Denis Leary

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Actor and comedian Denis Leary talks to Ted Danson about growing up working class in Worcester, Massachusetts, his mom’s spaghetti, how a Catholic nun inspired his career in comedy, and memories of working with Peter Falk and Clint Eastwood. He also shares about his relationship with the firefighting community and how it inspired his acclaimed show “Rescue Me.” Denis currently stars in season two of “Going Dutch," airing now on FOX. Like watching your podcasts? Visit http://youtube.com/teamcoco to see full episodes.

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0:00.0	Now it's turned into my podcast.
0:01.8	Please.
0:02.1	Ladies and gentlemen, it's Dennis Larry with my guest, Ted Danson.
0:15.5	Welcome back to where everybody knows your name.
0:18.5	Dennis Leary amazes me in many ways as a stand-up comedian,
0:24.0	actor, and writer. You know him from films like The Sandlot, Demolition Man, Bugs Life, and Ice Age.
0:31.1	He also starred in and co-created the show Rescue Me, which earned him Emmy nominations for his
0:36.8	writing and acting.
0:38.5	These days, he's starring in and executive producing the Fox sitcom Going Dutch, which is in season
0:44.4	two now. Dennis has this easy way about him that made this such a pleasure. I could have kept
0:50.3	talking for another hour. I can't wait for you to meet him. Dennis Leary.
0:58.4	Just turned 78.
1:00.5	Damn it.
1:01.2	I know.
1:01.8	Wow.
1:03.2	It is a bit of a wow.
1:04.9	It is.
1:05.3	No, it's crazy because I never think, like yesterday with Conan,
1:08.7	because I've known him for so long.
1:12.8	And he took off right after I got famous he got his talk show right um in New York yeah and so I always forget like
1:18.3	you just forget right so when you're hanging out with people a lot we were at we did a charity
1:23.0	concert together um earlier in the fall and so and I said how old do again? We were in the middle of the podcast. And he's like, 64. And I'm like, fuck, I can't book. Or 62, whatever it was. And I was like, whenever, when he says that, because I still think I'm 40, right? And when I'm talking to him, I think he's like 30 something. You know what I mean? Yeah, I do. I go around being kind of
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