Yeah, 100 episodes, I mean it's crazy like,
the whole thing has been a journey. It's like one of those things where it's
been so long that there's not really like one moment.
Like it's just a whole journey.
It was very overwhelming at first, but exciting as well.
You just go into that character so easily because you just are so used to doing it.
Each year it's really fun. Really, we built a family here.
So, it's pretty cool.
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I'm definitely less nervous than the first time I walked in.
It's really crazy.
None of us, I don't think, had any idea that it would be
going on for this long.
Are you kidding me right now?
You said you missed the pun, so I thought it was OK to do--
I guess it was just all super new. Like, I've never been on
a multi-cam show before.
It's different, but it's like a different kind of fun,
like I'm more relaxed and like, just know what I'm doing more
so I can have fun with that, as opposed to everything's so new
and exciting, like that's what it was when I first came in, I was like,
what is this? I had never really been on a set before so...
- What are you watching? - The news.
[laughing]
Uh-huh, it was very overwhelming at first,
but exciting as well. Like, I don't know, I guess I'm just
like used to it. It's just a different feeling
when you walk in somewhere and you know everyone,
and you have your routine.
We're on a liquid...
- Eh! - Yeah.
More of a mess than a cleanse, I'd say.
Yeah, I remember I used to explore the studio like,
like there was all these new-- They were literally building this place out
when we first moved in, so we were like exploring all
the different places that they're building and I'd never been on a set before,
so I was literally like, everything was all new.
It was actually pretty cool.
Favorite villain...
Ah, that's hard because they're all so good.
- Um... - Ooh, um...
Honestly, I think I'm gonna have to go with the OG,
I'm gonna have to go with Toddler.
Well, well, well...
So this is Captain Man's secret Man Cave.
Ben Giroux is fun to work with and he's just kind of funny.
He's just a literal man baby.
I guess we most likely bring back like Dr. Minyak and Jeff.
- Ah! - Dr. Minyak!
Man, who the bud are you?
Dr. Minyak!
Just 'cause they're so iconic and it's really funny
'cause they're also both like not the smartest.
The Bee Keeper is my favorite villain, I think.
Uh... 'cause he's ridiculous.
Sorry to be such a buzz kill!
Are you done?
Seriously, you're not in any pain?
There's like a thousand bees on you.
They guy who plays him is very, very funny.
And he is definitely not the main threat
to us, he's just more of a distraction.
I would say that five years ago when I came onto the set,
I was a lot more excited than I am now, but that's really not true.
Like there is such a sense of excitement and wonderment
stepping onto this set every day.
Hold camera's mark.
[screaming]
Hold up, hold up, hold up.
Just the tubes, there's no need to be so scared, OK?
I wasn't scared, that was...
Brave screaming.
- Oh, OK. - Wait, hold...
I think I'm just, you know, I'm so involved in it
because I've been doing it for so long.
It's almost just like second nature for me now.
Action, Jace!
[laughing]
Dude, I heard you screaming the whole way down.
- That was brave screaming! - Yeah.
- I also scream "help me" when I'm brave. - And hold...
Let's jump on and do that one last time please.
For all of us too, you just go into that character so easily
because you are just so used to doing it.
That it's not even like you think about it anymore.
Nice troll slave! How much do you want for him?
What? I am-- I am not a troll!
Quiet down, troll!
- Hey, hey, hey. - What, what, what?
Let's give this dude some of our sweet weapons to take
home with him so he can get his kingdom back.
I love that and I would like to do that right now.
There's so many other elements to the show that are
fresh and new and exciting every week.
And it's just so cool that they keep generating these new worlds and
these new environments. It's so much fun and I love it so much,
so in that regard, not a whole lot has changed.
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I think I've broken a couple of things on set.
One time I think I broke a table.
If you look right next to the couch, it has like silver balls in it.
One time I spilled all the silver balls and I felt really bad.
Oh, I've broken a lot of props.
In Junk N' Stuff there's a lot of things that are easily broken.
I've broken a lot of that, no bones though.
- Oh, good. - Yeah.
I don't think I've-- I can't say if I've broken one of the props.
