How Pete Holmes Turned His Life Into Comedy With ‘Crashing’ | Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air (Ep. 57)

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2019

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Larry Wilmore sits down with comedian Pete Holmes to talk about reactions to Louis C.K. doing stand up again (24:18), growing up in an evangelical church (29:55), and his inspirations for his TV show ‘Crashing’ (53:39). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Pete Holmes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Alright, welcome back.
0:07.4	I'm Larry Womor, and this is Black on the Air.
0:10.0	Good to see you guys.
0:11.2	Well, not see you guys, but you know, being your cars, on your runs, in your houses,
0:16.0	wherever you're listening to this podcast.
0:19.0	Thanks for listening.
0:20.0	I really appreciate it.
0:21.0	Happy New Year.
0:22.0	Haven't done a podcast since the last year.
0:25.2	And I'm recording this the day after MLK Day, which really is the beginning of the New
0:30.8	Year.
0:31.8	Let's be honest.
0:32.8	Come on.
0:33.8	Start it with the MLK.
0:34.8	Start the New Year the right way.
0:36.7	So much going on guys.
0:38.2	It seems like whenever I'm not doing a pod, the world just goes crazy.
0:42.7	The same thing happened when I was doing my show when I was doing the nightly show.
0:46.4	We'd be off for a week.
0:47.4	People go, Larry, get back in the air.
0:50.1	The world is going away.
0:52.3	So I understand, man.
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