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Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 13 - Episode 28: Seth MacFarlane
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00:05From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, it's Late Night with Seth Meyers.
00:12Tonight, Seth MacFarlane.
00:15An all-new Floors for Look.
00:25And now, Seth Meyers.
00:28Good evening, everybody. I'm Seth Meyers.
00:30This is Late Night. We hope you're doing well.
00:31And now, if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news.
00:33President Trump announced today that Homeland Security Secretary
00:37Kristi Noem will step down and will be replaced
00:39by Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen.
00:42If you don't remember, she's the one who had more outfits than Barbie,
00:47and he is just Ken.
00:51That's right, President Trump.
00:53And it is weird when you're like,
00:54Kristi Noem stepping down and everybody's like, whoo!
00:56And you're like, no, you're not going to be replaced with someone cool.
01:04Yeah, Oprah's going to do it.
01:09That's right, President Trump announced that Homeland Security
01:12Secretary Kristi Noem will step down,
01:14and there's only one thing that can cheer her up right now.
01:24For that joke to really land, you've got to remember,
01:28she killed her dog!
01:33Democratic Representative Sidney Kamlager-Dove
01:36asked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
01:39if she has had sexual relations with her chief advisor,
01:42Corey Lewandowski, yesterday during a House Judiciary Committee
01:45that Noem's husband attended.
01:47Oh, now it's a meeting!
01:50I don't know if I want her to answer
01:52or wait for the reunion special.
01:56Everyone's going to be at the reunion special.
01:59Except her dog!
02:07The White House shared a video yesterday on social media
02:09that appeared to combine video game footage
02:12as well as real clips of military strikes set to music.
02:15I just think it was weird that the video game
02:17was Super Mario Brothers.
02:21According to a new poll, 59% of Americans
02:23oppose U.S. military action in Iran,
02:26making it one of President Trump's most popular policies.
02:31White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said yesterday
02:34that President Trump ordered the military strikes against Iran
02:36because he had a, quote,
02:37good feeling that the Iranian regime
02:39was about to attack U.S. assets.
02:41And I think it's telling that he considers that a good feeling.
02:46The National Capital Planning Commission held a vote today
02:49on whether to move forward with President Trump's plan
02:52for a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom.
02:55Of little late, we're either getting a ballroom
02:58in the East Wing or a lot of natural light.
03:04President Trump hosted the Inter Milan CF soccer team
03:07today at the White House
03:07to celebrate their 2025 Major League Soccer Championship.
03:11Apparently, he has a soft spot for soccer
03:13because he's also not allowed to use his hands.
03:20Oh, man.
03:23By the way, I don't blame her.
03:25Have you seen one of his hands right now?
03:27He's got a weird-looking hand.
03:30President Trump is reportedly planning
03:32to endorse Republican Senator John Cornyn
03:34in the Texas GOP Senate primary,
03:36unless, of course, Zoron decides to run.
03:40Authorities in England are looking for a team of thieves
03:42who allegedly robbed a jewelry store during the day
03:45by cutting open a glass case with a circular saw
03:48before escaping on a moped.
03:51But don't worry, they have their best guy on the case.
03:57A California man was recently sentenced to four years in prison
04:00for allegedly stealing $1,000 worth of Pokemon cards.
04:03But if his cellmate asks, he, uh, killed a guy.
04:10Authorities in Georgia recently warned parents
04:12to check their child's lunch after a student mistakenly
04:15had a canned Cutwater Lemon Drop Martini
04:17in their lunchbox.
04:19Because even at that age,
04:21you're too mature for a Cutwater Lemon Drop Martini.
04:27Martini. Shaken. Not stirred.
04:29Cutwater, if you have it.
04:33And finally, a dog in England recently gave birth
04:36to a litter of 17 puppies,
04:37which is believed to be the largest ever litter
04:39of Irish doodles, yeah, you didn't need to tell us
04:43she was Irish.
04:50That was a monologue, everybody.
04:52Hey!
04:56He is the multi-talented producer, writer, and musician
05:01behind beloved shows like Family Guy and American Dad.
05:04The second season of his series,
05:06Ted, is streaming now on Peacock.
05:07Seth MacFarlane is back!
05:09On the show, you guys.
05:12Also, please allow me to say a word about a charity
05:16that means just so much to me.
05:17Cycle for Survival was created by friends of mine
05:2120 years ago.
05:22This is an incredible anniversary year for them,
05:24and last 20 years, they have raised over $400 million
05:27for rare cancer research, clinical trials,
05:31and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
05:34Every single dollar they raise
05:35goes directly to fund that work, that important work.
05:39I've been part of these events over the years.
05:41It's a ton of fun.
05:42They've been doing it all over the country
05:43and a very special event this weekend.
05:46So please, if you can, go to CycleForSurvival.org
05:49to get more information and to donate.
05:52Congratulations to everybody who participates,
05:53and thank you so much for listening.
05:55You guys, moving on.
