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Seth Meyers
This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Netflix's Big Mistakes. Hey, Pashi. Hey, Sufi. Dan Levy, the Emmy award winning creator, actor, writer, comedian, did a fantastic show. One of the great shows about families in the last 10 years. Schitt's Creek.
Josh Meyers
Schitt's Creek, Amazing.
Seth Meyers
Now he's got a new family saga with high stakes comedy and crime caper, Big Mistakes, starring him, Taylor Ortega. They play two deeply incapable siblings, very unlike us. Only one of us is deeply incapable. They're in over their heads when a misguided theft for their dying grandmother accidentally pulls them into the world of organized crime.
Josh Meyers
Blackmailed into increasingly dangerous assignments, they clumsily fail upwards, sinking deeper into chaos they're ill equipped to handle.
Seth Meyers
We would be very. I don't think we could pull off a heist. Posh.
Josh Meyers
No, no, no, no, no.
Seth Meyers
Yeah, yeah. Do you think mom and dad could pull a vised?
Josh Meyers
I would love to see them try.
Seth Meyers
I mean, I feel like, you know, when the cops catch them.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
When they are bickering before they even get to the heist, when they're in
Josh Meyers
a crawl space, they're like, yeah.
Seth Meyers
Oh my God. Mom and dad in a crawl space. No, thank you. Catch Dan Levy and big mistakes on April 9, only on Netflix.
Josh Meyers
Hey, everybody, solo intro this week. Seth is not around. I imagine he is on spring break with his family, but to be perfectly honest, when we aren't on a podcast together, we don't talk that much. So I don't know where he is, but I hope he's somewhere great. Real quick, sort of updates for what I've been doing. I went to Ojai this last weekend, which is a beautiful little town in California. It's about an hour and a half from Los Angeles, and it was my dear friend Molly Kloss's 50th birthday. The last time I was in Ojai was for Molly Kloss's 40th birthday. And the last time I was at Molly Klass's birthday for her 40th was the day that my nephew Ash was born. So Ash Myers has turned 10, which is amazing. I sent him a gift. He called to thank me for it. I'm just kidding. He didn't call to say thanks because he's 10 and that's not, apparently, what children do. But I hope he likes it. Ash, I really hope you like it. Ojai is great. It is. It's so charming. Although I will say, you know, my buddy Devin and I went to the Ojai Valley Inn, which is a very sort of. She. She lovely hotel with these sprawling grounds. And they have a golf course. So we went to go play golf there. It ain't cheap. And look, I know that golf as a thing is. Is kind of a douchey thing in general. Malcolm Gladwell has a full podcast where he talks about how golf courses shouldn't exist. And there's a lot of tax loopholes, specifically in Los Angeles, that have been exploited. And I'm with Mr. Gladwell on all that. But I do enjoy golfing. And because it was a weekend, you know, it's a vacation, my buddy Devin and I decided to spend a little money and go to this golf course. And on the third hole, we realized that we had two fivesomes in front of us. And if you know golf, it's classically played in a foursome. And when there's five people playing, it just slows everything down. And when there's two fivesomes, it really slows things down. So I called the. The pro shop and I said, hey, do you guys allow five sims? And they said, no, we, we don't. And I said, well, I've got a foursome, a five some on three and another one on four. And they said, all right, we'll send, we'll send a marshal out to, to break them up. And I said, thank you very much. And I got to the ninth hole and they still hadn't broken them up. And I went into the pro shop and I said, well, I still got two 5 Sims in front of me. What's the deal? And he said, well, I think they're members. They sent someone out, and I think they're probably just members. And so I told the gentleman in the pro shop that either it's a rule or, or it's not a rule. And I was very disappointed in him and the golf course. So I said my piece,
Seth Meyers
and then
Josh Meyers
the five some right in front of us had the gall to tell me and Devin, sorry, guys, there's a five some in front of us. But they were a fivesome anyhow, so take that, Ojai Valley. And I am launching my complaint on the Family Trips podcast. And I hope you get what's coming to you. But then we stayed at this place, the Roblar Hotel, which was just lovely. We had a day of games in the park, and Sarasoti Park, I want to say, brought out all these lawn games. We did some classic sack races, three legged races, egg on a spoon. Mali had this game where you had to put on you had to roll doubles with two dice. And if you hit doubles, you were at a table, a picnic table with a lot of people. So we were like 20 people and 20 people. If you rolled doubles, you had to put on a scarf, a winter hat, two oven mitts, and you had a knife and fork. And on a baking sheet, you had a chocolate bar. And you had to cut the chocolate bar, holding the. With the oven mitts in your hand, using the silverware, and eat the chocolate as fast as you could. While you were getting all that gear on and trying to eat the chocolate, the rest of your team was trying to roll doubles. If someone rolled doubles, you had to take that stuff off as fast as you could. The game made no sense to me before it started, but once it started, it was fantastic and really highly, highly recommend. She used to play it as a child and the goal was just there weren't two teams. The goal was just like, you want to eat chocolate?
Seth Meyers
So that was great.
Josh Meyers
I love a game day and yeah, just a wonderful weekend with some of my friends who are like family to me. So. Happy birthday, Molly. Again, happy birthday, Ash. This episode that you're about to hear was recorded live in Brooklyn. Seth and I were there for the On Air Fest, which we've done for the last three years. Scott Newman hosts that festival. He's had us out there. So thank you so much, Scott. There was a huge snowstorm just before we did this, and a lot of the talent, which we sort of talk about in this episode was unable to make it. We had a few guests that were maybe going to join us, and they were also unable to join us because. Because of the snow. And so we had to go to the bullpen and we called my wife, the wonderful and talented Mackenzie Rollins, to the stage, who thought she might be on this podcast at some point. She has some unique insights into the Myers family, but she is an equestrian. She's not a stage performer. She's a performer when she, you know, is doing dressage or show jumping or cross country at an event. But she's not typically on stage speaking. So she was a little thrown that her first time on the podcast was going to be in front of about a hundred plus people in a ballroom in a wonderful hotel in Brooklyn. But she stepped up to the plate and we were lucky to have her. And yeah, we had a great time at this event and then a great time in Brooklyn in February. And yeah, so enjoy everybody. And Seth will be back next week.
Seth Meyers
Family trips with the Miles brothers, Family
Josh Meyers
chips with the mother's brothers.
Seth Meyers
Here we go. Good morning. Good morning. How are we? I. You know what? I'm just gonna take advantage right off the bat of this being a visual medium to say, there's not an empty seat in the house.
Josh Meyers
It's early.
Seth Meyers
It's early. Fire marshal,
Josh Meyers
but it's early. It's early.
Seth Meyers
It earthquakes early. And it's a podcast festival, and we know the podcast community, Porty's Hard. Yeah, yeah, they were out late last night. Brooklyn was rocking. I'm sure.
Josh Meyers
I mean, more venues, which just means more places to drink and more places to.
Seth Meyers
Can I ask who here is in the actual podcast world? Make some noise. All right. It's very funny that they're in the podcast world and they raise their hand. Wait, how many people here host a podcast? All right, so we have some hosts. How many people here produce podcasts? And how. If you produce a podcast, Be honest, how much do you hate your hosts who are always like, ugh, today we
Josh Meyers
have to do another.
Seth Meyers
We have to do another one. I will say, as somebody who hosts podcasts, I think there's this inverse relationship, which is the amount of dread I have when I realize we have to do one is completely inverse to the joy I have once we actually do one.
