Full Show PT 2: Thursday, February 12 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show – Full Show PT 2: Thursday, February 12 [Vault]

Date: February 12, 2026

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Episode Overview

This segment of The Bert Show is a blend of relationship drama, listener calls, and an interview with actor Steve Carell. The episode showcases the show's signature mix of humor, authenticity, and audience participation, moving from a serious listener dilemma about suspected infidelity to light-hearted banter and a celebrity guest segment.

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Key Discussion Segments

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1. Listener Dilemma: Catching a Cheating Boyfriend

(Starts ~01:01)

Background

Lucy (on a voice disguiser) calls in with her suspicions that her boyfriend of a year has been using online dating sites to see other women. She details her sleuthing—and her struggle on how to confront him.

Main Points

• Evidence Gathering

  • Lucy discovered her boyfriend’s online dating activity after seeing emails from a service he claimed were just residual from an old account. Her suspicions grew as he became secretive about his “client” dinners.
  • She accessed his dating profile, confirming he set up dates, and read correspondence indicating he arranged to meet at least one woman for drinks, which she knew wasn’t a legitimate work meeting.

    “I just started to get a weird feeling… I just kind of put it all together and searched him and found him, and I couldn't believe it.” – Lucy (02:01)

• Lucy’s Plan

  • She’s contemplating confronting him at one of these dates, possibly walking in and introducing herself to his unsuspecting date, asking her to leave, then confronting him directly.
  • She also feels for the other women, noting they’re unwitting participants.
  • Lucy asks if the show (or listeners) could help her “set him up” for future proof.

• Hosts’ Debate: Entrapment vs. Honesty

  • Jeff and Melissa discourage orchestrating an “entrapment,” noting it could backfire and give the boyfriend a defense (“You set me up!”).

    “If you have anything to do with the next girl to date him… that's gonna be his argument back.” – Jeff (08:23)

  • Melissa points out Lucy already has enough proof and the best course is to simply break up.

    “You’ve already busted him. Like, you have the knowledge, right? And then if you don’t want to tolerate this, then you just walk away from this.” – Melissa (09:28)

  • Callers and hosts note Lucy might still be hoping for reconciliation, which could explain her elaborate maneuvering.

• Listener Relates

  • Jesse calls in to share a similar story: making a fake MySpace profile to catch her ex in the act.

    “I created a fake profile…contacted him…said, ‘Hey, we’re in the same area,’…we ended up setting a date…and when he got there…he was very shocked to find me.” – Jesse (11:13)

• Hosts’ Mixed Sympathy

  • Some hosts sympathize; others get frustrated, feeling Lucy is prolonging her pain and, perhaps subconsciously, giving herself an excuse to forgive him.

Memorable Quotes and Moments

• “In the end, you just want him to feel…like you did somehow. You want him to feel the same emotions you and he never…he won’t.” – Melissa (13:47)
• “There’s a good, large number of women that handle it the same way you’re doing it. And the soap opera is good, but to help you…I don’t think that’s right.” – Bert (14:08)

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2. Celebrity Interview: Steve Carell

(Starts ~15:35)

Introduction

Steve Carell joins for a fun and candid chat, marked by Bert’s lighthearted style and the group’s rapid-fire questions.

Main Points

• Carell’s Almost-Radio Career

  • He reveals he once auditioned for a radio newsreader job for a tiny station that only broadcast within a tunnel at Logan Airport in Boston.

    “One up in the Green Mountains in New Hampshire…only broadcast into the tunnel leading to Logan Airport…so people could hear it for all of about 45 seconds.” – Steve Carell (16:01)

• Early Work Experience

  • Carell was a rural mail carrier in Massachusetts, using his own car—dangerously, by driving left-hand drive and delivering out the right window.

    “We had to drive with one hand and deliver the mail out the right window. So it was incredibly dangerous.” – Steve Carell (17:00)

  • He moved to Chicago, later still finding undelivered mail in his car.

    “For months I was still finding mail that was stuck under my…” – Steve Carell (18:18)

• Paparazzi & TMZ Story

  • Bert asks about a past TMZ moment where Carell refused to talk, wanting closure on why.
    • Carell explains he simply doesn’t like TMZ’s agenda and prefers staying out of the Hollywood scene.

