F**K THE GAME!

Alright, let's do this. How are you, what the f**kers, what the f**k buddies, what the f**k in ears, what's happening?

I'm Mark Maren, this is my podcast.

WTF, welcome to it.

I'm Batcom man, I've been Batcom a day or two.

I got Batcom on Saturday,

and I recorded my HBO special on Thursday,

on Friday, I just hung around New York,

ate a giant meat sandwich, tried to relax, tried to feel like I'd accomplished something great,

as opposed to feel like, oh, it's over, I'm done.

It was okay, I tried to sort of ease out of it.

But now I'm Batcom and I'm exhausted. Today, on the show, I talk to Tommy Tiernan, Irish Comic Actor, writer,

you may know him as Jerry in the show, Derry Girls, he co-hosts the Tommy Hector and LaRita Podcast,

he's also the host of the Tommy Tiernan show on RTE TV in Ireland.

He's a guy I've seen around and said hi to for years,

and I finally got a chance to sit down and talk to him on that last trip to Ireland.

So let me tell you how it all unfolded. I can walk you through it.

I mean, I woke up pretty normal. I know I've been paying a lot of lip service to freaking out

or not taking care of myself in order to comfort myself, which is probably true.

But ultimately, on the day of the taping, when I was going to do two shows for the HBO taping,

I was sort of calm and I think all of that comes from working the fuck out of this stuff for a year and a half.

I mean, I definitely was confident in the material. I could have done it in my sleep in a way.

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