>>> TONY HALE IS NO STRANGER TO THE SCREEN.
THE SCREEN. SEVEN YEARS HE WAS GARY WALSH IN
"VEEP."
"VEEP." KEPT US IN STITCHES ON "ARRESTED
DEVELOPMENT."
DEVELOPMENT." >> NOW, HE’S VOICING THE
CHARACTER OF A CURIOUS CHICKEN,
ARCHIBALD, IN NETFLIX’S ANIMATED
SERIES "ARCHIBALD’S NEXT BIG
THING."
THING." >> YOU HAVE FLY MOVES.
>> CHICKENS CAN’T FLY.
>> I MEAN YOUR MOVES ARE FLY.
>> ONLY ABOUT 120 NEAT,0 FEET, T
GET TIRED.
GET TIRED. >> NEVERMIND.
>> NEVERMIND. >> WELL, THAT’S EMBARRASSING.
>> TONY HALE, GOOD MORNING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> ARCHIBALD IS THIS TERRIFIC
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER. IT IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
STORY THAT IS BASED ON A BOOK
YOU WROTE ABOUT JUST BEING IN
THE MOMENT.
THE MOMENT. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. IN 2003, I WAS DOING "ARRESTED
DEVELOPMENT," AND I WAS ON A
GREAT SHOW, GREAT CAST.
I FOUND MYSELF -- I WAS LOOKING
TO THE NEXT THING.
I WAS LIKE, WELL, I’LL GET TO
THE END OF MY LIFE AND ALWAYS
HAVE LOOKED TO THE NEXT THING
AND MISSED WHERE I WAS.
THAT’S KIND OF WHAT THE BOOK
CENTERED AROUND.
CENTERED AROUND. THE SHOW, NOW ARCHIBALD IS --
EVERYTHING IS A BIG THING.
WHAT I LOVE IS HE MAKES A LOT OF
MISTAKES BUT IT IS HIS ATTITUDE
TOWARD THE MISTAKES.
MY FAVORITE THING IS HE SEES THE
BEST IN EVERYONE AND THE BEST IN
EVERY SITUATION.
EVERY SITUATION. I FEEL LIKE IN TODAY’S WORLD,
WE’RE SEEING THE WORST.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> HE’S JUST PURE JOY.
I’VE JUST HAD THE BEST TIME
WITH -- AND I DO THIS WITH MY
FRIENDS JAKE, DREW, ERIC, JUST
CREATING THIS.
CREATING THIS. IT’S BEEN A JOY.
>> I’M IMAGINING YOU IN THE
BOOTH VOICING ARCHIBALD.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. >> ARE YOU SMILING THE WHOLE
TIME?
TIME? >> OH.
>> OH. >> WHAT IS YOUR MINDSET.
>> THE WHOLE TIME.
TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF BE IN HIS
VOICE FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME,
MY DEFAULT IS NOT NECESSARILY
ARCHIBALD.
ARCHIBALD. HE IS SO FULL OF JOY AND SO
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. TO HAVE HIS LITTLE SLICE, DOING
THE RECORDING IS A BLAST.
>> YOU HAVE GREAT GUEST STARS.
YOU HAVE JULIE LOUIS DREYFUS.
>> SHE WAS A SPACE MONKEY.
>> OF COURSE.
>> RuPAUL.
>> RuPAUL. >> FASHION DESIGNER.
HE WAS -- I THINK WE HAD WEIRD
AL AS A GIRAFFE.
JULIA WAS A SPACE MONKEY.
I THINK -- I DON’T REMEMBER WHAT
ANIMAL RuPAUL WAS.
GREAT GUEST STARS COME ON.
IT IS ALSO A SHOW ABOUT SIMPLE
TRUTHS.
TRUTHS. JUST HOW ARCHIBALD, HIS ATTITUDE
TOWARD LIFE AND THE WAY THAT HE
DOESN’T IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE
NEGATIVE.
NEGATIVE. HE GOES TO THE POSITIVE.
ALSO, EVEN WITH THE MISTAKES,
WHAT I LOVE IS HE GOES WITH IT.
HE DOESN’T SHAME HIMSELF.
THERE’S ALWAYS A BIGGER PURPOSE
TO THESE MISTAKES.
I TYPICALLY HAVE A PLAN.
I LIKE THE PLAN TO WORK OUT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> HE HAS A PLAN, BUT LIFE DOES
THIS, AS IT ALWAYS DOES, AND HE
GOES WITH IT.
>> THIS IS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR
YOU.
YOU. THEN TO HAVE THE CELEBRITIES,
AFTER YOU ASK, WILL YOU DO THE
SHOW, FOR THEM TO SAY YES, IT
HAS TO BE A GREAT FEELING.
>> IT IS A GREAT FEELING.
TO BE A PART OF THE CREATION AND
THE WRITING OF IT.
THE BOOK WAS DONE WITH MY
FRIENDS TONY VICTOR AND A LEAD
ILLUSTRATOR AT THIS PUBLISHING
COMPANY, MANLY.
COMPANY, MANLY. IT’S BEEN ALMOST A SEVEN THIS OF
YEAR PROCESS, FROM THE BOOK TO
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW. THE SHOW HAS TAKEN THREE YEARS
TO CREATE.
TO CREATE. NETFLIX AND DREAMWORKS HAVE BEEN
AMAZING.
AMAZING. >> DURING THAT TIME, YOU PINNISH
FINISHED UP "VEEP."
WE WERE SORRY TO SEE THAT END.
>> START CRYING.
>> HOW WAS THAT?
THIS WONDERFUL CAST, AMAZING
CHARACTER.
CHARACTER. ANOTHER EMMY NOMINATION.
WHAT IS IT LIKE NOW?
>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS SAD BECAUSE
IT IS HITTING US, WE’RE NOT
COMING BACK FOR A SEASON EIGHT.
WE’LL SHOP AT TRADER JOE’S JUST
TO BE AROUND EACH OTHER.
>> HOPE YOU’RE NIEGSER ERNICER T
OTHER.
OTHER. >> WE WERE AWFUL TO EACH OTHER,
SO OFF SCENE, WE’RE CRAZY ABOUT
EACH OTHER.
EACH OTHER. >> THANKFULLY, ARCHIBALD IS
NICER.
NICER. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> "ARCHIBALD’S NEXT BIG THING"