Session 144: Owen Thiele Returns

Therapuss with Jake Shane

Jake Shane welcomes comedian Owen Thiele to discuss their shared experiences filming the series Adults in Toronto during a blizzard. The pai

Key takeaways

• Jake Shane's Sour Puss candy has officially launched in Target with cherry, strawberry, and blue raspberry flavors.
• Owen Thiele shared a story about lying to a rock star to facilitate a trip to Vancouver for a show.

Main topics

• Filming Adults in Toronto
• Pop culture icons

Notable quotes

We sound like two chat GBTs talking to each other right now.

Conclusion

A high-energy, comedic conversation that highlights the close friendsh

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:01) Hello. Speaker 2 (0:12) Tonight on Therapist, we have one of my dearest and best friends in the entire world, Owen Thiel. He is so magnificent in adults and just as a friend and a comedian. And I was just so lucky to have him back. Owen, I love you. Thank you for coming on the show. He really, like when we were shooting adults and I did that episode with him, he really made me feel so comfortable in a space that I was really, really anxious in. And I will always, always, always. Be so grateful for that. We had like the best time in Toronto and like, he's just, he's the best. Owen's the best. Owen, I love you. And in case you missed it, Sour Puss has officially launched in Target. Please let me know if you've tried it, if you like it, what your thoughts are. The flavors are cherry, strawberry, and blue raspberry because you know I love berries. And each octopus has different emotions because I thought that was important. If I was making a candy, I wanted it to... be like me so this is blue raspberry it's sad and it is Speaker 2 (1:20) I'm filming this right now during a heat wave in Los Angeles, so I'm going to keep this short because I'm dripping sweat. But, pussies, I love you so much. And also, thank you for the response to the Sandra and Nicole episode. I was so—I don't think I had ever been more nervous in my entire life than to welcome those two Academy Award-winning movie stars into my home. And the response has just made me feel so loved and— I really feel so appreciative for you guys and I just love you and enjoy the episode. I love you pussies. Speaker 3 (1:58) Oh and Theo! Speaker 2 (2:00) Welcome Speaker 3 (2:01) back to Therapist! Wait, hi baby! Wait, we're kind of far away. Speaker 2 (2:06) Wait, because of Speaker 3 (2:07) these, Speaker 2 (2:07) I have to tell you something. This couch, delish. You love? Speaker 3 (2:10) I'm sinking in! It's a little bit Speaker 2 (2:12) of a cloud couch dupe. Well, it's a cloud couch dupe. Adults is back. Adults is back and you're on it. And I'm on it. That's actually crazy. It was crazy. We had so much fun. We had so much fun. We sound like two chat GBTs talking to each other right now. Speaker 3 (2:26) Of course, Speaker 2 (2:26) we had so much fun. No, we actually had the best time. But we really did. It was, we survived a blizzard. Speaker 3 (2:32) Okay, let's just talk about this. Yes. I don't think we were prepared for, I think, the coldest days that have ever existed ever. Those were the best days of my life. They were the best day of mine too. But you have to understand, we were like, that's the coldest days that Toronto has ever Speaker 2 (2:49) seen. I know. Genuinely. I went into a coffee shop and the woman was like, Speaker 3 (2:53) are you from here? I said, no, I'm from Speaker 2 (2:54) LA. She goes, leave. Leave. Speaker 3 (2:57) Get out. She was screaming at me. Speaker 2 (2:59) Mind you, I was trying to get, do you remember I was trying to get this guy to go on a date with me and drive back? And he was like, I'll die on the road. No. Speaker 3 (3:05) Of course. I remember that. Speaker 