#323 – Will Sasso: Comedy, MADtv, AI, Friendship, Madness, and Pro Wrestling

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4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2022

⏱️ 148 minutes

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Will Sasso is a comedian, actor, and co-host of the Dudesy podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:16) – Video games
(13:22) – Bobby Lee
(15:32) – Stand-up comedy
(23:03) – Robin Williams
(24:25) – Loneliness and depression
(32:46) – John Candy
(39:35) – Friendship
(45:23) – Ten Minute Podcast
(50:22) – Dudesy podcast
(58:41) – Acting
(1:10:00) – Impressions
(1:15:28) – Artificial intelligence
(1:46:55) – Anxiety
(1:56:49) – Kindness
(2:00:45) – Bad days
(2:04:39) – Pro wrestling
(2:08:15) – Advice for young people
(2:22:20) – Meaning of life

Transcript

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0:00.0	The following is a conversation with Will Sassos, a comedian, actor, podcaster, and someone
0:06.4	have been a fan of for many years since Matt TV in the late 90s to recently with the
0:13.2	10 minute podcast and now the new podcast called DUDEZ.
0:20.2	And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor.
0:22.8	Check them out in the description.
0:24.6	It's the best way to support this podcast.
0:27.2	We got 8 Sleep for Naps, Athletic Greens for Multibitamins, Better Help for Mental Health,
0:35.2	On It for Supplements and Indeed for Hiring.
0:38.1	Choose Wise and My Friends.
0:39.7	And now onto the full ad reads, as always no ads in the middle, I find those ultra super
0:44.7	annoying and since I get to decide how to do things with this particular podcast, I don't
0:51.5	like to do annoying things.
0:53.9	But I still try to say interesting things, sometimes only half related to the sponsors.
1:00.6	So maybe you would like to listen, please skip, please still check out the sponsors, I enjoy
1:04.8	their stuff, maybe you will too.
1:08.5	This episode is brought to you by 8 Sleep and it's pod 3 mattress.
1:15.7	So I just took a nap, I feel incredible, I passed off for 20 minutes, all on my 8 sleep
1:22.6	bed, both a mattress and the mattress cover, it's an 8 sleep.
1:27.5	The surface of the mattress was cold to a perfect temperature with a warm blanket.
1:32.3	I turned off like an old Pentium PC in a matter of seconds, I turned back on like an old
1:41.1	Pentium PC with a ROOM sound.
1:45.3	Actually took a really long time for those things to boot, but it was always excitement, anticipation.
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