Speaker 1: You're listening to Comedy Central. Wow, A lot of people
Speaker 1: don't know how many of the stories in this building
Speaker 1: started outside of the building. You know, we worked together
Speaker 1: on the show. But I've known you. How long have
Speaker 1: I known you? Now? I think it's years? Thirteen years?
Speaker 1: Mat we I Okay, So we met we were both
Speaker 1: in Denver doing comedy. Well that's not where we met.
Speaker 1: You know where we actually met at the comedy We
Speaker 1: met at the comedy Store in l A. And I
Speaker 1: remember watching you and I was like, you are a
Speaker 1: very funny person. And I've seen your Twitter at the
Speaker 1: time that's when people are still telling jokes on Twitter,
Speaker 1: and I was like, man, I was like you your
Speaker 1: Neil Prayer. I was like, you're really funny. And we
Speaker 1: spoke a little bit and you were just like, who
Speaker 1: what is this? What is happening right now? A lot
Speaker 1: of people gave me that you just you know, but
Speaker 1: you you wouldn't mean. You were just confused. And then um,
Speaker 1: we chatted for a little bit and then I said, oh,
Speaker 1: I'll follow you, and then I followed you on Twitter
Speaker 1: and then I remember that the next time we spoke,
Speaker 1: you sent me a message because you said, hey, who
Speaker 1: the hell are you? Because I have a whole bunch
Speaker 1: of exclamation marks and Africans in my mentions right now
Speaker 1: because I remember because one of my friends. And you're like,
Speaker 1: that doesn't that's not possible. Yeah, I can't even say that.
Speaker 1: And that's actually how we became friends. Africans into your life,
Speaker 1: thank you. I never met one before you. All right,
Speaker 1: So no, the story I like town was so ten
Speaker 1: years ago. We worked in Denver. You were at the improv. No,
Speaker 1: I wasn't. I never played where were you I was
Speaker 1: at it was called like a funny bone or it
Speaker 1: was so not even an improv. I've never played that.
Speaker 1: I've never played any of the premium club. We were
Speaker 1: there for the weekend. We're both getting three hundred bucks
Speaker 1: of shows, and I and you were like, I'm pretty
Speaker 1: big in South Africa and Europe. And I was like,
Speaker 1: get out of here, like literally get out of here.
Speaker 1: And he got out of here. He literally left, and
Speaker 1: uh and then and then because I told I told
Speaker 1: up doing the service though you're not doing Neil makes
Speaker 1: it sound like he's like grumpier than he has. What
Speaker 1: happened was we didn't know we were both in town
Speaker 1: and then I saw a post and I was like, Neils,
Speaker 1: here you. I was like, oh, let's meet. And then
Speaker 1: we met one of your South African friends like you,
Speaker 1: and so then we we we were like, let's meet
Speaker 1: and we're gonna we're gonna grab some food and we
Speaker 1: met downtown Denver and we're eating at this little spot
Speaker 1: on with tacos. I don't know what it wasn't. We
Speaker 1: we're having a meal and we're chatting about how hard
Speaker 1: it is being on the road, how we're both getting
Speaker 1: three dollars and that you sho have to pay your
Speaker 1: own fair and it basically equals nothing when you get
Speaker 1: back home, right. And then you said to me, I
Speaker 1: don't get why you're doing this, because you're huge back home,
Speaker 1: and yeah, but I love this and you're like, you're delusional.
Speaker 1: And then you said what's your dream? And I said,
Speaker 1: I just want to keep doing comedy and have as
Speaker 1: much fun as possible. And you said, well, America doesn't
Speaker 1: tolerate people with accents on TV, so you should leave.
Speaker 1: And at that time I was correct, Yeah, okay, in
Speaker 1: my defense, once Oliver started doing good, I literally they
Speaker 1: called you and never forget that. I said, come back.
Speaker 1: I'll never forget that goal. I don't never forget that.
Speaker 1: And now the thing people don't the great thing that
Speaker 1: people don't know is three months I called you and
Speaker 1: was like, all right, that's enough, that's not true. You've
Speaker 1: been here from the beginning. Um, you know what I've
Speaker 1: what I've loved about your journey because it's not about me,
Speaker 1: it's also about you, is um you know a lot
Speaker 1: of people. No, Neil as one of one of the smartest,
Speaker 1: funniest people you ever worked with in the comedy industries,
Speaker 1: worked with the greatest comedians you can imagine. You know
Speaker 1: a great comedian, He's worked with them in some way
Speaker 1: shapeful form. He is slowly turning into, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: one of the most unique and funny and original comedians
Speaker 1: that are out there. And like, I've watched your journey,
Speaker 1: your new special on on Netflix is phenomenal because you're
Speaker 1: not just doing comedy, but you know you, you're you're
Speaker 1: creating different types of shows. You're you're enjoying it, you're
Speaker 1: playing with it, and your new special blocks I've told
Speaker 1: you this person, but it's it's amazing, it's funny. People
Speaker 1: have commented on how heart breaking and funny. It is
Speaker 1: how poignant and honest it is because you break down
Speaker 1: what it means to be a liberal, how you try
Speaker 1: and identify yourself, how we as people don't communicate anymore,
Speaker 1: what it means to grow up in a household where
Speaker 1: parents didn't know how to love you, what abuse was.
Speaker 1: It feels like it's such a vulnerable hilarious That's that's
Speaker 1: my point. But that's my point, Like who would think, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's that's the show that I'm going to make and
Speaker 1: it will be hilarious. Yeah, it worked out pretty well.
