>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER BECAUSE FOR THOSE
PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THERE, YOU'RE ONE OF THE FOUNDING
MEMBERS OF U.C.B.
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: AND YOU GUYS-- YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING
CARNEGIE HALL-- HERE, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL GROUP RIGHT THERE.
MATT WALSH,INE ROBERTS AND AMY POEHLER, WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG,
WHEN UPPER SO YOUNG.
>> MUCH YOUNGER.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THE GANG'S GETTING BACK TOGETHER FOR THE
20th ANNIVERSARY DELL CLOSE MARATHON AT CARNEGIE HALL.
>> I SENT SHOW WON'T BE ADD GOES AS THE VENUE, BUT WE'LL SEE.
>> Stephen: I PLAYED CARNEGIE HALL.
>> REALLY.
>> Stephen: IT'S OKAY.
>> IT'S OKAY?
IT'S SUCH A STORIED VENUE THERE.
DID YOU DO COMEDY THERE?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> HOW DID IT GO?
>> Stephen: THERE'S A LONG DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND WHERE
THE JOKES THIS LAND.
>> THE OH, RAPIT.
>> Stephen: IT'S A BIG ROOM.
IT'S A BIG ROOM.
TAKE YOUR TIME.
HERE'S THE THING-- AS YOU SAY, IT IS THE STORIED SPACE, HOW DO
YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
>> PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST SPACE?
IF THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS ARE-- HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU GUYS
BEEN TOGETHER?
>> WE STARTED OUR THEATER HERE IN NEW YORK, LIKE, 20 YEARS AGO.
SO OUR FIRST VENUE IN NEW YORK CITY WAS AN OLD STRIP CLUB THAT
MAYOR GUILIANI SHUT DOWN.
SMALL WORLD, IT ALL COMES BACK.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, RUDY.
IT JUST BECAME AVAILABLE.
WAS THERE A POLE?
>> THERE WAS A POLE, AND WE HAD TO TEAR OUT THE RUNWAY AND CUT
THE RUNWAY IN HALF AND WEDGED IT TOGETHER AND MADE A STAGE OUT OF
IT.
THE POLE WENT IN THE BACK, AND THERE WAS A MIX TAPE OF GIRLS
MADE-- A LOT OF PRINCE.
A LOT OF PRINCE ♪ YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
♪ SNEETS.
>> COVERED IN GLITTER, YEAH.
>> Stephen: THERE WAS A LOT OF GLITTER AROUND?
>> A LOT OF GLITTER AROUND.
>> Stephen: MARKS ON THE WALL?
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: SO DID PEOPLE COME THINKING THAT, LIKE, WHERE'S THE
STRIP CLUB?
>> WELL IT WAS A BURLESQUE-- TECHNICALLY IT WAS A BURL EFNG
CLUB -- >> Stephen: "MOM, I'M NOT A
PROSTITUTE.
I'M A CALL GIRL."
>> THERE WAS BACKSTAIRS SO YOU COULD GO UP FOR EXTRA ACTIVITY.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT, MATT, PILATES OR SOMETHING?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, EXTRA ACTIVITIES?
LIKE (BLEEP), (BLEEP).
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T SAY (BLEEP) ON CBS.
>> YOU JUST SAID IT.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS INTERVIEW IS GOING
TO SURVIVE AT THIS POINT, MATT.
>> I'M SAYING MAYBE.
>> Stephen: MAYBE.
>> I'M NOT SAYING FOR SURE.
BUT, YEAH, IT WAS PRETEE WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?
>> Stephen: WHAT.
I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR STORY.
>> IT WAS A BURLESQUE CLUB, BUT IT WASN'T BURLESQUE.
IT WAS OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
ON FLEET WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE, GUYS WHO CAME TO OUR COMEDY CLUB
WOULD BE LIKE, "ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS."
AND THEN THEY'D SEE THE FLIERS FOR COMEDY SHOWS AND SAY, "THIS
ISN'T WHAT WE WANTED SM.
AND WE GOT A LOT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH MEN WHO CAME IN WHEN IT
WAS A BURLESQUE PLACE, AND THEY HAD SAY, "OH, OKAY, I'LL BE
BACK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COMEDY, I'LL BE BACK, I'LL BE BACK."
>> Stephen: I COULD USE A LAUGH.
>> LATER.
>> Stephen: LIKE NOW I COULD USE A--
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT.
I WANT TO BE A GOOD GUEST GR YOU'RE THE BEST GUEST, COME ON.
>> YOU'RE THE BEST.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW-- >> "THE BEST GUEST."
