Patton Oswalt Blames Boring Nerds for AI

Good One

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Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Patton Oswalt talks about his new special 'Black Coffee and Ice Water', the current state of comedy, AI and how his legendary KFC Famous Bowl joke predicted our current reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's time for Black Friday at Dell Technologies.
0:02.7	Save big on PCs like the Dell 16 Plus featuring Intelcore Ultra Processors.
0:07.3	Shop now at Dell.com.
0:08.2	Black Friday.
0:10.2	While all the whos of Whoville were at McDonald's eating, the Grinch from his lair started plotting and scheming.
0:16.4	Girkin-flavored fries and odd socks will send them crackers.
0:19.7	So try the Grinch's new meal and head down to Maccles.
0:25.4	Until 4th of Jan from 11am, price and participation may vary while stocks last grinched for adults.
0:30.4	It remind me as something that Caleb Heron said to me recently, which is in...
0:34.6	I, man...
0:35.6	Is this my camera?
0:37.5	Yeah. Fucking save us, Caleb Heron... I, man. Is this my camera? Yeah.
0:37.8	Fucking save us, Caleb Heron.
0:40.4	Seriously, fucking save us, dude.
0:48.5	This is Good One.
0:49.5	I am Jesse David Fox, senior writer and vulture and author of Comedy Book.
0:52.9	My guest today is Patton Oswald. We discuss his new stand-up album, AI, and his perspective on the current state of nerds. Also find out how Patton's legendary joke about the KFC famous bowl from 20 years ago predicted where the culture is at right now. So, here is Patton-Oswalt. I am here'm here with Pan An Oswald. Thank you for joining me.
1:13.0	Thanks for having me. Good to see you. What's the funniest thing that happened to you this week?
1:17.7	Well, I'm staying, and I don't know when this airs. It's the forever this week. It's a comedian's this week.
1:23.9	It's a comedian's this week. Oh, no, no, no. Okay. I'm staying in a
1:28.4	very stylish hotel in New York, but like painfully art designed. And I was trying to figure out
1:36.1	where the do not disturb sign was for my door, because I wanted to sleep in this morning.
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