Speaker 1: Um the the I'm I'm the final guest on the
Speaker 1: Daily Show. So that's no, it worked out. I had
Speaker 1: the idea for the show, and it is about the
Speaker 1: ways I don't feel like I fit in, even like recycling,
Speaker 1: I don't know how to do correctly, Like whenever I
Speaker 1: throw some away and it's in one of those garbage cans,
Speaker 1: got like a garbage hole, a recycling hall, on a
Speaker 1: compost hole, I do my best, but afterward I'm like,
Speaker 1: I don't think I did that right. Like that happens
Speaker 1: kind of across the board in my life. I'm not married,
Speaker 1: I don't have kids, like I don't need meet. I
Speaker 1: don't drink them. I just I'm kind of an outlier
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways. Um, but I figured out,
Speaker 1: but I am very funny. But yeah, but I figured
Speaker 1: out I would to synthesize it into a show. Your
Speaker 1: new Can I talk about your new Netflix special? Oh? Why? Yes?
Speaker 1: You can? Sure now that you're here? Yeah you No,
Speaker 1: I I told you. I thought it's one of the
Speaker 1: probably you're my favorite special viewers, yeah, which you never say. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know what I mean. It's in a good
Speaker 1: way that you're not one of those people just says
Speaker 1: it was like favorite best I like what, No, you don't,
Speaker 1: you don't um, And but it really, to me was
Speaker 1: like your strongest, cleanest thank you material, Thank you very much.
Speaker 1: It was hard for both of us because and not
Speaker 1: just us, many comedians, many touring autists, many like everyone
Speaker 1: from people who are running, you know, building the stage.
Speaker 1: So everyone was struggling because of COVID people couldn't go
Speaker 1: to offices, et cetera. But touring was decimated. You ever
Speaker 1: we worked was gone. Building a show was really hard.
Speaker 1: I wonder if you went through the same thing, because
Speaker 1: I was. I was panicking about whether or not I'll
Speaker 1: be able to make the show what it was. And
Speaker 1: then you were also building a show when everyone was
Speaker 1: wearing masks, no one could even sit together, Like was
Speaker 1: that hard? I didn't know how much to talk about it,
Speaker 1: do you know what I mean? Because I couldn't tell
Speaker 1: if people wanted to hear it or didn't want to
Speaker 1: hear it. I know, yeah, so I don't say anything,
Speaker 1: but what is your Yeah? Um? So I had a
Speaker 1: couple like fast jokes up front and and and then
Speaker 1: I would just get into the show because I think
Speaker 1: people want you to acknowledge it, but they don't want
Speaker 1: to harp on it to bump them out. I would
Speaker 1: love to know from the first time you and I
Speaker 1: hung out on the show and spoke about depression, we
Speaker 1: spoke about you know, anxiety, you know the stuff comedians
Speaker 1: talk about. Um, i'd love to know if you feel
Speaker 1: like you've healed a lot more, if you've grown a
Speaker 1: lot more. And for people who have been on a
Speaker 1: similar journey to you, what's some of your best advice
Speaker 1: for that? Being a ton of stuff I've talked, I
Speaker 1: didn't think called t MS transparent on my netic stimulation
Speaker 1: for depression that was really helpful. I did ketamine. Did
Speaker 1: you therapy? They it sounds like you just did that. Ay,
Speaker 1: that's sort of sounds like you did. I did care.
Speaker 1: I mean yeah, I got drunk, I got little. It
Speaker 1: really helped. Um No, so ketamine t ms ayahuasca. I
Speaker 1: just I'll do not like i'll do anything, but Kyle,
Speaker 1: like i'll do anything. Um and uh, but I feel
Speaker 1: like you've done stuff also. We this is another way
Speaker 1: in which we can act. I think therapy is amazing.
Speaker 1: I think you should always be working on yourself. But
Speaker 1: but like you've always been the person who's gone, I'm
Speaker 1: a tortured soul and there's no hope. You say that
Speaker 1: in your comedy, right, and and I feel like over
Speaker 1: the years I've seen a glimo of hoping. I'm a
Speaker 1: little I'm a little I'm a little sunnier than you.
Speaker 1: I know. It's pretty cute. It is got a burgundy suit.
Speaker 1: Come on, what do you want? Um? So so so
Speaker 1: so that not to be too mushy, but to that
Speaker 1: Neil Brennan who's sitting out there right now and goes,
Speaker 1: I mean anxious, I'm depressed. I don't think anybody in
Speaker 1: the world loves me, I don't think there's any future
Speaker 1: for me. What, like, what do you say to them?
Speaker 1: Just keep keep saving your money and invest in a
Speaker 1: raw ira now, um uh, just keep trying. That's the
Speaker 1: thing is because it is the thing with depression and
Speaker 1: anxiety and all these mental health things. They don't really
Speaker 1: know what does what. So you have to keep trying
Speaker 1: and not get too discouraged about. If one thing doesn't work,
Speaker 1: then you're broken or screwed or whatever. Like you know,
Speaker 1: you just try another thing. It's like stand up where
Speaker 1: you just do a joke and it's like, oh, you
Speaker 1: don't like that, We'll try another one. Yeah, and and
Speaker 1: just go on and on and on. Do I worry
Speaker 1: for you? Yeah? I have some worries. I worry what's
Speaker 1: gonna happen when wake up tomorrow at one in the afternoon.
Speaker 1: Do you realize that you're not going to be the
Speaker 1: host of the Daily Show anymore? Yeah, You're just gonna
Speaker 1: be a best selling author who does comedy and sold
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Speaker 1: it is my great honor on behalf of everyone here
Speaker 1: and at home to give you your flowers. Thank you,
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for that. Thank you. Also, as
Speaker 1: someone quitting a job in America, you're about to lose
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