,051 Like, Kenan is one of my favorite people in life. 1131 00:41:58,151 --> 00:41:59,886 -Same. -Kenan 1132 00:41:59,986 --> 00:42:02,455 is, pound for pound, one of the funniest, 1133 00:42:02,555 --> 00:42:03,690 one of the funniest. 1134 00:42:03,790 --> 00:42:06,159 -And has been forever. 1135 00:42:06,259 --> 00:42:09,396 Yes. -He understands funny. 1136 00:42:09,496 --> 00:42:13,767 He is so given with the space of funny. 1137 00:42:13,867 --> 00:42:17,470 And his success story attached to "SNL" is a story 1138 00:42:17,570 --> 00:42:19,005 that's just for him. 1139 00:42:19,105 --> 00:42:20,874 Like, no one else is going to duplicate. 1140 00:42:20,974 --> 00:42:24,010 -The wildest shit about Kenan is he was there 1141 00:42:24,110 --> 00:42:27,714 before I got there. Obviously, now still is. 1142 00:42:27,814 --> 00:42:30,216 And he still gets me. 1143 00:42:30,316 --> 00:42:33,820 I'll still be watching the show, and, like, I've seen his moves. 1144 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,589 Like, I know what he's gonna do. -Mm-hmm. 1145 00:42:36,690 --> 00:42:38,958 -But it just kills me still. 1146 00:42:39,059 --> 00:42:41,428 And then also, he'll do some new shit. 1147 00:42:41,528 --> 00:42:44,497 And I'm like, "How is this fool still killing it so hard?" 1148 00:42:44,597 --> 00:42:47,367 -And he still loves it. -Yeah, he does. 1149 00:42:47,467 --> 00:42:49,002 -He still loves it. 1150 00:42:49,102 --> 00:42:50,737 He still has an energy attached to comedy. 1151 00:42:50,837 --> 00:42:53,540 He still has an energy attached to the creativity. 1152 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:57,410 -And I would challenge anyone to go back through every episode 1153 00:42:57,510 --> 00:42:59,179 he's been on, 1154 00:42:59,279 --> 00:43:01,748 which is many, and find a moment where he missed a laugh, 1155 00:43:01,848 --> 00:43:03,249 where he didn't get his laugh. 1156 00:43:03,350 --> 00:43:05,185 -Mm-hmm. 1157 00:43:05,285 --> 00:43:07,854 -Like, if you give him a laugh, he hits it every time. 1158 00:43:07,954 --> 00:43:09,622 And it is mind blowing to think about 1159 00:43:09,723 --> 00:43:12,892 'cause everybody -- like, you know, the greats, 1160 00:43:12,992 --> 00:43:14,227 you can watch and they'll be like, 1161 00:43:14,327 --> 00:43:17,063 "Ooh, they missed their cue card" or "Ooh, 1162 00:43:17,163 --> 00:43:19,132 they broke," or, you know, whatever it is. 1163 00:43:19,232 --> 00:43:21,267 I literally can't think of a single time that Kenan didn't, 1164 00:43:21,368 --> 00:43:23,169 like, stick it exactly. 1165 00:43:23,269 --> 00:43:26,072 -This is what this is what I'm saying. Like, 1166 00:43:26,172 --> 00:43:28,975 the Hall of Fame for "SNL" has to -- It has to happen. 1167 00:43:29,075 --> 00:43:30,143 -Yeah. 1168 00:43:30,243 --> 00:43:31,911 -I mean, when you look at the NBA 1169 00:43:32,012 --> 00:43:34,381 and they go over the 75 greats in the NBA... 1170 00:43:34,481 --> 00:43:36,316 -Right. 1171 00:43:36,416 --> 00:43:37,484 -...there's a lot more than 75 people that played in the NBA. 1172 00:43:37,584 --> 00:43:39,452 -Mm-hmm. -Right? 1173 00:43:39,552 --> 00:43:43,256 There's a lot more than 50 people that have been on "SNL". 