LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A COMEDIAN WHO
HAS STARRED IN EVERYTHING FROM RENO 911 TO LETHAL WEAPON ON
FOX.
PLEASE WELCOME THOMAS LENNON.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> HI.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
>> Stephen: NOW I FOUND OUT SOMETHING RIGHT BEFORE YOU
WALKED OUT HERE.
LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THIS CORRECT.
YOU KNOW MOLLY SHANNON, ARE YOU FRIENDS.
>> I KNOW MOLLY QUITE WELL.
SHE LIVES AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME.
SO SOME DAYS YOU WILL JUST LOOK OUT SHE WILL BE ON THE FRONT
LAWN LIKE ON HER CELL PHONE AND THINGS LAKE THAT.
BUT ONCE MOLLY AND I ACTUALLY SAVED THE LIFE OF A SQUIRREL.
>> Stephen: WHY DID YOU NEED TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A SQUIRREL,
WHO WAS THREATENING IT?
>> A JUVENILE SQUIRREL, APPROACHED US.
>> Stephen: BABY SQUIRREL.
>> A BABY SQUIRREL, A YOUNGEST, JUVENILE, STARTS COMING DOWN THE
STREET TOWARDS US.
AND I'M ASSUMING IT WAS BECAUSE WE'RE NAM US-- FAME US.
-- FAMOUS.
TANNED IS LIKE HOW CAN I GET BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME,
WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THIS, IT IS CRAZY, I GOT THE GUY FLT SHORTS
AND THE ARMPIT ONE, THIS IS NUTS.
HERE THEY ARE BOTH ARE.
SQUIRREL COMES UP AND WE DWE SIDE WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THE
SQUIRREL IF THERE IS ONE THING WE CAN DO, IS SAVE THE LIFE OF A
SQUIRREL.
>> Stephen: WAIT A SECOND, WHAT ABOUT THE SQUIRREL
INDICATED TO YOU IT NEEDED TO BE SAVED?
ALL HAVE I HEARD SO FAR IS A SQUIRREL WALKS TOWARDS YOU.
>> IT MIGHT HAVE JUST WANTED AN AUTOGRAPH, I DON'T KNOW YOU BUT
IT SEEMED, IT SEEMED IN DISTRESS.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE SQUIRREL.
>> THE SQUIRREL SEEMED VERY IN DISTRESS T WAS
APPROACHING-- HAVE YOU MET-- YOU HAVE NEVER MET A JUVENILE
SQUIRREL IN DISTRESS.
>> Stephen: I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO SAVE A SQUIRREL'S LIFE
BEFORE.
>> IT'S A TRICK, A REAL TRICK.
>> Stephen: SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK.
>> A PENNY FOR ALL THE FAILURES OF JAWFER NILE SQUIRRELS WE'VE
TRIED TO SAVE.
NOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS A JUVENILE SQUIRREL, THIS IS
TOTALLY TRUE, A SQUIRREL THAT HAS LOST ITS PARENT OR CAN'T
FEED ITSELF WILL GO, FIND A HUMAN AND APPROACH IT,
ESPECIALLY IF IT IS A CELEBRITY OR A COMEDIAN, SEMLY COMEDIANS
THEY CAN SMELL IT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> BUT THE SQUIRREL WILL APPROACH HUMANS TO GET RESCUED
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT YOU WILL LOOK AFTER THEM.
SO MOLLY SHANNON DISTRACTED THE SQUIRREL FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I WENT HOME AND GOT A TRAP.
NOW-- .
>> Stephen: YOU HAD A SQUIRREL TRAP.
>> NOW IT GETS STICKY.
HERE IS WHERE-- OKAY, HERE IS WHERE I GET WRAPPED AROUND THE
WHEEL.
WILL YOU SAY TOM, WHY DO YOU HAVE A TRAP.
>> Stephen: WHY DO YOU HAVE A TRAP, TOM.
>> BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO TRAP STUFF.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GROW UP IN APPALACHIA WHY DO YOU HAVE A
SQUIRREL TRAP.
>> STEVE, WE HAD A LITTER OF OPPOSSUMS UNDER THE HOUSE.
I WAS TRAPPING THEM AND TAKE THEM TO THE PARK.
>> Stephen: YEAH, REALLY.
>> VUS FOR THE DAY AND THEN I WOULD BRING THEM BACK, YEAH.
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: GOOD DAD.
>> I JUST TAKE THEM UP.
WE GO ON THE CAR SELL AND STUFF.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> SO I HAVE BEEN TRAPPING SOME MAR SUPERYALS AT THE RESIDENCE,
TAKING THEM ON EXCURSIONS AND SUCH BECAUSE I'M A SOFT HEARTED
TYPE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> NOW I GO BACK, DO YOU SOME SCHTICK FOR THE SQUIRREL,.
>> Stephen: TIGHT TEN.
>> AND SHE'S GOT GOOD ENERGY.
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO SHE DISTRACTS THE SQUIRREL.
I RUN BACK TO THE RESIDENCE, GET ONE OF MY GOOD OLD OPOSSUM TRAPS
AND WE ARE ABLE TO TRAP THIS SQUIRREL.
TURNS OUT IT IS SEVERELY DEHYDRATED.
I TOOK IT TO LIKE THERE IS A SQUIRREL DOCTOR IN THE VALLEY.
>> Stephen: WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
THAT HAS A SQUIRREL DOCTOR.
>> HE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DRIVE.
AND THE THING ABOUT THE SQUIRREL DOCTOR HE IS NOT A REGULAR
MEDICAL DOCTOR AT ALL.
>> Stephen: NOT A VET.
