Kindler, Weinstein, Thought Spiral, Modern Family

Looked for a picture of them doing the podcast, but I could only find stuff like this.

So I was listening to Thought Spiral on YouTube. This is the podcast where comedians Andy Kindler and J Elvis Weinstein engage in long, free-flowing conversations. They likened it to My Dinner with Andre at one point. Apparently they talk for hours and Weinstein edits it down to a little over an hour. They've done over twenty of these things. It's amazing that they can keep it up.

I learned things I didn't know. I was surprised that Andy Kindler uses so much marijuana. He said he participated in some of these podcasts while under its influence. He kept losing his train of thought and had to ask what he was just talking about.

Kindler mentioned that he once auditioned for a role on Modern Family. 

By coincidence, I watched a video of the cast of Modern Family.  They sat on stage. They took questions from an audience, but the person would ask a question then they would all sit there without saying anything, each actor apparently waiting for someone else to answer.  That's the trouble with a large ensemble cast----no one takes charge.

Someone asked who they'd like to have as guest star on the show. There was awkward silence. Then Ariel Winter spoke up. Andy Kindler, she said. Then more awkward silence. Then the two boys, Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriquez, named an actress they apparently found especially attractive and they high-fived. Nolan is a member of Mensa and supposedly a genius in real life and Rico plays Manny who at least thinks he's terribly smart. They wrecked that illusion. (Sorry, kids.)

I know this isn't very interesting. But it's a shame Ariel Winter didn't know Kindler was auditioning. She could have pulled a few strings.