Josh Meyers
Yeah. Well, also, you have the benefit of having a room, a space that's set up for you.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
And staff.
Seth Meyers
I lean very hard on the IT department at Late Night with Seth Meyers,
Josh Meyers
and every time we do one, I have to take everything out of a closet and set it up in our dining room and then break it down and.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Yeah, it's tedious.
Seth Meyers
I visited Josh recently, and we had to. I had to do a different podcast, and I said, can I use your podcast studio? And you were like, studio, may I welcome you to the podcast table?
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
But, yeah. And we are a family podcast, and I want to thank you because recently I've been traveling a lot, and I could not do this week's podcast. And so you had to call in
Josh Meyers
a emergency co host, which was our mother, who's terrific. I mean, has a lot of goodwill. Goodwill from our listeners. She's been on your show countless times, and she's been guests on our podcast.
Seth Meyers
And you were not interviewing a guest. It was a listener episode. We often have our listeners send in stories or questions. But you were saying backstage that she was still very nervous.
Josh Meyers
Yeah, very nervous. But she was great. And there were some technical malfunctions where she got kicked off the zoom, and when they came back on, they were yelling at each other, which is real.
Seth Meyers
Dad and mom were yelling at each
Josh Meyers
other, which is a real flashback to our youth.
Seth Meyers
And.
Josh Meyers
But then.
Seth Meyers
And what. In your best dad voice, what was he saying to mom when the zoom came back up? There's no need to panic.
Josh Meyers
There is no need to panic.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. He's very good that way.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
It's lovely to be with all of you. Thank you so much. We have a podcast. I can't believe this is our third year doing family trips with the Myers Brothers on AirFest.
Josh Meyers
Well, we keep traveling.
Seth Meyers
We do keep traveling, and. That's right. And the world keeps traveling as well. Also, for people who listen, they know. Maybe not everyone here knows, but we have a very different way of hosting this show, which is. I believe that family trips is sort of a broad idea, that you could take a trip down memory lane of a family trip, or you could also talk about your own biography and the trip it's led through your life. Whereas you. The minute people stop talking about family trips, you're a fucking asshole.
Josh Meyers
I don't think I'm an asshole to them. I think I'm an asshole to you. Because you want it.
Seth Meyers
I love that. You don't think that counts.
Josh Meyers
If we're talking. If we're talking to a standup, you want to talk to them about, like, what's the room like in Charlotte? And it's like, I don't think that's what people tuned in for.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Yeah. You can have a standup podcast.
Seth Meyers
You're a real scold. You're what's called a podcast. Scold.
Josh Meyers
Well, I like to keep it.
Seth Meyers
You do, like, keep it moving. And I want to thank you for keeping it moving. Now, how many episodes have we done of family trips?
Josh Meyers
Do you.
Seth Meyers
I don't know. Yeah, I don't know either. Feels like we should know. I did. I wrote some notes because there were some things. Things I wanted to ask you. Oh, were you. I feel like this. I'm wearing a wristband that says talent. And I'm going to be honest, when they put this on me, I feel a little bit less talented. You know what I mean? When they put on a tiny little wristband. Like, I feel like at the Olympics, when you go up to the podium, they're not like, let me just put a little athlete thing on your wrist. Yeah. I feel like, you know, the very. You know, just this should, like, say talent. Yeah. Little wrist. In case people are wondering why I have a little wristband on. Yeah.
Josh Meyers
I don't know. I've always Been uncomfortable with the term talent. When you show up and someone says, oh, you're talent.
Seth Meyers
Oh, I thought you meant when I show up. But you just mean in general.
Josh Meyers
In general. I think it's an odd term.
Seth Meyers
I've been doing a lot of traveling.
Josh Meyers
Oh, good. Let's get on topic.
Seth Meyers
See? Yeah, There you go.
Josh Meyers
He knew.
Seth Meyers
He was very. And we kind of. It's Blake. Been on a whirlwind. So we're on a forced. We were on a forced hiatus because the Olympics were on NBC. And I guess they decided that somehow my show does less ratings than the
Josh Meyers
luge,
Seth Meyers
so the luge gets first position. But I took this opportunity to travel. I went to London. It was very exciting.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Had a great time in London. That was work. That was work, yeah. They're doing a SNL UK that starts March 21, and a whole British writing staff. British cast. Very exciting. They asked me if I'd come over and just sort of hang out for a few days and share my meager wisdom with them. But it was great. And the very exciting thing for me is I went. I, for a long time, have been a fan of a British soccer team, a football club called West Ham, and I literally have only seen them play once in my life, like, 25 years ago. And this is a to go again. And it was very exciting. They were playing Manchester United, a far better club. And here was the part that I wanted to share with you, which is, first half, no score. And then at halftime, I was lucky enough to get brought to this, like, sort of lounge with, like, luminaries of the team over the years. And it was getting close to the end of halftime, and obviously I wanted to be back in my seat, and I didn't want to miss any action. And then someone was like, oh, you should meet this guy. He played for the club back in the 60s. And, you know, I don't know who this person is, but I'm very polite. Yeah, you know you are. And I'm like, you know, maybe this guy has some awesome story about playing for West Ham back in the day. And they were like, this is Seth. He's from New York. He had no idea who I was. And he's like, oh, New York City. We went to New York City in 1968. The buildings were so tall. And then I just had to listen to him talk about New York, which is where I live, right? He's like, the subways are underground. Like, just, like, nothing. And he went on for so long. West Ham scored. I missed the only Goal. Oh, no. I heard everybody scream. And by the way, like, this guy, like, you know, he's been. He goes to every game. He sees goals all the time. He didn't care.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
So that was sadly, my story there.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
I mean, that's like being at a Super bowl party and going to the snack table and someone's telling you about a dip and you miss a touchdown. But the only touchdown.
Seth Meyers
We once were Pittsburgh Steeler fans. And I remember that we. I GUESS it was 19. The 1995 Super bowl that season. Super Bowl. We were in college together, and we watched the first half at a Super bowl party. And then we realized that we had to leave because, like, we were losing. We. They were losing. And also people were still trying to be human beings to us, and we didn't want to. And then we went to my apartment and do you remember what you did for the whole second half of that game?
Josh Meyers
I laid under a blanket with a footballer with a terrible towel over my chest.
Seth Meyers
You laid very still with a terrible towel on your chest. And we started coming back and you didn't move for 90 minutes.
Josh Meyers
I did my best.
Seth Meyers
You did your best. We still lost, but you did your best.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
I also went on a ski trip with my wife and my three children. We had a fantastic time.
Josh Meyers
Yeah. We haven't really talked about this.
Seth Meyers
No, it was great because now we
Josh Meyers
just save all these conversations for a podcast.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. And in general, I will say, like, you know, there's a lot. Like, my brother and I, we're very close, but we never talked. We never had long phone conversations.
Josh Meyers
No. Cause I.
Seth Meyers
We talk a lot more now that we have a podcast. Yeah. And, you know, there's a lot of articles written about, like, the decline in adult male friendships. And my advice would just be, like, start a podcast. I highly recommend.
Josh Meyers
So you went skiing with your family?
Seth Meyers
I went skiing. And see, the minute I started not talking about a trip.
Josh Meyers
Where did you go, Seth?
