Back for a few days, Folks!
I am out in it.
It’s good to be home for a few days. I have to ground myself. I have to work off the meat and pudding. I have to connect with my cats. I have to cook some food. I have to talk to some people. Then I have to leave again.
I guess I haven’t written since I was in NYC. Well, I did some shit.
I appeared on The Tonight Show and I had a great time. I actually get excited to talk to Jimmy because he’s excitable. It’s a weird grind he’s in. I knew I could wake him up. If I was really focused and kept it real I’d get him. He’s just the kind of host you want to make laugh. I always want the audience to laugh when I do those shows but I wanted to get Jimmy going because it makes it more fun. I wanted to get him laughing for real. Like, Colbert is not a laugher, and it can be a drag to talk to him because, ostensibly, I’m there to be funny, and I can do that. I killed with Jimmy and the audience. I even talked him into setting me up for another bit after they ran the clip from The Bad Guys because I had planned a call back to the ‘old head’ bit. He didn’t know if I could make it work because it had been like 6 minutes since that bit. He told me to go for it and if it didn’t work he could cut it out. I did it. Killed. After the segment he said, ‘you know how to land it.’ I do.
I saw the Whitney Biennial which was a mixed bag. That’s the idea though. A lot of stuff of all kinds makes a chaotic, exciting whole. I saw some great stuff. It’s always good to go to the museum. I’m a member! I think it will be an incentive to get me back to NYC more often. That and the theatre.
I saw my pal Sam Rockwell do American Buffalo with Laurence Fishburne. Great. Fast paced play. Prime Mamet. I had seen Pacino play Teach back in the day. Sam’s was less menacing which made the aggressive futility and pathos of the small-time crime undertaking at the center of the story even more pathetic and sadly funny. It was a solid production.
I ate corned beef at Katz’s and borscht at Veselka and octopus and turbot at Kyclades. Full trip.
I did the Paramount Theatre in Austin for the Moontower Festival. It was an amazing show. Alejandro Escovedo came to the show and I got to meet him. I love his music.
I went to Opies. I ate ribs and brisket and sausage and cobbler and banana pudding. I’m still sweating.
This week I will be in Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago and Minneapolis. Come.
I will probably be canceling two if not all three of my Dynasty Typewriter shows next week so I can go film an episode of ‘Reservation Dogs’ because it’s an amazing show and I want to be part of it. I will make it up to you if you have tickets. I am sorry.
I am one of the stars of the movie that is #1 at the box office. The Bad Guys is a hit. I’m thrilled. It’s a nice thing to be part of.
Today I talk to Vanessa Bayer about her teenage cancer and her funniness and her new show I Love That For You and on Thursday I talk to Trombone Shorty about New Orleans, the trombone and music in general. Great talks.
Enjoy!
Boomer, Monkey and LaFonda live!
Love,
Maron
