May 13, 2025 • 59 mins
Hey, Loft Mates! This is the one where Elaine gets a proposal, Schmidt is forced to choose between the two loves of his life, Nick and Jess almost end things, and Winston pranks too hard. And guess what? We've got the new girl herself, Zooey Deschanel, here to help us break it down.
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Speaker 1 (00:18):
Hey babe, Yeah, babe. We had an exciting episode.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Today, very exciting episode today.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
It's very exciting. Do you want to talk about it?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I do want to talk about it.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
We have the one that only our beloved miss so
Additional with us today to talk about Elaine's big day.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
How are you, Zoe.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
I'm great. I'm so happy to see you guys.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
So here's the thing, Zoe, we've been looking.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
You're both looking great. I just want to say, first.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Off, before we get started, have you have we have
we talked to you about the fact that we've been
trying to get Taylor Swift make an appearance on this
uh on this podcast because of this episode?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
If we oh, because she's busy.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I think she's just like I've heard, she's got a
few things happening.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
I think she's gone a little by gull.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
But I feel like if anybody could make it happen,
you could make it happen. I just feel like you
have that kind of pull in power.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Oh that's that's kind of you to think that about me.
I really don't know, Like I feel like it's I
So here's my feeling about Taylor Swift, Like, I absolutely
freaking love her, and I like never want to like
ask her for any favors because I just don't ever
want to be like yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Because she could go on it could be horrible time
for her, she.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Has a bad experience.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
What if she's like it was me at that bar
in New York.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Yeah, out of the.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Bar, I get it, get it?
Speaker 4 (01:56):
No, no, no, I I actually know I I yeah again,
I'm the worst person asking people for favors. So you
know what, me too.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
It's a really interesting thing, isn't it such a funny thing.
It's a very strange thing. I'm always just like I
don't know if I can.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
But maybe I could find someone who would feel comfortable
because you feel like.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
People are I'm such a right exactly and everybody has
like I feel like I have like very few things
that would like break through that like like like the
instinct to protect any like not not that I'm I'm
(02:37):
not protecting anybody, but I'm just like I'm just like
always like I just feel bad. I just feel bad
ever asking anyone for anything. That's so weird. I will
not ask for In fact, this is funny because when
I was like a teenager, I stayed with my parents'
friends when they were out of town who had like
a kid my age, and I like my parents just
(02:58):
like forgot to give me lunch my need for like
four days or something, and I didn't ask for lunch money.
So I like went and the dad like gave me
some cookies and I just ate a cookie day for
lunch to like because I didn't want I would refuse
to ask for money and I didn't tell my parents
and needed money. I don't know what made That's how
(03:19):
resist I am.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
To ask red Wiring.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
It is like I will not.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Make a terrible streak. You make a terrible streak. I'm
doing it for free.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Again, like don't yeah no, I would be Yeah no,
I'm not. I'm not a busker by nature. But yeah,
So you got the tenth best thing after Taylor's wif
for this episode, we.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Got the best thing. We've got the star of our show.
So we're so grateful to have you here. You want
to do a quick recapital, do it?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
You do it? I love hearing.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Let's go here we go, ladies and gentlemen. This is
the messing around with Hannah and Lamourn. Today we are
featuring the star of New Girl Zoey Deschanel, and we're
off Elaine's Big Day. Elaine's big day, very very important episode.
It's CEC's big day. Actually it is her wedding day,
(04:20):
but Schmidt is convinced that she doesn't want to go
through with it, so he recruits Winston to help him
sabotage the wedding. Now they take it way too far
and they release a wild badger that ends up wreaking
havoc on the reception. Meanwhile, Jess and Nick are struggling
to decide if they should call off their relationship. And
oh yeah, Chevrange, that's sneaky little man. He might be
(04:43):
in love with someone other than Ceci. Here we go. WHOA, okay,
let's jump right in. Let's jump right in. Jess is
the maid of honor in this episode and right away
in the beginning. I love this beginning opening scene because
it gives you a good glimpse of what the dynamic is,
(05:04):
especially now that your quote unquote father is here. Rob
Reiner is here right. I thought it was really really
funny to see every liked like Schmidt's telling Winston don't
touch him, just really wants this picture. Nick is being
told to get out of the picture completely. Yeah, what
do we remember to.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Get out there?
Speaker 4 (05:25):
I mean, here's the thing that's so funny, is like
Rob Reiner's characters both to hate Bob. It was like
hate Nick, but Rob like loved, like love him, like
I feel like more than the I mean, he definitely
like liked us all for sure, but I think he
(05:45):
liked Jake the most. What do you guys think, do
you remember that that he.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Like really likes I do remember that, I remember him.
I feel like he doesn't like me. I feel like
he doesn't like me.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Oh of course, everyone.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Everyone, everybody feels so loved, like, yeah, he's so yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
He's so.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
You thought I didn't like you, Well, here's why, because
I did something stupid. It's it almost it's almost like
how when Max and Jake thought it would be a
good idea to ask Dennis Farina really stupid per questions
about being a detective, and now he treated them afterwards,
I decided to do a take in one of the
scenes where I where I called him a meathead. Now that's,
(06:26):
you know, throwback to all in the family. That's what
you know, that's what he was calling the show. He
looked at me and said, oh, do you think I've
never been called that before? He goes try again in
the scene. So it crushed me so much that I
was so awkward around him. And I don't know if
(06:47):
he felt that awkwardness. I mean, he was very nice
and kind afterwards, but deep down I feel like he's
like this guy's a hack.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
No, No, I can't imagine.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
I think he was like trying to like give it back,
you know what I mean, like trying to.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Like like just love me.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
They just love me, just let me go.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
So with this picture, apparently so I Zoey. I went
and found the table draft of this episode and then
the production draft of this episode, And as it was scripted,
it was supposed to end on like this super funny
picture of like Nick half out of it, of like
little like Schmid making a weird face, you having like
a great smile, and it was supposed to be this
(07:35):
really weird thing. And I feel like it was one
of those things with like alts and extra takes that
we just kept going on that it ended up just
being like I'm not doing and everybody walked away and
it's just the dad taking a picture of his like
sweet daughter.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
I think you're totally right. I think we tried it
that way, and they might have taken a picture of
us like all kind of half that would like the
more than you were in there. Don't you think we
probably tried I think we pretty much tried it a
few ways, and that way that it ended up was
kind of just.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
I definitely think it was funnier that the way it
ended up for sure.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
It felt like a lot of amprop going back and forth.
And then I think they were just like that just works.
That feels real that they would just be like, we're
not doing it, We're.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Out, Yeah, exactly exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
So we get to we get to the reception, ye
and whinstead sees this badger Zoe. I'm not one hundred
percent sure if you remember this moment, but the badger
uh pede on uh me and also on my stand
in Brian Crump.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
So like that's just like parer course if you have
to deal with an animal, right, because I just feel
like you don't like dealing with animals and it's like
a curse of being a horn because you don't like it.
And for some reason they're like, let's make littlemore in
(09:06):
the most like the character that deals with animals, like
the most of all the characters. I love animals. I
like never got to work with like an animal.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
They do.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
And it's like, are you kidding me? Like we would
have loved to have those animals, but somehow, just like
they like basically never let me be in the dance sequences.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
They could have given anyway.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
It's like the same thing, you cann't give me the
cat Hannah a cat Hannah anyway. That although I would
have said no to Badger, yeah, well he was.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Very like Badger.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Well, he was in his cage. He was in his
little crate, I guess you would say, and that. And
remember in that episode where we're pushing him through the vents.
At parts of some of the time, it was a
fake Badger in there, you know what I mean. But
when they would show the actual crate, they would have
you know, Bucky, the real bad the real badger' in there.
(10:07):
And I remember one time he just was like, I'm
spraying and multiple time he scumped me essentially, that's what
he did. Have to take a shower, no, But when
I left, when I left the set that day, a
lot of other female Badgers were like running up these
(10:28):
badgers everything, Like.
Speaker 4 (10:29):
I've never had so much badger game. Wait, were we
shot this episode like partially on the Fox spot and
then did was it partially? Was it? Was it down
like MacArthur Park area or was it like at that
hotel next door studio? The hotel next door hotel next
(10:53):
Stord that is now like condemned it not I've passed
by it and it's like totally closed down. It was
like a high or a Hilton or something. It's gone
very convenient for shooting a Fox. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Here was that the same hotel from die Hard?
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Because I was gonna say the die Hard thing too,
you and I at.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
This point it's on the same die The die Hard
building is down the street. But yeah, it is a
lot of that stuff was in die Hard because that
with that tower or something towers, yeahs towers.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
It's like towers or something like that.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
And you can we would stare at it's all the
time when we were going into like work and like
on our stage, and this episode feels like it's got
a lot of die Hard in it, like the it's
exacting and like the it's not like the vibe of it.
Speaker 4 (11:48):
But yeah, you're so right. Crawling through like like vents.
Building vents is so dark, right, nothing like crawling through
building back like escape it you recalled hard.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
You know, if anybody wants to call me for action film,
I can crawl through events. We've now seen that happen.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I can get I actually think you'd be like a
great action start.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Thank you, thank you, you really would. I've been telling
you this like one of those.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Like funny action movies.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Can you you can get this green lit? Zoe. You
just have to say okay to it?
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Can I? Yes? Can I produce it?
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (12:27):
I want I want in on this. Cash this a
little more and you just do your like workouts, will
work out.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Fitness instructor, gone rogue.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Let's write this. We're doing it right now.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Canna, do you want to be in will be the
animal handler? Okay, so I feel like you have to
be the buffalo.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Yes, you can wear one of those like cool outfits
that they were.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
That's right, this is great.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
I would look cute on you like a jump as long.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
As I have to wear heels anymore. You guys, I'm in.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
No no, no animal trainers full.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Yeah, really, I mean we'recruiting your next opportunity.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
I mean, oh my god, I just want to produce.
You want to sit there and eat take out.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
That's why I want to be a producer. I don't
have to put makeup.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Yeah, now let's jump back into this. You uh had
y'all dulled up. You're getting ready to uh well see
she's getting ready to get married, and Jess obviously is
in there kind of calming the nerves a little bit.
What do you remember? What do you both remember about
this particular moment? Was this on stage? This particular part
(13:43):
was this actually at that same building?
Speaker 3 (13:45):
I don't know where it was shot, but I remember
again because I looked at the script and there's like
this whole thing where Zoe, you were the one that's
like wrapping the sorry, it's like around the rabbit.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
And we were on stage.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Yeah, and it was like this I remember thing, and
you made like this sorry joke, but not sorry joke.
It was all.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Scripted, which didn't make the show because I think they
had so much other stuff that they needed to get to.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
I mean, it was a packed episode.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
So this whole bit, but we shot it. I do
remember shooting it.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
I remember that because they kept asking me about well,
like wrapping the sorry.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
And I've never worn a sorry before.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Really in my life, like maybe a couple times like
in India at something and someone else put me in it,
but like I've never really worn one.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
It looked it was, I mean, it was great.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
I just didn't have it was That was the one
interesting thing is like to feel like, Wow, there's this
big representation of this Indian wedding, and that's so cool
that I get to be part of this big moment
of representation.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
And I'm also like not the best person for it,
like the least about it. So but I remember that.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
I remember you trying to wrap the sorry and the
jokes that were being made, and it was like actually
a really sweet like jess CC moment, but it didn't
make the cut because of all the other things that had.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
There's a lot of cotton eye Joe.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Like we need to hear it three or four times.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
We have to. I just remember being on set and
I remember mag like seeing they're like, god night, Joe,
this is ridiculous. I was like, I can't believe we're
doing this.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I remember that scene. That moment was at the door
is at the doorway when he's looking at you and
he's singing the song I watched. When I rewatched it
last night, I went I forgot about that moment. That
is such a ridiculous delivery of moment.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
I like live for that, Like I live for it.
