Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - “Nota Bene” (w/ Mike Birbiglia)

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

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Ding dong. Las Culturistas calling. I think we can switch the count of lovely, straight male guests that we've had on the show on two hands now. Skyrocketed with this one. I just wanted two hands, a middle. And I think that warrants celebration. No, 100%.

Like, well, by the way, you know, I have got my Coke Zero in front of me and of course it says, bruh. And that had to be cosmic. Absolutely. I have to tell you, I'm a little distracted because Bone and I were eating something spicy today and our stomachs are in a place. And I think it put me on a bad mood on a call we just had and I'm concerned about the way that I came off. I actually admired you on that call.

I mean, you were sort of like, it wasn't directed at anyone. It was kind of a rallying cry to get the whole team, everyone on this Zoom on the same page about something. Readers, Katie's publicist, finalist, Kyle's, you know, like, sometimes it's just like you get frustrated and it has to come out. Like, and I don't even... I don't like being like that. I had a moment like that this morning with you before we...

With me? No, with just the people in the room. Yeah. And I was just like... I was just exasperated. I think sometimes you get to a certain point where you're just like, I have to vent frustrations. And it's hard because like, I feel like my modus operandi every day is like, cheerful, want to leave places better than I came in.

And then, but sometimes you get a little human moment and your stomach is hurt from eating something spicy and things are kind of like getting to you and you express. Can I point out something else? Your MO lately has been to say the full modus operandi rather than abbreviating it to MO. Cause this is, I think the second time this week that you've said the full modus operandi.

And can I tell you, every time I say the expression modus operandi, I'm like, I think this is right. It is, it is right. You know what it means. I actually didn't, I didn't know that MO meant a modus operandi. Oh yeah. I means. I actually didn't. I didn't know that M.O. was Modus Operandi. Oh, yeah. I just I've literally been thinking of them as two totally different things.

I kind of love that for you that you're saying the full that you're Modus Operandi. You're you're tripling the syllable count. I think it's such a beautiful phrase. Modus Operandi. Think about like the peaks and valleys of that. Of course. You know what I want to kind of work in? What? Which is so insufferable is NB or nota bene.

What does that mean? Like, you know, like when someone writes something and then go NB as in like, it's like a PS, but it's like in the same paragraph. It's like, I went to the store today, NB, it was crowded. I don't know about NB. No one ever uses NB with me. within the same paragraph. It's like, I went to the store today, and B, it was crowded. You know what I mean? No one ever uses NB with me. Well, anyway, that's Latin slash Italian, and we have an Italian legend with us in the room today.

Truly, it's a Roman Catholic Italian legend. Roman Catholic, we gotta talk about- The pope. The pope? The conclave, this is, maybe, see, this is why it's fate and karma in the air, because we have one of the, we have a scholar on the Catholic Church here.

Met a pope. Met a pope. Maybe met the last great one. Can I say though? Now that more and more comes out about Leo. I also, I know that I'm saying this from like a place of like having an upset stomach and also like a little bit ornery because of- You're ornery.

I had a thing today, but like what the fuck did people expect with no I know I'm not surprised it's just like it's so funny it's so funny the way that like popes are like ripe for like literal adulation from like internet people like oh my god that the new pope it's like let's all get together and watch the conclave and like what then be immediately but then you find out that- It's like, let's all get together and watch the conclave and like, what, then be immediately disappointed because they're Catholic? But then you find out that they're Catholic. It's like, can I be real?

Like, this never gonna change. Like, you're never gonna, the pope is never gonna be like, yeah, I think gay guys should rock the fuck on. That's never what the pope is gonna say. No, but we liked Francis because he was kind of like, gay guys should rock the fuck on and then still used slurs in a fun way. Literally in a way that made me go, I like him.

Really? Frottagine made me go, that is hilarious. Frottagine, okay, I forgot about that. That's like almost as beautiful as modus operandi. Absolutely. Well, anyway, our guest is a real legend. Truly? Truly.

This is his fourth Netflix special. The Good Life. The Good Life, The Good Life. It's really sublime. Might've shed a tear, but that's cause I was at serotonin zero when I watched it. And that's exactly where I, the state in which I should've watched.

I probably was like, my serotonin probably was a little bit higher than that, but I also cried. Oh, so beautiful. Yeah. This is an incredible storyteller. It was a sensitive, amazing man. We've been on-

Cute guy too. Cute guy. Not bad looking at him. Not bad to look at either. Well, don't make his head explode. Everyone please welcome Mike Verviglia. This is the best introduction that a podcast has ever received.

Was it? Cute guy. Not bad. Not bad. No, that's a, hey, hey, hey. You know what we meant. Not to be mean. Not to be mean. No, that's a hey, hey, hey. I said that. Not the BAMI. Not the BAMI.

Wow, it's great to have a front runner for a title event. The one is his modus operandi. Operandi? Do you see di or di? I guess Latin it's di. I think di. I like getting the Latin in. I like that modus operandi. Can you talk to us about your current modus operandi? My current modus operandi is mode of working. I guess is I'm in a writer space right now. I'm writing my next movie.

Great. Oh yeah. Yeah. How is, okay, and can you share what stage you're at with it? I'm at the stage of like, I want to film it next spring and I've written drafts of it And I just want to get it to a point where it's an ensemble where all eight characters are like lovely and it's very like Don't think twice and yeah, we've all talked about don't think twice a bit because it

Mirrored the NYU improv It's a life. I mean that movie I remember I told you this when I came on the podcast I'm sure you guys spoke about it as Don't Think Twice as well. Like, it shook me to my core when I first watched it because I was like, I remember it was like, I don't know how you felt. We never really talked about that. We hadn't really talked about Don't Think Twice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe because it was a sensitive subject at the time.

But like, it really scared me. I was like, oh, there's no way I'd be that much of a dick to my friends as the character you play in that movie. I was like, I don't know if this is'd be that much of a dick to my friends as the character you play in that movie I was like, I don't know if this is like a depiction of what our community is really like and then you go through that experience You're like, oh, yeah, all sorts of humanity can come out of this, you know, yeah, it's like an interesting Life experience of like that first time for me. It was like in my 30s when you realize like life isn't fair Mm-hmm. Like not everyone gets the same thing in your group of best friends from college. Exactly.

But then is this new film a lovelier bunch than the don't think twice group you would say. It's a it's a I think mixed bag. Oh I think it's a it's a fun ensemble film. I'm really excited about it. I don't even know if I'm going to be in it. Like I'm excited to just write and direct. That's sexy.

Well making movies is so fun. Yeah. And I just love it. I love, I'm obsessed with movies. I think that's my last culture-ist is kind of like way in. It's like that about movies. We watch, for example, like we watch Wicked probably seven or eight times. Did you with Una? Una loved it. She's a wicked head.

She would lose her mind if she knew I was here right now. I don't think the kids care about me. No, she cares and she watches SNL and I think maybe you've been on it as a cake. Is it possible? I have not been on it as a cake. Okay. A lot of the SNL folks.

That they have. Lots of the SNL folks cross over to it as a cake. But that's huge for her. Yeah. In the same way that it's huge for me because, and can I tell you, the thing that breaks my heart about my summer is that I can't line up with the shooting dates.

Oh, bummer. For his cage. And I'm like, damn it. Oh, interesting. So I guess I gotta, whatever, it's gotta wait. But it's coming back. Oh, it's huge, it's huge. You know who I feel like would connect with kids,

and clearly he has, is Mikey. There's something very infectious about his energy and childlike about it that I think like- To my daughter, Mikey is like my Steve Martin. Oh, I love that! I love that! Yeah, like sometimes I'll explain to her, I'll be like, so the way you see Mikey

is like how I see Steve Martin. Wow. And she kind of gets it, I think. You have this joke in the special where when people stop you on the street, when she's with you, like a big fan of your comedy, whatever, when they like when they like throw praise at you in passing, you know, you finally asked her one day, like, how does that make you feel when that happens?

And can I spoil it? Yeah. And she said, well, you say it. She goes, it's a waste of my time. Right. But then and I go, that's the meanest thing anyone's ever said. And I know Bill Burr. You know Bill Burr. Great joke. But then someone called me the other day and they go, who's a friend of Bill Burr?

And they're like, hey, I think Bill Burr might have some concerns about that. I'm like, it's a compliment. It's a huge compliment. Does he think he's a sweetheart? I don't know. The reality is he is. His persona is like, you know, he's a ballbuster. Right.

That's what I thought. That's the way it read to me in this. I misunderstood. No, no. I think let's just, okay, we can just address this here and now. Let's address it here and now. Bilber is one of the great sweethearts of the industry. So lovely.

Sure. The persona is ballbuster. I think so. Yeah. Unless I misunderstood all the specials. No, no, no. Well, I think that it's like to an audience watching your special, like I would imagine they watch his specials as well and the persona is ball buster.

So you're speaking to the persona. You're speaking about this person with the, you know, audience. Well, of course, I overthink everything. So this person says this to me and I go, well, what do you think he'll say? They go, well, he might call you. I go, well, if he calls me, here's what I would say. I would go, if it wasn't your name, it wouldn't get a laugh. Exactly.

It's like, that's the meanest thing anyone's ever said to me. And I know Chris Rock. No one would laugh. He doesn't have that persona. They'd be like, wait, is he mean? Whereas other, yeah. And there's something about the ear hit of Bill Burr, that the sound of these. It's got a nice pop pop. Pop pop. But then the ear hit of Bill Burr, the sound of bees.

