Joel McHale talks Season 2 of ‘Animal Control,' pets at home

okay if there's there's one thing we know is that anything can happen when our friend Joel male is here a huge bomb but anyway when he's not making his jokes about this show he's starring in the second season of his show Animal Control let's take a look all right look clearly what I've been doing is not shutting you up so what's going to take your mind off Emily whatever that is that's what we're doing today really like my own special day like a shreds day or like a long lunch but sure whatever

I want you promise not to judge me oh absolutely not would you ask Michael Angelo not the sculpt I thought he was more of a nunub guy not the ninja turet I know you got you got renewed we're so happy we were unclear last time if it was going to happen but here we are yes we squeaked by they picked us up for nine seasons can you believe that no they did not I know I know it's czy they didn't they picked us up for two seasons so I was that's yeah they they were out of actors so they had to do you

have to be a real animal lover to uh take part in this show uh no I'm allergic to everything yeah are you really allergic no I'm not no no no so we were talking to you about your own managerie of animals that you have uh I do have quite a number okay so let's let's oh yeah there that's uh there's a lot of dogs we got three dogs dogs and a rabbit uh we have a heila monster does that dog only have one eye well he lost his eye in December we don't know what happened that's a uh that other dog is na

med bean bag that lemer's name is Julian and I'm not kidding there's wait what that's our dog who that same dog that grew up with that rabbit that's Junior Joey the rabbit so they love each other and the dog and the rabbit live together happily they live together they have a couple of children uh and they're just going about to go to college so it's a lot of nesting where did all this where did this begin I mean how many did you have where did animals begin no uh Noah I think uh he saved a bunch

of them it was that horrible two right yeah they got I don't know how he did ited up so when you were a kid did you have a hamster uh we did we had um Teddy Bear hamsters we really did what is a teddy bear hamster just looks like a teddy bear but it's a hamster no it's a live teddy bear uh like Ted uh no it yeah it's a it's a it's a like gray and white little uh fur ball we also had a gy pig named 747 and I'm not kidding uh yeah it's we were odd growing up did you have cats we had cats we had c

ats named Hannah and her sister I am not kidding Hannah and Her s how do you think her sister felt about that uh pretty um I think reduced in not a good way she left uh no they were great they were great yeah we we my poor parents had we always had a zillion animals running around um are you funny like this at home or no I try what do you like my family rolls their eyes on me so hard really oh oh my gosh they're like your crew who's like how long is this segment going to go on for one of them is

giving you eyes let's cut back to that eagle cam and see if the if any eggs have come out nope do you have you have teenage boys right teenagers I don't know yeah yes so we have teenage boys uh yes I just wrote a book uh I'll be at the Barnes & Noble uh at oh there's my son yeah there's Eddie he looks like uh he's in a band uh yeah no they uh they rolled they don't like that Eddie they uh they're very sarcastic they are they got it from you yes they'll see if means something and be like yeah th

at was pretty good until you walked in they like but do you laugh even at their bad behavior oh yeah they like well they give me jokes that are like like the old one will be like Dad how come we never bonded and I'd be like what what we have and he's like I don't think so and then he was like I barely know your name I'm like it's Dad and uh so yeah they do that sort of thing at least they don't say Cats in the Cradle that's what Barbara and I used to do D remember that old song In The Cradle you

you're you Sayang that to your and we like to when you're coming home Dad I don't know when but we'll get together then you know how much money you guys just had to pay for that song that's like 30 grand right there you just sing that um you talked in an interview on a serious note that your that your son decided he's not going to college it wasn't the right fit for him yeah my older son Yeah Eddie he's think yeah he loves video games Legos and he was like there he is and he's like I don't know

I he said I might go to college I'll let you know yeah and uh so I was like yeah if you want to go work for a video game company then do your thing is that kind of your parenting style you're like you know what cuz your kids often know what they like oh I didn't raise them you say I live in Hollywood no we don't have to raise our kids uh no it uh yeah I was kind of like there's obviously all these expectations to do things and and you I think you got to listen to your kid and go like like what

do they really want I think that's it and then forc them to do the opposite when you were young you hear that when you were young did your parents were they into this whole thing oh me were they interested in my life they were they happy were they happy with your career choices oh no uh at first they they were they yeah when I told them I was going to be an actor they were like what and uh yeah and then they were like you should also be a real real estate agent at the same time and then when it

started working then they were like we always we're always big fans but it was in before I got on TV you get at non-working actors don't get treated they are treated you know like politicians and uh uh and then all of a sudden you're on TV they're like we always knew it we loved to what what were the odd jobs you did while you were waiting for your acting gigs oh uh well I was a falconer no you weren't no I wasn't and uh but you guys believe me for a moment yeah we did because you're in you were

like showing his pictures holding a bob it didn't surprise me I was a barista forever would you make a good cup of coffee oh I can oh I will anybody on I I'll out make a cappuccino I challenge anyone here any of the two people in umbrellas on the other side of there they're like who is that oh it's not Matthew Lillard okay well then uh yeah no I'm I was really good at making coffee that was your thing okay cool very [Music] good [Music]