Tanya Mosley

He produced Superbad, Bridesmaids, and Anchorman.

He executive produced the cult classic Freaks and Geeks, which launched the careers of Seth Rogen and Jason Segel.

And he's written for comedy legends like Gary Shandling and Roseanne Barr.

And he's mentored a young Lena Dunham, executive producing all six seasons of Girls.

But here's the thing about Judd Apatow.

He's also a collector.

Since he was 10 years old, autographs from his idols sealed in plastic, letters he wrote as a teen to and from his favorite comedians, photographs from every movie and TV show, and

Scripts covered in notes and journals, documenting every high and devastating low.

Now at 57, he's letting us get a glimpse of his collection, which he compiled in a new book called Comedy Nerd, A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures.

It's really unlike any Hollywood memoir I've ever read.

It's part scrapbook, part confessional, part love letter to the art form of moviemaking, and a glimpse into maybe the psyche of a man who's been making people laugh for more than three decades.

Judd Apatow, welcome back to Fresh Air.

You've been here four times.

Yes.

Okay.

This memoir, it's unlike any memoir I've ever seen, as I said, almost 600 pages.

And you write in the introduction that this isn't even everything that you've collected.

Yeah.

What made you want to put all of this stuff in a book?

Wait, you have seven storage units.