I'm getting a note here, you gotta move back, I guess a little bit.

I'm too close. I'm too. I get more Jewish when I'm closer to the microphone.

No, I think we get more Jewish as we get older.

Hello everyone, John Stewart here. We are back in a sense. Currently we're in production,

we're getting ready for season two of the show, the problem. But while we're doing that,

we're going to try and do some podcasts every now and again, when appropriate, when

apropos, similar to our guest name is actually your, your given name was Judd Apropos.

People don't realize.

Amy Winning writer, producer, director Judd Apatow is joining us on this special edition

podcast because Judd, I want to talk to you about this documentary, this George Carlin's

American Dream, which is out. People can watch it on HBO Max.

Man, thank you. Thank you for putting this out. Thank you for doing the deep dive into

one of the greatest comics and minds of any generation. And certainly one of my personal

touchstones and heroes, how did this even come to pass?

Well, thank you for being in it, John. You provided a great insight and you were one of the

few people that had a closer relationship than most because he was somewhat of a solitary

person.

It was hard to find people who hung out with him.

Right.

But I just got a call from HBO before the pandemic and we worked on it throughout the entire

pandemic. And I was definitely worried about doing it because I didn't know him personally

and I thought, how am I not going to screw this up because I really don't know the vibe

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