Seth Meyers
We went. I've never been to Montana. And we went to Montana. It was great. But mostly I just had stories about my children I wanted to share. We had room keys, you know, magnetic room keys. And kids get really excited about keys. I think there's something about it that, like, makes them feel the power of freedom, you know, like a nine Access. Right, Exactly. A nine. A seven year old. They're just kind of key obsessed. And anyway, so I'm leaving all the. My whole family was at breakfast and I'm like, looking around. I can't find a key. So I don't have a key. And then I go to breakfast and then Alexei's like, can you go back to the room? I need something. And I'm like, of course. And I'm like, does anybody have a key? And Axel, my 7 year old, goes, oh yeah, I do. How many do you need? And he pulled five keys out. Like he just was like, I'm the key guy. Yeah. I will also say, you know, we obviously we grew up with kids. We were children of, you know, born in the 70s, children of the 80s. Arcade life was a big part of our life.
Josh Meyers
Huge.
Seth Meyers
We were at the hotel, had an arcade, like a classic arcade. Classic arcade. But like you know, skee ball, Papa shot, you know, of like some Pac man, some like more modern stuff. Our kids are like very. We don't have a video game system in the house. You know, they're very, you know, we're pretty as you know.
Josh Meyers
Yeah. I will say I can't figure out what to do with this pillow.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Just can't.
Seth Meyers
It's been a real battle.
Josh Meyers
I know it's been a battle.
Seth Meyers
You know what I'm going to say? Pillow won. Josh. Zero.
Josh Meyers
So anyhow, yes.
Seth Meyers
Arcade. So any they. But I will say like it was such an advertisement for not letting your kids play video games because the kids knew about the arcade and like we would go ski and then we'd have dinner and they're like, can we go to the arcade for half an hour and be like, yes. And it made, it melted our boys brains. Like the post video game. They could not even like comprehend. Like they became so addicted to like.
Josh Meyers
So you couldn't get him out of there?
Seth Meyers
I couldn't get him out of there. And then when I got him out of there, they would like we'd get him like into the bathroom. They'd be like,
Josh Meyers
what are their games? What do they play?
Seth Meyers
They were playing like some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle game, like some race car game. Like all nonsense. Yeah. But like they were just like. They just don't. They're not used to it quarters, are they? No, no. I think it was like kind that was even worse because it was like, it was like, hey, these, all these games are free. Oh yeah. So they didn't even have the appreciation of like running out of quarters. Yeah, yeah. We also, because we talk about. And I feel like we as a family, my family and our family growing up, that thing of like in a car playing like road trip games, you know, is very important way to pass the time. Right. And so we were in a Car. We had to drive to dinner, and my daughter addie, who is 4, had a. A paper cup full of wasabi beans. You know those, like, hard wasabi beans?
Josh Meyers
Wasabi, like wasabi peas?
Seth Meyers
Yes. That's better. Yeah, that's better. Cause that's what they're called. So they had, like, little wasabi peas and, you know, they're like green and they got, you know.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Wasabi. And she likes them and she calls them wasabis. Great. You know, great. You know, obviously that's. You wouldn't have corrected her if she said wasabi peas. No. Yep. But wasabi beans. You jumped all over me. Well, you. Yeah. So she has her wasabi peas and then we go to dinner and we walk into the restaurant and Alexi takes the rest of them and just throws them away. Right. We're at a restaurant now. Then we get back in the car and Addie asks for her wasabi piece. And she's like. Alexi's like, we threw him away. And she's like, bawling. She's so. And she's in the car and she's like, I want my basabi. She's so. She's basaab herself.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And she's screaming for him. And then my son Ash says, oh, let's play a game to take Addie's mind off it.
Josh Meyers
Good idea.
Seth Meyers
And I'm so proud of him. Like, oh, my God, that's such a good idea. And he goes, well, play a guessing game. Like, great, let's play a guessing game. He goes, addy, what's green and white? And he goes, what's green and white and spicy all over? And Addy, like, goes, wasabi. And I literally. I go, ash, that maybe is the funniest thing you've ever said.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And then there was a small downside, though, which is he then told it. He said it like 10 more times until we had to be like, it's not funny anymore.
Josh Meyers
Right.
Seth Meyers
But he has a thing he gets when he feels like he's got a good one. He'll ride it. Yeah, he'll ride it super hard.
Josh Meyers
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Seth Meyers
This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Netflix's Big Mistakes. Hey, Pashi. Hey Sufi. Dan Levy, the Emmy award winning creator, actor, writer, comedian, did a fantastic show. What are the great shows about families in the last 10 years? Schitt's Creek.
Josh Meyers
Schitt's Creek. Amazing.
Seth Meyers
Now he's got a new family saga with high stakes comedy and crime caper. Big Mistakes. Starring him, Taylor Ortega. They play two deeply incapable siblings, very unlike us. Only one of us is deeply incapable. They're in over their heads when a misguided theft for their dying grandmother accidentally pulls them into the world of organized crime.
Josh Meyers
Blackmailed into increasingly dangerous assignments, they clumsily fail upward, sinking deeper into chaos they're ill equipped to handle.
Seth Meyers
We would be very. I don't think we could pull off a heist. Posh.
Josh Meyers
No, no, no, no, no.
Seth Meyers
Yeah, yeah. Do you think mom and dad could pull off a heist?
Josh Meyers
I would love to see them try.
Seth Meyers
I mean, I feel like, you know, when the cops catch them.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
When they are bickering before they even
Josh Meyers
get to the heist, when they're in a crawl space, they're like, yeah.
Seth Meyers
Oh my God. Mom and dad in a crawl space. No, thank you. Catch Dan Levy and big mistakes on April 9, only on Netflix. This episode is brought to you by Athletic Brewing Company. No matter how you do game day, on the couch, in the crowd, or manning the snack table, Athletic Brewing fits right in with a full lineup of non alcoholic beer styles. You can enjoy bold flavors all game long. No hangovers, no buzz, no subbing out for water in the second half. Stock the fridge for tip off with a variety of non alcoholic craft styles. Available at your local grocery store or online at athleticbrewing.com near Beer Fit for all times.
Josh Meyers
Drips.
Seth Meyers
Here we go. And then, last but not least, I was lucky enough. I went to Milan and went to. I got to go to the women's gold medal hockey game.
Josh Meyers
Amazing.
Seth Meyers
Unbelievable.
Josh Meyers
Amazing.
Seth Meyers
Unbelievable. One of the sporting events I've ever seen live. And then I did the Today show the next day and the entire team was there. I got to meet them all. They were so lovely, so wonderful. Wouldn't let me wear the medals.
Josh Meyers
Never. None of them?
Seth Meyers
No. I never really asked, but I can't
Josh Meyers
believe you wouldn't ask.
Seth Meyers
I know, but it felt weird, you know?
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Like a little thirsty, right? Yeah.
Josh Meyers
I mean, you do. You're wearing a wristband that says talent.
Seth Meyers
So do you think if I was wearing this, they would ask to try it on? But I told this story on the show, but it was really funny because I went to the game and it was. The vibe was so great, and I think there's a real, obviously rivalry between the US And Canada on the ice. But the fans, the Canadian fans were so nice. The American fans were so nice. Like, the vibe in the arena was really positive.
Josh Meyers
No fights.
