Jerry O'Connell on His New Fall Comedy:

Tonight Jerry O'Connell suits up to cop a feel of his wife and baby mama Rebecca Romijn on "King & Maxwell." And you will get a lot more O'Connell come fall when his sitcom "We Are Men" debuts on CBS. A lot more as in ... he wears a Speedo. A lot. Jerry says that his wife will probably make an appearance: "She owes me. I flew to Vancouver; all she has to do is drive 25 minutes!"

We talked "We Are Men," parenting, "Stand by Me," and law school.

We got a clip from "King & Maxwell" of you frisking Rebecca. Did you improvise that banter?

The fact that I got to frisk her was great. OK, I got to feel her up. I got to touch her in places that I'm normally not allowed to touch as a husband. It was a fun scene and I think it was helpful that I'm Rebecca's husband, because I know if I had to do that to another actress, I would have said, "OK, I'm gonna poke you, I hope you're OK with this," and even I would have pulled back a little for fear that human resources would have been knocking on my door. We had fun. It was also fun because my wife is shooting on location in Canada and I got to bring the girls up. It was a good excuse for all of us to get together.

You must miss her.

It's tough because we have two girls, so when Mommy's not around, their hair looked a hot mess. They were wearing jeans and sneakers every day. You know, I just have a brother. I'm slowly learning, but my feminine side is lacking. But Mom comes home and they're back in dresses and all is well.

When we had our kids, she took a long break from work and was sort of content with staying home. I don't want to say I encouraged her to go back, but I mean, we really encourage each other to get out there. I encouraged her to start working again. When I came into our relationship, Rebecca was working a lot. I don't want to see her stop that because we have two kids. I'm able to handle these two. It's a lot, but I can do it.

Romijn and O'Connell celebrate their twin daughters' birthday at the Walt Disney World theme park. (Disney / Splash …That's a great message for all the husbands out there.

Listen, I'm awful in comparison to my wife. My wife is very good at making sure they do crafts, and learning how to cook and play outside and play with wooden toys and sticks, and I just turn the TV on. I'm the worst. When it comes to dinnertime, we have a choice between four drive-thrus.

Variety is the spice of life!

Oh, my kids love it, but now that Rebecca is home, we're eating a lot healthier.

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Do your girls want to be like Mommy and Daddy on TV?

You know, one of our daughters sort of does well at dance, and when Katy Perry comes on, sings "Firework." Someone at school taught them that "Call Me Maybe" song. They somehow know all the lyrics.

Fun for you?

[Laughs] I love my kids. They're adorable. I'm not sure they have the wherewithal to be on the set. I love 'em to death, but they're nuts. They could go on a set and burn the place down. When Rebecca's working and I bring them to set to visit her, I have to get crew members to help me wrangle them. They're just nuts. And things are expensive on set and they're touching cameras and sound equipment. I'm fearing I have to reimburse somebody for whatever they break.

Do they get that from you?

I was pretty nutty but ... yeah, this is my first time parenting and raising kids, and I do look around the playground and compare the nuttiness of my children to other kids', and I would say my kids are the nuttier kids when we're all on the playground. I'm gonna incorporate chamomile into their diet, I think.

Let's talk "We Are Men." From all girls at home to all guys on set!

Myself, Kal Penn, and Tony Shaloub, who is hilarious, play recently divorced guys who live in temporary housing, sort of like the Oakwoods. They have a support system. Tony Shaloub is really funny.

Watch a teaser of "We Are Men":

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