Paul Scheer Hired A Jack Nicholson Impersonator To Be His Best Man | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

a big part of your journey and obviously. I can relate having been raised Catholic. as well which is this hurdle of getting. over uh how do I relate to how do I get. over this massive hurdle opposite sex. and then eventual and and I know for me. I was I was not in a rush um to partner. up in life I just had so I was curious. for. you what it took because you talk about. this in the book you had to sort of. overcome a lot in order to say yeah I.

think I could get I want to get married. obviously it's it's meeting your wife. well it's so crazy because I think that. we live in this culture now where it's. like it's not I don't know fashionable. to get married like none of my friends. are married or anything like that like. you don't know what to do or I didn't. know what to do like it's like okay. maybe we'll get married maybe we'll do. this thing and and and I like the stress. of asking someone to marry you is is an. intense thing and my wife is one of. these people that June I'm going to. remind you it's June thank you uh June.

like the month okay yeah so uh. June hey July baby I love you it's June. right right right I knew it was summer. so may and I are out but like you know. so I had kind of planned this like like. you know surprise she didn't know I was. going to ask her to marry her and I. think there's a lot of people like you. plan it out like you pick a ring out. together and there's like little. gamemanship there but I didn't know I. was going to do it all in secret and.

June is the type of person where you. have to tell her every detail of the. night and she often will bail on one of. the details we can't do more than one. thing in one night we go see a movie we. can't have dinner in a movie oh really. oh yeah she is one one and done she's. like I'm and my energy Reserve is over. but this night I needed to get her to a. second location because I knew that. that's where I was going to propose to. her and I was like hey you know maybe. we'll uh maybe on the way home from. dinner we'll go stop at this beach I. hear it's nice and she's like Okay and. like okay so we are committing to that.

that we were going to we're definitely. go to that beach cuz I have to lock her. in so she can't pull out of it and she's. like yeah yeah we'll we'll go to the. beach I was like great just confirming. though one more time we are going to. we're going so now she knows you're. getting engaged well she know just so. you know we're going to the place where. it's soft to kneel. down so she she goes like you know show. so we we're driving home from the. restaurant I go all we go to that beach. it's like why let's go home I go well. you did say we were gonna we're gonna go. and she's like all right we'll go to the.

beach so now I'm like bringing her there. under duress and I'm like all right I. got to propose I'm going to propose I'm. walking her out to this thing and I get. ready I you know I'm about to propose. and I pop down on one knee and I go Jun. you know will you marry me and she looks. at me with this horrified look on her. face and she's like what the are. you doing and I've never moved so fast. in my life that ring box got closed but. shoved back in my pants I jumped up I. was like what what happened what I don't. know what are you talking about she's. like what are you talking about and she.

thought I was doing a bit that I had. like like just brought her here I was. like when if I done a marry me bit you. know in the middle of this beach you. know so I'm like no it's not a bit and. she's like are you sure it's not a bit. I'm like I'm like convincing my wife. that that I'm not trying to but don't. you also understand that this is what we. deserve yes 100% we' devoted Our Lives. to bits yes and this is what we deserve. to be not believed in that moment the. person who will leave one room have a.

hidden Freddy Krueger mask in the other. put it on then come back in go what. scare the out of her like yeah of. course you're not going to trust me when. I ask you to marry me were you wearing. that mask when you propos I did have. that I had the Ringin one po little. detail he forgot to mention so you know. and I I had to convince her it wasn't a. bit and I did and and and you know we. kiss and it's this nice moment we're. under the stars on this Beech and I just. hear from like the distance get a room. and they look up and there's like a kid. who's been sitting on the bluff like. watching this whole whole thing play.

out and we're like and I turn and look. at like get a room and he kept and he. kept on just yelling get a room he. didn't switch it up to another line nope. just get a room and we're like we we're. getting a we have a room we have a room. you should get a room and so we had to. like leave you should have invited him. to the wedding so when you kiss at the. end get a room get a room oh my gosh you. have an interesting uh wedding vow that. your wife insisted on June insisted on I. uh yes I promised I would never put on.

Scare Tactics uh which was a prank a. scary prank show she was like you have. to put that in your wedding vow because. then you can't break that but the thing. that was the best about our wedding was. um she let me hire Jack Nicholson. impersonator to be my best man oh my God. you deserve all bad things that come. your. way Jack you deserve a terrible life. Paul this Jack Nicholson impersonator. who arrived to the wedding.

arrives to the wedding late and goes hey. sorry I'm late I was at a party at Roman. pans house no oh no that was this. opening line now the room is kind of. split of like parents and adults on one. side and all of our friends on the other. now our friends on the other side are. having the best time like a this is. insane and then people on the other side. are going oh I think he might know Jack. Nicholson and and now I had written this. speech for the Jack Nicholson and I was. like you know like Paul and June are as. good as it gets you know and uh you know.

he was just a wolf and you know and you. know and but he's going to give her some. Terms of. Endearment what did you get to like one. Flor with the cucko I did everything and. I why are you still married how is this. hey wait a minute why has this not been. a. null why didn't lightning strike how'. you get a bout Schmid in there so I tell. him I tell this guy the whole. thing oh trust me he does it oh I get it. all in there and he goes uh and and then. he goes uh great I got it and and then.

