Billy Eichner

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Ted Danson is chuffed to sit down with his new pal Billy Eichner. Billy talks to Ted about how his parents let him have a gay-coded bar mitzvah, getting fan mail for his film “Bros,” how being Billy on the Street didn’t come naturally to him, being mentored by Joan Rivers, why working hard is overrated, and more. Billy also shares about a 1989 film starring Ted that meant a lot to his family. This episode was recorded in 2023. To help those affected by the Southern California wildfires, make a donation to World Central Kitchen today. Like watching your podcasts? Visit http://youtube.com/teamcoco to see full episodes.

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0:00.0	before you came, I'm sitting outside and, you know, always trying to talk myself out of,
0:05.6	don't make this about you. This is about the guest. Please, who you're talking to.
0:11.2	The king of making it about me.
0:26.3	Welcome back to where everybody knows your name.
0:30.8	Billy Eichner is one of my favorite kinds of comic actors.
0:36.3	He can go headlong into an outrageous character, whether he's playing Billy on the street or Craig on Parks and Recreation.
0:40.1	Billy also is a very intelligent man, full of empathy, who's done a lot of thinking about what
0:46.2	it means to be a creative soul in this world. I appreciated this opportunity to see that side of him.
0:53.0	Let's meet him now. Billy Eichman.
0:57.5	One of the things I did was, like I said, I devoured as much as I could of Billy on the
1:04.8	street, Parks and Rec, and I watched Bros. Twice. Oh, wow. And I have to say you are a really, really wonderful actor.
1:12.9	Thank you.
1:13.8	I really enjoyed it.
1:15.3	I'm so glad I did this.
1:16.8	I'm so glad I came here today.
1:18.6	Okay.
1:19.1	Your turn.
1:19.8	Have you seen any of my work?
1:20.9	Actually, I certainly have, but we'll get to that in a minute.
1:25.5	On your podcast.
1:27.3	But I did.
1:28.7	I watched it at first, and I think probably, at first I was like, oh, slightly jarred and, you know, and delighted.
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