Psych Press Call Transcript

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360 I Moderator: Lynn Weiss February 20, 2012 1:30pm CT

Operator:

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the press call with James Roday and Dule Hill. During the presentation all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards we will conduct a question and answer session. At that time if you have a question please press the one followed by the four on your telephone.

If at any time during the conference you need to reach an operator, please press star zero. As a reminder this conference is being recorded today, Monday, February 20th, 2012. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Lynn Weiss with USA Network. Please go ahead, ma’am.

Lynn Weiss:

Thank you. Good morning, everybody. Thank you again so much for joining our conference call with James Roday and Dule Hill. We’re happy that Psych will be back again this winter starting on February 29th, on Leap Day, with seven all new episodes.

And James and Dule are here to talk to you about that. We have some great guest stars with season with Lou Gossett Jr., and the (unintelligible) and Mikai Pfeiffer and Jaleel White. Cary Elwes will be back recurring in his role as

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Despereaux, and we’re happy you’re joining us. I’ll turn it over to the gentlemen.

Dule Hill:

How’s everybody doing? We are back for season seven! Let’s do it! Well, this is right now 6.5, actually, but I can talk about 6.5 and then go to season seven.

Lynn Weiss:

Right.

Dule Hill:

So come with it.

Lynn Weiss:

Operator, you could start with the first question, please. Thank you so much.

Operator:

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, to register for a question, please press one four on your telephone keypad. You will hear a three-tone prompt to acknowledge your request. We ask that you please limit your question to one per line. Our first question’s coming from the line of (Kyle Nolan), with tvismypacifier.com. Please proceed with your question.

(Kyle Nolan):

Hey, guys. Congratulations on the well-deserved seventh season pick-up.

James Roday:

Thanks, bro.

Dule Hill:

Thank you very much.

(Kyle Nolan):

So sometimes the banter between Shawn and Gus seems so natural. Is any of that improvised?

James Roday:

Yes, yes, we’ve sort of - we’ve got a nice balance of scripted stuff and improvisation since the very beginning. I think it’s part of what sparks the show and keeps things lively for Dule and I, and luckily we’ve been doing it

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long enough that we can make it - we can generally make it sound like it belongs in the scene.

Operator:

Thank you. Our next question’s coming from the line of Pattye Grippo with Taza Entertainment Network. Please go ahead.

Pattye Grippo:

Hi, guys. Thanks for talking with us today.

James Roday:

How are you doing, Pattye?

((Crosstalk)) Pattye Grippo:

Good, thanks. Let me ask you. As you know, there’ve been a lot of parodies and tributes done on Psych so far. Are there any other ones coming up in the future that we should be looking for?

Dule Hill:

Well, James Roday has directed one, I think airing second. Maybe you might want to fill them in on what that is, there, James.

James Roday:

Thanks for bringing that up, man. By the way, we (unintelligible). I told (Kyle) to suck it when we were done with his question, because his TV is his pacifier.

Dule Hill:

Pacifier, you know what I’m saying? Should have said suck it. You suck it.

James Roday:

You know what? We’ve got an episode called “Here’s Lassie” up second, which is our tribute to The Shining, not so much the book, more the Stanley Kubrick adaptation - film adaptation of the book, and that turned out pretty well. I think the highlight is easily Dule Hill’s impression of Shelley Duvall.

Everyone can look forward to that.

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Dule Hill:

Okay. Yes, Gus Duvall is in the house.

((Crosstalk)) James Roday:

Gus gets his Duvall on in a big way.

Dule Hill:

Yes, I see an opening too, I guess as an homage to the Indiana Jones series.

James Roday:

Yes, that’s true. That’s absolutely true. And then we also send up The Bachelor.

Dule Hill:

Oh, that’s right.

James Roday:

That comes later in the season.

Dule Hill:

Yes, that’s right.

James Roday:

So we do our version of the reality looking for love thing. And then we close down the season with a little nod to Chinatown, which we call Santa Barbara town.

Dule Hill:

Santa Barbara town. See the play on words there, Chinatown, Santa Barbara town? See how we do it?

James Roday:

So, yes, you’ve got some tributes to look forward to coming up.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of (Jamie Steinberg) with Stereo Constellation Magazine. Please proceed with your question.

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((Crosstalk)) (Jamie Steinberg): That’s right. That’s me.

Dule Hill:

That’s right. What’s happening, Jamie?

(Jamie Steinberg): Pleasure to speak with you guys again. I was wondering, we know that Dule has been doing an amazing job at Stick Fly this hiatus. What did you do over the hiatus, James? And everyone’s pretty curious about what they’ve dubbed “Ro-hawk” for your hair.

James Roday:

Wow. Well, yes. I was not doing an amazing job in Stick Fly, which allowed me to shave off 75% of my hair and spike the other part of it so that, you know, so that I could pretend like I’m a lot younger than I really am basically.

I actually spent a good portion of this hiatus writing, which is another reason why I could do that to myself. So it was good. It was good, and hopefully something will come of it. But I kind of took it on easy, and spent some time renovating a house, it was very - it was a very domestic sort of break for me.

