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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,200 Dear audience, the film is about to start. 2 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,760 And that's exciting, oh boy. 3 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,240 And hey, remember to put your phone on silent, 4 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,000 if you haven't done so already. 5 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:37,200 And check that any other devices don't make any noise. 6 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,760 But you can make noise, that would be awesome. 7 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,680 Noises like laughing, clapping, crying, 8 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,640 be moved, sob, be like wow 9 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,720 or oo-oo, those are really good. 10 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,200 The only noise we hope you don't make is conversation. 11 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,440 If you're here with a friend, don't babble like 12 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,440 If you're here with a friend, don't babble like 13 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,640 "is he the guy who was in that thing..." 14 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,680 No, nobody cares, talk about it later. 15 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:07,560 Now, you need to focus. 16 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,600 And hey, if someone needs the bathroom, 17 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,400 well, it's too late now. That window of opportunity is closed. 18 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,840 The movie has already started. You just need to hold on. 19 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,680 If you need to pee, too bad! Think about a dripping tap. 20 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,720 Plink plink. Slosh slosh. 21 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,440 Oh shit, now I need to go pee. Damn it. 22 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,880 I've seen the beginning, I'll be quick. 23 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:49,240 All right, what's going on? 24 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,440 What, a damn screenplay? 25 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,400 This is a documentary! If someone wrote something, it's me! 26 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,000 Two directors! 27 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,000 Two directors! 28 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,720 A strange solution. Wouldn't recommend that. 29 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,560 Which one is the head director? They'll just be fighting all the time. 30 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,840 Hey, there's some guy over there! 31 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:14,840 Is that the guy... No, it's me. 32 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:17,160 See! This movie is about me. 33 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,880 The lead. 34 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,080 Or no, would it be... 35 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:22,800 The protagonist! 36 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:24,880 Starring. 37 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,840 Wait! The hero! Yes, I want to be the hero. 38 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:32,600 Well, If I have to tell something about myself. 39 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:37,440 I'm a shy person. I'm a very shy person. 40 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,280 I'd say I've never started a conversation with a stranger. 41 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,440 Like never. 42 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,800 Except on gigs, but that's different. 43 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,280 So how is it possible for a shy, outsider Finn 44 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,800 to suddenly be in America doing this? 45 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,400 ISMO THE WORLD'S FUNNIEST OUTSIDER 46 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:53,400 FEBRUARY 16TH, 2024 NEW YORK, USA 47 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,040 CHAPTER 1: ORDINARY LIFE 48 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,040 CHAPTER 1: ORDINARY LIFE 49 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:07,280 All right, before we delve into the mystery of being shy and outsider, 50 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:11,040 with the help of the latest armchair psychological studies, 51 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,720 childhood analyses and others, well, 52 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,320 let's see what's happening now, at this very moment. 53 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,120 I'm just about to start a gig, and not just any gig, 54 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:31,120 but for the first time in New York in this big, fancy, lovely theater. 55 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:36,280 Sold-out New York City Town Hall. Oh yeah! 56 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,880 FEBRUARY 17TH, 2024 NEW YORK, USA 57 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,840 This is Danny. He was on the gig, opening for me, announcing me. 58 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:48,920 He will be on some other gigs with me and helping me prepare for 59 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,680 me filming my first comedy special in English in a week's time. 60 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:56,640 Yes, this is Gabriel Iglesias, aka Fluffy. 61 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,920 He's a big comedian, 62 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,080 so great that he's talking here, so appreciate it. 63 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,080 so great that he's talking here, so appreciate it. 64 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:03,840 I, for one, appreciate him. 65 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:22,480 Oh, thank you, Gabriel. And moving on... 66 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,120 Or no, wait. Let's go back. 67 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,600 Let's go back properly, rewind like this. 68 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,920 Rewind all the way back. I'm a baby there. 69 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,480 I was just born there. 70 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,120 My mom was a lot of help there. 71 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,320 The place was a small village called Kuohu next to Jyväskylä. 72 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,120 Well, a village, I guess, we had a store. 73 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,080 Nowadays, they only have a road. 74 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,320 My family. I have my mom. 75 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,840 That's my dad. He won't speak in this film. 76 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,760 We were going to ask him, but we realized he's no longer alive. 77 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,760 We were going to ask him, but we realized he's no longer alive. 78 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,800 It would have been a weird project, digging him up. 79 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,040 Then there was us kids and a dog at some point. 80 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,160 We had five chickens. 81 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:18,160 Our car was a Saab 96. 82 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,160 Wait a minute! Is this a bit boring? 