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BUTTER's Rob Corddry

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We sit down for a nice chat with the always hilarious Rob Corddry, star of both "Children's Hospital" and the equally offbeat big screen comedy 'Butter'. He tells us about winning the Creative Arts Emmy for his TV show and the speech mishap that immediately followed, and he also relays to us the amazing way that co-star Jennifer Garner punk'd him on the set of their film! Hosted by Baruch Shemtov (@baruchshemtov).

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, Baruk here with Young Hollywood, chatting with man of comedy, Rob Corddry. And only we've got the exclusive scoop on which celebrity just pranked him. Rob, congrats on your Emmy.

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

And I know you've been talking a little about the importance of the Creative Arts Emmys.

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Yeah, I have. Uh because, and you know, I wish I had had more time. I was told that we were going to have two minutes for our speech. And then I got there and it was 45 seconds from the time they call your name. So I had to completely rewrite a speech that I may not have even been had to have given.

Young Hollywood

Hypothetical speech.

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Yeah, hypothetical speech, exactly. Uh and and I was just stressing out so much about it because I wanted to thank the the the, specifically the people in my crew, you know, who who, because this is their their night, you know, and uh and then I was like, oh well, there's no time. I got to just thank the people that that everybody else thanks.

Young Hollywood

I mean, that is a moment of reckoning. You're starting to put people on the chopping block.

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

You have to. I mean, you have to, you have to. Yeah. I actually forgot one too, man. Keith Crawford, one of the execs at Adult Swim.

Young Hollywood

Well now you've made up for it.

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Thanks, Keith.

Young Hollywood

Thanks, Keith. Yeah, you have a very tender relationship with your foster daughter on uh in the movie. Do you think that there's, of course, it's a comedy, but what's the deeper lesson that you think we could learn from that relationship?

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Oh god. Uh don't talk to children like they're children. Um until you have to. Cause that that doesn't always apply. Uh that you don't um you don't own your kids, that they

Young Hollywood

Do they own you?

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

In a way. It's a whole other thing. Uh but they then and your job is to uh nurture and let go.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, and that's the tough part. Just let them do their thing.

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Yeah. That's That didn't really, that would be the sequel to Butter. You'd see me after doing that. I imagine all the bad things that could possibly happen if you enter this contest. Like, you could die of a tragic butter overdose. What if this place is full of good-looking British vampires? The worst of all of them. They're so pale. Or there could be a mass murderer who only kills adorable little girls. Think about it. Or racist ninjas.

Young Hollywood

Racist ninjas. Yes. High five. You are a man of comedy. You were on set.

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

I'm a man of comedy. Man of comedy. It has a good ring to it, right?

Young Hollywood

Yeah, I like it. You're. You said man of letters, it sounds like but man of comedy. It's very distinguished. It guess. You were on set with a few other men and and women of comedy. Of Oh, the poster's gone. Well,

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

It's the spirit. In spirit. Put one up. Look at all these men and women of comedy.

Young Hollywood

What's the funniest thing that happened on set with this cast?

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Okay. Um this is something of a long road. I'm going to try and encapsulate it. Uh I I um my wife uh was at home in LA at the time and we were we had some uh renovations we were working on and our contractor uh she found out that day that our contractor was a uh uh sex addict and he's been kicked out of gyms in our neighborhood because he's he's a and he's going through a pro he just got a divorce like he's a he's addicted. He wasn't working out. He wasn't working out. And and I was like, really, is he there now? And she my wife was like, yeah, uh he's working out and and and Sloane, my four-year-old was like was remarking about how he has to work, Mommy, why isn't he wearing a shirt? And uh and she was like, oh, it's hot out. She goes, look at his muscles. And so and my I was like, all right, all right. So you got a hot contractor who likes to have sex. Working at the house and I'm 3,000 miles away. And I we laughed about it and I told Jen Garner that day. And about eight hours later, she came up to me and so straight, so funny. She's like, I just talked to your wife. Did you guys get a new treadmill or something? Because she was really out of breath. Wow. And of course, it was only like maybe a quarter of a second of like, what And then I was like, and then the rest of the second was that was the funniest thing I've ever heard anybody say, well done, Jen Garner.

Young Hollywood

That is genius. It's pretty great. I don't think we can top that, Rob. That was a

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Yeah, it was a good one. Well, thank you. It's a good one. That was just for you, too. That that was a Young Hollywood exclusive. By the way, aren't you guys like, it's almost like you're teenage Hollywood now.

Young Hollywood

Well, I'm not

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

You're not teenager. No, but you're not young either. I mean, you're old. It's just a lot of makeup. You you I mean, you're young in a sense, but when you think Young Hollywood, I think of like uh um uh you know, young, like kids, like kids.

Young Hollywood

It's a spirit we all have Young Hollywood within us.

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Oh, right, right, right, right, right. Anybody can be Young Hollywood.

Young Hollywood

Forever Young Hollywood. Amen. Cheers to that.

BUTTER's Rob Corddry

Cheers.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Rob Corddry

    Interview subject, star of 'Children's Hospital' and 'Butter'

  • Baruch Shemtov

    Interviewer, Young Hollywood host

  • Keith Crawford

    Adult Swim executive Rob forgot to thank at the Emmys

  • Jennifer Garner

    Rob's co-star in 'Butter' and prankster

  • Sloane

    Rob's four-year-old daughter mentioned in an anecdote

FAQ

What award did Rob Corddry win?+
Rob Corddry won a Creative Arts Emmy for his TV show "Children's Hospital."
How much time was Rob Corddry allotted for his Emmy speech?+
Rob Corddry was told he would have two minutes but only had 45 seconds from the time his name was called.
What movie did Rob Corddry star in alongside Jennifer Garner?+
Rob Corddry starred in the big screen comedy 'Butter' with Jennifer Garner.
What lesson did Rob Corddry discuss about his character's foster daughter in 'Butter'?+
Rob Corddry discussed the lesson that parents don't own their kids and their job is to nurture and let them go.
What prank did Jennifer Garner play on Rob Corddry?+
Jennifer Garner pranked Rob Corddry by telling him she spoke to his wife and asked if they got a new treadmill, implying the wife was out of breath due to an affair with a contractor.

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