Dule Hill:

There it is.

(Jamie Steinberg): Great, thanks.

James Roday:

No problem.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Joshua Maloni with Niagara Frontier Publications. Please go ahead.

Joshua Maloni:

Hey, guys. Thanks for your time today.

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Dule Hill:

Sure, how you doing, Joshua?

Joshua Maloni:

Good. So you know, I sort of want to go back to the beginning with you guys, because obviously you had Monk as a lead-in. And you know, I think a lesser show probably would have suffered when Monk went off the air. But you guys have turned the show into just a ginormous success, and I’m wondering to what you attribute that, if it’s the writing, the acting, the fans. I mean, you guys have really built the show up into a big success, and I’m wondering to what you attribute that.

Dule Hill:

I would say it’s a perfect storm. I mean, I think it has to do with the writing. I think it has to do with the acting. I think it has to do with the fans. I think it has to do with the network. It has to do with the studio, the crew. I think it’s everybody.

You know, creating a hit television show is - it’s not easy, and it’s - there’s no perfect science to making it happen, so when it does, you just kind of enjoy the ride. I think for us to sit back and say - to attribute it to any one thing would be very presumptuous of us, I feel like, that we know what the answer is.

Like I said, it’s just all these great things coming together, and people seem to enjoy it, and we have fun. I think nobody takes themselves too seriously, and I think that helps the process.

((Crosstalk)) James Roday:

And you mentioned Monk, which was sort of a great shepherd for us, and you know, the truth is, you know, Monk managed to stick around long enough for us to kind of find our sea legs and get really comfortable doing what we were

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doing, so by the time that they did call it a series for Monk, we were sort of confident in our own skin and ready to spread our wings. So they kind of timed that out really nicely for us as well.

Joshua Maloni:

Great.

Dule Hill:

You know, and I think also - I think like having the - like the support of the fans, especially like when we do our fan appreciation days, like we did our college (unintelligible) and things like that, also I think allowed the studio and the network to see how much they enjoyed what we do, which also allows us to have more freedom to have more fun.

James Roday:

Right, and we get everything that keeps kind of playing into each other.

Joshua Maloni:

Yes, absolutely.

James Roday:

So thank you to the fans.

Joshua Maloni:

Always. Okay, thank you. And thank you to Tony Shaloub.

Operator:

Our next question...

Dule Hill:

Oh, yes. Thank you to Tony Shaloub.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Jamie Ruby with SciFi Vision.

Please go ahead.

Jamie Ruby:

Hi. Thanks so much for doing the call. So...

Dule Hill:

No problem.

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Jamie Ruby:

So you guys mentioned in the last call that there had still been more talk about a musical episode in season seven. Is - have you heard anything more? Is it still a go, or...?

James Roday:

You know what? That’s - the only person that can answer that question is Steve Franks. I’m pleading the fifth from now on. I’m not promising anything because it’s all on his shoulders. And I’ll say this. If he wants to do it we’ll do it, and that’s all we got. That’s all we got.

Jamie Ruby:

Okay, well, we’re hoping, so...

James Roday:

It’s all on Steve Franks.

Dule Hill:

I think when we had a conference call - we have a conference call with Steve Franks, I think about 20 of you are asking the same question about a musical.

James Roday:

You know, to Steve’s credit, I think obviously we’re all very excited by the possibility of doing a musical, but knowing that there - you know, it’s not unprecedented and that other shows have done it, I can tell you it’s very important to him that we not just do it, but that we do it incredibly well.

And I think he just doesn’t want to short change the fans or our show by delivering anything less than you know, a home run. And I’m not entirely sure if we’ve figured out what the home run is. So until that happens, it’s just a big question mark.

Jamie Ruby:

All right. Thank you.

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Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Allison Nichols with examiner.com. Please proceed with your question.

Allison Nichols: Hi. How are you all doing?

James Roday:

What up?

Dule Hill:

Pretty good, Allison. All is well.

Allison Nichols: You sound sick, Dule, and I feel like you were sick on the last call. I’m a little concerned.

Dule Hill:

You know what? I was sick on the last call. I sort of was, but this cough just came up like in the last couple of days. You know, I’m just getting here to the end of the run of (unintelligible), now my body is kind of showing me its fatigue.

James Roday:

I’d say you were just - I thought you were just messing around with a Caribbean accent.

((Crosstalk)) Dule Hill:

Messing around with what?

James Roday:

A Caribbean accent. I just thought you were playing around with something new.

Dule Hill: ((Crosstalk))

Oh, yes. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, no, no.

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Dule Hill:

I’ll be good. I’m not as bad as I was on the last call. The last call I was really struggling. This is just like a little annoying pressing cough.

Allison Nichols: Well, hopefully you don’t get... ((Crosstalk)) James Roday:

Dule’s a huge fan of the early work of WWE superstar Kofe Kingston, and every once in a while he tries to channel that on our (unintelligible). Sorry.

