Apr 22, 2025 · 1:04:17

Jack Black on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with JB Jack Black

The Hang, in Short

Amy opens this Jack Black episode by getting genuinely worried about Awkwafina, who admits she hasn't eaten breakfast, drinks no coffee, and only took "a couple sips" of water by 10:30 AM. Amy's reaction? "Are you being held against your will?" Classic. Before Jack arrives, Nora dishes on his greatest hits: falling asleep while still singing on the Jumanji set, his mysterious t-shirt collection (purple tie-dye with wolves?), and something called "chops kicks" where he'd aggressively kick his legs akimbo during Kung Fu Panda press tours. Then Jack shows up and things get deep fast. They bond over karaoke memories with Josh Homme and Urge Overkill's Nash Kato, Steve Albini recording the UCB theme song, and their shared philosophy that work doesn't have to be toxic to be good. Jack still confesses he gets that "I hope there's a fire alarm" panic before performing, even at SNL.

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  1. 0:00

    Hey everyone, this is Amy Polar. Welcome

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    to another episode of Good Hang. Man, we

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    have a great guest today. I am very,

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    very excited to tell you that we are

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    talking to Jack Black, who I think is

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    the biggest movie star in the world. And

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    uh and the box office agrees. Um Jack

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    and I talk about a lot of great things.

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    We're going to talk about um his hit

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    movie, his giant Minecraft movie, and

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    all the amazing projects he's done. We

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    um we harmonize together. We talk about

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    the not so successful movie that we did

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    together. We get into life and love and

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    sleeping and dancing. And as always,

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    it's just the best ride to be with Jack

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    and he's just the absolute best. And I

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    always start these podcasts by talking

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    to people who know Jack or his work or

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    our fans or colleagues. And we're very

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    excited today to talk to Nora Lum aka

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    Aquafina, the great actress and comedian

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    and musician and voiceover artist who

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    has worked with Jack on Kung Fu Panda

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    and Jumanji. So Nora, thank you for

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