via The Perfect Parfait
Sometime around 2007, David Wain, the comedic architect behind Wet Hot American Summer and founding father of The State, is in a New York editing suite trying to piece together Role Models. Next door, Mike Myers is editing a movie of his own. And through the drywall, Wain can hear Myers ruthlessly destroying another human being.
This incredible piece of unfiltered Hollywood lore didn’t surface on a sanitized late-night couch or in a glossy memoir. It dropped casually in the middle of an Encino backyard, while Wain was eating an Astro Pop shoved into a glass of Italian ice.
The source is The Perfect Parfait, a YouTube series hosted by Hunter Cope that operates as a beautifully unhinged fever dream disguised as a culinary quest. The premise involves Cope sitting down with celebrities to eat oddly constructed desserts and ask profoundly weird questions. It recently crossed a million views, largely because it consistently pulls gold out of its guests.
Case in point: Wain. The 27-minute interview runs on pure deadpan absurdity. But nestled right in the middle is the Myers anecdote, which arrives after Cope attempts to clear his own conscience. Cope apologizes for a time as a naive 24-year-old when he gave unsolicited, incredibly dumb feedback to Wain during the Role Models edit. Wain accepts the apology, but immediately pivots to a much more intense editing room horror story.
Let’s let Wain tell it:
“Mike Myers was in the edit room next door. Working on some project, whatever it was… the Love Guru probably. And he was yelling at one of the interns so ruthlessly, so like tearing this person a new [one] in the most cruel and relentless way for so long. We’re hearing it from the other room and I’m like, ‘Who is that kid who he’s just being so mean to?’ And he’s like, ‘That’s the director.'”
Just let that marinate. Mike Myers, presumably deep into Guru Pitka mode, verbally dismantles his director (who would have been first-timer Marco Schnabel) so thoroughly that comedy veteran David Wain assumes he is dressing down a 22-year-old coffee fetcher.
Here’s the clip:
Wain later says “I didn’t mean it.” So… who knows?
That is the exact kind of unfiltered industry story that makes The Perfect Parfait required viewing.
Later in the episode, Wain casually drops a great detail about his own directing ambitions. When asked what genre he thinks he could excel at but hasn’t tackled yet, he doesn’t pivot to a Marvel movie or a prestige Oscar drama. His answer? A 1970s-style conspiracy thriller, specifically name-dropping The Manchurian Candidate and The Conversation.
Honestly? Give David Wain a blank check and let him make a paranoia-fueled thriller right now. We already know he can handle a sprawling ensemble cast and high-stakes tension; just swap the summer camp counselors for deep-state operatives. I’d be first in line.
The web can be a wasteland, but The Perfect Parfait is a joy to watch. It’s wry, punchy, and doesn’t take itself too seriously. Do yourself a favor, tap into the new episode below.