♪ HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE, CAN I SAY EVERY NOW AND THEN MY
DOING THIS JOB PROMOTES EVENINGS INTO MY LIFE, THEY COME UP AND I
SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT WOULD BE A DINNER PARTY I WOULD GO TO, I
WOULD GO TO ANY DINNER PARTY THAT SOMEONE SAID MARC MARON
WILL BE THERE, SWRILLIAN BELL WILL THERE BE.
I COULDN'T FEEL HAPPIER TO BE HERE WITH BOTH OF YOU.
YOU KNOW EACH OTHER, YOU JUST DID A FILM TOGETHER.
>> WE DID.
>> WE DID, YEAH.
>> WE WERE IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
>> IT WAS LIKE 103 DEGREES AND HUMID.
>> ON A NICE DAY.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF MARC?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY ROUGH AROUND
THE EDGES.
>> UH-HUH.
>> BUT I DID SOME THINGS TO TRY TO MAKE HIM BE MY FRIEND.
>> WHAT DID YOU DO.
>> I CAME UP AND I GO MORNING HUG.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT, OUR FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING.
I GOES IT'S THE MORNING, AND IT'S A HUG.
AND I TRIED TO HUG YOU AND YOU GO SORRY, WHAT ARE WE DOING?
(LAUGHTER) >> LIKE WHAT HE DID WITH YOU,
WHAT ARE WE DOING, OH, WE'RE DOING THE SHOW TODAY.
>> I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT.
>> I TRIED AN AFTERNOON HUG AND THEN I QUIT.
I SORT OF LIKE THAT'S NOT HOW I'M GOING TO GET HIM.
>> OH, THAT'S VERY SWEET.
>> A HUG.
>> I GOT HIM!
>> I'M NOT THAT BAD.
>> >> James: NOT AT ALL.
YOU DO HAVE A REPUTATION, PEOPLE SAY.
>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> James: NO, I'M ABOUT TO SAY, PEOPLE SAY OH, YOU MIGHT BE
GRUMPY.
I NEVER FOUND YOU TO BE SUCH.
BECAUSE I THINK BECAUSE I'M BRITISH, SO I THINK YOU ARE ONLY
SLIGHTLY GRUMPY BY SUPERPOSITIVE AMERICAN STANDARDS.
IN BRITAIN YOU ARE QUITE THE GLASS HALF FULL GUY, I HAVE TO
TELL YOU.
DO YOU EVER WORRY ABOUT MAKING A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION WHEN YOU
MEET PEOPLE.
>> I THINK PEOPLE ALWAYS MISUNDERSTAND ME.
AND NOW BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I DO MY PODCAST.
AND IF YOU KNOW ME FROM THAT, YOU KNOW ME REAL WELL.
>> YEAH.
>> AND DO I GLOW AND IF YOU KNOW ME FROM THAT, I'M KIND OF AN
[BLEEP]ANCE AND IT IF YOU KNOW ME INTEREST STANDUPUP, YOU KNOW
THE JORK PART OR WHATEVER IT IS I DO UP THERE.
SO PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME FROM THE PODCAST GO HEY MARON, WHAT'S UP,
BECAUSE I TALK A LOT ABOUT MYSELF AND THEY WILL ASK ME
QUESTIONS, LIKE YOU GET THAT THING IN THE SINK FIXED, BECAUSE
THEY KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT ME.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME FROM GLOW, THEY ARE NERVOUS BECAUSE
THEY THINK I'M GOING TO BE LIKE THAT.
>> James: SURE.
>> AND THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME FROM STANDUP GO I LIKE THAT JOKE
YOU DID.
SO STT RAINBOW SPECTRUM.
BUT PEOPLE THAT REALLY KNOW ME KNOW THAT I AM JUST A SWEET
FELLA WHO HAS A FEW CATS AND YOU KNOW, I COOK AT HOME AND I'M
JUST A LITTLE HOME BODY.
>> James: YOU ARE A HOME BODY BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AT HOME
MUCH.
SU HAVE BEEN PLAYING A LOT OF STANDUP SHOWS RECENTLY OVER THE
SUMMER.
YOU SAID YOU PLAYED A VENUE THAT GAVE YOU PTSD.
>> YEAH.
>> James: HOW, CAN YOU EXPLAIN?
>> WELL, I WILL EXPLAIN.
I THINK EVERYONE WILL UNDERSTAND IMMEDIATELY.
SO THIS VENUE IS IN PORTLAND AND NO, NO, NO.
THAT IS NOT IT.
A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE BUT A GREAT CHALLENGE.
SORT OF LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
>> THE VENUE IS, ST THE AUDITORIUM OF AN OLD HIGH
SCHOOL, SO IT IS IN AN OLD HIGH SCHOOL.
LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL WE WENT TO.
LIKE YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOLS IN AMERICA, ALL WERE KIND OF THE
SAME.
SO I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE FIRST NIGHT I FELT
UNCOMFORTABLE.
THE NEXT NIGHT I REALIZED I'M BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HOW, HOW HORRIBLE.
LIKE THERE WERE LOCKERS AND I THINK THE FIRST NIGHT IT ALL
CAME BACK TO ME, THAT ONE TIME.
I DIDN'T SMOKE A LOT OF WEED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I WENT OUT ON LUNCH BREAK.
I SMOKED SOME WEED AND I WENT BACK TO CLASS.
AND THEN FOR SOME REASON THE TEACHER ASKED ME TO READ.
AND I COULDN'T READ.
I COULDN'T READ.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THAT MOMENT.
SO I SAID I NEED TO GO TO THE NURSE.
AND I WENT TO THE NURSE.
SHE SAYS WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUMENT I SAID I CAN'T READ.
THAT WAS A BAD EXPERIENCE.
IF I SEE A TEENAGE, LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL GUY, IN A LETTER JACKET,
THERE IS STILL PART OF ME THAT GOES JUST BE COOL, BE COOL.
>> YES.
>> YEAH, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN.
WHAT WAS SCHOOL LIKE FOR YOU, JILLIAN.
>> I WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR.
HI A GREAT TIME.
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
OH, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE-- NO, NO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOWMENT I HUNG
OUT WITH EVERYBODY.
I JUST TRIED TO BE THE PEACEFUL, IN BETWEEN.
>> James: I CAN SEE YOU AS THE PEACEFUL IN BETWEEN.
>> YOU COULD ENTERTAIN EVERYBODY, YOU HAD FRIENDS
EVERYWHERE.
>> I DIDN'T BUT I WOULD JUST BE LIKE HOW'S IT GOING TO EVERY
LUNCH TABLE.
>> James: MORNING HUG.
>> A LOT OF MORNING HUGS.