Ed Helms

Oh, wow.

Oh, wow.

Yeah. Incredible story. There's a thread here, which is amazing. Grit and moxie and a sort of never seeing an obstacle as an obstacle, but it's just something to work around. Yeah, especially with this.

Yeah. Incredible story. There's a thread here, which is amazing. Grit and moxie and a sort of never seeing an obstacle as an obstacle, but it's just something to work around. Yeah, especially with this.

So where do you think that came from? Were you a scrappy kid in Brooklyn?

So where do you think that came from? Were you a scrappy kid in Brooklyn?

Well, that's a pretty good transition point for us because you had a kind of exposure to that criminal element in Brooklyn. Is that what made you such a perfect candidate for one of your biggest staff jobs at the Sopranos there?

Well, that's a pretty good transition point for us because you had a kind of exposure to that criminal element in Brooklyn. Is that what made you such a perfect candidate for one of your biggest staff jobs at the Sopranos there?

So the real life... Mob life was not for you. It was not something that that even attracted you from a sort of like romantic or exotic sense, which I think is draws a lot of people into that space. But the fictional mob space was right where you felt at home.

So the real life... Mob life was not for you. It was not something that that even attracted you from a sort of like romantic or exotic sense, which I think is draws a lot of people into that space. But the fictional mob space was right where you felt at home.

All right. I could go on for hours. I love hearing about your career and all the machinations and steps you took. It's my favorite thing is just learning about how people got where they wanted to be. And you have an incredible story. But let's turn the page and get into kind of where you and I actually have this interesting overlap. which is in our shared fascination with the prohibition era.

All right. I could go on for hours. I love hearing about your career and all the machinations and steps you took. It's my favorite thing is just learning about how people got where they wanted to be. And you have an incredible story. But let's turn the page and get into kind of where you and I actually have this interesting overlap. which is in our shared fascination with the prohibition era.

I think most people assume they know what prohibition is. Liquor was made illegal. It was a big mistake. There was a bunch of mobsters and Tommy guns. And then it got repealed. You made this incredible show, Boardwalk Empire, which What drew you to Prohibition in the first place? I mean, I could make an obvious leap from the Sopranos to Prohibition era gangsters being the overlap.

I think most people assume they know what prohibition is. Liquor was made illegal. It was a big mistake. There was a bunch of mobsters and Tommy guns. And then it got repealed. You made this incredible show, Boardwalk Empire, which What drew you to Prohibition in the first place? I mean, I could make an obvious leap from the Sopranos to Prohibition era gangsters being the overlap.

But was there anything about that era in particular that felt so ripe for storytelling? Yeah.

But was there anything about that era in particular that felt so ripe for storytelling? Yeah.

This is so insane. This was all under like official government activity. They built a apartment in San Francisco that had a glass mirror where he could sit there and watch. And then they would drug these customers. And he was just sort of taking notes and God knows what else behind this double mirror. And this was all in the name of science.

This is so insane. This was all under like official government activity. They built a apartment in San Francisco that had a glass mirror where he could sit there and watch. And then they would drug these customers. And he was just sort of taking notes and God knows what else behind this double mirror. And this was all in the name of science.

This is so insane. This was all under like official government activity. They built a apartment in San Francisco that had a glass mirror where he could sit there and watch. And then they would drug these customers. And he was just sort of taking notes and God knows what else behind this double mirror. And this was all in the name of science.

This is so insane. This was all under like official government activity. They built a apartment in San Francisco that had a glass mirror where he could sit there and watch. And then they would drug these customers. And he was just sort of taking notes and God knows what else behind this double mirror. And this was all in the name of science.