We’re sorry. We’re - what did you - what do you have - what would you like to ask us?

Allison Nichols: A very serious question.

James Roday:

Okay.

Allison Nichols: So in the Indiana Jones episode, there’s another Shawn and Gus fight, which are always fun.

Dule Hill:

Oh, yes.

Allison Nichols: If you think the two of them had to, you know, have a fight where you know, someone has to declare a winner, who would win and why?

Dule Hill:

I think what would happen, would - one of us would declare a winner, and then we probably would start fighting over who the winner is. So it’d be like this little black hole that we’d go into where we’d continue to fight over new things.

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And then someone would say, you know, fine, you win, and then we would start fighting over who the - like, you know, I said you win, and he would say, “No, you won.” You know what I’m saying? It would just keep going back and forth.

James Roday:

It would be tough, because I - they’re both - I don’t think either of their pain thresholds are very high, and I also don’t think they have it in them to truly hurt the other person. So I think it would come down to semantics and debate as opposed to...

Dule Hill:

Exactly.

James Roday:

...one man standing over the other.

Allison Nichols: Shawn hasn’t been hiding any, you know, secret kung fu moves or anything from his four classes?

James Roday:

Shawn would like to think that he has unlimited moves from any number of disciplines, but I think we all know the truth, which is that when danger is near, those guys run as quickly as they possibly can in the other direction.

Allison Nichols: They can’t run very fast, though, so that’s another problem.

James Roday:

They ran faster in the early seasons. I can tell you that.

Allison Nichols: All right. Well, those fights are very enjoyable. I was happy to see it in the Indiana Jones episode. It makes me laugh.

Dule Hill:

Glad you enjoyed it.

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James Roday:

Yes.

Allison Nichols: All right. Thank you all.

Dule Hill:

All the best.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Guillermo Paz with seriesandtv.com. Please proceed with your question.

Guillermo Paz:

Hi, guys. How are you?

James Roday:

What up?

Dule Hill:

Hey, how you doing?

Guillermo Paz:

Great, great. Thanks. Thanks for doing this call. I had the chance to preview “Here’s Lassie” the other day, and of course (unintelligible) had me laughing at least five minutes when I saw it. How often do people in the streets or anywhere come up to you or the writers and suggest new nicknames for you to use on the show? Or how do you come up with those nicknames?

James Roday:

Well, you know in the very beginning, it - I was just pulling them out of my behind to make Dule laugh, mostly. And then they really caught on, so with our writing staff. And now there is never any shortage of options for Gus’s nicknames, along with alternatives (unintelligible) in every episode.

And I do think the fans have embraced it as well, and send in suggestions, and we hear those sometimes too. It’s a - it’s been sort of a fun give and take that if you’d told me back in the first season that it would become what it was, I probably wouldn’t have believed it. But it’s been a good time.

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Guillermo Paz:

Yes, it sure have been. Without it, I have one suggestion, you being (unintelligible) and all. How about my name is (Timothy Duncan). This is my partner (Manager Nubbly).

James Roday:

I think you just go with a couple spurs, man. You don’t have to sell me, man. I bleed black and silver, my man.

Guillermo Paz:

I’m not so sure, but it would be happy though to be named a spur. You know what I’m saying?

James Roday:

Dule would not. Dule would want to be - I don’t know who he’d want to be this year. (Matt Barnes), maybe? That’s...

Dule Hill:

Maybe (Matt Barnes)? Yes, sure, I’d be (Matt Barnes), you know. We could go old school. I could be (Norm Nixon).

James Roday:

It would be great if (Manu) could stay on the court and out of his three-piece suit, but he’s still a heck of a player.

Guillermo Paz:

Yes, sure. Whatever. He’s from where I’m from, so you can know I’m very...

James Roday:

Oh, I love him. I love him.

((Crosstalk)) James Roday:

Send him a text or something. Tell him that he’s got to man up.

Guillermo Paz:

Yes, yes. Yes. I’m going to do that surely. Thanks so much, guys.

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James Roday:

All right, man.

Dule Hill:

Cool.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of (Lana Lameray) with lana.lameray.com. Please proceed with your question.

(Lana Lameray): Hi, James and Dule.

James Roday:

Yo.

Dule Hill:

Hello.

(Lana Lameray): Here’s Lassie is fantastic.

James Roday:

Thank you.

Dule Hill:

Thank you. That was fun.

(Lana Lameray): And James, you did a phenomenal job directing it.

James Roday:

Well, I appreciate that, and I had pretty good source material to unapologetically steal from, so that always helps.

(Lana Lameray): Great. Now can you both talk about filming that episode, and what horror film element that was brought into the episode scared you the most?

Dule Hill:

What was that?

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James Roday:

I can tell you that we got pretty lucky with - since you’ve seen the episode, with the set of twins that we found. You know, I think initially we were going to go with sort of more traditionally and closer to what you have in the original movie. And then they had come in and auditioned for a different episode, and I think it was Steve’s episode and he remembered them. And he was like you have to watch this.

