Episode 740 - Billy Crystal

**Marc Maron** (0:00)
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All right, let's do this. How are you, what the fuckers? What the fuck buddies? What the fuck-a-ree-kins? What the fucksters? What the fucknicks? Yeah, what the fucknicks? How about that? Old school.
Hey, it's me, Marc Maron. This is WTF. It's my podcast. I'm in New York City. I'm here for an opening of a famous artist, Sarah Kane, The Sarah Kane, her show Dark Matter, opens tonight, Thursday night, September 8th, here in New York City at the Gallery Le Long. That's Gallery with an IE at the end, because it's fucking fancy. Some fancy business. I went over there and looked at my partner's girlfriend.
I don't know, lady, friend, person I'm seeing. I still don't, partner just doesn't, it doesn't work for me. I know that's everybody, you know, partner, partner, what does that mean? I got to call Brendan, my producer and business partner, my partner, but then I have to qualify it with like business partner. So obviously, I know that the word has implications, but maybe my chick, is that still, does that not kosher? No, no good.
I'll go with the lady I'm seeing, the woman, the woman in my life.
Oh, boy, she's giving me the thumbs up in her bathrobe on the bed.
So I went over there and looked at the show and I got to say, it's pretty spectacular. So I go into a, it's like going to an abstract theme park.
Very full body experience, full body immersion in the art of Sarah Kane. If you want to go to the opening, it's open to the public tonight here in New York City. Six to eight at Gallery Le Long. So what else? On the show today, Billy Crystal, the Billy Crystal, one of the great Jewish funny men. Can I call him that?

**Billy Crystal** (3:32)
Sure.

**Marc Maron** (3:32)
Why not?
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I'm in a motel room. I'm not drinking just coffee. I'm drinking tea.
It's kind of cold. I just spent an hour and a half with Tom Sharpling. We just recorded another Marc and Tom show. That should be forthcoming. We'll get that out to you soon. We had the, you know, our standard somewhat midlife chats about this and that, but very few people make me laugh as much as Tom Sharpling. I don't know if you listen to the best show, but you should listen to it. He's one of the great broadcasters, very funny. And we have fun together. So look forward to that. I just got here yesterday to New York City from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I spent a few days. I'd like to thank everyone who came out to the big benefit for Endorphin Power Company at the Hispanic Cultural Center at the Albuquerque Journal Theater, there in my hometown. It was a spectacular show. I had a great time for a good cause. Saw a lot of people that I haven't seen in a while.
Very, it's very wild, man. It's very wild to not be part of people's lives for decades, but having had them in your life for a short period of time and another point in your history. And I've always had a hard time wrapping my brain around that, around seeing people. Because you have these very strong connections. Like I saw right when I got to Albuquerque, I went to Durand's Pharmacy for some carne adovada.