    “They’re like the bullies in school. They just try to make people look stupid.” – Steve Carell (20:27)

  • Carell describes himself as a homebody and thinks people who show up regularly on TMZ probably seek attention.

• Family Life

  • The most exciting thing in his week? His kids behaved on a cross-country flight.

    “They were really good on the plane. That was exciting.” – Steve Carell (21:43)

• ‘Get Smart’ Movie Promotion

  • The conversation finishes with Carell describing his role as Maxwell Smart, an analyst-turned-spy in an “origin story” for the movie.

    “It’s sort of a comedic Bourne Identity.” – Steve Carell (22:27)

  • He jokes about Anne Hathaway (his co-star):

    “She’s very ugly.” – Steve Carell, tongue-in-cheek (22:46)

Fun Closing

Steve lingers on the line after the formal goodbyes, leading to a few awkward, funny moments as the hosts realize he’s still there—a nice, classic radio goof.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:01 – Lucy joins to discuss her boyfriend's suspected cheating
• 02:01–05:39 – Lucy details her evidence and plans for confrontation
• 07:39 – Lucy asks for help to “set up” her boyfriend
• 11:12 – Jesse’s story about catching her ex with a fake profile
• 13:06–14:08 – Final advice and ethical debate on entrapment vs. moving on
• 15:35 – Steve Carell interview begins
• 16:01–16:38 – Carell’s failed radio auditions
• 17:44–18:26 – Carell as a rural mail carrier
• 19:29–20:46 – TMZ story and dislike of celebrity gossip media
• 21:43 – Carell’s “exciting family moment” of the week
• 22:22–22:56 – ‘Get Smart’ promotion and banter
• 23:20–23:55 – Accidental, awkward outro as Steve Carell is still on the line

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Notable Quotes

• Lucy: “Just meeting one person for drinks is out of bounds for our relationship. We’re in our 30s and…done with the games, but I don’t think that’s the case.” (04:17)
• Melissa: “You’ve already busted him. Like, you have the knowledge, right?…then you just walk away…” (09:28)
• Steve Carell: “We had to drive with one hand and deliver the mail out the right window. So it was incredibly dangerous.” (17:00)
• Steve Carell: “They’re like the bullies in school. They just try to make people look stupid.” (20:27)
• Steve Carell: “It’s sort of a comedic Bourne Identity.” (22:27)
• Steve Carell (joking about Anne Hathaway): “She’s very ugly.” (22:46)

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Tone & Style

• The conversation on relationships is candid, empathetic, but at times exasperated—reflecting both the hosts' playful banter and genuine concern for Lucy.
• The Steve Carell segment is warm and personable, mixing curiosity about his career with playful, inside-radio goofs.

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Summary

This episode typifies The Bert Show’s approach: real-life dilemmas play out with humor, strong opinions, and listener engagement—followed by celebrity interviews that are as much about personal quirks as promotion. From betrayals and breakups to sitcom stars unable to leave a radio line, the morning show gives listeners a relatable escape from their own routines.

Transcript

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[Bert]

Good morning, Lucy. You are on the voice disguiser.

[Lucy]

Good morning, Burt Show.

[Bert]

Good morning, Lucy. How are you?

[Lucy]

Very good. How are you?

[Bert]

Good. Now, Jen raised an interesting point a couple of minutes ago. Like, you already know that your boyfriend's screwing around, but you are holding on to it and planning completely.

[Melissa]

I'm just impressed with the calculation of all of that. You know, just how calculated you could be.

[Lucy]

Right. I feel like the only way that I can bust him is by showing up at one of his dates and addressing the issue. I think if I tried to talk to him about it or just brought it up in conversation, that he would have an excuse or it would just. I don't know. I just thought he could talk his way out of it and I wouldn't have valid proof of what he's doing. So if I show up, you know, there I am. Obviously, I know what's going on, and I can address it that way.

[Bert]

All right, I think we're getting ahead of ourselves here a little bit. You and your boyfriend have been going out how long?

[Lucy]

A year.

[Bert]

Okay. And how do you know that he's online looking for other women?

