In one clip, the star of “The Newsroom” and “Dumb and Dumber” details his 1991. Saturday Night Live The hosting experience, where excessive preparation meets the show’s infamous last-minute rewrites.
“By Thursday night’s rehearsal, I had all 15 sketches memorized,” Daniels said. “If you’ve never hosted ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and you’re about to, Thursday night’s Don’t memorize all 15 sketches until rehearsal. Look at the rewrite. Pages and pages of rewriting.”
Speaking on “CBS Mornings,” Daniels explained the intimate approach of his podcast.
“You’re targeting a listener, and they’re walking, they’re walking, they’re doing whatever they’re doing. You’re taking them for 30 minutes,” he said.
The project, a collaboration with his son Ben as an engineer, allows Daniels to reflect on lessons learned.
“Let’s find out more about the life that I’ve lived and see along the way that if I can’t talk about what I learned from Meryl Streep, what I learned from Mike Nichols, I What I learned doing comedy with Jim Carrey … just share that with people, especially young actors,” he said.
The podcast isn’t just for fans—it’s also a way for Daniels to share more with his family.
“I want them to know what I went through to get to where I am this morning, and I want them to know what I went through. He sat around and waited for the phone to ring. I was creative while waiting so I could be creative again.