When do you have self doubt? Jerrod Carmichael: Id been thinking about it; it had been on my mind for awhile. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, exactly. Jerrod Carmichael: You disregard it, and your looking for whats the real answer? Jerrod Carmichael: Like wait, like what? Jerrod Carmichael: Sit alone. I pretend Im at the bottom of a well, and every face that I see, I imagine them being the face that peers over the side and has the ability to help me and rescue me from something. Sign up for the newsletter so you don't miss the next one, plus get weekly recommendations on what's making us happy. If you had a huge billboard and you could put any short message on it, or an image, noncommercial just to get something out to the world, what would you put on it? You can take those four. Jerrod Carmichael: People focus on the wrong things. Tim Ferriss: It doesnt have to be just three. But it is that. Jerrod Carmichael: Because I was walking in LA; you shouldnt do it. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, because he was honest, right? Tim Ferriss: Hes a sweetheart. Whats interesting about comedy is you get to see a lot of immediate examples of what youre doing. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, the distractions of life. You enlisted your good friend Bo Burnham to direct 8. And people wont allow themselves to accept it. Jerrod Carmichael: Oh, man. Tim Ferriss: I think you were doing fine. Tim Ferriss: It was great. It does kind of feel that way. She hated it. Jerrod Carmichael: Just in every situation, youre kind of that guy and eventually, you accept it. WebRamy. Doing film, Im watching ever film, especially current because you want to know where you fit in in history and you want to know where you fit in in the current landscape. And I only really in the last few years have felt very comfortable in my own skin, and its because Ive started to, I think in part, pay a lot more attention to that. So I guess technically, I didnt bomb but it was a soliloquy. I dont do too much. The last point he said was he has an eight-foot penis. I was an editor on the New York Times's arts desk at the time, and we were there to chat for a profile pegged to his new HBO special Home Videos, a loose, sort of experimental collection of vignettes in which he filmed intimate, unscripted conversations with the black women and girls in his family. You know, be like Bob Dylan and start painting, you know what I mean? I did the other night in the rain, and it was one of the greatest nights. Life really comes at you fast. Facing a moral, racial dilemma, Carmichael said the $500,000 paycheck was a major deciding factor. You had a uniform for a very long time. What am I, going to do a couple parades on weight? You want to make sure the intention is showing and sometimes it doesnt. I dont like noise. Tim Ferriss: How did your parents help foster that? You want to center yourself first before jumping in. $), Burkina Faso (XOF Jerrod Carmichael: It doesnt. Jerrod Carmichael comes out as gay in his new comedy special I was on the set because I was going to be interviewing Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen. Do you like to read? The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. It will stay with me forever! Im very curious with what shes doing, what shes interested in. Thats what I liked; it worked everywhere. Im in this environment where I can share these thoughts, no matter how dark or how weird they may be. So you cant just hit them with the same pitch 40 times in a row. I dont like the title, so you know; just putting it out there. Jerrod Carmichael: So many helicopters in LA. Its recurring in a way that it surrounds very personal things in my life. Theyve found a way to let that come out in an artful way, like through their work or their art and their careers. Tim Ferriss: Totally. Do you wake up at a consistent time, generally? Tim Ferriss: Goals and thoughts. Jerrod Carmichael: You can kind of see it in certain people. Its really healthy, right? ), Guinea-Bissau (XOF My friend Ben and me, we competed on everything. Comment Rules: Remember what Fonzie was like? Tim Ferriss: Also probably one of my moms if not favorite comedians; top three. Evan and his wife took you dancing at one point, and he said that youd never been to a proper dance party before. Now its, I actually really love it, after a year of just shitting on the special to my face in front of my nieces. Tim Ferriss: Competition among other employees? But Bryan and Dov bought me a car. I like to know. What do you say to that person? I know style numbers, I know what department it is. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. But dont stay in one spot too long. ), New Caledonia (XPF Atheist friends got that book. Tim Ferriss: How would you describe your family and childhood? Hes pushing the boundaries of comedy with his groundbreaking work in stand-up, television, and film. I enjoy that. Jerrod Carmichael: If Im gonna be in the rain, Im gonna be in the rain. You tell yourself it will never happen again; it will but tell yourself that it wont and go do it again. But LA, it really is the best and you want to be around the best. He has incredible energy. Jerrod Carmichael: Literally loitering outside of a movie theater. Jerrod Carmichael: Hey, not to toot my own horn but I am fucking amazing at it. Ive also admired how you tend to disappear and put in the work quietly. You dont think about it. Youre trying to figure it out but nobody knows what theyre doing. Jerrod Carmichael: They gave me a lot of freedom, and especially in this neighborhood. This first appeared in NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter. Jerrod Carmichael: Socially you have certain cautions and certain things that you dont want to cross. He was one of the biggest influences on my life ever. Clothing or all these things as they relate to work are important; like its a lot of intention behind, like I said, wardrobe for the show and that type of thing. Tim Ferriss: Yeah, a 10x compounded disaster later. He knew exactly who he was. And for that first special, I remember I got a lot of flak especially from older comics; hes checking his notes on HBO? All transcripts from The Tim Ferriss Show, my interview with comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Transcripts may contain a few typoswith some episodes lasting 2+ hours, its difficult to catch some minor errors. