Josh Safdie

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I'm the aforementioned Conan. Join by Sonom of Sessian Matt Gourley. How we doing gang? What's happening? What's the mood today? What's the mood? What's the mood today? It's pretty good I'd say. Yeah, no, my wrong. No, I don't know. I'm just, I like to get the vibe in the room. I like to match the temperature and I wasn't sure today. You all seem pretty happy, right? Yeah, I wish I ate more. What do you mean? I just didn't eat a proper meal before and we're recording. It's like almost two o'clock and I'm hungry. What is a proper meal for you? What would that be? Would you have breakfast? Literally any food in front of me. Would you have for breakfast? I didn't have breakfast. You didn't eat breakfast? That's the problem. Okay, all the years that Sonom was my assistant, I lived in fear of her not getting her sustenance. Because her mood would go. No, no, you would become the Tasmanian devil. I would. If you didn't get your food and another person who does that is my wife. My wife, I learned when we were early on going out, she would say, getting a little hungry. What are you thinking about lunch? I would think, yeah, yeah, we could do lunch. I learned that I need to act on that first warning sign because she's a lithium battery. She goes from having a charge to having no charge instantly. And so then it would go downhill very quickly. And so and you're the same way, Sonom. I pack snacks for my kids all the time but then I'll eat them because if I don't eat but also you know, can I say something else? Your kids are malnourished. Yeah, they are. They're not. You're constantly eating their snack. They're not eating. You didn't mask in an airplane where you got to take care of yourself first. Yeah. Okay. But Liza can live off of like an almond. I need like a whole. Feasant. What? What? It is true. Like a roadcissory chicken. No, she would. I can't tell you how many times on the Warner Brothers lot Sonom was screaming at the commissary people. Yeah. I want my fesent. Remember? And then we got you a crown and a king's robe. And a scepter. And a scepter. And a throne. Yeah, I remember. I want my fesent. That was why I was in a fefa. So you didn't get enough food. No, I did. I need to eat something after this. I saw you eating potato chips before just before we recorded. I know. I've been snacking. I understand. I wasn't an accusation. I felt like you were accusing me of saying you ate chips. So you're fine. No, I'm not because there's no nutrition. Oh, wait, there were fesent chips. They were. Yeah. Now it's said now with 80% more fesent. So I don't know why you're bitching. I need like a meal. I need something warm that was cooked and I need it in my body. Yeah. What are you going to get after this? Then are you going to go straight to a restaurant just by yourself and corner table? I might. I might. I need to eat. You all both need to eat. Yeah. I need to eat something that gives you more intelligence. Not just brain food, but food that actually is made of brain and gives you brain. Did you say walnuts? Yeah. Walnuts make you smarter. Brain food. Walnuts make you smarter. Walnuts make you smarter. Yeah. Tell people to it. It's good for your semen. What? What? Walnuts. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. I'm pointing the finger at you, sona. What do you mean it's good for your semen? When are you talking about it? Like, you know, when you want to make a baby, you eat a lot of walnuts. Nobody. Tell me about it. Are you serious? Are you talking about it's good for your semen, meaning that it makes better semen? I don't know what it does. Like stronger semen. I just know if you want to make a baby. Here we go. According to the internet, it improves motility. Hello. Hello. It's your smile to me. And morphology. Yeah. Come to me for semen advice. Well, okay. You're going to feel it. You're going to feel it. Jesus Christ. It's good. Can we get a herb fuzz in? Now, there are foods that... No motility. Aren't there foods that affect the taste of semen? Well, I think is that a myth? They say pineapple, right? Is supposed to help it taste better. I mean, I say that. I... Can I just say something? I can't taste the difference. I can't. I've had tons of pineapple. And then I'm like, I gotta get any pineapple! What? You're drinking your own semen? Of course. I'm not going to eat someone else's junk. You want it! Airwant to make a smoothie with your name on it. Yes. Oh, no. Yeah. I'm not going to... Someone else's semen. That's disgusting. What do you think I do all those back exercises? Such a narcissist. You already drink your own semen. I'm constantly doing yoga. And I'm like, I'm almost there. Uh-uh. Anyway, no, I've had so much pineapple. Nothing. Oh, God. I've never held up a wrap sign anymore. Oh, wrap, wrap. Listen, I think it's time to talk to an iconic filmmaker. Oh, God. Every publicist right now is taking us off the list. My guess today is a filmmaker known for such movies as Uncut Gems and Good Time. His latest film, Marty Supreme, is already getting just insane. Oscar Buzz, it's everywhere. I'm sorry to interrupt. What? When I go home, I have to log these things into a spreadsheet. What each thing is about it. Sure. I'm going to throw it out. I will put in a small description. Like Sonia talked about being hungry. But this one's going to be Conan Drinks' On Jizz. Oh, post, pineapple bin. Okay. Continue. Let's, you know, not for no reason. I'm thrilled he's here today. I'm thrilled he's here today. Jossafty, welcome. I think you and I are friends now. I think so too. I think we are. I do. You know why? Through Sandler. Anyone who you know through Sandler, you feel like you're a friend. So I, you know, my favorite observation about Sandler, and this is in the last couple of years, is he always says the best. I'll bring up anyone. So let's say I see Sandler in half an hour at the store where they sell overly long gym shorts for middle aged men. And I say to him, hey, I just, I just only middle aged. It is such a long marquee. They carved you when you go in. But that's a, I see Sandler and I'll be like, oh, I know. I do. What do you do? What are you doing? Oh, I just, uh, John, I said, the best. And then I can go, okay. And then 20 minutes later, I can say, oh, my God, I, I, by the way, I was, uh, I was just at a restaurant and I had a Ruben sandwich. The best. And he keeps saying the best down to the point where you're like, yeah, then I was in New York and I, I actually, uh, I took the Lexington Avenue, oh, the best. The best. He wants to, he said, he wants to me, I was like, I'm going to go to the bathroom because the best. The best. And I understood it though. It was real. I was like, yeah, it is the best. It is the best. You have that pressure feeling in your bladder and then you don't. Then you don't. It's the best. It is the best. My wife has to text me throughout the day saying go to the bathroom. I'll pee when I wake up and then I go to sleep. Is that right? Yeah. It's unfortunate. So that's why when I talked to Santa, I said we knew the bathroom and he was saying the best. Like I'm doing it. Yeah. Yeah. It's a short way. But he says it all the time. But no, there's variations. The best. Yeah. The best. The best. The best. The best. But I love that he would even say it about like, yeah, you know, I, uh, I think, um, well, apparently the, the wife, the way she killed her husband is she used, she used strict and she used to be like, well, I'm not going to say it all the time. The best. What? Instant. No trace. Doesn't show up in the blood. The best. Wait, are we talking about toxins that kill you? The best. But, uh, okay. And it calls you Kony. Kony. He calls me Kony is the only one that can. And, um, you know, we accidentally said it to someone. They're