EPISODE NUMBER: 10006 (October 8, 2013)
GUEST: Paul Giamatti
SEGMENTS: Intro – 10/8/13 | Debt Ceiling Deadline | Pro-Pot Laws & Pointers | Thanksgiving Under Attack – Hanukkah | Sign Off – “TJ & Dave”
CHARACTER BREAK: Thanksgiving Under Attack (03:10 – 04:10)
SUIT REPORT: Dark Suit | White Shirt | Blue/Grey Stripped Tie
VIDEOS: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Once Stephen abandoned the debt ceiling story, the show just got funnier and funnier from there. And yes, we (of the hardcore fandom) totally got the “Thanksgiving Under Attack” graphic: it is one of TCR’s more unforgettable images, to be sure. It takes kind of a strange theology to lead to Jesus waging a culture war from the walls of his tomb, but heck, it’s a funny premise, so we’ll go with it.
Paul Giamatti proved to be as charming and wonderful a guest as he is an actor; and it was interesting how Stephen complimented Paul’s approachability factor while making fun of his character’s lack of approachability. Either way, you can’t go wrong with a conversation between two gifted actors. Parkland looks like a great film, by the way, and I am not one to say that about every film promoted on TCR.
What did you think of the episode? Grab a sharpie and scrawl it in the comments. After drawing a men-urkey.
Pro-Pot Laws & Pointers
“21 states have legalized marijuana for medical purposes and just last year it was made legal for recreational purposes in Colorado and Washington state. Or should I say Cheech-Orado and Washing-Chong.”
Thanksgiving Under Attack – Hanukkah
- Now, instead of drawing a hand turkey, we’ll be expected to draw a hand menorah. It’s impossible! You need both hands to make the menorah and then what do you draw it with?
That sucks!
- Nation – Oh great. Now it’s on my f***ing face. That is … not coming out. I can’t believe I’m discussing Hanukkah, and I drew a mustache right there. That is bad form! Really … really not good.
Interview — Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti regales the young people with tales of old fangled technology such as “magazines” as they discuss his character’s unexpected association with the Kennedy assassination.
Paul Giamatti: [on his approachability factor] That’s nice to hear, because I think most of the characters I play seem like sociopaths.
Stephen: There are a lot of sociopaths.
Paul: And they’re very approachable, too.
Stephen: Because no matter what you do, their heart rate never goes up … when they kill you.
Stephen: There’s another great thing that makes you an every man, because you have these bursts of anger-
Paul: -suppressed rage-
Stephen: You have suppressed rage at all times, and at any moment it could just come out in a moment of delicious ire.
Stephen: Was [Zapruder] conflicted about selling [the assassination video]?
Paul: I think he was. I think he felt guilty about taking the film at all … I think he felt like he documented something that people weren’t supposed to see.
Stephen: [Conspiracy theories] make a much better story. Because the idea that one guy shot the president is kind of boring and sad … but if there’s an enormous conspiracy behind the scenes of our adult life, it’s kind of exciting.
Paul: It’s weirdly comforting, too, to people. I think it’s harder to understand one person doing it – you can’t fathom the psychology of one man snapping like that. I think it’s comforting to think it’s a whole system at work.
Sign Off – “TJ & Dave”
A very pleasant moment when Stephen plugs his friend Dave Pasquesi’s (Stew the Meat Man/Stepdad from Strangers with Candy) and T.J. Jagodowski’s improv show on TCR:
October 8, 2013 — Paul Giamatti
EPISODE NUMBER: 10006 (October 8, 2013)
GUEST: Paul Giamatti
SEGMENTS: Intro – 10/8/13 | Debt Ceiling Deadline | Pro-Pot Laws & Pointers | Thanksgiving Under Attack – Hanukkah | Sign Off – “TJ & Dave”
CHARACTER BREAK: Thanksgiving Under Attack (03:10 – 04:10)
SUIT REPORT: Dark Suit | White Shirt | Blue/Grey Stripped Tie
VIDEOS: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Once Stephen abandoned the debt ceiling story, the show just got funnier and funnier from there. And yes, we (of the hardcore fandom) totally got the “Thanksgiving Under Attack” graphic: it is one of TCR’s more unforgettable images, to be sure. It takes kind of a strange theology to lead to Jesus waging a culture war from the walls of his tomb, but heck, it’s a funny premise, so we’ll go with it.
Paul Giamatti proved to be as charming and wonderful a guest as he is an actor; and it was interesting how Stephen complimented Paul’s approachability factor while making fun of his character’s lack of approachability. Either way, you can’t go wrong with a conversation between two gifted actors. Parkland looks like a great film, by the way, and I am not one to say that about every film promoted on TCR.
What did you think of the episode? Grab a sharpie and scrawl it in the comments. After drawing a men-urkey.
Pro-Pot Laws & Pointers
“21 states have legalized marijuana for medical purposes and just last year it was made legal for recreational purposes in Colorado and Washington state. Or should I say Cheech-Orado and Washing-Chong.”
Thanksgiving Under Attack – Hanukkah
That sucks!
Interview — Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti regales the young people with tales of old fangled technology such as “magazines” as they discuss his character’s unexpected association with the Kennedy assassination.
Paul Giamatti: [on his approachability factor] That’s nice to hear, because I think most of the characters I play seem like sociopaths.
Stephen: There are a lot of sociopaths.
Paul: And they’re very approachable, too.
Stephen: Because no matter what you do, their heart rate never goes up … when they kill you.
Stephen: There’s another great thing that makes you an every man, because you have these bursts of anger-
Paul: -suppressed rage-
Stephen: You have suppressed rage at all times, and at any moment it could just come out in a moment of delicious ire.
Stephen: Was [Zapruder] conflicted about selling [the assassination video]?
Paul: I think he was. I think he felt guilty about taking the film at all … I think he felt like he documented something that people weren’t supposed to see.
Stephen: [Conspiracy theories] make a much better story. Because the idea that one guy shot the president is kind of boring and sad … but if there’s an enormous conspiracy behind the scenes of our adult life, it’s kind of exciting.
Paul: It’s weirdly comforting, too, to people. I think it’s harder to understand one person doing it – you can’t fathom the psychology of one man snapping like that. I think it’s comforting to think it’s a whole system at work.
Sign Off – “TJ & Dave”
A very pleasant moment when Stephen plugs his friend Dave Pasquesi’s (Stew the Meat Man/Stepdad from Strangers with Candy) and T.J. Jagodowski’s improv show on TCR: