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They were still at that level where it felt likeyourshow, Thomas says.
Thomas is just happy you could watch it online like he still does every so often.
I didnt dwell on it too long.
They showed up really early, and we all hung out before the show and started drinking.
What do you think it was?
Maybe because it was fucking horrible, maybe thats what it was?
It was so beautiful watching them riff.
But there was no intention to think that I was a part of the clan.
Heres a script?In my memory, it went surprisingly fast.
They make everything quick and its a very fluid creative process.
Who is the anti-Rob?
Its not what I do.
[Squints, slides his body to the right, and leans forward and squints more.]
Did Sinbad being your scene partner add an additional level of pressure?No, that was fucking awesome.
My only ask for the show was if I could, I wanted to be like a McPoyle.
They let that happen.
Yeah, it had to do with that.
Its me there next to Sinbad while Sinbads delivering these lines.
Him prompting Get his shoe, or when I would just smell him for no reason.
That was my idea.
And then there wasa scene that got cutwhere I shoot myself in the head.
I rewatched the episode, and its exactly your physicality that is so funny.
All those things were just me prompting more off of Sinbad.
And everything else was just like, Do whatever Sinbad tells you to do.
Like you would in real life.
Im really proud of the choices that I made.
When I talk to people and they bring it up, nobody really mentions my one line.
Its everything else that Im doing physically while Sinbad is talking.
In that scene where you and Sinbad wake up Dennis, youre in immediate crazy-eyes mode.
And I felt like maybe I wasnt saying anything because everything inside was just rage.
Like when a sports guy doesSNLbadly.
And I can say that cause he doesnt give a shit.
Was smelling Dennis something you decided on in the moment?
Immediately Glenn thought it was hilarious.
He was like, Did yousniffme?
I thought that would be the funniest excerpt that I could do.
I feel like that would have been [sings] Long day!
and then just go back to rage.
I could have pulled that off.
And that makes total sense.
Hes like, I did not sign up to be the soundtrack for the patriarchy.
I was like [mocking tone], I dont think you got it.
But I say that only because even within our own ranks, perception is perception.
And those characters would 1,000 percent not be Matchbox Twenty fans.
That was one of my favorite little nuggets: the disdain.
I definitely feel like Im in on the whole thing, as we always have been.
If you want to get us to help you make fun of us, call us.
The bulk of your dialogue is in that deleted scene.
I just wanted to be like, Hey man, I got you.
I was throwing myself on the grenade for him, you know.
I was bummed because I really was excited about the killing-myself part.
When the actualacting had to happen, they were like, We could do without that.
But I didnt dwell on it too long.
Its more like,Aw, thats too bad.
Are there any shows on right now that you would want to cameo in?
To continue the30 Rockidea, I like imagining you onGirls5eva.I love that show.
Im talking with this guy whos one of the showrunners forTwo and a Half Menand a few other shows.
Were in the middle of this idea calledRob Thomas Cant Say No.
Do people recognize you from theAlways Sunnyepisode?All the time.
I mean, I dont know that people recognize me from it, but I get associated with it.
Because its obvious that Im an integral part of the legacy of that show.
Is that true?I think we definitely brought that up.
Im sure that after a couple drinks I brought it up.
Let me see how far I can push this.
The fun of it would have been if the song could have been unbelievably serious.
Now that you brought it up, thanks, Im sad that it didnt happen.
Correction: An earlier version of this piece miscredited the showrunner ofTwo and a Half Men.
It has been removed.
