Adam December 12, 2011 at 6:09 am

This dude is blowin up like nitro. I don’t watch Community, but I know it is pretty hot with the kiddies. I’m looking forward to listening, to see whether you get along with or are forced to go Maron all over his ass

Diane December 12, 2011 at 9:24 am

What a great interview! I loved listening to Donald’s experience with foster kids. I was a foster kid and I also lived in a couple of state run institutions for kids that they don’t know what else to do with with. There was never enough attention to go around so the kids who were the most screwed up tended to get most of the attention, and it does leave a feeling of alienation with the others who aren’t getting enough attention. Despite not being part of a family or not getting enough attention, I was very certain that what I had in the state system was better than being with my parents.

I loved his insights and he was a pleasure to listen to. Thanks for another great interview.

Crate&Trauma; December 12, 2011 at 11:04 am

Fox Hills Mall was the Black mall back when I lived in LA.  We used to goto M and M’s over on Centinela after doing some shopping at that mall back in the day.

jimjim December 12, 2011 at 11:22 am

i really enjoyed this conversation.  thanks Donald, thanks Marc

tom December 12, 2011 at 2:18 pm

we used to go to that light show every summer when I was growing up

great conversation

Carl December 12, 2011 at 4:13 pm

What an insightful perspective on life he gives. I was also raised in a religious bubble and experienced many of the same things (couldn’t watch many tv shows, low exposure to media, bullied through high school). The only difference is I wish someone would have turned me on to writing in the way he searched it out and did it. I think a pattern with multi-talents like Donald is that they are always busy, always looking for something create. He probably doesn’t vegetate in front of a screen very often. Very motivating.

Justin December 12, 2011 at 7:10 pm

Great interview! I feel like Glover is going to be one of those guys who does ‘everything’ and is good at everything and has a substantial working career and he really deserves it. Good stuff!  BTW: Marc was, no doubt, doing perfectly fine with the band but I do know that insecure feeling on a lower level heh.

Yeah, great podcast! Really enjoyed it. I don’t watch ‘Community’ but looking forward to seeing him in whatever he does!

Eric December 12, 2011 at 7:50 pm

Oh my god. The Stone Mountain Georgia laser light show… I’d completely forgotten the horror of that particular high school experience. I’d just chalked it up to a fever dream like most of the other things that happened during my year of southern living.

JT December 13, 2011 at 1:28 am

So cool to hear the shout out to Rebecca and the Creek & the Cave. That place has been birthing great comics for a few years now. Killer flautas too.

Steve Hatchett December 13, 2011 at 3:41 pm

Stone Mountain? There’s nothing but black people that live there. It’s been that way since the 80’s. Who was discriminating against this guy? Hell, there are as many asians (of all kinds) and black people at the show as there are white people. To portray the laser show as some racist rally is a load of crap.

Rusty the Bailiff December 13, 2011 at 4:34 pm

Marc Maron, let’s rub butts!

drew December 13, 2011 at 7:40 pm

I was doing history homework and they started talking about confederates and FUCKING SAYING THE NAMES I WAS WRITING. IT WAS SO WEIRD

Mike December 14, 2011 at 9:29 am

Marc,
Your description of playing in front of others helped me realize that you managed to face one of my greatest fears, trying guitar in front of people (even have a hard time doing it with my nonjudgmental 5-year-old). I don’t have any trouble performing in front of crowds, but take me out of my verbose, smartass safety zone and put a guitar in my hand and…well, I guarantee there would be humiliating public urination involved. What you did was daring and more than that, (as I’m learning as another mid-40s white dude from the Duke City), you’re learning to embrace the growth that only failure can give us. Have a happy holiday and keep going, man (and give Duane my best)

Beelzebud December 14, 2011 at 12:36 pm

I love that Freudian slip during the Comedy Central promo was hilarious.  “Their Hit Shit!”

Joe Tily December 15, 2011 at 5:20 am

Another WTF where i’ve never heard of the guest but still really enjoy the interview anyway . . . . great conversation Marc - - - I’m looking forward to the Kevin Pollak interview!

DrewO December 15, 2011 at 10:04 am

Great interview.

BTW, the Lenox Mall and Stone Mountain have a ton of black people, just like the rest of Atlanta. And no black gays in Atlanta?! Marc, after you finish your Thursday night gig at the Laughing Skull look across the street. The bar there (Bulldogs) is a black gay bar and headquarters for Atlanta’s Black Gay Pride weekend.

Eric December 16, 2011 at 10:22 am

I like the part where he makes up a story about racism at the Stone Mountain laser show and getting beer cans thrown at him - YEA RIGHT.

fancynancy December 17, 2011 at 6:57 am

It always made me cringe when you would call him Donald “Glow-ver”

Mike December 18, 2011 at 2:54 pm

Another potentially great interview ruined by uptalk from Glover. I know there’s nothing Marc or anyone can do about this epidemic - even Chris Rock and Louis CK are infected - but why is it happening? Why aren’t more people complaining? Those last two sentences are the only ones intended to be read with a rising inflection.

Lee Stringer December 19, 2011 at 10:56 pm

Interesting interview. Finding out that Glover wrote for 30 Rock I have to wonder if the nerdy black writer character in the show was somewhat based on him?

Jim December 20, 2011 at 1:23 am

Umm, Eric. How are you so sure that nothing racist ever happened to Donald while he attended the Stone Mountain laser show? Did you question all of the attendees? Guess it was all some “big conspiracy” that he made up as a kid. There isn’t any real racism, right?  Your funny. I also find it mind blowing that out of all the interesting things they talked about regarding race you pulled out that one little nugget of information and ran with it. It shows how your mind works.

Anyway, as always good show, and a great guest.

Jessie December 22, 2011 at 2:41 am

Mike, I hope we meet one day just so I can up speak and then kick you in the dick.

Lattimorisms December 31, 2011 at 1:34 am

Glover has a wide range of talents, but the dude is extremely derivative and unoriginal as a comic. Without rehashing the Patrice O’neal and Chris rock theft conversations on his CC special, you can hear him about to do a Chris Rock bit right in the interview. It is one thing to admire the work of others and to acknowledge that they’re on to something, and quite another to “borrow” it to fill in where your own material is missing something.

Glover comes from such a rich, unique background
and understands how widely covered racial humor is, but claims to want to do it better than the masses who have done it poorly. Well, he would do himself and his stand-up audiences a great service by not revisiting the work of those who have done it exceptionally well, and better managing the integrity of his act.

That aside, I like some of his music, and I’m very interested in seeing him dig a little deeper for his stand-up. He has a keen mind, and I’d love to hear him distinguish himself from his influences and develop a voice more rooted in his experiences than his inspirations.

Jeff January 17, 2012 at 11:36 pm

Loved this one.  Donald is a cool dude!

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