Make My Day Episode 16: We Need To Interface with Mara Wilson

Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

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News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Politics

4.9 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Mara Wilson (Bojack Horseman, Showbiz Kids, Where Am I Now?) competes to cheer Josh up! Mara sets an all time Make My Day high score by doing an unbelievable series of cartoon voices in a game of A Visit From The Toon Squad! She then donates her $100 grand prize to Ground Game Los Angeles, a grassroots organization in LA. Plus, pep talks for bored kids and anyone who was hoping to have a summer fling this year and was thwarted! Subscribe to Mara's newsletter: https://mara.substack.com Donate to Ground Game Los Angeles: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ggla More info on Mutual Aid Networks: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/opinion/coronavirus-aid-group.html Check out Showbiz Kids, which is out now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92EX29aeEMI Buy Mara's book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318758/where-am-i-now-by-mara-wilson/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Josh Gondelman.
0:05.0	No, I'm sorry, I'm Josh Gondelman, and this is Make My Day, a comedy game show.
0:10.0	The world is a stressful place to navigate, so to counteract that for 25 minutes a week,
0:15.0	I have a game show where I play one game with one guest who is guaranteed to win because they're the only contestant.
0:20.0	I assign
0:21.0	them points throughout the game based on how much they delight and cheer me up personally,
0:25.0	and the winner gives a pep talk to cheer up the person of their choice, because this isn't
0:28.7	all about me, it's just mostly about me. The winner, of course, as every week, receives the grand
0:33.7	prize of a $100 donation to the cause of their choice. My guest today is a writer and an actor.
0:39.4	She is the author of the memoir, Where Am I Now,
0:42.2	as well as the voice of the faceless old lady who secretly lives in your home
0:45.9	on Welcome to Nightvale and the narrator of the Welcome to Nightvale
0:49.0	audiobook about that character.
0:51.0	She is a voice actor on Big Hero 6 and BoJack Horseman,
0:54.9	and she's also featured in the new documentary Showbiz Kids. Welcome to the show, Mara Wilson. Hi, thank you so much.
0:59.9	I'm so glad to see you, and I'm so glad to be here. I've been seeing you in so long. I know,
1:03.7	it's been so long. I'm so delighted that you're here. You're in a sweltering closet recording this. I didn't put you there.
1:11.7	No, you didn't.
1:13.1	That's where I just have a walking closet.
1:15.3	And my sister's been staying with me and she's a visual artist.
1:17.8	So we have all these like paint canvases behind me.
1:21.9	And like I've modeled for her.
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