KPCS: Dan Harmon

[@Htonartnomed]

show starts at 13:20

[@connorcoyle6592]

Jesus Fucking Christ

[@jacebeleren429]

Fucking Champion

[@lb5368]

Thank you!

[@pennywiseetc3020]

I came here expecting a prick based on what the woman said about Harmon in the Johnny Knoxville interview, and what I got was one of the most deeply moving and insightful discussions I’ve ever heard. Thanks lady!

[@zsofi497]

Or you know, maybe people don't show their true selves on camera

[@GlowingAlien]

Dan Harmon nails a lot of things in a raw, real way without seeming like he's trying to impress me. It's not necessarily a coherent explanation of a given thing, but it's the most understandable, if that makes sense.

[@MrVehicularmanslaugh]

God damn it, Dan is in top form in this, and that's all that matters. The look on his face after Kevin quotes his college professor is gold. Well done, Kevin.

[@SamHarvey1992]

"some fine acting..." I genuinely thought the same thing until i saw the Knoxville ep. Jaimie is nuts.

[@KidMoon23]

29:37 she cries. Unbelievable.

[@aswani69]

sanscheese He was being a little insensitive. If he had stopped after his apology, it would have been okay, but he continued with the thinnest veneer of facetiousness. Not surprised she didn't see 'the joke'.

[@harrisonchapman6040]

aswani69 Not really. He made a joke at her expense. She should be prepared for that if she's constantly interacting with comedians. He only "continued with the thinnest veneer of faceetiousness" for like 1 more sentence and then she put on the water works and he stopped and just told his story. Besides, she suddenly seemed perfectly fine 2 seconds later and was talking about Disney again (and really, at that point of obsession how does the word "freak" upset you that much? If I loved something that much and someone said I was a freak about it, I'd say that was accurate.)

[@audiotecmark]

Harry Chapman There's a line about making a joke at somebodys expense, and being a dick/ a personal insult.

[@kkainoaxxx]

audiotecmark he wasn't being a dick. He was making a joke at no one's expense even going as far as to say it wasn't meant to hurt anyone's feelings. She is clearly over sensitive and shouldn't be doing what she's doing as she's putting herself in the line of fire.

[@KidMoon23]

audiotecmark Yeah, but he didn't say that so your example means nothing here. She works within the comedic world, things are slightly different there, brutal comments are more acceptable. How she could be that sensitive and have her job makes absolutely no sense to me. His joke was so light that I just can't believe ppl are making such a big deal about it. Like, there really is an oversensitivity to things nowadays.

[@tyronefraser]

How does someone cry over that?! I'm speechless.

[@merkaba48]

+tyronefraser Many reasons. Maybe a loved one died soon after a magical trip to disneyland, which created an associated bond with the place? Maybe they weren't tears for being offended, or bullied, but for memories. Who knows? Also, whose business is it, anyway?

[@tyronefraser]

It's obviously not normal, which is why its shocking. And it's everybody's business; it's a public podcast.

[@NobleNemesis]

+tyronefraser Saw that small window of time to catch onto the victim train and jumped on instinctively. She was probs hoping he'd break his composure and start kissing her feet like poor ol'; Kev seems to do from time to time. xD

[@nikos8004]

At the 45 minute mark Dan is right about the influence on creative types. Because the executives have micro managed every single spec that they have the idea burned into their minds that they have the formula for success. Being in the radio business I've heard older jocks complain that they can't choose songs anymore or being told what they can talk about really bothers how they try and convey their personality. New schools teach this way because it's all about pleasing the advertisers because anyone would jump at the chance of being a disc jockey, or writer, director etc. The people are a dime a dozen the money isn't, and when he says how the execs are fearful of the art being seen as dangerous I've heard you management say things like this. It has to be controlled or no one gets payed.

[@KJR42391]

Dan isn't introduced until like 13:30. God...what did Kevin Pollack drone on about for 13 fucking minutes?

[@stuv1996]

Thanks for the timestamp

[@Ryan-the-Rocketeer]

how did Dan passively take over the interview, damn he's good

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

30:50 - "I'm not a Disney freak. I'm not a weirdo. My dad loves me." XD

[@Robhmyers3333]

This was tough to get into. Took WAY too long - felt like high school announcements at the start while Dan sits there, then it's just... Dan was good, but Kevin doesn't bring the most out of this.

