Mike Birbiglia

And then I had this thing where I was like, kind of similar to when I started doing stand-up in the late 90s after I saw Stephen Wright. I was like, oh, I should write jokes. You know what I mean? That's how I started doing stand-up. But that was the first time, 2003, where I was like, oh, I should tell stories. This is crazy.

The feeling in the room when you tell a story that the audience doesn't know which way to go. Yeah. It was such a rush. Yeah. I know. I started like writing a lot of stories. And then when I sleepwalked through a second story window, I was like, then it was like, oh, this is a show. And I started working with a director. This guy, Seth Barrett.

The feeling in the room when you tell a story that the audience doesn't know which way to go. Yeah. It was such a rush. Yeah. I know. I started like writing a lot of stories. And then when I sleepwalked through a second story window, I was like, then it was like, oh, this is a show. And I started working with a director. This guy, Seth Barrett.

The feeling in the room when you tell a story that the audience doesn't know which way to go. Yeah. It was such a rush. Yeah. I know. I started like writing a lot of stories. And then when I sleepwalked through a second story window, I was like, then it was like, oh, this is a show. And I started working with a director. This guy, Seth Barrett.

So this is old hat to me. Cause I wrote, you know, a show about it, you know, and then I wrote a book about it and made a movie, a movie with the Sundance. And it's called Sleepwalk With Me. I have a serious sleep disorder, which some people think is REM sleep behavior disorder, RBD.

So this is old hat to me. Cause I wrote, you know, a show about it, you know, and then I wrote a book about it and made a movie, a movie with the Sundance. And it's called Sleepwalk With Me. I have a serious sleep disorder, which some people think is REM sleep behavior disorder, RBD.

So this is old hat to me. Cause I wrote, you know, a show about it, you know, and then I wrote a book about it and made a movie, a movie with the Sundance. And it's called Sleepwalk With Me. I have a serious sleep disorder, which some people think is REM sleep behavior disorder, RBD.

And it got so bad when I didn't treat it that I jumped through the second story of a La Quinta Inn in Walla Walla, Washington. So that's true. I'm not, yeah.

And it got so bad when I didn't treat it that I jumped through the second story of a La Quinta Inn in Walla Walla, Washington. So that's true. I'm not, yeah.

And it got so bad when I didn't treat it that I jumped through the second story of a La Quinta Inn in Walla Walla, Washington. So that's true. I'm not, yeah.

And does the fall, is what wakes, like snaps you out of that? So I jumped through. So the dream was, and I jumped through the window, like the Hulk, like the Incredible Hulk.

And does the fall, is what wakes, like snaps you out of that? So I jumped through. So the dream was, and I jumped through the window, like the Hulk, like the Incredible Hulk.

And does the fall, is what wakes, like snaps you out of that? So I jumped through. So the dream was, and I jumped through the window, like the Hulk, like the Incredible Hulk.

Because it was the winter. Windows were closed. So I jumped, I had a dream. There was a guided missile headed towards my room. Jumped out of bed. People who have RBD sometimes act out their dreams in really extreme ways. So I jumped through the window, and then I landed on the front lawn, kept running.

Because it was the winter. Windows were closed. So I jumped, I had a dream. There was a guided missile headed towards my room. Jumped out of bed. People who have RBD sometimes act out their dreams in really extreme ways. So I jumped through the window, and then I landed on the front lawn, kept running.

Because it was the winter. Windows were closed. So I jumped, I had a dream. There was a guided missile headed towards my room. Jumped out of bed. People who have RBD sometimes act out their dreams in really extreme ways. So I jumped through the window, and then I landed on the front lawn, kept running.

And this is the part that I remember vividly where I'm running, and I'm slowly realizing I'm on the front lawn of La Quinta Inn in Walla Walla, Washington, in my underwear, bleeding.

And this is the part that I remember vividly where I'm running, and I'm slowly realizing I'm on the front lawn of La Quinta Inn in Walla Walla, Washington, in my underwear, bleeding.

And this is the part that I remember vividly where I'm running, and I'm slowly realizing I'm on the front lawn of La Quinta Inn in Walla Walla, Washington, in my underwear, bleeding.

bleeding yeah and i'm like oh no and in that and but then i realized it and at that moment i was relieved that i hadn't been hit by the missile right yeah yeah you're like oh fuck it's like your shit yeah yeah high action yeah uh which is great by the way your show is fantastic and you're I'm sure you probably hear this a lot. He's a great actor, too. He is. Thanks, man.