Interview: Michael Ian Black's Marriage of Convenience

As we've previously mentioned, Michael Ian Black's first ever comedy CD, I Am a Wonderful Man, was released on Comedy Central Records this week. Punchline Magazine scored an interview with the State and Stella funnyman, and discussed with him the effect his material has on his family:

You talk about your kids a lot on your CD. You kind of make fun of them a bit. And say that they’re dumb. Do they know they’re part of your CD?
My son knows I do his monkey-fish-stick joke, and he knows that people laugh. But I don’t think he fully understands the context.

How does your wife feel about it?
Oh, she doesn’t care.

I was just reading your blog and I have to wonder, also, how she feels about your story about her being raped by a gorilla.
She hasn’t seen that.

Is it intentional that she hasn’t seen it?
No, she just doesn’t really care what I do, so she’s definitely not going to be checking out my blog. It’s actually a marriage of convenience.

You guys have been married for a long time though, right?
Eight years, almost nine.

Wow, congratulations, that’s very impressive.
It’s a dead marriage, you have to understand.

I got it. “Eight years. Dead marriage.”
Yeah, Eight years, seven and a half of which I would say have been dead.

Right, pre-divorce.
And the first six months weren’t great.

For more, check out Michael Ian Black: Comedy's Snark King at Punchline.

Previously: Interview – Michael Ian Black is Immodest
Previously: Audio – Michael Ian Black on Fair Game
Previously: Quote of the Day – Michael Ian Black