[@sethhebrew7]

I really didn't realize how funny and neurotic Dan is. He really knows how to size people up.

[@josremery]

Sad you decided to end the show, Kevin. Glad there are so many episodes to revisit.

[@Pun2404]

This is one of my favorite episodes, but then again, I'm a 'Moon Member' of Harmontown.

[@BoardWalkToke]

Where is the part where she cries? came here for drama. Cant find it.

[@idontwantone132]

BoardWalkToke me neither

[@hameed]

BoardWalkToke reddit armie has you covered

[@Snuggleumpakis]

BoardWalkToke She gets a little sad for a couple seconds. She doesn't fucking cry at all.

[@BoardWalkToke]

Snuggleumpakis she acting like a little bitch

[@FungusMossGnosis]

+BoardWalkToke You don't know her story, and you _Dan fans_ sound like a pack of sociopathic morons. She had a melancholy moment thinking of her dead father who took her to DIsneyland, yet you insecure fools won't allow her right to be sad for a few fucking seconds? She didn't disrupt the show, Jaime Fox is a producer and co-host. It wasn't a bad comedic idea, but the attempt fell flat and backfired; it's no wonder he's primarily a writer and _not_ a performer. And his groveling, servile fanboys are beneath contempt. Can't you like or dislike something without sounding like a fucking Trump brownshirt about it?

[@AlejandroSanchez-zb4bk]

"Get old and stay shitty" is my new life motto

[@ari_____]

Regardless of anything else said in this episode, Dan's Hitler Stamp Joke is pure gold

[@Burgmannn]

This is fascinating to watch, Jaimie has a completely unreasonable reaction to something Dan says and then Pollak justifies that response by backing it completely (up to this day) What is he motivated by to do that, fatherly protectiveness or something?

[@basehead617]

she's his girlfriend

[@SourceChan]

Not really unreasonable unless you're a sociopath. For whatever reason she was affected negatively by his nasty and imo completely unfunny jokes (saying this as a huge fan of Community btw), any person with any common sense will get that if you've affected someone negatively the right thing to do is to let it go and change subject, Dan just keeps going throwing salt in the wound by basically calling her a freak and making a joke that her dad probably doesn't love her, probably making a joke about his own insecurities but being too much of an immature and selfish manchild to own up to and deal with his own insecurities so he gets off on hurting others instead.

[@Moltenstardeath]

@@SourceChan That's not what happened. He was trying to make a joke at her expense, hoping it would get her to like him, i.e. he was joking with her, not at her (betting she would be game to laugh at herself). He tried coming up with an extreme example of why she likes Disney so much, and his preposterous example just happened to be correct. He literally did apologize and admit he didn't even think it was funny to begin with. Then he brought it up again, obviously doing a caricature of himself as a villain redoing the joke again, but spitefully (saying in a mocking voice "my dad loved me," not throwing salt on the wound, but making the joke that he'd intended to hurt her to begin with). Obviously it would have been better if he had apologized and moved on and left it there, but he was likely insecure at his first attempt leading the girl to cry and he did a bad job at poking fun at himself, which she instead took as him bullying her some more. To be fair, she was totally justified in her response of being offended, but probably not justified in bringing it up in later interviews and mischaracterizing Harmon's joke as an angered and intentional sleight against her.

[@Moltenstardeath]

@@SourceChan It wasn't nasty, he was just unlucky in striking a nerve. It's strikingly clear his intent wasn't to hurt her on purpose.

[@SourceChan]

@@Moltenstardeath That's not what happened. I didn't beat up my wife. She slipped and her face fell on my fist. I apologized afterwards by joking several times about how the hell she managed to slip and have her face land on my fist multiple times, hahaha.

[@cadereinberger3315]

It's really fun in hindsight to see Dan talk about a young Rick and Morty, before any of us knew the emmy-winning heights it would reach. Especially for all of the cynicism that we see him working through in the interview.

