Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hey, I hope you guys enjoyed today's episode. Myrtle's got her little bee, and she's sitting here, you know, upset that I'm podcasting. My dog is upset that my attention isn't on her. Awesome episode today with Bobby Moyahan, who I've been a fan of for a long time, and I'm a bigger fan of after hanging out with him on my couch. The guy fucking rules, and he's hilarious. I am on the road.
The Golden Retriever of Comedy Tour still pushes on a couple more months before it's over. All the tickets are announced at DanSutter.com this week. 9 o'clock show, Schubert, Boston, March 6th. There is a late show. Tickets are still available.
Chapter 2: How does Bobby Moynihan's experience shape his comedic style?
DanSoder.com if you live in the Massachusetts area. Philadelphia, I believe you're sold out. There could be a couple loose tickets around, but... Go to DanSoder.com. Also, we're going to be in Dallas, Houston, and Oklahoma City soon. Charlotte and Durham, you're up soon. DanSoder.com. Go get tickets, and I'll see you on tour. Myrtle will be there in Boston and Philadelphia.
But not in Dallas, Houston, or Oklahoma City. I'm sorry, it's too far to drive with her. But the other one, you know, you get it. We'll see you on the road. And enjoy the episode. I try not to talk over him too much. I really did try not to talk over him. I get excited. I just get really excited, dude. 30 Rock's one of my favorite shows of all time. Amazing.
I think I've probably watched it nine or ten times front to back. Yeah. And... The thing I've learned about being a stand-up comedian in New York City and bumping into Tracy Morgan is that they nailed... However they... Tracy Jordan... There's no difference. Yeah. And then the new show coming out, I was like... It was the same crew as 30 Rock and you. And I was like, this has got to be awesome.
Very lucky boy. Yeah, it's nuts. And Daniel Radcliffe. Yeah, and Daniel Radcliffe. Was there ever a moment where he was Tracy Morgan and you guys did the look to each other like... I have a file on my phone, a notes file on my phone with like 1,500 different things Tracy has just said. Yeah, that's incredible. Can you bust out some?
Me and Daniel, he'll say something, and I'll just see a crowd of people, and I'll just see Daniel going... He's just looking for me to see if I am typing. Yeah. Because, yeah, we have a vast... Yeah. We have a vast, vast list. He doesn't stop with sound bites. No, I think one thing that Tracy knows about himself is that if he says something insane, it will get a laugh.
And that is like a superpower of his. People want to see him say crazy. The very first thing when I saw him in person was he hosted SNL and Lorne's door opened. Because it was like a cartoon. Lorne's door opened and he was just standing in the middle of the room with his arms like this. And he went... The dark horse has returned. It's just that.
No one in the world gets away with that besides Tracy Morgan. That kind of an entrance as a human. I don't think there is a person on earth who makes a crazier first impression with anybody. Well, you just go like, talking to Tracy, you immediately understand the sentence of like, Lauren saw something and that something works. And it absolutely works. It's hilarious. It's just hilarious.
One of the first times I ever saw him in person was right when I moved to New York. There used to be a laugh factory in Times Square and I was doing check spots. So I was like doing the shittiest spot on the show. Not doing well. Wanted to go outside and smoke a cigarette on 8th Avenue because I just bombed. And I swear to God this is 100% true. I'm standing 8th Avenue right by Port Authority.
It's one of the busiest avenues in New York City. smoking a cigarette, and I just hear, it's a yellow Lamborghini, and it pulls up, and all I hear is, yeah, I'll take a picture with you, and it's Tracy Morgan on 8th Avenue, gets out of his- You're saying it's Andre the Giant? No, just kidding, no, just kidding.
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Chapter 3: What funny stories does Bobby share about Tracy Morgan?
We're shooting in my hometown, where I grew up. And a woman comes running over as we're shooting and goes, Tracy, Tracy. We're in the middle of a take. We're outside. We're at like a deli in White Plains. And I used to work at White Plains. I worked at the Pizzeria Uno on Central Avenue. Go check it out. Yeah, go. Go pick up a pizza and say you know Bobby. Fantastic. Really mess them up.
