Actors Tyler Johnston, Andrew Herr, K. Trevor Wilson & Michelle Mylett talk to The Inside Reel about cracking each other up, finding the edge and understanding the context of the journey in regards to the 12th and final season of their series “Letterkenny” on Hulu.
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00:00 [dramatic music]
00:03 ♪ ♪
00:10 - Hey, yo.
00:14 [upbeat music]
00:15 - [laughs]
00:18 - Anything can happen.
00:20 - Maybe it's time for a change.
00:21 I just, like, don't really know if I want to go back.
00:24 - It's about to get stank in here.
00:26 ♪ ♪
00:28 - We would like to cordially invite you
00:31 in the spirit of family.
00:33 - Take about 20% off of there, bud.
00:35 - Spirit of friendship. - More.
00:37 - Fellowship. - More.
00:38 - Camaraderie.
00:39 all: No, thank you.
00:41 - But the cadence, 'cause every single, like,
00:43 you know, everyone's kids, the Hicks, you know, the J--
00:45 everybody has their own cadence,
00:47 but yet, like, specifically in this season,
00:49 I noticed it all sort of works together,
00:51 even though there's, like, these moments of, like,
00:53 "Do you accept me? I accept you, but do you accept--
00:56 could you sort of talk about that?"
00:58 'Cause it's an interesting metaphor
00:59 on this season particularly.
01:01 - Yeah, I think it's been a big--
01:02 a big note for our show too.
01:04 Our show has always been inclusive of everybody
01:07 without, I think, you know, trying too hard
01:09 to be that way.
01:10 You've always been allowed to be yourself
01:12 in Letter Kenny, and if you step out of line
01:14 and you're bullying or putting any of the other factions down,
01:18 you know, we bind together, and we set you straight.
01:22 So I think that was a big thing for Jerry,
01:25 was just, you know, everyone kind of deals
01:27 with inner turmoil and wants to find their place in society,
01:31 and in Letter Kenny, you know, you always--
01:34 you always got a place, whether that's Modine's
01:37 or the basement or the gym.
01:40 There's always a place for somebody.
01:42 - I think specifically knowing that it was the final season,
01:44 I think everyone might have layered that
01:46 into their performances a little bit,
01:49 that, you know, through it all,
01:51 there's been, like, little beefs
01:53 between a lot of the characters over the years,
01:56 but, you know, what's the--
01:58 it's a--you know, hate and love are kind of on the same side
02:02 and indifference is on the other,
02:04 so I think we all love each other
02:06 and hate each other at the same time.
02:08 I think on the final season,
02:10 really, like, came to accept each other over--
02:13 especially when you have, you know,
02:16 the D-gens of country.
02:18 You know, it always helps when you have an outside enemy
02:21 who kind of bands together.
02:24 And we, you know, we lost one of our own,
02:26 and we're bringing him back, so I think,
02:28 in the end, Leonard Kenny as a whole is a tribe,
02:31 and then the characters kind of, yeah, embody that.
02:35 - Through the use of AI found on the Darkwing,
02:38 Rold and I were able to determine
02:40 the two essential elements necessary
02:42 in constructing a hit country music song.
02:44 [buzzer]
02:46 The two essential elements necessary
02:48 in constructing a hit country music song
02:50 are as follows.
02:52 Number one, a unique hook,
02:54 which must also be used as the title of the song.
02:56 - Thank God's name's the country's, boys.
02:58 - Dig deeper. - Five o'clock somewhere's?
03:00 - Deeper. - Save a horse, ride a cowboy.
03:02 - [neighs]
03:04 - Giddy up! And that particular title
03:06 teaches us a valuable lesson in the process.
03:09 Just because it's unique does not mean it can't be dumb.
03:13 - Dumb is almost preferable in a unique hook
03:15 for a hit country song.
03:17 - Country and western.
03:19 - We're looking for contagious dialogue here, people.
03:21 - Quotables!
03:22 - She thinks my tractor's sexy?
03:24 - Dumber. - No shirt, no shoes, no problem.
03:26 - Dumber. - I've got it.
03:28 Beer for my horses.
03:30 - Bingo! - The thing is, all the characters,
03:32 despite them giving, you know, taking the piss
03:34 out of each other a lot of times,
03:35 they're all very warm-hearted.
03:36 They're all very loyal.
03:38 You know, and that's why I love you guys
03:40 when you're around the fruits, the produce stand,
03:42 because it's just sort of,
03:44 it's like a comfortable blanket.
03:46 Could you talk, what was one of the moments
03:48 that stands out to you of sitting at that stand,
03:50 or were there other moments that were, you know,
03:52 just sort of stand out to you as like,
03:54 that's what Letter Kenny is?
