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Ari's Ass

February 13, 2026·1 hr 4 min·4 clips

The hosts say Jeremy Piven chose to take other calls while their interview time kept running out.

1. The Commercial Break episode “Ari’s Ass” opens with Brian Green and Chrissy Hoadley talking about John Candy, The Blues Brothers, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. 2. Brian Green is the host and Chrissy Hoadley is the co-host, and both steer the conversation through movie references, guest stories, and scheduling chaos. 3. The episode asks what happens when a comic legend like John Candy becomes the emotional center of a comedy conversation and a Jeremy Piven interview becomes the cautionary tale. 4. Brian describes Cab Calloway singing “Minnie the Moocher” and John Candy’s role in The Blues Brothers as “the best three minutes of the movie.” 5. He then points to Planes, Trains and Automobiles, where Steve Martin and John Candy play off each other in a way Brian calls “a great love story.” 6. Brian remembers the ending song, “Every time you go away,” and says the reveal that Candy’s character’s wife died makes him cry every time. 7. The hosts shift to a documentary about John Candy, which Brian’s brother watched and Brian says he has “on my list.” 8. Brian recalls a local television interview in Minnesota where Candy spoke to children shopping for Christmas toys. 9. The story turns on a child saying, “I wish I could have my daddy back for Christmas,” and Candy responding by helping with the gift instead. 10. Brian says the next shot showed Candy buying “an entire toy store” for the children. 11. The conversation then moves to Marcelo Hernandez from Saturday Night Live and his Netflix stand-up special about American Latino culture. 12. Brian says Hernandez is funny but “fills the air every moment,” and he wants him to slow down and pause more. 13. Chrissy and Brian then compare SNL, SCTV, In Living Color, Mad TV, and Kids in the Hall as comedy factories. 14. They discuss Catherine O’Hara’s work on SCTV, Schitt’s Creek, and Best in Show, and Brian calls her one of the best comedic talents. 15. Brian mentions “mirror disease” for Catherine O’Hara and says her organs were inverted, with her heart on the right and liver on the left. 16. The tone shifts again when Brian says there are “very famous” people who were pleasant, and Michael Ian Black is one of the sharpest conversations they had. 17. The style is loose, story-driven, and conversational, with Brian and Chrissy interrupting each other and riffing off movie titles and old interviews. 18. The energy stays casual but turns pointed when Brian starts retelling the Jeremy Piven scheduling story and the air in the room changes. 19. People who like backstage comedy stories, classic film talk, and interview chaos will get the most out of this episode. 20. People looking for a structured interview or a single topic may skip it.

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