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Seth Meyers
Hey, Budgie.
Josh
Hey, Sufi. How are you? I'm good.
Seth Meyers
That's wonderful.
Josh
I'm back from Mammoth once again.
Seth Meyers
It is so cold on the east coast.
Josh
Oh, yeah.
Seth Meyers
It is so very, very cold.
Josh
Yeah, you got those low numbers. Yeah, the old weather apps.
Seth Meyers
And we have. You know, our kids do a lot of stuff outside. They go to, like, a forest school. They go skiing, and it feels borderline cruel and unusual to actually make them do those.
Josh
Are you still doing those things with them if it's a cold day of skiing? Like, they have lessons?
Seth Meyers
Yeah, I think it's. If it's so cold, my. I mean, I'll bring my stuff, but, you know, Addie likes to ski with me after her lesson, but I think it's so cold that I'm just gonna gamble on her not wanting to.
Josh
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Seth Meyers
Well, the bummer is you have to, like, gear up, because I can't, like, put my stuff in the lodge because then when she finishes, like, there's no one. You know, I gotta bring her in with me. Whatever. So I'm kind of hopeful that she doesn't want to. But at the same time, like, if Addie wants to ski after her lesson, like, you have to ski with her till she's done. Like, that's. What's the point of being. You can't be the reason you're done. You gotta wait till your kids. Which is why I was a great kid, because I was always. Because you were always done. Yeah. I. I respected my elders.
Josh
Yeah. And you have mom and dad coming down this week.
Seth Meyers
I have mom and dad coming to town, and I. Here's. I have. Because it's so cold. I feel like we gotta be inside. And I have a plan, and I really am hopeful I pull it off, which is the Punk Olympics, which is if the kids go to forest school, that means they're sort of out of the house for four hours. And I want to set up around the house, like, different dumb games for the Punk Olympics. Well, yeah.
Josh
I mean, you know, dad will be excellent at that.
Seth Meyers
I think maybe a decathlon. I'm kind of thinking 10 events. Yeah, that's great, because we have, like, a little. We have, like, a little, like, foldy, like, skeeball thing. Huh. You know, we have a basket.
Josh
Well, you're halfway there.
Seth Meyers
You know what game the kids have been playing? What card game I'm playing that we used to play? Mealborn. Oh, Mealborn. Yeah. Yeah. Mealborn is a French card game, which is basically about drive. It's like a driving game.
Josh
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Driving.
Josh
You can get a flat tire. Yeah. But it's like.
Seth Meyers
It's a race. It's a race to beautiful French landscape, I believe. To a million borns, I think, if my French is right.
Josh
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
So the punks are coming. Kids are very excited about the punks coming, and. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Great. It n's on today. And as ironies would have it, last night I had dinner. Joel McHale was on my show. And when Joel's in town, we get dinner and with John Oliver, who is a castmate of his on Community.
Josh
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And then Jim Rash. He's also on Community and is n's writing partner. So.
Josh
Jim Rash, also neighbor of mine, also Jim Rash. Sneaky jacked.
Seth Meyers
Oh, interesting. Yeah. Couldn't tell at dinner, you know, who's Sneaky Jack, like, the most. I mean, I think maybe, you know Joel McAle.
Josh
Oh, that's not. That's not sneaky. He likes.
Seth Meyers
I saw Joel, I feel like, at the. Like, he did play. I saw Joe McHale at the last Patriots, Seahawks, Super Bowl. Huh. In, like, the lobby of a hotel, and he was coming up from the gym, and he was, you know, I think he was wearing, like, a sleeveless shirt, and it was so. I. I, like, couldn't, like, talk.
Nat Faxon
Oh.
Seth Meyers
We were once talking about being runners, and I was like, oh, yeah. I was like, yeah, I've done a couple marathons. He's like, yeah, yeah. I've done two. I'll go, how fast? He goes, you don't want to know. And I go, why don't I want to know? He goes, it's gonna make you feel bad. He's like, I'm really. He goes, I'm really fast. And I'm like, oh, thank you for telling me.
Josh
Yeah, yeah. Talking about not being able to talk, I went out to a friend's gallery show last night, and mackenzie was getting home late from work, so she wasn't able to join me. And when I got home, I texted. I'm like, hey, I'm on the way. She's like, okay, I'm watching Heated Rivalry. It's crazy. And I was like, I can't believe you haven't already watched Heated Rivalry. It sounds like it's, like, right up your alley. And when I came in, she had paused it just because I was coming in, and I was like, you can finish this. I have to do a couple things. Like, I'm gonna do some things in the kitchen, and I'm gonna set up for this podcast. And she's like, I can't. I can't hit play on this with you here. She's like, it'll be like watching a sex scene with my dad. Like, it's just. It's too. She's like, it's too much for me.
Seth Meyers
To watch with you.
Josh
And she wouldn't. She wouldn't finish.
Seth Meyers
Yeah, I kind of understand. Yeah.
Josh
I don't know. And also, I would be coming in completely. You know, nothing had ramped up. And as you told me about the show as well, nothing does ramp up. It just happens. But, yeah, she wouldn't hit play.
Seth Meyers
Yeah, I don't blame her. Alexi watched it independent of me. I had watched five of the six episodes because Connor story was coming on, and then I just didn't have time for the six. And she was like, I'll watch the six with you. I'll rewatch it. And I'm like, ah, I want to do that. I want to do that.
Josh
What a fascinating, fascinating thing, though.
Seth Meyers
There's a school concert today I'm gonna bust out and go to. And Ash, I guess, is introducing it. I guess they rotate around. Cause it's, like, sort of called this a community period. Ash is not.
Josh
I don't know.
Seth Meyers
Of all my kids, he would be the one I would think would have the most hesitation. And I guess they offer to the kids, like, you don't have to do it. It's your turn. Yeah. And he was like, no, I want to do it. Oh, that's great. And then he goes, I want to dress fancy. And I'm like, all right, man. Like, you want to. What do you want to wear? Blue button up? He's like, yeah. I'm like, great. So I put it on him. And then he's so slow. So I came downstairs to feed the other two, and then he came down. He goes, this is too fancy. And it's like, literally just like a blue button up. I'm like, you think it's too fancy? He's like, yeah, it's just too fancy. So he's wearing a. He's wearing a navy blue sweater. He's basically dressed the way I'm always dressed. Yeah, that's great.
Josh
I mean, also, if it's cold out, you don't want that sweater instead of. Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And there's a real problem in our house that I get blamed for, which is Axel wants to wear his Steeler jersey twice a week, and we told him he could only wear it once a week, and he's pretty bummed about it. And then even Today goes, I didn't wear it yesterday. And Alexi's out of town. So he, like, you know, the lie is through the roof. He's like, I didn't wear it yesterday. And then I'm like, Addie was like, he did wear it yesterday. And then Ash is like, sold him out. He did. They both did. They're like, he wore it. I think they're both like, yeah, man. He can't. He's not a football player. He can't wear that jersey every day.
