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We're not working the line together at Jersey Mike, so how about you call me dad and then put your headphones back on and let Phoebe Bridgers whisk you away from this bland planet you're trying to want to be here either. Please welcome back to the Late Show, Patton Oswald. I was just saying to Patton, take your time because there's a big difference between how different guests come on to a show like this. There's the TV guests, like TV show like Star, they come on and they sit down. Oh. Movie stars. Oh. Watch Anne Hathaway from last night. Oh, really? That's how they, they share themselves. Really? I was, I think they're used to the red carpet or something. Oh, I was trying to like absorb energy. I was doing like a weird... You're Superman and there's a yellow sun. Yes, exactly. You are my, you are my yellow sun. Thank you so much. Okay. Uh, uh, you were here not that long ago. Yeah. I always love talking. I'm glad we can talk again. Yeah, man. What's new? What's going on? Oh, I'm, you know, I'm keeping busy. I'm in the Epstein files. For real? For, yes, that was on a joke. I'm in the Epstein files. Listen, so apparently there is a... Get in front of it, man. Yeah, I'm getting right. That's why... And seriously, thanks for having me on last minute like this. There's a website with a search bar and I guess people are typing in people's names. It's called the Department of Justice. The Department, yes, that one. It's, it's fun. I think it's a, it's a GeoCity site. Yes. And no one from the 90s. All right, so you can type people's names in. So my daughter and her friends were sitting there typing people's names in and then they went, hey, put your dad's name in and she typed my name in and my name came up. And yeah, cats in the cradle in the... So, but I'm in the, I'm in the Epstein files for an awesome reason. Okay. There is an email from Jeffrey. I call him Jeffrey. And he's arranging a film screening for, I guess, a bunch of his creeperzoid friends. And so he's arranging a screening of a movie that I'm in. I'm like the fourth name in the credits. So he puts the poster of the movie and then he lists the cast. People goes, we're going to this screening tonight. And here's what's awesome. The movie that he's arranging the screening for is a movie I did called Young Adult. So clearly he was like, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. And he goes, oh, here's, here's what's awesome though. In the movie, there is, there's a nude scene and it's me. So, yeah. But I just love the fact that it's my 45-year-old pasty ass right in front of Jeffrey Epstein and his pals. And I just imagine as they realize that that's the movie, like the curb your enthusiasm, music starts playing and they all just start hitting Jeffrey with their bam, bam, bam. And I, and my daughter was telling me that she was laughing. She's like, that's why your name is in there. Because he arranged the screening of your movie. And I went, wow. So I gave him the worst night of his life. And she said, but then my daughter said, well, second worst. Well, yeah, you're moving on. You're, so you know, there's your daughter, your daughter. In the clip we just saw, you got a little upset with your daughter called you dude. She called me, call me dude. Dude, but doesn't that kind of mean that she thinks you're cool? Isn't that a good sign? Yes, but like I still want the, your kids never will fully think that you're cool. By the way, I remember we were at the Grammys together when you beat me and you were there with your daughter. It's 2009. 2009. And you went on stage, you had your Grammy and there's footage of this and you're like, you, you, my daughter was just four and you're like, yeah. And you're like, hey, is daddy cool now and they cut to her and she's like, yeah, like, like there's this sense of like, I mean, you're a, you're a dork with a Grammy now, but you're still a dork. So yeah, so yeah, there is that, I guess she think, but I still want that. Like I wanted to go, Hey, dad, let's go to run out groove records as a new Lucy Dacus, not a dude, let's go to run out groove records as a new Lucy Dacus. I want to pick up like, I still want the dad. You still want the status. Yeah. Yeah. So dude, last time you were here, we talked about showing your daughter, John Carpenter's Halloween classic. Yes, she said it was the funniest movie she'd ever seen. Funniest movie. She was laughing through the whole thing. Okay. But I understand you have a crazy connection, which I'm kind of jealous of, of another John Carpenter masterpiece. The thing truly a masterpiece. The thing is a masterpiece. The dog in one person agrees. Yeah. That is a masterpiece. And the dog in that movie, who's the dog that becomes, Oh, show the dog. This dog. There he is, baby. That's the dog. That's the thing. Spoiler, that dog's bad news. He's bad news. He is played by an animal actor named Jed the wolf who, and when I say animal actor, he is doing like early seventies, Gene Hackman in the conversation. He's good. He's like the acting in that one goes like Kurt Russell, Richard Dysart and then Jed the dog. His next movie was the journey of Natty Gann, which he was in with my wife, Meredith Salinger. They were co-stars. Yeah, I know. So you kind of know Jed. I, I, I know someone who hung out with Jed, if that makes sense. And Jed was so cool. And this is true. When he passed away, John Carpenter took out full page ads in variety in the Hollywood Reporter memorializing him. He was like one of the best actors I ever worked with. Incredible. Jed the dog. And my wife, Meredith was like, Oh yeah, he was the coolest. Like we would hang out in between shots because they wanted us to bond. And it was her first like starring movie. And she's like, the dog like put me at ease because dog was like, I've done this kid. Like I was in I know with Kurt Russell, I'm okay. This is how great Jed the dog is, is that everybody loves dogs. Dogs are man's best friend. They're just, just, they're just furry love. Yes. And you look at this dog and immediately go, I do not trust that. No, that's, that's how good his performance is. Yeah. You do not trust him in the thing. Yeah. Yeah. But in the journey of Natty Gann, he is protecting Meredith Salinger. That's range. That's range. That's range. Yeah. Well, Pat, it's always great to talk to you. It's always great to be here. Thanks so much for being here. Thank you. Thank you for listening to the Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to the Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives. When beloved family patriarch, Gary Ferris went missing. His family looked everywhere on their property until they came across something horrifying. It's a homicide. Absolutely. The blame game in this family went round and round. This is Bloodest Thicker, the Ferris Wheel. I would don't see how anyone can look at this story and think they were happy. Binge the full series, Bloodest Thicker, the Ferris Wheel on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts.
