>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS AN EMMY- AND
PEABODY-WINNING COMEDIAN YOU KNOW BEST FOR HER NETFLIX
SPECIALS, "NANETTE" AND "DOUGLAS."
SHE HAS JUST WRITTEN A MEMOIR CALLED, "TEN STEPS TO NANETTE."
PLEASE WELCOME, HANNAH GADSBY.
LOVELY, LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
A PLEASURE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE NOT SPOKEN SINCE 2,000 AND MMOW-MEOW.
LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, THERE WERE NO MASKS, NO INOCULATIONS,
NO PANDEMIC.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> I MEAN, FINE.
THE WORLD'S ENDING.
I'M FEELING FINE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S A SONG, ISN'T IT.
>> Stephen: YES.
YOU ALSO DID NOT HAVE A BROKEN LEG.
>> NO, I DIDN'T.
THAT'S NEW.
>> Stephen: THAT IS.
>> I BROKE MY LEG.
>> Stephen: AND HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
>> I FELL OVER.
I WAS--
>> Stephen: DON'T GET TOO TECHNICAL PLEASE.
>> I'M FULL OF FACTS.
LET ME ELABORATE THE.
I WAS IN ICELAND AND I SLIPPED ON ICE.
THEY -- >> Stephen: WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
>> THEY WERE NOT KIDDING.
IT WAS ON THE LABEL AND I JUST DIDN'T ARE READ IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT WERE YOU-- WHAT WERE YOU DOING THAT-- LIKE,
WERE YOU ICE SKATING OR WERE YOU--
>> WELL, I WAS BRIEFLY.
NO, I WAS JUST OUT FOR A STROLL.
AND I-- IT WAS ON AN ISLAND THAT YOU CAN WALK TO, WHICH --
>> Stephen: WHAT?
>> I KNOW!
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT AN ISLAND.
>> I KNOW.
BUT AT LOW TIDE YOU CAN WALK THERE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> SO I WALKED THERE AT LOW TIDE, FELL.
I BROKE MY FOOT OFF, BASICALLY, LIKE BOTH --
>> Stephen: YOU DID NOT BREAK YOUR FOOT OFF.
>> WELL, NOT-- LIKE THE BONES WEREN'T ATTACHED.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
JUST...
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> AND I WAS JUST WATCHING THE TIDE RISE.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU BY YOURSELF?
>> NO, I HAD A FRIEND WHO RAN AWAY, I THINK TO SAVE HERSELF.
( LAUGHTER )
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A TOTAL LOSS THEN.
SHE JUST WROTE YOU OFF.
>> WHAT I DISCOVERED THERE, IS I THOUGHT I COULD ARMY CRAWL, YOU
KNOW.
AND I THOUGHT, NO, THIS IS IT.
THE WILL TO LIVE IS NOT STRONG IS WHAT I DISCOVERED.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET WHO SAVED YOU?
>> A MAN IN A TRUCK CAME.
AND HE MADE A SPLINT OUT OF A SPIRIT LEVEL AND RATCH EAT.
>> Stephen: A SPIRIT LEVEL?
>> YOU KNOW THE THINGS CARPENTERS USE.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, SURE, SURE.
>> IT WASN'T STRAIGHT AT ALL, AND THE RATCHET STRAPS.
AND THEN HE GAVE ME A SLEEVE OF TYLENOL, YOU CALL IT HERE.
AND HE SAID, "TAKE THIS.
IT WILL NOT HELP."
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: WHAT-- ANOTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE
LAST TIME I SAW YOU-- AND CONGRATULATIONS-- IS THAT YOU
GOT MARRIED.
WHO IS THIS LOVELY PERSON?
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: SPOUSE LADY.
>> SPOUSE LADY JENNY.
>> Stephen: HOW IS MARRIED LIFE TREATING YOU?
IS IT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT?
>> I'M REALLY TAKING THE "IN SICKNESS" TO EXTREMES.
BUT I THINK-- I LIKE IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HID IT FROM US GAYS FOR SO LONG.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: NO, BECAUSE IT WAS SO GREAT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: NOW, WE DIDN'T WANT TO, LIKE KNOW--
>> YEAH.
I'M ENJOYING IT VERY MUCH.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR BOTH OF US.
THAT'S WHY I PUT A RING ON IT.
THE PAPERWORK, HARD TO BACK OUT.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU A DIFFERENT PERSON MARRIED?
LIKE, BECAUSE-- I THINK I'M A DIFFERENT PERSON MARRIED.
I KIND OF DOWNLOAD SOME OF MY MENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO MY
WIFE AND SHE TO ME.
HAS IT CHANGED HOW YOU BEHAVE IN ANY WAY?
>> THE WAY I DESCRIBE OUR MARRIAGE IS LIKE CURLING.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THE WINTER OLYMPIC SPORT CURLING?
>> YEAH.
I'M LIKE THE GIANT PUCK.
>> Stephen: THE ROCK.
>> AND WE SEND ME OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
( LAUGHTER )
GOING, "I'LL FIX IT.
I'LL FIX IT."
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
THEN SHE WAS NO USE WHATSOEVER.
IS SHE THE PERSON ON THE HIKE WHO ABANDONED YOU?
>> NO, SHE WENT TO GET THE MAN WITH THE TRUCK BUT I BURIED THE
LEDE.
>> Stephen: THE NEW BOOK YOU HAVE HERE, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY
KNOWS YOUR GROUNDBREAKING SPECIAL "NANETTE."
THE NEW TOOK IS CALLED "TEN STEPS TO NANETTE."
I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK.
I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN A MEMOIR.
WHAT IS IT-- WHAT IS DIFFERENT THAN, LIKE, YOU DO VERY PERSONAL
STORIES ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL LIFE IN STANDUP.
WHAT IS DIFFERENCE IN DOING THAT AND A MEMOIR?
>> I WANT MORE DETAILS.
ON STAGE YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH A KACIALG THROE AWAY.
AND I DID THIS THING, AND IT COMES BACK FROM THE EDITOR.
BUT HOW?
HOW DID YOU FEEL?
WHAT WAS YOUR EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE?"
I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT IS AN EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE?
IT'S ICE.
SO IT TOOK ME-- TOOK ME OVER 10 YEARS TO WRITE THAT.
ORIGINALLY, THIS WAS -- >> Stephen: 10 YEARS?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND "NANETTE" IS NOT 10 YEARS OLD.
>> "A FEW STEPS" IT WAS CALLED, ISN'T IT?
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE, SURE.
>> ORIGINALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE A BOOK ABOUT ALL MY ACCIDENTS
I'VE HAD.
AND I'VE HAD MANY.
THIS IS TIP OF THE ICEBERG, WHICH IS TRIGGERING.
( LAUGHTER )
AND AS I GOT THROUGH IT I COULDN'T WORK MYSELF OUT.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T ACTUALLY MAKE ANY SENSE AND I HAD THESE
FUNNY STORIES AND I INTERROGATED MY EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE AND
THOUGHT, OH, THAT'S NOT HAPPINESS.
AND SO WRITING THIS IS WHAT ENDED UP PUSHING ME TOWARD
WRITING "NANETTE" AS A SHOW TO SORT OF LIKE, "s HEY THESE ARE
THE STORIES BEHIND THE LAUGHS, HA-HA."
OW!
AND THEN SO ONCE I WAS-- DID "NANETTE" I WAS ABLE TO FINISH
THE BOOK.
SO THEY HAD A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK HANNAH HOW HER PARENTS FEEL
ABOUT HER TALKING ABOUT THEM IN HER STANDUP.
STICK AROUND.