I can't believe we got through this whole interview
and didn't mention "Idiocracy"
which is controversial for me now
because when it first came out, I loved it so much.
And I still do.
But the fact that it's playing out as real now
is very disturbing to me.
How we fetishize and seem to love,
"Who can be the stupidest person,
and isn't it funny that everything's so stupid"
is worrisome to me.
But there's so many great things in that movie.
I think one of my favorite parts
is when you look out the window,
in a lot of the scenes that take place in the cityscape,
you can see that no one knows
how to take care of buildings anymore.
So they're held up with rope.
There's so many things like that,
they're using ropes to keep skyscrapers from falling down
because they lack engineering knowledge anymore.
Right, well I can just remember
being on the movie with Mike and saying like,
"Well, Mike are you sure that we can do this?"
And he'd be like, "You don't think it's funny?"
And I'll be like, "Well, I think it's funny,
but I mean, I'm totally immature,
is this gonna be able to fly?"
I do remember when, in the last administration,
they did hire somebody for a very important cabinet job
that was actually from Carl's Jr.
And I thought, okay, now that is pretty incredible.
Even I will agree that it is exactly like "Idiocracy".
Yeah, it's starting to,
and just the reverence they have
for these over the top entertainers.
And it's just becoming the reality
of our political situation.
Yeah.
People would ask me about it, and I'd always say,
"Well, I actually think Camacho
would make a great president."
I mean, he cared about the people.
He's kind of empathetic.
He wanted to take action.
Yeah and he's looking pretty good right now.
But yeah, Mike Judge is a pretty incredible guy.
Speaking of people like Martin Short.
But somebody like Mike is one of those people,
I think there are people like you that
came from a big family where humor was part of it.
And then, you know, the "National Lampoon"
where it would've been encouraged
and just part of your every everyday life
was humor and being funny.
But then I also think there are those people
where it gets kind of beaten out of you.
Not physically, but you get constantly told,
"that's not funny."
And, "you shouldn't do that kind of thing."
I always get a kick out of those kind of people.
And I'm sure you've run across somewhere.
Is Mike Judge one of those guys?
That's how I feel where it's almost kind of a quiet,
kind of rebelliousness and determination
to have kept going with their kind of brand of humor.
Yeah, I always kind of admire people like that.
Even I remember talking to Errol Morris one time,
the great documentary filmmaker.
And he was just saying that either his mother or a teacher
had said to him, "Now, if you think that's funny
you're sick."
I think that's kind of what can happen
to some really funny people.
When I was in fourth grade, our fourth grade teacher said,
it was this woman who was really severe and scared us all.
And she was tough.
And she said, "Anyone who talks to themselves is crazy!
They're crazy and insane."
And I was horrified cause I was sitting there thinking,
"All I do is talk to myself and do voices."
And when I'm brushing my teeth in the morning,
and I see my reflection in the mirror, I'm like,
"Hey you, what's the scoop?
I'll tell you what's happening."
And foam's coming out of my mouth.
"You are looking good today sir"
"You are looking good today, and away we go."
And I was always narrating my life.
And she declared as an adult, and I'm in fourth grade,
that that means you're insane.
And I did think I was insane for a couple of years there.
Yeah, and I do think that there are
kids that hear something like that and think,
"Okay, well, you know, if I want to, you know
make a living and meet somebody and fall in love
and have a family that they're right.
I've gotta stop doing this.
I've gotta stop talking to myself."
So I think that's always been
one of my favorite things about people out here.
Meeting people, kind of creative people or funny people.
Especially where they've kind of held onto their humor
through being told it's something
that they need to kind of let go, or move on from.
There's no reason to grow up.
As long as you're paying your taxes,
and being a moderately responsible citizen.
There's really no reason to be an adult.