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Dear audience,
the film is about to start.
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And that's exciting, oh boy.
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And hey, remember
to put your phone on silent,
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if you haven't done so already.
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And check that any other
devices don't make any noise.
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But you can make noise,
that would be awesome.
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Noises like laughing,
clapping, crying,
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be moved, sob, be like wow
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or oo-oo,
those are really good.
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The only noise we hope
you don't make is conversation.
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If you're here with a friend,
don't babble like
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If you're here with a friend,
don't babble like
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"is he the guy
who was in that thing..."
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No, nobody cares,
talk about it later.
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Now, you need to focus.
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And hey, if someone needs
the bathroom,
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well, it's too late now.
That window of opportunity is closed.
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The movie has already started.
You just need to hold on.
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If you need to pee, too bad!
Think about a dripping tap.
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Plink plink. Slosh slosh.
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Oh shit, now I need to go pee.
Damn it.
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I've seen the beginning,
I'll be quick.
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All right, what's going on?
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What, a damn screenplay?
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This is a documentary!
If someone wrote something, it's me!
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Two directors!
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Two directors!
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A strange solution.
Wouldn't recommend that.
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Which one is the head director?
They'll just be fighting all the time.
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Hey, there's some guy over there!
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Is that the guy... No, it's me.
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See! This movie is about me.
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The lead.
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Or no, would it be...
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The protagonist!
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Starring.
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Wait! The hero!
Yes, I want to be the hero.
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Well, If I have to tell
something about myself.
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I'm a shy person.
I'm a very shy person.
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I'd say I've never started
a conversation with a stranger.
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Like never.
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Except on gigs,
but that's different.
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So how is it possible
for a shy, outsider Finn
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to suddenly be in America
doing this?
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ISMO
THE WORLD'S FUNNIEST OUTSIDER
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FEBRUARY 16TH, 2024
NEW YORK, USA
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CHAPTER 1:
ORDINARY LIFE
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CHAPTER 1:
ORDINARY LIFE
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All right, before we delve into
the mystery of being shy and outsider,
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with the help of the latest
armchair psychological studies,
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childhood analyses
and others, well,
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let's see what's happening now,
at this very moment.
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I'm just about to start a gig,
and not just any gig,
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but for the first time in New York
in this big, fancy, lovely theater.
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Sold-out New York City Town Hall.
Oh yeah!
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FEBRUARY 17TH, 2024
NEW YORK, USA
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This is Danny. He was on the gig,
opening for me, announcing me.
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He will be on some other gigs with me
and helping me prepare for
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me filming my first comedy special
in English in a week's time.
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Yes, this is Gabriel Iglesias,
aka Fluffy.
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He's a big comedian,
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so great that he's talking here,
so appreciate it.
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so great that he's talking here,
so appreciate it.
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I, for one, appreciate him.
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Oh, thank you, Gabriel.
And moving on...
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Or no, wait. Let's go back.
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Let's go back properly,
rewind like this.
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Rewind all the way back.
I'm a baby there.
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I was just born there.
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My mom was a lot of help there.
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The place was a small village
called Kuohu next to Jyväskylä.
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Well, a village, I guess,
we had a store.
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Nowadays, they only have a road.
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My family.
I have my mom.
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That's my dad.
He won't speak in this film.
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We were going to ask him,
but we realized he's no longer alive.
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We were going to ask him,
but we realized he's no longer alive.
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It would have been a weird project,
digging him up.
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Then there was us kids
and a dog at some point.
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We had five chickens.
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Our car was a Saab 96.
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Wait a minute!
Is this a bit boring?
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Useless info, you don't need
to know this. Just a sec.
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This is my mother.
She talks a lot, she likes talking.
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He would climb everywhere he could,
always on the go.
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He always had bumps
and bruises on his head.
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We even thought we should
make him wear a helmet.
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Oh, well, nice to hear that...
Thanks, mom!
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DECEMBER 23RD, 2023
KUOHU, ISMO'S CHILDHOOD HOME
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Wow, a lot of snow here.
When did you last visit here?
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-Last summer, didn't I?
-Last summer.
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The kitchen is open to other rooms,
so we'd run around in circles here.
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My childhood out in Kuohu
was just awesome.
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Me, my little brother,
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Me, my little brother,
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two friends
who lived like, almost next door.
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It was the four of us,
hanging out, playing games,
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shooting funny videos.
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We could be ourselves,
just be there, in our own bubble.
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I have to use my extra speed!
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I'm a hero there, too,
with my cape.
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In our movies, I always
played the lead, without exception.
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Being a hero,
you need the hero's journey.
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The pattern is repeated
in all great stories throughout ages
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from Moses to Harry Potter.
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It's divided into 12 chapters,
this hero's journey.
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I don't know if this
applies in my story,
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it's a bit far-fetched...
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At some point,
I had to start school.
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At some point,
I had to start school.
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Darn it, I didn't like it,
I didn't like the whole idea.
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There's going to be people.
And strangers at that!
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We were in biology class
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and the teacher was teaching
the human evolution.
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Just a little side note:
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The classroom is actually
the classroom I attended,
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but these people,
they're kids from today.
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We're using cinematic means
to highlight it.
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There was a picture
with Homo habilis and Homo erectus
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and the Neanderthal guy
and all these dudes.
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I raised my hand and asked
the teacher: "Wait a minute!"
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"So which one is Adam?"
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And everybody in the class laughed.
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I didn't ask as a joke,
I was dead serious.
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Maybe it's just better
to stay silent,
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Maybe it's just better
to stay silent,
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just observe others
doing stupid things
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and write down the observations
if you don't dare to say them out loud.
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I told my mom
that boys bully me at school,
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they throw stones at me at recess.
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Mom was like
"Just let it go in one ear..."
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"And out the other."
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That was shit advice.
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He was shy, unbelievably shy.
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He was really nervous
about starting school.
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He just got shyer and shyer.
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At 15, when his friends went out
on Friday nights on the town,
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to hang out with their friends,
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Ismo stayed home,
threw himself on the bed and cried.
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I asked him
why he doesn't join his friends.
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"I can't go, I'm too shy.
It's all dad's fault."
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"I can't go, I'm too shy.
It's all dad's fault."
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"Dad is shy and I became shy."
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CHAPTER 2:
INVITATION TO ADVENTURE
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7 DAYS
TO COMEDY SPECIAL SHOOT
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One thing about this movie.
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There are two timelines here,
and they crisscross a bit.
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It's obvious to most people, I guess,
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but there might be some du...
dim person out there.
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The biggest disappointment
of my life was
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when I realized
somewhere in my teens
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that even adults don't know
what life is about.
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What's life,
what's the meaning of life,
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why are we here,
what is this all about?
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I always kind of assumed
that everybody knows that
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or at least somebody does
or like adults surely know.
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But it turns out
nobody knows fucking anything.
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That sucks. Do I have
to figure out everything myself?
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I went to study physics
in the university.
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and I must confess
the reason I went there
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was not that I wanted
specifically to be a physicist.