1174 00:43:43,356 --> 00:43:45,558 But when you just talk about the concept attached 1175 00:43:45,658 --> 00:43:48,428 to the Hall of Fame or 1176 00:43:48,528 --> 00:43:52,532 the comedy Hall of Fame that has come from that environment... 1177 00:43:52,632 --> 00:43:54,267 -Yeah. 1178 00:43:54,367 --> 00:43:56,302 -...if there was an opportunity to give jackets, 1179 00:43:56,403 --> 00:44:00,306 if there was an opportunity to, like, have your greats... 1180 00:44:00,407 --> 00:44:02,275 -Yeah. 1181 00:44:02,375 --> 00:44:05,078 -...and have all of that comedy history in one room... 1182 00:44:05,178 --> 00:44:07,580 -I mean, the 50th is coming up. 1183 00:44:07,681 --> 00:44:09,149 -I just think that it has to happen. 1184 00:44:09,249 --> 00:44:11,151 -Yeah. Did you go to the 40th special? 1185 00:44:11,251 --> 00:44:12,886 -I went -- No. 1186 00:44:12,986 --> 00:44:15,121 Eddie -- That's when Eddie did the -- When everybody was hype, 1187 00:44:15,221 --> 00:44:16,456 because we all thought that Eddie was gonna, 1188 00:44:16,556 --> 00:44:17,857 like, do something. 1189 00:44:17,957 --> 00:44:19,759 Edie came out and I was like, "Hey, man. 1190 00:44:19,859 --> 00:44:21,061 Thank you, man. This is great." 1191 00:44:21,161 --> 00:44:22,529 -Yes. He was like, "I'm here. Bye." 1192 00:44:22,629 --> 00:44:24,064 -We were like, "Oh, man. You here?" 1193 00:44:24,164 --> 00:44:25,665 I remember we were talking about it. 1194 00:44:25,765 --> 00:44:27,033 Me, Chris, and Dave. 1195 00:44:27,133 --> 00:44:28,535 He was like, "Yo, you know, 1196 00:44:28,635 --> 00:44:29,769 Eddie's coming. Kev, you got to go." 1197 00:44:29,869 --> 00:44:31,071 And I was like, "Eddie going? 1198 00:44:31,171 --> 00:44:32,839 Y'all think he's gonna do something?" 1199 00:44:32,939 --> 00:44:34,274 "Listen, Kev, you got to get there. Eddie's coming." 1200 00:44:34,374 --> 00:44:36,109 I was like, "Is he gonna touch the stage? 1201 00:44:36,209 --> 00:44:37,744 Y'all think we all can touch the stage together?" 1202 00:44:37,844 --> 00:44:40,347 "Kev, everybody's coming. You got to be here. 1203 00:44:40,447 --> 00:44:42,549 Eddie's gonna be here. It's gonna be the biggest thing." 1204 00:44:42,649 --> 00:44:44,818 And I couldn't get out of my schedule. 1205 00:44:44,918 --> 00:44:46,453 And I remember tuning in, 1206 00:44:46,553 --> 00:44:48,955 and I watched the whole thing, and they were like, 1207 00:44:49,055 --> 00:44:51,825 "Ladies and gentlemen, Eddie Murphy." 1208 00:44:51,925 --> 00:44:52,826 And I'm in front of the TV. 1209 00:44:52,926 --> 00:44:54,694 I'm like, "Oh, my God. 1210 00:44:54,794 --> 00:44:57,397 Eddie's about to do some stand up, man." 1211 00:44:57,497 --> 00:45:00,400 Eddie said... 1212 00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:06,573 [ Both laugh ] 1213 00:45:06,673 --> 00:45:10,143 "40 years. 1214 00:45:10,243 --> 00:45:11,144 Deserved." 1215 00:45:11,244 --> 00:45:13,613 -[ Laughing ] 1216 00:45:13,713 --> 00:45:19,819 -He left. Eddie! He fucking Eddie! 1217 00:45:19,919 --> 00:45:21,388 -But he came back and hosted. 1218 00:45:21,488 --> 00:45:22,822 -He didn't come back. He came back and hosted it. 1219 00:45:22,922 --> 00:45:26,259 And by the way, when he hosted, 1220 00:45:26,359 --> 00:45:27,761 fucking shawty was Eddie. 1221 00:45:27,861 --> 00:45:29,696 -He came back. 1222 00:45:29,796 --> 00:45:31,064 Sandler finally came back and hosted, and that was incredible. 