Four, three, two, one.
Joel, long time no tease, how are you?
I am well, Ms. Guerrero.
It is always nice to see you.
You're less...
I'm usually...
Clips of you being very aggressive,
especially with Pastor Ken Copeland,
which I loved so endlessly.
I played it on a loop,
I gave it away as Christmas gifts, Hanukkah gifts.
I just put it in a little...
I was like, here you go.
You are doing the Lord's work.
Thank you so much.
I will forever somehow married to that man
in many people's psyches,
so I don't know how I feel about that.
But I'm glad that so many people watched it
and enjoyed it.
Yes.
So I'm a huge fan of yours, Joel.
Okay, that's a lie, but go ahead.
No you're a fantastic actor,
you're a wonderful host, we miss "The Soup" of course.
But what have you been doing lately?
I know that episodes of "Community" are back online,
and I hear you've got a podcast,
but you're still really busy with a bunch of stuff.
This is gonna sound strange,
but I'm actually busy than I think I was
before the quarantine,
because now I'm doing everything from the house,
but I have 12 and 15 year old sons.
And I don't know what we would do without the Xbox.
Now we're on spring break, which seems no different
than the previous week.
But in the meantime, Ken Jeong and I
have launched a podcast, because Ken is a real doctor,
and I am not, and so we decided that we would
kind of make this podcast about answering questions
about the crisis and "Community",
and we taped our second episode yesterday.
It's gonna drop tomorrow,
and spoiler, Andrew Yang comes on to the podcast.
So he's helping the economy to recover,
or putting the stuff in place to help the economy recover
and he's a tremendous man.
So we started that.
Boy, I'm sorry I'm talking so much.
And on top of that, Melissa McCarthy
and Octavia Spencer and I have started a thing called,
"Comfort Food 2020" that buys food
from independently owned, local restaurants
in different cities, and they buy meals,
so those restaurants get paid,
and then we feed hospital staffs.
Wow, that's amazing.
That is such a great idea.
Whose idea was that?
Oh, it was all mine.
(Lisa laughs)
You know, nothing to do with Octavia or Melissa,
they just ride on my coattails.
You know, 'cause my movie career is equal to theirs,
I think they were excited to pair with me.
No, so I was going on to local restaurants
on my Instagram, and going, come here,
they have great food, it's take out,
these are the prices, here's the menu.
And then Octavia had fed this hospital staff,
and then they said, do you wanna come on
and then we'll start using the restaurants
you've been featuring?
And so that's kind of how it all came together.
And when you have the power
of Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy,
and a former, basic cable, clip show host,
I mean, that's going--
Huge, big.
Yeah.
Tell me a little bit about the podcast
and the tone of the podcast,
because obviously you and Ken are very funny guys,
but we're living in a time of, quite frankly,
a pandemic and a crisis,
and a lot of people are anxious and scared.
So tell me about how you do this,
and how you strike that balance.
Well, thank you for saying we're funny.
I'm funny, Ken is not funny.
(Lisa laughs)
And I have to carry him through these podcasts
to make it appear that he's funny.
He would absolutely agree with me.
So that's a very good question,
because whenever both of us were turning on the news,
and as you know, they don't stop,
and you can watch one hour or seven hours of news,
and sometimes there's no news coming,
but you remain terrified.
And to decipher exactly what's going on is hard,
so we knew that "Community" was coming back to Netflix.
Yep.
And we thought...
'Cause people ask both of us questions
all about "Community" and Donald all the time,
Donald Glover, not Trump,
because Donald Glover, he's gone on
to have a slightly elevated career since.
So we wanted to combine those things
and really ask questions like, do masks work,
and then talk about that.
Do gloves work, talk about that.
And Ken knows all about the medicine.
He really knows it.
And I try to just tell stupid jokes all the time
to keep it light.
So that's basically how we came around to it,
and Ken pays me $1,000 a week to be his friend,
so I thought this was a good way
to knock out the whole social hour with him,
and I wouldn't have to talk to him again
for the rest of the week.
Makes sense.
So Ken is a real doctor,
and has he considered answering the governor's call,
when he has been asking for retired doctors
and nurses to come back into service to help?
