my son's almost 17 and the the idea of
coming to see this thing with me tonight
didn't didn't do didn't do anything to
him his thing was you know can't see it
with the dad's got to see with friends
oh that's the great Eugene Levy remember
that back in nineteen oh that's the
premiere of American Pie talking about
Dan who back then you were just a teen
that's over two decades later the two of
you are teaming up together they're
co-creators and stars of I can say this
once people scream yank creak
holiday special but good to see you geez
Dan nice to meet you this is looking at
that and I remember that exact moment of
saying I'm not going to come to the
premiere of this movie friends of mine
had C yeah a sneak preview of it and
we're like you might want to skip that
with your dad a little too close well
how'd you get that in high school people
asking whether the movie was based on my
life and I said my life's not that
interesting unfortunately no PI's
involved in my life so when did you
actually go see it was it around the
theaters like after and sort of just sat
in the back row and took it and said
okay well this is weird show with
friends but it was like the first that
was about the first thing that you
actually tuned into that I did that you
were actually kind of interested in you
know subject matter wise it was like a
always want to follow in your dad's
footsteps was acting always somebody
wanted to do and producing directing um
yeah I mean I'd always wanted to act I
ended up hosting television for about
eight years which was a bit of a
sidetrack and I was with the MTV for
awhile which was really fun and then
when that ended I you know came to Los
Angeles and thought about television and
writing something and ended up coming up
with an idea that I eventually brought
to my dad yeah and here we are which is
the most surreal experience by if I do
say so myself and you guys are in deep
already your five seasons in over 50
shows so you're the showrunner what's it
like producing dad
directing dad and telling him I need
salute me no it's been great it's been
really really good Eugene I'm at 1/8 you
know we with the show actually so
wonderful experience putting it together
with Dan and then we started the show we
we work together kind of doing it and
then I realized very early on he is more
than capable of actually taking the
brunt of the work here and that would
free up a little time for me which is
wonderful you know a bit more time on
the golf course so no he's been doing a
great job on the show really fantastic
and it's fun watching him work I'm
really quite quite proud of this young
lad here let's watch them here's a look
at a scene from your first holiday
special this is all you could find David
you own a store where where all the
decorations that you sell in your store
there at the store being sold I couldn't
just bring everything home just because
you wanted to have a party at the last
minute we're saving for stuff oh well
that's very responsible what are you
saving for an espresso machine so you
couldn't bring home decorations for your
family on Christmas because you're
saving money for a coffee maker for
yourself I believe he said espresso
machine you're not helping more they're
expensive you gotta save clothes yeah Oh
customs in this show you've got to be
having a lot of fun in that oh my god
yeah case in point yes yes I think just
with Catherine O'Hara's character alone
but the idea of doing a holiday episode
where these characters who dress quite
boldly to say the least putting them in
winter wear was a really fun prospect
and you know something we had a lot of
fun with yes it only snows in shits
Creek
differentiate it's actually a last name
it is a legitimate it's last name that's
somebody's name it's actually you can
find it in any phone book in the world
but starting in Canada maybe you could
get away with a little bit more on that
a little bro
yes that's part of them how we got away
with it was you know we we basically
said well there's people on the planet
with that as a last name we have to be
able to celebrate them inclusive yeah
yeah being inclusive I love that your
character you're openly gay but your
characters pansexual and people have
it's really resonated with your fans and
and viewers have said thank you for
being so honest and open with how you
yeah we made the choice very early on
that homophobia and intolerance and
bigotry we're not going to be involved
in the narrative on our show and that we
were going to show sort of the
transformational effects of what love
can be without all the hatred and the
negativity in this world and it's really
done well I mean I'm you know for me
it's great to be able to write those
stories and to hear the feedback from
people who are watching it with their
family amazing effect on a lot of people
it's been nice I mean television is such
an intimate medium so to be able to
convey that message to the masses and
then to get some really positive
response about people whose families
have actually been changed because of it
is a wonderful beautiful before you go
can we talk about the genetic strong
game here I don't see I mean from the
brows to the hair just like good brows
come in early were you plucking and did
you have the problem at the ATM rail
that there was a tweezer when I was into
high school no it was just a like a when
did somebody introduce you when did you
ever have a unibrow
in high school I never saw that because
I'm your son and you love me that's why
we found a dad in high school like Jeff
Goldblum there Bloom has gotten so six
along one of those two is quite handsome
married first ever holidays special airs
Wednesday at 10:00 on top happy holidays
you