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, a friend of mine recommended it to me. I just think nuance is whats missing. So that was kind of the first experience. The most incredible work ethic and focus of anyone Ive met in a very long time and hell have an upcoming as yet untitled memoir coming out through Random House. Tim Ferriss: They of course have the power to say no, right? In March of 2017, this year, Jerrod will start in his second stand-up comedy special on HBO directed by Bo Burnham. Tim Ferriss: You mentioned books. Im here, truly, because of all of you, he said. Jerrod Carmichael in his new HBO standup special, Rothaniel. Or my sister, as well. Bo: He also stared as Freddy, opposite Rose Byrne, Susan Sarandon, and J.K. Simmons in The Meddler, which was released in April 2016. Thats why its important; for me, thats why it was important. Jerrod Carmichael: Yes, exactly. 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If I heard someone talk about oh, I want to find a bar to go watch the game at, while that sounds fun and Im really happy for you, I also know that were just doing two different things. It really is the most cinematic looking special Ive seen. Jerrod Carmichael: Watch, its going to hit me in the car later: oh, thats what he meant by that. Dont get me wrong; we like new experiences and we like having fun. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, the bolognaise at John & Vinnys and notebooks. Youre just recording whatever. JERROD CARMICHAEL: The number eight represents a lot of special things for me: A lot of growth and new beginnings. I had this guy Argus Hamilton, just like this legend of the Comedy Store and of the same It just felt kind of like a Saturday and were doing spots, and I wanted to just capture it; me working on material. So I was in the right space by the second show. Tim Ferriss: He walked me through and hes like: yeah, and heres the table; you see all the scratch marks from razor blades? I really do trust that if Im honest in the moment if Im really honest with what I do time will record that honesty in my favor. Youre always excited, and hes one of the most brilliant people Ive ever met. Do you say anything in particular to yourself or is that just hardwiring? Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, how many ounces; exactly. But that's how I feel about everything that's in there it's just like, 'Yeah, and then that happened.'". I just try to bring that to everything I do. WebThis marks the third HBO standup comedy special for Jerrod Carmichael, who made his HBO debut in 2014 with the stand-up special Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store, which was What is the funniest joke you ever heard? I didnt think about that. Is that why you avoid social media or do you think thats just a symptom of where were at right now as a culture? It has this way of showing up. Now, just 29 years old, and what this North Carolina native has accomplished in that short period of time is mind-boggling to me, and I know a lot of productive people. Also that is a personal thing because for instance, we were talking about social media and certain people are great and its a source of inspiration and a source of great content on social media. If youre gonna do it. Nobody knows what theyre talking about. Tim Ferriss: Where all the comedians are doing lines. And only you know you so sometimes its good; its a good thing. Where do you think that comes from? Jerrod Carmichael: CES and all that type of stuff, and its like Comic Con every night where youre just seeing what everybodys doing. Tim Ferriss: Alright, guys. Im bringing everybody. Thinker? It's not a Q&A, but occasionally, someone in the crowd throws out a follow-up question in response to something he's said, and Carmichael just goes with it, pausing, taking it in, and then thoughtfully engaging with that query a therapeutic call-and-response segment, as it were. You know something? Thu, Feb 23, 2023. Jerrod Carmichael: Everyones making it up. That third spot is hard. Jerrod Carmichael in his new HBO standup special, Rothaniel. Carmichael released a statement to Deadline today through his publicist. The word invasive is written down. I went up first at the open mike. Tim Ferriss: I see a poodle and it looks like its on the edge of the precipice. K), Philippines (PHP Tim Ferriss: I dont know if youre much of a gift giver but do you give books or anything else to people as gifts? You just disregard it. Tim Ferriss: Have another glass of water. I kind of have a similar demeanor. You said this has been your default lunch, or? I think having an appreciation for it helps, too. 1,696, This story has been shared 1,536 times. If Im sitting with someone and the deal theyre pitching sounds great but I just feel off around them, I pay more attention to that now. Jerrod Carmichael: I have to just listen to it separately. I try and enter the stage zero fear, zero fear and yeah, this is what I want to say. One was and again, Im paraphrasing this but he seems to eat the same things and eat at the same places constantly. It was late. What happened in eighth grade? What are your go-to gifts? I want to analyze it. It is arguably the funniest stand-up special Ive seen in many, many years, and its the reason I initially reached out to have Jerrod on the podcast. Jerrod Carmichael: My grandma would get me some for Christmas, the