Author David Sedaris' surprising night time ritual.

[@katieyussuf3335]

David signed my book in Seattle on his 'Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls' tour. I was last in line after he had drawn hundreds of owls on hundreds of books for adoring fans. It was very late at night but he was alert enough to comment on my extreme choice of clothing, which was a sequined ballgown. He said I looked pretty and I probably sputtered something dumb back, sweating and in the presence of my truest comedy spirit animal of all time. The owl he drew on mine was sloppy and didn't look like an owl at all. He explained that it was actually a vagina, and said it was remarkable, "since he had never actually seen one before in real life." ♡ I will treasure that book and all of his work, forever! Awesome hike, thank you, Kevin!

[@lalallange5890]

OMG so funny

[@suzitee8225]

Katie Yussuf a sequinned ball gown to a book signing? 😮 That’s an interesting choice! What would you wear to an actual ball? 🤔😉🤣 👗

[@katieyussuf3335]

Hahahahaaaaaaaa thank you Suzi, epic laugh! Not sure I would ever go to a ball. It made it extra weird that I was alone at the book signing. Snort

[@katieyussuf3335]

@@leadbelly1495 yes, he sure is! There is simply no "having enough of David Sedaris"; it doesn't seem to exist! Never enough. ♡♡♡

[@suzitee8225]

Katie Yussuf me neither (go to a ball, that is), would love to wear a ball gown though! I’m just jealous, you got to wear the dress AND meet David Sedaris!!! 🤢🤣🙋🏻‍♀️🇬🇧

[@PatrickVanNicePhotography]

I'd watch and listen to a 43 mile hike with David Sedaris anytime. He's awesome.

[@Deboraas]

I need a hiking with David Sedaris KZbin channel! Imagine him hiking while picking up litter, fox watching... it would be great. David is my favorite author, loved this so much.

[@angelagraney4592]

Please let this happen. We could go for strolls on the beach at the Sea Section. Take me away David.

[@jessicawicher]

What a great idea, I'm all for it. He seriously HIKES without huffing and puffing. I love him.

[@jenm2251]

Same. Yes. 👏

[@tigergreg8]

I love how Kevin is not at all judgmental with any of his guests. He may joke about some things, but he never embarrasses them, he let's them be themselves. I like that, and honestly, I wish more people in the World would just listen, and not chime in with their beliefs all the time.

[@jenm2251]

So true

[@HeroicHaroon]

Man... we all need to be like Kevin

[@1amybean]

I have seen a lot of these episodes and plan to watch every last one. But I doubt I’ll enjoy a guest more than the wildly talented, funny and forthcoming David Sedaris. Even though he’ll never read this comment (yet another reason to admire and enjoy him). When my friend Maybeth asked him to sign her book some years ago, she happened to mention to David that she had seen him at a previous signing years earlier. They chatted, he was lovely and gracious, he signed the book. “We meet again, Enchantress.” Maybeth (may her memory be a blessing ❤) was just tickled.

[@RVgeeks]

I love both Kevin and David. No surprise they are so great together!

[@michelemilesgardiner4522]

Thank you for this. I've been enjoying David since the mid-1990s. As a former horrible salesperson at a Los Angeles department store, I learned men wear Spanx. A Hollywood wardrobe person told me many male stars do, too. I used to have to help men wrestle out of the suffocating shirts.

[@marfaxa]

My aunt and uncle went to HS with David and Amy. My uncle said he'd never read one of David's books because he was afraid he'd read a story about himself.

[@sarahfaith6531]

Hahaha!!! That’s great.

[@snavisTM]

Going to HS with some one and actually knowing them and being friends with someone are two different things, got any examples of "crazy stories" for us?

[@buttlipkins93]

No he can't, because his uncle is a lying dipshit who just doesn't read.

[@MoeMentos]

Why would David write about some guy in HS he didn't even know? Your uncle is deluded.

[@Lepidopray]

Or even worse, there'd be no mention of him.

