Sep 27, 2026 · 47 min · 9 segments
The host is back with more hiatus nonsense, including fond memories of the Minnesota State Fair and a not-so-fond memory of the state fair, involving Dolly Parton.
Mike HanksHost
Oh, is that what it was? Is that what you call it, a pratfall? Nobody looks at TV generally and talks about what great art it is.
People who are very successful in something, that pays the bills so that they can do what they love.
But I'm pretty convinced that I've read that the cast of Friends makes an obscene amount of money 20 years after that show went off the air.
They get an annual check for millions of dollars to this day because the show is so successful.
One of them, I believe, again, I might be making this up and may have dreamed this, but I'm pretty sure I read that David Schwimmer, who played Ross on Friends, has chosen stage acting and other things, not necessarily because they are the most prominent actors, or the most lucrative, but he does it because that's what he wants to do and he can afford to do it.
Oh, is that what it was? Is that what you call it, a pratfall? Nobody looks at TV generally and talks about what great art it is.
People who are very successful in something, that pays the bills so that they can do what they love.
But I'm pretty convinced that I've read that the cast of Friends makes an obscene amount of money 20 years after that show went off the air.
They get an annual check for millions of dollars to this day because the show is so successful.
One of them, I believe, again, I might be making this up and may have dreamed this, but I'm pretty sure I read that David Schwimmer, who played Ross on Friends, has chosen stage acting and other things, not necessarily because they are the most prominent actors, or the most lucrative, but he does it because that's what he wants to do and he can afford to do it.
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