Rob Delaney

Yeah, well, that's good. In real life, I have roughly six to seven personalities I unveil for my wife. And it's sort of on a Russian roulette basis. It's like a revolver. Where's the bullet? Yeah. Who am I getting tonight?

Yeah, well, that's good. In real life, I have roughly six to seven personalities I unveil for my wife. And it's sort of on a Russian roulette basis. It's like a revolver. Where's the bullet? Yeah. Who am I getting tonight?

I mean, I'm kind of one of those people who's like, I'll go pretty far to make people laugh, you know? And I wrote a show with Sharon Horgan called Catastrophe that... One of my favorites, by the way. Thank you very much. And that had a lot of simulated sex in it and my butt. So I was not infrequently naked on that show. So I had practice in the simulated intimate arts.

I mean, I'm kind of one of those people who's like, I'll go pretty far to make people laugh, you know? And I wrote a show with Sharon Horgan called Catastrophe that... One of my favorites, by the way. Thank you very much. And that had a lot of simulated sex in it and my butt. So I was not infrequently naked on that show. So I had practice in the simulated intimate arts.

So I was fine with it, you know. And the good news is, is there's people doing stuff in the show that make what Neighbor Guy does look like, you know, checking your mailbox at the end of the driveway. Yeah, exactly.

So I was fine with it, you know. And the good news is, is there's people doing stuff in the show that make what Neighbor Guy does look like, you know, checking your mailbox at the end of the driveway. Yeah, exactly.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, that's more challenging because just being naked, for whatever reason, we're not in the ancient Greek phase of... where a naked man's body was like a thing of magnificence. For whatever reason, in our collective cultural relationship to bodies and sex and stuff, naked men's bodies are funny now. And so it's easier to make people laugh if you're naked and doing something silly.

Well, that's more challenging because just being naked, for whatever reason, we're not in the ancient Greek phase of... where a naked man's body was like a thing of magnificence. For whatever reason, in our collective cultural relationship to bodies and sex and stuff, naked men's bodies are funny now. And so it's easier to make people laugh if you're naked and doing something silly.

So that's easy. Harder for the emotional vulnerability aspect. because, you know, that's really uncomfortable and really raw and tender. So this show, while I really loved doing it and really grateful to be a part of it, you know, there was a lot of crying when the cameras weren't rolling. Right.

So that's easy. Harder for the emotional vulnerability aspect. because, you know, that's really uncomfortable and really raw and tender. So this show, while I really loved doing it and really grateful to be a part of it, you know, there was a lot of crying when the cameras weren't rolling. Right.

And there were times when you had to, like, emotionally budget yourself during difficult days of shooting. Yeah.

And there were times when you had to, like, emotionally budget yourself during difficult days of shooting. Yeah.

It's really weird because I have had to simulate crying in jobs before where, like, you know, it just looked like I'm crying, you know? And on this, not necessary because it was so intense, you know?

It's really weird because I have had to simulate crying in jobs before where, like, you know, it just looked like I'm crying, you know? And on this, not necessary because it was so intense, you know?

Oh, sure. I mean, shooting in the penultimate episode when Molly's in the hospital and we know she's going to die was... Brutal, you know, really brutal. But it was also like it felt sacred. Oh my gosh, right? It felt honest and beautiful and real.

Oh, sure. I mean, shooting in the penultimate episode when Molly's in the hospital and we know she's going to die was... Brutal, you know, really brutal. But it was also like it felt sacred. Oh my gosh, right? It felt honest and beautiful and real.

But, you know, it kind of felt like you're, honestly, it felt like you were in a lobby or the foyer of the afterlife, you know, because she's getting ready to move on. It was really, it was crazy.

But, you know, it kind of felt like you're, honestly, it felt like you were in a lobby or the foyer of the afterlife, you know, because she's getting ready to move on. It was really, it was crazy.