Bley’s Fastballs Part I

Summary

Podcast Summary: Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

Episode: Bley’s Fastballs Part I
Date: January 15, 2026
Host(s): Conan O’Brien (A), Sona Movsesian (C), Matt Gourley (B), Adam Sachs (E), Blay (D), Eduardo (Studio Engineering/Producer)
Theme: The inside dynamics of the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend team, brainstorming creative processes, comedic team rivalries, and a rare glimpse into how their on-air chemistry is forged—plus the debut of a new segment concept.

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Main Theme and Purpose

This episode, “Bley’s Fastballs Part I,” departs from the usual fan interaction to instead focus on the often-chaotic, creative process behind the scenes. With no fan lined up, and following an off-air studio argument about pitching ideas, the cast turns the microphones on themselves to dissect and lampoon each team member’s approach to collaboration, idea generation, and interpersonal quirks—especially those of writer/producer Blay. Amid playful rivalry, real advice, and classic Conan sarcasm, the team manages to surface a fresh segment pitch for future episodes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Starting with Chaos: Idea Pitching Argument

• [01:24–02:44] The episode opens just after an allegedly intense team argument over what content to cover, with Conan lamenting, “We are fresh off a huge argument here in the studio. That was a brawl.”
• The cast immediately launches into a post-mortem of the brainstorming process, particularly Blay’s relentless pitching style—likened by Conan to “someone put 15 quarters into a pitch machine and they were firing in at 90 miles an hour.”
  • Quote (Conan, 02:15):

    "You were like… someone put 15 quarters into a pitch machine and they were firing in at 90 miles an hour. And I was getting hit by fastballs left and right, and I was like, calm down and let the creative process happen."

Writers’ Room Dynamics and Brainstorming Styles

• Conan contrasts his “let the groundwater refill” approach to creative work with Blay’s “throw kindling to spark something” method.
  • Quote (Blay, 04:52):

    “I’m trying to throw kindling… here’s how I see it… the room is full of creative, smart people, and we’re a bunch of mousetraps. I’m throwing ping pong balls in here to see what bounces.”

• The team comically debates the merits and pitfalls of infinite idea generation versus disciplined refinement.
• Jokes abound about identity and favoritism: does Conan like Eduardo’s pitches better? Is Blay too loud and eager? Sona and Matt stir the pot, teasing Conan’s own contradictions.

The “Eduardo Effect” and Team Chemistry

• [06:14–09:43] Blay and other team members opine that Conan favors Eduardo’s calm, understated pitches over Blay’s aggressive delivery.
  • Quote (Conan, 07:12):

    "Whereas Blay’s thing is, 'I’ve gotta get this used car off the lot immediately or everyone’s going to die.' That makes people uneasy. You’re the guy in the store following someone around saying, ‘Can I help you? Can I help you?’"

• Conan, Sona, and the team analyze “good vibes” versus “try-hard” energy, ultimately affirming the importance of EQ and moderation in collaborative spaces.

Advice for Blay: Humor with Real Insight

• [17:20–19:03] In response to Blay’s request for help with his pitching style, the team (half-joking, half-serious) offers advice: take a breath, channel Eduardo’s calm, and don’t always “push out.”
  • Quote (Conan, 18:05):

    “Take a deep breath. Seriously— there are people that wear a bracelet that says ‘breathe’. You push a lot of air out… There’s a desperation involved, which I don’t think there is. But, you know, take a breath.”

• Conan quips self-referentially about his dual nature—harsh yet fostering.
  • Quote (Conan, 19:02):

    “I just listened to that come out of my head, and part of my brain went, ‘you’re a dick.’”

Role Play: Eduardo vs. Blay

• [19:55–22:35] Blay attempts to act like Eduardo while pitching, struggling comedically with being calm:
  • Notable moment: The team laughs as Blay tries (and fails) to restrain his expressive style.
    • Quote (Conan, 21:31):

      “Hey, you know what? I loved you in hamnets. You were great.”

  • Conan, Sona, Matt, and Eduardo lampoon Blay’s attempts at tranquility, reinforcing the team's chemistry and highlighting the impossibility of fundamentally changing personalities in a comedy writers’ room.

