Bill Hader: SNL, ‘Barry’ and More

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Bill Hader is well known as the most generous “laugher” in comedy. But when he’s talking about his increasingly dark HBO series ‘Barry,’ those laughs come with a razor sharp edge. In this episode, the ‘Saturday Night Live’ alum goes deep on the “dumb idea” that fuels his hitman character in the long-awaited third season and reflects on his anxiety-filled SNL experience, why he and John Mulaney never made that rumored Stefon movie, the specific genius of ‘Documentary Now!’ and why he couldn’t stop laughing at Paul Rudd’s final ‘Mac and Me’ prank on the final week of ‘Conan.’

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0:00.0	My guest today won two consecutive Emmy Awards for playing the title character in his darkly hilarious HBO show, Barry.
0:08.6	But for many comedy fans, he will forever be known as Stefan.
0:13.9	Stefan, when I set a place to take your mom, I was looking for somewhere more wholesome.
0:18.5	You know, a lot of people's moms are a little older and want to go somewhere, you know, nice and relaxing.
0:24.1	Can you recommend anything like that?
0:25.7	Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
0:28.1	If you're looking for a place to relax with an old lady,
0:31.3	look no further.
0:32.6	New York's hottest club is spicy.
0:38.7	Is that spicy?
0:41.5	Spicy?
0:42.6	Spicy.
0:42.6	Spicy.
0:43.6	This is the last laugh.
0:50.8	I'm Matt Wilstein from the Daily Beast, and that was Bill Hader with Seth Myers
0:55.5	in one of his many iconic appearances as Stefan on Saturday Night Live. Since leaving that show
1:02.8	in 2013 after eight impressive seasons, Bill has gone on to star in hit movies like Trainwreck, Inside
1:09.5	Out, and It Chapter 2, and co-create one of my favorite cult comedies, documentary now.
1:15.8	But I don't think even his biggest admirers saw Barry coming.
1:20.9	Bill not only created and stars in the show as hitman turned struggling actor Barry Berkman, but also writes and directs most of the episodes.
1:28.8	With the long-awaited season three premiering this past Sunday, I am so excited to finally
1:34.1	have Bill on the podcast to go deep on Barry, S&L, and everything else from his remarkable
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