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The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Mary Elizabeth Ellis

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny, A Man on the Inside) joins Andy Richter to discuss growing up in Mississippi, her love story with Charlie Day, working with Ted Danson, grappling with the potential end of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” after twenty years, and much more. Do you want to talk to Andy live on SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Radio? Tell us your favorite dinner party story (about anything!) or ask a question - leave a voicemail at 855-266-2604 or fill out our Google Form at BIT.LY/CALLANDYRICHTER. Listen to "The Andy Richter Call-In Show" every Wednesday at 1pm Pacific on SiriusXM's Conan O'Brien Channel.

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the three questions. I am the host of the three questions, Andy Richter, and today I'm talking to Mary Elizabeth Ellis. You've seen her in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Santa Clarita Diet, licorish pizza, and much more. You can see her in a man on the inside with Ted Danson on Netflix, which just returned for a second season.

0:21.5

Here's my conversation with Mary Elizabeth Ellis.

0:38.3

Yeah, it's Mary Elizabeth. Why life. No, I get it.

0:38.8

It's Mary Elizabeth. Why do you think you're entitled to so many names? That's what I'd like to know. There's a lot of lady in here. No, I mean, is that something that your parents just always calls you Mary Elizabeth? And then it just stuck. Yeah, I'm from Mississippi. Yeah, yeah. So like everybody's Mary something, literally like marry some shit.

0:56.4

Mary, like, everybody's Mary something, literally, like, marry some shit. Mary, like, Mary Stoneer. Mary Louise. It's like whatever your mom's maiden name was often, they'll just throw it on the end of something. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Like, I grew up with a Sarah Love lady, Sarah Love. I guess, you know, it is Mississippi, so there's, I guess, you know, it is Mississippi, so you've got a lot of time.

1:16.5

It's hot.

1:17.3

People have more time.

1:18.2

It blows my mind.

1:19.1

So you might as well say Mary Elizabeth.

1:21.2

Mary Elizabeth.

1:22.7

My dad still will, you know, like I'm like, I can put the phone down and like walk away and come back

1:30.5

and be like you're still not to the point yeah yeah yeah well i can do that with my mother but there's

1:34.6

lots of words sure she's talking fast but i can still just put it down and you know just occasionally

1:40.4

go uh-huh and then put it back down yep and then put it back down. Yep, and then put it back down. Yeah.

1:46.0

I can't believe they did that. That's a good one. I feel like for parents. Those fuckers. Yeah.

1:53.0

You're right, Mom. Gosh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Now, tell me about growing up in Mississippi,

1:58.3

because that's kind of a rarity out here.

2:01.3

Like to, you know, you were Southern Southern.

2:04.3

Southern.

2:04.7

And you obviously have exercised, I mean, exorcised your accent.

2:10.7

Yes.

2:11.1

Yeah.

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