Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley) Talks with Michael Showalter (Hello, My Name is Doris) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

Two comedy heroes take a break from prepping their upcoming movie together to talk about their new movie together (and, you know, be funny).

By Kumail Nanjiani and Michael Showalter

9:00 AM EDT on March 28, 2016

On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast, stand-up comedy hero and Silicon Valley star Kumail Nanjiani talks with Michael Showalter about his new movie, Hello, My Name is Doris (in which Nanjiani has a small role). As well as that film, the two longtime friends discuss their first collaboration, the differing paths their careers have taken, Showalter's tremendous love of money, the practical joke that former colleague Jessi Klein is still mad about, their upcoming movie together, and much more. For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse Film at talkhouse.com/film.

The music featured in the podcast is as follows:
1. Intro / outro underscore: “Plastic Man vs. The Giant Red Phase Of The Sun” – Iced Ink

Episode engineered by Susan Valot and edited by Mark Yoshizumi

Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani is a Los Angeles-based writer and performer who is best known for playing Dinesh in Silicon Valley, as well as his appearances in Portlandia and voice work in Adventure Time. He first gained attention for his one-man show Unpronounceable, in 2013 had a special on Comedy Central called Beta Male, and on the same channel hosts The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail alongside Jonah Ray. He is the host of the podcasts The Indoor Kids and The X-Files Files.

Michael Showalter

Michael Showalter is a founding member of the New York-based comedy groups The State and Stella. As a filmmaker, he co-wrote and starred in cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer (2001), acted in and made his feature directorial debut with The Baxter (2005), and co-wrote and produced the They Came Together (2014). He co-created the Comedy Central series Michael & Michael Have Issues and co-created and produced the 2015 Netflix original series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.