And we watched the audition, and it was like, oh my gosh. We’re going to do this instead, which was better because it allowed us to sort of put our own little spin on it. But they were I thought pretty effectively creepy. They were lovely ladies, and a hoot to have around, but I thought it was pretty - I thought it was just as creepy as the little girls in the movie quite frankly.

Dule Hill:

Yes.

(Lana Lameray): Definitely.

Dule Hill:

And the little boy too. The little boy breaking his little pinky, that little finger - that was pretty spooky for me, especially when we’re down there in the laundry room and he comes by the window. It’s like - that was pretty spooky.

James Roday:

Little kids and twins, man. You can’t go wrong with those, you know what I mean?

Dule Hill:

Two of the scariest things in the world.

(Lana Lameray): Thank you.

James Roday:

You got it. Thanks.

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Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Heather Donmoyer with thevoiceoftv.com. Please proceed with your question.

Heather Donmoyer:

Hi, James and Dule. Thanks for taking some time out for us today.

Dule Hill:

No problem.

James Roday:

You are the voice of television, Heather.

Heather Donmoyer:

I am the voice of television, and I have a two-year-old in the background

who is like, “I want to talk to Shawn and Gus!” So my question for you guys is I absolutely loved Indiana Shawn. In fact, it was a really great episode to bring. You guys had me for a minute there wavering between is he or isn’t he, and I thought that the flashback just worked so well in with the episode. How much fun was it to get to work with Cary Elwes again?

Dule Hill:

Well, it’s always fun working with Cary Elwes. He’s such a delight to work with. He’s a great guy, brings so much fun energy to the set. And being that he came back around for the third time, you start to really be familiar with people. But we had a blast. I mean, it was a wonderful experience, and if we have a chance to work with him again, we’ll look forward to that too.

James Roday:

Yes, Cary’s the real deal. I would actually that’s probably my favorite of the Despereaux episodes. It was really a good time.

Dule Hill:

Definitely.

Heather Donmoyer:

Yes, I agree. It seemed to be like a little bit more of an action adventure

episode rather than a mystery kind of who-dun-it thing.

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James Roday:

Yes, but yes, by design, I think that was sort of Steve’s take on this one, was to go sort of Spielberg adventure, swinging from things and running and blowing up boats and to jam, you know, 50% more action in than we have in the past.

Heather Donmoyer:

Yes, and you know, you got to work with (Sala) too.

James Roday:

Yes.

Dule Hill:

With who? Sorry?

Heather Donmoyer:

With (Sala). With John Reese Davies.

James Roday:

With John Reese Davies.

Dule Hill:

Oh, yes, definitely. Oh, yes, yes, definitely. Oh, yes, that was really cool.

Heather Donmoyer: James Roday:

So was that intimidating for you guys at all, or...?

You know, that guy is bigger than life. There wasn’t even a moment to be intimidated. He - you know, he came over and it was kind of like - I don’t know. It was like working with Santa Claus or something almost.

You know, he’s got such - he’s got that big voice and that big personality and his laugh is really infectious, and yes, it was great. And I got the added bonus of working with (Mage Tunomic) in that episode too, who was like my original TV crush. It was just lots of good stuff going on.

Heather Donmoyer:

Any other big name stars that we can tell people to look for? I know

you’ve got Jaleel White coming back.

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Dule Hill:

Jaleel White, Makai Pfeiffer, Lou Gossett Jr., Wayne Brady, Greg Grumberg...

James Roday:

Anthony Anderson.

Dule Hill:

Anthony Anderson.

Heather Donmoyer:

How in the world do you guys land all these big stars, because you’ve

already had Bill Shatner and...?

James Roday:

Oh, yes. And Bill pops in again.

Dule Hill:

That’s right.

Heather Donmoyer: James Roday:

The Shat comes back for a little something something.

Heather Donmoyer: Dule Hill:

And (unintelligible) and...

Right.

That’s something. I mean, I think people come to our show and they enjoy, you know, just from what they hear, that they don’t really have much fun on a lot of other shows, and everyone who comes to fight has a good time for a week (unintelligible).

They enjoy being up there, and I think word has started to spread to the through the town that it’s a fun place to come and work, and to - you know, and to give actors a chance to come and play something interesting and

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different and have a week in Vancouver where we get a chance to laugh, laugh a lot. And we can laugh a lot.

Operator:

Now our next question’s coming from the line of Melissa Miller with smallscreenscoop.com. Please proceed with your question.

Melissa Miller:

Hi, guys. Thanks for talking with us today.

Dule Hill:

Yes, no problem.

Melissa Miller:

My question is, my favorite part of any show is a random pop culture reference that you just sneak into a random conversation. Do you guys come up with those as you go, or do you have one and try to find a way to get it in there that you really want to mention?

James Roday:

I think it’s a little bit of everything, I think.

Dule Hill:

Right.