05:57The Trump administration keeps changing their story
06:00on why we're at war with Iran,
06:01and it's not helping that his cabinet is in turmoil
06:04with his Homeland Security secretary out
06:06and his attorney general subpoenaed.
06:08For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.
06:14If you are a hardcore MAGA voter
06:16who supported Donald Trump,
06:18first of all, thank you for watching our show.
06:20I'm...
06:22I'm sorry it's the only thing currently on
06:24in the ER waiting room.
06:26And I'm also sorry that your tattoo got so infected.
06:30Second, if you voted for Trump,
06:32I can think of four main issues you probably cared about.
06:35Bringing down prices, ending foreign wars,
06:37deporting violent criminals,
06:39and releasing the Epstein files.
06:40And Trump has struck out on all four so far.
06:43For example, less than 14% of the people detained by ICE
06:45have violent convictions,
06:46and support for abolishing ICE is at record highs.
06:49In fact, Trump's deportation plan has gone so badly
06:52and been so unpopular that today,
06:53he fired the person in charge.
06:55Breaking news into CNN.
06:57Kristi Noem is out as the secretary
06:59of the Department of Homeland Security.
07:01President Trump has announced
07:02that he has fired the Department of Homeland Security
07:04secretary, Kristi Noem.
07:06What? Kristi Noem is out?
07:08But where is she going to get the money
07:09for all her wonderful costumes?
07:12We were only months away from her showing up
07:14as both leads from Wicked.
07:18So, Noem is out, and Trump announced
07:20he'll be replacing her as Homeland Security secretary
07:22with someone I have to assume is even more qualified,
07:26Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen,
07:28who's been on an absolute tear during the Iran war.
07:31He's been crushing it on cable news.
07:32Just listen to this very cogent interview
07:34he gave last week, where he explained
07:36that Iran was rebuilding the nuclear program
07:39Trump said he had obliterated.
07:41They said they were done trying to build a nuclear weapon,
07:44yet they're obviously trying to rebuild it.
07:46Right.
07:46We're not going to let that happen.
07:47If we obliterated it, we being the United States
07:50last summer, then why are you worried about it right now?
07:53Because they're rebuilding it,
07:54and you can see them rebuilding it.
07:56But it was obliterated.
07:57But it doesn't mean you can't rebuild.
07:59I mean, people have car accidents
08:00and obliterate their bones and their legs,
08:02and yet they can still put, you know,
08:04they can still put metal back in them
08:07and walk again.
08:20I mean, sure, you don't want to make him
08:21Secretary of Health.
08:24You know, people get their bones obliterated
08:26in car accidents, and then we put metal back in,
08:28and we turn them into Wolverine.
08:31Sure, okay, sure.
08:33That was a weird analogy.
08:34But surely, surely he's been more coherent
08:36on the question of what to call this war
08:39with Iran, right?
08:40This is war, and we're taking out the threat.
08:42You can see this is war.
08:43We haven't declared war.
08:44They declared war on us, but we haven't.
08:46The president called it war Secretary of Health.
08:47We haven't declared it.
08:48Just now, you said this is war.
08:50They called it war.
08:50They called it war.
08:51What I was saying, okay, well, that was a misspoke.
08:54This isn't a war.
08:55We haven't declared war.
08:56The Secretary of Defense,
08:58who calls himself the Secretary of War,
08:59said today this is a war.
09:00Is it really not a war?
09:01What he declared on us was war,
09:03meaning us as Ayatollah.
09:05He declared war on us,
09:06so we're not at war with Iran.
09:08It's not a war?
09:10Look at the screen you're on.
09:13is blowing up right next to you.
09:15That's like if Charles Barkley said,
09:17this is not a show about basketball.
09:20And to be fair, he'd have a point.
09:22Inside the NBA is really a show about friendship
09:24and what happens when no one listens to the host.
09:27So Trump's immigration agenda has been a bust.
09:29What about the Epstein files?
09:30How's that going?
09:31Turning to a major development
09:33in the ongoing Epstein scandal,
09:34NPR reported that DOJ, quote,
09:37withheld and removed some Epstein files
09:39related to Trump,
09:41allegedly hiding those docs,
09:43which, depending on the details we get,
09:44could be against the law.
09:45The missing files include over 50 pages
09:48of FBI interviews, notes from conversations.
09:50What?
09:51The DOJ withheld Epstein files about Donald Trump?
09:55Hold on.
09:55I've been practicing my surprise face.
09:57You guys ready?
09:59What?
10:08It's so classically, by the way.
10:13It's so classically, Trump,
10:14to only hide files that mention him.
10:17I'm sure someone said, you know,
10:18we could also hide some that mention Bill Clinton
10:19so it all looks less obvious.
10:21And he was like, no, keep those in.
10:23Make copies.
10:23Put the copies in.
10:24Oh, this is going to be good.
10:26I am never going to reap what I sow.
10:29The Epstein files release has been so bad
10:32that even Republicans are now joining Democrats
10:34and demanding the Attorney General explain herself.
