And we don’t like that because it is actually mean it’s bullying and reinforces stereotypes. Traditionally, in the opening of the show, it’s kind of roast comedy. We’ll try to make people laugh without being mean to them. There will also be an overpowering sexuality to the presentation - and there’s nothing we can do about that. We are, however, a married couple who loves to be onstage together and lean into our old-fashioned Nichols and May vaudeville back-and-forth.

Well, we’re not Billy Crystal, and we told them that when we took the gig. You’re co-hosting the Independent Spirit Awards with your wife. So it felt like a fun experiment, having a conversation with readers.

I am a jackass who is very lucky to have a woodshop and an acting career and a readership, such as it is. And that feels much more human and true to me. But what I love to do is, like in a Reddit, is get a list of questions that I can curate. ( Laughs.) So it was an obstacle to say, “OK I will create a journalistic or dairy-type style of content.” But I don’t have the kind of voice where I can just generate content. Why is that important?Ī couple of my friends were doing Substacks, and I had to admit to myself that I want to be a writer after my fifth book. I noticed it is more of a conversation with readers as opposed to lecturing. I enjoy your Substack newsletter, Donkey Thoughts. I guess my druthers are, you have the choice of whether to binge. Books are the original bingeworthy content.

I love to read books, and the great thing is you can consume those however you want. And that Megan and I are definitely vocal about because we’ll get to that episode five and be like, “What?! Our pleasure is being withheld?!” I don’t have a larger opinion about it. What I have noticed lately is certain streamers will drop four of eight and then parse out the last four. Is there something to viewers waiting and anticipating, as opposed to binging a series in a day? Some series drop all at once, but Pam & Tommy is a weekly. And I had a fanny pack as part of my wardrobe, which also took me back. More than anything, it was the noise of the dial-up modem sound. Just seeing the primitive graphics, the primitive fonts, the light green on dark green screen. The thing that springs to mind is using clunky old keyboards with early computers.

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