2 (3:07) Do Speaker 3 (3:07) you Speaker 2 (3:07) remember I said, why isn't he seeing me? And you said, well, babe, the roads are ice. I said, the roads are closed. Speaker 3 (3:12) You can't even drive. Right. And you were so upset. You're like, he's using it as an excuse. He doesn't want to see me. I'm like, no, no, no, no. He's about to die for you. Right. He's going to do it. And we saw a hockey game. We saw. We saw. Okay. Jake and I went to a hockey game. And during the hockey game, Jake goes, let's just go get merch. And I'm like, totally. Owen thinks we're getting a hat, by Speaker 2 (3:33) the way. Speaker 3 (3:33) I think we're a hat. Maybe. I thought maybe if I liked a hat, I'd buy it. Maybe a finger foam. Exactly. I thought that. I ended up, we walked out with bags of merch. Jack, a jacket. Oh, Speaker 2 (3:46) that jacket was so cute. It Speaker 3 (3:47) was adorable. Wait. You could only wear it in Toronto. You have it. I'm dead. I'm absolutely dead. Yes. No. Speaker 3 (3:59) Okay. So looking back at it, it's so butt ugly. Yeah. Oh, fuck. I'm no, no, no. But here's the deal. We can, it just is very Toronto winter. Okay. Let me put it on for you. Okay. Put it on. Do a fashion show. It's cute on you, Jake. Anything's cute on you because you're a bite-sized cute adore. That Speaker 2 (4:25) is so cute. I love it now. We'll wear it just because we filmed adults in Toronto. Speaker 3 (4:30) Totally. But I also love how you're wearing it. Right. I'm wearing it just. Speaker 2 (4:34) It's 102 degrees outside. Yeah. By the way, it's very hot. Very hot in New York. Should we talk about, okay, where do we begin? Well, Speaker 3 (4:42) I Speaker 2 (4:43) don't know. Where do we start? Owen and I have been hanging out quite frequently these days. Speaker 3 (4:47) We're obsessed with each other. Obsessed. Well, I'm obsessed with you. You don't have to be obsessed with me. I'm very Speaker 2 (4:50) obsessed with Speaker 3 (4:51) you. Speaker 2 (4:51) I'm obsessed with you. And we learned how to write a joke together. Speaker 3 (4:54) We formulated a joke together. And we Speaker 2 (4:57) looked at each other and we said, is that how Speaker 3 (4:58) people do it? Is Speaker 2 (4:59) that how Speaker 3 (4:59) it's done? I go, oh, Quinta Brunson, watch Speaker 2 (5:02) out. Speaker 3 (5:03) We were sitting, we were talking back Speaker 2 (5:05) and forth and then the joke came and we were like, oh. Totally. We like our one joke that we wrote. Because we're writing a movie. Of course. Tell them. Should we tell them the plot of the movie? No. Or Speaker 3 (5:15) is Speaker 2 (5:15) somebody going to steal it? Speaker 3 (5:16) Someone's going to steal it. Wait, Speaker 2 (5:17) by the way, we were at dinner with people last night. They go, oh, I don't think anyone's stealing that idea. Speaker 3 (5:22) They go, you're fine on that. We go, Speaker 2 (5:25) oh, Speaker 3 (5:26) okay. I literally was so offended. I want everyone to want to steal my ideas. But I think my ideas are so mentally ill that no one... would even think about. What's your Speaker 2 (5:38) best idea besides our movie that you've had recently? Speaker 3 (5:40) I have this thing. I really want to invent it. It's an invention. It's called the Pro File. Wait. An electric nail filer. You put it on your nail. It has safety features. You put it on your nail. Boom. You press square, round, diamond. You take it off and your nail's filed perfectly. Wait. The Pro File. The Speaker 2 (6:05) profile. Wait, that's amazing. I'm sorry. It's genius. Speaker 3 (6:08) So who Speaker 2 (6:09) can you pitch that to to get that made? Hailey? I think Hailey Bieber. Yeah. Yeah, Speaker 3 (6:14) I'm going to call Speaker 2 (6:15) Hailey. I Speaker 3 (6:15) feel like she would be. I feel like she would be