Happy Sad Confused

Happy Sad Confused is a conversation show about film and television careers, hosted by Josh Horowitz. His guests are actors and filmmakers, and they talk about the work that made their names as well as what they are doing now. Josh introduces each guest by their range. Elijah Wood goes from Lord of the Rings to Ready or Not 2. Jon Hamm, taped live at 92nd Street, goes from Mad Men to Your Friends and Neighbors, which Josh notes is entering its second season. Daniel Radcliffe comes on as Harry Potter and as a stage actor, with Equus, a Tony for Merrily We Roll Along and the one-person show Every Brilliant Thing all part of the picture. Several guests return often enough that their episodes carry volume numbers, such as 'Daniel Radcliffe, Vol. V', 'Elijah Wood, Vol. III' and 'Jon Hamm, Vol. II'. The show also stages reunions. Martin Sheen and Dulé Hill revisit The West Wing at a live taping at C2E2 in Chicago. There, one voice recalls real doubt that a political drama with a Democratic president could sell advertising, and surprise when it found an audience across party lines. Laurence Fishburne and Joe Pantoliano do the same for The Matrix, and the talk gets detailed: Cypher's deal with the devil, his love for Trinity, the measured cadence Hugo brought to the screen. Filmmakers get the same attention. Screenwriter Drew Goddard, whose credits include Cloverfield, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cabin in the Woods and Daredevil, is one of several Project Hail Mary conversations, alongside Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Sinister Six comes up, and so does a Matrix project he is working on. The tone is loose. Episodes open with Josh's line 'Prepare your ears, humans,' and his asides lean toward mock exasperation, as when he asks anyone who has not subscribed what they are doing with their lives. Some of the best moments are small. Asked which actor he was last mistaken for, Radcliffe says Elijah Wood, every time, and admits he once signed a copy of Lord of the Rings at the stage door. Given the same question, Wood says people still take him for Tobey Maguire, and always for Spider-Man. Radcliffe also admits to asking strangers whether they were a couple, only to be told they were mother and son. Hamm, for his part, recalls a Superman pitch built on making the character funny again, the way he was with Christopher Reeve. The show can be watched on YouTube and Spotify, and Josh uses his introductions to flag upcoming live events, including one with the cast of Beef.