[@quantumperception]

On the Hitler bloodline thing... My family has a genetic predisposition to addiction and, after middle age, senility. Our older relatives either partied/self-medicated themselves to death, or are straight crazy (multiple personalities, delusions of grandeur, and mania). My brother and I, after lengthy discussions, each decided to do the same thing as the Hitler family- kill the bloodline. We want to spare the world and the human gene pool the horrors of our family genetics. Perhaps, someday, we may choose to be parents, but he and I both have said that we would each adopt. We may be able to be decent parents and pass on worthy things to the next generation, but our genetics are not one of those things. As it stands, I am 31 and he is 29, and we are both virgins (at least by the Clinton definition- oral doesn't count). As I see it, it is the only sure way to save the gene pool from my terrible genetics. I hope others seriously weigh whether their genes are truly worth passing on before they reproduce. Think about whether the things that you like about yourself are due to your genetics, or in spite of it. Then, even assuming you generally like yourself, do the same thing for the aspects of yourself that you dislike- because of genetics, or in spite of it? Generally, the things I like about myself have little to do with genetics, and the things I dislike (like my addictions to caffeine and nicotine) can be linked to my genetics (my family is genetically predisposed to being addicted to something- drugs, sex, gambling, food, etc.). If you are like me, then you value humanity, and feel obligated to enhance the gene pool as possible, even if that means no long being part of it. You can still improve humanity by teaching others, building something, innovating/inventing, or just generally being a contributing member of society.. You don't have to reproduce to help a better humanity continue on. My brother and I have chosen that route. I hope the gene pool is spared more crazy addicts. Please don't recklessly or selfishly reproduce. Seriously consider the future of humanity. P.S. Please don't get me wrong- I'm not advocating anything involuntary in regards to crazy addicts not reproducing. Any enforced genetic screening would be fucked up, and would be easily and quickly corrupted. Nothing involuntary. Whether or not you reproduce is up to you and nature, but I would ask you to seriously consider the decision.

[@overtherenowaitthere]

i don't ascribe to the idea of eugenics, my one eyed tadpole might end up being the father of a fantastic composer with a drinking problem that's alright by me, we're all gonna suffer, some more so than others even absent of genetic predisposition. An addiction to caffeine and nicotine are drops in the bucket compared to your dramatization of the human condition.

[@quantumperception]

Those are just the two addictions I picked up before realizing I should stay away from addictive substances/behaviors. I was mid-teens when I started tobacco and caffeine, and still haven''t broken the addictions, but I'm fine with that. I just want any new ones.

[@poppiesrule]

She's crying! He says "Dad took you to disney and left you there" and she's crying. So guess what, she complains about this to Kevin that night in bed and Kevin resolves that next interview this is going to come up as a major issue. That's what happened folks.

[@shaan702]

What? She’s clearly joking in this video.

[@uncleTbag86]

No one was crying.

[@Sam-hh3ry]

Weird fan fiction you’ve written

[@TiGZalWaYZ89]

Lost opportunity for a guest buffering gag at 1:07:42

[@shiftyslc]

I don't want to pile on any more. I think this is a really solid interview and I like Kevin in it. I also like Jamie's laughs and interjections. I think I'll watch more KPCS and ignore the Knoxville intro. :)

[@FungusMossGnosis]

+shiftyslc If this is piling on, pile away. You're about the only one who said anything worthwhile in this oddly overloaded comments section.

[@Onigirli]

@@FungusMossGnosis Too right you are

[@spaghettidumpster6263]

So... she got upset about what he said and then immediately got over it, just like that? Then what was the point of getting so (visibly) upset in the first place? Doesn't make any sense to me.

[@boh0555]

Spaghetti Dumpster Totino Boy

[@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE]

Spaghetti Dumpster Sometimes people have emotional responses to things.

[@spaghettidumpster6263]

TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE Yeah, of course, but it just seems like something that she shouldn't have let through during an interview (or whatever you would classify this as). It touched her soul for a good 30 seconds before washing over her back for the rest of the video. Smells like petty bullshit drama.

[@TheUltimateKpopfan]

Spaghetti Dumpster some people are worse at hiding their feelings than others, at least she didn't say anything, she probably just got really sad for a second and then told herself to get over it

[@spaghettidumpster6263]

Princess Jesus I could believe that, but still... over something so petty?

[@PeterZeeke]

still thinking about the t-shirts...

[@NorthernRealmJackal]

Why did I have to wait 14 minutes for Dan Harmon to be introduced? Otherwise great talk; love listening to him, and the interviewer is good.