James Roday:

I think for one, between me and Steve and the rest of our writing staff, it’s a pretty deep well of obscurity. And with, you know, each opportunity we get to come back, you know, we’ve got a list of ones that we haven’t gotten to yet, and then in addition to that, we’ll come up with stuff in the moment based on, you know, a song we’ve been singing, you know, in between takes. And we kind of - we jam all those in as well. It’s a pretty fantastic format, our show, because it kind of lends itself to doing just about anything you’d want and getting away with it.

Dule Hill:

I know, I think, because for example, when we did our how we got to - using (unintelligible) - you know, the little intimate thing, I was in my trailer one

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day, you know, and somebody emailed me or I’d seen it somewhere like on the Web, you know, “and lovers, come on, son,” and I was just crying.

I think maybe on Facebook I think I saw it, and I was just rolling in my trailer and I finally said, “Oh, James, you got to come see this,” or I emailed it to him. And then we - he - it made him die laughing, and by chance we were filming the episode that (Bruce Davis) did, I think a season ago. And we just started dropping it in there, and it made it to the air.

And then of course this year, now, we were running with the “Come on, son,” and we were having dinner one day for (Andy Berman)’s episode. You know, why don’t we have (Ed Lover) come out and do “Come on, son.” And it just happened. So I think it kind of... ((Crosstalk)) Dule Hill:

...saying come on, son.

James Roday:

Bringing the original article.

Dule Hill:

You know?

Melissa Miller:

Great.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of (Kreshanta Multon) with poptimal.com. Please proceed with your question.

(Kreshanta Multon): Hi, guys. Thank you for the - taking our call.

Dule Hill:

Our pleasure.

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James Roday:

No problem.

Dule Hill:

Thanks for calling.

(Kreshanta Multon): My question is, in the episode coming up, Shawn has to deal with mortality. So my question is, what do you imagine that would be the most likely way that Shawn and Gus kick the bucket?

James Roday:

Shawn has joked on several occasions that Gus will somehow inadvertently be the cause of his own death. I think Steve’s thrown that joke in like two or three times over the years, like Gus is going to accidentally walk into traffic or something and have no one to blame but himself. I don’t know, I - it’s a good question. I mean, I think these - I don’t know if these guys have given a lot of thought to mortality. They’re kind of stuck in the past...

Dule Hill:

In denial. In the past, and in denial.

James Roday:

...and clinging to the idea of not growing up, so I think Shawn is probably convinced that he’ll never die, and I think, you know, Gus probably just doesn’t like thinking about it.

Dule Hill:

Right. He doesn’t want to be putting any choice to talking about that.

James Roday:

Exactly.

(Kreshanta Multon): All right. Thank you.

Dule Hill:

No problem.

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Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Andrea Reiher with zap2it.com.

Please go ahead.

Andrea Reiher:

Hey, guys. Thank you so much for speaking us today.

James Roday:

We’re...

Dule Hill:

Not a problem.

Andrea Reiher:

My question is, you guys talked a little bit last fall before this season debuted about a clue-themed episode. Is there any word on that project?

Dule Hill:

James Roday?

James Roday:

That I can say with a reasonable degree of confidence is still happening. The reason that we were unable to do it in season six was sort of a perfect storm of scheduling issues with some of the pieces of talent that I think we could all agree you have to have on board if you’re going to do a clue episode.

So we basically just put a pin in it and pushed it to season seven, if there was going to be a season seven, and now that there is one, I can say here with confidence, barring some unforeseen glitch, you’re going to get your clue episode next up.

Andrea Reiher:

Yay!

James Roday:

Yes.

Dule Hill:

There it is.

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Andrea Reiher:

Thanks, guys.

James Roday:

Yes.

Dule Hill:

No problem.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Allison Toner with popculturemadness.com. Please proceed with your question.

Allison Toner:

Hi, guys. Thanks for speaking with us today.

Dule Hill:

Yes.

James Roday:

Not a problem.

Allison Toner:

So obviously the show’s hysterical, and I don’t want to do Shawn and Gus a disservice by saying they’re growing up, but there are still some, you know, underlying more serious moments, like the mortality or when you know, in the Indiana Jones episode where Shawn was like, “Oh my God, Gus is going to die,” or even the emergency ring situation. So how would you, you know, characterize what’s going on with these two at this point in their lives? And are we going to see more of these sort of realizations come upon them?

Dule Hill:

I think you have to. I mean, I think, you know, we’ve been on the air for six years, going into our seventh. And you know, it would be false for us not to. I mean, the fact is they are trying to hold onto the past and to be never growing up, but the fact is they are growing up.

And as you see, you know, with Shawn, you know, and getting more serious with Juliet, and even Gus trying to find his own significant other and things

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like that, I think that’s a - the general, or - that’s going to be the arc of the characters. Otherwise I think it’d just be getting boring if we kept doing the same exact thing as season one.

Allison Toner:

That’s great. Thanks a lot.

Dule Hill:

No problem.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Sammi Turino with tvgrapevine.com. Please proceed with your question.

Sammi Turino:

Hi. How are you?

James Roday:

What’s up, Sammi?

Dule Hill:

I’m good. How are you doing?