like, what are you doing? It's like, well, I'm going to go see Kony. I'm really. I'm going to fuck you talking. Kony, Kony, Kony. Kony. Kony. Kony like a seven year old boy. Also, we live in the same neighborhood. And I have been driving through my neighborhood and seen what looks like 1975 Stevie Nicks walking down the street covered in different colored garments. And I look closer and it's Sandler where there's, and I've, God bless him. He doesn't try to match any clothing. You know, it's just, it looks like a handkerchief store blew up near him. And everything got glued to his body. And it's every single color you can imagine. I believe a boy. And then I'll pull up and it'll like, you know, hey, Adam, it's me. I'll lower the window. It's me. Oh, the best. Um, he got pulled into a woman. I was once, I was once with him and he got pulled into like a some sort of high-end retail store because someone, you know, he's the nicest guy. There's someone's like, oh man, I'm a fan. He's like, let's take a picture. And they invited him into the store. It's like, I'd love to show you my, my clothing. I'm Sandler and a high-end retail store. It's not, it does not make sense. So he said, I was like, what was going on in your head? He's like, I was counting the hangers. You know, I got some point. I have to just stop counting. Yeah, I did 20. Very nice stuff you have in there. You got good stuff. Buddy, you got good stuff. I got to go. I got to go. Well, I also love he will come by my house and he'll, unlike other people, like an L.A., you call ahead. No one just drops in. How do I drop it? Sandler will be outside the gate going, he's like, oh, buddy, buddy. And I say, hey, sit down. And then within maybe two minutes, she'll say, because one time he brought his daughters with him. He was at, he was in my house for like five minutes. We watched part of a football game and they went, oh, I got to go, I got to go, buddy. He barely sat down and then he starts charging out and he's shouting up the stairs. Come on, girls, let's go, let's go. And he said, we know and we're not wanted. I did what I did was say, we're just like, eliminate. You know, let's get out of here. He moves fast. He moves fast. But we are not here to eulogize Adam Sandler. He's alive and well and we love him. Yes, the best. The best. We are here. And I want to start with this and then we'll talk about other things and then we'll get back to it. But your movie, Marty Supreme, is a juggernaut of delight. It is a just love that movie. I have watched a lot of Oscar movies because I got to host that thing. I mean, movies that are getting up for awards. Thank God you're hosting. You're great. You know what I was telling Maryl's, you know, you could be the, if you were the host of a Denny's, I'll go to that Denny's every day. Oh, thank you. That might be more appropriate. If this year goes well, it's on to Denny's. I saw your movie with my friend, Rodman Flender, and I sat and the movie begins and it was a party. It was just like the crowd. It was one of those things that you dream about where the laughs are all there. The highs, the lows. And from the moment that movie begins, I was in all the way. It was amazing. And it was just an absolute pure delight. And so I'm so happy you're here because no spoilers, but I want to talk about this movie. This movie is a major achievement and I hope. I know you're getting a lot of love, but I mean. Love from the people who you look up to and respect is different. Yeah. But it means a lot. And also, thank you. Weirdly, weirdly, I was saying someone was asking me because Abel Farrer who's in the film, who I've been a huge fan of and I knew him when he was not a sober person and I know you did too. Yeah. And one of the best Conan interviews is the Abel Farrer Conan interview because it is like yoga, man. You are stretching. You are doing, it was unhinged. And I'll tell you, you know, sometimes there are movies about show business. And in movies about show business, like, you know, my favorite year, there's just improbable, crazy things that happen. People get on stage seconds after they fix the broken set and the curtain comes up like a second before. Abel Farrer was on the old late night show. Maybe he's his legendary director and persona and not long before he was going to come out. He was not the first guest. He might have been the second guest. Yes, Larry was the first one. Okay. Dennis Larry is the first guest and Abel Farrer is going to come out. And while I'm out doing the monologue or maybe even talking to Dennis Larry as the first guest, Abel Farrer, who's in his dressing room, runs away, gets to the elevator bank at late night on a rock for a center, hits the button, gets on the elevator and disappears. I'm, and he's the next guest up. And I didn't know anything about this, but God bless him. Frank Smiley who's been one of my my single producer forever and did every single late night show and was a major major force behind the show. He takes off, gets another elevator, goes down and then runs out onto the street and does that thing in movies where you look right, you look left, and then he just gets a glimpse of Abel Farrer and like a leather jacket and that sonter and he takes off and Abel Farrer goes into a bar and starts ordering a drink. And Frank goes in and has to drag Abel Farrer back, convince him, could Joel him, physically pull him, gets him back, they take the elevator up and he gets him back on his mark backstage as I'm saying ladies and gentlemen, Abel Farrer, then he runs out. I didn't know anything because how could I? You're on the street. Yeah, and I'm, and I'm just, you know, in full host mode and then he's, he comes out and if you ever want to look up that interview, it's able for our Conan O'Brien on the, on the late night show and it is me talking to a wild animal. And, and he is a, I think a big part of Marty Supreme, My favorite part of the interview, though, is how quickly Dennis Lairie abandoned any sort of legency has to you. And you would think the two of you kind of would be connected in Boston, Irish guys. Austin Irish guy is like, all right, this is my, he goes right, maybe he wanted a part, I don't know what it was, but he went right to, Abel, Abel doesn't smoke cigarettes, he takes a cigarette, he's talking to Dennis, he's, you know, Abel for our ass me wants to do a Q&A with him and I've watched him do Q&As and his thing, particularly when he was not a sober person, was to throw the moderator into the bus instantly and just take it to the audience and then just make fun of the moderator. And he did that to you. Yeah, he did that to you and I, but he's, he's, you know, I think you said something about like, still-own subtitles at some point in his life. No, what's that? I mean, what's that? He would ask me every take, he would say to me, he would say, I'd tell him, you know, what the scene was and, you know, whatever we had all these amazing conversations through WhatsApp because he lives in Rome and he said, he's like, are you doing it? I'm like, I'll do it. Yeah, he's like, you do the scene. And I'll watch, you know, I'll know, I'll watch you how did you do it and then I'll know how to do it. Something no actor won. And then he said, so I did it, but I'm doing the scene as if I'm able for ever. So I'm like doing like the, I'm not talking and he goes, you're doing me doing the scene. I was like, yeah. That's what's gonna happen. Yeah. You know what I mean? That's eventually what's happening. Yeah, that's exactly what he's doing. He's, his book is really good. He's sober, he's been sober 13 years and his book is good. Good for him. When I worked with him in my first film, it was that situation each take, he'd just walk away, wearing the lobby of my phone, go to a bar. Yeah, I found a beer and then put the beers