nprfreshair:Comic and United Shades of America host W. Kamau Bell told Terry Gross what it was like
nprfreshair:Comic and United Shades of America host W. Kamau Bell told Terry Gross what it was like filming an episode of Parts Unknown with the late Anthony Bourdain in Kenya. “At one point we were on safari and we’re sitting on the side of this hill in Africa looking at, like, zebras and giraffes and hippos running around. It was this surreal experience and we’re drinking gin and tonics and we’re ostensibly talking about what it’s like for me to go to Africa. … I just took a moment to explain to him how surreal it was that I was sitting with him on the side of this mountain, this guy I had watched on TV … going, “I would like to have a show like that someday.” …We had a great time together and at the end of the week he gave me his phone number and was like, “When you’re in New York, text me and we’ll go out to dinner.” … He was just a great dude. … And I felt so validated by him and by his life force and nobody is like him. He did not suffer fools gladly and so the fact that he would talk to me and give me his phone number and say look him up made me feel like, I’m not a fool! I mean, I’m a comedian, but I’m not a fool.”Read more or listen to this interview.Photo by KC Bailey courtesy of Netflix -- source link