William H. Macy
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Tell jokes about everything. Yeah.
Tell jokes about everything. Yeah.
It doesn't mean you have to, but we have to be allowed to. Yeah, you can. Yeah, it has to be an option. Yeah. What's the story with the Woody Crick?
It doesn't mean you have to, but we have to be allowed to. Yeah, you can. Yeah, it has to be an option. Yeah. What's the story with the Woody Crick?
So I live in Woody Creek and Mark Kleckner, one of the founders, they were growing potatoes in our yard. And I asked my brother-in-law who lives there and he said, yeah, I made a deal with Woody Creek Distillery that they could use that pasture to grow potatoes.
So I live in Woody Creek and Mark Kleckner, one of the founders, they were growing potatoes in our yard. And I asked my brother-in-law who lives there and he said, yeah, I made a deal with Woody Creek Distillery that they could use that pasture to grow potatoes.
And it was about a week later that Mark Kleckner came in and said, Bill, I don't know if you know this, but we have a distillery down in Basalt. I said, yeah. Stop right there, Mark. I'm in. So just like almost every other actor in the country, I have I'm the spokesperson for Woody Creek Distillers. And I've had the best time, one, because I love spirits. I'm a big drinker.
And it was about a week later that Mark Kleckner came in and said, Bill, I don't know if you know this, but we have a distillery down in Basalt. I said, yeah. Stop right there, Mark. I'm in. So just like almost every other actor in the country, I have I'm the spokesperson for Woody Creek Distillers. And I've had the best time, one, because I love spirits. I'm a big drinker.
I just have always found it so romantic, especially spirits.
I just have always found it so romantic, especially spirits.
I'd like to double down on aging well. Yes. If you drink a bunch and you still look this good at 75, God bless something.
I'd like to double down on aging well. Yes. If you drink a bunch and you still look this good at 75, God bless something.
Well, half my friends don't drink enough and the other half drink too much. So I'm straddling that fence. I also started, the pandemic hit a month after I got the job as their spokesperson. So for that year, there was nothing to do. So I wrote a song about the Woody Creek Tavern, which is a famous tavern, Hunter S. Thompson fame.
Well, half my friends don't drink enough and the other half drink too much. So I'm straddling that fence. I also started, the pandemic hit a month after I got the job as their spokesperson. So for that year, there was nothing to do. So I wrote a song about the Woody Creek Tavern, which is a famous tavern, Hunter S. Thompson fame.
And the pandemic and Felicity shot it on an iPhone and we edited it and put it online and people liked it a lot. Yeah. So I play ukulele. I used to play guitars, but I've got arthritis in my fingers. So I play ukulele a lot. And I started writing songs about 15 years ago for my daughters and my wife, birthday songs. And some of them are quite elaborate.
And the pandemic and Felicity shot it on an iPhone and we edited it and put it online and people liked it a lot. Yeah. So I play ukulele. I used to play guitars, but I've got arthritis in my fingers. So I play ukulele a lot. And I started writing songs about 15 years ago for my daughters and my wife, birthday songs. And some of them are quite elaborate.
So one a year for each of them? Yeah. I kept that going for about four or five years. And then when I got the gig with Woody Creek Distillers, I gave up the birthdays. Now I write about alcohol. And so I write these songs and every once in a while I perform at the distillery or when we go selling our hooch in the various states. Sometimes I'll play a little song for them. And it's very winning.
So one a year for each of them? Yeah. I kept that going for about four or five years. And then when I got the gig with Woody Creek Distillers, I gave up the birthdays. Now I write about alcohol. And so I write these songs and every once in a while I perform at the distillery or when we go selling our hooch in the various states. Sometimes I'll play a little song for them. And it's very winning.
And if I do say so, the songs are... really kind of good turns out i love writing lyrics that's funny it's so i i it seems like it's it it's going well for you yeah life is sweet i'm still working did a bunch of films just before christmas i was in this thing do you do you get tired of the sort of
And if I do say so, the songs are... really kind of good turns out i love writing lyrics that's funny it's so i i it seems like it's it it's going well for you yeah life is sweet i'm still working did a bunch of films just before christmas i was in this thing do you do you get tired of the sort of