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Petes somebody Ive known for quite a while and he texted me, Im writing this thing with Judd.
Would you wind up doing this thing?
I was like, You and Judd Apatow?
I played the whole Hollywood thing like, Yeah, go ahead and pitch it to me.
Like I was going to say no.
The bonus was like, Wow, this sounds like it could be a really good movie.
She said, We were at the show.
We really enjoyed it.
This is my son.
I just took him to do his first show at the Looney Bin in Staten Island.
He had that star thing, so I remembered him.
Hes always had poise and confidence.
Its been fun to watch.
I remember, probably because of what he had gone through, he just seemed wise beyond his years.
He was just standing there, killing, in total command of the crowd.
They give him shit, hed give them shit back.
I watched for like three minutes and was like,This guys going to do something.
Did you reconnect with him quickly?No, he made it so fast.
It seemed like overnight, he was onSNL.
I think he was asking some questions about touring.
He certainly wasnt asking me anything about being onSNL,cause Ive obviously never been anywhere near that show.
What was it like getting into the role of being a fireman?
I remember I was knocked out for like a few moments.
I came to, laying across the double lines.
My bike was totally mangled and all I could think isMy dads going to kill me.
So, yeah, we did some training.
I literally thought that I was going to die.
I already had a respect for what they did.
You see them as a kid and they seem like superheroes.
It seems like a cool, fun job and you dont really think about the death elements.
We played it for him and he loved it, and we just started doing it.
After a while everyone was doing it, Jay Mohr doing Harvey Keitel.
I dont know how to sum it up.
I was going,Oh my God, I hope Im holding up my end of this.
Im thinking about my lines and not messing up and stuff.
I tried to do the best I could.
[Pauses, then cracks up.]
No, just no.
I do what I do and if you like it, you like it.
If you dont, you watch something else.
I am a clown.
AnyJoe Rogan moneyin your future?Listen, theres podcasters and then theres Joe Rogan.
Hes on a whole other level.
Someday theyre going to doThe Last Danceabout podcasting and its going to be about him.
Im just a clown that does my bullshit and Im happy.
He literally gets people who are running to be president of the United States.
Marc Marons had a standing president, Barack Obama.
I just sit in my garage and talk to myself.
Are you working on any stand-up during the pandemic?No, I havent even been thinking about it.
And I will be fine when this is all over.
I will get right back and pick up right where I left off.
Ive been doing it for 28 years.
I cant do it.
Anything else on the horizon?
Any moreMandalorianor maybeBetter Call Saul?No, none of that.
So we shall see.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
