our next guest is a talented and Charming actor who can be seen this summer in the sure
to be Blockbuster film Ant-Man it's Ant-Man Ant-Man Ant-Man that's right it opens July
17th ladies and Gentlemen please welcome the always entertaining Paul Rudd
there he is
your leading man how you doing I'm great how are you um I'm okay uh
that's enough that's that's really very it's too nice but not an unearned they're doing
it because they love you and they're happy to see you well it's oh
oh I don't know what that was no I uh now listen first of all uh send me congratulations
Kansas City Royals it seemed like they made it to the World Series how about that yeah
that's all you want is a shot at the big money and it was the first shot in 30 years actually
first time they'd made the postseason in 30 years it was very very exciting wow and the
the manager there used to be Hal McRae and those days are Whitey Herzog back in those
days it was a guy named dick Hauser and then there was a guy named Jim Frye in 1980. so
I wasn't close with either was I no I I uh no no but but uh but yeah it was Dick Hauser
when they won an 85 and uh so this was a big thing not just for you but for everybody it's
just huge you know for in Kansas City the Royals and the Chiefs are just beloved we
have we have those two teams in barbecue oh and so this is what you know we hang our hat
on this yeah and is the barbecue really really that good it's it's the best in the world
yeah so this just to be certain of this you live in Kansas well I grew up Royals yeah
are in Missouri well there's yeah their stadium is uh right you are but you know people think
Kansas City they think it's two cities it's really one city kind of some is on the Kansas
side right some on the Missouri side and I lived on the Kansas side but about you know
a few minutes from the state so you can yeah it's all right for you to root for the Royal
I feel like it is they're in the paper
actually went to uh got a Ant-Man in a major like a hundred million dollar movie production
and you said I won't be in today I'm going to see the Royals there was some fluky thing
where during the schedule I had a couple of weeks off about two weeks off and it just
happened to fall in line with the ALCS and the World Series so I thought it was destined
that they were going to win yeah but I was there uh for the final game of the ALCS and
uh I went crazy I was I was watching the game they won I was sitting who did they beat the
Orioles beat the Orioles all right and uh and so uh it was I was sitting with somebody
that worked with Major League Baseball they said you want to go down to the field and
I said oh yeah it'll be you know so exciting so I went down and wasn't thinking that there
would be you know cameras down there I got I was interviewed him I didn't know it was
televised I was going crazy I didn't realize I thought this was still just on the radio
I wonder if anybody else knows about this so I was interviewed and they were asking
me about you know what I was going to do to celebrate just in the excitement I said kegger
at my mom's house Edgar at my mom's house yeah that was how I was going to celebrate
yeah and uh anyway went out and uh people showed up at your mom's house I was completely
kidding but uh people did some people did show up I think we have the the videotape
of your invitation yeah I think we did let's take a look at this now and uh well he's gonna
be partying tonight huh I don't have to tell specifically I'm gonna be partying at my mom's
house all right is everybody invited or just select School hey party my mom Stan she's
out of town I got a keg it's pretty sweet that's right [Music] for you five dollar cover
oh my God wow now see
yeah
there's not a jury in the world that wouldn't uphold that that was a bona fide invitation
to mom well my my mom doesn't live in that house anymore my sister a brother-in-law dude
when my brother-in-law was putting his uh my nephew's uh my son his son Henry to sleep
and the doorbell rang and three guys showed up looking for me bottles of wine looking
for a party he said no get get lost it it was a joke laughs
but if they do in the World Series this year seriously sick eggs at my mom's house [Applause]
this time it's on Ant-Man you're done with Ant-Man it's in theaters July 17th what can
you what can you tell us first of all is your family excited about you as Ant-Man well I
I told my son I was gonna be playing a superhero he asked who and I said Ant-Man
is that what Ant-Man and I said yeah and he said well I I can't wait to see how stupid
that'll be
it's nice to have support from your family your loved ones uh but but Ant-Man his superpower
is he reduced himself to the size of an and he could shrink he has a suit and he shrinks
down to the size of an ant and he can also um he can also control the ants communicate
with the ants so I guess we all can't wait to see how stupid this will be
all right hey I mean I don't uh I don't know anything about Ant-Man but isn't isn't really
just a matter of this [Applause] or am I okay you think you would think I don't know what
I'm talking about he's got he's got a few uh oh yeah and you got no movie no we have
we do have a clip here of Ant-Man it'll be in theaters in July 17th what are we going
to see Paul uh there was an original Ant-Man I got him Hank Pym who's played by Michael
Douglas in the film uh and he created the suit and I think that this is uh me uh stealing
it now the original Ant-Man bitten by a radioactive ant uh no just uh uh just a just a great scientist
really really good with like you know yeah potions sure sure I think we're just beginning
to scratch the surface with science we don't know the limits yet no you put on the suit
thank you
Ant-Man I I have a question for you let's go right ahead I'm so happy I'm so happy that
I was able to get on the show before it ends thank you and I appreciate that and I know
great for us well it's you know I know that yes I Tripp ing just you to say it but and
I I know how much you hate compliments uh so it must be hard now because everyone wants
to just tell you what you mean to them not everybody well I I do and I want to say that
the very first I say about 30 years ago uh when you first started the show back when
back when the Royals were in the World Series I joined uh the David Letterman fan club oh
no I remember the David Letterman fan club and we had to issue a cease and desist I figured
you had nothing because it did not have anything to do with us well that's that's probably
good because it was a terrible fan club what did it what it included was a pin a pin a
collapsible drinking cup a sponge that if you put in water would grow it would expand
I'm assuming said just it said put in water see what happens uh back scratcher and a balloon
oh and you're saying it was a lousy fan club the worst no newsletter no photos and anyway
we did we had to shut it down I appreciated the random nature of it I figured you had
nothing to do with it however however now that we're just a few weeks out I have never
told you this well I that's not nice of you I have kept my member of uh my David Letterman
fan club pen this is heartbreaking but but more importantly I still have my David Letterman
sponge that I have never put in water [Music] let me see what that says a member of the
David Letterman
see what happens now I think I I think the full circle nature of it all means I finally
now three-fourths of my life later we should see what happens yeah because if you had done
this earlier maybe you would have a more positive view of the fan club
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oh my God well Paul congratulations this is delightful and I'm so happy to be here to
share this moment with that's remarkable and you thought the whole thing was a rip-off
I never thought I'd clean your desk with it I know that it's a Magic Moment good to see
you my best to you and your family
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