like, no, I started the best brand in the world. I don't need to help you with your weird nail file. So Speaker 2 (6:23) who would? I don't know. I also have this. The OE pack. You Speaker 3 (6:27) buy. The OE pack. Okay. You buy it at an airport. Okay. It has all things you would need to stay. clean on an airplane. So you like, you have like, you know, like you can put like a bag over the seat. Oh, I never do that. I know, but like, why don't, if you, if it was called the OE pack with me like this, you might. Right, I would. You know what I mean? But it's just like, so like Speaker 2 (6:50) the, I can't, I, when's the last time you changed your sheets and put your sheets on your bed? Wait, like my bed at home? Yeah. Speaker 3 (7:01) Very recently. Oh. Wait, why? You don't do that? I can't. You don't wash your sheets. No, I do wash my sheets. Speaker 2 (7:06) In college, my freshman year, I washed them once. Please. Speaker 3 (7:11) Were you having sex? Speaker 2 (7:14) Trying. Speaker 2 (7:16) Yeah. So here's Speaker 3 (7:18) the Speaker 2 (7:18) deal. Wait, no, not like actual sex. It was like the gay everything but. Totally. You know what I mean? You Speaker 3 (7:23) know Speaker 2 (7:23) what that's called? A side. Yeah. Speaker 3 (7:25) That's like. Wait, so were you spraying perfume? You know what my favorite thing to do? Wait, I shouldn't say this. Okay, I'm going to. My favorite thing to do is coming home. Speaker 2 (7:37) From Aloe Gym. Uh-huh. Which, by the way, last time we spoke, you were like, where is my invite? I see you there every day. Jake, you've changed my life. It was you. But no, it wasn't. It was the Aloe Gym. Speaker 3 (7:51) No, no, no. It was you. You got me in first. By saying that on your podcast, they were like, come in. Speaker 2 (7:57) And didn't, doesn't your body feel changed? I'm a new human being. Someone asked me if you were on peptides the other day. No. Who? Someone said. That is a nice, tell them to text me. No, they said, they said, is Owen on peptides? Like, can you wait? Can you ask him? Speaker 3 (8:12) I would tell you right now if I was, by the way, you know, I did take a peptide for my skin, the copper one. And you know what happened to me? Did I tell you this? Speaker 2 (8:19) No, it was at the GHK. Exactly. Speaker 3 (8:23) GHK. If Speaker 2 (8:24) you can't pronounce something, you shouldn't be putting it into your body. But you did. And what happened? I went into hypothermic shock. What do you mean? That's my dream. Speaker 3 (8:32) Wait, totally. I want to be cold and little and small. No, I literally, my body temperature reached, I think. Speaker 3 (8:41) 95 or 94. Oh, yeah, you were Speaker 2 (8:44) saying that. Speaker 3 (8:45) I was freezing. I turned blue. It was horrible. It's one of those things where I then called the doctor who gave it to me that he's not a doctor. They're Speaker 2 (8:55) not doctors. I don't think it's FDA approved. It's not FDA approved, but I went to a doctor's office to get mine. I have Reta in the fridge, and I never took it because I was like, you know what, I'm just going to, this is in case of emergencies. Totally. it's very in case of emergencies. And my dad keeps sending me like articles about it. But like, I do see photos of people that are on GHKCU and I'm like, you look amazing. So it's supposed to really Speaker 3 (9:15) help the skin. And I called my doctor and I said to him, why did I go into hypothermic shock? Why am I dying? And he said, just let your body regulate. He said, just, just keep it up. So then I'm like, do I die for my skin? What did Jared think? Well, Jared thinks I'm crazy. Right. Genuinely everything I. take or do or whatever Jared said. Right, we were trying Speaker 2 (9:37) to leave a party the other day, us three, and I said, okay, well, can we