And a woman comes running over in the middle of a take and goes, Tracy, Tracy. And everyone's mad and goes like, cut. And he goes, it's okay. This is Jerry Seinfeld's wife. It was not Jerry Seinfeld's wife. He just makes up credits for people. It was a woman from Westchester. No, that's Don Luis. That's Judy Seinfeld's wife. He gave her a hug. She was like, Tracy.
He was like, it's so good to see you. She was like, it's, I don't know. Like she was trying to explain to him that it wasn't him. That wasn't her. It was, it's just perfect. That might be the most brilliant move of all time. which is to out-crazy someone who's crazy. So they come at you, and you just go... She tried to explain to him that she was not, in fact, Jerry Seinfeld's wife.
She was just a fan, but even she bailed halfway through and was just like, everything's great. I'm just happy to meet you. He's leaving. Say hi to George Costanza. Because that's not a real person, Tracy. Yes, it is. Another great one was just standing there, and he goes, you know, I used to date Michelle Obama back in high school. This is why you guys are just doing a tape.
Or like, Tracy, do you know Morgan Freeman? He's like, yeah, I know Morgan Freeman. And then his assistant goes, he doesn't know. Is that the most overworked assistant in Hollywood? Is that guy going around going, he actually never dated Michelle Obama. I often ask him, I'm like, so what was your last night like? Yeah. Like just out of curiosity, but he's the best.
Tracy's insane, but in the best way possible. He's like a gigantic beating heart. who's just throwing out fun. It's never been not. It's the way to live. I've never witnessed his crazy and it hasn't been funny. Correct. And just, I saw this sentence this morning. It was either Robert or Tina. Somebody asked Robert or Tina what it was about Tracy. Yeah. And it was the best sentence.
I went like, that's it. It was, he's just so happy to be alive. Yeah. And it's just, it's true. Everybody needs that. It's completely true. He's just, like, every moment is, he just, everything goes through the filter of, like, but what if I was also playing a boombox right now? He came in to the Comedy Cellar on a Sunday night, probably around, it's Sunday night, so it's dead. It's like 10 p.m.
Yeah. And he just comes in the Olive Tree Cafe, takes his shirt off and goes, I'm buying everybody drinks. I just found out Roberto Clemente's my biological father. And then he slapped his belly. 15 of the 1,500 things end with the things is my biological father. That's great. A lot of people are his biological father. Barack Obama was his biological father. Mathematically, impossible.
Tracy, I couldn't have been your father. We're the same age. He often says Flip Wilson is his biological father. You do a fantastic Flip Wilson. You know my Flip. You cued me up for a Flip. I always do. Right up for my Flip. I always do. Because when that happened, when I was- But he also claims, he goes, Flip Wilson died with no money. And I don't know if that's true.
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Chapter 4: How does Bobby describe his audition experience for SNL?
Oh, man, he's so cool. And he was up for 97 hours, too. Yeah, you guys are just like a sleep deprivation. I love you, Alec. I'm glad you got it. Yeah, good job, Alec. And I'll tell you what, I did a scene in a movie with Alec Baldwin, and I was going through a breakup, and it was the oddest moment of my life because he was talking me through a breakup. The singular human.
And he's always Alec Baldwin. I did 30 Rock with him. Oh, yeah. And SNL, yeah, the best. But we sat down at a diner, and he went, we're going to do my coverage first. And you went, yeah, absolutely. And so...
because Fred Wolf it was a movie it was Drunk Parents that Fred Wolf was directing and they do he does the coverage and then they they're turning around so we have a break and I'm like depressed because I'm going through this breakup and Alec goes we start talking and he stops and he goes can I get a plate of fries and they bring us a plate of fries he's like ketchup and they bring the ketchup and he was sitting there and he's like
What happened? And we're sitting there eating French fries and I'm telling him about the breakup. And I just remember, I was like, you know, she was real into it. And then she went on vacation and she completely like changed. And he tips the fry in the ketchup and he goes, someone got in her ear.
and took a bite of the French fry, and I was like, this is, in that moment, I went, this is the weirdest shit I've ever been through in my life, is Alec Baldwin coaching me through a breakup. It's so funny to hear, it's just like, I know the answer. Yeah, and he goes, you know, I went through, he goes, I went through a divorce in 2000, and I went, yeah, with Kim Basinger.
