Paul Walter Hauser w/ Mark Normand & Sam Morril – Ft. Alex Moffat – We Might Be Drunk Podcast

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We Might Be Drunk · Guests: Paul Walter Hauser, Alex Moffat · Hosts: Mark Normand, Sam Morril · Published Sep 21 2026 · Runtime 1:17:26 · Watch: YouTube

Quick summary

Sam Morril is back from a two-week European stand-up run — Copenhagen age-of-consent bomb, Helsinki sauna whiskey, Stockholm, Athens, heavy Budapest, Zagreb’s Museum of Broken Relationships, Vienna’s Third Man locations, Warsaw / Majdanek. Mark and Sam workshop new bits: saying “I love you” to a girlfriend’s kid before the mom, toddler “stolen valor” baby-doll dad cosplay, a Bangkok genital-enhancement news bit, and a porn-vs-weed “got too strong” analogy. After Willie’s Remedy / Tempo / Hims reads, Paul Walter Hauser arrives with Alex Moffat in tow. They cover Hauser’s Larry Charles pilot, I, Tonya / Hollywood Bowl meet-cute with Moffat, wrestling fandom (DDP Yoga weight loss for Black Bird), Letterboxd honesty backlash, The Naked Gun remake risk and OJ joke, Farley / Fatty Arbuckle / Mamet near-misses, the celebrity group text (Rockwell, Justin Long, Vince Vaughn, Bill Burr, Peter Billingsley), and Hauser’s satirical YouTube talk show Boy Talk. Close: Resident Evil plug, Mark/Sam liquor-salesmen movie (Bodega Cat Whiskey), hair-transplant talk, tour dates, and Bodega Whiskey distribution shout-outs.