the day of the wedding uh he pulls me. theide he goes you have a. teleprompter prompter teleprompter no. it's a wedding there's no teleprompter. at my wedding he goes like I'm not going. to really remember the too much of the. speech and I go okay uh how about read. it yeah I was like yeah you can have it. on P like I can't see it I got to wear. my sunglasses he's wearing his. sunglasses and uh and so he starts. devolving into things that aren't even. Jack Nicholson he goes June and Paul.

yummy yummy. no so he starts improvising improvising. his Jack Nicholson yummy yummy yummy. yummy. what and and then and and like and and. then like he ends his speech by going. and if anyone wants to give me a hug. I'll be standing right over here yummy. yummy and he just stood awkwardly on. this people like you can get you can you. can leave now go now yeah you can go now.

uh but that Jack Nichols I did know that. I married the right person that when I. brought that up to June she was like you. can have them and that was a nice a nice. moment. yeah that would have not have gone over. well for me you really have a thing for. impersonator remember that mission. impossible screening you did and you had. a Tom Cruz impersonator so I my friend. uh said hey you want to have like a a. mission possible screening you invite. your friends to it and I was like yeah. and and so unbeknown start we get this. beautiful theater apparment we invite.

all of our friends and uh I know this. guy or I've seen this guy on Instagram. he's a Tom Cruz in person I'm like this. will be great I'll have him introduce. the movie he looks a lot like him and uh. I hire him and you know I like it's. gonna be fun and the guy's charging me a. lot of money for really just like. literally come in and say hey I'm so. excited about this movie ha you know and. um and so I get there and and all of a. sudden someone comes up to me like did. you hire a Time Cruise impersonator and. I go yeah and they go you can't do this. you can't do this and then everyone's.

freaking out cuz we're on Paramount. Property and it's Tom Cruz and they're. like we don't mess with like he does not. like impersonators you need to get rid. of this guy and I'm like oh you need to. kill him. he to ex and disposing the body and I'm. like uh but but I mean it'll be fine. it'll be fun and they're like you got to. get rid of him and I like I don't know. what to do and and luckily I'm like I. think it'll be fine I think we'll tell. nobody to take pictures of it or. anything like that and he's like and I. finally like we they get him to relent.

and we bring in this guy and he crushed. he he was great he was great he came in. as Tom Cruz nothing unored about Tom he. did he did Tom Cruz a solid I feel like. he presented the best version of Tom. Cruz okay here's my impersonator Story. the year is I believe. 1984 and uh I'm just starting to uh sort. of befriend and write comedy with uh. Greg Daniels and we're in college and we. go visit his parents who live in Rhode.

Island at the time they live in. barington Rhode Island and his dad's a. big wig at the radio station the father. tells us he's hired a Michael Jackson. impersonator to be the star of the. parade and he said can you guys help me. out cuz there were it was Greg myself. and a couple of our friends he said can. you guys walk along on either side like. your bodyguards I'll give you uh t-. yellow t-shirts from the radio station. but walk along and be sort of like the. bodyguards that walk along to protect.

and Michael Jackson is such a huge deal. right now that it could get out of hand. just be there in case something happens. and we say okay so it's a big parade. Fourth of July barington Rhode Island I. think 1984 I want to say and I re and I. know this is real I didn't make this up. in my crazy mind because someone. recently found a photograph and I'm. there and there's another guy there Dan. McGrath who's tall and lanky like me and. he liked the idea of yeah you guys are. tall you look like you could be. bodyguards we don't I was 6'4 and 155 lb.

uh and that's wearing a 50 lb hat and so. uh so we're walking alongside the. motorcade suddenly the Entourage shows. up because this Michael Jackson. impersonator has an Entourage and then. he shows up Sona looks more like Michael. Jackson than this guy does seriously. seriously Eduardo it's like I swear to. God Eduardo it's like if you wore a. glove of Michael Jacks.

glove and said I'm Michael. Jackson he looked nothing like Michael. Jackson but he had the glove and he put. some sunglasses on and he sat in the. back and they had told everybody we've. got a special guest and it's going to be. a real Thriller for all of you so. everybody turns out in all of Rhode. Island to see this thing and I'm walking. alongside this motorcade and this is my. favorite part I keep looking up with. this guy and he's sort of act he's sort. of talking like Michael and acting like. fame's been rough for him and you know.

he doesn't know how to handle the new. fame of being and I'm thinking what are. you talking about I believe you're from. Cuba and you I think you have a Dutch. accent everything's wrong you could lose. some weight like it was just crazy so. he's he's sitting in the and at one. point people I can tell are just sort of. bummed out and at one point a kid steps. out of the crowd with a water balloon. and it's right in I like I'm blocking.

it's between me and I step back out of. the way and he Nails the fake Michael. Jackson I step out of the way and I. remember Greg's dad afterwards saying I. saw that you like you did nothing and I. was like he looks nothing like Michael. Jackson I'm not going to I'm not going. to take a water balloon for him let. alone a. bullet absolute Madness oh my God.