I am afraid of
I am afraid of abandonment, and, if you will, in a really existential way, being exposed as a fraud. Everyone’s afraid of it, and I definitely am. This is a fear that motivates. Oh, and heights. And getting stabbed. Baron Vaughn
Baron Vaughn
Last season when I
Last season when I was on set…for some reason I had The Battle Hymn of the Republic in my head but I didn’t know all the words. It was one of those songs you had to learn when you were younger. It wasn’t as important for people raised in the 80’s and 90’s as it … Read more
I’m working with a
I’m working with a lot of legends who are brilliant who are people I’ve looked up to from a very young age. Baron Vaughn
Lily Tomlin…I used to
Lily Tomlin…I used to watch reruns of Laugh-In and she was always my favorite part. She’s this very unique talent and the way she does things has been a very big influence on me. Baron Vaughn
When you do comedy,
When you do comedy, the audience is not your boss. They are your collaborators and when you collaborate with someone you don’t have to listen to everything they think or say. Sometimes you’re not getting the laughs you want or at the place you want but that doesn’t mean it’s not funny. It means you … Read more
Sometimes I have young
Sometimes I have young comics that ask me, “What should I do when I meet an agent or a manager and they ask me stuff?” And I say, “Well, they always usually ask, ‘Where do you see yourself in five years, 10 years, 15 years?’ And it’s good to have an answer for that.” Baron … Read more
Basically I made her
Basically I made her [ Sara Pocock] listen to funk music for a good month, a nonstop stream of George Clinton. I was talking about the art from…if you look at the art from George Clinton albums there are two or three artists he worked with…I made her listen to my album too so all … Read more
The album [Blaxistential crisis]
The album [Blaxistential crisis] artwork is by a friend of mine who is a brilliant artist named Sara Pocock. We’ve been friends for a couple of years and she worked with me on the animation. I believe she’s still working over at BuzzFeed. Baron Vaughn
There are a bunch
There are a bunch of different movies I feel that way about. However, there is a debate because as you may know after MST3K ended there have been things like Cinematic Titanic that are the children and the grandchildren of this way of dissecting movies and making fun of them and in a way celebrating … Read more
You’re the hero of
You’re the hero of your own story. So it’s interesting for historical revisionism to happen. I had let go of my own story from my own childhood and whatever anger I had and I began to see it from a very different place. It’s really easy to be like “This thing happened to me! Look … Read more