Josh
Do you think that after football season he'll dial it back? Or do you think this is going to be no. Okay.
Seth Meyers
Is the short answer. They also now they're playing flag football at school.
Josh
Oh, yeah.
Seth Meyers
So I think, like, if anything, his love of football is. Is going out.
Josh
That's fun.
Seth Meyers
They also want to throw this little football around in our little apartment.
Josh
That's problematic.
Seth Meyers
Oh. And I'm just. They won't stop. And I'm like, this is like bad parenting. I'm like, all right. When something breaks, it's over. They're like, all right. No kid's going to be like, oh, then we should stop before we. Right thing.
Josh
Yeah. Well, good luck.
Seth Meyers
Hey, I've talked about this on my other podcast, so I apologize for anybody who listens to both, but have you. Did you see the Heath Ledger movie Knight's Tale back in the day?
Josh
No, but Liz Kakowski was just talking to me about it because I was talking about Lancelot and she brought that up, but we were just talking about it, and then she sent me. She was like, I think it was this or no, she was talking about first night.
Seth Meyers
Oh, right.
Josh
And I was like, is that Heath Ledger? But I don't recall if I've seen Knight's Tale.
Seth Meyers
A lot of listeners on the Lonely island podcast are like, oh, it's awesome. You gotta watch it. And I think I might try to watch it. Cause I bet mom and dad haven't seen it. It's like 2000. It's like a nights movie. You know what else I really like is that new Game of Thrones.
Josh
Oh, I haven't started it.
Seth Meyers
It's like half hour episodes. And it's kind of. It's really like, in that way that I'm like, oh, thank God. Because, like, House of Dragon again, I love the Game of Thrones world. House of Dragon. I'm like, what? Can somebody give me the family tree again? Who are these people? Like, if I. If I take, like an extra day to watch it, I'm like, What's going on? Whereas this is just like. It's just like about a little. A dude wants to be a knight and his little squire. Just like.
Josh
Yeah, yeah.
Seth Meyers
It's like a buddy cop movie.
Josh
Yeah, no, we're definitely going to get into it. We're finishing up some other things first. We're trying to go bit by bit.
Seth Meyers
All right, well, this is a lovely conversation with N. Who's probably flying high right now, cuz. The old Patriots. Congratulations on your. It's been a long time since you've been to the Super Bowl. Jeez Louise.
Josh
Yeah, he's got season three of loot coming out.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh
Might know him from directing the Way Way Back Downhill.
Seth Meyers
Won an Oscar.
Josh
Yeah. For writing the Descendants. That's right. If you remember, there was a moment with him. His writing partner Jim Rash were on stage and Angelina Jolie. And Angelina Jolie had her leg cocked out to the side. It was like, clearly what you do in that dress. And then it was so funny to have Nat Faxon and Jim Rash behind her and one of them cock their leg the exact same way and then the other one did. And it's. Yeah, it was a really, really fun moment from the Oscars. That always sticks in my brain.
Seth Meyers
All right, well, enjoy the conversation. Thanks for listening, everybody.
Narrator/Performer
Family chips with the M brothers.
Seth Meyers
Family chips with the. My.
Nat Faxon
Best brothers here.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh
Yeah.
Nat Faxon
What's up, dudes?
Josh
There we are.
Nat Faxon
What's up, guys?
Josh
How are you, brother?
Seth Meyers
It's very nice to talk to a fellow New Englander. Ah, right in our. Right. In our age zone.
Nat Faxon
Right.
Seth Meyers
I mean, real good.
Nat Faxon
And the Patriots are winning.
Seth Meyers
I mean, well. Well, now we have to jump in and burst your bubble.
Josh
Yeah.
Nat Faxon
Oh, no.
Josh
We don't care for.
Seth Meyers
We hate. I hate the Patriots more than any team in sports.
Nat Faxon
Okay, how do I end? I end this by. I just hit end. Right?
Seth Meyers
Just be a good winner. I'm allowed to be a bad loser. You have to be a good winner.
Nat Faxon
End session.
Seth Meyers
Now, our dad's from Pittsburgh, so we're Steelers fans, so. But love the Celtics. Love the Red Sox.
Josh
Okay. But the Patriots is just.
Seth Meyers
Yeah, that was the one.
Josh
No one dislikes the Patriots more than our mother, who is just, like, sending us.
Seth Meyers
Who's the truest New Englander of the four of us. Cause we weren't born in New England. But she's from Marblehead.
Nat Faxon
Oh, that's like, right around the corner from where I grew up.
Seth Meyers
What town are you from, technically?
Nat Faxon
Well, I lived in Marblehead till I was four.
Seth Meyers
Oh, wow.
Nat Faxon
And then I Moved to Manchester, which then became Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts.
Josh
And if you've seen the movie, only fun, wonderful things happen in Manchester city.
Seth Meyers
So wait, was it really not called when you moved there? It wasn't called Manchester by the Sea?
Nat Faxon
No, it was just Manchester. And then there was like, during my childhood, there was like this huge vote, like town vote on whether to choose. Changed the name from Manchester, Manchester by the Sea. And it was like razor thin margin. I mean, it was like 51% to 49% that it passed. And people like, there was like signs on the, you know, the big brown supermarket, you know, like, vote no on name change.
Josh
It's amazing that a simple majority could change the name of a town. That seems like something that would need a two thirds.
Nat Faxon
I know, I know. I think they were. They were like, really. They just. I don't know, they thought maybe the tourism would go up. They wanted to sort of disassociate themselves from, no offense, Manchester, New Hampshire.
Seth Meyers
Sure, yeah. That's where we went to high school. So there you go.
Nat Faxon
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
So that's crazy.
Josh
Do you remember what side your parents were on? Because I imagine they got a vote.
Nat Faxon
They got a vote. I think they were a little. They were slightly indifferent. I think they probably leaned more towards just keeping a Manchester just to. Because, you know, every time you have to say Manchester by the sea, you. A little piece of you dies inside.
Seth Meyers
Well, they also burned you like the movie, then burned you by making the saddest movie of the last 20 years. Yeah. And I will be honest, I don't think I. If you hadn't changed it, they wouldn't have called that movie that.
Nat Faxon
That's true. That's true. But I think, I think also that the movie didn't totally reflect like it's. I wouldn't say it's like that blue collar mass town that the movie is trying to depict it as, you know.
Seth Meyers
Right.
Nat Faxon
I mean, there's certain elements of Manchester that are. But there are also some very like nice, you know, upper class kind of sections of it that.
Seth Meyers
Well, I know that's true because more than half of you wanted to add on the sea.
Nat Faxon
That's right. That's right. You know, you know, by the sea. Yeah, yeah. You could see where that. Yes.
Seth Meyers
There's not a lot of like Joe lunchboxes being like, I'll come to town. Don't say where we're from. I don't know why I'm making New Yorkers, but.
Josh
But yeah, I mean, our mother being from Marblehead, you know, we went there a lot. And that is. That's a pretty tony town as well. But you also get just the best accents. Yeah, like, the accents. Yeah. I feel like the accent makes people think, oh, this has to be more blue collar. And it's like. No, no, no. The accent just comes with the territory. Yeah.
