-You were nice enough to do our show
when we were in our other studio with no audience.
And here we are, back in the main studio...
-Yeah. -...with an audience.
How does that feel? -They like it.
[ Cheers and applause ] -I mean, isn't that amazing?
Doesn't that sound great? -Yeah.
-I mean, it feels right, right? -Yeah.
I mean, it must be a -- it's -- just a sea change for you.
-Oh, it was -- Really, I mean, honestly, this is --
Right now, we have 58 people,
and they sound -- I told them earlier --
they sound like Madison Square Garden.
-Yeah. Yeah. My God. -It's great.
-And, then, also, all the Zoom guests...
-Yeah.
-...which you're still probably doing,
but it -- this changes everything.
-Yeah. And people like you, for coming into the studio,
means a world of difference to us,
so thank you so much again for doing this.
I appreciate it. [ Cheers and applause ]
I know we ask you a lot of -- a lot of favors.
You're like, "Yeah, dude, I do have another job,"
but we always ask you to come.
How are you doing? How's -- How's --
How's the city for you -- New York City?
I know you just... -I mean, it just is --
I just love it so much.
I see something --
You know, my life right now is pretty much the same
as it was during the lockdown
during last late spring and summer,
but just that I now get to be traveling through the city
and walking through the city and -- and going to work.
Besides that, I really -- you know, we order out for food.
This is the most social life that I've had in --
you know, well, since the last time I was here.
-Really? You don't go out to restaurants?
-Don't -- No, not at all. -Oh, really? Not even --
-We've tried a couple of times, you know, sitting and --
But, you know, I --
We went to one, I remember, that was on an -- an avenue,
not on a street, and I was sitting there
in this sort of plastic and... -Yeah.
-...you know, wood thing. -Yeah, they build these huts,
like, in the middle of the street, yeah.
-And I was sitting there and getting drunk on sake.
And -- And I'd sort of look over my shoulder,
and there'd be, you know, a big container truck
coming, you know, about a foot past my head.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah. Yeah.
-I just was like not --
And then, also, with the new advent of,
you know, in the last year -- or about a year and a half
of ebikes and escooters now... -I'm out.
-Like, you walk out of one of those sheds
where the restaurant is... -[ Chuckling ] Sheds.
-...after all the sake...
[ Laughter ] -Vvvvrrm!
-...and there's a scooter going by with some kid going like 40.
[ Laughter ] -They go -- It goes too fast.
How was it like getting here tonight?
-Well, I mean, you just -- we were coming down Broadway,
and I was in the car coming down.
And you -- you were asking, like, about in -- in New York --
being back in New York. -Yeah.
-And...you know, you just see something every day.
I was coming, and I took a left off of Broadway onto 50th
to come over here. -Uh-huh.
-And there was a -- between -- 50th between --
I guess it would have been 7th and 8th, Broadway and 8th,
there was a club that said "Gentlemen's Club"
up at the top.
It had a big vertical, you know, marquee.
-Yeah. -And it said up at the top
"Gentlemen's Club,"
and then down below, it said, "Live Models."
And then, the name of the club
was in huge block letters running down,
called "Mixed Emotions."
[ Laughter ]
I'm -- -That's an --
-What would that -- Yeah, what would that be
for the strip club?
[ Laughter ] Mixed Emotions.
-You can name your club anything.
-Yeah, Mixed Emotions. -Mixed Emotions.
-Yes, it's like a feeling of fun mixed with shame and regret.
[ Laughter ]
-What an odd -- What an odd name.
What an odd name choice. [ Laughter ]
-For your bachelor party. -Oh, yeah.
We were gonna go to Scores, but we ended up taking --
taking him to Mixed Emotions.
[ Laughter ]
This city is the greatest.
But -- But you shoot the show here in New York.
Is it -- What is it like filming something in New York...
-It is so crazy. -...as opposed to anywhere else
in the -- in the world?
You've -- You've shot so many films and TV shows.
-You know, years ago, I shot a film with Robert Mitchum
at the Utah State Penitentiary,
which is a maximum-security prison,
but it also -- it's a huge complex --
but it also has a minimum-security section.
And, you know, we go in and -- and have to go through the --
you know, a battery of sort of security
and so on and so forth --
this is many, many, many years ago.
And then we also had different convicts
that were extras in the scenes.
And then we'd all have lunch together,
and, actually, our caterers would cater the lunch and...
-You'd eat with the convicts?
-Yeah, we'd eat with the different convicts
that were -- that were extras in the scene.
[ Light laughter ]
And, you know, a film or television production company,
when they film on location, it's like an invasion.
I mean, they really...
You get a permit to shoot where you're gonna --
you know, the block or the house or the --
wherever it is -- the road,
and you own that spot.
I mean, you're showing up with trucks and campers...
-Lighting. -...and hundreds of people
and, you know, cables everywhere.
I mean, you own that spot. -Yeah.
And shooting at the Utah State Penitentiary
was the only place that I'd ever been filming
where there was never a second
where you thought that you owned that spot
or that you were in charge in any way.
-No. You're in a prison. -Yeah. You're in a -- Yeah.
And -- And you're --
And it wasn't even really the administrators
that felt like they were in charge.
I mean, obviously, they're -- you know,
it felt like the convicts are in charge of that territory.
You know, they're -- they're seated a certain --
you know, that space, and that's -- they're in charge.
-Oh, yeah. -And it really felt like that.
It really felt like we were guests.
Every moment we were there, we were guests.
-And do you talk -- -That's what it's like
shooting on location in New York.
[ Laughter ]
Exactly, actually.
I mean, the city is very accommodating, you know?
They give us, you know, tax breaks and everything else.
-Yeah, well, you're great for the city.
-Yes, but New Yorkers -- it's a fantastic --
it's so healthy --
New Yorkers don't ever let you think for a moment
that you're in charge -- ever. [ Laughter ]
You know, like... -Yeah, they don't --
Yeah. You're -- "Yeah, yeah, get out of the way.
This is my bus --
This is my bus stop." -Yeah, this is -- Yeah.
-"Yeah, but we're filming a scene here."
They're like, "I don't care." -"Yeah, well,
I'm going right over there, okay?"
-"I'm going over" -- Yeah. -"I'm going over there, right?"
-"I'm drinking my coffee."
-So you stop filming,
and you let the person go over there, you know?
-I love this city so much. -Yeah.
-Do not change. Do --
Never -- Never change, New York, please.
-It's the greatest, greatest city.
I mean, just the mix of idiosyncrasies
just come together.
I find -- Driving down here,
I was looking at all the people in the street,
and -- and it's New Yorkers that make New York so wonderful.
And -- And you realize that, as a group, I adore them.
You know, they're -- they're insufferable individually,
but, as a group, they're fantastic, you know?
'Cause you mix all those idiosyncrasies
and eccentricities together, and it makes this amazing stew,
you know? -Yeah.