Timestamped outline

  • 0:08 Cold open — Sam home from Europe; hair growing in post-transplant; big-hat / Forrest Gump comment section lean-in; NY comics own baldness (Soder, Hamilton).
  • 1:02 Europe recap: Copenhagen age-of-consent bomb; Helsinki (saunas, fish soup, herring, rowdy dark crowd); Stockholm / Athens; Budapest heaviness (Hitler→Stalin); Zagreb vs Croatia vibe; Dražen Petrović / Once Brothers 30 for 30 digression.
  • 5:53 Vienna: The Third Man sewer / Orson Welles refused the smell; 1897 Ferris wheel; Zagreb Museum of Broken Relationships (picnic blanket, freestanding mirror exhibits).
  • 7:43 Philly Mütter Museum aside; Warsaw tourist kitsch + Majdanek visit; Louis CK Dachau Twitter bit; Nathan Macintosh Oreos / Skittles brand-activism bits.
  • 10:36 Comedy workshop opens — Sam’s “I love you” to girlfriend’s kid before mom; L-word bit; guy-friend vs romantic love.
  • 12:54 Toddler baby-doll / stolen-valor dad bit; hair-plugs vs C-section wife joke; Bangkok genital-enhancement bit; porn-in-the-woods communal / weed-and-porn “got too strong” workshop.
  • 20:31 Ad reads: Willie’s Remedy, Tempo, Hims.
  • 23:44 Paul Walter Hauser joins; Alex Moffat crashes (“girlfriend in the green room”); dead-wall / RIP wall; Larry Charles directed Hauser’s first LA pilot (Lee Mathers); Kanye “Curb” / Larry Charles riff; Philip Baker Hall / PTA praise.
  • 27:03 I, Tonya theater memory; Hollywood Bowl Paul Simon concert meet-cute (Moffat’s wife in I, Tonya sweatshirt) → friendship / godfather pact; Montreal Just for Laughs audition bonding (Echo Kellum always got it).
  • 29:30 Hauser’s 10+ years of stand-up then quit; Meltdown Comics / Melrose Improv stacked lineups (Diaz, Mandel, Patton, Quinta); Grand Rapids / Saginaw origin; wrestling fandom (Sting, DDP, The Rock, Flair, Attitude Era).
  • 32:14 Third Man / Orson Welles cuckoo-clock speech; Tommy Lee Jones “I don’t care” Fugitive riff; movie-nerd energy; Hauser turns 40 — birthday wish is just a movie theater; The Weight (Ethan Hawke / Russell Crowe) as favorite of the year.
  • 32:59 On-air show-notes callout — Sam on the Vienna 1897 Ferris wheel / Third Man beat: “There I am. Yeah, we’ll put it in the show notes.”
  • 35:00 Letterboxd honesty: managers calling after bad ratings; Christmas with the Campbells 3.5; Alex’s shoot fart kept in a movie; Casey Rocket / Zack Zucker / Rory Scovel improvised special; Cat Williams / Kevin Hart roast; Hollywood beef scarcity.
  • 41:25 Hauser’s breaks: Dustin Lance Black background→speaking part; Flappers door guy → Kingdom; Richard Jewell praise; Letterboxd 5-stars = Shawshank / Jaws only; Scorsese deep cuts vs Wolf of Wall Street bros.
  • 44:50 Alex briefly exits (Ed Sheeran open joke); Black Bird voice-choice risk; 5 years sober next month; Last Comic Standing fat photo → DDP Yoga / intermittent fasting for Black Bird (−40 lbs); Zepbound for last 15; Malkovich Rounders anecdote / Damon on The Instigators.
  • 51:50 The Naked Gun remake: Akiva risk, Doug & Dan pages, visual jokes, OJ looking-at-camera joke in trailer; ~$104M worldwide; romcom box-office note (Anyone But You).
  • 54:36 Career near-misses / passion projects: Virginia (Ed Harris / Jennifer Connelly) TIFF critical bloodbath; Americana (Simon Rex, Eric Dane, Sydney Sweeney); Springsteen Deliver Me from Nowhere (Jeremy Allen White) — slow/sad tonality.
  • 57:27 Celebrity group text: Sam Rockwell, Justin Long, Vince Vaughn, Bill Burr, Peter Billingsley; SNL 50 concert; attached to play Chris Farley (Warner Bros. frozen); Mount Rushmore of SNL (Farley, Ferrell, Wiig, Hader); Mamet Fatty Arbuckle / Will Be Good lunch — “do you know anybody who has money?”
  • 1:01:43 Passed on Sam Kinison and Rob Ford (too many dead fat real-life roles); weight goal ~215–200 for range (Seth Rogen comparison); Boy Talk satirical talk show with Julian Serri (Blake Griffin, Teddy Swims, Rob Rausch, Becky Lynch guests) — spoofing Tate / Patrick Bet-David toxic-masculinity lane.
  • 1:04:43 Resident Evil plug (Zach Cregger / Austin Abrams) — Home Alone meets 28 Days Later; 96% RT in-room; stand-up harder than acting; Bill Murray Christmas-special style taped special dream.
  • 1:07:04 Mark & Sam movie: two failing liquor salesmen + Bodega Cat Whiskey; lost director / October slip; DIY filmmaking (Theo/Spade, Tarantino, Coens); Hauser’s advice — make sure everyone is making the same movie (tonality).
  • 1:11:24 Mark’s hair transplant (~2 weeks); Paul wants plugs + already did veneers; more weight loss; Peacemaker / President Curtis VO next year (HBO Max); Emmy already won; still chasing Oscar / directing / scripts.
  • 1:13:53 Plugs: Sam Netflix special Incorrect (Sep 29); tour dates (LA Hollywood Improv, American Comedy Co., Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Madison, Timonium, Calgary, etc.); Mark dates (Minneapolis, Denver Comedy Works, Madison, Portland Helium, San Jose, Cap City, Atlantic City, Charlotte, Foxwoods; 2027 Mothership / Turning Stone / Verona).
  • 1:16:09 Bodega Whiskey — Instagram, expanding to Chicago/Illinois, California, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, New York; punchup.live tickets; see you next week.

Best quotes

Copenhagen crowd (1:02): “That’s the AGE OF CONSENT HERE.”

Sam Morril (10:36): “It’s easy to love someone who’s never around.”

Mark Normand (12:54): “That’s stolen valor.”

Mark / Sam workshop (17:42): “Porn and weed have had the same kind of trajectory… the problem though is weed and porn got too strong.”

Sam Morril (32:59): “There I am. Yeah, we’ll put it in the show notes.”

Paul Walter Hauser (32:14): “I just want to go to a movie theater.”

