Will Arnett: Why People LOVE Bojack Horseman & Pretending To Be A Comedian

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 715 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Actor and comedian, Will Arnett joins Romesh to talk about stand-up, passing as a comic and the making of new movie Is This Thing On? They get into BoJack Horseman, social media, being a dad and befriending John Bishop. With an divisive takes on tattoos, football and meeting Jürgen Klopp. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen. 00:00 Intro 01:45 A gift for Will 02:35 Will on meeting Jürgen Klopp 04:05 Arsenal vs Liverpool 06:11 Working with John Bishop 10:13 The making of Is This Thing On? 14:13 Practicing stand up 18:51 Shanthi’s question to Will 19:30 BoJack Horseman 30:10 Will’s controversial opinion on tattoos 34:50 Misquoted 42:31 Social media 47:44 Misquoted continued 49:40 Being a dad 53:30 Will passes as a comic 55:33 Exclusive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That's what a war does.
0:02.0	I had two sons, now I've got one.
0:06.0	Hi, I'm Brian Cranston and I play Joe Cumber.
0:09.0	And I'm Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and I play Kate Keller in All My Sons.
0:13.0	And we'd like to invite you to watch this production of All My Sons by Arthur Miller,
0:19.0	coming the 16th of April to the cinema.
0:21.6	You can get your tickets at NTLive.com.
0:28.6	Jamie Lang and Sophie Haboo have arrived on Disney Plus.
0:34.6	We're having a baby.
0:35.6	We're having a baby. I've always wanted to be mom.
0:39.5	And we're bringing you on our journey through everything.
0:42.5	I have no idea what we're doing.
0:43.8	Thank you.
0:44.2	I have more of an idea.
0:45.7	I think of it like a Tamagocchi.
0:47.9	At the end of all of this...
0:50.0	We're going to have a little baby.
0:51.9	Raising Chelsea, a Hulu original series, streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:57.4	18 plus subscription required T's and T supply.
1:00.4	There's no one like you, and there never will be.
1:03.3	From the producer of Bohemian Rhapsody.
1:06.6	There are many legends, but there was only one.
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