It's got a nice pop pop. Pop pop. But then you say that your daughter, okay, and I believe that your daughter has said to you that it's a waste of her time whenever that happens. But does she understand that, you know, her dad being who he is and doing what he does ends up, like is the reason why she gets to go to Rome,

or that he gets to be in a Taylor Swift music video or something like that. Can you connect to it on that level? I'd like to think so, but you know, it's like, and I make the joke in this special, it's like, my parents were not physically affectionate with me, and like, Jenny and I are the opposite, which I'm gonna, we'll find out what problem

that creates when she's a grownup, right? Because you know you're messing up something and you just try to do your best. I'm starting to see a micro generation under us. Like we know people, okay, perfect example, friend of the show, Natalie Roder-Laitman. And then another friend of the show, Celeste Yim, says, the reason they love Natalie so much

is because Natalie is someone who, as a product of their parents loving them so much. And she's just this wonderful, chill, like, just like carefree kind of person. And in a way that is like so unfettered. And I feel like hopefully that's where Una ends up. I think so. Yeah. I'd like to think so.

Like for her to be able to say, it's a waste of my time. Hilarious. Yeah. I showed her the trailer the other day. And then this week I'm going to show her some clips. I'm kind of easing it. Some of this stuff is a little over the age 10. Yeah. You know what I mean?

In terms of in terms of like heaviness or in terms of? Heaviness, I think. The stroke stuff is pretty heavy. Yeah. It's for people listening, like it's about my dad having a stroke and kind of dealing with that. And yeah, it's pretty heavy. Mm hmm. Would it play the same in every iteration that you would do the show where, like,

there are these really quick shifts in room tone even. Not even just, like, your tone as a performer, but, like, the room, a hush falls in the room so quickly, and then you immediately break that and it picks back up. But, like, did you see the peaks and valleys every time in the same way? It definitely varied and over, you up. But like, did you see the peaks and valleys every time in the same way? It definitely varied. And over, you know, over time, it's like calibrating,

how do you signal to the audience quickly that I'm going to say something serious? We're dropping ass. Yeah, yeah. And a lot of it is like, honestly, just silence. Like, there'll be moments where like like, I'll just walk stage right and just not say anything for a second. And I think at this point, my audience is like,

they kind of know from The Old Man of the Pool and the new one that, like, that's in there. Yeah. And that's like, actually, like, one of the coolest things about making these shows now is that, like, it's not out of nowhere that there's drama. I feel like the drama in the past was always, I don't know, maybe my memory's bad, but it felt like it like lived a little bit longer.

And in this one, it feels like in The Good Life, it feels like it's the rhythm, the cadence is like a little bit more contracted in a way that I'm like, oh, this is really interesting. Like you kind of like toggle between them in a quicker way. Does it feel like that? Yeah, I think part of it is my other shows were about kind of pain that I experienced in the past. And this one for the first time is about pain I'm experiencing in my present.

My dad is like still hanging on after having a stroke 15 months ago. It's like, it's devastating. Like it's like every week it's just really, really hard. And we have moments, right? And I talk about that in the specials, going to celebrate his 84th birthday was beautifully surrounded by his children and his grandchildren. And like I gave him rosary beads from the Vatican that the last pope blessed.

And it's like, I mean, I'm hoping that that's, the rawness of it is what connects with people. And you guys were saying like, you're a little choked up from it. It's like, I want that to be the case. I think like, I think the, for me, like the comedy that I connect to most, and that's why I was saying like,

like movies is my like love language of like my culture. It's like, it's like it's like Movies I think do that really well when they like James L. Brooks movies or like Even this weekend like we were watching Because it's on Netflix now because four seasons Tina Fey's great series. You're on we watched the original this weekend I'm just so choked up. Yeah something about those 70s movies that like wrecks me. Yeah. What's your favorite James L. Brooks? Broadcast News.

Absolutely. And then Terms of Endearment is probably a close number too. Terms is wild. So I have a question though, because you talk about like how there wasn't a lot of affection from your parents. Like were you always someone... I have two questions. One, you went to Georgetown, right? Yeah.

Do you think if your parents had hugged you more, you still would have gone to Georgetown? No. Probably not, right? Right. So that, thank you for answering that question so in such a short way. Food for thought out there. And another thing is, were you always seeking out emotional outlets as a kid? Or is that, did you arrive at wanting connections with emotional films and media a little bit later

because you felt maybe delayed or lacking in that? I think I found it, when I was a kid, I would write like poems and songs. Like I felt these ridiculous, like a joke book, a poem book, a song book, and then my, you know, I still have them all. And they're ridiculous. And I had no real outlet for it. I did a little theater in high school. And when I went to college, I auditioned for the improv group, and I didn't know what improv was.

And then I was like, I'm all in on this. And so that became my entire existence. And that was, that was, yeah. And it kind of weirdly still is. Like, yes, like lately I've been improvising with the P.D. boys over at UCB. And like it's my most joy outside of being with my family. Yeah, I love it. I've I'm I'm a bad friend and I have yet to be one of those. But they've asked me multiple times to do it.

I would love both of you to come. Let's do it. You guys got to come and revise it. So we've been do it. We would love both of you to come. Let's do it. You guys got to come improvise. It's so fun. We've been doing it with Josh Sharpener and Jackson. And it's been like, it's so fun. It feels so good to just be afraid of that one. No, don't be afraid. But it's too, I feel like the bell houses, it's too big.

It's actually great. They might do. So it's like, that feels weird for a second, but then it kind of becomes part of the bit. The thing with them and the thing with like, I feel like it's got to be with PDD too, because there are such little joy bubbles I feel, is it's like, you immediately feel so comfortable and taken care of. And I think that what was stressing me out when I was like doing improv and even doing comedy at large when I was younger is I always felt like I had something to prove.

And I was incapable of clearing the mind and just saying yes and listening. Because you're so concerned about what you say, being funny or good or smart or worthwhile, that you need to be, you either need time to understand how to do that, or you need to be comfortable right at the jump. And they make, now that I think time has passed

and I understand what comedy is, and they make me so comfortable, it's like a perfect situation. I think part of it is, well first of all, I love those guys, I love Dix the Musical. They're the best. You're great. Thank you.

Second of all, I think part of it is, you're right, like I think when you get older, you start to trust what the wisdom of the art form is or anything. Like, literally, like I played tennis recently. I'm like, I think I'm better than I was like in high school when I played. Because you give less of a fuck. Yeah. Because you want to know why?

There's nothing, there's no one that's going to tell you, hey, that you did a bad job and we were counting on you. That's right. Because it's like, it's so true. I mean, it's literally it's like, it's funny because I did a lot of team sports when I was growing up. I was a big athlete and then I didn't want to do that anymore. And so I went to college and all of a sudden it was like, oh, get on the improv

or sketch team or like take classes at UCB where it was unfortunately a team sport. Right. And you could disappoint people. And when you're like, yeah, when you're at that age and you've got your hangups and stuff, disappointing people is the top of the list. That would suck. Yeah, even, because in high school, was it like a team structure?

Was it like a ladder or something in tennis? Yeah, yeah. Because you had like a wrestling thing too. Wrestling, tennis, and soccer. Those were my high school sports. And then all of those situations, it's just, there are so many opportunities for someone to be like, hey, you're not good at this.

Or just making you feel that way. No, 100 to be like, hey, you're not good at this or something Oh, just make me know 100% and also I think you most people me I didn't have the presence of mind in high school to be like they're right. I should relax Like when you get older you're like, no, no, you should relax. Yeah, like that's how you do things Well, you can't tell a teenager or a young person to chill out. No, they don't have the... They can't do it. Yeah, it's like they haven't experienced enough life to not know that it's end all be all.

Right, that's why it's so weird when you see someone who's like 15 years old and they're like amazing at a thing. Yes! And you're like, who told you? But you know, they make it... How do you know? They're so fucked up later in life. That's why I love like Queen's Gambit though. But you know, they make it... How do you know? They're so fucked up later in life. I don't know. That's why I love like Queen's Gambit though.

Like I was watching that recently for the first time late to the party. It's so good. It's fun to watch a prodigy. Yeah. Even if it's fake. It's fun to watch like, oh, what would that be like if you were a prodigy? You'd get addicted to drugs. I guess that's one of the few pieces of media where it does depict the full arc of prodigy and then it all falls apart.

Yep, right. And then comes together. And then comes together, which is best case scenario. Thank God. It's also really interesting because different adults' relationships to her power and success, it's very good at exploring that as well. You know what I mean? Like her adopted mother and then, you know, like all the things that go on with that.

It's really, that actually was way better at, it was about so much more than that one situation. Like all great art. Well, that made me think to watch, oh, my daughter searching for Bobby Fischer the other day. I've never seen. Oh, wow. It's a great one.

And then the other day for my daughter's 10th birthday, five persons sleep over and they watch Clueless. Oh, have they? Had they never seen it? No, some of them had, some of them hadn't. Did they like it? What do they think? I think they loved it.

Oh, good. Oh, that makes me so happy to hear. Cause I'm like, does this, will the, cause one of my curiosities is will this work on a younger, a way younger generation? Yeah. And I'm so glad to hear that it has or that it might. Yeah, they seem pretty happy.

I think it will. We want to know why, because what makes that movie work so well is that it's a shared language in the movie that you may not understand, but they understand it so well. And the fantasy is so fun. It's such a fun world. Yeah, it really is. There's definitely some things over the kids' heads. Sure.

I remember watching it the first time and being like, I remember the moment. I was in an Astrovan on a road trip with my parents. And you know how they put the big TV in the back of the Astrovan? So me and my sister, I was, I think I was nine and she was six. And we watched Clueless and it ended. And we both just stared at the screen. And I said, I don't know if I vocalized this,

but I was like, it was something to the effect of like, I think I love that. And my sister who's six goes, me too. I want to watch it again right now. Oh wow. And it's speaking to what you just said about, it's visually so fun. They're so confident doing it.

