James Austin Johnson 🥺🙏

Life is Short with Justin Long

Wondery

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Comedy

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

James Austin Johnson (SNL) and Justin talk about his days as a struggling commercial actor in LA, how he developed his knack for impressions and how his Trump impression helped him get hired to the cast of 'Saturday Night Live'

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members. You can listen to Life is Short. Add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:13.6	About 20 years ago now, I was asked to be a correspondent for E in
0:18.8	Monty Carlo, which was such a fancy. I think it's like the fanciest place in the world.
0:23.3	So I was just kind of interviewing people and following people around and and they told us that Donald Trump the
0:30.2	businessman and provocateur would be around and he was promoting something. I think it was actually before the apprentice.
0:36.3	And so I went with a microphone and a camera crew and I started following him and
0:41.1	I used to do a bit where I would fake fall just to get a reaction. I mean, I was also in my early 20s of bear that bear in mind.
0:47.4	So I did it. I kind of did this pratfall in front of him. He just kept walking. I don't think he stepped over me exactly, but he stepped through you.
0:56.1	He stepped through me. He stepped very close to stepping over me, but he saw me there on the ground and he didn't hesitate.
1:02.3	His stride didn't change at all. He just kept walking and maybe he didn't believe the fall. Maybe he thought I was he knew I was faking it for a laugh or maybe he
1:11.7	just didn't have the time to
1:14.2	concern himself. I wonder if you remember that. I doubt it. Let's get him on the show and ask him.
1:19.4	We'll ask him. Okay. Speaking of my brand of comedy, which hopefully has matured a little bit like a fine
1:26.5	cheese your comedy is like fine cheese. Yeah, that's a good way of putting it. It's like moldy cheese. Anyway, speaking of cheese and
1:33.8	comedy, here's the show. Life could be a dream. Life could be a dream.
1:42.4	You're listening to Life is Short. I am your pratfall loving. Cheese hating host just in long.
1:49.4	Dream sweet heart.
1:54.8	And with me, as always, is my brother and co-host Christian Christian, my pratfall in different and cheese liking.
2:04.1	Yes, you do. Are there cheeses you don't eat? I mean, that are just too stinky to moldy and weird. I hate the running.
2:11.7	The ones, I mean, we've talked about this way too much, but I just I don't understand how people can put some of those things in their mouth.
2:17.4	I know. I'm not I don't love the really aggressive stinky cheeses, I guess.
2:23.3	It's like a punch like face like Lemberger. Have you ever smelled Lemberger cheese? It's really, really intense.
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