The stuff that resonates with me or sticks with me are not going to be whole ideas. “Reading it was eye opening to me because when I’m engaged in a conversation I’m processing in the moment. Because I had those conversations,” he said. Maron wrote introductions to each section, after sitting down to read them. Like the show, it’s packed with comedians.
So it’s McDonald who remembered that Molly Shannon had the craziest stories about her childhood, that Judd Apatow’s anxieties could give the book its title and that Kumail Nanjiani revealed that his wife’s family used to secretly call him “Borat.” Those familiar with the podcast will recognize Maron’s obsessions: There are twice as many pages dedicated to anxiety and mental health as to parenting. He’s listened to all these things, and he retains a lot of it, and has a very clear head about who said what and where.” “Brendan’s got a steel trap memory and he’s the most organized guy I know. “When we got the deal to do it, he really locked into it,” he said.
Maron credits his producer and co-writer Brendan McDonald with organizing the book and putting the pieces together. It’s impossible to read Robin Williams on mortality, for example, and not be moved. With excerpts from famous and less famous guests organized in an arc from birth to death, the book has a genuine weight. But rather than being just a greatest hits collection of the interviews, it’s something more. How do you get around someone’s public narrative?Īs a fan of the show, I approached the book with some trepidation.
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