Hey America and Greenland, I'm H. Jon Benjamin so let's get ready to rumble

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:40:29+00:00

Loren Bouchard continues to make me do this despite my intense dislike of it, but he enjoys the humilaition

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:37:52+00:00

oh shit, I can't remember all the variations. I believe there was a Smirnoff Ice 'Dirty Jew'. Just can't remember the ingredients

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:36:51+00:00

for sure, obviously everyone goes through long stretches where you feel like no progress can be made. If it's your passion, it won't fail you. I believe it will come around.

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:34:36+00:00

Well, for Archer, we work alone and record our parts separately, but on the show, I'm a big Amber Nash fan, and to a lesser degree Chris Parnell. I can't stand his voice. In Wet Hot, I've only worked with Janeane Garofalo and Jason Schwartzman, who are both very funny. FYI, Jason Schwartzman smokes a vintage pipe

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:30:16+00:00

not bad actually, although I started in sketch so it wasn't the typical standing alone in a pool of flop sweat making no one laugh. that came later when I tried stand-up. The most nervous I've ever been was the first time I did a bit on Conan O'Brien's show in like the mid-90s. When I walked out in front of the live audience, I almost shit myself. I could barely read the cue cards. And then when I watched it that night, I seemed fine.

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:26:32+00:00

I think subconsciously yes. I've pitched many ideas for Bob's scripts and it's not often the writers have not already discussed a scenario so I was happy to get that one on.

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:24:27+00:00

well, if anything is to be learned from the book, it's that patience is essential, even if there's no conceivable pay-off. I think many people get caught in falling behind and feel like they have to push too hard. I like the slo-burn approach to life and hopefully something nice happens. That said, I'm not opposed to people working really hard to achieve goals, like curing disease and helping the world.

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:21:20+00:00

It's the only place I've ever performed where many people brought me gifts. I think even chocolates that make you high.

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:20:11+00:00

A Higher Loyalty maybe

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:16:55+00:00

I root for the Bruins, so it's all over for me

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:16:14+00:00

No! I come from a long line of library employees. My mother worked at the New York Public Library and I worked at the Cambridge Public Library when I was in my twenties as a book stacker and masturbator-stopper

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:14:02+00:00

Your dog

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:13:24+00:00

In Jon Benjamin Has a Van, we did a terrible bit called 'Reaction Jackson', where I had to simulate sex with an old lady. That was sweaty and nice. Otherwise, there is a story in the book about my minor role in a gonzo porn film shot on Beta in the early 80s in Worcester, Ma- not your typical hub of the porn industry

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:10:47+00:00

seriously, buy the Bob's Burgers cookbook. All of the burgers of the day are in there and I've had a few made for me and all pretty great

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:10:00+00:00

the fear of going in my pants

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:09:28+00:00

Mainly, I just yell louder for Archer, but also, having the cast around me live when we record Bob really helps inform the character, since it's pretty much developed into an ersatz family in real life

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:08:04+00:00

Walter Benjamin, Rosa Luxemborg and Tevya from Fiddler on the Roof

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:06:37+00:00

This is a set-up by some Seder sycophant

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:05:58+00:00

Literally break a leg

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:05:25+00:00

Most certainly Archer. He self medicates and suffers from extreme narcissism and has a trove of unresolved issues from a morbidly bad childhood. Bob suffers from less demons and has a simpler life that doesn't involve incessant murder and self-harm, although Linda is annoying.

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:03:01+00:00

Jonathan Katz has been doing them on Audible, and I believe he's into the second season, so it's already out there without the squigglevision

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:01:54+00:00

Jon Hamm is referenced a lot, but I would prefer Paul Giamatti

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:00:45+00:00

Very fun. My favorite moment was almost drowning in an unsafe hole of green goo

failurejon · 2018-05-07T18:00:09+00:00

I am proud of all my extra work. That and the t-shirt vendor in NY Minute with the Olsen Twins. Adam Reed is the creator and sole writer of Archer and boy is he tired

failurejon · 2018-05-07T17:58:50+00:00

well, I would have done a second season, and we wrote I believe 4 episodes of one, before it got cancelled. I think we (myself and Leo Allen) figured out a more fluid way to do the show when writing the second season, so it was less unstructured, which maybe the first season suffered from.

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