Seth Meyers is trading politics for parenting in new standup special

NEW YORK -- Seth Meyers admits location are times erstwhile he’s successful a disagreement pinch his woman aliases absurd business pinch his kids and he can’t thief instantly reasoning astir making it into a bit. The comedian and host of “Late Night pinch Seth Meyers” has shape-shifted respective of those amusing stories into his latest HBO/Max standup typical “Dad Man Walking.”

Meyers' past HBO special, “Lobby Baby” successful 2019 besides delved into his adventures successful parenting, and Meyers says aft being cooped up pinch nan family during nan pandemic he couldn’t NOT constitute astir his kids and matrimony to his wife, Alexi Ashe.

“I’ve ever enjoyed really — dissimilar nan nightly show, which is truthful tied to authorities and nan world we’re surviving successful — this was much astir benignant of nan cosmopolitan acquisition of being portion of a family,” Meyers said successful a caller interview. “It’s really nosy to beryllium connected shape and recognize that you are not unsocial successful nan measurement you are emotion astir things.”

The typical was changeable unrecorded astatine nan Vic Theatre successful Chicago wherever Meyers sewage large laughs erstwhile talking astir mundane things for illustration not knowing really to fold a stroller and nan risks of playing committee games pinch his children, who are 8, 6 and 3 years old.

Meyers said his kids truthful acold haven’t objected to him talking astir nan funny things they opportunity and do connected stage. “I americium very cognizant of saying things that I consciousness for illustration they’ll beryllium okay with,” he said. Right now, they for illustration being occasionally connected TV and fodder for his act, but he knows that could extremity arsenic they get older. His oldest boy precocious seemed little enthused astir an annual turkey costume spot for Thanksgiving.

“The infinitesimal personification astatine schoolhouse busts him for being successful a turkey costume, crippled over,” Meyers said pinch a laugh. “But we will springiness them support ... because my woman did bargain into being joined to a comedian, whereas they didn’t take it.”

One of nan special’s standout bits is astir Alexi trying to get done airdrome information pinch a tub of hummus. Meyers was going to support it to himself, but past couldn’t defy trying it onstage. “I americium virtually successful existent clip reasoning … it’s not conscionable that nan communicative is truthful funny, but I recognize this really is simply a cleanable illustration of who we some are successful this marriage," he said. "It benignant of overlaps nicely pinch nan taxable of what I’m trying to do.”

The special's director, Neal Brennan, suggests nan joke lies successful Meyers' relatable stories contempt his fame and acerbic persona. “He’s very overmuch successful power connected ‘Late Night’ and his location life? He is not astatine each successful control," Brennan said, laughing.

Brennan, who besides directed "Lobby Baby," says Meyers has zero airs erstwhile it comes to family. “The conceit of his point is like, ‘I’m a very bully business man ... and I person each nan power. I person each nan authority, immoderate I opportunity goes. And past I get location and it’s conscionable a bunch of group taking advantage of maine and wanting to talk astir lava.’”

Known for his biting governmental commentary, Meyers says nan joke successful his enactment stems from recognizing really men and women neglect each other, and he tries to dispersed nan blasted astir fairly.

“I’m truthful loath to do that typical astir a man complaining astir his wife,” Meyers said. He enjoys erstwhile husbands and wives some admit themselves successful his comedy. “The equilibrium is very important to me. Whereas some sides politically is simply a wholly useless discarded of time, I do effort to do some sides by marriage."

Meyers besides reflected connected “Saturday Night Live” celebrating 50 years and said he loved witnessing nan “big swings” of his era connected nan show. “I loved conscionable being location while you watched Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen, Andy Samberg and Bill Hader each conscionable go nan group who would past beryllium a monolithic portion of show business for nan adjacent 2 decades."

While location will ever beryllium naysayers who opportunity “SNL” isn’t arsenic funny arsenic it utilized to be, Meyers says being “beautifully uneven,” is 1 of its astir enduring qualities, and likens it to watching unrecorded sports.

“You don’t cognize until it happens really it’s going to be,” Meyers said. “I’ve ever said nan worst show has thing awesome and nan champion show has thing terrible. And there’s nary big that tin guarantee consistency."

As for whether he'll support doing guidelines up, Meyers said pinch each nan family shenanigans, it's a beautiful safe bet. “They support providing content. So yeah, I can’t ideate it’s going to extremity anytime soon.”