[Lucy]

I found him. I. I searched him and found him, and I was clued into the whole thing because initially, when we. A few months ago, he was reading his email one time, and I saw an email from the service, online dating service, like, you know, your connections for the week or whatever, and I thought it wasn't like a personal mail, you know, it was like an automatic message from the service. And I thought, okay, well everyone who's been single has turned online dating thing, so it's probably his old subscription, you know, he's just letting it run out and he's still getting the emails, no big deal. And then his work schedule, his job, he has to go on a lot of after hours dinners and meeting clients for drinks and things like that. And I go with him on a lot of those meetings just to lighten it up and meet with families and couples and stuff. But every once in a while he'll have a meeting with a client that he doesn't want to tell me anything about. Not where they're going, not what the meeting is about, not their name, not anything, just very, very tight lipped about it. And this happened a couple times. I just started to get a weird feeling because it's just, you know, he's like night and day. I just kind of put it all together and searched him and found him and I couldn't believe it. I was just shocked that I found, you know, his profile. And then I went into it, I was able to get into his profile and then I saw his activity and then I knew what was really going on. And the day that I found all this out, he had had a client dinner about five days before that. I didn't go on and so I, when I went to his account, I read all the emails between me and the person he was meeting with who wasn't a client, who he met online.

[Bert]

So he was setting updates and for sure going out on those. And I mean you saw it right there in black and white. So you know for sure it's happening.

[Melissa]

How many times, how many times do you know of that he's done this?

[Lucy]

Well, I am still working to find that out. I'm, I'm trying to, you know, find out the history because I just found out about the recent one. So I'm not exactly sure how long it's been going on. I know of one for absolutely sure because I read about it and I know that night he had a client dinner. But I'm trying to find out what happened with other people that are in his profile, people that he's talked to before. I'm trying to find out what really went on with him. Were they just chatting online or did they actually meet? They just go to one dinner. Did they go to more than one dinner? Were they dating? I really don't know exactly what all went on, but I Mean, just meeting one person for drinks is out of bounds for our relationship. We're in our 30s and we're, you know, talking about our future together. You know, I thought we were done with the games, but I don't think that's the case.

[Melissa]

How long have you guys been together?

[Lucy]

About a year.

[Melissa]

Okay, and how do you visualize this whole sit down meeting with him going, like, what's your plan for that? Because you're so calculated. I would imagine you've thought through every step of it.

[Lucy]

Well, I feel kind of bad for the women that he's meeting with, so I realize it's not their fault. They're playing by the rules. They're online as single women trying to meet single men. So the women that he's meeting aren't really at fault. They probably have no idea. So I just envision him being on a date with someone he's met online and me going there after they've already sat down and they've started their evening together. You know, just going to the restaurant or the bar or whatever and introducing myself to her, validating that they did meet online, and then asking her if she wouldn't mind leaving because obviously he doesn't need to be there on a date with her. And then just addressing it with him and ask him to just explain to me what he's been doing. What is he thinking? You know, what's the deal now?

[Jeff]

Is it possible? Like, what if you didn't walk in and introduce yourself to her? Like, what if you and you just, like, what if you just walked in and you paid the, you know, like, get a girlfriend to go with you and pay this server, the mater d or whatever, like, to give you the table right next to his, and you just walk in and you sit down right next to him, right? Because you know what he could do is on the off chance that the girl, like, knows that he's in a relationship, like, there could be some cover up. Like, hey, if anybody walks in here, you and I are having a business meeting and you, you know, sell widgets and I want to buy them, you know what I'm saying? But like, if you just walk in and you sit right next to him, then there will be no time to establish that. Or, you know what I'm saying? Just thinking out loud, of course, trying to make good radio.

[Melissa]

There's the movies. You could just go into the kitchen and you could put on an apron and take a tray and serve them. But I guess that doesn't quite translate. Just like Owen Wilson did In wedding crashers. Remember that?

[Lucy]

And accidentally spill it in his lap.

[Bert]

So what. What exactly are you looking for from us?

[Lucy]

Well, I would. What I was planning on doing before I contacted the bird show was just going on his profile and looking and seeing his activity. After I found this out, I thought, okay, well, I'm just gonna go on the next date. That's what I'm gonna do. Well, there hasn't been another date. I'm like, I'm ready for this to move along. I'm ready for him to meet someone online and go on a date. And, you know, since the last one, there hasn't, like, been enough activity with him and anyone trying to make any plans. And I would like to hurry that along so that I can get this over with. I. Obviously, when I found out about it, I was just sick, completely sick over it. And that was about two weeks ago. So I've been. You know, we're together all the time. I'm, you know, I'm with him. We're with family and friends, and we're doing stuff, and I'm just. I'm sick. I just can't even. I don't know how much longer I can. I can deal with.

