209. Jorma Taccone Returns: This Episode Sucks

About this episode

Jorma Taccone returns to share his near-death experience and discuss his new movie while reflecting on career choices.

Since The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone was last on the podcast, he survived a nearly 20 foot fall from a ladder. Now Jorma tells the full ladder story and explains how the near death experience changed his life. Plus, Jorma talks about directing his new movie, Over Your Dead Body, starring Jason Segel and Samara Weaving, and how he explained to his wife that he was making a comedy about someone trying to kill their wife. Mike and Jorma discuss whether being nice has helped or hurt their careers, and Jorma explains why if he says something “sucks,” it means he really likes it.

People in this episode

Host: Mike Birbiglia

Guest: Jorma Taccone

Topics covered

• near death experience
• comedy
• film directing
• career advice
• personal stories

Keywords

• Jorma Taccone
• near death experience
• Over Your Dead Body
• comedy
• Mike Birbiglia

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Over Your Dead Body

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