go? And Jared said, just pause. Speaker 2 (9:43) Owen's walking around still. Speaker 3 (9:45) Yeah. Speaker 2 (9:46) Do you remember that? You need to allow for like 30 to 40. Speaker 3 (9:50) Yeah. 30 to 40 minutes Speaker 1 (9:52) for me to say goodbye to people. Owen, he was not wrong. Speaker 2 (9:53) Owen, he was not wrong. We were standing at the front sitting. Here's Speaker 3 (9:57) the deal. I've gotten so many fights with my friends about this. I don't like to Irish. You Irish. Oh, I'm out. See, okay, this is the thing though. Then the next day, I can't deal with this. Where'd you go? Home. Wait, totally. It's one word. I went home. Totally. Totally. I should just do that. I went home. So instead, I have to go up to them and be like, when am I seeing you? Oh, you do. And then I have to go, wait, let me look at my sketch. And then I'm pulling it up. And then I'm calling people. I'm calling my agent being like, can we just Speaker 2 (10:26) move this really fast? Speaker 3 (10:27) I'm doing everything. Owen Speaker 2 (10:29) and I left a party with plans to go get drunk at a Mexican restaurant in a random parking lot in the valley with Shay Mitchell. And by the way. Never happened. Never happened. Shay, love you down. Congrats on base. Never happened. I Speaker 3 (10:44) have to be honest. Is it Speaker 2 (10:47) base or bay-heat or bay-ese? It's base. It's first of all, I'm not just saying this. Shay, congrats. It's the best suitcase I've ever owned. It's genuinely Speaker 3 (10:55) the best suitcase. I Speaker 2 (10:56) opened it up the other day. I go, okay, this is huge. It was a carry-on. I go, I can Speaker 3 (11:01) fit my Speaker 2 (11:01) life in here. Oh, Speaker 3 (11:02) the Speaker 2 (11:02) carry-on? The carry-on. It's very big. I literally go, Speaker 3 (11:06) Jared, get in here. Let me zip it up. You want to come with me to New York? I don't want to pay for your ticket. Get in the suitcase. Speaker 2 (11:11) It's very, very big. It's Speaker 3 (11:13) huge. I genuinely don't think it fits in the compartment up. No, it doesn't. It doesn't. I've had Speaker 2 (11:19) issues with it. Shit. But then you say, like, well, what am I supposed to do? And then you're already on the plane, and they're like, well, fuck. Speaker 3 (11:26) Totally. We can Speaker 2 (11:26) check it. And I'm like, how? The plane's closed. Speaker 3 (11:29) Totally. Just hold it. Babe, you're going to have to hold it in your lap. You Speaker 2 (11:33) say Speaker 3 (11:33) that to the flight attendant? Speaker 2 (11:34) Talk about a flight that should be changed is I don't like the flight from L.A. L.A. to New York? Toronto. Wait, why? Because... Bumpy? It was too short. Speaker 3 (11:48) Okay, I'm understanding. I've never taken a flight from... I always go to New York first. Do I stop... Have I ever gone straight from LA to Toronto? I don't think I have. Maybe I have. Oh, it's on Speaker 2 (12:00) Air Canada. Which, by the way, I don't think I like that airline. That's what I'm saying. I think that's the worst airline. It's the worst Speaker 3 (12:10) airline. The seats are cardboard. The people are lovely because they're Canadian. Well, of course. They're lovely because they're Canadian. Isn't it crazy that all Canadians are lovely? Like, that's not, like, I thought that was like a Speaker 2 (12:20) stereotype. I love to, do you, do you prefer Toronto or Vancouver? Can I be honest? Yeah. Speaker 3 (12:26) I've never, no, Speaker 2 (12:27) I have been to Vancouver. Oh Speaker 3 (12:28) my God, I have a story for you. Speaker 2 (12:30) Tell me right now. But Speaker 3 (12:31) we have to bleep the name. Of course. Okay, great. So there was a band. Okay. I just gave it away. Do you know who I'm talking about? Yeah. Okay. So bleep that. And my friend who you