Like practically everyone else, Patton Oswalt is a fan of the Noah Wyle medical drama, The Pitt.
“Season 1 of The Pitt [was the last thing I binged],” Oswalt, 57, revealed exclusively in his 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me feature in the newest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now.
“The entire show was amazing but episode 12? The mass shooting? That was a master class — acting, writing, directing, all of it,” he continued. “Had to look at that episode twice.”
The comedian also told Us about his favorite books, childhood idols and whether he reads his own reviews (Duh).
Keep scrolling for more fun stories from Oswalt, whose recent comedy special, Tea & Scotch, premieres June 9 on YouTube:
1. I’m not a very good cook, but I scramble eggs beautifully.
2. When my daughter was a wee one, we’d go to the Butterfly Garden on the Museum of Natural History. Now she’s an adolescent, and we go to movies.
3. I might love one other season of Completely satisfied! There’s so far more amazing story to inform there.
4. My most vivid childhood memory is seeing falling snow out of the window and considering the apartment constructing we were living in was rising into the air.
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5. Season 1 of The Pitt [was the last show I binged]. The entire show was amazing but episode 12? The mass shooting? That was a master class — acting, writing, directing, all of it. Had to look at that episode twice.
6. I absolutely read my very own reviews. An unhealthy dose of self-regard is the bottom fuel for all entertainers.
7. My favorite method to spend a Saturday is sleep until I get up after which sit on my front porch drinking tea and reading.
8. I’m an evening owl who really desires to be a morning person. [It’s] a relentless struggle.
9. Growing up, I idolized Charles Schulz, Vincent Price and The Six Million Dollar Man.
10. My first automotive was a 1985 Nissan Sentra. Death-box with a tape player.
11. Alice’s Kids is a charity doing great work. They’re this amazing group who provide funds for at-risk kids, anonymously, because they’re so aware of all of the poverty shaming that goes on on this country.
12. “Knock Three Times” by Tony Orlando and Dawn is my go-to karaoke song. I really like banging the mic stand on the bottom in the course of the “knock knock knock” part. A terrific drunk belter.
13. Every Anxious Wave by Mo Daviau is my favorite book. Required reading when you’re Gen X.
14. Probably the most starstruck I’ve ever been is meeting Martin Scorsese and trading legends about Timothy Carey.
15. My celebrity crush growing up was either Joy Harmon from Village of the Giants or Josie from Josie and the Pussycats.
16. There’s no alternate occupation for me. Don’t even need to imagine it.
17. My favorite Parks and Rec memory is just the indisputable fact that I got to be on the show. Oh, and the butter churning contest with Amy Poehler.
18. Mazzy Star’s “Blue Light” brings back the perfect memories of being in my 20s within the ’90s. A more hopeful, less desperate time for everybody. At the least that’s what it felt like.
19. Three Jack within the Box tacos and an iced tea is my go-to fast-food order.
20. The proudest moment of my profession was the primary 12 months I used to be in a position to pay all of my bills by just doing stand-up. It’s all been gravy since then.
21. Reading is how I decompress after a busy day.
22. A live-action adaptation of Charles Burns’ El Borbah with Guillermo del Toro is my dream project.
23. “Out-create them” is the most useful life lesson I’ve learned.
24. I hope my legacy is my amazing scrambled eggs.
25. Remy from Ratatouille is the character people most need to refer to me about.
Remy (voice: Patton Oswalt), Linguini (voice: Lou Romano) in Ratatouille Walt Disney Co./courtesy Everett Collection