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Andrew Heaton: Ask Me Anything

KEY MOMENTS

0:00 – Intro: going live with Andrew Heaton
1:06 – Vagabonding and finally getting a desk
2:11 – Standing desks and being "virile"
3:14 – How Lou and Andrew became friends
5:22 – Bad timing for networking in 2020
6:25 – Applying for a grant
7:26 – France, Iceland, and a run for office there
10:33 – Finding the good cheap local spot
11:39 – Puppets for adults
12:46 – Jim Henson and the art of puppetry
14:52 – The Sopranos and puppet violence
17:05 – Surviving a bear attack
18:12 – Dreading Brooklyn and moving to New Jersey
20:22 – Hoboken and the Jersey Shore
22:32 – The next James Bond
23:34 – Idris Elba as Bond
25:37 – Viewer questions
28:44 – Airbnbs vs. futons on the road
30:51 – A month in Oakland before the election
31:58 – Camper life and the one rule of the RV
34:02 – Austin Powers, Spaceballs, and parody
37:18 – What the name Andrew means
38:21 – A movie Lou didn't like
40:25 – Listening at 1.4x speed
41:32 – The guy who told the same story twice
42:33 – Turner Sparks and the Friars Club
44:48 – A New Hampshire gig with Harry and Boris
45:54 – How far is too far to drive for a gig?
48:03 – Andrew the storyteller
50:13 – Comedy as a labor of love
51:18 – Do a comedian's jokes match their real opinions?
53:29 – Journalists who joke to promote themselves
55:41 – Arguing tax rates vs. arguing morals
56:45 – Would you take Bitcoin?
58:54 – Andrew heads out
59:58 – "I'm your huckleberry"
1:03:10 – Greg Burke checks in
1:05:17 – How Wolverine's Claws Suck blew up
1:07:21 – Greg Burke's main note
1:09:29 – Tossing a baseball with Greg
1:10:30 – The Godzilla sketch
1:12:40 – Making money on Spotify
1:16:57 – Funding bigger projects on Kickstarter
1:18:03 – Signing a book contract
1:19:05 – New York loses a seat in the census
1:21:12 – Toe shoes and wrap-up

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Lou's friend, comedian Andrew Heaton, joins Lou live for an Ask Lou Anything episode (you ask Lou anything, and Andrew tells you everything) to talk about puppets, Iceland, and who should play the next James Bond.

We also get into vagabonding and finally getting a desk, how Lou and Andrew became friends, a run for office in Iceland, Jim Henson and puppet violence in The Sopranos, surviving a bear attack, dreading Brooklyn and moving to New Jersey, Idris Elba as Bond, the one rule of the RV, Austin Powers and parody, whether a comedian's jokes match their real opinions, and Greg Burke checking in on how Wolverine's Claws Suck blew up.

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