As far as the comedy scene goes these days, it's almost impossible to become successful without orbiting in the Judd Apatow universe. Two of the most famous members of that group are Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, stars of the movie ""I Love You, Man.""
""We've all known each other for so long. We've formed a pretty tight comedy coalition, as I like to call it. Also, it was just a very, very comfortable environment,"" Segel said, explaining the dynamics of Apatow's gang.
""I also call it a comfortable comedy coalition,"" Rudd said, ""But I change it up. I like to do it with Ks. So I'm involved in a Komfortable Komedy Koalition.""
""But wait, Paul. That's KKK,"" Segel said.
""Oops! I realize that I belong to the KKK, the Komfortable Komedy Koalition,"" Rudd said. ""And what we like to do is improvise, have fun, and we're an extremely racist group.""
Segel and Rudd clearly get along with ease, but this is not to suggest they didn't have to do some bonding first.
""We had a couple ‘hangs.' We went to the bar a couple times and scored a few brews,"" Segel said.
""We made several boner jokes before we ever started filming this one, so we already spoke the same language a little bit,"" Rudd said. ""And when I say boner jokes and language, I mean it's an actual language called Bonerist. We both speak Bonerist.""
""Yeah, it's a lot like sign language, unfortunately. Just without the hands,"" Segel said.
""It's an easy language to learn,"" Rudd said.
Although they may have a secret language below the waist, only one of them has world-famous genitals.
Referencing his full-frontal scene in ""Forgetting Sarah Marshall,"" Segel describes the aftermath: ""It actually makes things more comfortable, because the girls know what they're going to get ... If they want to go out on a date, they've already checked out the goods. And on the big screen, too, which is only more helpful.""
""Unless there's a chance that they downloaded it off of iTunes and they're watching it on their iPod,"" Rudd said. ""Which would give you an iDick.""
""I'm hoping the big screen, because it adds 10 pounds,"" Segel said.
""Well, I saw ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall' on an Imax screen, which adds 20 pounds, so in actuality, and I don't mean to offend you, Jason, I think your dick weighs negative five pounds,"" Rudd said.
Relationships between men in Hollywood like this one have created an entirely new word: bromance. ""It just seems to be the word of the moment,"" Rudd said. ""There's been several films throughout the decades that have fallen into that category but were never called bromantic.""
""Oh, it's because it rhymes with romantic!"" Segel joked, adding, ""I think my favorite bromantic comedy is ‘Midnight Cowboy.'""
""I like ‘Twins,'"" Rudd said.
""Also not bad is the follow-up, ‘Junior,'"" Segel said.
""‘Schindler's List.' That would be one of my favorites,"" Rudd said.
If the off-screen relationship between the two comedy stars is any indication of their on-screen rapport, ""I Love You, Man"" could be a massive hit. And as for the promise of more male nudity in movies, Rudd said to Segel, ""You went full-frontal. I think there was a dick in ‘Walk Hard,' but you only saw a dick. You put dick and face together ... As soon as that sentence left my lips, I knew it came out wrong. But I went ass in ‘40-Year-Old Virgin.'""
""That's right, you did,"" Segel said. ""Let me tell you something: Between my dick and your ass, we're pretty funny.""
Countered Rudd: ""That's true. Just wait until we do the sequel to this. We're both going to show our taints.""
