David Marchese

But the little tidbit in there is that your mom vetoed the project?

You mentioned Saturday Night Live. You were on it sort of famously or infamously for about four episodes or something like that. Because you kind of wanted to make short films for them and you could tell it wasn't going to work out.

You mentioned Saturday Night Live. You were on it sort of famously or infamously for about four episodes or something like that. Because you kind of wanted to make short films for them and you could tell it wasn't going to work out.

But the thing that I'm curious about is, what is the conversation like when you go into Lorne Michaels' office and tell him, I'm leaving the show that every young comedian in the country aspires to being on? What was his response? He was like, okay.

But the thing that I'm curious about is, what is the conversation like when you go into Lorne Michaels' office and tell him, I'm leaving the show that every young comedian in the country aspires to being on? What was his response? He was like, okay.

I know the word you were going to say.

I know the word you were going to say.

Sorry to jump around, but I read your dad's memoir. Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. Married to Laughter. And there was a little segment in there that I wanted to read to you and have a question about. It's nothing weird. Okay. This is supposed to be heartwarming and sort of whimsical here at the end. He wrote, what words of wisdom can I give my children?

Sorry to jump around, but I read your dad's memoir. Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. Married to Laughter. And there was a little segment in there that I wanted to read to you and have a question about. It's nothing weird. Okay. This is supposed to be heartwarming and sort of whimsical here at the end. He wrote, what words of wisdom can I give my children?

See past the hype and the glitz and ask yourself why you want to perform. It may take years to arrive at the answers, but understanding the reasons will help you to keep the dream alive and reach your goals. Do you feel like you understand your reasons for why you do what you do?

See past the hype and the glitz and ask yourself why you want to perform. It may take years to arrive at the answers, but understanding the reasons will help you to keep the dream alive and reach your goals. Do you feel like you understand your reasons for why you do what you do?

I probably should have brought this up when it was more thematically appropriate, but I thought maybe it's a good place to end also. But I love a movie you made in the mid-90s called Heavyweights, which is about a lunatic named Tony Perkis, played by you, who buys, for lack of a better term, a fat camp. This is a Disney movie, by the way. A Disney movie. They're not making this movie today.

I probably should have brought this up when it was more thematically appropriate, but I thought maybe it's a good place to end also. But I love a movie you made in the mid-90s called Heavyweights, which is about a lunatic named Tony Perkis, played by you, who buys, for lack of a better term, a fat camp. This is a Disney movie, by the way. A Disney movie. They're not making this movie today.

Essentially tries to torture the kids into losing weight. My sister and I used to watch the movie over and over again. We had the VHS tape. I still remember lines from it, which I'm not going to subject you to. And then about 10 years later, Dodgeball, you did a character named White Goodman, who's also the bad guy, who's trying to sort of professionalize a dodgeball league. Yeah.

Essentially tries to torture the kids into losing weight. My sister and I used to watch the movie over and over again. We had the VHS tape. I still remember lines from it, which I'm not going to subject you to. And then about 10 years later, Dodgeball, you did a character named White Goodman, who's also the bad guy, who's trying to sort of professionalize a dodgeball league. Yeah.

Even the voice is the same.

Even the voice is the same.

So it's not just me. Thank you.

So it's not just me. Thank you.

Really?