Nat Faxon
Yeah.
Josh
You could be from any sort of financial background.
Nat Faxon
It's like in the water or something. It's like you drink the water and then you get that accent. Or you live on the water, maybe. And then that's also what else.
Josh
But you don't seem to have the accent.
Nat Faxon
No, I never totally did. I mean, if I. I didn't really ever have it. I mean, when I sort of fake it, if I meet other, like, tough Boston people, I definitely fake like I have it.
Seth Meyers
But do you say wicked?
Nat Faxon
I don't really say wicked. Did you.
Josh
Do you think, like, back in high.
Nat Faxon
School, we said a lot of, like. Like, when we were growing up, there was basically, like, two words that were always said, which were lit and hurt. And you were either lit or you were hurt. Like you were one or the other.
Seth Meyers
That just completely missed us.
Josh
Yeah, we didn't have that at all. I feel like lit is around now.
Nat Faxon
We have.
Josh
Yeah.
Nat Faxon
No, it was like, oh, dude, I went out last night, I got super lit. Yeah, dude, I'm hurt this morning. Oh, you got lit. Yeah, I'm hurt. We gotta get lit so we're not hurt. Like, it was just, you know, back and forth.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh
Lit as in terms of drunk, I do recall, but lit in terms of, like, we went out and it was lit.
Nat Faxon
Yeah. No, that was not the meaning. That was not the meaning for us.
Seth Meyers
Not to bring it back to Manchester on the sea, but by the sea. I keep getting it wrong.
Nat Faxon
Yeah. I don't.
Seth Meyers
Is there a Manchester on the sea, too? We should do. We should rename our Manchester. Yeah, Manchester on the River. We have a river.
Josh
Yeah, we do.
Seth Meyers
Manchester by the Sea. So we did that thing once on our show called Boston Accent, where we just did how everybody does, and it was a lot of bro, which I felt was the way people in Boston talked. And when Casey Affleck came on the show, he goes, there's only one thing you got wrong. It should have been kid instead of bro.
Nat Faxon
Kid.
Seth Meyers
And I don't feel like we used kid in Manchester, New Hampshire. Do you, Josh? No.
Josh
I mean, I feel like maybe the older, cooler, tougher kids would call us that. Yeah. Yeah.
Seth Meyers
But this was like, a kid is, like, as just a nickname was never Never caught on.
Nat Faxon
We had that a lot. Like, we did a lot of kid. It was like, what up, kid? You know, Such a great. Yeah, yeah, it's great.
Seth Meyers
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Josh
Oh, that's a good goal.
Seth Meyers
Let's see if we can do it.
Josh
I bet you can.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Well, that's just terrific. Souf.
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Yeah, we played football on the front line. Little Wiffle ball on the front lawn. When was the last time you played a Wiffle ball in front of a place you stayed that wasn't booked on Airbnb?
Josh
I could not tell you.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh
Yeah.
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Nat Faxon
Here we go.
Seth Meyers
How many. What's your. What was your sibling situation?
Nat Faxon
I had an older sister.
Seth Meyers
Okay.
Nat Faxon
I still do.
Josh
Great.
Nat Faxon
Yeah. Kimmy she is now in North Carolina, but yeah, so we rocked Manchester for a while and then we both went to boarding school. Which was like the thing you did, I guess, when you grew up where I grew up. And every time I tell people that though, they're like, oh, you had serious problems.
Josh
Oh, you sent away to boarding school.
Nat Faxon
Yeah, exactly. Like, oh, what did you do? And I was like, no, that's just sort of like what I guess I did. I didn't know better.
Seth Meyers
So it is true in New England you don't assume boarding school means crime, right?
Nat Faxon
Yeah, no, but I think everybody else does. I think they think you were like a serious fuck up as a kid and you had to be sent away to get reformed.
Seth Meyers
Were you excited? Did enough kids go that you were excited about going?
Nat Faxon
Yeah, I was though. I was really young. I mean I was, I, you know, I was, I had an, I have an October birthday. So I was late like for everything, you know. So I was 13 when I went to boarding school as a freshman in high school. And you know, I was like, I had not gone through puberty. I was like this like high voiced like child. And I think like, I have kids now and I think about like sending my kids like at that age and I, it's like astonishing. I'm like, what were my parents thinking? I was like, I was like a toddler, you know, I mean I just, there's like, you know, and you're. Because you hadn't gone through puberty and then you're around like men essentially who are like 18. And then you like go in the shower and you're like, don't look at me.
Josh
Would you, once you went to boarding school, would you go like home on weekends or were you kind of like you were there?
Nat Faxon
You. I was kind of there. I went to holderness school in New Hampshire. Okay, yeah, yeah, in Plymouth. And yeah, I would. So it was probably two hour drive to go home or you know, two hour drive to get to Boston. But I mean you grow up quickly. Like you, you would, you. We. I would like go with friends, like take the bus down to Boston and like go to Boston for the weekend and then, you know, so I felt like by the time I got to college I was like, oh, I'm like, I'm a grown man. Like I'm an adult. I know like everything and I can do everything. You know, it's like a quick education on just sort of like getting older and sneaking around and doing all the things you shouldn't do at an early.
Seth Meyers
Age did then college just feel like not a breeze, but like there probably was no anxiety pre college.
Nat Faxon
Yeah, none at all. I mean, I remember like showing up and my. I was in a quad my freshman year and one of my roommates was I think from Natick or nahat or something, and he was this big, huge football player. Nicest guy ever, but was incredibly homesick. The first six months of school was just in the room, just sad, calling his parents. And I was like. The first night I was like, who's got the fake id? Let's get beers, let's go. You know.
Seth Meyers
I mean, I always felt that way. I didn't know many boarding school kids in college, but that was for me, every kid who was from New York at college, they were the ones who were like, what this? You know, and we were again, Josh and I both went to Northwestern and all the New York kids were just like, just so you guys know, this place sucks.
Nat Faxon
And we're like, what?
Seth Meyers
This is the most freedom we've ever had. And it's like, yeah, it sucks. And it sucks that we're here.
Nat Faxon
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Josh
How much older is your sister?
Nat Faxon
She's two year. Two to two and a half years older. Yeah.
Seth Meyers
All right.
Josh
And were you guys close growing up?
Nat Faxon
We were. We're very close, actually. Today's her birthday. Happy birthday to my sister.
Seth Meyers
Happy birthday to my sister.
Nat Faxon
Yes, we are. Yeah, we were very close and still are. It's just like sadly, geographically, it's hard. She's in Wilmington, North Carolina, and I. I mean la. So we don't get to see each other as much as we would like. But no, we were very close growing up and. Yeah, yeah.
Josh
And she also went to boarding school.
Nat Faxon
She did. She went to. She went to an all girls boarding school and then had like a terrible experience and then transferred to Holderness when I went. So we both went to Holderness like I was a freshman. She went as a junior the same year.
