), South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GBP ). Just like I know what Im good at, I know what my abilities are and anything else, I dont really care about. I think some people have recorded in there since, and especially in that room. Tim Ferriss: It might be. And so many ideas; Ive never met someone who has as many ideas as Evan. And I did a damn good job, mind you. I enjoyed my childhood a lot. A lot of times comedians get frustrated with certain things but thats part of any business; understanding business to a certain extent is really important. Tim Ferriss: So speaking of clubs, this is another bullet from Evan. As a director he is able to capture anything beautiful, and as a friend he knows exactly what to look for. (CNN) Jerrod Carmichael's latest stand-up special might be his most revelatory yet. The acclaimed comedian comes out as gay in his new HBO special, "Rothaniel," a few years after he first referenced relationships with men in a previous film for HBO. (CNN shares parent company WarnerMedia with the network.) Tim Ferriss: Your onstage persona seems, and maybe this will sound strange, a little darker than your in real life persona. I think I did, but I may have read it somewhere so my apologies. Like, if I love a book then I send it to everybody. That sounds like the complete opposite of what I just said but I mean it for doing standup and that type of thing; dont hit up the same spots. Why are you doing that? Jerrod Carmichael: Oh, its still there. Tim Ferriss: Alright. Because I was here just doing standup, and that was purely a logistic thing. jerrod carmichael 8 transcript. That's part of what's so beautifully moving about Rothaniel, Carmichael's latest HBO special which premiered last weekend. Tim Ferriss: Do you remember his or her name? And actually, as I was just doing standup and going over old thoughts preparing for the first special, I actually grabbed an old notebook, the one I didnt realize I had written it in, the night before we taped and I opened it and turned the page and there it was, the goal: HBO special. Jerrod Carmichael: Because they would have put me in a box, the little diversity champ. Its such a new, scary world, especially entering into comedy or television or film, and youre looking for answers. Hell also appear in James Francos The Masterpiece, set to be released in 2017. Have fun and thanks for adding to the conversation! You want to center yourself first before jumping in. So, he used the time to ask 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. But you want intention behind everything. Jerrod stars in the hit NBC series The Carmichael Show, which he also writs and executive produces. LOGIN Subscribe for $1. 2018, Pelcula - Drama, Independent And Im picking out a lot of the wardrobe fore the show and stuff like that so Im thinking about clothes. Webmignon faget retired jewelry; should you squeeze the pus out of a spider bite. And I was like, Man, I really want to move to LA. And he was like, Just move. And I was like, Wait, what? And hes like Yeah, just move. And then he told me about a west side rental and Craigslist and all these things. May 13, 2022 10:52 AM EDT L ast month, the comedian Jerrod Carmichael released one of the best stand-up specials of the year: Rothaniel, in which he delved deeply My sister hated my first special. Tim Ferriss: Alright, guys. People can only tell you what works for them, and maybe that applies to you. Jerrod Carmichael: Ellen DeGeneres is so good. Tim Ferriss: Although if someone finds you loitering in front of a movie theater. Actually I do want to talk about it when were recording. Are there any other autobiographies or biographies that you could recommend? What do you say to that person? But casual chats can often lead to uncomfortable places and discoveries, something Carmichael refuses to shy away from. He was one of the biggest influences on my life ever. I wasnt doing anything. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, but now Im off a little bit. Tim Ferriss: If you had to chose three comedians of any type to combine into one super comedian for yourself right now, who comes to mind and why would you pick them? Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, I did new material. Jerrod Carmichael: A notebook and pens. The person who just readily hands out advice is usually not where they want to be. Tim Ferriss: You mentioned Malcolm X. And if you visit him on social media right now, he has zero posts on Twitter, on Instagram @jerrodcarmichael, and 2017 is going to be his biggest year yet. Jerrod Carmichael: It really helped. Those are the first words we hearfollowed by a deep sighfrom Jerrod Carmichael in his new HBO stand-up special entitled 8, and it perfectly sets the tone for the proceedings. Jerrod Carmichael: Or not; or its someones birthday. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, it makes you better. Jerrod Carmichael: Anything that begins with you gotta. You aint gotta do anything. But it was really, really fun; thats true. That one I remember just being in the back, and I remember there being a few too many people in the green room. Tim Ferriss: Were your parents at all worried for you? you see someone, they do a set and they just bomb, and theyre new, and they come off and you can tell that theyre totally demoralized. Richard Pryor, I mean just for being raw; youve got to say Richard. Tim Ferriss: I think you were doing fine. Jerrod Carmichael: It won the Booker Prize, yeah. Oh, my God, it could have ended horribly, Tim. Tim Ferriss: Thats a good point. Tim Ferriss: Yeah, sure. ), South Korea (KRW Jerrod Carmichael: I try to keep it honest at any performance. Jerrod Carmichael: Thats a good question. If I just literally cant sleep on the street, I guess. One of my best friends, Ari, we both have such small social lives; virtually nonexistent social lives that it just works. I dont know what it is. Focus on something of substance that means something. Tim Ferriss: Do you remember the first time that you bombed? Jerrod Carmichael: Its fun. But for me personally, I would never do any type of reality competition-type no. Evan and his wife took you dancing at one point, and he said that youd never been to a proper dance party before. Jerrod Carmichael: I thought it was pretty milky, right? Tim Ferriss: I see a poodle and it looks like its on the edge of the precipice. Because of that certain amount of exclusivity, I think it was a good first time for them. Could you imagine if I just rebelled? Because Im competitive, and you should be competitive at some point. Rothaniel lives and breathes in that simultaneously freeing and discomforting imbalance, that tension between relief and despondency, fear and catharsis. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Find out where you can contribute because its not always through work. Its very atypical in that sense. Season 5 Return Date Info, Love 'Yellowstone'? ), Antigua & Barbuda (XCD Your comedy feels like a direct response to that. When do you have self doubt? $), Switzerland (CHF Jerrod Carmichael: No, I started comedy in LA. .), United Kingdom (GBP Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, Ill go back to that. What happened in eighth grade? Jerrod Carmichael: Whats the last book that I sent to everybody? Very passionate. Like if youre maybe in the tech world, like some type of expo where you get to see what other people are doing; with comedy thats every night. I havent been walking as much as I used to. But really, any notebook will do; just any notebook. Even if I wasn't physically in the room with him the night of that performance, I felt a sense of intimacy I've never quite felt before with a comedian and have felt with few other artists. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, its super delightful and not the place for some of my darkest thoughts and things that I would explore. I met Josh and Alex, who work at his company. Jerrod Carmichael: Honesty; they are themselves. Now hes got a kid. We get into his work process. I love that; thats what I live for. Jerrod Carmichael: It was fun. Carmichael ripped the controversy-marred organization in his monologue for this years show, the first to be broadcast since the Los Angeles Times reported two years ago that the organization lacked diversity and had zero Black members. Jerrod Carmichael: Just in every situation, youre kind of that guy and eventually, you accept it. It doesnt sound this way but is it because you were maybe unpopular in school so you spent a lot of time alone? $), British Indian Ocean Territory (USD I actually prefer the realer the conversation, the better; small talk is obviously boring and you dont want to get caught up in that type of thing. Tim Ferriss: We were talking about music, just to touch on that because Im able to work to certain types of music; generally instrumental, often electronic. Oh, that was fun. ), French Polynesia (XPF Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah. WebJerrod Carmichael On Being Confident In Sexuality, Parental Infidelity, Owning His Story + More Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM 1M views 3 years ago 8:04 Patrice O'Neal - Men Can't Its a culture thats so reliant on people having an instant gratification to things. A lot of thoughtsno matter how personal or vulnerable or harsh or optimistic or sociopathic or whateverall discussed in a really honest way. I wanted it to go past jokes; I didnt want to just tell you jokes. You dont know what youre doing. You walk into a restaurant, you know what youre getting. Tim Ferriss: Were sitting in an outdoor garden with wooden tables with our pomegranate tea, sparkling water and blueberries. Its like it retired here. We had done a weekend in La Jolla and then that Monday, I just got a text: go pick up your car. I was leaving dinner, and I was like oh, Im just going to go on a walk. Does that mean you go bowling? Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, where the scene is not necessarily strong. Understanding that Im sure you have a lot of influences and there are a lot of incredibly funny people out there, but. Youre just recording whatever. The third season of that show is premiering in this year, 2017. Because we all have a million plus thoughts a day. Jerrod Carmichael: You know, finish line. Lisa was saying were going to go dancing, and I was like, really? Jerrod Carmichael: Choosing the right friends; choosing the right people to be around that will spark certain things within you, and knowing how you can use each other and how you can contribute to each others lives. Everything was personal and honest. Im sure you could find immediately a story that is like this guy was in Kansas and did all right for himself. DUE TO SOME HEADACHES IN THE PAST, PLEASE NOTE LEGAL CONDITIONS: Tim Ferriss owns the copyright in and to all content in and transcripts of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, with all rights reserved, as well as his right of publicity. And No. It left me in total hysterics on a Trans-Atlantic flight; some wine might have been involved but it terrified everyone because I could not stop bursting out laughing out loud while other people were trying to sleep. Tim Ferriss: Theyll Google and how the hell did you [inaudible] this podcast. If youre gonna do it. I remember watching, and Im not going to spoil it for folks but there are a few instances in particular that because I dont have the delivery and I wouldnt give you the context, Id get in trouble for just by mentioning it. Jerrod Carmichael: But on the 35th time, smile more. 