my first guest is an actor,author, and woodworker. his new book is "good clean fun:misadventures in sawdust at offerman woodshop." please welcome back to the show,nick offerman. ♪ ♪ ♪( applause ) >> that's a nice piece. >> stephen: that is a nicepiece we have over there, isn't it? look at that lovely lady overthere.
>> nice joinery. >> stephen: for the people whodidn't join us last time nick was on. that's the end table he made tohave on set here. it's gorgeous. and sturdy, too, sturdy. >> thank you. >> stephen: i wouldn't-- iwouldn't trust any end table you couldn't stand on.
>> no, you could park a prius onthat thing. ( laughter ). >> stephen: but would you? >> i would not. >> stephen: no, you would not. welcome back to the show. nice to see you again. >> thank you, good to see you. >> stephen: quick questionabout the beard can we?
>> sure. >> stephen: is that toopersonal? >> no, bring it on. >> stephen: for some men,growing a beard you have to be patient. is having a beard not a decisionfor you? having a beard, you're soassociated. i hate shaving is i guess theshort of it. >> stephen: just the face?
>> yes, just the face. >> stephen: because that's myfavorite part to shave. every place else is a pain. then you put the after-shave inand it stings like hell, man. it stings. anyway, thanks very much, thanksvery much. >> no, it's my pleasure. i like to present myself asmother nature intended. ( laughter )>> stephen: all right.
can't do that on cbs, i'mafraid. now, i'm a cubs fan upon you'rea cubs fan. serious is tied up. we're taping this before thegame tonight. >> that's right. >> stephen: in l.a. how are you handling the stress? >> well, you know, i have-- ihave a compart mentallization system.
like, when i allditioned for therole of iran swanson, it took five months to get the job, sofor that five months i had to put that information in thisdrawer that-- that's not attached to a motion. so i know that something mighthappen in the coming weeks that would be very good for mybaseball team. but i-- i'm not attachingemotion to it. and -->> when do you attach the emotion to it?
( laughter )you've loved and lost, is what you're saying. and now you're afraid to feel. >> i suppose so. ( laughter )i've-- i've become inured to feeling. >> stephen: how do you stay sozen about this? you have a sen say, right? you dedicate some of this toyour sense.
>> i have a teacher-- sensemeans teacher in japanese, in theater school-->> stephen: that's what a lot of parents say when they findout their kids are going to theater school. "where is your son?""in theater school-- ha-ha." >> in theater school inchampagne, illinois, there was a gentleman who taught teaceremony, and black ink painting. i don't know how he ended up inchampagne, but we were lucky to
have him. and he and i really hit it off. i would help him in his gardenand he would teach me about zen-- he blew my mind. we were pulling weeds and hesaid the notion to pull weeds is the same thing that causes us togo to war. and i said( inhails ) please-- please elaborate. and he said, "you know, we wantour good sprowts to survive and
receive all the nutrients andthe sun, and we want to kill the bad sprowts that are taking allof our oil and so forth. ( laughter )>> stephen: did you find a war hawk zen master? that doesn't sound necessarilyantiwar? >> he is-- he is eye wonderfullysweet artist. and he was simply -->> who will kill you if you try to take his oil. >> that may have been myparaphrasing of his lesson.
>> stephen: okay. >> he married megan and i with atea ceremony. >> stephen: really? >> yeah. >> stephen: that's delightful. >> he gave me some of thegreatest lessons of my life that i didn't know until later wouldjust always stick with me. and it's a lot of what this bookis about. woodworking for me is where ican always maintain the attitude
of a student, which is what hisgreatest lesson to me ever was. >> stephen: i want to find outabout that. we'll take a commercial breakand i want to talk about the book and i want to talk aboutwood. we'll be right back with morenick offerman. ( applause )♪ ♪ ♪