I watched this the other day (interview starts about 30m in if you want to skip the opening filler). I was surprised to see Derek on their pod but he's been making the rounds in new places for the new record lately. Sam got some great stories out of Derek, but Mark probably should have sat this one out or stopped talking (true of most episodes) since he clearly didn't know who Derek is. You can see Mark's eyes glaze over for about the final 15 minutes and he just starts moaning and listing New Orleans musicians.
And handing Derek that guitar to play? I mean come on, no one can make that piece of crap sound good. Would have preferred 5 more minutes of Levon stories. Still, fun to Derek chatting with a different audience.
Agreed on the one guy --- "my college roommate used to play the Allman Brothers..."
And the gay jokes when you're dealing with a guy's guy like Derek were weird mis-fires
This had all the makings of serious cringe material, but Derek's knowledge of comedic lore kept the chemistry really interesting.
The whiskey angle, too
Yeah, Mark Normand is kind of a hack comedian, he goes for low-hanging fruit jokes for quick shock value. Probably works onstage in front of a drunk audience, but not on a pod. I I like Sam Morril, but Mark just doesn't know when to stop talking in his perpetual morning FM radio voice because he doesn't really know anything. Derek even starts a Dickey Betts story and they cut him off about something else, clearly didn't even know they were about to get some gold out of Derek.