David Alan Grier

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Neal Brennan interviews David Alan Grier ('In Living Color,' 'The Carmichael Show' & much more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. **Correction from DAG : "It was Dumb and Dumber that was offered to me in hopes of packaging me with Rob Schneider. Not Ace Ventura… my bad ✌🏾"** --------------------------------------------------------- 🎙️ Have a Question about your Blocks for Neal? 🎙️ Email “NealBrennanBlocks@Gmail.com” to have your question answered on a future episode. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 7:12 Boomer Fight / Troll 9:55 Upbringing 22:00 Soldier's Story 28:30 In Living Color 31:15 Ace Ventura 39:10 Always wanting More 43:00 Comfortable with who he is 1:03:00 Acting Philosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Neil Brennan. This is the blocks podcast. We talk to people about their inner lives.
0:06.7	I told my guests today what the premise of the podcast was and he wrote back two words Jesus Christ but he is a guy I've known a long time
0:16.2	The good news about you is you've always looked older than intro intro intro
0:20.2	intro I'm gonna give you an intro. What is going on? You always look 40.
0:24.3	Have I? Yes. I look really. Now it's you look good. You look like a distinguished
0:29.3	older gentleman. He's always looked 40. Then next thing I knew he was playing, he was in a retirement home show, which I didn't appreciate.
0:39.0	All right, everybody just relax, act like we have Alzheimer's.
0:42.0	He's a, I hate all the things they call us now.
0:45.8	Legends and us, icons.
0:48.8	O.G. I don't mind so much.
0:51.4	The guy was in living color
0:58.6	Before that he was in Robert Townsend's shorts on HBO and before that he was Robert Townsend's shorts on HBO.
1:04.0	And before that, he went to Yale Drama School
1:08.1	where he did a play with Christopher Walken
1:11.7	and in between scenes while the play was going on he looked over and
1:18.4	Christopher Walken was reading a porno mag and the name of the porno mag was... Big black titties and asses. was
1:23.6	Big black titties and asses.
1:25.2	Ladies and gentlemen, David Alan Greer is the guest.
1:29.4	Let me, can I just put an addendum on the Chris Walken that made him a hero to me.
1:34.5	Oh God, no, I don't mean.
1:36.5	No, no, no, no, no, don't get me wrong.
1:38.2	I'm not.
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