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I was actually more interested
in supernatural phenomena,
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the paranormal stuff
and meaning of life.
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I thought that if I learned physics
and sciences,
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I can study those things
and solve the mystery of life.
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But pretty soon I realized physics
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and calculus was not really
much help in that.
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My notebooks did have
physics formulas
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but even more
ideas for jokes
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and a lot of stick figures
fighting each other.
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And cows with big, steaming
piles of shit behind them.
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And cows with big, steaming
piles of shit behind them.
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Stand-up doesn't work in Finland,
it reeks of the US.
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Just like long jump reeks of sports.
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This is Teemu Vesterinen.
He brought stand-up to Jyväskylä.
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He opened a monthly club
at Ilokivi restaurant.
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It was a phenomenon.
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It was a great feeling
that we're doing something
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for the first time ever in this country
and town. We can do anything.
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Had he not started this,
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I don't know
if I had ever started stand-up.
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I would have nursed my beer, thinking
"I could do something sometimes".
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Ismo came to the stage
after about a year
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of coming to the club
and seeing every gig.
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He had cooked up his own thing.
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He'd been doing comedy
since he was a kid.
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He came over
and asked if he could do a gig,
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He came over
and asked if he could do a gig,
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and we took everyone who looked
about sane, we needed new talent.
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My first ever gig was here,
right here.
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And was I nervous?
Yes, super nervous.
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But I also thought
I had nothing to lose,
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nothing at all,
I can only gain things.
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Then they said my name,
I walked on stage
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and said to the audience:
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Hello, I'm Ismo,
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I'm the son of a physician.
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Every time I brought
a girl home, it was:
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"Have you been here before?"
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"Take off your clothes."
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"Lie down and say aaaa."
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"Lie down and say aaaa."
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"And next."
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Then he did his first gig,
and he was really good.
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That was it for him.
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Afterwards, he told me
"I made people laugh.
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"That felt so good."
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It was the best feeling of my life.
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The fact that I take things literally
and turn them into jokes,
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and people laugh at them
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the way they should laugh,
that's the whole point of it.
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He forgot about his studies,
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it was such a full life for him.
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The chopper murderer...
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In the first years, I'd follow
his gig from the back wall.
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He had this joke about
the chopper murderer.
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Some quick puns
or two-minded things.
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It was such a tragic thing,
but you gotta understand
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there's always an Achilles' heel
in chopping.
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You gotta keep a cool head.
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You can't be all thumbs in it.
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Punchline after punchline,
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and the 300-something audience
went like this.
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Everyone laughing
in the exact same rhythm.
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Their hands were not like this,
but they all bent from the waist.
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I thought fuck,
this guy has power and energy.
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This joke really
splits people in two.
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Stand up was like a drug.
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I just wanted to do more and more,
as much as possible.
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Making comedy became
the most important thing in my life.
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I like jokes more
than anything else.
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I like jokes more
than anything else.
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Even more than people.
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-Great going, Ismo!
-Thanks.
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Where's Ilari?
He should be on stage now.
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-Everything okay?
-Sure, sure.
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Basically all you need to know
about my early career as a comedian
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that after the first year, I started
to realize I can make a living from it.
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And on my second year,
I got to be on TV.
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Hyppönen-Enbuske Experience talk show.
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I had a short segment every week.
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People started to recognize me.
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Our correspondent with beautiful hair,
Ismo Leikola, is now in Jyväskylä.
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Ismo, what's the situation?
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I'm going to address
two serious problems
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about going to the movies.
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Namely: you always need to pee
in movie theaters.
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Namely: you always need to pee
in movie theaters.
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I have evidence
of holding my pee for two hours,
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but the odds of that coinciding
with a movie are slim.
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Like the Lord of the Rings movies:
three and half hours!
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And gazillion scenes with waterfalls.
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CHAPTER 3:
HESITATION
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It's difficult to describe
how important being funny is to me.
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It is a serious thing.
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For me, it's the most
important value.
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If I come up
with something funny,
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not saying it out loud
is very hard, almost impossible,
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even though there's risk of making
someone mad or ruining the mood.
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But if you came up with a crazy,
fun thing, you have to express it.
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I've sacrificed things
to the altar of funniness.
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Romantic moments and others.
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FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON DC TO L.A.
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FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON DC TO L.A.
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6 DAYS
TO COMEDY SPECIAL SHOOT
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Shit, I caught
a yawn from myself!
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How is this even possible?
It's a never-ending vicious cycle.
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ISMO'S HOME
LOS ANGELES, USA
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I have trouble sleeping
as my brain is always on overdrive.
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I always come up with
new ideas or worries.
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I don't understand how some people
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can just turn off their brain and sleep.
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My brain does not have an off button.
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Let's go back to the second timeline.
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We're in Tampere now.
I'll do a gig here
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and then zoom in my car
to Hämeenlinna for another one. Bye.
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I had been doing comedy
in Finland for years,
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and things had been going well.
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Gradually, I got thinking
that maybe Finland is a bit small.
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So it was 2005,
and I did my first gig in English.
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I would say about half
of the jokes hit home,
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and I thought, okay,
I could do more stuff in English.
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And I did, and then it
went better and better,
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and then I moved to Los Angeles.
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Wait a minute!
It's as if I forgot something.
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I feel I forgot something,
but what could that be?
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Yes, at some point, I got married.
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I think that's important.
Is it? Yes, it is.
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I have to say something about that.
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Hey, actually, I'll text her and
see if she wants to say something.
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Her name is Angelika.
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CHAPTER 4:
THE MENTOR
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I was booking artists to a club,
I was the program director.
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One comedian said
we should open a stand-up club,
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it was a new thing in Finland.
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He suggested Ismo Leikola
to open it, had I heard of him?
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I said I'd seen glimpses of him
on Hyppönen-Enbuske.
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Then we met
and clicked immediately.
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I was like wow, what a genius!
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Yes, definitely a genius!
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-And a hero!
-We had a one-night stand.
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Must have been great
to hump a hero!
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And we became good friends
for a year.
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After a year of friendship,
we started dating and became a couple.
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We were a power couple, really,
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a term familiar in the US
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but not so established vocabulary
in Finland.
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Angelika and I became
a tight-knit unit.
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She believed in me and
supported in everything in Finland
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and encouraged to do material
in English and go abroad.
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At this stage of the hero's journey,
there's always a mentor.
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A person who will advise,
help and teach the hero,
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but can't do the journey
for the hero.
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For Frodo, that was Gandalf,
the mentor in the Lord of the Rings.
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For Frodo, that was Gandalf,
the mentor in the Lord of the Rings.
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Usually, they're some bearded dudes.
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So basically,
Angelika is a good fit there.
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Luckily, she didn't have a beard.
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CHAPTER 5:
THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
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2007
IRELAND
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Talking about dick signs,
that's quite a boner there.
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"Talking about them.."
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You're the only one
talking about them.
