Anna Faris
5/27/20261 hr 4 min
‘Scary Movie’ star Anna Faris is this week’s diner, much to Ed and James’s delight. But someone else hijacks her booking…
‘Scary Movie’ is in cinemas June 5. Book your tickets now.
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Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster.
Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.
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Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).
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First 90 secondsEd Gamble· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome to the Off Menu podcast, taking the salmon of conversation, slicing it with the sharp knife of humor, and putting it on a platter of friendship with all that fake grass, s- sashimi.
James Acaster· Host0:24
That's Ed Gamble. My name is James Acaster. Together we own a dream restaurant. Every single week we invite in a guest and ask them their favorite ever starter, and main course, dessert, side dish, and drink, not in that order. And this week, our guest is...
Ed Gamble· Host0:34
Anna Faris.
James Acaster· Host0:36
Anna Faris.
Ed Gamble· Host0:36
Very excited to have Anna on, James. Of course we are.
James Acaster· Host0:39
One of the GOATs.
Ed Gamble· Host0:40
One of the GOATs.
James Acaster· Host0:41
One of my favorite comedy actors of all time.
Ed Gamble· Host0:43
We love Scary Movie.
James Acaster· Host0:44
We were teenagers when the Scary Movie movies came out. And- And we weren't even friends then ... we weren't even friends, but our laughter was, uh, joining in the atmosphere- Yes ... as we laughed in Wimbledon and Kettering- Yeah ... respectively.
Ed Gamble· Host0:56
And the universe knew that we'd one day be friends.
James Acaster· Host0:59
We'd one day be friends, 'cause our laughter had mixed up with all... Everyone else was laughing at a scary movie.
Ed Gamble· Host1:03
Yeah.
James Acaster· Host1:03
All our laughter was swirling together in the atmos.
Ed Gamble· Host1:07
Mm.
James Acaster· Host1:07
And, uh, now here we are, we get to meet Anna Faris.
Ed Gamble· Host1:10
Yeah. Pretty cool.
James Acaster· Host1:11
A huge moment.
Ed Gamble· Host1:12
Huge moment for both of us, and another huge moment, James. There's a new Scary Movie coming out.
James Acaster· Host1:17
There is, on...?
Ed Gamble· Host1:18
5th of June.
James Acaster· Host1:19
Basically, everyone's come back for it.
Ed Gamble· Host1:21
Yeah.
James Acaster· Host1:22
Marlon Wayans is at the helm. You got... Anthony Anderson's in it.
Ed Gamble· Host1:26
Yeah.
James Acaster· Host1:26
Gina Hull's in it.
Ed Gamble· Host1:27
Yeah.
James Acaster· Host1:27
Like, all the big players.
Ed Gamble· Host1:29
Yeah.