MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A TALENTED WRITER, A TRULY
GIFTED DIRECTOR AND A BEAUTIFULFULLY FUNNY AND STRANGE
COMEDIAN.
YOU KNOW FROM WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, PLEASE WELCOME MICHAEL
SHOWALTER.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU STAY OVER THERE I'LL JUST
SHOUT IF YOU GO OVER THERE.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
>> Stephen: NOW WE DO GO WAY BACK.
>> WE GO WAY BACK.
>> Stephen: TO THE OLD ENDAYS.
>> WAY BACK.
>> Stephen: BACK TO THE '90S.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE BOTH HAD SKETCH SHOWS IN THE 90ST.
YOU HAD.
>> THE STATE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT, PACKED WITH TALENTED PEOPLE OVER
THERE.
ONE OF THE DRUNKEST I HAVE EVER BEEN WAS AT YOUR WRAP PARTY.
>> I REMEMBER IT WELL.
>> Stephen: YOU DO?
>> I DO,.
>> Stephen: YOU LITERAL LEIGH REMEMBER.
>> IT WAS IN TRIBECA.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH AND WERE YOU SERVING A DRINK
CALLED THE BLACK DEATH.
AND I DECIDED TO HAVE IT.
>> I REMEMBER IT.
>> Stephen:nd THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT I WENT TO MY
SUPERVISING PRODUCER HERE, PAUL, THAT NIGHT AND I SAID THE WORDS
HIDE ME.
CUZ I KNEW I WAS MOT FIT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE MOST HUMANITY-- HUMILIATING NIGHTS OF
MY ENTIRE LIFE.
WE ACTUALLY DID A SCEP SHOW TOGETHER BRIEFLY.
>> YES, WE DID.
>> Stephen: WHICH I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT.
>> RANDOM PLAY.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU REMEMBERED IT, DID YOU PAY MONEY FOR THESE.
>> NO THIS IS INTERESTING.
I HAD THESE VIDEO CASSETTES WHICH I HADN'T WATCHED SINCE WE
MADE THE SHOWMENT I DON'T OWN A VCR ANY MORE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS FROM 97Y, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THIS IS 20
YEARS OLD AN HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS IN TONIGHT ANDNESS.
>> I VN SEEN IT.
>> Stephen: MY PRODUCERS PICKED A CLIP OF SOMETHING YOU
AND I ARE DOING TOGETHER ON THIS.
>> COLLABORATION.
>> Stephen: RIGHT, COULD LAB RAISE-- COLLABORATION AND LET'S
JUST SEE WHAT IT WAS.
(LAUGHTER) WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS FIND
THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE MEANING.
>> WHAT IS IT.
>> A PEN.
>> PERHAPS.
>> YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I SEE?
>> AN INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE.
A SHELL, HARDENED BY FEAR.
INSIDE I'M LIFEBLOOD THAT CAN BE SPILLED IN ORDER TO TRANSFORM
THE WORLD, AND MY GOD, WHEN SHE SPEAKS THE WORDS CAN BE
EARTH-SHATTERING.
>> WHAT DID SHE SAY?
>> LOOK AT ME, I'M A PEN, DON'T KNOW.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: AND NOW WE'RE HERE.
>> SO MUCH HAS CHANGED AND YET SO LITTLE HAS CHANGED.
>> Stephen: YEAH. NOW YOU'RE A BIG TIME DIRECTOR.
HELLO MY NAME IS DORRIS WAS TREMENDOUS.
YOU WROTE AND DIRECTED THAT, RIGHT?
SALLY FIELD, INCREDIBLE.
FANTASTIC MOVIE.
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, OBVIOUSLY.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> I DID NOT DIRECT THAT I
WROTE, COWROTE AND STARRED IN IT.
>> Stephen: THE BIG SICK, THE BIG HIT OF THE SUMMER.
IT HAS BEEN CALLED YOU WROTE THAT.
>> NO, I DID NOT WRITE THAT.
>> Stephen: I'M LESS IMPRESSED.
YOU DIRECTED THAT.
>> I DIRECTED THAT.
>> Stephen: IT HAS BEEN CALLED ONE OF THE GREATEST ROMANTIC
COMEDIES OF ALL TIME.
>> HEY, REALLY PROUD OF THIS MOVIE, KUMAIL, NANJIANI, IT IS
THE TRUE STORY OF HOW THINK MET.
JUDD APP HE TO YOU STS SECOND PRODUCER AND RAY RAMONA AND
HOLLY HUNTER.
AND IT'S OUT EVERYWHERE THIS WEEKEND.
IT'S LIKE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
>> I LIKE IT LIKE THIS.
I APPRECIATE IT BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY LIKE-- .
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW IT SUPPOSED TO BE WORN.
>> IT'S COOL.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, LET ME GET HIP TO THE
SCENE.
>> THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS COOL.
(APPLAUSE) >> IT'S THE COOL THING.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE LADIES, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE
LADIES WHAT THEY WANT.
>> HEY MAN.
>> Stephen: MIDDLE AGE MAN GUT, HELLO.
AND OF COURSE, NOW LET'S GET BACK TO WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER.
THE VERY FIRST ONE WAS HOW LONG AGO DID YOU DO THE FIRST ONE?
>> 2,000.
>> Stephen: 2,000.
AND THEN THE SEQUEL TOOK PLACE.
>> THREE MONTHS, NO TWO MONTHS BEFORE THAT MOVIE.
>> Stephen: SO IT IS A PREQUELL BEFORE THAT MOVIE EVEN
THOUGH YOU GUYS WERE DECADES OLDER.
>> WE WERE 30 THEN.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE 30 WHEN YOU WERE LAYING TEENAGERS.
>> 30 PLAYING 16.
THEN WE WERE LIKE 40 PLAYING A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER THAN THAT.
>> Stephen: YES.
AND NOW, THE NETFLIX SERIES.
>> NETFLIX, NOW IT'S TEN YEARS LATER IN THE WORLD OF WET HOT
AMERICAN SUMMER, AND SO WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER TO OUR
ACTUAL AGE.
WE'RE IN OUR MID 20S THIS SEASON.
>> Stephen: IN ACTUALITY.
>> IN MY MID 30S.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GO TO CAMPS AS A CHILD.
>> I DID, I WENT TO MANY CAMPS BUT THE ONE THAT INFLUENCED WET
HOT AMERICAN SUMMER IS A CAMP CALLED CAMP MOHAWK IN THE BERK
SHIRE MOUNTAIN, VERY SMALL, RAMSHACKLE CAMP LIKE THE ONE
IN-- 40 CAMPERS, SLEEPAWAY CAMP, 40 CAMPERS.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE KIDS OF YOUR OWN.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU SEND YOUR OWN KIDS TO CAMP, RECOMMEND
IT.
>> I WOULD, I WOULD.
I'M HOPING THEY GO TO THEATER CAMP.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> I WANT THEM TO GET INTO MUSICAL THEATER.
I WANT ONE TO BE A TENNIS PLAYER AND ONE TO BE MUSICAL THEATER.
>> Stephen: WHY DO YOU WANT TO SPLIT THEM UP THAT WAY?
>> SO YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE YOU REALLY LOVE?
>> YEAH, WELL, IT'S JUST THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I LIKE TO
WATCH.
AND SO-- .
>> Stephen: DANCE FOR ME, CHILDREN, DANCE.
>> YES, YES.
>> Stephen: GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MAN, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE. THE BIG SICK OPENS NATIONWIDE THIS FRIDAY.
MICHAEL SHOWALTER, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.