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Goggins, Gaffigan, and Snakes!

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Kickass News

Society & Culture, News

4.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Walton Goggins and Jim Gaffigan talk about getting over their fear of snakes to portray Pentecostal snake handlers in their new film Them That Follow. They discuss the beliefs behind the religion, why members of these Pentecostal sect live in fear of the law, and why they took particular care not to reinforce negative stereotypes about the people of rural Appalachia. We talk about what attracts Walton to religious roles from The Apostle to Them That Follow, and how he manages to move so effortlessly between drama and comedy. Then Jim Gaffigan discusses his own transition from comedy to drama, how his acting and standup inform each other, and what it’s been like hit the film festival circuit. He goes into how his experience as a devout Catholic informed his portrayal in the film, his upcoming standup special for Amazon, and how his wife Jeannie’s recovery from a brain tumor has inspired him to get more personal in his act. Them That Follow opens in theaters this Friday, August 2. Also look for Walton Goggins in HBO’s new limited series The Righteous Gemstones August 18 and Jim’s new comedy special Quality Time on Amazon Prime Video beginning August 16. This episode is sponsored by Anchor. Anchor is a Spotify-owned company that makes it easy for anyone to make a podcast, for free. Get started at www.anchor.fm/kickassnews. We're also sponsored by BetterHelp Online Counseling and Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Ben Mathis. Welcome to Kickass News.

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Folks, I'm going to let you in on a little secret about me today.

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I am absolutely completely terrified of snakes.

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Growing up in Texas, we had just about every kind of poison a snake you can find in North America,

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crawling through the yard, climbing up trees and popping out of wood piles from copperheads to coral snakes to rattle snakes.

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And while my dad could go right up to a snake and to capitate it with a shovel like it was nothing,

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the length of a yard tool just isn't nearly enough distance from my comfort.

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