1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:12,387 --> 00:00:14,513 -[Eugene] Ollie, do you want to turn around? -[Ollie babbles] 4 00:00:16,975 --> 00:00:19,184 And get your motor humming! 5 00:00:20,770 --> 00:00:25,190 We're gonna! We're gonna! Ah wow, are you ready? Ollie, you ready? 6 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:26,859 And I set you free. 7 00:00:29,404 --> 00:00:31,905 Are you ready, Ollie, for an egg? 8 00:00:33,908 --> 00:00:36,869 My wife and I had a baby, yeah. 9 00:00:37,495 --> 00:00:42,416 His name is Oliver, we had him about a year ago, little more than a year ago. 10 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:47,087 And we had him through a surrogate, through this very kind woman that we met on Skype. 11 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:53,385 So to create him, I had to go to a sperm bank here in New York, and when I got there, 12 00:00:53,470 --> 00:00:58,390 the guy at the front desk right away was like, "Oh my God, we love Bob's Burgers." 13 00:01:00,518 --> 00:01:06,273 And I was like, "This is not the anonymous medical experience I was hoping to have." 14 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:11,862 People are always like, "Hey, you ever get recognized in the street?" 15 00:01:11,946 --> 00:01:16,200 And I'm like, "Sometimes in the street, but always at the sperm bank!" 16 00:01:19,037 --> 00:01:19,995 Whoops. 17 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,956 Aaaaaa, I don't see him. 18 00:01:23,041 --> 00:01:25,334 I don't know-- I don't know what you're looking at. 19 00:01:26,294 --> 00:01:27,252 Ah. 20 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:33,258 That? That's a cameraman, he's filming you for a documentary. 21 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:40,390 About a comedy festival, that started as a joke, one decade ago tomorrow! 22 00:01:43,895 --> 00:01:44,937 [Eugene] Not impressed? 23 00:01:50,068 --> 00:01:53,529 [Chris] Hi, hello Brooklyn, how are you? How is everyone doing? 24 00:01:53,613 --> 00:01:57,116 This is the final ever Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival. 25 00:01:57,659 --> 00:01:59,952 And I think we should be making a lot of noise 26 00:02:00,036 --> 00:02:01,662 for our friend, Eugene Mirman. 27 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:03,330 My name's Chris Gethard. 28 00:02:03,414 --> 00:02:06,667 I think there's a lot of energy in this room, and I could tell ya, I was backstage, 29 00:02:06,751 --> 00:02:10,587 and it was a murderer's row of people who had had an impact on Brooklyn comedy over the years. 30 00:02:10,672 --> 00:02:11,755 [woman] Alright, show's about to start. 31 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,925 Show's about to start, so I should really-- I should change my outfit. 32 00:02:15,009 --> 00:02:17,719 More noise than that! 33 00:02:18,638 --> 00:02:23,016 [Reggie] I think what makes this festival different from other comedy festivals... 34 00:02:24,769 --> 00:02:27,062 It's a comedy festival for comedians. 35 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:28,313 And we're comedians. 36 00:02:28,398 --> 00:02:30,566 People that, you know, do their own thing. 37 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:35,821 Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival is one of the last festivals of its kind, 38 00:02:35,905 --> 00:02:39,491 and that's because we haven't-- we haven't made good choices. 39 00:02:39,576 --> 00:02:43,120 I got this velvet painting of Eugene. 40 00:02:43,246 --> 00:02:47,833 This says, um, "I'm gonna kick you so hard in the dick, you're gonna cum fear." 41 00:02:47,917 --> 00:02:50,836 'Cause money's no-- no obstacle for me 42 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:54,131 when it comes to getting my hands on Eugene's stuff. 43 00:02:54,257 --> 00:02:57,134 Kind of feel weird now when it's all together. 44 00:02:57,886 --> 00:02:59,720 [Eugene] Michelle! Hello. 45 00:02:59,804 --> 00:03:03,891 It's weird because, like, the people that started with this festival, like, they kept 46 00:03:03,975 --> 00:03:07,811 getting more and more famous, but it still seems very down to earth. 47 00:03:08,813 --> 00:03:10,939 [Kumail] I knew that when I would come back here, 48 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:14,276 I'd like run into people I love, that I don't see that often. 49 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:18,614 Look, there's John Hodgman, see? I was just talking about you. 50 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:20,574 People I love that I don't see often. 51 00:03:20,658 --> 00:03:25,662 Eugene's the captain of this goofy ship and it's just really fun to do. 52 00:03:25,747 --> 00:03:28,790 [Bobcat] It's really just a collection of oddballs and wackos. 53 00:03:29,292 --> 00:03:33,128 He's the drain in the sink that catches all the weirdos. 54 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:35,464 Let's do it! Let's do it. 55 00:03:35,548 --> 00:03:36,548 Let's do it. 56 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:50,020 Hey, thanks for agreeing to do this interview. 57 00:03:50,104 --> 00:03:51,188 No problem. 58 00:03:51,314 --> 00:03:55,859 You know, what's your comedy like? ls it, like, I mean I saw a little clip of it online 59 00:03:55,944 --> 00:04:01,698 and it was like, oh boy, this guy fuckin'-- wow. 60 00:04:01,783 --> 00:04:06,411 I mean if I had to compare your comedy to a war, I'd pick the beginning of the Vietnam War, 61 00:04:06,496 --> 00:04:10,624 where people were like, "Oh, maybe this makes sense," but then you're like, "No. 62 00:04:10,708 --> 00:04:11,500 No, it doesn't." 63 00:04:13,336 --> 00:04:16,588 [Interviewer] What are the-- what are the, like, three words that come to mind 64 00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:18,006 when you're describing Eugene? 65 00:04:32,689 --> 00:04:35,482 -I mean, is this meant to be a quicker answer to this? -[woman] No, no. 66 00:04:35,566 --> 00:04:36,358 Okay. 67 00:04:42,699 --> 00:04:48,495 I mean, you can't sum up anyone, any person in three words, even an asshole, 68 00:04:48,579 --> 00:04:50,998 and he's not an asshole, I'll say that for him. 69 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:54,793 You can put that on the record; not an asshole. 70 00:04:56,045 --> 00:04:57,212 [Interviewer] Three words. 71 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,840 Not an asshole! There you go! 72 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:04,261 It's-- Not an asshole. 73 00:05:04,387 --> 00:05:05,846 ♪♪♪ 74 00:05:17,567 --> 00:05:20,652 [Mike] Spin the wheel, people! Spin the wheel! 75 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:22,988 And you can even get a little selfie with Mike Hot-Pence. 76 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:26,575 Ooh, you remember the pig head. 77 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:29,328 -Mike Birbiglia has arrived! -[woman] Hey! 78 00:05:34,208 --> 00:05:36,793 [woman] Okay everyone, we're about to start the show. 79 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:44,176 [Michael] Hello everybody, how are you? 80 00:05:44,969 --> 00:05:50,098 I just want to say, uh, tonight's a very, very special night. 81 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:57,105 This is the-- the last live performance of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival 82 00:05:57,190 --> 00:06:01,526 and so it's a really special night that we could all be here together. 83 00:06:01,611 --> 00:06:06,031 And that's it! Just, uh, enjoy the show! 84 00:06:06,616 --> 00:06:07,866 [crowd cheering] 85 00:06:15,333 --> 00:06:20,921 And-- and now coming to the stage, 86 00:06:21,881 --> 00:06:27,052 your host, Eugene Mirman! 87 00:06:35,937 --> 00:06:37,187 Thank you. 88 00:06:39,982 --> 00:06:42,484 Feels excessive, but very kind of you. 89 00:06:43,027 --> 00:06:47,197 A friend of mine recently told me that when we were in elementary school, 90 00:06:47,281 --> 00:06:53,328 our teacher told her to not be my friend because I was a loser. 91 00:06:55,832 --> 00:06:57,457 That's the '80s for you. 92 00:06:59,377 --> 00:07:04,381 And then to prove it, she showed her my test scores. 93 00:07:05,174 --> 00:07:06,383 I know. What. 94 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:10,971 I get that you could show a test that proves that someone is bad at math, 95 00:07:11,055 --> 00:07:14,558 but what's the test that proves someone is a loser? 96 00:07:15,059 --> 00:07:20,313 Like, was the question like, "What's your favorite food?" And I was like, "Sour cream." 97 00:07:21,649 --> 00:07:24,943 "Who's your favorite band?" "My rabbi." 98 00:07:26,654 --> 00:07:27,654 Well, that-- 99 00:07:28,656 --> 00:07:30,031 that kid is. 100 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:33,493 First time I met Eugene, he interviewed me. 101 00:07:33,578 --> 00:07:37,247 He said Hampshire College, but that's not the first time we met; 102 00:07:37,331 --> 00:07:39,541 that's the first time I remember meeting him. 103 00:07:39,625 --> 00:07:43,795 The first time we met, he tagged along while I did an interview at a radio station, 104 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,507 but it was pretty uneventful. I don't remember him that time. 105 00:07:47,592 --> 00:07:51,178 I first met him as just this, uh, 106 00:07:52,013 --> 00:07:55,974 107 00:07:56,058 --> 00:07:57,684 This is going back years. 108 00:07:57,768 --> 00:08:00,937 Would be very drunk, and he would come up and just touch your hair 109 00:08:01,022 --> 00:08:02,397 and then not say anything. 110 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:06,818 Think I first met Eugene when he was in the, um-- like he went through a phase 111 00:08:06,903 --> 00:08:08,653 of slapping people in bars, right? 112 00:08:08,738 --> 00:08:14,451 The first time I saw Eugene perform was at the Luna Lounge, and I'd just moved to New York. 113 00:08:14,577 --> 00:08:18,788 He went on stage and he had some device. 114 00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:23,210 it was something where he could-- was just translating in alien or something, 115 00:08:23,294 --> 00:08:25,212 and then he-- and then he left, and I was like, 116 00:08:25,296 --> 00:08:28,882 "Guess he's the cool, like, one of the cool guys." 117 00:08:29,675 --> 00:08:32,135 [H. Jon] Actually, it was pretty momentous when I met Eugene. 118 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:35,639 I was working with Loren Bouchard, who now does Bob's Burgers with us. 119 00:08:35,723 --> 00:08:38,767 We had befriended a local Cambridge chef, 120 00:08:38,851 --> 00:08:41,645 who owned kind of a fancy restaurant called Chez Henri. 121 00:08:41,729 --> 00:08:46,566 And Eugene came in, and he just sort of bounded in. 122 00:08:46,651 --> 00:08:47,734 I didn't know him. 123 00:08:47,818 --> 00:08:50,403 He just walked up, then he grabbed my pork chop; 124 00:08:50,488 --> 00:08:54,074 it was on my plate, like half-eaten, and sauce dripping off. 125 00:08:54,158 --> 00:08:56,535 And he-- he just shoved it in his face. 126 00:08:56,994 --> 00:08:58,828 And ate it and then threw it on the ground. 127 00:08:58,913 --> 00:09:02,541 And said, "This is unacceptable food. This preparation is..." 128 00:09:03,167 --> 00:09:05,919 And then he was like, "I am leav-I am leaving. 129 00:09:06,003 --> 00:09:08,838 I'm leaving this establishment." And he stormed out. 130 00:09:08,923 --> 00:09:14,219 And he left and I was like, "Who the fuck was that?" Like, "What happened?" 131 00:09:14,845 --> 00:09:16,263 "I wanna meet that guy." 132 00:09:19,267 --> 00:09:21,059 [crowd cheering and applauding] 133 00:09:23,479 --> 00:09:25,272 Hello, everybody. 134 00:09:26,482 --> 00:09:27,607 -[all] Hi. -How are you? 135 00:09:27,692 --> 00:09:30,944 I first met Eugene at a comedy show called Tinkle, 136 00:09:31,028 --> 00:09:35,282 that was hosted by David Cross, Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. 137 00:09:35,366 --> 00:09:39,035 The hosts are David, Jon, and Todd, with Jessi Klein, 138 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,539 Al Lubel, and, uh, Fred Armisen and Will Forte. 139 00:09:42,665 --> 00:09:46,126 Over the years, we've just worked together on stuff 140 00:09:46,210 --> 00:09:50,505 ranging from TV pilots to small, weird shows. 141 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:55,135 Are you aware that you have what appears to be penises jutting out of you? 142 00:09:55,219 --> 00:09:56,761 These aren't penises at all. 143 00:09:56,846 --> 00:09:59,764 These are actually, uh, my sensory organ. 144 00:09:59,849 --> 00:10:04,102 -What's that one? -This one here, uh, measures, uh, the barometer. 145 00:10:04,186 --> 00:10:06,438 it measures different barometers? 146 00:10:06,522 --> 00:10:09,399 Mm-hm, which barometer's heavier than another one. 147 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:10,525 Interesting. 148 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:13,069 Then what about, uh, the old, uh, big shoulder dong? 149 00:10:13,154 --> 00:10:17,198 Oh, well this one just tells me that I'm pretty. 