Hank Moody

[laughs]

... with a healthy dose of Hank Moody from Californication."

Oh, geez.

What on earth? But then it says-

And, I mean, you can even hear from the name of the TV show what it was all about.

But Hank Moody, who was the main character, was a... writer an alcoholic and a womanizer and he had um he was a cool guy you know he drove this like old Porsche and he was like picking up all these women in California you know and um and that was like my first like I want to be like that guy I literally used to wear like brown boots jeans black t-shirt and buy Marlboro Reds because he did that

Do you know what I mean?

Literally.

He's played an FBI agent who taught a generation to want to believe.

He's been Hank Moody, the boozy, brilliant novelist of Californication.

He's a New York Times bestselling author of fiction and poetry.

He's got a new album coming out called Prince of Pieces, his fourth studio album, a record steeped in roots, rock, folk, and Americana, built with some longtime collaborators, and it's shaped by love, loss, hope, and perseverance.

And he's like, he's dating now.

I call him Hank Moody.

I don't know if you know Californication, but he's like-

Yeah, totally

... fucking the modern-day Hank Moody.

He is always, like, up to fun vibes with, like, hanging out with, uh, you know, different partners, and sometimes they're long-term and sometimes they're not.

But he's been hanging out with a new partner, and he heard the slower than slow and slower than the...

So it's like I'm 15 years old or something.

Duchovny plays Hank Moody.

He's this novelist who's coasting on past successes while failing to deliver a new one.

Meanwhile, the mother of his teenage daughter has left him because he's a mess.

Jack Reacher, take little parts of Jack Reacher from his series.

Hank Moody, Californication.

Vinny Chase, Entourage.

E, Entourage.

Cocky and funny humor.

Shout out to Hank Moody from Californication for that line.

But that's how you guys got to be with women.

You hear this shit on the daily.

Fox Mulder turned the X-Files into a global phenomenon.

Hank Moody gave Californication one of television's most unforgettable antiheroes.

And along the way, David became a Golden Globe-winning actor, director, novelist, and even the subject of a cult song bearing his own name.

But somewhere around 50 years old, David picked up a guitar and discovered an entirely different way to tell stories.