Bill Hader | SmartLess

Things we discuss with the insanely talented Bill Hader:
- Portal-to-portal
- A hat on a hat
- Pot roast for breakfast
- Nut allergies
- How high can you jump?
- Did your parents listen to Charo?
- It's SmartLess - here we go!
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"SmartLess" with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity. A nice surprise: in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind.
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[@gardenlover9663]

Will: director talk Jason: director talk Bill: director talk Sean: Squirrel!

[@kerryjacoby9438]

"Were you being executed?" Is the funniest line I have heard in YEARS. 😂😂

[@tarastegner915]

I'm obsessed with everything Bill Hader is attached to. He's my hero in every capacity

[@cuticlemuncher]

me too omg

[@francescaa8331]

👍

[@notforone]

He's very inspiring.

[@voice_of_a_little_lady]

I know they don't do part twos, but Bill deserves one because we never found out how high he can jump 😂

[@gypsyrubbertramps3487]

Definitely need a part 2 just because 😏 Terrific guest!

[@jordanamaxwell8214]

☠️👀👀😂

[@notforone]

Yeah and we never dived fully into his many animated voice over/TV Show/Movie roles

[@luckyjasonfan]

And what's the most he's ever spent in a trip to Trader Joe's?? 🤔🤣

[@marinakane5300]

I need to know the end of the story

[@luckyjasonfan]

Bill Hader genuinely seems like the Nicest, sweetest, most Humble guy ever!! 😂❤

[@redadamearth]

Hader's become a world-class writer/director at this point. What he's doing with Season 4 of "Barry" is just incredible and I'm truly looking forward to whatever his inevitable first film turns out to be, as I have a feeling it's going to be pretty stunning.

[@alejandroaguilar4693]

It better have a character named Ike, and some pie.

[@benwhittingtonmusic]

Big call, but this is possibly the best episode of Smartless... I haven't laughed so hard in forever!

[@489JM]

What are your other favorites ? The Conan episode is probably my absolute favorite but I really enjoyed this one, and I wanna listen to other funny ones - if there’s any chance there’s any episodes I haven’t heard yet! I don’t mind re-listening to a great, funny episode too anyway!

[@roxyd7127]

More. Bill. Hader. Love this pod but this is the first one I listened to the entire thing all at once. He just seems so genuine but also hilarious. More please!!

[@luckyjasonfan]

I couldn't agree more!!! I love love love Bill Hader's humor and humility!! 🙏🏼❤😁

[@Scott_Alexander]

I love Bill's laugh, SO MUCH.

[@allisonbradley4395]

I love how off the rails this interview went so fast. "Bill, what is your current temperature?"

[@philthemovieguy81]

Bill’s laugh is unbearably infectious 😂

[@luckyjasonfan]

Yesssss!!! 😂😂😂❤

[@dangolubek4453]

These three work brilliantly together because they have such tremendous chemistry. This is just so awesome and cool.

[@Garrett1240]

Weird that Bill is from Tulsa. I am too and he’s the most California sounding guy ever. Great episode.

[@ragekage7790]

crying laughing, the chemistry with you all is amazing.

[@veggigoddess]

Never would have guessed that we can thank Megan for Bill Hader! I didn't think I could love her anymore!

[@derekcarney]

Indeed. It is really refreshing to find out that some people actually think of others and promote other people in an overwhelmingly selfish society. Bravo, Megan!

[@MaynardMaynMan]

Love when Arnett got so pissed off with Sean Hayes when he took the discussion into something completely different when Arnett and Bateman were so invested in the art of directing discussion.

[@hamburgerturtle2613]

Bill Hader doing Bob Odenkirk is maybe the funniest thing I've ever heard.

[@jeremyhopkins577]

Time?

[@hamburgerturtle2613]

@@jeremyhopkins577 44:48

[@jeremyhopkins577]

@@hamburgerturtle2613 Yeah, that is gold. One of those impressions where probably no one on earth can really do it but it's hilarious hearing someone try.

[@hamburgerturtle2613]

@@jeremyhopkins577 captures the essence.

[@jarrodbarton8688]

Came here for this lol

[@mrFryd4y]

I'm dying laughing! Even on my second listen. Jesus fucking Christ... Sean and the cake...

[@Chupacvabra]

46:56 He literally became Martin Short.