150 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:19,492 Oh, thank you. 151 00:10:21,078 --> 00:10:22,203 Huh. 152 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:26,124 [Eugene] After a show that Julie and I did at Union Hall, me, her, and Mike BirbigIia 153 00:10:26,208 --> 00:10:27,834 were hanging out and joking around. 154 00:10:27,918 --> 00:10:35,800 We were drinking and Eugene said, "I have this idea. 155 00:10:36,385 --> 00:10:43,350 What if we made a festival that's just making fun of other festivals?" 156 00:10:45,770 --> 00:10:50,857 And Julie and I go, "Yeah! That sounds great." 157 00:10:51,609 --> 00:10:55,111 And then they did it, and they cut me out, 158 00:10:57,365 --> 00:11:01,117 and literally made billions of dollars. 159 00:11:02,036 --> 00:11:07,832 When it began, the joke was sort of like, "I'm just a guy who does comedy 160 00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:12,128 and I'm doing this festival near me." And-- and in fact, we thought it would be a one-off, 161 00:11:12,213 --> 00:11:14,422 and over the years, we kept doing it. 162 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:19,260 And then at some point, around year 4, 5, or 6, we were like, "I guess we have to do 10." 163 00:11:20,304 --> 00:11:26,351 But what's amazing about the festival is that it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. 164 00:11:26,435 --> 00:11:28,937 I never told you this story, Eugene, but a few years ago, 165 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:31,523 I'm on a tour bus with Chris Gethard. 166 00:11:31,607 --> 00:11:33,608 We're doing shows and it's late at night and we're- 167 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:36,361 we're complaining about all the people we hate. 168 00:11:36,445 --> 00:11:41,282 And Chris Gethard goes, "Fucking Eugene Mirman, man. 169 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:44,119 He won't book me on his festival." 170 00:11:45,246 --> 00:11:48,581 I go, "Gethard, the whole thing's made up! 171 00:11:49,959 --> 00:11:51,918 It's not even real!" 172 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:56,464 [Eugene] We have such a wonderful show for you tonight 173 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:59,843 and so many of my favorite people have come and I'm just very excited. 174 00:11:59,927 --> 00:12:02,303 Ladies and gentlemen, KumaiI Nanjiani! 175 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:04,806 Michael Che! John Hodgman! 176 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:06,683 Caroline Rhea, everybody! 177 00:12:06,809 --> 00:12:09,185 Reggie Watts! Bridget Everett! 178 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,396 Bobcat Goldthwait! 179 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,273 Aparna Nancherla! 180 00:12:13,357 --> 00:12:15,275 John GIaser! 181 00:12:15,359 --> 00:12:17,527 Jim Gaffigan, everybody! 182 00:12:17,611 --> 00:12:20,113 Janeane Garofalo! 183 00:12:22,825 --> 00:12:27,704 There's a type of comic I'd guess that thrives in venues that are not comedy clubs. 184 00:12:27,830 --> 00:12:31,708 There's other comics that thrive more in proper comedy clubs, 185 00:12:31,834 --> 00:12:33,501 especially on a Friday, Saturday night. 186 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,879 And then there's a type of comic, myself included, 187 00:12:35,963 --> 00:12:38,214 who does not do so great on Friday and Saturday. 188 00:12:38,299 --> 00:12:42,051 I don't do so bad Sunday through Thursday at comedy clubs, that's a different vibe, 189 00:12:42,136 --> 00:12:47,140 a different audience, lower ticket price, which changes the air. 190 00:12:47,224 --> 00:12:49,642 I'm not a strong joke writer. 191 00:12:49,727 --> 00:12:53,480 I never have been, and I-- and I will, I say that to all who will listen. 192 00:12:53,564 --> 00:12:54,731 I've never pretended to be. 193 00:12:54,857 --> 00:12:59,736 I just don't have that discipline, and I tend to try and talk about different things. 194 00:12:59,820 --> 00:13:01,821 Not every single time, but when I can. 195 00:13:02,364 --> 00:13:05,033 And, uh, I'm chatty, as you can tell. 196 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:07,577 And I go tangential. 197 00:13:07,661 --> 00:13:10,413 I'm not a good comic, but I'd be great at a filibuster. 198 00:13:10,998 --> 00:13:11,956 I would. 199 00:13:12,041 --> 00:13:14,459 I would 'cause I will talk and talk and talk. 200 00:13:14,543 --> 00:13:18,922 And, uh, I can filibuster anything, so maybe I'm more of a filibuster 201 00:13:19,006 --> 00:13:21,925 er, rer, than a comic. 202 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:30,225 I can't tell you how much it irks me this, uh, "ay, oh, ey, fuhgeddaboudit." That. 203 00:13:31,227 --> 00:13:35,980 Affectation of the Italian-American experience. 204 00:13:36,065 --> 00:13:39,150 You know who doesn't say "muzzarelI?" People from Italy. 205 00:13:39,235 --> 00:13:43,905 You'll never hear Giada de Laurentiis or anyone worth their salt from Italy say, 206 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:49,410 "prosciutto," "muzzarell," "expresso." it drives me insane. 207 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:52,747 My last name's Garofalo, you know this to be true, it's not a joke. 208 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:55,208 Clearly I haven't told one joke yet, that's the fact. 209 00:13:56,252 --> 00:13:58,962 My-- my father's name is Carmine Garofalo. 210 00:13:59,046 --> 00:14:03,341 Now he-- he-- his parents came from Italy as-- as babies. 211 00:14:03,425 --> 00:14:06,135 You know, this is value-neutral, I am not trying to build an identity 212 00:14:06,220 --> 00:14:07,512 like the "bada bing" people. 213 00:14:07,596 --> 00:14:10,807 I'm just telling you, and I was born and raised in New Jersey. 214 00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:14,310 Do you hear that I could do the news? I have a non-regional accent. 215 00:14:14,395 --> 00:14:18,898 This is-- this is-- this is, and I never played that card. I can't stand it. 216 00:14:18,983 --> 00:14:20,441 I-- and I don't. 217 00:14:20,526 --> 00:14:25,238 Shh, he's such an angel when he's sleeping. Sshhh, don't wake, sshh. 218 00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:27,532 Actually, you know what, you do what you want. 219 00:14:27,616 --> 00:14:29,534 And, you know, comedy is subjective. 220 00:14:29,618 --> 00:14:30,410 it isn't. 221 00:14:30,494 --> 00:14:32,829 But I say that to appear broad-minded. 222 00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:35,206 I'm not mad at any of you. I'm not mad at any of you. 223 00:14:35,291 --> 00:14:40,003 Ah, honestly, I'm just speaking in strident tones and I have no wish to be aggressive. 224 00:14:40,087 --> 00:14:41,713 ln fact, I prefer to be well-liked. 225 00:14:41,797 --> 00:14:45,008 Validation from people I have not met defines me. 226 00:14:45,092 --> 00:14:46,175 it defines me. 227 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:47,969 I need it. I need it. 228 00:14:48,053 --> 00:14:49,637 How do I feel about me? I don't know. 229 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:53,016 How does she feel about me? Sleeping and that's all I will know. 230 00:14:54,643 --> 00:14:56,853 [Melena] When you think about that first festival, it was in 2008. 231 00:14:56,937 --> 00:15:02,942 We're in an era which was, in a way, primed for absurdity, and it was before social media. 232 00:15:03,027 --> 00:15:05,570 it was before real-- really memes. 233 00:15:05,654 --> 00:15:09,198 it was before YouTube took off in the way that we experience it now, so 234 00:15:09,283 --> 00:15:13,953 all of that stuff was like ready to happen, and Eugene made a stage version of it, 235 00:15:14,038 --> 00:15:15,371 and put it on in Brooklyn. 236 00:15:15,456 --> 00:15:18,958 [Eugene] We wanted to celebrate this sort of Brooklyn and New York comedy community 237 00:15:19,043 --> 00:15:21,294 and didn't really want, like, Doritos to sponsor it. 238 00:15:21,378 --> 00:15:24,339 Unless, I guess they gave me so much money. 239 00:15:24,423 --> 00:15:28,176 And so for us, we just wanted the shows to be silly, but they also, we wanted them to be good. 240 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:32,889 ou know, we had a show called ne of Each, that had different ethnicities and, you know, 241 00:15:33,015 --> 00:15:37,977 genders and sexual orientations on it, but it was all wonderful comics that we loved, you know. 242 00:15:38,062 --> 00:15:40,855 We were making fun of the idea of ghettoizing comics. 243 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:44,817 These are the titles of shows that actually have happened: 244 00:15:44,902 --> 00:15:50,156 "Comics We Hope Won't Move to LA (Though We Understand There ls Much More Work There)." 245 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,326 "Comics We Think Ruth Bader Ginsburg Would Enjoy." 246 00:15:54,119 --> 00:15:58,539 "Comedians You'll See in a Cell Phone Commercial or Cream Cheese Commercial 247 00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,166 in Two to Three Years." 248 00:16:00,250 --> 00:16:04,003 "An Evening of Entertainment from People with Black Glasses." 249 00:16:04,088 --> 00:16:08,925 "I'll Be Famous in 5 Years (Or a Copywriter/ Or an Audience Coordinator)." 250 00:16:10,344 --> 00:16:12,720 That was a show that happened. 251 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:15,348 These shows happened. 252 00:16:15,432 --> 00:16:19,143 And for me, that came from talking to somebody who'd been in a comedy festival, 253 00:16:19,228 --> 00:16:21,813 where I asked him how his shows went, and he was like, 254 00:16:21,897 --> 00:16:26,025 "I was on a show called Good Jewish Boys and I was 4th and it didn't go well, 255 00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:27,819 'cause all my jokes had been done." 256 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:33,074 [Wyatt] He's always appreciated that platform that he has. 257 00:16:33,158 --> 00:16:34,450 What he was able to do at the festival 258 00:16:34,535 --> 00:16:37,328 was recognize that an audience will show up, 259 00:16:37,413 --> 00:16:40,915 so why not put more people in front of that audience 260 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,417 that they'd never seen before. 261 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:48,172 Eugene always seems to get great joy in comedy 262 00:16:48,257 --> 00:16:52,093 and seems to be both comedian and comedy fan. 263 00:16:53,053 --> 00:16:59,851 That is, in my opinion, the sign of a really good comedian. A really great comedian. 264 00:16:59,935 --> 00:17:07,233 I'm a big Jew, but-- but I think I was like this weird Jewish experiment, where God was like, 265 00:17:07,317 --> 00:17:11,320 "How 'bout this? What if we make a Jew 6-foot-6, 220 pounds. 266 00:17:11,405 --> 00:17:14,991 Do you think it'll still be fucked up, insecure, neurotic, and fearful?" 267 00:17:17,077 --> 00:17:21,122 I don't know who told men that singing to women is, like, this is what you do. 268 00:17:21,206 --> 00:17:25,043 Like that shit is-- like what are you supposed to do with your face? 269 00:17:26,170 --> 00:17:29,380 That shit is creepy. Don't do that. 270 00:17:29,465 --> 00:17:31,090 I'm very uncomfortable in my own skin. 271 00:17:31,175 --> 00:17:35,678 Like I had a body language expert analyze me recently for a friend's project. 272 00:17:35,763 --> 00:17:40,767 And she literally said, "I don't usually like to give negative feedback, 273 00:17:40,851 --> 00:17:44,479 so I'm not sure what to say to you." 274 00:17:46,356 --> 00:17:47,815 And I don't know what to do, you know. 275 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:50,026 So I just crab-walked out of the room. 276 00:17:52,196 --> 00:17:55,364 No, but seriously, Philadelphia, uh, 277 00:17:57,993 --> 00:18:02,080 great place. lf you ever go there, we got that bell with the crack in it, check it out. 278 00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:09,337 lf you guys love, like, bells that are, like, kinda imperfect or injured, 279 00:18:09,421 --> 00:18:10,421 um, 280 00:18:12,049 --> 00:18:13,508 Philadelphia is your city. 281 00:18:15,135 --> 00:18:18,179 The thing about raisins is the factories don't even want them. 282 00:18:18,263 --> 00:18:23,893 You know how full they stuff those boxes? The raisins are practically opening themselves. 283 00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:29,065 Like, have you ever opened a box of raisins and then like, "This isn't enough raisins?" 284 00:18:29,149 --> 00:18:33,361 Even the tiny boxes are like, "Jesus, is this for a family?" 285 00:18:33,445 --> 00:18:36,823 I'm sorry guys. That's a little segment from my hour on raisins. 286 00:18:38,909 --> 00:18:40,660 I loved stand-up as a kid. 287 00:18:40,744 --> 00:18:43,079 Want some powdered water but I don't know what to add. 288 00:18:43,163 --> 00:18:45,164 I had Bobcat Goldthwait. 289 00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:49,210 Hi! Thank you very much! Thank you very much! it feels great! 290 00:18:50,337 --> 00:18:52,839 Robin Williams. Emo Philips. I just loved him. 291 00:18:52,923 --> 00:19:00,096 I used to think that the human brain was the most fascinating part of the body. 292 00:19:00,180 --> 00:19:03,474 Then I realized, "Look what's telling me that." 293 00:19:04,268 --> 00:19:09,313 I just thought the jokes were so well-crafted, and you know, also his, like, delivery was 294 00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:10,773 really, like, unique. 295 00:19:10,858 --> 00:19:13,109 Thank you very much! 296 00:19:13,193 --> 00:19:14,277 [Eugene] I just adored it. 297 00:19:14,862 --> 00:19:16,737 I do remember my first joke. 298 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:17,905 it was... 299 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:22,368 What profession do you all think has the highest suicide rate? 300 00:19:23,412 --> 00:19:24,453 [man] Dentist. 301 00:19:24,538 --> 00:19:28,708 Some people think it's dentists, but it's actually kamikaze pilots. 302 00:19:30,460 --> 00:19:31,210 That's what they- 303 00:19:31,295 --> 00:19:32,086 They do. 304 00:19:35,549 --> 00:19:38,759 One of my breaks was when I was on Conan. 305 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:41,137 My next guest, a very funny comedian whose new CD, 306 00:19:41,221 --> 00:19:46,225 The Absurd Nightclub Comedy of Eugene Mirman, is in stores now. Please welcome, Eugene Mirman. 307 00:19:50,439 --> 00:19:54,525 You know, um, how sometimes when people sneeze, you can say, uh, you know, "Gesundheit!" 308 00:19:54,610 --> 00:19:58,446 or "Bless you!" But when people cough, there's nothing that you can really say. 309 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:02,158 And so I have a thing that I say when people cough. I'll go, uh, "Stop it. 310 00:20:03,285 --> 00:20:04,994 Stop." Like that, very polite. 311 00:20:05,078 --> 00:20:08,414 I remember being like, "Why did you fly me in to do this set?" 312 00:20:08,498 --> 00:20:12,001 And the producer was like, "You know we're looking for- 313 00:20:12,085 --> 00:20:14,462 for comics like you as much as you're looking to be on TV. 314 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:17,548 " And I always remember being like, "Oh that-- that makes sense." 315 00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:19,091 I'm not just trying to get on TV. 316 00:20:19,176 --> 00:20:22,178 There are people whose job it is to find people to put on TV. 317 00:20:22,262 --> 00:20:24,263 And-- and it was an interesting realization. 318 00:20:24,348 --> 00:20:26,807 Eugene Mirman, everybody! Let's have a break. We'll be right back. 319 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:30,478 That's why, sort of, when people talk about, like, comedy being competitive or any of that, 320 00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:35,149 I think it's-- that's all, like, sort of nonsense that I think that you come up with a show 321 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:38,903 and you make your show and you bring in people either you know or don't, to make it. 322 00:20:38,987 --> 00:20:40,863 Thank you very much. Have a good night. 323 00:20:40,948 --> 00:20:43,115 But a lot of it is, you make a thing. 324 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,410 You-- you make the festival. You make a TV show. You write a book. 325 00:20:46,495 --> 00:20:48,955 Someone else isn't beating you to your book. 326 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:51,165 You know? Somebody else isn't beating you to your stand-up. 327 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:55,836 [Melena] ln the early 2000s, New York was experiencing kind of a dual comedy boom. 328 00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:59,715 it came out of the '90s and Seinfeld and that was the traditional comedy club 329 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,051 that kind of brick walled two-drink-minimum. 330 00:21:02,135 --> 00:21:04,720 That'll happen in uptown, midtown Manhattan. 331 00:21:04,805 --> 00:21:07,306 What Eugene and his friends were doing was something different. 332 00:21:07,391 --> 00:21:08,683 it was downtown. 333 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:12,353 And it kind of burst the alternative comedy world that we're all living in now. 334 00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:15,606 I don't think it's good for girls to be told 335 00:21:15,691 --> 00:21:18,526 that they can be anything they want when they grow up, 336 00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:21,862 because it wouldn't occur to them that they couldn't. 337 00:21:23,031 --> 00:21:28,452 You're planting that in their head from your generation, which was a whole other world. 338 00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:36,627 it's like saying, "Hey, uh, when you go take a shower, I'm not gonna read your diary." 339 00:21:43,427 --> 00:21:47,388 Wait, are you gonna read my diary? "What? No! 340 00:21:47,472 --> 00:21:52,226 I just said I'm not gonna read your diary, spazz. Take a shower." 341 00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:53,352 it was kind of D.I.Y. 342 00:21:53,437 --> 00:21:56,564 You know? Like found space and bring comedy there. 343 00:21:56,648 --> 00:22:00,568 The back of a bar, music clubs, anywhere where you can kind of 344 00:22:01,445 --> 00:22:05,906 make your own space and post facto, make your own comedy show. 345 00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:12,246 One, two, one, two, three! Oh, Kristen Schaal is a host! Kristen Schaal is a host! 346 00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:15,708 She can dance like a host. Kristen Schaal is a host! 347 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:19,295 [Melena] ls it a place like Rififi, which at the rest of the time would host like a- 348 00:22:19,379 --> 00:22:20,838 like a burlesque show. 349 00:22:20,922 --> 00:22:23,883 Or a place like Luna Lounge, where Marc Maron famously started 350 00:22:23,967 --> 00:22:26,719 and had a series where his friends would come up and do bits. 351 00:22:26,803 --> 00:22:29,597 And that became the staple of the downtown comedy scene. 352 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:33,642 [H. Jon] There were countless others, you know? Like, Tim & Eric. Cross Comedy. 353 00:22:33,727 --> 00:22:36,645 You know, knowing Eugene, that's kind of how he's laid his path. 354 00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:41,442 I feel like he already had that like, sort of, gene to be able to- 355 00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:45,154 sorry, Gene is a-- that's terrible, uh, 356 00:22:45,781 --> 00:22:46,739 to do that. 357 00:22:47,949 --> 00:22:49,950 [Eugene] So that's when we started Invite Them Up. 358 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:54,288 He and Bobby had this night Invite Them Up, which was really the punching platform 359 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:58,209 for so many of the people that we see in all forms of amazing media. 360 00:22:58,293 --> 00:23:04,965 He was a huge, if not I would say, the biggest influencer, of all. 361 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,676 He was-- he was a huge influencer. 362 00:23:07,761 --> 00:23:13,474 I moved to New York in 2007 from Chicago and I knew the show called Invite Them Up. 363 00:23:15,811 --> 00:23:18,687 That was like the best, like, alt show in New York. 364 00:23:18,772 --> 00:23:21,690 I want to go, like, to an Amish village with a DVD player, 365 00:23:21,775 --> 00:23:23,734 like, portable one, and show them Star Wars, 366 00:23:23,819 --> 00:23:25,569 and go, "This is happening!" 367 00:23:25,654 --> 00:23:30,533 There was this cool show for these alternative performers 368 00:23:30,617 --> 00:23:34,954 that didn't do traditional stand-up at the traditional stand-up clubs around the city. 369 00:23:35,038 --> 00:23:40,209 His tastes has more to do with the friends that gravitated towards that night. 370 00:23:40,293 --> 00:23:41,710 Sorry, holding for brakes. 371 00:23:44,005 --> 00:23:45,756 Okay, and- 372 00:23:45,841 --> 00:23:47,133 [breaking] 373 00:23:47,217 --> 00:23:50,803 And so I was a big fan of Eugene's and a month and a half after I moved, 374 00:23:50,887 --> 00:23:53,764 Eugene had me on Invite Them Up. 375 00:23:53,849 --> 00:23:56,976 lf it wasn't for you, I would have not made it in New York 376 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:58,853 and I would have moved back to Chicago. 377 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:00,729 -[Eugene] No! -That's true! it's true. 378 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:01,814 You really, really helped me. 379 00:24:01,898 --> 00:24:05,401 My-- my wife and I, Emily, used to like, pay for our meals 380 00:24:05,527 --> 00:24:08,529 and our drinks and you had me open for you. 381 00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:11,282 Okay, you remember like the first time you tasted a grape? 382 00:24:11,366 --> 00:24:15,119 You probably don't remember, but imagine what it'd have been like. 383 00:24:15,203 --> 00:24:16,328 it's, like, squishy and soft. 384 00:24:16,413 --> 00:24:20,166 it's, like, jelly and it's got a skin, but it's not like an animal or a person. 385 00:24:20,250 --> 00:24:23,127 That was like my best credit for years. 386 00:24:23,211 --> 00:24:26,130 it was... I wanna thank you. That was so awesome. 387 00:24:26,214 --> 00:24:28,174 -it really helped. Thank you. -Thank you very, very much. 388 00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:34,138 He just was so dedicated to whatever that was that we were all doing. 389 00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:37,099 Eugene sort of, like, just championed it. 390 00:24:37,184 --> 00:24:41,395 For everyone else, I think it was like a side gig that we were doing while we were trying to 391 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,606 get cast on sitcoms and stuff like that. 392 00:24:43,690 --> 00:24:46,859 For Eugene, it was something that he was pursuing in a much bigger way. 393 00:24:46,943 --> 00:24:51,822 Here's my report card from 9th grade. ln, uh, English, I got a D. 394 00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:54,074 Social Studies, D+. 395 00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:55,242 Nailed it. 396 00:24:55,327 --> 00:25:01,081 I remember Eugene doing things with slides and phone calls. 397 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:06,086 The idea that-- that-- that you could incorporate elements into your work. 398 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:11,217 Reading, its own thing, D-. Worse than regular English. 399 00:25:11,301 --> 00:25:15,638 They were like, "You write very badly and you read a little worse than that. 400 00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:22,269 You somehow write a little bit better than you read." 401 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:27,441 He was one of the early adopters of videos and he was finding different ways 402 00:25:27,526 --> 00:25:31,487 to get into jokes and that was all new to me. 403 00:25:31,571 --> 00:25:34,907 And they were incredibly funny and I couldn't tell you what any of them were about. 404 00:25:35,450 --> 00:25:36,367 [Interviewer] We'll cut to some now. 405 00:25:36,451 --> 00:25:39,078 I know you're gonna-- I know you're gonna cut to one right now 406 00:25:39,162 --> 00:25:41,080 with him making some stupid joke. 407 00:25:41,164 --> 00:25:42,623 [Interviewer] But then you'll watch the movie and remember it. 408 00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:44,208 Oh, I'm never gonna watch this movie. 409 00:25:44,292 --> 00:25:48,629 I haven't been here for long, but the time I spent, I really enjoyed the internet. 410 00:25:49,923 --> 00:25:54,760 What we found was the Brooklyn audiences were really interested in all these different areas 411 00:25:54,844 --> 00:25:56,762 that wasn't just stand-up comedy. 412 00:25:56,846 --> 00:26:03,185 I wondered, how do we know that Mars isn't some sort of crucial cog in a machinery 413 00:26:03,270 --> 00:26:07,982 -of an interplanetary ecology? -Aw, Allen, don't be a Mars hippie. 414 00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:14,196 [Showalter] The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival was like the Super Bowl of all these- 415 00:26:14,281 --> 00:26:16,991 these things that we had been doing and I think Eugene is- 416 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:20,244 is really trying to see how far this crazy thing can go. 417 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:24,748 People never believe that I'm single, Eugene, and, um, 418 00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:27,668 I tell them I'm a regionally recognized cabaret singer, 419 00:26:29,129 --> 00:26:33,340 but have I ever made love to a comedy hero? No. 420 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,010 [Eugene] I find that unlikely! 421 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:39,638 Anyway, my dream- 422 00:26:40,849 --> 00:26:42,016 Don't turn around! 423 00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:48,981 For me, my dream has always been to play Madison Square Garden, but you know what? 424 00:26:49,065 --> 00:26:51,233 -Hm? -That may never happen. 425 00:26:52,068 --> 00:26:54,278 And do you want to know why that doesn't matter? 426 00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:55,571 Sure. 427 00:26:58,825 --> 00:27:00,576 Because I am gonna sit on your face. 428 00:27:00,660 --> 00:27:02,369 ♪ Yeah ♪ 429 00:27:04,497 --> 00:27:06,332 We would just do a lot of silly things. 430 00:27:06,416 --> 00:27:13,505 When Kristen Schaal was moving to Los Angeles, we got Jon Hamm to dress up as the "Big Apple." 431 00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:19,595 And then we brought out this big cake of my face as the Statue of Liberty, 432 00:27:19,679 --> 00:27:21,263 and it was well done. 433 00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:25,726 I mean, it was-- it didn't taste good, but it was beautiful. 434 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:30,522 And Jon Hamm said, he was like, "You know, this morning I got nominated for an Emmy. 435 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:34,568 I was thinking about that as I put on my apple costume." 436 00:27:36,404 --> 00:27:38,572 I think it was my 39th birthday. 437 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:44,370 At the end of the show Eugene presented me with a Batman cake, 438 00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:49,750 then someone threw that on stage and I've kinda hung onto it. 439 00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:55,631 One, uh, because I wanted to figure out which door it actually works at, but two, 440 00:27:55,715 --> 00:28:00,386 um, it does remind me of that night and that show. 441 00:28:01,471 --> 00:28:04,181 That's the joy of the-- the-- the festival. 442 00:28:04,265 --> 00:28:06,517 You know, a clown giving tax advice. 443 00:28:06,601 --> 00:28:09,895 One year, I think we had a party full of Law & Order extras. 444 00:28:09,979 --> 00:28:13,732 I made probably less money from the festival than I would if I'd- 445 00:28:13,817 --> 00:28:17,152 I'd probably have made half the money if I had just done one show at Bell House myself, 446 00:28:17,237 --> 00:28:20,155 which is fine and it was really fun and it's just doing funny, 447 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,658 silly things and trying to make your friends laugh. 448 00:28:22,742 --> 00:28:25,327 This month's theme actually was actually Glass's idea. 449 00:28:25,412 --> 00:28:26,578 This is The Drunk Show. 450 00:28:26,663 --> 00:28:30,791 -Was it-- was it in the fest that we did The Drunk Show? -Yes. Yes it was. 451 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:33,877 And I remember being like, "Oh, let's not call The Drunk Show, like... We gotta call it... 452 00:28:33,962 --> 00:28:36,880 Let's think of a way, and then it was like... no, this was The Drunk Show." 453 00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:40,342 We'd like to now just get the show started, bring out our drinkers. 454 00:28:40,427 --> 00:28:43,095 The Drunk Show started out kind of proper. 455 00:28:43,179 --> 00:28:45,597 it was Rachel Maddow and John Hodgman 456 00:28:45,682 --> 00:28:48,225 and they were having like a cocktail hour interview. 457 00:28:48,309 --> 00:28:52,688 A stinger is, um, is just cognac and creme de menthe. 458 00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:54,106 Uh huh. 459 00:28:54,190 --> 00:28:56,442 Which sounds awful but it will change your life. 460 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:59,528 Well, awful things can change your life. 461 00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:03,157 And then it went off the rail. 462 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:08,537 You're going to arm wrestle three people. 463 00:29:08,621 --> 00:29:11,957 lf they beat you, you take two shots, alright? 464 00:29:12,667 --> 00:29:16,712 Partly why the drinking game went so poorly is that, 465 00:29:16,838 --> 00:29:19,715 I organized it and I had just started drinking. 466 00:29:19,799 --> 00:29:21,967 Take two shots, 'cause you'll- 467 00:29:22,051 --> 00:29:26,638 And I didn't understand increments, so each penalty 468 00:29:26,723 --> 00:29:28,056 was like, "Take four shots!" 469 00:29:30,643 --> 00:29:36,523 So, very quickly, the performers started to get totally shitfaced. 470 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:38,108 Kevin, you have the breathalyzer. 471 00:29:39,819 --> 00:29:41,445 0.26. 472 00:29:45,492 --> 00:29:47,701 Needs assistance in walking. 473 00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:49,661 Total mental confusion. 474 00:29:49,746 --> 00:29:52,498 Dysphoria, with nausea and some vomiting. 475 00:29:52,582 --> 00:29:53,791 Stand back! 476 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:57,336 I feel great! 477 00:29:57,420 --> 00:30:01,590 You were, I think, blacked out within 20 minutes, so I don't know what caused it. 478 00:30:01,674 --> 00:30:04,968 I was nervous being on the show with a bunch of comedians. 479 00:30:05,053 --> 00:30:08,305 And so I better like have a glass of whiskey before I go on, 480 00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:10,307 but like, you know, like, that much whiskey. 481 00:30:10,391 --> 00:30:11,517 -That much. -To be like tipsy though. 482 00:30:11,601 --> 00:30:13,769 -Yeah. -it's enough to be very drunk. 483 00:30:13,895 --> 00:30:16,480 I actually don't remember much from that night. 484 00:30:16,564 --> 00:30:20,651 'Cause Eugene, I am a master storyteller. 485 00:30:20,735 --> 00:30:27,533 You know what I'm saying? Like-- like I had a vision that this should all happen, 486 00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:31,912 but I didn't think that I was gonna be on stage with you drunk! 487 00:30:31,996 --> 00:30:34,998 Do you guys remember when we were arm wrestling? 488 00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:38,335 [Eugene] Yeah! 489 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:52,015 [Glass] We're just blurring the lines of art and funerals. 490 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,309 This is like the nerd altima. 491 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:57,896 That was worth everything. 492 00:30:57,981 --> 00:31:00,607 [Glass] The two big growth experiences because of the festival. 493 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:05,362 One was I blacked-out for the first time and the other was I did stand-up for the first time. 494 00:31:05,446 --> 00:31:07,447 Both things I have not repeated since. 495 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,662 [Sarah] I always loved 496 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:19,626 this crowd of people because they-- they really were so devoted to one another. 497 00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:25,215 All they wanted to do is support each other and make each other laugh and you know, 498 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:28,552 I just have such a special place in my heart for Eugene; 499 00:31:28,636 --> 00:31:30,012 he'll always live there. 500 00:31:30,096 --> 00:31:33,849 Like, there's a part of my heart where the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival 501 00:31:33,933 --> 00:31:38,103 will always live, you know. He's just that lovable. 502 00:31:38,187 --> 00:31:39,688 Don't tell him that. 503 00:31:39,772 --> 00:31:44,359 Hi, how are you guys? Very good to see you all. 504 00:31:44,444 --> 00:31:46,862 This is, um, this is, I love playing here. 505 00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:52,743 No, I do. I get nervous playing here because it's such a fun crowd 506 00:31:52,827 --> 00:31:55,954 and I don't know if I bummed-- I bummed. 507 00:31:58,207 --> 00:32:02,377 I haven't been doing a lot of stand-up and so, but I gotta do the show. 508 00:32:02,462 --> 00:32:05,672 We got SNL coming up. A lot of people know that I do Weekend Updates, 509 00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:08,300 but some people don't know that I also write sketches 510 00:32:08,384 --> 00:32:11,678 and you don't know that because none of my sketches make it to air. 511 00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:17,100 So I've been writing sketches, like, premises out. 512 00:32:17,185 --> 00:32:22,481 it usually is just shit that makes me, like, I wrote a sketch about the richest black guy 513 00:32:22,565 --> 00:32:25,192 in New York, Dwayne Reade, and- 514 00:32:26,653 --> 00:32:28,862 nobody thought that was funny but me. 515 00:32:32,158 --> 00:32:36,912 There's-- there's no white Dwaynes. That's just not a thing. 516 00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:42,167 So that's what I'll do, like, I'll just, like, write down an idea like that 517 00:32:44,337 --> 00:32:48,298 and you know, try to bring it to other SNL writers and they- 518 00:32:48,383 --> 00:32:51,301 and they come up with creative reasons why they won't write it with me. 519 00:32:52,595 --> 00:32:56,264 Like this just says, "Law & Order UTI." I don't know. 520 00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:58,558 Something. 521 00:32:59,394 --> 00:33:00,727 it's something. 522 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:06,400 Might not be fleshed out, but something. 523 00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:08,735 Elmer Fudd 524 00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:12,531 calls Daffy Duck the N-word. 525 00:33:12,615 --> 00:33:13,824 Alright, that- 526 00:33:16,035 --> 00:33:18,495 that I get why you wouldn't wanna. 527 00:33:19,163 --> 00:33:22,541 And the weird thing, like, I never know where I am when I write this stuff, so like, 528 00:33:22,625 --> 00:33:26,503 sometimes it could just be, like, the context I just completely forgot. 529 00:33:26,587 --> 00:33:29,506 Like this just says, "There's no Chinese food commercials." 530 00:33:32,051 --> 00:33:33,260 That's just a fact. 531 00:33:35,304 --> 00:33:40,183 Or like, this says, "Uncircumcised dildos." I don't know. 532 00:33:41,602 --> 00:33:43,937 You would think there'd be more of those. 533 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:46,648 No? 534 00:33:53,656 --> 00:33:54,489 I don't know. 535 00:33:57,118 --> 00:34:00,412 So yeah, they make me talk about the news and- 536 00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:07,294 [Eugene] Michael Che! 537 00:34:10,256 --> 00:34:13,008 [Michael] There're certain things in life that make Eugene very happy, 538 00:34:13,134 --> 00:34:17,012 and one of them is to sort of curate an idea. 539 00:34:17,138 --> 00:34:18,764 He knows what he wants. 540 00:34:18,848 --> 00:34:20,932 He knows what he wants his life to look like. 541 00:34:21,017 --> 00:34:23,351 So I think there's something so pure about it. 542 00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:29,024 This Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, there's something so pure about it as like, 543 00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:34,821 it's really a-- it's really this, like, it's a-- it's-- it's art! it's his-- it's his art. 544 00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:38,992 And there's no one else like that that's interested in that-- that way. 545 00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:45,248 Um, I, uh, so I live on-- I live on Cape Cod now in Massachusetts. 546 00:34:46,834 --> 00:34:52,130 it's nice! And, um, there's a lot of, like, sort of tourist shops 547 00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:56,009 that sell kind of like local art and, like, calendars of, like- 548 00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:58,720 like seaside things and I was like, "I'm gonna do that. 549 00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:04,059 I'm gonna make my own Cape Cod seaside calendar and I'm gonna sell it in stores." 550 00:35:04,143 --> 00:35:06,436 And then I was like, "You know what, I'm not gonna tell the stores, 551 00:35:06,521 --> 00:35:12,400 I'm just gonna put it in the stores, to blend in." And so, I did that. 552 00:35:12,485 --> 00:35:15,821 I put a few, I put a price on it and who's gonna-- Like if you just go to the counter 553 00:35:15,905 --> 00:35:18,490 and be like, "it says it's $40." I'm like, "Okay." 554 00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:24,371 So I wanted to share my Cape Cod calendar. 555 00:35:25,414 --> 00:35:30,293 Each painting has a title and then of course, a little wisdom that comes with it, 556 00:35:30,378 --> 00:35:32,087 just like a calendar would, I think. 557 00:35:33,381 --> 00:35:38,718 So here's-- This is, uh-- this is called, uh, "Lighthouse Maintenance Very Expensive 558 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:41,429 For Town, Also Two Murders Happened Here." 559 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:46,977 Later, I found it was like a little true. 560 00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:51,398 The quote is about patience, "Never yell at your parents, 561 00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:54,526 but also, try to live at least two hours away from them." 562 00:35:56,237 --> 00:35:57,571 Thank you guys. 563 00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:06,079 You know, people used to always say to me, "Do you think you'll move to L.A.?" 564 00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:10,917 And I was always like, "I think I'd sooner move to Cape Cod." And I did. 565 00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:13,420 I did, in fact, move to Cape Cod. 566 00:36:13,504 --> 00:36:16,715 This calendar it's funny, 'cause it's like, you know, one sense it's all jokes, 567 00:36:16,799 --> 00:36:18,425 but it's also like, I do love the Cape. 568 00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:21,803 So-- so there is-- I think in everything I do, including the festival, 569 00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:24,973 there is a sense of, like, joking, but also a sense of warmth 570 00:36:25,057 --> 00:36:28,435 and sort of love and a sincerity, but also like a silliness. 571 00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:33,106 Um, and I think that sort of permeates a lot of-- a lot of my stuff. 572 00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:35,483 Ollie. 573 00:36:35,568 --> 00:36:36,902 Good night, sweetie. 574 00:36:36,986 --> 00:36:38,403 Give me a kiss. 575 00:36:40,531 --> 00:36:43,700 [Katie] We moved up here to be near family. 576 00:36:43,784 --> 00:36:47,370 Cape Cod was a place that Eugene always wanted to live. 577 00:36:47,455 --> 00:36:50,916 I always wanted a house in Southern Maine. It was sort of a battle for a while. 578 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,251 He won. We got a house in Cape Cod. 579 00:36:53,336 --> 00:36:57,422 Also, a lot of people had left New York. New York was changing. 580 00:36:57,506 --> 00:37:02,969 We felt like we could be on the Cape, where we love, and Eugene would still be able to travel. 581 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:04,554 I'd be near family. 582 00:37:05,973 --> 00:37:10,810 I met Katie at Invite Them Up, at Rififi, in the East Village. 583 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:13,730 Don't let this night go to waste. 584 00:37:13,814 --> 00:37:16,066 Get a little pregnant. 585 00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:21,112 [Katie] I think it happened to be their four-year anniversary? 586 00:37:21,197 --> 00:37:24,783 Um, the show was, like, you know, extra special night. 587 00:37:24,867 --> 00:37:29,579 And I started chatting with her and she was from Amherst, which is the town I went to college. 588 00:37:30,539 --> 00:37:33,541 [Katie] Then we went to The Boat, which is a bar in Carroll Gardens. 589 00:37:33,626 --> 00:37:37,504 [Eugene] And I also had-- So I did, I think at the time, I did a bit 590 00:37:37,588 --> 00:37:40,006 that was extreme impressions. 591 00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:46,888 This is President Abraham Lincoln delivering a pizza in a hurricane. 592 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:54,312 And I put on an Abraham Lincoln mask, and then something, I think it was Darth Vader 593 00:37:54,397 --> 00:37:56,147 enjoying Belle and Sebastian. 594 00:37:56,232 --> 00:37:59,651 Then I had like a Darth Vader outfit and this, like, light saber. 595 00:37:59,735 --> 00:38:03,697 And I was like, "Just let me get all my weird stuff and then we can go have a drink." 596 00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:10,787 And I'm very smitten by Katie, and her friends leave, and then- 597 00:38:10,871 --> 00:38:14,249 [Katie] Immediately, like, within seconds of them leaving the bar, like, 598 00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:15,667 we started making out. 599 00:38:15,751 --> 00:38:20,213 At that moment, they took a picture through the window of our first kiss. 600 00:38:20,923 --> 00:38:24,009 But yeah, we have a picture of our first kiss. 601 00:38:25,386 --> 00:38:30,515 Trying to remember the first time I heard about the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival. 602 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:35,270 I think it was literally just Eugene coming home. 603 00:38:35,354 --> 00:38:40,650 He was talking about how he wanted to have some fun elements to it. 604 00:38:40,735 --> 00:38:44,988 I think I was excited about the idea of being involved, maybe helping 605 00:38:45,072 --> 00:38:48,074 build whatever weird things they needed for it. 606 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:52,912 I was at the inaugural Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival and departing from the traditional 607 00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:55,665 comedy festivals, it started with the awards ceremony. 608 00:38:55,750 --> 00:38:58,251 The prizes only arrived midway through the ceremony 609 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,712 'cause his girlfriend was still finishing them at home. 610 00:39:00,796 --> 00:39:02,213 So, you know, shout outs to her. 611 00:39:02,298 --> 00:39:05,133 She was kind of the other MVP of this event. 612 00:39:05,217 --> 00:39:07,427 She was back home crafting all this stuff. 613 00:39:07,511 --> 00:39:13,266 I created this giant cardboard room that had listening stations and caviar in it. 614 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:17,687 It was a VIP room that I put inside a video of a bouncer. 615 00:39:17,772 --> 00:39:20,315 Maybe like threatening people... 616 00:39:20,775 --> 00:39:23,985 What's up shit face? Okay, how many dicks you got? 617 00:39:24,070 --> 00:39:26,529 Two dicks? Four dicks? How many dicks? 618 00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:31,201 it was really fun. I got to bring to life a lot of his crazy ideas. 619 00:39:31,285 --> 00:39:35,288 [Kristen] Katie is incredibly talented at making things. 620 00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:39,209 it was one of those things, I remember, I was like: who is this Katie? 621 00:39:39,293 --> 00:39:43,463 Thought like holy cow! And then-- and then she started dating Eugene, 622 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:47,175 and we're like "Wow!" He is a lucky-- 623 00:39:47,259 --> 00:39:48,343 S-O-B. 624 00:39:50,638 --> 00:39:54,641 What a crazy year! I mean it's been crazy for many reasons. 625 00:39:54,725 --> 00:39:59,062 For me it's been crazy. ln April, it was discovered my wife had a brain tumor 626 00:39:59,146 --> 00:40:01,356 and I'm not even making this up, it was removed. 627 00:40:01,482 --> 00:40:03,358 She's fine, everything's great. 628 00:40:03,484 --> 00:40:04,776 -[man] Whoo! -Thank you. 629 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:08,154 Somebody, or-- somebody was like, "So?" 630 00:40:09,949 --> 00:40:12,325 No, my wife had this brain tumor and, 631 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:17,038 the tumor is gone along with my ability to ever win another argument. 632 00:40:20,751 --> 00:40:22,710 Luckily, my wife is not the type to bring it up. 633 00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:26,339 Well, once she did, she was like, "You know, I did have brain surgery." 634 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:29,592 And I couldn't be like, "Yeah, that was like a month ago." 635 00:40:30,511 --> 00:40:32,345 it's time to move on. 636 00:40:33,222 --> 00:40:35,807 What about my seasonal allergies? 637 00:40:37,726 --> 00:40:40,061 We all have our cross to bear. 638 00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:45,942 it was crazy, this surgeon told me the tumor was this size of a pear, 639 00:40:46,026 --> 00:40:49,362 which was frightening but also confusing. I was like, 640 00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:52,574 "Did he go to med school or a farmer's market?" 641 00:40:53,242 --> 00:40:56,077 But tumors. they're often compared to fruit. 642 00:40:56,620 --> 00:41:02,000 A pear, a lemon, a grapefruit - interesting fact, worst tumor: grapefruit. 643 00:41:02,751 --> 00:41:04,878 Worst fruit: grapefruit. 644 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:13,678 Well, if you think about it, a grapefruit looks more like a tumor than a fruit. 645 00:41:15,514 --> 00:41:20,393 it's kind of unfortunate that there's another fruit named grape. 646 00:41:22,104 --> 00:41:25,273 'cause you know, there are people in doctor's office going, "Well, we found a tumor, 647 00:41:25,357 --> 00:41:29,027 it's the size of a grape." "Oh, that's not bad." "I didn't finish..." 648 00:41:32,531 --> 00:41:34,115 "Grapefruit." 649 00:41:34,992 --> 00:41:36,743 "Oh...." 650 00:41:38,245 --> 00:41:43,208 What I learned coming to New York and watching people like Eugene and John 651 00:41:43,292 --> 00:41:47,629 was that comedy wasn't like any sort of a specific thing. 652 00:41:47,713 --> 00:41:52,258 There was no like cadence to it, there were no like types of things you talk about. 653 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:57,305 You can kind of do anything, you can talk about your day, you can talk about- 654 00:41:57,389 --> 00:42:00,725 you can kind of do anything and as long as it was 655 00:42:01,936 --> 00:42:03,728 interesting or entertaining. 656 00:42:03,812 --> 00:42:05,271 I think it has to be at least entertaining. 657 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:06,648 it has to be-- it has to be entertaining. 658 00:42:06,732 --> 00:42:07,690 -it has to be funny. -Yes. 659 00:42:07,775 --> 00:42:11,152 -it has to be engaging, then that's comedy, you know? -But it's-- you know, it's- 660 00:42:11,237 --> 00:42:14,739 it's better to make people laugh at a thing that they don't expect to laugh at. 661 00:42:14,823 --> 00:42:19,077 -Right, right, right, right! -And they might not ever-- not ever thought about 662 00:42:19,161 --> 00:42:23,081 than to tell a joke that you know is going to raise a laugh... 663 00:42:23,165 --> 00:42:24,290 -Yeah. -No matter what. 664 00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:28,836 My favorite laughs are when I'm laughing and I couldn't ever articulate 665 00:42:28,921 --> 00:42:30,630 -why I think it's funny. -Yes. 666 00:42:30,714 --> 00:42:31,589 That's alternative comedy. 667 00:42:31,674 --> 00:42:33,967 My favorite laughs are when I'm not laughing at all. 668 00:42:35,761 --> 00:42:36,719 See? 669 00:42:36,804 --> 00:42:38,137 -Got a name? -David. 670 00:42:38,222 --> 00:42:40,515 -David. What do you do, David? -I work in IT. 671 00:42:40,599 --> 00:42:41,516 You work in IT. 672 00:42:41,642 --> 00:42:44,519 -What do you do in IT specifically, David? -Reports. 673 00:42:44,645 --> 00:42:45,562 Reports! 674 00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:52,193 Best of luck with it, David. Alright, name, mate? 675 00:42:52,278 --> 00:42:53,319 -Tim! -Tim. 676 00:42:53,404 --> 00:42:56,197 What do you do, Tim? Get the camera on Tim. 677 00:42:56,282 --> 00:42:57,865 Fuck me. 678 00:42:57,950 --> 00:43:03,663 They are literally like vibe vacuums just sucking all the fucking joy out of the moment. 679 00:43:03,747 --> 00:43:04,872 Get it on Tim. 680 00:43:05,457 --> 00:43:06,958 Get it right on his face. 681 00:43:07,042 --> 00:43:10,086 Don't stand off him, get it right up on his face. 682 00:43:10,170 --> 00:43:15,008 He's got a nerve coming into this room not expecting his soul to be sucked into a vortex. 683 00:43:15,718 --> 00:43:18,845 He won't pass a sign surrendering his rights. 684 00:43:21,807 --> 00:43:23,558 -What do you do, Tim? -I'm a programmer. 685 00:43:23,642 --> 00:43:26,561 Programmer! Eh... oh! 686 00:43:28,731 --> 00:43:31,691 This is what I do. I find links, I build bridges. 687 00:43:33,319 --> 00:43:34,736 What do you report on? 688 00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:37,071 Financials. 689 00:43:37,156 --> 00:43:39,073 Oh, fucking pen-pusher Tim. 690 00:43:40,784 --> 00:43:43,494 -What do you program? -I work on a website that makes websites. 691 00:43:43,579 --> 00:43:45,872 Work on a website that makes websites. 692 00:43:46,332 --> 00:43:48,291 What's it called? Www. 693 00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:51,210 a...a... - oh that's a shame! 694 00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:56,591 Now you-- you won't know about-- this about me because you aren't aware of my-- 695 00:43:56,675 --> 00:43:59,469 my phenomenal back catalogue, but I got a speech impediment. 696 00:43:59,553 --> 00:44:04,349 I'm actually had a very funny quip there, but-- that's a shame! 697 00:44:04,433 --> 00:44:07,435 I-- I think a lot of you-- I think that would have won a lot of you around. 698 00:44:07,519 --> 00:44:10,146 I think a lot of you would of have been like-- this feels like let-- let... 699 00:44:10,230 --> 00:44:11,689 Are you still filming Tim? 700 00:44:11,774 --> 00:44:14,984 For fuck's sake, just let the man live his life! 701 00:44:15,069 --> 00:44:16,653 What the fuck are you doing? 702 00:44:18,072 --> 00:44:20,990 You're obsessed with Tim, you fucking loon. 703 00:44:21,075 --> 00:44:25,203 Who's making you do that? Make your own-- make your own decisions. 