Let's Do Lunch
- Dec 27, 2025
- 1 min read
On this week’s Naked Lunch podcast, co-hosts Phil Rosenthal and David Wild welcome writer-director-producer Judd Apatow for, as they write,” a long and lively ‘Naked Lunch to discuss his excellent new book, ‘Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures,’ just released by Random House. Over sandwiches from Corner Market, Judd discusses his formative comedy influences, many of his big hits in film and TV, some hits that should have been, Judd's lifelong passion for music, his upcoming documentary with Mel Brooks [in January], Bruce Springsteen, and even Phil and David's cameos in some of Judd's notable productions – ‘Walk Hard’ and ‘This Is 40.’"
When I see that Judd Apatow is going to be a guest on a late-night talk show, I make sure to watch. And this interview fully confirms that. He’s smart, funny, thoughtful, honest, and funny. The interview doesn’t focus on his work as much as I’d have liked – the first third is largely about his view of the state of film and TV comedy ahead, and much of the remainder focuses on specific project and deals with others, but ultimately, because this is Judd Apatow, it’s all entertaining, interesting and…well, funny, regardless.
By the way, at one point, the podcast plays about 30-seconds of audio with Apatow channeling his inner-rock star at a charity event. Here’s the full video of that performance, where he sings “Spinning Wheel” with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on drums, and nine-time Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Greg Kurstin on guitar.
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