THIS IS MY NEW PROGRAM FOR AMERICA, "BE BEST GUEST."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LET'S DO THAT.
LET'S DO THAT.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: YOU KNOW, I'M AN
ABJECT, RABID, ALMOST PATHOLOGICAL FAN OF "VEEP."
ARE YOU BACK IN PRODUCTION?
THE WRITERS I THINK ARE SLOWLY GETTING TOGETHER AND MID-AUGUST
WE START FILMING SO, YES, IT'S HAPPENING.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE, YOU HAVE THE SUMMER.
>> YES, I HAVE THE SUMMER.
>> Stephen: ARE YOUAVE BEACHER?
>> I LIKE GOLFING.
I LIKE TO PLAY GOLF.
I LIKE TO RELAX.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU A GAMBLER?
>> I DO GAMBLE.
YOU KNOW WHO I GAMBLED WITH, EVEL KNEIVEL.
>> Stephen: AT GOLF, NOT JUMPING CARS.
HE'S BEEN GONE TO HIS GREAT REWARD FAIR LONG TIME NOW.
>> YES, SIR, HE'S BEEN PASSED.
20-SOME-ODD YEARS AGO I WAS IN FLORIDA WITH MY BROTHER AND HIS
FRIEND IS A BOOKIE AND HE WAS PLAYING EVEL KNEIVEL FOR MONEY.
AND HE SAID, "WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY EVIL FOR MONEY?
AND WE SAID HELL, YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE GAMBLING AGAINST A GUY NAMED EVIL.
>> HE CALLED THE NEXT MORNING AND SAID, "HELLO, IT'S ME, EVIL,
LET'S GO."
YOU GET A CALL AS A KID-- "IT'S ME, EVIL"-- LIKE, THAT'S
UNBELIEVABLE.
IT'S THE BEST THING TO HEAR ON THE PHONE.
>> Stephen: WHEN EVIL CALLS, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HANG UP.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ).
>> WELL, FIRST DAY -- >> Stephen: EVIL-- EVIL CALLS
UP AND SAYS, "LET'S GO TO THAT ROOM IN THE BACK OF THE CLUB."
AND YOU GO, "NO."
>> NO.
I SAID YES TO EVIL.
MY AND MY BROTHER FIRST DAY WON 300 BUCKS OFF EVEL KNEIVEL.
HE SAID WE WERE HAM AND EGGING HIM.
WHICH MEANS WHEN HAM FALLS DOWN EGG PICK HIM UP.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT IS ALL A KNOW.
>> THE SECOND DAY HE BROUGHT HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND THEY TOOK THEIR
300 BACK AND ANOTHER 300 BACK.
HE WAS PRETTY GREAT, THOUGH.
>> Stephen: WAS HE NICE ABOUT IT?
>> HE WAS NICE, YEAH.
BECAUSE HE WAS WINNING, HE WAS NICE.
YOU'RE BASICALLY PAYING AN EXTRA $300 TO HANG OUT WITH EVEL
KNEIVEL.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE THE NEW MOVIE "LIFE OF THE PARTY," WITH
THE LOVELY MELISSA McCARTHY.
YOU BOTH HAVE PLAYED-- >> PRESS SECRETARY S.
>> Stephen: BAD PRESS SECRETARIES.
YOU ARE MICHAEL MACK CLINTOK ON "VEEP," AND SHE FAMOUSLY SEAN
SPICER "S.N.L.."
IN REAL LIFE, IN REAL LIFE, IF BOTH OF YOU HAD TO STEP UP ON
THAT PODIUM-- >> FOR THIS PRESIDENT!
>> Stephen: ANY PRESIDENT.
BECAUSE IT'S A TOUGH JOB NO MATTER WHO THE PRESIDENT IS.
>> .
>> IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB NOW.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: IT'S A TOUGH JOB FOR ANY PRESIDENT.
>> I THINK SHE'S MORE CHARMING.
I THINK SHE WOULD BE BETTER.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT IT IS, THE CHARM?
>> I THINK IT IS.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU HAVE TO BUILD A BOND WITH
THAT MEDIA IN THE ROOM AND HAVE SOME SORT OF RELATIONSHIP,
"OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CUT YOU A BREAK TODAY."
>> Stephen: I THINK YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO TAKE THE JOB AND
I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
WHEN EVIL CALLS YOU PICK UP.
>> I PICKED THE PHONE UP, HELL, YEAH, I DO.
>> Stephen: "LIFE OF THE PARTY" OPENS FRIDAY.
MATT WALSH EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN HEATHER PASTERNAK.