704 00:44:25,954 --> 00:44:28,581 Exist in model universe! 705 00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:30,958 Stop persecuting Timothy! 706 00:44:31,043 --> 00:44:33,961 Thank you, finally, getting on this cunt! 707 00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:39,217 Fuck me! Jesus Fucking Christ! 708 00:44:40,386 --> 00:44:45,473 What a-- what a-- no offense anyone involved in the organizing event. 709 00:44:45,557 --> 00:44:47,100 What a horrific evening. 710 00:44:59,279 --> 00:45:03,032 You have my permission to use that in the documentary 711 00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:05,952 out of context. 712 00:45:07,705 --> 00:45:12,583 [Michael] I do think that comedy has the power to do more than just make people laugh. 713 00:45:12,668 --> 00:45:17,755 Comedians take life and throw it back at you in a way that you maybe didn't see it. 714 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:22,510 Or they-- or they pull out of it a inherent absurdity of the situation or the inherent, 715 00:45:23,178 --> 00:45:27,140 you know, irony of a situation or the inherent contradiction of a situation. 716 00:45:27,224 --> 00:45:31,185 And so, I think there's good comedy is cathartic. 717 00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:34,021 it's funny, but there's a deep catharsis there. 718 00:45:34,106 --> 00:45:39,068 We had our son in Maryland, and then we had to drive him to Massachusetts. 719 00:45:39,153 --> 00:45:42,029 So it's like pretty long drive with a four-day-old, and, 720 00:45:42,698 --> 00:45:46,367 we stopped at like a fast food place to get like hot water to like heat a bottle 721 00:45:46,452 --> 00:45:48,786 and I went in and I was like, "Oh could I have a couple hot water?" 722 00:45:48,871 --> 00:45:52,999 And the guy was like, "Uh, we don't-- we don't have hot water." 723 00:45:53,876 --> 00:45:57,545 I was like, "Oh, can I have a cup of tea?" And he's like, sure! 724 00:45:58,922 --> 00:46:01,674 "Okay, don't put the tea bag in it," and he's like, "Okay." 725 00:46:02,885 --> 00:46:05,803 He had no idea what was going on. 726 00:46:07,306 --> 00:46:09,891 He's like, "This guy doesn't know how tea's made." 727 00:46:15,814 --> 00:46:19,734 The reason-- so the reason that my wife and I had to go through a surrogate 728 00:46:19,818 --> 00:46:23,613 is actually 'cause she has cancer and-- and people-- you know, 729 00:46:23,697 --> 00:46:26,574 I don't tell people a lot and often when I do, 730 00:46:26,658 --> 00:46:30,119 it's like, if they're like, "Hey, do you want to come see my play?" 731 00:46:30,204 --> 00:46:34,332 And then I'm like, "I would love to but my wife has cancer." 732 00:46:35,959 --> 00:46:40,171 "What's your play about?" "Oh, it's about food addiction from the point of view of a ghost." 733 00:46:41,965 --> 00:46:45,718 "Still can't go! Would Iove to!" 734 00:46:46,553 --> 00:46:50,014 We're only allowed to do stuff that's necessary or enjoyable. 735 00:46:54,436 --> 00:46:58,439 But at some point, she was like, you know, I found a lump, I'm gonna go to the doctor. 736 00:46:58,524 --> 00:47:01,943 it's like it's very unlikely that it's cancer, but there's just, you know, checking. 737 00:47:02,027 --> 00:47:06,197 And I was working on a project with my friend, Larry Murphy, we're writing a script 738 00:47:06,281 --> 00:47:08,783 called The Whoopsie-Daisy Time Travel Boys. 739 00:47:08,867 --> 00:47:16,123 And I got a call from Katie that she had gotten the news and in fact it was cancer. 740 00:47:17,042 --> 00:47:20,545 And, you know, I 741 00:47:22,214 --> 00:47:23,881 think I was like, you know, we're gonna- 742 00:47:23,966 --> 00:47:26,259 we'll figure out what has to be done to fight it. 743 00:47:26,343 --> 00:47:31,722 'Cause I was so young and they threw the big guns at me, they gave me chemo and radiation. 744 00:47:32,391 --> 00:47:36,644 And, I felt like I was going to be okay 745 00:47:36,728 --> 00:47:39,146 and I wanted to just never have to think about it again. 746 00:47:39,231 --> 00:47:42,984 And we had actually went to begin the surrogacy process 747 00:47:43,068 --> 00:47:46,821 'cause there was a chance that when you get on chemo, you can't have children after. 748 00:47:46,947 --> 00:47:49,574 So, we all of a sudden went from like, well, we don't know if we'll- 749 00:47:49,658 --> 00:47:52,785 You know, 'cause I used to be like," I don't know if I believe in marriage" 750 00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:55,121 As that guy, it's a pretty annoying hindsight. 751 00:47:55,831 --> 00:47:58,499 But we went through the fertility process, 752 00:48:00,586 --> 00:48:02,712 and one of those embryos is now Oliver, 753 00:48:02,796 --> 00:48:05,631 he's a little person that we have because of that process 754 00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:08,092 that started now six, seven, years ago. 755 00:48:08,176 --> 00:48:12,096 Whatever it was that we would get through it, 756 00:48:13,015 --> 00:48:17,101 you know, and we did and, you know, we-- you fight on. 757 00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:25,026 With that said, what I'm working on now is a bit about, you know, cancer. 758 00:48:28,196 --> 00:48:30,656 Let's maybe make it over a pretty ocean. 759 00:48:31,825 --> 00:48:38,080 Eugene has never really talked about his personal life in his comedy ever. 760 00:48:38,165 --> 00:48:42,793 And so, it's almost just helpful for people to know, like it's-- you know, 761 00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:47,089 like I'm comfortable with it now, so like, as much as I can be, so 762 00:48:47,174 --> 00:48:51,761 it's just sort of nice for people to know what I'm going through and to not feel alone 763 00:48:51,845 --> 00:48:55,181 and if it's something that he wants to talk about and explore, 764 00:48:55,265 --> 00:48:57,475 like, that's, you know, that's great! 765 00:48:57,559 --> 00:48:59,810 [man] Alright, so what's going on? Why are we here? 766 00:48:59,895 --> 00:49:03,481 We are here 'cause I'm gonna do practice set for the festival. 767 00:49:04,274 --> 00:49:06,734 I'm gonna try out new material. 768 00:49:06,818 --> 00:49:11,614 A lot of times when you tell somebody, you know, that someone has cancer, they don't- 769 00:49:11,698 --> 00:49:13,866 they are in general like, if you're the person with cancer, you- 770 00:49:13,951 --> 00:49:15,493 you know, people don't know what to say to you. 771 00:49:15,577 --> 00:49:19,330 So one thing I thought I'd do to make it easier is I thought I'd make greeting cards. 772 00:49:19,414 --> 00:49:21,123 Cancer greeting cards. 773 00:49:22,584 --> 00:49:26,462 That people-- that I get mass produced and people could give people with cancer, 774 00:49:26,546 --> 00:49:27,672 you know, to feel good. 775 00:49:27,756 --> 00:49:31,425 So, anyway, here's a-- here's my cancer greeting cards. 776 00:49:32,219 --> 00:49:34,345 We'll see-- we'll see if they're funny together. 777 00:49:36,598 --> 00:49:41,936 it's like one of the more personal things that I'm doing standup about. 778 00:49:42,020 --> 00:49:46,357 Do you want to talk about death? I know people avoid it, but it's probably on your mind! 779 00:49:48,694 --> 00:49:52,780 I mean, I think it's in line with everything I do, like in terms of 780 00:49:52,864 --> 00:49:57,410 a thing will happen to me and then I'll do some sort of bit about it, it's just a thing that 781 00:49:57,494 --> 00:50:03,666 is happening to me is-- is-- and, not to me, to my wife, it's hard. 782 00:50:04,167 --> 00:50:05,209 So. 783 00:50:05,961 --> 00:50:10,047 Hey! We can all get hit by a bus, right? Sorry that is very unhelpful 784 00:50:10,132 --> 00:50:12,508 and conflates the unlikely possibility of a tragedy 785 00:50:12,592 --> 00:50:14,927 with the actual illness you already have. 786 00:50:16,096 --> 00:50:18,139 Okay, a little too sad. That one is a little too sad. 787 00:50:18,223 --> 00:50:22,768 Put it-- put it earlier in the thing where it's like, "Yeah! We're having fun!" 788 00:50:23,937 --> 00:50:27,356 I was-- I was a little worried that people would be like, hey, 789 00:50:27,441 --> 00:50:29,316 wrap it up with the cancer chats. 790 00:50:30,819 --> 00:50:34,864 Let's hear more of like, how like, maybe like a moose would be at a, like, 791 00:50:34,948 --> 00:50:36,615 a dealing with social anxiety. 792 00:50:39,953 --> 00:50:42,121 I'm too tall for this party! 793 00:50:44,791 --> 00:50:47,668 No one likes my paella. 794 00:50:48,336 --> 00:50:53,174 One thing about doing comedy and sort of starting to gain a relationship with your audience 795 00:50:53,258 --> 00:50:58,471 is that you start to trust that your process will include that you will bomb sometimes. 796 00:50:58,555 --> 00:51:01,682 And that in order for you to develop as a comedian 797 00:51:01,767 --> 00:51:04,643 or as a writer or whatever, you have to, like, 798 00:51:05,228 --> 00:51:10,608 workshop your material and that that will inevitably involve not being good. 799 00:51:10,692 --> 00:51:12,568 Sorry about your cancer! 800 00:51:14,154 --> 00:51:18,491 it sounds worse than joining ISIS because you feel misunderstood at home. 801 00:51:21,119 --> 00:51:21,911 No? 802 00:51:22,871 --> 00:51:26,415 You think it would be worse? Alright. 803 00:51:27,209 --> 00:51:28,834 Bunch of tough guys. 804 00:51:31,671 --> 00:51:38,594 it's not fair that Keith Richards is 118 years old. You already knew life's not fair. 805 00:51:40,347 --> 00:51:43,849 Well, it's inherently believed. 806 00:51:45,727 --> 00:51:50,356 Hey! We can all get hit by a bus, right? Sorry, that is very unhelpful and conflates 807 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:54,401 the unlikely possibility of a tragedy with the actual illness you already have. 808 00:51:55,654 --> 00:51:57,071 See, I told you it was sad. 809 00:51:58,365 --> 00:52:03,410 Well, I thought you guys would be like a little bit, like yeah, you know, cancer down a little. 810 00:52:03,495 --> 00:52:04,870 Like well, maybe- 811 00:52:07,249 --> 00:52:11,335 like more-- like do-- like-- like maybe like what would it be like if a moose 812 00:52:11,419 --> 00:52:15,923 was at a party? Instead, like, more like moose had social anxiety. 813 00:52:16,007 --> 00:52:18,551 And then he was at a party, and he'd be like... 814 00:52:20,303 --> 00:52:25,099 I'm too tall for this party! No one likes my paella. 815 00:52:26,268 --> 00:52:29,270 That's like what a moose with social anxiety would be like. 816 00:52:30,147 --> 00:52:32,022 Anyway, thank you very, very much! 817 00:52:33,024 --> 00:52:35,192 [crowd cheering and applauding] 818 00:52:48,582 --> 00:52:55,129 I mean, I-- you know, he-- he's going though it just as intensely in a different way 819 00:52:55,964 --> 00:53:01,468 as I am and so, you know, and comedy is his-- one of his major outlets. 820 00:53:01,553 --> 00:53:02,511 -What did you think? -Yeah. 821 00:53:02,596 --> 00:53:03,637 it's okay. Yeah. 822 00:53:03,722 --> 00:53:04,513 Yeah. 823 00:53:04,598 --> 00:53:06,390 -They went... -The spirit's there. 824 00:53:06,474 --> 00:53:08,142 it's just a little too cancery. 825 00:53:08,268 --> 00:53:08,851 I know. 826 00:53:08,935 --> 00:53:13,397 I don't really know what will happen with it. 827 00:53:13,481 --> 00:53:18,068 So, we'll see, I guess. Yeah. 828 00:53:19,738 --> 00:53:23,490 You know, despite all of those challenges when you're doing something that's personal, 829 00:53:26,203 --> 00:53:31,290 you keep pushing because you want people to understand you. 830 00:53:31,374 --> 00:53:40,257 You want people to connect with you in a way that's different than a silly raccoon joke. 831 00:53:40,342 --> 00:53:42,176 Yeah, I don't know how to help you. 832 00:53:42,302 --> 00:53:46,096 Oh no, no, no you, I mean, you don't have to solve it. 833 00:53:46,181 --> 00:53:50,184 God, Eugene, I'm already having enough problems. 834 00:53:50,310 --> 00:53:51,435 [Eugene laughs] 835 00:53:54,397 --> 00:53:55,522 Yeah. 836 00:53:57,317 --> 00:54:05,699 Being married to a comedian and having cancer, I think is probably overall helpful. 837 00:54:05,784 --> 00:54:10,913 Like, I think it's helpful to have humor in your life 838 00:54:10,997 --> 00:54:16,335 and to be able to see the good and the bad all at once. 839 00:54:16,419 --> 00:54:19,004 And Eugene really helps me do that. 840 00:54:20,382 --> 00:54:22,007 Like, we help each other do that. 841 00:54:23,051 --> 00:54:25,552 I can't believe this fest was ending. 842 00:54:27,389 --> 00:54:29,098 I'm very- 843 00:54:30,016 --> 00:54:32,101 this is legitimately sad. 844 00:54:33,728 --> 00:54:37,982 I think we're talking at backstage and they were saying that I- 845 00:54:38,066 --> 00:54:41,860 I might be the-- the grand champ. 846 00:54:41,945 --> 00:54:45,739 I think I've done everyone of these, which is crazy to think about. 847 00:54:47,242 --> 00:54:51,328 And you know, it's not about winning. 848 00:54:52,747 --> 00:54:54,498 it's not about being number one. 849 00:54:54,582 --> 00:54:55,749 Feels good though. 850 00:54:57,836 --> 00:54:59,753 But it really did mean a lot to me. 851 00:54:59,838 --> 00:55:01,505 I'm genuinely emotional. 852 00:55:01,589 --> 00:55:03,132 And I'm keeping in check. 