Tanya Mosley

Did the system get it? Like, get that Southern thing that you have that threads throughout these characters? Did you ever find where you were up against a wall?

Did the system get it? Like, get that Southern thing that you have that threads throughout these characters? Did you ever find where you were up against a wall?

What kind of stuff? Yeah.

What kind of stuff? Yeah.

What kind of stuff? Yeah.

I want to play a clip from Eastbound and Down. This is from the pilot episode. To remind people, the show is about this once famous Major League Baseball pitcher named Kenny Powers, who basically falls from grace because of his arrogance and bad behavior. And after flaming out of the MLB, he returns in disgrace to North Carolina, to his hometown, where he takes on a job as a substitute P.E.

I want to play a clip from Eastbound and Down. This is from the pilot episode. To remind people, the show is about this once famous Major League Baseball pitcher named Kenny Powers, who basically falls from grace because of his arrogance and bad behavior. And after flaming out of the MLB, he returns in disgrace to North Carolina, to his hometown, where he takes on a job as a substitute P.E.

I want to play a clip from Eastbound and Down. This is from the pilot episode. To remind people, the show is about this once famous Major League Baseball pitcher named Kenny Powers, who basically falls from grace because of his arrogance and bad behavior. And after flaming out of the MLB, he returns in disgrace to North Carolina, to his hometown, where he takes on a job as a substitute P.E.

teacher at his old middle school. And in the scene I'm about to play, Kenny is eating a meal with his brother, Dustin Powers, played by John Hawks, and his wife, Casey Powers, played by Jennifer Irwin, and their children. Let's listen.

teacher at his old middle school. And in the scene I'm about to play, Kenny is eating a meal with his brother, Dustin Powers, played by John Hawks, and his wife, Casey Powers, played by Jennifer Irwin, and their children. Let's listen.

teacher at his old middle school. And in the scene I'm about to play, Kenny is eating a meal with his brother, Dustin Powers, played by John Hawks, and his wife, Casey Powers, played by Jennifer Irwin, and their children. Let's listen.

That was my guest, Danny McBride, in his 2009 show, Eastbound and Down. The laughs come, Danny, from being inappropriate. I mean, your character just continually says politically incorrect stuff. You also like thread this very fine needle of like race and racism in a way that like we can laugh at it, you know. Yeah. There's something there that also, though, can withstand the test of time.

That was my guest, Danny McBride, in his 2009 show, Eastbound and Down. The laughs come, Danny, from being inappropriate. I mean, your character just continually says politically incorrect stuff. You also like thread this very fine needle of like race and racism in a way that like we can laugh at it, you know. Yeah. There's something there that also, though, can withstand the test of time.

That was my guest, Danny McBride, in his 2009 show, Eastbound and Down. The laughs come, Danny, from being inappropriate. I mean, your character just continually says politically incorrect stuff. You also like thread this very fine needle of like race and racism in a way that like we can laugh at it, you know. Yeah. There's something there that also, though, can withstand the test of time.

You know how some humor just doesn't hold up because it's now considered offensive? Like, is that something you think about when you're writing?

You know how some humor just doesn't hold up because it's now considered offensive? Like, is that something you think about when you're writing?

You know how some humor just doesn't hold up because it's now considered offensive? Like, is that something you think about when you're writing?

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guest is Danny McBride, the creator and co-star of the HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air. You know, I read that, is it true that Kanye West approached you and asked you to play him in a biopic? Yes.

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guest is Danny McBride, the creator and co-star of the HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air. You know, I read that, is it true that Kanye West approached you and asked you to play him in a biopic? Yes.

Let's take a short break. If you're just joining us, my guest is Danny McBride, the creator and co-star of the HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air. You know, I read that, is it true that Kanye West approached you and asked you to play him in a biopic? Yes.