Hollywood Bowl live show: Oct 17
The SmartLess hosts announced a live show at the Hollywood Bowl on October 17th, with surprise guests planned.
Where this was said
Goodbyes, Hollywood Bowl Announcement, and SmartLess Sign-Off
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The farewell to Timothy Olyphant is genuinely warm — Arnett gives him a round of applause (a SmartLess first), and the hosts agree he is universally beloved in the industry. After he signs off, the three briefly discuss whether anyone says nice things about them (the consensus is probably not Bateman), before pivoting to the SmartLess Hollywood Bowl live event on October 17th. Arnett attempts to give out the URL — smartless.com/live — several times with increasing hilarity before getting it right. The episode closes with the show's standard artisanal credit read and a final Smartless sign-off.
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