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Doing stand-up in English
was exciting and invigorating.
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I went to London and Edinburgh
for gigs,
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I went to London and Edinburgh
for gigs,
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and they went really well.
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I got this hunch that it might be
possible to conquer the world.
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Then in 2008,
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I took my one-hour solo show
to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh.
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The gigs went fine
and there were nice reviews,
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but the halls
were practically empty.
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I did this one gig for one person,
a German tourist.
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I'm handing out fliers:
Welcome to Ismo show.
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Trying to get two people in.
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We did it day and night,
both crying, exhausted.
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Ismo is crying on the bed:
"I can't fucking take this anymore."
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We lost money, time,
energy and sleep.
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I was way too stressed out.
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I thought I'd forget
this international thing
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and focus on Finland.
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and focus on Finland.
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This is way too hard. Goodbye.
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CHAPTER 6:
GOD'S HAND
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So Angelika and I built
a house in Sipoo.
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We designed it ourselves,
it was to be our forever home.
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That was maybe in 2014,
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we'd lived there for a couple of years.
I was trimming bush in the backyard,
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listening to a podcast
by an American comic.
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Well, of course this is not 2014.
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And not even my backyard,
but there are bushes.
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So anyway, in that podcast,
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the American comedians were talking
about the history of stand-up and such,
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and suddenly, I had this
very strong vision.
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and suddenly, I had this
very strong vision.
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Like this premonition,
this feeling
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that I should be there
with those guys.
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Like the whole universe would have
said to me all of a sudden:
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Hey, what the fuck
are you doing there?
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Did you hear me?
What the fuck are you doing there?
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As I said, this is not my backyard.
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They're my trees!
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Then, about a year after that,
something happened.
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Something totally incredible.
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Jamie moved to the US
as a teenager
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and now he's about 104.
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He still has a slight accent.
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I'm not gonna get rid of my accent,
I've only been there for a few years.
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They were looking for comedians from
around the world, and I thought: why not.
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The competition was online and
I did pretty well in the first rounds.
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Then I made it to the final,
and that's awesome, great.
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And the final was in: oh wow!
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In Hollywood!
All right, where's my passport?
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I guess I can't take the train there.
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From my hotel room
to tonight's gig.
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How did I end up here?
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I kind of came here myself,
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but then again, no,
I ended up here.
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Let's go backstage.
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I just didn't actively resist
the chain of events
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that put me here.
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That's how the hero is brought
from home to some lion's den.
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ISMO'S PERFORMANCE, FUNNIEST
PERSON IN THE WORLD CONTEST
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People around the world could vote
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and turns out
I won the whole shebang.
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That was a bit encouraging
that this could work.
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That's my ad!
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Oh my god!
Some old geezer is choking.
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Go help him!
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Wait, he's Jay Leno!
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Well, what does our hero
have to say now?
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At the risk of sounding
overly dramatic
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or nonsense or silly,
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I kind of feel that it was like
the hand of God or fate
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who just picked me up
from Finland and dropped in the US.
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I'm not a person who packs his bags,
moves to another country
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and starts knocking on doors.
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I'm not like that, I would never
have gotten around to this.
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But someone wanted me here.
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And at the risk of sounding even
more melodramatic or crazy,
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I kind of feel the whole contest
was arranged to get me to the US.
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That's how I sometimes feel.
Did that sound crazy? A little.
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CHAPTER 7:
NEW CHALLENGES AND ALLIES
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Then our hero finds new allies.
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For example, Luke Skywalker
finds Han Solo,
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For example, Luke Skywalker
finds Han Solo,
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Princess Leia and Chewbacca.
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What about me?
We'll see if we can find something.
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Uh, it was December 2015
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when Angelika, I and Kity the dog
packed our bags and came to L.A.
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We decided to stay for 6 months
and see how it goes.
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When we arrived in Hollywood,
it was like a dream.
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We were welcomed by red carpets,
movie stars,
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glamour, parties, and...
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Well, not quite.
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We were welcomed by tents,
the homeless and outpatients
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and streets with damn big
potholes to trip on.
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Last night, an unarmed
black guy was shot here.
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The news and the police
have been here all day,
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The news and the police
have been here all day,
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the street is filled
with memorial words.
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That happened last night here in
Venice Beach, California, Los Angeles.
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Push this in.
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This starts the washing machine.
That's how it works here.
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I was completely out of it
for half of the time.
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Everything was different:
people, the customs,
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the environment, shopping, food.
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Maybe I'll microwave
the turkey from yesterday.
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Yeah, right,
hundreds of credit cards!
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He had his career in the US
and his career in Finland
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and a 10-hour time difference,
you're bouncing two huge careers.
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and a 10-hour time difference,
you're bouncing two huge careers.
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And all the time,
demands for this and that.
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Ismo asks me
if he should do this.
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I said I can't decide for you,
but you gotta think this through.
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If you do this thing, where will it
take you and for how long?
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What will it do to your brand?
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And based on these questions,
you can make your decision.
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And most of all,
go with your gut feeling.
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Because that's true.
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Ismo used to say it's good
to have two asses on the line.
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Sometimes, you don't know
whose ass is on the line.
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And there I was, a comedian
among others on the L.A. scene.
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One gig after another.
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I'm no networker.
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I don't go to talk to people
or put my foot in the door.
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I just focused on my gigs.
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I tried to be funnier,
write funnier stuff, do better gigs.
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Gradually, it went somewhere.
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People started noticing me
and offering new gigs,
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where others noticed me and so on.
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By the end of the year,
I had gigs almost every day.
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And during the weekends,
2-3 gigs per day.
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They went well,
but they didn't lead to anything.
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Or only lead to new, similar gigs
the next day.
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And my social life
was not super interesting.
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You're supposed to sleep
on that bed!
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Mostly, I was at home
with Angelika and Kity.
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My life was just writing,
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doing gigs, preparing for gigs,
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playing computer games
and picking up dog shit.
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BREA, USA
3 DAYS TO COMEDY SPECIAL SHOOT
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All right,
a few days to the comedy special,
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a gig in Brea near Los Angeles.
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And something horrible happened.
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The same Danny who was in New York,
he was supposed to come here.
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But he was in an accident.
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He lost both of his legs
and his head.
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The doctor gave him
a three-day sick leave.
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He can't make the gig here.
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No, nothing like that,
he only got the flu.
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But he couldn't come to the gig.
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So we were trying
to save the night.
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And Jesus saved me.
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JESUS
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No, Jesus saved me.
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JESUS SEPULVEDA
COMEDIAN, ISMO'S OPENING ACT
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I'm sure Ismo's mom has told him
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he has the world's best jokes
and he should always believe that
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00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,320
and Ismo believed her.
481
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:55,720
In private life, Ismo is much more
aggressive and extreme thinker.
482
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:59,680
On the stage,
he has to button it down.
483
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:01,960
He's afraid someone won't like him.
484
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:01,960
He's afraid someone won't like him.
485
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:37,400
The entertainment business
took some getting used to.