Seth Meyers
No fights.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And I, when I would like, sort of walk through to, you know, to go to the concession or, you know, run the bathroom, it was very lovely. I had very lovely interactions with people, American fans, Canadian fans, A lot of people were asking to take pictures. It was very lovely and great. But then multiple Italian people who were also there would then come over to me and they would ask me who I was. Right. Based on the fact that I'd taken photos with other people. Fair. So they'd seen that. And they're like, eh, who are you? And like a little aggressive, like, who are you? And I'm like. And then puts you in this very awkward situation of having to explain why other people want a picture with you. Yeah, right. Like, I don't want to. And I'm like, oh, I have a television show in America. And then multiple of them were like, okay, I'll get a picture.
Josh Meyers
They did you the favor.
Seth Meyers
Don't do me any favors. You know what I mean? And then another, A security guard stopped me and he asked me if I was Hugh Grant. Oh, well, there you go, he's like, are you a Hugh Grant?
Josh Meyers
That's a real throwback for me.
Seth Meyers
That's a real throwback for me. I've gotten. And I was like, I'm not Hugh Grant. And then he was a little. He thought this was exactly what Hugh Grant would say if he didn't want to take a picture. Right? Yeah. Like, I'm like, I'm not Hugh Grant. He's like, yeah, let's get this picture. So then I had to show. I went on my phone and I showed him a picture of me interviewing Hugh Grant. And he was like, oh, okay. Like, he still was like, mm, yeah. And then, you know, haha. And then I went back to my seat, and then the next time I went up, he was like, I'll get a picture. Like, he had to think about it. He had to get over his disappointment that I wasn't Hugh Grant.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And then he took a picture with me. Yeah.
Josh Meyers
How do you think he's doing now?
Seth Meyers
Hugh Grant or the Italian student?
Josh Meyers
The Italian guy.
Seth Meyers
He has this picture. I guess my question is, do you think. Let me ask you a question. Do you think he's showing it to people saying, this is me and Hugh Grant?
Josh Meyers
Maybe. Yeah.
Seth Meyers
I mean, there's a chance that he's like, if all Italians are like me, this is close enough.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
I have a thing that's happening now where I play Governor Gavin Newsom on Jimmy Kimmel.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
And every time.
Seth Meyers
A great one this week.
Josh Meyers
And every time I do, people in the comments will keep saying, I thought that was Seth Meyers. Even when you and I did something together on Jimmy Kimmel.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
People were like, oh, Seth Meyers does a great Gavin Newsom. And it's like, he. You walk out next to me.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. So, yeah.
Josh Meyers
People think when people look like people, they're those people.
Seth Meyers
They are those people.
Josh Meyers
Yeah. I've get. I've gotten sort of tagged as Newsom in, like, Trader Joe's and really in Hollywood. And I'm like, gavin Newsom's not at Trader Joe's.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. My favorite. Our friend Brendan Hunt once, we were. Who from Ted Lasso. And we worked with him in Amsterdam at Boom Chicago. And we were doing a show. I can't remember where. I think we were in, like, Houston or something, he and I, and we were in a mall in Houston and there was somebody walking, wearing a Houston Astros jersey that said Bagwell, Jeff Bagwell, you know, hall of Fame baseball player. And he's like, oh, my God. He goes. And a guy did look like Jeff Bagwell. And he's like, I think that's Jeff Bagwell. And I'm like, I know it's not because Jeff Bagwell wouldn't wear a Jeff Bagwell jersey to the mall, Right? Yeah.
Josh Meyers
To a game. To a game. Now that he's retired. Yeah, he could wear one.
Seth Meyers
One last thing I noticed about myself traveling recently, and I wonder if this is true of anybody else, which is I have a terrible habit now of when I'm on an airplane. Like, if someone else is watching a movie on the back of their chair that I like, I find that I'm just watching it, like, one row up and one seat over, and I don't under. I also have the ability to watch that movie.
Josh Meyers
Right.
Seth Meyers
And I think it's. If it's a movie I've seen a bunch of times that I feel like my time in an airplane is very precious, and I don't want to waste it by watching Goonies, because I've seen Goonies so many times. And yet if someone's watching Goonies one seat up, I'm like, oh, man, that's Goonies. Yeah. And, like, I just kind of creep on it the whole time, and I'm like, why am I not just watching Goonies? Yeah. Yeah, you can.
Josh Meyers
You should.
Seth Meyers
Thank you, buddy. Yeah. Also, I should say flying, too. When you're flying with a family of five, which, you know, we often do, I feel like the airlines are like, you know where we think you will enjoy this flight the most? Right next to the bathroom, all the way in the back. Like, all our flights are like. We're just like. It's like five of us and a stranger in that, like, back room by the bathroom. And our daughter Alexi. I'm sorry. My wife Alexi, and our daughter Addy. They're best friends. And then me and the boys are fine. Right. Like, nobody sees us and is like, aw. Cause it's just like, I'm just, like, a avenger. Like, concierge. It's just headphones.
Josh Meyers
I've been on a train with you.
Seth Meyers
You are?
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
It's just like, headphones and iPads and adapters and splitters and, like, nobody's happy. And just, like, the amount, like, within, like, five minutes of giving them an iPad, it's, like, so smudged up.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
It's like looking out a windshield during a blizzard. And. Yeah. It's not that much fun to fly.
Josh Meyers
We did. We flew together last year, me, you, and your boys out of LaGuardia to Pittsburgh.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
For an Annual family trip. And I had booked a flight, and for whatever reason, it was like another $20 for me to check my bag and be in first class. And your boys were asking if they were in first class and you weren't. Yeah, and I was. And I got to board first, and then you guys had to walk by me. And I talked so much shit to my little nephews, and they were so sad about it. And I was like, where are you guys going? And I'm never in first class.
Seth Meyers
And then they, like. I don't know. What is it? Like, peanuts. Like, they have a gate that I call, like, peanuts walk when they're so disappointed. And if, like, they walk past, like, better seats anywhere, they walk like this.
Josh Meyers
They Also, like, in LaGuardia, they sell Lego sets that couldn't be bigger. They sell, like, the Death Star.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
And your boys were like, can we get this? And you're like, what? Like, we're getting on a plane to go to Pittsburgh and then come back. We're not buying a Death Star that
Seth Meyers
we would have to then carry with us to Pittsburgh and then back. Bring back to New York City. Yeah, yeah.
Josh Meyers
Those kids gotta wise up.
Seth Meyers
No, also though, like, hey, LaGuardia, maybe don't put a giant LEGO store on my way to the flight. Yeah. Very unkind.
Josh Meyers
The only way you can buy one is if you don't have a carry on. And that becomes your carry on.
Seth Meyers
It's enormous. And then you're just an adult who's bringing a giant LEGO set onto an airplane.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
This was billed as having a special guest, and due to weather, we went to a plan B that I'm gonna argue is kind of a plan A. I think it's gonna be better and more interesting than anyone we could have got. And it's a little tied into the theme of family trips.
Josh Meyers
Absolutely. Someone who might have some insights about our family because they've been on trips with our family. So please welcome to the stage my wife, mackenzie Rollins.
Seth Meyers
Yay, mackenzie.
Mackenzie Rollins
Thank you.
Josh Meyers
No, I didn't hug you. I didn't hug you, mackenzie.
Seth Meyers
I'm gonna start, like, obviously, my brother and I are very close, and you guys are married, but this is the first time we're meeting.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah. I really thought. I really thought the first time that I was ever gonna do anything like this would be in the comfort of our own home. Not, like.
Seth Meyers
Right. You know, that's very true. We could have had you on the podcast sitting at your dining room table.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah. I could have had dog with me, like, nervously petting her.
Josh Meyers
Also not a performer. You're an equestrian by trade.
