Stephen Merchant - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #255
Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip
Scroobius Pip
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2019
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
Welcome, welcome, and once more, welcome, to episode 255 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Heavyweight comic realness this week, as Pip is joined by cast iron champ STEPHEN MERCHANT!
“…you realise you’re sort of somewhere between Rocky and A Star Is Born”
An absolute legend right here, in not only TV, stage and film but the good old Wild West days of podcasting! A solid in-depth chat with Stephen, covering his illustrious career from those early days of his arch-character in standup comedy (which divided audiences down the middle) and his his return to the stage later down the road, the genesis of the undisputed TV classic ‘The Office’ and its evolution in the US (and being able to watch it objectively at last), right up to being holed up in off-track US locations with Richard E Grant, as well as his current position behind the camera as director of the wrestling biopic ’Fighting With My Family’! How much more besides? So much… Many perspectives and insights and straight up wisdom dropped in this powerful podcast, so set aside some time and ENJOY!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a paid advertisement from Better Help. I've got a really clear memory when I first got a |
| 0:06.6 | dog of being really focused on how important all the things I have to do for this cute little guy |
| 0:13.6 | are. Like I need to make sure he's getting walks every day, fresh air every day, fresh water every |
| 0:21.1 | day, eating good food. And it becomes such a kind of a focus and a drive because you want to do all |
| 0:28.0 | you can for this little creature that you love. But we don't always put that much time and |
| 0:32.8 | attention into what we need for ourselves. Like what are our basic requirements to get through |
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| 0:57.4 | but again, as long as you're dealing with that, then they can help you deal with you as well. |
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| 1:09.5 | B-E-T-T-E-R-H-E-L-P.com slash distraction pod. Welcome, welcome, welcome. This is the |
| 1:18.2 | distraction piece podcast episode 255. We're having a hell of a start to the year here. We've had |
| 1:26.3 | some amazing guests. It's getting it's virgin on the ridiculous. And we're not we're not easing |
| 1:33.9 | up here as I'm joined by I mean comedy and straight up podcasting legend Stephen merchant. |
| 1:42.1 | Let's have a look at this year so far about it. We have Eddie Marston. We've had Mark Miller |
| 1:48.7 | Adam McKay that create a advice. Stepbrothers and command all of that. Richie Lee Grant, |
| 1:57.4 | Joel Egerton, Mary J. Blige, Joe Cornish and Lolly Had a Phopay. It's a solid start and it's |
| 2:05.8 | only getting stronger and stronger as we go on. I was lucky enough I've recorded this at the |
| 2:12.2 | end of last year. It was just as Stephen was moving into his new house. We're talked about him |
| 2:17.6 | coming on for a while and he has a new film coming out called Fighting with my family which is |
| 2:23.0 | out this weekend which I've been delighted. I saw it at the end of last year and I've been delighted |
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