ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was your first reaction when you read this script?
I consulted the Oracle of Delphi, and it said it was the one.
What your second reaction, when you found out that youd be starring opposite Stephen Fry?
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I thought it was a mistake, and I assume hed been blackmailed into it somehow.
I was like, Why are you doing it?
and he was like [in British accent], Oh, I thought it would be fun!
And I was like, YOURE STEPHEN FRY.
So each morning when I see him, Im like, Hey!
and hes like, Oh!
You play an outdoor adventure writer.
What is the headline of your greatest outdoorsy achievement?
I Almost Climbed Mt.
My wife and I, my little brother, and Jim Rash ofCommunityfame tried to climb Mt.
And that guy never apologized either, which was really, really tacky of him.
Do you expect millennials to be offended by the shows portrayal of easily offended millennials?
Does that excite you?
If we are offending easily offendable millenials, then we are doing our job.
That said, we are equal-opportunity offenders.
Generation X will absolutely be offended, and so will baby boomers.
I guarantee that if some kids wander onto set, well make fun of them, too.
Can you say something nice about millennials?
They are the most inclusive generation in the history of the world.
Okay, now can you something mean about millennials?
Their feelings were definitely worried about way more than mine.
What is the least millennial thing about you?
What is the most millennial thing about you?
Finish this statement: Kids these days…
…have the greatest distressed clothes.
You hold a baby bear in the pilot.
I have no question.
Just stating a fact.
I mean, rip my arms off and eat my heart while it was still beating.
It did bite me.
Im not convinced youve ever watched a CBS comedy.
Name a joke from one.
It was really funny.
And anyway: Bazinga!
Some people might be surprised to find you in a CBS multicamera comedy.
What appealed to you about that?
Watch it before you take a swing at it.
More likely to happen: aCommunitymovie or aGreat Indoorsmovie?
Well, right now I would sayCommunitysinceThe Great Indoorshas not aired.
But Im going to go with (instead of that saying, You mean a sequel toThe Godfather?)
yeah, there definitely will be both.
But you have to have one before the other, so well goCommunitythenGreat Indoors.
They gotta read my book.
You cant be lazy.
You have to make a concerted effort to take a stab at get free stuff through being a celebrity.
It is not a passive job.
Give us three tips to being Joel McHale.
Have a lot of quality hair products and backup hair products.
When someone offers you something, ask for three of them.
Warn your family before you write a book about them.
Is there one shocking revelation in the book that you’re able to cryptically tease?
Angela Lansbury will finally get whats coming to her.