It feels like, it still feels, after it's tried to be copied so many times, it feels like it's doing its own thing. And also Alicia Silverstone just in like a magical period. Yeah. Like something, sometimes stars are having, like Val Kilmer's a good example, we've passed away recently,

and you look at like real genius, and you just go, I don't know what was going on. But something was. Something was happening. Yeah. With Val Kilmer in that movie. It's like magic. Who is that person? Yeah.

It's so aligned with the era. Yeah. It's when a performer is aligned with the era. But I mean. It's like Tom Cruise's like risky business. Yeah. He's like, I don't know what you're doing. Yeah.

But I would say Lindsay Lohan too. I was just going to say Lindsay. Lindsay Lohan. Yeah. And like who else? Winona Ryder. Winona. For like a longer period, that was like a five season. Yeah, but I would say Lindsay Lohan too. I was just gonna say Lindsay. And like, who else? Winona Ryder. Winona. For like a longer period, that was like a five, six year period, but I was just so... Parent trap Lindsay Lohan is fantastic. My daughter loves that. Oh my god. The best.

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Have you seen this play? John Proctor is the villain. No, I've heard this is wonderful. I wanted to make sure I brought it in today and they can even use this. It's about a classroom in high school in 2018 who is reading The Crucible under new eyes amidst me too and everything it's fantastic. Oh well go see it for sure. But it got me in a Winona Ryder wormhole because she was one of the best Abigail Williams's in The Crucible. Oh yeah. Winona Ryder's another one. Yes. Magical in that era. Like, oh, Beetlejuice?

Yeah, yeah. Age of Innocence. This is the thing I always have to remind myself about living in New York. Sometimes with New York, you're like, all right, there's too many people. This is just too many people. But then you go see a show like that and you go, oh, right. We went for Una's birthday to see Wicked after she's in the movie seven times. And I'm just losing it, crying, dancing through life just like, boof.

That ending. Unbelievable. Gets me. Gets me. But wait, you're saying there's too many people in New York and therefore you don't want to go and do things. We want to go to the theater. We want to take advantage of what we have.

I know. Do it. Because honestly, I'm on my kick again right now. Obviously it's like Tony sees it. Well, now you have more time. Now I have time. So soon. But, and I'm seeing a lot, and I try to only come here with like the highlights

because I see a lot. So I just saw maybe happy ending, which was amazing. And this John Proctor is the villain is my favorite thing I've seen in quite some time. Oh wow. Yeah, it's, and Sadie Sink is the star. And I'm like really excited that she used her star power from Stranger Things to highlight something like this.

Oh, that's great. The playwright is Kimberly Belfour. She's amazing. From Josh R.R. Jackson. Yes, yes, yes. And the whole cast is fantastic. It's just, it's really, I thought like at first, like when I saw like it marketed,

it looked like Girlboss, The Crucible. Right. And I was like, okay, interesting. But it's like so... Which we would still gladly see. You know what I'm saying? But you never know what mainstream theater is gonna do. Of course.

But they've been impressing me every time I've gone out lately. I'm just like really excited about what's on stage in New York. I love Good Night and Good Luck. Have a good night. Have a good night, George. What else?

What else is up right now as you see? I'm not the person to ask. This is your guy. But now that I've got time- I've said the things I love. Okay. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah you see. I'm not the person to ask. This is your guy. But now that I've got time. I've said the things I love. Okay. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get that.

Are you... Read the subtext. Read the subtext. Are you pre-dreading the questions you'll be asked about the Pope and about how this special kind of presciently focuses on the Pope pre-conclave, pre-election. Yeah, it's like, it was like a year ago,

Jim Gaffigan calls me, who was on behalf of Stephen Colbert, asking me to go meet the pope. And I was very torn, I was an altar boy as a kid, and you know, in the 80s, like, Spotlight, you know what Spotlight was about. Literally in Boston. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In Massachusetts, Massachusetts. That was a movie that,

it's Tom McCarthy's movie Spotlight that hit me so hard. Of course. Incredible movie, but like, yeah, so I've always had like deep concerns about the Catholic Church and I've thought about it and ultimately it was just like, this is very important to my parents. Like they raised me Catholic.

My mom went to Latin Mass when she was a kid, like pre-Vatican II Catholic Church. And so I knew like, and they were going through a hard time and I was just like, okay, I'm going to go. And there's an odd synchronicity. Pope Francis's real name was Bergoglio. My last name is Bergoglio. And yeah, so you make a joke that's like like he just kind of like, kind of like googled

himself or something or no he just looked at a lens? Yeah, he just googled comedian. He's a Bir-B-Leo. I'm a Bir-Gur-Leo. It's my longest lasting cousin. He's gotta come. He's gotta be here. We gotta make sure he's in the room.

But uh, you know, as far as popes go, he was pretty good. I thought so. Right? And yeah, he blessed gay couples and he was open. This is what Whoopi Goldberg pointed out because she was one of the people who was there with us. She was a big fan of Pope Francis. He welcomed divorced couples back into the church.

I was like, we weren't welcoming divorced couples. I did not get the memo on that one. But then when I was there, there was a lot of talk with the insiders of like, we're a little worried that it might be a conservative pope because the international side of the church is sometimes much more conservative than Pope Francis was. And so to your point earlier of like this new pope, Leo, it's like, yes, there's things you can criticize, but also we dodged a bullet of like, that we got the Trump of popes.

Right, right, right. You know what I mean? It could have been that. Could have been like, could have been worse. Bananas. Sure, sure, sure. Then we retract what we've said about Pope Leo. I would, that's the first thing I was gonna ask you to do.

Please retract. I have really strong feelings with this. No, I know almost nothing about the Pope Leo guy. I mean, all I know is with the way that queer media was up in arms about him being, not up in arms, but you know what I mean? Like people had something to say and expressing disappointment about him saying

that marriage is between a man and a woman. And unfortunately I would remind those people, this is the Catholic church. Like it's kind of, that's what, that's their modus operandi. It's their modus operandi. It's their modus operandi. So it's like, I don't know. Maybe I was more irritated at it being like a news item.

Yeah. Here's my take on all major world religions. Cause I like to disrespect all religions equally. Is I think a summit, we could have it. The three of us could call a summit. Let's do it. All the major world religions. We'd like to talk about sexuality and gender.

How do you feel about gay people? How do you feel about women? Just like open forum, let's talk about it. Make it a reality show. Put it on a fucking record. You know what I mean? But if that's how you feel, put it on the record in front of all these people

and we're gonna talk about it. Because I think it's weird that we have this this vague thing like this is kind of homophobic. This is, you know, this is sexist. They don't let women be priests. They kind of do, but only sometimes. Sometimes in Europe, it's OK, whatever. And I'm like, no, no, let's have a summit. Yeah, let's all say how we feel and then put that on a one sheet. You know what I mean?

Put it on a Google Doc. Put it on a Google Doc and then have lead PR and IDPR send that out. Yeah, IDPR get involved. Get involved and send that out to Conde Nast and Hearst. Yeah, I agree. No, because I'm sick of people who are religious, of any religion. Yeah. I'm like, no, no, our religion's okay with women. I'm like, well, I've heard some things. Yeah, right. You know what I mean? It's like, we're. I'm like, well, I've heard some things. Yeah, right. Yeah, right. You know what I mean? It's like, we're okay with gay people. Well, I've heard some things actually.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I need some thought. I guess it's like if anyone did gymnastics enough, like you could justify anything. Like I understand that people find, you know, a lot of peace and solace and, you know, community and these types of things, but it's like, let's just not pretend

they're not what they are. Yeah, I mean, every religion is a structure of, is structured meaning. And then people like seek out meaning in religion. And then they just have to like reconcile how much of themselves is compatible with like that meaning. I'm being so general. There actually is a good,

there's a really good documentary about the Pope Francis who passed away, called the Man, Pope Francis is a Man of His Word. And it's interesting, because he actually did like meet with a lot of different religious world leaders of other religions. And I do think that that is, at the moment we're in in world history, like I never talk about this shit,

but like, that's what we should do. I think the religion should be that, because it's like, they have more in common than not. Yeah, yeah. It's like you look at all the religions that are arguing with each other, it's like, no, no, you all believe the same kind of fake thing.

Totally. Totally. Like, and no, no fans, like maybe it's fake, maybe it's not, but who cares? But it's very similar. What you guys believe in is very similar. Right, of course. Maybe we'll get on the same page about like human rights.

Uh-huh, uh-huh. I don't know, get on the same page about like human rights. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I don't know. Just an idea. Yeah. Mike for biggly-a. Lost Culture Insta. We have to ask you the question of our podcast.

We've sort of been dancing around it in several ways, I think. But Mike, what was the culture that made you say culture was for you? Okay. Since I already covered my epiphany of auditioning for an impromptu, it's the movie Jermaguire. Oh, wow. Because when it came out, loved it. Yeah. Made me feel a thing.

Yes. And then I went and studied screenwriting at Georgetown and my professor, John Glavin, taught it like it was a text. Like it was a book in a class. We read the script, we watched the movie, we broke down the beats. And I started to understand like, oh, this is not magic. And this is not just a popcorn movie. No.

Like, that's the thing is like, even Wicked is another example. It's like, it's a popcorn movie. A lot of people pop tickets to it, but it's really meaningful. I cried during it. I cried during Jerry Maguire. I take the stigma away from movies that are popular, but make you feel something. That's a great feat. I'm so glad you said that.

