Hello and welcome to Dopey the podcast about drugs, addiction and dumb shit and I'm Dave

Chris. How are you? I'm good. A somber episode today talking about big things. Who are always talking about big things? Yeah, but we're always laughing. I mean, this is gonna be a little bit more serious. Have you ever heard of this guy Harris Whittles? You keep asking no. Yes, Alex. I don't know who that is. Harris Whittles. What are you calling? No, he's dead Harris Whittles. Harris Whittles was this guy. Okay. He was on parks and recreation. I never got to be office. I never really got to

into it. What does that have to do with the office? It's the same writers. Well, he was a writer on parks and rec. He wasn't a writer. He invented the phrase humble brag. Do you know what that is? Yeah, to be honest, I don't know any of this stuff either. Yeah, but he was supposed to be on Aziz on Sorry Show Master of None. He's supposed to play Aziz's best friend. He died two days before they were about to shoot. Yeah, Harold. Harold overdose. Yeah. And

he basically, I mean, he had the life that I dreamed of having kind of thing and everybody has the life that you dream about. All these TV people. Well, in musicians, I'm flies. I dream of having two. Just to make me a bit. You're in the zone. I feel like I got

a hand after the whole bed, but everything. And this is the last time I mentioned it's been three episodes of me discussing that. But ever since you said that, I feel much more powerful. Good for you. I have bladder control. Good for you. Listen, I had Harris. I mentioned it because I thought it would be. See, I never should have mentioned it. I'm trying to make our show of beacon of honesty and truth. I say something that makes me very vulnerable. And you feel like how it serves you. That's basically the only thing you do to me.

All the time. One time of every I bear my soul and my heart. And then you crush me. But naming one example last episode. I talk about, you know, the intricacies of the treatment center and my humble opinions. I have a humble brag. And you just, you know, you cracked me open. You say I have no opinions. You don't have any. You don't even know what you don't even know a song you like versus a song you don't. Yeah, but I know Van Morrison cover when I hear one. No, you don't.

You have to use an app to figure out something. I'm going to, I'm going to just for the sake of this.

Louis Harris widows. You started explaining it. And then I cut you off. He was, I just explained. But what does it have to do with anything? I don't understand.

Well, he was at 22. He was writing for the Sarah Silverman show. Then he became a writer for Parks and Rec. Then he became the executive producer of Parks and Rec.

He was one of these young Jewish stand up guys. He was really into fish. He got really into drugs. He started taking oxy cotton.

By the time he was executive producing Parks and Rec, I think it got away from him. And hit to go to rehab a few times. And then he was dead.

Okay. He was supposed to be on a season. Sorry show. And as an actor, as an actor and a writer. Yeah.

And they actually dedicated that whole show to Harris widows. Oh, okay. The whole show. The series was dedicated to him. His sister wrote a book.

And that's who we're calling. That's who's coming on the show. Wonderful. His sister wrote a book about what it's like to have a brother.

When there's a comedy bent to it. You've told me about this. Well, they call it a tragic comedy book on heroin, genius and loss. Yeah, it's called

Posit first second, please.

So the book is called Everything is Horrible and Wonderful. A tragic comic memoir of genius heroin, love and loss by Stephanie's

widows wax. You've been reading this book, right? Why listen to it? Well, even if you listen to it. Yes. How come you had to pause it to look up to title?

Because I was just thinking tragic comic. Everything is horrible and wonderful. It's like

wow. Is that really the way you want to go with this? No, continue.

Anyways, but is it? I just told you you can't remember what it is. It was really long.

The doubt you understand why I had to turn around and say the name again, please. I need to commit it. Lock it in.

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