The Guild Season 6 Hangout with Felicia Day, Robin Thorsen, Derek Basco, & Ted Michaels

FELICIA DAY: Hello, everybody.
I believe we're live.
I think we're live.
I'm under the impression that we're live.
Hello.
I'm Felicia Day, and I am joined by many cool people for
this weekend's live "Guild" chat.
We want to go down the list.
Derek, you want to start?
DEREK BASCO: Oh, hello.
I am Derek Basco, AKA Roy Akino, the game artist.

FELICIA DAY: Robin?
ROBIN THORSEN: Hey, I'm Robin Thorsen and I play Clara.
FELICIA DAY: And I have to say that your
background is lovely.
ROBIN THORSEN: You like my flowers?
Thank you.
FELICIA DAY: And then last but not
least, we have Ted Michaels.
TED MICHAELS: Hi, I'm Ted Michaels.
That's Derek.
FELICIA DAY: We have a lot of kid sounds going on.
TED MICHAELS: I play Floyd Petrowski in "The Guild."
FELICIA DAY: We got a lot of kid sounds going on.
I guess Derek has a whole entourage.
DEREK BASCO: They're leaving.
They're leaving.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, OK.
Bye.
Bye, children.
Have fun.
Did we get a release form?
Anyway, we are very excited to be here.
We have had four episodes of "The Guild" broadcast.
And we want to chat and take your questions.
So if you want to ask any questions, you can submit them
to the Geek & Sundry Twitter or you can post them under
this video in the chat, and Britt is
taking questions there.
So feel free to just ask any of us any kind of questions,
and we'll answer them if they are appropriate.

So I think we can go down the line.
Derek, how did you get involved in the show?
DEREK BASCO: I actually had an audition.
And I came in and I met Kim and Felicia and Jeff for the
first time.
I had no idea what this was.
But I just thought it was a great part.
And so I came in and I read, and they liked me.
FELICIA DAY: We did like you.
We did.
The cool part was when we wrote the part of Roy, he was
supposed to be way nerdier and really uptight with the pocket
protector kind of guy.
And you came in and were so different from everybody else,
but you were so funny.
Like, it was so funny.
You wore this crazy Hawaiian shirt and just
made me laugh so hard.
How did you get into acting?
DEREK BASCO: I actually started out
breakdancing back in '84.
FELICIA DAY: What?
DEREK BASCO: It's weird.
And then me and my brothers, there's a whole tribe of us.
And then we got scholarships to the San Francisco Ballet
Company, and then we moved to Los Angeles to become dancers.
And everyone said, no, you have to act.
And so I've been here since '85, acting.
This is a true story, Robin.
You guys always think I'm lying.
FELICIA DAY: Derek, that's totally awesome.
What makes a breakdancing troupe?
How many people is that?
DEREK BASCO: Just my family.

There's five of us, are we're all brothers and sisters.
FELICIA DAY: Are there any videos of you
breakdancing on the web?
ROBIN THORSEN: Please.
DEREK BASCO: You know what?
They're all on VHS, but now I'm going to transfer them and
I'm gonna put it on the web.
FELICIA DAY: OK, please.
We would love to share with the Geek & Sundry fans your
breakdancing skills from your childhood.
Robin, do you have any
breakdancing videos from childhood?
ROBIN THORSEN: No.
I don't--
I have-- no, I don't.
I don't dance unless I'm a little intoxicated.
FELICIA DAY: A lot intoxicated.
DEREK BASCO: Nice.
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah, it takes a lot for me to dance.
FELICIA DAY: Ted, how did you come to be in "The Guild?"
TED MICHAELS: I started out as a breakdancer.
And--

and I knew about Derek.
He was in the good group, and I was in the one
that couldn't really--

I guess we were in an improv group
together, Felicia, right?
FELICIA DAY: No, you were in the fancy improv
group ahead of me.
So you were the seniors to my pre-freshman group.
And I always thought, oh, Ted's so cool.
Is he gonna say hi to us or not?
TED MICHAELS: I'm sorry you were so disillusioned when you
found out I was not cool.
It was horrible.
FELICIA DAY: No, it was adequate.
TED MICHAELS: Adequate.
And so I guess that put me on your radar when you were
thinking about Floyd.
And I'm sure you went to 10 other famous
people before you--
FELICIA DAY: No, I didn't.
You were our first choice.
You were our first choice.
TED MICHAELS: Well, thank you.
First unknown choice.
FELICIA DAY: No, that's not true.
You have a very interesting talent skill.
What is your secret talent besides breakdancing?
TED MICHAELS: I do do puppetry.
FELICIA DAY: You do do?
DEREK BASCO: Puppetry of the what?
TED MICHAELS: I'm not good at grammar.
I do, comma--
Wait, no you don't comma that.
I do do puppetry.
DEREK BASCO: Puppetry of the--
TED MICHAELS: Hands.
DEREK BASCO: Hands.
OK, because there was a show not too long ago.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, yes.
Yeah.
DEREK BASCO: I was just clarifying.
FELICIA DAY: I wouldn't want to see that show.
ROBIN THORSEN: You wouldn't ?
DEREK BASCO: I don't want to see that show either.
TED MICHAELS: No, you really don't.
FELICIA DAY: Did you see it?
TED MICHAELS: I saw enough.
I saw enough.
I was satisfied with the amount I saw.
FELICIA DAY: How did you get into puppetry?
TED MICHAELS: Through improv again.
A friend of mine, Patrick Bristow, was looking for
improvisers who wanted to learn puppetry for this thing
called "Stuffed and Unstrung" with The Henson Company.
And it was basically puppeteering with improv.
So it was like, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" with puppets.
And we'd tour around.
And it was fun.
FELICIA DAY: That's really cool.
I need to come see you.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah, you should.
There's a show once a month in Hollywood that's easy
for us to go to.
FELICIA DAY: We should go, Robin, huh?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
For sure.
FELICIA DAY: All right.
Robin--
DEREK BASCO: I'll go.
FELICIA DAY: You want to go, Derek?
TED MICHAELS: Derek wants to go.
FELICIA DAY: Let's all go.
DEREK BASCO: Let's go.
I want to go.
TED MICHAELS: I just can't believe that all this time,
all that downtime on the set, and I didn't know Derek could
breakdance.
And it's like, we could have been entertained the entire
shoot by breakdancing.
DEREK BASCO: No, that's past tense.
Not anymore.
TED MICHAELS: You've got to have moves still.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, you've got to have moves.
DEREK BASCO: No.
No.
ROBIN THORSEN: Isn't it like riding a bike?
DEREK BASCO: It is like riding a bike, but I've grown since
then as a person.

FELICIA DAY: Before we get into taking audience
questions, Robin, can you tell us the story of your epic
journey to Europe that you just got back from?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yes.
I went to Spain for 17 days.
And it was craziness.
It was a lot of fun.
I went to Madrid and then Valencia and Majorca and we
ended in Barcelona.
FELICIA DAY: Wow.
ROBIN THORSEN: It was pretty righteous.
DEREK BASCO: Nice.
FELICIA DAY: What was your favorite part?
ROBIN THORSEN: Barcelona.
I loved Barcelona and I loved Valencia.
FELICIA DAY: You didn't like Majorca?
ROBIN THORSEN: Well, the thing is this.
I stayed in a hostel in Majorca because I'm on a
budget here, you see.
And um--
it was fun.

It was good.
I don't think hostels are for me.
But yeah, we just chilled at the beach, which was awesome,
and drank a lot of sangria, so I was happy.
FELICIA DAY: Was it pretty?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
Insane.
Insanely pretty.
And then in Valencia, we went to the
aquarium which was awesome.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, wow.
ROBIN THORSEN: We saw a beluga whale, which was cool.
DEREK BASCO: Whoa.