10:37A very rare and stunning rebuke
10:39of the Attorney General of the United States,
10:41Pam Bondi,
10:42by members of the President's own party.
10:44Yes, five Republicans
10:46on the key House Oversight Committee
10:48defying their chairman
10:49and joining with Democrats
10:51to subpoena Bondi
10:52over the Justice Department's handling
10:54of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
10:56That's right.
10:57They subpoenaed Pam Bondi.
10:58Maybe she'll throw another one of her tantrums,
11:00like a passenger getting kicked off a plane
11:02for being too drunk before takeoff.
11:04Remember, this is how she reacted last time
11:06she had to testify before Congress.
11:08Have you apologized to President Trump?
11:11Have you apologized to President Trump,
11:14all of you who participated
11:15in those impeachment hearings against Donald Trump?
11:18You all should be apologizing.
11:20National median rents have fallen
11:23to a four-year low,
11:25thanks to Donald Trump.
11:27That's why they want to focus on Epstein.
11:30President Trump,
11:31the greatest president in American history.
11:34The Dow is over 50,000 right now.
11:38The S&P at almost 7,000.
11:41And the NASDAQ smashing records.
11:46Americans' 401ks and retirement savings are booming.
11:50That's what we should be talking about.
11:52All right, someone take her keys.
11:53Lady, you are not.
11:56I'm driving to see President Trump.
12:04President Trump.
12:06Also, what do you mean
12:07we should be talking about the Dow?
12:09It's a hearing about the Epstein files.
12:11You're the attorney general.
12:13Congress asks questions
12:14based on who is sitting in front of them.
12:16When Bernie Sanders is on the show,
12:18I don't ask him,
12:19can we expect any new music?
12:21Even though I'm dying to know.
12:24Okay, but fine.
12:25She wants us to talk about the stock market.
12:28Let's do Bondi a solid
12:29and talk about the stock market.
12:31Tonight, the stock market plunging.
12:32The Dow plunging more than 1,200 points today.
12:34The NASDAQ dropping 232 points.
12:36The S&P 500 down two.
12:38Why are you talking about the stock market?
12:42We should be talking about the ballroom.
12:48So Trump is biffing it on immigration
12:50in the Epstein files.
12:51What about bringing prices down?
12:53How's that all going?
12:54Gas prices are rising
12:55as oil markets react to the war with Iran.
12:57Oil and gas prices already up.
12:59Gas prices have already gone up.
13:02They could rise even more.
13:04Clearly, oil prices are going to go up.
13:05Oil prices are up.
13:07Gas prices at the pump.
13:08They're going to jump.
13:09And mortgage rates are already ticking up.
13:11So in the short term,
13:13you're going to see a little inflation.
13:14I have never had more compliments
13:16on something I did.
13:18People felt it's something that had to be done.
13:20So we have a little high oil prices
13:23for a little while.
13:24Little while.
13:25Little high for a little while.
13:27He's turned into an Italian maitre d'
13:29who won't give me a straight answer
13:30and when our table's going to be ready.
13:32It's a little while.
13:34Yeah, the thing is,
13:35you said that 10 minutes ago
13:36and just we're starving.
13:37Oh, let me check my watch.
13:39It's a little while.
13:42So Trump says oil prices
13:44will be a little high
13:45because of his war.
13:47It was up to him.
13:48That's what the signs
13:48on the gas stations would say.
13:51And high gas prices
13:53are especially bad for this show
13:54because aside from ER waiting rooms,
13:56our biggest source of eyeballs
13:58is gas station TV.
14:00In fact, if you're watching me
14:01talk about gas station TV
14:03while watching gas station TV,
14:05hey, what's up, dude?
14:07How cool is this?
14:09Whoa, premium gas.
14:11Doing all right.
14:12Also, why are you watching gas station TV?
14:17Like, what does gas station TV have
14:19that your phone doesn't?
14:20Like, a story about the NBA
14:22that was recorded nine months ago?
14:23Does it make you feel
14:25like a time traveler
14:26to watch gas station TV
14:27because, like, inside your car,
14:28it's 2026, but out there,
14:30Glenn Powell is still
14:31on his running man junket?
14:34And this was just
14:35a little workshop stand-up
14:36about the people
14:38who watch gas station TV.
14:42I hope the brass don't find out
14:44I'm trying to workshop stand-up.
14:49I feel like there's
14:50something there, though.
14:54So now, on top of everything else,
14:55the prices that Trump promised
14:57to bring down, prices that were not
14:58coming down to begin with,
15:00are going back up again.
15:01If you're going to ask Americans
15:02to sacrifice this much
15:04for yet another illegal war
15:06in the Middle East,
15:06can you at least explain
15:07why we're doing it?
15:09Okay?
15:10Team Trump, get your heads together.
15:12Please, just give us
15:13one clear explanation.
15:15Should be an easy question.
15:16Why are we at war with Iran?
