>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM
"PARKS AND RECREATION," "STEP BROTHERS," AND
"PARTY DOWN."
HE NOW STARS IN THE APPLE TV+ SHOW, "SEVERANCE."
>> OKAY, MY NAME IS MARK, AND, UH, SO, I -- YOU KNOW, A FEW
YEARS BACK I WOKE UP ON THIS TABLE IN THIS ROOM, AND, UH, A
DISEMBODIED VOICE ASKED ME 19 TIMES WHO I WAS.
AND WHEN I REALIZED I COULDN'T ANSWER, I TOLD THAT VOICE I
WOULD FIND HIM AND KILL HIM.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I SAID THAT.
I WAS SCARED, TOO.
>> DID YOU KILL THE VOICE?
NO.
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," ADAM SCOTT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
OH, YEAH, I MADE IT OUT HERE IN RECORD TIME.
THIS FEELS LIKE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: IS IT NICE?
VERY NICE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS LOVELY.
YES.
>> Stephen: THIS IS 420 PEOPLE.
>> 420.
>> Stephen: 420.
YEAH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU ARRANGED THAT, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: I DID.
RIGHT.
>> Stephen: THE STAR OF THE NEW SHOW "SEVERANCE," EXPLAIN TO
THE PEOPLE WHAT THIS IS.
I WOULD.
MIND HAVING THIS CONCEPT.
>> I THINK WE ALL WOULD.
THE SHOW IS ABOUT A WORLD IN WHICH YOU CAN GET A PROCEDURE
DONE WHERE YOU GET A CHIP IMPLANTED IN YOUR BRAIN BY WHICH
YOU GO TO WORK, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE IN THE OUTSIDE
WORLD, THEN WHEN YOU GO HOME YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR JOB IS,
SO YOU HAVE THESE TWO SEPARATE EXISTENCES, AND NEITHER THE
TWAIN SHALL MEET.
>> Stephen: THAT'S KIND OF GREAT BECAUSE IT SOLVES THE WORK
LIFE BALANCE PROBLEM.
>> 100%.
>> Stephen: BY ONLY HAVING ONE OF THE LIVES AT A TIME.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: THERE'S SOMETHING APPEALING ABOUT THAT.
I'M TERRIBLE AT THE WORK LIFE BALANCE.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHERE DO YOU RATE YOUR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH WORK
LIFE BALANCE?
>> ONE TO TEN.
>> Stephen: ONE TO TEN, YEAH.
OAI DON'T KNOW, ONE?
>> Stephen: REALLY?
EVERYTHING IS ONE THING NOW.
IT'S ALWAYS LIKE IF I NEEDED TO REALLY GET AWAY, I WOULD HAVE TO
SET MY PHONE ON FIRE.
( LAUGHTER ) AND PUT IT IN A DRAWER WHILE
IT'S ON FIRE AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEND
QUALITY TIME.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF WORK?
YOU'RE MARRIED, RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE KIDS.
I HAVE TWO TEENAGERS.
>> Stephen: TWO TEENAGERS.
TWO TEENAGERS.
>> Stephen: WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
>> IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK JUST GETTING THEIR ATTENTION IS WHAT I'VE
FOUND.
YOU HAVE TEENAGERS, YES?
>> Stephen: I DID AT ONE POINT HAVE TEENAGERS.
I NO LONGER HAVE TEENAGERS.
SUCH IS THE WHEEL OF TIME.
>> THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
>> Stephen: NOW I'M AN EMPTY NESTER.
JUST YOU HOLD ON.
HOW OLD ARE YOURS?
>> 15 AND 13.
>> Stephen: BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, 16 AND 14.
AND THEN THAT'S JUST MATH.
>> THAT HAPPENS?
>> Stephen: IT DOES.
( LAUGHTER ) WAT DO YOU DO?
LET'S SAY YOU'RE NEVER REALLY BALANCING WELL, BUT ON THE END
OF A BUSY DAY, WHAT DO YOU DO TO UNWIND?
>> WELL, OKAY, THIS IS NOT INTERESTING --
( LAUGHTER ) READY?
( LAUGHTER ) THIS IS UNINTERESTING AND, I
GUESS, BASIC, BUT THE iPad, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: I'M FAMILIAR.
OKAY.
IF YOU TOLD 12-YEAR-OLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE A RECTANGULAR
DEVICE THAT'S LIKE HALF AN INCH THICK OR A QUARTER OF AN INCH,
WHATEVER.
>> Stephen: I WOULD SAY HALF AN INCH IS A REALLY OLD
IPad.
>> MINE'S FROM 2007.
THAT'S FINE, RIGHT?
WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE WORLD'S FILM AND
TELEVISION LIBRARIES AT JUST A FEW TOUCHES.
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS?
I WOULD HAVE ( BLEEP ) MY PANS AND RUN OUT OF THE ROOM.
NOW, I'M STILL JUST ENAMOURED WITH IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S PRETTY GREAT.
