Brett Gelman Gets Mansplained to by Larry David and has Really Nice Shirts

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

Dana Carvey, David Spade, & Audacy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 11.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The guys are joined by Brett Gelman to talk texting vs calling and the highs and lows of showbiz. Brett also shares a chaotic moment on Curb Your Enthusiasm, what it's like working on juggernauts like Stranger Things and Fleabag, and why he dropped serious cash on a T-shirt (even though Dana hates it). Plus, a story about doing a commercial with David that they still wish got to air and the brilliance of Chris Elliott. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you don't park over the line, there's no joke.
0:04.4	There's no joke, Jerry.
0:06.5	No show.
0:08.7	I'm just a social mess.
0:10.9	I don't.
0:12.0	Most things I say are, uh, it's not even offensive.
0:17.1	It's just like, oh, I'd rather not.
0:19.8	Yeah, I mean, it's one of the biggest shows ever.
0:24.2	And it's definitely one of the biggest shows in the world right now, if not like the biggest.
0:31.4	I'm pretty friendly with them. I mean, I'm not going to say we're BFS, but that's kind of cool.
0:36.6	Yeah, I'm kind of a fan. I see him on stuff, and then I ran across him. We wound up doing a commercial during COVID, right before COVID. So I definitely got to see if he remembers that. And we all mostly know him from Fleabag and Stranger Things, of course, that's Smash.
0:54.5	One of the biggest hits in the world, yeah, Stranger Things. He's been on the last four seasons.
0:59.3	And I think the new seasons coming out this fall. Yeah. We'll ask him. So we got a lot of stuff with him.
1:06.5	He's a super cool, chill dude. And I make fun him a little bit, but I always do when I see him.
1:14.0	But he's a real good guy, good sport.
1:15.8	He's on TikTok a lot, and surprisingly, does some really like, I don't know if it's out of character or in character stuff, but it's pretty interesting.
1:25.3	And he's got a lot of followers over there.
1:27.4	That's going to be exciting.
1:28.9	Yeah, he's a good dude and let's hear from him.
1:31.6	Here he is.
1:33.3	Brettie there?
1:36.5	All right, our guest today is Brett Gellman.
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