michael showalter

ran across a funny interview with michael showalter of The State and Stella fame. Here's a sample:

MS: I'm writing a memoir. I'm four pages in. I start with my first memory, which is kicking my uncle in the balls. I was four.

AVC: How'd he take it?

MS: Not well. He committed suicide. It's all starting to make sense now, right? You see the layers being peeled off the onion. My first memory was of me kicking him in the balls, and it did not go well. It was the first of many awkward life moments. You see the layers of meaning there, right? He ended up killing himself, and maybe I've thought about that too at some point. Maybe I have something to say about that later in the story. I'm building a patchwork quilt, see?

+ full article here: http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/michael_showalter