Mackenzie Rollins
And this is incredibly unnatural for me. I'm, like, in a cold sweat right now. I understand your mom's nerves.
Seth Meyers
So
Josh Meyers
you met our parents on vacation?
Mackenzie Rollins
Well, I first met your mother before I met anybody else in the family. Cause I was in Cape Cod with my mom.
Josh Meyers
Oh, right, you went to visit our mother and her sisters.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah. We had just started dating, and she was with the geese in their rental house.
Seth Meyers
The geese is the name. Our collective name for Josh and my aunts.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yes.
Josh Meyers
Yeah. Because when they talk, it sounds like a bunch of geese flying overhead.
Seth Meyers
Let's do a quick. This is like the din of their conversation would be just like.
Mackenzie Rollins
Well, yeah, it was very much like that. So I was close to them. And you were like, you should just go meet my mom. And I was like, okay.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
So I grabbed a bottle of wine, and my mom was like, should I come? And I was like, no, I don't think so. We've just started dating. Like, I don't need to intro you into this family yet, because she's a real wild card.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
But then meeting our father.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah. So I met Seth separately. And then we were going to Amsterdam for Thanksgiving because it was right before your show started. So it was the last Thanksgiving in Amsterdam, which you guys had been doing for years. So when you asked me again, I felt the same way. I'm, like, in a cold sweat. I was very nervous. Like, God, I'm gonna go to Amsterdam and meet your whole. Like, the rest of your family. And it was Alexi and your father, who I hadn't met yet. And I was, like, terrified to meet both of them.
Seth Meyers
And I should note. I mean. Cause this is obviously a very unique situation. You know, Josh and I lived in Amsterdam. We worked for this theater. Our parents used to come and visit us at Thanksgiving in Amsterdam because we would go home for Christmas, and we wouldn't be able to go back twice that close together. And so it became this tradition. Like, long after we left Amsterdam, we would still go back to Amsterdam, and we would have Thanksgiving there with our friends. And the first time Alexi met my family, I believe, was also in Amsterdam. Like, I called her. We just started dating. I'm like, I know this is crazy. Do you want to fly to Amsterdam and spend Thanksgiving in a country that doesn't celebrate it with my family? And that's what we chose to do.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
And we both lasted. Here we are.
Josh Meyers
And we. So we got in and had to, like, go take a nap. At mom and Dad's. Airbnb?
Mackenzie Rollins
Well, yeah, because I had been so nervous. And we were leaving la and Josh was like, you really need to sleep on this flight. It's a long flight. We're gonna get there, we're gonna hit the ground running. And I, like, brought something to help me sleep. Did not sleep at all.
Seth Meyers
But you did take like two of
Josh Meyers
those things to help you sleep.
Mackenzie Rollins
I took two of the things to help me sleep and a glass of. And I was like, I'll watch another movie. I'll watch another movie. I'll watch another movie. And he woke up and was like, have you slept? And I was like, mm, mm. No, I haven't. I haven't slept at all. And we get to Amsterdam, and I immediately fell asleep on the train and then had no recollection of how we got to your parents apartment. I, like, had no. I was like, did we take a car? What did we do?
Josh Meyers
And then we passed out. We took a little nap in their apartment. And then we finally got to go to where we were staying. And then the next night, dad had, like. It wasn't dramatic. It sounds dramatic, but he had a heart attack, but didn't, like, know he had a heart attack.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah. Yeah.
Josh Meyers
So he woke up and he's like, my arms hurt. I'm gonna go to the hospital. And they were like, you had a heart attack?
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
And it was. So we had to push Thanksgiving, which when you're in a country that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Easy to do.
Seth Meyers
Cause the doctor said, dad said, like, is there anything I shouldn't do? And he said, don't eat a whole turkey for at least 48 hours.
Mackenzie Rollins
But I do remember your father very specifically said to me, it was. Cause I met you. And I was like, okay, Larry, that was dad's joke.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yes.
Seth Meyers
Oh, my God. That's such a. That's a really good Apex level Dad joke.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Took his breath away.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Almost killed him.
Mackenzie Rollins
But then I also almost killed myself.
Seth Meyers
Yeah, you almost killed yourself.
Mackenzie Rollins
Same trip. Yeah.
Seth Meyers
How did you almost kill yourself in Amsterdam?
Mackenzie Rollins
So we were riding bikes, which I was also very nervous to do in a very busy city. You guys were all very comfortable doing it. You'd been doing it for years. And I was like, okay. And it had just rained. And the whole time we're riding bikes, I just kept thinking about, like, I hope I don't hit a curb and like, fall or get hit by a car or anything. And we're riding bikes and I'm kind of like, Last in the train. Just, like, trying to make sure I can clock where everybody's going. And they go up on a curb, and I hit the curb wrong, and. And, like, immediately lose control of the bike going down a stairwell. And I just went like. And let go of the bike at the top of the stairwell, and it went crashing down. And everybody stopped and everybody turned around, and I was like, I'm okay. I'm okay.
Seth Meyers
And everybody's like, where is your bike?
Mackenzie Rollins
It was terrifying.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
And you're still embarrassed by that.
Mackenzie Rollins
Like, that picture will pop my blushing.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
On our aura frame. And she's always like, I'm still embarrassed. And it's like, it wasn't your fault.
Seth Meyers
It is very obviously, you know, riding bikes in Amsterdam, like, it's a bike city. And, like, you're safe from cars, but, like, you know, the bikers are basically like, commuters. And so if you are a leisurely biker, a recreational biker, it can be very intimidating. And I remember when we lived there, two of our closest friends, Bags and Jake, came and visited. And, like, this is right out of college, and they were coming to Amsterdam to do, like, the sort of classic, stereotypical, like, Amsterdam in your 20s. Like, they just wanted to, like, smoke weed and, like, you know, eat French fries. Yeah. But I got. I rent. We rented bikes because it's crazy to be in Amsterdam and not, you know, ride bikes. And I had lived there for six months, and we rented bikes. And the one thing they tell you is, like, there's these tram tracks, and you can't. Like, when you cross the tram tracks, you gotta get perpendicular to them because there is a chance that your wheels could get, like, stuck in the tram tracks. And now it's just the simplest thing to tell somebody. And so we rented our bikes and we got on the bikes, and I go, oh, one last thing. Like, when you cross the tram tracks, you know, like, cross them this way so you don't get stuck in the tram tracks. And they both. They were also already a little stoned, and they were like, what? And it was like you would get stuck in the tram track, and they're like, and then what happens? And I'm like, then you're just. Just don't worry about it. Just go like this. And they literally both just got off their bikes, put them, locked them up, and they're like, we're not doing that.
Josh Meyers
Yeah, better safe than sorry.
Seth Meyers
Better safe than sorry. And now we're going to take a quick break to hear from one of our sponsors.
Josh Meyers
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Josh Meyers
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K Pop Demon Hunters, Haja Boy's Breakfast Meal and Hunt Tricks Meal have just dropped at McDonald's. They're calling this a battle for the fans. What do you say to that, Rumi?
Mackenzie Rollins
It's not a battle.
Seth Meyers
So glad the Saja boys could take
Mackenzie Rollins
breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day.
Seth Meyers
It is an honor to share. No, it's our honor. It is our larger honor.
Mackenzie Rollins
No, really stop.
Josh Meyers
You can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side. Ba da ba ba ba. Participate in McDonald's while supplies last splash trips.
Seth Meyers
Here we go.