[@saramarie516]

❤ Bill Hader! I've really been waiting for a Henry Winkler episode too! I think that would be a delightful episode. 😊

[@HlifeRomania91]

Yes

[@LauraSweet99]

Yes. 🎉

[@timgillam4199]

please have Bill Hader back on! This is the funniest episode ever! Seans interrupted question about Trader Joes had me rolling!!!

[@coastuncle1965]

This show is so perfectly balanced. I love Will Arnett.

[@jessif.]

Finally! The one we've been waiting for...Bill Hader! I am Barry-obsessed.

[@markfitzurka9995]

Love me some Bill Hader. He seems like great guy. Super witty and always seems to bring the great one liners.

[@brentulstad3275]

I'm not expecting to hear it touched on here, but if anyone knows of an interview with Bill where he talks about working with Ari Aster in Beau Is Afraid I'd really appreciate the link. A very brief part though crucial to the story. You barely even see his face, just the back of him for a couple seconds during a news broadcast, and during the phone call between Joaquin Phoenix and Bill's delivery guy character it's as if they alter his voice a bit, hard to recognize as Bill Hader, but that phone exchange scene is so brilliant and such a unique turn how its written and directed . . . . Not like anything I've seen in awhile. Absolutely incredible!

[@lisajacobs9237]

Depression and tater tots is going to be the name of my autobiography. I'm laughing so freaking hard.

[@ashaanderson7971]

I have been waiting for Bill Hader to show up on Smartless!!!!! And this episode did not disappoint!!! Love you all!!!

[@deboramoroney4137]

Sean is hilarious I mean the way he goes make a wish question off topic kills me everytime

[@tony_potsandpans]

That Peter Falk/tauntaun bit is unbelievably funny

[@HustonSingletary]

Hader is the best. Go Smartless gang!!!

[@therealshirmo]

Bill Hader just did a "general" Bill Hader impersonation (57:33) immediately followed by a Fred-Armisen Bill Hader impersonation (57:41)...each distinctly. A generational talent indeed.

[@RalphRoberts1]

Super fucking awesome guest. I'd been waiting for his and now I'm hoping he'll go for a hike with Kevin Nealon.

[@parsoumash]

51:07 “You shitpig..”😂 Never heard that one b4..

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

One of the funniest episodes 🤣 All of you.

[@beepboop857]

That part where they called out Sean's out of place and inane questions ahsahshghdj

[@catythatzall4now]

Dudes ! I binged watched “ Barry “ and I swear I can’t control it - but I start talking like bill hader- I’m a world full of muppets and parroting people comes too naturally - so I’m super excited for this - episode - due to two of my favorite real life muppets - will and bill and Jason and Sean - 😅 Much gratitude for the laughter ya all brii ok g to this life - Big love C

[@arthurjones9580]

I'm driving a bit while listening to your genius podcast so can't comment. Every episode is genius!

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Thanks guys. I purposely have been putting off listening since last summer as I listen when I go summer hiking. Now the first sunny day I find one of my favorite actors and comedians on the first episode I find.

[@shortcutsunny]

😄

[@LauraSweet99]

Before I understood who the hosts of this podcast are-- I'm all excited like "ooooh Bill Hader is so brilliant and talented such an epic great performer" And then I'm like, oh DAYUMN!! This podcast has Jason Sean and Will? How did I not know this was a thing? All of you are great! I am so glad you all have work and I hope you all keep working for as much as possible (while still living good lives with loved ones) because you are all so talented! ❤❤❤

[@robertfeldman2417]

Yeah it's a great group and they've had many awesome guests

[@jennd5237]

Best one yet! Thank you for the Ear Candy!!! ❤

[@craiggoodman7]

Brilliantly Hilarious 😂 Thank you guys! ❤

[@thebogzilla]

Hot Rod is the funniest shit! I also just recently showed this to my family, my daughter loved it, but my wife and son just wondered what the hell we watched - ha ha ha - I still love it

[@BPH55]

I’ve come back to listen to this and laugh so many times. This episode was the best, guys.

[@notforone]

Same. Anytime I feel like cheering up, I listen to this podcast 😂

[@elizabradley4797]

Hader's impression of Lorne is almost physchotically too perfect.🤯

[@tas22222]

dear god I need NEED Will Arnett to do a ring tone for me saying just that ! R U READY-------------- LOLOLOL or anything really !!! Loved this episode, I adore you guys and adore BILL so what could be better!! CHEERS !