inside of his jacket. Do the scene with Ronnie, who's the leader of the movie Mary's husband. And who I wrote the movie with. And then Ronnie would do the scene with him. They never had one word outside of the actual scene with exchange each other. And then for years, Able would introduce me to people as his director because I don't think he remembered my name. I don't think he remembered my name. Right. I love him. He's this very special guy and that interview with you is like one of the great like Conan Flailing interviews. Yeah, no, it's, and you know what, Able said to me once, he said, Conan, people like to watch you work, which is, and I realized he was right, people like to watch me squirm, contort myself, both my soul and my physical body in order to kind of make something work. And he said, they like to watch you work. And I said, well, I don't like it. I like it when it's really easy. Yeah, yeah. I'm going to get us talking about Marty Supreme, which is getting all kinds of love quickly because I'm getting, I have a three year old and she's probably trying to FaceTime me. It's all good. Yeah, your priorities are correct. We're going to turn this off right now. Quiet to the three year old. Shut up, mini. You're talking, mini. I'm talking to Conan O'Brien right now. Do you have no idea what this means to me? I have so many questions about this movie. And then the first of all is, I don't think this movie could be made without Timothy. Timothy is this nuclear force at the center of the movie that needs to propel it. And I know that you usually are thinking about who this movie has to be for. I know that you and your brother when you were thinking about uncut gems, it had to be Sandler. And it had to be Sandler to the degree that you wrote it for Sandler in 2011. He passes. He passes again in 2015. Sandy passed a bunch. That's what Sandi Wernick is. Yeah. Sandy Wernick, his long time, and I love you, Sandy. But Sandy Wernick just kept getting this goofy script. And I think not even showing it to Adam. Definitely not. But then finally, you guys kept at it. You didn't cast anybody else. In 2017, you get Adam to say yes. And I think it has been such a wonderful thing for Adam because after that movie, those of us who know Adam saw that he was a real dramatic actor long before uncut gems. But you guys put him dead center in the crosshairs and gave him this acting challenge. And he killed it. And that is you guys that's Adam. But I know that that whole process of doing uncut gems took you 10 years. 10 years, yeah, 10 years. Unbelievable. This one was six. My wife's like, you gotta figure it out. Yeah. Yeah. Can't do it that way. Yeah. Yeah. So, but Sandler, you know what's interesting is like, okay, so I did the, then I did the special with Sandler, love you. And he makes you cry. Sandler can make you cry. He, I'm just telling him in the clip that I saw from Jay Kelly, he's such a big golden retriever. Or not a master, he's more like a master, a big master who's like, you know, I don't even like, I don't even wanna say out loud some of the things I feel about him. Cause I'm very, me, he's, I'm very emotional about him. And I think most people who are close with him do get that way because he is very open. He's like a very mushy person. I love that word mushy. He's very mushy, mushy, mushy, gushy. And mushy, tushy. So I say to my daughter, I turn into a three year old. Yeah, I say all the time. I'm like, mushy, tushy. Everything is tushy with my daughter. She's calling again. She's like, he got it right. That's it. I'll like literally just turn to my daughter, man. Everyone's like, many, how, guess what? She goes, tushy. And I was like, tushy. Anyway, Sandler, Sandler's like, tushy go with all. Yeah, we don't. We don't. I did. You got to be forever young. I had Jack Fist, my production designer, one of the greatest of all time. He's just turned 80 or 79 or something. And he worked with the best. And he grew up with David Lynch. And he did some amazing movies. There will be blood and Mahal and Drive and bad lands. He met his wife, Sissy Spaceck on. And he is probably the youngest person I've ever really gotten to know. Like he's like an eight year old. And like we're texting at three, four in the morning. And I just felt so, I felt young with him. Yeah. So you just say, tushy. You just got to say tushy all the time. Tushy, mushy, tushy. Mushy, tushy. But Sandler, when I was making gems and, you know, spoiler alert to anyone who hasn't seen it, he dies at the end of the movie. And the entire film for me was watching somebody who's so alive all the time. And knowing that he dies, I would well up and cry throughout the movie. And he was like, what's going on with you? And I was like, I know, I have issues. But I really would, it's so funny that you had the power to keep my life. I know. Yeah. I could have. And he had to die. He got to winged at the show that, but you essentially killed it. Yeah, yeah. I know, it's weird. And it's just, I'm all broken up. Why, I'm going to murder you, you know. Oh, it just breaks my heart. But he is, but he is also the best. Yeah. He's also so like, to me, that he is that like, alive, electric character who is like constantly looking to just disappear at any moment, just connect with somebody. And he's, that has, he's anxious. He's a very anxious person. His early standup where he's talking, pretending to be things in the refrigerator. Yeah. His humor is very unique. I grew up loving those albums so much. Yes. Of course. Yeah. Yeah. So much to the point when I'm meeting people who appear on the albums, I'm like Starstruck. And so, so I, you know, felt like I knew him on some level. So when I wrote it for him, I also knew that he had, he has this rage in him, which, that's real. Yeah. That's real. That's not, you know, I mean, it's obviously those who know him, you can get, he can have an alberts, but they're loving. And immediately he can go back to being mushy Tushy, but he's still like, he's still Sandler and, and he's the Sandman. People, how many people do you know in your life? You can just call them that. Like they're Nick White. I knew like six. Yeah. Yeah. So I worked at a sand company for a while. I did. They, they, they, they manufacture high grain sand. And you knew no one's name. So you just called everyone, just what you do. And have them's name when I found out was Sandman. So, you know, but you know what's interesting to me. His name was Sandman. Yeah, the last Jews. Yeah. Sandman. Sandman. I'm OSHA Sandman. Yeah, I'm Superman. Speederman. Yeah. Speederman. Speederman. Yeah. That's not what I would say. It's not what I would say. Marty is like, he's like, Speederman. Yeah. He's Marty Speederman. Yes. Well, he is, I mean, here's the thing, but I did write it for Timmy. I did. I wrote it for him. I would have met him before I really knew him as an actor. Right. And this kid that I met, you know, I go, I was at the, a premiere for one of our movies, Agent comes up to me, agent at a party and they're like, oh, I want to introduce you to the next superstar. It's pretty obnoxious. You hear that all the time. Everyone's the next superstar. So I'm skeptical and I go and I meet this kid and he's in the corner of the room and he's with his buddy. And he was there, but he wasn't like there. He wasn't where he wanted to be and he had, he couldn't stay in still. He was like coming out of his own skin and he had these really big dreaming eyes. And then I went to go see a movie, I called him by your name, like four months later. And he could have been like kind of a small film, and he just threw his acting through his performance, expanded the walls of this movie, made it a huge movie. And I watched him on stage afterwards. He just turns in this like super serious star forming performance. And then he's doing