486
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:43,000
I encountered people who were...
How should I put it?
487
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:45,400
Strange. Weird.
488
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:49,960
Some of them
took advantage of us.
489
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:52,560
Let's do this project!
490
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:57,360
It will only cost this much
and the world will open up.
491
00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:01,320
The world didn't open up,
but I lost money.
492
00:50:58,200 --> 00:51:01,320
The world didn't open up,
but I lost money.
493
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:06,240
If you are hugely talented like Ismo,
494
00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:09,160
in any given field,
495
00:51:09,240 --> 00:51:11,680
and you land in Hollywood.
496
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:18,160
The sharks are first to attack.
497
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:21,960
Their aim is to get their hands on you
498
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:25,280
and make you for example
sign a deal with them
499
00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:27,800
before you wise up
500
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:30,040
and get to know the right people
501
00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:33,360
who can show you
what the real deal is
502
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:37,000
and who are the con artists.
503
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:43,680
Some are the real great ones
and some are like
504
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:47,280
damn, if we had signed
with them, then...
505
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:50,760
There would be no career.
506
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:04,640
I took all this
somehow too seriously.
507
00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:07,160
I worried about my next gig,
508
00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:11,040
afraid that if I screw up now,
that was it.
509
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:14,640
We were pushed to our limit,
510
00:52:14,720 --> 00:52:18,040
we were talking
about our heads exploding.
511
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:23,840
Yes. Many times,
we seriously considered
512
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:27,920
just quitting
and moving back to Finland.
513
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:31,240
But every time we decided
that no, we will stay.
514
00:52:33,240 --> 00:52:35,240
We did have each other, after all.
515
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:38,800
It felt like the two of us
against the big, bad world.
516
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:42,080
I was also very naive.
517
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:45,560
I believed
everything will work out in the end.
518
00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:50,240
And then it did work out.
519
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:50,440
Finally, we had someone
who knows how things work,
520
00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:53,600
how this show business
industry works.
521
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:55,920
Before I met Joe,
522
00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:00,200
many times I felt
I almost want to call it quits.
523
00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:00,200
many times I felt
I almost want to call it quits.
524
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:02,040
Things didn't lead anywhere
525
00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:05,400
and everything was difficult,
tough and stressful.
526
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:10,040
So thank you, Joe,
for coming into our lives.
527
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:12,760
Oh, he doesn't speak Finnish.
528
00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:20,680
CHAPTER 8:
THE ULTIMATE TRIAL
529
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:33,120
A few months
after we started with Joe,
530
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:38,440
I was at home and sitting
at the jacuzzi in my building.
531
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:43,240
I was sitting out
and the phone rings, it's Joe.
532
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:46,840
He asks me if I'm sitting down,
and I say yes, I'm in the jacuzzi.
533
00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:49,760
He says guess what you're doing
next Monday.
534
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:53,480
He says Conan.
You'll be on Conan on Monday.
535
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:58,840
And suddenly, there were some
extra bubbles in the jacuzzi.
536
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:42,680
So the call came on Friday night.
537
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,960
I had two days to prepare
for the Monday shoot.
538
00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:50,560
I managed to book at least six gigs
to clubs around L.A.
539
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:53,840
so I could do my set
as many times as possible.
540
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:03,760
Then it was Monday,
and it was also my birthday.
541
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:03,760
Then it was Monday,
and it was also my birthday.
542
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:06,440
A limo picked me up from home.
543
00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:11,680
There was about five hours
of waiting and preparing
544
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:15,840
and pacing around nervously.
545
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:17,480
Then it was my turn.
546
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:08,920
And then something happened,
something I've never had in the US.
547
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:12,080
I was walking my dog and...
548
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:25,600
What, 72?
Listen, Joe, it's now 100 million.
549
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:28,000
I just checked,
it's over 100 million now.
550
00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:32,320
The most views for a stand-up clip
from the Conan show ever.
551
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:35,560
The world record
and all other records.
552
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:44,440
A few months later,
I signed with a new agent.
553
00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:49,640
And not just any agent,
but the biggest agency in Hollywood.
554
00:58:49,720 --> 00:58:54,280
Creative Artists Agency or CAA.
555
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:58,120
You need to be careful
with the American acronyms,
556
00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:01,440
because it's quite close with CIA,
557
00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:01,440
because it's quite close with CIA,
558
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:05,040
who are also an agency
but with a slightly more serious tone.
559
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,920
And now you're wondering:
What about Joe, your manager?
560
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:12,840
Is he out? No, he's not.
A manager is not an agent.
561
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:15,640
People always ask
what's the difference.
562
00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:17,960
It's too complicated to explain.
563
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:26,640
Yes, on our longer timeline,
564
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:30,800
this is the moment
when I first met Gabriel.
565
00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:34,840
He's been talking a lot here,
but this is where we first met.
566
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:06,720
Gabriel asked me
to warm up for him on his tour.
567
01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:09,680
That's just totally awesome,
568
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:12,240
because he performs
for thousands of people.
569
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:17,440
Those gigs made me
a lot of new fans.
570
01:00:17,560 --> 01:00:21,360
I started to feel
like nothing's gonna stop me now.
571
01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:24,760
Well, maybe, let's say
572
01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:26,760
A global pandemic.
573
01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:31,600
That might stop me a bit.
574
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:33,760
CHAPTER 9:
JOLT
575
01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:36,080
CHAPTER 9:
STOP
576
01:00:38,640 --> 01:00:42,400
The pandemic did mess up things
for everyone, really
577
01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:44,160
and for me, too.
578
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:47,040
But if you want to find
something positive in it,
579
01:00:47,120 --> 01:00:50,600
it was actually
my first vacation ever
580
01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:52,920
since I started doing comedy.
581
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,720
If you can call it vacation
582
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:57,920
when you wash your groceries
in panic
583
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:00,600
and fight for the last rolls
of toilet paper.
584
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:00,600
and fight for the last rolls
of toilet paper.
585
01:01:00,680 --> 01:01:02,440
But it was so weird.
586
01:01:02,560 --> 01:01:06,040
Suddenly, I could just do nothing
Nothing.
587
01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:10,200
That was kind of awesome and
I had some savings to ride it out.
588
01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:15,120
The day they announced
the pandemic,
589
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:18,800
Angelika suddenly had a vision
of a book.
590
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:21,920
We should write a book
about conquering the US.
591
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:25,240
What a great idea
and we had the time to do it now.
592
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:30,640
So I thought fine, we'll be cooped up
within four walls God knows how long.
593
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:33,200
And I rushed to my computer.
594
01:01:35,640 --> 01:01:40,720
Our book was published
in spring of 2021, and it was a hit.
595
01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:44,960
We talked about being
a power couple.
596
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:48,960
And then four months after
publishing it, we got divorced.
597
01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:50,680
Surprise!
598
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:58,920
We wrote the book for 6 months,
I wasn't doing gigs,
599
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:01,680
we lived together,
always staying inside
600
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:01,680
we lived together,
always staying inside
601
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:03,360
and we realized:
602
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:06,560
fuck it, we don't want to live together
or be married.
