Ben Stiller appeared on 'The Tonight Show' on Tuesday to recount some of his funniest memories with his dad, Jerry Stiller. The 'Seinfeld' actor died on May 11 at the age of 92.
. Stiller said his dad was ultra-supportive and often went to see his shows. He was even supportive when a 16-year-old Ben called him in the middle of a bad acid trip. "The first and last time," the comedian told host"I got freaked out, scared, and my first instinct was, 'I'm going to call my parents.' Because every kid calls his parents on LSD, right?" Stiller said.
"I think his first thought was 'acid — he drank battery acid.' And I said, 'No, LSD,' and I could hear the silence on the other end of the phone, because I think he [had] that feeling of like, 'I failed as a parent,'" he continued. "And the next thing he said was, 'It's going to be okay.' And he started to talk me down, even though he knew nothing about drugs. He said, 'I know what you're feeling.
"Afterward I said, 'Dad, what'd you think?' And he said, 'I didn't care for it,'" Stiller recalled, mimicking his father's serious expression at the time. "He said, 'Ella had the commitment and she was shining up there but I didn't feel the rest of the kids were up to it.' He wasn't kidding...it really bothered him."
During the interview, Stiller also talked about what it was like having entertainers as parents, as his dad worked alongside his mom, Anne Meara, who died in 2015. The three all came on, and Stiller said it was the perfect showcase for his dad's sense of humor. "He wasn't really trying to be funny," Stiller said. "He wouldn't go for a laugh. He'd just be himself."
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