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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

I Wish I Made That: Guy Branum on "Lady Bird"

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Occasionally, we like to ask some of our favorite creators about a work of art they wish they'd created. This time, our guest is Guy Branum. When we asked Guy about the thing he wishes he had made, he picked a movie: 2017's Lady Bird, a classic coming-of-age story set in the early 2000s and directed by Greta Gerwig. Guy is a comedian who's appeared on Last Comic Standing, hosted the TV show Talk Show the Game Show, wrote and produced for The Mindy Project, and much more. He most recently appeared on the big screen in Bros.

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0:00.0

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.

0:21.4

It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn. Every now and then we like to ask some of our favorite

0:26.5

creators about the things they wish they'd created. We call it, I wish I made that. We're

0:34.1

literalists here at Bullseye with Jesse Thorn or perhaps just not very creative. Anyway,

0:39.8

this time our guest is Guy Branham. Guy is a wonderful comedian. He has appeared on

0:46.1

last comic standing. He hosted the TV show Talk Show, The Game Show. He wrote and produced

0:51.9

for the Mindy Project among many other credits. Most recently he was featured in the very funny

0:58.8

rom-com Bros, which he also helped produce. If you haven't heard of it, it's a romantic

1:05.0

comedy, which was co-written by Billy Eichner and Nick Stoller. Guy actually also contributed

1:10.3

some writing as well, about a same-sex relationship. It's one of the first such films to come

1:16.3

from a major studio. It was the first major studio picture of any kind to feature an all-LGBTQ

1:23.6

principle cast. Bros centers around Bobby, a bookish museum curator played by Eichner and

1:30.6

his relationship with Aaron, who is, well, Aaron is a bro. He plays pickup games in the

1:37.4

park. He has a bang and bod. Just the whole thing. Guy plays Bobby's best friend, Henry.

1:44.4

It's a really funny film. It's available to rent or buy now. If you didn't catch it

1:50.2

in the theaters, you should watch it. I really enjoyed it. Tone of laughs in there. Guy

1:55.6

gets some of the best ones. When we asked Guy Brannum about the thing he wishes he'd made,

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he picked a movie. A relatively recent one, Lady Bird from 2017. We'll let Guy take

2:07.8

it from here. I'm Guy Brannum and the thing I wish I had made is Lady Bird.

2:12.8

Okay, Christine. Lady Bird. Is that your given name? Yeah. Why is it in quote? Well, I

2:20.3

gave it to myself. It's given to me by me. Okay. Take it away, Lady Bird. Everybody says

2:27.0

don't. Everybody says don't. Everybody says don't. It isn't right. Don't it isn't.

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