David Marchese

You have had the opportunity to work with people that I would consider comedic geniuses, like people like Janine Garofalo or Chris Elliott, who had success but kind of never went gangbusters.

And then you've also worked with people like Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Jack Black, who got as big as...

someone in comedy could reasonably expect to get.

Do you have any understanding of why that person and not that person?

Like, is there something sort of innate that leads to massive success?

I think weird is good.

I think weird is good.

Okay.

But something I've seen you mention a few times is this idea that sketch comedy tends to be a younger person's game a little bit.

Yeah.

Do you find that at, you're what, 63 now?

Yeah.

Wait, maybe this is related.

Maybe this is related.

Right near the end of your memoir, you write that –

you know, show business is not curing cancer and that it's a distraction.

Yeah.

And the way you put it is, which is inarguably key to life on earth because life on earth is so bleak and painful.

Yeah.

And the only and best response to that is to look away.