-It is so good to see you!
-Oh! -This is the first,
like, in-person thing I've done, really, like, on TV,
other than the Golden Globes. And you know how that went. -You guys won a Globe for it.
-Yeah. We won a Globe for the Globes. But -- -Are you happy to be back in
the world of business and get to work again? -I'm back to work.
-You're back to work. -I mean, we had a year or two. Was it two years? -Isn't it a little weird
that there's been two -- it's happened --
March happened again? -Yeah. It feels like we've
had about a year and a half of discovering
what we care about. You know, tough times,
making bread, being creative
in our sweatpants. But it's time
to get back to work. I'm back in the office.
-You're back in the office. -This -- You know, you are one
of my top work friends. You're like in
my top-20 work friends. -Of all time or currently? -Just in New York.
-Okay. -And, so, I'm excited about
making sure that this is very productive,
'cause I need us to get -- I'm going to bill you
for this time. -Okay, gotcha. So this is not about -- We should not be frivolous
of our time here. -I don't want any
personal questions. I don't want to get personal. This isn't a time to
talk about life. Work.
-Just work. -Productivity.
-Okay. -Numbers. If we find a way to
get the sales up that our company is going to do,
we need to make sure -- -So it seems like
you've maybe gone back to a different kind of work
that you were doing before, because you don't seem very,
like, locked in on the terms. -Yeah, I forget what --
how work goes. But I'm very excited to
talk with you about solutions and ideas. -Oh, God, that would be great
to find some solutions. I do -- I want to ask this, because it is very nice having
you back in New York City. -Yeah. -Summertime in New York City --
are you pro or are you con? -Love summertime
in New York City. -Okay.
-My favorite city in the world. Love being here always. A lot of people
are complaining about a lot of stuff
in New York right now. But you know what I love?
Construction. -How so? -Because I love
construction sites because I do very well there. -Really?
-Yeah. -Historically, has this been --
-Yeah, they're my people. That's my group.
That's my group. -Gotcha. -Like, if I see scaffolding,
I'm like, "What's going on over there?" -Oh, you'll go out of your way? -Then I go out of
my way just to say, "What are you guys doing?" -Gotcha. -Yeah, because I don't think
that construction workers are big fans of "Parks and Rec,"
but they are fans of my work. You know what I mean.
-Oh, that's great. Yeah, yeah.
-They're fans of my work. What's a common way that they
would let you know that -- -Well, no, I mean,
I do like that everyone is out and about and talking
and seeing each other again. Like, it is really great
to make eye contact with people. And what's great about
New York is that you can walk down the street,
and someone can be like, "Hey, beautiful." And you can be like, "Hi." And they can be like,
"Can I ask you a question?" And you're like, "No. No, you can't ask me
a question." It's that kind of give-and-take. -Yes, like that
you can immediately -- It can immediately take
a left turn into this is, "You've overstayed your welcome with even your second sentence." -It's best city in the world
to keep moving. -Yeah.
-It's the best. It's the best place
in the world. -It is the best place
in the world. It kind of can be
oppressively hot, but you've never minded that? -No. And, also, I was here
during the World Cup, which was
awesome, walking around -- -How was that?
-Oh, it was so great. I mean, just walking around
the streets, watching -- -Were you rooting? Did you have
a rooting interest in the final? -I didn't. I was rooting for a good game,
which is certainly what we got. And Italians
and the English, the Brits, were, like, in full force in the
bars and pubs all over the city. And I love little Prince George
in his little suit. -Yeah. I read a headline
in "People" magazine that he is like,
"No more shorts." -He's not wearing shorts?
-No, 'cause he's 8 now. It said he's 8. And there was a big exclamation
point like, "This is final." -No more shorts?
-No more shorts. Get used to the
little-suit look. -He's not going to do well
at construction sites. You got to wear shorts.
-You've got to wear shorts. -But it was exciting
that Italy won. There was so many scooters
in the West Village just going like, "Beep, beep!" Like, just very -- Like,
there was a lot of people in, like, handsome
suits and brown shoes being like, "Beep, beep! We won! Beep, beep!" -Hey!
-Hey! Like, carrying raviolis
and being like, "We won!" And then their
beautiful girlfriend being like, "Beep, beep!" But that was great. I like -- Did you watch
the World Cup? -The European Cup, yeah.
-Oh, excuse me. -We get a lot of -- We have
this thing on the show now where people -- -Wait. That was
the European Cup? -Yeah. -Oh, my God.
I thought it was the World Cup. It was the European Cup?