[@snooks5607]

conversation making me introspective: I really suck, just watching videos and decomposing in this chair, f'ing sloth Dan 1:13:00: self-loathing is a form of narcissism me: .. goddamn, and a narcissist too, thanks Dan

[@LuneyTune72]

I hate Kevin Pollak and his weird co-hosts but Dan Harmon saved it by basically running his own interview and being funny/entertaining.

[@Inknik]

Levar Burton was the best 1 off guest starring role... 8-)

[@SenneD]

he was in it twice. in the documentairy episode and in geothermal escapism at the end

[@denconnor6971]

Thats some fine acting

[@MairOmax]

its like having a comedian do a show with other amusing individuals and having two internet trolls trying to make the show about themselves. just an observation

[@chrisfleming8428]

omg 13 minutes in when the fuck does dan harmon start talking

[@gerardborrull]

If only there was some way to skip forward in the video.

[@stuv1996]

I love Dan Harmon and hate everybody else to one degree or another.

[@DreamWorldSyd]

Dan Harmon has a pretty good story about a pen.

[@onlinesagaTV]

where the fuck is the girl crying? I cannot see a single frame of someone tearing up of 29:37

[@KidMoon23]

lazar vukicevic If you waited 30 seconds more you would've come across it.

[@MarlonOwnsYourCake]

Freaks and Geeks is on this show!

[@najtrows]

HAHA WHAT? Why the tears?

[@wouldbegood]

Crush my brain Dan.

[@bigpurplenug]

Just watched Harmon on 'Getting Doug with High'...and this interview is like day vs night in comparison. A lot less negativity...just goes to show how much bud changes the mood and affect...

[@ilyabryzness4994]

just goes to show how destructive drugs like that are.

[@austinhunter1586]

Or, y'know. Different people running the show.

[@nickolaselliott]

“It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." - Stephen Fry Point is, if you don't want to be offended by something, don't leave your house. It isn't the worlds job to make sure you don't hear things that upset you.

[@DandD.Electronics]

Is that the kid from Freaks and Geeks?

[@kilgoreplumbus1360]

Yup

[@dpiston]

Dan Harmon is great

[@darknessviking]

can someone write where he is evil towards the girl?

[@butthurtz4764]

darknessviking WHERE HE IS EVIL TOWARDS THE GIRL #NAILEDIT

[@lucidhawk474]

Why did he say Doug Benson, love him dearly at the beginning?

[@lucidhawk474]

also she wasn't even sad, the guy next to her said "good acting" after she fake cried and said "That's why it means so much to me" she fucking laughed at first, and then just went with it.

[@badfish41969]

Doug Benson calls Sam levine wolverine on his podcast Doug loves movies

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Can someone tell me why they brought Harmon on the show? Is it random or are they fans? Cuz if they're fans and they take offense to stuff he says.... that's idiotic. You don't know Dan Harmon is a guy who says comedic things?

[@Onigirli]

I think they're fans of Community but had no idea what kind of mind went into creating that show lol. To be honest it always surprises me too, since Rick & Morty felt more accurate to who Mr Harmon is.

[@Thomas-dl4cb]

@@Onigirli He probably was really enthusiastic when he got started on community, doing a dream project. Then he had to experience the reality of corporate TV, maybe crushing him a little bit. He goes from existentialist (reflected in community) to nihilist which is very much expressed in Rick and Morty.

[@jkjerome1]

Wow that Disney tangent got dark. I thought Kevin was gonna taser Dan and switch to the emergency broadcast!

[@jkjerome1]

***** I'm not with you?

[@Barbadthe7th]

Harmon's so great - his xoxo keynote speech, he makes like 30 jokes and the audience just fukin stares in silence most people don't register that level of deadpan... it's like a dog whistle... which makes it even funnier

[@annojosh1751]

David Koechner why... I don't get that guy.

[@wierdbeard107]

Reference the episode with Larry Miller where he's doing a high school show and accidentally names a beloved teacher and the way that he died during a standup act and finding out why his joke died and couldn't stop laughing all the way to the car because it just hit so hard the wrong way. That pretty much happened in this piece and he's confused why she's so pissed because it was just a bit that wasn't supposed to hurt her feelings because he assumed she had a better upbringing than that. And that's why I have to change these underwear.

