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Tim Ferriss · 2022-01-14

Sarah Silverman — How to Be Your Own Best Friend | The Tim Ferriss Show

Sarah Silverman — How to Be Your Own Best Friend | The Tim Ferriss Show

Recommended on this episode

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Law & Order

“Law & Order is my safe space”
“Law & Order is my safe space. I just something about this soft-core murder kind of like comedic version of things ripped from the headlines”— Sarah Silverman
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Columbo

“I'm loving Columbo... Oh, it's so good”
“I'm loving Columbo. From the 70s and 80s. Oh, it's so good and just bizarre.”— Sarah Silverman
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What We Do in the Shadows

“it's just brilliant... it brings me a lot of joy”
“one show that's on that I watched the whole first three seasons twice through and I'm waiting for the fourth season... it's What We Do in the Shadows”— Sarah Silverman
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What We Do in the Shadows

Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement (inferred)

“that was outstanding. The movie's so great”
“it started as the New Zealand mockumentary... Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement... that was outstanding. The movie's so great”— Tim Ferriss
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Sunday in the Park with George

Stephen Sondheim (inferred)

“the whole play is quite brilliant”
“there's a line in a song in a musical, Sunday in the Park with George. It's a song called Move On... the whole play is quite brilliant.”— Sarah Silverman
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The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

Judd Apatow (inferred)

“please watch Judd Apatow's two-part documentary on him... Oh, it's so good”
“for anyone who's listening, please watch Judd Apatow's two-part documentary on him... The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling... Oh, it's so good”— Sarah Silverman

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

Sarah Silverman

“When you wrote your memoir, The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee, was there any part that you found particularly or very cathartic”— Tim Ferriss
MediaBy the guest

Jesus Is Magic

Sarah Silverman

“And Jesus Is Magic was my first special. It came out like a like a movie.”— Sarah Silverman
MediaBy the guest

I Smile Back

Amy Koppelman (inferred)

“she and her friend Paige Dylan wrote the screenplay... I said I'd do it and they were really collaborative and we worked on a lot of it together”— Sarah Silverman
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The Bedwetter

Sarah Silverman

“The musical is called The Bedwetter and it comes out preview start in April at the Atlantic Theater in New York and that is based on the book”— Sarah Silverman

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Jerry Seinfeld (inferred)

“I was watching multiple episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and I watched your episode where you had coffee with Jerry”— Tim Ferriss
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Peaky Blinders

“for me I like thrillers or murdery stuff. Peaky Blinders. Stuff that's just not in my world. Something that I can just get lost in.”— Sarah Silverman
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Being John Malkovich

Charlie Kaufman (inferred)

“one of modern cinema's most celebrated writers with work including surreal fantasy, Being John Malkovich”— Tim Ferriss
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Charlie Kaufman (inferred)

“cerebral sci-fi, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, comedy drama Adaptation, and extraordinary animation Anomalisa”— Tim Ferriss
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Adaptation

Charlie Kaufman (inferred)

“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, comedy drama Adaptation, and extraordinary animation Anomalisa”— Tim Ferriss
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Anomalisa

Charlie Kaufman (inferred)

“comedy drama Adaptation, and extraordinary animation Anomalisa. Anomalisa, I don't know how to pronounce it.”— Tim Ferriss
BookReferencedISBN verified

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury (inferred)

“it was either Fahrenheit 451 or 1984, one of those lovely dystopian novels that makes me think of the book burning”— Tim Ferriss
BookReferencedISBN verified

1984

George Orwell (inferred)

“it was either Fahrenheit 451 or 1984, one of those lovely dystopian novels that makes me think of the book burning”— Tim Ferriss
ProductReferenced

Speakpipe

“You have a an enormous... Twitter following. Like, 12 12.something million and you use Speakpipe.”— Tim Ferriss
BookReferencedISBN verified

I Smile Back

Amy Koppelman

“I Smile Back was was a book written by Amy Koppelman and she had sent it to my agent at the time”— Sarah Silverman
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Captain Phillips

“then they say, 'Action.' And he's Captain Phillips.”— Sarah Silverman
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Precious

“that movie's really relentless though. Even Precious had moments of relief, you know, I just go this movie's just like too much”— Sarah Silverman