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Alec Baldwins Instagram sessions are his scariest video work to date.
Whoever gave him access tofiltersshould be questioned in court.
He made good on his threat, fawning over the disgraced filmmaker while the latters Wi-Fi kept crapping out.
Was this your first time havingDylan Farrowon the podcast?Julie Klausner:Yeah.
She was so great.
She absolutely exceeded all expectations of how awesome she would be.
So sweet, funny, and smart.
Klausner:Why dont you go check while I tell you …
Scharpling:Im looking here …
I was not for a long long time, but now I am.
Klausner:Or you were but now youre just realizing it.
I dont think it was an incident, but in his mind there certainly was.
We were goofing on him.
Its always been in relation to what he does with Woody thats so fawning.
Scharpling:That was a big thing we did when we did his first Woody conversation on his podcast.
That was the first time we did a full exploration of their dynamic and his blowhardery.
But you got on his radar first.
I think you were the first one blocked.
Klausner:Like inMen in Blackwhen Tommy Jones goes up to the alien and goes, Eat me!
But Alec Baldwin hasnt blocked Brett.
And that is how Dylan came on that episode, right?
There was actual demand from our audience to analyze Woody Allen and Alec Baldwins Instagram Live chat.
So we thought wed do an episode.
Ive been thinking about it.
Id be interested if you guys would have me.
Basically I was saying or Julie was saying something about people being fake-smart but actually kind of stupid.
Klausner:And needing people to know that theyre smart.
Scharpling:Dylan said, Oh, I dont know anybody else like that.
Klausner:We needed to recover from that because it really took us out.
The whole system of culture seems to be stacked against her in so many ways.
It was a gift for us to be able to participate in something that she could have fun with.
These two ham hocks slobbing each others knobs.
But when he says hes not very famous, why?
Tom, I think the only Woody Allen movie youve seen isShark Tale.
Scharpling:Ive seenAntz.
Klausner:And sometimes bad people makeRifkins Festival.
Im baffled at this career that Alec Baldwin has been able to create for himself as a play-pretend journalist.
He has such an ass-kissy approach to interviewing.
He embodies what happens when you take the great culture of New York and misinterpret all of it.
He cant ever hit pause on his ego.
And maybe invest in a comfortable chair.
So he disagrees with any point anyone makes.
His worst nightmare is being average.
Alec explains Instagram Live to Woody by calling it Radio City Music Hall for millennials.
How would he explain podcasts?Klausner:Elaines for Gen-Xers.