[Jeff]

So what you want is you want our listeners to help entrap him?

[Lucy]

Yes, I want someone to help me be someone he'd be attracted to and go on a date with him and just, I guess, be part of this whole thing so that, you know, they're on my side and I'm in control.

[Bert]

So you need a. You need a wing woman here. You need somebody to build a profile on. You need to go online, find a very attractive woman, have her come on to him in very specific ways that, you know, would sort of.

[Jeff]

I don't think she can do that.

[Bert]

Lure him in, and then see if he'll take the bait and go out on a date with this woman while you're there watching it all happen so you have concrete proof. And you could say, I know you're. I know you're dirt. I know you're dirty dog. And that's it. We're done.

[Jeff]

I don't think you can entrap. I don't think you can entrap him.

[Bert]

Why not?

[Jeff]

Because that's gonna be. When he's defending himself, that's gonna be his excuse. That's gonna be his reason. He's gonna be like, you set me up. You entrap me. You had this woman lure me in with things you knew that I would be interested in. And while on Paper. It seems really good. That's gonna be his argument back. And then if you bring up the past dates, he's gonna say I did, because you only have proof of one. I did that once, and it was a mistake, and we only went out once, and I'm not in touch with him anymore, and I never will do it again, and blah, blah, blah. So I think you just have to wait for it to happen naturally, because if you have anything to do with the next girl to date him, why do you.

[Melissa]

You just. You had made the comment earlier about how I thought we were in our 30s and I thought the games were over, but apparently not. But you' in them yourself, right?

[Lucy]

I feel like if I. I just think I cannot address this in a normal conversation with him. I think he. All things that Jeff just said is exactly what he would say. I think I can only bust him as the only way to get him to see. Okay, I know what's going on. I'm. I'm not just sitting here blindly, you know, letting you do whatever you want to do. I'm very, very aware of what you're doing.

[Melissa]

Well, let me just. You've already busted him. Like, you have the knowledge, right? And then if you don't want to tolerate this, then you just walk away from this.

[Bert]

Yeah. Why don't you just.

[Melissa]

He knows what he did, so why.

[Bert]

Don'T you just go away?

[Melissa]

Yeah. I don't understand why busting him and going through all this for what? He knows what he did put him in the. He just doesn't know that you know what he.

[Jeff]

And you're sharks with laser beams on.

[Melissa]

Their head, and you're suffering, really. Anyway. And you were the one suffering for this. You've been sick and nauseous and had to be around him for two weeks with this knowledge, and in the end, you're gonna suffer more than him.

[Jeff]

You're making it more complicated.

[Bert]

Hey, Vy, you're on Q100. Good morning.

[Jesse]

Good morning. Actually, I was just gonna say what Jeff said, that she's making it complicated and just dump him already. This whole thing is like a waste of time. It's like she's pathetic.

[Melissa]

Two weeks already pathetic.

[Bert]

But you know what you're. You know what you're doing?

[Melissa]

I'm on a relationship of a year.

[Bert]

You know what he's doing. You know what he's all about, so I don't.

[Melissa]

Do you guys live together?

[Lucy]

No.

[Melissa]

Okay.

[Lucy]

But we spend a lot of time together.

[Bert]

There's Jesse. She's done this very same thing. Hey, Jesse. Hey, guys.

[Jesse]

What's going on?

[Bert]

Thanks for calling. What's up?

[Jesse]

Yeah, well, I was. It's so funny. I kind of did the same thing. I do agree with the last caller that, you know, if you. If you kind of think it's gonna be over anyways, just go ahead and dump him and get. Get rid of them and don't go through the process, but it is fun.

[Bert]

I did.

[Jesse]

I did the same thing to an ex of mine, and I couldn't find anyone to help me out and do kind of what you were talking about. So I actually. And I'm not familiar with whatever site you're talking about, but his was MySpace, and I created a fake profile. I went to, like, an adult website, copied and pasted a picture, and that was my picture, contacted him, said, hey, we're in the same area.