83 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,800 Useless info, you don't need to know this. Just a sec. 84 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:32,080 This is my mother. She talks a lot, she likes talking. 85 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:36,040 He would climb everywhere he could, always on the go. 86 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,760 He always had bumps and bruises on his head. 87 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,160 We even thought we should make him wear a helmet. 88 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,960 Oh, well, nice to hear that... Thanks, mom! 89 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:31,080 DECEMBER 23RD, 2023 KUOHU, ISMO'S CHILDHOOD HOME 90 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:36,280 Wow, a lot of snow here. When did you last visit here? 91 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,080 -Last summer, didn't I? -Last summer. 92 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:48,320 The kitchen is open to other rooms, so we'd run around in circles here. 93 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,960 My childhood out in Kuohu was just awesome. 94 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,640 Me, my little brother, 95 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,640 Me, my little brother, 96 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,680 two friends who lived like, almost next door. 97 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,640 It was the four of us, hanging out, playing games, 98 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,880 shooting funny videos. 99 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,320 We could be ourselves, just be there, in our own bubble. 100 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,000 I have to use my extra speed! 101 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,480 I'm a hero there, too, with my cape. 102 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,560 In our movies, I always played the lead, without exception. 103 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:34,720 Being a hero, you need the hero's journey. 104 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:39,760 The pattern is repeated in all great stories throughout ages 105 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,160 from Moses to Harry Potter. 106 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,960 It's divided into 12 chapters, this hero's journey. 107 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,360 I don't know if this applies in my story, 108 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,240 it's a bit far-fetched... 109 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,480 At some point, I had to start school. 110 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,480 At some point, I had to start school. 111 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,560 Darn it, I didn't like it, I didn't like the whole idea. 112 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,880 There's going to be people. And strangers at that! 113 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,600 We were in biology class 114 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:23,720 and the teacher was teaching the human evolution. 115 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,600 Just a little side note: 116 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:28,440 The classroom is actually the classroom I attended, 117 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:31,320 but these people, they're kids from today. 118 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,800 We're using cinematic means to highlight it. 119 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:38,480 There was a picture with Homo habilis and Homo erectus 120 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:43,120 and the Neanderthal guy and all these dudes. 121 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,240 I raised my hand and asked the teacher: "Wait a minute!" 122 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,920 "So which one is Adam?" 123 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,800 And everybody in the class laughed. 124 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,400 I didn't ask as a joke, I was dead serious. 125 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,200 Maybe it's just better to stay silent, 126 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,200 Maybe it's just better to stay silent, 127 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,800 just observe others doing stupid things 128 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,080 and write down the observations if you don't dare to say them out loud. 129 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,880 I told my mom that boys bully me at school, 130 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,840 they throw stones at me at recess. 131 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:17,320 Mom was like "Just let it go in one ear..." 132 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:19,920 "And out the other." 133 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,680 That was shit advice. 134 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,440 He was shy, unbelievably shy. 135 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:33,440 He was really nervous about starting school. 136 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,680 He just got shyer and shyer. 137 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:45,000 At 15, when his friends went out on Friday nights on the town, 138 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:46,880 to hang out with their friends, 139 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:52,240 Ismo stayed home, threw himself on the bed and cried. 140 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:59,000 I asked him why he doesn't join his friends. 141 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:04,800 "I can't go, I'm too shy. It's all dad's fault." 142 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:04,800 "I can't go, I'm too shy. It's all dad's fault." 143 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,120 "Dad is shy and I became shy." 144 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,040 CHAPTER 2: INVITATION TO ADVENTURE 145 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,120 7 DAYS TO COMEDY SPECIAL SHOOT 146 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,920 One thing about this movie. 147 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:29,000 There are two timelines here, and they crisscross a bit. 148 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,920 It's obvious to most people, I guess, 149 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,800 but there might be some du... dim person out there. 150 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,400 The biggest disappointment of my life was 151 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,800 when I realized somewhere in my teens 152 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,400 that even adults don't know what life is about. 153 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,480 What's life, what's the meaning of life, 154 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,720 why are we here, what is this all about? 155 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,080 I always kind of assumed that everybody knows that 156 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,040 or at least somebody does or like adults surely know. 157 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:47,760 But it turns out nobody knows fucking anything. 158 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:51,560 That sucks. Do I have to figure out everything myself? 159 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,760 I went to study physics in the university. 160 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,800 and I must confess the reason I went there 161 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:14,000 was not that I wanted specifically to be a physicist. 