New Segment Pitched: “Daniel Day Lewis”–Style Movie Roles

• [22:43–23:37] Finally, Blay—this time more composed—pitches a segment: What type of role would Conan come out of “retirement” for, mirroring Daniel Day Lewis?
  • Quote (Blay, 22:43):

    “I thought it’d be fun to come up with this segment where you are like Daniel Day Lewis, you’re in retirement. What kind of roles would you come back to acting for?”

• Conan surprisingly approves the idea, and the team agrees to split this episode for a two-parter, developing this segment further in Part II.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Conan on creative pacing ([04:43]):

  "You are forcing all the groundwater out, and we need to just let it sit... let the aquifer refill. I'm a master of analogies, and that's a good one."

• Matt/Sona on Conan’s double standard ([09:24]):

  “You start talking more calmly about Eduardo, which is not how you talk… You’re not that guy.”

• Conan self-reflects ([19:02]):

  “I just listened to that come out of my head, and part of my brain went, ‘you’re a dick.’”

• Blay seeking help ([17:35]):

  “What should be on the post-it note that I should write to remind myself to be better?”

• Conan therapist moment ([24:11]):

  “If I didn’t care about Blay, I wouldn’t yell at him and belittle him.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Time | Segment | |------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:24–02:44| Argument aftermath: setting up the episode's topic | | 02:45–04:52| Writers' room metaphors & brainstorming banter | | 06:14–09:43| Eduardo vs. Blay: style, bias, “vibe” analysis | | 17:20–19:03| Advice for Blay on creative collaboration | | 19:55–22:35| Blay roleplays Eduardo’s calm (with comedic breakdowns) | | 22:43–23:37| New segment pitched: “Daniel Day Lewis of Comedy Roles” | | 24:00–24:27| Conan as a “tough but effective therapist”; episode wrap-up |

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Tone and Takeaways

The episode is a comic, candid window into the creative process at Team Coco. The language and energy are irreverent, snarky, and self-deprecating—classic to Conan’s brand. The deep camaraderie and the playful roasting show the value of real disagreement, honesty, and diverse styles within a tightly-knit creative team.

While mostly lighthearted, the episode also offers genuine insight into collaboration, creative pacing, and never taking yourself too seriously. Even in their “worst” arguments, the Team Coco cast can find new fuel for future comedy, exemplified by the segment that emerges from this very episode.

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Next Episode Teaser

The episode ends on a high note, promising to return in Part II with a deeper exploration of fan and team pitches for Conan’s “next movie role”—a meta-segment born from chaos, collaboration, and extra sweat.

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For listeners and fans, this episode is essential for understanding the real dynamics behind one of comedy’s most beloved podcasts—and how even a tough day in the writers’ room can turn into a running joke and a new show idea.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

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[C]

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[B]

Hear the yell Back to school.

[A]

Ring the bell. Brand new shoes. Walking loose clim fence books and pens. I can tell that we are going to be friends. I can tell that we are going to be friends. All right, we are fresh off a huge argument here in the studio. That was a brawl. That was an allout brawl.

[C]

Still smart.

[A]

And I'll tell you what was going on. And part of me wishes that we were rolling on this, but I guess that's expensive. Is that right, Eduardo? Is that why you don't roll on things that are really captivating? I try to protect you at all times. Yeah. Okay, we were thinking about what are we gonna talk about in this segment? And I don't know if anyone else wants to agree with me or disagree with me, but I hope agree with me. Blay, you started, you pitched an idea and you were like, oh, you guys could talk about. And I said, yeah, I don't know. And then you went, okay, another idea. And then I said, well, I'm not. And then you said, hey. And a third one. And I said, hey, just slow your roll, man. You were like, someone put 15 quarters into a pitch machine and they were firing in at 90 miles an hour. And I was getting hit by fastballs left and right, and I was like, calm down and let the creative process happen. And then. And then I said to Sona, you said, well, I'm not gonna say anything. And I said, well, no, it would be nice if you had an idea. And then.

[C]

Can we just clarify something? This is a Thursday episode where we normally do a fan episode. So we're trying to.

[A]

Yeah, but, you know. And listen, we ran out of fans. We should just tell people right now.

[C]

That's true.

[A]

Worldwide. Done. We're done. We Talked to all 111 of our fans.

[C]

That's right.

[A]

Worldwide. Some of them three times. And they would put on mustaches and different accents. We tried to fill it out as much as we could. And then we officially talked to the last fan, and we didn't have a fan this week. I think it's actually more complicated than that.

