Richter's talent is sneaky. He's pretty good at everything he's done, and it always looks like he's doing something easy. In a small role, a recurring role, as a sidekick or main character, it looks like he's just in the right place when everyone's laughing. But pay attention and you'll see it's no accident. He's getting those laughs on purpose. My favorite segments on Conan O'Brien's 12:30 show were definitely Richter's remotes. Consistently hilarious.
Richter and Maron seem to get each other. Throughout the interview there's a lot of "yeah, yeah" and "exactly, exactly" going on. They do a little in medias res narrative, reminiscing a bit about the early days of the 12:30 Late Night spot, and following the timeline to Conan O'Brien's new show, set to debut on TBS in November. He talks some about his family and his depression, his realization that doing the dishes is the real stuff, and the sometimes horrible horrible world of show business. How does a good show like Andy Richter Controls the Universe not make it?
We lacked what I refer to as 'exploding titty.' Like, you know, the stuff that all those white men understand. … "Oh yeah yeah, I get it. Check out those titties!"
The "white men" he's referring to are the executives he had mentioned running into when trying to succeed in the business:
Then you get to like that wall of dumb fuckin' white men who...no one's told them they've been wrong about anything, except maybe their wives when they divorced them. But they've just been told they're right about everything for the last ten or fifteen years.
And he talks pretty directly about the Tonight Show mess.
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