FELICIA DAY: Not in Majorca, but--
ROBIN THORSEN: In Valencia.
FELICIA DAY: Well, they live in the sea too, don't they?
ROBIN THORSEN: That would have been pretty awesome.
TED MICHAELS: No, not anymore.
FELICIA DAY: We have a few questions from the chat.
What are you all going for Halloween, Raspberry
[INAUDIBLE] asks.

What is this, Derek?
What are you doing?
DEREK BASCO: The viewers know.
ROBIN THORSEN: A dancer?
FELICIA DAY: What is--
ROBIN THORSEN: Oh my gosh.
You're gonna--
that dude.
I forget his name.
DEREK BASCO: Psy.
I'm going as Psy.
ROBIN THORSEN: Oh my gosh.
FELICIA DAY: Who's Sy?
ROBIN THORSEN: Gang-em Style?
DEREK BASCO: "Gangnam Style?" He only has,
like, 400 million hits.
FELICIA DAY: Oh.
Oh, Psy.
Psy.
Yes, OK.
I got it.
Yes, I got it.
OK, I got it.
You'll be pretty good.
Can you put some breakdancing moves into that?
DEREK BASCO: Yes.
For you, I will put some breakdancing moves in.
FELICIA DAY: Please submit video.
DEREK BASCO: Oh!
I'm knew to this.
I don't know how to do all this video-video.
FELICIA DAY: You just video anything you do, and the thing
with the least effort will get the most hits.
That's just the equation of the internet.
Ted, what are you doing for Halloween?
TED MICHAELS: I always wanted to be Mr. Darcy from "Sense
and Sensibility." But I guess I just need an old-timey suit
for that and knock 20 years off my age, and that'll do it.
FELICIA DAY: How are you going to do that part?
TED MICHAELS: You can go to a place--
AHAs.

AHAs'll do that.
FELICIA DAY: AHAs has everything.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah, they'll knock 20 years off--
just for the night.
FELICIA DAY: Just for one night.
Then you have to sell your soul later.
TED MICHAELS: Then you'll be Mr. Darcy.
FELICIA DAY: What about you, Robin?
ROBIN THORSEN: I think I'm gonna be a zombie.
That's easy.
So, yeah--
like, a retro zombie.
I have a really cute dress, and I'm gonna be a dead girl.
So that'll be fun.
FELICIA DAY: How are you a retro zombie?
Is it a '50s zombie?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
I have this cute tulle dress and this jean jacket with
studs on it.
So I'm gonna be a greaser zombie.
FELICIA DAY: Oh.
DEREK BASCO: Ooh.
ROBIN THORSEN: And do my hair really cute.
FELICIA DAY: And you could go [GRUNTING].
ROBIN THORSEN: That's exactly what I'm gonna do.
FELICIA DAY: [GRUNTING].
ROBIN THORSEN: Thanks.
Yes, that's what's gonna happen.

TED MICHAELS: (MONOTONE) Go Greased Lightning--
[GRUNTING].

Go Greased Lightning--
[GRUNTING].

ROBIN THORSEN: That would be a good show.
FELICIA DAY: I think you need some back-up dancers, Robin.
TED MICHAELS: And I'll be Greased Lightning.
FELICIA DAY: I kinda want to do that show now.
We're getting so many good ideas today.
TED MICHAELS: And I'll be Greased Lightning.
Yeah, let's do it.
FELICIA DAY: All right.
Let's answer some real questions.
Oh, I don't know what I'm going to be for Halloween.
What I do is I wait till the last day, I go to
Sav-On or Rite Aid.
I pick out the only children's outfit left that would fit me
and I wear that.
That's how I do Halloween.
TED MICHAELS: $7.99.
FELICIA DAY: Less.
Half price of $7.99.
It turns out to be usually Woody from "Toy Story" or one
year I did Zac Efron.
TED MICHAELS: It's so cheap, it's flammable, and it will
get caught on things.
FELICIA DAY: And it's always slightly a little too small.
TED MICHAELS: Well, that sounds good.
FELICIA DAY: Anyway, we have some good questions that we
should probably--
OK, let's say you could steal a skill, talent, or positive
trait from one of your fellow castmates.
What would you steal, and who from?
DEREK BASCO: I would steal the puppetry.
That's what I would steal.
TED MICHAELS: You can't steal my puppetry, man.
DEREK BASCO: I want your right hand, bro.
TED MICHAELS: You can't.
Don't take my puppetry.

DEREK BASCO: Do you have any puppets in your background?
TED MICHAELS: Oh.
I got--
FELICIA DAY: It's pretty clear that Robin worked on her
background and Ted did not.
Oh look, we got a puppet!
TED MICHAELS: It's a practice puppet.
FELICIA DAY: What do you mean a practice puppet?
TED MICHAELS: It means I didn't spend $10,000 on it.
FELICIA DAY: People spend that much on puppets?
TED MICHAELS: Yeah.
That's how much the real ones cost.
FELICIA DAY: What?
TED MICHAELS: Yeah, it's crazy.
But this is--
FELICIA DAY: [GASP]
DEREK BASCO: Oh.
TED MICHAELS: I can't really do it.
FELICIA DAY: He's really good.
What's his name?

TED MICHAELS: Jack Hole.
I don't know.
I was trying to think of something that wasn't quite as
square but was still square.
FELICIA DAY: You're really good with that.
TED MICHAELS: Well, it's hard because we
usually have a monitor.
And this monitor has a 10 second lag.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, yeah.
Gotcha.
TED MICHAELS: So I can't really do it.
FELICIA DAY: So when you're underneath the curtain doing
the puppet, you can actually see yourself as your hand when
you do puppetry?
TED MICHAELS: Yeah.
The way Jim Henson started it when he was on television was
he'd have a TV underneath the stage so he could see what it
looked like to the audience.
And to this day, that's how they do it.
So there's always a monitor underneath the scrim.
And they don't reverse it.
They keep it the way the audience sees it.
So when you go left, the screen goes right.
And it's backwards.
And I think that's just to keep people from
getting good at it.
It's a weed out.
Because there's no reason they can't just switch the camera.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, it'd be very easy to
just flip the image.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah.
In the '50s, they couldn't do it.
FELICIA DAY: Well, yeah.
TED MICHAELS: When you're watching Zombie Greased
Lightning, you couldn't do that kind of stuff.
FELICIA DAY: [GRUNTING].
Oh, that's so funny.
OK, so you're going to steal Ted's puppetry.
Robin, what would you steal from anybody?

