>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
MY FRIENDS, MY NEXT GUEST IS A COMEDIAN YOU
KNOW FROM "S.N.L." "30 ROCK" AND "RICK AND MORTY."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," CHRIS PARNELL.
( APPLAUSE )
>> NICE AUDIENCE.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU ON.
MICE TO MEET YOU.
>> NICE TO BE HERE.
NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: I DON'T PICTURE YOU WITH THE SALT AND PEPPER.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: HAIR, BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS SEEN YOU AS SOMETHING--
DO THEY RUB IN THE SHOE POLISH?
WHAT IS IT?
>> PROBABLY.
>> Stephen: I LIKE IT.
IT'S REALLY GOOD LUCK.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> Stephen: IT'S VERY DISTINGUISHED.
>> OH, DISTINGUISHED, OKAY, OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: MANY PEOPLE RECOGNIZE YOU FROM YOUR VOICE
RIGHT AWAY, IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW YOU ALREADY FROM ALL YOUR
ON-CAMERA STUFF.
YOU'RE A VOICE ACTOR IN "ARCHER" AND "RICK AND MORTY."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WE LOVE YOU!
>> Stephen: WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU HAD A DISTINCTIVE
VOICE?
>> I THINK IT WAS OF IT WAS PROBABLY IN HIGH SCHOOL.
MY DAD IS A VOICE-OVER GUY AND WAS A D.J., AND ALL THAT KIND OF
THING.
I GREW UP LISTENING TO HIM, OBVIOUSLY.
AND HE WOULD USE ME FOR COMMERCIALS WHEN I WAS A KID,
LIKE, IF HE NEEDED A VOICE IN A SPOT OR SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: DID YOU SOUND LIKE THIS AS A CHILD?
>> SINCE I WAS THREE.
SINCE I WAS THREE I'VE SOUNDED LIKE THIS.
BUT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I DID THE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THEY LIKED MY VOICE FOR THAT.
>> Stephen: AT THE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A HIGH-STATUS JOB.
>> IT REALLY IS.
IT REALLY IS.
IT DIDN'T PAY A LOT BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR MY CAREER.
>> Stephen: COULD I-- COULD I GET A TASTE OF WHAT A MORNING
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CHRIS PARNELL WOULD BE BACK IN THE DAY?
>> IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE, "GOOD MORNING, GERMANTOWN, TODAY
IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7.
AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE HAVING A PEP RALLY THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> Stephen: KEEP TALKING.
I WANT PEOPLE TO GET THE IMAGE IN THEIR MIND WHILE YOU SAY IT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A GOOD PICTURE.
>> Stephen: WAS THIS, LIKE-- WAS THIS IMPRESSIVE?
DID THIS GET YOU THE LADIES?
( LAUGHTER )
>> NO, SURPRISINGLY.
NO.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU LIKE TON WHAT LUNCH IS TODAY?
SALISBURY STEAK AND CARROT COINS.
AND YOU ACTUALLY FOLLOWED IN YOUR FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS AND WERE
ACTUALLY A D.J. FOR A WHILE.
>> FOR A FEW SUMMERS WHEN I CAME HOME FROM ACKNOWLEDGE COLLEGE I
DID A LITTLE DISK JOCKEYING.
>> Stephen: THAT TAKES THE PIPES.
>> IT DOES?
WAS IT A LATE-NIGHT SHIFT?
WAS IT A PRIME SPOT?
>> IT WAS LATE NIGHT.
WORKED FOR A COUNTRY RADIO STATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI, SO I
WOULD DRIVE OVER THE TENNESSEE-MISSISSIPPI BORDER.
I WAS NEVER A COUNTRYMUSIC OLYMPICER BUT WHEN I WENT INTO
THAT STUDIO, I LOVED IT.
IT WAS LIKE ANOTHER UNIVERSE.
IT WAS LIKE CLASSIC COUNTRY STUFF.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE A D.J. , LIKE, HANDLE?
I DIDN'T, BUT I FLIRTED WITH THE IDEA OF "BIG CHRIS."
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: SURE, WELL, OVER THE RADIO YOU DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND THEN JUST NEVER LET ANYONE SEE YOU.
>> EVER.
>> Stephen: WELL, OF COURSE, WE ALREADY GOT THE CHEERS FOR
IT, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT "RICK AND MORTY."
BECAUSE IT'S SEASON FOUR NOW, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: ABOUT TO START SEASON FOUR.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: AND YOU, OF COURSE, PLAY JERRY.
I WAS SAYING BACKSTAGE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I DID NOT
IDENTIFY JERRY AS YOU.
BUT NOW THEY KNOW,SH THAT'S CHRIS PARNELL'S VOICE AS JERRY.
>> IT'S NOT AN ENTIRELY BAD THING THAT YOU DIDN'T IDENTIFY
ME AS JERRY, YOU KNOW.
IERY IS NOT EXACTLY A GREAT ROLE MODEL OR IMPRESSIVE CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: NO.
BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN IN "RICK AND MORTY" AND I DIDN'T KNOW.
TALK ABOUT ME FOR A MINUTE.
I WAS-- I WAS ZEEP ZANDFLORP.
WHO IS IT LIKE TO DO SO MUCH VOICE-OVER WORK WHERE YOU'RE
WITH THESE OTHER STARS IN THE SHOW BUT YOU NEVER ACTUALLY SEE
THEM?
WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS IT'S ALL DONE INDIVIDUALLY IN BOOTHS.
>> YEAH.
WELL THE OTHER DAY WAS DOING A.D.R. FOR "RICK AND MORTY," AND
THIS WAS A CAT IN THE SCENE FOR ME AND IT WAS A TALKING CAT, OF
COURSE.
I SAID, "WHO IS THAT?
"OH, IT'S MATTHEW BRODERICK."
NOW I HEAR IT.
YOU NEVER INTERACT WITH THE PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: IT'S GOOD WORK, VOICE-OVER WORK.
>> IT'S VERY GOOD WORK.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR PANTS.
>> AND I NEVER-- I ALMOST NEVER DO.
>> Stephen: SO WE HAVE A CLIP HERE FROM SEASON FOUR.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH JERRY HERE?
>> I BELIEVE THIS IS WITH A GUY-- HE'S AN ALIEN FELLOW WHO
COMES FROM A PLANET WHERE THEY DEVELOP E APPS, AND HE HAS ON HI
FOREHEAD, DO NOT DEVELOP MY APP.
AND JERRY DECIDES HE DOES WANT TO DEVELOP AN APP, AND IT
DOESN'T GO WELL.
>> GET IT OFF THE SERVER!
YOU THINK WE'RE STUPID BUT WE'RE NOT.
WE KNOW THE E APPS HAVE SOMETHIN TO DO WITH THE SERVER.
>> IT'S ON THE MOTHER SHIP.
>> SHAKE HIM MORE, MORTY, THAT WAS WORKING.
>> TAKE US TO THE MOTHER SHIP!
( BEEPING ) >> OKAY.
DON'T HIT ME.
AN OMINOUS BEEPING APP.
YOU CAN'T STAY MAD DAY GUY THIS WTHIS KIND OF TALENT.
>> DAD, YOU CAN AND YOU HAVE TO.
>> Stephen: CHRIS, LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> LOVELY TO MEET YOU, SEASON.
>> Stephen: SEASON FOUR OF "RICK AND MORTY" ON ADULT SWIM.
CHRIS PARNELL, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.