#halfway through typing this my brain lost the ability for intelligent thought. forget about forming intelligent sentences

[petercushingscheekbones]

some random jumbled thoughts/some stuff from the dt -ben schwartz podcast episode

love the story of how Ben got out of trouble as a kid for swearing by being funny (we also hear the david tennant nativity tea towel - a moment of ecstasy followed by deep shame - story again)

I always wondered how weird it must be for kids who's parents were teachers in their school. like i couldn't do that

Ben called David out “this is a classic tennant transition” when David tries to change the subject from talking about david's insecurity/sense of shame when performing (look i only typed half this sentence out before, it directly followed from the nativity story)

found it so interesting listening to ben talking about learning and doing improv. I can't summarize but i urge anyone interested to go listen

umm when did David do improv before. Also David Tennant panicking about the idea of doing improv and now he’s signed up to guest on an improv show at comedy club?

Ben talking about how in college he was first exposed to other careers like acting/imrov/comedy that he never considered before although he secretly always wished he could do (even if he wouldn't admit it even to himself) is so relatable (i haven't got to the actual 'trying out something else part' but i've done the 'admitting it to myself' part)

I didn't know Ben faxed in jokes for letterman and SNL for 3 years as a freelance writer. I didn't know those shows did that (also as someone pointed out gives his handle rejectedjokes context (why is there an actual tumblr account with that handle?)

I need to find the episodes of Letterman where you can hear Ben Schwartz say "fuck" at the end of the monologue when he didn't get a joke in

David Tennant fangirled over David Letterman and asked him for a selfie

dt likes the hulk because of the tragedy and misery of the character. and also cause he can smash things up

Ben likes Spider-Man because he's funny and from new york

Who is plastic man and why does Ben Schwartz like him so much?

I really want to know more about the last time dt auditioned and it went so bad (morbid curiosity). it's so funny how he refuses to say anything beyond, "i didn't really get what they wanted". i suspect there's a great story somewhere in there

Ben Schwartz had a terrible audition for a fantastic beasts movie (just as well it didn't work out) and he got into trouble for screenshotting a part of the script. David Tennant has clearly never heard of Snapchat. finding out that someone can know when you've taken a screenshot of something on an app blew his mind

two classic david tennant does a podcast questions were asked, "do you get starstruck?" and "does the freelance lifestyle scare you?"

just saying I would totally watch whatever movie they are pitching right now (whatever they were pitching at the time i typed this, i think it was either the two of them playing all the characters in 12 angry men or a dumb and dumber remake with anthony hopkins)

at the end Ben started humming final countdown (i think? if i remember correctly?it was a sort of rendition that wouldn't be out of place on nmtb) and David starts screaming “it’s too expensive!!”