-Hey, Dan, how are you?
-I'm doing relatively well I suppose.
How are you? -I'm doing well I suppose, too.
We were talking right before this started,
you and your dad were on the show
talking about the premiere, which is insane.
-Yeah, and we bookended. -We totally bookended it.
And I feel like you went from a show
that was maybe a little unknown early on,
to a cult hit, to a show that last year,
people said had been snubbed in the Emmys.
And, of course, then, you probably had a,
I don't know, fear that would happen again
and the opposite happened.
-Well, yeah, I mean, I think -- let's be honest.
We went from -- I mean, you were doing us a favor
when you had us on your show six years ago
because nobody was watching our show.
And then, slowly, people ended up catching on.
Yeah, I mean, you know, I think when you are a show
that is this small and I think the fact that people are now
watching it doesn't change the fact that,
you know, our budget is still the first
15 seconds of "Mrs. Maisel."
-[ Laughs ] -For us, it's like, you know,
I think when you start out that small,
you will always be that small.
So, you know, to find out about all of the lovely
Emmy news this week was truly a surprise to all of us.
I mean, I had hoped that maybe my dad
and Catherine would get recognized,
but certainly not, you know, what ended up happening.
None of us could see that coming.
-You also got nominated for a show.
You got nominated, Annie,
who plays your sister, she got nominated.
And, you know, 15 is such a huge, awesome number,
and yet, it is a virtual ceremony this year,
which you would say is kind of fitting.
-I would say, like, if I could write
a "Schitt's Creek" version of our team
and the Emmys co-existing,
it would have to involve some sort of, you know,
way that we would never get there.
So the fact that we have 15 nominations on a year
that none of us will be able to attend
feels very "Schitt's Creek,"
which is also kind of such a lovely thing.
And I hope that we'll all --
I don't know really what's happening,
but we're all up in Canada right now,
so I'm hoping that we'll all just like
have a backyard barbecue at my dad's house
and, you know, have a few beers and hope for the best.
-I do want to speak to the fact.
This is a Canadian production
and I imagine that Canada must be incredibly proud
about the reception the show received this week.
-I am really proud.
You know, again, it's like we do this show
up in Canada three months out of the year
and then I'm up there, you know, in edit and post.
And, you know, to see these -- to see friends of mine
who are, you know, behind the scenes
who have done such unbelievable work
on the show getting recognized at the Emmys,
it's, like, the morning of the announcements,
we were all just calling each other in complete disbelief.
It was -- You could not ask for a better end
to such a lovely story for all of us.
And you know, our entire cast and crew started with nothing
and now ended up with Emmy -- I mean, it's a storybook ending.
-It is.
You mentioned everybody is calling.
And I'm sure you are being inundated
with press calls as well.
Your sister who plays a waitress on the show,
she busted you on Instagram for the fact
that you had not called her back.
-[ Laughs ] I saw that.
Well, you know, I guess.
Listen, this is very new to me, but, you know,
I didn't know that when something like this happens,
you have to sort of spend the morning
talking to different press outlets.
And literally just as I would get on the phone with someone,
I would see my sister FaceTiming and I'd have to like,
"Decline, decline."
It happened like three times and then finally,
she just texted me back --
well, she Instagramed, and then, she texted me back and was like,
"If you don't pick up the phone, I will disown you."
-[ Laughs ] -Fortunately, we are doing well.
I called her back.
And, you know, she was very excited.
-You mentioned a fairytale ending.
You know, one of those things as well is that you had to make --
you know, what I'm assuming is a difficult decision on
when to end the show.
You guys nailed the landing,
but I assume your very passionate fan base
was upset that you were calling it quits.
How did you weigh that decision
and are you happy with how it ended up?
-We knew at season four that we had two more left,
and, you know, I'm always a fan of,
like, shows that start and finish really strong.
I think for me, you know, I'm so sensitive when I --
I've jumped off of one too many shows to know what that's like.
And I Wanted to -- -You mean as a viewer,
you've jumped off?
-Exactly. -Yeah.
-So, you know, for us, I think when we knew
we had a two-season pickup,
and five and six would be the last,
it was a really nice way of building toward a conclusion
that we had control over.
But at the same time, I feel like our fans
have become, like, such a lovely group of people.
They've raised tens of thousands of dollars for charity.
They're just so supportive, and my big concern was,
when we put that statement out saying
that this would be our last season,
i was expecting a kind of angry response from all of them.
But the fans were so nice.
They were like, "No, that's too bad,
and we're very upset, but how are you?"
-[ Laughs ]
-Like, I don't know what we've done
to deserve the kindness of these people.
-It is officially the most Canadian show of all time.
Even the fans. -It is a very Canadian show.
-[ Laughs ] You actually, you know --
There will be an absence of a red carpet
as we have established with the virtual Emmys.
You worked the red carpet as a correspondent a few times.
-Unfortunately.
[ Laughs ] -Yeah. That seems so stressful.
-It takes a very particular person to not be soul-crushed
by the experience of, like, interviewing on a red carpet.
Because let's be honest -- nobody on the carpet
really wants to talk to anybody.
So being the person that's like, "Well, where did you get
your dress from," is not -- you're inherently not someone
that the person answering that question wants to talk to.
And yeah, I did it for the MTV Movie Awards.
And it was like two hours of -- you know, red carpet --
you have to prep for -- you have huge binders
of, like, actors and what they're, you know,
what their role and what they're here for.
And I'm terrible at memorizing things,
so I really -- for me, it was a disaster.
And the two-hour carpet ended and I remember kind of
like walking around the corner completely dazed
and, like, burst into tears.
I was like, "I can't do this again.
I just don't have it in me."
I am not Ryan Seacrest. -You --
Obviously, a big week because of the nominations.
You've won a GLAAD Award.
Was it today? -Yeah.
It is -- You know, it's situations like these
that almost in the back of your mind
make you think, like, what terrible thing
is going to befall me tomorrow.
-[ Laughs ] -It's been a nice week.
-Yeah, it must be as awards go,
the GLAAD Award must be a special one to win.
-Yeah, I mean, you know,
I have long admired the organization
and got to work with them on several occasions.
And, you know, I think to be recognized by that,
by the community is such a meaningful thing
especially because I think our show, you know,
the storylines that we explore in the show
are such a love letter to the LGBTQ community.
So, to receive this kind of honor from GLAAD
is just a really -- is a really special thing.
And, you know, it's been a very nice day.
-Well, it was an incredible show.
It was such a great show about family.
It was even cooler that there was such a family connection
to it from the outset.
And congratulations for all of the accolades.
They're really well-deserved.
And thanks for being back on the show, Dan.
-Thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Good to see ya.