being interviewed at the New York Film Festival, 1200 people and he's rocking back on his chair, which I do all the time, uncontrollably. And he fell down on his ass. I want to his back. Could have been very embarrassing, but every single person in that room laughed. And we laughed like we were his guest. And that was so like, because we felt so intimate to him. So I wrote it for, when I said to him, I was like, I want that person to be this part. Well, so it's interesting to me about this movie, it's watching it, and there's a bunch of things that struck me. But one, reminded me a little bit of Frank Capra. Frank Capra used to make the most of small characters. So yeah, okay, you're watching Jimmy Stewart or whatever, but then he goes in just to buy a newspaper and the guy who sells in the newspaper is memorable. Maybe has one line, but is memorable. That is usually not done anymore. And Marty Supreme, I watched it, and I turned to my friend Rodman afterwards and I went those faces, all the faces of everybody, people that are in that dreary hotel, we're able for our lives. A kind of idea. Anytime there's a face in the crowd and the cameras on them for a second, their face is fascinating. These faces loom out at you, and they're absolutely incredible. And I was thinking about all the supporting players. David Mammoth. David Mammoth. David Mammoth. Sandra Bernhardt. Isaac Mizrahi, Abel Farara, Tara The Crater, Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank. And you have, yeah, okay, Gwyneth Paltrow. Yeah, but that's not a shock that Gwyneth Paltrow was in a great movie. But... She didn't act in a while. Yeah, but to see Kevin O'Leary and say, yeah, the guy from Shark Tank, he should have a major part in this and then have it work perfectly. I love the fearlessness with which you guys say, wait a minute, that's the face, that's the person. And I think you're seeing something in them that you think is, as you said, it's all a documentary. This is this Marty Supreme movie is based on a guy. It's very loosely. Very loosely. Very, very loosely inspired by it. Inspired by it, but it's a completely fictitious tale. And then what you guys do, what you've done is you've extracted the essence of these people somehow. And they're perfect in those moments. I always, when I meet somebody, I wanna see the best in them. And I admire people who are centered. Like people who are kind of, they're invisible to themselves because I'm not. But I admire people who are iconic. They're iconically them. There's a guy in the movie who plays Ables like side his friend, who's also an uncut gems. And his name is Mitchell Weneck. And he met him at a diner in 2007 or something. And I always wanted to put him in something and Benny and I put him in a short and then we put him in gems. And I stay in touch with him. He shows up in the Sandler special. His job, he worked for a HUD, the housing department in New York City. And then he, his hobby is, he's an autograph collector. This guy is in the movie. And I saw him hovering and waiting outside Gwen's trailer. With a folder and glossy images of her from Emma. And I said, Mitchell, what are you doing? He goes, you think it's inappropriate? I said, you're a co-star. You want me to get to your audience? He's like, no, I really want to be the one to get it because there's a specific place where she has to sign. Yes. What I love about him, he doesn't sell. So he's different from the guys who are selling stuff nonstop and making sure it's here. And he was good friends with Johnny. Anyway, he is, I love being around him. I genuinely like, you know, every, his point of view on life. I find it so refreshing, everything he has to say. And I am moved by people who are iconically themselves. So how do I get it? How do I do it? What is I see? I mean, I just, I don't know, I just see somebody and I see them for their essence. And I believe that if you know someone really well, these interviews help and getting to know them and making them feel comfortable. That's like so much of directing is just making people feel, I mean, that's you had to do, still have to do it. And then they can get into a space where they can be without how, starting to sound like evil, manipulated, but they can be, that can be, that's your job. Yeah, they can be, they can be led into situations. And then having someone like Timmy, I can actually work with him through him sometimes. And I don't put marks down on the floor anything and Darius, my cinematographer, is like, master, lighter spends three hours. He's like, no, they have to stay in right here. I was like, not if they don't want to, Darius. And I was like, no, trust me. He's like, they have to, I won't be lit up through over here. I was like, then they're not lit. Then they're not lit over there and they're standing there, but I'll get them there. And more or less, the blocking that I have, I generally know how this person's gonna move. And they will most likely land in that pool of light. But if they don't, it actually helps add, I think, a little bit of realism to the movie because things aren't so perfect. Did you recognize the guy in the cage who's with George Gervin, who's the great iceman from the Spurs? There's a guy who works in the cage who's kind of like the, I guess the greeter is the voice of the ping-pong parlor. There was a viral video in 2007 of this man on the side of the highway. He was homeless and he had a sign. And the guy said, all right, I'll give you a dollar. If you use that magical voice that you claim to have, I was like, this is good. This is welcome to, Stephanie and Bob. Yeah, I remember that famous. So it was like a early viral celebrity. Yeah, then he became the man with the golden voice. And then he found some hard times and good morning America called him the man with the so-called golden voice. He still had the golden voice, but I don't know why Alvesin was so called. And I loved him. I found him to be so special and warm and the voice too. When you cast him, you're also casting a voice, which is interesting. Like I put Mary Ann from Brooklyn from the Stern Show. She's the first person you see in the movie. And her voice, what's great about Mary Ann from Brooklyn is she's so beautiful, but you hear this voice and they put the crow sound all the time, Fred's like, wow, wow, every time she speaks. But her voice, I find the voice to be beautiful. And then you see her and she's beautiful. And then you cast her and she's the first face that you see, but you hear her first. Anyway, so I'm casting all the rest. But here's the scenario. But one thing is here's the story. I can talk for everyone. No, no, but what I'm saying is the scenario that fascinates me is in this world now post-Marty Supreme and Gems, you're gonna have so many big actors. They're gonna be approaching you and saying, oh, you know, come on, Josh, I'd be great for this. I'd be really good for this. And it's Matt Damon and it's Ben Affleck and they're big. Yeah, yeah, and I'd be great for it too. And then you have to tell them, guys, it's not you. Well, who's it? Who do we lose it to? You know, who do we lose it to? You lost it to the guy who came to fix the toilet 40 minutes ago. He had the snake and he was routing around, but he had the light at him and I just knew he had that purity of I need to get this toilet unclogged. And I don't care how much shit I need to handle with my bare hands. And by the way, that guy's playing Jason Bourne. Yeah, exactly. Also, I mean, the safty version of Jason Bourne. But I mean, that is something that I, I happened with Dave Prumhol, actually, because he was going for the part that Mitchell ended up getting. And his audition was amazing. He was great. He's a great actor. I've always loved him since some of Beverly Hills, even before then, and he's just a fantastic