i like that. >> dear god. >> desi: please welcome jason segel!thank you. >> desi: got big fans here. we are all huge fans of yours. >> thanks. i am a huge fan of yours actually. >> desi: thank you. >> i think what you do is really important. >> desi: oh, that is very kind. >> it is true. >> desi: i have loved you since "freaks and geeks." >> yeah, the good old days. [cheers and applause] >> desi: oh, my gosh. "forgetting sarah marshall" is still one of the greatest rom-coms of all time. still holds up. >> thank you. wow. [cheers and applause] >> desi: and nominated for an emmy last year for season one of "shrinking." now you are back at it, season two. you are not just starring in this show. you cocreated it with bill lawrence and brett goldstein. how did that all come about? >> i am really lucky. i got kind of a free ride on this one in that i got a call from bill and brett. they both had an idea about a therapist going through a nervous breakdown and they got in touch with me and asked if i wanted to play the guy. actually, the truth of the sto

we will talk to jason segel.o was rated the worst run city in america? mayor breed and the board of supervisors made a mess. >>> we're back at 8:35 with beloved actor, writer, producer and my friend, jason segel. he made us off in "how i met your mother "and "forgetting sarah marshal." but many say his role in "shrinking" is some of his best role yet. jason plays a therapist coming to terms with his own grief. take a look. >> i'm going out. can i get the keys? >> yeah, yeah. giving my little girl the keys, huh? >> i would love if you could throw me those without trying to make some father-daughter moment out of this. do you think you can? >> i know i can't. >> okay. >> you get to choose, though, between me making a video of catching the keys and a tight embrace -- >> get your phone out. >> i love how this show weaves grief and humor and all the things, and it just bears repeating, people are saying this is your best work yet. think about all the stuff you have done and you are standing on the mountain top. does i

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jason segel is your costar, one of your costars. he says that it's intimidating working with you.ll -- i'm really sorry to hear that. [ laughter ] that's not a good thing. maybe he -- maybe i -- get fired. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i think it's too late. but i was wondering if there's an actor that you worked with that you felt like that way about? >> well -- alec guinness. >> jimmy: alec guinness, oh, interesting. >> sean connery. [ applause ] >> jimmy: did they make it -- did they try to ease your anxiety? >> no. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: not at all. >> no, alec guinness did. he tried to find -- help me find an apartment when i first came to london to make "star wars." that's the kind of "sir" he was. >> jimmy: wow. did he drive you around? >> no. [ laughter ] i didn't realize that i could have asked him. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> no, he just -- put out the word amongst his friends. >> jimmy: and he got you an apartment? >> no, he didn't. [ laughter ] i guess his friends were too classy. didn't have enough money. >> jimmy: some knight he is, can't even get an apartment. >>

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we wrote this part, and then jason segel called me and bill lawrence into his trailer and he said, "whyme a very nice text and he said, "if you think you can pull this off, let's do it." and i replied, "i don't know. let's do it." [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, you're really good. >> ah, thanks, man. >> jimmy: can we set up what's happening this season? >> oh, yeah. so, "shrinking" is about -- it is a comedy, but it is about a a man whose wife has been killed in a car accident. and in season 2, i play the drunk driver responsible, who has recently got out of prison and he comes to seek forgiveness. it's -- it's heavy stuff, but i promise there's also lots of jokes, and - - [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> and it's a lovely thing. >> jimmy: yeah. i want to show a clip. here's brett goldstein in "shrinking." take a look at this. ♪ >> i came here to apologize. >> you did it. you should go. >> i know you must hate me, but -- >> get the [ bleep ] out of here. >> i would really like -- >> get the [ bleep ] out of here! get out of here! get the [ bleep ] out of here! ♪ >> jimmy: come on. [