But I was just like, this is crazy. I can't
believe we're making this.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Say about this.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
There's like a couple of moments where like Jess comes
out and like really gives it to Schmidt.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Right.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
It was just like, no, oh, like you are not
messing with this girl's wedding. This is not happening. Get
over it.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
This Yeah, it's really and after like when he says like, oh,
with her eyes, she told me with her eyes this
is done.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
And it's it's rare that it happens.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
But it was a moment where I could see like you,
Zoe like fully come through because you're like a solid girlfriend,
and I feel like you would go real big sister
on somebody in real life and be like, knock it off,
this is not a job, this is my friend's wedding
and get it together.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
I definitely would, Yeah, I definitely would. Also, like this
is like the beginning of some of the like the
redeeming they had to do later because he is dating
such a lovely Merritt Weaver's character, Elizabeth, and she's like
so lovely and they had some really I think season
(16:52):
three didn't they have to kind of like backtrack yeah
a bit with Schmidt because it was not cool what
he was doing. And they start this episode.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
With such a sweet like couple's moment where she's like,
it's a three hour ceremony.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
You know how your bladder gets.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Weird, go pee, and he like gives her a sweet
look like that's like real deep relationship stuff. When you
even like you know how you are, you can go
and he's like, thank you for knowing how I am.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
They didn't even try to make her like hate no,
like you know, unlikable. She's pretty generally likable. No, they can't.
She's pretty likable. So problem.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Yeah, that was a nice thing I think about having
like a female creator of your show too, where she
was just like.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
This is a Schmidt problem.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
We're not going to sit down offloaded to like CC
or to Elizabeth. We're just going to keep this heat
on him and he needs to sort it out, which
is really nice that by the end of the episode
when we get there it's like you never see even
one bad look between Cec and Elizabeth.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
They're just sort of like.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
I just went through there's all sorts of parties that
happened on my screen and we're not sure why, but sure.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
But here's the thing. It must be nice because I
don't think this is real life. Obviously it's a television show.
But it must be nice to be Schmid to go,
let me take my pick at which woman I want
to be with at this woman's wedding. I don't want
to be like you get this.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
Choice breath at a wedding.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
I'll decide if I want to be with her or not.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Yeah, I mean, I'm kind of grateful that at the
end of the episode they never made it that he
like picks, because that would have been very gross. It
would have been a very weird, gross moment, like, yeah,
the redemption need to happen. And I think that's what
they kind of pushed over into the next season where
he had to do some earning.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Right, Yeah, he had to He had to do some earning,
which is cool. It's one of the things I like
about the show. You know, it's like, you know, years
past when we ended, like I look back and I'm like, wow,
they did such The writers did such a good good
job of like creating these like fun characters that you
like to see in these kind of like fun episodic
(19:12):
kind of situations. It's very sick coommy, but there were
really serialized storylines where you were watching the characters have
these arcs over seasons, and I think, like that is
something special about the show. And I think and I
think I love it.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
We all love it too. Here's the thing we're going.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
I think I love you guys.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
I love you more. We're gonna go to commercial break,
and when we come back, we're going to talk about
more about how much you love us, and also about
Schmidt and Winston coming together to screw this wedding app
prank style. We'll be right back, and we are back
(20:02):
if you're just tuning in, uh to this particular podcast.
There is something that we do on this show that
Hannah has been dropping the ball on for I don't know,
since the beginning of this show. Where's the bear? And
this woman can ever seem to find the damn bear?
And uh, this is a total myth and she likes
to keep this train going. So we're going to keep
(20:24):
this train going, Hannah.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Where's the bear bit?
Speaker 3 (20:31):
I'm gonna say season two, I may have forgotten about
it a lot, and it seems like the.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Writers got it too, and props and everybody else.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
And I'll be and maybe it's not a real thing.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
And there we go, there we go, there we go.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
It's over.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
The last time that I don't look for.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
This is all just a prank on me for the
past couple of years, because I'll tell you what this
ep it.
Speaker 4 (20:58):
Was, and it was created like money.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Yeah, full disclosure. For the first time ever. I didn't
even look.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Well and I got a surprise for you. Did you
see found a badger is in the bear family?
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Yeah, but it could be by the badger, tiny little bear.
Speaker 1 (21:25):
It's a tiny little bear. So speaking of their speaking
of their pranks and animals, Chevrange gets on this, Chevrong
gets on this this white horse. Is that a tradition?
Is that a thing in Indian weddings?
Speaker 3 (21:40):
I literally just told you I'm not the most qualified
person to talk to about Indian.
Speaker 4 (21:46):
Yeah, it's a thing, Yeah for sure, Yeah, totally, I know,
because I'm an.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Expert, because I've been to an Indian Indian wedding, did
not see a white horse, and I just thought it
was funny that step one in their pranks was to
almost kill Chevron by letting off an airhorn by a horse.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
That was wild.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
That was a wild prank to play to like startle
a huge animal like that. Seemed like a little crazy
and just reacted appropriately.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
And Hindu weddings, the groom often arrives at the wedding
venue on a white horse or in a white horse
drawn carriage as a part of the tradition called gouri.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
So it's not like the like, it's not like the
bride getting to get arrived in a carriage.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
It's the groom.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
I've heard of it before. I've just never seen it,
but yes, I do believe that happens.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Okay, well, well.
Speaker 4 (22:43):
Don't try to spook horses, guys, because it's not a
nice thing to do when somebody's on the horse because
then the horse will go crazy.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
It was funny to watch like whoever was doing the stunt,
like just fully shrink in tower behind the head of
the horse. I did see that part where we just
see the feet sticking out.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Yeah, that was good.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
That was good covering that.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
That was definitely not Satia on the horse in no way,
shape or form.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Okay, all right, let's jump back into it now. Schmid
says he will call off the Shenanigans, right uh, But
then he instructs Winston to get crazy. He blows the
air horn, the horse rides off like a like a psychopath.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Right, And Nick is trying to do the right thing
because he cares about his relationship, which is very sweet.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
He tries, he tries, but but Jess doesn't believe him
because Cotton Eye Joe starts to play.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
And the prank is too good. It actually has to
he made some sense out of it.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
But this is one of the crazier storylines. Let's macro
crazy storyline.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Okay, don't tape the soundboard. She's like, that's an intelligent move,
and you're the smartest prankster there is.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
It had to be you. Then that's how he kind
of gets done for.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
One of the things. I'm just wondering, like, what did
the like the writer of Cotton Eye Joe like think
of this. They're like, I never thought my song would
like inspire an entire episode like twenty one minutes of television.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
Yeah, and also, now people who are big fans of
the show, Like this is like a song they play
at their weddings. Now, Cotton Eye Joe gets played at
weddings now because of this episode.
Speaker 4 (24:27):
Should I play it at my should be my wedding?
Should I walk them the aisle to kind of go?
Speaker 1 (24:34):
And what's the what's the thing that dance Chicken dance
Chicken dancer?
Speaker 4 (24:39):
Bill Collins, Oh yeah, Grooby kind of love. Yeah, the
release slow version.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
New Girl in your wedding?
Speaker 2 (24:52):
If that Frank, it's always wedding lamore and you if.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
You bring a badger for my wedding.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Freak out the Le's talk about it for a second.
Let's talk about it for a second. You know there
are what are you feeling? Badger out of wedding? Not
really a bad idea, right, because it's a cool looking
ped People can pet it, people can walk, people take
selfies with the badger.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Right.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
The problem, I think the problem is when you decide
you want to I get you. I got your ten
right now.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
Ten reasons why badger's cute?
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Badger cute. If a badger peas on you, then other
like lady badgers will come and like be attracted to.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
You, just like I kind of still stuck on the
fact that you shared earlier that the badger peede on you,
you didn't take a shower, and then you were like
just like back at work.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
And then what you do is you multiply that, you know,
and then you got.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
Ten okay for the badger at Zoe.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Maybe not a badger at your wedding, Maybe not your
badger at your wedding, but in this particular case, you again,
in typical New Girl fashion, you know that these characters
are idiots. So Winston would do something like that, Yes,
he would go into the ducts and proceed to try
to sabotage this wedding, which is exactly what happened. Now.
(26:19):
Nick tells Winston that the plan cannot be that thing.
You cannot drop a badger on a priest, and you know,
Schmidt then goes back. He tells Jess that Nick wasn't
in on it, and that Nick was saying that just
means so much to me. YadA YadA, YadA, And that
causes you know, a little bit of a romantic moment
(26:40):
between Nick and Jess again, right, like a little little uh,
let's forgive each other moment for this. Why would you
think this of me. Why do you think I'm a child?
Et cetera, et cetera.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
DA said, so, yeah, there was like a really sweet
moment when you guys were kind of having that in
that two shot where you guys really head to head
and he's just like really pushing for the answer, and
then you know, like Jess is going.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Through a bit of distress.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
He's like trapped in a duck, there's a badger on
the loose, her best friend's trying to get married, and
this guy's like, let's have a real.
Speaker 4 (27:12):
Tame, which wouldn't stress me out, but it's.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
To sit there and be like, you know, like to
have this big relationship chat. Like in that moment, like
I was just like read the room, literally, buddy, and
then for you to you just answered honestly and like
he couldn't handle the honesty. It didn't mean that, you know,
the character didn't want to be with the other character.
(27:36):
You're just answering the question. And I thought pretty gently
then a very sensitive male ego just was like, I
guess we're not that that's how you feel.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
We have to have some conflict in the middle of
the episode, you.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Know, Yeah, sure, I just was like, wow, it was
such like such a small thing. But then it makes
you think about, like so many relationships do end over
just like tiny, small.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
Something really weird. It's so true. So I'm just remembering
now that the first episode of season three, I'm still
wearing this sorry and I'm in I mean, I don't
mean to skip ahead, but like I just had this
flashback that like they were like, so you have to
wear the sorry again, only turned it into like beach where.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
She redded it. Basically you were in like this it
was shredded.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
Yeah, it was like a short skirt. Yeah, shipwrack. I
had to get a tan and like like some like
beachy hair kind of.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Yeah, we shut it down in Marina del Rey. I
remember that little weird strip of beach that we shot
it in that beginning of season three, in the same
outfit where you guys kind of like.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
The Jamaica in I think the place was gone.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
I remember that location. Were like we're back and this
is where we're starting. We didn't start like in the loft.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
It was like this.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
Really it was a really weird feeling where this this
season ended us and then yeah, where we had to start.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Yeah, do you remember getting fitted for that. Sorry. Did
you have to go down to our t show or
did they bring it all up to the.
Speaker 4 (29:09):
No, they brought it up to me, But I was
because I think I had it was like less involved
than your situation, which was quite involved because you're a ride.
But I was obsessed with the color of my sorry, Like,
I loved it. It was so pretty.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
It was really I never get to wear those shows.
I never get to wear sorry on you never do,
Like y'all want to play with pets and stuff like that,
and they always put that on me. But when it
comes to sorry, sorry, Uh Well. I think it's cool
about this episode is that it starts with one person
(29:45):
with that Schmid obviously sees a little bit of doubt
in CC's eyes, which sets off a chain of events
which activates Winston, which then activates Nick, which then somehow
ends up with Jess also in the ducks. And it
starts with one idea of a person looking in someone's eyes,
and it ends with a collapse of the ceiling onto
(30:08):
the top of the wing. All parties all.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
Collapse of the entire like inner like ducting system of
a hotel.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
Yes, I also love that, like just like that female
approach of just like, you know what, I'm going up
to the ducks, like let.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
Me just it was just like such like a full like.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
I don't know, like mom moment of like, you know what, forget,
I'll handle it. I was gonna put everybody straight and
figure this whole thing out, which is why, like the
the hard truth of it, it's.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Jests that falls down and like collapses.
Speaker 4 (30:40):
Where the and another great moment from Monica Bronder my
son double yeap yes.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
And what's cool about it is that it ends up. Yeah,
because because of this, I'm not if this didn't happen.
I'm not sure, you know, you know. Chifrang then steps
up and says, Okay, I'm feeling it either, because this
big collapse allows everyone to fully be themselves and just
be honest and go, hey, listen, maybe this wedding isn't
(31:08):
for us, and you know, you say I'm in love
with someone else, and then he says, so am I
And I think had that roof night collapse, that wouldn't
have happened.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:19):
I love that Taylor Swift was just there, she just she.
Speaker 1 (31:23):
Was just in the area. She was doing a meeting
at five, you know, she.