[Jeff]

I'm new.

[Jesse]

Let's go out for some drinks, and actually saved and printed every single back and forth message that we had to each other, and we ended up setting a date to meet somewhere. And I was early, and when he got there, he was very shocked to find me. And I presented him with all the emails and said, well, hey, are you looking for such and such? And needless to say, it was a very interesting night.

[Bert]

So you glad you handled it the way you did?

[Jesse]

Oh, yeah. It was so much fun. I mean, it would have been easier just to say, you know, hey, I'm on to you, and it's over. Because if he's doing that and he's been doing it for a while, he's obviously not as committed as she thinks he is. But it is. It is kind of fun just to get back at him and say, hey, you know, I can play your game, too.

[Bert]

But to me, if you go ahead and you do this, Lucy, and you meet him when he thinks he's meeting somebody else, and you just put the stuff on the table and then you walk away without the explanation. To me, that's more legitimate than hearing him out. Yeah, than hearing him out. Because now you've got your proof. You don't even need to hear what his excuse is, and then you move on.

[Melissa]

You know? You know what's important?

[Jeff]

What are the chances that you stay with him after all this drama is over?

[Lucy]

The chance exists. I know y' all think I'm crazy, but the chance does exist.

[Melissa]

That's why she's playing the game.

[Jeff]

Yes, because you want to give him a chance to defend himself so that you have an excuse to stay with him.

[Lucy]

We have been together for A year. But we've actually known each other for a very long time, and our families are all friends. We've got a long history before our relationship. So just walking away and, like, never seeing someone again who you've really only known and only dated for one year is not how the situation would end up in the end.

[Bert]

But here's the thing. Here's what we're saying, is if you say you go through this whole thing and there's still a chance that you guys can get together, I mean, you can be together, then why go through the whole thing?

[Melissa]

Especially if you entrap him, then. No way.

[Bert]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

Why don't you just sit him down and go, hey, know what you've been up to? Do you want to resolve this so we can try to work it out?

[Bert]

Because if you were solid, like, if he took the bait, that would be the end of the relationship. I could see us helping you out, but you're not saying that you're, like, it could survive.

[Jeff]

You're seriously being Dr. Evil with the sharks and the laser beasts.

[Bert]

You don't need to do it.

[Melissa]

I think they're.

[Lucy]

Bash, I want to know what he has to say.

[Jeff]

What's that, Bash? That's right.

[Lucy]

I've saved everything that I found so far so I could print everything out, you know, and show him proof.

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[Lucy]

And I could leave it on the table and walk away, you know, and then just kind of see what happens after that. At some point. I do want to know what. What was he thinking? Is this something he wanted to do for the rest of the.

[Melissa]

No, you don't.

[Jeff]

No, you don't.

[Bert]

You want a toy with his door.

[Melissa]

You. You. In the end, you just want him to feel. He. I think you want him to feel like you did somehow. You want him to feel the same emotions you and he never. He won't.

[Bert]

I would. I would like to follow along with you. I don't feel right about helping you with it, like getting a listener or somebody on staff to help you recruit. But I certainly would be interested to hear, if you're doing it on your own, exactly how it's happening.

[Jeff]

Well, Wendy does need a 30th date.

[Bert]

I can set it up by noon today. So you know what I'm saying? Like, just for the theater of it, I'd like to hear how it goes down, because I think there's a good large number of women that handle it the same way you're doing it. And the soap opera is good, but to help you. I don't think that's right.

[Lucy]

Right.

[Bert]

I gotta be honest.

[Lucy]

That's fine.

[Bert]

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[Steve Carell]

Hello.

[Melissa]

Hello.

[Bert]

This is Steve Carell.

[Steve Carell]

This is he.

[Bert]

Well, that's good luck on our part because we've been sitting here waiting for you. How are you today?

[Steve Carell]

I'm well. How you doing?

[Bert]

We're doing great. Let me introduce you to everybody here. Okay? Okay. My name is Bert. Hi. This is Jeff.

[Jeff]

Hi there.

[Steve Carell]

Hello.

[Bert]

And Jen.

[Jeff]

Hey.

[Steve Carell]

Hi.

