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What Up with That?: Halloween

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The setup

Diondre Cole welcomes three celebrity guests for Halloween, then lets a parade of musical interruptions swallow the interview.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Oscar Isaac, Emily Ratajkowski and Nicholas Braun join Diondre Cole for a Halloween edition of his talk show. Cole keeps finding reasons to launch into another musical number, with Vance dancing in his red tracksuit and Giuseppe on saxophone. Even Isaac’s attempt to discuss his acting becomes material for the performance.

Weird Al Sharpton, the Heebie Bee Gees and Steve Bartman add to the distractions. Cole also insists that Braun is Lindsey Buckingham wearing a Cousin Greg costume, despite Braun’s attempts to explain who he is. By the time the music stops, the guests have had very little of the conversation they came for.

The funny people

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Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

Nicholas Braun appears as himself. Diondre Cole mistakes him for Lindsey Buckingham dressed as Cousin Greg; Bill Hader does not appear in this installment.

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