853 00:55:06,052 --> 00:55:09,054 And now I'll transition to my cancer story. 854 00:55:09,848 --> 00:55:12,016 it seems to be the theme of the night. 855 00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:15,602 Thought I'd go for it. 856 00:55:16,688 --> 00:55:18,856 My dad, uh, 857 00:55:21,067 --> 00:55:27,698 had brain cancer and I had this-- it was a really horrible thing, 858 00:55:27,782 --> 00:55:32,578 but when I went to see him in the hospital, you know, he's laying in this bed, 859 00:55:32,662 --> 00:55:36,206 I don't even-- this is probably a terrible idea to tell the story. 860 00:55:36,291 --> 00:55:40,669 I think it's funny, but listen, I started it and I'm gonna have to finish it now. 861 00:55:40,754 --> 00:55:45,132 So if it's horrible and it ruins the show, so be it. 862 00:55:46,426 --> 00:55:51,764 So he's laying in this bed, he's got all these wires attached to his head 863 00:55:51,848 --> 00:55:56,477 'cause they had to do 24-hour monitoring to make sure he didn't have any more seizures. 864 00:55:56,561 --> 00:56:00,397 And he's basically sleeping the whole time and I'm just sitting there in the room 865 00:56:00,482 --> 00:56:03,776 just to be with him and I'm just on my, just, laptop 'cause he's asleep. 866 00:56:03,860 --> 00:56:10,199 And one of the attendants, you know, this guy just kept coming in to check my dad, 867 00:56:10,283 --> 00:56:12,785 but there was something just a little weird, like, just the way he kept- 868 00:56:12,869 --> 00:56:15,287 he was being super friendly, which I guess is great if you're the nurse 869 00:56:15,372 --> 00:56:17,831 and you're checking on a patient and, great! 870 00:56:17,916 --> 00:56:20,417 But something just seemed a little weird about this guy. 871 00:56:20,502 --> 00:56:23,796 So this guy's coming maybe five, six, seven times throughout the course of the- 872 00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:25,422 the morning that I was there. 873 00:56:26,132 --> 00:56:31,345 And my dad's here - I'm the guy-- my dad's here, I'm sitting over here 874 00:56:31,429 --> 00:56:35,474 talking to my dad, "You good, David, you need anything? Alright just let me know! 875 00:56:36,267 --> 00:56:37,518 How do I know you?" 876 00:56:38,937 --> 00:56:44,108 And I just felt like I can't be rude 'cause he's taking care of my dad 877 00:56:44,192 --> 00:56:48,654 who's all hooked up to these wires with a tumor that we don't even know what it is yet. 878 00:56:48,738 --> 00:56:52,116 And I just tried to be very polite and I was like, oh, 879 00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:55,786 I played dumb, I'm like, "Oh, I don't know. I don't know." 880 00:56:56,830 --> 00:57:05,921 And my dad, who's got a fucking tumor in his goddamn brain laying there all wired up, 881 00:57:10,009 --> 00:57:12,594 he just goes, "You watch TV?" 882 00:57:19,978 --> 00:57:20,894 Oh! 883 00:57:24,190 --> 00:57:26,358 Now I'm crying for real. 884 00:57:26,443 --> 00:57:33,157 He's-- he's, you know, he was just diagnosed, we didn't even know it was brain cancer. 885 00:57:33,241 --> 00:57:34,283 We didn't know what happened. 886 00:57:34,367 --> 00:57:36,618 And he's so proud it was so funny. 887 00:57:36,703 --> 00:57:39,788 And it was so-- I wasn't even planning on telling the story. 888 00:57:39,873 --> 00:57:44,877 I just heard like all of Jim's stories were so funny. And Eugene's were so terrible. 889 00:57:48,339 --> 00:57:51,800 I just for whatever you thought, I'm gonna tell that story night. 890 00:57:54,179 --> 00:57:57,055 Oh, that's kind. 891 00:58:02,729 --> 00:58:03,812 [Eugene] Yeah. 892 00:58:03,897 --> 00:58:06,315 [Katie] Good job! You want me to turn it around for you? 893 00:58:13,865 --> 00:58:18,202 [Eugene] The truth is when she first got cancer, there was a real process 894 00:58:18,286 --> 00:58:21,705 for fighting it where we genuinely thought that 895 00:58:21,789 --> 00:58:23,790 in all likelihood it would never return. 896 00:58:23,875 --> 00:58:26,627 That she would be one of the many people who have cancer 897 00:58:26,711 --> 00:58:28,837 it goes away and it never comes back. 898 00:58:29,714 --> 00:58:33,592 And then a year and a half or so after, it did come back. 899 00:58:34,219 --> 00:58:43,101 When it returned and it was stage 4, and it had metastasized into my bones and my lungs. 900 00:58:43,186 --> 00:58:48,023 Emotionally that was like there's cancer and then there's like [deeper voice] cancer. 901 00:58:48,107 --> 00:58:50,108 And it's not curable. 902 00:58:50,193 --> 00:58:53,904 it's sort of a death sentence, but you've no idea when you're gonna die. 903 00:58:53,988 --> 00:58:58,784 And so now I'm just, you know, I'm living with a terminal disease. 904 00:59:00,286 --> 00:59:02,621 [Eugene] Typically, people with what she has live 905 00:59:04,874 --> 00:59:09,753 two to five years and she has had this almost for three years. 906 00:59:09,837 --> 00:59:12,297 And so, you know- 907 00:59:13,424 --> 00:59:16,134 you know, it's sort of impossible, but you also, 908 00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:19,012 do what you can day to day. 909 00:59:22,517 --> 00:59:28,939 There was a while ago where I wouldn't dwell to her on the fact that she's going to die. 910 00:59:29,023 --> 00:59:31,191 You know, there's a taboo of sorts. 911 00:59:31,734 --> 00:59:36,196 But for her, I remember her at some point friends were visiting and she was like, 912 00:59:36,281 --> 00:59:38,532 nobody ever wants to talk to me about cancer. 913 00:59:38,658 --> 00:59:42,035 You know, talking about it isn't the thing that's going to kill her. 914 00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:43,662 You know, it's going to be the cancer. 915 00:59:45,873 --> 00:59:49,835 ln the first time, actually, that it was like hurting physically 916 00:59:49,919 --> 00:59:52,296 Katie was right before our wedding. 917 00:59:52,380 --> 00:59:54,506 And she had to get radiation. 918 00:59:54,591 --> 00:59:57,175 And-- and we didn't know how Katie would feel for the wedding itself. 919 00:59:57,260 --> 00:59:59,011 And Katie had been organizing so much for the wedding. 920 00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:02,889 She was like, "This wedding my vision." And I remember at some point 921 01:00:02,974 --> 01:00:06,101 being on the phone and they were like, "We're gonna need trash cans to throw stuff out," 922 01:00:06,185 --> 01:00:11,523 and I'm like, yeah, just get whatever, and then Katie lying after radiation in the bed, 923 01:00:11,608 --> 01:00:18,322 goes, "Wine barrel trash cans from New England canopy rental." 924 01:00:18,406 --> 01:00:22,909 And it was like all the energy she can muster, but she had either already chosen them 925 01:00:22,994 --> 01:00:25,621 or ordered them, but then like it all worked out. 926 01:00:26,372 --> 01:00:31,126 And that sort of-- I guess that's like one of the things that I love about Katie, she- 927 01:00:31,586 --> 01:00:36,423 you know, she's just like a, I don't know, a tenacious fighter and- 928 01:00:36,507 --> 01:00:37,799 and always, 929 01:00:41,137 --> 01:00:42,304 I guess, 930 01:00:44,349 --> 01:00:45,849 like, gets things done. 931 01:00:51,564 --> 01:00:55,233 [MC] Mr. and Mrs. Katie and Eugene! 932 01:00:57,487 --> 01:01:02,699 I made an album not long ago that was nine volumes. 933 01:01:04,702 --> 01:01:08,288 The first volume was stand-up because I'm not a monster 934 01:01:08,373 --> 01:01:10,457 and then there was like a lot of other stuff. 935 01:01:10,541 --> 01:01:12,459 So there's like sound effects and a variety things 936 01:01:12,543 --> 01:01:14,628 that I kind of wanted to talk about this album. 937 01:01:14,754 --> 01:01:17,422 There's an entire volume where I teach Russian, 938 01:01:17,507 --> 01:01:20,217 and keep in mind, I came here when I was four. 939 01:01:22,303 --> 01:01:23,470 it's not all wrong. 940 01:01:24,889 --> 01:01:29,184 Here's-- here's a just a short of excerpt of me teaching Russian. 941 01:01:29,268 --> 01:01:31,812 You smell like trash! 942 01:01:35,274 --> 01:01:38,151 Your husband smells like trash! 943 01:01:42,448 --> 01:01:45,534 Your whole family smells like trash. 944 01:01:50,456 --> 01:01:55,502 Your band, The Black Crowes, smells like trash. 945 01:02:01,884 --> 01:02:05,303 You honestly never know the situation you'll find yourself in. 946 01:02:08,224 --> 01:02:11,727 We made this album together when like, you know, 947 01:02:12,270 --> 01:02:16,440 Katie, you know, was diagnosed for the second time with cancer and like, 948 01:02:16,524 --> 01:02:19,901 I was like, "I'm gonna make this like really silly thing that's like sort of joyful and dumb" 949 01:02:21,988 --> 01:02:26,533 And you know, so as I toured, like, started doing a live version 950 01:02:26,617 --> 01:02:29,536 where I would kind of talk about the album a little bit 951 01:02:29,620 --> 01:02:35,542 and then I bring people on stage to do an interpretation of the fuckscape, 952 01:02:35,626 --> 01:02:37,878 which is a soundscape to fuck to. 953 01:02:39,881 --> 01:02:45,343 And then at the same time, I'm doing this bit, I'm also doing another bit which is where I, 954 01:02:46,053 --> 01:02:51,516 you know, talk about my wife has cancer and here's, like, what I hope is a funny bit about it. 955 01:02:51,601 --> 01:02:53,727 And then people are like not a funny bit. 956 01:02:53,811 --> 01:02:58,440 And then you're like, oh, eh, sorry, sorry for the-- Yeah. 957 01:02:58,983 --> 01:03:03,069 You know, so yes, there is a stake in it. 958 01:03:03,154 --> 01:03:07,491 Like meaning, like, I am trying to entertain people admittedly with this like earnest 959 01:03:07,575 --> 01:03:10,076 and sad thing, but I also think comedy is 960 01:03:10,912 --> 01:03:15,248 relating and connecting and you hope you do this sort of silly thing and- 961 01:03:15,333 --> 01:03:19,920 and you connect to an audience and it's both emotional and silly and funny. 962 01:03:20,004 --> 01:03:23,256 it's like here's this really weird thing and I think you understand how it's actually 963 01:03:23,341 --> 01:03:28,678 quite sincere and how it actually is quite what life is. 964 01:03:29,764 --> 01:03:33,183 I've never shared personal stories with my audience. 965 01:03:33,267 --> 01:03:37,270 Anyways, hello, my name is Kristen Schaal. 966 01:03:37,355 --> 01:03:43,860 I always keep that guarded and if it's not funny, and you just shared like something really, 967 01:03:43,945 --> 01:03:50,367 like, your darkest wound and it's not funny, it's almost like you made it even deeper. 968 01:03:50,451 --> 01:03:55,997 Like, at one point, 'cause I was having trouble getting pregnant and I had a lot of miscarriages 969 01:03:56,082 --> 01:03:59,960 and things and I sort of, like, one of the next topic, pregnancy, 970 01:04:00,044 --> 01:04:03,213 where it just blew out my fallopian tube 971 01:04:03,297 --> 01:04:06,299 and I was like, "Oh, it was like a murder suicide." 972 01:04:06,384 --> 01:04:09,052 A failed murder suicide 'cause I lived. 973 01:04:09,136 --> 01:04:12,597 'cause I almost died 'cause it was like, I'm diagnosed and I sort of like- 974 01:04:13,099 --> 01:04:17,811 it was very scary to say that because I didn't want the audience. 975 01:04:17,937 --> 01:04:22,399 I guess I do keep the audience a bit at arm's length from my personal life. 976 01:04:22,483 --> 01:04:28,989 Like, I can-- I know that I-- I look funny and I talk funny and it's-- and I'm-- I'm skating on 977 01:04:29,073 --> 01:04:35,036 that a little bit, those fumes, but I, like, letting them inside to what's really painful to me 978 01:04:35,496 --> 01:04:36,413 is hard. 979 01:04:36,497 --> 01:04:39,416 But Eugene is living that every single day. 980 01:04:39,500 --> 01:04:45,380 So if he can find a way to make that funny, that's all got to be healing for him. 981 01:04:45,464 --> 01:04:48,675 As soon as you say a problem out loud anyways, you feel better. 982 01:04:49,343 --> 01:04:55,223 But if you can say it out loud and then add something that-- that shows that it's funny 983 01:04:55,308 --> 01:04:58,226 and that we're all human and this sucks, but look at this side of it, 984 01:04:58,311 --> 01:05:00,562 we never thought about it, then that's kind of-- 985 01:05:00,646 --> 01:05:04,065 that's like one tiny blessing in-- in that shit show. 986 01:05:04,775 --> 01:05:05,984 What a shit show. 987 01:05:08,654 --> 01:05:12,699 At least I didn't have to get introduced by Eugene after he did the cancer chunk. 988 01:05:12,783 --> 01:05:14,367 So I was happy about that. 989 01:05:15,828 --> 01:05:18,163 Nothing warms up a crowd more. 990 01:05:21,167 --> 01:05:24,044 So I'm gonna talk about my best friend Robin Williams. 991 01:05:24,128 --> 01:05:25,211 No, no. 992 01:05:28,174 --> 01:05:29,549 No, I'm not. 993 01:05:30,009 --> 01:05:31,551 But he was my best friend. 994 01:05:36,140 --> 01:05:38,767 I will talk about him, I did not plan on this. 995 01:05:38,851 --> 01:05:44,856 He had Lewy body dementia which is misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's. 996 01:05:46,233 --> 01:05:48,026 So he suffered dementia. 