[@johnmcdonald3846]

Loved Will Arnett in Flaked.. I got a deeper appreciation of him from that!!

[@PNWAveragePilotHackGolfer]

This episode morphed me into an absolute chucklef*** for an hour & 3 minutes. Danke.

[@tony_potsandpans]

Please do Part Two!

[@neato24]

Best show ever! side note disabled vet here with a 93' saab 900 needs restoring could yall split the bill in four? ..Best show ever

[@jett619]

Great episode. I don’t know if it was you guys or if it was just blessed with Bill Hader’s glitter, but it was lovely.

[@luckyjasonfan]

It's Bill 😂😂😂❤

[@cynthiamason4069]

I would love to see an MRI, or any brain scan of Bill as you ask him to recreate an voice we all know. It's such a weird skill, and I'd like to see which part of his grey matter it comes out of.

[@Kitty8791]

So fMRI (functional MRI) will show where the blood flows in the brain. DTI (diffusion tensor imaging) MRI will show the white matter connections b/t regions of the brain. 🧠 Both could be interesting to see.

[@cynthiamason4069]

@@Kitty8791 Thanks! That is very cool to know!

[@Astroenby]

This skill is also why I think he's such an incredible writer and director. It requires not only the ability to perform those impressions, but next level observation of character and behaviour and body language. He notices and appreciates people.

[@wallstherb]

Hello!! This episode was LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY!! Bill Hader was a Writer for South Park with Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Also, Bill Hader was fun on Finding Your Roots with Dr. Louis Gates (when Bill learned Carol Burnett was a DNA Cousin). 🙂😊😉🤩💕

[@nancymolignano9978]

Loved this episode- show us the computer screen part- I’d watch!

[@mochajoe]

the greatest!

[@righteousrawb7225]

This was hilarious

[@thecomicsarereal]

I always listen to podcasts on long distance runs and today while listening to this one I had to pull to the side repeatedly because I was laughing so hard until finally I had to just stop listening to this episode because it was ruining my lap times.

[@luckyjasonfan]

WE NEEEED THIS VIDEOS!!! 😂😂😂🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤❤❤

[@pls_convert_2_a_JW]

❤ #BillHader

[@cynthiamason4069]

Bill's temperature is HOT!!!!!

[@eldiegoperez]

need a second ep

[@mashylabuckmaster9343]

So my mom lives across the street from me and I've been so ill. I've been staying at her place. Watched the whole show on Max at once absolutely loved it and wished you had more Parts with the "boring" guests because I loved them all. Any way walking home this morning my little princess walk of shame from my mom's. all my neighbors giving me dirty looks I say without smiling "Yeah I stay at my mom's when I'm sick sashimi"

[@topsuperseven7910]

Here's a strange thing: Two of my all-time favorite comedians are Bill Hader and Kristin Wiig. I've heard many 'life story' resume kinds of podcast interviews and: Kristen Wiig NEVER mentions 'Dr.Pat' on the Joe Shmoe show and Hader NEVER mentions being in spisodes of 'Punk'd'. Are these omissions because of some 'non-disclosure' legal something-somethings?

[@rickwalls1832]

Great analysis of being a Director from Arnett; the other thing is to continually get an opportunity to direct.

[@electrajones5462]

Now I want cake.

[@geoffreyaugust0]

I would love it if Will did Weekend Update on SNL one weekend. I just have a feeling he would bring some Norm vibes and would be an absolute genius with his voice.

[@jorgecostanza7147]

7:01 bill Hader starts

[@airbornranger8534]

It’s 1:35am, just finished listening to the Jack Black episode - went to look for another one and bingo a brand new ep with Bill Hader. You’re all doing the lord’s work 🥲

[@BiLLz66614]

Dude I had no clue this was a thing! This is great. One of those guys sounds like Homicide Detective Terry Seattle.

[@kerryjacoby9438]

Will Arnett IS Terry Seattle.

[@eugkra33]

These need video.

[@donnalogan]

Right! If Conan can do it, they can too. They must be raking in the $$$ from ads now.

[@ykook7000]

Not going to happen

[@kalebpost20]

I could hear Peter Falk and Lorne impressions all day 12:10 22:56 26:56

[@brooksdurham8244]

I couldn’t click on this one fast enough 😜🙌🎉

[@zaraepena]

My first thought was I hope they talk about Hot Rod bc that is the funniest damn movie and you guys really make dreams come true.

[@theJohnGaltLine]

Extremely underrated movie.

