Episode 939 - Jay Leno

**Marc Maron** (0:00)
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All right, let's do this. How are you, WTFers, WTF buddies, WTFsters? What's happening? I'm Marc Maron, this is my podcast.
Welcome to it. How's everybody doing? Hey, you know what? It's early, huh? Put the drink down. Think about it, okay? Just take it easy, will ya? Could you just put the bong down for a second? Could you not vape at 10 in the morning? Could you not, how are you still awake? I'm talking to the people that are struggling with addiction, alcoholism, drugs, whatever your thing is. Maybe you've been up all night with the porn. I don't know, but if you're struggling and you wanna stop it, you just can't because it's like it's 6 a.m. and you're still cutting lines.
Come on, enough already. It doesn't age well. It doesn't get any different. It doesn't get any better. It's gonna be the same thing over and over again, whatever it is that you're compulsively doing on a daily basis to alter your perception or feel better or reward yourself somehow. That's all lost after the first hour or two. And then it's just a chase, man. It's just a chase. Maybe it's distracting you. Maybe it's making you feel well, but God, let's reel it in.
What do I gotta tell you? Go to a meeting. Don't worry about the God part. Just go. Just do something. Come on, man. Life is short enough the way it is. And I'm telling you, it ain't gonna change.
If you keep doing it, just not. It's gonna be the same. All right, that's enough. Now I'm gonna talk to the other people. How's everyone else doing? How's the bike ride? Good. How's the exercise going? Good, good. How's the dog walking? Say hi to your doggy for me. Terrific. You okay at work there? You got set up, you set up, you got your coffee and everything. How's the painting? How's the shoe making? How's the silversmithing? What's happening? You're working with clay? Is it clay?
Hey, did I mention I'm Marc Maron? Did I mention today? No, I didn't, I know I didn't because I know exactly what I've been talking about. Today on the show, Jay Leno came over.
He was in a very shiny Corvair. I don't know what year it is, but those are always interesting cars to see around. It was red, it was beautifully painted, nicely done. A Corvair, I don't know when they made those. Probably in the mid to late 60s, I'm guessing. The Corvair was sort of a, not a Corvette. I think it was made by Chevy. I'm not a car guy. So that's not what we were talking about, me and Jay. Not much anyways.
I did buy a car though. I did, I bought a new car. I did, I bought a new car. But let me, I guess there's a lot to talk about. Saturday, November 10th at 7:30 p.m. I will be playing the Beacon Theater as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Pre-sale tickets go on sale this Wednesday, August 8th at 11 a.m. Eastern through Sunday, August 12th at 10 p.m. Get them at nycomedyfestival.com. The pre-sale code is T-N-Y-C-F. The general on sale date is Monday, August 13th at 10 a.m. Eastern. And I've got other dates coming up. You can go to wtfpod.com/tour. I'm going to Bloomington, Indiana. I'm going to Denver, Colorado. I'm going to Minneapolis, Minnesota. I'm going to Phoenix for a night.
But New York Comedy Festival, Beacon Theater, very exciting. It's one of the reasons I've been going out and hitting the clubs, doing several shows in a row, hammering it out, finding the through lines, riffing it.
So I can get it all into one piece in my mind before the big show in November. So that's why I was in Salt Lake City. Aside from, I go there once a year or so, I believe.
I've been to Wise Guys many times in different locations. The downtown location seems to have stuck.
It's an odd room, but it's a good room. And we had a good time. It's always a little tweaky for me in Salt Lake City. I really do want to thank the people for coming out because I really feel that everybody that I could possibly draw comes out to see me in Salt Lake City. That's about a thousand people. Did four shows. I think the room seats 250 and change.