While he was once known for all manner of comedy involving animals, both alive and dead, Tom Green’s relationship with the animal kingdom is now much more traditional, as he spends some of his time doing farm work on a remote plot of unspoiled land in Canada. Tom talks with Marc about why he made the big change in his life, which is documented in the new Prime Video series Tom Green Country. They also talk about their respective pioneer work in the early days of streaming video and podcasting. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What prompted Tom Green's lifestyle change?
Aber das ist das Ding, wenn du im Show-Business bist, ist dein ganzes Leben auf dem Weg, eine Illusion zu verkaufen. Einer von dir selbst oder eine Idee für diese Fiktion, die jeder sehen kann. Und das ist dein Leben. Und, weißt du...
It seems kind of boundless in possibility, but it requires you engaging with this business to deliver the goods, whereas their life is, you know, whatever they're farming, it is community-centric, and this is the life. We're going to go do the hay. There's no other thing like we just do that as a hobby. No, no.
It's like this is it, and there must be some sort of transition to a life like that where your alone time becomes much different. Yeah. Weil ich mir vorstelle, dass du immer noch aufhörst, und du denkst wahrscheinlich an Ideen und schreibst Dinge runter und auf den Mikrofon und was auch immer. Aber es gibt eine Art von Hinweis, dass du die Langheit davon bemerkst.
Ja, absolut. Ich komme um 6.30 Uhr morgens jeden Tag auf. Und ich war immer ziemlich, aber du weißt, aber Teil der Grund, weißt du, wie... There's nothing to do at night. Once the sun goes down, I'm going to go get sushi on Ventura Boulevard. Stumble in in my Uber after three martinis at two in the morning. No, I'll go to bed at ten o'clock. Get up in the morning, I make coffee, I go to the barn.
Und ich habe drei große 60-Pound-Bälchen Hefe und ich werfe sie ins Feld. Das ist im Winter und im Sommer, wenn es keine Tiere gibt. Und dann brusche ich sie aus und manchmal fahre ich Fanny auf und nehme sie für eine Reise. Was machst du am Abend? Just watch it? Well, because I got up at 6 in the morning, I just go to sleep. Oh, okay. So there's not the compulsion. Yeah, sort of.
I mean, I've been making music, so I play piano or write or... But I tend to be asleep by 11 about. How's that studio working out on top of the barn? Right now the barn is just sort of an empty loft. But when I do a podcast or something in there, I just set it up each time. Oh, so it's not a permanent workspace.
No, because I have more of a permanent studio workspace in the house, upstairs in the house. But the loft of the barn is very, you know... Ja, es hat nur den Ruf, aber die Seiten sind ein bisschen offen. Ja, ja, aber es sieht cool aus. Visuell sieht es cool aus im Sommer und in drei, drei Saisonen ist es ziemlich cool. Aber nein, ich habe ein kleines Rekordstudio in meinem Haus.
Und du machst etwas regelmäßig? Yeah, I just put out a record this year, a country album. Yeah, I know you're a guitar player, right? I'm working on being able to play as good as you can, but I am enjoying it. I've always sort of fiddled with my acoustic guitar and I can play some chords and stuff, but I've been writing songs. It looks like you've got a good group of people up there to play with.
I do, yeah. And I wrote the whole soundtrack for the show. But that's the kind of stuff I like to do. You know, just... In manchen Fällen habe ich so viel mehr Zeit, kreativ zu sein, weil ich... Don't get distracted by going down to get sushi on Ventura Boulevard every day. You know, it's like, okay, okay, I'll go ride the horse and I'll come home, I'll write some stuff in the afternoon.
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