jim carrey. the wayans. david was special, he went to yale, he's from detroit, he had this sophisticated comedy that he can still tap into the hoodgo. which is crazy. because, you know. you know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. look at this face. >> what was that? wait a minute, let me tell you something, hold on. but now when we got to this show, and i had been telling dave, man, we got to work and this is perfect. because my dad character wasn't in the first draft, then we added it. i said, the only one who can do it is david allen greer. i begged for him to be in it. when he showed up, man -- the show would have been good. but with him, he makes it great. >> jimmy: how did you tell him, you're going to be my dad? >> i said -- well, i asked him. i said, are you offended that i'm asking you to be my dad? we facetimed. i saw the gray beard. i said, you're already on your way. [ laughter ] looking like my dad. it wasn't because -- we adjusted the ages where i'm like 41, 42, whatever. he's 64 in the actual -- >> jimmy: but in real life he's only 10 years older than you are? [ laughter ] >> yeah, yeah, i think 10 or 11 years older or s