15:18In a phone call
15:19after the attacks,
15:20Trump told the Washington Post
15:21that his main concern is,
15:22freedom for the Iranian people.
15:25Iran does pose
15:26an imminent indirect threat
15:27to the United States of America.
15:29Iran has posed
15:30an imminent risk
15:31to the United States
15:32for 47 years.
15:33We went proactively
15:34in a defensive way.
15:35We had to remove
15:36a murderous regime.
15:38Iran can't have
15:39a nuclear weapon.
15:40That would be
15:41the ultimate military objective.
15:42Is regime change,
15:44as you see it,
15:45the objective here?
15:47Absolutely.
15:47To me, it is.
15:48This isn't about regime change.
15:50This is not a so-called
15:51regime change war.
15:53But the regime
15:55sure did change.
15:56If we didn't hit
15:57within two weeks,
15:58they would have had
15:58a nuclear weapon.
15:59It would be an absolutely
16:00incredible,
16:02you know,
16:03historic feat
16:04if we can get
16:04the Iranian regime
16:05to collapse.
16:06There absolutely
16:07was an imminent threat,
16:08and the imminent threat
16:08was that we knew
16:09that if Iran was attacked,
16:11and we believe
16:12they would be attacked,
16:13that they would
16:13immediately come after us.
16:15So you heard
16:15the brain trust.
16:16We're doing it
16:16for the Iranian people
16:17and also for regime change,
16:18and also because
16:19a nuclear attack
16:20was imminent.
16:20And also,
16:21when you think about it,
16:22are we even really doing it?
16:25What is war, you guys?
16:28By the way,
16:28it doesn't surprise me
16:29that Trump can't remember
16:30the justification
16:31for war with Iran,
16:32since he can't even remember
16:33where his own father is from.
16:35President Trump meeting
16:36with German Chancellor
16:36Friedrich Merz
16:37at the White House today.
16:38My father was born,
16:40he knows all about my father.
16:42My father was born there,
16:44so, you know,
16:45places that you sort of
16:46automatically very,
16:48very feel warmly about.
16:50Quick fact check,
16:51Trump's dad was born in the Bronx,
16:53which is not Germany.
16:56I've never met a guy going,
16:58oh, these freaking Yankees,
16:59can you freaking believe it?
17:00And then said,
17:00I'm very good with accents.
17:01Are you from Hamburg?
17:07So, Trump completely betrayed Manga
17:09on all of his key promises,
17:10prices, immigration,
17:11the Epstein files,
17:12foreign wars.
17:13His cabinet is in turmoil.
17:14He can't remember
17:15where his father was born,
17:16and now he can't even explain
17:18why we're at war with Iran,
17:20or what we're trying to achieve,
17:21or how long it will take,
17:23or whether it even is a war.
17:25I mean, no wonder
17:26Trump's disapproval ratings are...
17:27A little high.
17:29This has been A Closer Look.
17:35We'll be right back
17:35with Seth MacFarlane, everyone.
17:43For more of Seth's Closer Looks,
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17:56Our guest tonight
17:58is an Emmy-winning
17:59and Oscar and Grammy-nominated actor
18:01producer, writer, and vocalist
18:02who has built
18:03an animated comedy empire
18:04with shows like Family Guy,
18:06American Dad,
18:07The Cleveland Show,
18:08and the Ted franchise.
18:10Yeah, a lot of good stuff.
18:11The second season of his series,
18:13Ted, is streaming now on Peacock.
18:14Let's take a look.
18:15Hey, can I ask you something?
18:17Sure.
18:18I mean, you're so gorgeous.
18:19You could have any guy you want.
18:21Why me?
18:23Can I confide in you?
18:24You can do anything you want in me.
18:26I learned on a teddy bear.
18:28He was soft and cuddly,
18:31but had this hard little nose.
18:33Well, I'll tell you,
18:34my nose is rock hard right now.
18:37You know what?
18:39I think that's enough talking.
18:43Please welcome back to the show
18:45Zed McFarlane, everybody.
19:02Hello.
19:03How are you, my friend?
19:04I'm doing well.
19:04How are you?
19:05I'm great.
19:06It's great to see you again.
19:07It is always a pleasure.
19:08Congratulations are in order.
19:09What?
19:10You won a recently,
19:11we're honored with the Nielsen,
19:13which does the television ratings,
19:15Nielsen's streaming icon of the year.
19:17What's that?
19:18Well, it seems like it might reward the fact
19:22that people watch the out of your show.
19:25You know, it's interesting.
19:26Can you say that on TV now?
19:28Yeah, I think so.
19:28We just watched a bear go down
19:30on someone in a bathtub.
19:31Okay, so you're...
19:34I would like to not hear it from you, sir.
19:37You ain't going to hear that from me, my friend.
19:40Yeah, no, that award sounds like,
19:42first of all, I'm honored to get it.
19:44Yeah.
19:44But it was also the first I'd heard of it.
19:46Yes.
19:47You know, does it smell a little bit
19:49like best hand turkey?
19:51Yeah.