>> IS HE ACTUALLY A GUY THAT HAD A REALLY BIG WALL FALL ON HIS
HEAD ONE TIME, HE IS LIKE I CAN'T DO THAT ANY MORE SO NOW
I'M JUST A DOCTOR FOR SQUIRRELS.
(LAUGHTER) BUT I WAS ABLE TO FIND-- I
LOOKED UP THE GUY.
>> Stephen: HAVE I SO MANY QUESTIONS, EVERY SENTENCE YOU
SAY MYSTIFIES MORE THAN INFORMS.
>> NOW I'M-- .
>> Stephen: LET'S CATCH UP.
>> NOW I'M SPINNING PLATES, MOLLY SHANNON DOING SCHTICK, A
JUVENILE SCWIR KNELL A TRAP, I'M ON THE PHONE WITH A GUY WHO HAS
HAD A WALL FALL ON HIS HEAD WHO IS NOT OKAY ANY MORE AND TELLS
ME VERY EARLY IN THE THING, I'M NOT A DOCTOR, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
I'M VERY HEAVY THING FELL ON MY HEAD.
AND THEY SAID I CAN'T DO THAT ANY MORE.
SO THE SCWIR SELL FINE.
IS THE END OF THE STORY.
THE SQUIRREL-- THE SQUIRREL DID GREAT.
>> Stephen: WOW, I FEEL LIKE A WALL JUST FELL ON MY HEAD.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID THEY DO, GAVE IT A CUP OF WATER AND THE
SQUIRREL WAS FINE.
>> HAVE YOU-- SEE, YOU HAVE NEVER SUCCESSFULLY SAVED A
SQUIRREL.
>> Stephen: HAVE I NOT.
>> THE SECRET IS YOU HAVE TO-- THE DEHYDRATED SQUIRREL,
THE NOT A DOCTOR SQUIRREL DOCTOR OUT IN THE VALLEY, YOU HAVE TO
INJECT THEM.
HE INJECTED HIM WITH SOME SAL EVEN AND THE SQUIRREL PERKED UP
AND LOOKED AROUND AND IT WAS LIKE-- .
>> Stephen: MAYBE IT WASN'T SALINE.
>> REMEMBER, NOT A DOCTOR AT ALL, SOMETHING VERY HEAVY FELL
ON HIS HEAD.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU ARE-- YOU'VE GOT A NEW NETFLIX
MOVIE CALLED A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I'M FATION NATURED BY THE IDEA OF THE MOVIE.
>> IT SAY MOVIE ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON,
WHICH WAS A SORT OF GROUND BREAKING COMEDY MAGAZINE WHICH
THEN LEAD TO, THEY MADE A LOT OF FILMS, NATIONAL LAMPOON, ALSO
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SORT OF, A LOT OF THE WRITERS GENERATED
FROM THAT.
SO BUT THE FILM IS ON NETFLIX JANUARY 26th.
AND IT IS A LOT OF, IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE'S A
LOT OF COMEDIANS AND PEOPLE YOU KNOW PLAYING OTHER COMEDIANS AND
PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: WHO DO YOU PLAY?
MY FAVORITE WAS HENRY BEARD.
>> HENRY BEARD IS PLAYED BY DONALD GLEESON.
DOUG KENY IS WILL FORTE.
JOE McHAIL IS CHEVY CHASE, NATASHA LEONE AND ANN BEAT ES
AND I PLAY A-- I NEVER WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MEET HIM BUT THE FIRST
HEAD WRITER OF SNL MICHAEL O'DONOGHUE.
>> Stephen: I MET HIM ONCE RIGHT BEFORE HE DIED.
>> HE DIED YOUNG, I'M AFRAID.
BUT HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE CRAZY GENIUS.
>> Stephen: WHAT WERE THOSE EARLY DAYS LIKE AT THE LAMPOON.
WERE THEY CHAOTIC.
>> IT SEEMS REALLY, REALLY INTENSE FROM-- I READ A BIT
ABOUT MICHAEL O'DONOGHUE AND HE WAS AN INTENSE FIGURE.
AND I KNOW THAT HE WROTE SOMETHING, HE WAS ONCE
DISCOVERED IN THE FILM, HE WROTE SOMETHING SO PROVOCATIVE IN THE
NATIONAL LAMPOON BUT HE WAS MAILED DYNAMITE, SOMEONE MAILED
HIM DYNAMITE WITH HIS NAME LIKE AS A FAN LETTER, DYNAMITE, JERK.
AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS.
HE WAS THAT KIND OF GUY.
>> Stephen: HE WROTE A SKETCH THAT HE BROUGHT US TO AT A SHOW
CALLED X57.
HE BROUGHT A SKETCH TO US TO SEE IF WE WANTED TO DO IT, THIS IS
WHEN WE MET HIM IN THE SKETCH IT WAS A MAN STRAPPING ON BODY
ARMOUR AND TAKING A SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPON AND GOING
OUT TO A TOWN AND JUST KILLING EVERYONE BY SHOOTING THEM RIGHT
IN THE CHESES.
SHOOTING EVERYBODY RIGHT IN THE CHEST AND NOT A SINGLE JOKE IN T
SHOOTING EVERYBODY IN THE CHEST AND HE GETS BACK TO HIS HOUSE
AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN SHOT GETS UP AND STARTS KISSING EACH
OTHER.
HE TURNS AROUND AND HE HAS LITTLE ANGEL WINGS, HE'S YOU CAN
PID.
-- CUP I HAD BUT WITH A MACHINE BEGUN.
>> Stephen: WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TELL HIM WE WEREN'T GOING TO
DO IT.
>> YEAH, THAT'S-- .
>> Stephen: IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE YOU, PLESH.
>> PLEASURE TO BELY.
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK WITH THE SQUIRREL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE IS COMING TO
NETFLIX JANUARY 26th.