I know my woman, she got ways like a fox squirrel swinging up in a tree. Method Actor Shia LaBeouf Charged for Battery and Petty Theft for Stealing a Hat. Every aspect of the set and the crew-- and rumors had sort of cooked around. Mike Birbiglia. And she goes, I'm not worried because a rapist wouldn't have a bed like that. Normally I'd handle this sort of stuff on my own, but my wife really insisted that I call. (6 minutes), “Change the Subject” by The Dan Collins Band, After Huma Abedin’s emails were discovered on her husband’s computer by the FBI, and after FBI Director James Comey publicly declared the agency would be investigating those emails, Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers dropped. Your entire motivation as a character is the fact that you're--, --is that your arm was eaten off by an alligator and that you have to have a--. I was really embarrassed, but I couldn't breathe. And then it was syndicated. The actors. You can find them at tipyourwaitstaff.com. And I can do any interview. Mike Birbiglia. See, but I wonder, when you think about what people go to theater for, like what kind of release people want, I mean, people want an experience that will take them out of themselves. George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Aniston, Vidal Sassoon, Jodie Foster, Jason Momoa, Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, Sharon Stone, and John Travolta, also George Burns, Bob Hope, Gene Kelly, Gena Rowlands, also Quentin Tarantino, John Waters, Nora Ephron-- Margy Rochlin has interviewed all these people. Thanks, as always, to our program's co-founder, Mr. Torey Malatia. You're just like, see you around the building, that kind of thing. So we run downstairs. And there's definitely something up there, and it's making pretty good speed up going from one end of the roof to the other. And if you were sitting in the audience, there was clearly a sense of fear on the faces of these people. Kirkwood's is gone. And about six inches from the front of my face was this squirrel at eye level with me, kind of reared back on its legs. You really haven't done anything wrong. Reading the FBI’s interviews, Clinton’s team hardly seems organized enough to mount any sort of sinister cover-up.” (19 minutes). In which the boy discovers a mystery box. Hey Everyone! By the end of the evening, firemen have arrived and all the normal boundaries between audience and actors have completely dissolved. And he was just looking at us and shaking his head like he couldn't believe that these two idiots showed up and did this to his house over nothing, really. It's just batter up. And I don't think it broke it, but it did some damage. He used to walk into the studio at the end of each and every episode to grimly assess the damage. So I'm not beaten yet. And she was really sweet. How Do You Slow This Thing Down. And literally that's what happens here. What have you done to my house? And he landed on both of his feet and sprained both of his ankles, and, of course, curled into a fetal position and began to cry. It's not so much a police function. For example, I know that they had spent a lot of money renting these flying apparatuses out of New York. The normal interview stops, and the social structure of the moment completely changes. And we go upstairs. And we're both completely red, sweating because we're dressed for like zero-degree weather, and it's hot there by the fire. And on the postcard somewhere would be a picture of a nose, and there would be liquid coming out of it, sort of like my logo. And we do hear an animal upstairs scratching away, just scuttling around the floor. A beam of focused light, and then that pinprick of light is supposed to be Tinker Bell. So she has to step out into the water that she's just told us is filled with crocodiles to grab it. And apparently there's like one company and a handful of these apparatuses. Our interviewee, who asked not to be named on the radio, had been on the force for 18 years when he spoke with me. And the starting point was--. The second speaker was Hall of Fame quarterback Phil Simms. (12 minutes), “Election Day” by Noble Sissle & Eubie Blsake & “Squirrel” by The Want, If you enjoyed this episode, you may like these. And everyone has been talking about cancer. And the audience sort of sees this coming. And it gets closer and closer to her. You're going to make thousands of mistakes until you really get a handle on what you're doing. I always have another idea. So I reached up, and I took the trapdoor down. We just grab the couch, heave it upside down, and now there's plenty of oxygen now for the fire to really get going. And yeah, it's a pretty good plan. Act Four, "Fiascos As A Force for Good." And it was on my post. He also has two comedy albums available for download at the iTunes store.Mike's story was recorded at The Moth, which features … It's, like, really nauseating. You could see her just clicking things off on her fingers-- OK, the dead squirrel, ruined pillows, need a new couch. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. Towards act three, the director had decided that she wanted to break down the fourth wall. Copyright © 1996 - Yeah. This is our own inquiry into the nature of what makes a fiasco. And then she really just lost it. Jamie Foxx Is Crossing the Spider-Verse to Play Electro in, Cecily Strong’s New Musical-Comedy Series Has a Stacked Cast. But like I say, the audience was still in this very forgiving mode. We're both on our backs. SNL’s Cecily Strong did the first installment, and this time around, the guest is stand-up Mike Birbiglia, who shares the story of a gig at a charity golf tournament gone wrong. This American Life is delivered to public radio stations by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. They are so frightened of the audience. And years ago, years ago, he told this story about this one gig that he did relatively early in his career. So I start sweeping underneath the couch with my nightstick, trying to move the squirrel toward the box, figuring we'll capture it and just get rid of it, and we'll be out of here, and there'll be no more mayhem. Then another thing that happened was later on in this scene, if you remember, Wendy gets trapped on an island. And Captain Hook might have stood in front of the set, but you didn't really see it because he spoke from shadow. He talks about how getting into comedy is like starting up a business that no one wants; it’s all supply, no demand. Things go so awry that normal social order collapses. Mike Birbiglia talks about the sleepwalking that nearly killed him. Here’s the second episode of “Worst I Ever Bombed,” a new web series from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in which a different comedian shares their most awful comedy performance story each episode. It's important for me, before I tell you this part of the story, to remind you that you're on my side. And then, of course, three minutes later, busting through the door of the theater, are these 15 firemen, who are in boots, hats. But I don't have that part of my brain. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. I mean, I really felt like a little sister of mine had a loss. And then, of course, he's jerked up in the air a little bit and often a little too high so that he's suddenly sort of in the workings. Opening night comes and, you know, well, almost everybody in the area in the 10-mile radius of this theater knows somebody in this production, so the place is pretty much packed. If the premise of your character is that you have a hook, your name is Captain Hook, literally all that's going to happen for the rest of the show is people are going to refer to you by that hook. I mean, it just smelled brand new-- new carpeting, new rugs, new paint. Now that you mention that, yeah, that's right. Kelly Clarkson Gives Masterclass in Optioning Up With ‘Closer’ Cover. The fire alarm's going off. It's a very low benchmark. I lose my balance and fall backwards directly onto my partner. And then several of them start to sort of circumscribe these circles in the air, where it's clear that the people running the machines have just sort of set them off on these oval courses that spiral farther and farther out. Do ya? Jack Hitt, he's the co-host of a great Peabody Award-winning podcast about race and history called Uncivil, which, if you are looking for something to listen to during this national home lockdown or on your commute to your essential job, I really recommend that. This is just-- it's not going well. We just all sat there sort of holding our breath. You make plenty of mistakes. I'm Ira Glass. And this is all within about five minutes. He's never like, you the man, Mike. That's fine. And Joe's kind of like a bad entourage member. So I was kind of nervous. And it really startled me, so I kind of went, ah, and jumped back. All rights reserved. There is much, much more to learn about fiascos in this hour. And then at the end of the day, sure enough, my pants are all wrinkled, and I have to perform at this semi-formal banquet. I was asked to perform at a charity golf tournament in New Jersey. What happens, in fact, when fumble leads to error leads to mishap and before you know it you have left the realm of ordinary mistake and chaos, and you have entered into the more ethereal, specialized realm of fiasco? Because, of course, his hand is now nakedly exposed to the audience. So I'm ironing my pants. Ira Glass here. So it runs back under the couch. I didn't want to do a spit take. [MUSIC - "VALLEY GIRL" BY FRANK AND MOON UNIT ZAPPA]. They don't know what it is. Well, what happened? And we're pounding, smearing it all over the place. And I'm like, what about one outfit forever? Why don't we move the furniture away from one of the corners, and we'll put the couch in the corner, and the squirrel will probably move along with the couch because it's the only cover available to it. A Democratic club at a bar in South Bend, Indiana, melts down over President Trump, and producer Ben Calhoun is there to see who’s still left in the club at the end of the night. I've said this before, but a few years ago I was moving a new bed into my apartment. Right. I would like to know everyone's thoughts on Mike Birbiglia. And most of the quotable stuff that you ended up using in your story happened after the--. He's wearing these silk pajamas with a monogram. Alex Melamid and Vitaly Komar hired a polling firm to investigate what people want to see in paintings.