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Chapter 1: Who is Kyle Dunnigan and what is his background?
Do-do-do-do. Do-do-do-do-do. Do-do-do-do-do. You know who wrote that?
No.
Pop Quiz. Who? Very famous person wrote it.
What is that from? What show is that from?
70s.
Yeah.
Begins with an S. Stanford and Son. Yes. Who wrote it? You're not going to believe it. Quincy Jones.
Really?
Yes. Yes. And if you hear the whole song, it's a really good song.
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Chapter 2: How did sitcoms shape comedy careers in the past?
Only hear good stories about John Ritter. Nicest guy in the world. Camera people, joking around with the makeup lady, fun. Heart attack.
Died.
Young, man. I know. Fucking young. Before the vaccine. Young. No, he took it.
He was the first guy.
He was such a sweetheart on the set.
Such a nice guy. I had... That Cedric show was also... I had an episode where it was like my episode, where it was like I had three sketches I wrote that was going to be... It was my big coming out. And I literally came out, right? And I was like, what's going on, you guys? And shock and awe started. Remember the Iraq war? And it just was gone. And I told everybody, like, that's my big show.
And it just... That happened, and then it just was over. And I never sold my car. I was back to my studio apartment.
Couldn't you think that studio executives would be wise enough to go, look, we got Louis C.K., we have Cedric the Entertainer, we have a fucking show. Let's figure out a way to promote this correctly. And it was funny.
And it's so hard to make a funny sketch show. They try to plop people together. You need... You know, real synergy with the cast and the writers have to figure out how people are funny. It takes a while. The first set of SNL cast, they already worked together. And that's why they were like gelled right away. I mean, one of the reasons.
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Chapter 3: What are the challenges of auditioning in Hollywood?
I want to get one of them. Jamie can golf his ass off. I have a buddy who got hit in the head with a golf ball. He said he was fucked up for six months.
Oh, really?
You got hit in the head with a line drive.
Just donk. I hit a kid with a golf ball. He was all right, though. Luckily, I didn't get a good swing on it.
I see those guys that do those power swings on the internet, where they loop their arm around and fucking drive through. So imagine getting hit with one of those balls. It's like getting hit with a fucking shotgun shooting a rubber bullet at you.
Yeah, yeah. They're really... Yeah, if you get a nice skull worm burner, you could kill a duck if you just... Really? You ever see those videos of pieces of head just snapping?
No, but you ever see that one where the pitcher catches the bird in mid-flight? Yes.
Amazing.
Crazy. It's like, what are the odds that it would perfectly be there when it's a 100-mile-an-hour pitch?
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