>>> I LOOKED FOR HIM FOR WEEKS
AND WEEKS.
FINALLY THE POLICE CALLED ME,
AND THEY -- THEY THEY FOUND HIS
CAR.
>> WHAT DID THEY FIND WHEN THEY
OPENED UP THE TRUNK OF THAT CAR?
>> IT WAS MY BOYFRIEND'S BODY.
>> OH.
MY.
WAS HE ALL RIGHT?
>> NO.
HE -- HE WAS DEAD.
>> OH, NO.
>> THAT IS FORMER "SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE" STAR BILL HADER
DOING HIS FAMOUS IMPRESSION OF
OUR COLLEAGUE HERE AT NBC,
"DATELINE" CORRESPONDENT KEITH
MORRISON.
HE ACTUALLY HEARD BILL HAD NEVER
MET KEITH, AND THAT GAVE US AN
IDEA.
MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
FOR HADER WHO WILL TURN 41 LATER
THIS WEEK, THE RISE TO "SNL"
FAME WAS BEYOND IMPROBABLE.
THE SHORT VERSION OF THE STORY
IS THAT HE DROPPED OUT OF
COLLEGE AND DROVE TO L.A. TO GET
INTO THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS.
HE WAS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES
ON MOVES AND TV SHOWS WHEN ON A
WHIM HE TOOK AN IMPROV CLASS.
TURNS OUT "WILL AND GRACE" STAR
MEGAN MULLALLY WAS IN THE
AUDIENCE AT HIS GRADUATION SHOW.
SHE THOUGHT HADER WAS SO GOOD
THAT SHE CALLED LEGENDARY "SNL"
CREATOR LORNE MICHAELS WHO
AUDITIONED AND HIRED THE AMATEUR
MAGICIAN.
HADER SAID IT WAS LIKE GOING
FROM PRESCHOOL TO HARVARD.
BILL AND I GOT TOGETHER FOR A
"SUNDAY SIT-DOWN" TO TALK ABOUT
THE "SNL" YEARS AND HIS
EMMY-WINNING HBO SERIES "BARRY."
FOR "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" ALUM
BILL HADER, RETURNING TO 30 ROCK
IS A BIT LIKE GOING BACK TO YOUR
OLD HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THIS IS ALL NEW.
>> THE HALLWAY IS BRINGING BASS
NOSTALGIA.
>> USED TO DO THIS THING CAUSED
LASER TAG.
OH, MY GOSH.
THAT WAS ALL SHOT IN 30 ROCK.
>> BUT ALSO PREEXAM NERVES.
>> I STILL GET ANXIOUS.
YOU WALK IN, AND I IMMEDIATELY
-- MY -- I HAVE NO IDEAS.
>> FOR EIGHT SEASONS, HADER HAD
IDEAS.
LOTS OF THEM.
THERE WERE IMPRESSIONS OF
CELEBRITIES LIKE CLINT EASTWOOD.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHUT UP?
WHY DON'T YOU SHUT UP?
>> AND JAMES CARVILLE.
>> DOESN'T MATTER WHY, BUT I'M
FRIENDS WITH SOME ALLIGATORS.
>> AND ORIGINAL CHARACTERS.
ONE OF WHICH BECAME AN "SNL"
HALL OF FAMER.
>> NEW YORK'S HOTTEST CLUB IS --
LOCATED IN A HAUNTED SYNAGOGUE.
THE UPPER AND LOWER SIDE HOT
SPOT IS HOME OF LOSTA PRIM
VIRALA.
>> THE FUN FOR PEOPLE WHO STUDY
KIND OF KNOW YOU'RE DYNAMIC WITH
MALAYANY IS KNOWING THE WORDS
HE'S WRITTEN FOR DRESS THAT YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
YOU GET A LOOK LIKE, WHAT?
>> WHEN I HOSTED LAST NIGHT, THE
VERY FIRST LINE WAS DIFFERENT.
YOU HAD TO INTRODUCE COLIN AND
MICHAEL, AND I WAS LIKE --
MOONLIGHT, LAVA LAND.
FOR THE ENTIRE THING I'M
LAUGHING.
>> GATOR LEFT "SATURDAY NIGHT
LIVE" IN 2013, UNCERTAIN OF WHAT
WOULD COME NEXT.
DIRECTOR JUDD APATOW CONVINCED
THE FUNNY MAN HE COULD PLAY A
LEADING MAN OPPOSITE AMY SCHUMER
IN THE 2015 HIT "TRAIN WRECK."
>> I THINK WE LIKE EACH OTHER,
AND WE SHOULD START DATING.
>> NO ONE WANTED ME EXCEPT FOR
JUDD.
HE'S THE ONLY GUY THAT WAS LIKE,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE ROMANTIC
LEAD -- THAT WEIRD GIGGLING
IDIOT.
>> FROM THERE HADER BROUGHT AN
IDEA TO HBO FOR A SHOW CALLED "
BA
BARRY," ABOUT A HIT MAN WHO
STUMBLES INTO A LOS ANGELES
ACTING CLASS AND IS INSPIRED TO
LEAVE BEHIND HIS VIOLENT
PROFESSION.
>> THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL
ACTORS, AND THEY'RE THE REAL
DEAL.
THEY SAY I GOT SOMETHING.
>> "BARRY" JUST WRAPPED THE
SECOND SEASON WITH HADER AS
CO-CREATOR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER,
WRITER, STAR, AND DIRECTOR.
>> I DIRECTED THIS ONE EPISODE
WITH THIS LITTLE GIRL WHO RUNS
UP A TREE ON TO A HOUSE.
AND OUR PRODUCER WAS -- PICKED
THE HOUSE THAT A TREE, AND I
WASN'T HAPPY WITH IT.