Speaker 4 (31:26):
Was just doing a meeting at five. So you know
what's funny is that, Uh A lot of people have
brought this up because you know, spoiler or Taylor Swift
runs off with Chebrone, and a bunch of people have said, like,
because Jess is a swiftye and we've established we established
(31:49):
that at least later in me in the show. Also,
I'm a swifty too, just so you guys now we
all are. We're swifties. We're a swifty family. But a
lot of people brought up they were like, but wait,
(32:10):
it's like a Leane different from Taylor Swift. Like how
is just like a fan of Taylor Swift, but like
a Lane like is Taylor Swift? Like the is it
Taylor Swift? I was like, it's a really good point.
I think a Leen is like that. There's like a
woman who's like a doppel ganger for Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Yeah, it's like a long lost twin something.
Speaker 4 (32:30):
And I think that's a link. Yeah, don't you think.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
Yeah, that's the only explanation because otherwise the place would
have gone up.
Speaker 4 (32:39):
None of it works. But she's played by Taylor Swift
in this.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
In this you ever hear of the Mendela effect. It's
when you think something happened. The Mendela effect is when
someone thinks something happened, like a general the general consensus.
You know that the whole population thinks that there was
this thing that was on a cereal box, for example,
But then you look back, it was never the case.
We just for some reason had that idea in our mind.
Speaker 4 (33:07):
Oh, like Kazam or whatever.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
Yeah, like that, you know what I mean, Like, yeah,
but it's like that wasn't a thing. Yes, I remember that, I.
Speaker 4 (33:19):
Know it happened. I'm sure. I love this movie.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
Yeah, and in this episode, No.
Speaker 4 (33:26):
There's no movie named Kazam. Sorry, why do.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
I think.
Speaker 4 (33:33):
We all know it happened? But it didn't.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
So in this one, I had a full Mandela effect
moment when I was when I was rewatching it, Chavrange
picks up you know, Taylor Swift and runs out of
the wedding with her. In my mind, it was the
other way around.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
It's because that take happened. That take.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
I talked to Satya about this, so we had Setia
on a loft meeting and I asked him about it
and we talked about it. Because that take did happen.
They did it, you know whatever, five six times this
way and then I think it's like a funny pitch.
They did it the other way around, where Taylor picked
up Sthia and ran out, and I think we all
fell out because it was very easy for her to do,
(34:17):
and we all Taylor is tall, She's.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
Like five ten or something, and he's not super tall, right.
Speaker 3 (34:26):
And so it was very easy and they thought it
was super funny and they fell out laughing, and I
just think it was one of those moments where everybody
in the room.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
Just like laughing.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
Do you remember it, because it was so that's right,
I think all of us.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
But Sathia thought it happened like that. Him and I
were talking about it and he's like, oh my god,
when she like carried me out like that was like
the greatest moment.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
And when I rewatched it, I was like, oh my god,
it didn't make the cuts. It went with another jake.
But it's I think we all remember it because it
did happen.
Speaker 4 (34:55):
But okay, you guys, do you know that I remember
like very well because she was on set very long
and she just basically like came in and did that
little scene. But I just wanted to share that. Like
she came in and was in the hair makeup trailer
and they had me. This is just classic because when
(35:18):
Prince was on, I was also like baby like not babysitting,
but they were like be like the host of the
set and go or hostess of the set and go
and like greet them. And everybody was like do that
with Prince, like go be the hostess and like sit
and you know, hang out with Prince. And so when
Taylor was there, everyone was like, Zoe, go sit in
the makeup trailer with her, and my makeup artist, Georgie
(35:38):
ended up. She was like, oh yeah, I'm totally cool
using Zoe's makeup artists. So Georgie did her makeup and
she was like, first of all, Taylor Swift like, if
anyone ever says anything mean about her, I'm so mad
because she is such a nice person. She is so cool.
I've never seen her be anything but like absolutely so
(36:01):
lovely and found earth. And she was like she really
liked my like the like lipstick that I wore, and
she it was like benettin you know, Benette, It's just
like the most old fashioned lip tint that's been around
forever and we had that like Benettin and she you
(36:22):
go get them, it would look good on you. And
we had one for her and I remember like Georgie
gave it to her and she was like, oh my god,
thank you. I was like, what if it's cool? Like
Taylor Swift was like excited to just get like this
little thing of benefit. Like she was unbelievably nice. So like,
let's set the record straight that Taylor is awesome and
(36:44):
everything that you imagine her to be that you hope
she is.
Speaker 3 (36:47):
She is.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
You know, it's really funny. I remember that.
Speaker 3 (36:49):
I remember Georgie coming out and almost feeling like a
little like like shocked. She was like she I think
there was like this expect or, you know, just this
thought that she was probably gonna come with her entire
own team, have a whole set of like and a
whole thing, and she didn't.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
She came in. She's like I think she.
Speaker 4 (37:08):
Had maybe her hair dresser, but she had like Georgie
did her makeup or she came with her hair done
or something. But yeah, yeah, she was had like I
don't think she had even like she might have had
like one person with her, but she was very very
down to earth, no entourage, like not very chill.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Yeah, I remember that too.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
I remember just like the chat around set being like, yeah,
she's just like the most easy, lovely human everything you
owe her to be. She is exactly that.
Speaker 4 (37:36):
So true.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
I remember that feeling too.
Speaker 3 (37:37):
And Seth they shared all of his stories because they
would because at that thing when they run out down
the aisle and you know, the scenes carries on like
you and I had that conversation, which is sweet, and
that happens, and so they had to like be behind
the door now and just like wait until you know
Jake Kasen called cut, so he's like they would just
(37:58):
be back there, and he said it was so sweet
because she'd be like that was really good.
Speaker 2 (38:02):
Did you like that? I thought that was really funny.
Speaker 3 (38:06):
And he was just saying how like sweet it was
that they had just like this little like kind of
just like just actors bonding in a moment after a take,
waiting for the scene to be done, having a moment.
Speaker 4 (38:17):
Yeah, that's so sweet. I love hearing that.
Speaker 3 (38:19):
Yeah, I also forgot, like how sweet that moment was
between our characters at the end.
Speaker 2 (38:25):
I forgot about that.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
Whole little exchange and it's such a sweet like Jesse
CC moment, and there's so many moments and little like
looks in between, and it just made me realize how
much I missacting with you because it was like such a.
Speaker 4 (38:39):
Sweet misacting with you guys so much. I like have
to say, it's like one of those things. It's like
you your show ends and you're like, Okay, well I
guess it's like another chapter like over. But it's like,
you guys are like my family, Like I got to
act with you every day, Like I love seeing you,
I love getting to work with you, and so it
(39:01):
was like that was like the saddest thing for me,
I mean, just not getting to be with like my buddies.
I saw you guys more than my family, but really
like you really were, like I mean, you still are
family to me, but like I consider like the core
cast of New Girls to be like one under my extended.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
Really are Max. Max coming into this had done a
lot of you know, recurs, guest stars, you know, a
bunch of done a bunch of television. Oh yeah, and
he told me, he goes, in the final season, he goes,
it's not always going to be like this. Yeah, yeah,
he was like, this is a very different, very special
type of deal. It's not always like this. And you
(39:46):
go on and you do however many shows afterwards and
you look back and you go, damn, we got it
pretty good, didn't we.
Speaker 4 (39:51):
Yeah, yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Yeah. But so let's close out this episode. There's two
things that are happening here. One, Schmidt has to cho
between CC and Elizabeth. I thought that was we talked,
we touched on it a little bit before about how
ridiculous it is.
Speaker 2 (40:09):
But it gets a choice.
Speaker 1 (40:12):
He literally runs away, right though.
Speaker 3 (40:15):
But that's like as writers, they had no like again,
if he if he made a choice, I think that
it would not have been like I don't think the
fans would have responded well to it. I don't think
that like empowers the women in the scene. I think
that would have been weird. I will tell you what.
I remember that because they had me kind of just
doing like busy work, right when then I kind of
(40:37):
walk over and be like, yeah, she's right, Like, you
got to figure this out.
Speaker 2 (40:40):
You gotta choose who you want to be with.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
This isn't fair, but I'll never forget doing this busy work.
And there was a bunch of background actors all Indian,
and I remember one of.
Speaker 2 (40:51):
Them saying to me.
Speaker 3 (40:54):
They said to me, you know, this is so exciting
for us to have so many Indians, like, you know,
on a show like this. This feels so important. This
is so wonderful, you know, even though you're not Indian, Like,
it's okay, we accept you as one of our own.
And I was like, and it was one of those moments,
you know when you're so caught off guard. I just
(41:16):
said thank you, like I didn't like even have the
words to be like I'm I'm.
Speaker 2 (41:22):
Like, I'm half felt complicated in that moment.
Speaker 3 (41:25):
Well, like they were literally they were just like they're
like rolling and this person like says the thing, and
I was just like, I was so happy to be
of service, you know, and I was, you know, and
then it was like shuffled and moved and then we
moved into like the stuff that I was doing with
like you know, Schmidt and Elizabeth. But I'll never forget
that moment where I was like, I know, I am
It's this is an authentic casting moment. I am in.
(41:47):
This is why this is an Indian wedding because of
the actress they cast in this role.
Speaker 2 (41:51):
It wouldn't be this otherwise that would feel weird.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
That moment always stuck with me, where they're just like,
we don't accept you as our own because this is
such a powerful moment for mainstream sitcom TV for Indians.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
So thank you for just looking like you do.
Speaker 4 (42:07):
You're okay, very welcome.
Speaker 1 (42:11):
And in another cool moment, there's always this back and
forth between Nick and Jess and I remember I had
this conversation with Hannah on a previous episode where I
was so confused. I was like, where are we in
the Nick and Jess saga? Because and then again I
(42:32):
had that moment rewatching it and I was like, oh,
wait a minute, Okay, I think I'm caught up to
where we are right now. And the will they won't?
They are?
Speaker 4 (42:39):
They are? They not?
Speaker 1 (42:40):
But it was a cool moment. What do you remember
about that moment at the final the final little I
guess back and forth before you all drive off together.
Speaker 2 (42:50):
Yeah, that was so sweet. Your speech is so sweet
and heartfelt.
Speaker 4 (42:56):
I am trying to think what I remember about it.
I do remember being like, wait, what we're doing? What
I think? You know? What? I think they had to like?
It was kind of a strategic move because it's like
obviously that relationship was so important and they don't want
(43:16):
to like completely just like like there has to be
this like tension between like there has to be like
problems because otherwise, like if it just like you put
them together too early and they're just happy, then like
you kind of you don't want to spend that like
tension too early. Like it's like it's only season two,
(43:38):
so I think that, but there has to be that
genuine stuff and really like truly like the Jess and Nick,
like Jess and Nick so genuinely do like love each other,
and like I also just like loved working with Jake,
Like I found like even though like he's so funny
and he can be so silly and all that stuff,
(43:59):
but like just he can he really it's it's it's
wonderful playing those like very sincere moments with him, so
like I really enjoyed like that that relationship was just
it was a gift. I think like that getting to
play the Nick and Jess storyline over that long was
(44:20):
so amazing and I think this was like, you know
a great moment in that in that relationship. And then
also just like the fact that like we kind of
it was a real kind of Cliffinger we don't know, right,
like what are they gonna do?
Speaker 1 (44:37):
Yeah, I mean I thought it was great good.
Speaker 4 (44:39):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (44:39):
I was just gonna say, like I looked at that again.
Speaker 3 (44:41):
I looked back at those scripts and there was a
whole scene where Nick runs into Rob Reiner on the
way out and they kind of like hash it out
and Nick shares like his like wow, okay, I might
be all these things, but all these other great things too,
and he kind of gets lost in the sauce like
typical like Nick Miller style, and then Rob Briner's character
(45:02):
goes like, I think what you're trying to say is
you're going after my daughter, Like you better go because
she's leaving.
Speaker 2 (45:07):
So there was that big thing. And then I feel
like in the table draft version there was it was.
Speaker 3 (45:12):
Nick that came out with the speech of wanting to
uncall it and then you know, like you say it too,
and none of those things ended up what we know
ended up, And we maybe they shot that Rob Reiner
thing because that was in the production draft, but how
they flipped it at the end and this is just
I mean, you're a really incredible in that scene because
(45:34):
all that other stuff that they'd done to kind of
lead up to the uncall it moment disappeared. So you
just had to in this like, you know, cause they
only had twenty one minutes in this very short space,
do that flip and just sell it with like heart
and emotion, and it was it's really beautiful and really sweet,
and you really, like you just said, feels like, oh,
this is like a real relationship.