03:56 - There were so many times over the years
03:58 sitting at that stand where we were doing
04:00 ridiculous, ridiculous things.
04:03 You know, the yes, yes, yeses,
04:07 it was one of the, I mean, it's a fan favorite,
04:12 and it was, I don't know if we've ever laughed
04:14 as hard doing that, you know.
04:16 Michelle was so uncomfortable doing that,
04:22 and we were all giggling like idiots.
04:24 And I have a lot of memories of trying
04:26 to get queso to crack.
04:28 That was whenever we were sitting around
04:31 the produce stand, my goal was to try
04:34 to get queso to corpse a scene.
04:37 And if queso laughed at something in one scene,
04:41 I would do it twice the next scene.
04:43 And if I could get queso,
04:47 then Nathan was sure to laugh,
04:50 'cause those two are each other's kryptonite.
04:52 You know, when we did the catch scene,
04:54 they couldn't look at each other
04:56 'cause they both just started laughing.
04:59 So they both, during my coverage,
05:01 they both had their backs turned to me
05:03 'cause they were just shaking with laughter.
05:06 And those will be my memories,
05:08 just us breaking each other
05:10 and having a lot of giggles off camera.
05:14 [coughs]
05:15 Darts? I was gonna say that too.
05:17 That's mostly just smoking darts.
05:19 But it needs to be more catchy,
05:21 more crafty, more clever.
05:23 Needs to be more poetic.
05:25 How about smoking darts in the rain?
05:28 No, you can't do that.
05:29 Well, then your--
05:30 I mean, your dart would go out.
05:32 Okay, so you're smoking darts when it's dry.
05:34 Well, they have to be dry to smoke 'em.
05:36 Dry darts, uh, blue sky darts.
05:38 Best darts are ones that's warm.
05:40 Hot darts.
05:41 Well, we're not trying to f--- darts, McMurray.
05:43 Well, I try anything once.
05:44 Smoking in the summer.
05:45 Smoking summer darts.
05:46 Smoking in the sun.
05:47 Darts when it's sunny. It's...
05:49 [sighs]
05:51 Sun darts.
05:55 Was there certain ones that jumped out?
05:56 Like Trevor was telling me, Michelle,
05:58 that the whole "yes, yes, yes" scene
06:00 was--he was trying to crack up Jared.
06:03 But then, you know, you were just like,
06:05 "Eh, maybe too far," you know?
06:06 But how do you know where the line is?
06:08 And what jokes do you know?
06:10 Like, when did you know Katie worked early on?
06:13 And same with you, Dylan.
06:14 Did you know when Riley was really starting to work,
06:18 and you could feel that sort of rhythm?
06:20 I mean, there isn't a joke that's too far.
06:23 You show up to work, it's written,
06:25 you sign on to the character,
06:26 you say yes, and you commit to it.
06:28 Like, ultimately, um, and the--the porn,
06:33 the "yes, yes, yes" skit,
06:35 was obviously crass and, you know, inappropriate,
06:40 but so much fun and so silly,
06:43 and kind of, like, weirdly exposing for all of us, too.
06:47 Won't go into details.
06:49 But we did it--we did that scene on stage
06:52 when we did the tour as well,
06:54 and we all got to do that together,
06:55 and it's just, like, so over the top
06:57 and weird to do that with your friends.
06:59 But, um, but yeah, I think what works with Katie
07:03 is she's down to go there with them just as hard,
07:07 but she's kind of always been a bit of the voice of reason.
07:11 She has authority in a way,
07:13 especially within the dynamic between her and Wayne,
07:18 that he doesn't really have with anyone else,
07:22 and I think she's kind of, yeah, voice of reason.
07:26 She's--she's steady Eddie.
07:28 She is who she is, and she--
07:30 She's the master of the world.
07:32 She's the master of the world, really.
07:33 She's kind of in charge.
07:34 She is.
07:35 She is kind of in charge,
07:36 and she likes it, but she doesn't abuse her power either.
07:39 Why'd you say "mmm"?
07:40 Just saying.
07:41 You can't say "mmm."
07:42 Just feeling a bit stuck.
07:43 Don't get stuck. You're stuck.
07:45 Like, it's the whole town with that phrase.
07:47 Don't you just all read it on the back of a box of sugar cereal?
07:50 Maybe I am stuck.
07:51 But the toughest guy in "Letter, Kenny"
07:53 rolls off the tongue nicely, doesn't it?
07:55 You are exactly where you belong.
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07:59 [screaming]
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