AIDA WENT, YOU WANT THAT HOUSE,
AND YOU WISH THERE WAS A TREE
RIGHT THERE.
I WENT, RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT TO BUILD A TREE.
JUST THE SILENCE THAT PERMEATED
-- I THINK ON SEASON ONE I WOULD
HAVE BEEN LIKE, NO, WE'LL USE
THE FIRST HOUSE.
FORGET WHAT I SAID.
SEASON TWO, I WAS LIKE, NO,
WE'RE BUILDING A TREE.
>> BY SEASON THREE YOU'LL BE
SAYING IT WITH A MEGAPHONE.
>> I WANT TREES EVERYWHERE!
I WANT A TREE THERE, A TREE
THERE.
JUST ABOUT TREES.
>> "BARRY" HAS ACHIEVED CRITICAL
ACCLAIM AND RATINGS SUCCESS WITH
HADER WINNING THE EMMY FOR LEAD
ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES.
>> I LITERALLY DO NOT REMEMBER
ANYTHING.
I DID NOT THINK THIS WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN.
I AFTERWARDS WENT TO IN AND OUT
BURGER.
THE WOMAN -- WINDOW ROLLED DOWN,
SHE WENT, DIDN'T YOU JUST WIN AN
EMMY?
I GO, YES.
SHE GOES, LET ME SEE IT.
I SHOWED IT TO HER.
SHE GOES, "WHO ELSE IS IN THE
CAR WITH YOU?"
I WENT, "JUST ME."
SHE WENT, "BABY, THAT'S SAD."
>> HE TRACES HIS HUMOR BACK TO A
CHILDHOOD IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA.
YOU GREW UP IN A FUNNY
HOUSEHOLD?
>> YEAH.
BOTH MY PARENTS ARE FUNNY.
MY SISTERS ARE FUNNY.
>> DID YOU DO IMPRESSIONS BACK
THEN?
>> YEAH, YEAH, I DID -- THE
FIRST IMPRESSION I COULD DO WAS
BART SIMPSON.
THEN I WENT THROUGH PUBERTY, AND
THAT ENDED.
WASN'T UNTIL MY "SNL" AUDITION
THAT I COULD DO HEINOUS PEOPLE.
>> ONE OF HIS MOST POPULAR IS A
MEMBER OF THE NBC FAMILY.
"DATELINE" COPTER KEITH
MORRISON.
>> I WAS WALKING ALONG THE LAKE
AND SAW SOMETHING ON THE
SURFACE.
>> AHH.
WAS IT WILSON THE VOLLEYBALL?
>> NO, IT WAS AN ARM.
>> AHH.
>> YOU'RE A HUGE "DATELINE" FAN.
I KNOW THIS ABOUT YOU.
WE'RE IN THE RIGHT BUILDING.
WE THOUGHT SINCE YOU'RE SUCH A
HUGE FAN, WE'D GO TO ONE OF THE
EDIT BAYS AND WATCH HOW THEY PUT
TOGETHER THE TRUE CRIME STORIES.
YOU WANT TO DO THAT?
>> YES, YES.
>> LET'S GO.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE "SNL" FLOOR
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S --
>> MORE MURDER?
>> MORE MURDER.
EXACTLY.
ONE OF THESE ARE KEITH
MORRISON'S LOCKER.
>> HAVE YOU EVER MET HIM?
>> NO.
>> IS THIS US HERE?
>> YEP.
>> WHOA.
>> HEY, MAN.
>> GUYS, COME ON IN.
>> SO THIS IS A MAN --
>> I KNOW THIS ONE.
I'VE SEEN IT.
SHE WAS FULLY INVOLVED WITH THE
HIT.
SHE WAS FULLY INVOLVED.
>> ACTUALLY, THIS IS A STORY, I
DO HAVE TO TAKE A TRACK FROM
HIM.
IF YOU WANT -- HE'S IN L.A.
BUT --
CAN YOU DO ONE READ FOR ME,
PLEASE, FOR THE SCRIPT THAT YOU
HAVE?
>> HOW HORRIFYING THOSE WEALTHY
FOLKS WOULD HAVE BEEN.
HAD THEY KNOWN THE DEADLY SECRET
OFFICER WILSON WAS ABOUT TO
EXPOSE ON THE WRONG END OF
AMERICA STREET.
THAT TOO CREEP?
>> LET'S TAKE THE TEMPERATURE OF
THE ROOM.
HANG ON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, BILL?
>> THAT'S PRETTY RAD.
>> THE GENERAL FEELING IS IT'S
TOO RAD.
>> CRAZY.
>> YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM
POINTERS.
>> I CAN'T GIVE HIM POINTERS.
HE'S THE PERFECT -- HE'S MASTER.
HE IS THE MASTER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET BETTER
THAN KEITH MORRISON?
I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE!
WOW, GOSH, YOU'RE THE MAN.
>> YOU EXTENDED MY CAREER A
COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> REALLY?
MY GOSH.
WOW.
THIS IS THE COOLEST THING OF ALL
TIME.
>> NO ONE TELLS A STORY LIKE
"DATELINE."
THAT'S SO RAD.
>> OUR BIG THANKS TO KEITH
MORRISON AND THE TEAM AT
"DATELINE" FOR HELPING US PULL
OFF THAT SURPRISE.
IT HAD TO HAPPEN.
THEY'D NEVER MET.
TO SEE THE EXTENDED VERSION OF
THE MEETING AND THE CONVERSATION
BETWEEN BILL AND KEITH, CHECK
OUT OUR WEB EXTRAS AT
TODAY.COM/SUNDAY.
SEASONS ONE AND TWO OF "BARRY"
ARE AVAILABLE NOW ON HBO.
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