162 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,840 I was actually more interested in supernatural phenomena, 163 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:23,000 the paranormal stuff and meaning of life. 164 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,920 I thought that if I learned physics and sciences, 165 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,880 I can study those things and solve the mystery of life. 166 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,920 But pretty soon I realized physics 167 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,960 and calculus was not really much help in that. 168 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,760 My notebooks did have physics formulas 169 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,160 but even more ideas for jokes 170 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,040 and a lot of stick figures fighting each other. 171 00:20:56,120 --> 00:21:01,680 And cows with big, steaming piles of shit behind them. 172 00:20:56,120 --> 00:21:01,680 And cows with big, steaming piles of shit behind them. 173 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,920 Stand-up doesn't work in Finland, it reeks of the US. 174 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,440 Just like long jump reeks of sports. 175 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:17,120 This is Teemu Vesterinen. He brought stand-up to Jyväskylä. 176 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,920 He opened a monthly club at Ilokivi restaurant. 177 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,440 It was a phenomenon. 178 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,560 It was a great feeling that we're doing something 179 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:30,000 for the first time ever in this country and town. We can do anything. 180 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,480 Had he not started this, 181 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:38,200 I don't know if I had ever started stand-up. 182 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,400 I would have nursed my beer, thinking "I could do something sometimes". 183 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,800 Ismo came to the stage after about a year 184 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,920 of coming to the club and seeing every gig. 185 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,160 He had cooked up his own thing. 186 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:57,560 He'd been doing comedy since he was a kid. 187 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,920 He came over and asked if he could do a gig, 188 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,920 He came over and asked if he could do a gig, 189 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,240 and we took everyone who looked about sane, we needed new talent. 190 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:18,920 My first ever gig was here, right here. 191 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,880 And was I nervous? Yes, super nervous. 192 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,760 But I also thought I had nothing to lose, 193 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,000 nothing at all, I can only gain things. 194 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,880 Then they said my name, I walked on stage 195 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:45,360 and said to the audience: 196 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,640 Hello, I'm Ismo, 197 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,040 I'm the son of a physician. 198 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:52,640 Every time I brought a girl home, it was: 199 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,240 "Have you been here before?" 200 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,640 "Take off your clothes." 201 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,320 "Lie down and say aaaa." 202 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,320 "Lie down and say aaaa." 203 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,240 "And next." 204 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,880 Then he did his first gig, and he was really good. 205 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,760 That was it for him. 206 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,880 Afterwards, he told me "I made people laugh. 207 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,000 "That felt so good." 208 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,400 It was the best feeling of my life. 209 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,640 The fact that I take things literally and turn them into jokes, 210 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,800 and people laugh at them 211 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,200 the way they should laugh, that's the whole point of it. 212 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,920 He forgot about his studies, 213 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,720 it was such a full life for him. 214 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,760 The chopper murderer... 215 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:06,840 In the first years, I'd follow his gig from the back wall. 216 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,320 He had this joke about the chopper murderer. 217 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,640 Some quick puns or two-minded things. 218 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,120 It was such a tragic thing, but you gotta understand 219 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,880 there's always an Achilles' heel in chopping. 220 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,440 You gotta keep a cool head. 221 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,360 You can't be all thumbs in it. 222 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:29,880 Punchline after punchline, 223 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,440 and the 300-something audience went like this. 224 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,120 Everyone laughing in the exact same rhythm. 225 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,440 Their hands were not like this, but they all bent from the waist. 226 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,800 I thought fuck, this guy has power and energy. 227 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,160 This joke really splits people in two. 228 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,000 Stand up was like a drug. 229 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:55,040 I just wanted to do more and more, as much as possible. 230 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,320 Making comedy became the most important thing in my life. 231 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:04,360 I like jokes more than anything else. 232 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:04,360 I like jokes more than anything else. 233 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,200 Even more than people. 234 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,680 -Great going, Ismo! -Thanks. 235 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,800 Where's Ilari? He should be on stage now. 236 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,720 -Everything okay? -Sure, sure. 237 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,440 Basically all you need to know about my early career as a comedian 238 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:33,200 that after the first year, I started to realize I can make a living from it. 239 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,120 And on my second year, I got to be on TV. 240 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,760 Hyppönen-Enbuske Experience talk show. 241 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:42,240 I had a short segment every week. 242 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,720 People started to recognize me. 243 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,640 Our correspondent with beautiful hair, Ismo Leikola, is now in Jyväskylä. 