Patton Oswalt | Blocks Podcast w/ Neal Brennan 

I'll never forget. I saw Patton at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on the campus of USC on a lovely summer Saturday afternoon, maybe 2010. Standing on a small outdoor stage, holding a microphone, in front of a random collection of book fans, young and old couples, erudite students and locals, and families with children of all ages, Patton told the filthiest limerick, which he attributed to Louis C.K. This choice of material at this setting was so inappropriate that, for some, the natural response became laughter.

@@johnmonk6342 What an awesome experience!!

@@ltheil8030 I rewatched the special immediately after finishing this episode and the standing ovation he got taking the stage made me cry. I read Michelle's book and watched the series early days of the pandemic too. So many feelings!

I was at the Atheneum that night as well. It is the only time I have ever cried with laughter and sorrow simultaneously. "Michelle said, 'It's chaos, be kind.' And then she proved it in the shittiest way possible" just broke me.

@@mc76 Goosebumps. It was an incredible experience

For more time with Patton, his appearance on David Cross's Senses Working Overtime was great, and live. They specifically covered a lot about the alt comedy days from the 90s.

Immediate tears. What a beautiful way to help her face the pain. Together.

This is the original dynamic duo!!! #BAM #POW #BatmanRobin

I hope one of the questions to Patton is... "Whats it like selling out and throwing Dave Chappell under the bus" and then virtue signaling by taking a picture of you writing your instagram post on paper trashing Dave

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Patton Oswalt is brilliant. “Cool is the opposite of funny”. His ability to relate is amazing. Such a disarming charmer who has lived an amazing life

No doubt Patton can share and articulate as he proved with his own special, but we have to give credit to Neil Brennan, and blocks for creating this platform that encourages this openness from all of his guests. A great program thank you Neil..

I'm glad coming to Portugal helped you do deal with your grief :)

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And marc maron

The sad boy trifecta

reflective of the times as always, one of the reasons golden age superheroes have a hard time being happy-go-lucky in a world that is anything but.

Who was he referring to? I'm not hip

@@leekyoverhere Chapelle

@nightburrito9283 thank you

I saw a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time this New Year’s Eve. We’ve known each other since we’re teens. He’s a fellow comedian, the funniest I’ve ever met. I wanted to post a pic & an IG story about it - so I did. The friend is Dave Chappelle. Thirty four YEARS we’ve been friends. He’s refocused and refined ideas a lot of us took as settled about race & history & Life On Planet Earth and spun them around with a phrase or punchline. We’ve done bad & good gigs, open mikes & TV tapings. But we also 100% disagree about transgender rights & representation. I support trans peoples’ rights - ANYONE’S rights - to live safely in the world as their fullest selves. For all the things he’s helped ME evolve on, I’ll always disagree with where he stands NOW on transgender issues. But I also don’t believe a seeker like him is done evolving, learning. You know someone that long, see the struggles and changes, it’s impossible to cut them off. Impossible not to be hopeful and open and cheer them on. Also, I’ve been carrying a LOT of guilt about friends I’ve cut off, who had views with which I couldn’t agree, or changed in ways I couldn’t live with. Sometimes I wonder - did I and others cutting them off make them dig their heels in deeper, fuel their ignorance with a nitro-boost of resentment and spite? I’m an LGBTQ ally. I’m a loyal friend. There’s friction in those traits that I need to reconcile myself, and not let cause feels of betrayal in ANYONE else. And I’m sorry, truly sorry, that I didn’t consider the hurt this would cause. Or the DEPTH of that hurt. I’ve been messaging a lot on IG today, and the back and forth has really helped guide me in the writing of this. I (naively) deleted a lot of posts in the comment thread - critical ones from LGBTQ writers AND shit-posts by TERF/anti-trans orcs looking for clicks & giggles. I wanted a “nice comment thread” about the pic with my friend. Ugh. So easy to think someone ELSE needs growth and miss the need in yourself. Gonna keep trying.

I don't think that means what you think it means

@@danielbarnes9229 It’s one of Patton’s album names.

​@@danielbarnes9229it's the name of one of Patton's specials/albums.

What did you do to him?

@@HappyAmber It was a looong time ago, and I am mature now, I am embarrassed to even say, but it wasn't horrible back then, I just heckled him and he was just introducing a comic to the stage! I feel bad because it looked like he was having a ruff day and I was a jacka$$.

@@Scoobystyle making amends is a good thing, you don't have to do them directly. Own it and do better, that is all he'd want I hope

​@@Scoobystyle unless you said some really wackadoo stuff, I'm sure the fact that you acknowledge what happened in the manner that you have, he would forgive you. Be well

That’s life in general. You almost never get credit for good deeds and can rarely just walk around being a person getting through the day neutrally, but, oh boy, you make a mistake or do something others don’t like and it’s all eyes on you. People like to tear down others because it’s the most basic method of feeling superior. Social media outrage is faux activism. It takes effort to make an actual difference to a cause, but calling out the perceived failings of a celebrity is sooo easy. You get to sound like you’re a moral figure AND you get to do it publicly. All while not making an ounce of difference to whatever cause you’re supposedly so riled up about.

Crampin' ain't easy.

It was but could easily have been Rogan

​@@generalbenIn the broader sense sure, but at that timestamp it was about Dave, you can see Neal's reaction confirming it. Patton was hinting at Dave mentioning the trans issue over and over again.

@@yaongingyfmm1571 Yeah when I said "It was" what I meant by that was, "it was".

If you listen to the better ones, you'll catch him mentioning on multiple occasions that several guests have shown up without giving him a list of blocks and, if you watch some of those comedians, you can even hear a handful say they didn't prepare at all for his podcast. What you noticed is how he has to keep the point of the podcast as the focus when the guest doesn't care at all.