I UNWIND, PUT IT ON MY CHEST AND WATCH SEVEN MINUTES OF
SOMETHING ON IT TO FALL ASLEEP.
IF YOU HAVE GOOD HEADPHONES, IT'S A CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE.
>> Stephen: BUT THEN YOU ROLL OVER ON THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT IN AGONY.
>> TRULY MY WIFE EVERY MORNING IS LIKE, JEEZ, BECAUSE I'M THERE
WITH MY GLASSES AND HEADPHONES AND THE iPad IS ON MY FACE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU WEAR A MOUTH GUARD.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A SEXY LOOK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE REALLY PAINT AGO PICTURE THERE.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: YOU SHOT DURING COVID.
>> WE DID.
>> Stephen: LUCKY TO BE SHOOTING AT ALL DURING COVID.
HOW DID THAT AFFECT THE EXPERIENCE?
BECAUSE WE SHOT DURING COVID BUT THERE WAS NOBODY AROUND.
IT WAS ME AND HIM AND HIM IN A ROOM UPSTAIRS.
>> IT WAS PRE-VAX AND COVID SO.
>> Stephen: TOUCHY.
YEAH, COVID CLASSIC.
( LAUGHTER ) SO, YEAH, IT TOOK NINE MONTHS TO
SHOOT THE SHOW.
THE ACTORS GET TO GO WITHOUT MASKS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE
CREW -- SO WE BONDED WITH EVERYONE BUT WE NEVER REALLY SAW
THEIR FACES.
AFTER SIX MONTHS I WOULD SEE SOMEONE IN THE PARKING LOT
WITHOUT THEIR MASK AND IT WAS WEIRDLY INTIMATE, LIKE I WAS
SEEING THEIR GENITALS OR SOMETHING.
THERE'S LIKE A WET CAVE ON YOUR FACE.
YEAH.
ARE YOU GETTING IT?
>> Stephen: I'M GETTING IT.
WET CAVE...
>> Stephen: DID ANYONE WAX THEIR FACES?
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
YOU'RE ALSO RE-LAUNCHING, REVISITING -- I'LL CALL IT A
CULT CLASSIC.
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW EXPLAIN WHAT "PARTY
DOWN" WAS AND IS.
>> SURE, "PARTY DOWN" WAS A SHOW ON STARZ.
WE ENDED -- FINISHED 12 YEARS AGO, AND OUR FINAL EPISODE HAD
SOMETHING LIKE 13,000 VIEWERS.
>> Stephen: WOW.
O IT WAS NOT YET A CULT CLASSIC AT THE TIME.
BUT PEOPLE HAVE DISCOVERED IT IN THE TIME SENSE, AND I THINK
THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL TO PEOPLE IS THAT THEY
HAD TO DIG IT UP AND FIND IT THEMSELVES, AND, SO, THEY FEEL
SOME, LIKE, OWNERSHIP OVER IT, WHICH THEY SHOULD, BECAUSE WE
HAVE NOW STARTED UP AGAIN AND REBOOTED BECAUSE OF THEM.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU ARE.
BACK IN THE PINK BOW TIE.
IT'S A CATERING COMPANY.
>> IT'S A SHOW ABOUT A CATERING COMPANY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHAT'S IT LIKE
AFTER A DECADE -- 12 YEARS?
>> 12 YEARS.
>> Stephen: 12 YEARS OF GETTING BACK INTO IT, IS IT EASY
OR STRANGE?
YOU'VE HAD THIS WHOLE OTHER CAREER SINCE THEN.
>> IT'S REALLY STRANGE BUT WONDERFUL.
IT'S ALMOST A CLICHE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY REBOOTS OF
SHOWS TO SAY YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF.
BUT IT REALLY DOES AND IT'S SO FUN BECAUSE WE HAVE JANE AND
MEGAN AND KEN AND MARTIN STAR AND JENNIFER GARNER JOINED THE
CAST THIS SEASON.
SHE'S DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
IT'S REALLY REALLY FUN.
YOU KNOW, WE ONLY GOT TWO SEASONS.
SO THERE IS SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS THERE, AND, SO, WE'RE
GETTING TO JUST KIND OF FINISH THE STORY HERE.
>> Stephen: IT COULD BE LIKE YOUR FIRST EPISODE COULD BEAT
YOUR FINALE RIGHT OUT -- >> YOU THINK SO?
>> Stephen: 13,000 PEOPLE.
LET'S PUT SOME MONEY ON IT RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: I BET YOU 20 BUCKS YOU BEAT YOUR FINALE.
>> WELL, CAN WE BOTH BET FOR BEATING THE FINALE?
THAT'S NOT HOW BETS WORK, THOUGH.
>> Stephen: FINE.
THERE YOU GO.
>> Stephen: "SEVERANCE" APPEARS TOMORROW ON APPLE TV+.
ADAM SCOTT, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.