Joel McHale & "The Great Indoors" Cast on Millennial Slang

Joel McHale & "The Great Indoors" Cast on Millennial Slang
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Discussing generational gaps and lingo on set with the stars of CBS's hit comedy
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Hey everyone, it's Audrey Cleo and it's time to gear up because we are headed to The Great Indoors. Like the set of the TV show. And action, Audrey.
In case you're wondering who I was with, Joel McHale, star of the show. You're the star. What show? The Great Indoors. Well played, Audrey. Yeah. You got the shot.
Mr. Sean Brown with me in the Outdoor Limits magazine office space. Yeah? Yeah, this is our this is our our home. All right. These are ping-pong balls 'cause I don't know if you noticed, we have a ping-pong table for our conference table. Awesome. We're hip and we're millennials.
Yeah, totally.
In this episode we're talking about different article ideas and you know, Jack gets all the awesome ones. Okay. Yeah, by Joel McHale.
Do you hate millennials as much as Jack does?
No, this is the thing. There's a reputation of the show that we're out to get millennials. If you watch the show, my character is uh pretty much a buffoon and he's being shown by the millennials uh how life works now. But that doesn't say, I mean, we are definitely making fun of all the generations.
I'm with Christine Ko and Chris Mintz-Plasse.
Thanks for having me here, you guys.
Absolutely.
Yeah, you're in the bar. You're enjoying the good part of the set. It's the most fun part of the set, I imagine.
Yeah. Yeah. I'm drinking on the job everyday. All the time.
So the show is about this kind of disgruntled journalist who has to work in his biggest nightmare, an office full of millennials. But I think it makes fun of all generations. I think it makes fun of Gen X, baby boomers, millennials. And we just have to not be so sensitive.
Absolutely, yeah.
And suck it up and take it.
Yeah. Yeah.
This is where all the uh magic happens. Not not the brain magic.
Brain magic, yes. Not actual physical magic though. Chris Williams, he can do magic. Did you know that?
He can and it's astounding. I'm always the guy that's like when I see magic happen, I'm like dancing like, "What was that?"
What was that?
Hey, Young Holly, we're gonna watch some magic.
5,000. 1, 2, 3.
Oh, Susanna Fielding, Chris Williams. Chris indeed. This is a fun cast. You guys So, you guys like to hang out, I heard.
Yes, we do.
Okay. We do. After work.
You had a big night out on Saturday night.
Yeah, cast who parties together, you know, stays together. Yeah. This cast likes to get down. This cast likes to party.
Yeah. Except for me, because I have two kids and I leave every weekend to go work 'cause I'm an obsessive compulsive workaholic.
There's like two rules in show business, right? You're not supposed to work with children. Yeah. And you're not supposed to work with animals. Right. You guys already violated one of those rules 'cause there's like a whole parade of animals on the set.
Absolutely. Yeah. Today they worked with a tiger.
Yeah. We've had a lemur. Uh, we have a penguin on set today. An otter. Two otters. A baby goat.
That's so cute.
Oh, it was really cute. So cute.
Cute. I love all this like outdoor gear. I feel like I'm in like a like an REI or something.
Yeah, it's it's super cool. I mean, this bike came in yesterday. Look at how big the tires. Like, who needs bike tires? It's insane. I know. I don't know, but it's here and it's so cool looking. I'm actually tempted to ride it. Oh my God, it's so heavy. All right. Oh my gosh. So that's just, oh, I'm too short. I'm too short. All right.
Stephen Fry is heckling us as we give the
He literally just called me off. He goes, "What?" We're going on an adven- Oh my, I have not ridden a bike in a long time, it appears.
You can tell from Stephen Fry's accent that he's Japanese.
Yes. Japanese love their sweater vests. He's dressed as Teddy Ruxpin for this next scene. Uh, so this is uh Do not hurt yourself. I'm just going to park this now. Okay. Let's just, He's just going to stop by. Sir Stephen Fry, guys. Sir Stephen Fry. This is it's like this all the time. Can you help me?
Yeah, of course. Yeah.
Ah, smooth. That's not a wall. That's not a wall. No. So we're just going to lean it very carefully back. Let's go this way. Let's go this way.
Well, I wanted to quiz you on a little bit of millennial slang. So I'm going to throw out a couple words and you can explain to all the people back home what these mean.
To the best of my ability.
To the best of your ability. Exactly. Uh, bae.
It's like your your boo, your your boy, your girl, your your love interest. Yeah.
Oh, that's like. I hate that one. I hate that one. Why?
Bae it's like your bae. Yeah.
So say babe. Just say babe.
You're my boo. It's a older. It's a more updated reference.
Okay, well, it's spelled b-a-e. Right. So what do those letters stand for?
I don't know what it
Yeah, it has a meaning. Uh, it's an acronym.
Wow, I did not know that. I don't know what what is that.
Before anyone else. Yeah, that's what it is.
Oh, that's sweet. Okay. Yeah. It's not like I'm going to use it, but I like it a little bit more.
Clark wants Emma to be his bae. Yeah. Before anyone else. Yeah. Huh. I did not know that. Okay.
When someone's flexing.
Oh oh the muscle.
Well, flexing is like flossing, showing off. Okay. Being grandiose of sorts. If you flex, what are you doing? Can you use it in a sentence, please?
Uh, we just. Jeopardy. Christine got a new car so she'd be flexing it on the gram. She she's um she's uh pimpin'. She's high riding. She's she's
So the abbreviations, the briefs. The briefs. Of course. Uh, r-n and a-f.
RN, AF. Oh, are we allowed to say those on television?
Oh, we can censor them. As. Yeah, and a pretty nurse. I like RN's. Those are registered nurses.
RN. Right now? Is that right?
Mhm. And as. Yeah, there you go. Yeah. You did very well.
Did I? Did I pass it?
You passed the millennial quiz. Yeah, that's right. Mhm. This is my celebration dance when I pass quizzes. That's what got me through high school. So in conclusion, uh, it is I think The Great Indoors is possibly the greatest show in the history of television and those that you don't watch it, booh. You your life is is definitely missing something, a major component.
So I guess what we've learned is that millennials aren't so different after all. Right, guys? Oh, I'll take you home.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Audrey Cleo
Host/interviewer for Young Hollywood
- Joel McHale
Star of 'The Great Indoors'
- Chris Mintz-Plasse
Cast member of 'The Great Indoors'
- Christine Ko
Cast member of 'The Great Indoors'
- Sean Brown
Cast member of 'The Great Indoors'
- Chris Williams
Cast member of 'The Great Indoors', mentioned for magic skills
- Susanna Fielding
Cast member of 'The Great Indoors'
- Stephen Fry
Cast member of 'The Great Indoors', jokingly 'heckling'
- Clark
Character mentioned in a sentence example for 'bae'
- Emma
Character mentioned in a sentence example for 'bae'
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