603
01:02:06,640 --> 01:02:08,280
So there.
604
01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:11,600
We'd talked and
been to couples' therapy,
605
01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:14,160
we knew we had problems.
606
01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:18,240
When we started to address the issues,
there was always some huge turn.
607
01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:21,080
Where do you talk about
your relationship
608
01:02:21,160 --> 01:02:23,280
when you keep staring
at followers
609
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:25,880
growing by a million
every hour after Conan.
610
01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:28,680
All right,
let's talk about our relationship.
611
01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:32,320
And all the problems
we'd tried to solve,
612
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:36,880
we gradually realized
they can't be solved.
613
01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:41,160
We're a great team
as writers and coworkers,
614
01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:43,240
but us as individuals...
615
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:46,400
Now that there was nothing else
but staying at home.
616
01:02:48,280 --> 01:02:52,600
It was a painful time of
becoming aware and admitting it.
617
01:02:57,560 --> 01:03:00,560
This can't go on like this.
618
01:02:57,560 --> 01:03:00,560
This can't go on like this.
619
01:03:01,320 --> 01:03:02,800
We have to split.
620
01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:10,160
It's only later
that Ismo and I realized
621
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:13,880
we never fell in love,
we just got attached gradually,
622
01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:15,840
because we were so similar
623
01:03:15,920 --> 01:03:18,400
and we appreciated each other,
still do.
624
01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:20,640
I went into free fall.
625
01:03:20,720 --> 01:03:23,600
Ismo got to keep his career,
his character and voice.
626
01:03:27,320 --> 01:03:28,880
It was rough.
627
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:36,360
We're still great friends,
628
01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:39,280
we support each other,
we're family.
629
01:03:39,360 --> 01:03:42,000
But it hasn't always been easy.
630
01:03:42,080 --> 01:03:46,360
Especially when you're on the toilet
and realize you're out of paper.
631
01:03:47,480 --> 01:03:49,560
And nobody else is home.
632
01:04:35,840 --> 01:04:40,040
2 DAYS TO COMEDY SPECIAL SHOOT
633
01:04:40,120 --> 01:04:43,160
All right, this Venice Beach
in Los Angeles.
634
01:04:43,240 --> 01:04:45,640
We were filming here
635
01:04:45,720 --> 01:04:48,120
and the director,
one of the two,
636
01:04:48,200 --> 01:04:51,080
can't remember which one,
the chubbier one, I think,
637
01:04:51,160 --> 01:04:54,240
told me to watch the beach.
638
01:04:54,320 --> 01:04:58,720
They'll shoot me, I look handsome,
the women will love me.
639
01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:01,040
Just keep looking out to the beach.
640
01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:01,040
Just keep looking out to the beach.
641
01:05:01,120 --> 01:05:04,760
And don't look anywhere,
look out, we'll shoot you.
642
01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:19,400
What on earth?
643
01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:23,880
Oh, my goodness!
What on earth?
644
01:05:23,960 --> 01:05:25,800
Hello!
645
01:05:26,560 --> 01:05:29,840
How on earth did you manage this?
646
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:32,920
-Tell me about it.
-Oh my!
647
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:36,880
You've asked me to come over,
and now I'm here!
648
01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:38,600
Well, I'll be!
649
01:05:38,680 --> 01:05:42,080
Yesterday, we talked about it,
you haven't been here.
650
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:43,800
No, I haven't.
651
01:05:44,560 --> 01:05:48,680
-Oh my!
-I'm almost as surprised as you are.
652
01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:51,960
I didn't see this coming, never!
653
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:53,960
How are you?
654
01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:57,440
-It's been a crazy week.
-I can imagine.
655
01:05:57,560 --> 01:05:59,640
We've done all kinds
of exciting things.
656
01:05:59,720 --> 01:06:01,960
-And Saturday is exciting.
-Yes.
657
01:05:59,720 --> 01:06:01,960
-And Saturday is exciting.
-Yes.
658
01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:04,760
This came as a total surprise to me.
659
01:06:04,840 --> 01:06:07,440
They managed to keep it
a secret for a month.
660
01:06:07,560 --> 01:06:12,000
Everyone knew, the crew,
my friends, everyone but me.
661
01:06:12,800 --> 01:06:15,560
Oh, what a surprise
and a nice surprise!
662
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:25,600
-There it is!
-I see.
663
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:24,600
Vitamin.
664
01:07:26,600 --> 01:07:29,040
-You're like...
-Another vitamin.
665
01:07:29,120 --> 01:07:33,760
It was vitamin B12,
best absorbed orally.
666
01:07:33,840 --> 01:07:37,480
I have even more vitamins...
Of course, two are not enough.
667
01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:41,360
You'll never sleep
with all those vitamins.
668
01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:44,880
It's going to be hours
before we get to bed.
669
01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:48,560
I've always taken
a lot of vitamins and supplements.
670
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:53,680
Sometimes people ask me
if they help, do I notice a difference.
671
01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:55,160
I can honestly say
672
01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:57,840
I have never
noticed any difference.
673
01:08:52,319 --> 01:08:55,960
As a mother,
it's difficult to fathom
674
01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:59,680
that your child succeeds
so greatly.
675
01:09:00,319 --> 01:09:06,000
I didn't realize at all
how popular Ismo is.
676
01:09:08,600 --> 01:09:12,960
-My son was on fire today!
-Yes, I was.
677
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:15,359
-It was a fantastic show.
-Thank you!
678
01:09:15,439 --> 01:09:19,120
I'm so proud of you, damn it!
679
01:09:19,200 --> 01:09:22,319
-How can you be so good?
-Wonderful, thanks, mom.
680
01:09:22,399 --> 01:09:24,319
A wonderful thing.
681
01:09:24,399 --> 01:09:27,680
Sometimes the audience here
is better than in Jyväskylä.
682
01:09:27,760 --> 01:09:29,640
Totally!
683
01:10:33,240 --> 01:10:37,000
CHAPTER 10:
THE REWARD
684
01:10:40,080 --> 01:10:43,600
After the pandemic,
I started doing gigs again.
685
01:10:43,680 --> 01:10:47,760
First in Finland, then America,
then everywhere.
686
01:10:47,840 --> 01:10:53,480
Things started getting back on track
and actually grow bigger and bigger.
687
01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:56,920
And then really big!
688
01:11:27,720 --> 01:11:30,560
I was at the grocery store,
pushing my cart
689
01:11:30,640 --> 01:11:32,160
and saw Gabriel calling.
690
01:11:32,240 --> 01:11:35,880
I was like wazzup, dude.
And he was like right back at ya.
691
01:11:35,960 --> 01:11:39,920
And then he was like
what are you doing on May 7th?
692
01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:42,400
I said
I'm coming to see your big show.
693
01:11:42,480 --> 01:11:46,200
He was like well, would you like
to be a part of that big show.
