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- Hi. Welcome back.
Fun fact, our next guest almost took over the role
of Steve in Blues Clues, I didn't even know that.
Please welcome Justin Long.
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- I was on time.
- [Drew] Yes.
(both laughing)
- Oh my God. Am I late?
- [Drew] No, no no.
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- [Justin Long] Classic.
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- Thank you for jumping into this with me.
- Oh man. Thanks for asking me.
- We haven't seen each other.
We've been texting and audio messages.
- Yes.
- We're just reuniting on national television.
- Like you do. - Yeah.
- You know how, when your former love
hosts a show and yeah, this is wild.
- Okay, so I was talking with Mike Birbiglia,
the amazing comedian. - Very funny, yes.
- And I compliment you and I heard you heard about it.
'Cause it went everywhere.
- Well, it was the most flatter, it was,
for you to be saying how funny I am.
Now, first of all, I feel like I have to be really funny
to live up to that hype.
- I know, isn't that the worst?
You're so funny. - I know.
What do you got? What do you got?
That's it? That's what he said? He said it.
But it was so flattering.
I mean, you know, I think of you.
And I wanted to say, I said it as I was watching it,
you're the funny one.
I mean, you are one of the funniest people I've ever met.
Everyone knows this (audience applauds)
'cause they watch your show.
You know it.
You go toe to toe when you're a kid with Letterman,
not many people can do that.
We had a lot of laughs.
- That's what we did.
We laughed. - Yeah.
We laughed all the time. - So much.
- Yeah. - Like that was so much
a part of our connection was that we love funny people.
- Yeah. - We enjoy laughing
at all times. - I love that
we've maintained our love
because I don't think it'll ever.
Now I know, from my end, it'll never go anywhere.
I'll love you always, you know?
And so I'm glad (audience applauds)
that we're able to still have that.
I mean that. I'll always love you.
- I will always love you so much.
- I know. - Like you
are so important to me. (audience applauds)
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(indistinct) grateful.
I feel like we've been through so much together too,
you know?
I feel like when we used to like talk and FaceTime.
I was always like, you know, I've really grown up Justin.
Like, I always wanted to prove to you
what a different person I was than when we dated.
- You were the best. I mean-- - I mean, we had so much fun.
- It's fun. No, I know. It was a different time.
- But we were, you know, more hedonistic,
more immature. (both laugh)
- Yeah. - You know,
we would get together, we would break up.
You know, there was chaos. It was hella fun.
- Fun chaos. - Oh yeah.
- Yeah. Well, it's yeah. Most hedonism is fun.
(Drew laughs)
There's not a lot of bad hedonism.
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- I don't think if you look at-
- Yes for hedonism. (claps)
(Drew laughs) Yes.
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- It's true. When you-
- A little Viking helmet, it's like, awr!
(both laugh)
- If you look at hedonism in the dictionary,
it's not upsetting.
- Yeah, 'cause I'm boring. Yeah, you're doing it wrong then.
We had a blast and I cherish that time. I do.
I am- - I mean, when we first met,
you were such a bachelor (both laugh)
that you had like a-
- I was 20! When we first met, you know, I was 20, 21.
Yeah. - Oh my God.
- I was 20. - Barely legal.
- Oh wow. Hey, you like 'em young.
I like the older ladies. - Hedonism.
- Yeah. Well, that's- - Lock it up under hedonism.
(Justin and audience laugh)
You had an overstuffed trash compactor
and holes in your sheet in an outdoor gym.
I'm just gonna say. (both laugh)
Oh my God, our game nights.
- Yes. - Oh God. I was a nutcase.
I used to like, just drink and be like, plaaaaaay!
I was that guy.
Like I wasn't- - True. It was wild.
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I remember playing with Quentin Tarantino.
- Oh my God. We played with Quentin.
- Yeah. And he was going, here is what it is.
And he was all juiced up and wild. And-
(Drew spits drink) (Justin and audience laugh)
Yes!
(Drew laughs)
I live for. That, by the way,
that is the greatest compliment
to get a genuine Drew spit-take best.
You still have it in there.
Sorry. - Ah! Finally.
- But, (Justin laughs)
if you know Quentin Tarantino, everything is like on 20.
- Yes. Yeah.
The stakes are so high and it's like, it's a game, you know.
But we would get, we had the best, yeah, game nights.
Game nights were fun. Yeah.
- You know, one of the things I find so compelling
and what I said at the beginning of the show
in the cold open is, you know,
how great it is to champion your ex
because I wonder where does the friendship go?
And if we can be that and people can have that,
it's so respecting of what once was.
- [Justin] Yes. That it shouldn't just yeah.
(audience applauds) Yes. Yeah.
Can I applaud to that? Can I? - Yeah, yeah, yeah!
- It's true. It's true. Well said. Yeah.
- Although I did want to kill you last night.
I watched your film, Barbarian.
- [Justin] Well, thank you for watching it, I guess.
- Oh no. And no, thank you. - Okay.
- It taps into like multiple layers of fears
and we actually have a clip.
Will you please roll it? - Don't look.
(floor rustling)
- [Computer Voice] I'd like to let my baby
determine how long he likes to nurse.
- Oh God. (computer voice indistinct)
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- Now I just wanna brag for a moment.
Now this movie has currently
and rising 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, 94%.
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- That's so sweet.
This is Zach Cregger; you would love him.
Zach wrote and directed it.
Zach is such a funny warm person
but obviously very dark somewhere in there.
And it's a pleasure to be in it.
- Well, I could not be happier for you.
It's like, all I want in life
is your success and your happiness.
- Likewise. (audience applauds)
- It's true. - I love.
- And I'm so happy that you are
in this also amazing relationship
and it makes it just so...
I'm just so happy because you deserve to be happy.
I'm so thrilled for you. - She does all those. She is.
And she adores you. - Really?
- She is the most supportive, most wonderful.
It's funny. You wanna know?
You would love hanging out.
- We'll all go out. - We'll all go out. Yes.
- We'll all hang out. (audience applauds)
- You're so good at this, by the way.
You're doing it so well. - Thank you. I'm so relieved.
All right, after the break, Justin and I
answer some audience questions about us.
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