Your mom's clutch, Segel's naked, and Lennon’s still out of tune

🎬 Why Harrison Ford said yes to Shrinking, after seeing Jason Segel naked

Turns out, the fastest way to a TV legend’s heart is full-frontal vulnerability.

When Harrison Ford was approached to join Shrinking, the dramatic Apple TV comedy co-created by and starring Jason Segel, he asked to see some of Segel’s previous work and got a little more than he bargained for. 

Have you seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall? You remember that scene. After watching Segel’s heartbreak play out in all its emotionally and biologically exposed glory, Ford texted series co-creator Bill Lawrence:

An endorsement for the ages.

It’s a moment of poetic symmetry for a show called Shrinking. Because clearly, Ford was not deterred by a little... cinematic vulnerability. If anything, it sealed the deal. (Call it reverse shrinkage.)

And Ford’s been in rare form ever since, deadpanning through press tours, casually brushing off Red Hulk CGI with “that’s what the money’s for,” and responding to a question about his self-care ritual with a grumpy, “None of your goddamn business.”

A legend still, Mr. Ford!

🚗 The car handle mystery: solved by the one true authority, your mom

The people who designed the cars will tell you one thing, but the internet found the truth.

If you asked the engineers who built your car what those ubiquitous handles above the doors are for, they’d probably say something about passenger stability or making exits easier. Fancy folks might argue they’re for hanging dry cleaning. Someone older might even suggest they’re leftovers from the drive-in speaker days.

Pshaw! says the internet. Pshaw!

When one teen asked X (always ‘formerly Twitter’ in our hearts) what the handle is really for, the responses came fast, funny, and just a little unhinged. One answer in particular went viral because it felt uncomfortably true for anyone who’s ever braked too hard with Mom in the passenger seat.

What are the handles for?

And just like that, a universal truth was born. There were other theories, too, some too spicy for this newsletter.

🎸 John and Paul’s last jam was pure chaos and totally unforgettable

Four years after the Beatles broke up, they reunited. Kind of. It didn’t go how you’d think.

When Paul McCartney dropped by a John Lennon studio session in 1974, it wasn’t for a reunion tour or even a planned collaboration. It was a jam session—one fueled by booze, late-night energy, and zero structure.

Drums were borrowed. Stevie Wonder showed up. So did Harry Nilsson and Bobby Keys. Somewhere in the fog, they covered “Stand By Me.” Sort of.

The bootleg that came out of it—A Toot and a Snore in ’74—is a beautiful mess. But more than the music, it’s a glimpse into a chaotic, tender moment between two friends re-finding their rhythm, if only for one night.

40% of the way to the weekend. You got this!