Yeah, he has formative stuff with this movie. I have formative stuff with Jerry Maguire. One of the first movies we got from Blockbuster, I think. Way too young to be watching it. Yeah, he has he has formative stuff. I have formative stuff with Jerry Maguire What are the first movies we got from blockbuster? I think yeah way too young to be watching it. Yeah sure is watching Tom Cruise Fuck Kelly. I'm pressing surely great. Oh my god. Yes. I was like don't ever stop fucking me Like no no like actually like eating something. No, no, no, she like dismounts them. She goes, I'm gonna get some fruit. It's like a tight close-up, tight single on Kelly Preston.

So great. Wait, yeah, but that movie made me, yeah. Kind of a perfect movie. A perfect movie. And in many ways, and also, you know what? I was just thinking so many elements come together to make it good. Like the song Secret Garden by Bruce Springsteen. Fuck off. I know.

That song is so You're right. How about when on the radio they would play that song with clips and dialogue from the movie. Oh, you had me at hello. Come on. Literally I would be listening to like whatever radio station, 106.1, B.L.I. when I was younger.

And they would play Secret Garden with Renee doing it. And they also did that for Sometimes My Heart Will Go On and Titanic. There were certain movies they did this with, and it was always those emotional peaks of the movie that created lore. And this is a time, too, when I feel like soundtracking was speaking to movies in such a specific way. You know what I mean? Like it would, like I remember having like the City of Angels soundtrack.

Cause I was, here I go, hold the world, baby. And it's like, you remember the image of her, Meg Ryan, riding the bike with her arms out like this. It's like,

there was that you kind of need music to evoke. You know, like- Do they still do that? music to evoke. Do they still do that? I was gonna say. Barbie was the most significant soundtrack. Oh yes. Barbie did that, I think. Oh that song's great. So good.

So many of the songs are great. But I was gonna say the last time that like, maybe I'm misremembering this, but I feel like with Star Is Born, when they would play either shallow or like always remember us this way, they would cut in some bits from A Star Is Born. It was like with Star is Born, when they would play either shallow or like always remember us this way, they would cut in some bits from Star is Born. It was like, there was a,

you could listen to like the radio version of shallow or there was like a movie version. And you know what you're thinking of is at the end, when it's I'll Never Fall in Love Again, they sometimes will, at the end, she's like singing the last chorus and then they'll cut to him doing it from the movie. Yeah. And that was, which is what it is in the movie.

She doesn't, because there's a version of that song where she literally just belts her tits off for the last remainder of it and it ends like one of those ballads does, but then the movie just literally cuts to him finishing the song and then it's back with her crying. Yeah, it's amazing. The other thing about Jerry Maguire is like,

it has a love story that's not perfect. No. It's kind of beautiful. It is beautiful. Because you're just like at the end you go, well maybe they shouldn't be together. I don't even know. Yeah. And you're like that's kind of sweet.

Like they're taking the leap together. Of course. And talk about the other kind of, unless it's hard to capture with language, like talk about the magic that you felt watching it growing up that like was dispelled once you got to college. The magic was I'm laughing. It's the thing that I try to achieve in my shows. It's like, I'm laughing, I'm crying, I'm feeling emotions.

And then somehow you just think because it's a quote unquote popular movie, popcorn movie, you're just like, well, that's not important. Oh, it's so important. I know. It drives me crazy when cultural things that are great are viewed as not important. Because snobs come in? Well, yeah.

And you know, great example. Wicked, the original Broadway production, people always say this. They're like, you know, it's been running for what, 20 years or whatever? It's like the first reviews were like snobby. They're like, it's not that good. And it's like, well actually let the audiences decide. Yeah, yeah. Because audiences are crushed by it. Yeah. I am crushed at the production of Wicked. I'm just like crying.

Yeah. My wife and I were crying and our, you. And our daughter was just like, great. You know what I mean? I'll never forget. No, she loved it. She loved it, but not like that. Not like that. Well, also because, not for nothing,

but she's not old enough yet to understand maybe why it's, like I think that young girls obviously respond to that movie because of friendship and because of, you know, what it feels like to feel outcast or to accept someone and to really work hard on, you know, proving loyalty and like that all those things are really beautiful. And I think that's why young girls love it. But also like when I saw it with my parents, I took my dad and my mom to it. I saw it five times as well, like your daughter. You know, bias aside, like I also fucking love the movie.

And I turned to my dad and I was like, well, it's about fascism. And he was like, and he just sat there and he was like, yeah, it is. And I think that that is something that's like, also part of it for an adult man is it's like, wow, like this movie is literally about speaking truth to power and paying for it.

She's just an example of someone who is not strong enough and is not willing to make the sacrifice. Right. But then she does in the end. She does in the end, but in specifically talking about that movement, that moment of defying gravity, it's like, I'm sorry, I cannot give up all the things that make me me to join you, even if I know it's right.

And that she is in process because she's been so protected and privileged, and it's gonna take a while and she's gonna have to lose real stuff, spoiler alert for Act Two, for her to do those things. And even then she doesn't really do it publicly. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? No, no, of course.

It's still secret. So that is complicated shit for an adult. And it's, it is very moving. And it's, and it's not, and by the way, it's not dissimilar to the thing I'm saying. It connects me with Jerry Maguire, the imperfection. Yes. Yes. The drawing out of the imperfection of just being alive.

And how nothing is cut and dry. Tom Cruise has never looked better. Never looked better also, yeah. I mean, here's what I'll say, fucking Renee. Unbelievable. I think Renee is the reason why it's iconic. Not even just because of her line deliveries, which are spectacular. It's just, it's an example of perfect casting.

Yeah. The first kiss thing and he's like snaps her bra by accident. He laughs in his charming Tom Cruise way. Yeah. I'm going to watch that tonight. It's perfect. You've really influenced me. It's really good.

Jenny and I have, my wife and I, Jen's a poet, and we both have this obsessive thing with movies, which is great movies are like songs. You just watch, you can watch them over and over again, and there's something peaceful about it. Yeah. It changes your parameters as you're consuming. Yeah. Thelma and Louise.

It's not lost, I mean, I'm wearing the shirt that I got at a vintage. This is my favorite movie, Thelma and Louise, and it's the same thing. Same thing. It's, and also there's this, which they don't do in movies that much anymore where they'll end it on a real curveball That's like yes, it art. You know what I mean? Like I feel like there's something non-traditional and weird about her stopping him in the middle of his sentence to be like stop doing the proclamation

You had me at hello, right? You know what I mean? And also, like you said, maybe they shouldn't be doing this. Like their relationship's been a little toxic, but it's like, but they're gonna try anyway. And in this movie, Thelma and Louise, obviously spoilers, but if you're listening to this podcast, you probably understand they choose to die.

They would rather drive off a cliff together than get caught. And so I remember when the movie- It's punk rock. It is. And also it's just, it's not, it's clearly ignoring what I'm sure our studio knows. A hundred percent. And by the way, they probably shot it both ways.

They probably shot it without them going off the cliff. Yeah. Or I don't know, maybe it's a good question. We should find that out. Yeah. But you know, this has made me realize, it's like, you're saying like, what's the epiphany thing for me in culture? The other one was maybe Say Anything, which is another Cameron Crowe movie. Because I saw Say Anything when I was a kid,

and I remember quoting it with Michael Kavanaugh, my best friend, like back and forth and doing the this, you know, the boombox in the air. And we were like 10. Yeah. I mean, Cameron Crowe was, I'm going to come up here and say Elizabeth Towne underrated movie. I love Elizabeth Towne. Can I say, I love this. I love that.

I think it's so, I think Elizabeth Towne's great. I think Almost Famous is fantastic. Of course, of course. That's just, that's really, that's quite a good. And also he wrote Fast Times. Oh, he did? Yeah, he wrote, didn't direct it. Oh, got it, got it, got it.

And I think Fast Times is classic. Classic. There's something, wasn't Fast Times Amy Heckerling? I think she directed it. Yeah, she did, cool as. There you go. Yeah, so all these movies, it's like, there's stuff about them that Bowen uses this wonderful word,

serates them, that makes them memorable. Like that gives them- Literally just refer on the Andres. You know what I mean? Just like a little bit askew. Yeah. Totally. Slightly off.

No, completely. Like even, like for example, like even in Clueless, like you watch that movie and you see the way they're dressed and you think, oh, the early nineties. No, they were dressed like badly and stupidly. Yeah. Even for that time. Even for that, it's really funny.s. No, they were dressed like badly and stupidly, even for that time. But it's like, that's not how they dressed

at Beverly Hills High School, I don't think. But it's overdrawn and makes you remember it. You'll never forget seeing her in that yellow, it wasn't Vivian Westwood, it couldn't have been. But it feels like it might have, feels like it speaks in that world. I can't say what designer it was. But there's this stuff that you go out of your way,

you have to go out of your way to make it memorable and iconic. This, the say anything thing, it's like who holds a boombox like that? It doesn't move. No one, but it made it iconic. Drama. It's so good.

It's crazy. And then the other ones, I mean, like, I'm obsessed with that whole 70s, 80s movies. E.T. is like that. Just like I could watch it over and over again. Yeah. It's super emotional. You watch E.T. now. It's like it's an indie film.

Right. You know what I mean? It's like the biggest blockbuster movie. I don't feel like an indie. Jaws feels like an indie film. Oh, Jaws is it's unbelievable that that's a huge blockbuster as it is because of how slow-moving it is. It's slow. There's this great story about the director who did Paper Moon, Bogdanovich. Peter Bogdanovich runs into Spielberg at like the Boston, like Logan Airport.

And Spielberg had just shot on Martha's Vineyard and shot Jaws. And he's like, how did it go? And he was just like, there's a shark. It's a disaster. We don't have the movie. It's just like one of those funny stories where like they leave the movie set thinking they don't have it. Yeah, right, right, right, right, right.

