-John Mulaney.
-Hi. -Welcome back.
-Thank you, Jimmy. -Thank you for being here. Congrats on this movie,
by the way. "Spider-Man:
Into the Spider-Verse." I've never seen an animated film
like this ever in my lifetime. It blew me away. -It's an absolutely
mind-blowing animated film. It, like, combines different
types of animation 'cause it's bringing together
all these different universes of different spider-men, women,
and pigs in my case. -Now you play -- which I kind of
remember a little bit but -- -Do you remember the character?
-I kind of a little bit, maybe. I don't know.
But there was a character. It was all
different types of spider-men, but you play Spider-Ham. [ Laughter ] Spider-Ham is Peter Porker.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ] -And was this, like,
a short-lived comic book? -Oh, no.
No, no, not short-lived. [ Laughter ] It was -- it was a spin-off
of sorts. I think started in 1983, and there are die-hard
Spider-Ham fans out there. -Honestly, this is
such a cool thing. I'm going in, and I don't really know much
about comic books or Spider-Man. I know of them. -Well, I knew nothing about
the actual project when I first started recording. -About the project?
-Oh, yeah. So, I got a call,
and I said, "Hello." You know. [ Laughter ] -Good for you, though.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ] -Good improvising already.
-Absolutely. Nothing fancy, ordinary hello,
right? -No, great, hello, yeah. -And they said,
"This is a company, big company. Do you want to be in a movie? And we can't tell you
anything about it and we can't send you a script." Because when it's
these superhero things, they really keep them
under wraps. So, they said, "We can't tell
you anything about it. We can't send you a script." Which is how a lot of
kidnappings begin. [ Laughter ] But I was available, so...
[ Laughter ] -I'm up for an adventure.
Let's go for it. -I was like, "All right.
Yeah, sure. What time? Where?" -Unmarked van.
-Yeah, okay. -Sure. Sounds cool.
[ Laughter ] -Cool. Blindfold? Fine.
[ Laughter ] So, I get to a building and,
you know, it's like Los Angeles. So it's not like a famous --
It's just a slab of concrete. And I go in, and Rodney Rothman
was there, and he said, "Do you know
what's about to happen?" Which if it was a kidnapping is
a super creepy way to begin. [ Laughter ]
-That's even worse. "Do you know
what's about to happen?" -Yeah. These psychological games
are like, "Are you prepared?" [ Laughter ] -No.
-"For level two?" So, they said,
"We're making this film." They explained it. They said that the cast
was insane. -Oh, my gosh. -Nicolas Cage, Hailee Steinfeld,
Mahershala Ali. -Mahershala Ali is unbelievable. -And Jake Johnson. I mean, it's, like,
a great group of people. I said,
"Who else are the actors in it?" And they said, "You." And I said "I'm scared because
I've never been like -- I've never not known
what a movie is and then I'm about to be
in the movie." -Yeah, and then be in a scene
with Nicolas Cage. -Yeah, and they said,
"Well, you play a superhero who is a pig who makes --"
[ Laughter ] "Who makes
nonstop outdated jokes." And I said, "I got it."
[ Laughter ] -"Yeah, I got this nailed."
-Absolutely nailed it. It's really fun, and, like,
I know this sounds like, I'm selling it,
but I kind of am, but -- -Yeah, that's why you're here,
I guess. -Yeah, I guess that is why
we're really here in some way. -Yeah, me too. Yeah. -But it's like --
like, adults will like it and children will like it, and I only note that
because when I was a kid there was no movies
that were for kids. There'd be like one a year.
-Yeah. -They do like "The Little
Mermaid" once a year. And the rest of the time it was
like parents would be like, "You're going to the movies." You'd be like,
"What are we seeing? They'll be like, "Working Girl." -Yeah.
[ Laughter ] -"Just cover your eyes
the whole time." [ Laughter ] -Your parents would take you to,
like, those adult dramas? -Yeah, yes.
[ Laughter ] -Really?
-No, for real, they did. I remember my mom
and her sisters took me, when I was maybe
seven or something, to see this movie
"Regarding Henry." Remember that?
-Sure. Yeah. -Hear the murmurs.
-Oh, yeah. Harrison Ford. -Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, and he's shot in the head,
and he has amnesia and they're trying to
rebuild their marriage. Very adult.
[ Laughter ] -Sounds like a kid's movie.
Kids love that stuff. -I had to pee within
the first five minutes, and it's a very good
Mike Nichols film. So, my mom was like, "I really don't want to leave,
but I'll take you. So then I come back. Ten minutes later,
I got to pee again, and she said, "I'm not taking
you to the bathroom again. All right?
I want to watch this movie." So, I said, "Okay." I had to go. I just waited and I just
went in my jeans and -- [ Audience gasps ] I didn't mind. And then --
[ Laughter ] I had a little, you know,
jacket, you know, kid, right? And I tied it
around my waist in front and I walked out, and my mom
said, "What's that about?" And I said, "Well, you said
we couldn't get up again. So I peed in my jeans." -You said that? Yeah, and she was like, "What?
Why would you do that?" And I was like, "I don't know. You said you wanted to
watch the movie." -Oh, my God.
[ Laughter ] What a good kid, man.
-Yeah. And also, you know,
I like Mike Nichols too. When I'm seven, I want to see.
[ Laughter ] I want to stick around. -So, you go into this thing
blind and you -- they give you a script or do you get to improvise
a little bit, or...? -Oh. So, yes. It is wonderfully scripted,
but they did a thing that is very generous
when they say to comedy people. They say, "Have fun with it and,
you know, add your own words." And so,
for the very first session, I'm still in fight or flight 'cause I think
it's a kidnapping. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ] -I did go my own way with it,
and I threw in my own lines, and what happened was I was
just cursing wildly. [ Laughter ] -This is you. Thank you for -- you
saved this exclusively for us. These are outtakes. These are not in the film. -Yes, they sent along the video. -John Mulaney doing
the voice of Spider-Ham. -This is real. I did this.
-Yeah. -Damn right. Ah, you bastards. And how the [bleep]
is he gonna do that? [ Laughter ] And how the [bleep]
exactly is he gonna do that? Two days. I've been Spider-Ham
30 [bleep] years. [ Laughter and applause ] -They can't use any of that? When -- At what point
did you find out -- -They were like --
they had said, "Go nuts." So I'm like, "You mother--" I'm screaming,
and then I paused. I went,
"What is this movie rated?" And they said, "PG." And I said, "Oh, so, nothing
I've just said is usable." And they said, "No, but we just
wanted to you have fun." [ Laughter ] -I want to show everyone a clip. Here's John Mulaney
as Spider-Ham in "Spider-Man:
Into the Spider-Verse." Take a look at this. -You might need these. ♪♪ You think you're the only people
who thought to come here? -Hey, fellas. -Is he in black and white? -Where is that wind coming from?
We're in a basement. -Wherever I go, the wind follows
and the wind smells like rain. -Hi, guys.
-Konichiwa. [ Speaking foreign language ] ♪♪ -This could literally not
get any weirder. -It can get weirder. I just washed my hands.
That's why they're wet. No other reason.
-Okay.
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