[@amystery7754]

This guy is brilliant, an amazing artist. He's done enough to be commemorated as a statue or named as a park or something. He's a talent and reports with honesty. Brilliant!

[@hairdresser1300]

Listening to one of David's audio books in my car this week! I just love this guy. So happy I found him years ago. This is going to be a treat

[@appleheadaddie]

hair dresser Enjoy! I listened to ‘Calypso’ 3 times; it is so good!

[@sallypea3202]

Great interview with one of my favorites! He makes me laugh so hard! Can’t believe he signs so many books and takes time to draw a little picture. I had my daughter with me who was 12or 13 at the time and he gave her a little bracelet! It made quite an impression in her! He said he like giving some trinkets to kids and I think it’s absolutely lovely!!

[@Meshuggahnans]

“It felt like they stuck a golden globes award up my ass” “The doctor was in show business, too?” 👏👏👏

[@Davett53]

Great interview,.....saw this video at the beginning of 2021,...so good I just watched again, in July of 2022. I'm binge- watching all the David Sedaris videos on You Tube, I can find, and there are many. Thanks Kevin!

[@unperson5713]

Me walk pretty one day.

[@jenm2251]

👏👏👏👏👏😂

[@svaught1]

❤ David Sedaris. Thanks so much for this !!!

[@joliespahr7685]

Oh my heck!!!! I'm just started watching this and I'm laughing as David is walking though shrubbery. The first one seemed resistant to David, almost pushing back in defiance. The second was less motivated.

[@terriromberger7475]

David Sedaris is my favorite of all time. Thanks for taking him for a walk and talking....91000 steps..oh my goodness.overachiever.

[@carolyntalbot947]

I would love to make David Sedaris laugh like this. I froze up when I met him the first time, and he drew a detailed phallus on my book's cover page.

[@counterfeitselfband]

This was delightful. The sound of David Sedaris speaking makes me smile because it's like I know I'll hear a funny comment quickly. But the sound of his sister Amy pretending to be their brother Paul is the best. Just like hearing Ruth Langmore in Ozark.

[@carina22asia]

I loved how Kevin was making David laugh

[@rhllnm]

I pick up trash too. Thanks David. Sometimes its ugly. But David gets me through it.

[@carolyntalbot947]

Ditto👍

[@pamr4040]

Love these hikes...this one, in particular! Perhaps have David as a recurring hiker?? Thank you for the smiles, Kevin...love you, too! 🧡

[@befuddled2010]

Do you think, once you come out of the closet, it's easier to be honest about other things? This is an absolutely brilliant and insightful question.

[@Skottomania]

I love the bit about seeing his name in the New Yorker and then a couple seconds later "HIKING WITH KEVIN" shows up on the bottom of the screen

[@michellefarmer9522]

This made me laugh out loud! Can’t wait to see him in person.

[@Renegade4rebels]

I'm in College and all these kids are getting dogs when they live more or less in two bedroom apartments. They maybe walk them once every two days... maybe, and they are big dogs a lot of the time; Pitbull are in right now big time. And I'm not saying I dont like dogs, but I get what David is saying. Some people, especially young people see dogs as a toy more then a pet and want to show it off rather then truly take care of them.... same with parents and kids haha

[@Renegade4rebels]

@Deborah Shaw You should tell her to either take care of her dog, or find a home for him where someone else will better then she is. Dogs are not accesories, they are living creatures who absolutely love us, and thus we should do our best to return the favor.

[@friendlier]

I've seen all of your episodes and this is one of the very best. It really seems like two old friends.

[@pauld205]

You nailed this interview. You even made him laugh.

[@paulsmith1843]

What a fabulous hike! Kevin, you're raising the bar.

[@benjamindell9753]

So many kind and candid messages in this episode. Loved it!

[@DreamingCatStudio]

It’s great to see David hiking and healthy! I worried for awhile because he didn’t exercise and did smoke, but look at him now!

[@1957es]

Doesn’t he walk miles picking up trash where he lives in England? He even received a royal award for it?

[@lsimpson50]

Great interview!

[@NeverRubARhubarb]

Hmm. Good job walking David into those 2 bushes within the first minute of convo. I'll be reading about that in David's next book.

[@kevinbwillson4161]

Great show love the David and you too Happy Trails

[@culwin]

"I'm gay" - a few conservatives in the audience are angry "I don't like dogs" - everybody in the audience is angry

[@stellashepherd844]

culwin This is true.

[@Countfoscolikesmice]

right. because if you don't like dogs then fuck off to hell.

[@1957es]

MAGA loves it.

[@ShowBizBlueprint]

YEAH!!! Kevin got lapel mics! Thank you. I love this show and it was hard to hear. This is another fantastic episode.

[@williampotter2098]

Please David. Write another book and make a recording of it. I love listening to you !!!

[@batiakrumlaka4967]

Best - most intelligent - flowing- interview so far. Bravo.

[@dinosaursr]

Great humorist (s).Thanks Kevin for the engaging conversation.

[@scandem320]

Loved it!! Wish it was longer

[@ruthcrawford3015]

"How's your prostate?" You're the best Kevin! Love you!

[@TXMEDRGR]

I'm glad he didn't offer to check his prostate.

[@RandyWaage]

I can confirm... years ago I worked at Mervyn's Department Stores and we had people crap and pee in the fitting rooms. Another great hike and conversation. You two are funny together.

[@williampotter2098]

You say that like there's something wrong with it ...

[@robertberets750]

Worked at Mervyn’s too. Always in the men’s or lingerie fitting rooms!

[@lynno1974]

WTF?!?! I can barely poop outside of my own house, let alone in the circular rack to leave my mark!!! People are so gross. lol. that said, I was in hysterics....great topics and conversation!

[@onionhead5780]

lynno1974 I’m with you. I remember pooping once at a Cracker Barrel about a dozen years ago. My body refuses to poop anywhere but my home.

[@carrotjuse]

Ditto. I can't poop anywhere but home. I don't want to leave my mark anywhere either! I'd prefer to be invisible and leave nothing behind.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

The only time I've pooped outside a restroom was while fly fishing off a well traveled trail alongside a creek, had to go really really bad, ran further into the woods, dug a hole, divested myself of the chest high waders dropped my pants and rewarded myself with great relief all the while praying "please please please, nobody see me!!!" Remember the rhetorical question Do Bears Shit In The Woods? Well, yes they do and So Do I!!! 😆

[@bossHogOG]

Kevin still obliviously running his guests into trees and bushes.

[@stampeaceful]

😄

[@cindyo6298]

Chuck Palahniuk next! Also, David Sedaris is actually really funny in person, didn't expect that.

[@mdgarciab]

Hahahaha I love him so much he is my hero I grew up gay in north Carolina too

[@wslandry]

Like this man and I’m going to look for his books!

[@carolyntalbot947]

Oh, you are in for such a *treat!* If I may reccomend "Naked," and "When You Are Engulfed In Flames."

[@williampotter2098]

Check KZbin for some stuff ...

[@gabrirodri]

Wayne Landry read Barrel Fever

[@jbre7233]

After many relistens, i think “when you are engulfed in flames” is my all time favourite

[@JBERRY603]

Great job Kev, David is a gem!

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

So glad I found your channel!! 😊

[@caleblauber1441]

Excellent! Now I’m gonna get one of his books!

[@lisa408t]

You won't regret it....his audiobooks,in particular, are wonderful! Great stories about his past jobs & his family!

[@carolyntalbot947]

You lucky! Lisa is right, the audio versions are the best; you kind of have to hear his stories in his voice. I started with "Naked" and "When You Are Engulfed in Flames."

[@caleblauber1441]

Carolyn Talbot - Thx. I’ll follow your recommendations.

[@LuckyLarry]

Just finished Calypso....loved Me a Talk Pretty One Day.....Dress Your Family in Cordoroy and Denim.....any thing he puts down on paper is so fun...

[@merrycontrary3520]

Can’t recommend Me Talk Pretty One Day highly enough

[@jennifergreco1403]

Oh man, I havent seen David Sedaris in a long time. I had all of his podcasts. So damn funny :)

[@Alsatiagent]

If Kevin had David's recent New Yorker piece, he'd be full of questions regarding David's father.

[@jessallen1856]

That was so insightful! Also that hike 😍

[@dontpanic1982]

ive listened to this guy for years on NPR. i dont recall ever seeing him.

[@johnwright2911]

My old hiking spot!! I miss that!

[@EvieVermont]

I just loved that hike and talk!

[@Hands2HealNow]

Most fun I've had all day.

[@debwlv]

LOVED this video!

[@sherrisRN]

Exhausted! ❤️❤️

[@dan.w.hoover2556]

Excellent - thank you!

[@daveguy11]

A few years ago David Sedaris appeared at an American Library Association annual conference. He walked on stage, placed his book on the podium, opened the book, looked down at the book, and started reading. No preamble, no opening joke, nothing. When he finished reading, he closed the book and walked off stage. No answering questions, no off-the-cuff remarks, nothing. I was there. I haven't been a fan since.

[@harlanpepper]

Oh, man, what a gift. Early adopter on this episode!

[@MarlaBronstein]

David came and spoke at an event that ended up being on my birthday and he gave me some lotion. (something he grabbed from a hotel stay, I'm sure) I've saved it for many years, but I'm using it now with isopropyl alcohol to save me from COVID-19

[@mtvanaken]

Such a great pairing - these two dudes are masters of asking bizarre questions

[@firecrackerheart]

i love this hike .. .

[@STSpringerChannel]

Great chat! And scenery great too - can you say what canyon this is..? Thanks!

[@gefloible9461]

(years later) it's Temescal Gateway Park

[@JLStanton1968]

I had this girlfriend named Meg around 2009 and took her to a show. We were both Sedaris fans and stayed after the show to stand in line and get some items signed. David asked the girlfriend's name and then wrote, "You can't spell Smegma without Meg". Bullseye, 10 out of 10. Girlfriend was over the moon. Hope to see him again soon. There is no bad show when you're at a Sedaris show.

[@reallymedagnabit]

you two should do a sit down podcast.. Some of the most fun conversation I have heard in a long time Kevin

[@theotherotherjenny]

Given the stories about people "leaving their mark" in retail store fitting rooms, for a brief moment, I thought this comment said "you two should do a shit down podcast"....this is what comes of skimming the comments.

[@reallymedagnabit]

@@theotherotherjenny too funny

[@CSDonohue11]

The best part was when Kevin ran the lil guy into the tree 🌳

[@M0M0F2P0Ms]

KEVIN!!! Please come back! I miss my desk hikes!

[@opaloakley]

Do Amy Sedaris!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

And then interview her?

[@opaloakley]

@@AllenFreemanMediaGuru lol

[@carolynluckas1219]

Saw your pic of Rami Kevin. So great. You are a great artist as well. Can you do one of Jimmy Kimmel as well?

[@beckibosson6205]

Two of my favorites!

[@JGG3345]

Fit bit must be great for Davids... what is it? OCD? That he has talked about in some of his books. I love David Sedaris and I am straight! : )

[@angelagraney4592]

Kevin Nealon asked the most fantastic interesting questions.

[@ericmueller1987]

I like Kevin getting more diverse artists for his hikes! Too bad he won’t know since he doesn’t read the comments. Good stuff!

[@titustiger27]

I like this, I think Nealon is not that big of a podcast/vloger that he can ignore comments he might be too big as a 'comedian' but if he wants this to work.. he should start interacting with people... right now he has less than 100k views and under 2k thumbs... if he is happy with how it is otherwise... interact

[@mcoffely]

@@titustiger27 nah.

[@scubawithatuba]

I used to read this guy's books in middle school! What an odd collision of wolds!

