Thomas yes O'Shea yeah we brought you
here today to take a lie-detector test
understood please our relationship needs
this one of you will be taking the test
all the other interviews ok then we'll
have you switch so who wants to be in
the hot seat first
yes I've been doing push-ups
you know you trying to give me the cold
you trying to give me the interrogator
[Laughter]
is your name Thomas Stephen Middleditch
yes are you 37 years old yes
allegedly both of your parents they're
British correct yes can you do a
convincing British accent from what
region yes or no sir
yes would you say you're good at accents
and impressions yeah can you do an
impression of me yes that's fair did you
grow up in British Columbia yes I want
to hear this impression of me that you
think you can do is still a high up on
the impression thing okay fair I don't
see what's funny you're right sorry Oh
[Laughter]
sounded just like me yeah I got you
would you say you're a proud Canadian
yeah you speak French
we describe me in French to a and hum a
to add the
Jambo may tuna turn it by I don't know
sounded like the end where was I there
do you suppose French thing about you ah
my big-ass nose oh it's a Roman nose
okay
our Canadians better people than
Americans no well that's good to know
have you ever met Justin Trudeau you
giving me this a photo as if I wouldn't
know who the hell the greatest Prime
Minister of all time is JK he's not oh
like every other Prime Minister full of
broken promises he said he's about the
environment the guy's a has damn that's
cool you do push-ups oh you know about
math that's cool would you want him as
your president yeah would you consider
yourself a geek yeah I don't like labels
do you think going to Renaissance Fairs
is the geekiest thing about you no then
what is supposed to be yes or no
question
well does being a geek help you with the
ladies
yeah you tell me I got one dinner yeah
man
didn't even know what we're up to on a
Friday night have you ever played video
games for more than 12 hours straight oh
yeah right yeah I'm not a
amateur its minimum so much more a day
minimum your twitch account yeah
middle twitch it hasn't been active in
two years is that correct that's correct
is that because you have a private
twitch account no it's because I didn't
like teenage boys making fun of me on
the Internet they're uh they're pretty
Savage so did you think that middle
twitch was a clever name middle twitch
is the thing that fans came up with I
thought was pretty fun so it was hashtag
middle twitch you ever cyber bullied on
Twitch yeah yeah what look honestly I
looked over at the dude and like he
quivered his lip when you said yes he
said oh my god like I'm lying about that
yeah he's telling the truth okay all the
painful realities of being online who is
the best video game player of the cast
Silicon Valley these guys thank you for
reminding me um look Camille's good I'm
not gonna say he's bad he's good you
know put it put a console controller but
a console in front of them he knows he
knows you knows how to work the magic
with the controller but you get me in
front of a PC give me that mouse
keyboard
no one can even stay in the flame I mean
Zach doesn't even know what a computer
is he barely knows how to use his email
and Josh Brener you know he likes
musical theater obviously I'm not saying
that that's a reason to not like video
games it's just that's where he spent
his energy okay I feel that so he'll
beat me on the musical theater but I'll
beat him and just about anything else I
think you're better than me PC yeah
that's a console no thank you yeah no
PlayStation I said peace and blessing
okay so is it true you start in a
McDonald's commercial when you were
younger yeah be honest have you ever
ordered a fillet of fish very possible I
don't think I if I would when I was
eating McDonald's I was not after the
flesh who you know now I don't need like
a rare occasion maybe three in my life
yeah I probably have I probably let me
say yeah you've been an improviser for
many years correct correct yes have you
ever considered getting a tattoo this is
yes and that is inside baseball
yes and yes I mean no good don't do
tattoos I mean not on my body on anyone
elses sure I think it looks cool but I'm
not cool
they're saying tattoo somebody else's
body yes
if they really want me to wanted me to
sure it would be a tremendous mistake
don't know how to do it
could you improvise a Godzilla
impression right now yeah sure
do it I mean we're being taped oh I
didn't see the cameras okay you're a
little flat yeah do you think I would be
good at improv yeah thank you for
thinking highly of me the audition for
SNL correct yes but you didn't get in no
do you think Lauren made a mistake not
picking you know is there a cast member
on SNL right now that you believe you're
funnier then no you've worked with a lot
of funny people in your career is that
correct yes I think you're funnier than
Zach woods
no you think you're funnier than come on
now do you think I'd make a good
addition to Silicon Valley racist what
have you watched all of the Godzilla let
me finish no that's your black thank you
I appreciate you being on it you got it
baby
have you watched all the gods in the
movies now are you afraid of the gods of
the fandom uh yeah you think God's a
look at beat the Avengers in a fight no
maybe you recently get married right
yeah I mean four years ago so I guess
that's recently to all these old I think
your wife made a good choice absolutely
not she's regretting it every single day
of your life would you say that you live
by the motto happy wife happy life
absolutely not but before he remarried
did you ever have dating apps yeah you
on tinder what would be your bio here to
have fun let's get silly
do you know I have a two-year-old
daughter no nice would you ever be down
to babysit absolutely not do you think
you would be a good father yeah
do you think you're a good father to
your dog yes is being a dog father the
same as being a real father that's new
at any point in this interview did you
lie and we didn't catch you I don't
think so I think I was an honest Abe
it's so cold that's that's lie detectors
for you
my name is Thomas Middleditch I'm with
the LAPD oh well that's terrible news
for me yeah I'm a detective that I've
been undercover for a long time okay
cool
is your name oh Jackson jr. yes are
you 28 years old yeah are you ready to
take this lie detector test no all right
let's begin Jim did you go to high
school at Howard Taft High School yeah