19:52A little bit.
19:53Meanwhile, you've got to work hard
19:54to get those deals raised.
19:56Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:56So this is, I mean, obviously,
19:58two great Ted movies,
19:59and then you had this idea to do a prequel.
20:01Yeah, I mean, one great Ted movie, but yeah.
20:05But you did a...
20:06But then you wanted to do a prequel.
20:08Like, what made you want to do a prequel
20:09to the Ted movies?
20:10Because this takes place in the 90s.
20:12It helped that I was under a fantastic overall deal
20:14and was asked by the company.
20:15Yeah, right.
20:17That went a long way.
20:17You had to provide something.
20:18I did, I did.
20:19No, it was actually Universal's idea.
20:23Oh, wow.
20:24Susan Rovner came to me and said,
20:25what about a Ted TV series?
20:26And I said, you know what that would cost?
20:29Yeah.
20:30And I said, I'll do it,
20:32but only if he looks as good as he did in the films.
20:34And to their credit, they stepped up,
20:36and, you know, it's a fantastic visual effects team.
20:39It also maybe looks a little bit better.
20:40I mean, again, you know, it's 10 years into the future,
20:42like, the effects are better.
20:43It's a little better.
20:44Yeah, it's fantastic.
20:45This is, I mean, I think, like,
20:47people might be surprised to hear this,
20:48but when you're pitching the Ted movie,
20:50obviously, you have successful shows
20:52on television,
20:53and yet it was a very hard sell
20:55when you were taking this idea up.
20:56It was, yeah.
20:57An R-rated comedy about a teddy bear
21:00that uses words like the one you just used.
21:02Yeah.
21:04Was a tough thing to swallow.
21:07I mean, now that when you said it like that,
21:07I'm like, yeah, of course it was.
21:08Like, I don't know why.
21:09I mean, it makes sense when you see it
21:11because it's so audacious,
21:12but I get that, like,
21:14to give credit to studio execs,
21:15I get why they might have had trepidation.
21:17Yeah, there were a lot of iterations of the film.
21:20At one point, it was going to be a hand puppet
21:21like Greg the Bunny.
21:22Right.
21:23There was a version where it was PG-13.
21:25It was a lot of kind of trepidation.
21:27And then Universal, our buddies Donna Langley
21:30and Peter Kramer, said,
21:32you know, let's do this.
21:33To hell with it.
21:33If we lose a pile of money, who cares?
21:35That's the kind of people they are.
21:37Yeah.
21:38And fortunately, it paid off for them.
21:40That's why they succeed.
21:40I was very surprised to hear,
21:41this is a movie I actually love,
21:43that this was the inspiration for Ted.
21:46Yes.
21:46Is this 1988 film, Alien Nation,
21:50Mandy Patinkin and James Caan.
21:52They are police officers.
21:53Yeah.
21:54One of whom is an alien.
21:55Mm-hmm.
21:55This, when you say, like,
21:56oh, obviously this led to Ted.
21:58Right.
22:00But there's a key element of this.
22:01Yeah, it's like Lethal Weapon,
22:03but, like, one of them is Spock.
22:04Yes.
22:04Yeah, it's, it's, well,
22:05the interesting thing about that movie,
22:06for those of you who have not seen the movie,
22:08Alien Nation takes place five years
22:11after aliens have landed on Earth,
22:13and it's the point at which
22:15nobody really cares anymore.
22:16Right.
22:17Because that is the joy of Ted,
22:19is, like, every scene does not require
22:21ever to be like,
22:21what's going on here?
22:23It's, we wanted to be able to treat it
22:24like the Muppets,
22:25where it's like,
22:25they're just walking around,
22:26it's a frog, it talks,
22:27nobody gives it.
22:28Yeah.
22:29But it's, look, I do the work for you.
22:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:31Thank you so much.
22:31You guys don't even have to hit that little button.
22:32That's good, because we only pay
22:33for two a show, so.
22:36Well, they are unionized now.
22:37Yeah.
22:39So, real quick,
22:40you're also working on a Ted animated series.
22:42This seems like it would be an easy sell,
22:44considering Ted's a hit
22:45and your animated work is a hit.
22:46Yes, yes.
22:47Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seifried,
22:49Jessica Barth,
22:50our whole cast from the films,
22:51are back,
22:52along with Liz Richman and Kyle Mooney.
22:54Fantastic.
22:55Kyle's a big fan of Kyle over here.
22:58Yeah, and it picks up
23:00where the second film,
23:02which did not do as well
23:03as the first film,
23:04left off.
23:05So, it's really what people
23:06are clamoring for.
23:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:08I like that you're like,
23:09we're doing a prequel,
23:10we're doing a postquel,
23:11we're throwing it all out there, baby.
23:13Anything but living in the present.
23:14By the way, I mean,
23:15it's really,
23:15I know you've,
23:17it almost seems crazy
23:18to keep saying it,
23:19but this is 24 years
23:20of Family Guy.
23:20Yeah, it's crazy.