Seth Meyers
Great. That's nice.
Nat Faxon
Yeah, it was great. It was great. And we both had a terrific time there and. Yeah. Came out of it nice. Yeah.
Josh
When. What did your parents do?
Nat Faxon
My father was a cardiologist. He's still alive, but no longer practicing. And my mother was in advertising for a while and then kind of homemaking. Homemaking. Do you say homemaking?
Josh
Yeah, I think that word you can say.
Nat Faxon
Yeah, Homemaker. Yeah.
Josh
Yeah. And then what was your. What was a typical sort of vacation for the Faxons?
Nat Faxon
We did a lot of skiing, we did a lot of ski trips. Yeah, we Went to, you know, all the. All the Northeast, you know, the Sugarloaf and the Sugar Bush and Stowe and, you know, even the, like, closer, like Waterville Valley.
Josh
And.
Seth Meyers
Was my favorite.
Josh
We loved Okemo. Yeah, it's for Okemo.
Nat Faxon
Yeah. Canon. And then once in a while we did, like, bigger trips to the west coast. And Yeah, I remember one year we went with my. Our cousins. My mom is a twin sister, and they lived in Bedford, New York. And we were very close with them growing up. Like spent all our holidays and stuff going to their house or they would come to our house. And we flew out to Sun Valley, Idaho for a big ski trip with the eight of us. And somehow on the plane ride out there, we had two condos next to each other, one for the one family and one for their family. And we somehow on the plane ride convinced them that we should have a kid's condo and an adult condo. And so they. I think we're probably just like, just as psyched as we were. And they're like, great. Sounds awesome. Yeah. You guys are over there. And we're.
Seth Meyers
I think. Yeah. I mean, how old are your kids now?
Nat Faxon
My kids are. I've got a 17 year old. A 17. 15 and 12.
Seth Meyers
And I mean, I would imagine that's the age. Wouldn't you let. Wouldn't you trust them in their own condo at this point if it was adjacent?
Nat Faxon
Yeah, I think I would. I think I would. Yeah. And there. And we were probably, you know, my older cousin Josh, and, you know, my sister, my other cousin Liza, and then me. And we were so. We were all about four years apart. So I want to say, like, I was probably like 12 and Josh was probably like 16 or 17.
Josh
Yeah.
Nat Faxon
And so that was like sort of the age span. And my parents, like, went along with it. But again, I was still like, pretty young and very, you know, had not gone through puberty. Still, guys, I was a very late bloomer.
Josh
Well, you were only 12 at this time and 13.
Seth Meyers
Just for our listeners. When did it eventually happen?
Nat Faxon
Now, I was 1707.
Josh
Right before you got to college. I said, let's get the fake IDs. Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Thank God. Thank God it broke. What? It did.
Nat Faxon
Yeah. But I was. I was still really young, but I remember it being sort of like a. A momentous trip in the sense that it was the first time that my older cousin, who was like a brother, sort of treated me like an equal. Ish. You know, like I was no longer like just this young sort of like kid. I was oh, he can hang and we'll go do stuff, you know. But I still, you know, I was still young. I mean, I still, like, had a blankie. I mean, I was like, you know, I was. And on this trip, sadly, blankie died on this trip, so that was traumatic.
Josh
How did blankie die?
Nat Faxon
The cleaning people. The cleaning people. I wish there was a better story, but the cleaning people, they just, like, took all the sheets, you know, and took them away, and they're like, you're too old for a fucking blankie, you sad child.
Seth Meyers
Did you look forward to skiing?
Nat Faxon
Yeah, I always. I still do. I mean, I just. I just got back from Mammoth last night. We did a. Oh, nice. My daughter does, like, a. They organize, like, a dads and daughters trip, and so we just did that. But I still. I still really enjoy ski trips. I think my dad was a big skier, and he always forced, like, winter vacations as opposed to sort of warm weather, you know, spots. Cause I think he always felt like, what am I? I don't. There's nothing to do. You know, I sit on the beach and then. Or I sit by the pool. He didn't seem like one that was wanting to relax and just, like, read a book and do nothing. He was always sort of more like activity based.
Seth Meyers
I think it is a trap. Cause certainly I would rather be on a vacation where there's nothing to do, but then you realize, like, once you have kids, there's no such thing as nothing to do. Like, and skiing, like, it's amazing how, like, gravity just takes over. Yes. Yes. As a parent, and so I totally get the appeal. I see where your dad's coming from.
Josh
Yeah.
Nat Faxon
That's the structure, I think, of, like, waking up and making breakfast and then going out on the mountain and having, like, a full day of something to do. Tire everybody out and then come home, you know? But I. So I still. I sort of carry that with me. Like, I would so much prefer going to, like, a ski thing than I would.
Seth Meyers
And your California kids are all skiers.
Nat Faxon
They are, yeah. They. They are. The. The older two. I stuck in ski school forever, you know, I. Because I was like, I'm not wasting my day. Yeah. Parenting you and training you as a skier. So I was that terrible dad that didn't, you know, have zero pa. I had zero patience for my kids learning to ski. I'm such a dick. But so I put them in ski school, and then when they got, like, good enough, I was like, great, let's go. Like, let's hit the mountain. But my third kid got a little shafted because I. She didn't want to like, be in ski school by herself necessarily. And so we just tried to, like, you know, we kind of just bring her along, but she didn't get quite the proper training, I think, as the other two. So now she's just lagging behind and we're like, you know, we ridicule her.
Seth Meyers
I will say I don't blame you for. I don't feel like you were shafting your kids by putting them in ski school. They're going to teach them better than.
Nat Faxon
Yes, yes, you are. Yeah. I mean, it's like any probably sport, right? I mean, the kids, like, they also listen.
Seth Meyers
They listen to strangers more than they listen to parents.
Nat Faxon
Yes, yes. It's, it's, it's healthier, I think, probably for all involved.
Seth Meyers
My son went on a, like a organized ski trip with his school and I was actually visiting Josh for his birthday, so I couldn't go. But I went and picked him up that night and he called me and he's like, I went off the side of a cliff. And I'm like, haha, I'm sure. And then I showed up and like nine different parents were like, did you hear Ash went off the side of a cliff? I was like, what? I guess he just like went off the side. I mean, again, it was like, it turned out it was like a 45 degree angle once you went off. But like, yeah, like. Yeah, no, he was like at the bottom of a gully. Yeah, totally fine. But I'm like. And that is, I mean, I cannot believe now that when we were growing up, we were skiing without helmets. I know, I know. Crazy, because helmets existed.
Josh
You know what I mean?
Seth Meyers
It wasn't like nobody, nobody thought of helmets yet. And it's so funny.
Nat Faxon
It is so funny. I know. I was just talking about that. Also, like the, and just the outfits like, I wore, like, I wore because my, I wore what my dad wore because that was all I knew. Which were like, like those like tight, really tight, like stretch pants with like the, with the pads, you know, like as if I was gonna be like crushing gates or something, you know, like, but. And they were like, not what. There was no. Like, maybe it was before, like Gore Tex was around or something. But they would get soaking wet. I mean, it was like crazy.