[C]

Yeah, and we should say that that's what we're doing here is we're using this episode. We were first pitch ideas, and then it got into the talking about pitching. And then I have a quick question. What the. Is a pitch machine?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Do you mean like a baseball pitch machine?

[A]

Baseball batting cage.

[B]

But then it's also, like, it can be double. Because he's pitching things.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah, that's a double meaning.

[C]

But you gave it more than he ever intended.

[A]

No, I'm sorry.

[B]

I think he tried.

[A]

T.S. eliot thought about his words before he put them to the page.

[B]

I mean, can we. Can we then talk about what Eduardo said?

[A]

Well, just a second. There's a thing that I'm. Son, there's a thing I'm sensitive to, which is having pretty much grown up in writers rooms and been in them all the time, you would get. Sometimes in a situation where one writer's like, hey, we could do bah, bah, bah, bah, bah. And it's a little like that small dog straining against the reach. Well, here it was a large dog with gray hair and a beard who was saying, and we could do this, we could do that, and we could do that. And I was just trying to say, slow it down just a little bit. You are forcing all the groundwater out, and we need to just let it sit for a second and let the aquifer refill. And that's. I'm a master of analogies, and that's a good one. And so that's all I was trying to get to Blay. And I respect your ideas, and occasionally there's a good one. But I just thought you had to slow it down a bit.

[D]

Okay, I do think.

[A]

What was your third idea that we didn't. That I didn't hear.

[C]

Discuss your first two.

[A]

Well, I don't want to hear their. Those weren't good ideas.

[D]

See, you see it as. Let's let the groundwater fill up. I'm saying I'm trying to throw kindling. Like I see. Here's how I see it. Here's how I see it.

[A]

I see it as you said, here's how I see it. I think 10 times, but then you never say how you see it. That's how I see it.

[D]

Is.

[C]

You don't let it.

[D]

Yeah, how I see it is this room is full of creative, smart people.

[A]

I don't see that. What are you looking at?

[D]

And we're a bunch of mousetraps.

[A]

Well, I'm sorry I don't have a mirror.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[C]

That one I'll give you.

[D]

Come on. Funny. Yeah. Oh, my God. And he's dancing.

[A]

Oh, listen, listen.

[D]

And so I am trying to throw ping pong balls into the mousetrap room.

[A]

Yeah, but.

[D]

And then something bounces off something, and then something bounces off something, and then you come up with something.

[A]

Yeah, but you can also just. How about this? Pitch an idea blade from now on and then count to 70. And I mean 70 minutes and then pitch another one. How about that?

[C]

You come from the no bad ideas brainstorming school, and I appreciate that.

[A]

Thank you. And I come from the mostly bad ideas school because most of my career has been pitching and listening to bad ideas. That's just how it is.

[C]

Shut everybody down at any turn school.

[A]

Well, listen, I think that's a little unfair, and I'm ready for your apology now.

[C]

See, shut me down.

[D]

But what we had talked about right before we were rolling was Sona said, you know, I bet if Eduardo pitched the same idea, you would say yes.

[B]

Eduardo actually said that.

[D]

Eduardo said that. And I agree with self awareness. I think you like Eduardo's ideas more than my ideas.

[A]

He's listen to you right now.

[B]

They're the same.

[A]

No, listen to yourself right now, Blay.

[C]

Okay?

[A]

Listen to the tone of your voice. You lean into the microphone like you're a dog chewing a T bone steak and you shout, now, Eduardo has something called EQ and Rizzo, I would do him in a Mississippi minute. Oh, my God.

[C]

Well, now we have our pitch.

[D]

Is this our version of heated rivalry?

[B]

The people here that work for you, that you want to do them, you have to stop doing you. I'm not sure I do, Melmate.

[A]

I'm not sure I do.

[C]

Yeah, no, you have to go around the office and start telling people you.

[D]

Don'T want to do it. Wait, here's a pitch. Here's a pitch. Heated rivalry Podcast. A podcast. Heated rivalry.

[A]

You and Edward. Look at you.

[B]

I'm in. I will take a look.