-Yeah, it was the European Cup. -I thought it was the World Cup, 'cause the Olympics are
coming up, so I got confused. -Are you excited
about the Olympics? -Very excited. I know some people
don't like the Olympics. And whatever they say about it,
I agree with that, too. But I do enjoy -- I'm very sad that
we're not going to see Sha'Carri Richardson. I think she's awesome
and an incredible athlete, and I love watching her run. And --
-Are you surprised? How do you feel about this rule? -Well, I am impressed by
the fact she can do anything after smoking weed,
because I could do very little back in the day. -Yeah, because she
continued to excel. -Yeah. Now, you spent
some time in Amsterdam, so I'm sure you had
a minute or two where you tried
a marijuana cigarette. -Yeah. It never was --
I just get real tired. -Tired.
-Yeah, I get real tired. -So you don't run --
You don't sprint after that. -No, no, no. -But I would -- I mean,
I would like to go see a film. Like, if it was, you know -- -Well, that did
happen to me one time. But I will tell you that I had
a puff of a marijuana cigarette, and then I went to see
"I Am Legend." -Okay. The Will Smith --
-I wouldn't recommend it. Yeah, that was
the movie with will Smith. He was the only person
left in New York. A dog is introduced
very early on, and you know the dog
is not make it. -You're not going to be like, "This is going to make it
to the end credit." -The dog's not
gonna make it to the end. What gets the dog? Is it, like, a vampire person
or something? -Oh, yeah,
probably some kind of, like, creepy alien
that is never explained. -Right, right.
I got a question, though. I've got an
"I Am Legend" question for you. -Yeah. Of course. I'm ready.
I run the website. -No, but it's a hypothetical.
-Alright. -You're the last person
in New York. -Mm!
-What do you do? -It's so funny you say that. My kid just asked me
that question. He was like, "What if you were
the only person here? What would you do?" And I was like -- It was like,
"Walk around The Met? Like, I don't know. It would be a day, and then I would have
a full breakdown. -Right. Well, 'cause what
I like about New York is, there's a -- you're surrounded
by people that are very good at doing things that you can
then benefit from. -Yeah. Like, am I going to
make my own pizza? -No.
-What? Going to the best pizza place
and make my own pizza? -Right.
-Like, no. -Like, I'm not -- I mean,
I've watched, a thousand times, somebody at a bodega make my
egg-and-cheese sandwich. -Yeah. -It doesn't mean
I'm going to be able to do it. -No. I think you and I both have a quality where
we know what we're good at. -Yeah. -And it's not any of those
things you said. -Well, I think it will be
heartbreaking to think of how little improv skills
would come in handy. -Oh, my God, can you imagine? -Imagine -- The only thing
sadder than trying to do an improv show
with people around would be, like,
doing a bringer show when there's nobody around. -You know what I would do? I'd go into one of those,
like, cool mirror -- you know, like,
those mirrors that look like there's 10 people and I'd do an
improv show with myself. [ Laughter ] -I'm very hung over. -Oh, yeah, that's right,
because you drank. -Because I did day drinking.
We haven't aired it yet. We're going to air it next week. And we -- I mean, what is --
Back in the day, when you were here,
what is a perfect hung-over New York day
for Amy Poehler? -Wow. Well, this is pre-kids,
of course, 'cause, you just, like -- There's no way to be hung over
once you have kids. Like, you just --
-You try to avoid it. I mean, like,
at some point, you're like, "I don't even want to drink
for the fun of it." -Yeah, you can't even say
you're hung over. You're just like, "No, I'm not. I'm just throwing up
because I'm so happy." But, you know,
the things that I used to use to cure my hangover
are both gone, because I would sit in
Pizzeria Uno and read magazines. And they're both gone.
-Both Pizzeria Uno and -- -I mean, maybe Pizzeria Uno
is still around, and, you know,
I'm sure they're celebrating Italy's European Cup win. -I mean,
they're not going crazy. -I mean, I can't --
I'm, like, reeling that I thought it was
the World Cup. I just didn't read
the fine print. -That's fine. But, I mean,
it was two European -- I mean, those teams
could have been in the final of a World Cup, too, so... -I feel like a couple guys told
me it was the World Cup. -Were they construction guys?
-They were construction guys. They are like, "Hey!" -We're they like, "Hey,
you just won the World Cup!" -They were like,
"You got the World Cup of --" You know what I mean. And I was like "Okay.
Oh, my God. Thank you so much. Stop." But, yeah, what did you do
for your hangovers? What you are doing
for your hangover today? -It was like having to work got
in the way a little bit. But I definitely
want to have, like -- I would like to have
a very cold beer and a very greasy hamburger. I think that would be,
like, what I would like. That might be how I try to
button this evening. -And you drink the beer and stick the
hamburger down your pants? -And then I move around a lot. -Throw the beer
over your shoulder, stick the hamburger
down your pants.
