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"RE-RELEASE: John Mulaney"

Thu, 13 Mar 2025

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As John Mulaney always says: “sugar goes into this body.” This week’s guest gets deep about his former tag crew, hypnotism, and proper swaddle technique. Plus Sean pitches a new compost idea.This episode was originally released on 5/16/2022. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

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Chapter 1: What humorous banter opens the episode?

3.254 - 39.157 Will Arnett

Well, the fans are filing in here at Smartless Arena, and we're ready for a great game. I think that all the teams today are ready to go, and there's a lot on the line here. So let's see how they do over here on an all-new Smartless. Smart. Listen, I just want to say this, Jay, because I haven't until now.

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40.338 - 49.084 Will Arnett

I think it's so brave for you with your eyewear to go Sally Jessie Raphael because I love the look. For me, I love it.

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49.785 - 53.127 Jason Bateman

Sally Jessie would be a red. Yeah, this is a black.

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53.147 - 56.37 Will Arnett

But those do look like the same shape. The same shape. Yeah, they are the same shape.

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56.59 - 59.111 Jason Bateman

Wait, am I usually wearing a different pair of glasses?

59.791 - 68.295 Will Arnett

I don't know, but for some reason today... Those look a little more... They're casting you in a different light. They're casting you in a different role.

Chapter 2: How does Jason Bateman keep his humor despite COVID?

68.795 - 71.776 Jason Bateman

Well, maybe it's because I'm suffering deeply from COVID.

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72.076 - 72.256 Will Arnett

No.

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72.296 - 73.457 Jason Bateman

Maybe that's what you're seeing, Will.

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73.477 - 73.977 Will Arnett

You don't have it.

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73.997 - 96.627 Jason Bateman

Why don't you have a little bit more sympathy for me because I'm lousy with COVID? Do you really have it? Yeah, but I didn't cancel today. I'm going to fight through... And I'm going to do a great session. Wait, do you feel like shit? No, I'm on day six. So I'm still testing positive, but the symptoms are all but gone. I don't know if you can... I still sound a little kind of 1993 Sunday morning.

99.975 - 102.577 Jason Bateman

You know, a little backed up, a little schnitzy.

103.097 - 111.944 Will Arnett

Yeah. So you've had to tough it out there at your house. It's not that tough. I've been very old goose shack.

113.264 - 119.169 Jason Bateman

I'm feeling goose shack. The goose shack. Oh, the goose.

119.229 - 119.989 Will Arnett

Oh, that's right.

Chapter 3: What is the comedic take on glory holes?

1309.872 - 1310.973 Jason Bateman

You were making kids laugh.

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1311.013 - 1312.154 John Mulaney

That felt good.

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1312.214 - 1312.994 Jason Bateman

Yeah, and you wanted more.

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1313.014 - 1324.022 John Mulaney

And I was kind of a writer-performer in that I would tell more poorly behaved children what might be a funny thing to do. Right. What if someone threw that out the window right now?

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1324.262 - 1326.023 Jason Bateman

And they would take the bait and you would watch.

1326.304 - 1339.796 John Mulaney

Yeah, that'd be pretty crazy if someone just threw their potato battery out the window right now. Right. Yeah. Can you imagine how that'd be crazy? I know you're pretty unstable. You've got a lot going on at home. Maybe you'd be like a king for a day if you did that.

1339.836 - 1344.021 Will Arnett

You'd be great in a cult. Do you know that? You'd be great if you worked in a cult.

1344.457 - 1356.391 John Mulaney

I think I'd be pretty susceptible. I don't have a lot of cult confidence. I don't know how – I don't know if I'd be the leader. I think I'd be a member, and it'd take me a while. It'd take me a while to see the light.

1356.531 - 1370.624 Jason Bateman

Are you saying there wasn't a lot of bad behavior when you were a little kid? Because I'm just going through – as soon as you said battery, I had a – horrible memory of me and my friends throwing batteries at stuff. There's more detail to that.

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