Comedian, musician, & writer Reggie Watts chats with Trey Elling about GREAT FALLS, MT: FAST TIMES, POST-PUNK WEIRDOS, AND A TALE OF COMING HOME AGAIN. Topics include:
- Why now was a good time to write a memoir (0:00)
- Reggie’s first social hack in Great Falls, MT (1:31)
- Two people crucial to Reggie’s growth as a kid (3:13)
- A complicated relationship w/ dad (6:00)
- “Because I said so” (7:34)
- Reggie’s “Breakfast Club” experiment (9:33)
- A revelation in Cleveland (12:55)
- Moving to Seattle, post-high school (14:47)
- Maktub (16:09)
- Mirman & Showalter’s assist w/ his comedy career (17:58)
- Touring with Conan (21:09)
- The Comedy Mothership (23:07)
- Advice to comedy club attendees (26:10)
- What Reggie’s mom means to him (29:02)