actor. But then he's like, you know, I saw the movie and I realized, oh, I lost it to that guy. You know what I mean? Right. He paints lines on a parking lot. He's, you know, he's, I, they wanted like this real, this real person, this guy's essence. Yeah, yeah, yeah. As much as that he could emulate it, he's not that person. And I think adding a lot of people who you also don't know, but you feel like you know them immediately, has this kind of added effect that you're just in real life. And every, every single person in the cast, the guy who works in the shoe store, this guy Lloyd, he's, yeah, horse better. He's the great horse better at Aukuda Grace Track. And Ratso, who's a friend of mine, who did he, you never crossed paths with him, right? He was not the lampoon at all. I don't think so, no. Ratso Larry Slomin, he, he was a great writer. He wrote Stern's book, Private Parts. He's a, I don't think I know him. But I could, I might be best friend of them. I know him. I know him. I know him. I know him. I know him. Who are you, by the way? And where are we right now? He's the guy who plays the uncle. Oh, yeah, Ratso. So he's, anyway, so the backstory that I had for him is that he got the shop through his kind of horse racing obsession. And then I tell that to Jen and then just like, oh, we'll look at horse betters. So then all of a sudden you're getting Lloyd. So amazing. I mean, this is a, this casting technique, it might change things because it's so effective and powerful and this whole idea of, well, we got to cast someone as the nerd who operates the elevator, get me all the nerds. And everyone who has got an eight by 10 where they're wearing glasses that's taped in the middle and they're like, whoa, they just learn what the word geek is. You know what a geek is? Why know what I think a geek is? No, but like I just, I was talking to Ronny and he casually mentioned like he was talking, he's reading a book about the circus and the six years. Oh, yeah, yeah. A geek is the person who like bites the heads off of juggins and stuff. That kind of geek, yeah. And that must be the most geek. Yeah, circus geek. There must be some correlation between a geek and a geek. It became nerdy. It's like, no, it's not, it's original, it's original derivation is not nerd. It's not nerd. Nerds are smart. Geeks are not smart. Geeks are totally outside society and they're, what's a dweeb then? Well, dweeb is very different. Yeah, what is a dweeb? Well, I'll tell you because I have a long experience. That's why I'm asking. I don't know. I have no idea. I like to pretend I know instantly. I like door. Well, there was a great, all there was a great in living color sketch. It was like a geek, a dweeb or a spaz. And you had to pick. And I remember that as a kid. I loved it. Anyway, sorry, going back to, why did I say geek? Oh, you're talking about the tape. Yeah. And, but let's get back to, let's get back to the center of the movie, Timothy, is, he's spectacular. And also, this is something he did last year in the Bob Dylan, Bob is that he went off and learned how to play guitar in a very specific way that mimicked how Dylan was playing guitar in those early village years and got it down just right, which is no easy thing to do. Then for, then for, Marty Suprime, I mean, if there's any voice you want to emulate, Dylan's probably the easiest. Yeah. Yeah. Maria Callis, not so much. I lost that part. I don't know why. But when you get to Timothy playing table tennis, he's so convincing, and I found out later on that, yeah, you can do things, I guess, with CGI or whatever, but he really spent a long time getting great at this. And I started to realize he's built like a table tennis guy. He's so wiery and kinetic, and he's got so much energy that it's the perfect sport for him to play. I don't know if that went into... I think he would like to imagine if he could be an NBA basketball player, but sure, table tennis. No, I don't tell him, I said, I don't know. Tell him, I said, oh yeah, one of the... One of the first, you know, the inspirations for the movie was this character that my wife, who's a producer on the movie, got this book that was a autobiography memoir about this, the wierry kind of. There was a bunch of these intense outsiders who hung out at this table tennis parlor, Midtown, New York. A footnote of history was interesting. It was owned by the first black business owner in the Times Square District. That's who, his name is Herworld Lawrence and that's who George Gribbon plays. But at this place, which my great uncle played at, he said there was like an orphanage for outcasts and they were all these wierry kind of proto-ADD, super smart people who got terrible grades because they just did not care for school, astrophysicists and criminals, it's a motley crew. And I saw, I was like, I immediately, when I was reading, I was like, I wanna know what these guys looked like. And I typed in like 1949, British Open. And I immediately see these guys, young guys, wierry, wierry, bouncing all over the place. And I immediately called Timmy and I was like, this is the project we can do together. And I said it weirdly, I don't know why. I was like so fearful of the idea of periods. I put it to Peter Gabriel and I have the touch at that feeling, the time I like is the rush hour because I like the touch, the rush. And that was the beginning of it. And I just thought, if there's any sport, this would be perfect for Timmy. And he spent like seven years, I remember he played me early on. Seven years. Six years. Six years. Yeah, because he was doing it in tandem with Dylan. And I remember he played me and my wife, we went to CM, he played, he was just starting to learn guitar. He didn't know how to play guitar when he'd start doing Dylan. At all. And he's like, oh, I wanna play you a Dylan song and I wish I could remember the song. I remember him playing and me looking at my wife. And I was like, it's gonna be rough on him. You know, he was like, he was like, well, it was good, right? I was like, you're amazing, man. That was something. And I meant to, I mean, when he was talking to that question. Yeah, that was something. But that's what people said in Dylan originally. Yeah, exactly. But then I watched him like over the years in tandem with table tennis and he started training with this guy who was like the youngest of US champion, this guy Michael Landers, who was on a Wheaties box at one point. Maybe it was not Wheaties, but it was another serial brand. Anyway, he, I watched him train and he got the mechanics good. And then when, by the time I linked him with this husband, wife team Diego Scoff and his wife Wei Wang, who she was an Olympian, who he did, because I read that he did Forrest Gump. He said, I mean whoever did Forrest Gump, I loved as a kid, I loved that section, which is inspired by an amazing true story in the 70s that broke down the communication between China and the US. It was through. Helpthorough relations. Yeah, it was through table tennis. It was like hippie guy missed his bus in Tokyo in the 70s and ordered the 60s and got on to the Chinese bus. They were all ahead and seen an American person. So now there's this like long haired guy and he's like, hey, peace and love everybody. And the number one player in the world goes up to him, gives him a gift, the guy gives him a gift back and that made news. And then Mao was invited the team to China and then that broke and then Nixon was like, all right, and then it became known as ping pong diplomacy. Nixon visited shortly after. And I didn't know that story and tell us doing research for this, but you watch Forrest Gump and you assume all of that sequence when he's like showing up like Zellig and all the world is. But anyway, so how did I get on that? Oh, ping pong with Diego, who did Forrest Gump, when