Semi-Charmed Life

Mohr Stories: Episode 12 Review

For the past week or so I have been ranting and raving about how awesome Jay Mohr's new podcast is. I've been telling everyone I could to give it a listen, which I'm sure none of them did yet, and in less than week I've caught up to all 12 episodes. It's a pretty huge feat considering each episode runs anywhere from an hour and a half to two hours.

I'll talk more about the overall show in a future post because today I want to say how disappointed I am in the most recent episode. For starters, it's not Jay's fault. The guest this week was Kevin Nealon, which I'm sure many people will recognize:

Getting this guy to talk was like pulling teeth. He has absolutely no memory of ANYTHING! Jay was trying so hard to get him to say something, anything, worthwhile, from his days from SNL and all he had for us was "uh I can't remember." Then when Jay picks up the slack in the conversation and pulls up all these awesome stories, Nealon responds in an almost insulting manner. "Wow, you are a really huge SNL nerd."

This episode was not worth listening to unless you want to listen to uneasiness and tension from Jay trying his best to tease bits and pieces of conversation from Kevin Nealon. The best story Jay told was the wrestling story with Chris Farley, and even that was cut a little short because Nealon just sounded utterly disinterested in everything Jay had to say.