New father, The Great North voice actor, former Saturday Night Live star, once and future MacGruber, occasional ghost-buster, and titular Last Man On Earth Will Forte kicked off one anecdote on Monday’s Conan by stating, “As you probably are aware, I’m a weird dude.” Conan O’Brien didn’t respond with anything but a knowing nod, because, well, yeah. Still, even noted and gleeful purveyor of the weird O’Brien was taken aback by Forte’s proffered proof of his own eccentricity when the 50-year-old proud papa (of 7-week-old Zoe) whipped out the medical waste bags containing his beloved daughter’s shriveled umbilical cord, and first dirtied diaper.
“You gotta get rid of that!,” yelped an aghast Conan about the (thankfully medical waste-bagged nappy), with Forte explaining that his pack rat tendencies have him thinking of the possible need for the thing should Zoe become “first president of Mars.” Good thinking. Conan conceded his guest the whole umbilical cord issue, because, apparently, that’s a thing. Regardless, Forte’s alternate plan for his beloved offspring’s first poop includes “a good practical joke” gift, but just to “a really good friend.” Just a heads-up to all those in Will Forte’s inner circle to open your mail will rubber gloves on for a while. We’re looking at you, Val Kilmer, who, as Forte recalled with delight, once unexpectedly crashed at Forte’s pad for two months a few years ago. (And, yes, the MacGruber nemeses both sang along whenever The Doors popped up on one of their playlists.)
Luckily for Forte, it appears his fiancée Olivia Modling is a good match, as the older dad showed off the “Dad or Grandpa?” hoodie Modling got for him to wear while pushing Zoe’s stroller. She also appears inured to her betrothed’s penchant for awkward screwups, as evidenced by her not immediately ditching the actor when he sent a picture of her naked breast to the couple’s entire extended family. Sure, there were extenuating circumstances, as a half-busted cellphone screen made Forte think his truly heartwarming and lovely portrait of the just born Zoe sprawled directly on her serenely beautiful mother’s chest for the first time was framed with appropriate modesty when it was 100 percent not. But, as Forte noted, Modling was “a very good sport” about the whole debacle, suggesting that, like most pregnant women, she’d become pretty used to her body being exposed in public. Whether she’s all-in on Forte having blown up the delivery room whoopsie and showing it on national TV, well, we’ll have to see.
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I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts he gives that diaper to his daughter at her sweet 16 or her 18th birthday
Conan looks baked.
Look at those little peepers!“Like pee holes in the snow” as an acquaintance once described my eyes. In that effortlessly charming way New Zealanders have.
You have yellow eyes? That could be serious.
No, I have blue pee.
…Dr Manhattan?
That’s Mister Doctor Manhattan to you!Actually, I watched Dr Strange the other day and that was the stand out moment:Bad Guy: “Mister…?”Dr Strange: “Doctor!”Bad Guy: “Well then, Mister Doctor…”Dr Strange: “It’s Strange”Bad Guy: “…perhaps.”Dr Strange (yelling): “MY NAME IS DOCTOR STEPHEN STRANGE!!”I love that Dr Strange gets so mad that the bad guy doesn’t know his name! He’s furious about it! Even though this dude is about to kill him and destroy the world.Anyway, there you go. Quite enjoyed the rest of it but that was the best bit.
I don’t wanna imagine what you were doing in snow, Alferd.
I ate them but I didn’t kill them!
“Hang the bastard, hang him high…”
I’m feeling like I’m a little baked after watching this interview.
I’m glad keeping umbilical cords was not a “thing” a decade ago when my son was born. I mean, I snipped it and all, but then I was all “you guys can have this.”
I don’t think it is even a thing now, and if it is, that’s really dumb. Didn’t keep anything from my son’s birth, he was enough.
As far as I know, it still isn’t – banking cord blood is, because it has some medical uses. People can choose to donate theirs, which is a nice thing to do, or you can pay to bank yours specifically for if your kid develops some obscure disease, which as far as I can tell is a bit more of a scam?
If a doctor asks me to get involved in the birth of my child, I’m asking him “If I’m doing your job, how much money you taking off my bill?”
How come pilots never ask if anyone wants to help land the plane? I’d do that.
The Great North is a funny show with a really catchy theme song. That’s all I’ve got.
…and first dirtied diaper.
DON’T FLUSH THOSE TOILETS! I WANT YOU TO LEAVE THOSE LOGS IN THERE FOR ME TO INSPECT!
And to think, there was once a time where I couldn’t distinguish between Will Forte and Bill Hader. Well, I knew I liked one and couldn’t stand the other, I just couldn’t get their names straight.
This is…no longer an issue. Lord, Will Forte is so aggressively mediocre.
Counterpoint: Clone High.
Chris Kattan, Rob Schneider.. that is the face of mediocrity. Forte’s good. Hader is best.
Nah, he’s super talented. MacGruber, Nebraska, Last Man on Earth, Clone High, tons of smaller roles in lots of movies and TV, his work on SNL, his writing on sitcoms before getting SNL… No need to put him down if you want to praise Hader. Certainly not something Hader would do.
Apples and oranges. Personally I think both are great in different ways.
Both are great, but Forte managed to create, write and star in the funniest network tv series since 30 Rock for 4 seasons AND managed to keep the quality high the entire time. That in and of itself is a herculean task.
Don’t get me wrong, Barry is great but has only produced 16 episodes in 4 years. Last Man on Earth did 67 in that amount of time and with the restrictions of a Network show.
At least he learned a lot of top-notch baby-wrangling techniques in The Brothers Solomon…
If he has another kid, I hope that he names him or her Orville Willis Forte V.