I think I heard about it, Alex. My favorite thing he ever said, he did monologues at ASCAP one time, the improv show at UCB. A legendary improv show. He was talking about being, like, when he first started, like, being a male on a soap opera in Hollywood and, like, how these men would come after him, essentially. Yeah. And he just said this phrase one night.
He talked about, like, some Italian man that approached him at a restaurant, and he went, he approached me. He had a wallet thick as hippo skin. Yeah. Who thinks that? What are you? He had a wallet thick as hippo skin. I'll never forget that. I'll never forget it. The confidence of that man. Yes. As most comedians, we can all agree, are insecure. It's why we go after laughs.
It's why we are so desperate for laughs. It's why we just want to make people laugh. And having a man that confident around, who's also very funny is. I feel comfortable telling this story. He goes, we were rehearsing at SNL and we were, I passed him in the hallway. He had his dinner. His dinner had just gotten there and we had, we were just done with dinner.
We were about to start rehearsing again. And I noticed, I was like, I noticed his dinner. He was, he had it in his hand. Like it just got there. And I remember thinking like, man, it's starting on time. Yeah. And he goes to Jenna, the stage manager. He's like, hey, I just need my dinner. Or she said like, hey, Alec, five minutes. And he's like, my dinner just got here.
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Chapter 5: What insights does Bobby provide about working with famous comedians?
No way. I would watch it every Saturday. I like lost customers because they were like, can we watch the game? And I was like, no. Yeah. Saturday. Every TV is SNL. And they're like, Bob, you have tables. I'm like, I don't care. I'm watching TV. That's the good version of a bad employee story. Where you go, he used to watch SNL all the time and would fight customers if they changed it.
And you know where he ended up? SNL. SNL, yeah. Most of the time they go, he wouldn't change the channel and he'd fight customers. You know what happened to him? Prison. It was in Westchester County where the X Mansion is. Oh, Lauren knew. It's all coming together. I'm bringing you back with my Cyclops, Tracy Morgan. My Cyclops is Colin Jost. By the way, I mentally cast Colin Jost as Cyclops.
I corrected you because I was like, no, Colin Jost is the Cyclops of SNL. Colin Jost, I'm going to say this because it needs to be said. There are two people besides Keenan that are extremely important to Saturday Night Live's history, and I think Tina Fey is one of them, and Colin Jost should be... known as one of the top four people important for Saturday Night Live ever.
Tucked that thing together in a ways that people, they think he just does weekend update and you're like, yeah. And also just like kind, a good, kind dude. Yeah. Like just like the best. He was so nice. When I didn't get it, I saw him at the comedy cellar and he was so fucking nice about it. He goes, hey, you did a really good job. And you're like, He's that. He's good at that.
He's good at the bedside manner of it. That's fantastic. It was really good. Sorry you didn't get it. And I was like, thanks, man. Look up his family. His family's amazing, too. Yeah, his brothers. Both of his parents have phenomenal stories. Colin Scott comes from a great family. His brothers, Casey's a hilarious writer. And his dad is like, their whole family. Left for the 50.
Got on the plane for the 50th. Not knowing if I was in the show, my ego had died. I was just like, I guess that's it. But I had also like entered this amazing phase where I was like, oh my God, I get to go see it for the first time as a fan. Like I never got to go. Really? You know what I mean? Like, oh, before you were on the show. I used to like. Yeah. I never got to go.
And after you never went back to watch like anybody. I went back. No, I went back once and I didn't, I felt like you just, it's a lot and you feel, I wish I didn't. I wish I could go back every weekend and not be a problem. But I think that's another reason why I wasn't so great. There was like, I wasn't my authentic self. Like, you know, that whole thing. I'm being serious. You know what I mean?
Like, if I go there, I want to go and relax. And I think I can do that now. But at that time, no, that makes complete sense. After the 50th, everything changed. But like, uh, uh, went to that 50th going like, this isn't for you. This is for SNL. And by the time I landed, they were like, not only are you in the show, you're doing a drunk uncle.
It's because of like, they didn't say this, but like, it's because of Colin and you should thank him. Yeah. And like Colin, Colin changed a lot of people's lives that night. Oh, wow. By like, By speaking up and going, we should give this person and this person and this person a moment for their brains for the rest of time.
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