Sam Tallent says Random House picked up and reissued his first novel, 'Running the Light', and gave him a two-book deal.
“random House picked up running the light, my first novel, and they reissued it and they gave me a two book deal.”
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Sam Tallent says a dealer from Garden City, Kansas, sold him and his friends a red substance as opium in Denver around 2005.
“Literally, a man named Snake from Garden City, Kansas, said This is opium. And we were like, awesome.”
Sam Tallent began doing stand-up in 2005, before comedians were expected to promote themselves on social media.
“When I got into stand up, it was 2005. And like all the things that we have to do now as comedians, weren't there.”
Sam Tallent says Kill Tony was presented as the number one selling podcast in the history of the O2 Arena in London.
“Hey, you sold out the O two, like you're the number one selling podcast in the history of the O two Arena.”
Sam Tallent says he spent May 2024 in Paris finishing his book before performing the Kill Tony show at the O2 Arena.
“I was in Paris all of May of 2024 finishing this, and then I went and did that after my month in Paris.”
Sam Tallent says he performed at the Royal Albert Hall with Tim Dillon and signed the venue's performers' archive book under a member of The Who.
“I don't know, 6,000. I did it with Tim. I gotta sign the book underneath the guy from The Who.”
Sam Tallent says he has been doing stand-up comedy for 21 years.
“I've been doing it longer than I haven't, I've been doing stand up 21 years.”
Sam Tallent describes the novel 'Rogue Male' as being about a man trying to assassinate Hitler at his compound.
“And it's about a guy who's trying to assassinate Hitler on Hitler's compound.”
Sam Tallent names Denis Johnson's novel 'Angels', about a bank robbery gone wrong, as his favorite book.
“Angels by Dennis Johnson is about a bank robbery gone awry, and it might be the most beautiful, ugly, bleak thing, and it's my favorite book ever.”
Sam Tallent says he lost weight by first quitting drinking and then taking the drug Mounjaro under his doctor wife's guidance.
“so I quit drinking, and then I got on Mounjaro, which is like, uh, I took it cause it sounded like Italian food.”