[A]

I wish people could see what I see. Where's my camera? Right here. This is. This is Blay. Look at that. This is Blay right now. And if you can get our video, check it out. Blay grabs it and he looks at me and he says, hey, here's an idea. Now here's what I have found in life. If you start screaming and leaning into people's faces, they will retreat and ask you to be quiet. Here's what Eduardo does that I think gives him a sort of sensual charm. Eduardo says things quietly and he says them with a sense of self respect. He says he has a sort of, you're changing yourself. He says he has a take it or leave it kind of, oh, we could do this. Whereas Blay's thing is, I've gotta get this used car off the lot immediately or everyone's going to die. And that makes people uneasy. Blay, you're the guy in the store following someone around saying, can I help you? Can I help you? Can I help you? Can I help you?

[D]

I used to work at Kmart, and I did do that.

[A]

Yeah. And you know what? You put Kmart out of business. They don't exist anymore. You also worked for Leech Mirrors, Sears, all those stores that went out of business in the 90s and 2000s. Blay worked there for a while and they saw a sudden plummet.

[C]

You would have done so well at the Gap. I worked at the Gap in the early 90s, and they would force us to do that. And I was so uncomfortable, I'd just go hide behind clothes. Cause I didn't want to bother people.

[B]

You know, I would respond to that.

[A]

You would?

[B]

I like when people have enthusiasm and come up to me excited about things.

[A]

I like, how much insurance have you bought?

[B]

I have like 12 timeshares.

[A]

He was enthusiastic. I had to. Blay, and I'm not putting you down, but I think. I don't think I've said. I think if you look at the transcripts, I haven't said one negative thing about you.

[D]

I'm not putting you down.

[A]

I'm passionately insulting you. Do you agree that my body. My impersonation of Blaze body language and tone is not far off? Do you Agree.

[C]

I feel like it's a mean version of that.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

That's okay.

[B]

No, I'm on team Blay here. And you know what you do, which is something you do all the time, is you can go crazy. And then when you're talking about Eduardo, you kind of take on Eduardo's. Like you start talking more calmly, which.

[A]

Is not how you talk, which is.

[C]

Never how you talk.

[A]

You're more like Blade.

[B]

You're not that guy. You're more like that guy. You're not that guy.

[A]

Guy.

[B]

You're that guy.

[A]

Sona, your argument implies that I'm in some way self loathing or self hating. And you can look at all the evidence from a 40 year career and see it's just not the case. Eduardo, you continue to impress. You're spectacular. He's just got that. And guess what I'm wearing right now. I'm wearing a sweatshirt that Eduardo gave me. That's how much of an Eduardo fan I am. And you know what I'd like to put on a sweatshirt you gave me. Blay. But there isn't one.

[D]

I see what's going on here. It's all about bribery. I get it. I get it.

[A]

So I'm gonna.

[D]

You know what? I'm gonna get you a couple sweatshirts.

[B]

You do grab. You're not helping.

[A]

Okay. Did you say you just grabbed the mic? Yes. And you swiveled it around too. And guess what? It's not even a swivel mic. You bent the iron bar and you pulled it around to you, but you grab it.

[D]

Well, but Eduardo and I have to share a mic and it's very.

[A]

You know. Why are you shouting?

[C]

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[B]

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[A]

Yep.

[B]

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[A]

I will say this.

[B]

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[A]

I'll say this. It is a very attractive car. You are so far ahead of your old car. Okay, you remember the first car that you had when you worked for me initially, Right. We won't get into the one you trashed. Yeah, I smashed it a little bit because it looked like who would notice? But you know what? Now you're driving this Hyundai Palisade. It's gorgeous. It is.

[B]

It's a really good, nice, grown up car. It's really beautiful.

[A]

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[B]

Yes.

[A]

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[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I almost hit a car the other day and the car stopped and made me.

[A]

The car is better than you.

[B]

It is.

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[B]

Yeah.

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[A]

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[C]

I mean, that's.

[A]

It's not a question.

[D]

Of course.

[A]

Of course he shouts.

[C]

I mean, there's empirical evidence.

[A]

We have actually heard.

[C]

Yes, it's a fact.

[D]

He can meet us.

[B]

I'm not saying he doesn't.

[A]

Shout. Gerardo, what happens to your sensitive machinery when Blay grabs the mic and starts pitching with the microphone halfway down his esophagus? I do have to ride Blaze levels constantly. Yeah, that is technical proof. That's all that is. Now, I don't think you have to ride my levels nearly as much. Not as much as not as much. You know what? Blay is consistently loud.

