File this below “superstar favors I didn’t see coming.” Jay Leno is understood for a lot of issues. He’s a comic, a longtime Tonight Present host, decades-long rival to David Letterman, a automobile whisperer, and a person who can repair something with a socket set. However based on a latest revelation by Harrison Ford, the funnyman has one other new expertise: he can even 3D-print a customized rest room seat. Sure, Leno printed a rest room seat for Han Solo. And actually? It’s essentially the most healthful tech-meets-Hollywood crossover of the yr.
Per an unique report from Individuals, throughout Leno’s Love Journey Basis occasion in Glendale (Sept. 8), the previous late-night tv host defined how he ended up fixing a really particular toilet emergency for the Indiana Jones star. The saga bubbled up on NPR’s Wild Card with Rachel Martin, the place Ford’s cellphone lit up with a real-time name from comedy veteran and the actor admitted he’d tapped Jay’s store of nifty machines (plural 3D printers) after years of failing to discover a alternative seat for a discontinued mannequin. The comic instructed the outlet:
In [Ford’s] workplace in Wyoming, he is obtained some type of uncommon rest room with an uncommon rest room seat, and he could not discover a rest room seat [replacement]. So he referred to as me and stated, ‘Are you able to 3D print me one?’ I stated, ‘Convey me the outdated one.’ So he introduced me the outdated one, and we 3D-printed it.
Based on Leno, the print didn’t take lengthy, the match was good, and Ford—who is aware of a factor or two about precision gear—was impressed. He continued:
He is surprised how good it turned out. So anyone that wants a 3D-printed rest room seat, let me know. It was very humorous. He is very humorous. Good man.
For those who’ve adopted the broadcast-veteran-turned-car-collector past late night time, this tracks. The man runs a world-class storage and treats engineering like a love language. In the meantime, Ford instructed Wild Card he’d hunted for an identical seat “for years,” even tapping pals within the plumbing trade. When the search flushed out (sorry), he made the world’s coolest chilly name: “Hey, Jay Leno. It’s me, Harrison Ford.”
I like every thing about this story: the old-school film icon discovering a contemporary maker resolution; the automobile man who can’t resist a unusual problem; and the psychological picture of a store crew CAD-modeling Han Solo’s… throne. It’s peak dad ingenuity with blockbuster star energy. Additionally, props to the sensible lesson right here. Who’d have thought 3D printing isn’t only for cosplay Iron Man helmets and Star Wars collectible figurines?
When he’s not crowdsourcing plumbing fixes, the “film star” label he side-eyes remains to be busy: at 83, Ford earned his first-ever Emmy nomination along with his Shrinking co-stars, quipped about touchdown on the Batman shortlist, and—due to course—confirmed off a customized rest room seat courtesy of Jay Leno. You may take pleasure in Harrison Ford’s work on Shrinking with an Apple TV+ subscription.
As for the legendary TV character, when he’s not 3D-printing rest room seats—sure, Jay, your hotline clearly works—he’s busy with Jay Leno’s Storage, the place new episodes drop on his official YouTube channel.