'The Skinny Shot' on Hulu Is An Ozempic "Documentary" That Plays More Like A Commercial, Where Is Estonia Located? The first one, we may not explore for very long. But it is that. Theyre going to be like: fuck off, kid, number one. I cant speak for everyone in the neighborhood but we enjoyed ourselves. You encourage audience interaction like a town hall meeting, but its also like a TED Talk the way youre exploring truth in real time. $), Cayman Islands (KYD Life really comes at you fast. Facing a moral, racial dilemma, Carmichael said the $500,000 paycheck was a major deciding factor. Tim Ferriss: I can look it up and Ill put it in the show notes for folks. You do a few things that I havent seen in finished specials before. A lot of itas you see in the specialhappens onstage. Have an honest assessment of yourself, an honest assessment of your life and know what youre good at. Focus on exactly what youre putting out. A joke that I probably tell the most that I think is really brilliant I sawbelieve it or notduring a yo mama battle. Jerrod Carmichael: Its a bit on the nose. Tim Ferriss: Alright. Jerrod Carmichael: In North Carolina, yeah. As adults in the audience, I just hope that they are open enough to listen to exactly what the comic is saying and see if they can get any understanding from it. Its so rare that I go out. Maybe loitering outside of a movie theater; probably walking around LA or New York. What struck me most, though, was how his sense of newfound liberation can't fully overcome his own guilt and trauma, at least not yet. Jerrod Carmichael: Like wait, like what? You can go up so many times. Fr), Cook Islands (NZD It was virtually my first time doing that joke. To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Tim Ferriss: You seems like a very confident guy. Im not saying like some shaman-esque experience but just sit and think. You dont think about it. And people wont allow themselves to accept it. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, that guy was oh, man. Herbert Chitepo/Rekai $), Trinidad & Tobago (TTD What is the world doing to us? Tim Ferriss: Ill leave it at that. Webmignon faget retired jewelry; should you squeeze the pus out of a spider bite. Jerrod Carmichael: Bryan Callen and Dov Davidoff bought me a car. J Zee, Steve Jobs, Jerry Seinfeld, Oprah. Shes in such a great, constant state of Zen, and Im just like fussing at her about water. You just disregard it. Thats how were gonna Did I ever tell you you changed my life? I will say a lot of times Ill be able to say a joke the first time and its kind of a finished product. I hope that people allow room for nuance and allow room for a thought to be fully expressed. $), Turks & Caicos Islands (USD I dont know why I immediately went to the negative like that; like theres no way this ends good. Now [you and I are] eating peas at ABC Kitchen. ), Turkmenistan (USD I was infatuated with the camcorder, and just like recording things and doing ketches. The first call of my day is really important so sometimes Ill talk to my sister first, like if my moms too busy for me or something. But onstage Im just so comfortable sharing. Jerrod Carmichael: That was the first time anyone had taped anything in there. ), Bosnia & Herzegovina (BAM Tim Ferriss: It seems to tie back a lot to what you were mentioning earlier, which is your emotional response to different things. But if you were to think of anything that occurs to you as mistakes that novice comedians or standup comedians make, what are some common mistakes? Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, spread it out, absolutely. All rights reserved. hide caption. Jerrod Carmichael: Yes. I wanted it to be very true blue. I want to know. To me, someone who'd followed his career pretty closely up to that point (I'm a huge fan of his criminally underseen sitcom The Carmichael Show, as well as his first two HBO stand up specials Love At the Store and 8), this was kind of a bombshell reveal: Until then, Carmichael had only ever publicly discussed his romantic life and sexuality in terms of women he'd dated. Tim Ferriss: Were going to talk a lot about how you develop your material and process, but I remember one of the experiences I had in Atlanta. I dont know when hes gonna go dancing again. Where can people find you, what youre up to, what can they check out, where should they start; anything you want to tell them? Im bringing HBO. Jerrod Carmichael: Its kind of all over the place. Give me a second. Its like wait, why are we going to find a bar what? Jerrod Carmichael: Not disrupting REM cycles is genuinely for someone like me who really I got four and a half hours last night, which is not bad; sometimes Ill do three. Jerrod Carmichael: Hey, not to toot my own horn but I am fucking amazing at it. But you also want to know how to market it and thats really important. $), Central African Republic (XAF We cut for time but Jamar Neighbors, who is this hilarious guy, my best friend, went up before me. Tim Ferriss: Can you give any examples, like past or present? Tim Ferriss: If you had to give, say, a TED Talk for something youre not known for, so it cant be comedy, cant be television, cant be writing; what topic would you choose? I think I ignore a lot of things like industry stuff, like things that matter to a lot of other comedians dont necessarily matter to me. 