ROBIN THORSEN: You know what?
I would have to steal your singing voice because you're
very confident.
And I am not when it comes to singing.
So I would do that.
And then I'd probably go out for more auditions.
FELICIA DAY: For singing?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
Maybe.
I don't know.
I'd probably do musical theatre maybe.
FELICIA DAY: You would be really
good in musical theatre.
ROBIN THORSEN: A lot of people think that
I do musical theatre.
FELICIA DAY: And you don't sing?
Why don't you take singing lessons?
Because you can carry a tune.
It's just confidence.
ROBIN THORSEN: It's a confidence thing for me.
Yeah.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah.
ROBIN THORSEN: I'm gonna have to work on that.
FELICIA DAY: See, the thing I was going to steal was
Sandeep's confidence.
I feel like he has more confidence
than anybody I know.
TED MICHAELS: Right.
FELICIA DAY: Right?
Doesn't he?
He's very sure of himself.
Not in a bad way, but I think it's a very good trait.
Because you're able to get out of your own way when you're
that confident.
So that's my thing.
TED MICHAELS: And people who are really confident tend to
be very successful at a very young age.
FELICIA DAY: Yes.
Oh, well.
We're not there anymore.
DEREK BASCO: We are old.
Old.
FELICIA DAY: No, we're not old.
We're just--
DEREK BASCO: Older.
FELICIA DAY: --interesting.
OK, let's get some more questions.
I was wondering, the children of the guild that play Clara's
children, are those really her children?
ROBIN THORSEN: No.
FELICIA DAY: Robin, you want to take that out?
ROBIN THORSEN: They're not.
They are not my children.
I have not procreated.
I don't have kids.
FELICIA DAY: Do you have other people's children that you
could pretend are your children?
ROBIN THORSEN: While we're filming or just in life?
FELICIA DAY: Just in life.
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah, I have a niece and nephew.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, well, that's cute.
Can you talk about this year's children as opposed to other
season's children and that no one has noticed or commented
at all about the children?
ROBIN THORSEN: Well, yes.
First of all, I think it's hilarious.
[BARKING]
ROBIN THORSEN: Hello?
FELICIA DAY: It's my dog.
ROBIN THORSEN: I started out with three kids
and then I had two.
And it was never mentioned that I lost a child.
It was not even scripted, which I think is [INAUDIBLE].
TED MICHAELS: Oh man.
ROBIN THORSEN: But this season, Blake is actually
played by Jeff Lewis'---
Jeff Lewis'?
FELICIA DAY: Jeff Lewis' child is the child you see in
episode four at the beginning of that little video they did.
DEREK BASCO: Oh.
ROBIN THORSEN: He's younger than--
FELICIA DAY: Someone's leaving a message.
TED MICHAELS: Sorry.
ROBIN THORSEN: He's just getting younger and younger.
DEREK BASCO: You must be very sad that you lost a child.
ROBIN THORSEN: No.
DEREK BASCO: No?
I mean--
no.
TED MICHAELS: If it had to be any of the kids, it was good
that it was that one.
That was not her favorite.
FELICIA DAY: But no one noticed this year that the
little girl who was in many scenes is nowhere near looking
like the other children.
It's a completely different child.
Those other children are probably eight or nine-- maybe
in college right now.
ROBIN THORSEN: I'm pretty sure they're in college.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah.
And we sent them out-- and people will pick on every
single thing in the show, especially
the new credit sequence.
Oh my god.
Are we gonna talk about that?
FELICIA DAY: Oh, we haven't talked about that, have we?
Guys, what's the deal with you guys'--
it's the number one controversy.
They can't even concentrate on the actual episode.
They're getting into gang fights about--
I like the old one, I like the new one.
It's crazy.
ROBIN THORSEN: I think the new one's pretty rad.
ROBIN THORSEN: I like the new one.
The new one's awesome.
FELICIA DAY: Derek, did you watch the old seasons before
you joined us, after you joined "The Guild?"
DEREK BASCO: Once I got cast, I went through and I started
watching them.
And my wife was like, what are you doing?
Because I would lie in bed with my computer
and my little earbuds.
And I was like, I gotta do my homework.
And I would just laugh out loud.
And she was like, I'm trying to sleep.
And I just had a great time, and I stayed up all night.
And I was like, oh, this show is awesome.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, yay.
DEREK BASCO: I was like, how come I don't know about it?
And it's because I don't have a computer.
FELICIA DAY: Well, it's one of those underground things.
I think people get mad when more people know about it.
So it's probably good.
Why are there [INAUDIBLE]?
Anyway, here's a question from the outside.
Who on the cast would you partner up with in a zombie
apocalypse and why?

Ted?
TED MICHAELS: I think it'd have to be Felicia because she
plays all the video games where she's in a zombie
apocalypse.
So you know all the tricks.
FELICIA DAY: No.
That would be a mistake, Ted.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah?
That doesn't translate?
FELICIA DAY: I don't think it's a one-to-one ratio of,
hey, I can escape the "Left 4 Dead" sequence.
Oh yes, there's actual zombies.
I mean, I have no applicable real-life skills.
I just want to be honest with you.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah.
But if you see shiny ammunition, you'll pick it up.
And then if you see a door that might be able to be
opened, you could open it.
Stuff like that.
Game knowledge.
FELICIA DAY: I'm gonna have to work on my real-life
lock-picking skills.
You're going to show up to my door and be disappointed in me
the whole time.
TED MICHAELS: I'm gonna be like, Felicia, we gotta get
out of here.
There's a pocket of zombies and I thought you could get
through doors.

FELICIA DAY: What about you, Robin?
Vince?
You want Vince?
You know--
sure.
I'll go with Vince.
FELICIA DAY: No.
Who would you go for?
ROBIN THORSEN: Who would I go for?
I don't know.
Maybe Sandeep.
FELICIA DAY: Really?
Why?
TED MICHAELS: He's confident.
DEREK BASCO: He's confident.
ROBIN THORSEN: He's confident, and I think he would know what
to do in that kind of situation.
FELICIA DAY: Really?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
I mean--
FELICIA DAY: I'm skeptical about that.
I mean, he's a smart guy, but I don't feel like he has much
practical knowledge.
TED MICHAELS: Well, he's got a lot of networking skills that
might come in handy.
FELICIA DAY: That's true.
So he might know people who would be able to help us out.
That's actually very valuable.
TED MICHAELS: He could get everybody together.
FELICIA DAY: That's true.
OK, that's a good one.
I think I would pick Bruiser.
Teddy, Teddy Garces.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah, that's a good one.
DEREK BASCO: Yeah, he's a good one.
FELICIA DAY: Who, by the way, is a dancer too.
So when we go on tour, Derek and--
TED MICHAELS: Oh my god.
He's a dancer too?
DEREK BASCO: We could do "Thriller."
TED MICHAELS: We missed out on all this dancing while we were
filming this thing.
ROBIN THORSEN: We [INAUDIBLE] dancing and puppetry behind
the scenes.
DEREK BASCO: We could do "Thriller."
TED MICHAELS: No one was dancing.
No one was doing puppetry.
FELICIA DAY: There was no revelry whatsoever.
DEREK BASCO: I would go with Clara.
I'd pick Clara because in all the
horror films, the comedic--
because Clara, I think you're hilarious.
ROBIN THORSEN: Oh, thank you.
DEREK BASCO: They always keep the funny
one alive the longest.
So I think you would be entertaining the zombies.
And we would get out of there.
ROBIN THORSEN: All right.
I like that.
FELICIA DAY: OK, I agree with that one.
But you guys could come to my house and I won't be able to
help you out and it'll be fine.
I do, however, grow some weird stuff in my backyard--
like blueberries and pomegranates and the
occasional string bean that I never knew why it's growing.
TED MICHAELS: I would be wary of those alien string beans.
DEREK BASCO: They're not actually string beans.
They're actually--
TED MICHAELS: Yeah.
I would not eat those.
There are a lot of questions from chat about your hair
color, Clara.
Or Robin.
Do you feel more mature now that you've
changed your hair color.
Do I feel more mature?
I mean--
yes?
No.
It's just a hair color.
I just wanted something different.
People treat me differently.
I will say that.
FELICIA DAY: Really?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
FELICIA DAY: What do you mean?
ROBIN THORSEN: I think with blond hair--
or platinum, rather--
I don't know.
They just thought, hey, fun and fancy free.
And everyone's now a little bit more serious with me,
which is interesting.
FELICIA DAY: So are you thinking about going back?
Or do you like how people treat you now better?
ROBIN THORSEN: I'll go back maybe eventually.
But I like being this color right now.
FELICIA DAY: I think it looks good on you.
I like it.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah, it looks good.
ROBIN THORSEN: I appreciate that.
DEREK BASCO: I like it.
FELICIA DAY: We have a lot of questions about Dodger because
she's awesome.
She's one of our guest stars.
And we're going to do one of the Hangouts with her later on
in the season.
Her first episode is episode seven.
And I think it's the same week that she's in the tabletop
episode too, so it's Dodger week on Geek & Sundry.
So that will answer many of your questions all at once.
Let's talk about some other questions.

