John Hartman's love of The Smiths was kindled in college but really seems to have reached its pinnacle in recent memory: John tells stories of finally catching a Morrissey show that wasn't cancelled, getting pranked by the MD at Second City who slipped a song from the morose, Manchester band into a show, and connecting with other huge fans of the band via comedy. John speaks on how the dark humor of Morrissey's lyrics his affected his own comedy and how he's come to appreciate The Smiths as artists and musicians more than just appreciating the emotions they evoked in him early on. I speak on how I'm only really familiar with them via popular culture (500 Days of Summer, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, etc.). John still humored me very well. What a guy.