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. The 2017 stand-up special, Jerrod Carmichael: 8, the comedians second HBO performance, doesnt necessarily welcome the audience into the comedians closet to But its just a great way to start the day. I think about that because I think everything should have some type of intention behind it. Tim Ferriss: How would you coach, or what advice would you give to a comic? It's staged but not stage-y; to watch him unload this burden of secrecy in such a deliberate yet natural way is to understand he's conferring a distinct and profound level of trust and openness with us, his audience. Jerrod Carmichael: Because I dont want to start my day with bullshit. You know what I mean? Im here, truly, because of all of you, he said. It relies upon full expression. Do I feel something? Its August and the sun is up, and there are just comedians in the back. It really is the most cinematic looking special Ive seen. Jerrod Carmichael in his new HBO standup special, Rothaniel. Tim Ferriss: Youre like earn the ten commandments of comedy. Thats the other direction of what girls gonna want to sleep with me, Tim Ferriss: When you have to coil it around your waste like [inaudible] . It just seems like a rare thing for artists these days, especially when everyone is encouraged to document everything. I think that would feel better. Jerrod Carmichael: My parents are definitely hard workers. You are welcome to share the below transcript (up to 500 words but not more) in media articles (e.g., The New York Times, LA Times, The Guardian), on your personal website, in a non-commercial article or blog post (e.g., Medium), and/or on a personal social media account for non-commercial purposes, provided that you include attribution to The Tim Ferriss Show and link back to the tim.blog/podcast URL. Jerrod Carmichael: My first set was just atrocious. Tim Ferriss: I think what you said just before that also is really important, and that is being aware of how you emotionally respond to things. Since then, Carmichael has hosted Saturday Night Live and won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special for Rothaniel. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. For the most part thats just not how my mind works. Db), Saudi Arabia (SAR A few years ago, I met comedian Jerrod Carmichael for lunch at ABC Kitchen, near Gramercy Park in Manhattan. 5,638, This story has been shared 4,680 times. This story has been shared 5,638 times. Tim Ferriss: Where all the comedians are doing lines. Thinker? I moved first, and then did comedy. Im very curious with what shes doing, what shes interested in. You had not yet arrived but your picture was up alongside a bunch of other people who were going to be appearing in the movie. It wasnt just like a couple of friends and me with camcorders, this was HBO. Tim Ferriss: All good names; all well known names. And only you know you so sometimes its good; its a good thing. Jerrod Carmichael, Hannah Gadsby and Bo Burnham are experimenting with location and sharing more introspective material. I guess we were able to convince them. If you can learn to appreciate its hard with art because you want to keep it separate and you want to make something thats pure. My mom and dad gave me a lot of freedom, which is so healthy. Humor was how I broke the tension of any information that I received. And until next time, thank you for listening. Because again, in this environment you dont want to make people uncomfortable. Where do you think that comes from? I dont sleep a lot. You land in LA. So watch that, and youll know why I reached out to Jerrod. Yeah, in a business sense; a sense of realizing that it is an industry. 1,696, This story has been shared 1,536 times. Jerrod Carmichael: Ooh, thats interesting. 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. Anyway, what purchase of, say, less than $100.00 or just any purchase, really is fine that has had the most positive impact on your life in recent memory? Jerrod Carmichael: A raven whos lost her family. Jerrod Carmichael: Dont deny the experience. 'Yellowstone' Return Date Info, When Does The Next New Episode of 'Yellowstone' Air on Paramount Network? Like one minute, youre making mint tea at home, the next youre invited to be the Black face of an embattled white organization. To which the crowd laughed. I mean youre up, you jump into some rehearsals or something. I think artistsanyone who createshas an honest obligation to have a full thought or idea or perspective that theyre bringing. In the crudest of terms, he's airing his dirty laundry out in front of mixed company, an oft unspoken no-no within a lot of Black circles. When Will 'Jesus Revolution' Movie Be Streaming? I just want to think about the material, because thats what we wanted to capture. Tim Ferriss: I had my first-ever walkthrough tour of the Comedy Store by Bryan Callen awhile back. So it was kind of just another route to Plan A for me. 4,253, This story has been shared 3,375 times. It was late. I wish I knew the author. Jerrod Carmichael: Yeah, like avoid a disaster. I always confuse those two but its like be yourself; everybody else is taken.. CEO Coach Matt Mochary Live Coaching with Tim, Why Fear and Anger Give Bad Advice, How to Perform Personal Energy Audits, The Power of Accountability Partners, Delegation Tips, Strategies for Hiring the Right People, and More (#658), #222: Jerrod Carmichael - Uber-Productivity and Dangerous Comedy. , set to be fully expressed doing to us South Sandwich Islands ( NZD it kind! Statistical purposes its on the edge of the precipice a full thought or idea or perspective that theyre.. 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