How is Dr. Hannah doing?
Oh, you guys.
Come on.
Come on.
Who of the people on this panel are gamers?
Derek, are you a gamer?

DEREK BASCO: I play online poker.
So in that sense, I play.
But I never played any MMORPG--
did I get it right?
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, you did.
Thumbs up.
DEREK BASCO: And I got a full-on education from "The
Guild." Because I'd be on set, and I'd be, like,
what does that mean?
What is this?
And so I'd have to Wikipedia everything.
But I'd really like to try.
I don't have any of the games.
So if anyone wants to invite me over to their house and let
me abuse their character, learning.
FELICIA DAY: No sir.
ROBIN THORSEN: Not gonna happen.
FELICIA DAY: No sir.

What about you, Ted?
Are you a gamer?
Do you play any video games?
TED MICHAELS: Yeah.
I was just playing "Borderlands 2."
FELICIA DAY: [GASPING]
TED MICHAELS: I can't do it at night, though.
Because I get too hyped up, and I can't sleep.
FELICIA DAY: Are you playing the Xbox or PC?
TED MICHAELS: Xbox.
Yeah.
I can't do the buttons.
I'm not good with the PC.
Plus I don't like PCs.
FELICIA DAY: Really?
TED MICHAELS: Or I guess Mac.

FELICIA DAY: I downloaded "Borderlands 2" on my PC.
It's the first time I tried to play an FPS on my PC, and I
got a little sick to my stomach.
I like being far away when I do that kind of view.
But I like way better being on a PC when I'm closer to the
monitor when I'm playing a smaller game where I'm
isometric or behind the character.
TED MICHAELS: I just can't do it.
The coordination of the buttons thing, I still can't
get for some reason.
I like to have a little joystick.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah.
What about you, Robin?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
I mean, I'm [INAUDIBLE]
gamer.
I have an Xbox, and I love "Left 4 Dead." That's one of
my favorite games.
What else? "Batman: Arkham Asylum," that's a lot of fun.

FELICIA DAY: Is it not irritating?
He walks like this.
It's so irritating.
I can't play it like this.
ROBIN THORSEN: It's weird, but I just love anything Batman.

And "Connect." I'm a little obsessed with
"Connect" right now.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, I have a copy of
"Dance Central 3" here.
ROBIN THORSEN: I'm excited for that.
FELICIA DAY: I didn't need to say that on air.
Hey.
My friend works there, and he sends "The Guild" "Dance
Central 3." What up?
What about [INAUDIBLE]?
OK, so we shot in the game office, which is why we have
new cast members this season.
How was your guys' experience shooting in that location?
How did it compare to other sets you've worked on?
And how did you find working on "The Guild"
this season in general?
DEREK BASCO: It was awesome.
It was a very professional set.
You walked on, and I was like, wow, this is awesome.
And it was great watching behind the scenes because I
thought those cubicles were actually there.
And you guys actually built up that whole area that when I
saw it naked, it was like, oh my god, they really did build
all of this.
I thought you had just found a space that looked like it and
we used it.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, we built a lot of that.
TED MICHAELS: I was really watching Greg Aranofsky?
FELICIA DAY: Aronowitz.
TED MICHAELS: Aronowitz.
And the art department was amazing.
They're always good.
Have they done every year of "The Guild?"
FELICIA DAY: Greg has done seasons four, five, and six.
And he also did "Dragon Age" with me.
And he did an episode of "Written By the Kid" which he
directed as well.
He is so talented.
TED MICHAELS: I couldn't believe last year the
dirigibile.
I mean, that was amazing.
FELICIA DAY: He did an amazing--
that thing was life-size.
TED MICHAELS: I know.
FELICIA DAY: It was no joke, man.
Hey, Derek.
Is your brother Dante Basco?
DEREK BASCO: Yes, he is.
FELICIA DAY: Because Iguana Girl loves "The
Debut." What is that?
DEREK BASCO: It's a Filipino film that me and my whole
breakdancing crew was in--
because it's my whole family.
But we weren't breakdancing.
FELICIA DAY: Do you breakdance?
DEREK BASCO: We weren't breakdancing in it.
It's a Filipino film that Dante--
Rufio, my brother-- he plays the lead.
My other brother plays the antagonist, the gangster.
I play the political one.
And another brother plays the crazy one.
And then my sister plays a car girl.
And then I have about 20 cousins in the movie too.
TED MICHAELS: Wow.
FELICIA DAY: Wow, that's a big family.
DEREK BASCO: We're Filipino.
We got a lot of people.
FELICIA DAY: I didn't know that was a rule.

When did you film it?
DEREK BASCO: This was in 1992, I think.
I think '92.
FELICIA DAY: Wow.
DEREK BASCO: Yeah.
It's a long time ago.
FELICIA DAY: Talking about weird things about jobs, what
is the weirdest task that you guys have done for a job?

I had to play--
well, I have a couple.
I had to pretend to skydive in a Budweiser
commercial one time.
So basically, they harness you in, and you're pretending to
air around.
And that made you [INAUDIBLE] feel really stupid.
So that was pretty dumb.
I mean, I've done some stupid things for acting.
You just get hired to do the weirdest stuff, and thank
goodness it's usually only one time.
TED MICHAELS: One thing-- and this is not awful, this is
actually really cool.
So right now I'm actually just bragging.
FELICIA DAY: Just do it, Ted.
Brag away.
Brag away.
TED MICHAELS: Brag away.
I played Cee Lo Green's bass player in the Grammys when he
did that performance with Gwyneth Paltrow.
I was the puppet bass player.
So I can say I played the base--
DEREK BASCO: For Cee Lo.
TED MICHAELS: --for the Grammys.
Yeah, for Cee Lo in the Grammys.
FELICIA DAY: That's amazing.
TED MICHAELS: Of course, my puppet was just going, bup,
bup, bup, bup, bup-- the most basic movement.
DEREK BASCO: Did you make that noise, though?
That's what I want to know.
TED MICHAELS: A pro will not make that noise, Derek.
FELICIA DAY: He's a professional puppeteer.
TED MICHAELS: I'll just leave it at that.
FELICIA DAY: What's the weirdest thing
you've done, Robin?
ROBIN THORSEN: I don't know if it's weird, but my first job
ever was working for Catalina Express in the deli, the
little food part.
I'm not a morning person whatsoever.
So I would have to get there at 4:00.
And the boats would take a whole bunch of Boy Scouts and
all the scouting to the island at 7:00.
And these little--
I was going to say a bad word.
These little kids would want chili dogs at 7:00 AM.
So I'd have to make chili dogs and nachos at 7:00, and it
really would make me gag.

