Ike Barinholtz
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519 appearances
5 recordings
5 series
first heard Mar 2025
last heard 28 Apr
Ike Barinholtz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And he sits down and I was like, I got to ask him who did not show up.
And so I'm kind of just waiting for the right moment. And I start busting the table next to him. And I just kind of turn and I go to him. Hey, excuse me. I hate to bother you. who didn't show up for dinner for five? And literally as I turned to him, he's just put like a relatively large piece of steak in his mouth.
Bro, it was like a solid 30 seconds of him being kind of annoyed and holding up his finger and being like, and I'm waiting for it and I'm waiting for it and it feels like an eternity and finally he goes, Michael Rapaport.
I need a little bit more, actually, because I've got to clean some stuff out of my teeth before I talk to you at this point.
Yeah, so Mindy approached Dave and I, and she's like, I have this idea for a show. We love her so much, and the Mindy Project was the best gig ever. It was the most fun. Me and her and Dave, our sensibilities just really line up. Yeah, that's a great feeling. So we spent months with her eating gigantic sandwiches every day and just kind of breaking the show, writing the show.
And so then we're like, who's going to play this part? One of those shows where it's so all about the lead. And we had on our wish list, obviously it would be great if we can get someone like Kate Hudson to do this. That's impossible. She's Kate Hudson. And so sure enough, we got a call. Her agent's like, I read this. I love it. She's going to read it. And then she read it and she loved it.
That never happened. That never, what always happens is you find out she's going to do it and then the last minute it just doesn't work or she got another movie or something. But she really stuck to her guns. I think she really saw the vision. And so then we were able to get this insane guest cast around her. It's a sibling workplace comedy.
And so we were able to get Drew Tarver, who I'm obsessed with.
He's got the Bateman thing. Yeah. When he's dialed in, where even when he says a line that's not even remotely funny, he still makes it funny. That means you'll work forever.
If you could have that, I mean, that's like a Bill Murray thing. When you talk about it, like... What? What do you want? And in real life, delightful, wonderful man. Scott MacArthur is a guy who we had known for a very, very long time. He grew up in Chicago, 40 years, like literally 40 years. We knew him when he was four years old. Remember when he was born?
And then we had the part of the other brother. First of all, we had Brenda Song, who is amazing. Walking around in public with her, the only other person I've seen that gets that kind of smoke is John Cena. People, when they see Brenda's song, lose their fucking minds. It's wild. But then the older brother part was the last big piece. And it was a really funny part. And we needed a killer.
And we got Thoreau, which was just wild. Because he is low-key, I think, one of the best actors out there. Oh, totally. To have him come and do a big, dumb comedy.
White House Plumbers.
So good.
How funny was he on that show? Oh, my God. That performer, he played G. Gordon Liddy, and he's talking like this the entire time. But it's so believable. Woody with those big, stupid teeth. Yes. But it was such a great show. I also think, too, is right when Max, HBO was breaking off a little bit.
Yeah, you're clicking forget password, but it's to your old email that you don't have access to anymore. But it was a great show.
You sent me the nicest text, man. Oh, yeah. I was in the middle of watching it. Yeah, it was really nice. Because you don't know. You work on something and you love it, but when people you know reach out, it really is a very, very lovely thing. Oh, my God. I loved it. I watched all 10. Every day you'd show up and there'd be a new person. Like Martin Scorsese. I had to act with him for...
hours and hours in oners. So the stress level is only compounded. After every take, I kind of stand there with him because he's one of those people that everyone's like, don't bother. But I'm standing with him, so I would just kind of talk a little bit and then try to get out so I'm not talking too long. But he's one of those guys where he is as advertised.
everything you say to him, he's going to say in the most Martin Scorsese way. Like I'd say to him, how do you like how we're shooting? He goes, oh, it's great. It's French New Wave. You know, Godard created that because he only had one camera. So that's what the French New Wave was. And you're like, that's so fucking cool he said that.
Yes. So now I'm like being a psychopath who knows everything about you. Right, you pull out a list. Well, I go, your favorite French New Wave is 400 Blows, right? He goes, well, it changes. It changes all the time. I think right now it's Jules at gym. You know, the first time I saw Jules at gym, I remember sitting there thinking, if only I could make a movie.
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