Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone (Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire) are actors, comedians, and writers. Melissa and Ben join the Armchair Expert to discuss why they showed up in medieval costumes, having sleepovers with Glenn Close, and tickle parties. Melissa, Ben, and Dax talk about their clandestine relationship early on, how they deal with comedy comparison, and getting fired from CPK. Melissa and Ben explain the benefits of working with your spouse, how much they love flipping houses, and how they’ve maintained their appetites to keep creating.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad free right now.
0:06.5	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.0	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:14.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert.
0:16.0	I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Lily Padman.
0:18.6	And we have returning Melissa McCarthy, but now very exciting.
0:25.4	One of my oldest friends in L.A., Ben Falcone.
0:28.3	Yes, the duo.
0:29.8	Ben has been more and more in my life now.
0:31.9	He's lovely.
0:32.7	And I just like it so much.
0:34.6	I'm reminded of what a sweet boy Ben Falcone is.
0:39.1	You'll hear he's a little bit of a frady cat and it's really cute.
0:43.0	You know what I wish he had done has brought his guitar, sang and played for you.
0:46.4	He has the most beautiful voice and he's a great guitar player.
0:50.8	And a lot of his sketches were singing and they were so good.
0:53.6	Oh, my God. He and I wrote a song once called Collidoscope and they were so good. Oh my God.
0:54.3	He and I wrote a song once called Collidoscope and we would spell out the whole thing.
0:58.3	That was K.A. L.A. L.A.?
1:00.2	Okay. Melissa McCarthy. Of course, bridesmaids, Gilmore Girl, Spy, Ben, Bridesmaids, Tammy.
1:05.7	He directed four or five of their movies together.
1:08.4	Yes. four or five of their movies together. And they have a new podcast called Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire.
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