[Bert]

And Melissa.

[Melissa]

Hey, Steve.

[Steve Carell]

Hi.

[Bert]

Do I have this right, that at one point or another, you wanted to be a radio dj?

[Steve Carell]

You know what? After. After college, I auditioned for a couple of. I auditioned for. To actually be a newsreader on a radio station. One up in the Green Mountains in New Hampshire. And I auditioned for a job as a newsreader for something called the Sumner Callahan Radio Network, the station that only broadcast into the tunnel leading to Logan Airport because there was no reception. So they just had a broadcast into the tunnel and people could hear it for all of about 45 seconds.

[Jeff]

Did you get that job or did you just.

[Steve Carell]

No, I didn't. I was not good enough.

[Jeff]

When you auditioned, did you have one hand on your headphones and almost look very serious?

[Steve Carell]

No, I didn't. I probably didn't even have a headphone. I did, like, one hand cupped over my ear.

[Jeff]

Yeah, you're doing that. You should get the job if you're gonna work for some.

[Steve Carell]

Oh, yeah, no, I know. That's a very professional position to take.

[Bert]

And even though only nine people were ever Gonna listen to you. You wanted that job so bad.

[Steve Carell]

Oh, I was desperate. I was hungry.

[Jeff]

Are you kidding?

[Steve Carell]

I was hungry to get it.

[Jeff]

That is the best RA in the world. Because in that tunnel, there's no one else to listen to.

[Steve Carell]

Now they brought, now they, you know, they wired it so you get all reception through the tunnel. So I think that that particular station is probably obsolete at this point.

[Bert]

Well, that would have changed everything.

[Steve Carell]

Yes. Cutting edge.

[Melissa]

Yeah, well, that's because they didn't hire you while they're obsolete. So that's what you take away from it.

[Steve Carell]

My career could have taken a very different turn.

[Melissa]

See, that's right.

[Bert]

Steve Carell joining the Burt show on Q100 today.

[Melissa]

I'm curious about your real life office experience, if it help draw upon for your role as Michael Scott on the Office.

[Steve Carell]

I never actually worked in an office. The closest I worked was the US Post office. I was a rural mail carrier in Massachusetts.

[Melissa]

Are you serious?

[Steve Carell]

Yeah, I drove. And they don't, they didn't even supply us with a postal vehicle. We had to drive our own cars. All of our cars were left hand drive, so we had to drive with one hand and deliver the mail out the right window. So it was incredibly dangerous.

[Melissa]

Oh, he said, scooting over on the chair, huh?

[Steve Carell]

Yeah, exactly. And I, I, then I moved to Chicago a few months after I quit the post office. But for months I was still finding mail that was like stuck under my.

[Jeff]

Seat.

[Steve Carell]

Really bad at it.

[Bert]

That's probably like one of those $1 million checks from publishers Clearinghouse that just never got delivered.

[Jeff]

Exactly.

[Steve Carell]

And you have inherited $10 million.

[Bert]

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[Jeff]

Pro in the car with a girl, and she reaches between your seat and you get back in the car and she's like, who is Meredith Plimpton of New Hampshire?

[Bert]

Hey, Steve, before we get into talking about Get Smart, I have to play a clip of you on TV from a few months ago that when I was watching it, it absolutely drove me crazy and I never got closure on it. So I'm hoping you can give me that closure today.

[Steve Carell]

I'm very scared right now.

[Bert]

You shouldn't be. It's not gonna be painful, I don't think, but I just, I feel like I need closure. And here is the clip.

[Steve Carell]

What is this for, by the way?

[Rocket Money Announcer]

Oh, tmz.

[Bert]

Oh, no, no, no, no more of you guys. You don't like tmz.

[Steve Carell]

You put Saeed. Yeah, no, I'll pass.

[Bert]

Okay. So you're standing in front of a restaurant.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Steve Carell]

That's the first time anything like that had ever happened.

[Bert]

Right.

[Steve Carell]

You know, because I don't. My wife and I really don't go to sort of Hollywood hangout places. We, you know, we have two little kids. We just were real homebodies. So I came out of a restaurant. There was a guy with a video camera, and, you know, he said he was from tmz. And, you know, I know they're. You know, I know what they're about, so I just chose not to talk to him. That was basically it.