They were like, well, this was a huge catastrophe. And I think they found it a lot in post. In editing. And then it changed the movie industry. Yeah. I mean, we had that with Don't Think Twice to some degree. You know, there's that speech where Chris Gethard goes, I think your 20s are about hope and your 30s are about

realizing how dumb it was to hope. We added that in post because Ira Glass, one of our producers, we were watching the movie and he goes, the audience doesn't get, when we show cuts to people, they don't get that they know they're losers. Or they know they're underdogs. The characters. The characters know they're underdogs. And so we'd have a, we showed, we did a screening at NPR downtown and these two, these two ladies got up and they were like, I, it was a feedback screening in the early cut.

And they go, we don't like it. And you go, why don't you like it? Ira goes, why don't you like it? They'll lose it. And what was so funny, we went back to the edit and we're like, they're losers, they're losers. But like, how come we think it's funny that they're losers, but they know it? And it's like, oh, we haven't, the characters haven't acknowledged it. They know what they are. And so we're like, what if we shot a scene

where they're packing up and they're moving out of the theater and Chris Gethard goes, your 20s are about hope and your 30s are about realizing how dumb it was to hope. Change the whole screening. Everyone was like, isn't it great? But also such a smart way to convey all of that. That's a lot to communicate and you did it all in that one scene.

Thanks. It's a funny thing like even writing my movie right now that I'm writing. It's like you really have to toe the line between how much do the characters get what's funny about them. That's a really interesting idea. Yeah. Yeah. Because like Gilmore Girls is like that super witty. Right. They're in on it, but they're almost not. Exactly. They like they they know that they're codependent or whatever. But yet and yet to what extent? Yes. Or something. It's like a really interesting thing that you bring up that these women were like, we don't like the movie because they're losers.

Because I actually think one of the things about Don't Think Twice that shook me to my core so much when I watched it and now I see it I see it now looking back and I fucking love the movie and appreciate it in a way I didn't at the time because I felt so defensive yeah because I think your movie Don't Think Twice it really makes you think about yourself especially if you were doing comedy in that time. Doing improv and yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I just remember thinking like, this is a mean depiction of our community. And I couldn't believe that your character,

I'm gonna use an explicit word that upsets people, but your character calls Tammy Sager's character a cunt. And I remember I was just like, I can't believe. But now I think that that was such a brave, bold thing to do weirdly enough because it really showed ugliness and envy and in like a very abject, painful, personal way. And I'm not saying that like anyone that we knew or even us went as far or as shallow as any of this. I'm just saying that like anyone that we knew or even us went as far or as shallow as any of this. I'm just

saying that like it's an incredibly intense situation that you're depicting because it's kind of like being a kid and not knowing that the world is bigger. When you are confronted with what you assume is the only job in the world for you and it doesn't go that well, it's about everything else. Everything else breaks down. And friendship's so intense. When I was writing that movie, I was hosting a Q&A with Noah Baumbach

for the movie, While We're Young, I think it was, or maybe it was Francis Ha, I forget. And I said to him, I go, I'm writing this movie about an improv group and their best friends and one of them gets on SNL and the rest of them don't. I go, but the people giving me notes are like, the stakes aren't high enough. What are they talking about?

And he goes, and that was the funniest thing because it's depicted, you know, indicative of all of his movies. He goes, there's no stakes higher than friendship. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Isn't that great? That's great. Yeah. We just sit here and just say the word yeah 50 times. But it's...

I want this to be our engagement of a deeper friendship between the three of us. Yes. Because I feel like whenever I see you guys, whenever we run into each other, it's like I think there's love. There is love. But I'm like we should spend more time together. Well you are good with the gays. Oh yeah. Love the gays. You know he is old friends with Jordan Nardino. Really?

Did you know that? Did you know that? Yeah, I was one of my closest high school and college friends. Really? Wait, Massachusetts? Jordan? California to Massachusetts. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jordan's amazing. Jordan's a great writer. He's a great writer. Fantastic writer. Yeah. He and I were in that same screenwriting class in college. Oh really?

We were close friends in high school and then he came to visit me when I were in that same screenwriting class in college. Oh really? We were close friends in high school and then he came to visit me when I was in college. He was at Tufts and then he was just like, I just want to go here. Yeah. And so we transferred. We went to college together. Yeah. We wanted to go to Georgetown.

That's a lot of not hugs. That's a lot of not hugs. That's a real question number 30. You wanted to go to Georgetown? That's a lot of not hugs. I would say you... I don't want to speak for George. I don't want to speak for George.

I don't want to speak for George. I don't want to speak for George. I don't want to speak for George. I don't want to speak for George. You wanted to go to Georgetown? That's a lot of not hugs. I would say you... I don't want to speak for Jordan, but I think I can say it's a lot of not hugs. It's a lot of not hugs. Feel the try man. It's a lot of not hugs.

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I don't want to talk about NYU necessarily. I was going to say you and I both, you and I got very different amounts of hugs growing up I would say. Oh really? It's funny that you- We both ended up at the same school. At the same school, yeah, NYU was different. But I think we were both there for different traumas.

Not related to hugging or not hugging. But I think that something that's so clear is like, it's good that you hug your daughter a lot. And I don't want you to think about that. I know you're making me jump. Because I think what you're doing is you're teaching her what real love is. And a lot. And I don't want you to think about that. I know you're making me jump. Because I think what you're doing is you're teaching her what real love is.

And a lot of people have, and something I don't think I understand because I'm privileged to genuinely know what real love is because my parents have always shown me real love and have always been very good with me in terms of that, is a lot of people just don't baseline know that. They don't baseline know what it really is to be cared for and to have someone at the end of the day that's going to say, I love you. And I think that I didn't

realize that was such a privilege. Yeah, it's crucial. You know what I'm saying? No, no, I totally agree. Until I was, you know, having like conflicts with people later in life or, you know, things work out, don't work out, whatever with different people. And you're just realizing, oh, I'm operating with a different emotional deck. Yes. And thank God.

No, you're right. It's funny when you, yeah, if you get into like a petty disagreement with somebody and sometimes they go so hard on it and you have to step back and just be like, no, no, no. We're all just doing our best. Right. You know, but yeah, I agree with you. Like it's, yeah, no, it's definitely more, better to love more than less. Right.

And even in the moments in the special, I'll say where you're like, a huge part of my life is going to children's birthday parties. Like 200 to 300 in a year. It's like, Una can grow up and hear that and think, oh, like my dad is like exasperated by this thing that he had to do for me and he's like, is that something resentful?

But no, even in that, you're like, I do this thing, I show up for my daughter. And it's this thing that I can joke about hating because it'll make this room full of people and adults laugh. But she can, I think it is so clear what that message is to her, which is my dad loves me. He takes me to these birthday parties. I had to talk through a joke with her the other day that was in the special, because it's going to be seen by a lot of people.

And, you know, I had to be like, because there's this joke where I say, she doesn't have it. Yeah, yeah. Explain that to them. Because I remember listening to it, I was like, oh, that's a, that's a, that's a pretty rough joke for your daughter. So I said to her, I go, there's this joke. And I say we went to my wife and I went to our daughter's ballet recital and we're in the audience crying and crying cause she doesn't have it.

You know, and then I go, no, we're crying cause we spent thousands of dollars on the lessons and hundreds of hours going to rehearsal and she's not going pro. And then I go, no, no, no, we're crying for the right reasons. And then afterwards I'm squeezing her and I go, Una, you were so fantastic. And she said to me, it's true to life. She goes, dad, you would say I was fantastic even if I wasn't fantastic. And I said, that is so true. You are so much better at logic than you are at ballet. I left out that out that last part. I'm gonna say that to when she's 15 and she

tells me I'm garbage and I'm gonna say I had some candid thoughts about you as well when you were seven that I withheld out of respect but I did share with a group of strangers at the Beacon Theatre. But I explained it to Una in relation to I go sometimes jokes are something that is true and then something that is the opposite of true or completely not true or a variation on true and the show, the special that I wrote is a series of things where it's like true, not true, true, not true, true, silly, true, silly. And then at the end of the movie or then I have sometimes a collection of movies. Yeah. And then at the end of the movie, or then I have sometimes a collection of movies, at the end of the show, it lands on true.

And because it lands on true, I think the audience knows, oh, okay, this person's in earnest. Yeah. And the true thing about this special is the way a parent loves their child. Yes. And understanding my dad after he's had a stroke and realizing when his defenses are down and he doesn't have the anger after he's had a stroke and realizing when his defenses are down and he doesn't have the anger that he had before the stroke that I do think like he meant well. Of course.

That is a whole can of worms. It's a lot. Especially because, you know, men as they get older and the estrogen creep up, you know what I mean? Like it's they get older and the estrogen creep up, you know what I mean? Like, they get more emotional, I think they get more contemplative, and I think it's just harder for men to look back on being men. Like, because so much of it is just not cruel,

but it's rough and it's speaking to this idea of what a man is, which can never really be justified in the way that we accepted it for such a long time. But I think that's really hard for men as they get older, is they look back and they have regrets about trying to attain that idea of what it means to be a man and a dad. No, absolutely.

And all those things. And I've had a couple emotional conversations with my dad about, you know, one time it was after we taped my special and he was expressing, I think we had had a few drinks and he was expressing some regrets about, you know, whatever, like having a gay son and not feeling like he didn't get it right. And I had to like tell him, I was like,

you gotta let yourself off the hook because nothing you ever did was because you didn't love me. You were I had to like tell him, I was like, you got to let yourself off the hook because nothing you ever did was because you didn't love me. You were trying your best. And like, and it is a moment that I think I'm, I'm obviously very happy I had and I will have continued to have because of that moment. But it's really hard. Like men relating to each other in that type of way. That's why I think it's so beautiful that you have that open channel with your child

because it's like, it takes some people a really long time and I always heard I love you from my dad, I always heard proud of you, always heard those things, but it's just interesting. As men get older, it can be uncomfortable to have those types of conversations. Like, even just when you put your hand on his shoulder and rub his shoulder, like, that probably took a lot.

