Stephen Merchant Re- Run
Brydon &
Rob Brydon | Wondery
4.6 • 597 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This week, Rob revisits one of his all-time favourite episodes from the archives, featuring a lively chat with writer, director, comedian, and actor Stephen Merchant. In this classic conversation, the two cover Stephen’s early days in stand-up, their mutual admiration for Bruce Springsteen, the meteoric rise of 'The Office', and much more. It’s an episode packed with laughs, insights, and plenty of unforgettable stories!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello listeners. Today we are revisiting one of our most popular episodes, packed with unforgettable stories, fresh insights and hilarious anecdotes. So sit back, relax and enjoy, A Bryden and Stephen Merchant. Are we recording now? |
| 0:26.2 | Is it begun? |
| 0:27.0 | Take a wild guess. |
| 0:29.2 | I assume it has. |
| 0:30.3 | Yeah, baby. |
| 0:31.1 | Now, lesson here. |
| 0:32.4 | First of all, you're the first person, thank you, to do this twice, and I'm thrilled that it's you. |
| 0:42.4 | Second of all, it's a horrible day here. |
| 0:46.1 | It's horrible, grey and wet and windy, but it doesn't look much different out of your window. |
| 0:53.0 | It's here in Los Angeles, and I've opened up the window |
| 0:55.5 | so that you can see the rain and the grey, Rob, |
| 0:58.2 | because I know how bitter and jealous you get |
| 1:00.6 | when you talk to me and the sun is shining. |
| 1:04.3 | So I thought, you know, you'd feel a lot more at home |
| 1:07.0 | if I revealed how grim it is here. |
| 1:09.3 | It's never the career that I envy. |
| 1:11.4 | It's only ever the weather. |
| 1:15.4 | Can you talk about the facial growth that you've grown? |
| 1:20.0 | Oh, Steve, don't describe it as a facial growth that sounds. |
| 1:24.0 | Oh, have you heard about Rob? |
| 1:26.4 | It's facial growth. Oh, no. Can they do? And his facial grove. |
| 1:27.9 | Oh, no. |
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