[@electrajones5462]

Fantastic

[@k.m.jordan4774]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lolizorz]

Last night was just looking up books of this guy,that's weird.

[@soulrole4025]

truly delightful!

[@redbeardboss]

get amy sedaris

[@jenm2251]

Overdue

[@betsybrains]

What a pleasant surprise to find you guys on the trail! I'm a parks janitor. My best friend is on a solo-camping trip to some other state park, so each night I send him a fake parks alert. Sasquatches 1st night, and last night I told him it was a big cover-up, but that there indeed was issued to all park rangers an EGAP alert: Excessive Ghost Activity in Parks. Tonight, he's gonna be told of a BOLO for an escapee from the nearby "Asylum for the Criminally Insane." Mr. Kevin, I'm glad you're happy and healthy. Mr. David? ... I can't. I can't get started. To extend to you the thanks I have for your writing voice would require an essay on my part. Mr. Kevin, Mr. David? I've been bothering on Twitter Mr. David Spade. He's thumbsed up a couple my comments. It's just, for years, I've thought Spade and I look like siblings, in our build and faces. I've added Amy Sedaris and Jane Lynch into the sibling mix of faces and behaviors. I'm not in the business; I seek nothing, except maybe to sing together one good time. I'm @Betsybrains. With A Mighty Wind mood. Mr. David, your writing voice lit a bulb over my head around 2005: "Oh! So a writer can just talk. Every sentence doesn't have to win a grammatical award!" Reading your work helped loose the stop from my writer's throat, for sure. (W. Whitman allusion) So very good then. We're getting the ball rolling for some wonderful visiting and song singing. Now quiet down! The both of you! Watch your marshmallows over the campfire. There there, now... That's the time. 'G'night now.

[@halohalohikers3571]

Can’t wait to bump into you on the trail... every week I ask myself if this is going to be the week we see Kevin lol.

[@calebclunie4001]

I get it. The dressing room defecaters were just personalizing their signatures. The only kind of droppings I want to see at Target, are price drops.

[@patricebennett1100]

A tShirt for a Baby. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m Australian and I think this guy is Bloody Brilliant. I can’t believe this Aussie woman sent her books back. I am going to search out his books. Hahhahaa

[@xFlloyd]

Anyone could have thought of this idea of hiking while interviewing, but I don't think anyone could do it as well as Kevin Neelon. I love every one of these that I have seen, even when I don't particularly like the guest. (though, I do very much enjoy David Sedaris)

[@bluesmandingo]

I love David. rock on.

[@FloraWest]

I just read a great new book on owls ("What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman) and one of the experts said that throwing apple cores and other food out the window onto the roadside is actually a bad idea. This came as a surprise to me but apparently a lot of owls that get hit by cars are hunting mice, etc. on the roadside who are of course attracted to the food thrown out the window. So, best to put it in the garbage or compost. Safer for owls and other birds of prey!

[@yokie52]

Good questions, Kevin!

[@gottasay4766]

Love this!

[@MexicanMartialArts]

What are you doing awake??

[@timr5185]

Nothing like some Kevin during fight week 👊

[@CSDonohue11]

Ha! WTH are or were you doing awake Voto Studios ? 🤙

[@vickikennedy6550]

My BF works at a large dept store and says people not only defecate in changing rooms, they rub their butts on the wall and smear it.

[@fixins]

I completely agree with the inability to write when there is music with words. Used to be able to do it but now my attention has waned to point where I can't.

[@jlnoble5359]

I love seeing David Sedaris doing the rounds...

[@MylaCruz11]

Not if you have a good reason... I don’t 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@42t40]

Kevin - there's someone stalking you and filming you from the trees ...and apparently giving you the footage to edit and add to your video... nice

[@alijames180]

Favourite author 😂

[@joinmeinthedirt5186]

This is one of my favorites, great job Kevin.

[@coolmusic1579]

What brand of backpack is Kevin wearing ? 🤔😄