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Interview with Bob Odenkirk
- wslh 6mo agohttps://archive.is/zPqra https://archive.is/zPqra
- anshumankmr 6mo agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/magazine/bob-odenkirk-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.JroI.epLeM_DmMdMC&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/magazine/bob-odenkirk-int...
- alexose 6mo agoI liked the shoutout to On Cinema at the Cinema. Truly one of the most hilarious and fascinating pieces of comedy in the last couple of decades.
- davexunit 6mo agoIt's my favorite comedy of all time. It's been going for over 10 years with a lot of little spin offs along the way. For those that want to take the plunge you can watch the first first ten seasons, Oscar specials, Decker, etc. for free on YouTube. Use this playlist to watch everything in chronological order. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHLfmoLchI&list=PLRT5PdjVF-ipL5SPXbmZXzfBchXVR8JTo&index=59&pp=iAQB https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHLfmoLchI&list=PLRT5PdjVF-ip...
- jackweirdy 6mo agoSame. I have found it impossible to explain to the uninitiated so I delight in finding others who’ve found it!
- Hikikomori 6mo agoCan't believe that Heidecker keeps getting away with murder.
- Rooster61 6mo agoOh boy, another one of these jackoffs. Rosetti the Rat couldn't get him convicted because HE DID NOTHING WRONG. You people need to let it go.
- Hikikomori 6mo agoWe all know what happened. Toni the drunk was hammered for the whole trial and deliberation and had the hots for Heideckers rock aura and endless supply of chardonnay.
- prngl 6mo agoThis was an interesting interview. Like a lot of great comedians, Odenkirk has a very grounded and bleak view of the world. I suppose a lot of art, comedy included, is a way of coping with their perspective, for themselves and for the audience.
- toyg 6mo agoI think it has more to do with Comedians having to work their way up the chain.
- rickdeckard 6mo agoI think it's less about comedy being the outlet to "cope" with what you see, and more about seeing the comedy because you are able to see the world for what it really is. Most of timeless comedy simply describes the mundane reality of the audience in a way that they realize the absurdity of it.
- kakacik 6mo agoA lot of comedians, ie standup ones but not only, have had hard lives, suffer from depression, anxieties and so on. The better the ones the more (ie Robin Williams). Making people laugh is their coping, validation and approval mechanism for the world and life. Such people have different perspectives on life, success and happiness, for better or worse.
- palmotea 6mo ago> Like a lot of great comedians, Odenkirk has a very grounded and bleak view of the world. I suppose a lot of art, comedy included, is a way of coping with their perspective, for themselves and for the audience. IIRC, I've heard it said that comedians are not happy people and usually had pretty difficult childhoods where "being funny" was a coping mechanism.
- kjkjadksj 6mo agoSome of the famous ones like Carlin seemed like they had some mental patterns that favored the line of work. Famously if he wasn’t performing he was thinking of new material virtually every waking minute. Pathological dedication to the craft.
- dang 6mo ago[stub for offtopicness] [article authors don't write these headlines, you guys - let alone interview subjects]
- nozzlegear 6mo agoWhen the zeitgeist is overwhelmingly nihilist, dare to be an absurdist.
- mapontosevenths 6mo agoI came here to say this. Once you realize that life has no meaning, except that which we arbitrarily assign, you can only go a few ways with it. Of all the 'ism's you could choose in that moment, absudism is perhaps the least worst. "Credo quia absurdum est."
- thrance 6mo agoWhat you're describing is "existentialism", and Camus's absurdidm is a reaction to it. The difference is subtle, but important to Camus.
- mapontosevenths 6mo agoIt's been a very long time since I studied it, so you're likely right... but I thought that existentialism was the problem statement (life has no inherent meaning so we bring our own) and that absurdism and nihilism were both responses to it? My understanding has always been that Absurdism says that while the search for meaning is absurd we should search anyhow if we feel like it (our happy friend Sisyphus). Whereas Nihilism's answer was more along the lines of Bukowski's "Don't Try." They both recognize that Sisyphus's job is pointless, but the absurdists suggest we keep pushing the boulder anyhow. Am I missing something?
- thrance 6mo agoMy own understanding is: all three of existentialism, nihilism and absurdism are responses to the same question (that of the meaning of life). All three agree on the fact that there is no inherent, "natural" meaning. Nihilism gives you nothing more. Absurdism claims you must embrace this lack of meaning and thrive in spite of it. Existentialism claims you can create your own. Camus thought Existentialism was "cheating" and trying to deny the correct conclusion that life is meaningless. Also, he diskliked Sartre a lot.
- grouchomarx 6mo ago> Bob Odenkirk Would Like to Remind You That Life Is a Meaningless Farce yea yea we get it
- Rendello 6mo ago> This interview has been edited and condensed from two conversations. Interesting, I wonder how common this is and how the interviewees feel about it.
- timnetworks 6mo agomr. show was an amazing bit of media