Simon Rich

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Neal Brennan interviews Simon Rich ('Man Seeking Woman,' 'SNL,' 'Glory Days' + other books) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 1:40 Not on Social Media 7:37 Writing at SNL 12:37 Childhood 17:48 Harvard 24:41 Anxiety 32:00 Workaholism 41:19 Fear of Mobs 54:40 Small ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everybody it's Neil Brennan, it's the blocks podcast. My guest today, I just called him the last living American comedy writer.
0:07.4	The last 20 years, you're probably more familiar with this work than you realize.
0:11.7	Long time S&L writer, seven years?
0:14.6	Four.
0:15.6	Four, but it was powerful.
0:18.2	Did a show called Man Seeking Woman on FX.
0:20.6	And then you did another show on TBS with Steve Bacheme and Daniel Radcliffe about God and I don't remember the name of it.
0:27.0	Oh good, miracle workers.
0:28.0	Miracle Workers.
0:29.0	And he's got several books, the latest of which is called Glory Days, coming out July 23rd.
0:37.8	And his name is Simon Rich.
0:40.4	Say hello.
0:41.4	Hello.
0:42.4	Hi, yes. Yes. Good to have you. I met you 20 years ago. You were in college
0:49.7	You'd written you were about to get a book published this 2005 I think yeah and you were out to get a book published and I think I don't know why I think I don't I don't know I was like yeah he's funny I'm me and I was like yeah just be funny I don't fucking yeah and then you
1:07.1	ended up writing for personnel and and you wrote with Malaney and America Sawyer a lot, right?
1:13.4	But we talked before this about,
1:16.3	you don't do much press, and by the way,
1:20.5	he's 40, if you're watching this.
1:22.8	He's 40, so imagine how he looked when he was 20.
1:25.8	You don't do much press, and I'm curious as to your, like you're one of the people're one of the people when I say you're like the
1:34.8	last living comedy writer it's like you're not especially interested in fame like
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