Oh, I think he's considered it,
but he was a terrible doctor, when he was a doctor.
He set a number of world records for being terrible.
He would often be just drinking a beer during an exam.
I think it was really irresponsible.
That's a good...
Well, right now, Tran, his wife,
is a full-time doctor,
so she is only working.
So Ken is with his daughters, his young daughters at home.
Taking care of them.
And I think that he...
I don't think, 'cause he's been out of medicine
for a decade, and so I think there's a number of things
he would have to do to get up to speed.
To get his license back so that he could practice.
'Cause as you know, he was barred.
Yeah, no, he stole all those medical supplies way back when.
Sounds like I should investigate that, actually.
I'll get on him.
Ken Jeong, medical thief.
I think a lot of stuff would have to happen.
But in the meantime, putting up the podcast
and talking about the virus,
because he's so well educated,
even though he went to Duke and North Carolina,
which are crappy schools.
So he's very well versed, and it's great.
So you guys are doing...
Obviously, you said that you've been
probably busier now than you've been in a long time.
Yeah.
Can you give people some advice,
because so many people are feeling cabin fever,
they're stuck inside.
Here we live in southern California,
and you're not able to go outside,
and really enjoy, exercise and things we used to do.
Going out to restaurants, for example.
So what advice would you give people
that are fighting cabin fever?
I don't know, red wine?
Okay, no, let's see...
I would say stay as active as you possibly can physically.
Whatever allows you to.
Because you have to take care of the temple.
So that will chew up a lot of energy, right there.
But I would say, be cautious,
obviously do all the distancing,
listen to things about how you should go grocery shopping,
how you should bring those bags in, do all that.
Definitely buy from local businesses,
but don't let the paranoia paralyze you.
So it is very serious and very terrifying,
but don't let it overcome you.
And you know, read some books.
Read the books that you should have read
in high school and college.
Knock some of those out.
And if you're me and my sons,
we're playing a lot of "Madden",
"Fortnite", and "Call of Duty",
so I recommend those games, they're great.
And "Spiderman", we like the "Spiderman" game on PS4.
I know you're a sports fan.
This is a brutal time for sports fans right now.
I mean, how many classic ESPN games can one watch?
So what do you suggest for sports fans,
that don't have anything to gamble on,
what about the degenerates, what are they doing right now?
Good question about the degenerates,
but if you think about it,
people that bet on things,
can find almost anything to bet on.
They probably would bet on how many commercial breaks
will be taken during one of those classic games.
'Cause they cut out all of the peripheral stuff in those.
When I turn on ESPN, now it's "30 for 30" all the time.
Right.
I just watched that "O.J.: Made in America" again,
which was fantastic.
And I can't recommend enough the documentary, "McMillions",
but sports fans are pretty...
I would say Esports is your answer.
Go watch some "Overwatch League" stuff,
and you and go to Twitch
and watch a lot of video games live.
I know that a lot of older dudes
don't want that or anything.
But if the biggest sacrifice we have to make
is missing some live sporting events on TV,
then we are gonna be just fine.
Did you watch "Tiger King"?
Everyone keeps asking me about this,
and I still have not watched it.
(Lisa gasps)
It's so good.
I know everyone is freaking out,
and I know that if there's secrets or spoilers,
I'm gonna be really screwed.
'Cause I'm gonna learn them all.
I know it's bad when even...
My mom just turned 75 two days ago,
Happy birthday, Laurie McHale in Seattle.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday, Mom!
Even she is like, "Well, have you seen the 'Tiger Kings'?"
And I went, wow, so I need to...
This reminds me of high school,
when my mom goes, "Have you heard of the Pearl Jam?"
And I went, okay, it's not happened,
the band is popular, my mom knows who it is.
So if they know it, I'm gonna start tonight.
Good.
Call me in the morning and you can quiz me,
and we can do this again, and we can do a wrap up.
Perfect.
Is there any other documentary on other than
"Tiger King" I should watch?
No, that's the only one, that's it.
Okay, well, what do you watch that is non-documentary,
if you go home tonight, what are you watching?
