140. Stephen Merchant: 6 Foot 7 and Co-Created The Office

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week living legend and giant human Stephen Merchant joins Mike for an all-time great episode of Working It Out. Stephen and Mike talk about actionable advice for creatives starting out, the behind-the-scenes politics of co-creating “The Office" and “Extras” with Ricky Gervais, and how Stephen could turn his story about interviewing a pornstar into stand-up. Plus, the time Stephen walked through a glass door at Sarah Silverman’s Hollywood party.

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0:00.0	We're here with Stephen Merchant one of the grades I mean come on I don't I don't think I've even said that on the show before
0:07.6	One of the grades oh one of the only one of the greats. No you think there's only one great?
0:13.4	What a cruel response to throw it back.
0:16.4	The throw it back as me.
0:17.4	You know, the British can't take compliments, we cannot take a compliment.
0:20.7	Stephen the Great. We're joined by Stephen the Great.
0:25.0	Now I sound like a dictator. No, that somehow feels like a like a
0:29.3	British stand-up comedy persona. It's true, isn't it? You know what even?
0:33.2	I can imagine someone touring.
0:34.2	I come on dressed like Henry the 8th.
0:35.4	Yeah, yeah.
0:36.4	I can imagine someone filling 240 cedars across the countryside in England with that.
0:41.0	Stephen the Great.
0:42.2	Stephen the Great.
0:43.0	Stephen the Great.
0:50.0	That is the voice of the great Stephen Merchant. This is a really good one today folks. We are working it out. I'm honored that Stephen
0:56.0	Merchant is on the podcast today. He is a legend of comedy. Stephen famously
1:00.7	co-created the original British Office and extras with Ricky Jervais.
1:05.8	These are two of my favorite television series of all time.
1:10.0	We talk a lot about the ways that those guys reinvented television.
1:14.1	We talk about the history of television, the history of filming things in that way.
1:18.8	We talk about creating something from nothing.
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