>> James: WOW, WOW.
>> WAS' UP?
>> James: I MEAN WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE MILK SOME ENTRANCES
IN THEIR TIME BUT THAT MIGHT, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO BREAK NOW,
RIGHT, ROB, HOW ARE WE LOOKING ON TIME.
THAT WAS QUITE AN ENTRANCE, BOYS, FROM THE PAIR OF YOU, WELL
DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I FELL LIKE WE WERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
>> AND HAD TO SHAKE HANDS AN KISS BABIES.
AND I RAN INTO MY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, NO, I'M JOKING.
>> James: NOW HASAN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE.
WE ARE HUGE FANS.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU (APPLAUSE).
>> James: HERE IS WHAT I WILL SAY, I AM A FAN PROFESSIONALLY,
AND PERSONALLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: I WILL SAY THAT ABOUT EVERYONE.
NO, I MEAN.
>> NO, NO, NO.
>> James: NOW BIG NEWS, BIG NEWS HASAN, YOU HAVE RECENTLY
HIT A MILLION FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM.
>> YES.
>> James: TALK ME THROUGH, IS THIS A BIG DEAL?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
I TALK TO PIED DA, I WAS LIKE DAD-- I LET NOW IT WAS REALK I
DIDN'T BUY ANY-- IT WAS AN AUTHENTIC MILLION.
AND HE WAS LIKE THAT'S 13 MILLION SHORT OF-- .
>> HE SAY HUGE HOLLYWOOD STAR.
LIKE HE WOULD BE BY THIS POPULATION STANDARD WOULD BE
LIKE 14 MILLION TIMES MORE POPULAR THAN HIM.
JUST BECAUSE OF INDIA, THE INDIA FACTOR.
>> NOT JUST BECAUSE OF INDIA.
>> James: BY I MEAN THAT IS NOT THE ONLY BIG MAN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ON THE HUGE, PAUL RUDD, YOUR NAME WAS RECENTLY
USED IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
PAUSE PLAWS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> James: THIS MEANT A LOT TO YOU.
THIS MEANT A LOT TO YOU, RIGHT?
>> I AM A CROSS WORD ENTHUSIAST.
>> James: UH-HUH.
>> I MADE "THE NEW YORK TIMES" CROSS WORD AND IT WAS, IT WAS
INCREDIBLE.
I MEAN I WAS REALLY-- .
>> James: HOW DID YOU FIND OUT.
DID YOU FIND OUT AS YOU WERE DOING IT?
>> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOST EXCITING WAY.
SOMEBODY GAVE PE A HEADS UP, I AM LIKE OH, I'M GETTING THE
PUZZLE TODAY.
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT HAD YOU DONE IT AND GOT IT WRONG,
JUDD.
>> SO YEAH, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
AND I HAVE SINCE DONE OTHER PUZZLES AND I HAVE BEEN IN THEM
NOW MORE THAN ONCE.
>> James: REALLY?
>> BUT I REALIZED IT'S BECAUSE-- .
>> James: THAT IS WHEN HE HAS MADE IT.
>> NO, NO, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MAKING IT IT IS JUST RUDD
IS A CONNECTOR.
IF YOU DO A LOT OF CROSS WORD PUZZLES YOU KIND YOKO ONO COMES
UP A LOT.
OR IRO-- THE ARCHITECT, RUDD, YOU NEED THE DOUBLE DS, I
DIDN'T-- .
>> James: ELMER FUD, YOUR ASHLEY JUDD, APATOW, THAT IS IT,
I WAS STILL EXCITED.
>> James: AS YOU SHOULD BE.
>> BUT I PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
>> YEAH.
>> James: I STILL THINK IT'S HUGE.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
PAUSE PLAWS Z.
>> James: NOW YOU BOTH, YOU BOTH HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.
YOU BOTH SHARE FAILED LOOP DREAMS.
NEITHER OF YOU WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO GET ON YOUR BASKETBALL TEAMS.
>> AND YOU ARE A BIG BASKETBALL FAN.
>> James: BAS BET-- BASKETBALL WASN'T A BIG THING WHERE I GREW
UP.
>> IT WAS EVERYTHING WHERE I GREW UP.
I TRIED OUT EVERY YEAR, GOT CUT EF REJEE YZ WHAT AGE ARE WE
TALKING.
>> THE YEARS THAT MATTER THE MOST, 15, 16, AND 17.
I'M SITTING NEXT TO PAUL RUDD.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I WISH I COULD HAVE HAD THE-- .
>> James: HOW DO YOU FIND OUT BEING ON THE TEAM.
>> THEY DID IT THE OLD SCHOOL QUAI WAY, YOU GO TO THE VARSITY
COACHES ROOM WHERE HE TEACHES.
AND AT 7:00 MT MORNING, THE LIST IS UP.
YOU GO UP IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND SEE IF YOU MADE
THE LIST.
>> WOW.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MINHAJ.
>> James: HOW CLOSE WERE YOU TO GETTING ON.
DO YOU THINK YOU EVEN REMOTELY GOT CLOSE.
>> I WAS 139 AM NOW LOOK, HE MAY HAVE BEEN TELLING ME THAT MY
SENIOR YEAR, THIS SAY 12 MAN.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE TRIED OUT.
>> 14.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S TOUGH MAN.
>> James: WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOU.
>> I DIDN'T EVEN TRY OUT BECAUSE I KNEW I WOULDN'T EVEN MAKE IT.
BUT I SO DESPERATELY WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT ALL.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT, THE CAMARADERIE.
>> SO I JOINED MY HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AS THE MANAGER.
YOU GUYS CAN'T LAUGH AT THAT, TE MANAGER.
>> NO, THEY CAN LAUGH AT IT.
>> YOU GET TO, YOU WEAR THE SHIRT AND TIE GAME DAY SO YOU
LOOK LIKE ARE YOU PART OF THE TEAM, THE ILLUSION IS PART OF
IT.
NUMBER TWO, DEPENDING ON PRACTICE SITUATIONS YOU MAY GET
TO PRACTICE.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU GET THAT, AN IF YOU ARE LUCKY THEY WILL SOMETIMES USE
THE JENGY BAD VERSION.
UNIFORM FROM THE YEAR BEFORE BUT YOU STILL GET A UNI.
>> James: YOU STILL GET A UNIFORM.
>> NOT AT MY SCHOOL AM BUT WE DID GET, WE HAD DRESS UP ON GAME
DAYS AND IT WAS ALWAYS THE MOST EXCITING THING WHEN WE WOULD GO
TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL AND YOU GET OFF THE BUS AND YOU SEE ALL
THE STUDENTS FROM THE OTHER SCHOOL THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE
SOME GIRLS AN I WOULD ALWAYS THINK, THEY THINK I'M ON THE
TEAM THAT IS THE STATUS, AND THEN ONE TIME I BROKE MY FINGER,
AND MY HAND WAS IN A SPLINT.
>> WOW.
>> I WAS SO PSYCHED.
BECAUSE I WOULD SIT ON THE SIDELINE AND PEOPLE WOULD THINK
OH, HE CAN'T PLAY.
PLACE (APPLAUSE)