Took a lot. Yeah, but those are really, those are so important because what if you didn't? You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. We talked about that when you were on my podcast a lot with your parents,

because you had the challenging stuff for you, which I really hope you should do a solo show someday. We'll see, yeah. Do you think that might happen? Do you think that might happen? There's definitely, I mean, I did even do one at the pit underground. Years ago he tried. So, such a jumbled mess of a show.

I don't even know what I was trying to do with it, but there's something there for sure. I just am still making sense of it and we're still talking about it as a family and it's all okay, it's all true. Do they say I'm proud of you? Now they do. Do they?

Now they do, but it took them a while and they came to the show a few weeks ago and I took them out for Mother's Day. And we have a lovely time now. I also want to say your show was not a mess. You were just, it was not a mess. You were just in process on, you were so in process and the feelings, it's kind of like what we were saying

last week about like Marsha P. Johnson not having correct recollection of Stonewall because she was Stonewall. It's like you were literally going I was that you were the I was the pit underground You were all those experiences and emotions at the time So of course you weren't gonna create like, you know, what especially you with a high bar for yourself feels like cohesive salient art about this thing that you were like enduring that was me squarely in the zone of

What Ira Glass talks about, which is there's that gap between like the taste that you have and like what you can accomplish as someone who makes things. And so anyway. When I remember doing a completely messy version of Sleepwalk With Me, my first solo show,

which eventually years later was on off Broadway, and Nathan Lane presented it and it was just a really beautiful thing that I was lucky enough to do. And I made the movie. And I made the movie. And it was, it was, but the first versions of it at UCB were so rough because it was like me just being like, here, here's this breakup I had. And like, like the emotions were so raw and I've been sleepwalking and it's a metaphor for this.

Like I was so on the nose. And then I remember like the artistic director at the time pulled me aside and he was like, hey, I think you should see Demetri Martin's show. Like you should do more like jokes. Was this Anthony King? Who was this? There was one before. I don't, I can say he's a great guy. Owen Burke.

And I feel like we've talked about this since then. And he's like, you figured it out. But it was funny, like, sometimes when you're in the wilderness, artistically, it's not because you're not going at the right thing. I was going at, like, I want to make an emotional show. But also I hadn't figured out the joke side of it. I haven't figured, to your nice thing you were saying about my shows, how it's like silences and then jokes,

and then serious moments and then jokes. I hadn't figured that out yet. Sure. I'm also like, I'm really feeling very seen by you talking about like true, false, true, false, true, false, and then it ends on a false or a true. Like my special, the one I've done, ends on a false. And I think it's, and I'm so happy about it.

That being said, like, I do think that that's one extension of myself. And I want so badly to say something real and true about myself. But it's the hardest thing to do. I think that's why you had strife with it all those years ago, like doing that, because you were deeply trying

to say something true about yourself, which is fucking hard, especially when you're at like a comedy festival, but yet also tasked with like this thing of like, this is a solo show, an opportunity that you're being given. And it's like, I think we all want to be poignant, but it doesn't always happen.

If there's a question here that I'm saying is it's like, how uncomfortable is your process? Very uncomfortable. Yeah. Like, like every step of the way, like some nights I'm on stage and I'm like, like there's that moment in the show where I go, I didn't have a sex talk when I was a kid, but when I was 12, I had hard nipples. Yeah. And suddenly you're exposed out there with your hard nipples again.

Yeah. And then I go, exactly. Right. And so I go, I tell my my dad cuz I thought I was a hypochondriac as a kid I told my dad like I think I have cancer right he's like take your shirt off. We're in like my living room It's like a true story What's weird actually I'll tell you the very I'll tell you the variation on it is like I had to take this part out It wasn't in the living room is in his bedroom But it was so weird because the audience was reading it It's like, oh, he's going to get fucking molested in the scene. Right?

You had to walk them away from that. Right. So he was like, take your shirt off in the living room. Take your shirt off. And he felt my hard, hard nipples. And I go, and it was nice. I go, there wasn't a lot of physical affection in the family. But you were being reassured by a doctor and your father. So the first few times, exactly, the first few times I said it, the first fucking 40 times I said it, I was just like, this is so uncomfortable. I even had people in my inner circle creatively be like, take out the nipples part.

Because you do get that sometimes, where even people who are close to what your process is are like, I think the audience is not here for that. But then you got, sometimes you just gotta be like, no, this is like, this happened. This totally happened and it's part of the story I'm telling. But what you're saying with like Sleep Walk with me, like you were in the wilderness, it's like, well, process in general for anybody

is just being in the wilderness. Yeah, I'm the movie I'm writing right now, I'm in the wilderness. Great, that's all part of it. Yeah. I think something too, and I think, often when we have like music artists in this chair too, this question comes up and also with reality stars

or anyone that's like exposing the part of themselves, which is obviously anyone in that chair probably is, I don't think I ever really understood the stakes of what happens when you involve a depiction of someone else in your life, in your work. And that is what trips me up sometimes. It's hard. It is really hard for me to think, if I say this thing about myself, I'm saying this thing about someone else. No, I know.

And I feel like that's, unfortunately, if you're someone that wants to create work and art, like it's probably the ugly stuff. You know what I mean? And that's not just ugly stuff about you, it's ugly stuff about people you probably care about or don't ever want to talk to again. So it's like, it's never someone in the middle. You know what I mean?

It's either like, I either really care about this person and therefore they're worthwhile including, or this person has- Has hurt me in a good way But even even fictional is that like I had people in my life come up to me and be like I'm the character and don't think twice who's the rich girl. You're like, yeah. No, I was like no you're the Gillian Sometimes they're wrong. They're wrong. Sometimes it gets wrong My parents saw sleepwalk with me, the movie, and Carol Kane and James Redhorn, as my parents, say these lines that literally my parents said in real life and I was worried about my parents

seeing it and they came out of the movie and they go, they're nothing like us. Somehow, like we can't even see ourselves. Well, yeah, you never can. Yeah. Only you have the real bibliography on your experiences with them because you saw it. They didn't see it, they were it. Right.

Right. But either like someone comes up to you and like validates or like, I don't know, like entrenches those things even more where you're like, oh, I like had, it was a huge decision to include you in some way in this like depiction of reality or it's where you're like, oh, I like had, it was a huge decision to include you in some way in this like depiction of reality. Or it's your parents being like, eh, that wasn't us.

It's like, you can't really even win with that. It never goes the way you want it to. You guys have a lucky thing, I think, which is you're close friends and you have like a creative partnership with this show. Which I think is so lovely because you get to share that people like I love the show. Like everyone like I know tons of people love the show. It's like you guys get that together which I think is not less lonely I think.

We're very fortunate. And being a lone wolf. I couldn't do it. You know really? I couldn't do it alone. What do you mean like like? I couldn't I couldn't like have my own podcast where I was just kind of riffing on culture and then commenting on things.

And then like, you're always my gut check in terms of like, do I share this little anecdote? Yeah, it's kind of nice to like, it's really interesting because we're also so close, like that we protect the same things pretty much, but also in terms of the sharing of it all, you know what I mean? It's also like you can never, we can never give everything about everything. But you know what I'm saying? Cause it's like, it's,

I think that's like why they don't think twice of it all. It just recalls such a specific era that like it's, it's, it's a trauma. Yeah, totally. Of course it is. But I think that's why I love it now. Meanwhile, like I wanted to live your life. Like I, when I was at Georgetown, I was like saying to my parents, I want to transfer to NYU and be a theater kid.

And they're like, no. I got a full no. You got a full no. Uh-huh. And they're like no. You know what? I got a full no. You got a full no? Well good. I mean I feel like everyone wanted to be someone else. Exactly.

And still does. Literally. Still does. But I remember like I was in school at NYU and I wanted to be doing something else in the school. Of course. Everyone's always like I'm sure you. I was a pre-med.

Of course. But I was doing improv. you know what I mean? Like I wanted to be something else entirely. Did you not know that? I knew that. Yeah, of course. When I was a kid, I wanted to be, like I would be like, I want to go to Boston

and audition for commercials. Yeah. And people are like, fuck no. You're going to Boston to audition for commercials? What the fuck are you talking about? To aspire to commercial auditioning is such a tale that you don't know what the fuck it is. It's like he looks at the camera and half smirks,

it's like that's the audition. I'm gonna go into rooms and do bite and smile. Exactly. Yeah, yeah. Bite and smile. Bite and smile. Have you ever done a bite and smile? No, never done one.

Oh, we've had to do a bite and smile. Wanna see a sip and smile? Yeah, yeah. And that was probably too big. It's a skill. I'd be noted that was something else okay did you ever book a commercial um I think I think I was a spokesperson for like a cable and internet company in the south for a while that's good, they're not. I don't love it, I don't love it.

I don't love it, I kind of wish it didn't exist, but also, yeah, it's fine. It's fine. Did you ever do straight up commercial auditioning? I never did a straight up commercial. I went to one commercial audition because someone at UCB was like, yeah, I'm going on this thing if you want to come.

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And I never thought that would happen. Jordan Nardino texted me last night just crying, laughing at the vote and straight. It's the only one I can barely watch. For some reason when I watch him make out with women, I have an outrage. Why are you outraged? I don't like it. I want you gay.

The thing that gets me is her showing up at your place and you're playing video games at two in the morning. It's so fucking fun. Well, by the way, that's him. And then Heidi in the Lascaux 3's t-shirt. And honestly, it is my favorite sketch because it's clearly, it's like, it realises the reaction to me.