Paul Walter Hauser (35:00): “If you’re upset about my Letterboxd… fuck off.”

Paul Walter Hauser (53:20): “If you’re not willing to do the best joke because you’re afraid of offending people, you will ruin this movie.”

Paul Walter Hauser (1:01:43): “How many real-life dead fat dudes am I going to play?”

Paul Walter Hauser (1:09:24): “Make sure everybody’s making the same movie.”

People

Mark Normand

Co-host. Workshop bits, hair-transplant update, Bodega liquor-movie pitch. 0:08

Sam Morril

Co-host. Europe tour recap; “I love you” bit; on-air show-notes Ferris wheel callout. 1:02

Paul Walter Hauser

Guest. Actor (I, Tonya, Richard Jewell, Black Bird, Naked Gun); Letterboxd honesty; Boy Talk. 23:44

Alex Moffat

Guest / crashes the episode (“girlfriend in the green room”); Hollywood Bowl meet-cute origin with Hauser. 23:44

Dan Soder

Referenced in NY comics baldness bit. 0:08

Joe List

Referenced (NY bald comics). 0:08

Shane Gillis

Name-dropped among NY comics. 0:08

Matt McCusker

Name-dropped among NY comics. 0:08

Casey Rocket

Comedian praised in Letterboxd / improv special talk. 35:00

Rory Scovel

Comedian (improvised special) praised alongside Rocket / Zucker. 35:00

Larry Charles

Directed Hauser’s first LA pilot (Lee Mathers); Borat / Seinfeld connection. 23:44

Orson Welles

Referenced via The Third Man sewer / cuckoo-clock speech. 5:53

Diamond Dallas Page (DDP)

Wrestling / yoga mentor; Hauser’s DDP Yoga weight loss for Black Bird. 44:50

Louis C.K.

Referenced (Dachau Twitter bit) during Europe / Majdanek talk. 7:43

Chris Farley

Dream role; Hauser attached to Farley biopic (Warner Bros. frozen). 57:27

David Mamet

Fatty Arbuckle / Will Be Good lunch near-miss. 57:27

Akiva Schaffer

The Naked Gun remake director. 51:50

Zach Cregger

Resident Evil / Weapons director; Hauser plug. 1:04:43

Sam Rockwell

Celebrity group text with Long, Vaughn, Burr, Billingsley. 57:27

Bill Burr

Celebrity group text. 57:27

Matt Damon

Worked with Hauser on The Instigators. 44:50

Places

Copenhagen — Europe tour stop; age-of-consent bomb. 1:02

Helsinki — Saunas, fish soup, herring, rowdy dark crowd. 1:02

Stockholm — Europe tour stop. 1:02

Athens — Europe tour stop. 1:02

Budapest — Heavy history beat (Hitler→Stalin). 1:02

Zagreb — Croatia stop; vibe vs tourism kitsch. 1:02

Museum of Broken Relationships — Zagreb; picnic blanket / freestanding mirror exhibits. 5:53

Vienna — Third Man sewer locations; Orson Welles smell refusal. 5:53

Wiener Riesenrad — 1897 Ferris wheel / on-air show-notes callout. 32:59

Warsaw — Tourist kitsch stop before Majdanek. 7:43

Majdanek — Memorial visit discussed. 7:43

Hollywood Bowl — Paul Simon concert meet-cute (Moffat / Hauser). 27:03

Grand Rapids / Saginaw — Hauser’s Michigan origin region. 29:30

Movies / TV

The Third Man (1949) · Amazon — Vienna sewer / Ferris-wheel beat; Orson Welles. 5:53

Once Brothers (2010) · Amazon — ESPN 30 for 30; Dražen Petrović digression. 1:02

Forrest Gump (1994) · Amazon — Cold-open big-hat / comment-section lean-in. 0:08

I, Tonya (2017) · Amazon — Theater memory + Hollywood Bowl sweatshirt meet-cute. 27:03

Black Bird (2022) · Amazon — Voice-choice risk; DDP Yoga / −40 lbs cut. 44:50

Richard Jewell (2019) · Amazon — Hauser break; praise beat. 41:25

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) · Amazon — Letterboxd 5-star scarcity bar. 41:25

