Terry Gross

Right, right.

And the Pale of Settlement was, during the Russian Empire, it was a large area of what we now call Eastern Europe that was basically the ghetto for Jews.

Jews had to live within this expanse of land.

And so, so many American Jews, their grandparents or ancestors lived in the Pale of Settlement.

What did it do to your own faith or religious practice, if you had any?

I know you're born Jewish.

I have no idea how observant you are.

But what did it do to your level of observance to find out about people on your family tree being religious leaders?

Do you practice any, do you observe the holidays and the Sabbath and all that?

Like, how far do you go?

What you're saying reminds me of something that you've told another interviewer, which is you said, I have a huge ego with no confidence.

You want to explain?

I love that line so much.

Do you tell jokes?

I mean, you obviously have a great sense of humor, but do you actually tell joke jokes?

Oh, great.

Do you want to tell us one that you love?

Well, Richard Kind, thank you so much for talking with us.

My interview with Richard Kind was recorded in April while he was appearing in the Netflix series Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Mulaney's sidekick.

It's streaming on Netflix.