PG And this was before 24/7 internet. We just had to make it to 3:15 p.m., then we went home.

JA And I could write to Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas and tell them both they were my favorite talk show hosts.

PG Do your childhoods explain the consistent work posses that you’ve assembled — Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd, Jenni Konner and Jemima Kirke?

JA When I moved to California and started doing stand-up after high school, I met hundreds of people just like me: same dreams, same references. But it’s rare to meet people that you’re in sync with about the work and who work in ways that are healthy and productive. There are great people who are nightmares to work with.

LD I think about it like dating in your 20s. Your friends go, “Why did you break up with that guy?” And you’re like: “He’s nice. But he doesn’t bike.” That’s fine when you’re 26. But wait until you’re 41, and you remember that perfectly nice boyfriend you broke up with because you thought there’d be someone better who also biked. My boyfriend and I don’t see eye-to-eye on everything, but I feel blessed to have him by my side in this complicated world. And I feel the same about the people I work with. It’s like there are a million fish in the sea — and no fish in the sea.

JA There’s a creative falling in love.

LD I don’t want to embarrass him, but if I could stuff Judd inside my womb and protect him for the rest of time, I would. I’ve called him about everything: every problem with my mother, my boyfriend, every time I screwed up with the press. He’s taken my calls when he’s driving his kids to school. That’s sacred. It’s also rare to have healthy intergenerational relationships between men and women. Basically every woman I know who’s had a mentor told me: “Yeah. He touched my butt.”

PG Maybe the rarest thing is that you both cut through the cultural noise, the superheroes, the lousy “Housewives” ——