Patton Oswalt
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Podcast Appearances
And it was just, and then that without it, without it becoming romantic or anything, it then became romantic.
Just having someone to talk to and then it turned into, and then we finally, God, I don't, we didn't meet face to face till May 20th.
And we started talking, texting on Facebook at the end of February.
And it was just, and there was a time where like, maybe we just should never meet.
Let's just talk like this.
And then we was like, oh no, we should meet.
And then that's just how it went.
Comedian, yeah.
Comedian, yeah.
He did. An insane World War II general.
He did. An insane World War II general.
You know, he's the opposite because he, my dad was a Marine. He did three tours in Vietnam. And he, I remember him saying, I never, ever want you or your brother going to war or joining the military forces. It is. So he was, when I veered into comedy, he was very happy. He's like, you're doing good. And like, he, cause he always loved, I mean, he loved Jonathan Winters and the
You know, he's the opposite because he, my dad was a Marine. He did three tours in Vietnam. And he, I remember him saying, I never, ever want you or your brother going to war or joining the military forces. It is. So he was, when I veered into comedy, he was very happy. He's like, you're doing good. And like, he, cause he always loved, I mean, he loved Jonathan Winters and the
His mother's brothers and David Letterman, all that stuff. So the fact that I went into comedy, I think, made him very, very happy.
His mother's brothers and David Letterman, all that stuff. So the fact that I went into comedy, I think, made him very, very happy.
I went in in the summer of 88. It was, I'm sure you've experienced, everyone's experienced this, a version of this, the summer between freshman and sophomore year of college when you start to realize, oh, I need to figure my life out. I better figure out what I'm gonna do with myself. And I just started doing a bunch of different jobs. And none of them were clicking.
I went in in the summer of 88. It was, I'm sure you've experienced, everyone's experienced this, a version of this, the summer between freshman and sophomore year of college when you start to realize, oh, I need to figure my life out. I better figure out what I'm gonna do with myself. And I just started doing a bunch of different jobs. And none of them were clicking.
They were all doing fine, but it was like, if I lost this job, I wouldn't care. And then I went and did a couple open mics in D.C., and I just loved the hang and the world and the people, the fact that I was upstream of all the humor. I was at its source and seeing where it was coming out. I just loved it.
They were all doing fine, but it was like, if I lost this job, I wouldn't care. And then I went and did a couple open mics in D.C., and I just loved the hang and the world and the people, the fact that I was upstream of all the humor. I was at its source and seeing where it was coming out. I just loved it.
And like watching them sit around and kind of volley back and forth, a vague idea that would then keep getting refined and bounce around until it turned into a bit. It was like, oh, people create stuff out of thin air. There's no they. There's no them that's separate from us because these guys would come in and,