-Our first guest tonight is an Emmy-nominated actor
and comedian who you know from his work
on "Saturday Night Live," "The Last Man on Earth,"
and the timeless film classic "MacGruber."
He stars in the animated series "The Great North,"
which premieres Sunday night on Fox.
Please welcome back to the show our very good friend Will Forte.
How are you, Will? -I'm doing great.
-How are you, Seth? -I'm doing wonderful, as well.
Even better seeing you. And you just had a birthday,
my friend. You just turned 50,
and your fiancée -- your lovely fiancée --
planned a scavenger hunt for you,
which is such a nice thing to do in a time where people
obviously cannot have the parties they would like to do.
-Yes, it was -- It was a total surprise.
And you know, it's been -- it was during COVID.
This was June, so COVID
had made everyone kind of live in isolation.
So we went around to these different stops
and socially distanced, so it was all very safe.
But what she did was she had different face masks made
with different versions of my face.
So, like, this was one of them. -[ Laughs ]
Fully bearded. -Uh-huh.
-And then there was just mustache.
-Right. -That's another one.
-That's really good.
-But then the real hit was the half-and-half.
[ Laughter ] On Earth.
-She's very -- She's very lucky to be marrying a man
who once did that to his face.
-No, she thanks her lucky stars every day.
-And you both have a lot to thank, as well,
because you're about to be a dad.
Very quickly. Within a month or so, right?
-We are -- Yes.
Yeah, we got engaged a year ago Christmas,
and we thought we'd get married first.
But then COVID delayed our plans,
so we thought, "Okay, we'll just..."
Then, on Father's Day, I actually found out
that we were pregnant. It was very...
Or that she was pregnant, I guess I could say.
I know biology. So, you know,
we've been preparing since that day.
And then a couple --
We thought, "Okay, we're doing pretty good."
You never feel probably like you're totally ready for it.
This is my first kid, so I don't know.
But we thought, "Okay, we're doing pretty good here."
And then, a couple days ago,
she got this call from the hospital
that said, "Oh, you know how, several times, you've been told
that your insurance is going to work here?
Oh, we're now telling you that it's not.
Now we're going the other way on that."
-[ Chuckles ] -So it's not
the thing you want to hear three weeks before giving birth.
So we got -- We figured out our plan,
which is we're going to Vegas and we are getting a quick --
we're getting quickly married. -[ Laughs ]
-I love it. This is sort of
an insurance-inspired wedding in Vegas.
-It's the storybook marriage that I always wanted.
So I looked up this place, and it says there are no vows.
There's a minister you got to give 60 bucks to.
Cash. It's got to be cash. -[ Chuckles ]
-And you go through -- What it seems like to me is
that you just kind of drive up to what looks like
a fast-food restaurant drive-through,
and some guy just looks into your car
and looks you over a little bit. [ Laughter ]
And just, "Alright, you're married,"
and then that's it. -Wow.
He has to see true love, and then if he sees it,
you're married. -Exactly, exactly.
-You guys took a step, which I think is an important step
before having a baby, which is you guys have a dog.
Which you gave a beautiful name to,
that, unfortunately now that you've given it to your dog,
you won't be able to give it to your daughter.
What's your dog's name? -Our dog is named Mudbutt.
We don't need it, 'cause our daughter,
we're probably gonna name Kia -- Kia Forte.
[ Laughter ]
It's still in the mix, but we're probably not going with Kia.
But, yeah, Mudbutt is our little COVID puppy,
who has grown into a devil, basically.
[ Laughter ]
It's like he is just a little Damien "Omen" dog.
He eats all his toys whole. Like, I'll pick up his poops,
and there are full just totally unchewed-on toys.
Just pristine toys. I can almost put them
back in the box and return them at a store.
-And this is a very harrowing photo I'm going to show
of something you found your dog chewing on.
-Oh, yeah. So, I was -- I was sitting by the couch,
and something smelled very badly.
And I was like, "Did somebody barf under one of these cushions
and leave it there for a month, and then pour water on it
and leave that for a month?" -[ Laughs ]
-And then I realized -- I looked over a couple feet away,
and I said, "oh, no, that's the fricking old deer leg
that Mudbutt dragged in from God knows where."
-This is a full deer leg! [ Laughter ]
-Yeah. -That's a hoof or a "hoofe,"
depending on if you're Australian or something.
[ Laughter ] But that's a haunting thing.
Haunting. -It scared me.
It was scary. And then I looked around,
I was thinking, "Okay, well, that's got to be connected
to, you know, more parts of the deer."
And I couldn't find the other deer there.
But, yeah, it's scary, 'cause you're like,
"Is my dog doing satanic rituals?"
-Well, I'm so excited, one, that you're going to get married.
I'm so excited, two, that you're going to have a baby.
And I feel terrible saying this, I may be most excited,
that I believe, potentially, in June
you're going to start filming the "MacGruber" TV show.
-That is correct. June is when the start date
is supposed to be. -And then you'll be going
back to Albuquerque, where you shot the film.
-Yes. -And you know, I think
there are a group of fans out there
who are more excited about this than anything.
Could you give us a taste?
Is there any dialogue you could read us from one of the scripts?
-I went through today with John and Jorma
because we wanted to be a little classier
with this next iteration of "MacGruber."
-Yes, now it's going to be prestige television.
-Yeah, so, basically what -- All you need to know for this
is that Kristen Wiig's character, Vicki,
we used to be married.
And since then, we are not married anymore,
and she is now with this guy named Colonel Fasoos,
who's my commanding officer.
And we've been at each other's throats the whole series.
And this is how I make up to him.
This is my speech in which I make good with him, I apologize.
This is me now as MacGruber,
with my MacGruber reading glasses on.
Look, I owe you a huge apology. I am so sorry.
No, no, no, no, no, I need to say this.
I've called you so many nasty things behind your back.
Called you a dirty diaper with arms, legs, and half a brain.
I called you a [Bleep] [Bleep] face.
I said you're a mother[Bleep] [Bleep] nose face,
[Bleep] [Bleep] tool,
[Bleep]-ass butt wipe,
[Bleep] little bitch,
piece of [Bleep], piece of [Bleep].
Put them together, and called you a piece of [Bleep].
I called you all that stuff, but I was wrong.
Because you're not a piece of [Bleep].
You're a piece-of-[Bleep] friend.
[ Laughter ] And I mean that.
[ Laughter ]
So, that's the softer MacGruber I'm going for.
-I can't wait, buddy.
I can't wait for everything that's coming up for you.
It is always a pure delight to see you.
Thanks so much for being here.
-I love you and miss you. -I love you, too.
"The Great North" premieres Sunday, February 14th, on Fox.