little small, pocket-sized ones. Tim Ferriss: I think youre one of the most honest and dangerous in the best way possible comedians out there today. And say, Oh, theres Richard Pryors. Wed just assign them. Jerrod Carmichael: We were pretty persistent. Do you remember any of the decisions? Oh wait, I can be anything? Because Im competitive, and you should be competitive at some point. I was infatuated with the camcorder, and just like recording things and doing ketches. Does that mean you watch a movie? $), Cayman Islands (KYD Or is it all over the place? Its 99.9 percent bad advice. Or I can find the title. Tim Ferriss: What are some of the best decisions that you made in the first few years of your career? Like you walk in and some people are just there to party, and there are some people there just as a brief escape from doing something. I will say a lot of times Ill be able to say a joke the first time and its kind of a finished product. Tim Ferriss: Is there a particular way you end those calls? Tim Ferriss: We can have it run on the credits. Fr), Dominican Republic (DOP Youve got to find it, and you want to compete and you have to gauge and take the temperature of whatever youre talking about. What did your pregame look like? Jerrod Carmichael: Ellen DeGeneres is so good. Because I was here just doing standup, and that was purely a logistic thing. $), South Africa (USD Im very thankful. But its just a great way to start the day. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah. If you spend all of your energy trying to figure out where you are and reorient yourself, like what is this and youre looking around; youre not focused on what youre supposed to focus on. Bo Burnham, hes a friend of mine but I mean it wholeheartedly; Bo Burnham because hes one of my favorite people to just watch perform. Tim Ferriss: If youre getting the ultradian cycle, that 90 minutes. He said, Oh, hes gonna be really big, along those lines is what he said. It may be a thing he may have said to me. Some people are really, really great at it. Thats just bad grammar. "It's a thing I said to my mom That was it. Tim Ferriss: It took me a long tim to learn that a good contract doesnt make a good relationship. But I really think that knowing where you fit in in context, like doing a television show; I watch all the television shows. I think thats really good [Laughs]. Its something that kind of clicks and you say oh, okay, this. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, have a couple of liters today, which is insane to her. Theyre not going to tell him why hes here, either., Carmichael then recalled that he went to his homegirl Avery, whom he goes to whenever he has a moral/racial dilemma. Avery boiled the question down to how much he was being paid. Shed be feeding my niece and look at me and say, I hate it! But then a year later, she watched it again. It seemed like a huge thing to say and then just let hang out in the ether! Then we sat down; we had a bite to eat maybe 20 minutes ago and you had scrambled eggs and blueberries. Sometimes people make the mistake of thinking its always through work. So Richard Pryor for honesty. One of those scenes involves his mother, Cynthia, and her tumultuous relationship with his notoriously philandering father; at one point, he asks her if she's ever found women attractive, and Carmichael offhandedly mentions that he's hooked up with men. It also defined and reflected what was going on in my life right now; these thoughts and emotions I just wanted to get out. ), Turkmenistan (USD For the most part thats just not how my mind works. And yet these unpolished ideas manage to feel fully developed and hard-hitting. Especially with me, truthfully, just to feel something, sometimes you may have to watch something twice to even come around to understanding what Im saying. Tim Ferriss: You need the spiritual palette cleanser first. You get to know where you are in context of your world pretty quickly. Tim Ferriss: Bending themselves to what they perceive as a career. ), Faroe Islands (DKK I want to have an exchange. $), El Salvador (USD Focus on exactly what youre putting out. The part of the show that's made headlines is the fact that he's finally felt ready to come out to the world. When Will 'Jesus Revolution' Movie Be Streaming? Jerrod Carmichael: Or not; or its someones birthday. If Im allowed to say so myself: Ive never seen a special look like this before either. Jerrod Carmichael: Thats perfect. A lot of it comes from conversations with friends, whatever the situation may be. But you also want to know how to market it and thats really important. Webmignon faget retired jewelry; should you squeeze the pus out of a spider bite. Focus on something else and then itll come to you. Did I ever tell you you changed my life? A few years ago, I met comedian Jerrod Carmichael for lunch at ABC Kitchen, near Gramercy Park in Manhattan. I want to let you get back to your day. Jerrod Carmichael: Thank you. But a friend of mine recommended it to me and the language excites me. 2,960, This story has been shared 2,641 times. There was this book by Eric Butterworth, Discover the Power Within You, that kind of interpreted the Bible in an interesting way to me, and the way that I feel like I always knew and understood it, or the way I wanted to understand it. Certain nights, you can kind of catch up but Ill read until 4 or 5 in the morning. Grow, change, and evolve. I really appreciate it. The person who just readily hands out advice is usually not where they want to be. Jerrod Carmichael: It was raining and I had two hours free. ), land Islands (EUR These lines that you just I wish I could think of. They were excited. A man just skated out on this is going to end very badly. Jerrod Carmichael: Really anything that sticks out; how I feel about people, how I feel about me, what I want. 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