23:2222.
23:2422 of American Dad.
23:27We're like,
23:28850 total episodes.
23:29Yeah.
23:29I mean, it must,
23:30I mean...
23:30You would think
23:31I would be happy.
23:34That was my next question,
23:35yeah.
23:35It is always nice.
23:37If that makes any of you
23:37feel any better,
23:38it doesn't make you
23:39any less miserable.
23:42Because you do,
23:43I mean,
23:44I will speak from experience,
23:45you do think every,
23:46you're just one bad show
23:47from everybody being like,
23:48it was all a fraud.
23:50Exactly.
23:50That is exactly right.
23:51That's how we just live
23:52every day.
23:53I think, though,
23:53there is a way
23:54that that keeps you
23:55doing your best.
23:56I have like a weird,
23:56like, love-hate relationship
23:58with that philosophy.
23:59Right.
23:59Because I do think
24:00if you're convinced
24:01that you're going to fail,
24:02which I always am,
24:03it pushes you not to fail
24:05and maybe that,
24:06maybe there's a positive.
24:07Well, that is the nice thing
24:08when people watch,
24:09I'm sure when people watch
24:10Family Guy,
24:11they're like,
24:11oh my God,
24:11it must have been
24:12so much fun to make
24:13and like,
24:13you're here to tell him
24:14like, not even a little bit.
24:16Has the process changed
24:17in all the years of,
24:19like, how long
24:19does an episode take to make?
24:20A Family Guy?
24:21Yeah.
24:22A year.
24:22A year.
24:23A year.
24:23But it really does, right?
24:25One episode takes a year.
24:26And you've never
24:27squeezed it down
24:28to any less.
24:29We haven't.
24:30We haven't.
24:30No, everything is still
24:31hand-drawn.
24:32That's amazing.
24:33Yeah, the process
24:34is the same way
24:35it's been done forever.
24:36There has yet to be
24:37a computer program
24:38or an AI,
24:40whatever you call it,
24:41that can make
24:43Family Guy
24:43look like Family Guy.
24:44There may be in the future,
24:45but I think we're
24:46a ways away from it.
24:47And it matters.
24:47It matters how it looks.
24:48And you were at RISD,
24:50Rhode Island School of Design,
24:51and that's where you
24:52sort of started your early.
24:54Your early Family Guy
24:55was based on, like,
24:56short films you made
24:57at RISD.
24:57And I'm wondering,
24:58I mean, first of all,
24:59you know, the talent
25:00is on display.
25:01We know you had
25:03a skill at this.
25:04Yes.
25:04What did people at RISD
25:05think when you were doing that?
25:06I think of RISD
25:07as maybe a little bit
25:08more highbrow.
25:09God.
25:09You know what I think of
25:10when I look at this?
25:11This was, I did this
25:12in my dorm at,
25:13this was my student film
25:14in college.
25:16Cell animation,
25:17pencil backgrounds.
25:18Yeah.
25:20And there was one night
25:21I had perhaps done
25:22this particular drawing,
25:24and I had, like,
25:25a cup full of pencils
25:26with a point sticking up
25:28and I was on, like,
25:30a loft bed in my room
25:31and I got down
25:33in the middle of the night
25:33with a few drinks in me
25:34because, after all,
25:35it was college.
25:35Yeah.
25:37Not like today.
25:40And just stepped foot first.
25:43God.
25:43Foot first.
25:44Oh, it was awful.
25:45Unbelievable.
25:45The fact that you're still
25:46doing hand-drawn
25:47after that happened to you.
25:48I was walking around,
25:48I was walking around
25:49with a cane
25:50for, like, two weeks
25:51and I kind of dug it.
25:53I was like...
25:53I like that that's, like,
25:55because there's no robust
25:56sports program at RISD,
25:57when you see someone
25:58with a cane,
25:59you're like,
25:59he stepped on pencils.
26:00You did have a hockey team.
26:01You did have a hockey team.
26:02There was a hockey team
26:03at RISD,
26:03I'm not making this up,
26:04called the Nads.
26:05You do not have to go far
26:06to know why they were
26:07called the Nads
26:08because what do you cheer?
26:09Go Nads!
26:11Oh, my God.
26:12Go Nads.
26:12You had a comedy hockey team.
26:14Look, I know you're
26:15a highbrow show here.
26:17All right,
26:18I have more to ask.
26:18We'll be right back
26:19with Seth MacFarlane.
26:33Welcome back.
26:34We're here with Seth MacFarlane.
26:35You was telling me
26:36a very interesting...
26:36Usually, people don't tell
26:37interesting stories
26:38during the commercial break,
26:39but you really were.
26:40Oh, yeah.
26:40To be continued.
26:41Okay.
26:42Hey, uh...
26:43Oh, really?
26:43You want me to finish telling you?
26:44Yeah, well, tell me.
26:44You started from the beginning.
26:45The day that Ted 2 came out
26:47was the day, I believe,
26:49and tell me
26:50if I'm pronouncing this right
26:51because you're the smart one.
