. >> reporter: not just danny mcbride. big names, judd apatow, steven wright, robin williams. >> he's a great guy. he's actually shy in a way. >> robin williams is shy? >> i think so. >> let's hear it for mr. marc mar maron! >> i've been doing stand-up comedy for more than half my life, is that it? i did my graduate work for chopping lines of cocaine for sam kinison. >> reporter: highs and lows he brings out interviews. >> it seems like you're part journalist, part therapist and part kindred spirit. >> yeah, i don't consider myself a therapist, but i've had to do that. >> reporter: in one accept society, he confronts carlos mancia on joke stealing. >> is there a chance you don't know you're doing that? >> with openers, possibly. >> and then you kind of went easy on ben stiller. i'm not interviewing war criminals here. >> reporter: at other times, he's more of a father confessor. norm macdonald told him about his struggles with gambling addiction. rainn wilson told him about his baha'i faith. in 1995, maron shared a magazin

mike piazza's hair caught fire and someone put it out with a cast-iron skillet you would have danny mcbride>> a new show where james plays james, guys get your backpack and boots, this is the apocalypse, i'm sure of it. >> i would rather chop my arm off and [ bleep ] myself with my detached limb than watch katy perry the movie, what the [bleep] is wrong with the world? >> zoe dechanel is overrated. i think i'm underrated. >> do you know if you skinned larry king and ironed out his leather you could make enough coats to give one to every poor child in america. [ bleep ]. david spade. at least this guy gets right to it. >> i liked kristen stewart more when she was a boy. ♪ everybody hurts >> matt leblanc looks so old. what happened? why don't you go [ bleep ] yourself. >> if you climbed inside snooki's vagina, it would probably be like the [ bleep ] pacific ocean. >> ever since he shaved he looks like old, fat, justin bieber. thanks. >> dear god, give us back tupac and we'll give you justin bieber. >> doesn't bother me. i don't give a [ bleep ] what some nobody says about me. [ cheers and app