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Concerned about you, and i really need to know where you grew up and what your father did. so thats really the basis of how the thing evolved, was just, i had a real -- a lot of people i had ideas about who they were. a lot of people, id known for 20 years, but id never really talked to. most of the interviews are first encounters with people that im familiar with. and i just sit there, and i assume something about them, and i slowly let them deconstruct my assumptions and i get to know them as ...

Really need to know where you grew up and what your father did. so thats really the basis of how the thing evolved, was just i had a real -- a lot of people i had ideas about who they were. a lot of people id known for 20 years, but id never really talked to. most of the interviews are first encounters with people that im familiar with. and i just sit there, and i assume something about them and i slowly let them deconstruct my assumptions and i get to know them as people. >> you started this th...

Now become massively successful. >> well, wait. is side project code for hail mary pass? >> yes. >> because it wasnt a side project. i was really at a loss of where to go next with my own career. you know, i was respected as a comic, i had a good comedy career, kind of, but i didnt really sell tickets, i didnt have a lot going on. after the last job at air america, i didnt know what i was going to do. i had just gotten out of a horrible divorce. had no expectations. it saved me in a lot of ways....