did your father IceCube also attended
high school that's true yes hey do you
think was more popular at school you or
your father by far me cool that's
actually pretty cool do you think it's
only popular because I was his son you
made the way yeah he was hos E's son you
know it just doesn't have that same ring
as ice cubes up do you think we would
have been friends if we were in high
school together for sure for sure
you attended the University of Southern
California right yeah is it true you
took your acceptance letter to all your
ex-girlfriends oh yeah and teachers yeah
I took it to teachers I didn't like
include all probably the ex-girlfriends
didn't really matters just to show them
that they were they make poor decisions
that's cool you do you think I could
have gotten into USC yeah
it's sort of anybody's game I mean I see
you as pretty smart okay
people are student the best okay yeah
that's enough to get in I mean would you
say you're a fan of your father's music
yeah
can you name five of his songs in 10
seconds then I woke up good day
check yourself only one me Friday
players club cool who do you think has
better game with the ladies
Oh me what about me you don't mind I've
had a lot of my dad I have centralite
bad ever I want cuz I marry my dad okay
like anytime unless she's not in the
mood which is a lot all right you have a
two-year-old daughter correct yes are
you gonna let her watch Godzilla of
course
have you ever wrapped her to sleep
wrapped her to sleep no no no no I did
the rapid stage yeah um do you think I
would there's so many father basically
yes how were you good daddy yes okay
good
what am i good rapper or rap rap is dis
song I got it yeah that's true no I
don't think you'd be a good rapper
agreed okay
you were born in the 1990s correct yeah
would you consider yourself a millennial
I mean by the numbers I guess but like I
that word usually is a bad word for some
reason okay yeah but would you consider
me Emily
yes do you know how many Instagram
followers you have off the top of your
head
1.2 million that's my guy Garrus long at
the end oh not anymore I've had you know
I haven't been in my Instagram for over
a year and during that time I got a
serious girlfriend and I'm a dad now I
got my responsibilities it's gonna whack
that's Joe have you ever split into a
celebrity's dance oh yeah you get that
verified what's up you know you have to
be after at least no you got to shoot
your shot go for it Wayne Gretzky have
you ever been on dating apps no so you
have been on right no I don't know what
that is
render what's no it's really yeah I know
I got married just at just before that
you know I've seen somebody make an
account of me on tinder that's cool I
mean not really
oh but you know it's cool okay would you
be upset
no I mean it'd be weird
ya know a while ago all right now I do
improv improv comedy and a few of your
co-stars are big improvisers would you
say I'm a better provider than Aubrey
Plaza there's ah ah breeze my girl no
okay I can't no your yeah funny actually
so much you super funny but she doesn't
really perform like once her next show
Tuesday so what about um Seth Rogen are
you better than Seth just as an
improviser I know yes
doesn't even something used to be you're
a fan of Game of Thrones oh yeah
do you like season it yeah do you know
if you could play one role and Game of
Thrones would you play
you gotta be Jon Snow you have to be Jon
Snow do you think I could play
convincing you could play a convincing
No
okay strike that one next subject
sporting events Oh God are you a Lakers
fan yes why do you think the Lakers suck
right now well I feel like our training
staff was to blame for most of it
you know LeBron missing the most games
that he's ever missed in a season in his
career on top of spacejam - you know
there's a number of things that go into
the Lakers terrible season last year and
it's looking bad I've never been this
worried as a fan do you think Kobe
Bryant could beat that's a picture of
yeah
heads down do you think he could be
heads down LeBron James hands one-on-one
Kobe Bryant has had my back for 20 years
I just met LeBron LeBron James is an
amazing basketball player but I gotta go
Kobe Bryant
I have Kobe inks email yeah do you think
it was directly from Kevin oh yeah for
sure
he had to do a video for for my father
for his birthday I got a bunch of stars
to do this video evidence yeah
okay your first major talkie was
Straight Outta Compton the second yes
did you feel um no I was super nervous
but uh you know I prevailed was it
strange McMurtry uh yes it definitely I
had my feelings about it I was worried
about it you know when your son trying
to move beyond you know your father's
shadow
and then your first movie after you look
just like him is playing him it's uh
it's pretty hard and then I over time I
just realized that that shadow BS is not
real you know as he didn't do all this
for me to not be known as his son you
know so that was just about me making a
name for myself but that shadow BS will
just drive me crazy
did he ever in between takes lean over
and whisper into your ear you're doing
you know okay yeah he he was super giddy
he he loved it now you're not only no no
no I mean I used to be okay but used as
a rooster that don't crow no more and
that's when I was like 18 okay I don't
know what to do in my life and it was
like either I could rap plain I can't
join the Lakers no more and so it was
either that or sell my ass and I just
couldn't do that okay
I mean in these movies maybe okay so in
that it was a good roll top billing
number where the call sheet number one
on the call sheet listen to me
Lachey all right cuz I got a script okay
it's called ass cellar
it's a little on the nose what we can
work for the title and it needs a young
sassy la oh sorry Hugh's hard times he's
got to what celibacy
nah I'm straight thank you bro um your
brother Daryl or drill mm-hmm is also
around sister hey we all we both used to
be yes okay so when you did that
yes who was the better rapper demon or
you man
Oh me man yeah I gotta have confidence
in me everything I do I gotta have
confidence in who is the best rapper
outside Oh in the family yeah that's
gonna be me okay so it's ice cube you in
the family yeah I mean yeah my dad's
untouchable in music man it's just
nobody to get down for sure it's no way
to get around it so like yeah I gotta
take that silver medal uh at any point
in this interview did you lie and we
didn't catch you
probably
oh that was live in it