[C]

What's the spectrum of level riding here?

[A]

Hey, Blay, you're consistent.

[C]

All right, Eduardo, what's the spectrum of level riding here in this room? Like Blaze at one end, it's probably.

[A]

Conan, who I'm writing because you can. You can get. When I have a great idea.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

And that happens a lot.

[C]

You're dynamic.

[A]

When I'm touched by God's inspiration, I tend to get louder. To really, really knock it out of the park and might be one of the reasons why we're just adored and beloved. Possibly. Or it could be our ads. I don't know. Take your pick. But yes, I know that I'M painting a picture and I'm using a wide range of colors on the pallet. Yes. Meanwhile, Blay is, like I said, consistently at a high level. Yeah, you are. You know what you had been great as if you could time travel an air raid warden In World War II, in the Blitz, you know what I mean? People would immediately know, we've got to get out of here.

[C]

Or town crier.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, no. Cause no one would get to sleep. Town crier had to ride the levels, too. So this is a complicated conversation, and I am just happy that people get an inside look at our dynamics. Do we fight? Yes, we do. Do we disagree? Yes, we do. Do I always win because I am Stalin? Yes, I do.

[D]

So moving forward. Moving forward. Thank you. Could you give me some tips? Cause I want to learn.

[A]

Keep it down. You're going up again.

[B]

I heard it too.

[D]

I want to learn and be better. What are the top three things? I could just write them down and have a little post it note here. And then when it's time to speak up, I can look at the post it note. What should be on the post it note that I should write to remind myself to be better.

[A]

What are some tips? Well.

[D]

Oh, my God.

[A]

That's a big sign.

[B]

Be Eduardo.

[D]

That's a big.

[A]

Eduardo.

[C]

You should be asking Eduardo, not Conan.

[D]

Okay. Touche, Edu.

[A]

Eduardo. Eduardo.

[D]

What are some things I could do to be better and not as annoying?

[A]

Take a deep breath. Ooh, that's good. Seriously. No, There are people that wear a bracelet that says breathe or they get breathed tattooed on their hand. I think you push a lot of air out. And look, I'll admit. Am I that different? No. Is there some thought that goes into it? Probably. But you're constantly pushing out, and I think you do need to take a breath. And there can be a. People can misperceive that. There's a desperation involved, which I don't think there is. You're not desperate. You've been employed by me for how many years?

[D]

Since 2001. So that's 20 years. 25 years.

[A]

That's good math. Just take the current year and take one away.

[D]

That's how I did it. Yeah.

[A]

So you. You're awful. I'm a. I just listened to what I said. I just. Here's a true story. I just listened to that come out of my head, and part of my brain went, you're a dick.

[B]

Yeah. But then you smiled.

[A]

Yeah. You took it as a compliment. You took your own insight that part of my brain is High fiving me other part of my brain. Oh my God. Wait, this is crazy. Two synapses just formed little hands and high fived each other. That's so crazy. I don't think that's ever happened. If I was in just did those avatar tail fuck.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And they just. No, if I was in an MRI machine right now, you'd see two parts of the brain go form two gloved hands like Mickey Mouse. Four fingered gloved hands and go, good one. So anyway, yeah, I just think that's a really good is Take a breath. All right. This isn't gonna last. You know that you're gonna go have. I'm gonna 70, you know, you're gonna have like a giant glass of yoo hoo, get a sugar high and start yelling again.

[C]

Let's test it out. Let's see if you can just go.

[A]

In the mode of Eduardo right now.

[C]

And pitch us any idea.

[A]

Pitch us an idea of Eduardo and wipe all the sweat off your face. I'm really sorry.

[D]

Well, Eduardo's not.

[A]

You look like you just talked a 740, a passenger who took over the helm of a 747 down onto the tarmac safely. And you're like, okay, let's go. Here we go. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, the new Blay. Hi, Blay. You but it up. Button up one. Yeah. Oh, okay, let me wipe all this beard trough off. I gotta. Don't say beard trough, button up. Yeah, yeah, but enough. I'm doing what Eduardo says.

[C]

Too loose.

[A]

Hey, you know what I love? He is the sensei now. Eduardo is your sensei. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, so I'd like to introduce. I love that one.

