>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME
STEVE CARELL. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> LOOK AT YOU! >> Stephen: LOOK AT YOU! >> OH MY GOD. >> Stephen: MR. MOVIE STAR. IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE YOU. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, STEPHEN. >> Stephen: WELL, WE HAVE COME
A LONG WAY, BABY. WE STARTED OFF AT 2nd CITY
TOGETHER. >> YEAH. >> Stephen: YEAH. IN CHICAGO AN IMPROVISATIONAL
THEATER. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR MEMORIES
OF THAT TIME, LATE '80S AND EARLY 90s. WE WERING TO. ANY MEMORIES OF SECOND CITY,
LIKE OUR TIMING TO BACK THERE? >> I ALWAYS-- WELL, YOU
UNDERSTUDIED ME, THE FIRST NAME MAIN STAGE SHOW SCZ FIRST TIME I
WENT. >> I PLAYED THE BAR I TONE HORN. >> Stephen: YEAH. >> AND YOU ACTUALLY HAD TO LEARN
HOW TO PLAY THE BAR I TONE HORN. >> Stephen: SECOND CITY SAY
REP SYSTEM, ANYBODY IN THE TOURING COMPANY, YOU GOT HIRED
ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE I DID. AND THE TOURING COMPANY HAS TO
GO IN FOR WHOEVER IS ON MAIN STAGE, LIKE YOU HAD TO GO IN FOR
THE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU. BUT THE PART YOU WERE DOING, YOU
PLAYED A BAR I TONE HORN, A FAT TRUM BET ---- TRUM PET. >> YEAH. >> Stephen: I NEVER PLAYED A
BRASS INSTRUMENT AND THEY SAID ARE YOU ON NOR CARELL IN SIX
DAYS, LEARN TO PLAY THE BARITONE HORN. >> IT IS INCREDIBLE. >> Stephen: YOU REALLY KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE DOING ON THE BARITONE HORN. >> NOT SO MUCH BUT HAVING NEVER
PLAYED IT, IN SIX DAYS. >> Stephen: AND I HAD MY OWN
BARITONE HORN BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T EVEN RENT ME THE HORN. I LEARNED IT IN SIX DAYS AND MY
LIPS WERE JUST LIKE A BABOON'S ASS BECAUSE I HAD NO OMBU CHER. THE ONE THING I REMEMBERED, IT
DRILLED IN MY HEAD, I WANTED THE GILG SO BADLY THAT I-- THE
ANCHORS AWAY. CAN I NO LONGER HEAR ANCHORS
AWAY, I CAN ONLY HEAR THE-BASE LINE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU
PLAY. DO YOU REMEMBER IT. >> YEAH. >> Stephen: BA, BA, BA, BA,
BA, BA ♪ ♪ ♪ BA, BA, BA ♪ ♪ BA, BA ♪ ♪ BA, BA, BA ♪ ♪
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: WHAT, THAT WAS
1990. >> YEAH. >> Stephen: 25 YEARS AGO. THAT IS HOW EMOTIONALLY SCARRING
THAT WEEK WAS FOR ME. >> BUT EVERY TIME YOU HEAR THAT
SONG, IT'S THE ONLY PART YOU CAN HEAR. >> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY. >> SO WE DID COMEDYING TO FOR
YEARS, YOU AND I DID THAT TOGETHER. THEN WE DID, THE DANA CARVY SHOW
TOGETHER. WE WERE OFFICE MATE THERE. >> UH-HUH. >> Stephen: OFFICE MATES AT
THE DAILY SHOW FOREVER. >> YUP. >> Stephen: YOU ARE POUND FOR
POUND ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET. WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO DRAMA,
MAN? YOU'RE HURTING OUR FEELINGS. >> I FEEL LIKE IT'S TIME TO HAVE
SOME PRETENSE IN MY LIFE. >> Stephen: OKAY. HAVE YOU TRIED NOT PRONOUNCING
THE LAST CONSONANT OF YOUR LAST NAME? THAT'S HOW I GET MINE IN. >> I LIKE IT. >> Stephen: YEAH. BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE TREMENDOUS
WORK. OBVIOUSLY I KNOW YOU WANT TO DO
IT, BECAUSE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. PEOPLE ASK ME, LIKE WOW, IN "FOX
CATCHER" HE WAS REALLY SCARY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING. I SAID NO, I ALWAYS KNEW HE
COULD PLAY A PSYCHOTIC. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. >> Stephen: YEAH, YOU'RE
WELCOME. >> WELL, I MEAN, RIGHT BACK AT
YOU, THOUGH. THERE IS NO ONE-- SERIOUSLY,
THERE IS NO ONE I WOULD RATHER PERFORM WITH THAN YOU. >> Stephen: REALLY? >> SERIOUSLY. >> Stephen: REALLY. >> TO BE ON-- BUT IT'S TRUE. >> Stephen: WE ALWAYS HAD A