[@tabithaturenchalk5158]

Bill Hader is wonderful ❤ I miss stephan dearly 😂 Hey soooo what about Taika Waititi interview? ❤

[@caloyssk1]

instant chaos 😋

[@rickwalls1832]

Also, reverse splits on a day can mean starting a day late because you need daylight AND night stuff in the same workday. Then because of disorganization, you end up shooting night stuff and running out of dark and "gaining light".

[@reason18]

hader never disappoints

[@florencespinelli2947]

BARRY❤

[@gypsyrubbertramps3487]

Good grief - again on a travel day and was screaming like I was on fire. I am surprised the trucks passing by me didn’t call the police 👮 Sean you are such a sport and I just LOVE your questions. All of you complement each other with your comedy! Hysterically funny as always and I am like a crack whore waiting for my next fix. I’m a 64 year old church lady so if I’m comparing myself to a lady of the night (imagine my southern draw saying all this) then you know I’m serious about LOVING this podcast. I wish I could share this with everyone I know including my adult kids but with the potty mouths on you three they will find my taste questionable. My rebel rousing youngest adult child is the only one who I have been able to share this podcast. There is an entire demographic that needs this hysteria in their life to lift their spirits believe me. Well, for now I am enjoying all of you and your special guests!!! Keep it up guys - there is huge talent oozing from each of you!😅

[@vlspeaks]

SAME 😂😂😂

[@aprilkepler1702]

Fun guys.

[@lananiella]

On the appropriation topic, I remember back when I was a teenager in the 70's that Dinah Shore had a talk show. (Yeah, I know. I'm old.) She would invariably take on the accent of anyone who had one. Especially if it were a southern accent. It was like she had one naturally and lapsed into it whenever she was exposed to it.

[@sallysmith9739]

Bill Hader is an absolute genius. He and Wiig in Skeloton Twins. BARRY! he laughed way too much on SNL

[@JamesVandevanter]

😂they should be silent and let Bill Hader talk.😁

[@catythatzall4now]

Appropriation! I didn’t know there was a term for it - ❤ Thank you for sharing this

[@Kitty8791]

Also linguistic convergence, mirroring, & "chameleon effect."

[@bronicel]

Can someone please settle a bet with me and my brother: Mulaney and Hader BOTH wrote the James Franco roast bit The King of Hollywood, correct?

[@deboramoroney4137]

I can't believe how many people you guys know for a long time.... It's so great and not HOLLYWOOD at all Real stuff Thanks

[@MichaelBarrett1984]

I wish we had the video of the Casey Kasem sketch

[@libertarian100]

Flat Love !

[@wendydarling5790]

Speaking of Henry Winkler, does anybody else remember a '70s movie called Heroes, starring Henry, Sally Field and Harrison Ford? Was that real or did I imagine it? Pretty sure that was the first time I heard Carry On Wayward Son. Man, I'm old.

[@rixvspinner]

Love the theme song. It sounds like an ARP 6000 or 2600 maybe? Nice some funny shit. You guys sound like you know each other. I loved Ozark Jason. It's up there with the best drama series ever. Awesome cast. Bill Haider is one of the funniest and best imitators. If you can do an Alan Alda impression like Bill, your the shit.

[@jamescarlin4244]

Oh you poor celebrity Jason. There isn’t an oral surgeon in common person world that would offer dental work “right now”.

[@plaverty9]

Awesome stuff, but to never talk about Stefon? Maybe they left that for part 2. And so Sean can bring cake.

[@jackprier7727]

Not quite secretly, W Arnett is very deep and smart-

[@kevenbalderas2518]

Kinda disappointed Bill didn't tell us if he's ever had to put snow tires on

[@deboramoroney4137]

So Flipping funny I wae crying😢😢😢😢laughing

[@blazeesq2000]

"Barry" is the first successful main-stream "arthouse" series ever. The only equivalent is "Horace and Pete" without the #MeToo problems. It's like Cohen Brothers meets John Wick.

[@swayz132]

You guys should have Will Arnett as a guest!

[@MCPrimetime]

Didn't even know this existed until the Max episodes.

[@coastuncle1965]

The logo should have Will in the middle... he's like the fulcrum.

[@bleepbloop9123]

I'm prepared...to get tongued by Will Arnett

[@RJSampsonite]

Is there a video version anywhere?

[@cynthiamason4069]

Talk about Documentary Now!