Jason Segel Answers The Phone And Talks To Us
So, the other day I posted this video that went up on YouTube. It was filmed at a Swell Season concert in Los Angeles on November 18 (Wednesday), and it features actor Jason Segel (probably best known for playing Marshall on “How I Met Your Mother,” but noted for roles on cult TV shows “Freaks and Geeks” and “Undeclared” as well as movies like “Knocked Up” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” - which Segel wrote as well as starred in).
In the video, Segel sings a funny, catchy song wherein he attempts to woo “Swell Season fans” with a chance to “have sex with Jason Segel” primarily by making the chorus of the song an actual phone number: 315-329-6673.
This evening, I was at my buddy Ethan’s place with some other friends, and during a lull, I showed my friend Mike the video. While doing it, on a complete whim, I dialed the number. I expected to get some kind of recording or something, to be honest.
Instead, the phone began to ring. After about the 4th ring, a girl’s voice picked up. “Jason Segel’s phone.”
WHAAAAAA?
I stammered. “Who is this?”
“This is Jason’s friend, Kelly.”
“Oh. Um, is Jason there?”
“Sure. Hang on a second.”
And then, a dude whose voice was instantly recognizable as Jason Segel came on. “Hey dude, what’s going on?”
I was blown away. I stammered away, then handed the phone over to Mike, who handed the phone over to Ethan, who handed it back to me. All in total we talked for about 5 minutes. The three of us can verify that it was indeed Jason Segel. Here are some highlights from the conversation:
- The reason why the phone number is a 315 number is because he picked up the phone when he was in Upstate New York. He mentioned doing a show up there.
- He let out an audible “aw” when I mentioned “Undeclared”
- He’s still in the writing stage of “The Muppet Movie” remake that he’s doing, but it’s still in the works. He had no hints for getting somebody cast (Ethan tried to put in a good word for his girlfriend Katie, an actress) beyond getting their info to the casting director.
- He’s going to do a 5 song set and will be opening up for Maroon 5 in Vegas on New Year’s. He’s hoping it will go over well and may do it again, he’ll see.
- He wasn’t doing much tonight - just staying in, bottle of wine and a movie.
- He couldn’t think of any good movies involving dinosaurs.
- His only request? That I go on YouTube and let people know that I actually talked with him. So, I did that. If you go on the YouTube link above you’ll see other testimonials of a similar ilk.
So, yeah. That happened.
Jason Segel: good dude.
Fuck yeah, Jason Segel.