just met, don't say the name. Yep. Who you just met. Lovely. If Speaker 2 (12:52) you're listening, girl. Lovely. Speaker 3 (12:55) We love you. She really wanted to hook up with. And they were texting and DMing and wait, come to one of my shows. And so we looked on, we looked at the website on their show and it said Toronto. No, it said Vancouver. And we were like, kind of close to LA. So we, she goes, oh my God, this is so weird. Owen's in Vancouver. I'm already visiting him. Lie. We boarded a plane to Vancouver, me and her. Boarded a plane to Vancouver, lied to this man, to this rock star. And we told him we were already there. We get up. The plane is delayed. The show is at 8 p.m. that night. Okay? Okay. We land at 6. We're supposed to land at 6. We end up landing at 7.30. We're like, fuck! We sprinted to a car. We have our suitcases. Yep. I'm now paying the Uber driver in Vancouver. I'm like, just stay out here with our suitcases. Stay with us. Just stay with us. Please, just hold our suitcases safe. We leave. We go into the venue. I'm like, he could have just stolen our whole life. Speaker 2 (13:56) Right. Speaker 3 (13:56) Our whole life is in the car. Anyways, he doesn't. He's a kind man. We go into the venue. We have a great night. And then the worst thing ever happens. We go back. They kind of have a flirty vibe, but nothing happens. We go back to the hotel. So hot. So hot. We go back to the hotel and we're like, because we book a hotel room. We're like, okay. Well, thank God. We got away with that. We're like, we got away with that. They really thought we were already here. Right. As we pull up, so do they. And we have our suitcases. Speaker 3 (14:26) Imagine that. So I am opening the door with a suitcase and I go, and I look at the bellman and I've never in my life, I took my suitcase and I threw it Speaker 2 (14:35) at the bellman. I said, hi, miss. Speaker 3 (14:38) And I was like, hi, we're just coming to the bar. Speaker 2 (14:40) We're just here for the bar. We're just here for the bar. Speaker 3 (14:44) Oh yeah. Speaker 2 (14:45) Like let's have a drink. Speaker 3 (14:46) Yeah. Let's let, that's great. Let's all hang out. We were like, Oh, totally. So then we got away with Speaker 2 (14:51) it. Speaker 3 (14:52) We got away with it. He had no idea until Speaker 2 (14:54) now. Speaker 3 (14:55) Until right now. Should I not be telling this? Just bleep it enough. I think it's fine. I mean, the Speaker 2 (14:59) issue with Owen and I is all we do is gossip. Speaker 3 (15:04) Sorry. I Speaker 2 (15:04) love it. It's all we do. Everything. We sit here before. But honestly, it helps our creative process. A Speaker 3 (15:11) hundred percent. We gossip for two Speaker 2 (15:13) hours. We write one joke. Speaker 3 (15:15) Totally. And that's Speaker 2 (15:16) what comedy is. I still can't believe writing jokes is that easy. Well, you're a great joke writer. You're a great joke writer. We're. We're a great team. Well, we're like, we've recently discovered that we're creative partners. Well, Speaker 3 (15:30) we're a dream team. We're a Speaker 2 (15:31) dream team. In Speaker 3 (15:31) many ways. Speaker 2 (15:33) Can we talk about when I fell down the stairs? Speaker 3 (15:35) Oh my God. Speaker 2 (15:38) When we were filming adults. Speaker 3 (15:39) Jake, I have never in my life heard, okay, speaking of gossip, all of a sudden, we're filming, okay? We're in a scene. And all of a sudden, you hear. Speaker 3 (15:52) And then it was quiet. It was quiet. And then you heard, I think Jake Shane fell down the stairs. Jake Shane just fell down the stairs. Jake Shane fell down the stairs. Speaker 2 (16:00) Everyone was whispering. The whole set was ablaze. Yeah. So Speaker 3 (16:04) what happened? I wasn't there for it. So people were behind Speaker 2 (16:09) you? Speaker 3 (16:09) So somebody behind me tripped. And I said, bump, Speaker 2 (16:12) bump, bump. And bumped into the wall. And I was like, it's fine. It's fine. It's fine. And I had the biggest like. gash bump on my head and my date had canceled on me because of the blizzard and we were freezing. Well, mind you. Okay, let me just like paint the picture. Paint Speaker 3 (16:31) the picture, babe. Speaker 2 (16:31) Heated rivalry had just came out. It just came out. And Speaker 3 (16:34) that's why we at a hockey game, you and I were living our damn life. Yeah, we Speaker 2 (16:38) were like, woo! We were living. We were like, oh my. There's the big screen. They were like on other people. Speaker 3 (16:42) Totally, totally, totally. We were like, oh, we're gay and in the building. Hockey. Speaker 2 (16:46) And they were like, okay. And then we were like, well, we're going to go downstairs. We're going to go downstairs. We were sitting there. Speaker 3 (16:52) Well, I want to, of course, we were feeling hot. We were feeling like Connor's story. Wait, Connor's story. I didn't know. I know everyone knew this. I actually didn't know that he has such a Speaker 2 (17:04) great personality. Great butt. Oh, yeah. No, it's wait. What did you watch? He did rivalry. No, Speaker 3 (17:11) of course. No, I knew this, but recently in pants, even I didn't realize. Speaker 2 (17:16) Oh, are you talking about the pop walks in Vancouver? Yeah. It's outrageous. I Speaker 3 (17:21) was, it was crazy. You know, Speaker 2 (17:22) he does like 300 squats every day. No, that's Speaker 3 (17:25) a Speaker 2 (17:25) lie. No swear. He's like, I do 300 squats every single day. I'm going to be honest. Speaker 3 (17:30) I go to aloe gym. I only do two squats. I don't do squats. Speaker 2 (17:34) I can't. My knees. How does it hurt? My knees hurt. I'm tired. I start sweating in my face. I'm like, I just can't. But like, that's why Connor story is Connor story. Did you see his YSL ad? So hot. Like the hottest thing I've ever seen. So hot. This, this. Yep. And he, and he's like glasses. And then the best part about it is they'll cut to other people and you're like, no, no, no. Bring him back. Totally. Speaker 3 (17:56) That's a star. That's a star. When, when you cut to another person on screen and then you go, wait, I actually want him back. Who else do you Speaker 2 (18:03) feel that way about? Speaker 2 (18:05) Because I can tell you right now. Okay, go. Lena Dunham. Oh Speaker 3 (18:08) my God. When Lena Dunham's not on screen, I am craving her. I Speaker 2 (18:12) want her back. Lena Dunham. Need her. Speaker 3 (18:15) Honestly, though, you know what's weird about girls? Speaker 1 (18:17) I kind of feel that about Speaker 3 (18:18) every one of them. Right. I'm kind of like when Jemima's not on screen, I'm like, bring her back. When Zosia, Zosia's an adult. Oh, Speaker 2 (18:27) it's my phone. Speaker 3 (18:28) Everyone's calling. Speaker 2 (18:30) Everyone is calling me this morning. Speaker 1 (18:32) You're a fucking asshole. Speaker 2 (18:34) Wait, what? Why? Speaker 3 (18:36) I called you Speaker 2 (18:37) 16 times and then I said, Ryan, try. Speaker 3 (18:41) Oh, and you answered Ryan and not Peyton. Speaker 2 (18:44) Well, I just. I fucking knew it too. I missed you. So Speaker 3 (18:52) here's the deal. Here's the honest truth. He was in the middle of a podcast episode. I'm wearing too much makeup. Speaker 2 (19:00) No, you're not. Whoa. Speaker 3 (19:02) Whoa. Is that how I look on cam? Speaker 2 (19:04) Wait, what's wrong with your face? You look awesome. Speaker 3 (19:06) I almost like can't even let you see me right now. Wait, but this is about to go to Netflix? I just realized that. Speaker 2 (19:14) Owen's on Hulu. Like, please, I can't. Speaker 3 (19:21) You