>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME JAY AND MARK DUPLASS!
>> Stephen: MARK, JAY, JAY, YOU'RE THE OLDER BROTHER, RIGHT?
>> I AM.
>> Stephen: NOW, WAS WORKING TOGETHER, LIKE, BOTH OF YOUR
IDEAS OR DID YOUR MOM SAY, "YOU HAVE TO LET YOUR BROTHER PLAY
WITH YOU," WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER "BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH."
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF ONUS THAT OUR PARENTS PUT ON US
PLAYING TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER.
THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT NEFARIOUS.
THEY WOULD PUNISH US AND GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE WOULD REBEL
AGAINST THE GREATER FORCE OF OUR PARENTS AND WORK TOGETHER.
>> Stephen: SO YOU GUYS BONDED THROUGH THE OPPRESSION OF YOUR
PARENTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTE.
IT WAS A ( BLEEP ) COLD WAR IN THE HOUSE.
>> Stephen: THE SHOW IS "TOGETHERNESS."
WHAT DOES THAT NAME MEAN FOR THE SHOW?
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ON THE SHOW AREN'T TOGETHER THAT MUCH.
THEY'RE-- THEY HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEIR FEELINGS.
THEY'RE TOGETHER-ISH, RATHER THAN TOGETHERNESS.
WHAT ASK DOES THAT TITLE MEAN FOR YOU GUYS?
>> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DOUBLE MEANING WITH
TOGETHERNESS.
MARK AND I ARE FAMILY GUYS.
WE'RE CLOA CLOSEWITH OUR FRIENDS.
WE'RE CLOSE WITH OUR PARENTS.
WE HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO STAY TOGETHER AND
TO WORK TOGETHER.
BUT YOU GET TO THAT POINT AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OR SO WHERE YOU'RE
DOING EVERYTHING TOGETHER WHERE YOU'RE JUST LIKE, "GET ME OUT OF
HERE!
I DON'T LIKE THESE PEOPLE ANYMORE!
" AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A
TORTURED ELEMENT TO "TOGETHERNESS."
THE CONCEPT.
>> AND IT'S A LOT ABOUT HOW JAY AND I ARE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER SINCE WE WERE KIDS, AND WE
ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WHAT WE DO IS DIFFICULT.
OUR TELEVISION SHOW IS LIKE THIS LARGE MONSTER THAT IS
THREATENING TO DESTROY US AT EVERY TURN.
AND WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS AND WE NEED
TO STAY TOGETHER TO SORT OF, LIKE, DEFEAT THE FRANKENSTEIN.
>> YEAH, YOUR BROTHERS HELP YOU WITH THIS SHOW, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO DIE.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU-- YOU KNOW THAT --
>> I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO DIE, JAY.
>> BUT YOU ARE-- YOUR SHOW IS GOING TO KILL YOU.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE ALL LAWYERS.
THEY COULD HELP ME SUE SOMEONE.
>> SO, THEY'RE NOT HELPING -- >> I'M THE ONLY ONE IN MY FAMILY
WHO IS IN ENTERTAINMENT.
>> OH, OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, HE'S GOING TO DIE.
>> PROBABLY GOING TO BE OKAY.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU'RE BROTHERS, IS THERE A SORT OF
SEMISECRET TWIN LANGUAGE THAT YOU USE?
LIKE A CODE YOU HAVE THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION
BECAUSE WE'RE DIRECTING TOGETHER SAY SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE, AND
HAVE THEM NOT REALLY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> IT CAN BE HELPFUL-- >> WE HAVE SOME CODE--
>> JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING.
>> WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT.
>> Stephen: TRY.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE?
WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE INTERACTION THAT MAYBE YOU COULD
FIGURE OUT.
>> Stephen: I'LL TRY TO.
>> IF WE'RE SITTING HERE ON A TALK SHOW AND IT WAS GOING
REALLY POORLY, FOR INSTANCE.
( LAUGHTER ) AND WE FELT OUR HOST--
>> THE HOST IS NOT PULLING HIS WEIGHT.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
>> I WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE, "GEE, THIS DUDE'S CREAM CHEESING
UP ON THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE."
>> I WOULD SAY WHITE VAN.
>> WHITE VAN.
>> DEFINITELY WHITE VAN.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW-- I KNOW WHAT CREAM CHEESE MEANS--
>> YOU GET THE GIST.
>> Stephen: I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT CREAM CHEESE MEANS.
WHITE VAN SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO MURDER ME.
>> THAT'S IT!
>> Stephen: AND PUT ME IN A WHITE VAN AND RIDE AWAY.
>> OUR GRANDMOTHER WHEN SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE
RECIPE, IF IT CALLED FOR SOMETHING WHITE, SHE WOULD JUST
PUT CREAM CHEESE IN IT.
>> Stephen: LIKE POTATOES?
RICE?
>> I DON'T HAVE THOSE.
LET'S PUT THE CREAM CHEESE IN.
THAT'S NOW OUR FAMILY TERMINOLOGY FOR SOMEONE
HODOESN'T QUITE KNOW WHO THEY'RE DOING BUT TRIES TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN ANYWAY.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> AND, ALSO, WE WERE REALLY SWEET AND SENSITIVE AS
13-YEAR-OLD KIDS, BASICALLY TREATING OUR GRANDMOTHER, WHO
GREW UP IN ABJECT POVERTY WITH LIKE, "IS THERE CREAM CHEESE IN
THIS!" THE WOMAN WHO WAS, LIKE, SCARED
TO BUY ANYTHING AT A GROCERY STORE.
>> Stephen: WHERE DOES WHITE VAN COME FROM?
>> WHITE VAN, OUR FATHER SAY LAWYER AND HE HAD A PRIVATE
DETECTIVE WHO WOULD OFTEN TALK ABOUT ALL THESE NEFARIOUS THINGS
HE WOULD DO WITH THE WHITE VAN.
AND THERE WAS THIS SUGGESTION AT A CERTAIN POINT THAT IF SOMEONE
WAS ACTING REALLY INAPPROPRIATELY, THAT MAYBE HE
WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THEM AWAY IN A WHITE VAN.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: SEE, THAT'S-- FORGET MY BROTHERS.
THAT'S WHO I WANT HELPING ME WITH MY SHOW.
>> ABSOLUTELY.