Just listened to the latest WTF episode. Marc had his old buddy Matt Graham who was described this way before I listened.
Matt Graham has quite an amazing history. He and Marc crossed paths in the Boston comedy scene and Matt went on to be a respected comedy writer, a professional Scrabble player, a professional poker player, and an almost-college basketball player at the age of 40. But that only scratches the surface.
It doesn't say it but he was a writer on SNL and Conan. The interview was divided into 2 parts. The first segment was pretty par for the course. Nothing crazy. The guy sounded pretty normal to me. Then the second part which was recorded later started. Aside from the voice I'm not convinced it's the same guy.
There was an unexpected exchange at the end which had me in stitches. Here's the dialogue.
Matt: People are just full of shit. You know. And I'm not. and that's why. You know. But I know, I'm just going to keep plugging away and I'll find either some creative outlet or sell some games or, you know, train manatees. Something's gonna shake out. But first the show.…and I brought a game I wanna sell you. I'm trying to sell off my games. I brought a game I wanna sell you. Can I sell you one game for all that I told you. All in one board game.
Matt: It's called Vegas. It's a great Hasbro bookshelf game.
Marc: How much does a game cost?
Matt: How much does it cost?! Make me an offer!
Marc: I don't know what games sell for.
Matt: Well you know what you can afford. Like you know just make me…
Marc: How about I just lend you some money. Or give you some money. And I'll take the game. I don't know if I wanna haggle I'm not good at it. Cause...
Matt: Yes you can just give me money! I wasn't trying to take you for a whole bunch of money. I was trying to use, like the fact that I was so incredibly open and told you a story. That I um…You know. There's not many people…Now there's going to be a lot of people. But up until there, there's 3 people who really know the whole story. You know what I mean. You're 4. And your podcast is 200,000 and 4. You know.
Marc: So what are you saying. You want 50 dollars for the game?
Matt: Ya fuck ya. But the reason I want you to loan me money is I try to pay people back you know what I mean.
Marc: You did pay me back. You have payed me back.
Matt: You loaned me money once I payed you back. I'm not looking to get into further debt you know. You can definitely have it for that price. I don't want to put any financial strain on you. That's not what I'm looking to do.
Marc: No, there's no financial strain. I think that's better then lending money and if you can use the 50 dollars and not worry about
Matt: Oh fuck ya. I can use it. I just spent 9 and McDonalds. So you have to understand I really live by the, you know, nitty gritty. But I do want you to take the game. It's not big and it's one of those really cool bookshelf type games. And if nothing else it's a neat little piece of kitch that you'll look and it and think of me or something you know.
Matt: Okay cool!
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