The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Knicks (and a Crowded East)

Sep 22, 2026 · 2h 37m · take 36 of 42

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JeselnikAnd then by probably the third or fourth special, I was like, oh, I keep doing this. I knew that I was great. Yeah. And then you start to see people are like, when are you gonna do something different? And it's like, I'm not. I like what I do so much. I want to go joke, joke, joke and try to make you think I'm going one way, go the other.

JeselnikThat's what I get off on and stand up. Right. But the idea of going up there and being like, let me tell you about my life now. Like, it sucks to me. If I went and saw Stephen Wright and he was like, I'm going to tell you the story of my childhood, I'd be furious.

JeselnikI'd be furious. I want Stephen Wright to tell jokes. Yeah. So I think there's a shelf life on, I think for certain comics, don't, certain comics age better than others.

JeselnikYou know, I think Nate Bargatz is going to age incredibly well. Sebastian Maniscalco has aged very well. But there's some that have not. And I don't know how well my thing ages.

JeselnikAnd you say a lot of athletes retire because of the preseason.

Jeselnikyou know, because of training camp, not because of the games. Yeah. That I think maybe I'll finish an hour and be like, I don't want to write another hour. You know, maybe I want to write a book next time.

JeselnikAnd if that's as satisfying to me as writing these jokes, then I'll keep doing that.

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