Seth Meyers
I would say when Vortex got invented, it's all our dad wanted to talk about for like the next two years.
Josh
It's those things in cars that you can put like weather tech.
Nat Faxon
Yes.
Josh
I think is like those things that you can put in place of your floor mats in your car. It's like you just take them out.
Seth Meyers
And hose them off. Yeah, that's a lot. If you want to. If you want more on that, we can get you on the phone with our dad. Yeah, that we.
Nat Faxon
That'd be great.
Seth Meyers
We had. I will say, like, I hadn't skied in like 20 years when our kids started going to ski school. And the first time I went out, I didn't know, like, you were a literal crazy person if you weren't wearing a helmet.
Nat Faxon
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And so I was skiing without a helmet and I got a text message from a friend who said like, my son just called me to say he saw you without a helmet on and wanted me to text you and tell you to go by. And like, this is like by the way, like a 13 year old kid like, was like, hey, I think Seth Meyers doesn't know what time it is as far as like helmet. And I was like, oh, right. And had to go buy a helmet.
Nat Faxon
Yeah. I didn't have one for a long time and my friends finally bought me one because they're like, you're being an idiot and we're gonna disagree.
Josh
I feel like they're comfortable and they're.
Seth Meyers
Warm and that's the other thing. There's no downside.
Nat Faxon
No, there is not. No, there's not. I know. I feel like there were. No. I mean, it was like not wearing a car seat. I guess the same sort of idea is that there was no. It was like safety third, you know, or last at all. I mean, we did, we did one trip. We did one trip. You're talking about like going off a cliff and reminded me like, we did one. We did one big like Europe trip when I was a kid to go skiing and we went to. I forget it was like a mountain that. Where you can go into like another country or what? You know, like it like bordered like France and Italy and my sister and I like went the wrong way and then ended up like in Italy and then had to like figure out how to get back to France. Like when I was like, like. And then we just did. And we didn't have phones or anything. You just kind of like that was literally going off the side of a cliff and ending up in another country and then you make your way back. But yeah, that's. I don't know.
Seth Meyers
That's very cool that you did that as kids, like going overseas to skateboard.
Nat Faxon
It was very cool. I know. I Look back on that thinking like, o, I should do more of that for my kids. I won't, but I should.
Josh
You should.
Seth Meyers
You won't. I've heard that it's cool that you know, you should.
Josh
I've heard that it is almost cheaper. I've heard that it is cheaper. I think it's way cheaper to fly, to buy the tickets to fly to Switzerland, France, Italy and then you get there and buy all the lift tickets there than it is to go skiing here.
Nat Faxon
I totally buy that because hotels are cheaper.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh
I had a friend who was in Jackson Hole for New Year's and they had a seven year old girl and they looked to get her a private lesson.
Nat Faxon
Yeah.
Josh
It was going to be eleven hundred dollars.
Nat Faxon
Wow. I mean that's insane. I don't know how they can because like lift tickets are. Now somebody said the other day like they went to somewhere like Deer Valley or something in Utah and the lift ticket was $330.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. We ski at this real classic New England tiny mountain.
Nat Faxon
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Which is called Mohawk. Oh.
Nat Faxon
Love it.
Seth Meyers
But it's great. It's everything I want for, you know, because my kids are, you know, nine, seven four. Perfect.
Josh
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
Everything you need. But I was skiing with my daughter and so it was just that thing of like getting her through the gate and me through the gate. And so I put, which I'd never done. I put my ski pass in my, the back of my glove.
Nat Faxon
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
But against my hand. I didn't have like a slot for it or anything.
Nat Faxon
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
And. But then we got to the top and her hat wasn't on right. Or helmet strap was off. So I take off my thing and then we get to the bottom like, oh, when I took my glove off, my pass fell out. So we had to go in the lodge. Fortunately she had to go to the bathroom anyway. And so we go in and I walk up and I explain. I'm like, hey. So my pass fell. I took off my glove and my pass fell out. And this woman, this woman just goes, oh my God, are you nine? And it was like the fairest burn. Like, by the way, not with a big smile as she was getting me a new one. But I didn't feel a real. I'm like, oh yeah, that's a real like 9 year old. Like I took my glove off.
Josh
I was thinking of burns for you on that. But I'm glad that I didn't have to come up with one.
Nat Faxon
That's a good burn.
Seth Meyers
Somebody who, yeah. Definitely has had it happen more often than Not. And it's usually a nine year old.
Nat Faxon
Yeah, yeah.
Josh
Was that, was that European trip? Did you stay in sort of like a classic Alpen village kind of a place?
Nat Faxon
It was awesome. It was so cool. It's very. It was like storybook kind of, you know, the whole experience. I remember even being. I remember thinking at the time of like, I would like to come back here when I'm old enough to like drink and party. Because this is like, the apres scene is so fun. And it looked. And I, again, I was probably 12, as I'm always 12, but I was like, I was like very jealous of like everybody, like, you know, big steins of beer, you know. And I mean, I have been, I will say, like, I have gone back and I did. I did, you know, like fulfill that dream that I had as a kid because I remember thinking like, that's so cool. And so later I did go back and do that because the apres scene in Europe, I think is maybe the best there ever is. I mean, there's no beating that in apray in the apres world. Like they nail it. I mean, they.
Josh
Well, I mean, they use. We're using their word.
Nat Faxon
Yeah, that's true. That's fair.
Seth Meyers
Where did you. What resort did you shoot downhill?
Nat Faxon
We were. We were in a couple of different resorts. We were started in Fis, which is like a really quaint, beautiful, like Austrian town, a little more family friendly. And then about halfway through we went to Ishkull, which is like, they call it the Ibiza of the Alps. And their slogan is relax if you can. It's like a threat. And that was, I mean. Yeah, talk about aprae. I mean, they would, you know, their schedule was essentially like, wake up, ski till whatever, three. And then just, you know, shots of Jaeger, you know, Stein's beer, like from. And then they're all in the town and they're all like singing all German songs. Everybody knows all the words. And they're basically like partying so hard. And then at around like seven or eight, it kind of like, you know, after about four hours of that, it clears out. Because I think a lot of the hotels, like in their package, like dinner is included. So then they go to like a very like quiet formal dinner in their hotel from like 8 to 10. And then 10 o', clock, like down to the basement to the club where they party till like 4am and then they wake up and they just do it all over again. And I would say it was probably 93% male. I mean, it is all dudes, you know, like. And they are German and Dutch and, you know, Russian, and, you know, they come from everywhere they go there. I mean, There is a McDonald's on the main street, and the McDonald's has a strip club in the basement of the McDonald's. So you can get.
Seth Meyers
I can't believe Europe is the first place to have a strip club in the basement of McDonald's.
Nat Faxon
I can't either. Yeah, I mean, it was kind of a genius idea.
