Hi, you two!
This is crazy!
Did you think this would ever--
I mean, well, I know the answer to this.
You--
Well, skip it, then.
You did the last show like you'll never
do another one again.
That was the plan.
Yeah.
We showed the future.
We said, look, in case you're ever curious,
here's what happens to us.
Don't bother us again.
Right.
You really thought, you're done.
We thought we would wrap things up nicely.
Then we thought about it and said, well, that could be fun.
Because we kind of wanted to play together again.
And this seemed like the right show to do that.
Yes, it did seem like the right show.
Sure.
You could have started a whole new show.
But it's amazing.
Because it really does make sense.
But see, that just goes to show you, never say never.
Because you feel something very strongly at some
point in your life.
And then, 20 years later, you're like, this
would be fun to do again.
Yeah, we used to make jokes about it, like, reunion show,
that would be a bad idea.
And now, here we are.
[APPLAUSE]
But it makes sense.
So tell everyone what the episodes are about.
I think the thing that made us say yes
is that someone did the math.
And our daughter would be leaving home right now.
And we thought, we could write 12 shows about that.
Paul just went through empty nest.
I'm about to go through it.
So we knew there'd be 12 stories in there somehow.
Right.
Yeah, see, and it also kind of felt--
it really paralleled what we did the original time, which
was, the kick off to that show was, you just got married.
And now, you realize there's two knuckleheads, just you two,
in a room.
And we realized, once the kid leaves there,
we're back to that.
Except for, we're older.
Right.
But that is-- I mean, did it--
I don't know if you can tell.
We're older.
No, I think we all look exactly the same.
I do too!
Thank you!
That's how I feel.
But that is something--
[AW-ING]
What happened there?
Oh.
Well, we're showing--
--are those people.
By the way, that's the sound I'm making internally--
Oh, look how young.
Oh, lord.
But did it feel like it had just been
like you were off for hiatus?
And then you went right back?
Between us, I felt, when we are together,
and we have had lunch four times a year for all 20 years,
it's felt comfortable since the day I met you, and still does
today at rehearsal.
But the day that we got everybody together
to do a table read was pretty psychedelic.
Yeah?
Yeah, it was like time travel.
Totally.
And then when we started rehearsing,
the weird thing became how not weird it felt.
Yeah.
You put two people in the same set like little lab rats,
like, I think this is the same thing.
I think--
You know, you open the door.
And your friends come in.
And we-- you know, that--
We say "honey" to each other.
You say "honey" a lot.
Half the writing is done if you just
say, "honey," and the, blah, blah, whatever after that.
But, yeah, it felt wildly comfortable.
But you didn't even want to do it the first time around.
Well, in the very beginning, I had--
don't tell him.
I had a dinner party.
And Paul and his wife Paula came to dinner.
And then 36 hours later, there was a pilot script on my door.
And I thought, uh-oh.
And it was--
This is why I don't get invited to a lot of dinners.
And I thought, there's one thing I know for sure--
another time I was wrong--
I don't want to be in a sitcom playing the wife of a comedian.
That's not going to be fun.
And then I read it.
And it was so beautiful and unique.
And the part was so good.
And then we did the pilot.
And I remember on the day we shot it, I thought,
this will for sure never go.
Because what is the concept?
These two people.
That was it.
And nothing.
But it felt--
I thought, something's happening here.
It's a pity no one will ever see it.
And now, 100 years later, here we are.
And that's how it happened.
And so it was seven seasons when it was on originally.
I was on, which I had to be reminded.
As did we.
Yeah.
I didn't forget.
I just looked back.
And I remember vaguely the feeling of like,
this is a lot of talent to be our nanny.
You were our nanny.
Why did we ever think you would say yes?
Can we take a look at the clip?
Do we have the clip?
And why would you say yes?
We're going to have to sit down and find
some qualified candidates.
No, I know, I know.
Oh, my God.
And then, maybe, if we're lucky, we'll find somebody.
Oh, this isn't applesauce at all.
I think--
Why, it's bourbon.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, my word.
[APPLAUSE]
Well, I still don't remember it.
And I think it was right after filming
that that you walked out and said,
I got to get a talk show or something.
Because this is not fun at all.
I don't think so.
But it's so funny.
Because I don't remember it still, even looking at it.
We're going to play a game.
We'll be back.