Speaker 2 (45:55):
Now they have like real bumps.
Speaker 3 (45:57):
They have their doubts, They're still going to try to
go for it because you can see how much they wanted.
Speaker 2 (46:02):
But it was thank you had to do a lot
of work in a very short of space, you know.
Speaker 4 (46:06):
You know, I I really appreciate that. And one thing
I do love about like our editors was that they
instead of like picking the like I do feel like
when Push came to Shovin, we had like this short
time to fill, you know, a short time to like
tell the whole story that they they would always they
would choose the genuine moments, you know, rather than the like,
(46:29):
you know, exposition that wasn't important or you know, a
crazy silly moment or something that they would like go
for that heart, which is so nice. It's like always
kind of what made the you know, the show kind
of it's special blend of things.
Speaker 2 (46:46):
Yeah, that's right, you just said. It's like so funny.
Speaker 3 (46:48):
I just got goosebumps you're talking about it just because
it's they could have done that whole thing with Nick
and the dad and the whatever, and they're just given
you to like, uncall it, uncall it and then they
kiss at the car. But instead they gave you that
little bit of extra room to like breathe and to
like to show your eyes and to have that moment
of connection of all the unsaid things and do that instead,
(47:08):
which is what I think was the magic of the show.
But having them have to be wise enough to make
those choices too, But that's only because they had to
choose from and that was you doing it.
Speaker 4 (47:19):
Thank you so true.
Speaker 1 (47:23):
And on that note, we'll be right back. And we
are back now it is time for the mess around.
Mabe mabe, yeah, babe, yeah, you screwing up? Had you
(47:47):
missed that?
Speaker 3 (47:49):
Because here's I tell you where my brain went is
two things I thought that maybe it's important to say
to our listeners. Is one, this character of Elizabeth is
named after Elizabeth Merriweather one too. Elaine's big day is
a big reference to the graduate and they're big, big,
big wedding moment that obviously happens at the end of
the graduate And then Elizabeth Merriweather I read this interview,
(48:12):
was talking about how she just thought, instead of like Schmidt,
having this big graduate moment of being like CC, you're
for me, of actually having like chavrange of somebody going
like here for me and like this like funny moment
to happen, that actually like kind of you know, derails
the wedding as opposed to having a big, like graduate moment.
(48:34):
But they still kept the nod in there with calling
Taylor Swift's character Elaine, I never.
Speaker 1 (48:40):
Knew that, you go, I never knew that. So we're
gonna so for the mess around, We're just gonna answer
one of these questions. Okay, and I think we may
have talked about this before at some point. Have either
of you ever done a prank that was too big
or have had one done on you? I know I have,
(49:02):
I have.
Speaker 2 (49:03):
Yeah, okay, had happened to you?
Speaker 4 (49:07):
Yeah, I've done one. I mean I participated in it.
I participated it.
Speaker 1 (49:13):
Well, let's hear about it.
Speaker 4 (49:18):
I don't even know if I should. It's really like
like where you know, where you do something you think
it's funny and then the person takes it away too seriously.
Speaker 1 (49:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (49:31):
Yeah, no, just my friend was trying to scare his
other friend, like as a joke and like put like
some like little like hand drawn signs on his car,
like like pretending to be stocking or something, and we
were like, hah, we made these little signed but they
(49:53):
were like so I felt like so obviously like fake.
But the friend got like so upset that he like
put camera yeah, and then I was like, oh my gosh,
a board mission. This is not cool, Like he's scared.
But then he was like he didn't want to tell
(50:13):
his friend because he was worried he would be so
mad at what she Probably.
Speaker 2 (50:17):
Did he ever find out or you just thought the
stalker went away.
Speaker 4 (50:20):
I don't know, because I haven't seen these people in years.
This was a college age kind of deal. Yeah, that
wasn't back away. I was like, he I was like,
let's put tic TACs on his car? Like I don't know.
I was like, we were like, yeah, it was really bad,
like in that the person like got like actually nervous
(50:43):
about it. What we what should have happened was that
it should have been disclosed that there was like a
group of people playing a prank, right, but it wasn't
as close but wasn't my friend, So like, you know,
I participated, but I feel bad about it. So sorry, God,
your conscience is just.
Speaker 1 (51:05):
This person now has a complex, this person now has
fifty security can.
Speaker 4 (51:09):
Know this was so long ago. I bet you know
what about you, Hannah?
Speaker 3 (51:15):
Oh my gosh, have I ever done a prank? I
honestly I.
Speaker 1 (51:20):
Or had one done on you.
Speaker 2 (51:22):
I'm trying to think they never.
Speaker 3 (51:26):
I think Zoe and I are built a little bit
similarly in the sense that I immediately just have to
confess the thing, like I can't keep I can't have
one person not be in on it. So I very
quickly got like excluded from like any like prank committees
because I just felt like too weird, too bad. I
(51:47):
don't like someone feeling left out of the thing. I
don't like like, so I've only ever done like I
am like the queen of like fun surprises for people, you.
Speaker 4 (51:57):
Know, Like, well, I like surprising.
Speaker 2 (52:00):
What's the surprises?
Speaker 3 (52:00):
Yeah, Like I can do those all day long, all
the lies and the layers of the things and showing
up and like, but that's all like happiness.
Speaker 2 (52:07):
But I've never I get too I.
Speaker 3 (52:09):
Get too nervous that somebody's gonna take it wrong. And
then I'm like an apology mode.
Speaker 4 (52:15):
So I know, I felt really bad about that thing,
but it wasn't really my friend, so I couldn't apologize
to them. So actually put me in a really weird
position where I was like, I'm never participating. I'm never
participating in a prank again.
Speaker 3 (52:28):
Yeah, I get that feeling. I feel like somebody tried.
I can't remember what it was. I think I was young.
Someone tried to wrote me into something and I just remember,
like this made me feel sick to my stomach.
Speaker 4 (52:36):
I feel like pranks just like never do a George
Clooney lead then, right, because isn't he like crank Oh yeah, everybody.
Speaker 1 (52:43):
He's notorious for that, like really very very elaborate ones
apparently elaborate prank he gave his friend Richard. Apparently George
found a piece of artwork in a like dump, like
like the trash bin or something and had it like
fixed up and framed and for Richard's like they gave
it to him and told him it was this really
expensive like piece of art and he had it hanging
(53:05):
over his mantle in his house for years and it
wasn't I forget how long it was, but apparently it
was like over like a decade until he told him
that it wasn't that a crank.
Speaker 2 (53:14):
No, You're just like, that's just punking people.
Speaker 3 (53:17):
You're just punking people for your amusement.
Speaker 1 (53:21):
Well, I had so recently. I I'm supposed to be
doing this show with Nick Cage called Spider Noir, and
my manager reached out and said, hey, so Nick wants
to have dinner with you. And I got so nervous
because I thought, well, I already have the job, but
is this one of those like tests? Because I heard
(53:43):
he's a very like extravagant guy, and you know we
see him on camera he's so big and he makes big,
bold choices. I was like, oh my god, I got
to like really like focus up for this meeting. Now. Simultaneously,
I just got that Emmy nomination like two days prior,
so I was super like you know in press, you
know how it goes like you have to do all
these interviews and things like.
Speaker 4 (54:03):
That, Oh, you're like super full of yourself.
Speaker 1 (54:06):
I was speaking in the third person. I was like,
lamurn's not going to meet with Nick right now, But.
Speaker 4 (54:13):
Then alternately like the royal weed.
Speaker 1 (54:15):
Yeah you know what I mean. Yes, but I was
so nervous about meeting him, and my anxiety levels for
some reason just started like going through the roof, and
I was freaking out about it. Now. Day of I
get a text from Eric Andre and he says, hey, man,
doors open at seven thirty. You can get there around eight,
(54:36):
And I went, what are you talking about? And he says,
my show. You would agreed to do my show? And
two months prior I had said I would do his show,
but no one from his side confirmed that it was
ever happening, so it wasn't in my calendar or anything.
But at the same time as Nick's the dinner with Nick,
I was so like pissed at Eric and he was like, Bro,
(54:56):
you can't bail on me. If you don't show up
it's a live show, then there's no show. Have to
show up. It's a thousand people there. I was like,
oh my god. So my manager's like, don't worry about it.
We're gonna call Sony. We're gonna try to figure this out.
And she's panicking, and next thing you know, she's like,
don't worry about it. Nick said, it's okay. Nick said,
he lives right down the street from the spot that
you that you're gonna have dinner and d well. He goes, well,
(55:19):
she goes. He was like, just call him when you're
done with your set, and then you and then he'll
meet up with you. And I was like, okay, thank god.
I go to Eric's show. Of course it's Eric Andre.
So it's a crazy, obscene, stupid show, really funny but stupid,
where he made me chug a beer, chug a red
Bull and eat ghost pepper hot sauce, which I didn't
think he was going to actually do that. I thought
(55:39):
it was like a fake thing. So I tasted a
good amount of it and my mouth was on fire,
and that he's got the whole crowd throwing stuff at me.
It was a shit show. I'm sweating, I'm like covered
in like hot sauce and my mouth is burning. I
rush over to the dinner with Nick. I get to
this restaurant and I'm like freaking out. I'm like, do
I smell bad? I'm sure I look like I look crazy.
(55:59):
I go and I say I'm here to meet with
uh Nick Cage and she goes, oh, right, this way.
She takes me around the corner and there are eight
people sitting at a table, all wearing Nick Cage masks,
and they go surprise. And it was my friends and
my manager, all pretending to be Nick Cage that they
(56:21):
thought this was a great idea. So for like a week,
my anxiety was I was so pissed. I turned around
and walked off. I just turned around and left. God, yeah,
so that just happened to me.
Speaker 2 (56:34):
So wrong.
Speaker 4 (56:36):
That went wrong?
Speaker 3 (56:37):
Would like you and your Emmy nomination, and you're like,
I now am indeed.
Speaker 4 (56:42):
Can I just tell you, Hannah, and I would never
brought to you.
Speaker 2 (56:46):
This is I think you never even occurred to me. Boy,
I feel like.
Speaker 4 (56:52):
So I would blow. I'd be like that I talked
to you, I'd be.
Speaker 3 (56:55):
Like you You're like, oh my god, I'm in this
huge conundrum with the Nick Cage meeting and.
Speaker 2 (57:05):
Meeting chill up, just relaxed.
Speaker 4 (57:07):
So I would have wanted to have saved you from that,
Eric Andre. That was like, that was I'm sorry. I
love him.
Speaker 1 (57:17):
Like that was not the day for me to do it.
Speaker 4 (57:19):
Read for your part.
Speaker 1 (57:21):
Maybe I think he read for for Winston. Yeah, for
coach ma Yeah, yeah, I'm coach.
Speaker 4 (57:27):
Yeah he read for coach or maybe Winston once coach
was off. I know he I know he came in
and I know I saw a tape and I and
I know he was good, but he was he was
not will More and Morris.
Speaker 1 (57:41):
So shout out to Eric Andre, the World's Craziest Man.
He's also nominated's sister and got my vote too. Yeah
for his for his show Where's the Eric Andre Show?
And then one like variety talk show host or something.
Speaker 2 (58:00):
Also one of the loveliest humans in the world.
Speaker 4 (58:02):
He's he seems very nice. He was in Trolls three
with me and it was very nice.
Speaker 1 (58:09):
My daughter loves. By the way, thank you all for
listening to another episode of The Mess Around. Thank you
to Zooey des Chouel for being here. Of course, make
sure you follow us on I g at the mess
Around pod sending all your emails, all your questions, all
your concerns. H Hannah will be checking them daily. Yes,
(58:35):
I love you.
Speaker 4 (58:35):
Guys, Love you guys, bye.
Speaker 1 (58:40):
That was the mess around. This has been an iHeartMedia production.
Our executive producer is Joel Monique. Our engineer and editor
is Mia Taylor. Additional production from Daniel Goodman, Wendy Heisler,
and Kyle Vron. Our theme song was written and composed
by Ronald Jukebox Jackson. So We're gonna catch you next time.