Seth Meyers
You get everything you need, you got. That's what we should try to get back, you know. Fudge, Greenland. We need to go get that McDonald's. The strip club. Did you. I mean, obviously you were directing a movie when you were over there, so you weren't partaking, but did you. Did you, like, ski those mountains? Did you have time to do that at all?
Nat Faxon
Yeah, we. I did, actually, because there was obviously, like, a bunch of. We were there for a while, probably four months, so there was a lot of prep time. So we skied a ton and smartly, like, a couple of times. You know, Julia Louis Dreyfus, her husband, came out and he got a guide for a couple of days and invited me to go. And that was, like, phenomenal because, you know, the skiing over there, like, there's really very little markers or boundaries. There's not like, you know, there's no, like, don't go here. That's out of bounds. It's like, go there, and you end up either in another country or you're never found again kind of thing. And so having a guide, they basically take you to just areas of the mountain that you would never know to access without them. And the skiing was, like, incredible. I mean, it was so good. We also had great snow, so that helped. But, yeah, it was so fun. But I would. I would also. When we were shooting, I would. We would shoot a lot on the mountain, and so I would bring my skis just so that at the end of the day, like, we had to stop when it got dark at. You know, when the mountain closed at 4. Basically, it was like sort of the day was over. And so then I would take one run all the way down, you know, just at the end of the day after shooting. And it was kind of, like, the best. That was like, my favorite moment of the whole day.
Seth Meyers
And that feels like something you'd hear in, like, a documentary about, like, a. You know, a German filmmaker from, like, the 50s. End of the day, he would ski down the hill.
Nat Faxon
I know, I know. I thought. I actually was Gonna die. There was one time I like, because then they start grooming the mountain at that time. And I was flying down and came over this knoll and there was a humongous snowcat, like, grooming machine that was coming off the mountain that I did not see. I thought that was gonna be the end. Like, American director dies in tragic way by snowcat.
Seth Meyers
It is also like the.
Nat Faxon
The.
Seth Meyers
Everybody is allowed to be a little mad, too, when they find out that at the end of the day, you were skiing home.
Nat Faxon
I know, I know, I know, I know. Yeah, exactly. I don't feel that bad for that nerd.
Josh
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Nat Faxon
Here we go.
Seth Meyers
Did you and your dad obviously liked it? Did your sister and mom like skiing as well?
Nat Faxon
Yes, yes, my sister. My sister lived in Park City for about nine years after college and became like, a terrific telemark skier, which is like, you know, essentially cross country skiing, like, alpine style. And my mother was a beautiful skier, but a little more timid. You know, she liked a very, like, you know, she was a little more condition based, I think, like a sunny day on a nice blue, you know, intermediate trail that had been groomed, you know, anything over that. And we made the mistake of, you know, a couple of times, like, taking a wrong turn. And she was. She's very stylish. And the outfits were sort of like the best part to her about skiing, really. It was like. It was. So she always had these, like, you know, these like this big, 80s kind of like suits, you know, like, they were like Bogner suits and with, like a fur on the collar, you know, like onesies.
Josh
We're talking onesies.
Nat Faxon
Yes, like a big one piece. But they were also, like. They were so. The material was, like, so slick. So if you, God forbid, you fell like you were not stopping for hundreds of yards. I mean, it was just like a sled going down the hill. And so there were a few times where she got, you know, we took her down, like, a black or something, and she got very nervous, you know, and then, like, sort of, you know, that's like the worst way to ski is, like, on your heels and, you know, tentatively. And then she would, like, fall down and then just slide all the way down the mountain. And then we would sort of have, you know, be looking up and she would just be there in her, like, you know, green Bogner suit, like, sprawled, like, hugging them out and like, screaming. Screaming at us, like, why did you take me down this? You know, what have you done? You know, and then we're at the bottom all looking up at her, going like, oh, shit. You know, and then hiking, you know, taking off her skis, hiking all the way up, you know, to, like, get her skis back on, you know. So it was. Yeah, she was. But she's a beautiful skier. She's just like. Likes a very, you know, gentler slope.
Seth Meyers
My. Speaking of outfits, Cruisers, Alexi, my wife, just bought me a new ski outfit which she had me try on in the apartment last night. And I put it on, and she just looked at it for a minute. She goes, yeah, maybe you're just not supposed to ski. That's what she. That was her takeaway from how it looked, by the way it did look. Because she's like, you. I want to get you something cooler. And like, the minute I put on something cooler, I did look like a dude who was like. I don't know, like, watched one YouTube video about skiing and was like, I think I got it.
Nat Faxon
Well, now I need to know what that was. Was.
Seth Meyers
It was good. It was like, a cool outfit. But she's right. She's like, what's wrong with your. The shape of your body. She's like, it's too tight here. It's too loose here. Just don't be a skier.
Nat Faxon
I know. Maybe we should go back to, like, I. At Mammoth this weekend. I was so happy because I saw one dude just crushing jeans, you know, with the gators, the jeans, like, probably like an old CB jacket, you know, no helmet, just like a. You know, a hat that just went like a pyramid up on top of his head. I mean, the only thing he was missing was, like, bandanas on the ski poles, which is what we used to do.
Seth Meyers
That's a good look.
Nat Faxon
Yeah. But he was like. He was having the best time. He was having the time of his life.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh
Yeah.
Nat Faxon
And I was like, I don't know. Maybe that's. Maybe that's better than these weird ski outfits that don't fit our bodies.
Josh
Were you. Were you hot tub people? Were you a hot tub family? Yeah.
Nat Faxon
Love the hot tub. Love the hot tub. Yeah.
Josh
And were you. When you were a kid, would you, like, get out and lay in the snow and then get back in the hot tub? Is that.
Nat Faxon
Yes. Yes. Always. Always. I. I still will do that. I still.
Josh
It's so fun.
Nat Faxon
It's so fun. I don't know how to get that.
Josh
Burn when you get back in.
Nat Faxon
Yes, yes, I know. And just, like, you know, inevitably, like, it's usually, you know, we would stay at, like, places where it was, like, communal hot tubs, you know, so inevitably, you are staying in. You're, like, sitting awkwardly close because those things are always kind of not quite big enough. And so you're just sort of jammed, like, leg hair to leg hair next to some dude and just kind of quietly sitting there, trying to make it not awkward. But it always is a little tight. I remember when we were in Austria, we would go to the. They were more sauna people. You know, it was. It was more about the sauna than the hot tub in Europe. And they, you know, they were. They were never wearing anything at all. I mean, it was nude. Every place you went, like, in the sauna, you were nude. If you were, like, stepping out of the sauna and gonna take a cold shower, you were nude. And it was all, you know, co Sex. Like, either sex. Why can't I say that? I don't know what the word. Co sex.
Josh
Yeah, it's co sex.
Seth Meyers
All gender.