they met with him, Diego has this incredible. So Diego is helping to instruct Timothy. Well, his wife is gonna teach him how to play better because the mechanics had to be perfect. And Diego's gonna be the choreographer consultant. And he has this incredible recorded library of footage of going back to the 80s of these amazing games. So we combed through all of those and built each point, the narrative of each point. Some believe it. And it was really, yeah, it's what games I imagine. I hope the games are really engaging and entertaining. The games are thrilling. They are thrilling. They're crazy. Yeah. And again, what adds to it is that Marty's desperately wanting to be the best and show everybody, actually probably knows I am the best and I need to show everybody I'm the best and I will do anything. I love the Guinness Book of World Records. I've always loved to do this. I was fascinated with that when I was a kid. Because it's amazing. Because you'd be like, wow, this guy's the best at this thing. He can hold his breath for three and a half minutes while balancing a ball on his head. There's something really beautiful about the desire to have a place in the sun, basically. To car and everybody and then dreams in particular are fascinating to me because there, and I told the story kind of like a heist film. But it's like dreams as heists. You're trying to control your own fate. And I think that kind of adds to the level of suspense. It's like you're watching somebody. You know his dream is totally ridiculous to 99.9% of the people he meets. And every moment that people do not buy into his dream or in every moment he fails is affirmation to them. So it's like the whole, every time he gets set back in the movie, I think what I like to hear is people really feel that. And it adds a level of tension to it. But it's about a guy who really just wants to be the greatest table tennis player with us. But also, there's been, there's been, there's a lot of things about Marty that's unlikable. Very brash, very rude, cutting corners left and right, throwing people under the bus if he has to. And yet there's not a person watching that movie who isn't rooting for him. And I find that to be really fascinating. And that's the sleight of hand that I think is really magical about, you know. Well, you have to give somebody, I think love is more important than likability. And I believe that those moments that you are connecting with him are kind of pure. And they are, because they're pure, they have a feeling of love attached to them. Like liking is more of a casual thing. And look, you know, I, and I think that he's chasing happiness, desperately chasing happiness and happiness is a very fleeting, kind of haunted feeling. Happiness is very, is kind of sad in a way, because it's so hard to achieve. Yeah, it's trying to grab smoke. Exactly, exactly. And I think that there is something sympathetic to it, but I think his youth, I think when you're young, the concept of consequences. So it's so small, because the world is so big. And because it's so big, there's so many different options. Well, that didn't work. I can go over here. And I think that that youth is also kind of a little bit of, the movie is kind of about being an idiot in your 20s. Yeah. Oh my God. And also confidence. Yes. Oh my God. This guy, this guy who talks his way into all these situations and then he's in a big room and he's in London, I think. And this one in the dining hall with Kevin O'Leary when he comes up or. Well, he sees Gwyneth, yeah. Kaltrow's character come in. So this extraordinarily beautiful woman comes in and he sees her and he's like, yep, gonna call her up. And then he, well, her stardom is like, it's so interesting to him. He's just like, wow, she burns bright. And he and and and just try, he's upset. The beginning, he's upset with the press conference that he's manipulated. He's upset that they're not paying attention to him in this moment because he has everything totally figured out. He knows how he's gonna get. He's gonna say the things that are gonna get a rise out of these people so they're gonna want to write a piece about him. And he's gonna be proud of his little, I used to walk around with a little village voice clipping when I would do my research and I'd pull it out to show somebody like, I'm a serious filmmaker. Check it out. Look at my little village voice clipping. And in hindsight, I was so proud of those little clippings in hindsight. It's probably kind of pathetic. You know what I mean? Showing this tiny little clipping. And I'm like, trust me, give me some money to make this movie. Look at me, I was in the village voice and like, Yeah, the minute someone pulls a clipping out of their wallet, you've lost the argument. But it's, but it's, but it's endearing when he, when Marty does it in the movie with, with Gwyneth. And I think that like, That's the magic with time. I've been able to kind of, you know, it was tragic, but it's comedic, you know, what is the comedy's tragedy plus time? Like that feels it that, I think that's what makes that, funny is that it's so tragic that he is that way, but he's so confident that it kind of down, down plays. And I think his confidence is, is interesting to people. I think it makes people are motivated to kind of want to root for him. Plus there's a little bit of a trick happening where you, it's the sporting elements you're forced to root for him. Yes. You know, like any, I don't know any, I don't understand anyone who watches sports casually. Like you have to have a narrative, you have to have a team that you root for. There's stories inside of that so that you can invest yourself in the game just to like, that's why I think people love gambling so much. Because it's like, oh, I get to watch the sport and have something that I really want out of it. Yeah. And I think that that does help a little bit in the movie. I think you feel like you really have to root for him. Now let's, let's go to 10,000 feet, Google Earth out of this whole thing. This movie now, it's a word I was, I was really there just now. Yeah. Now I'm gonna go even higher and talk about, actually talk about plate tectonics. But no, we, movie award season, are you chilled during these situations where you're gonna go to, depending on when this airs, but it's still gonna be award season, I think when this comes out, and are you able to go and be somewhat detached or are you, is every fiber of your being hope that you come home with a big award? Oh my god, no. I, you know, part of the inspiration for this movie was the feeling that I had after finishing on Cut James. You have this like 10 year journey where you're filtering your entire life through these characters. You're trying to understand your life through fiction. And you're writing, you're creating these characters and maybe you can change the way you feel and like, oh, that's why I did this, I said this to my girlfriend or whatever, did this to my buddy. And I woke up every morning and I had this and I, it's like, I gotta get Adam Sandler, got him sandler, and finally you're making the movie with a decent budget and with Adam Sandler and then it's done. And then I finished the movie and I'm showing it and the pandemic's like around the corner, unknowingly. And someone said, what's next? And I started to cry because I was like, I didn't know I had this hollow feeling because this thing that was like my drive every single day was gone. Did you contemplate maybe being an architect? I did, how do you know that? I asked around. I asked around, I walked around alleys with Abel Farah. Give people 20 dollars, what's the word? What's the word on Josh? Well, I said to Ronnie, I said to Ronnie, I said, yeah, I don't even know if I want to do this anymore. And he was like, whoa, you're my writing