Mark Gagnon

Yes, exactly.

Exactly right.

And Brazilians, I would see them all the time because they would go around the tourist sites and there'd be 50 of them all in matching t-shirts with one leader.

Talking very loud with a giant flag.

And you just wave the flag and they would all just follow.

I'm quiet and I'm sad.

Interesting.

But I think that's what makes you a great comedian.

Because comedians, in my opinion, always exist on the periphery of culture.

That you observe.

And even myself, I am American.

I lived here most of my life.

But I never fully fit into the American ethos.

How?

I never cared that much about American sports.

My parents were always sort of politically disenfranchised.

They never liked whoever the president... They never got involved in politics.

They were never the stereotypical American.

And so... No, they're French-Canadian.

So I existed in the culture and I spoke English and everyone saw me as American, but I would sometimes feel like I don't, whatever this thing is, this evangelical Christian American patriotism, it never was downloaded.