No, honestly I don't think I've ever broken one of the props.
- I really don't. - I've never broken-- Well, maybe.
Actually, this last episode that we're filming right now, the 100th episode,
during a run-through, like we kind of have to dodge out of the way of Cooper.
And then this glass thing fell over and broke in the middle of run-through, so...
We just kind of ignored it and kept going.
Cameras A, B, and C mark.
Well, that's just great!
Who even knows when the news will be out again?
- 24 hour news cycle! - Sam time every day.
- Tomorrow... - Just, what--
What's with all the blending?
Ray hasn't changed much.
I think the character of Ray was always there.
I think my realization of just how childish Ray is,
uh, kind of became more apparent as the years went by.
Smart one, science freak, you're both falling for this?
Hey, I want night vision.
You know I drink whatever anyone hands me.
It's kind of hard to think of Charlotte as like a separate entity,
but I mean, she's maintained the same sass and just like
gotten more used to the guys and knows how to kind of
corral them more, like she's just used to playing that role.
So now she knows how to get them to kind of do what she needs them to do.
Yeah, yeah well I'm kind of on a liquid cleanse right now.
- So... - For night vision? That's real.
Yeah, so I'm gonna have to use my get-out-of-dinner card
which I'm holding right now, even though you can't see.
I think, you know, he's gotten older and he's kind of gotten older with me and
it's almost as if the writers and the actors kind of
grow and a adapt to their environment, but like on the show.
It's kind of weird, like the characters learn to mess with each other
more and stuff, so probably as the show's gone on,
that's just the biggest difference. We've just evolved with each other.
I can't hear what you're saying because the blender is too loud!
I need you to stay here and help me with the situation.
I'm just gonna assume you said I should go home.
- No! - Go?
No, stay!
- Go away? - No!
OK, goodbye! Goodbye!
The writers and I have kind of a fun rapport because
even though we don't spend our days together,
they're up in a room and I'm downstairs on set,
we both share part of Ray's brain.
And it's cool that they're coming up with his thoughts,
and then I'm coming up with my own and we meet in the middle,
and we create this very fun character together.
It's been a real, real joy to bring him to life every week.
My favorite of all the sets to film on,
Henry's house which is where I film 99% of my stuff,
because there's actual furniture.
And if you just wanna chill, you can chill on the couch.
The living room set, honestly. It's so comfortable,
like they have a huge couch, they're like a million places to sit,
which is always great during long shooting days, so probably that one.
Um... I think the Man Cave.
Or actually, you know, it's Junk N' Stuff.
Everyday there's something new in there. They keep replacing
the different stuff in there, so Junk N' Stuff.
My favorite set that we've ever filmed on I think is the Man Cave,
'cause it's always evolving, there's always something new.
It's always being updated and I think it's one of our coolest sets.
Full cameras mark.
Action!
Whoa!
This is amazing.
It looks exactly the same!
- Sure does. - Yeah.
It's like a whole arc.
I feel like season three was like the hardest for me,
and then you get over that hump.
I also feel like season three is really when the show kind of took off.
So, it's weird, it's kind of been like a little thing, you know?
OK, first things first.
Let's put that self-destruct button away before someone accidentally hits it again.
[screaming]
- What's that? - It's a mole person!
Oh, people never die!
Man Cave self-destruct activated.
I totally grew up on this show and
that was like my whole high school experience, I guess so...
It's just kind of cool looking back, like I was so young starting off.
And I've just changed a lot, so it's crazy.
Let's give it up for Chris Nowak, everybody!
We wanted to do something because not every series goes 100 episodes.
So I wanted to get everyone their own
world's best team towels mug.
[laughing]
100 episodes and your own coffee mug.
When people ask, what's your favorite episode?
I could barely remember, like it's all kind of a blur
when you're looking back at it.
Uh, I say this a lot, but the people I get to work with,
the kinship between our crew, 'cause they've been working together
for a long time is really something rare and something very special.
And the cast and I have grown together, so they're all like my kids.
Each year it's been fun coming back and for us to create new episodes,
and really, we've built a family here, so it's pretty cool.
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