But it's just like, we were watching it, we were in his dressing room for the finale and you were watching it with us in the room. I wanted to say, I wanted to surprise Matt with the Lost Colterista shirt. I wanted to see it. That was so fun. And then he comes in making out with,

sorry, Trek's notes, Scarlett Johansson. And I just go, ah! Like I scream like it's a horror movie. I'm like, I can't believe it. Like maybe it's cause... Lost Culture is going to have a 2025 because it's Lost Culture Awards too. That's right. So it's in that sketch.

It's Lost Culture Awards. It's going to be huge. Yeah, I mean, we're putting it together now and it's going to be something. Point is, Lost Culture Awards is huge. I'm going to campaign. What can I do? We're putting it together now and it's gonna be it's gonna be something. Yeah, yeah culture uses a word What can I do to campaign do you guys have a strategy you strategize with me we can strategize it Yeah, what do I do as step one? best dad award I'm just brainstorming category Daddy word father award. Oh, the daddy award was won by Pedro Pascal the father award was I'm just brainstorming categories. There's a Daddy Award and a Father Award. There's a Daddy Award and a Father Award.

The Daddy Award was won by Pedro Pascal. The Father Award was... Who won the Father Award last year? It wasn't Seth Meyers. It wasn't John M. I don't think you have to campaign necessary. I think you being on this episode is a campaign. This is big. You're absolutely top of mind with the special and with the listeners being like...

In the mix. You mix in the mix. Yeah. Yeah I'm I just feel like this was an amazing six straight man to have Absolutely, this is this is straight male. Yes It's a deep honor it's six or seven or eight. It's not eight. Yeah, it's not eight. It's six or seven and We're not listen. We don't make a big thing out of this, but um,, it's not eight. It's six or seven. And we're not listening. We don't want to make a big thing out of this, but it's a big deal. It's fucked.

Yes! Do you feel like gays come up to you on the street? Yeah. They're like, hey, girl. I think I get a lot of gays. My gay guy impression. I think like, the thing that's hilarious about my audience is sometimes when people come up to me, and

it's like some pear-shaped middle-aged ogre dad who's just like, I totally relate to everything you say. Come on! I want the dads. I know. But wouldn't it be great if someone came up to you and they're so hot and they're like, I totally relate to everything you say. It's just like my Pilates class.

That's why we have the Kyles now. That's why we have the Kyles now. We have a new subsect of a fan community called the Kyles. And sometimes a Kyle will come up and I just can't believe that they almost dropped their weight to the gym. They laugh so hard. Exactly. Which is what they say. That's what they say sometimes.

That's nice. You should come up with your own buckets of your fans. Like really visualize the person, give them a name, and then you will start to see them. But you know what it is? It is Katie. You have a ton of Katie's. Yes. Yeah.

Katie's is 28 year old, 28 to 35 year old, communications major from the Midwest, named Katie. They're all named Katie. Okay. Start asking them their names from now on. The thing I'm most proud of with my audience is I always say like, it's age 12 through 112.

Like when I see the spectrum of age. I was gonna say you are really for a quadrant, whereas we are people who are constantly approached by men and go, my girlfriend loves you. Which is so sweet, but also it's never like I'm a fan, which is okay. You know what though? A lot of them I've been noticing because they're excited to initiate the conversation because their girlfriends are nervous.

But they come up and they initiate the conversation and I can tell it gets them laid. So they're so excited and that I think will make them listen. Because I think, you know, some of them, they want to be shy about how much they know because as I said, masculinity is hard to deal with when you're still, I guess, like, you know, when it's all ahead of you still, I guess, like, you know, when it's all ahead of you still. I'm just saying, don't be shy, boys. It's okay to like lost culture.

It's okay. That's right. Look, look who's here. You know who's great at, a great straight male who will often say how much he loves the show? Jon Hamm. Jon Hamm, Will Steven, writer of, bonus straight, both times, with August White.

That's a real ally. That's a real ally. That's a real ally. We love you Will. Okay. It's time for I Don't Think So Honey. We're gonna go first. Did you type it out? Yeah.

He's a writer. Yeah. He's in the wilderness. You'll see why. So we wing it here. I have something that, you know, I didn't realize was a thing until last night I was at dinner and I was made aware.

And this has rocked my world. I can't wait to go after restaurant culture here. This is Matt Rogers. I don't think so honey, it's time starts now. I don't think so honey when mocktails are almost as expensive or as expensive as cocktails. I am not even a part of the sober community and I am outraged on behalf of the sober community because let me tell you what the expensive part of a cocktail is, the alcohol. So why for grenadine, orange juice, bitters, maybe, and like a little bit of soda water, am I paying $12?

I don't think it's fair. I don't think so, honey. I also wanna directly say where this is happening, which is where I have my new home, Lower Manhattan, I don't think so, honey. This is a lot of you guys. I'm telling you, you throw throw a rock you hit a $14 mock tail and I don't care how big the oranges

Because I'll tell you what's only a couple bucks in a orange a whole thing So I don't care that the slice is that big. Yes, you made it look expensive. That's so different than being expensive I mean for example, I said walk in here wearing a white suit. I'm not Zendaya or Anna Sawai at the Met Gala. They cost a million dollars. I cast six. I don't think so, honey. And that's one minute.

You are more than six dollars. Yeah, but you know what, though? Not really. And I'm saying that like these cocktails and mocktails. It's infuriating. It's infuriating. Well, I mean, I feel like they are maybe offsetting that by like, no, actually, there's no explanation. I was going to try to justify it.

And you know what? It's like it's like I'll tell you what, the alcoholics don't miss paying for the alcohol. Right. OK, so it's like they might miss the alcohol. They can't have it. They're not missing the prices. It's not like, oh, you know what I really miss? Hitting it hard and paying $9 for a Heineken. You know what would be great? Nine bucks for a Heineken Zero, which is essentially piss. They should be like, here's an orange juice and an edible. Honestly, it's $15. $15. Yeah. Really good idea. Just give them something else. Yeah.

$15 really good idea something else. Yeah And or it's I don't but you know what it's like, um, what would that even be? I mean, you know, it's like they also I guess you know what they try to get away with they're using the nice glassware, too Yeah, but but you don't pay for that. No, no, no, no, no, that's not part of the experience You get to keep it. You should get to keep it like a super near glass. Yeah. Yeah, okay I used to be big into souvenir glass culture and then I'll tell you what you have a lot of, huge cups you never drink out of. Yeah, that's true. Because that's really what they are.

So you're just sitting on a shelf. My Maru mug, that's totally that. That's really good though. Oh wait, I wanted to say this. Maru mug and you're talking about LA, you always struck me as pure New York. I am, I am. But you do have this really good worldliness

about Los Angeles that I like. I've just been in show business for like, what, 23 years? You know where. I go back and forth and I have my spots I like. Los Feliz, Maroo, I have places I really like. It's aspirational. Yeah, aspirational.

It is. But you are in New York. Yeah. No, I'm through and through New York. I can't imagine living anywhere else. I saw this Adam Gopnik solo show the other day and he has this beautiful piece where he talks about how his favorite place on the planet is Central Park. Because it's just this place where everyone is in like a social pact to be like, we're

going to come to this place that's completely manufactured and completely fake, but there's beautiful trees and beautiful statues and there's no premium pricing for a different part of the park. We're all just at the goddamn Central Park and it's great. I love New York. It's like, and I have frustrations with it. But also, you know, look, we're all in it. It's so funny coming back to New York

and being like a New Yorker again too, because the first thing that happens is you start to be real opinionated about New York shit. I am ready to crack skulls about the subway. By the way, like I'll get, my one time I'll get political, I can't believe Cuomo is this far ahead. It's fucking crazy! It's fucking insane.

It's named, I didn't follow that race, was he ahead? Oh. It's 60 crazy! It's fucking insane. I'm not even following that race. Is he ahead? Oh. It's 60-40 with hands down. Oh, really? Yeah, but I think it's just name recognition is what's kind of doing it. It's name recognition.

I've got a frivolous one. Frivolous? Yeah. Maybe that's a good dragon name for you. That's a great dragon name. No, no. This is what I wanted to say. The only good dragon name that I've come up with,

and this is what I wanted to say, the most annoying sentence in the world, this is what I wanted to say the only good dragging that I've come up with and this is what I wanted To say this the most annoying sentence in the world This is what I wanted to say at the end of my criterion closet video My drag name would be Janice films. Okay Janice films is great. I just opened my calculator instead of my timer I just opened up and said, 10 million. That's aspirational. That's aspirational. Maybe I'm like, how much money do I want? 10 million.

That's too much. Or like I just added five million and five million. You were just brainstorming what Kevin Hart makes per movie. Seven figures. I was like, it's probably this. Eight figures, sorry. Yeah. All right.

This is Bo and Yang's I Don't Think So Honey. His time starts now. I Don't Think So Honey, do you guys know what I'm talking about? Plastic hooks on gift bags that you purchase at the gift store. You buy a little paper gift bag and there's a plastic thing to make it hook.

You cannot take that off, even with all the gorilla strength in the world, even when there's a perforated little thing there that mucks you because you try to tear it off, it's not coming off now you got to get a Damn pair of scissors like I have the time in my day to find scissors to trim off this little plastic hook thing so that I can actually make it presentable to you so that you don't Receive my gift and see the plastic hook and the first thought you have is of me

Sliding it off a little rack at a paper source. Please find a better way to hang gift bags, maybe, I don't know, by these string handles that are already on them, rather than put a useless single-use plastic might I add element to these things. And that's one minute. Wow, really clean.

Oh my God. You know what I mean? We know what I'm talking about. No, of course we do. I didn't even honestly know. They're impossible to rip off. I didn't know that they were four hanging really. I kind of thought it was one of those just annoying things about like... No, there's no way to believe what I'm saying.