Nat Faxon
And I remember taking my little girl, and she was like, can we go to the hot room? Which is what she called the sauna. And I was like, yeah, let's go. You know, and then we just went in there, and there was just, you know, boobs and penises, and everybody was just, like, hanging out, like, casually talking. And she was like, this is not what I wanted to come to. Why did you take me here? And I was like, well. And I also. I remember there was another time where the. Our DP was in the sauna, and I. You know, it's sort of, like, steamy when you go in, and I had a towel wrapped around my waist, and I was like, you know, kind of go in, and he was just fully laying down, like, full, fully naked. And then he sort of sat up, and then we sort of, like, made eye contact, and I was like, oh, Danny, hey. You know, and he sat up, like, totally comfortable, not caring at all, and was like, you know, that was a great day today. You know, we. I thought we got the shots, you know, but all the while, like, he's naked, and I. And I'm, like, trying to be professional and be like, yeah, no, I thought, you know, but you. It's just like. It's weird. It's weird to, like, work with people and then talk about the work when you have no clothes.
Seth Meyers
Yeah, we. Because we. You know, Josh and I lived in Europe for a little bit, and so every now and then, some would be like, let's all go to that, you know. Spa.
Nat Faxon
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
I was always like, I feel like if we'd grown up in Europe, I could go to a spa with all you people. But I know I'm not down for it.
Nat Faxon
I know what. They're so. Nor. It's, like, so normal there.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. No judgment. I'm just like, we're. I'm just not ready for it.
Nat Faxon
I'm not either. I'm so, like, like, fearful of it. I. I lived in Santa Barbara for a little bit, and they. I lived with this couple, and they had a hot tub in their backyard, and it was like an elevated hot tub, like a big, like, sort of like one of those old, like, barrels, basically, that kind of, like, came up out of the ground with, like, a little platform to, like, get in. So you kind of were low when you were in it, looking up, and they were all be these, like, you know, really cute, like, you know, UCSB girls that would be, like, in the hot tub, and they were like. And the rule of the hot tub was, like, no bathing suit. It was like a naked hot tub thing. And so they'd all be like, oh, Nat, come on. Come in the hot tub. You know, and you'd be like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then you would have to, like, literally, like, take off your clothes, like, while they were all looking up at you, and you'd be like, sticking your leg in, like, sorry, if I. Yeah, if I could just get in that little area over there. Excuse me.
Seth Meyers
That's no. That's no dude's best naked angle from underneath.
Nat Faxon
No, it is very true.
Seth Meyers
Nobody's getting their headshots. And then is like. And then just one where you're on the ground, and I'll take my pants off.
Josh
That's the one.
Seth Meyers
While I'm doing it.
Nat Faxon
Yeah. And I'm like, the sad. I'm like. I'm thankful I don't have, like, a ton of, like, back hair or something, but I do have a generous amount of leg hair, and so therefore, it's just. That's even worse. Like, no girl wants to look up at a lot of leg hair from a low angle.
Josh
Well, also, those legs are gonna come down. And that's the first thing you see is coming by you is like, all right, here's this foot. And then.
Nat Faxon
Whoa. What's all this brushing against their face?
Seth Meyers
The more you talk about it, the more I'm thinking. They said, nat, come in just the one time.
Nat Faxon
Yeah. I learned my lesson.
Seth Meyers
The word got out.
Nat Faxon
I learned my lesson. I literally would then rush home from work or something, and then I would just get in that hot tub, like, immediately so that I was the first person there. And I would wait hours just until everybody else was ready to come in. So I could not be the last guy in.
Seth Meyers
I do. Before we let you go. You're so funny on lute.
Nat Faxon
Oh, thank you.
Seth Meyers
I'm so jealous that you are currently working with Maya.
Nat Faxon
I know. I know she is.
Seth Meyers
Did you know her back from the Groundlings?
Nat Faxon
Yeah, yeah, we knew each other. We sort of came through the Groundlings together, so we were in the Sunday Company together, the sort of level right before the main company. And so we wrote a lot of terrible sketches together that were bombs but were so fun. And so, yeah, it's like doing a show with your oldest. One of your oldest best friends. It's very easy and comfortable and adore her.
Seth Meyers
So that's fantastic. You guys Are great together. I'm also. I had to look it up while at the beginning of this interview.
Nat Faxon
Yeah.
Seth Meyers
This puzzle for me has been solved that has been driving me crazy, genuinely, for years, which is Roger angel, who is a great sports writer, wrote a famous essay about Carlton Fisk's home run against the reds in the 1975 World Series. Famous home run. And hold on. I want to make sure I get this right, because I was always like, but there aren't five. Because of course it happened. And it talks about how people were going crazy all over New England, in Wayland and Providence and Revere, in Nashua and in both the Concords and all five Manchesters. So. But then I knew there were only four Manchesters. And now I found out that when he wrote that, there were five. And then. You guys.
Nat Faxon
Wait, really?
Seth Meyers
Yeah. Well, there's.
Nat Faxon
Well, because I knew New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, England, I guess. Can you count that, or you're.
Seth Meyers
No, I think it's. I think there's a. There's a Manchester, Vermont.
Nat Faxon
Yep.
Seth Meyers
There's a Manchester in Connecticut.
Nat Faxon
Oh, right. Okay. Is there a main Manchester?
Seth Meyers
There is a. And we can. There's a Manchester and Maine. So there you go. There's a Manchester, Maine. There's five. There were five. And I was like, what's the fifth? And now I know it's because when he wrote it in 1975, that was before you guys. When did you switch it?
Nat Faxon
Got it? I mean, probably 80. I would think, like, in the 80s. Probably mid-80s. Well, yeah.
Seth Meyers
Thank God.
Josh
And if Seth has his way, they're gonna change it to Manchester on the scene.
Seth Meyers
Well, you should now. So people don't associate you with that. That bummer of a movie.
Nat Faxon
I know. It's true.
Seth Meyers
Which is genuinely great movie. I don't want to be like, don't Manchester.
Nat Faxon
But apparently, I think Kenny Lonergan, like, pointed at a map and, like, that was how he decided on that town. Like, I don't think it was, like, there was very little connection to. It was just like, that'll work.
Seth Meyers
That's the funny. Kenny is such a great writer. It's so funny to me that he's like, just bring me a map and I'll point at it.
Nat Faxon
I know.
Seth Meyers
Like, I would be like, he's so. Like, I would never think he would have a single, like, a cheap moment in how he chose his language.
Josh
But he's like.
Nat Faxon
And then I'm just gonna put my finger on it, and then I'm gonna name the entire movie after that.
Josh
That movie was Almost named Penobscot.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. Penobscot did not do as well during awards season.
Nat Faxon
No, it did not. It did not.
Seth Meyers
By the way, I can't believe now I'm realizing you also. Do you think you write movies based on where you want to spend it? Cause you also did Descendants, so you got to go to Hawaii.
Nat Faxon
Yes. I mean, I. I can't believe you.
Seth Meyers
Guys got away with this twice.
Nat Faxon
I know. I know. I feel like Adam Sandler sort of set that bar. And then I was like, well, he's doing something great, so let's keep doing that. Yeah, I would. I would like to continue doing that, because I don't know. Shooting a movie in some cool place is the best.
Seth Meyers
And where was the. And where was. Way, way back.
