Matt Gourley

There's a moment where this season where Jean Smart goes to cardiologist just to get a checkup in the waiting room. She sees Carol Burnett. Yeah. We had Carol Burnett on the podcast about a year ago. I've met Carol a bunch of times, and I will never be jaded. I'm always walking on air afterwards. And she is still so sharp and so funny, and she is great in that scene, playing herself. Unbelievable.

I can juggle.

I can juggle.

I can juggle.

The show delves into late night this year, which was fascinating for me because there are things that you cite in the show that I've lived through. And so I'll get a little bit of PTSD

The show delves into late night this year, which was fascinating for me because there are things that you cite in the show that I've lived through. And so I'll get a little bit of PTSD

The show delves into late night this year, which was fascinating for me because there are things that you cite in the show that I've lived through. And so I'll get a little bit of PTSD

From watching it, but it's also really funny and apt, you know, like getting notes or this is what we heard about, you know, in the early days of my late night show, um, research and what are people saying and what do we need to try and adjust? And it was all stuff that just felt impossible.

From watching it, but it's also really funny and apt, you know, like getting notes or this is what we heard about, you know, in the early days of my late night show, um, research and what are people saying and what do we need to try and adjust? And it was all stuff that just felt impossible.

From watching it, but it's also really funny and apt, you know, like getting notes or this is what we heard about, you know, in the early days of my late night show, um, research and what are people saying and what do we need to try and adjust? And it was all stuff that just felt impossible.

I'm kind of reliving it a little bit through your show, but you guys are doing a very good job of hitting a bunch of the nerves, which means you're getting it right.

I'm kind of reliving it a little bit through your show, but you guys are doing a very good job of hitting a bunch of the nerves, which means you're getting it right.

I'm kind of reliving it a little bit through your show, but you guys are doing a very good job of hitting a bunch of the nerves, which means you're getting it right.

It's crazy. There's a great moment where Deborah Vance is trying out, she's meeting the new writers for the first time and they're going around the room and there's one, people are throwing out funny ideas and then there's one writer who's new who's just like, yeah, and then he says something that's not that funny. And then she farts. Yeah. And then she farts because she farts.

It's crazy. There's a great moment where Deborah Vance is trying out, she's meeting the new writers for the first time and they're going around the room and there's one, people are throwing out funny ideas and then there's one writer who's new who's just like, yeah, and then he says something that's not that funny. And then she farts. Yeah. And then she farts because she farts.

It's crazy. There's a great moment where Deborah Vance is trying out, she's meeting the new writers for the first time and they're going around the room and there's one, people are throwing out funny ideas and then there's one writer who's new who's just like, yeah, and then he says something that's not that funny. And then she farts. Yeah. And then she farts because she farts.

Which, by the way... Which is funny. It's very funny. Sorry. I would say head writer. Yeah. Right away. He's promoted. Yeah. The fart guy's promoted. Yeah. Get fart guy back. But anyway...

Which, by the way... Which is funny. It's very funny. Sorry. I would say head writer. Yeah. Right away. He's promoted. Yeah. The fart guy's promoted. Yeah. Get fart guy back. But anyway...

Which, by the way... Which is funny. It's very funny. Sorry. I would say head writer. Yeah. Right away. He's promoted. Yeah. The fart guy's promoted. Yeah. Get fart guy back. But anyway...

He does it twice, and you see Jean Smart notice it, and then Jean Smart writes on a piece of paper and slides it over to Hannah, and it says, Riff Killer, which is such a great, because it's a little inside baseball, but we call it riffing, which is people are in a room, they're coming up with good ideas riffing, and then she just sides across Riff Killer, because we've all been in a room where things are cooking, and then one person in the room is like, yeah, and then maybe it's George W. Bush.