Billy Dunne and Daisy Jones are ready for some (electric) mayhem!
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SAM CLAFLIN: Welcome to a very special edition of Entertainment Weekly’s Around the Table.
‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ meets ‘The Muppets Mayhem’.Eric Longden for EW
DR. TEETH:That’s right.
CLAFLIN:And I’m fanboying!
DR. TEETH:Well, it is most posilutely a pleasure to be here with you both.
The Electric Mayhem perform on ‘The Muppets Mayhem’.Mitch Haaseth/Disney
JANICE:Oh, fer sure.
I’m getting, like, really amazing vibes from both of you.
Like your auras are both like totally stunning today!
Sam Claflin as Billy Dunne and Riley Keough as Daisy Jones.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
CLAFLIN:I think you’ve brought the energy, that’s what it is.
DR. TEETH:Right on.
CLAFLIN: So Dr. Teeth, it is such a pleasure to meet you in person.
Lilly Singh, Janice, and Saara Chaudry on ‘The Muppets Mayhem’.Mitch Haaseth/Disney
DR. TEETH:That is correct.
CLAFLIN:Can you tell us how you guys got together?
JANICE (aside, to Riley):That’s New Orleans.
The cast of ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
KEOUGH (aside, to Janice):Thank you.
JANICE (aside, to Riley):You’re welcome.
DR. TEETH:As happenstance would have it, both myself and Floyd Pepper hail from N’awlins.
The Electric Mayhem on ‘The Muppets Mayhem’.Mitch Haaseth/Disney
Our grooviations could not be kept apart.
KEOUGH:That’s right.
CLAFLIN:So you guys just clicked straight away?
Sam Claflin and Riley Keough as Billy Dunne and Daisy Jones.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
JANICE:Fer sure!
But once their celestial stars collided, it was like, two whole notes melding into one perfect harmony.
KEOUGH:Sounds like the beginning of a very beautiful friendship.
Lilly Singh, Tahj Mowry, Anders Holm, and the Electric Mayhem on ‘The Muppets Mayhem’.Mitch Haaseth/Disney
CLAFLIN: My character dealt with the responsibilities of being the band leader, too.
KEOUGH:One of the band’s leaders.
CLAFLIN:Right, yes, sorry, I still feel like I’m in character sometimes.
‘Daisy Jones and the Six’.Warner Music
How did the responsibility of being the band leader, how did they weigh on you?
DR. TEETH:Our group is ruled by a pure rocktocracy.
DR. TEETH:Precisely.
‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ meets ‘The Muppets Mayhem’.Eric Longden for EW
JANICE:Fer sure.
You know, like, all working together in harmony.
KEOUGH:Just like any good band should, if you ask me!
JANICE:Oh fer sure.
JANICE:Oh, wow Riley, you’re like, so insightful!
We’re totally like a family!
But I couldn’t imagine my life without any of them.
KEOUGH:I love that.
What more could you ever want, right?
JANICE:OMG, Riley!
it’s possible for you to say “fer sure,” it’s not just for me.
It’s for, like, every organic being on Mother Earth…
KEOUGH:Fer sure, Janice.
JANICE:Wow, you’re, like, a natural!
CLAFLIN:Fer sure!
JANICE:Okay we might have to work on that one a little bit.
Maybe we’ll just go with Riley for right now.
CLAFLIN:Sorry, it’s the British accent.
Yeah that was kind of where my love and inspiration came from.
DR. TEETH:How about you, Riley?
So I watched women, I watched men, I watched Robert Plant, I watched Jimi Hendrix.
JANICE: I can totally see that now!
That’s like totally amazing, right?
So, did either of you ever want to, like, be in a band?
I never knew it was an option.
DR. TEETH:You learned to play guitar for the part?
CLAFLIN:For the part, yeah.
Now I have new dreams.
CLAFLIN:Maybe one day.
KEOUGH:One day.
DR. TEETH: What is your go-to karaoke jam, Sam?
It’s a good crowd pleaser.
DR. TEETH:That was your audition song?
CLAFLIN:That was my audition song.
DR. TEETH:Beautiful, beautiful.
JANICE:I like, love that song.