[D]

Wait, not the top button.

[A]

Oh my God, he looks like every nerd in a nerd movie. Take that button off. Why did you do both buttons? There you go. Okay, here we go. Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to meet the new 2026 Blay. Hi, Blay, how are you?

[D]

I'm doing great.

[A]

Good, that's very good.

[D]

Thank you.

[C]

Not an asthma breath.

[A]

Breathe off mic.

[D]

I'm doing great, thank you.

[A]

You doing all right?

[C]

Yes, thank you for having me.

[A]

And do you have any thoughts about segments we could do in the near future?

[D]

Yes, I do have a thought. Recently you were reported as.

[A]

Now you just seem depressed. Does anyone else?

[B]

I can't do this.

[A]

You're very depressed now. And I'm.

[D]

What I was gonna say.

[A]

Hey, you know what? I loved you in hamnets. You were great.

[C]

Lean back, not into the mic.

[D]

You know well, the Mic doesn't go that far back.

[A]

The mic doesn't have to be in your mouth.

[B]

That's so unnatural.

[D]

I had an idea. Oh, my God.

[A]

That was too loud. Now you're too loud.

[E]

I don't know.

[A]

Just try.

[D]

Okay. I had an idea which was you said you're not looking for any after. If I had legs, I would kick you. You weren't looking for any more dramatic roles. I thought it'd be fun to come up with this segment where you are like Daniel Day Lewis, you're in retirement. What kind of roles you would come back to? Back to acting for?

[A]

Oh, okay. Well, I think that's a good pitch. That's a fine pitch. I really do think that's a fine.

[D]

He came back to act because gripping.

[A]

The mic again, it's so crazy. You cannot be funny. I'm sorry.

[D]

I think Matt's note about the posture actually is huge.

[C]

When I saw Blay leaning back, I was like, oh, this is.

[D]

This is actually.

[A]

No, no, you should. We should get duct tape soaking with sweat. By the way. We should cradle.

[B]

You're sweating.

[A]

I'm just sweating.

[B]

Ear drop.

[A]

All right. We should get duct tape and tie him to his chair. Tie his abdomen to his chair.

[D]

That's my idea.

[A]

Okay, I think that's fine. And just to bring people up to date, I. A small part of a movie. I'm a fine part of a. You're a pretty big part. Pretty good part. Yeah, Pretty good part in a movie called if I Had Legs, I'd Kick youk, which has gotten a lot of critical acclaim, mostly because of the incredible writing, directing of Mary Bronstein.

[B]

Yeah. And the performance.

[A]

And the performance of a lifetime by Rose Byrne, which is really saying something. Cause I adore her. So yeah, I did this role and people thought I acquitted myself well. And there's been some question, would I do another movie role? And I say that's a good idea, Blay. Maybe we leave it to the fans to tell me in a nice calm tone if they have any ideas of the kind of role I should play. And I mean serious pitches, not you're a rooster, you're Woody Woodpecker, that kind of stuff.

[C]

Hey, I have an idea because this is a solid pitch. Why don't we take this pitch and do a two parter to this episode?

[A]

I love it. I love it.

[C]

So next time we come back, we've got the pitch settled by this time. Blay, he's just rolling in trim because he's so cool and collectively rolling in trim.

[A]

Hell, you mean gash? Uh huh.

[B]

You mean that sweet sliz?

[C]

I'm talking about some serious trench.

[A]

Jesus. I'm so glad I don't know what you're talking about. Wait a minute. Are we off PBS now?

[B]

Do you want to apologize to Blake? You made him sweat a lot.

[A]

No, I don't think I did. Oh, I was.

[B]

He's crying, He's. You made him very vulnerable this entire year.

[A]

This was a. You know what this was? I was a very, very good, tough, but effective therapist. And I think I made a big change in Blay's life.

[D]

Thank you.

[A]

And I hope a big change in my life.

[B]

Thank you to him.

[A]

Yeah, I helped you.

[B]

You really feel like you think he helped you?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, he did it. Sona. If I didn't care about Blay, I wouldn't yell at him and belittle him. There we go. Oh my God. I think that's right. Okay, let's wrap this up and next week let us return and maybe explore this concept that a soft spoken Blay had, which got our attention, which is discussing my next movie role. So we'll see you soon. Okay?

[C]

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