244 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,360 Ismo, what's the situation? 245 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:54,800 I'm going to address two serious problems 246 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,960 about going to the movies. 247 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:01,160 Namely: you always need to pee in movie theaters. 248 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:01,160 Namely: you always need to pee in movie theaters. 249 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,440 I have evidence of holding my pee for two hours, 250 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,880 but the odds of that coinciding with a movie are slim. 251 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,560 Like the Lord of the Rings movies: three and half hours! 252 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,160 And gazillion scenes with waterfalls. 253 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:20,000 CHAPTER 3: HESITATION 254 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,200 It's difficult to describe how important being funny is to me. 255 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,080 It is a serious thing. 256 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:34,000 For me, it's the most important value. 257 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,400 If I come up with something funny, 258 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,360 not saying it out loud is very hard, almost impossible, 259 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:46,000 even though there's risk of making someone mad or ruining the mood. 260 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,120 But if you came up with a crazy, fun thing, you have to express it. 261 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,200 I've sacrificed things to the altar of funniness. 262 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,960 Romantic moments and others. 263 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,320 FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON DC TO L.A. 264 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,320 FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON DC TO L.A. 265 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:06,720 6 DAYS TO COMEDY SPECIAL SHOOT 266 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,720 Shit, I caught a yawn from myself! 267 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,000 How is this even possible? It's a never-ending vicious cycle. 268 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,760 ISMO'S HOME LOS ANGELES, USA 269 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:08,360 I have trouble sleeping as my brain is always on overdrive. 270 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,560 I always come up with new ideas or worries. 271 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,880 I don't understand how some people 272 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,960 can just turn off their brain and sleep. 273 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,080 My brain does not have an off button. 274 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,000 Let's go back to the second timeline. 275 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,360 We're in Tampere now. I'll do a gig here 276 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,880 and then zoom in my car to Hämeenlinna for another one. Bye. 277 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,120 I had been doing comedy in Finland for years, 278 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,960 and things had been going well. 279 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:30,920 Gradually, I got thinking that maybe Finland is a bit small. 280 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:39,000 So it was 2005, and I did my first gig in English. 281 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,920 I would say about half of the jokes hit home, 282 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,080 and I thought, okay, I could do more stuff in English. 283 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,240 And I did, and then it went better and better, 284 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,840 and then I moved to Los Angeles. 285 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,000 Wait a minute! It's as if I forgot something. 286 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,400 I feel I forgot something, but what could that be? 287 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,880 Yes, at some point, I got married. 288 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,960 I think that's important. Is it? Yes, it is. 289 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,640 I have to say something about that. 290 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:31,320 Hey, actually, I'll text her and see if she wants to say something. 291 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:32,920 Her name is Angelika. 292 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,120 CHAPTER 4: THE MENTOR 293 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:44,680 I was booking artists to a club, I was the program director. 294 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,000 One comedian said we should open a stand-up club, 295 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,640 it was a new thing in Finland. 296 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,880 He suggested Ismo Leikola to open it, had I heard of him? 297 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:59,840 I said I'd seen glimpses of him on Hyppönen-Enbuske. 298 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,680 Then we met and clicked immediately. 299 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,120 I was like wow, what a genius! 300 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,240 Yes, definitely a genius! 301 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,760 -And a hero! -We had a one-night stand. 302 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,000 Must have been great to hump a hero! 303 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,880 And we became good friends for a year. 304 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:25,840 After a year of friendship, we started dating and became a couple. 305 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,880 We were a power couple, really, 306 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,200 a term familiar in the US 307 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:35,240 but not so established vocabulary in Finland. 308 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,560 Angelika and I became a tight-knit unit. 309 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,640 She believed in me and supported in everything in Finland 310 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:47,920 and encouraged to do material in English and go abroad. 311 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,440 At this stage of the hero's journey, there's always a mentor. 312 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:57,480 A person who will advise, help and teach the hero, 313 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,800 but can't do the journey for the hero. 314 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:03,480 For Frodo, that was Gandalf, the mentor in the Lord of the Rings. 315 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:03,480 For Frodo, that was Gandalf, the mentor in the Lord of the Rings. 316 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,760 Usually, they're some bearded dudes. 317 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:12,800 So basically, Angelika is a good fit there. 318 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,720 Luckily, she didn't have a beard. 319 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,920 CHAPTER 5: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS 320 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:23,360 2007 IRELAND 321 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:29,320 Talking about dick signs, that's quite a boner there. 