Hey everyone welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafourche and I'm

Lorian McKenna and today we're welcoming the very funny patent

Oswald to the show to talk about his career

and writing for stand-up.

Across Patton's three decade career,

he has worked as a stand-up comedian, film actor,

TV actor, voice actor, producer, and writer

across nearly 250 projects.

He has starred in beloved multi-cam projects

such as playing Spence and King of Queens,

and in films such as Jason Reitman's young adult starring opposite Charlie's Theron, for which he received the Critics Choice Award nomination to high-end streaming content like Netflix The Sandman where he is currently starring as Matthew the Raven and for you

Pixar fans he voices Remy in Ratatoue which is my personal favorite Pixar movie very much

because of your performance and that right so just throwing that in there.

Thanks guys. Thanks for having me on the show and thanks for getting all my credits right.

But wait, there's more. As a stand-up, Patton has released 10 specials for HBO, Comedy Central,

epics, and Netflix, and is widely regarded as one of Stand-Up's most celebrated voices, which is what we want to focus on today.

Hi, Pat, and welcome to the show.

Hello, sorry to jump in so early during my credits, I should have come back for more accolades. I have a question for you though

were you on Modern Family? I was on Modern Family. So my I told my daughter this morning

we're having you know the voice of Remy on the show today and she said,

oh, I was watching Modern Family and I heard Remy and I knew right away who it was.

Oh my gosh, well, that's some good ears on your daughter wants to be a director you know so she's

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