Rainn Wilson

I did funny voices. I told jokes. I did improvisation. I got a lot of accolades for that. These tools that I had learned in this kind of pressure cooker of a really... kind of disconnected, loveless child space, all of a sudden came in very handy. And then I went to acting school, and then all of a sudden I was working as a professional actor.

But then I got onto some TV shows, and here I was on one of the all-time great comedies. But again, while I was on the show, very little awareness of the healing properties of comedy. And I think it's something really worth exploring and digging into because, you know, the way the world is right now, It's very interesting. There's not many good comedies on television anymore.

But then I got onto some TV shows, and here I was on one of the all-time great comedies. But again, while I was on the show, very little awareness of the healing properties of comedy. And I think it's something really worth exploring and digging into because, you know, the way the world is right now, It's very interesting. There's not many good comedies on television anymore.

But then I got onto some TV shows, and here I was on one of the all-time great comedies. But again, while I was on the show, very little awareness of the healing properties of comedy. And I think it's something really worth exploring and digging into because, you know, the way the world is right now, It's very interesting. There's not many good comedies on television anymore.

And they're hard to find. You have to sift through a lot to kind of find them. And we need them more than ever. And one of the reasons I heard that a lot of like the streaming services and TV networks are not picking up new comedies is because people keep turning back to the old ones. They're watching Seinfeld and

And they're hard to find. You have to sift through a lot to kind of find them. And we need them more than ever. And one of the reasons I heard that a lot of like the streaming services and TV networks are not picking up new comedies is because people keep turning back to the old ones. They're watching Seinfeld and

And they're hard to find. You have to sift through a lot to kind of find them. And we need them more than ever. And one of the reasons I heard that a lot of like the streaming services and TV networks are not picking up new comedies is because people keep turning back to the old ones. They're watching Seinfeld and

and Friends and The Office and Parks and Rec and some of those old great comedies, 30 Rock, for their comedy fix. But it's healing because you cannot laugh and cry at the same time. And even if you get your fix of half an hour here or there, it can take you through a day.

and Friends and The Office and Parks and Rec and some of those old great comedies, 30 Rock, for their comedy fix. But it's healing because you cannot laugh and cry at the same time. And even if you get your fix of half an hour here or there, it can take you through a day.

and Friends and The Office and Parks and Rec and some of those old great comedies, 30 Rock, for their comedy fix. But it's healing because you cannot laugh and cry at the same time. And even if you get your fix of half an hour here or there, it can take you through a day.

Yeah, it was a coping mechanism for me. I loved the classic American sitcoms of the 70s and early 80s. I grew up and watched every episode of MASH. I watched... Cheers, Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore reruns, Bewitched and Dick Van Dyke and F Troop. And the list just goes on and on. I just devoured anything having to do with half hour comedy.

Yeah, it was a coping mechanism for me. I loved the classic American sitcoms of the 70s and early 80s. I grew up and watched every episode of MASH. I watched... Cheers, Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore reruns, Bewitched and Dick Van Dyke and F Troop. And the list just goes on and on. I just devoured anything having to do with half hour comedy.

Yeah, it was a coping mechanism for me. I loved the classic American sitcoms of the 70s and early 80s. I grew up and watched every episode of MASH. I watched... Cheers, Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore reruns, Bewitched and Dick Van Dyke and F Troop. And the list just goes on and on. I just devoured anything having to do with half hour comedy.

Then I discovered Saturday Night Live when it first came out in the late 70s and Money Python around the same time, which they would run on PBS all the time. You couldn't just go to YouTube and watch clips. You had to really search for great comedy out there. And Mad Magazine and Cracked Magazine. And these got me through my childhood. I just was drawn like a moth to a flame.

Then I discovered Saturday Night Live when it first came out in the late 70s and Money Python around the same time, which they would run on PBS all the time. You couldn't just go to YouTube and watch clips. You had to really search for great comedy out there. And Mad Magazine and Cracked Magazine. And these got me through my childhood. I just was drawn like a moth to a flame.

Then I discovered Saturday Night Live when it first came out in the late 70s and Money Python around the same time, which they would run on PBS all the time. You couldn't just go to YouTube and watch clips. You had to really search for great comedy out there. And Mad Magazine and Cracked Magazine. And these got me through my childhood. I just was drawn like a moth to a flame.

And I think because of this kind of alienated emotional desert that I lived in, in suburban Seattle, that was a healing balm for me. Then, you know, I remember talking about, I don't know if it was in Soul Bloom, I also wrote a book called The Bassoon King that was kind of my comedic memoir. And I was such an odd child.

And I think because of this kind of alienated emotional desert that I lived in, in suburban Seattle, that was a healing balm for me. Then, you know, I remember talking about, I don't know if it was in Soul Bloom, I also wrote a book called The Bassoon King that was kind of my comedic memoir. And I was such an odd child.

And I think because of this kind of alienated emotional desert that I lived in, in suburban Seattle, that was a healing balm for me. Then, you know, I remember talking about, I don't know if it was in Soul Bloom, I also wrote a book called The Bassoon King that was kind of my comedic memoir. And I was such an odd child.

I remember watching other kids in school to be like, how do normal people behave? You know, I'm gonna watch people in the lunchroom. I'm gonna see how they behave and then I'm gonna copy them. And my parents were very odd, very odd people. So I knew I was not gonna like behave like my parents. So what do you do? So I'd go in the lunchroom and then I'd see Mike Wentzel