It was not pleasant whatsoever.
My first day, I cried.
My best friend Michael came in to visit me.
I was so exhausted, and I said, Michael, I've made 500
chili dogs.
This is too much.
This is too much to handle.
And I had never used a register before.
And all these Boy Scouts and everything, it was a line--
I got [INAUDIBLE].
It was horrible.
FELICIA DAY: Oh my god.
ROBIN THORSEN: It's not really weird.
But it's just the worst.
TED MICHAELS: I think I blacked out all my
crappy jobs I've had.
But I've had plenty of them.
FELICIA DAY: I mean, if you start thinking more deeply, I
mean, there have been a lot of weird acting jobs, mostly.
I played the violin in college to pay bills.
And I did play a lot of weird things.
Like, I had to dress up like a mariachi one time.
DEREK BASCO: Oh, where's the video?
Where's the video?
FELICIA DAY: No, I wish.
I also had to play a woman's-- it was the third anniversary
of her death, and they always had a party.
It was in her will that they had a party on the anniversary
of her death every year.
And it was so weird because there were pictures of her.
TED MICHAELS: Oh boy.
ROBIN THORSEN: And you were playing the violin dressed as
a mariachi?
FELICIA DAY: No, that was two different jobs.
FELICIA DAY: Although that would have been more fun.
ROBIN THORSEN: That would have been really weird.
FELICIA DAY: All right, we have another question.
What is everyone's favorite food?
Well, that's important.

This is where the panel breaks up.
TED MICHAELS: Favorite one.
Like, you can only pick one food and that's the food you
eat for the rest of your life.
FELICIA DAY: Oh gosh.

This is serious.
DEREK BASCO: For the record, one thing?
TED MICHAELS: One.
FELICIA DAY: It has to be either a hamburger or oatmeal.
ROBIN THORSEN: Those are two completely--
TED MICHAELS: I can't believe oatmeal's in there.
That's--
FELICIA DAY: I really like oatmeal.
It makes me feel good inside.
ROBIN THORSEN: What do you put in your oatmeal?
FELICIA DAY: I put a little bit of honey and almond milk
and maybe some raisins.
It's a meal you can dress up.
It's like the little black dress of foods.

TED MICHAELS: It's so sexy too.

FELICIA DAY: Can't you just be regular?
FELICIA DAY: I'm gonna have a sexy, sexy bowl of
oatmeal right now.
DEREK BASCO: Mm.

FELICIA DAY: All right.
Whatever, guys.
What about you?
Have a better suggestion?
DEREK BASCO: I think pizza.
Pizza.
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah, I was gonna say pizza.
DEREK BASCO: Pizza because you can have a breakfast pizza.

You can dress it up too.
It's another one of those little black dresses of foods.
FELICIA DAY: OK.
All right, Ted?
[INAUDIBLE].
TED MICHAELS: Chicken.
ROBIN THORSEN: Chicken?
TED MICHAELS: You can have chicken all kinds of ways.
ROBIN THORSEN: Boring.
God, you and oatmeal should hang out.
Jeez.

FELICIA DAY: We'll have an oatmeal chicken party.

ROBIN THORSEN: That would be awful.
FELICIA DAY: That would be really bad.
ROBIN THORSEN: I would not attend that.
I would not go through with it.
DEREK BASCO: We'll have pizza, Robin.
You and I will have pizza.
FELICIA DAY: All right.
Hey, Robin.
ROBIN THORSEN: Hey, Felicia.
FELICIA DAY: So tell everybody about the extra videos that we
made with you this year that are going to be starting
uploading, I believe, next week.
ROBIN THORSEN: I'm very excited
about these said videos.
We made Clara blog videos.
She answers life's tough questions.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah.
And if you guys have not found it already, there is a Argh
YouTube page called Cheesy Pirate Videos.
So that's the name of the YouTube URL.
And that's Bladezz's actual page.
So we uploaded some videos with Bladezz--
too many videos of Bladez-- doing ridiculous things as a
cheesy pirate.
And then now we're going to have some videos over there.
So stay tuned.
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
They're pretty funny.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah.
You were very funny.
It's weird doing just vlogs, though.
It's fun but good, right?
Because you can just jump cut them.
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
I saw one.
Kim did one, and it came out really good.
FELICIA DAY: Yes, they're really funny.
And you're in the flog.
We have a flog coming up in a couple of weeks.
Do you want to come host the flog?
ROBIN THORSEN: I'd love to.
Let's make this happen.
TED MICHAELS: What if she said no, right on the air?
No, I can't make it.
ROBIN THORSEN: Uh--
I'm busy.
TED MICHAELS: Ah, I don't really what to.
FELICIA DAY: I'll have my people get to your people.
TED MICHAELS: Eesh, I don't know.
Oh, awkward.
FELICIA DAY: Sir Duderay wants to marry you, Robin.
You got a marriage proposal.
Is that common?
ROBIN THORSEN: To get a marriage proposal?
FELICIA DAY: Yeah.
ROBIN THORSEN: No.
But that's exciting.
DEREK BASCO: What'd you say?
ROBIN THORSEN: I'm gonna have to respectfully decline.
I'm honored.
FELICIA DAY: You sure?
ROBIN THORSEN: I appreciate it.
I appreciate it thoroughly.
TED MICHAELS: I mean, just think about it for a second.
I mean, this is a chance to start a whole new life.
ROBIN THORSEN: I'll ponder it.
I'll definitely think about it.
I'll get back to you.
How about that.
FELICIA DAY: Somebody wants to know all about our own pets.
Does anybody have their pets in the house they could show?
Derek, no pets?
DEREK BASCO: When I started having children, I couldn't
have any more pets--
TED MICHAELS: Hold on.
DEREK BASCO: --until I got a bigger place.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, so you still don't have a big
enough place for a pet?
DEREK BASCO: Yeah, we used to have a dog, and she was 17,
and she passed.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, I'm sorry.
DEREK BASCO: Yeah.
But this was five years ago.
And since then, I've had too many kids.
Whoa, look at that.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, we have a dog in the house.
DEREK BASCO: That's awesome.
FELICIA DAY: Who's that?
TED MICHAELS: Look, it's Estella.
FELICIA DAY: Estella!
DEREK BASCO: Hey, Estella!
TED MICHAELS: Estella!
FELICIA DAY: Oh my gosh, she is cute.
Where did you get Estella?
TED MICHAELS: She's a rescue dog.
DEREK BASCO: Awesome.
FELICIA DAY: Really awesome.
ROBIN THORSEN: I have a rescue dog as well.
FELICIA DAY: Where's your doggie?
I want to see your dog because he was a puppy and then I
never saw him and now he's an adult pup.
ROBIN THORSEN: I have to move this.
Hold on.
FELICIA DAY: OK.
Move it.
I'll get Cubby.
Cubby, come here.
Cubby, people are asking for you.
Come on.
Cubby--
Cubby, come here.
ROBIN THORSEN: There he is.
He's itching right now.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, he's cute.
ROBIN THORSEN: Lincoln.
TED MICHAELS: OK, Estella.
FELICIA DAY: He's pretty cute.
ROBIN THORSEN: He's cute, huh?
FELICIA DAY: Cubby, come here.
Come here.
Cubby, Cubby, get in the frame.
Get in the frame.
There he is, guys.
TED MICHAELS: Cubby.
DEREK BASCO: Cubby.

ROBIN THORSEN: I think Lincoln and Cubby need to hang out.
Look at that.
Look at that dog.
I mean, get a grip.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, Lincoln.
ROBIN THORSEN: Look how cute he is.
FELICIA DAY: Where did you get Lincoln?
ROBIN THORSEN: What?
I'm sorry.
FELICIA DAY: Where did you get Lincoln?
[INAUDIBLE].