Sammi Turino:

I am good. And I just want to tell you (unintelligible) my best friend saw your show on Friday. She said you were fantastic and told me you were very nice, because she got to meet you after.

Dule Hill:

Oh, well, tell her I said thank you, thanks for coming.

Sammi Turino:

I will, definitely.

Dule Hill:

I’m glad she enjoyed it.

Sammi Turino:

Yes, she was texting me all about it. I’m like, I’m so mad I was out of town. I couldn’t see it.

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Dule Hill:

I hear that.

Sammi Turino:

Anyway, the - yes, my question to you is, what kind of crossover do you want to see with Psych and any other show? It doesn’t have to be a USA show.

Dule Hill:

Well, I’m still on the whole Monk train. I would love to have Tony Shaloub come and do an episode of Psych. Really, that’s my big - I wouldn’t mind that, and I wouldn’t mind either Zachary Levi. That would be cool. You know, he’s a cool dude, and I really could have fun hanging around. And I think big Chuck fans would enjoy seeing - the Chuck and the Psych fans would enjoy seeing Zach come and do an episode of Psych. So those are my two.

James Roday:

I think the one thing that we’re not allowed to do on Psych in terms of like a mandate creatively that probably will never change is anything that’s truly supernatural. Like, stuff can appear to be supernatural, but then there always ends up being an explanation.

So I think it would be fun to get dropped into like The Walking Dead or True Blood or something and have Shawn and Gus have to deal with something that truly can’t be explained.

And also, I think Gus would probably - he would probably warm up to the idea of vampires pretty quickly once he realized that - and they were interested in doing more than, you know, just talking to him.

Dule Hill:

I think you’re right about that.

Sammi Turino:

I love it. I love it.

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Dule Hill:

And of course he wouldn’t say that. He would have had Sookie in mind, so...

James Roday:

That’s right.

Dule Hill:

You know Gus gets down with the vampires.

James Roday:

Gus and Sookie I think make a lot of sense, so...

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of (Kristen Allen) with Red Gleam Media. Please go ahead.

(Kristen Allen):

Hi. How are you today?

Dule Hill:

Pretty good, how are you doing?

(Kristen Allen):

I’m doing great. I’m really excited to talk to you both. I’ve got a question. It’s about have they ever thought of doing like a Wacky Wednesday episode, where Shawn is Gus and Gus is Shawn, and would that be like the most difficult acting that you’ve had to do, to try to play each other?

James Roday:

Well, we kind of stuck our big toe in the water. We probably tried it to early, but it was back in I think season two.

Dule Hill:

Two, right.

James Roday:

And it was the episode where Gus’s uncle comes to town, and Gus has lied to his family and said that he’s the psychic in the duo. And so he kind of had to do his best Shawn impression. But it was a little undercooked, and Shawn didn’t have to do any kind of Gus impression, so - and it’s a fairly

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unmemorable episode, so maybe we can go back to the drawing board and give it a shot.

Dule Hill:

It would be fun.

James Roday:

Yes. Nobody remembers that.

(Kristen Allen):

Well this chick would love to see it.

James Roday:

Yes, man, we’re putting it on the board.

Dule Hill:

You heard it here first.

(Kristen Allen):

Great. Thanks, you guys, for taking my call today.

Dule Hill:

Of course.

James Roday:

No problem.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Selina Roper with Whedonopolis.

Please proceed with your question.

Selina Roper:

Hi, guys, how are you this morning?

James Roday:

We’re fantastic.

Dule Hill:

I’m doing good. How are you doing?

Selina Roper:

I’m doing great, glad to be talking to you. I am going to go a little off kilter here. I wanted to ask both of you, you both have very strong backgrounds in

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theater and both in TV and film. What do you consider your favorite and why as far as the genres?

Dule Hill:

For me, by far it’s theater. I feel like when I’m on stage I learn more. During a play every night, I learn more as an actor and I grow as an actor much faster I feel and more dynamically than I do in any other medium. But I do enjoy doing television and film.

So my ideal situation really would be to do a cable show for four months, be able to go do a film, then go do a play for another three months, and keep doing that cycle, you know, oh, every three years or something like that. I think I could do one medium - just one medium too long, you can very easily get stale and boring. If I had to choose, I would choose theater, as long as I can get my TV paycheck.

James Roday:

So eloquently laid out for you. I don’t even know how to follow that. But I would definitely agree. I mean, theater is the actor’s medium for sure. And you know, it’s sort of where you get to flex your muscles the most. It generally presents the most challenges. It’s the most dangerous. It’s the most fulfilling, and I think more than anything it just makes you a better actor on camera. So you know, if I could only do one, I guess it’s back to bartending and theater for me.

((Crosstalk)) Dule Hill:

If you could see the difference between me and Roday, he said it’s back to bartending and theater. I said as long as I can get my TV paycheck. That’s the difference between James and Dule.

Selina Roper:

Dule has a plan. Thank you, guys.

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Dule Hill:

No problem.

