WEBVTT - 32.5 An AfterPod with Matt Walsh

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<v Speaker 1>And we're back. That's right, it's time for another bonus episode.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. It's sort of like the Gong Show.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, thanks to everyone who called and wrote in

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<v Speaker 1>with feedback on our debut bonus segment we did with

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<v Speaker 1>Christy Todd Whitman. This week, we're doing what we call

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<v Speaker 1>an after pod with Matt Walsh from the hit show Vat.

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<v Speaker 1>We got a lot of questions that didn't make it

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<v Speaker 1>into our episode, So are you ready, Let's dig in. Matt,

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<v Speaker 1>tell me about your first job. My first job, I

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<v Speaker 1>was cook at a retirement community and I got fired.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a dishwasher. Excuse me, I was a dishwashing

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<v Speaker 1>Why did you get fired? I was super slow and

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<v Speaker 1>I was super messy. They were like puddles and food

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<v Speaker 1>everywhere on the floor, and they're like, they just stopped

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<v Speaker 1>putting me on the schedule. As a kid, What did

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<v Speaker 1>you want to be when you grew up? I think

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<v Speaker 1>fire men or uh or a squirrel. I used to

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<v Speaker 1>love squirrels. I want to be a squirrel. I could

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<v Speaker 1>see that they're kind of like rats with tails. Though really,

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<v Speaker 1>when it comes down, tremendous agility. Though to see the

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<v Speaker 1>tree hopping they can do as a kid, that's true

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<v Speaker 1>impressive sort of superheroes can see that. They're sort of

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<v Speaker 1>like rodent superheroes. What role or job has brought you

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<v Speaker 1>the most joy? Oh my gosh, Well, let's say V

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<v Speaker 1>because it's current and it's the most recent that comes

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<v Speaker 1>to mind, and what motivates you as an actor and

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<v Speaker 1>as a comedian funny, it's got to be funny, and

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<v Speaker 1>also the ability to collaborate or provide input to the material.

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<v Speaker 1>What about your day to day life would people be

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<v Speaker 1>surprised to learn? Uh? Then, I you never shower, Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>You're sitting next to Matt. I mean, is that a

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<v Speaker 1>hide from I'm fully tattooed from wrist to ankle. No, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Surprise. I am annoyed that I still

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<v Speaker 1>have to drive my kids to school every morning for

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<v Speaker 1>like fifty minutes. Bad father. Yeah, they'd be surprised to

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<v Speaker 1>learn you're a bad father. I'm sure that's not sure.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a good father. But that's the one thing about parenting, Like, really,

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<v Speaker 1>do we really have to drive them again today, don't

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<v Speaker 1>they have a school bus. There's no school bus in

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<v Speaker 1>this K through six school and we haven't. We've got

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<v Speaker 1>to get people who live by us so we can

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<v Speaker 1>do the car pool. Definitely the pool and yeah, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>I need to change it. So I still have things

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<v Speaker 1>in my life that I haven't perfected. That's the revelation

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<v Speaker 1>of that. What was your big break? Big break? I

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<v Speaker 1>guess you see be getting a TV show, a sketch

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<v Speaker 1>show on Comedy Central. Who do you most admire in

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<v Speaker 1>comedy and do you have comedy mentors? I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>have the childhood people I grew up watching from you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Marx Brothers to Peter Sellers and then too Python

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<v Speaker 1>and kids in the Hall and early s and now

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<v Speaker 1>those would be like the people. And then as far

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<v Speaker 1>as a mentor, I don't know that I have an

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<v Speaker 1>active mentor in the comedy world. What do you watch

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<v Speaker 1>these days, Matt? Is there anything that you're loving? What

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<v Speaker 1>you know? What? I I saw The Keepers, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a dark documentary about some priest who probably murdered this

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<v Speaker 1>nun in the seventies in Maryland. That was like the

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<v Speaker 1>last thing I watched with my wife, And then I

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<v Speaker 1>know I tend to watch more dramatic stuff and medians

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<v Speaker 1>are very dark, depressive people. Right, Well, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to watch comedy necessarily, and then we have three kids,

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<v Speaker 1>so I end up watching a lot of younger movies.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever we saw. We took them to see Wonder Woman

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<v Speaker 1>the other day. That was a blast. They did well. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>TV wise, I actually did House of Cards again, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm up to date on that. And oh the Killing

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<v Speaker 1>I just went back to that, see that one. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I watched some of that. Yes, yes, pretty great. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what, I just started watching A Handmade's Tale and

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<v Speaker 1>it is it is so disturbing, and I watched it

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<v Speaker 1>before I went to bed, and I don't think that's

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<v Speaker 1>a good idea. I think of my daughter told me

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<v Speaker 1>she thought it was amazing. So I started watching it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's very dystopian. I mean that word was really

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<v Speaker 1>made for that, that book and now that series. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very very scary. Yeah, I've heard that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the other series that kind of like Veep seems like

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<v Speaker 1>a parody, but probably isn't That I love is Silicon

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<v Speaker 1>Valley also on the HBO, an amazing show, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know I lived up there. For seven years. I will

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<v Speaker 1>just tell people it is very much true to life.