Nat Faxon
Where did you. That was like, South Shore of. Of Massachusetts. So we were in Marshfield.
Seth Meyers
Okay.
Nat Faxon
Or the little, like, hamlet of Green harbor, which is sort of like, part of Marshfield almost. And then the water park was in Wareham.
Seth Meyers
Okay.
Nat Faxon
And so we were. Yeah. Between the two. But that was a little bit. That probably could have been anywhere on the east coast, really. I would think. Like, you know, it was. It worked out very well for us. I mean, for me, because that was sort of like my childhood. It was a lot going to the Cape and stuff like that, so it felt very reminiscent of that. But a lot of it was due to Steve Carell, whose family has a place in Marshfield. And we went to him, and he wrote us a very nice letter basically back saying, like, I love this. I. I can't do it, because my family, you know, it's like summer, and it's when I spend time with my family, and I. You know, and thankfully, his agent sort of side, you know, texted us, essentially, and was like, I think this is a little bit of a soft pass, like, if you. I think you might be able to get him, you know. And so then we wrote him back, and we're like, totally understand. What if we shot, like, right down the street from where you summer, Would that make a difference? And we'll get you out really fast, and you can walk to work. And he was like, all right, yeah, then I'll do it. So that was sort of like why we ended up there.
Seth Meyers
But I like that for anybody who's listening, who's wondering why movies get made, where it's. Where does Steve Carell live? And where did Kenny Lonergan point?
Nat Faxon
Exactly. So much thought goes into it. So much thought.
Seth Meyers
It's been so great talking to you, Nat.
Nat Faxon
It's Been so great talking to you guys.
Seth Meyers
Before you go, though, Josh is going to hit you with the speed round.
Nat Faxon
Oh, shit.
Josh
You can only pick one of these. Is your ideal vacation. Relaxing, adventurous, or educational?
Nat Faxon
Adventurous.
Josh
What is your favorite means of transportation?
Nat Faxon
Train.
Josh
If you could take a vacation with any family, alive or dead, real or fictional, other than your own family, what family would you like to take a vacation with?
Seth Meyers
Oh.
Nat Faxon
I would like to take a vacation with a very wealthy family. Yeah. Somebody who's very rich, who can really. Or I feel like Julia Louis Dreyfus goes on very cool occasions. I would like to go with her.
Seth Meyers
We've talked to her and she'd be a great judge.
Nat Faxon
Yes.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Josh
Which is weird for you because she notoriously has very little money.
Seth Meyers
Yeah. So, yeah.
Josh
Cause you want someone wealthy that fits.
Nat Faxon
Both wells, that hits a lot of checks, a lot of boxes.
Seth Meyers
If you had to be stranded on.
Josh
A desert island with one member of your family, who would it be?
Nat Faxon
My immediate family or just any.
Josh
Any extended or immediate. Your pick.
Nat Faxon
Oh, I can't say one of my kids because that's just now that'll live forever in infamy. I would say maybe my sister.
Josh
Okay. Dream destination for a family vacation.
Nat Faxon
I want to go to. I want to ski in Japan. So I'm going to say. I would say Japan.
Seth Meyers
Great.
Josh
And you are from Manchester by the Sea. If you had to get more families to come and visit Manchester by the Sea on the heels of that movie coming out, trying to right the ship to get more families to come by, how would you pitch that town?
Nat Faxon
Ah, I would say. I would say a quaint New England town literally by the sea.
Seth Meyers
On it. Also on it.
Nat Faxon
On it. With a beach that sings. It is literally called Singing beach. And when you shuffle your feet, it sings. I mean, it's not a great song, but it's sort of like a.
Seth Meyers
Sell it short. That was a great song.
Josh
All right, and then Seth has our final questions.
Seth Meyers
Nat, have you been to the Grand Canyon?
Nat Faxon
No.
Seth Meyers
Do you want to go?
Nat Faxon
Yes and no.
Seth Meyers
Yeah.
Nat Faxon
So no, I say. I mean, I do to say I've done it, but I kind of don't.
Seth Meyers
Yeah, that's a no. And thank you for your honesty. We really appreciate it. It's been lovely talking to you, Nat.
Josh
Thanks.
Nat Faxon
So nice talking to you guys.
Josh
All right. Look forward to seeing you around town somewhere.
Nat Faxon
Yeah, absolutely. Or on the slopes.
Seth Meyers
Slopes.
Josh
I'm going to Mammoth this Sunday.
Nat Faxon
Oh, yes.
Josh
Keep that fun. Yeah. I wear a bright yellow jacket, so.
Nat Faxon
I wear a bright orange jacket, so we can we can flash.
Josh
All right, buddy. Thanks so much.
Nat Faxon
Thank you guys. Bye bye.
Narrator/Performer
Ski trip out to the west coast to Idaho. There was an adult condo, also a kids condo with cousin Josh Met some girls, fast, fast girls Just a young nat fax Such a Young Nat Faxon 12 year old Nat Faxon. Sat on the couch, started making out Awkward making out she took his hand, said I'll make you a man.
Seth Meyers
Led.
Narrator/Performer
Him to a bedroom he was.
Seth Meyers
So scared.
Narrator/Performer
He was shaken and he lost his dignity Also his baby blankie but not his virginity this was all pre puberty. Sweet boy. Just a young natfaxer Such a young natfaxer just a baby 12 year old.
Seth Meyers
Nutfaction.
Narrator/Performer
Just a young nfaxon. Such a young nut faxer Just a baby boy. 12 year old oh my. And to make it clear he didn't. Get his sex on.
Episode: NAT FAXON Is From Manchester “ON” The Sea
Hosts: Seth Meyers & Josh Meyers
Guest: Nat Faxon
Release Date: February 3, 2026
In this episode, Seth and Josh Meyers are joined by Oscar-winning writer, actor, and director Nat Faxon. Together, they reminisce about growing up in New England, family ski trips, the strange pride and politics of town names, and the joys and disasters of traveling with siblings and parents. True to the Family Trips format, the episode is packed with hilarious childhood stories and reflections on family traditions, vacations, and the universal moments of awkwardness.
The episode is warm, conversational, and packed with dry, self-deprecating humor typical of the Meyers family and their guests. It blends nostalgia and comedy, with candid confessions about parenting, childhood, and imperfection.
If you’re nostalgic for 1980s New England, grew up skiing or losing blankies in Idaho, or just want to hear Emmy- and Oscar-winning comedy friends unpack family disasters with wit and warmth, this episode is for you. The show is equal parts memory-keeping, gentle roast, and love letter to family, awkwardness, and the quirks of growing up.
Notable Ending Moment:
A musical sketch recounts Nat’s 12-year-old failed romance on the family ski trip, culminating with the devastating loss of his childhood blankie and the slightly less dramatic survival of his virginity—“this was all pre-puberty, sweet boy.”
[70:30–72:28 musical summary segment]
Anyone who loves travel stories, coming-of-age embarrassments, the details of family life, or the peculiar pride of New Englanders.