James Roday:

Thank you.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of Travis Tidmore with thecinemaniac.com. Please proceed with your question.

Travis Tidmore: Hey, guys. How are you doing today?

James Roday:

What up?

Dule Hill:

I’m good.

Travis Tidmore: So it’s been a while since Gus has had a real love interest. How long until he gets a steady romantic love interest?

Dule Hill:

That’s a good question. I’m - I hope that I - and Roday might be able to answer it better, being that - actually, I think you’re here in New York, now, but when you go back to LA, you might be able to answer it better. I hope that this season, we’ll get a chance to see Gus be in some kind of relationship that lasts over an episode or two.

I wouldn’t want to see him being in a relationship all season. I wouldn’t - I don’t - just I think that would not be fun, but hopefully we’re going to see what it’s like when he’s in some kind of relationship over a short period of time, and not just one episode and - or swinging and striking out.

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Travis Tidmore: Yes, I think this is the year, man. This is the year that Gus gets some good loving. And of all the girls that you’ve got to have a romantic relationship with so far, who’s been your favorite to work with?

Dule Hill:

Well, that’s kind of a loaded question there, because I would have to go back to - from earth to Starbucks, because that was my wife.

Travis Tidmore: Good answer. Yes, it kind of takes - it takes...

Dule Hill:

I’m no idiot. I’m no idiot.

James Roday:

It takes the fun out of it a little, seeing as how I pretty much have to say (Maggie), so there you go.

Travis Tidmore: All right. Thanks, guys.

James Roday:

You bet, man.

Dule Hill:

But also too, because in that episode came the line, “Did you hear about Pluto?”...

James Roday:

That’s true.

Dule Hill:

...which was not scripted, I don’t think. I think that was something that, you know, we just came up with on the day and dropped it in there and...

((Crosstalk)) Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of (Janet Baltstead) with Nice Girls TV. Please go ahead.

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(Janet Baltstead): Hi, guys. Thanks for taking my call.

Dule Hill:

Not a problem.

(Janet Baltstead): I have a question. James, on the last time we did this, you said you had about five fantasy football teams, and I’m curious how they did. Did you take any championships?

Dule Hill:

Did we lose Roday?

Operator:

One moment please. James Roday has disconnected.

(Janet Baltstead): Oh, okay.

Dule Hill:

Because I know he would have jumped on that question.

Lynn Weiss:

Operator, should we move on to the next question while we wait for James to come back?

James Roday:

I’m back. Sorry about that.

(Janet Baltstead): Okay. Should I re-ask?

James Roday:

Sure. Please.

(Janet Baltstead): James, the last time we did this, you said you had about five fantasy football teams, and I’m curious how they did. Did you take any championships?

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James Roday:

I’m not going to lie. It was a down year for me. You know, in - with triumph comes tragedy, and that’s - I’ve won 20 titles in my time, and last year I think was some comeuppance for me, because I did not win a single title. And I actually missed the playoffs in two of my three biggest leagues, so it was a rough year.

(Janet Baltstead): We’ll call it a rebuilding year.

James Roday:

It was a rebuilding year, but I’ll come back firing on all cylinders next season for sure.

(Janet Baltstead): All right, great. You know, fantasy football would make a great concept for an episode, like...

James Roday:

For me it sure would. And I don’t know. I mean, I guess the league is still on I don’t even know. I think maybe FX? Is that - does anyone know if I’m right about that? Anyway, it’s a whole show about guys that are in a fantasy football league, and it’s lasted a couple seasons, so there’s got to be an audience for it.

(Janet Baltstead): Yes, that show’s still on the air, James.

James Roday:

Boom! Thank you, thank you, fact checkers.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of (Jalyn Christie) with Click Clack TV. Please go ahead.

(Jalyn Christie):

Hi, James and Dule. How are you all doing today?

Dule Hill:

All is well.

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James Roday:

Good, man. What up?

(Jalyn Christie):

I actually have a question for you, a quick one. As good as Psych is, and it really is awesome, does it ever bother you when you’re snubbed by the Emmys?

Dule Hill:

I think we would be lying if we said no. You mean, I know, you always say you don’t care until you actually get a nomination. Then you’re like, “Oh, that’s the greatest organization ever!” I mean, it would be nice to be honored.

I think we’ve had some - I think we’ve put together some really funny episodes and I think that we’ve consistently been a funny show.

We got a little bit of love by being added into, you know, some of the opening promo stuff that was going on for the Emmys this year. But it would be nice to get a little more Emmy love in some shape or form for the show. I think Psych is a very funny show and it deserves to be included among the best.

(Jalyn Christie):

I agree. I definitely agree.

Operator:

Our next question’s coming from the line of (Chandelle Charles) with tvfanatics.com. Please proceed with your question.

(Chandelle Charles): Hello, gentlemen.

James Roday:

Hello, lady.

Dule Hill:

Hello.

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(Chandelle Charles): The last time I got to talk to you all, it was at a Psych fan day. So it’s been a while, so I’m really excited to talk to you guys again. ((Crosstalk)) Dule Hill:

Tell me your name again. Can you tell me your name again? I’m sorry.

