Episode 946 - Ian Bagg / Bert Kreischer

**Marc Maron** (0:00)
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So, and also congratulations. These are all general. I wanna talk about my dates a little bit because they are few and far, but they are real, okay? I'm really performing places. Sorry, Bloomington next week sold out. Sorry, Minneapolis. All those shows at ACME are sold out.
The following week after that in Denver. Denver, I believe there are still tickets to 21st and 22nd of September. And I'm sure there are tickets in Phoenix on October 13th at Stand Up Live.
I don't always see Phoenix as necessarily my city. You know, when you do what I do, when you do the stand up comedy out there in the world, some cities are better than others. I know I got some fans in Phoenix, my brothers in Phoenix, I've got people in Phoenix, but generally speaking, I don't know if I'm everybody's cup of tea in Phoenix, but that's all right. I've acclimated to being an acquired taste. It's okay, as long as that acquired taste involves enough people to earn me a living, it's fine with me. Don't want everybody to like you. If everybody likes you, there's something deep being hidden.
That's my experience. And then everybody who likes you generally finds out around the same time.
So today I talked to Bert Kreischer.
Kreischer's got a special coming out. It's out, I'm sorry. I just apologize to myself for remembering something. His Netflix special Secret Time is streaming now. I think it's his first special, his first big one. He's very excited about it. I love Bert and it was fun conversation we had here and after that I got Ian Bagg. Ian Bagg's a guy, he's always been on the periphery. I've always seen him. I've known him, I feel like my whole life. I remember when he came down from Canada and we were coming up in New York and I just would see him around occasionally and be like, what have you been doing Ian Bagg? And so finally after years, I said, come on, let's talk on the show. I don't know you, but you've been sort of on the periphery of my attention and in my world for decades it feels like. You know, at least gotta be almost 20 years. So Ian Bagg is also here today.
And that's what's going on. So Bert Kreischer, the new Netflix special Secret Time is streaming now. I love talking to Bert. He's actually a guy that makes you feel happy and good and fun. This is me and Bert Kreischer.
So this is a big Netflix special.

**Bert Kreischer** (4:04)
This is the big one. I'm super excited.

**Marc Maron** (4:06)
And it's your first Netflix special?

**Bert Kreischer** (4:08)
First Netflix, did the Showtime like two years ago.

**Marc Maron** (4:11)
Oh.

**Bert Kreischer** (4:11)
That was where I told the machine story.

**Marc Maron** (4:12)
Yeah.

**Bert Kreischer** (4:13)
And then yeah, now I'm doing Secret Time.

**Marc Maron** (4:16)
So did they pay for it?

**Bert Kreischer** (4:18)
Yeah.

**Marc Maron** (4:18)
Oh, good man. So this year you're part of the 2018 pack.

**Bert Kreischer** (4:25)
I guess so.

**Marc Maron** (4:28)
I did one last year.
Joe Coy, like they weren't gonna give him one and he's like, fuck it, I'm gonna get one. So he made his own and then pushed it on Netflix.