Jaws (1975) · Amazon — Letterboxd 5-star scarcity bar. 41:25

The Naked Gun (2025) · Amazon — Akiva remake; OJ trailer joke / “ruin this movie.” 51:50

Resident Evil (Cregger) · Amazon — Home Alone meets 28 Days Later plug. 1:04:43

Products

Letterboxd — Hauser’s honesty / manager-call backlash. 35:00

DDP Yoga — Hauser weight-loss program for Black Bird (−40 lbs). 44:50

Zepbound — Prescription medication mentioned for remaining weight loss; clinician info only. 44:50

Boy Talk — Hauser’s satirical YouTube talk show with Julian Serri. 1:01:43

Bodega Cat Whiskey — Hosts’ brand (official site + Instagram); liquor-salesmen movie pitch + distribution shout-outs. 1:07:04

Hair transplant / plugs — Mark’s ~2-week post-op update; medical discussion only (unlinked). 1:11:24

Sam Morril Netflix special Incorrect — Releases Sep 29, 2026. 1:13:53

WMBD merch / show hub — Official site. 1:16:09

Punchup — Sam · Punchup — Mark — Tour tickets. 1:13:53

Ad reads

Stories

Ferris-wheel show-notes callout

32:59 Mid-Europe recap, Sam hits the Vienna 1897 Ferris wheel / Third Man beat and points at the notes in real time: “There I am. Yeah, we’ll put it in the show notes.”

Letterboxd manager call

35:00 Hauser’s honest ratings trigger manager calls after middling scores (Christmas with the Campbells 3.5). He keeps the bar brutal — Letterboxd 5-stars are basically Shawshank / Jaws territory — and tells complainers to fuck off.

DDP / −40 for Black Bird

44:50 After a Last Comic Standing fat photo haunted him, Hauser used DDP Yoga + intermittent fasting to drop ~40 lbs for Black Bird, then mentioned Zepbound for the last stretch; five years sober is coming up next month.

Celebrity group text

57:27 The thread: Sam Rockwell, Justin Long, Vince Vaughn, Bill Burr, Peter Billingsley — SNL 50 concert chatter and career near-misses (Farley attachment frozen; Mamet Fatty Arbuckle lunch that died on money).

Boy Talk

1:01:43 Hauser’s satirical YouTube talk show with Julian Serri spoofs the Tate / Patrick Bet-David masculinity lane; guests named include Blake Griffin, Teddy Swims, Rob Rausch, Becky Lynch.

Passing

Passing, unlinked: Nathan Macintosh, Zack Zucker, Echo Kellum, Kanye West, Philip Baker Hall, Paul Thomas Anderson, Cat Williams, Kevin Hart, Dustin Lance Black, John Malkovich, Liam Neeson, Justin Long, Vince Vaughn, Peter Billingsley, Jeremy Allen White, Julian Serri, Becky Lynch, Blake Griffin, Teddy Swims, Rob Rausch, Austin Abrams, Seth Rogen, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Simon Rex, Eric Dane, Sydney Sweeney, Tommy Lee Jones, Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, hosts’ / guest family (wives, kids, dad).

Action items

Clip ideas

  • 1:02–1:36 — Copenhagen age-of-consent bomb.
  • 6:22–7:12 — Museum of Broken Relationships picnic-blanket plaque.
  • 10:50–12:10 — “I love you” to the kid before the mom.
  • 12:54–14:30 — Toddler stolen-valor baby doll.
  • 17:42–19:15 — Porn & weed “got too strong.”
  • 27:25–28:10 — Hollywood Bowl I, Tonya sweatshirt meet-cute.
  • 32:59 — “We’ll put it in the show notes” Ferris wheel callout.
  • 35:00–36:50 — Letterboxd manager call / honesty rant.
  • 46:00–47:30 — DDP Yoga house / Black Bird cut.
  • 53:20–53:55 — Naked Gun OJ joke / “ruin this movie.”
  • 57:27–58:00 — Rockwell / Vaughn / Burr / Billingsley group text.
  • 1:01:25–1:02:40 — Boy Talk toxic-masculinity satire pitch.
  • 1:09:24–1:09:50 — “Make sure everybody’s making the same movie.”