[Bert]

You started to say something there like, no, no, no, no, no. You guys once. Never mind. Like you were gonna launch into a story, and then you never got into it. And I was screaming at the tv.

[Lucy]

I need to know, you know, what it was.

[Steve Carell]

I don't even know what the particular story was, but it was about some celebrity, and I'd only. I just briefly seen what the show was about. And recently, you know, like that. That week, I had. You know, somebody had told me about it, so I looked it up, and basically, you know, they just try to make people.

[Bert]

They just.

[Steve Carell]

You know, they're like the bullies in school. They just try to make people look stupid. So, you know, it was just in reference to something that I saw them do to somebody else. So, you know, I know what their agenda is, and, you know, I get it. They're making a living and they're poking fun at people, but I just chose not to say anything. That's all.

[Jeff]

Now you talk about hanging out at home and not going to those restaurants. When you do go out, is it fair to assume that the people who do end up on TMZ every day or week, you know, the regulars, if you will, are going places where they know they'll get that exposure and maybe even thrive on it or want it.

[Steve Carell]

I don't know. Perhaps, you know, that's. That's hard for me to even say. I don't see. I'm so out of the loop in terms of what people do. And, you know, that might be the case. Maybe some people are looking for the attention, the exposure. My life is pretty boring, so I don't. There's really nothing, you know, me coming out of a restaurant, I don't know, frankly, who would even want to see that.

[Jeff]

What's the most exciting thing to happen in your life in the past seven days?

[Steve Carell]

In the past seven days?

[Jeff]

Wow. Not professionally, personally. We.

[Steve Carell]

My family Flew back to the east coast and my kids were. I was four and a seven year old, and they were really good on the plane. That was exciting.

[Melissa]

That is a highlight.

[Steve Carell]

We were kind of over the hump in terms of, like, the screaming and the jittery, you know, running up and down the aisles. They were really, really good. So that was an exciting sort of monumental moment for us.

[Bert]

I am absolutely.

[Lucy]

Our time is up. I've got to move on.

[Jesse]

I'm sorry.

[Bert]

Can we at least ask him about Get Smart so we can plug the movie?

[Jesse]

Absolutely.

[Lucy]

Quick question, please.

[Bert]

Okay. Why don't we talk about Get Smart.

[Lucy]

Now?

[Jeff]

Seems like a good time.

[Bert]

Opening on June 20th. Tell us all about it.

[Steve Carell]

I play Maxwell Smart. This is sort of an origin story. He's an analyst at the spy agency called Control, and he is promoted to spy. And he goes out in the field for the first time. And it's really exciting. It's like a big action comedy. It's sort of a comedic born identity.

[Melissa]

And Hathaway stars with you, right?

[Steve Carell]

Yes. She's very ugly.

[Bert]

It's very hard to go to the set every day. And it opens up on June 20th, correct?

[Rocket Money Announcer]

Yeah.

[Bert]

Okay.

[Steve Carell]

It turned out well. I think it's fun.

[Bert]

I can't wait to go see in theaters tomorrow. Yeah. All right, Steve, thank you very much for your time. We appreciate it.

[Steve Carell]

Thanks a lot, guys.

[Bert]

All right, have a good one now.

[Jeff]

Bye.

[Bert]

Bye.

[Steve Carell]

You, too.

[Jeff]

Bye, Steve.

[Melissa]

Today. Well, the whole thing in theaters today.

[Jeff]

And you want to say. Because you said, like twice, and they're opening on. You want to say opening today.

[Bert]

So Get Smart is opening today, correct?

[Steve Carell]

That's right.

[Jeff]

Oh, he's still there. Were you really confused?

[Steve Carell]

I didn't know whether I was off.

[Bert]

You can leave whenever you like or we can hang out.

[Steve Carell]

I'm always confused.

[Jeff]

Never. Never before has he been happier that he's not in radio and that that tunnel job didn't work out. Listen to these jackasses. Can't even get today.

[Bert]

If I knew he was still on, we should have just started the interview over as a station in Houston. We would have gotten a friendly time. All right, Steve. Thank you. I'll hang up now.

[Steve Carell]

Thank you.

[Bert]

All right.

[Melissa]

Bye. Bye.

[Bert]

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