-Welcome back to the show.
Thank you so much for coming. -Thanks, man.
-Thanks for having me. -How is the fam?
I was very lucky to meet
your beautiful daughter backstage.
Frankie. -Frankie came with me, yeah.
-She's a good kid.
-She's a great kid.
You know, most of the time, she's a great kid.
She's 14, you know, so, like,
I'm here in New York because I'm working.
I'm shooting season two of "Severance."
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But my family lives in Los Angeles
so we spend a ton of time on Face Time, you know,
like, constantly, because it's terrible being
on opposite sides of the country -- it's hard.
So we're always talking Face Time.
But my daughter, Frankie, who you just met,
she is constantly taking screenshots
of me -- of, like, my face.
Because when you're doing Face Time,
it's not like you're on, like, a fancy Zoom
and you have a ring light,
and you, like, primp yourself.
You're, like, getting ready for bed or eating or whatever.
-Yeah, it's family time, yeah. -It's family time.
And she -- every single time I see that flash
on the screen, it's just like, "Jesus, really?"
And so this past year, they made a calendar
of all of those photos.
They collected them
and made a calendar.
-Of unflattering photos of you.
-Yes. -You brought a few here.
I just want to show them on national TV, if you don't mind.
-Yeah, that'd be great.
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That'd be great.
-This here is some of the screenshots right here.
-Yeah.
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-Nice, nice.
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-What a great family.
-Yeah, it's nice. -What a lovely family.
-You know --
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I feel like everyone
looks great when they're blowing their nose.
-[ Laughs ] Everyone does. -Yeah.
-You mentioned that you're here filming season two
of "Severance."
Congratulations. Season one was such a huge hit.
I loved it. You've been nominated
for almost every award there is.
Congratulations. Golden Globes, everything.
-Thank you.
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-Emmys -- What can you tell us about season two?
-You know, that's the funny thing
is when we're making season one,
we were like, "This is so weird,
like, is anyone gonna like this
or is everyone just gonna think this is stupid?"
Like, we couldn't tell.
We loved it and everything, but you never know.
And it just seemed so strange that we didn't know.
And now, like, we have to -- like, all this --
We have secret scripts and have to use, like, code words
when we're on e-mail and, like, it's so secret.
It's crazy.
And it's just feels ridiculous.
But it's also great, because people want to know,
you know. -Could we set up
the first season of "Severance"
or just what "Severance" is if you haven't seen the show?
-Yeah, sure, it's a show that takes place in a world
where there's a technology where you can split your life in half.
So when you go to work,
you don't know who you are in the outside world.
And then when you're at home, you have no idea
who you are at work or what your job is
or what you do there.
So it's essentially two separate lives you're leading.
-Yeah, that's a great way to set it up and then watch it,
and it just gets crazier and crazier.
It's fantastic. -Oh, thanks, man.
-I'm just so excited that you're here
and that you're here during a very important time.
It's Perm Week on "The Tonight Show."
And it's a -- -You know, Chris
has a wonderful head of hair,
and you made it even better. -Right, yeah.
-Like, incredible.
-His hair in general was, like, unbelievable.
-Yeah. -I wouldn't even touch it.
I would frame his hair. -Yeah.
-And then he did it, and now it even looks even better.
-Oh, it's beautiful. -It's beautiful.
Have you ever done a perm, or thought about it?
-Oh, I really -- I mean, in the '80s, it seemed like
men were getting -- like, guys that hosted, like,
afternoon talk shows had perms.
-Everybody, yeah, of course, yeah, I remember.
-Gary Collins would have a perm. -He did have one, yeah.
-Adam Curry, I think, right? -Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure,
Adam Curry, yeah. -Yeah.
I found a old headshot of you,
not permed, just kind of cool, I would say.
-This is my first headshot, I believe.
-This feels '90s, right? -It's '90s.
It's like -- Oh, my God.
You know, listen...
-Who do you -- Wow, you look good.
-It's like --
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You can't clap.
My hair is like a cross between, like, Eddie Vedder
and Natalie Merchant. -[ Laughs ]
I like your pose.
How did you -- How does one even --
Look at -- no, look at --
-Oh, my God. It's so terrible.
It's so -- -That looks difficult.
-I mean, that is, like, profoundly bad.
Like, that's really tough.
-I love it.
I just didn't want you to feel left out...
-Yeah, I'm sure. -...so I --
-Oh, yeah.
-Would you? -Please!
-Can I, please? -Yeah, please, just...
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-I love it. -It feels good.
-I love it. -It feels right.
-Oh, it's so... -It feels -- This feels right.
-I feel like my life coming together.
-Yeah, this is it.
See, you're getting what Chris was feeling earlier.
-Yes. -And you're getting
a little taste of it now. -That's right.
-This is -- Can we talk about "Party Down"?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Please.
This has been -- I missed this.
This has been -- -Yeah.
We're just gonna leave the wigs. -Yeah, I'm not taking these off.
-13 years...
-13 years since we got canceled in 2010.
-But what would you -- what was it?
It was just streaming that made it popular again?
-I guess so. Because when we finished,
when we were canceled, we were canceled for, like,
pretty good reason, I guess.
Because our our ratings were literally 0.0.
-No one was watching. -No.
-No one watching your show? -No.
So you end up getting canceled.
-That's what happens when no one watches your show.
-But little by little over the years, people got into it.
And now I get asked about it, just, like, out on the street
or whatever. -Well, it's a cult favorite.
-We get asked about it just as much as anything else.
-Really? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's great. -But everyone came back for it.
-Yeah, yeah.
Lizzy Caplan, because of scheduling, couldn't do it.
But everyone else -- Jane Lynch, Ken Marino,
Megan Mullally, Ryan Hansen, Martin Starr, everybody.
-But then who -- and Jennifer Garner --
-Jennifer Garner joined the show.
-I love Jennifer Garner. -Yeah.
-Come on. -She's amazing.
-I can't get enough Jennifer Garner.
I love her. -She's the best.
-Do we set this up at all? How do we set up --
-Yeah, this is, I believe Roman, Martin Starr's character,
and I talking in the first episode.
-There you go.
-I don't have a perm in this clip.
-Don't let everyone down. -Sorry.
-Guys, no booing when you watch this clip.
Enjoy it, it's a comedy.
Oh, we should mention that it's a catering company.
-Yeah, "Party Down" is about a catering company.
-Thank you. -A non-permed catering company.
That's all you need to know. -Why would -- yeah.
It is -- I'm so happy it's back.
I want to show everybody a clip.
Here's Adam Scott in the new season of "Party Down."
Take a look.
-I accept the possibility that I probably won't be
appreciated in my lifetime.
You know, if I get discovered as they're reviewing my papers
after I die, well, I'll be fine with that.
-So you still doing mostly hard sci-fi?
-Yeah. You remember the magnum opus
that I started on a roll of toilet paper?
Well, that was just the beginning,
and I'm just kind of tweaking one little thing,
but then it's ready to sell.
And I still have my blog, which is now a vlog
because of my carpal tunnel incident.
-You know what?
I should probably go on out to the dinner.
-Yeah, see you in 12 years.
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[ Cheers and applause ] -It's so good, man.
-Thanks, man. -It made me laugh.
And I've seen the great reviews, as well.
-Thanks, dude. -It's getting great reviews.
-Thank you. -Adam Scott, everybody.
"Party Down" premieres its third season next Friday
on Starz.
Frankie, keep it up. That's a good job.
We'll be right back with more "Tonight Show",
everybody. Good job, Frankie.
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