DR. TEETH:Could you do a little of that for us?
CLAFLIN:[Laughs] Not today.
KEOUGH:Oh my gosh, that’s so hard, Janice.
DR. TEETH:Paprika?
CLAFLIN:[Laughs] Five Spice.
KEOUGH:[Laughs] Cayenne.
DR. TEETH:Cayenne.
KEOUGH:She was fantastic.
JANICE:Oh I love Ginger!
CLAFLIN:Karaoke with you two?
How could anyone pass that up?!
KEOUGH:We would love that.
CLAFLIN:Yes like.
JANICE:We just like totally get each other, y’know?
Like our vibes blend like, really really well together.
Plus, he’s got that amazing mustache wow, have you like seen that mustache?
KEOUGH:I have seen the mustache.
CLAFLIN:It’s an impressive mustache.
JANICE:Well then you like, totally get it, right?
KEOUGH:That’s really beautiful, Janice.
I mean, it doesn’t really happen, but wouldn’t that be like totally amazing?
DR. TEETH/JANICE/KEOUGH/CLAFLIN:Love.
DR. TEETH: I brought a question that I wanted to ask you both.
I wrote it down so I wouldn’t forget.
It’s down here.
CLAFLIN:What haven’t I loved?
That was my favorite piece of work that you all have done.
DR. TEETH:Got it, here it is!
Do you have a favorite Muppet moment or movie or something we’ve done?
KEOUGH:That’s a hard question, Janice.
I think they both were incredible.
It felt very synchronized in that respect.
It felt magical and you know, it was a very special new experience.
What about you two?
JANICE/KEOUGH:Fer sure!
JANICE:Like Lilly and Tahj and Saara and Anders were like so amazing to be with everyday.
DR. TEETH:And don’t forget that unbelievable production crew that made it all happen.
We couldn’t have been more luckified.
Talk about a family.
CLAFLIN:That’s exactly how we feel about our show.
KEOUGH:Yes we were very very lucky.
JANICE/KEOUGH/CLAFLIN:Fer sure!
JANICE:Ooh, nice, Sam!
CLAFLIN:Thank you, I’m learning.
I’m getting there.
JANICE:Wow you’re like in the zone now.
CLAFLIN:Thank you, Janice, thank you.
KEOUGH:I would love to work with you guys.
DR. TEETH:You’ll get the hang of it.
JANICE:Let’s hear some.
DR. TEETH:Yeah why don’t you play a little something, give it a shot.
[Claflin attempts to play something]
DR. TEETH:That’s terrible.
What is that tour life like?
JANICE:Ooh, y’know Sam, it’s like, totally amazing, right?
We’re all so close because we’re, like, literally close all the time.
DR. TEETH:Our tour has been never-ending, not unlike our broken, collaboratory friendship.
JANICE:Oh y’know, like, kind of, fer sure.
Our tours are like, one long family road trip.
DR. TEETH:Right on.
And on our road trips, nobody’s ever askin' “Are we there yet?”
because we’re never ever quite sure of the destination.
How do you deal with those kinds of things?
DR. TEETH:Oh certainly, Miss Riley.
We’ve had some truly far out disagreements in our day.
But why bring up the negative when the positive’s all you need?
DR. TEETH:I don’t think we need to bring that up.
JANICE:Oh of course not.
Let’s like totally bury it so it all blows up all at once later on.
KEOUGH:You know what, I think Janice is right.
Let’s talk about…
DR. TEETH:Alright, you wanna talk about breakfast?
We don’t have to do this right now.
TEETH:Mind your own business!
However and wherever it may compel us, we shall follow.
JANICE:Oh fer sure.
And like, whatever happens, we’ll like totally be together.
KEOUGH:Is there anybody you’re just like dying to collaborate with?
DR. TEETH:Well, at the moment…
I’d say Sam Claflin and Riley Keough!
JANICE:Oh yeah I hear they’re amazing.
KEOUGH:Okay well should we sing a song together?
JANICE:Oh let’s do like a karaoke!
DR. TEETH:How about this one?
[Starts singing “Can You Picture That?"]
ALL:Can you picture that?
Can you picture that?