Josh Meyers
You have a good trip about you once got a great Christmas present from Your mother, just to bring it to you.
Seth Meyers
Family vacation, of course.
Josh Meyers
You see what I'm doing?
Seth Meyers
I do see what you're doing. I wanted them to see what you're doing. Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
Well, it's funny. We're staying with my friend Sophia and her husband Ben, and their daughter Lola, who's 11. And I think I was around Lola's age when I got this Christmas present from my mom. And I had always wanted to go to Disney. And my mom is, like, not a theme park lady. She's not a ride lady. She's definitely not a Disney lady. But she got us tickets to Disney and put the tickets in an envelope in a big box that had, like, tons of peanuts. So I had to dig around for it. And we have this really cute picture of me. It's a Polaroid. And I'm like, yes. And at the time, we were getting our floors sanded at the house, so this was, like, the excuse to get out of the house. And she, like, went all out. We decided to go camping at the Disney campground.
Josh Meyers
If that's going all out.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Well, no, but
Mackenzie Rollins
the all out part was. We were then, like, there was a
Seth Meyers
second part of the side.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah, there's a second part of the trip. And she had, like, sent down all this camp gear. And when we got there, she's like, we're gonna get it. We're gonna get a convertible. And I was like, oh, this is the coolest thing ever. So we get this convertible, we go camping. It's really fun. And then we go down to Key west, and we just had this great road trip, and we ended up stopping at, like, a pet store. And I was, like, enamored with the birds. And she decided that it was going to be a great idea for us to get a bird and bring it home with us on the airplane.
Seth Meyers
By the way, move over, Death Star Lego set.
Mackenzie Rollins
So we got this cockatiel that I named Tiki. But we had no bird supplies at the house, and it was the dead of winter.
Seth Meyers
But wait, you bought it in Florida?
Mackenzie Rollins
Yes.
Seth Meyers
And then how do you get it home?
Mackenzie Rollins
In a shoebox?
Seth Meyers
Gotcha.
Josh Meyers
On the plane.
Seth Meyers
Or do you just give the bird directions?
Josh Meyers
We live in Massachusetts.
Mackenzie Rollins
It was our little carry on. And I, like, played with it on the plane.
Seth Meyers
That's crazy.
Mackenzie Rollins
I don't think you could do that now.
Seth Meyers
That seems. Yeah, it seems very weird to be like, this is. I mean, well, you could do it now, but it would have to be an emotional support bird.
Mackenzie Rollins
We get home, and it's the dead of winter, we don't have a birdcage. So we flipped the laundry basket upside down and stuck a few sticks in it.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. For the bird to catch. Now, if you're a Florida bird, this is now an abduction.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yes.
Seth Meyers
Like when you're in a New England upside down laundry basket.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
You're like, who are these monsters?
Mackenzie Rollins
And then we were just suddenly bird people. So then we had to get another bird so that this bird had a friend. But then they had babies.
Josh Meyers
Oh, birds.
Mackenzie Rollins
So then all my friends ended up having birds.
Josh Meyers
But the birds were scary to you.
Mackenzie Rollins
No, no, no. These were cockatails. These ones were not scary. We ended up with a scary bird later on in life.
Seth Meyers
Right.
Josh Meyers
That would, like, walk around and come bite you.
Mackenzie Rollins
It would come at you.
Josh Meyers
Yeah, it was very scary.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
I don't.
Seth Meyers
By the way, your mother, who is, like, genuinely a character. That would be a great work of fiction.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Like, the fact that she's real, I only believe because I've met her.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
But, like, that's like a real Linda trip, which is like, we're gonna be frugal. We're gonna stay at a campground. Also, we're getting a convertible and a bird.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah, I know.
Seth Meyers
She's just all over the place.
Mackenzie Rollins
That is life with Linda. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Seth Meyers
We went on our trip with the three of us and my wife Alexi. Before we had kids, we went to Iceland. We went to Iceland in the dead of winter. For New Year's. For New Year's. And it was a great trip, but it was like, very little daylight.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And we've talked a lot about. You are an equestrian. You ride horses all the time. We went on. What are the name of the Iceland horses?
Mackenzie Rollins
Icelandic ponies.
Josh Meyers
Icelandic ponies.
Seth Meyers
Impossible to remember.
Mackenzie Rollins
That's a tough one.
Josh Meyers
They have a gate called a tolt.
Seth Meyers
That's what I can't remember. Yeah, the gate is called the. Had you ever ridden on a horse with a tolt before?
Mackenzie Rollins
I had not.
Seth Meyers
Did you enjoy the tolt?
Mackenzie Rollins
I wouldn't say that we were tolting, though.
Josh Meyers
No, A tolt is a very fast. Well, you can probably describe it.
Mackenzie Rollins
I like it when you describe it.
Josh Meyers
It's a fast run, but you can be on an Icelandic pony.
Mackenzie Rollins
It's a trot, not a run.
Josh Meyers
It's a trot. And, like, you could have a glass of champagne and it wouldn't like.
Seth Meyers
It wouldn't even wobble.
Josh Meyers
It's very smooth. But we were not tolting.
Mackenzie Rollins
We were not tolting. We went on this ride it was freezing, and it really was just this icy road that we went up, and then we turned around and came back.
Josh Meyers
It was not the best tour, and
Mackenzie Rollins
I was terrified because you guys are not horse people. And we had two other people with us who were on the ride, and no instructions were given whatsoever. A couple of the ponies were being a little naughty. The guide was way out in front,
Seth Meyers
and I lost control and jumped off, and my horse went down the stairs.
Mackenzie Rollins
Just let go.
Seth Meyers
He told it down the stairs.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah. And I ended up, like, getting off and swapping horses. I don't.
Seth Meyers
It was you. You became a professional. Like, you felt as though I was like, I should be getting the Icelandic horse. People were not paying enough attention and giving enough kind instruction to the rest of us. So your nerves were not that you were afraid of being on the horse. You just saw the rest of us, and you were like, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah, but did you also see that that black sand beach that we went to has, like, been washed away?
Seth Meyers
No, I didn't know that.
Mackenzie Rollins
I almost got washed away.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. Yeah.
Josh Meyers
We did a. It was like the slow mo feature on the cameras was a new thing.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
And so we wanted to get a slow mo of a wave coming in and you running away from it.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And we got warned about rogue waves as well. Yeah. By the way, when you get warned about a rogue wave, you're like, no, they're not.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
It's like, they explain it to you, but you don't believe it's true.
Josh Meyers
And so I got a good video of her, but I was like, you were a little bit too far ahead of the wave. Let's do one more.
Mackenzie Rollins
You were closer to the water, Mackenzie. And I was like.
Josh Meyers
And she got closer. And really, this wave came and hit you, like, in the back of the thighs.
Mackenzie Rollins
It swallowed me.
Josh Meyers
And it could have.
Mackenzie Rollins
It was, like, up to my waist.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
In water.
Josh Meyers
But it's a great video.
Seth Meyers
It's a great video.
Josh Meyers
Yeah. But we did have to wrap your feet in plastic bags to try to keep them warm for the rest of the day.
Mackenzie Rollins
It was a really exciting trip.
