In an appearance on Today, former Book of Mormon star Josh Gad chatted up the morning show hosts about his new White House comedy 1600 Penn, which premiered last week on NBC. In the clip below, hear Gad dish about hiring Today anchor Savannah Guthrie for a cameo, and reveal why his character Skip is like a golden retriever (“He means well, but everything he seems to touch blows up”). The series also recently screened at the White House where Gad was introudced to President Obama. Click below to find out why Gad says meeting the leader of the free world was like Inception!