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<v Speaker 1>It is not an exaggeration in the least. If anything,

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<v Speaker 1>they underplay things. Well, this has been around the dial

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<v Speaker 1>with Katie, Matt and Bryan. What are you listening to?

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<v Speaker 1>What's the last album you bought? What's on your iPod?

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<v Speaker 1>Remember that was a big question for a while. What's

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<v Speaker 1>on your shuffle? Yeah? Anyway, the best advice you've ever heard,

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<v Speaker 1>I think my mom and dad sort of communicated, just

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<v Speaker 1>do something you love because whatever you're gonna do, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>you do, you're gonna have to work hard at it.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you tell me about the first time you got

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<v Speaker 1>on stage and did improv and what that was like.

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<v Speaker 1>The most memorable moment was I did a scene that

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<v Speaker 1>lasted three minutes and it succeeded, and I was amazed

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<v Speaker 1>that neither one of us on stage I knew what

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<v Speaker 1>the scene was going to be about, and yet we

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<v Speaker 1>kept the ball in the air for three minutes without

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<v Speaker 1>a plan and entertained a room of ten people. And

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<v Speaker 1>it was a small room, but it was mind blowing

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<v Speaker 1>to me. And what did end up being about. I

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<v Speaker 1>think we were two farmers competing over livestock or something

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<v Speaker 1>like nothing I had life experience about. But it was

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<v Speaker 1>a magical because there was no preconceived plan and yet

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<v Speaker 1>it worked out. That was what really bit me about

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<v Speaker 1>that moment is it must be stressful to do improv

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<v Speaker 1>if you ever had to complet eat an utter brain

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<v Speaker 1>fart and just not known where to go. Yes, many

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<v Speaker 1>times wants the show. You wait for someone else to

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<v Speaker 1>take the lead, or you just start, or you just

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<v Speaker 1>start behaving in the moment until you find a way

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about it, you know what I mean? Like

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<v Speaker 1>improv isn't necessarily you have to be witty every moment.

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<v Speaker 1>You can also just act and behave, behave as if

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<v Speaker 1>or invest in the things you do know and steer

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<v Speaker 1>clear of like I need some elements on the periodic

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<v Speaker 1>table now, So, Matt, one of our listeners, Adam and Missouri,

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<v Speaker 1>sent us a question for you. You know, YouTube and

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<v Speaker 1>technology have really changed the entertainment industry, and so in

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<v Speaker 1>what ways has making it in comedy changed since you

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<v Speaker 1>started out? Good question. Um. My advice to that person

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<v Speaker 1>is because YouTube or Instagram or vines can help you

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<v Speaker 1>find when not vines on a good one. But I

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<v Speaker 1>would a the basics are still the same, like do

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<v Speaker 1>do it every night of the week, um, be nice

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<v Speaker 1>to people, and then also learn how to shoot at

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<v Speaker 1>it and write, like all those skills will serve you

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<v Speaker 1>to make your own material. It's basically the same formula,

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<v Speaker 1>which is like do it yourself. Don't wait for somebody

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<v Speaker 1>else to give you the keys to an opportunity, try

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<v Speaker 1>to make your own stuff. If you didn't go into comedy,

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<v Speaker 1>do you what do you think you might be doing

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<v Speaker 1>today other than being a fireman or squirrel. I was

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<v Speaker 1>on the road to being a psychologist, not a psychiatrist.

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<v Speaker 1>Psychologist you didn't want to prescribe drugs. I wasn't smart

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<v Speaker 1>enough to sit through med school lectures or do another

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<v Speaker 1>six years of school, so I was I could see

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<v Speaker 1>a world. We're a parallel world where I ended up

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<v Speaker 1>being into in psychology of some kind, like a therapist.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally, what happens when you just don't feel that

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<v Speaker 1>funny and you have to go to work and you

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<v Speaker 1>have to bring it, but you're kind of grouchy and

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<v Speaker 1>you're just not feeling it. You just commit to the

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<v Speaker 1>reality and you serve the other people you're in the

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<v Speaker 1>scene with You don't have to be the funniest, just

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<v Speaker 1>say the words that are on the page. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it for the Afterpod with Matt Walsh a k A. Veeps,

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<v Speaker 1>Home run, that's it, home run home Wow, that was

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<v Speaker 1>a rough flight, but I think we got through the

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<v Speaker 1>first first version of some notes of the trees. Stitcher