Hey babe, Yeah, babe. We had an exciting episode.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Today, very exciting episode today.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
It's very exciting. Do you want to talk about it?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I do want to talk about it.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
We have the one that only our beloved miss so
Additional with us today to talk about Elaine's big day.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
How are you, Zoe.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
I'm great. I'm so happy to see you guys.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
So here's the thing, Zoe, we've been looking.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
You're both looking great. I just want to say, first.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Off, before we get started, have you have we have
we talked to you about the fact that we've been
trying to get Taylor Swift make an appearance on this
uh on this podcast because of this episode?
Speaker 4 (01:05):
If we oh, because she's busy.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I think she's just like I've heard, she's got a
few things happening.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
I think she's gone a little by gull.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
But I feel like if anybody could make it happen,
you could make it happen. I just feel like you
have that kind of pull in power.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Oh that's that's kind of you to think that about me.
I really don't know, Like I feel like it's I
So here's my feeling about Taylor Swift, Like, I absolutely
freaking love her, and I like never want to like
ask her for any favors because I just don't ever
want to be like yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Because she could go on it could be horrible time
for her, she.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Has a bad experience.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
What if she's like it was me at that bar
in New York.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Yeah, out of the.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Bar, I get it, get it?
Speaker 4 (01:56):
No, no, no, I I actually know I I yeah again,
I'm the worst person asking people for favors. So you
know what, me too.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
It's a really interesting thing, isn't it such a funny thing.
It's a very strange thing. I'm always just like I
don't know if I can.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
But maybe I could find someone who would feel comfortable
because you feel like.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
People are I'm such a right exactly and everybody has
like I feel like I have like very few things
that would like break through that like like like the
instinct to protect any like not not that I'm I'm
(02:37):
not protecting anybody, but I'm just like I'm just like
always like I just feel bad. I just feel bad
ever asking anyone for anything. That's so weird. I will
not ask for In fact, this is funny because when
I was like a teenager, I stayed with my parents'
friends when they were out of town who had like
a kid my age, and I like my parents just
(02:58):
like forgot to give me lunch my need for like
four days or something, and I didn't ask for lunch money.
So I like went and the dad like gave me
some cookies and I just ate a cookie day for
lunch to like because I didn't want I would refuse
to ask for money and I didn't tell my parents
and needed money. I don't know what made That's how
(03:19):
resist I am.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
To ask red Wiring.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
It is like I will not.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Make a terrible streak. You make a terrible streak. I'm
doing it for free.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Again, like don't yeah no, I would be Yeah no,
I'm not. I'm not a busker by nature. But yeah,
So you got the tenth best thing after Taylor's wif
for this episode, we.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Got the best thing. We've got the star of our show.
So we're so grateful to have you here. You want
to do a quick recapital, do it?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
You do it? I love hearing.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Let's go here we go, ladies and gentlemen. This is
the messing around with Hannah and Lamourn. Today we are
featuring the star of New Girl Zoey Deschanel, and we're
off Elaine's Big Day. Elaine's big day, very very important episode.
It's CEC's big day. Actually it is her wedding day,
(04:20):
but Schmidt is convinced that she doesn't want to go
through with it, so he recruits Winston to help him
sabotage the wedding. Now they take it way too far
and they release a wild badger that ends up wreaking
havoc on the reception. Meanwhile, Jess and Nick are struggling
to decide if they should call off their relationship. And
oh yeah, Chevrange, that's sneaky little man. He might be
(04:43):
in love with someone other than Ceci. Here we go. WHOA, okay,
let's jump right in. Let's jump right in. Jess is
the maid of honor in this episode and right away
in the beginning. I love this beginning opening scene because
it gives you a good glimpse of what the dynamic is,
(05:04):
especially now that your quote unquote father is here. Rob
Reiner is here right. I thought it was really really
funny to see every liked like Schmidt's telling Winston don't
touch him, just really wants this picture. Nick is being
told to get out of the picture completely. Yeah, what
do we remember to.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Get out there?
Speaker 4 (05:25):
I mean, here's the thing that's so funny, is like
Rob Reiner's characters both to hate Bob. It was like
hate Nick, but Rob like loved, like love him, like
I feel like more than the I mean, he definitely
like liked us all for sure, but I think he
(05:45):
liked Jake the most. What do you guys think, do
you remember that that he.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Like really likes I do remember that, I remember him.
I feel like he doesn't like me. I feel like
he doesn't like me.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Oh of course, everyone.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Everyone, everybody feels so loved, like, yeah, he's so yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
He's so.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
You thought I didn't like you, Well, here's why, because
I did something stupid. It's it almost it's almost like
how when Max and Jake thought it would be a
good idea to ask Dennis Farina really stupid per questions
about being a detective, and now he treated them afterwards,
I decided to do a take in one of the
scenes where I where I called him a meathead. Now that's,
(06:26):
you know, throwback to all in the family. That's what
you know, that's what he was calling the show. He
looked at me and said, oh, do you think I've
never been called that before? He goes try again in
the scene. So it crushed me so much that I
was so awkward around him. And I don't know if
(06:47):
he felt that awkwardness. I mean, he was very nice
and kind afterwards, but deep down I feel like he's
like this guy's a hack.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
No, No, I can't imagine.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
I think he was like trying to like give it back,
you know what I mean, like trying to.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Like like just love me.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
They just love me, just let me go.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
So with this picture, apparently so I Zoey. I went
and found the table draft of this episode and then
the production draft of this episode, And as it was scripted,
it was supposed to end on like this super funny
picture of like Nick half out of it, of like
little like Schmid making a weird face, you having like
a great smile, and it was supposed to be this
(07:35):
really weird thing. And I feel like it was one
of those things with like alts and extra takes that
we just kept going on that it ended up just
being like I'm not doing and everybody walked away and
it's just the dad taking a picture of his like
sweet daughter.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
I think you're totally right. I think we tried it
that way, and they might have taken a picture of
us like all kind of half that would like the
more than you were in there. Don't you think we
probably tried I think we pretty much tried it a
few ways, and that way that it ended up was
kind of just.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
I definitely think it was funnier that the way it
ended up for sure.
Speaker 4 (08:13):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
It felt like a lot of amprop going back and forth.
And then I think they were just like that just works.
That feels real that they would just be like, we're
not doing it, We're.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Out, Yeah, exactly exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
So we get to we get to the reception, ye
and whinstead sees this badger Zoe. I'm not one hundred
percent sure if you remember this moment, but the badger
uh pede on uh me and also on my stand
in Brian Crump.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
So like that's just like parer course if you have
to deal with an animal, right, because I just feel
like you don't like dealing with animals and it's like
a curse of being a horn because you don't like it.
And for some reason they're like, let's make littlemore in
(09:06):
the most like the character that deals with animals, like
the most of all the characters. I love animals. I
like never got to work with like an animal.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
They do.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
And it's like, are you kidding me? Like we would
have loved to have those animals, but somehow, just like
they like basically never let me be in the dance sequences.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
They could have given anyway.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
It's like the same thing, you cann't give me the
cat Hannah a cat Hannah anyway. That although I would
have said no to Badger, yeah, well he was.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Very like Badger.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Well, he was in his cage. He was in his
little crate, I guess you would say, and that. And
remember in that episode where we're pushing him through the vents.
At parts of some of the time, it was a
fake Badger in there, you know what I mean. But
when they would show the actual crate, they would have
you know, Bucky, the real bad the real badger' in there.
(10:07):
And I remember one time he just was like, I'm
spraying and multiple time he scumped me essentially, that's what
he did. Have to take a shower, no, But when
I left, when I left the set that day, a
lot of other female Badgers were like running up these
(10:28):
badgers everything, Like.
Speaker 4 (10:29):
I've never had so much badger game. Wait, were we
shot this episode like partially on the Fox spot and
then did was it partially? Was it? Was it down
like MacArthur Park area or was it like at that
hotel next door studio? The hotel next door hotel next
(10:53):
Stord that is now like condemned it not I've passed
by it and it's like totally closed down. It was
like a high or a Hilton or something. It's gone
very convenient for shooting a Fox. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Here was that the same hotel from die Hard?
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Because I was gonna say the die Hard thing too,
you and I at.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
This point it's on the same die The die Hard
building is down the street. But yeah, it is a
lot of that stuff was in die Hard because that
with that tower or something towers, yeahs towers.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
It's like towers or something like that.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
And you can we would stare at it's all the
time when we were going into like work and like
on our stage, and this episode feels like it's got
a lot of die Hard in it, like the it's
exacting and like the it's not like the vibe of it.
Speaker 4 (11:48):
But yeah, you're so right. Crawling through like like vents.
Building vents is so dark, right, nothing like crawling through
building back like escape it you recalled hard.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
You know, if anybody wants to call me for action film,
I can crawl through events. We've now seen that happen.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
I can get I actually think you'd be like a
great action start.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Thank you, thank you, you really would. I've been telling
you this like one of those.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Like funny action movies.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Can you you can get this green lit? Zoe. You
just have to say okay to it?
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Can I? Yes? Can I produce it?
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (12:27):
I want I want in on this. Cash this a
little more and you just do your like workouts, will
work out.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Fitness instructor, gone rogue.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Let's write this. We're doing it right now.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Canna, do you want to be in will be the
animal handler? Okay, so I feel like you have to
be the buffalo.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Yes, you can wear one of those like cool outfits
that they were.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
That's right, this is great.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
I would look cute on you like a jump as long.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
As I have to wear heels anymore. You guys, I'm in.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
No no, no animal trainers full.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Yeah, really, I mean we'recruiting your next opportunity.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
I mean, oh my god, I just want to produce.
You want to sit there and eat take out.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
That's why I want to be a producer. I don't
have to put makeup.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Yeah, now let's jump back into this. You uh had
y'all dulled up. You're getting ready to uh well see
she's getting ready to get married, and Jess obviously is
in there kind of calming the nerves a little bit.
What do you remember? What do you both remember about
this particular moment? Was this on stage? This particular part
(13:43):
was this actually at that same building?
Speaker 3 (13:45):
I don't know where it was shot, but I remember
again because I looked at the script and there's like
this whole thing where Zoe, you were the one that's
like wrapping the sorry, it's like around the rabbit.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
And we were on stage.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Yeah, and it was like this I remember thing, and
you made like this sorry joke, but not sorry joke.
It was all.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
Scripted, which didn't make the show because I think they
had so much other stuff that they needed to get to.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
I mean, it was a packed episode.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
So this whole bit, but we shot it. I do
remember shooting it.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
I remember that because they kept asking me about well,
like wrapping the sorry.
Speaker 2 (14:22):
And I've never worn a sorry before.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Really in my life, like maybe a couple times like
in India at something and someone else put me in it,
but like I've never really worn one.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
It looked it was, I mean, it was great.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
I just didn't have it was That was the one
interesting thing is like to feel like, Wow, there's this
big representation of this Indian wedding, and that's so cool
that I get to be part of this big moment
of representation.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
And I'm also like not the best person for it,
like the least about it. So but I remember that.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
I remember you trying to wrap the sorry and the
jokes that were being made, and it was like actually
a really sweet like jess CC moment, but it didn't
make the cut because of all the other things that had.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
There's a lot of cotton eye Joe.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Like we need to hear it three or four times.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
We have to. I just remember being on set and
I remember mag like seeing they're like, god night, Joe,
this is ridiculous. I was like, I can't believe we're
doing this.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I remember that scene. That moment was at the door
is at the doorway when he's looking at you and
he's singing the song I watched. When I rewatched it
last night, I went I forgot about that moment. That
is such a ridiculous delivery of moment.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
I like live for that, Like I live for it.
But I was just like, this is crazy. I can't
believe we're making this.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
Say about this.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
There's like a couple of moments where like Jess comes
out and like really gives it to Schmidt.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Right.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
It was just like, no, oh, like you are not
messing with this girl's wedding. This is not happening. Get
over it.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
This Yeah, it's really and after like when he says like, oh,
with her eyes, she told me with her eyes this
is done.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
And it's it's rare that it happens.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
But it was a moment where I could see like you,
Zoe like fully come through because you're like a solid girlfriend,
and I feel like you would go real big sister
on somebody in real life and be like, knock it off,
this is not a job, this is my friend's wedding
and get it together.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
I definitely would, Yeah, I definitely would. Also, like this
is like the beginning of some of the like the
redeeming they had to do later because he is dating
such a lovely Merritt Weaver's character, Elizabeth, and she's like
so lovely and they had some really I think season
(16:52):
three didn't they have to kind of like backtrack yeah
a bit with Schmidt because it was not cool what
he was doing. And they start this episode.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
With such a sweet like couple's moment where she's like,
it's a three hour ceremony.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
You know how your bladder gets.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Weird, go pee, and he like gives her a sweet
look like that's like real deep relationship stuff. When you
even like you know how you are, you can go
and he's like, thank you for knowing how I am.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
They didn't even try to make her like hate no,
like you know, unlikable. She's pretty generally likable. No, they can't.