322 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,560 "Talking about them.." 323 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,880 You're the only one talking about them. 324 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,440 Doing stand-up in English was exciting and invigorating. 325 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:02,280 I went to London and Edinburgh for gigs, 326 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:02,280 I went to London and Edinburgh for gigs, 327 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,080 and they went really well. 328 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:08,239 I got this hunch that it might be possible to conquer the world. 329 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,800 Then in 2008, 330 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:16,400 I took my one-hour solo show to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. 331 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:28,719 The gigs went fine and there were nice reviews, 332 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,920 but the halls were practically empty. 333 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,880 I did this one gig for one person, a German tourist. 334 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,920 I'm handing out fliers: Welcome to Ismo show. 335 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,280 Trying to get two people in. 336 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,880 We did it day and night, both crying, exhausted. 337 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:50,760 Ismo is crying on the bed: "I can't fucking take this anymore." 338 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,679 We lost money, time, energy and sleep. 339 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,679 I was way too stressed out. 340 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,320 I thought I'd forget this international thing 341 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,120 and focus on Finland. 342 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,120 and focus on Finland. 343 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,760 This is way too hard. Goodbye. 344 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,120 CHAPTER 6: GOD'S HAND 345 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,920 So Angelika and I built a house in Sipoo. 346 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:26,440 We designed it ourselves, it was to be our forever home. 347 00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:29,480 That was maybe in 2014, 348 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:33,680 we'd lived there for a couple of years. I was trimming bush in the backyard, 349 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,120 listening to a podcast by an American comic. 350 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,840 Well, of course this is not 2014. 351 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,440 And not even my backyard, but there are bushes. 352 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,800 So anyway, in that podcast, 353 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:56,360 the American comedians were talking about the history of stand-up and such, 354 00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:00,480 and suddenly, I had this very strong vision. 355 00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:00,480 and suddenly, I had this very strong vision. 356 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,760 Like this premonition, this feeling 357 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,720 that I should be there with those guys. 358 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:12,280 Like the whole universe would have said to me all of a sudden: 359 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:16,240 Hey, what the fuck are you doing there? 360 00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:20,800 Did you hear me? What the fuck are you doing there? 361 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,840 As I said, this is not my backyard. 362 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,280 They're my trees! 363 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,720 Then, about a year after that, something happened. 364 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,720 Something totally incredible. 365 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,080 Jamie moved to the US as a teenager 366 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:50,920 and now he's about 104. 367 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,120 He still has a slight accent. 368 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:58,120 I'm not gonna get rid of my accent, I've only been there for a few years. 369 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:25,280 They were looking for comedians from around the world, and I thought: why not. 370 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:29,120 The competition was online and I did pretty well in the first rounds. 371 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,280 Then I made it to the final, and that's awesome, great. 372 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:37,200 And the final was in: oh wow! 373 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:41,000 In Hollywood! All right, where's my passport? 374 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,080 I guess I can't take the train there. 375 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,560 From my hotel room to tonight's gig. 376 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,160 How did I end up here? 377 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,560 I kind of came here myself, 378 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,200 but then again, no, I ended up here. 379 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,000 Let's go backstage. 380 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:04,360 I just didn't actively resist the chain of events 381 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,600 that put me here. 382 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:12,200 That's how the hero is brought from home to some lion's den. 383 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,840 ISMO'S PERFORMANCE, FUNNIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD CONTEST 384 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,880 People around the world could vote 385 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:52,400 and turns out I won the whole shebang. 386 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:56,000 That was a bit encouraging that this could work. 387 00:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,440 That's my ad! 388 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,920 Oh my god! Some old geezer is choking. 389 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,720 Go help him! 390 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:40,960 Wait, he's Jay Leno! 391 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,880 Well, what does our hero have to say now? 392 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:10,440 At the risk of sounding overly dramatic 393 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,640 or nonsense or silly, 394 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:17,360 I kind of feel that it was like the hand of God or fate 395 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:21,840 who just picked me up from Finland and dropped in the US. 396 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:25,560 I'm not a person who packs his bags, moves to another country 397 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:27,160 and starts knocking on doors. 398 00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:30,680 I'm not like that, I would never have gotten around to this. 399 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,840 But someone wanted me here. 400 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:38,640 And at the risk of sounding even more melodramatic or crazy, 401 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:44,480 I kind of feel the whole contest was arranged to get me to the US. 402 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:50,160 That's how I sometimes feel. Did that sound crazy? A little. 