1223 00:45:31,164 --> 00:45:32,032 -Effortless. 1224 00:45:32,132 --> 00:45:33,566 -We watched that one just like, 1225 00:45:33,667 --> 00:45:35,669 "God damn, this fool just cannot miss." 1226 00:45:35,769 --> 00:45:37,537 -Wow. 1227 00:45:37,637 --> 00:45:38,805 Andy, give me 2 seconds, not because the conversation's bad, 1228 00:45:38,905 --> 00:45:40,273 because it's great, 1229 00:45:40,373 --> 00:45:41,975 but it's just because we got to pay bills. 1230 00:45:42,075 --> 00:45:43,410 We'll be back with more "Hart to Heart" after this. 1231 00:45:46,846 --> 00:45:50,016 -Go ahead and roll. 1232 00:45:50,116 --> 00:45:53,053 -What made you fall in love with comedy? 1233 00:45:53,153 --> 00:45:56,690 -Oh, man. So many things. 1234 00:45:56,790 --> 00:45:58,792 I just loved it from the very beginning. 1235 00:45:58,892 --> 00:46:00,527 When I was a little kid, 1236 00:46:00,627 --> 00:46:05,799 I just watch "SNL", "In Loving Color", "Monty Python", 1237 00:46:05,899 --> 00:46:10,370 "Kids in the Hall", you know "Pee-wee Herman", 1238 00:46:10,470 --> 00:46:12,238 all of it. I just immediately loved it. 1239 00:46:12,339 --> 00:46:15,542 Mel Brooks. The list is insanely long. 1240 00:46:29,622 --> 00:46:32,659 -Okay, welcome back, guys. We are still "Hart to Heart", 1241 00:46:32,759 --> 00:46:34,761 and I'm still talking to Andy Samberg. 1242 00:46:34,861 --> 00:46:40,567 All right. Andy, who is your comedy hero? 1243 00:46:40,667 --> 00:46:43,403 -I don't have just one. -Okay. 1244 00:46:43,503 --> 00:46:44,704 If you had a Mount Rushmore to choose from? 1245 00:46:44,804 --> 00:46:46,406 -Fuck. Four? 1246 00:46:46,506 --> 00:46:48,308 -If you had a Mount Rushmore to choose from? 1247 00:46:48,408 --> 00:46:49,876 -But is it like a different Mount Rushmore with, 1248 00:46:49,976 --> 00:46:51,011 like, 20 people on it? 1249 00:46:51,111 --> 00:46:51,978 -No. 1250 00:46:52,078 --> 00:46:53,279 You got to go four. 1251 00:46:53,380 --> 00:46:55,415 You got to go four. 1252 00:46:55,515 --> 00:46:57,417 -When I was younger, 1253 00:46:57,517 --> 00:46:59,252 my Mount Rushmore would've looked different 1254 00:46:59,352 --> 00:47:01,755 than what it looks like now. -Okay. 1255 00:47:01,855 --> 00:47:03,957 -I'll say this. 1256 00:47:04,057 --> 00:47:05,859 In my formative years, 1257 00:47:05,959 --> 00:47:10,563 like, high school, college, it was Ferrell. 1258 00:47:10,663 --> 00:47:12,365 -Okay. 1259 00:47:12,465 --> 00:47:13,800 -Before that, was definitely Sandler and Jim Carrey. 1260 00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:16,403 -Okay. 1261 00:47:16,503 --> 00:47:19,205 -But when I was younger, I mean, it's like, Pee-wee. 1262 00:47:19,305 --> 00:47:21,141 You know what I mean? -Okay. 1263 00:47:21,241 --> 00:47:24,077 By the way, that's not a bad choice. 1264 00:47:24,177 --> 00:47:25,879 -Yeah. 1265 00:47:25,979 --> 00:47:28,114 Mel Brooks and honestly, Eddie, at a certain point. 1266 00:47:28,214 --> 00:47:31,518 Like, I watched "Delirious" 100 times and memorized it. 1267 00:47:31,618 --> 00:47:34,120 -When you go, like -- See, I feel like it's sectioned off. 1268 00:47:34,220 --> 00:47:37,290 Like, if we get to talk about comedy, I can do this all day. 1269 00:47:37,390 --> 00:47:43,129 When you talk about Pee-wee, I go Pee-wee, 1270 00:47:43,229 --> 00:47:46,866 I go Leslie..."Naked Gun". -Nielsen. 