Peeves

  • 8:13 Hospitals promoting themselves on social — “We’re open Christmas.” Yeah, we know.
  • 9:13 Brands tweeting about causes — Companies posting social-cause takes (the Oreos and Skittles bits): “You’re a cookie. Be a cookie.”
  • 36:30 People policing Letterboxd ratings — Someone called a manager over an honest Letterboxd review; “people got really upset with anyone being honest.”
  • 43:33 “Wolf of Wall Street” as the favorite Scorsese — The guys who call it their favorite: “Have you seen The King of Comedy? It’s exponentially better.”

Recs

  • 3:07 Once Brothers (ESPN 30 for 30) — “A great documentary” on the Yugoslavian team split by the war. Amazon
  • 6:08 Museum of Broken Relationships (Zagreb) — Donated breakup objects; “kind of fascinating to read.” brokenships.com
  • 31:27 The Third Man (1949) (Sam Morril) — “Go see Third Man”: Orson Welles shows up late and crushes it, cuckoo-clock speech and all. Amazon
  • 34:29 The Weight (Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe) — Called “my favorite movie of the year,” a throwback with Treasure of the Sierra Madre vibes. Amazon
  • 37:30 Zach Zucker’s YouTube special — “His special on YouTube is out of control.” YouTube
  • 38:30 Rory Scovel’s improvised special — Fully improvised stand-up special; “blew the doors off.” Amazon
  • 43:33 The King of Comedy — Recommended over Wolf of Wall Street: “exponentially better.” Amazon
  • 43:33 Raging Bull — “What a cool crazy movie”; his rock bottom is doing comedy. Amazon
  • 49:36 The Talented Mr. Ripley — “Perfect movie… probably a five out of five.” Amazon
  • 1:10:51 Crashing (Artie Lange) — Artie Lange on Pete Holmes’s Crashing “deserved a trophy.” Amazon

More titles discussed

  • 24:23 Through the Wire (Kanye West) — “A great tune.” Amazon
  • 25:23 Seinfeld: “The Library” — Philip Baker Hall’s Bookman episode. Amazon
  • 26:23 Magnolia — P.T. Anderson film with Philip Baker Hall. Amazon
  • 33:29 Tires (Netflix) — New season not seen yet. Netflix
  • 34:29 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — Comparison point for The Weight. Amazon
  • 34:29 Slap Shot — Guessed laptop wallpaper. Amazon
  • 34:29 Super Troopers — Guessed laptop wallpaper. Amazon
  • 35:30 Tony (the Anthony Bourdain movie) — Coming-of-age Bourdain film with Dominic Sessa. Amazon
  • 41:32 Milk — Dustin Lance Black–written Sean Penn film. Amazon
  • 43:33 The King of Comedy — Scorsese deep cut. Amazon
  • 43:33 Taxi Driver — Scorsese. Amazon
  • 43:33 Raging Bull — Scorsese. Amazon
  • 44:34 Black Bird — Hauser’s Apple TV+ series (Emmy). Apple TV
  • 49:36 In the Line of Fire — Malkovich “a psycho.” Amazon
  • 49:36 Courage Under Fire — Damon’s weight loss. Amazon
  • 49:36 The Talented Mr. Ripley — “Perfect movie.” Amazon
  • 49:36 Almost Famous — Philip Seymour Hoffman. Amazon
  • 50:37 Along Came Polly — Philip Seymour Hoffman. Amazon
  • 50:37 Twister — Philip Seymour Hoffman. Amazon
  • 50:37 Happiness — Todd Solondz film with Dylan Baker; too dark to finish. Amazon
  • 50:37 Hereditary — Walked out with two minutes to go. Amazon
  • 52:39 Airplane! — Zucker classic, Kareem cameo. Amazon
  • 1:05:49 Barbarian — Cregger film. Amazon
  • 1:08:50 Mean Streets — Early Scorsese, the red-light bar shot. Amazon
  • 1:09:50 Dirty Work — Norm Macdonald, “one of my favorite movies.” Amazon
  • 1:09:50 Twin Peaks — Tone reference. Amazon
  • 1:10:51 Crashing — Pete Holmes HBO show with Artie Lange. Amazon
  • 1:10:51 Louie — Doug Stanhope playing himself. Amazon

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