694
01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:50,720
And I was like well, why not.
695
01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:54,440
No, wait, I was like hell yeah!
696
01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:56,440
Fuck yes!
697
01:11:57,400 --> 01:12:01,920
Like always in the L.A., they sent me
parking instructions to the venue.
698
01:11:57,400 --> 01:12:01,920
Like always in the L.A., they sent me
parking instructions to the venue.
699
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:03,840
But I'm a Finn.
700
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:08,320
If I'm gonna do a show like that,
you think I'm driving?
701
01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:14,800
No way, I'm doing the opposite,
I'm drinking.
702
01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:18,640
So I took an electric scooter
and drove it through Los Angeles.
703
01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:21,360
If I'm performing for 45,000 people,
704
01:12:21,440 --> 01:12:24,000
I'm not gonna go to bed
immediately afterwards.
705
01:13:53,400 --> 01:13:56,680
When I first started comedy,
I thought it was a hobby,
706
01:13:56,760 --> 01:14:00,000
something you do
in a shady corner of a bar.
707
01:14:03,640 --> 01:14:08,280
I had no idea it could be
something this big.
708
01:14:15,080 --> 01:14:18,360
And the gig went well,
it was awesome.
709
01:14:18,440 --> 01:14:21,280
I still get compliments about it,
years after it.
710
01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:48,840
1 DAY TO COMEDY SPECIAL SHOOT
711
01:14:48,920 --> 01:14:52,040
So Gabriel jumped in
to do the special with me.
712
01:14:52,120 --> 01:14:56,160
He's producing and directing it,
which is totally awesome.
713
01:16:41,960 --> 01:16:46,360
So I finally decided to post
short clips regularly to socials.
714
01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:48,360
And that worked.
715
01:16:48,440 --> 01:16:51,560
The number of my followers
grew exponentially
716
01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:55,600
and that seems to be the only way
to sell tickets these days.
717
01:16:55,680 --> 01:16:58,680
I started getting
a lot of gigs God knows where:
718
01:16:58,760 --> 01:17:02,880
Australia, New Zealand,
Canada, the Middle East.
719
01:16:58,760 --> 01:17:02,880
Australia, New Zealand,
Canada, the Middle East.
720
01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:05,720
I did my first European tour.
721
01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:18,480
14 days, 17 gigs and 12 flights.
722
01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:25,000
The toughest 2 weeks of my life.
723
01:17:35,560 --> 01:17:40,320
CHAPTER 11:
THE FINAL OPPONENT
724
01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:47,760
Then there's of course
the main bad guy, the final opponent.
725
01:17:48,440 --> 01:17:52,640
There are many legendary ones:
Darth Vader, Sauron,
726
01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:56,560
Voldemort, father-in-law.
727
01:18:01,480 --> 01:18:04,160
But what about in this movie?
728
01:18:04,240 --> 01:18:07,200
We have an even worse opponent.
Oh my!
729
01:18:07,280 --> 01:18:09,600
Children, close your eyes.
730
01:18:23,120 --> 01:18:26,920
Doing what you love to do
as your career is awesome,
731
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:28,600
just amazing.
732
01:18:28,680 --> 01:18:31,320
But I think of comedy all the time.
733
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:36,720
I had maybe five days off
during that whole year.
734
01:18:39,080 --> 01:18:42,000
I was so beat, totally beat.
735
01:18:45,920 --> 01:18:50,000
My brain was foggy,
I just wanted to do nothing.
736
01:18:52,200 --> 01:18:56,000
I couldn't sleep without pills,
my brain was on overdrive.
737
01:19:02,240 --> 01:19:07,000
I almost burned out earlier,
and the symptoms looked similar.
738
01:19:12,400 --> 01:19:17,000
He just worked too much,
traveled too much
739
01:19:17,080 --> 01:19:20,640
and even though he wasn't well,
he always did his gigs.
740
01:19:20,720 --> 01:19:26,000
He never canceled his gigs,
he suffered and went.
741
01:19:29,720 --> 01:19:33,200
So yes, I'm a bit worried at times,
742
01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:36,200
but when I ask him,
he always tells me:
743
01:19:36,280 --> 01:19:39,360
"Don't worry, mom,
I am all right."
744
01:19:41,320 --> 01:19:45,680
Well, I must admit
I'm not always all right.
745
01:19:45,760 --> 01:19:49,720
One of the hardest things
I'm still trying to learn
746
01:19:49,800 --> 01:19:52,960
is the magic word 'no'.
747
01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:54,920
It's difficult.
748
01:19:55,000 --> 01:19:57,680
There are gigs
and other projects,
749
01:19:57,760 --> 01:20:00,920
and I get so excited about things.
750
01:19:57,760 --> 01:20:00,920
and I get so excited about things.
751
01:20:01,000 --> 01:20:04,400
Nice people ask me
to join great projects,
752
01:20:04,480 --> 01:20:08,640
but there are just too many,
I can't do them all, I should say no.
753
01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:13,080
And when you finally
manage to say it,
754
01:20:13,160 --> 01:20:16,640
some people
start persuading me.
755
01:20:16,720 --> 01:20:20,120
And then I give in
after the convincing,
756
01:20:20,200 --> 01:20:22,880
and that's when
everything goes to hell.
757
01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:53,560
When Ismo comes to Finland,
we meet and it's nice.
758
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:57,440
But being Ismo's friend means
I have to join his life.
759
01:20:57,560 --> 01:21:00,920
It's like he's driving over the limit
on a highway,
760
01:20:57,560 --> 01:21:00,920
It's like he's driving over the limit
on a highway,
761
01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:04,840
and he's pissed off at others,
because they're bad drivers.
762
01:21:04,920 --> 01:21:06,440
If you want to be with Ismo,
763
01:21:06,560 --> 01:21:10,120
you have to get into your car
and pull up next to him,
764
01:21:10,200 --> 01:21:13,160
roll down your window and talk,
765
01:21:13,240 --> 01:21:17,000
or not really talk, but I'll listen
to his work calls for two hours.
766
01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:21,280
Then I get sensory overload,
take the next exit and go home.
767
01:21:22,120 --> 01:21:26,560
You join Ismo's life,
Ismo never comes to my door
768
01:21:26,640 --> 01:21:29,800
to ask how I'm doing. No.
769
01:21:29,880 --> 01:21:33,640
But I know it and he knows it
770
01:21:33,720 --> 01:21:36,320
and it's honest.
771
01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:39,640
Yes, I guess that's true.
772
01:21:39,720 --> 01:21:42,920
Maybe it's part of the price
I have to pay for all this.
773
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:45,360
Going in, I never knew this.
774
01:21:46,800 --> 01:21:51,320
Things are really never
what you thought they'd be.
775
01:21:51,400 --> 01:21:55,720
For example, glamour is surely
an illusion someone invented.
776
01:21:55,800 --> 01:21:57,480
Success is great,
777
01:21:57,600 --> 01:22:01,200
but in practice, it means doing
the same thing on a bigger scale.
