there were amazing people, louis c.k., you, dana, me, steve carell. >> charlie kaufman. >> stephen: charlie rob harlok from "30 rock," an amazing group of people, and it didn't matter. >> no. >> stephen: listen, i just want to ask you one question about the soup nazi. do you mind still talking about that show? >> well, you know, what, the idea came in this building so no. >> stephen: you wrote for dave here. >> i wrote for dave. i was upstairs when the whole thing happened to me. >> stephen: so you would go over there-- so cbs actually owns that idea is what you're saying? >> yes, it is their property. >> stephen: there's a lawyer but we used to go every day to the soup nazi. there was a real soup nazi on 55th and 8th. >> stephen: he wasn't really a naughty. >> that's how i was introduced to him. he was a jerk. he was a misogynist a little bit. you had to order your soup correctly or he would kick you out of the line and say, "no soup for you." >> stephen: have you been back? >> i went back a year after the episode aired with jerry seinfeld because jerry wanted to meet guy is not excited ab