Jason Segel Talks David Foster Wallace, The Muppets and Urinal Pranks

Topic Check: Movie about seminal book of the 90s in which you are playing the lead and author, check. Super lucrative longstanding kids franchise, check. Dick jokes, check.

Last night Jason Segel sat on the Conan couch and talked about his new movie “The End of the Tour” in which he takes on the very ambitious role of playing David Foster Wallace. One day while shooting at the Mall of America, he decided to surprise some kids watching the Muppet Movie while dressed as David Foster Wallace. Turns out kids aren’t really big David Foster Wallace fans…yet.

Segel spoke very poignantly about playing Wallace, discussing the intricacies of preparing for the role. And then he smoothly transitioned to talking about playing potty time pranks with Paul Rudd. So there you have it. When the nominations finally come in for most versatile guest in Late Night, we expect to see Jason Segel’s name near the top.

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