Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone appear on Live in full medieval garb, but admit they can’t quite nail Halloween

“I can do it for a character, but to just say, ‘I’m going to dress up like a doctor!’, I don’t know how to do it,” McCarthy admitted

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone are just happy to be here for Halloween!

Although he was dressed in full medieval attire for his appearance Live with Kelly and Mark Tuesday, October 15, to promote her new scripted podcast Hildy the Barback and the Lake of FireThe couple admitted that they are not particularly familiar with the specifics of the spooky holiday.

“We don’t fully understand it,” said McCarthy, 54. “What a character I know I can do, but to just say, ‘I’m going to dress up like a doctor!'” I said I don’t know. how I should do it.

“I’m more like, ‘I’m a man named Chuck!’ ” Falcone, 51, joked, laughing. “‘I’m a man named Chuck! He’s at the pharmacy!’ “

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On the contrary, her children – daughters Vivian, 17, and Georgette, 14 – are really excited. As McCarthy said, “They stopped for a while, and now they’re back in action.”

“Georgie goes out as Mr. Bobinsky.” Coralinewith the really skinny legs and stomach. And then Vivian takes on the role of Flynn Ryder [from Tangled],” she explained. “And Reese, her friend, plays Rapunzel.”

“Now they’re really excited,” he said Bridesmaids The actress continued to talk about her daughters. “They’re going to [Halloween] Horror Nights – the whole thing.”

Regarding the decorations and activity in the neighborhood, McCarthy added, “It gets too scary at night when you have little kids, but now that our kids are teenagers, they say, ‘Bring it!’ “

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McCarthy and Falcone’s upcoming podcast, Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fireis “a legendary adventure” with a voice cast led by McCarthy and supported by Falcone, as well as Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close, Allison Janney, Joel McHale and Jim Rash.

“When an evil force threatens to burn the fantastic land of Golgorath, it is up to Hildy the Barback and her friends to embark on a comedic mission to save the world. Oh, there are lots of dragons too,” reads an official log line.

And Falcone and McCarthy are all about donning period garb to celebrate the story set in the Middle Ages – And So it becomes a family affair, with their daughters joining together to play “a two-headed oracle.”

“There are works of art [for] like the world [looks] and they have these bald blue heads and [Vivian and Georgette] said, ‘Oh yeah, let’s do this,'” McCarthy said. “So they came in. They’re really good, but they’re so strange.” We said, “That’s wonderful.” “

Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire Premieres October 25th.

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