doing this thing called comedy sports. so my transition from sports to comedy was this improv show in kansas city called comedy sports, which is basically whose line is it anyway? you know, uh and we place short form games and whatnot, and i had a knack for it and again, not wanting to be a child actor. i was always around funny friends. i always gravitate towards people that made me laugh. i love making other people laugh. i got out of a lot of, you know, demerits or jugs as they call them at my jesuit high school by talking my way out of it or making the teacher laugh and much like ferris bueller or bugs bunny or you know axel foley again, and i just, uh at that point, it was counting. okay i want to do this. but then i had this really amazing opportunity. i did this comedy festival in ireland, and it was with all the second city alumni. but then they had someone drop out to do these small improv shows in the back of these pubs, and they asked me if i wanted to do it and george had s
lot longer than my father did. they were curious they would ask questions. yeah. questions like . have you played a lot of darts, ted? which i would have answered. yes sir. every sunday afternoon at a sports bar with my father from age 10 to 16. we passed away. barbecue sauce. and so. when i see the way people speak about my folks when i see the way my folks speak about other people, even when they re not around, especially when they re not around. you know, they don t talk. sh it. you know they like they, my dad always allowed for space and he didn t do it. i don t think consciously . i think it was just innate to who he is, and he s just a kind, loquacious and from many of my youthful years mustachioed, you know, fellow from them. they re both from chicago. everything goes through there. you know,
really kind of brought out this probably poured a lot of salt in a wound that existed well before he even had access to the shaker. then we re exploring with nate. you know the idea of what you do any person can overcome adversity to truly test their character. give them power and see what happens there, and it s not like i m some kind of wonder kid. it s also sort of dabbling in the notions of like the intoxication of new fame, you know, and what that does people especially in this day and age, when they have access to whatever they want to see. you know, in a lot of instances, you talk about jamie tart jamie tart. obviously a character who s like a architect villain, and then you find out like he has an abusive father just made it easier for manchester city to kick you to the curb, and that s why he is the way he is part of the reason and, more importantly, how he s dealt with that abusive father because good and evil exists in the world. there s bullies in the world, you know, and t
daddy was onto some inmates about mo money. mo mo mo. problems and biggie, but again, it s the reaction to those problems so i can t. i can t complain. you know, i ll leave that to the professionals, but i feel like because of the themes of the show and those of us are on again on camera have spoken about this were met with such you know, kind. you know, kindness and grace and people share their stories or explain where they ve held the believe poster where they have it like in appearance, you know, hospital room or in classrooms or where have you and that stuff is incredibly moving, because the same humanity that you that you felt that i ve you know, spoken about. that s what people are meeting us with just after the races, you know, and he tried to spend as much time and be as president was with people . you know, i read. you know everybody s messages that you know people are like, why do you have your dms open on twitter? it s like because people share these stories with me and like
times when it exists. and that s not okay. oh he means the opposite. i love it when coach to sarcasm. it s been a rough time for anyone. that kind of feels things and you know, i was fortunate enough to play. ah you know the character john keating and dead poets society on his off broadway production and so daunting task to play anything that robin williams did, but to play a character that his time out, seize the day and all this lovely stuff and how important words aren t ideas in a time when people were literally having a, you know, picketing in union square. just we could hear him. if we open up the stage door. you can hear people were you know we performed on election night 2020 16 and you know, regardless of where you stand, you know as a human being . you wouldn t be proud of necessary watching your kids, you know, fight like that on the playground. so it yeah, we re surrounded by it. and we weren t doing in reaction to it so much as just i don t know. like what if just shake th