Melissa McCarthy

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WWDTM: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone

Well, it was Ben's idea. I mean, Ben, as a child, when I was like, God knows what I was doing, would just constantly read all of The Lord of the Rings. So this is very much in his DNA. It's kind of a Middle Earth comedy. Ben, you explain it.

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I I would wear a costume to brush my teeth. So if you put me in the Middle Ages I'm gonna have some kind of armor and helmet on No matter what because you know there that means I'm definitely not a nerd. I

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Yeah. I thought everybody had that. I do. Thank you.

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I was like, our Christmas parties are costume parties that have nothing to do with Christmas.

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WWDTM: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone

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Yes. I mean, it comes, like we did, what was the Christmas, a Christmas flock of seagulls. So it was 80s hair bands, but with a kiss of Christmas. And then we did Hollywood bears and, what was that one called? Hollywood bears and other woodland creatures. Woodland creatures.

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WWDTM: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone

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So you could come as a Hollywood bear, which is a super cute gay hunky guy from West Hollywood, or a squirrel. Right.

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Yeah, we got flipped off a lot because everybody, so many people change and they're in yet another kind of beautiful, but maybe not the most comfortable thing or someone's in like another pair of high heels. And then Ben and I came in in track suits and like, you know, shell toe Adidas shoes and people were, can I, can I, I don't know if I can throw fingers. I'll keep it clean.

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But literally you just see people that you hadn't met yet. But I was like, oh, I can't wait to meet that person. And they were just like, really? But I'd do it again.

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And it was probably, I probably had a full length cape on and God knows what else. And it was probably like in Southern Illinois, like 98 degrees, pure humidity. And I'm sure it was like a real clam bake going on. Right.

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WWDTM: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone

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I actually do. The first class we had, we all had to do quick monologues, and everyone was so loud, and we were all trying so hard to be funny, but it was just loud and crazy and obnoxious. And then Ben got up there and was super quiet, super creepy. He was a prison inmate, and he was welcoming his new cellmate, and he's like... I just think we're going to get along so well. And it was so quiet.