I got him at a shelter--
the Carson Shelter.
FELICIA DAY: Oh god.
Cubby, you're so heavy.
Cubby.
TED MICHAELS: Oh, Cubby.
FELICIA DAY: He's very cute.
ROBIN THORSEN: How old is Cubby?
FELICIA DAY: Cubby is probably 9 or 10.
He's eating a bone.
I think he wants to--
oh no, he's going to choke.
I'm worried about this angle.
I'm worried about the angle.
DEREK BASCO: He's going to throw up on everything.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah.
True story, Cubby's going to host a flog soon, guys.
Stay tuned.
ROBIN THORSEN: That'll be exciting.
FELICIA DAY: It's gonna be cute.
OK, let's get back to actual questions.
Wait, Derek, why do you have a pumpkin?
DEREK BASCO: Because everyone was holding their dogs, and I
didn't have a pet.
So--
TED MICHAELS: Uh-oh.
ROBIN THORSEN: How old is the pumpkin?
It's adorable.
DEREK BASCO: It's probably about three months old.
And I'm going to chop him up tonight.
We have a pumpkin carving party.
TED MICHAELS: Now, is that a rescue pumpkin?
Or did you get it from a pumpkin mill?
DEREK BASCO: We rescued him from Trader Joe's.
We rescued about five of them from Trader Joe's.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, that's really sweet that you did that.
Everybody, this is what you should do for--
OK, we have a really good--
what would you suggest would be an appropriate premature
death for your character?
This is from Shorty Five--
Shortly Fried.

That's kind of a messed-up question, dude.
TED MICHAELS: Well, my character would
probably have a seizure.
A brain vessel would explode or something.
FELICIA DAY: I would agree with that one.
I think Codex might commit suicide.
DEREK BASCO: No.
FELICIA DAY: No.
She'd probably eat something that would--
TED MICHAELS: She'd sit there video blogging, and it would
jut be her hanging in the background.
ROBIN THORSEN: That would be awful.
FELICIA DAY: Terrible.
Terrible.
TED MICHAELS: You wouldn't see her head.
It's just--
FELICIA DAY: She would actually have a
very ignoble death.
She would eat something at a restaurant, and it would be
infected kale or something or something out of her fridge.
TED MICHAELS: So not dying in a war or anything like that?
FELICIA DAY: That would be Roy.
DEREK BASCO: No.
Roy would just pass out brownies to everyone and not
tell them what kind of brownies they were.
And you got sick from that, Felicia.
FELICIA DAY: Oh no.
I didn't know.
DEREK BASCO: Codex did.
But then you got better.
You thought you were dying, but you didn't die.
FELICIA DAY: Oh good.
Good.
What about you, Robin?
FELICIA DAY: Depressing question, number 55.
ROBIN THORSEN: I know.
Clara, I don't know.

Boy, I don't know.
TED MICHAELS: And what would be your last mean?
Chicken or pizza?
ROBIN THORSEN: [INAUDIBLE] oatmeal.
FELICIA DAY: Oatmeal?
ROBIN THORSEN: Would be my last meal.
FELICIA DAY: All right.
We have a better one that you're going
to be able to answer.
What would you rather have named after you,
a drink or a sandwich?
What would be in it?
And how did you guys meet?
Oh wait, that's two questions.

OK, what would you rather have named after you,
a drink or a sandwich?
And what would be in it?
And what would it be named?
DEREK BASCO: Sandwich.
Sandwich all the way.
Because then you could really hold me and bite me.
You can put in what you want.
FELICIA DAY: Wow.
And what would be in your sandwich?

DEREK BASCO: Definitely jalapenos--
jalapenos and some cheese and mortadella and--
have you ever had a Godmother over in--
FELICIA DAY: Yes.
DEREK BASCO: That's what it would be.
It would be a Godmother.
FELICIA DAY: But basically, you'd just
rename it the Derek.
DEREK BASCO: Yes.
DEREK BASCO: Bay Cities' Godmother would
be called the Derek.
Or the Roy.
FELICIA DAY: The Roy.
OK.
All right.
What about you, Robin?
ROBIN THORSEN: I would like to have a drink named after me.
I think that'd be pretty badass to have a drink.
I mean, at a bar, and you have--
Robin.
I don't know-- we would have to come up with a better name.
FELICIA DAY: It would be an RT.
ROBIN THORSEN: An RT.
Well, [INAUDIBLE].
No?
DEREK BASCO: RT?
FELICIA DAY: I don't know about that.
What about you, Ted?
TED MICHAELS: Maybe a little English sandwich--
like a tea sandwich.
Would you like a Teddy?
Yes, I'd like a Teddy.
DEREK BASCO: With cucumbers.
TED MICHAELS: It's got cucumber and a little bit of
may-o-naise.

That'd be nice.
DEREK BASCO: More food, please.
Just a little one.
FELICIA DAY: OK.
ROBIN THORSEN: What about you?
FELICIA DAY: I think there's something freaky going on with
your camera.
But we'll hopefully get you back.
Oh, there you are.
ROBIN THORSEN: What about you, Felicia?
FELICIA DAY: About me?
Oh, thank you for--
could I put oatmeal in a solid form and make it into a--
TED MICHAELS: Oatmeal sandwich.
FELICIA DAY: --and make it into an oatmeal sandwich.
ROBIN THORSEN: Like an oatmeal patty?
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, like a patty, but make it savory.
Because oatmeal can go sweet.
It's like grits-- you can go sweet or salty.
ROBIN THORSEN: I'd rather have grits than oatmeal.
I mean, come on.
FELICIA DAY: You would rather have grits than oatmeal?
Honestly?
ROBIN THORSEN: I do like oatmeal, though.
I'll give you that.
I do like oatmeal.
But I don't know about an oatmeal patty.
That's just weird.
FELICIA DAY: What if you make some beats in it?
What's it called, Roy?
DEREK BASCO: It's called an oatmeal cookie, and you put
ice cream in it.

FELICIA DAY: Oh, that's a good idea.
Oatmeal sandwich?
DEREK BASCO: Yes, oatmeal sandwich.
FELICIA DAY: OK.
ROBIN THORSEN: That works.
I like it.
FELICIA DAY: All right, we have a more serious question.
How did you guys get into acting, and what tips would
you have for new actors?

ROBIN THORSEN: Well, I did theatre for a long, long time,
since I was a kid.
And I majored in theatre.
I went to Chapman in Orange County.
And yeah, it's always something that
I've wanted to do.
And after college, I lucked out, because right after
college, I auditioned for "The Guild." And that
was my first audition.
FELICIA DAY: It was?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
One of my--
I mean, I had little, minute deals, but this was my first
one with actual sides and fun stuff.
FELICIA DAY: I didn't know that.
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
FELICIA DAY: You were so good.
TED MICHAELS: Nailed it.
ROBIN THORSEN: I appreciate that.
FELICIA DAY: You get to actually see her audition if
you get the season one DVD.
We have all the original auditions as extras in there.
ROBIN THORSEN: We look so young and
impressionable, don't we?
ROBIN THORSEN: I know.
So naive.
That's really sweet.
And do you have any tips for people starting out, anything
that helped you along the way?
ROBIN THORSEN: Have a good support system, I would say.
My parents have always been the number one
factors for me, I guess.
ROBIN THORSEN: Because let's face it, when you are a kid
and you say you want to be an actor to your parents,
sometimes they're not too happy with that.
FELICIA DAY: No, they are not.
ROBIN THORSEN: But my mom and dad have always been super
cool, and my mom's saying is, look, you've got to make it
big, Robin, because I need to retire soon.
So yeah, I mean, I'm happy and so are they.
[INAUDIBLE].
FELICIA DAY: That's really good advice.
What about you guys?
Any advice?
Or how'd you get into acting?
Why?
Why would you do this?
DEREK BASCO: Why would you do it?
Don't do it.
TED MICHAELS: I got in through improv, I think, kind of like
Felicia, I guess.
But I was just walking down the street, and I saw this
improv place.
And they were advertising they were going to teach classes.
And I took a class, and I have not stopped doing it since
then, I think.
I really need to get out.

Somebody needs to stop me.