778
01:21:57,600 --> 01:22:01,200
but in practice, it means doing
the same thing on a bigger scale.
779
01:22:01,880 --> 01:22:06,280
The hardest thing is to enjoy
your life or anything.
780
01:22:06,360 --> 01:22:09,800
I think that's why people
drink and do drugs,
781
01:22:09,880 --> 01:22:12,840
because it's so difficult
just to enjoy something.
782
01:22:22,120 --> 01:22:26,360
I don't know if he enjoys
being recognized and talked to.
783
01:22:30,480 --> 01:22:33,160
Ismo came to Kuopio
784
01:22:33,240 --> 01:22:37,680
and we went to the swimming pool,
wanted to do something ordinary.
785
01:22:39,080 --> 01:22:41,280
We came to the big,
786
01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:45,600
the big dressing room
with lots of people,
787
01:22:45,680 --> 01:22:49,640
and Ismo didn't want to be recognized
so he covered his face with a towel.
788
01:22:50,040 --> 01:22:52,400
It came down here.
789
01:22:53,200 --> 01:22:56,960
He covered his mouth and nose.
790
01:22:57,600 --> 01:23:00,480
He was like
a fucking deer in the headlights.
791
01:22:57,600 --> 01:23:00,480
He was like
a fucking deer in the headlights.
792
01:23:00,600 --> 01:23:02,840
I felt like
793
01:23:02,920 --> 01:23:07,640
well, firstly, we won't give up,
we'll swim even if it's difficult
794
01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:11,080
but does it make any sense
that your life is like that now.
795
01:23:28,400 --> 01:23:31,800
THE DAY OF COMEDY SPECIAL SHOOT
796
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:39,120
Yes, who is the final opponent
in this film?
797
01:24:39,960 --> 01:24:44,680
"I can't go, I'm so shy.
It's all dad's fault."
798
01:24:44,760 --> 01:24:47,960
Well, it's my own mind.
799
01:24:48,840 --> 01:24:51,920
And like all interesting
final opponents,
800
01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:54,000
it has a lot of good.
801
01:24:54,080 --> 01:24:57,880
It's not just a bad guy,
it's actually my superpower.
802
01:25:00,920 --> 01:25:04,680
I have been diagnosed with ADHD,
but only recently as an adult.
803
01:25:04,760 --> 01:25:07,160
It would have been nice
to know before,
804
01:25:07,240 --> 01:25:08,880
but I'm glad I know now.
805
01:25:08,960 --> 01:25:10,960
I guess it's part of my superpower.
806
01:25:17,040 --> 01:25:21,320
My mind keeps ticking,
finding new ideas all the time.
807
01:25:21,400 --> 01:25:25,640
But the drawback is
it's hard for me to organize things
808
01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:28,960
like time, space, energy.
809
01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:31,920
The basic building blocks
of the universe.
810
01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:38,240
We've been meaning to shoot
this comedy special for years,
811
01:25:38,320 --> 01:25:41,560
but there's always been
something else.
812
01:27:18,840 --> 01:27:23,240
This is so nice. Today is the day!
813
01:27:24,080 --> 01:27:27,200
-Yes, it is.
-Are you well and in good spirits?
814
01:27:27,280 --> 01:27:31,040
-No, I have a sore throat.
-Oh, no.
815
01:27:31,120 --> 01:27:34,480
-I've been so stressed out.
-Oh, your stress levels!
816
01:27:34,600 --> 01:27:39,240
It's not bad, my voice is still there,
I just feel it a bit.
817
01:27:39,320 --> 01:27:43,000
-We will tape it, that's for sure.
-Good.
818
01:27:43,080 --> 01:27:46,360
-I'll kick you for luck.
-Yes!
819
01:27:46,440 --> 01:27:49,880
-Good luck, darling.
-Thanks, wonderful!
820
01:27:49,960 --> 01:27:51,920
It's so great!
821
01:29:53,680 --> 01:29:59,440
I noticed he often had difficulties
encountering people.
822
01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:03,800
And I just got this feeling
823
01:30:03,880 --> 01:30:08,880
that something is bothering Ismo,
but he just can't come out with it.
824
01:30:08,960 --> 01:30:13,320
So I asked him
if he wants to go talk to someone,
825
01:30:13,400 --> 01:30:19,320
if he has things he wants to tell
someone other than us, mom and dad.
826
01:30:20,080 --> 01:30:22,160
He said sure thing.
827
01:30:23,160 --> 01:30:28,600
He went to see a psychologist
for five times.
828
01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:33,240
He never told us
what they talked about.
829
01:30:35,720 --> 01:30:42,360
I think it helped him a lot,
something changed in him.
830
01:30:42,440 --> 01:30:47,600
He opened up
and got some confidence.
831
01:30:47,680 --> 01:30:54,320
He was a high school junior
when they put on a play.
832
01:30:55,400 --> 01:30:58,920
The principal showed us
to our seats, saying:
833
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:03,000
"Let's seat the parents
of our lead actor in the front row."
834
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:03,000
"Let's seat the parents
of our lead actor in the front row."
835
01:31:04,640 --> 01:31:09,920
His shyness had disappeared
and he strutted around the stage.
836
01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:14,920
It shook him
and us parents as well.
837
01:31:25,640 --> 01:31:29,240
CHAPTER 12:
RETURNING WITH THE ELIXIR
838
01:32:00,080 --> 01:32:03,240
I have always felt
like an outsider everywhere,
839
01:32:03,320 --> 01:32:06,880
but I have only now realized
how many of us outsiders there are,
840
01:32:06,960 --> 01:32:09,360
even more than insiders.
841
01:32:22,680 --> 01:32:25,480
Some people have moved
from one place to another,
842
01:32:25,600 --> 01:32:29,600
but many people are outsiders
where they've always been.
843
01:32:30,200 --> 01:32:34,320
When I started doing comedy
in a foreign land and language,
844
01:32:34,400 --> 01:32:37,160
I didn't realize how relatable it is.
845
01:33:20,960 --> 01:33:24,280
The world's most spoken language
is bad English.
846
01:33:56,480 --> 01:33:58,040
Life is not fair.
847
01:33:58,840 --> 01:34:03,920
But I think it's much fairer
than we think,
848
01:33:58,840 --> 01:34:03,920
But I think it's much fairer
than we think,
849
01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:08,200
because no matter what you've
achieved, gotten or done,
850
01:34:08,280 --> 01:34:11,400
you still have the same number
of problems as before.
851
01:34:11,480 --> 01:34:14,720
They might be different problems,
but they're still problems.
852
01:34:14,800 --> 01:34:18,040
Your mind and emotions
cannot tell them apart.
853
01:34:19,560 --> 01:34:22,240
And I would not change
my life for anything.
854
01:34:22,320 --> 01:34:26,080
This is exactly what I want to do,
this is perfect.
855
01:34:26,160 --> 01:34:28,800
I hope I will learn to enjoy it.