997 01:05:48,110 --> 01:05:53,615 lf you have depression, it's a valid thing, it's a real thing and I respect it and- 998 01:05:53,699 --> 01:05:57,577 and I-- I-- but he didn't die from being sad, he died 'cause he's 999 01:05:57,662 --> 01:05:59,663 getting misinformation from his brain. 1000 01:05:59,747 --> 01:06:02,624 I only say that because people are like, "Whoa, 1001 01:06:02,708 --> 01:06:07,003 you guys were friends for 33 years, did he ever talk to you about suicide?" 1002 01:06:07,088 --> 01:06:09,172 I'm like, "We're-- we're comics. 1003 01:06:10,841 --> 01:06:16,888 We talked about suicide every day, like, sometimes we'd talk about other shit," like, 1004 01:06:19,350 --> 01:06:21,309 "Hey congratulations on the Oscar." 1005 01:06:21,394 --> 01:06:24,771 "Oh, thank you, how would you do it?" "I don't know, I think a car. 1006 01:06:25,439 --> 01:06:26,856 I think I'll do it in a car." 1007 01:06:28,317 --> 01:06:30,485 He fucking hated people doing impressions of him. 1008 01:06:30,569 --> 01:06:34,614 But I think, I don't know, I don't do the impression people do. 1009 01:06:35,908 --> 01:06:37,158 I knew he was my best friend. 1010 01:06:37,243 --> 01:06:41,246 We would-- I knew because I would be bored out of my mind hanging out with him 1011 01:06:41,330 --> 01:06:43,957 and I don't think many of you can even imagine that, but 1012 01:06:44,041 --> 01:06:49,254 he was always on and we would-- he was the first person shooter game- 1013 01:06:49,755 --> 01:06:52,716 Call of Duty, he would play that for hours on end 1014 01:06:53,843 --> 01:06:56,678 and I would just be sitting there, and he would be playing 1015 01:06:56,762 --> 01:07:00,098 people that are on the internet with him and they don't know, you know, I mean, 1016 01:07:00,182 --> 01:07:03,810 and he's like-- I'm like, "How old are these people you are playing against?" 1017 01:07:03,894 --> 01:07:08,690 He goes, "Oh, I don't know, 12, 13." You know, I just love the idea there's some kid going, 1018 01:07:08,774 --> 01:07:11,609 "I think the genie from Aladdin just called me a cocksucker." 1019 01:07:18,617 --> 01:07:19,743 I think that- 1020 01:07:20,911 --> 01:07:22,662 I think that it will definitely be missed 1021 01:07:22,747 --> 01:07:26,082 and I think that there's a lot of festivals, but this is- 1022 01:07:26,542 --> 01:07:32,005 I know it started as a joke, but it's-- it's like a pretty-- it's a pretty good joke. 1023 01:07:32,131 --> 01:07:35,633 You know? It's got a-- it's got a lot of heart behind the joke. 1024 01:07:38,637 --> 01:07:42,515 ♪ The ghost ship Haunts the sea ♪ 1025 01:07:42,600 --> 01:07:46,144 ♪ She'll come back And marry me ♪ 1026 01:07:46,228 --> 01:07:50,982 ♪ The rust is where her Heart should be tonight ♪ 1027 01:07:53,986 --> 01:07:55,612 ♪ Her face is where... ♪ 1028 01:07:55,696 --> 01:07:58,281 [Eugene] I think in general in life, comedy helps cope, yes. 1029 01:07:58,365 --> 01:08:00,241 I don't-- I don't think like- 1030 01:08:02,995 --> 01:08:06,748 Well-- I think comedy is about connecting with people. 1031 01:08:06,832 --> 01:08:10,710 it's about conveying what you think is funny and having this connection 1032 01:08:10,795 --> 01:08:12,587 even if that thing is weird. 1033 01:08:12,671 --> 01:08:17,634 And then the more idiosyncratic the thing you have that you can connect with, 1034 01:08:17,718 --> 01:08:21,054 in a sense the closer you are, because I think that there's this like probably 1035 01:08:21,180 --> 01:08:26,059 profound loneliness in general, in people and then if you're just like, here's an idea 1036 01:08:26,185 --> 01:08:30,355 that's super weird and specific, and if you both like it, 1037 01:08:30,439 --> 01:08:32,649 I think that there's something, I think, wonderful about that. 1038 01:08:35,736 --> 01:08:40,698 I-- so one thing I was thinking 'cause often like it's hard to talk about like, you know, 1039 01:08:40,783 --> 01:08:45,245 often it's-- it's-- and it's hard for people to talk to my wife and- 1040 01:08:45,329 --> 01:08:48,581 and so I was thinking that what I would do is I would make like cards 1041 01:08:48,666 --> 01:08:49,958 that are kind of like icebreakers. 1042 01:08:50,042 --> 01:08:54,087 And so I made some, I made some kind of like cancer icebreaker cards 1043 01:08:54,630 --> 01:08:58,174 because I hold up things and I say jokes but this one's about cancer. 1044 01:08:58,259 --> 01:09:01,970 Yeah, isn't that the guy who holds stuff up and says a thing? Yep! That's the guy. 1045 01:09:03,889 --> 01:09:08,768 Alright, here are my ice-- here're my ice-breakery cancer cards. 1046 01:09:09,436 --> 01:09:13,231 I can't imagine being too tired to get dressed, that's messed up! 1047 01:09:13,315 --> 01:09:18,653 Here's a drawing of an anthropomorphic rhombus to cheer you up! 1048 01:09:18,737 --> 01:09:23,408 And then the rhombus is saying, "I hate metastasized breast cancer!" 1049 01:09:27,872 --> 01:09:31,332 Terminal illness, more like bus terminal! 1050 01:09:33,127 --> 01:09:36,421 Sorry that doesn't make any sense, I just did a couple weight loss 1051 01:09:36,505 --> 01:09:38,006 and very, very sad! 1052 01:09:40,676 --> 01:09:42,051 And then the last one. 1053 01:09:42,136 --> 01:09:46,055 Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, 1054 01:09:46,140 --> 01:09:48,057 shit, shit! 1055 01:09:48,142 --> 01:09:50,059 Fuck! 1056 01:09:50,144 --> 01:09:50,935 I love you. 1057 01:09:52,354 --> 01:09:53,771 Thank you very, very much! 1058 01:09:58,152 --> 01:10:04,866 Thank you guys so much! Thank you to Bell House! Julie Smith, everyone! 1059 01:10:05,451 --> 01:10:10,705 To all the performers! Thanks everybody! Bye-bye! 1060 01:10:18,839 --> 01:10:23,635 -Oh, that was-- that was great! -[woman] Now you're off. 1061 01:10:26,639 --> 01:10:29,182 Oh my god! Oh my god we did it. 1062 01:10:29,308 --> 01:10:30,934 it's done. 1063 01:10:31,518 --> 01:10:35,021 ln the end the festival was a success in my mind. 1064 01:10:35,105 --> 01:10:36,189 [Wyatt] The joke was funny. 1065 01:10:36,273 --> 01:10:44,447 Even though it's the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, it's not all about Eugene. 1066 01:10:44,531 --> 01:10:51,037 I think just in general, the comedy scene in Brooklyn that has grown to me, 1067 01:10:51,121 --> 01:10:58,211 Eugene is one of those people that I would put as a cornerstone in it. 1068 01:10:58,921 --> 01:11:01,464 Wherever there is silly, there will be Eugene. 1069 01:11:01,548 --> 01:11:04,300 I'm just a normal guy wearing his glasses normal. 1070 01:11:04,385 --> 01:11:08,054 To me, the festival is a presentation of the community and I feel like the community 1071 01:11:08,138 --> 01:11:10,223 spans beyond a place and a time. 1072 01:11:10,349 --> 01:11:15,186 What was once a bunch of half struggling, half successful comedians 1073 01:11:15,271 --> 01:11:17,063 who could hop on a cab, can't. 1074 01:11:19,483 --> 01:11:20,316 Okay, ready? 1075 01:11:20,401 --> 01:11:23,069 [Eugene] The generation of people that we knew who would do the festival 1076 01:11:23,153 --> 01:11:25,446 are eighty percent of them are now in LA. 1077 01:11:25,531 --> 01:11:29,575 We are in Massachusetts. it all, you know, spreads out, 1078 01:11:29,660 --> 01:11:32,078 but you still know each other and you work on things together. 1079 01:11:32,788 --> 01:11:37,166 Oh no, no, no, don't eat it! What are you doing? 1080 01:11:37,251 --> 01:11:40,128 [Eugene] I have a family and my wife has cancer 1081 01:11:40,212 --> 01:11:46,801 and I can't, you know, spend months on an unprofitable, but really enjoyable festival. 1082 01:11:46,885 --> 01:11:47,885 So, 1083 01:11:49,972 --> 01:11:52,807 does it have to end? Not really, but for me it does. 1084 01:11:53,559 --> 01:11:57,854 ♪ But I can never Make you stay ♪ 1085 01:11:57,938 --> 01:12:01,190 [Sarah] I think, you know, 10 years is a good run. 1086 01:12:01,692 --> 01:12:04,152 it doesn't matter how long something lasts. 1087 01:12:04,236 --> 01:12:08,072 it just-- it just, matters, you know, whether it meant something. 1088 01:12:17,207 --> 01:12:20,126 [Katie] Pick it up, okay, hold on to it. Hold on to it. 1089 01:12:20,210 --> 01:12:23,546 Good job! Now let's water dada. 1090 01:12:23,630 --> 01:12:25,882 -[Eugene] No! -[Ollie] Water dada. 1091 01:12:25,966 --> 01:12:28,259 I will try. 1092 01:12:28,344 --> 01:12:29,677 Oh you'll try. Okay. 1093 01:12:29,762 --> 01:12:34,182 [Katie] Despite cancer, which is a big thing to despite, but like, 1094 01:12:34,850 --> 01:12:38,644 I'm actually the happiest I've ever been in life 1095 01:12:39,897 --> 01:12:40,813 now. 1096 01:12:43,359 --> 01:12:45,902 And, you know, just like, 1097 01:12:46,945 --> 01:12:49,322 you know, one day I'm gonna die, and that's-- that's okay. 1098 01:12:49,448 --> 01:12:54,786 Like now I'm living more for the life that I have right now. 1099 01:12:54,870 --> 01:12:57,789 And not thinking about the future. 1100 01:13:04,546 --> 01:13:08,341 You know, it's like when I spend time with Ollie now, I know he's not going to remember me, 1101 01:13:08,467 --> 01:13:13,513 probably, like, which is a really weird thing 'cause I spend so much time 1102 01:13:13,597 --> 01:13:16,099 thinking about him and so much time caring for him. 1103 01:13:16,183 --> 01:13:21,813 Like we're giving him this foundation through the way that we interact with him 1104 01:13:21,897 --> 01:13:26,317 and the love that we give him that, like, will never go away 1105 01:13:26,402 --> 01:13:28,653 and it's gonna be there and... 1106 01:13:28,737 --> 01:13:30,113 [Eugene] There will also be this movie. 1107 01:13:30,697 --> 01:13:35,201 I think it's a thing for all of us, for me, but also for Ollie, that like... 1108 01:13:35,285 --> 01:13:37,161 I really want him to know about comedy. 1109 01:13:37,246 --> 01:13:38,830 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1110 01:13:39,498 --> 01:13:41,874 lf he doesn't know about the drug show, 1111 01:13:41,959 --> 01:13:44,585 he'll be like, there's always been something missing in my life. 1112 01:13:44,670 --> 01:13:47,672 And is it-- is it about the time I wear glass, 1113 01:13:47,756 --> 01:13:50,550 got blackout drunk, but remained an absolute sweetheart? 1114 01:13:50,634 --> 01:13:52,051 I don't care if he doesn't know who I am. 1115 01:13:52,136 --> 01:13:53,928 He has got to know I wear glasses. 1116 01:13:54,012 --> 01:13:56,222 Yeah, I think it's likely that he will. 1117 01:13:57,057 --> 01:14:01,978 I mean, we mostly drive around listening to different NPR shows. 1118 01:14:02,062 --> 01:14:03,938 He certainly knows who Terry Gross is. 1119 01:14:04,022 --> 01:14:05,106 Yeah. 1120 01:14:05,190 --> 01:14:06,983 He loves the Comey interview. 1121 01:14:18,245 --> 01:14:19,787 ♪♪♪ 1122 01:14:20,497 --> 01:14:24,167 ♪ I'm not afraid of ghosts I'm not afraid of sharks ♪ 1123 01:14:24,251 --> 01:14:27,128 ♪ I'm not afraid of cancer I'm just afraid of snakes ♪ 1124 01:14:27,212 --> 01:14:28,838 ♪ They really creep me out ♪ 1125 01:14:28,922 --> 01:14:32,383 ♪ Where are their arms and legs? It's not okay! ♪ 1126 01:14:33,260 --> 01:14:36,387 ♪ I'm not afraid of ghosts I'm not afraid of sharks ♪ 1127 01:14:36,472 --> 01:14:37,889 ♪ I'm not afraid of cancer ♪ 1128 01:14:37,973 --> 01:14:40,892 ♪ I'm just afraid of snakes They really creep me out ♪ 1129 01:14:40,976 --> 01:14:44,312 ♪ Where are their arms and legs? It's not okay! ♪ 1130 01:14:45,689 --> 01:14:49,525 ♪ Are you afraid of spiders? ♪ 1131 01:14:49,610 --> 01:14:51,819 No! I'm just afraid of snakes. 1132 01:14:51,904 --> 01:14:54,989 ♪ Are you afraid of heights? ♪ 1133 01:14:55,073 --> 01:14:57,325 [Eugene] No! I'm just afraid of snakes. 1134 01:14:57,409 --> 01:15:01,245 ♪ Are you afraid of ISIS? ♪ 1135 01:15:01,330 --> 01:15:03,331 [Eugene] No! I'm just afraid of snakes. 1136 01:15:03,415 --> 01:15:06,667 ♪ Are you afraid of intimacy? ♪ 1137 01:15:06,752 --> 01:15:08,753 No! I'm just afraid of snakes. 1138 01:15:08,837 --> 01:15:12,798 ♪ Are you afraid Of Kim Jong-un? ♪ 1139 01:15:12,883 --> 01:15:14,675 [Eugene] No! I'm just afraid of snakes. 1140 01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:17,303 ♪ Are you afraid of arthritis? ♪ 1141 01:15:17,387 --> 01:15:19,889 No! I'm just afraid of snakes. 1142 01:15:19,973 --> 01:15:24,060 ♪ Are you afraid of snakes? ♪ 1143 01:15:24,144 --> 01:15:24,769 Oh yes. 1144 01:15:24,853 --> 01:15:26,729 No, actually I'm very afraid of snakes. 1145 01:15:27,564 --> 01:15:31,609 ♪ I'm not afraid of ghosts I'm not afraid of sharks ♪ 1146 01:15:31,693 --> 01:15:33,110 ♪ I'm not afraid of cancer ♪ 1147 01:15:33,195 --> 01:15:35,821 ♪ I'm just afraid of snakes They really creep me out ♪ 1148 01:15:35,906 --> 01:15:39,325 ♪ Where are their arms and legs? It's not okay! ♪ 1149 01:15:39,409 --> 01:15:40,743 Key change. 1150 01:15:40,827 --> 01:15:44,956 ♪ It's not okay! ♪ 1151 01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:46,415 No! 1152 01:15:47,334 --> 01:15:49,585 Thank you. Good night! 1153 01:15:51,505 --> 01:15:57,385 There will be karaoke out there! Come celebrate. 1154 01:15:57,469 --> 01:15:58,511 Thank you! 1155 01:15:58,637 --> 01:16:00,096 [crowd cheering and applauding] 1156 01:16:00,180 --> 01:16:05,726 [Eugene] We did it! I love that half of you guys are already standing. 1157 01:16:05,811 --> 01:16:08,896 So, thank you. 1158 01:16:09,481 --> 01:16:12,900 Thank you so much! Thank you.