(Chandelle Charles): (Chandelle).

Dule Hill:

Oh, (Chandelle). Okay. How you doing, (Chandelle)?

(Chandelle Charles): Good, Dule. You follow me on Twitter, actually.

Dule Hill:

What’s your - what’s the Twitter name?

(Chandelle Charles): It’s @tvsanity, or you followed me at Psych fan day.

Dule Hill:

Oh, yes, yes, yes. Yes, that’s right. That’s right, yes. I know that. I know you.

How’s everything?

(Chandelle Charles): Good, good. I want to...

Dule Hill:

Didn’t I follow you on fan day?

(Chandelle Charles): Yes, I interviewed you on fan day. Yes, and you followed me that day too.

Dule Hill:

Right.

(Chandelle Charles): It was great.

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Dule Hill:

That’s right. That’s right. Good to see you, or good to talk to you.

(Chandelle Charles): And also I want to congratulate you on Stick Fly. I saw it. It was great. I loved it.

Dule Hill:

Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. See, Roday, you would know about this like, you know, this following people during interviews type of thing if you by chance were on Twitter, see. But being that you’re not, you’re kind of out of the conversation right now. But don’t feel bad. You could easily join up at any time. We’d welcome you to the Twitter (unintelligible). We’d welcome you.

James Roday:

No, but I can talk about (unintelligible) injury status, though. So touché, touché, my friend.

Dule Hill:

Okay. I’m sorry.

((Crosstalk)) (Chandelle Charles): I want to tell you, James, that I tried the pink berry original with citrus fruit. Very good.

James Roday:

Yes, it’s a very crisp, refreshing treat that doesn’t weigh you down.

(Chandelle Charles): Exactly.

James Roday:

And that - yes. It’s also like crack.

(Chandelle Charles): My question for both of you is, and on this President’s Day, I would like to know who your favorite presidents are, real or fictional, and why.

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Dule Hill:

Oh, well, that’s very easy. Fictional wise, it’s our (President Josiah Bartlett), because I think he’s the ideal president. You know, he’s someone who thought about issues in a way, the pros and cons, and felt like he let his heart lead him, and really put the country first and doing what’s right, beyond doing what is doing what the polls say.

And most politicians nowadays beyond what they say really do kind of lean towards polling. In terms of real, well I mean, it would have to be - that’s a toss-up. For me it would either be a toss-up between President Clinton and President Obama.

And I’ve been fans of both of theirs, so I can’t go too far back because I don’t really remember too many presidents before that. You know, I know Reagan and I know Clinton and I know both Bush presidents, and I know President Obama. So I would say Clinton and Obama, presidents, would be my two choices.

(Chandelle Charles): James, what about you?

James Roday:

I was a Bill Clinton guy for sure. He was my man. And then fictionally I got to go with (Tiny Lister). I’m pretty sure he suited up - what was it, in The Fifth Element, I think?

((Crosstalk)) James Roday:

I think so. He had an eye patch. That’s my on-screen president. No one’s touching him.

(Chandelle Charles): All right. Well, great answers. It’s great talking to you guys.

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James Roday:

You too. Great.

Lynn Weiss:

Hi, I think we - this is Lynn at USA. I think we have time for just one more question before we wrap it up.

James Roday:

No pressure.

Operator:

Our next question is a follow-up question coming from the line of (Kyle Nolan) with tvismypacifier.com. Please go ahead.

James Roday:

Suck it, (Kyle). Suck it.

(Kyle Nolan):

Hey, guys.

Dule Hill:

Suck it.

(Kyle Nolan):

Thank you?

James Roday:

Yes, sir.

(Kyle Nolan):

So Psych has paid homage to a lot of great films and TV series’. Is there any favorite film or TV series of yours that you wish you could do as an episode?

Dule Hill:

What’s Happening Now? I don’t know. I don’t know. Let me think.

James Roday:

Well, you know I got - I sort of got mine when we did Twin Peaks. That was my favorite show of all time, and that is an experience that I will never forget.

So it’s going to be tough for anything to come close to that one, but we’ll keep rolling them out for sure. For sure.

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Dule Hill:

There it is.

(Kyle Nolan):

Great. Thanks. Looking forward to the rest of this season.

((Crosstalk)) Lynn Weiss:

All right. Thanks, everybody, for joining the call today. As we mentioned, Psych’s winter season returns of Wednesday, February 29th, on USA, with seven all new episodes. The press site is up and running if you want to take a look, and take a look at the premiere episode, Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy Retro Sword, and many others, and thanks for your time, James and Dule.

Dule Hill:

No problem.

James Roday:

Thank you. Always a pleasure.

Dule Hill:

My pleasure calling in.

James Roday:

Thanks everybody. All righty.

Dule Hill:

Talk again soon.

Lynn Weiss:

Thanks. Bye.

Operator:

Ladies and gentlemen, that does conclude the conference call for today. We thank you for your participation and ask that you please disconnect your lines.

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