856
01:34:28,880 --> 01:34:32,400
To enjoy my life and myself,
that would be great.
857
01:34:32,480 --> 01:34:35,360
And to be able to rest,
to sleep, things like that.
858
01:34:36,160 --> 01:34:38,240
I'm still working on my rest,
859
01:34:38,320 --> 01:34:41,960
but I've learned to enjoy people.
860
01:34:42,040 --> 01:34:44,080
As a matter of fact,
861
01:34:44,160 --> 01:34:47,840
it might be that I now like people
862
01:34:47,920 --> 01:34:50,640
better than jokes.
863
01:34:50,720 --> 01:34:52,600
Am I that shy any more?
864
01:34:52,680 --> 01:34:56,000
I feel like I'm still shy,
but maybe it's not true.
865
01:34:58,000 --> 01:35:00,440
Could this be the change
866
01:34:58,000 --> 01:35:00,440
Could this be the change
867
01:35:00,560 --> 01:35:04,400
that has taken place
in our hero during this film?
868
01:35:04,480 --> 01:35:06,360
That's me.
869
01:35:09,120 --> 01:35:11,040
Yes. Could be.
870
01:35:18,240 --> 01:35:22,920
The End. It's over now.
The movie ended now.
871
01:35:23,000 --> 01:35:26,280
Or did it?
I'm still talking, aren't I?
872
01:35:26,360 --> 01:35:30,000
This won't end
until I'll shut up, that's true.
873
01:35:32,600 --> 01:35:35,080
Talking about shutting up.
874
01:35:35,160 --> 01:35:38,880
You know these people,
you're talking to them on the phone
875
01:35:38,960 --> 01:35:41,280
and it's time to end the call,
but no can do.
876
01:35:41,360 --> 01:35:44,480
When you say
"Listen, I gotta go now",
877
01:35:44,600 --> 01:35:48,960
it's not a sentence they understand,
they think it's just another sentence.
878
01:35:49,040 --> 01:35:53,000
"Oh, you gotta go, good,
I should get going too."
879
01:35:53,080 --> 01:35:58,000
"And guess where I'm going?
Yada yada yada."
880
01:35:58,080 --> 01:36:01,960
No, I really gotta go.
"Yes, that's true."
881
01:35:58,080 --> 01:36:01,960
No, I really gotta go.
"Yes, that's true."
882
01:36:02,040 --> 01:36:06,840
"And one more thing about next week,
should we be thinking about... "
883
01:36:06,920 --> 01:36:09,800
No, I really gotta go. Later. Bye.
884
01:36:09,880 --> 01:36:12,960
You just have to hang up,
toot toot toot.
885
01:36:13,040 --> 01:36:15,960
Luckily these people
don't work for 911.
886
01:36:16,040 --> 01:36:21,200
"Oh, your foot came off, listen,
I had mine in a cast once..."
887
01:36:21,280 --> 01:36:24,640
"Everyone signed my cast,
that was so funny."
888
01:36:24,720 --> 01:36:27,960
"And my aunt once
dislocated her hip."
889
01:36:28,040 --> 01:36:32,800
"There's a lot of that
going around, you know." Oh well.
890
01:36:32,880 --> 01:36:35,400
And this film was supposed
to end ages ago,
891
01:36:35,480 --> 01:36:37,960
but the end credits are still rolling.
892
01:36:38,040 --> 01:36:43,160
It's still going on. The credits are part
of the movie. Many people don't get it.
893
01:36:43,240 --> 01:36:46,480
They just get up and go
as soon as the credits start to roll.
894
01:36:46,600 --> 01:36:50,440
When you finally see who made this,
everyone just gets the fuck out.
895
01:36:50,560 --> 01:36:54,160
Of course, everyone has
to go pee, I see that.
896
01:36:54,240 --> 01:36:58,360
I jinxed it in the beginning,
so sorry if you fought to pee.
897
01:36:58,440 --> 01:37:02,720
Your bladder is bursting, eyes bulging
and your back teeth floating.
898
01:36:58,440 --> 01:37:02,720
Your bladder is bursting, eyes bulging
and your back teeth floating.
899
01:37:02,800 --> 01:37:06,880
If I have to pee desperately,
my molars hurt.
900
01:37:06,960 --> 01:37:11,000
I feel my need to pee in my jaws.
901
01:37:11,080 --> 01:37:15,120
In my molars.
Hands up if you have the same.
902
01:37:15,200 --> 01:37:19,040
I once put a plaster
on my bladder, I was plastered.
903
01:37:19,120 --> 01:37:22,400
So funny, get it?
904
01:37:22,480 --> 01:37:24,080
Oh my.
905
01:37:24,160 --> 01:37:28,200
But should we stop now? The poor tech
guy is still in the projector room.
906
01:37:28,280 --> 01:37:32,000
He can't leave before this ends.
His shift ended ages ago.
907
01:37:32,080 --> 01:37:35,160
He's mad, we said
the film would last 90 minutes.
908
01:37:35,240 --> 01:37:39,720
He's calling his union rep:
"He still talking, it's not over."
909
01:37:39,800 --> 01:37:43,680
"It's soon 10 minutes
over the 90 minute mark."
910
01:37:43,760 --> 01:37:46,960
"I need to pick up the kids
and take my wife to the bus."
911
01:37:47,040 --> 01:37:49,040
"And my ass is flaking up."
912
01:37:49,120 --> 01:37:51,160
That's an occupational hazard,
913
01:37:51,240 --> 01:37:55,200
their ass sweats
and they get maggots and everything.
914
01:37:55,280 --> 01:37:58,400
They sit there all day,
watching the films.
915
01:37:58,480 --> 01:38:02,200
The same films, how many damn times
has he seen this?
916
01:37:58,480 --> 01:38:02,200
The same films, how many damn times
has he seen this?
917
01:38:02,280 --> 01:38:06,280
I must say watching yourself
from the screen,
918
01:38:06,360 --> 01:38:09,240
your life spread out
in a documentary like this,
919
01:38:09,320 --> 01:38:10,840
it's not easy.
920
01:38:10,920 --> 01:38:14,040
It was painful to see.
Damn, some great moments,
921
01:38:14,120 --> 01:38:18,400
but damn it,
my own life plastered there.
922
01:38:18,480 --> 01:38:20,200
But it turned out okay.
923
01:38:20,280 --> 01:38:23,200
Thanks for coming
and come again.
924
01:38:23,280 --> 01:38:26,920
Again - well, you can watch
the same movie again, why not.
925
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:30,720
Or you can see another film,
there are other okay movies.
926
01:38:30,800 --> 01:38:32,880
I don't know which ones, though.
927
01:38:32,960 --> 01:38:36,360
All right, I have to go now...
928
01:38:36,440 --> 01:38:38,560
Oh my, oh.
929
01:38:39,240 --> 01:38:43,600
I'm so sleepy (horny).
Sleepy (horny).
930
01:38:44,440 --> 01:38:46,760
All right, that's it. Bye.
72267
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