S4 EP13: Chris Addison
episode
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
1h 10m
3 speakers
8 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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What does Chris Addison think about the podcast landscape?
podcasts there are millions of them some might say too many i have one already i don't have any because there are enough politics business sport you name it there's a podcast about it and they all ask the big questions and cover the hot topics of the day but nobody is covering the most important topic of all why is that are they scared too afraid of being censored by the man Possibly, but not us. We're here to ask the only question that matters. We try and say it at the same time, Max. What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? What did you do yesterday? That's it. All we're interested in is what the guests got up to yesterday. Nothing more.
Day before yesterday, Max? Nope. The greatest and most interesting day of your life?
Unless it was yesterday, we don't want to know about it. I'm Max Rushton.
How did Chris Addison meet the hosts?
And I'm David O'Doherty. Welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? Hello and welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday? My name is Max Rushton. Alongside me today is the Irish comedian, David O'Doherty. Welcome, David.
You've never thought of all the many things I do. That's all I am to you. Thanks for booking our guest today, Max. When did you first meet him? Chris Addison.
I first met Chris Addison on the set of Mock the Week when I was in the writer's room, mainly writing jokes for Hugh Dennis. Hugh didn't use a lot of my material. Some of his best stuff was mine. Love to you, Hugh.
What unique experiences did Chris have yesterday?
Stop this.
Okay. He is a renaissance man. I first met Chris as a stand-up comedian in the early 2000s doing the festivals, but he was always working on art. other stuff he's a polymath you say polymath yes i would say that people will know him from the thick of it incredible acting role then on to veep which he then somehow became a director and ended up directing his imdb is a fascinating thing all of this wonderful american television all with Quite an idiosyncratic approach to it. Recently, breeders. He's been all over that. And, well, he hasn't stopped. From this episode, he's working on a variety of different things. I know you hate spoilers, so let's not give too much of it away.
There is one thing I want to give away, which just in case you are driving with your young children, this... that in the first five minutes of the episode, you do hear the C word, I think, cumulatively more than in the last two years of doing this podcast. But it's done in a nice way. It's done in a nice way.
How does Chris Addison prepare for an early gym session?
It's a really friendly way of introducing that word to your children, I would say.
Yeah. If you're looking to introduce that word to them, two options, listen to this podcast or simply come to Ireland or New Zealand, where sometimes it's used with the word, you're a good one before it, you know? So, I mean, is there anything else to be said?
No, no. Otherwise, no spoilers. It's a great day. This is what Chris Addison did yesterday.
Chris Addison, welcome to What Did You Do Yesterday?
Thanks very much. It's a pleasure to be here. I'm enjoying what I'm doing today as a result of coming to talk about what I did yesterday.
Do you feel it's reset your life to an appreciation, not necessarily of living in the moment, but living in the 24 hours ago?
Yeah, definitely. It's like meditation that I did yesterday.
What challenges does Chris face with self-loathing?
It's like me doing meditation now, but it affected me yesterday. It's incredible. It's Buddhist, isn't it, really? What you're doing is a form of Buddhism. I mean, I don't understand Buddhism or religion in general, but it sounds plausible.
Because the Dalai Lama is trying to sue us.
That guy is so litigious. Is it because you're wearing the capes? It's the shaved heads and the cloaks, lads. Just drop that and he'll be fine. He doesn't like Max.
Well, he doesn't like me, yeah.
Yeah, the Dalai Lama rings in talk sport a lot when Max is hosting. Whenever he says anything about Plymouth or doesn't say anything about Plymouth. Notice he didn't mention Plymouth again this week, Max, the Dalai Lama.
What does Chris eat for breakfast after working out?
Is he a fan of the team or just sort of maritime communities? Because he's in a landlocked nation, he's obsessed with the sea. That's the Dalai Lama thing.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Chris Addison think about the podcast landscape?
0:06–0:53
2
How did Chris Addison meet the hosts?
0:53–1:32
3
What unique experiences did Chris have yesterday?
1:32–2:49
4
How does Chris Addison prepare for an early gym session?
2:49–3:50
5
What challenges does Chris face with self-loathing?
3:50–4:30
6
What does Chris eat for breakfast after working out?
4:30–5:00
7
What is the significance of choir practice in Chris's life?
5:00–5:53
8
What projects is Chris Addison currently working on?
5:53–1:10:41