Tom Hanks on SmartLess
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett surprise each other with Tom Hanks. This English-language SmartLess episode first ran November 1, 2021 and came back on YouTube as a re-release on June 11, 2026. Watch the first 30 seconds with captions made in Translator.
A surprise guest named Tom Hanks
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett surprise each other with Tom Hanks on SmartLess. Hanks talks through the work after Bosom Buddies and Splash—Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away, the war films, and Finch. The YouTube cut is the June 2026 re-release of the November 2021 T.Hankful episode and runs about an hour.
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A surprise guest, then the career
The public episode is the one SmartLess called T.Hankful. Tom Hanks is the surprise. He talks through the work that followed Bosom Buddies and Splash—Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away, the war films, and Finch, which was headed to Apple that November.
The YouTube cut is the June 11, 2026 re-release of the November 1, 2021 episode. It runs 1 hour 4 minutes 28 seconds. The first 30 seconds are only the hosts fighting over the intro. The rest of the conversation is on YouTube if you want the full hour.
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About this post
The YouTube video is embedded directly from SmartLess. The first 30 seconds of captions can be displayed in English, Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt), or Portuguese (Português). All three caption tracks were transcribed and translated in Translator (first 30 seconds only). They are not YouTube automatic captions.
Source: SmartLess, hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, featuring Tom Hanks. YouTube re-release published June 11, 2026. Original episode November 1, 2021. Title: RE-RELEASE: Tom Hanks | SmartLess. Video is in English. Duration: 1:04:28.