Seth Meyers
We've talked about it. It was. We went. We went to a hot spring, a natural hot spring, and we had a guide who, like, just, like, sort of marched us over a snowy hill also. He. What did he talk to us? What do they believe in trolls? Trolls? Yeah. Talked to us a lot about, like, how it was this weird thing where he was like, you know, there's a real troll culture here. Like, you know, we believe in trolls. And it was like, ha, ha. And he's like, they live over there. I'm like, wait, is this. You know what I mean? Like, are we, like, talking about it as if it's real now? Or is it, like, mythology? And he's like, well, no, of course it's mythology. But, like, also, that's where they live. But we went to this hot spring, and it was freezing cold.
Josh Meyers
Yep.
Seth Meyers
And we had to strip down to wear bathing suits and jump in the spring, which was incredible.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Our guide.
Mackenzie Rollins
I wouldn't say you jumped in, though, because the water was, like, maybe this deep.
Seth Meyers
It was. That's really true. And you had to ease in. Had.
Mackenzie Rollins
You had to inch in and then just, like, lay there with your head
Seth Meyers
and there was not a lot of room. And then our guide stripped down fully naked.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And, like, where we were, I feel like, was eye level with, like, his
Josh Meyers
whole awkward piece of business.
Seth Meyers
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
But didn't one of you get stuck in your clothes?
Josh Meyers
I got stuck. Yeah. Trying to take my clothes off. And then there happened to be another group of, like, 12 people walking up on us. And I could. It was one of those things where your long underwear can't get your socks off and your legs stuck.
Seth Meyers
And it's freezing.
Josh Meyers
And it's freezing. And I was also naked at that
Seth Meyers
moment when we got out, I have very bad, like, my extremity. What is that? Raynoids.
Josh Meyers
Circulation.
Seth Meyers
Bad circulation at the tips of my fingers. Like, it's awful. And we got out, and I had also undressed the way I undressed every time in my life, which is. I just left everything in a pile. So I got out and it was like, now you're wet and it's freezing and you don't have a lot of time to get dressed. And I remember it was so bad, I couldn't get my gloves on. And I literally said to my wife, I'm like, leave me here to die. Like, that's how miserable I was.
Mackenzie Rollins
You were having.
Seth Meyers
I was just like, just go. Just go. I deserve this. This is where I'm going to die. Just leave me. To the trolls.
Josh Meyers
With the trolls.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Did you. Have you observed anything from our parents on vacation that you would like to share?
Mackenzie Rollins
I think when we all first started hanging out, the thing that was hard was deciphering the language that you guys all have. And I was like, what? What are they even talking about? Because it was like, navers this. And the Sufi pashi thing was not something everybody knew.
Seth Meyers
And I was like, yeah, Sufi and pashi is how we address each other.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah. And then hurry. And yeri.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
But then it's just. I mean, the way you guys speak in such ease in this language. But it's. There's things that are interchangeable, words that are interchangeable. And I'm like, I don't even. I'll just kind of sit here.
Josh Meyers
You've picked up on it.
Mackenzie Rollins
I know.
Josh Meyers
And now you speak Myers pretty well.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Seth Meyers
I will say, as family trips go, I know what October will be. Second anniversary. Right? Yes.
Josh Meyers
Hours.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. Second.
Josh Meyers
Second.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. But so a year and a half. We've been married a year and a half. I mean, you've known each other a long time. You've been together a long time. But as family trips go, I will say your wedding was an exceptional one.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And very exciting for my kids to be a part of a wedding.
Josh Meyers
Yeah. It was only nieces and nephews were the only children in America.
Seth Meyers
No kids were allowed. Right. Yeah. Yeah. And so they loved that.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
They had the run of the place also.
Seth Meyers
I don't know. You know, look, we're not kids anymore and I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but here's how I know you had a great wedding. Somebody hooked up.
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
In the sauna.
Seth Meyers
In a sauna.
Josh Meyers
In a sauna.
Seth Meyers
And we're discovered.
Josh Meyers
Yeah, we're discovered. And we found out about it because the younger brother of the dude who was hooking up on that trip, the younger brother is like very high functioning autistic, but can't lie. And so we were like, hey, what time did you. Finn come to bed? And he was like, Finn came to bed at 5:22am we're like, what? I was like, everything. Like we were done by 2:30.
Mackenzie Rollins
Like, what's doing? We were the last ones.
Josh Meyers
And we're like in the woods in the Catskills. And it's like to 5:22. And it's like if Aiden says it was 5:22, that's what time it was. So. Yeah. So.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Good wedding.
Mackenzie Rollins
It was really fun. And I do think we were. Aside from Finn and my friend, the last one's up every night.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
And we were not supposed to be, but.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
No, we. Yeah. I woke up pretty hungover the morning of our wedding and had to tell mom and dad, you have to leave your room. So I can sleep in this room.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Because my room is being used for you to get ready and I need. If I don't sleep for an hour or Something. It's going to be a bad scene.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
It's sometimes hard to get mom and dad out of a room in the morning.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah, well, they sleep. They love. They're like 10 hours.
Seth Meyers
Was it last summer in Amsterdam that you guys had to.
Josh Meyers
I had to wellness check them.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Because they slept for 13 hours.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. And so what did you. How did you wellness check? You went to the hotel?
Josh Meyers
I went to the hotel and I was like, my parents aren't answering their phones. They're staying here. Can you please call them? And then I went up and, like, their hair was all over the place, and they were like. They weren't. Yeah.
Mackenzie Rollins
And that. We went. What was that theme park called?
Josh Meyers
That? We went to the Efteling.
Mackenzie Rollins
We went to the Efteling. And that was the first theme park my mom had been to since our Disneyland trip to tie it all back.
Seth Meyers
Your mom. Very nice. Tie it back. Your mom seems like. And I say this with love, if she's listening. Seems like the kind of woman whose picture is, like, back in the security area of a theme park. Don't let her. That says do not admit.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
All right, so we do a speed round, a lightning round of questions at the end of every pod, and you're gonna ask your wife these questions.
Mackenzie Rollins
How exciting.
Josh Meyers
What is your favorite kind of vacation? Is it relaxing, adventurous, or educational?
Mackenzie Rollins
Adventurous.
Josh Meyers
Boy, I should really know all these. What's your favorite means of transportation?
Mackenzie Rollins
Horse.
Josh Meyers
If you could go on a vacation with any family, alive or dead, real or fictional, other than your own family, what family would you like to see?
Mackenzie Rollins
No, I listen to this podcast all the time, and I always go, what would I say if they ever asked me that question? And I've seen. Still not come up with an answer.
Josh Meyers
Well, you have to think of some family.
Seth Meyers
It's not binding.
Mackenzie Rollins
It's not binding.
Josh Meyers
No.
Seth Meyers
You can change it. If you want to come back on any episode, you can pop in. Since I know now your studio is in the middle of your kitchen.
Mackenzie Rollins
Okay. So I can change my answer in the future. I mean, Ben and Sophia go on really great trips.
Josh Meyers
Yeah, we do the Sherwoods. Yeah, the Sherwoods are good.
Mackenzie Rollins
No, she's still Sorvino.
Josh Meyers
Right, right, right.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah. But they take very good trips.
Josh Meyers
If you. Oh, this is gonna be a tough one for you. If you were stranded on a desert island with one member of your family, who would you want it to be?
Mackenzie Rollins
It would definitely be you.
Seth Meyers
Oh, honey.
Josh Meyers
What is your dream?
Seth Meyers
Your mom Linda's on an island with the birds.
Mackenzie Rollins
She's with the birds. Yeah.
Josh Meyers
Your dream destination for a family vacation.
Mackenzie Rollins
Wait, is this a new one?
