Will Arnett introduces Ike Barinholtz as one of those rare people you're always happy to see — a Mad TV veteran, co-creator of Running Point, and breakout star of The Studio. The warmth in the room is instant.
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The episode opens with the hosts gently roasting Jason Bateman for his austere diet of sugar-free granola and unsweetened almond milk chased with yerba mate — a routine Will Arnett predicts will leave Bateman looking young in a casket. The banter pivots to Bateman's current solo living situation while working in London, with Will admitting he will soon be across the street from Jason in New York before moving to his own place. The hosts discover they all share a peculiar habit: immediately claiming the best couch spot in any room, always perpendicular to the television. Will shouts out his brother Chuck Arnett after Jason asks his name mid-thought. Sean raises whether Bateman misses human contact during his isolated stints, and Bateman explains that during a shoot he spends 12 hours with his 'new family' on set, so the isolation at home is actually welcome. The segment captures the easy, warm dynamic that defines SmartLess at its best — three longtime friends in genuine, unrehearsed conversation.
Even A-list actors think like freelancers. Jason Bateman frames his entire career as a constant hustle — always building a bridge to the next paycheck, never taking stability for granted.
Jason Bateman admits he instantly creates a 'cave' wherever he goes — couch perpendicular to the TV, same corner every time. His friends know not to sit in his spot, and he knows he's in theirs.
Running Point, co-created by Ike Barinholtz and Mindy Kaling, was renewed for a second season.
A broken pipe turned the Bad Friends studio into a hydrogen sulfide chamber. The crew denied smelling anything — which, as Andrew pointed out, makes their home lives deeply suspicious.
At a childhood sleepover in Sacramento, Bobby Lee's friends drew penises all over his face while he slept. He woke up, cried, and walked 7 miles down a dirt road before Eric Purvis's mom drove out to retrieve him.
On KSI's Make Me Laugh show, Bobby Lee got slapped so hard he fell and briefly blacked out — 5 minutes into the event. The rule was to use a tortilla, but the contestant used his bare hand instead.
What starts as a riff on Amber Alerts turns into an elaborate Speed remake: Bobby is a Hollywood tour guide whose bus shares a route with a kidnapper's identical bus, there's a bomb on board, and Keanu Reeves needs to be called immediately.
Their producer riffs a conspiracy theory about Lindsey Graham's death in Kyiv, which somehow leads to Bobby and Andrew discovering that every lyric of 'A Whole New World' from Aladdin secretly describes 9/11. They are disturbingly convincing.
Bobby Lee woke up Saturday morning to find three children splashing in his pool, along with a professionally hired swimming teacher — all arranged by friends who have keys to his house. His response: 'There's just too much joy here.'
Harold Ramis told a story about Caddyshack's cast doing drugs all day and night during Florida storm delays, with half their pay going to cocaine. Bobby Lee immediately wants to make that exact movie — and offers to relapse to do it.
Robby Hoffman had never heard of 'new towels.' A towel, in her world, was built with the house. When Sarah Silverman announced she'd bought new pool towels, it was a class-gap revelation.
Will Arnett pitched the perfect rich-person home for Robby: seven-hundred-thread-count sheets and brand-new towels — but a tiny, wrecked kitchen with a coil stove, chips, and Sprite. Best of both worlds.
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