403 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,440 CHAPTER 7: NEW CHALLENGES AND ALLIES 404 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,160 Then our hero finds new allies. 405 00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,320 For example, Luke Skywalker finds Han Solo, 406 00:41:57,560 --> 00:42:00,320 For example, Luke Skywalker finds Han Solo, 407 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,120 Princess Leia and Chewbacca. 408 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,840 What about me? We'll see if we can find something. 409 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,400 Uh, it was December 2015 410 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:15,480 when Angelika, I and Kity the dog packed our bags and came to L.A. 411 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,840 We decided to stay for 6 months and see how it goes. 412 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:30,880 When we arrived in Hollywood, it was like a dream. 413 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,960 We were welcomed by red carpets, movie stars, 414 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,160 glamour, parties, and... 415 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,240 Well, not quite. 416 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:48,880 We were welcomed by tents, the homeless and outpatients 417 00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:52,960 and streets with damn big potholes to trip on. 418 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:59,560 Last night, an unarmed black guy was shot here. 419 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,720 The news and the police have been here all day, 420 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,720 The news and the police have been here all day, 421 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,680 the street is filled with memorial words. 422 00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:10,400 That happened last night here in Venice Beach, California, Los Angeles. 423 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:30,680 Push this in. 424 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:34,280 This starts the washing machine. That's how it works here. 425 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,920 I was completely out of it for half of the time. 426 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,600 Everything was different: people, the customs, 427 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:43,160 the environment, shopping, food. 428 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:48,000 Maybe I'll microwave the turkey from yesterday. 429 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,720 Yeah, right, hundreds of credit cards! 430 00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:58,840 He had his career in the US and his career in Finland 431 00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:03,080 and a 10-hour time difference, you're bouncing two huge careers. 432 00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:03,080 and a 10-hour time difference, you're bouncing two huge careers. 433 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:06,640 And all the time, demands for this and that. 434 00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:09,400 Ismo asks me if he should do this. 435 00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:13,920 I said I can't decide for you, but you gotta think this through. 436 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,560 If you do this thing, where will it take you and for how long? 437 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:20,200 What will it do to your brand? 438 00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,880 And based on these questions, you can make your decision. 439 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,720 And most of all, go with your gut feeling. 440 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,400 Because that's true. 441 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:33,480 Ismo used to say it's good to have two asses on the line. 442 00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,440 Sometimes, you don't know whose ass is on the line. 443 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:48,440 And there I was, a comedian among others on the L.A. scene. 444 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:50,720 One gig after another. 445 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:52,400 I'm no networker. 446 00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:56,120 I don't go to talk to people or put my foot in the door. 447 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,400 I just focused on my gigs. 448 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:06,320 I tried to be funnier, write funnier stuff, do better gigs. 449 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,880 Gradually, it went somewhere. 450 00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,800 People started noticing me and offering new gigs, 451 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:15,600 where others noticed me and so on. 452 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:19,680 By the end of the year, I had gigs almost every day. 453 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,600 And during the weekends, 2-3 gigs per day. 454 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,680 They went well, but they didn't lead to anything. 455 00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:28,960 Or only lead to new, similar gigs the next day. 456 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:33,680 And my social life was not super interesting. 457 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,480 You're supposed to sleep on that bed! 458 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:39,800 Mostly, I was at home with Angelika and Kity. 459 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,160 My life was just writing, 460 00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:44,760 doing gigs, preparing for gigs, 461 00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:48,280 playing computer games and picking up dog shit. 462 00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:57,880 BREA, USA 3 DAYS TO COMEDY SPECIAL SHOOT 463 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,160 All right, a few days to the comedy special, 464 00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:07,480 a gig in Brea near Los Angeles. 465 00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,800 And something horrible happened. 466 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:13,920 The same Danny who was in New York, he was supposed to come here. 467 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:16,560 But he was in an accident. 468 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,160 He lost both of his legs and his head. 469 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,080 The doctor gave him a three-day sick leave. 470 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:25,920 He can't make the gig here. 471 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,240 No, nothing like that, he only got the flu. 472 00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:32,160 But he couldn't come to the gig. 473 00:47:32,240 --> 00:47:34,560 So we were trying to save the night. 474 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,000 And Jesus saved me. 475 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,840 JESUS 476 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,360 No, Jesus saved me. 477 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:46,480 JESUS SEPULVEDA COMEDIAN, ISMO'S OPENING ACT 478 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,560 I'm sure Ismo's mom has told him 479 00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:46,240 he has the world's best jokes and he should always believe that 480 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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