-What's up?
-What's up, Seth? -Good to see you guys.
-Hi. -Hi.
-Hi. -You are bundled up,
Michael Che. -Yeah, man.
I'm not used to this weather. -Really?
-I'm from the Island. [ Laughter ] Manhattan Island.
-Yeah. -You guys are actually
both from the islands. You're from
the island of Manhattan. -That's right. -And you're from
the island of Staten. -Yeah.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-Sounds just as tropical, right? -Yeah.
Well, they -- Now JetBlue goes direct
to Staten Island, so... -JetBlue has ferry service now. I was gonna come out and wear -- I was gonna wear
a Hawaiian shirt, but he talked me out of it.
-Really? -And say that I was more
dressing for the job I wanted. -Oh, gotcha.
-Versus this, but then he -- -And the job you wanted
is "Magnum P.I." [ Laughter ]
-Yeah. Why not?
-What job do I want? Panhandler? [ Laughter ] I should be selling batteries
on a D train. -I was so --
You guys had a month off, which is unheard of
in my 10 years, which is -- -No, we never left.
-You had a month off. Did you enjoy yourselves?
-Uh, yeah. [ Laughter ]
-Okay. You didn't go anywhere. -Yeah, I had to see
a lot of family. That wasn't fun.
-Really? -Yeah, 'cause, you know,
they just tell me who else they think is funny.
-Oh, really? I know -- I know
what you're talking about. -Yeah, that's not fun to hear.
-Yeah. Do you think that happens
with athletes, like when -- -"You know who's fast?"
and stuff like that. -Yeah.
Or like Eli Manning at, like, Thanksgiving dinner, someone's
like, "You know who's great? Tom Brady."
Like, do you think he -- [ Light laughter ]
-100%. -You think 100%. -I mean, based on your own --
don't you think 100%? Based on knowing any family.
-I think they must. -You know who says that to him
is Peyton Manning. -Peyton does, yeah.
[ Laughter ] As a super burn. I had a lovely time. I got to come back
and host this year. It was so fun
to be back with you guys. -Yeah, it was great.
-Got to come back on the "Update" desk,
which was for me the highlight. I'm not gonna call it
a low light, but it was not -- in the end, did not turn out
to be a highlight. You wrote a sketch for me.
-[ Laughing ] Yeah. -I should point out,
it was not new business. -No, I wrote it
probably about 12 years ago. -And you resubmitted it
for me, because -- -And I thought,
"Only you could do this sketch." -Well, I -- the actor you
originally wrote it for is someone that I think
a lot of people mistake me for, and so it made sense that you
would try it again with me. -Well, originally,
it was Taylor Lautner. [ Laughter ] So I was like, "Who else is in
sort of the 'Twilight' space?" [ Laughter ]
-Yeah. Same fan base. -You read
as a classic "Twilight." -And I was there for that,
so I knew, "Oh, Jost submitted
a Taylor Lautner sketch for me." -Yeah.
So, you're welcome. -Do you want to explain
the premise of Manny Manimal? -Well, should we --
-Manny Manimal. -Sure.
-Manny Manimal. -Manny Manimal.
His name was Manny something. He worked
at the radioactive lab where, like, Spider-Man
had been bitten by a spider. -Yeah, the radioactive spider.
-So, this guy, after he was bitten
by the radioactive spider, he was also bitten
by a radioactive raccoon, a starfish...
-Yep. [ Laughter ]
-...a pelican... -Yep.
-...a couple snakes... -Yep.
-I think there were like three squirrels? -And then he died, and a gorilla
had sex with his dead body. -Yes.
[ Audience groans ] -Then brought him --
-And then he was revived by a radioactive parrot.
He was given CPR. -And so, unlike Spider-Man --
-This isn't a real guy. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ] Yeah, don't worry.
-They're like, "Aww." [ Laughter ] -But anyways,
then he is a superhero. He was Manny Manimal,
the man of many animals. -Yes.
[ Laughter ] And you mentioned Emmy-nominated
at the beginning, right? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Okay. Great, great. -And also,
so his name is Manny Manimal, the man of many animals, but
also his first name was Manny. [ Laughter ]
Which was unnecessary. -Very unnecessary.
-Yeah. -I think I found that
late in the writing process. -One of the great costumes
of all-time. -Yes.
-There you go. -I mean...
[ Laughter ] -And I will say,
great opening title sequence. -Yeah.
-Comes out in this. Audience goes crazy.
-Yeah. -And then what would you
describe the audience for the rest of the sketch?
-Nightmarish? -Yeah.
[ Laughter ] -Basically, they were so excited
to see a real superhero, and then you basically
immediately started coughing up blood,
because that was the premise. -Yeah.
-That they were all -- -I had too many animal organs
in my body. -Yeah, and no one wanted
to see 10 animals die. -Yeah.
Again, not real. [ Laughter ] But, yeah, it bummed people out. But it was still fun to do,
and now Lautner and I -- And we talk about it
all the time. -Oh, definitely.
-Yeah, 'cause we hang out a lot. -That dress audience talks about
it all the time, too.