So I'm watching, "Little Fires Everywhere".
That's the Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washinton,
kind of, mini series.
It's excellent.
I'm watching "Westworld", the new episodes that are out.
So I love that.
And I'm watching news.
I am one of the people that watches news 24/7.
So I'm watching MSNBC and CNN,
and I watch The Death Clicker,
and I'm obsessed with it,
and I'm completely, 100% all in,
for every single news show there is.
Do you ever get bored?
'Cause clearly they're not offering new information,
but they go, we'll let's talk to this guy
who drives a van and see what's going on
with the van guy.
Are you okay with that stuff?
Yeah, because it's not just the new information,
it's how the different anchors and correspondents
present it from show to show or hour to hour,
and their perspective on it is a little bit different.
Question for you, 'cause we are working on this story
about the masks, and you said that you and Ken
did talk about whether or not these masks work.
Yep.
Because I don't know if you just heard,
they're now, of course, here in California,
we're supposed to wear masks.
In New York now, they've announced
that they're supposed to wear masks,
and tonight they're gonna say
that the White House is recommending
people wear masks when they go out.
So what did Doctor Ken say we should do?
Do the cloth masks work or not?
Ultimately, we talked about,
ultimately, he would say, from the research would say,
no, it can't stop the virus.
It can do a couple of things,
when you wear a mask, it helps to remind you
not to touch your face, so that's huge.
That's a big deal.
The N45 masks are the ones that can actually
stop the droplets from getting into
your respiratory system.
So those are the ones that you wear
when you're painting, or with the docs,
like when you're painting a house,
or what the docs are wearing.
And I don't wanna say, don't wear a mask,
I'm trying not to stay that.
But it helps you become more hyper aware,
and who knows, why not?
Right, why not do it, just because
it just reminds people to stay further away from each other.
So tell me, if there's like one last thing
you want to mention to folks that we haven't covered
or something that you want our viewers to know
about what you're doing.
Or some kind of message of encouragement,
or just anything.
What do you wanna share?
When you go out, do what I do, wear a mask,
rubber gloves, and an adult diaper.
(Lisa laughs)
Just in case.
Because a lot of places are closed,
don't wanna use the bushes.
Excellent advice.
I would say, go to the CDC website,
and that is very good information,
and they are up to date on it,
so pay attention to the research that's coming,
'cause it's right up to date,
and I would say, unlike yourself,
because you're in the news...
'Cause I think a lot of people, they watch the news
endlessly and it freaks them out,
but make sure...
Even though, people go like,
oh, we're just at home all the time.
Take a little bit of time, either to meditate,
exercise, or take yourself out for a bit
to enjoy and then you can reengage.
That was a very long piece of advice.
Oh, and skip rope, how about that?
Jump rope, that's good.
Finally, do you miss "Inside Edition"?
Do you still watch us all the time?
'Cause we miss you.
I have not missed a single episode,
you can quiz me on anything.
Boy, I miss those days.
There was one segment you did,
when you were running after dudes in a parking lot,
and you were posing as a prostitute.
Sex for gas!
Sex for gas after super storm Sandy.
That was one of my classics.
The glee with which the producers would come in
with that tape, they were like,
"You're not gonna believe what Lisa Guerrero did!"
(Lisa laughs)
And I'm like, "What?"
And he was like, "She is confronting men
"who are trying to solicit her,
"while they're getting gas."
So that's why people say...
You literally helped pay for the house
you see around me, Lisa, so thank you.
(Lisa laughs)
As you said, God's work, yes.
You're welcome.
You're welcome, America, you're welcome, Joel McHale.
So listen to "The Darkest Timeline",
the podcast with me and Ken,
watch "Community" on Netflix,
and I don't know,
and get take out
from independent businesses.
Solicit independent businesses.
Do not sale your body for gas.
All great advice, thank you so much, Joel.
Thanks, Lisa.
And just for those of you that are watching,
she never even looked at me once,
she's been looking into a camera this whole time,
and it's been very rude.
So rude.
Oh my gosh.
I love you, thank you.
We appreciate it.
Thanks, good luck with everything.