26:53The Aubert Joufel v. Hodges
26:55case came down.
26:56Yeah, okay.
26:57Supreme Court
26:57legalizing same-sex marriage.
26:59Yeah.
27:00And for some reason,
27:01I thought it would be
27:02a good idea
27:03to tweet,
27:05hey, what a great victory
27:07for same-sex couples.
27:09Come see Ted 2
27:13to celebrate
27:14as he fights
27:15for his rights.
27:20People, it was a...
27:21I remember...
27:23That's the first time
27:23you've laughed all night.
27:24You know how...
27:25That was the first time
27:26people started selling
27:27their tickets back.
27:28Yes, exactly.
27:29Fandango did a buyback program.
27:31Of course, the social media
27:32hornet's nest
27:33immediately descended.
27:34I was like, okay,
27:34that might have been a...
27:35I can't believe you still...
27:36I mean, it's crazy
27:37after you've established
27:38your sense of humor
27:39that people are still
27:40oversensitive.
27:40Yeah, I mean, you know,
27:41there's always room for Jell-O.
27:43Yeah, that's true.
27:44Yeah.
27:44Hey, you produced
27:46one of my favorite movies
27:47of last year.
27:47Yes, sir.
27:48Naked Gun.
27:49So exciting.
27:51Our friend Akiva Shaffer
27:52directed it.
27:52Our friend Akiva Shaffer.
27:54You...
27:54It was your idea
27:55to put Liam Neeson in that,
27:58which is the craziest thing
27:59because every time
27:59I told people
28:00before they knew about this,
28:01I'm like,
28:01Liam Neeson is going to do
28:02the Naked Gun.
28:03And everybody was like,
28:03you mean Leslie Nielsen.
28:05And I'm like, no,
28:05Liam Neeson.
28:07Be honest.
28:08Who are your friends
28:08that you had to explain that?
28:10But did you have the idea
28:11based on the fact
28:12that his name is really
28:13the closest name
28:14we have to Leslie Nielsen?
28:15You know, it's...
28:16The key to those movies
28:18to me was that
28:18there was a certain type
28:19of actor that existed
28:20at that time
28:20that was so just like
28:22on steroidal gravitas.
28:25Yes.
28:25And it, you know,
28:26this Gregory Peck,
28:27Robert Mitchum kind of thing.
28:28Look him up.
28:31And Liam Neeson
28:32is kind of the only guy
28:33left that still embodies
28:34that sort of persona,
28:37but is still very earnest
28:39and very real
28:39and very authentic.
28:40And underneath it
28:41is a man with a great
28:42sense of humor,
28:43which helps a lot, too.
28:44Yes, yes.
28:45And a sweet guy.
28:46Yeah, very sweet guy.
28:47You use full orchestras
28:48to score your movies.
28:49I do.
28:50That's something
28:50you've always done.
28:51Yeah.
28:51Is that as exciting
28:53as it seems to go in a room?
28:54Because I know
28:54they project the movie
28:55on a giant screen
28:55while you have a full orchestra.
28:57It's not only is it as exciting,
28:58it's the most fun part
29:00of the process.
29:00Is it really?
29:00It's the only time
29:01I don't have to do any work.
29:02Yeah.
29:03It's great.
29:04I mean, it's like
29:05for every piece of filmmaking
29:09that goes into making
29:10a TV show or a film,
29:12I now kind of know
29:13how the soup is made.
29:14And that's the one part
29:15where I have no idea
29:16how these composers
29:17write these scores
29:18in eight weeks.
29:19No clue.
29:19Even for Family Guy,
29:20we use about a 55-to-65-piece
29:22orchestra every week.
29:23Those little play-ons
29:25when they cut
29:25to the Griffin's house
29:26that's like,
29:30that's like a 55-piece orchestra.
29:34Gosh, you really
29:35haven't leaned down at all.
29:36No, no, no.
29:38And Disney just loves it.
29:41It is.
29:42I mean, it is amazing.
29:43And especially when you,
29:44anything you watch
29:45without music behind it,
29:47like you just realize
29:47how much of television,
29:48how much of film
29:49is just like elevated
29:50by the, you know,
29:51the quality of the composition.
29:52So.
29:53I remember hearing a story,
29:54which may be apocryphal,
29:55that Star Wars was submitted
29:57to the studio without music.
29:58And they said,
29:59this is terrible.
30:00And then they gave it
30:00to John Williams
30:01and he scored it.
30:02And then they submitted again
30:03without changing a frame.
30:04And they said,
30:05this is great.
30:06So, yes.
30:07You took all our notes.
30:08Yes.
30:08You're a man who knows
30:10a fair amount about music.
30:11You have a new album.
30:12You had me at you're a man.
30:13Go ahead.
30:15Lush Life.
30:16So, this is,
30:17these are some Frank Sinatra songs,
30:19but these are not ones
30:20we've heard before.
30:20These are lost.