Josh Meyers
Yeah. Maybe you haven't been listening.
Mackenzie Rollins
I really want to go to Antarctica.
Seth Meyers
Okay, interesting. I will not be joining or the Galapagos.
Mackenzie Rollins
I want to go to the Galapagos too.
Josh Meyers
Oh, yeah, I do that, too. I'll go to both classes with you, darling. You're from Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts?
Mackenzie Rollins
I am.
Seth Meyers
Shout out to Shelburne Falls.
Josh Meyers
If you wanted to get some more families to come visit Shelburne Falls, how would you sell that town?
Mackenzie Rollins
It's so cute. It really is. There's a beautiful bridge of flowers, which is where we got engaged. And it's just.
Seth Meyers
I feel like Bridge of flowers, people can kind of race by that. Can you explain what the bridge of flowers is?
Mackenzie Rollins
So the town. The town of Shelburne Falls is made up of Shelburne and Buckland, and they're connected across the river originally by this trolley bridge, and then they built the iron bridge, which is next to it, once everybody started getting cars. And so the bridge of flowers is now just a walking bridge, and it's a garden. And the women's club of Shelburne Falls maintains it. My stepmother's on the club.
Josh Meyers
Right on the board.
Mackenzie Rollins
On the board. And they just. This will be the first year that it's open. It was closed last year because they had to sort of shut the whole thing down and dig up all the plants and do all the repairs to the bridge. So it's very exciting.
Seth Meyers
Just to make it a little more fun. And there's. Because there's so much true crime in the podcast world. It was shut down last year because there was a murder.
Mackenzie Rollins
Well, they did film Dexter there.
Josh Meyers
They did film the opening of the, like, most recent Dexter or maybe two Dexters ago. Wow. I don't know how many murders.
Seth Meyers
There's a lot of Dexters right now.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
A lot of Dexter timelines.
Mackenzie Rollins
But it's like a very classic, quaint New England village. Like, there's no stoplights. It's very walkable. There's lots of cute little restaurants and a lot of good hiking. And, like, there's a little ski resort and, like, 20 minutes outside of town, half an hour. So there's mountain biking and rafting, river rafting.
Seth Meyers
I think there is white water river rafting.
Josh Meyers
I think I've done that. But, yeah, there is.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Josh Meyers
And then Seth has our final questions.
Seth Meyers
Mackenzie, have you been to the Grand Canyon?
Mackenzie Rollins
I have.
Seth Meyers
And was it worth it?
Mackenzie Rollins
Totally.
Seth Meyers
Really?
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Okay, quick question for the audience. Show the hands. Audience. How many of you have been to the Grand Canyon? All right. And now bring your hand. Keep them up. Bring them down. If it wasn't worth it.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah. You're the holdout.
Seth Meyers
Thank you. What?
Mackenzie Rollins
You're the holdout.
Seth Meyers
I mean, I'm just saying it's like, it should just be called Canyon, and then I think it's great.
Mackenzie Rollins
I just feel like now.
Seth Meyers
No, I think it's just, like, they oversell it a little bit with grand. Cause you go and you're like, you've
Mackenzie Rollins
gone so hard about being anti Grand Canyon that now you just have to keep going with it. Like, you might even totally love it.
Seth Meyers
I have to keep doubling down on the Grand Canyon being a bit of a bust.
Mackenzie Rollins
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Look, I mean, again, there's other wonders of the world, and I think they're great.
Josh Meyers
Which one? What are the other wonders of the world? Do you want to go to
Seth Meyers
the. The Six Flags? Is. It was Six flags in New Jersey, One of them.
Josh Meyers
The pyramids. Would you want to do the pyramids?
Seth Meyers
No. All right. I mean, the. What? I will all. Look, here's the thing. If you. If I was on, like, a tilting horse, I would love to, like, race by all of these while I'm having my champagne.
Josh Meyers
All right.
Seth Meyers
I just don't want to make a day of it.
Josh Meyers
Right.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. You know what I mean?
Josh Meyers
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
I feel bad that, like, people, like, how long to build the pyramids? I'm like, I don't have a day. Thank you, Mackenzie, for joining us. Thank you on Air Fest for having us. Thank you. This is a delight. We hope we can join you again next year. Have a great day at your podcast festival.
Josh Meyers
Thanks, everybody.
Seth Meyers
Thanks, everybody.
Josh Meyers
Family chips with the Mice Brothers.
Seth Meyers
Family chips with the M. Here, Sam.
Josh Meyers
Here come Posh and Soupy. Live from Brooklyn. Another year at the On Air Fest. Two fat stories traveling with family. Poshy says they're the best. Went on a ski trip. His middle kid. Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Oh.
Josh Meyers
He had all the keys. And his daughter was distraught when his oldest boy brought up wasabi peas. But the snow made it so hard to travel there. Airports were canceling flights, and so our guest. Our guest was my wife. Yeah, our guest was my wife. Sweet Mackenzie thought it was scary riding bikes out in Amsterdam. Almost rode her bike down a stairway, jumped off in the nick of time. We went to Iceland to go for swimming.
Seth Meyers
Oh.
Josh Meyers
Hit by a sneaker wave. Meanwhile, Posh was just filming, and thanks to the trolls there, she was saved. They got those big fuzzy horses so we signed ourselves up with a guide and took a bad Icelandic pony ride. Oh, a bummer pony ride. One Christmas. Unless her mom got her a present. Big trip to travel to Disney. Sent camp gear so they could sleep at the campground. Bought a bird named Tiki. I mean, it's not your everyday purchase. No, it sounds insane, but they did it. Aunt and Paul's brought a bird home in a box on the plane. But it's one of those stories that sticks. It sticks with you for your whole life. It was a trip trip story from my wife. Oh, gosh, I just love my wife,
Seth Meyers
Sam.
Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers Episode: Live! from On Air Fest 2026 Hosts: Seth Meyers & Josh Meyers | Guest: Mackenzie Rollins Date: April 7, 2026
In this special live episode recorded at On Air Fest 2026 in Brooklyn, Seth and Josh recount recent travels and classic family stories, joined on stage by Josh’s wife, Mackenzie Rollins, after a snowstorm prevented other guests from arriving. The conversation, true to the show’s theme, centers on nostalgic and hilarious family trips, disasters, and rituals—offering insightful, relatable reflections on how shared experience shapes relationships. Mackenzie lends a fresh perspective as both insider and outsider to the Meyers clan, sharing her own memorable family vacation stories and what it’s like to marry into the family.
Podcasting for Family Connection
The Life of a Podcast Host vs. Producer
London: SNL UK & West Ham Game
Montana Family Ski Trip
Flying with Kids
First Encounters & Family Traditions
Amsterdam Mishaps: Bikes and Heart Attacks
The Icelandic Pony Fiasco and Rogue Waves
Family Codes, Language, and In-Law Observations
Wedding Memories & Sauna Scandal
Parental Sleep & Theme Parks
A warm, deeply personal, and frequently hilarious episode full of relatable family moments—equal parts sibling razzing, gentle marriage teasing, and authentic family confessions. Even disasters and embarrassments are turned into cherished lore, generating comfort and laughter for the live audience. Mackenzie’s insights as an “adopted” member of the Meyers family add a fresh, endearing perspective.
Summary by Segment
Endnote:
This special On Air Fest episode encapsulates both the intricacies of family bonds and the comedy that arises from travel misadventures—reminding listeners that behind every good story is, more often than not, a major mishap.