She's pretty likable. So problem.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Yeah, that was a nice thing I think about having
like a female creator of your show too, where she
was just like.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
This is a Schmidt problem.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
We're not going to sit down offloaded to like CC
or to Elizabeth. We're just going to keep this heat
on him and he needs to sort it out, which
is really nice that by the end of the episode
when we get there it's like you never see even
one bad look between Cec and Elizabeth.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
They're just sort of like.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
I just went through there's all sorts of parties that
happened on my screen and we're not sure why, but sure.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
But here's the thing. It must be nice because I
don't think this is real life. Obviously it's a television show.
But it must be nice to be Schmid to go,
let me take my pick at which woman I want
to be with at this woman's wedding. I don't want
to be like you get this.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
Choice breath at a wedding.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
I'll decide if I want to be with her or not.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Yeah, I mean, I'm kind of grateful that at the
end of the episode they never made it that he
like picks, because that would have been very gross. It
would have been a very weird, gross moment, like, yeah,
the redemption need to happen. And I think that's what
they kind of pushed over into the next season where
he had to do some earning.
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Right, Yeah, he had to He had to do some earning,
which is cool. It's one of the things I like
about the show. You know, it's like, you know, years
past when we ended, like I look back and I'm like, wow,
they did such The writers did such a good good
job of like creating these like fun characters that you
like to see in these kind of like fun episodic
(19:12):
kind of situations. It's very sick coommy, but there were
really serialized storylines where you were watching the characters have
these arcs over seasons, and I think, like that is
something special about the show. And I think and I
think I love it.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
We all love it too. Here's the thing we're going.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
I think I love you guys.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
I love you more. We're gonna go to commercial break,
and when we come back, we're going to talk about
more about how much you love us, and also about
Schmidt and Winston coming together to screw this wedding app
prank style. We'll be right back, and we are back
(20:02):
if you're just tuning in, uh to this particular podcast.
There is something that we do on this show that
Hannah has been dropping the ball on for I don't know,
since the beginning of this show. Where's the bear? And
this woman can ever seem to find the damn bear?
And uh, this is a total myth and she likes
to keep this train going. So we're going to keep
(20:24):
this train going, Hannah.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Where's the bear bit?
Speaker 3 (20:31):
I'm gonna say season two, I may have forgotten about
it a lot, and it seems like the.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Writers got it too, and props and everybody else.
Speaker 4 (20:40):
And I'll be and maybe it's not a real thing.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
And there we go, there we go, there we go.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
It's over.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
The last time that I don't look for.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
This is all just a prank on me for the
past couple of years, because I'll tell you what this
ep it.
Speaker 4 (20:58):
Was, and it was created like money.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Yeah, full disclosure. For the first time ever. I didn't
even look.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Well and I got a surprise for you. Did you
see found a badger is in the bear family?
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Yeah, but it could be by the badger, tiny little bear.
Speaker 1 (21:25):
It's a tiny little bear. So speaking of their speaking
of their pranks and animals, Chevrange gets on this, Chevrong
gets on this this white horse. Is that a tradition?
Is that a thing in Indian weddings?
Speaker 3 (21:40):
I literally just told you I'm not the most qualified
person to talk to about Indian.
Speaker 4 (21:46):
Yeah, it's a thing, Yeah for sure, Yeah, totally, I know,
because I'm an.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Expert, because I've been to an Indian Indian wedding, did
not see a white horse, and I just thought it
was funny that step one in their pranks was to
almost kill Chevron by letting off an airhorn by a horse.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
That was wild.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
That was a wild prank to play to like startle
a huge animal like that. Seemed like a little crazy
and just reacted appropriately.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
And Hindu weddings, the groom often arrives at the wedding
venue on a white horse or in a white horse
drawn carriage as a part of the tradition called gouri.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
So it's not like the like, it's not like the
bride getting to get arrived in a carriage.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
It's the groom.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
I've heard of it before. I've just never seen it,
but yes, I do believe that happens.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Okay, well, well.
Speaker 4 (22:43):
Don't try to spook horses, guys, because it's not a
nice thing to do when somebody's on the horse because
then the horse will go crazy.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
It was funny to watch like whoever was doing the stunt,
like just fully shrink in tower behind the head of
the horse. I did see that part where we just
see the feet sticking out.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Yeah, that was good.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
That was good covering that.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
That was definitely not Satia on the horse in no way,
shape or form.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Okay, all right, let's jump back into it now. Schmid
says he will call off the Shenanigans, right uh, But
then he instructs Winston to get crazy. He blows the
air horn, the horse rides off like a like a psychopath.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Right, And Nick is trying to do the right thing
because he cares about his relationship, which is very sweet.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
He tries, he tries, but but Jess doesn't believe him
because Cotton Eye Joe starts to play.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
And the prank is too good. It actually has to
he made some sense out of it.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
But this is one of the crazier storylines. Let's macro
crazy storyline.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Okay, don't tape the soundboard. She's like, that's an intelligent move,
and you're the smartest prankster there is.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
It had to be you. Then that's how he kind
of gets done for.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
One of the things. I'm just wondering, like, what did
the like the writer of Cotton Eye Joe like think
of this. They're like, I never thought my song would
like inspire an entire episode like twenty one minutes of television.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
Yeah, and also, now people who are big fans of
the show, Like this is like a song they play
at their weddings. Now, Cotton Eye Joe gets played at
weddings now because of this episode.
Speaker 4 (24:27):
Should I play it at my should be my wedding?
Should I walk them the aisle to kind of go?
Speaker 1 (24:34):
And what's the what's the thing that dance Chicken dance
Chicken dancer?
Speaker 4 (24:39):
Bill Collins, Oh yeah, Grooby kind of love. Yeah, the
release slow version.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
New Girl in your wedding?
Speaker 2 (24:52):
If that Frank, it's always wedding lamore and you if.
Speaker 4 (24:56):
You bring a badger for my wedding.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
Freak out the Le's talk about it for a second.
Let's talk about it for a second. You know there
are what are you feeling? Badger out of wedding? Not
really a bad idea, right, because it's a cool looking
ped People can pet it, people can walk, people take
selfies with the badger.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
Right.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
The problem, I think the problem is when you decide
you want to I get you. I got your ten
right now.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
Ten reasons why badger's cute?
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Badger cute. If a badger peas on you, then other
like lady badgers will come and like be attracted to.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
You, just like I kind of still stuck on the
fact that you shared earlier that the badger peede on you,
you didn't take a shower, and then you were like
just like back at work.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
And then what you do is you multiply that, you know,
and then you got.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
Ten okay for the badger at Zoe.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Maybe not a badger at your wedding, Maybe not your
badger at your wedding, but in this particular case, you again,
in typical New Girl fashion, you know that these characters
are idiots. So Winston would do something like that, Yes,
he would go into the ducts and proceed to try
to sabotage this wedding, which is exactly what happened. Now.
(26:19):
Nick tells Winston that the plan cannot be that thing.
You cannot drop a badger on a priest, and you know,
Schmidt then goes back. He tells Jess that Nick wasn't
in on it, and that Nick was saying that just
means so much to me. YadA YadA, YadA, And that
causes you know, a little bit of a romantic moment
(26:40):
between Nick and Jess again, right, like a little little uh,
let's forgive each other moment for this. Why would you
think this of me. Why do you think I'm a child?
Et cetera, et cetera.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
DA said, so, yeah, there was like a really sweet
moment when you guys were kind of having that in
that two shot where you guys really head to head
and he's just like really pushing for the answer, and
then you know, like Jess is going.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Through a bit of distress.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
He's like trapped in a duck, there's a badger on
the loose, her best friend's trying to get married, and
this guy's like, let's have a real.
Speaker 4 (27:12):
Tame, which wouldn't stress me out, but it's.
Speaker 3 (27:15):
To sit there and be like, you know, like to
have this big relationship chat. Like in that moment, like
I was just like read the room, literally, buddy, and
then for you to you just answered honestly and like
he couldn't handle the honesty. It didn't mean that, you know,
the character didn't want to be with the other character.
(27:36):
You're just answering the question. And I thought pretty gently
then a very sensitive male ego just was like, I
guess we're not that that's how you feel.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
We have to have some conflict in the middle of
the episode, you.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Know, Yeah, sure, I just was like, wow, it was
such like such a small thing. But then it makes
you think about, like so many relationships do end over
just like tiny, small.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
Something really weird. It's so true. So I'm just remembering
now that the first episode of season three, I'm still
wearing this sorry and I'm in I mean, I don't
mean to skip ahead, but like I just had this
flashback that like they were like, so you have to
wear the sorry again, only turned it into like beach where.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
She redded it. Basically you were in like this it
was shredded.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
Yeah, it was like a short skirt. Yeah, shipwrack. I
had to get a tan and like like some like
beachy hair kind of.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
Yeah, we shut it down in Marina del Rey. I
remember that little weird strip of beach that we shot
it in that beginning of season three, in the same
outfit where you guys kind of like.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
The Jamaica in I think the place was gone.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
I remember that location. Were like we're back and this
is where we're starting. We didn't start like in the loft.
Speaker 2 (28:56):
It was like this.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
Really it was a really weird feeling where this this
season ended us and then yeah, where we had to start.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Yeah, do you remember getting fitted for that. Sorry. Did
you have to go down to our t show or
did they bring it all up to the.
Speaker 4 (29:09):
No, they brought it up to me, But I was
because I think I had it was like less involved
than your situation, which was quite involved because you're a ride.
But I was obsessed with the color of my sorry, Like,
I loved it. It was so pretty.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
It was really I never get to wear those shows.
I never get to wear sorry on you never do,
Like y'all want to play with pets and stuff like that,
and they always put that on me. But when it
comes to sorry, sorry, Uh Well. I think it's cool
about this episode is that it starts with one person
(29:45):
with that Schmid obviously sees a little bit of doubt
in CC's eyes, which sets off a chain of events
which activates Winston, which then activates Nick, which then somehow
ends up with Jess also in the ducks. And it
starts with one idea of a person looking in someone's eyes,
and it ends with a collapse of the ceiling onto
(30:08):
the top of the wing. All parties all.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
Collapse of the entire like inner like ducting system of
a hotel.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
Yes, I also love that, like just like that female
approach of just like, you know what, I'm going up
to the ducks, like let.
Speaker 2 (30:23):
Me just it was just like such like a full like.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
I don't know, like mom moment of like, you know what, forget,
I'll handle it. I was gonna put everybody straight and
figure this whole thing out, which is why, like the
the hard truth of it, it's.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
Jests that falls down and like collapses.
Speaker 4 (30:40):
Where the and another great moment from Monica Bronder my
son double yeap yes.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
And what's cool about it is that it ends up. Yeah,
because because of this, I'm not if this didn't happen.
I'm not sure, you know, you know. Chifrang then steps
up and says, Okay, I'm feeling it either, because this
big collapse allows everyone to fully be themselves and just
be honest and go, hey, listen, maybe this wedding isn't
(31:08):
for us, and you know, you say I'm in love
with someone else, and then he says, so am I
And I think had that roof night collapse, that wouldn't
have happened.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:19):
I love that Taylor Swift was just there, she just she.
Speaker 1 (31:23):
Was just in the area. She was doing a meeting
at five, you know, she.
Speaker 4 (31:26):
Was just doing a meeting at five. So you know
what's funny is that, Uh A lot of people have
brought this up because you know, spoiler or Taylor Swift
runs off with Chebrone, and a bunch of people have said, like,
because Jess is a swiftye and we've established we established
(31:49):
that at least later in me in the show. Also,
I'm a swifty too, just so you guys now we
all are. We're swifties. We're a swifty family. But a
lot of people brought up they were like, but wait,
(32:10):
it's like a Leane different from Taylor Swift. Like how
is just like a fan of Taylor Swift, but like
a Lane like is Taylor Swift? Like the is it
Taylor Swift? I was like, it's a really good point.
