(music building) experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month s payment. so we have a different type of thanksgiving story. you might all know comedian gary gulman. he s giving thanks and giving back. giving thanks because, of all the help he has had in his fight with severe treatment resistant depression and giving back because his new hbo comedy special the great depresh makes you laugh. i was so deeply moved that i decided i wanted to meet him. and luckily, i have a tv show, so you can meet him, too.
or am i crazy? i grew up at a time the definition of manhood was so narrow. you were either clint eastwood or richard simmons. there were no paul rudds. no kind-eyed mark ruffalos. you had to be so hard. his new film the great depresh is a brutally honest look back at his journey two years ago with his battle with treatment resistant depression. you were afraid you would never get better? i wasn t communicating. i didn t feel good about anything. there was nothing i looked forward to and i spent a lot of time trying to think of painless suicides, yeah. reporter: he was forced to step back from comedy. admitted himself to the hospital, twice, and more. my psychiatrist is an advocate for an and an expert in something called elect