So yeah.
FELICIA DAY: And do you have any tips for anybody who might
be starting out, what they should do?
Probably improv class, right?
TED MICHAELS: No.
Don't do that.
No.
It's good if you're an internist or if you're a
lawyer or something like that that makes money
on a regular basis.
No, I'm--
I don't know.
I think that everybody ends up in this stuff,
going their own route.
And just let that happen, I guess, would be my advice.
There's no one set way to do any of this stuff.
And obviously everybody gets different
opportunities along the way.
Don't say no to things, I guess, would be something.
But everybody's trip is going to be totally different.
And just be ready for that.
FELICIA DAY: That's a good tip.
What about you, Derek?
I mean, from breakdancing to acting is not the most common
transition.
DEREK BASCO: Actually, it was, though.
Because when you're a kid, you go into belief very easily.
And when you're a dancer, they'd be like, OK, this is an
angry dance, and you'd be angry.
And this is a happy dance, and you dance happy.
So it kind of transferred over.
I studied for a while.
I think for new actors, what the most important thing to me
is is to know that you just gotta keep doing it.
You go on so many auditions.
And I would say, go on as many auditions as you can.
Submit yourself online, audition for everything, don't
say no because you never know who you're going to meet.
It's so weird.
The day that I auditioned for "The Guild," I was with my
kids all day.
We went to the zoo and we did all these things.
And I was like, gosh, I gotta drive over to the Valley.
And I almost didn't go, because I already had a
10-hour day.
And I was like, but you know what?
This is something that I love and that I want to do, and
it's a chance for me to get to do what I love.
And so then I drove over there.
And that's the thing, is I think you've got to love it.
And you've gotta really love it.
Because I'm a lifer--
whether I make money or not, I'm doing it, which is scary.
FELICIA DAY: No, that's really important, I think.
Because some people get into it, and they're like, well,
actors are famous and make a lot of money.
I'm going to be an actor.
And you think, oh, you don't actually have to be qualified.
But it's really hard.
It's a lot of skills.
It's a lot harder than--
people make it look easy because they're really good.
And all the process of filmmaking can help also make
everybody look great.
But it's a very hard process to become confident with this
camera in your face right here and to be really natural and
be able to do what you would naturally do.
DEREK BASCO: Oh my gosh, and then if you have to do an
eating scene, you have to remember every time you ate.
You can't eat on different lines every time.
And you have to look natural.
So you have to be like, oh, I ate on that line.
So you have to match it every single time.
It's quite technical.
TED MICHAELS: And when you're doing the bass, you don't make
the sound because they'll put that in later.
You've got to know these things.
DEREK BASCO: That comes from experience, though.
FELICIA DAY: I guess my biggest tip--
I got into acting just because I was acting a lot when I was
doing musical theater because I moved around a lot.
So wherever I would go to a new city, my mom would take me
to the community theatre, and I auditioned.
And that's where I had the most fun of everything.
So when I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, they
were like, well, get a degree first and you can do
whatever you want.
So right after I graduated, I went to LA and acted.
And yeah, I didn't know anything.
I was unqualified.

I guess my biggest tip would be if you're going to take a
class for acting, make sure it's a class that you feel is
helping you rather than making you
depressed or down on yourself.
Because the best thing it can give you is confidence.
And I actually moved to LA and I actually enrolled in a lot
of classes that made me feel bad about myself.
DEREK BASCO: I hate those.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, and they made me cry every day.
And I started feeling like I didn't want to do it and I
couldn't be free because I was worried about messing up in
front of them.
And that's a bad class.
They're not going to teach you anything except things you're
going to have to unlearn later.
So if you're actually paying for a class--
because you're paying $300 a month and being abused.
Right?
DEREK BASCO: Yes, it's a lot of money.
FELICIA DAY: Yes, so much money.
And you're scraping by, and you're like, oh, well, I guess
I'm going to get better.
And then there's this person telling you,
well, you're just terrible.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah.
And the only reason to do any of this-- oh my god, they're
coming for me.
I gotta hurry.
I gotta make this quick.
DEREK BASCO: Jump on the gold line.
TED MICHAELS: Well, the only reason to do any of this is if
it's fun, right?
I mean, if it's not fun, we could all just be bankers and
make money on a steady basis and it'd be great.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, it would be great.
We have a question that's being asked a lot.
What has been your favorite line ever to say in a movie or
"The Guild?" That's really hard, dude, Mariah Greer.
My favorite line to say--
maybe my last line of "Dr. Horrible," which I'm not going
to spoil it, but it's a dramatic moment.
Also, there's always at least two or three a season where
Jeff or Robin--
Jeff Lewis specials or the Clara specials--
make me laugh so hard.
And then oh, Ted, you have one in this next episode that
makes me laugh a lot about nana butter sandwiches.
TED MICHAELS: Oh.
What is it?
FELICIA DAY: It's a line where you're saying nana butter
sandwiches.
It's later in the season, so I don't want to spoil the
context, but you make me laugh a lot.
TED MICHAELS: Oh.
Likewise.
FELICIA DAY: So I did more than one, so I think I
got my quote in.

ROBIN THORSEN: What are some fun lines?
Clara does have some good lines.
I have to commend you for writing Clara good--
FELICIA DAY: Oh, the crayon line.
Remember that one from season 4?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yes.
Well, I just thought of one.
What is it?
What does she say?
Something about, and my mind?
ROBIN THORSEN: Did you borrow my crayons--
ROBIN THORSEN: And my mind?
Yeah, that was fun.
I'll get that a lot.
People say that a lot to me.
FELICIA DAY: That's one that gets quoted to you a lot.
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.

TED MICHAELS: There was so many subtle
great jokes in this.
I like the subtler ones, you know?
And I think it was episode two of this season, there was a
great bit of dialogue that Felicia wrote where I'm having
her file off naughty bits of action figures.
FELICIA DAY: So weird.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah.
It's just a very little interchange, but at one point,
she says, oh, and when I see the test server, should I
report back to you on what I think of it?
And I said, no.
And I think that's my favorite.
Because it's like, do this thing but don't
tell me about it.
He's so neurotic.
It was really fun to play.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, that was really funny when we were
editing it because there were so many choices to go with.
It was like, we can't decide which is funnier.

Do you guys have any tips for anybody who wants to get into
screenwriting or writing?
Are you writers, any of you?
DEREK BASCO: Yes.
ROBIN THORSEN: I'm starting to write.
FELICIA DAY: Oh, you are, Rob?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
FELICIA DAY: Oh.
Oh, yeah, you told me.
You're writing with Michael, huh?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
Michael and I are starting to do some stuff.
FELICIA DAY: And what's the hardest thing that you've done
starting to write?
ROBIN THORSEN: I think not trying to be funny, but
something that you think is funny, and you write it down,
it's not necessarily gonna be funny, which is a
hard pill to swallow.
DEREK BASCO: You haven't found the right actors.
That's why.
ROBIN THORSEN: Oh.
Is that--
DEREK BASCO: You need the right actors.
TED MICHAELS: Oh, that's funny.
Yeah, you never know how things are going to sound to
other people.
Me and Jeff Lewis, we were in a group called the Groundlings
together, and you had to put up material that you had
written together.
And one time we wrote this sketch where we were just
laughing our asses off, how funny this is-- it's like,
we're going to present this to the class, and it's going to
be the funniest thing that anyone has ever heard.
And then we get there, and we're two
lines in and nothing.
And the sketch is seven pages long.