I think a Leen is like that. There's like a
woman who's like a doppel ganger for Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Yeah, it's like a long lost twin something.
Speaker 4 (32:30):
And I think that's a link. Yeah, don't you think.
Speaker 3 (32:34):
Yeah, that's the only explanation because otherwise the place would
have gone up.
Speaker 4 (32:39):
None of it works. But she's played by Taylor Swift
in this.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
In this you ever hear of the Mendela effect. It's
when you think something happened. The Mendela effect is when
someone thinks something happened, like a general the general consensus.
You know that the whole population thinks that there was
this thing that was on a cereal box, for example,
But then you look back, it was never the case.
We just for some reason had that idea in our mind.
Speaker 4 (33:07):
Oh, like Kazam or whatever.
Speaker 1 (33:09):
Yeah, like that, you know what I mean, Like, yeah,
but it's like that wasn't a thing. Yes, I remember that, I.
Speaker 4 (33:19):
Know it happened. I'm sure. I love this movie.
Speaker 1 (33:22):
Yeah, and in this episode, No.
Speaker 4 (33:26):
There's no movie named Kazam. Sorry, why do.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
I think.
Speaker 4 (33:33):
We all know it happened? But it didn't.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
So in this one, I had a full Mandela effect
moment when I was when I was rewatching it, Chavrange
picks up you know, Taylor Swift and runs out of
the wedding with her. In my mind, it was the
other way around.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
It's because that take happened. That take.
Speaker 3 (33:53):
I talked to Satya about this, so we had Setia
on a loft meeting and I asked him about it
and we talked about it. Because that take did happen.
They did it, you know whatever, five six times this
way and then I think it's like a funny pitch.
They did it the other way around, where Taylor picked
up Sthia and ran out, and I think we all
fell out because it was very easy for her to do,
(34:17):
and we all Taylor is tall, She's.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
Like five ten or something, and he's not super tall, right.
Speaker 3 (34:26):
And so it was very easy and they thought it
was super funny and they fell out laughing, and I
just think it was one of those moments where everybody
in the room.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
Just like laughing.
Speaker 4 (34:34):
Do you remember it, because it was so that's right,
I think all of us.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
But Sathia thought it happened like that. Him and I
were talking about it and he's like, oh my god,
when she like carried me out like that was like
the greatest moment.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
And when I rewatched it, I was like, oh my god,
it didn't make the cuts. It went with another jake.
But it's I think we all remember it because it
did happen.
Speaker 4 (34:55):
But okay, you guys, do you know that I remember
like very well because she was on set very long
and she just basically like came in and did that
little scene. But I just wanted to share that. Like
she came in and was in the hair makeup trailer
and they had me. This is just classic because when
(35:18):
Prince was on, I was also like baby like not babysitting,
but they were like be like the host of the
set and go or hostess of the set and go
and like greet them. And everybody was like do that
with Prince, like go be the hostess and like sit
and you know, hang out with Prince. And so when
Taylor was there, everyone was like, Zoe, go sit in
the makeup trailer with her, and my makeup artist, Georgie
(35:38):
ended up. She was like, oh yeah, I'm totally cool
using Zoe's makeup artists. So Georgie did her makeup and
she was like, first of all, Taylor Swift like, if
anyone ever says anything mean about her, I'm so mad
because she is such a nice person. She is so cool.
I've never seen her be anything but like absolutely so
(36:01):
lovely and found earth. And she was like she really
liked my like the like lipstick that I wore, and
she it was like benettin you know, Benette, It's just
like the most old fashioned lip tint that's been around
forever and we had that like Benettin and she you
(36:22):
go get them, it would look good on you. And
we had one for her and I remember like Georgie
gave it to her and she was like, oh my god,
thank you. I was like, what if it's cool? Like
Taylor Swift was like excited to just get like this
little thing of benefit. Like she was unbelievably nice. So like,
let's set the record straight that Taylor is awesome and
(36:44):
everything that you imagine her to be that you hope
she is.
Speaker 3 (36:47):
She is.
Speaker 2 (36:47):
You know, it's really funny. I remember that.
Speaker 3 (36:49):
I remember Georgie coming out and almost feeling like a
little like like shocked. She was like she I think
there was like this expect or, you know, just this
thought that she was probably gonna come with her entire
own team, have a whole set of like and a
whole thing, and she didn't.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
She came in. She's like I think she.
Speaker 4 (37:08):
Had maybe her hair dresser, but she had like Georgie
did her makeup or she came with her hair done
or something. But yeah, yeah, she was had like I
don't think she had even like she might have had
like one person with her, but she was very very
down to earth, no entourage, like not very chill.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Yeah, I remember that too.
Speaker 3 (37:25):
I remember just like the chat around set being like, yeah,
she's just like the most easy, lovely human everything you
owe her to be. She is exactly that.
Speaker 4 (37:36):
So true.
Speaker 2 (37:36):
I remember that feeling too.
Speaker 3 (37:37):
And Seth they shared all of his stories because they
would because at that thing when they run out down
the aisle and you know, the scenes carries on like
you and I had that conversation, which is sweet, and
that happens, and so they had to like be behind
the door now and just like wait until you know
Jake Kasen called cut, so he's like they would just
(37:58):
be back there, and he said it was so sweet
because she'd be like that was really good.
Speaker 2 (38:02):
Did you like that? I thought that was really funny.
Speaker 3 (38:06):
And he was just saying how like sweet it was
that they had just like this little like kind of
just like just actors bonding in a moment after a take,
waiting for the scene to be done, having a moment.
Speaker 4 (38:17):
Yeah, that's so sweet. I love hearing that.
Speaker 3 (38:19):
Yeah, I also forgot, like how sweet that moment was
between our characters at the end.
Speaker 2 (38:25):
I forgot about that.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
Whole little exchange and it's such a sweet like Jesse
CC moment, and there's so many moments and little like
looks in between, and it just made me realize how
much I missacting with you because it was like such a.
Speaker 4 (38:39):
Sweet misacting with you guys so much. I like have
to say, it's like one of those things. It's like
you your show ends and you're like, Okay, well I
guess it's like another chapter like over. But it's like,
you guys are like my family, Like I got to
act with you every day, Like I love seeing you,
I love getting to work with you, and so it
(39:01):
was like that was like the saddest thing for me,
I mean, just not getting to be with like my buddies.
I saw you guys more than my family, but really
like you really were, like I mean, you still are
family to me, but like I consider like the core
cast of New Girls to be like one under my extended.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
Really are Max. Max coming into this had done a
lot of you know, recurs, guest stars, you know, a
bunch of done a bunch of television. Oh yeah, and
he told me, he goes, in the final season, he goes,
it's not always going to be like this. Yeah, yeah,
he was like, this is a very different, very special
type of deal. It's not always like this. And you
(39:46):
go on and you do however many shows afterwards and
you look back and you go, damn, we got it
pretty good, didn't we.
Speaker 4 (39:51):
Yeah, yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
Yeah. But so let's close out this episode. There's two
things that are happening here. One, Schmidt has to cho
between CC and Elizabeth. I thought that was we talked,
we touched on it a little bit before about how
ridiculous it is.
Speaker 2 (40:09):
But it gets a choice.
Speaker 1 (40:12):
He literally runs away, right though.
Speaker 3 (40:15):
But that's like as writers, they had no like again,
if he if he made a choice, I think that
it would not have been like I don't think the
fans would have responded well to it. I don't think
that like empowers the women in the scene. I think
that would have been weird. I will tell you what.
I remember that because they had me kind of just
doing like busy work, right when then I kind of
(40:37):
walk over and be like, yeah, she's right, Like, you
got to figure this out.
Speaker 2 (40:40):
You gotta choose who you want to be with.
Speaker 3 (40:42):
This isn't fair, but I'll never forget doing this busy work.
And there was a bunch of background actors all Indian,
and I remember one of.
Speaker 2 (40:51):
Them saying to me.
Speaker 3 (40:54):
They said to me, you know, this is so exciting
for us to have so many Indians, like, you know,
on a show like this. This feels so important. This
is so wonderful, you know, even though you're not Indian, Like,
it's okay, we accept you as one of our own.
And I was like, and it was one of those moments,
you know when you're so caught off guard. I just
(41:16):
said thank you, like I didn't like even have the
words to be like I'm I'm.
Speaker 2 (41:22):
Like, I'm half felt complicated in that moment.
Speaker 3 (41:25):
Well, like they were literally they were just like they're
like rolling and this person like says the thing, and
I was just like, I was so happy to be
of service, you know, and I was, you know, and
then it was like shuffled and moved and then we
moved into like the stuff that I was doing with
like you know, Schmidt and Elizabeth. But I'll never forget
that moment where I was like, I know, I am
It's this is an authentic casting moment. I am in.
(41:47):
This is why this is an Indian wedding because of
the actress they cast in this role.
Speaker 2 (41:51):
It wouldn't be this otherwise that would feel weird.
Speaker 3 (41:54):
That moment always stuck with me, where they're just like,
we don't accept you as our own because this is
such a powerful moment for mainstream sitcom TV for Indians.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
So thank you for just looking like you do.
Speaker 4 (42:07):
You're okay, very welcome.
Speaker 1 (42:11):
And in another cool moment, there's always this back and
forth between Nick and Jess and I remember I had
this conversation with Hannah on a previous episode where I
was so confused. I was like, where are we in
the Nick and Jess saga? Because and then again I
(42:32):
had that moment rewatching it and I was like, oh,
wait a minute, Okay, I think I'm caught up to
where we are right now. And the will they won't?
They are?
Speaker 4 (42:39):
They are? They not?
Speaker 1 (42:40):
But it was a cool moment. What do you remember
about that moment at the final the final little I
guess back and forth before you all drive off together.
Speaker 2 (42:50):
Yeah, that was so sweet. Your speech is so sweet
and heartfelt.
Speaker 4 (42:56):
I am trying to think what I remember about it.
I do remember being like, wait, what we're doing? What
I think? You know? What? I think they had to like?
It was kind of a strategic move because it's like
obviously that relationship was so important and they don't want
(43:16):
to like completely just like like there has to be
this like tension between like there has to be like
problems because otherwise, like if it just like you put
them together too early and they're just happy, then like
you kind of you don't want to spend that like
tension too early. Like it's like it's only season two,
(43:38):
so I think that, but there has to be that
genuine stuff and really like truly like the Jess and Nick,
like Jess and Nick so genuinely do like love each other,
and like I also just like loved working with Jake,
Like I found like even though like he's so funny
and he can be so silly and all that stuff,
(43:59):
but like just he can he really it's it's it's
wonderful playing those like very sincere moments with him, so
like I really enjoyed like that that relationship was just
it was a gift. I think like that getting to
play the Nick and Jess storyline over that long was
(44:20):
so amazing and I think this was like, you know
a great moment in that in that relationship. And then
also just like the fact that like we kind of
it was a real kind of Cliffinger we don't know, right,
like what are they gonna do?
Speaker 1 (44:37):
Yeah, I mean I thought it was great good.
Speaker 4 (44:39):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (44:39):
I was just gonna say, like I looked at that again.
Speaker 3 (44:41):
I looked back at those scripts and there was a
whole scene where Nick runs into Rob Reiner on the
way out and they kind of like hash it out
and Nick shares like his like wow, okay, I might
be all these things, but all these other great things too,
and he kind of gets lost in the sauce like
typical like Nick Miller style, and then Rob Briner's character
(45:02):
goes like, I think what you're trying to say is
you're going after my daughter, Like you better go because
she's leaving.
Speaker 2 (45:07):
So there was that big thing. And then I feel
like in the table draft version there was it was.
Speaker 3 (45:12):
Nick that came out with the speech of wanting to
uncall it and then you know, like you say it too,
and none of those things ended up what we know
ended up, And we maybe they shot that Rob Reiner
thing because that was in the production draft, but how
they flipped it at the end and this is just
I mean, you're a really incredible in that scene because
(45:34):
all that other stuff that they'd done to kind of
lead up to the uncall it moment disappeared. So you
just had to in this like, you know, cause they
only had twenty one minutes in this very short space,
do that flip and just sell it with like heart
and emotion, and it was it's really beautiful and really sweet,
and you really, like you just said, feels like, oh,
this is like a real relationship.
