Overview

• Danson said Charlie McDowell, then about 15, returned from getting a sandwich to find a friend had landed on his mother’s nude scene from the 1980 film Melvin and Howard.
• McDowell reacted angrily and confronted his friend, saying, “That’s my mom. What are you doing?!” according to Danson’s account on Where Everybody Knows Your Name.
• Danson noted the scene comes from the role that earned Steenburgen an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
• Guest Kathryn Hahn related that her teenage son avoids her raunchier work, recalling that she fast-forwarded much of Step Brothers when showing it to her kids.
• Danson added that his own mother reportedly watched his 1981 film Body Heat with her hands over her eyes, and he and Steenburgen have a blended family formed after their 1995 marriage.