Oct 20, 2026 · 17 min · 7 segments
Fans would never guess that Michael's limit to memorizing lines was reached in the opening of this Season Eight episode. See all content 72 hours before anyone else by becoming a member at…
Michael ShanksHostDavid ReadHost
And, and I, I, you know, as I've, as I've said before that I oftentimes I marvel at, at, at the, the sleep deprivation I survived on with, with the show sometimes because I would get home, have that task in front of me.
Sometimes you have a little, a few breaks or lunch or whatever to try and go over something that's happening later on to get ahead of it anyway.
But I'm, I'm, um, I get this thing the night before and I go home with it and it's fresh.
Cause you'd get done rapid seven Vancouver traffic, you know, blah, blah, blah, get home at eight o'clock, eight 30 at night, go and work out, whatever, uh, you know, visit with the family.
And then, um, at probably 11 o'clock midnight, step on my back 40 to have a pack of cigarettes, a glass of red wine and go over tomorrow's work.
Um, if I had a lot of speeches and stuff, um, anyone would just happen if I just wanted to get my ducks in a row.
Um, but, uh, in this particular case, it was, and so make a long story short, I'd be up till three, four in the morning, when I had to be up at six, I'd be I'd be, you know, trying to study this shit.
And at a certain point, I was saying this to my son about because he was studying for a test the other day, I said at a certain point, when you're cramming, which is essentially what I'm doing, is that you have to make a decision of do I sacrifice the stress of the learning right now and try and go to go to work with a clear head? Or do I plow through trying to hammer this stuff into my memory and possibly go to work completely frazzled? That's right.
And, and I, I, you know, as I've, as I've said before that I oftentimes I marvel at, at, at the, the sleep deprivation I survived on with, with the show sometimes because I would get home, have that task in front of me.
Sometimes you have a little, a few breaks or lunch or whatever to try and go over something that's happening later on to get ahead of it anyway.
But I'm, I'm, um, I get this thing the night before and I go home with it and it's fresh.
Cause you'd get done rapid seven Vancouver traffic, you know, blah, blah, blah, get home at eight o'clock, eight 30 at night, go and work out, whatever, uh, you know, visit with the family.
And then, um, at probably 11 o'clock midnight, step on my back 40 to have a pack of cigarettes, a glass of red wine and go over tomorrow's work.
Um, if I had a lot of speeches and stuff, um, anyone would just happen if I just wanted to get my ducks in a row.
Um, but, uh, in this particular case, it was, and so make a long story short, I'd be up till three, four in the morning, when I had to be up at six, I'd be I'd be, you know, trying to study this shit.
And at a certain point, I was saying this to my son about because he was studying for a test the other day, I said at a certain point, when you're cramming, which is essentially what I'm doing, is that you have to make a decision of do I sacrifice the stress of the learning right now and try and go to go to work with a clear head? Or do I plow through trying to hammer this stuff into my memory and possibly go to work completely frazzled? That's right.
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