-Welcome back, everybody.
I'm here with the one-and-only David Schwimmer.
Thank you very much for doing our show.
I really appreciate it, David. -No problem. Yeah.
-"Intelligence" -- super-funny show.
Already got picked up for Season 2.
-Yeah. -So congrats on that.
It's on Peacock, which I was playing around with
this weekend, because, obviously, it's our network,
and I was -- I just wanted to see what it was all about.
Not bad. -Yeah.
-Actually good stuff.
I got into it and, like,
I was already watching your show in two minutes.
It was great.
-Oh, good. Thanks. Thank you.
-I like your physical comedy in this.
There's some nods to, like, a --
like Peter Sellers-ish sometimes.
There's one where you run and slide down the --
and just fall off the desk.
-Yeah. I mean, I love physical comedy.
You know, I grew up -- I don't know who your heroes were
when you were growing up, but, like, as a kid,
I was addicted to Monty Python.
You know, I would watch and study those guys
as much as I could and I'd mimic.
I'd just try to do every single silly walk there was.
And, yeah, so, I mean, I just -- I was hooked early on.
-Did you entertain at parties for your parents?
-Not at parties, but -- Well, probably when my parents
had folks over, company, I would probably be
inappropriately jumping in and hurling myself
against furniture.
No, yeah, I mean that's how --
I just loved making my family laugh --
my parents and my sister.
So I'd just be bouncing off the walls
and hurling myself over couches and --
Anyway, when you're young, you know, you don't get hurt.
It's only much older that you realize,
"Oh, I'd better develop a technique, because --"
-Yeah, when you're a kid, there's no technique.
You go for it.
I pretended I was Chevy Chase like every single day.
I remember once, I fell down the stairs with paper plates
and I was like, "What..."
I could never even --" And I'd be like,
"Is there a stunt thing?
Is there a pillow just to make sure it's safe?
And should I wear a helmet?"
I could never get away with it now.
Do you want to set up who you play on the show?
-Sure. So, "Intelligence" -- it's a workplace comedy,
but it's set in London -- well, outside London --
in Britain's version of the NSA, which is called GCHQ.
And they're really dealing with national security,
cyberterrorism, and cybercrime.
And I play this kind of pompous, arrogant alpha-male American
who's shipped over from the NSA.
I'm an NSA agent who's shipped over to work with the Brits
on a new program where we combine
our intelligence and our resources.
And I basically assume that I'm in control
and I'm over here to run things,
when, in fact, we learn that I've been demoted
and the NSA is trying to, like, get me out of the spotlight
because I've been -- My activities
have been perhaps less than honorable at the NSA.
We find out a lot about, you know,
my character as the series progresses.
But, basically, it's a workplace ensemble comedy
set in the high-stakes world of national intelligence.
-Did anyone from the NSA reach out to you at all or...
-I'm assuming they're reading all of my e-mail and --
-They were watching you.
Yeah, even before this interview aired,
they're like, "Great interview."
-I got a random e-mail with notes on Season 3
and -- No.
Yeah, no, we haven't spoken to the NSA.
Although Nick, the creator of the show
and my co-star, he did meet with GCHQ,
some reps from GCHQ, who wanted to make sure
we weren't kind of, as they say, "taking the piss."
-Yeah.
-And they were -- I think they were reassured
that we were going to make them look good,
even though we're a bunch of
kind of misfits and incompetents.
-I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's David Schwimmer in "Intelligence."
Take a look at this.
-One of the things I've started to realize is that
it's much easier doing this when you have color photos.
-Gosh, that's a very diverse bunch, isn't it?
-Thank you.
-I'm worried it's a bit too diverse.
-Okay, so, what I've done here is assimilate all the data
from the program, along with Tuva's trace matches
and combine that with an algorithm
that basically mimics my own gut instincts.
Anyway, taking all of that into account,
these are our top-six suspects.
-You know two of these are the same person?
-Yeah. It was a test. You passed.
-My thanks to David Schwimmer.
His show, "Intelligence," is streaming now on Peacock.
David, I really appreciate you coming on.
Really, thank so much, bud. -Thank you, man.
Thanks for having me. Stay safe.
-I hope to see you in person. Yeah, you too.