It was a moment, for them, akin to another significant event.

It’s gonna happen!

Oh my God, do you understand this is bigger than the moon landing?

WILL & GRACE – “Acting Out”

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WILLOne giant step for man-on-mankind.

In ‘99, that punchline was as surprising as the kiss itself."

“It was blistering cold but Eric’s lips warmed me up.

WILL & GRACE – “Accidentally on Porpoise”

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Then he bought us a house and we moved in together,” Hayes jokes.

“Also, Al Roker was very sweet.”

They went from sitcom characters to flesh and blood New Yorkers.

Plus, Sean Hayes is a good kisser, so…

It’s hard for me to believe in something I can’t see.

JACKLook, have you ever seenNCIS?

JACKHas anyone you know ever seen it?

JACKBut you still believe it exists.

Will, God isNCIS.

“I was thinking about something that youbelieveexists, even though you’ve never seen it.”

" McCormack says, sharing Martin’s sentiment.

As for insulting the CBS drama, he says there was no reluctance in going there.

“There was almostnothingthatWill & Gracehesitated about dissing.NCIS?

Besides, we compared them to God!

I’m sure they didn’t complain.”

Hayes, who so matter-of-factly delivered the line, also wasn’t worried.

“My guess is they’re doing just fine with or without us mentioning them.”

Funny but also poignant, executed in one brief, impactful exchange between two friends.

New area for us," McCormack explains.

“I love dumb characters that can suddenly be smart.”

Concludes Kohan, “It was like hitting a baseball on the sweet spot of the bat.”

Home run, indeed.