Peter Berg
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And so Gary and I backed this gentleman, started our own gym, and the gentleman who we hired ended up leaving. We had some problems with him. And then Gary died, RIP Gary Shandling, who I love so much. and left me alone with the boxing gym, and it has been one of the stupidest things that I have ever done in my life, bar fucking none.
Two things, actually, technically three things. One thing is people say that I got a lot of blind spots, but I don't see them. The other thing is this, Pete, is my son who's 16, the last year and a half he's gotten into boxing, and he's boxing at another gym that I'm not going to name, but he's going twice, and now he just said to me last night, Dad, can I start going three times a week?
Two things, actually, technically three things. One thing is people say that I got a lot of blind spots, but I don't see them. The other thing is this, Pete, is my son who's 16, the last year and a half he's gotten into boxing, and he's boxing at another gym that I'm not going to name, but he's going twice, and now he just said to me last night, Dad, can I start going three times a week?
Two things, actually, technically three things. One thing is people say that I got a lot of blind spots, but I don't see them. The other thing is this, Pete, is my son who's 16, the last year and a half he's gotten into boxing, and he's boxing at another gym that I'm not going to name, but he's going twice, and now he just said to me last night, Dad, can I start going three times a week?
And he boxes with this guy, which is really cool. And I was thinking, like, I'd love to get him out to your gym maybe and get him in there and get another one.
And he boxes with this guy, which is really cool. And I was thinking, like, I'd love to get him out to your gym maybe and get him in there and get another one.
And he boxes with this guy, which is really cool. And I was thinking, like, I'd love to get him out to your gym maybe and get him in there and get another one.
Churchill Boxing Club in Santa Monica, come on down. It's a great gym. Yeah.
Churchill Boxing Club in Santa Monica, come on down. It's a great gym. Yeah.
Churchill Boxing Club in Santa Monica, come on down. It's a great gym. Yeah.
Great. We're going to get a nice boon. But here's what I want to say as a little sideline, because I do want to finish the boxing theme, is we haven't spent enough time. I feel like we've been delinquent on this podcast. We haven't spent enough time talking about and giving credence to Gary Shanley. Because he was one of, talk about a heavyweight, to use the analogy.
Great. We're going to get a nice boon. But here's what I want to say as a little sideline, because I do want to finish the boxing theme, is we haven't spent enough time. I feel like we've been delinquent on this podcast. We haven't spent enough time talking about and giving credence to Gary Shanley. Because he was one of, talk about a heavyweight, to use the analogy.
Great. We're going to get a nice boon. But here's what I want to say as a little sideline, because I do want to finish the boxing theme, is we haven't spent enough time. I feel like we've been delinquent on this podcast. We haven't spent enough time talking about and giving credence to Gary Shanley. Because he was one of, talk about a heavyweight, to use the analogy.
This guy was an unbelievable, he's the reason I got HBO. Mm-hmm. Because, Pete, you knew him. I didn't know the guy. But what an influence he had on what we consider to be comedy now in a lot of ways.
This guy was an unbelievable, he's the reason I got HBO. Mm-hmm. Because, Pete, you knew him. I didn't know the guy. But what an influence he had on what we consider to be comedy now in a lot of ways.
This guy was an unbelievable, he's the reason I got HBO. Mm-hmm. Because, Pete, you knew him. I didn't know the guy. But what an influence he had on what we consider to be comedy now in a lot of ways.
What was he like? So, I mean, I got to see both sides of Gary. I saw him as a comic titan and a very entrenched member of our community. And that's how most people knew Gary. The boxing gym is actually a fascinating culture. Our gym is meant to be a pretty traditional boxing gym with pro fighters. So we would have a lot of Russians, South Americans. We had folks from Japan.