LOT OF FUN TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS. >> CUZ I ALWAYS KNEW, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THIS, WE'RE ALWAYS FUNNY TOGETHER. (LAUGHTER). >> Stephen: I WILL TRY MY
DRAMATIC CHOPS BE YOU RIGHT NOW. >> YOU'RE ALWAYS SO ON POINT AND
SO GREAT AND YOU CAN-- I DON'T KNOW. EVERYONE'S BORED WITH US. (LAUGHTER). >> Stephen: BUT I'M ENJOYING
THIS CONVERSATION. >> I AM TOO. >> Stephen: THAT'S ALL THAT
MATTERS. LET'S TALK ABOUT "THE BIG SHORT"
FOR A SECOND. I'M FASCINATED BY THIS MOVIE. I LOVE THE IDEA OF THIS MOVIE. SO YOU PLAY A GUY, LET ME GET
THIS, MARK BALM, ALL RIGHT, BASED ON A REAL HEDGE FUND
MANAGER NAMED STEVE EISMAN, BEFORE THE 2008 CRASH. >> UH-HUH. >> Stephen: HE SEES SOMETHING
COMING. WHAT DOES HE SEE COMING? >> HE SAW THE BUBBLE. HE SAW THE HOUSING BUBBLE. HE SAW THAT ALL OF THESE
MORTGAGES WERE GOING TO DEFAULT AND HE AND A-- . >> Stephen: A SMALL GROUP OF
PEOPLE SAW IT WITH HIM. >> A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE SAW IT
COMING AND ESSENTIALLY BET AGAINST THE U.S. ECONOMY. >> Stephen: AND EVERYBODY
THOUGHT THEY WERE CRAZY. >> EVERYONE THOUGHT IT THEY WERE
CRAZY AND IT'S WEIRD WATCHING THE MOVIE. YOU THINK WHO ARE THE HEROES
HERE. BECAUSE YOU KIND OF ROOT FOR
THEM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYONE ELSE
IN AMERICA. >> Stephen: YOU KNOW THAT IF
THE HEROES OF OUR MOVIE ACTUALLY GET WHAT THEY WANT, ACTUAL OF US
LOSE. >> EXACTLY. AND YOU STILL KIND OF ROOT FOR
IT. >> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE
WALKING AROUND ON THE MOVIE, THIS IS-- WHEN I WAS WATCHING
THE MOVIE, WHAT TERRIFIED ME WAS, I HAD FORGOT ENHOW CLOSE WE
CAME TO A GLOBAL MELTDOWN. LIKE $17 TRILLION DISAPPEARED
OVERNIGHT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. >> IT, WELL, AND HAD THE
GOVERNMENT NOT BAILED OUT THE BANKS, WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED THERE. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT
IT AT THE TIME. YOU KNOW, YOU READ THE PAPER AND
YOU WATCH THE NEWS. BUT THE EXTENT OF IT, I HAD NO
IDEA. >> Stephen: SO YOU DID
NOT-- YOU DON'T REALLY DEEPLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS. >> ANYTHING. >> Stephen: ANYTHING, RIGHT. I WOULD JUST POINT OUT, THAT
THAT IS A VERY ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF WALL STREET IN
2008. >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: REALLY GOOD WORK. REALLY GOOD WORK. (APPLAUSE)
AND THE MOVIE IS WITH ADAM McKAY, WHO "ANCHORMAN" ONE AND
TWO. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF DOING
"ANCHORMAN" WITH HIM AND DOING A DRAMA ABOUT THE WORLDWIDE
COLLAPSE OF OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. >> IT'S ACTUALLY CLOSER THAN YOU
WOULD THINK. BECAUSE ADAM, WHEN WE WERE DOING
"ANCHORMAN" HE IS THE FUNNIEST GUY, HE SITS BEHIND A MONITER
WITH A MICROPHONE AND SHOUTS OUT THINGS LIKE, I POOPED A DHOK LAT
SCWIREL. AND YOU SAY THAT, NOT IN THIS
MOVIE AND THE BUT THE OTHER MOVIE. AND YOU JUST SAY THINGS THAT HE
SAYS. AND HE'S INCREDIBLY SMART AND
FUNNY. FOR THIS MOVIE, HE STILL HAD HIS
MIC BUT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. >> Stephen: HE'S LIKE GO,
IMPROVISE ABOUT, YOU KNOW. >> DERIFF TIFFS AND. >> YEAH, AND YOU WOULD TRY TO
HAVE SOME THINGS IN YOUR BACK POCKET THAT YOU COULD THEN
IMPROVISE ON. >> Stephen: COLLATERALIZED
DEBT OBLIGATIONS, MAKE IT EXCITING, GO. >> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
I can't recommend The Big Short enough. If you like any of the actors involved, go and see the movie. If you don't know shit about what happened during the financial crisis of 2008, don't let that discourage you. It does an excellent job explaining it to the layman while also being hilarious.