-Your family. Two girls.
Halloween. Do you they know what they're going to be yet?
-Oh, yeah. They do, yeah.
Hazel's going to be a rocket ship.
-A rocket ship? -Yeah. Like a full rocket --
I was like, "An astronaut?" She was like, "Rocket ship."
And I was like, "Astronaut."
She's like, "No, no, no. It's a rocket ship."
-Gotcha. Then, is the point of the rocket ship the head?
Is that like -- -Yup. Correct.
-She's, like, in the cockpit. -Okay, gotcha.
-Yeah. And then my youngest is going to be a cat.
-Okay.
-And I said, you know, "So what should I be?"
And the youngest says,
"You should be an alien for Hazel's rocket ship."
-Yeah, that's very good. -I said, "Wow. That's so nice.
Maybe I will be an alien that has cat ears on."
And she goes, "Daddy, I'm the cat."
"Okay. Geez. I get it."
And then she, like, stabbed me with a Barbie leg.
I was like, "Oh."
-Do you, fellow New Englander, do you have any good
Halloween memories of your days growing up?
-I have tons. -Yeah.
-My birthday is around Halloween,
so it was always that big month for me.
But do you remember Spooky World?
-When it was mentioned to me today, I have --
-It was on the radio, and it was, "Spooky World."
-Okay. -Not ringing any bells?
Now I'm embarrassed. -But I never went.
I never went to Spooky World. -It's basically our version
of all of the amazing special effects,
L.A., you know, scare areas.
So, a guy came to Boston and started one. Spooky World.
It's not quite as well done. -Uh-huh.
-But it was just so many good stories,
one of which was I go through the haunted house.
I'm terrified of all things scary.
Is anybody else? No? You guys are all --
You're terrifying. -Was Spooky World in Boston?
-Oh, no, in the middle of nowhere, in a farm.
-Okay, got you. -And it was terrifying
and scary, and they had a haunted house.
And I just loved -- There was one father
with, like, a 7-year-old boy going in in front of me in line.
And the kid was like, "I want to go in."
He's like, "You know what? Let's not go in.
I think you're too young. And I think you're scared.
And I don't think we should do it."
And the kid's like, "No, I'm fine."
And you could tell it was definitely the father
who was terrified. So, as he's going through,
he's like, "I don't really think we should do this.
I don't know." So, we got in, and the first
turn we took is Dracula coming out of his coffin.
I kid you not. The Dracula is like, "Blah!"
And he goes...
And just -- I mean, hit Dracula.
And Dracula was like, "No!" And the coffin went back.
And then, I swear to God, as we were leaving,
I saw Dracula talking to a cop and the guy.
And Dracula was like, "And then he hit me.
It was -- It was fantastic. Worth the price of admission.
-I mean, to see a guy, to see a Massachusetts guy punch Dracula.
That's why they have, like --
There's almost no reports of vampires in Massachusetts.
'Cause they're like, "It's not worth the trouble."
-Yeah, you'll just get coldcocked.
-Yeah, you'll get coldcocked,
and also their blood's got a lot of alcohol in it.
-Yeah, totally. -It's mostly beer.
-You can't bite and drive in Boston.
-Yeah, no, no, absolutely not.
You've been name-dropped a few times on our show
recently by other guests. -Really?
-Which I think is very high praise.
-It's great praise. -Chris Hayes, who --
-I went to college with Chris Hayes.
-You went to college with Chris Hayes. And you --
You guys were in the theater department together.
-He was in the theater department,
and I was just, like, Armed Guard Number 4
in whatever I could get.
-Was that -- No, so, your early days --
This is very healthy for people to hear, I think.
Especially young actors in college.
-I was ready to be a professional chorus member
forever. It was great.
-Did you guys -- Is it true that you did a --
you did a "Diehard" play?
-Yes, he directed a play called "Artistic License."
Brown is an amazing school
and does all these -- allows you to take big risks.
So we did. We did "Diehard: The Musical"
at Brown, and Chris directed.
And he was the most amazing director.
Because I was, you know, Scared Guest Number 6,
I got to just watch Chris.
And he had the -- He was the most intense director.
But really enthusiastic.
So, you'd see him doing this, like this.
And then whenever somebody had a nice moment, he would go...
[ Laughter ]
And I was like, "This guy is incredible!"
But there was an actor, actually, he was so intense,
that we -- I remember we were rehearsing,
and the sets weren't done yet. I didn't know that.
So these sets -- It takes place in the Met.
And so the Temple of Dendur,
that huge ancient thing in the Met,
we had built it out of Styrofoam.
But it looked real. So we rehearsed.
And our lead actor goes up there.
And I actually have this emblazoned in my brain.
He started singing the song. And it was to his daughter.
And he was playing John McClane or whatever.
And he goes up on there, and he goes --
♪ I swore to protect her and keep her from harm ♪
♪ My life gained new meaning the day she was -- ♪
"Ooh! Aah!"
And he fell a story and a half through a Styrofoam set.
And I was like, "Oh, my God!"
And Chris was like this.
"It's all right! You're all right!"
-[ Laughs ] Early beginnings.
Early beginnings to great things.
That's John Krasinski.