Well, it's a classic single-use plastic sneak attack. Because it doesn't even seem like it's part of it. But then it's like that thing is going to go in a landfill forever. Absolutely. It's never... Or it'll go to our like it's part of it. No, it's like that thing is gonna go in a landfill forever Yeah, it's never it's it's or it'll go to our brains I don't know like you know what's also crazy when you go to CVS and get a receipt Like just talk to talk about crazy talk about how much how much room it takes off or like how much you don't need it It's like those receipts are so Like I'm just gonna throw this out. They don't't even give you the option to not have the receipts.

And I feel like with these things, it's like, what is it? It's weird. Like, I think in our lifetime, it has been this thing where we're like, we're gonna recycle, we're gonna save the planet to like, the planet's fucked. Yeah. We're not gonna even try. I know.

And it's such a bummer. I've never been angrier than a few... I feel comfortable saying this. A few years ago, we were on Fire Island, and a friend of ours had a new boyfriend. And this boy... And he walks back to us. We're sitting at the canteen,

and he comes back and he goes, the gaze at the... The docs were so annoying. Guess what just happened? And we go, what? He goes, I threw my plastic cup in the bay and they yelled at me. We were like, excuse me?

The bay? We go, excuse me? And the guy goes, yeah, like I was done with my drink and I threw my plastic cup in the bay and they all yelled at me. It's like, okay, the planet is dying already. And then our friend goes, yeah, isn't that crazy? And I had to walk away.

I was like, I know love is blind. I know dick feel good in hole, but no. They did break up, thank God. But that was a moment where I had to check my respect. Someone proudly, proudly being a litter bug is nuts to me. I hate littering. It drives me nuts. And also like, you know there's the fish in there.

The fish. You know there's the fish in there. Well, that's what he said. They're gonna die anyway. Oh God. It's like, okay, kill me then. I'm on my way out at some point. That is actually textbook.

I'm sorry to get a little academic here. This is NYU, maybe, and I think they taught this at Georgetown as well, metabolic rift theory, where it's the human disconnect between, the disconnect between man and nature. And it makes it so that you don't understand that this came from something

and that you throwing it out the window or throwing it into the water is actually the reason why you are broken as a person and why literally the phrase touch grass is important. Because you need to connect to that. Anyway, Mike Braviglia. You have a written, I don't think so honey. And we are very, and there's a reason for this.

But it's typed out and printed. You'll see it at the end. You'll see it at the end, okay. Cause it could have been on your phone. Yeah. This is Mike Bra Big Glaze. I don't think so, and his time starts now. I don't think so, honey.

Hating on people who try hard. Literally, everyone good at anything tries hard. You know who tries hard? Taylor. You know who else? Beyonce. You know who else? Ray Gunn.

The breakdancer in the U.S. I'm more suspicious of people who don't try hard or people who lie and say they're not trying hard when they are. If someone does something amazing and they say it was easy, be suspicious. Not only are they lying about it, they also committed crimes. Remember when Anne Hathaway and James Franco bombed so hard hosting the Oscars? James Franco just left. He's a loser and I'm hashtag team Anne Hathaway.

You know who tries hard? Anne Hathaway. You know who else tries hard? Fonteen and Les Mis. She tries so hard. You know who else? Andrea Saxton. Devil Wears Prada. Oh my god, 15 seconds. Working for Miranda Priests is hard. She has to show up to work every day sacrificing her relationship with

Adrian Graniot's character, Nate, who I think is a chef but never has to go to work for a reason that's never explained. I'm reaching the end of my minute, but I want you to know this is my fifth draft of this. You know what I'm telling you? Cause if you're a fellow tryhard, you deserve to know. Yes. Oh, that's one minute. Really good.

And you know what? You're right. And I never liked Nate in Devil Wears Prada. I never liked him. It's ridiculous. Adrian. So outrageous character. Outrageous. And this is the thing.

I'm going to misquote Dorian Gray, but the people who are not in the arena don't know the pleasures of... don't know the triumphs and so therefore how could they know anything about defeat? Or something like that. You know what I mean? It's just, you know what it is, yes. And also it's just like, it's like you talking about your hard nipples on stage or having strife, emotional strife about being vulnerable.

It's like, it's cause you know it's gonna take work to get there and then you are exposed. And it's like, it's so easy for people to be like, ha, fuck her about someone who tried because they're trying. I know. It's like, I'm so over that. And it also takes so much effort to hate on people.

Especially online. You gotta create a login. You know who's a workaholic? CharlieXCX. Literally noted, admitted workaholic. Always has to work. And it's just like, maybe that can help people stop being such assholes. Someone who's effortless and cool looking is working to be that. You know what I mean?

Like I can't stand that. Cause I am a tryhard and a type A millennial. And it's like for that to be uncool, it's like, okay. It's ridiculous. That was a wonderful, wonderful. I don't think so, honey. Fifth draft. Why do you have to ask why print it?

Print it just cause it's like draft over draft over draft. And then I like the paper. It's like over draft. And then I like the paper. It's like a touch grass thing. I like the paper. Oh, that's good. You're in a way touching tree. Yeah, I'm touching tree. You're touching tree.

Oh, touching tree. But I wanted to get it right because I'm a huge fan of the segment and I just wanted to lay something down that felt true to me. Thank you. That was really, I feel like we're taking it back, the narrative. I really do. Because the thing about people that don't try hard having the narrative for a second,

they didn't work hard enough to keep the narrative. So now it's just like it's gone. Power can be wrestled very easily from those who wield power carelessly and thoughtlessly. Yes. What is that from? That actually was our guest last week, Tormelene. Tormelene. That's from an incredible biography on Marsha P. Johnson. What is that from? That actually was our guest last week, Tourmaline. Tourmaline. You're right.

That's from an incredible biography on Marsha P. Johnson. And that was the educational moment of our episode today. Also if we try harder, maybe we'll win in the next election. Interesting. I think maybe we need to try a little harder. I think it's part of it. That's probably part of it. Yeah, it's in the mix.

It's in the mix. I think it's in the mix. Do you think AOC will win the presidency? I think it's possible AOC's fire cool could be pretty cool. She has a message that hits. I also think Buddha jazz great I mean, it might be controversial. I love them. Yeah No, sometimes people oh Whatever they think he's too moderate this whatever. They think he's trying too hard. They think he's trying too hard. But I like how he mixes it up on Fox, stuff like that. I know.

He's willing to go there. He's willing to go there. And so is AOC, by the way. And Bernie. And Bernie's obviously kind of a legend. But like, yeah, I think both of those people are phenomenal. Yeah. Yeah.

It is interesting. I hope they can catch a wave. Yeah. I think they are catching waves. It's just like, I think after everything that's gone on, it's like, I don't want to be that person that's like, oh, I'm nervous to put up a gay guy, or I'm nervous to put up a young election, a woman. Yeah, I agree.

You can't be the nervous person. I refuse to be, but it's like, there's truly people out there who just solely think Kamala Loss because she's a black woman or black Indian woman, but it's like there's truly people out there who just solely think I'm a loss because she's a black woman or black Indian woman and it's just like I feel like we need to I Don't think that's why she lost and I do think we need to stop saying that because if that's the Ideology that we go down like we're just gonna end up with Cuomo's forever. I also I think if we knew for a year out The whole thing of people Googling day of who's running.

Yeah. That's real. Was that really real? Millions of people Googling who's running. And some of us didn't know. Okay. And some of us just had to remind them how busy he is. I'm busy.

I don't want to hit Biden while he's down because I'm sympathetic to the health stuff. But it's like, yeah, I think there's a lot of things he could have done for the four years also to safeguard democracy. Yeah. Like, there's a lot. There's a lot going on. It's pandemic. There's a lot going on.

But still, and just introducing Kamala to everyone. Hey! Hey! I don't think he knew she was there. Yeah, exactly. I'm a hundred years old Hey. I don't think he knew she was there. Yeah, exactly. I'm a hundred years old. There's this other lady who's fantastic, you know. Anyway, go pick up Jake Tapper's book, everybody.

It's a whole episode. Someone who by the way, who by the way was shaming people for suggesting that there was something wrong, maybe not, or maybe not right with Biden for a while. And now all of a sudden there's a book. Right. So, anyway, love that.

Love that guy. Love that dude. Well, I love that we ended on Jake Tapper. Yeah, yeah, this whole thing is a plug for Jake Tapper's book. The Good Life is on Netflix, May 26th. Yes, you're gonna love it. We loved it.

We loved it. I mean, you're just the greatest. You really are such, you're one of the preeminent storytellers. You're just so good up there. You feel so safe when you watch you. You always have and you're getting better. It's a blind.

I love you guys so much. This is such an honor to be here. If I could only be on one podcast, it would be this and this whole thing. But this has been so beautiful for me because I love bonding also on all of these movies. I know. It's like so deep to me. All those movies are so deep to me. Yeah, Jared McGuire is going to be a good watch for you later.

Yes, I can't wait. Thank you for bringing that in. And we love you very much. And there is love and there is friendship and we're all in New York now, so let's hang. Yes. I've returned. When Bowen wrote an email to me about my special last night,

it made me covalent. I wrote about it in my journal. Oh my. The email that we were all on? Yeah. I'm sorry, I didn't email. I watched it this morning. Yeah, it's okay.

I'll send you an email. I'll write about my journal tonight. Never ever so with a song. I wish I was off book to Secret Garden. I know, me too. And I don't want the world to see me Cause I don't think that they'd understand Where everything's meant to be broken

i just want you to know who i am i just want you to know who i am this is how the song ends i just want you to know who i am It's so good. Bye. That was crazy. Did you speed up? You're so funny.

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