1271 00:47:46,966 --> 00:47:52,172 -Nielsen. I go our guy, Mr. Bean. 1272 00:47:52,272 --> 00:47:58,111 -Yeah. -Okay? I go -- 1273 00:47:58,211 --> 00:48:03,683 Although not in this for the history of the franchise 1274 00:48:03,783 --> 00:48:08,154 they created, Mike Myers. Right? 1275 00:48:08,254 --> 00:48:10,890 So when you're talking about -- -Dana Carvey and Mike Myers, 1276 00:48:10,990 --> 00:48:12,659 there's a moment where that was it. 1277 00:48:12,759 --> 00:48:14,494 -Well, you're talking about -- 1278 00:48:14,594 --> 00:48:17,664 Alright. So that's, like, one space, right? 1279 00:48:17,764 --> 00:48:19,165 -Yes. 1280 00:48:19,265 --> 00:48:21,167 -And then you go, like, a Jim Carrey, 1281 00:48:21,267 --> 00:48:24,704 who, with "Ace Ventura", can easily fit in the conversation 1282 00:48:24,804 --> 00:48:26,539 of that type of comedy, 1283 00:48:26,639 --> 00:48:29,476 the crazy far fetched version of the thing, 1284 00:48:29,576 --> 00:48:31,911 but those that do that thing at the highest level, 1285 00:48:32,012 --> 00:48:34,781 well, it's a monumental. -Oh, my God. 1286 00:48:34,881 --> 00:48:36,850 I mean, yes, I mean, like I said, 1287 00:48:36,950 --> 00:48:38,852 in junior high, I would've been like, 1288 00:48:38,952 --> 00:48:40,620 "It's just the cast of 'In Living Color'. 1289 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:42,889 It's David Alan Grier, you know, it's Jim Carrey, 1290 00:48:42,989 --> 00:48:44,524 it's Wayans." 1291 00:48:44,624 --> 00:48:46,359 It's like -- And then when I was in college, 1292 00:48:46,459 --> 00:48:47,894 I was like, "It's 'Strangers with Candy'." 1293 00:48:47,994 --> 00:48:50,163 You know what I mean? "It's Tenacious D. 1294 00:48:50,263 --> 00:48:51,831 It's 'Mr. Show'." -Tenacious D. 1295 00:48:51,931 --> 00:48:55,468 -Like, Tenacious D was big for us. 1296 00:48:55,568 --> 00:48:59,039 To be like, "Whoa, Jack is crushing this. 1297 00:48:59,139 --> 00:49:01,875 "Like, he sounds incredible, and I'm laughing. 1298 00:49:01,975 --> 00:49:03,710 -Yeah. -And that was a turning point. 1299 00:49:03,810 --> 00:49:07,914 Like, I loved "Spinal Tap" and still love "Spinal Tap". 1300 00:49:08,014 --> 00:49:11,117 In "Spinal Tap", I'm like, "They did it. 1301 00:49:11,217 --> 00:49:13,553 They set the template for, like, everything." 1302 00:49:13,653 --> 00:49:16,489 Weird Al, I loved as a kid. 1303 00:49:16,589 --> 00:49:17,557 I had "Eat It" on 45. 1304 00:49:17,657 --> 00:49:19,259 Let's put it that way. 1305 00:49:19,359 --> 00:49:21,161 -You're talking about comedy history. 1306 00:49:21,261 --> 00:49:23,396 And the reason why I asked you that question is just, like, 1307 00:49:23,496 --> 00:49:25,765 you know, I can't let you leave just without 1308 00:49:25,865 --> 00:49:28,435 just saying who you look up to, 1309 00:49:28,535 --> 00:49:31,471 who you love, who you appreciate. 1310 00:49:31,571 --> 00:49:33,973 And I'm gonna tell you what I appreciate, man. 1311 00:49:34,074 --> 00:49:35,942 I don't only appreciate you coming by. 1312 00:49:36,042 --> 00:49:39,245 I appreciate the honesty, the transparency. 