partner. What do you mean? And I was like, I do, I would love to one day build a building, that's like my big dream. I like the feeling of a narrative of a building of going in and experiencing and having something happen inside, going out the back and coming through and then like forever that area you have like a relationship with it. But so I had that hollow feeling when I shouldn't have had a hollow feeling. I should have felt incredible. Should have felt like I did this thing. I should have felt a sense of accomplishment, but I didn't. And that feeling as you see that at the end of Marty a little bit, you know, that he finally does this thing, but it's for who for himself or what? And dreams are really lonely. So that I have that now, I can't, I'm not gonna lie. I feel like this. And so yeah, next is the, is the contact burger king about designing their new, because I think that there needs to be more aesthetics in fast food. I don't like the direction of that the fast food has gone in. You know what's gonna happen? You're gonna go into the burger king because you want to design a better burger king. And you're gonna see someone working the fryer and go, that face. You're the next Merneloy. Merneloy. Oh, no. Fuck is Merneloy. But I do, but I do feel like, so right now like I'm just having a slightly like disassociative feeling kind of like you made this really personal thing. It's connecting with people and audiences. It's yeah. And, uh, I went, I was, I was once in a film festival and they, in Poland and these were like a lot of very small art films. And I was there a movie, tiny movie that me and my brother made. And there's other movies that we like and they sat us all in one room. They said, one of you will be leaving with 200,000 euro. And it's looked to your right, you know what I mean? Look to your left and it might be them and it might not be you. And all of a sudden, everyone's looking at each other like, oh, you get competitive. Yeah. And like, holy shit. And it was horrible. I didn't like that. I thought I was coming to this festival to share this thing, get to see Poland. Then that volcano happened. Yeah. There was no eruption that no one could say. The name of that volcano and then all of a sudden, all the US judges who were supposed to come in and be a part of the gummanger, were grounded in America. So I'm like, oh, shoot, our best off. You know, you and Ben and I are figuring out how, now we're not going to win because we had these US judges. So then we partnered with another filmmaker. We're like, all right, if you win, which we thought they had another great movie, if you win, let's share the money. And he was like, that's a deal done. And then, you know, you get there and you're just looking at everybody and the competition thing is kind of weird. That said, it's nice to win. So you know what I mean? Oh, no, the Polish film, because they only could use Polish people and the jury. I so you thought this was going to a place like, and we won. Yeah, let's, hey, give me a favor, Josh. Sorry. Let's do a rewrite. Yeah. No, no, no. You won. But you wanted to, what was interesting is that they said, we really wanted to go and visit Auschwitz. And they said, you know, okay, well, you know, there's a bit of a situation because there was this volcano, things are really scrambled. We can't really get people, all the people want to go to go at once. So we're going to go at 2 p.m. So we want at 2 p.m. you drive. We get there and this woman who ran like another film festival was like, oh man, I didn't realize I had this screening at 6 p.m. It's not like 4 p.m. It takes like an hour to get back. And they were like, just like, can we do an abridged version of this tour? Oh, I'm looking at this, an abridged version of the tour of Auschwitz. And they're like, well, it takes like three hours to walk it. And when it's like, can we do the hour version? I'm like, this person. And we're literally like running through Auschwitz. That's what they, that's what they experimented at. On the fetus is, this is really, did this and that's what they did. And we're looking around. And then the alternative, if you won to the 200,000 hours, you can get 2 million euros to make a movie that takes place in, like in Poland. So that was going to be the movie, was going to be this comedy that took place at Auschwitz about the tourism industry. Oh my god. But difficulty of the dive. LAUGHTER That's your, I always judge a project by difficulty of the dive. You know, your comedy about Auschwitz is pretty good. LAUGHTER Wow. Well, listen, I have to say, I wish you all the best because I really did love this movie as did so many other people. And I wish you well. And I think you're the real deal. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much. That was amazing. MUSIC OK, I have a burning issue I'd like to discuss. Oh, burning. No, no, not that. Creams have solved that issue. And various ointments, sabs, and related bombs. But that's not the point. The point is there's something real that's happening in the world. Sona, why don't you tell the good people what I like to have maybe three days out of the week? You like to have what was formerly known as the Haley Bieber Smoothie from Aeroan? Yes. And so Aeroan makes this smoothie. It only costs $800. LAUGHTER You need a co-signer at the bank. LAUGHTER But you get this smoothie. It's very delicious. And it's got various flaxes and resins. Oh. Bums and ointments, for mentioned. It's got all kinds of stuff in it, but tastes good. And I really like it. I don't get it all the time, but I get it maybe twice, maybe three times a week, sometimes on a busy week. And your skin looks great. It's been so good for my skin. And it is called the Haley Bieber Smoothie. Right. Very recently, David went out and grabbed me one. And he came back and he was pale as a ghost. Ashen. I do so. What happened? And he said, it's no longer called the Haley Bieber Smoothie. He looked up for it on the board. It's not there. There's not even an indicator like this is what you used to buy or formerly known. No, her name's not there. It's no longer called the Haley Bieber Smoothie. I think it's called... The Strawberry Glazed Smoothie. So there's just no name associated with it. Right. There's no celebrity name. And I don't trust any product that doesn't have a celebrity name. Oh. I'm very hardcore about that. Do you know what I mean? If I want to... If I'm going to grill something, it's got to be on the George Foreman grill. You just do any rock and new year's eve or only Dick Clark's rock. Only Dick Clark's. And God rest his soul. I won't. If someone says, hey, let's rock this eve, I'm like, yeah. But it's not going to be just a generic rock. It's got to be the Dick Clark New Year's rock and eve. So I am very much attached to celebrity endorsement. It's the only kind of product that I really want. And... Or that I trust. So this has been a blow. And I do think there needs to be a celebrity name attached to that smoothie. And so this message is going out to the good people at Erwan. I know that you must be devastated. My guess is that they had Haley Bieber under contract for a certain amount of time in an expired. Yeah. And so now they're back to just old raspberry glaze. Strawberry. Okay. Whatevs. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. I'm going to counter and say, I'll have just some strawberry glaze. Worrying. Exactly. Yeah. Where are you headed with this? I think we all know. I think you need a celebrity attached to this and it needs to be someone who... Young compared. Young compared. Hold on. It's all relative. Young compared to say people that were serving when Pearl Harbor was bombed. I think it's all relative. It's got to be a whipper snapper. It makes means anyone under 70. Real hit. I'd want to pull it up. I just to chime in. It's technically, it looks like the name is the strawberry glaze skin smoothie. Yes. Okay. So I'm going somewhere with this. I'm a nerd. Well, I just wanted to say that I think whoever they choose next, whether it be you or somebody else, they're going to want to be their model for the skin. Yes. Okay. And this is why... Some people just think like, oh, that's going to be a problem for what Conan's about to pitch. No, no, no, no. It's all the more reason. A lot of people associate Conan O'Brien with, oh, it's super quick wit. You know, those bedroom eyes, the eye vein. The eye vein that has been in a bedroom. They'll get the hair, the pompadour, you know, all that kind of stuff. Whatever. First of all, I have a kind of strawberry look. That's true. Yes. I do have that. Oh, yeah. You have beautiful skin. It really does glow. It really does. And because you can see light through it. You can see my skeletal structure. Okay. I am the visible woman. And so I'm just saying I'm a pretty big name. And yeah. Am I young? No, I'm not young. But also I'm one of those people you're like, you're not really sure how old that guy is. Maybe if you don't have immediate access to the internet. So when I behave in a very youthful manner, I'm very immature. Yeah. So all I'm saying is I am willing to lend my name. And when I say lend, yes, there will be financial compensation. But I am willing to throw my hat into the ring because I'm sure other celebrities are pitching this hard. I know for a fact that Paul Rudd was in there two days ago, just screaming at them to call it the Paul Rudd. And that is a death knell for that. Yes. Does it have to be that one or are you open to naming anyone of their? This is my opening. It's a very popular smoothie at Wardo. Well, why would you cock block me with this? There's like a whole bunch more. See what we got here. All right. They have an incessant bits smoothie. That should be you. Yeah. There's an incessant bit smoothie that they already have. And it says made with real comedy bits. You should choose to be always on. I feel like this has to be it because this is the one you drink all the time. Yeah. Oh, look. Perfect. Amino Chaco Revive. By Gary Breka. Yeah. Who's Gary Breka? I would do this on a business. I'm sorry. If they're putting Gary Breka's name on a smoothie, then yes. I think he's like a longevity expert. Oh. Yeah. Okay. Well, we'll see. Yeah. Exactly. Let's see. Gorgi Cherry Crush. I mean, if it's not, I'm putting my name in for this because there's a void. Yeah. But if it has to be another smoothie, we can talk about that later, but you've opened a whole can of worms here. Yeah. I think this makes sense because you. I enjoy it. Yeah. I'm giving them a red. I'm plugging it right now. I am red. I have luminous skin. Yeah. I am married to Justin Bieber. You're like, if you can't get Haley Bieber, you seem like the obvious second choice to Haley Bieber. Yes. So that makes sense. Yes. I actually think it would serve them well. But can't you see people saying I want the Conan O'Brien? I want the Conan O'Brien. Be honest. Can you see them doing that? I actually would. I'm not even joking. I would, I think that Aeroan should name this smoothie after you. But wait. When you say compensation, like, what do you mean? Like, do you want like $200? I'm not fucking around here. Okay. First of all, I would get my representation involved and I would just start to hammer Aeroan and I mean hammer. Okay. That might not work. I would say, what did Haley Bieber get? They would give it a mount and I'd say I get 80% more. I've been around a lot longer. I think I have even better skin than her. It glows more. What? No, but you don't. Are you at all over? Don't have that. Don't yuck my yum. You weren't at all. You're not using it right. You're not using it right. You know, Layson be followed Connery for bond. Yeah. Layson people was great. Layson be did a good job. He did a lot of people when you say James Bond, they think Layson be. Oh, boy. I think, no, he's one of the best bonds and he's one of the bonds people think about the most even though he only did for her majesty secret service. We're on her majesty secret service. Okay. But wouldn't it be like going from Sean Connery to like, that's what he just said. No, but I think to go for it. Are you high? Are you high? I do to mean like Sean Connery to like Mickey Rooney. Yes. Thank you. Well, no, I was thinking someone even, yeah, like older. Oh, older and Sean Connery. Mickey Rooney was long dead. Yeah. And was old before he died. Yeah. Really old. Yeah, but like, you know, like, I don't know Abraham Lincoln. We're like, have you seen Lincoln skin? Very dry. Look at those Brady portraits. It's got very dry skin. I just think there's so many young people that go that know, hey, Lee Bieber, I'm not saying young people don't know you because I know young people know you. Oh, they know Conan O'Brien and they have to deal with Conan O'Brien. They have to accept him as a reality. I don't even know what I'm saying now. I know why. I'm like gravity. You got to deal with me sooner or later. I'm gravity. I will get you sooner or later. Oh, there's no escaping this Conan O'Brien. Oh, my God. He's not even my generation. What if this actually does turn into Aeroan coming back and saying, let's do this. Yeah. Great. I know. And I said great. I'm in great for Aeroan. Great for them. Great for anyone who likes a good smoothie and wants to see it succeed. Because I bet there are a lot of people like me who need a celebrity endorsement to really trust a product. Let me ask you this. Okay. Let's say they come back to you and they're like, we want to change it to Conan O'Brien. The Conan O'Brien smoothie. We feel we need to lower the price a little. We need to reduce the price of about 90%. You having a good laugh over there? Most of the good ingredients. How you doing over there, Chuckles? It's just, crushed. I'm just for you and some unpasteurized milk with sprinkles with a swirl of asbestos. We got real 1950s asbestos and swirled it in. Listen, I accept the reality to the marketplace. She does, does. I am a capitalist and I believe in the, I live and die by the capitalist system. So I accept the realities of the marketplace. Am I as attractive as Haley Bieber? No, I am not. Am I as vital? Am I as much a hero to the young people? I get it. I'm not. So yes, it'd be a price reduction. Yes, they would probably have to discontinue some of the really good stuff that's in there and replace it with. I'll just say older stuff. Same ingredients, but they're like weak sold. No, not weak sold. What did they change for me? They're all like... All the ingredients have to be from the Kennedy administration. Yeah, but I mean, would you... Milk that's still left over from the Kennedy administration. How did you... What did you change the name of it though? Instead of just being the Conan O'Brien smoothie, wouldn't it be something a little bit more fun? Like the... I mean, he needs that name, right? I need the name. Okay. People want the name. Maybe you could have a descriptor in the name of who you are. And then they, like in parentheses, he hosted a show for a long time. Your parents would know who he is. There's something like... I don't know. This is a bummer. Ask your parents. No. Ask your parents smoothies. No, Sona. This is not what we're doing. We'll just ground up K-Rations with the Metal Tin included. Yeah. Yeah. No. We took Korean War Rations. Put a bin a blender. We found some government issue peanut butter from 1963. That's some lucky strike cigarettes. Listen, I get it. Yes, you are right. There have to be some adjustments to the product. I understand that these everyone, people aren't dumb. They'll do the right thing. And I get it. 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