We’re impressed with author, actor, podcaster, and comic Brian Posehn, however once we heard that through the pandemic he found out how one can coordinate his weed and meals supply, we would have liked to be taught extra. Was the story extra spectacular than actuality? Provided that you assume you can get the timing down in your first strive.
His latest particular, Posehna Non Grata, is out on Second.co proper now and whereas the pandemic shook up his authentic taping date, Posehn used the time to rewrite his hour and to eat some Taco Bell. Hey, all of us did some stuff. I’m undecided what the fabric was going to be for Posehna Non Grata initially, however what got here out of his revision is relatable, just a little nerdy, and profoundly hilarious. In relation to Brian Posehn, his resume is perhaps one which hopes and desires are manufactured from, however off paper, he’s identical to us. A junk-food-eating, TV-watching stoner.
Watched and liked Posehna Non Grata. You had been all set to tape it, and the pandemic hit. How a lot of your materials did you find yourself altering between then and now?
Brian Posehn: Oh, all of it bought thrown out! The particular is all model new, excluding one joke. I do that joke the place I discuss weight reduction, and this actually occurred—I scared this girl at one within the morning on the lodge health club. The lights had been off the place this girl was understanding and I walked in, however there was this movement sensor so it turned the lights on. The lights flash on and he or she sees me within the doorway, and I truly stated this to a stranger, “Don’t be scared.” That was the one joke within the particular that had been round pre-COVID. Every thing else is new.
The half about The Rock, that simply occurred lately?
Yeah, that was the primary time I went on stage after COVID, and it simply occurred that day, the place The Rock responded to an previous thread from six years in the past. The primary time I went on stage I introduced the cellphone up like, holy shit! You guys should not going to imagine what simply occurred! The joke simply wrote itself from there. I’ve tags I modify with it, but it surely’s simply a kind of issues the place I actually have enjoyable doing it, so I simply add extra jokes to it.
Have you ever and The Rock stayed in contact?
No, not likely in any respect. That was the final response I noticed. It may have been only a random individual responding or it might be two individuals as a result of he fired the final man. I prefer to assume it was actually The Rock.
I prefer to assume that too. Each time tweets are additional humorous, I hope it’s truly him. I like that you just stored the screenshot as a trophy.
Probably the most embarrassing factor is the one motive it grew to become a screenshot for me is as a result of each night time earlier than I did the joke, I’d need to go on Twitter earlier than the present and discover the previous thread. Then I had a youthful comic go, “Hey, you possibly can simply screenshot that, proper?” I used to be like, yeah completely. How do I try this? I’m so previous.
Did you be taught to do something new through the pandemic? Not mentally, however skill-wise.
No, I simply gained weight and watched TV. I watched the identical shit I watched my entire life and binged motion pictures. You recognize, consolation motion pictures. That’s what I turned to loads, previous reveals. So no, nothing.
I heard you mastered supply timing and I feel that’s fairly spectacular.
Oh sure! The secret’s ordering the weed first. Some days the weed man have to be near me although as a result of generally, it will get right here in 15 to twenty minutes. I mastered it fairly quick although, like, on the primary time.
Do you assume there’s any correlation between this ability and a few fats shaming you talked about in your particular?
For positive! I grew up with rubbish quick meals stuff so I eat extra Taco Bell than I care to confess. It’s not even Mexican meals, I don’t know what it’s. I feel it’s Soylent Inexperienced. I feel we’re consuming individuals! Now I’m losing a few pounds, however I nonetheless smoke. Individuals ask me how I get tremendous excessive and stroll and it’s like, I simply do.
You talked about getting excessive with strangers and a few individuals are so sketchy…
I feel I’ve a reasonably good sketch detector and I’m fairly streetwise. I determine I made it this far. Submit-COVID I don’t actually smoke with individuals anymore or if I do, it’s my very own stuff. I’ll often have my very own pre-roll with me. It seems like individuals throughout the nation are reluctant to cross joints, or that’s been my expertise. Again then, everybody had one thing and it was cool. Now individuals are like, do you wanna suck this? And I’m like, not likely.
Are you doing any mushrooms? They’re all the fad as of late.
I’m not, but it surely’s humorous as a result of I’m discovering out that each one of those dad and mom are. I wasn’t even conscious that it was an enormous factor. One of many dads I do know microdoses and it modified the whole lot for me. Now I’m taking a look at him like, dude this man is excessive as balls proper now!
He’s most likely a greater dad. Extra tolerant like, positive, draw everywhere in the partitions; you’re as nice as Picasso.
I’ve by no means executed what everyone seems to be doing so this one is like, ehhh. I bought too in my head with acid and shrooms again within the day. I really feel prefer it was extra obtainable in California than anyplace most likely. Virtually everybody I knew tripped indirectly. The nerds, the stoners—I’d simply get too in my head. One time I used to be at this occasion and a woman turned me down at a celebration. So I simply walked all the best way residence, in San Francisco, tripping balls.
I feel it’s an age block as a result of we grew up with weed and mushrooms being unlawful. Now there are weed shops in all places, and it’s so nice, however mentally I’m like, that is nuts.
Sure! At first these locations would get raided and shut down so even when it went fully authorized, I nonetheless had this worry of it being raided after I was within the retailer. I don’t know why however I do assume it comes from rising up with it being unlawful your complete life.
I blame Nancy Regan.
I blame her for lots of issues. I get diarrhea and I blame Nancy, but it surely was actually Taco Bell.