I think some comedians might have been able to rise to the challenge. And this event was a misfit all along. Easily Birbiglias best work, it also feels like his most personal. What's interesting, though, I will say this, is from performing these stories onstage, I can't tell you how many fathers come up to me but also, I'd say disproportionately mothers come up to me and say that they felt exactly the way I did, which was very illuminating for me. His brother named Joe Birbiglia. But then he describes being at the hospital and having his bandages removed. Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & the Pool,. So I thanked the audience and apologized simultaneously, which I had never done. Mike discusses his fifth album, Thank God For Jokes, with up-and-coming comedian JUDD APATOW. After directing two feature films, I've learned to appreciate more things about film than I previously did. They now have several projects in the early stages of development, but Sleepwalk With Me was TALs first big cinematic endeavor. John Mulaney Thanks Celebrity Friends for Intervention in New Special (JoJo Whilden/Netflix ). Catching up with him at regular intervals, we are watching the construction of a lifelong narrative arc. What do you think sets The Old Man and the Pool apart from your other non-fiction works? near his Brooklyn home. His brother is Joe Birbiglia and his sisters are Gina and Patti Birbiglia. I will owe people forever for helping me make this, Birbiglia says. Am I having a heart attack? he asks the doctor, who answers with the terrifyingly noncommittal I dont think so., After the breathing-test failure, he is advised to get in shape. On what changed so that Mike bonded with Oona. In celebration of his Broadway show The New One. One of my first jokes was: I was an altar boy as a kid and the answer is, "No." Is it tough when youre pegged as a celebrity but people cant place you? Thats where the comedy is.. I was just feeling pretty much just like a person. I enjoy when people go to dark places in their comedy and find some hint of optimism. It wasn't until Oona began talking that he felt himself fully embracing fatherhood. hide caption. It's just something because I think it came to me so late in life. Nobody except the people in the room watching him. Here's my opinion on all four of his stand-up specials, which can all be streamed on Netflix. Fundamentally, I want to deliver for the people who show up.