Paul Scheer

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2011

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Paul Scheer, an actor and comedian behind shows like Adult Swim's NTSF:SD:SUV:: and MTV's Human Giant, talks to us about low budgets, when parody comes from a place of love, and more.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Natalie from Boston, Massachusetts.
0:02.6	I'm Zach from Madison, Wisconsin.
0:04.8	Hi, I'm Ken from Denver.
0:06.5	The Sound of Yellow America is an independent production supported by listeners like me.
0:10.8	If you'd like to support the show like I did,
0:12.9	visit MaximumFund.org and click on Donate.
0:15.8	I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from My House in Los Angeles.
0:18.9	It's the Sound of Young America from MaximumFund.org and PRI, public radio, international.
0:30.8	It's the Sound of Young America, I'm Jordan Morris, in for Jesse Thorne.
0:34.6	Before my interview with Paul Sheer, here's a clip from his adult swim, police procedural
0:38.8	parody, NTSFSDSUV. Sheer's character Trent Hauser receives a menacing phone call from
0:45.6	an anonymous caller, but it's all in a day's work.
0:49.2	Hello, Trent Hauser. Looks like you're the hero. I'm not the hero. Celebrities are the real
0:56.7	heroes. Maybe you do your job too well. Who the hell is this?
1:00.9	Remember what happened? Five years ago today?
1:03.3	Yeah. Cut out, Derry. Best decision I've ever made.
1:06.6	No, Nets. That's not it.
1:09.4	You left me for dead. You had to be more specific, pal.
1:13.6	I've left hundreds of people for dead. How's this work?
1:16.3	Specificity. I've got your kids and I'm at the Old Abandoned Sugar Mill.
1:20.4	If you don't bring me a million dollars, I'm going to kill them.
1:24.4	And everyone else in San Diego. That's pretty specific.
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