1313 00:49:39,346 --> 00:49:45,218 I appreciate you just being open about the world of "SNL" 1314 00:49:45,318 --> 00:49:49,189 and the want, the urge to be in it and being in it, 1315 00:49:49,289 --> 00:49:52,292 the work that it took to get to a place of success in it, 1316 00:49:52,392 --> 00:49:54,227 but then realizing what it did 1317 00:49:54,327 --> 00:49:56,730 and having the hard decision to make for life after, 1318 00:49:56,830 --> 00:50:00,300 but then figuring that out and having success in life 1319 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:05,638 after and sitting here, sitting here, as one of the greats. 1320 00:50:05,739 --> 00:50:08,441 Like, when you talk about the Hall of Fame, 1321 00:50:08,541 --> 00:50:10,243 I said it to say, 1322 00:50:10,343 --> 00:50:13,580 like, it's not just about the success in the show, 1323 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:14,714 on the show. 1324 00:50:14,814 --> 00:50:15,915 It's the success in writing. 1325 00:50:16,016 --> 00:50:18,818 It's the success in collaborating. 1326 00:50:18,918 --> 00:50:22,956 It's the success in the sketch is hitting and hitting again. 1327 00:50:23,056 --> 00:50:25,325 And then after that, the success in saying, 1328 00:50:25,425 --> 00:50:28,094 "I want to do something else, 1329 00:50:28,194 --> 00:50:29,929 and I'm going to be confident with making 1330 00:50:30,030 --> 00:50:32,799 that decision for me." -Yeah. 1331 00:50:32,899 --> 00:50:34,100 And then doing something else 1332 00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:35,902 and it's actually working and winning. 1333 00:50:36,002 --> 00:50:38,138 You are a testament of that, man. 1334 00:50:38,238 --> 00:50:41,307 And I hope after this, people really look at you 1335 00:50:41,408 --> 00:50:44,444 and just understand that there's a lot of motherfucking, like, 1336 00:50:44,544 --> 00:50:46,246 real effort that went into you getting 1337 00:50:46,346 --> 00:50:47,647 where you are today, man. 1338 00:50:47,747 --> 00:50:49,182 -Well, that is true. 1339 00:50:49,282 --> 00:50:52,318 -The writing rooms, the award shows, the groups, 1340 00:50:52,419 --> 00:50:56,823 the music, the comedy, the stand up comedy. As a fan of it, 1341 00:50:56,923 --> 00:50:58,224 I appreciate you and I appreciate all 1342 00:50:58,324 --> 00:50:59,993 that you've done for the craft. 1343 00:51:00,093 --> 00:51:01,761 And the world is better because of the laughs you gave it. 1344 00:51:01,861 --> 00:51:04,064 So don't doubt that at any point in time, man. 1345 00:51:04,164 --> 00:51:05,532 -Yeah, yeah. -Ladies and gentlemen, 1346 00:51:05,632 --> 00:51:06,833 Andy Samberg. 1347 00:51:06,933 --> 00:51:07,901 Thank you. 1348 00:51:08,001 --> 00:51:09,202 [ Applause ] 1349 00:51:09,302 --> 00:51:10,804 That's fucking great, man. 1350 00:51:10,904 --> 00:51:12,505 I might have a career. 1351 00:51:12,605 --> 00:51:14,007 -It's the most serious thing I've ever done. 1352 00:51:14,107 --> 00:51:15,642 -It's fucking great. 1353 00:51:15,742 --> 00:51:17,744 When you get people, the funny people to talk, 1354 00:51:17,844 --> 00:51:20,046 like, serious, it's great. 1355 00:51:20,146 --> 00:51:21,915 -The whole, I'm like, "What's the snippet? 1356 00:51:22,015 --> 00:51:23,683 What's the snippet for YouTube?" 1357 00:51:23,783 --> 00:51:25,852 -No. No snippet. No snippet. 1358 00:51:25,952 --> 00:51:28,321 Come on, take this picture I need you out of here.