30:21So, how did you get your hands
30:22on lost Frank Sinatra songs?
30:24When Frank Sinatra Jr.
30:26was alive,
30:27he used to come
30:27do Family Guy periodically.
30:29Right.
30:29And when he passed away,
30:31his,
30:32he was the steward
30:33of the library
30:34of Sinatra charts.
30:35It came into the possession
30:36of Tina Sinatra.
30:38And she called me one day,
30:39Frank's sister,
30:40and said,
30:40would you like to acquire
30:42these things?
30:42And I said,
30:43absolutely.
30:43It was about 1,200 boxes
30:45worth of orchestration.
30:47And most of them
30:48were things that you have heard.
30:49It was, you know,
30:50famous recordings.
30:51But there were about
30:5170 arrangements in there
30:53that had never been,
30:56had never been recorded.
30:57There was a song
30:58that was cut
30:58from the Come Fly With Me album,
31:00a song that was cut
31:01from the Only the Lonely album.
31:02Look it up.
31:05And so, you know,
31:05it's like if you're
31:06a Beatles fan,
31:07it's like finding
31:07a Lennon song
31:08or a McCartney song
31:09written in the late 60s.
31:10And are you,
31:11are you,
31:12do you have an eye for it?
31:13Were you like,
31:14finding it,
31:14or were you,
31:15were other people tasked?
31:16We had an archivist
31:17that was there
31:18kind of helping us
31:18look through it.
31:19And was there like gasps
31:20when you realized
31:21there was like,
31:22hey, this is one
31:22we've never heard before.
31:23Yeah.
31:24There was a day
31:24we hired an orchestra
31:26and went over to the Fox lot
31:27and just, you know,
31:28had these boxes,
31:29pulled out these yellow charts
31:30and just,
31:31because you don't really know
31:32until you play them.
31:32Right.
31:33And set them down
31:34on the music stands
31:35and the orchestra
31:36started playing them.
31:36And it was chilling
31:37because it's a sound
31:39that you know from,
31:40you know,
31:41I've Got You Under My Skin
31:42and all these great
31:43Sinatra songs.
31:44But it was like,
31:45wow, this is new.
31:46Yeah.
31:46No one,
31:47this has been sitting
31:47in a box for,
31:49you know,
31:49the better part of a century.
31:51And we're just now
31:52hearing it played live.
31:53It was pretty special.
31:54Well, you're a fantastic
31:55steward for it.
31:56I'm really glad
31:56it found its way
31:57into your hands.
31:57That's very cool.
31:58And it makes it your parents,
32:00both your parents musical?
32:01Yes.
32:01Okay.
32:02My dad in particular.
32:03Yes.
32:03Okay.
32:03And was he,
32:04was that,
32:05he was an educator?
32:06Yeah, between LSD tabs.
32:07Yeah, he was.
32:07Okay, great.
32:08He was a,
32:09yeah.
32:10Is that the unit?
32:10Is it a tab?
32:11It is a tab.
32:12Yeah, yeah.
32:12Well, how did you know that?
32:13Oh, he's wearing a wire.
32:17Oh, no, these are our mics.
32:18These are our mics.
32:19Never mind.
32:21Yeah.
32:22No, my dad auditioned
32:22for hair in the 70s.
32:23Oh, wow.
32:24He was that kind of dude.
32:25Yeah.
32:25Big time hippie.
32:26Yeah.
32:26I think at one point he had,
32:28as he tells it,
32:29he had the cops parked out
32:31in front of his apartment
32:32when he was in his 20s
32:33because, quote unquote,
32:34my sideburns were too long.
32:38Like, I wonder if that was
32:40all that was going on.
32:41Also, I want to close
32:43with Orville,
32:44a fantastic show.
32:45Fourth season.
32:46Is it going to happen?
32:47Is it not?
32:50Thank you for that
32:51far smaller applause.
32:54It's written.
32:55The 10 episodes are written.
32:56That's very exciting.
32:57That's the hard part.
32:58That's the hard part.
32:59Yeah.
32:59Yeah, well, you know.
33:00Yeah, no, the writing
33:01is the worst part.
33:02The only reason it's worth writing
33:04is to know one day
33:05you'll be done.
33:05That's, what's the
33:06Harold Ramis quote?
33:07There is no joy in writing.
33:09There is great joy
33:10in having written.
33:11Yeah, that's a really good one.
33:12Yeah.
33:13Truer words.
33:13Yes.
33:14Yes.
33:14Thanks for being here.
33:15Congrats on everything.
33:16It's always a pleasure.
33:17Stephanie Claw
33:18with everybody's
33:19second season of Ted
33:20is streaming now on Peacock.
33:21We'll be right back
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33:40You know, most days
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33:42We get into
33:44some serious issues,
33:45but sometimes
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33:50That's why today
33:51we're going to introduce
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34:02It's the Good Time Fun Wheel.
34:06All right, everybody.
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34:17has lined up for us.
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36:39Just, you know,
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