Speaker 2 (45:55):
Now they have like real bumps.
Speaker 3 (45:57):
They have their doubts, They're still going to try to
go for it because you can see how much they wanted.
Speaker 2 (46:02):
But it was thank you had to do a lot
of work in a very short of space, you know.
Speaker 4 (46:06):
You know, I I really appreciate that. And one thing
I do love about like our editors was that they
instead of like picking the like I do feel like
when Push came to Shovin, we had like this short
time to fill, you know, a short time to like
tell the whole story that they they would always they
would choose the genuine moments, you know, rather than the like,
(46:29):
you know, exposition that wasn't important or you know, a
crazy silly moment or something that they would like go
for that heart, which is so nice. It's like always
kind of what made the you know, the show kind
of it's special blend of things.
Speaker 2 (46:46):
Yeah, that's right, you just said. It's like so funny.
Speaker 3 (46:48):
I just got goosebumps you're talking about it just because
it's they could have done that whole thing with Nick
and the dad and the whatever, and they're just given
you to like, uncall it, uncall it and then they
kiss at the car. But instead they gave you that
little bit of extra room to like breathe and to
like to show your eyes and to have that moment
of connection of all the unsaid things and do that instead,
(47:08):
which is what I think was the magic of the show.
But having them have to be wise enough to make
those choices too, But that's only because they had to
choose from and that was you doing it.
Speaker 4 (47:19):
Thank you so true.
Speaker 1 (47:23):
And on that note, we'll be right back. And we
are back now it is time for the mess around.
Mabe mabe, yeah, babe, yeah, you screwing up? Had you
(47:47):
missed that?
Speaker 3 (47:49):
Because here's I tell you where my brain went is
two things I thought that maybe it's important to say
to our listeners. Is one, this character of Elizabeth is
named after Elizabeth Merriweather one too. Elaine's big day is
a big reference to the graduate and they're big, big,
big wedding moment that obviously happens at the end of
the graduate And then Elizabeth Merriweather I read this interview,
(48:12):
was talking about how she just thought, instead of like Schmidt,
having this big graduate moment of being like CC, you're
for me, of actually having like chavrange of somebody going
like here for me and like this like funny moment
to happen, that actually like kind of you know, derails
the wedding as opposed to having a big, like graduate moment.
(48:34):
But they still kept the nod in there with calling
Taylor Swift's character Elaine, I never.
Speaker 1 (48:40):
Knew that, you go, I never knew that. So we're
gonna so for the mess around, We're just gonna answer
one of these questions. Okay, and I think we may
have talked about this before at some point. Have either
of you ever done a prank that was too big
or have had one done on you? I know I have,
(49:02):
I have.
Speaker 2 (49:03):
Yeah, okay, had happened to you?
Speaker 4 (49:07):
Yeah, I've done one. I mean I participated in it.
I participated it.
Speaker 1 (49:13):
Well, let's hear about it.
Speaker 4 (49:18):
I don't even know if I should. It's really like
like where you know, where you do something you think
it's funny and then the person takes it away too seriously.
Speaker 1 (49:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (49:31):
Yeah, no, just my friend was trying to scare his
other friend, like as a joke and like put like
some like little like hand drawn signs on his car,
like like pretending to be stocking or something, and we
were like, hah, we made these little signed but they
(49:53):
were like so I felt like so obviously like fake.
But the friend got like so upset that he like
put camera yeah, and then I was like, oh my gosh,
a board mission. This is not cool, Like he's scared.
But then he was like he didn't want to tell
(50:13):
his friend because he was worried he would be so
mad at what she Probably.
Speaker 2 (50:17):
Did he ever find out or you just thought the
stalker went away.
Speaker 4 (50:20):
I don't know, because I haven't seen these people in years.
This was a college age kind of deal. Yeah, that
wasn't back away. I was like, he I was like,
let's put tic TACs on his car? Like I don't know.
I was like, we were like, yeah, it was really bad,
like in that the person like got like actually nervous
(50:43):
about it. What we what should have happened was that
it should have been disclosed that there was like a
group of people playing a prank, right, but it wasn't
as close but wasn't my friend, So like, you know,
I participated, but I feel bad about it. So sorry, God,
your conscience is just.
Speaker 1 (51:05):
This person now has a complex, this person now has
fifty security can.
Speaker 4 (51:09):
Know this was so long ago. I bet you know
what about you, Hannah?
Speaker 3 (51:15):
Oh my gosh, have I ever done a prank? I
honestly I.
Speaker 1 (51:20):
Or had one done on you.
Speaker 2 (51:22):
I'm trying to think they never.
Speaker 3 (51:26):
I think Zoe and I are built a little bit
similarly in the sense that I immediately just have to
confess the thing, like I can't keep I can't have
one person not be in on it. So I very
quickly got like excluded from like any like prank committees
because I just felt like too weird, too bad. I
(51:47):
don't like someone feeling left out of the thing. I
don't like like, so I've only ever done like I
am like the queen of like fun surprises for people, you.
Speaker 4 (51:57):
Know, Like, well, I like surprising.
Speaker 2 (52:00):
What's the surprises?
Speaker 3 (52:00):
Yeah, Like I can do those all day long, all
the lies and the layers of the things and showing
up and like, but that's all like happiness.
Speaker 2 (52:07):
But I've never I get too I.
Speaker 3 (52:09):
Get too nervous that somebody's gonna take it wrong. And
then I'm like an apology mode.
Speaker 4 (52:15):
So I know, I felt really bad about that thing,
but it wasn't really my friend, so I couldn't apologize
to them. So actually put me in a really weird
position where I was like, I'm never participating. I'm never
participating in a prank again.
Speaker 3 (52:28):
Yeah, I get that feeling. I feel like somebody tried.
I can't remember what it was. I think I was young.
Someone tried to wrote me into something and I just remember,
like this made me feel sick to my stomach.
Speaker 4 (52:36):
I feel like pranks just like never do a George
Clooney lead then, right, because isn't he like crank Oh yeah, everybody.
Speaker 1 (52:43):
He's notorious for that, like really very very elaborate ones
apparently elaborate prank he gave his friend Richard. Apparently George
found a piece of artwork in a like dump, like
like the trash bin or something and had it like
fixed up and framed and for Richard's like they gave
it to him and told him it was this really
expensive like piece of art and he had it hanging
(53:05):
over his mantle in his house for years and it
wasn't I forget how long it was, but apparently it
was like over like a decade until he told him
that it wasn't that a crank.
Speaker 2 (53:14):
No, You're just like, that's just punking people.
Speaker 3 (53:17):
You're just punking people for your amusement.
Speaker 1 (53:21):
Well, I had so recently. I I'm supposed to be
doing this show with Nick Cage called Spider Noir, and
my manager reached out and said, hey, so Nick wants
to have dinner with you. And I got so nervous
because I thought, well, I already have the job, but
is this one of those like tests? Because I heard
(53:43):
he's a very like extravagant guy, and you know we
see him on camera he's so big and he makes big,
bold choices. I was like, oh my god, I got
to like really like focus up for this meeting. Now. Simultaneously,
I just got that Emmy nomination like two days prior,
so I was super like you know in press, you
know how it goes like you have to do all
these interviews and things like.
Speaker 4 (54:03):
That, Oh, you're like super full of yourself.
Speaker 1 (54:06):
I was speaking in the third person. I was like,
lamurn's not going to meet with Nick right now, But.
Speaker 4 (54:13):
Then alternately like the royal weed.
Speaker 1 (54:15):
Yeah you know what I mean. Yes, but I was
so nervous about meeting him, and my anxiety levels for
some reason just started like going through the roof, and
I was freaking out about it. Now. Day of I
get a text from Eric Andre and he says, hey, man,
doors open at seven thirty. You can get there around eight,
(54:36):
And I went, what are you talking about? And he says,
my show. You would agreed to do my show? And
two months prior I had said I would do his show,
but no one from his side confirmed that it was
ever happening, so it wasn't in my calendar or anything.
But at the same time as Nick's the dinner with Nick,
I was so like pissed at Eric and he was like, Bro,
(54:56):
you can't bail on me. If you don't show up
it's a live show, then there's no show. Have to
show up. It's a thousand people there. I was like,
oh my god. So my manager's like, don't worry about it.
We're gonna call Sony. We're gonna try to figure this out.
And she's panicking, and next thing you know, she's like,
don't worry about it. Nick said, it's okay. Nick said,
he lives right down the street from the spot that
you that you're gonna have dinner and d well. He goes, well,
(55:19):
she goes. He was like, just call him when you're
done with your set, and then you and then he'll
meet up with you. And I was like, okay, thank god.
I go to Eric's show. Of course it's Eric Andre.
So it's a crazy, obscene, stupid show, really funny but stupid,
where he made me chug a beer, chug a red
Bull and eat ghost pepper hot sauce, which I didn't
think he was going to actually do that. I thought
(55:39):
it was like a fake thing. So I tasted a
good amount of it and my mouth was on fire,
and that he's got the whole crowd throwing stuff at me.
It was a shit show. I'm sweating, I'm like covered
in like hot sauce and my mouth is burning. I
rush over to the dinner with Nick. I get to
this restaurant and I'm like freaking out. I'm like, do
I smell bad? I'm sure I look like I look crazy.
(55:59):
I go and I say I'm here to meet with
uh Nick Cage and she goes, oh, right, this way.
She takes me around the corner and there are eight
people sitting at a table, all wearing Nick Cage masks,
and they go surprise. And it was my friends and
my manager, all pretending to be Nick Cage that they
(56:21):
thought this was a great idea. So for like a week,
my anxiety was I was so pissed. I turned around
and walked off. I just turned around and left. God, yeah,
so that just happened to me.
Speaker 2 (56:34):
So wrong.
Speaker 4 (56:36):
That went wrong?
Speaker 3 (56:37):
Would like you and your Emmy nomination, and you're like,
I now am indeed.
Speaker 4 (56:42):
Can I just tell you, Hannah, and I would never
brought to you.
Speaker 2 (56:46):
This is I think you never even occurred to me. Boy,
I feel like.
Speaker 4 (56:52):
So I would blow. I'd be like that I talked
to you, I'd be.
Speaker 3 (56:55):
Like you You're like, oh my god, I'm in this
huge conundrum with the Nick Cage meeting and.
Speaker 2 (57:05):
Meeting chill up, just relaxed.
Speaker 4 (57:07):
So I would have wanted to have saved you from that,
Eric Andre. That was like, that was I'm sorry. I
love him.
Speaker 1 (57:17):
Like that was not the day for me to do it.
Speaker 4 (57:19):
Read for your part.
Speaker 1 (57:21):
Maybe I think he read for for Winston. Yeah, for
coach ma Yeah, yeah, I'm coach.
Speaker 4 (57:27):
Yeah he read for coach or maybe Winston once coach
was off. I know he I know he came in
and I know I saw a tape and I and
I know he was good, but he was he was
not will More and Morris.
Speaker 1 (57:41):
So shout out to Eric Andre, the World's Craziest Man.
He's also nominated's sister and got my vote too. Yeah
for his for his show Where's the Eric Andre Show?
And then one like variety talk show host or something.
Speaker 2 (58:00):
Also one of the loveliest humans in the world.
Speaker 4 (58:02):
He's he seems very nice. He was in Trolls three
with me and it was very nice.
Speaker 1 (58:09):
My daughter loves. By the way, thank you all for
listening to another episode of The Mess Around. Thank you
to Zooey des Chouel for being here. Of course, make
sure you follow us on I g at the mess
Around pod sending all your emails, all your questions, all
your concerns. H Hannah will be checking them daily. Yes,
(58:35):
I love you.
Speaker 4 (58:35):
Guys, Love you guys, bye.
Speaker 1 (58:40):
That was the mess around. This has been an iHeartMedia production.
Our executive producer is Joel Monique. Our engineer and editor
is Mia Taylor. Additional production from Daniel Goodman, Wendy Heisler,
and Kyle Vron. Our theme song was written and composed
by Ronald Jukebox Jackson. So We're gonna catch you next time.
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