And if you don't like the first two lines, you will not
like the next seven pages.
It was painful.
FELICIA DAY: It's so hard when you're reading
it in front of people.
That's the instant judgment.
That's why I like comedy.
You know if people are going to laugh or not.
It's the instant equation of success.
If they're not laughing, there's something wrong.
TED MICHAELS: Yeah.
They're always right.
FELICIA DAY: What kind of stuff do you write, Derek?
DEREK BASCO: I do write comedy stuff.
I'm writing a bunch of sketches right now.
But mostly, what I would recommend to first time
writers is write from your life.
So one of the things that I've written, you saw my kids
earlier, I write stuff for them to act in.
They want to be actors, and I want to make it fun and easy
for them, so I'll write stuff that actually happens with me
and them, but I'll just put it in different circumstances.

So write from what you know.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah.
That's what I did when I wrote "The Guild." I was like, I
know online gaming better than anybody who's writing
about it right now.
Let's do it.
There are a couple of creepy questions I want to give a
shout out too.
One of them is, if I hang out and go to the zoo with Derek's
kids, I'll get a part in "The Guild" too?

Necrodius.
And then another one is, Felicia, what do you think of
foreigners speaking with a strong accent?
I want to talk to you at a convention, but I'm afraid to
do so because of my accent.
I sound like a Forrest Gump, Jamaican style.
I don't know what that means, rosewell1983.
I don't know.
DEREK BASCO: Accents are sexy, though.
Aren't they?
FELICIA DAY: Yes.
They are better than regular non-accents.
DEREK BASCO: Yes.
Accents are sexy.
ROBIN THORSEN: Forrest Gump Jamaican style?
FELICIA DAY: I had to read that one out loud because I
didn't understand it.
TED MICHAELS: Life is like a box of chocolates, mon.

DEREK BASCO: You never know what you're-a going to get!
TED MICHAELS: Mon.

FELICIA DAY: I'm not even gonna try.
I'm-a not gonna try to do my Jama-- oh god.
ROBIN THORSEN: That's not-- is that Italian?
[INAUDIBLE].
FELICIA DAY: It's Jamaican!
TED MICHAELS: It's Jamaican, mon.
FELICIA DAY: Jamaican, mon.
Now have-a my pasta.
DEREK BASCO: Jamaican!
FELICIA DAY: All right.
We got room for two more questions, here.
If you could turn any book into a film, what book would
you choose?
Jane Higginson.

DEREK BASCO: I like the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child.
But Tom Cruise is doing it, and I can't see it.
But I'll watch the movie.
But I like Jack Reacher novels.
TED MICHAELS: Someone should really think about making a
movie out of the book "The Hobbit." I think we're ready.
DEREK BASCO: I would watch it.
I would watch it.
TED MICHAELS: I mean, I can't believe no one's doing it, but
I would watch that.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah, it's undiscovered.
Wow, that's a really hard question.
So many books that I love.
I mean, it has to be one of those books where there's an
alternate world of magic amongst us.
TED MICHAELS: I'd really like to see the "Born of the Fourth
of July."
DEREK BASCO: Well, is there a book you've read
over and over again?
One of your favorite books?
FELICIA DAY: I've read a book called "Kushiel's Dart" but it
has so many naughty parts that I don't think it should be on
film, probably.
ROBIN THORSEN: What, like "Fifty Shades of Grey?"
FELICIA DAY: No, it's way classier than that, Robin.
Have you read that?
ROBIN THORSEN: Yeah.
FELICIA DAY: Did you read that?
ROBIN THORSEN: Uh--
[BARKING]
DEREK BASCO: The dog said no.
No!
FELICIA DAY: He really doesn't not want you to read that.
DEREK BASCO: No.
TED MICHAELS: Someone needs to make a good version of this.
No one has made a good version of this yet.
FELICIA DAY: That's true.
DEREK BASCO: [INAUDIBLE]
FELICIA DAY: Did you watch the miniseries on SyFy?
It was actually pretty decent.
TED MICHAELS: It was OK?
I watched a little bit of it, but I mean, that book is so
amazing to me.
It is hard to film because a lot of it's in people's heads.
It's the dialogue going on inside their heads.
But come on.
FELICIA DAY: OK, we're going to take one more question
right before we leave.

OK, this is not a real question, but I
gotta shout it out.
Felicia, have you worked with any actors over 6'4" that had
actual roles that weren't a thug or a monster and had
proper lines?
FELICIA DAY: I'm gonna suspect that this guy's probably over
6'4" and has a problem with being typecast.
That's what I'm gonna assume.
TED MICHAELS: That questions was so--
interesting.
FELICIA DAY: I know.
I don't know why I pick out the weird ones.
I've actually worked with a lot of tall actors.
The guy on "Supernatural," J-rod, is super-tall.
TED MICHAELS: Is Nathan Fillion tall?
FELICIA DAY: He's probably 6'3" or 6'4".
So yeah.
I think there are roles out there.
It's just a little more challenging.
But yeah.
Guys, one more question.
I'm gonna stuff it out.
TED MICHAELS: Stuff it out.
FELICIA DAY: Do you feel like doing web series are worth it?
And do you feel like you're getting more respect about
doing web series nowadays?
That's a good question to close out with.
DEREK BASCO: I would say yes.
I'd say web series are fabulous because
you can do so much.
Talk about typecasting, that guy, if you don't want to be
typecast, you can write yourself a role, and you can
shoot it and put it on the web.
And then people like it and it gets picked up and on TV.
There you go.
FELICIA DAY: Yeah.
That's true.
TED MICHAELS: Because it's so hard, even an independent
film, you need to raise $200,000 even to try to
attempt to make something that looks halfway decent.
And if you can take the money out of it then the creativity
can come out a little bit more.
Not all the money, though.
We want a little bit of money.
FELICIA DAY: It's nice to be able to have a little money to
pay the bills.
What about you, Robin?
Doing a web series for five years, before people knew what
a web series was, do you notice a big change in the way
people treat your being in a web series?
ROBIN THORSEN: I do.

Five years ago, people would say, I'm not familiar with--
what's a web series?
I don't even know what you're saying to me.
And now, it's more common.
I think especially with "The Guild," when I was in Spain,
it was insane.
Because I tweeted that I was in Valencia, and I got six or
seven replies of people saying, oh hey, I'm in
Valencia and I'm a fan.
I was like, what?
It's crazy to me.
FELICIA DAY: That's amazing.
Did you meet anybody over there that was a fan or run
into anybody?
ROBIN THORSEN: I didn't run into anybody, but apparently
we're big in Spain.
Who knew?
FELICIA DAY: Who knew?
I want to go to Spain now.
ROBIN THORSEN: Do it.
FELICIA DAY: That's really cool.
Yeah, I mean, the more people start watching more on the
web, I think it's more popular.
It gets way more popular.
And I've noticed a big change--
maybe not with the people in the Hollywood world because
they're still kind of focused on the TV and movies.
But I feel like even on their levels, from their
perspective, web series are now more quote, unquote
legitimate.
I always knew it was legitimate, but you know.
It's interesting to see how people are more used to
watching video online so that that doesn't make them say, I
don't understand where that is or what that is.
Because they would be like, isn't that sweet?
When are you going to do a real job?
Now, they're a lot more, like, oh, that's really interesting?
How do you do that?
And I think it's definitely a big trend.
And the more you guys watch, the more we get to make.
So that will wrap us up.
Thank you guys for attending.
And everybody--
Derek and Ted and Robin-- thanks for taking time out on
your Saturday.
DEREK BASCO: You're welcome.
TED MICHAELS: Thank you.
DEREK BASCO: It was a pleasure.
FELICIA DAY: We have lots of behind the scenes--
every week we have a behind the scenes piece going up with
the episode.
So we'll have one on Tuesday again with episode five.
And our next live Hangout will be on November 10.
So stay tuned.
I will be in Australia, so I don't know who's going to be
on the panel, but it'll be really fun.
I'm pretty excited.
OK, bye, guys.
See you later.