Top 5 Reasons Why I Loved This Conversation Even Though Comedians Are Interviewing Each Other Every Hour Of The Day On Podcasts:

1. Marc admits his jealousy towards Louis’ success and how he has reacted negatively towards him in the past because of it.  For anyone that has followed Marc’s podcasts, this is a breakthrough of sorts to the point that he even has jokes about it in his act.  In the past, you could always hear the resentment in his voice against people that were maybe more successful than him but he still counted as friends.  But now he is realizing it and is talking about it, in effect calling out his faults.  I wish more people could be as open about themselves.

2. Louis describes what it feels like to be a father in terms that I’ve never heard before.  Sure, everyone says that they loved their kid the moment that they laid eyes on him the first time, but Louis explains it out in a way that it makes complete sense to someone like me that, frankly, doesn’t want children.  But at least now I understand.

3. The stories that these two friends tell from their past are incredible.  They tell small tales that seemingly don’t mean much in the grand scheme of a person, but helped define them in the eyes of the other person.  It made me think of moments in my life where I did something that defined me to a friend or colleague.  And how about those moments in which I really started liking person, why was that?  Are our friendships just based on similar likes and dislikes?  I don’t believe so, and I think it’s valuable to think through our relationships in terms of past moments.

4. The summary of Louis’ career from the beginning of his first show (HBO’s “Lucky Louie”) to now was one of the most fully self-realized paths I have ever heard.  The guy knew exactly what he had to do to get from where he was to where he wanted to be and he did it.  Not only did he have incredible drive to put together five hours of stand-up in four years (my calculation may be off), but he thought out a lot of it ahead of time.

5. The way that Louis CK pushes himself to success is really inspiring no matter what your goals are.  As Marc explains it, he purposely makes things hard for him to see if he can rise to the challenge and become a stronger person.  This even happened when he had children; he realized that he had to change his act from silly jokes to real topics that he could carry for over an hour and into larger venues.

Honestly, the conversation lasts over two and a half hours and two separate podcasts, but I could have listened for so much longer.