[@QazwerDave]

"What's you final solution for today's outrageous postage rates" XD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zenchump]

You make the grass green.

[@jaredjones1752]

She doesn't technically "cry", but you can tell she's holding back tears. Considering it was over a gentle ribbing, I'd still call her pathetic.

[@jonathancroft828]

James Smith hahahahaha!

[@andrewebbatson5595]

I've watched a few episode of this and he had some great guests and got some really interesting interviews out of them. But in every espisode i've watched, the other two people add nothing but worse they are poison to the flow with their completely uninteresting interruptions.

[@zinquips2887]

Again, Sam Levine is an insufferable sycophant.

[@juliahorn3659]

Whatever’s in that mug must be 100 proof. How did Dan get through this 2 hrs with that little booze?

[@ANPHKI]

Dan Harmon = flowiing, fearless with rantlike and wild sense of humor. Kevin Pollak and his two unwitty sidekicks = dry, humorless and exhibiting disappointing uncreativity. Cringeworthy stuff...

[@ilyabryzness4994]

of course, if he was anymore up beat, you'd say he was stealing the spotlight, and was a bad interviewer.

[@ilyabryzness4994]

disregard that. his interview style doesn't matter anymore. just watched the intro bit of the Johnny Knoxville interview. this guy is an absolute piece of shit. and if i knew anyone who actually watched this show, I would tell them not to.

[@StudioErsatz]

Am I the only one who didn't think she was really crying ? I believe she was going along with the joke, no ?

[@ilyabryzness4994]

MetaFilm did you watch the episode after this? where they bitched about Dan Harmon behind his back? she obviously wasn't going along with the joke, because she's a hmourless piece of garbage.

[@StudioErsatz]

Oh shit, no I didn't see that, thx for pointing it out for me. God, how can someone actually cry because of a comment like that ? I mean come one people, it's Dan Harmon !

[@ElectricFuneral]

First watch this then watch his Getting Doug with High episodes.

[@austinhunter1586]

Noice.

[@debrachambers1304]

Jugh Hackman

[@brokenpk]

that woman seems like she would great at parties

[@MrVehicularmanslaugh]

lol disney cosplay orgy party all she would need to bring are tissues....AND THEYRE NOT FOR YOUR FACE, DOLL

[@KE61090]

@29:37 your emotional shit doesn't need to be recorded, have some damm strength for once.

[@YouOpaOpa]

Where's Jew Hackman in Rick and Morty?

[@luiscarlosbarquin4853]

Joe Pesci and Dan Harmon!

[@PopCultureKick]

Jaime is so weird

[@deroiste16]

perhaps he started on her because she was acting so miserable at the hitler stuff while they were all laughing

[@deroiste16]

Okay just saw the bit where he says the thing about disney freaks and whatnot, im a HUUUUGE disney fan and she overreacted, if he'd of said that to kevin or sam they woulda laughed it off

[@elmonoviejo]

Sinead Deroiste I see what you're saying. I think the Hitler part is just where jaime started watching the show instead of participating. Then she got choked up and stuff cause dan DID nail the 'disney freak hypothesis'. She can clearly take a joke if you watch a lot of Chat Show. She was just not participating for a moment and so we all saw a true reaction. No big deal.

[@ilyabryzness4994]

***** woah. save some for all those starving real doctors.

[@asmodei]

awww thats sad, i actually felt bad for her :/

[@timthepoolman3313]

I accidentally went to Disney on gay day. I’m not a Disney fan.

[@janzened]

she doesn't think the dictator blood line jokes are very funny.

[@ZenMasterGee]

Bullshit for the first 15 min sooo just skip that :)

[@WavyCarbs]

not enough comments here are about Jew Hackman

[@petejones3516]

That was a lot of nothing.

[@cameronmoriarty8143]

53:30 Jew Hackman

[@ericboreen4040]

I feel bad for Jaime... She's a huge Disney fan and I don't think Dan understood he was taking a giant dump on something that was/is very special to her. I believe he intended the tone of a playful jab but it came off as a personal attack. She recovered fast though and Samm tried to cover.

[@globox123456789]

It's that time of the month, I guess? TW: Misogyjoke

[@HolyDruggaLord]

H