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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, While my dogs compete to

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<v Speaker 1>see who can make the most noisess e record, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>chick with Today's Daily Comedy News. David Sell spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>Newsday and they were curious, Hey, David Sel, what made

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<v Speaker 1>you make the Comedy Seller your home base? What's so

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<v Speaker 1>magical about the Comedy Seller? And a Tel said, for

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<v Speaker 1>a small room, it's mighty. Everybody has worked there, from

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<v Speaker 1>Dave Chappelle to Chris Rock to Amy Schumer. I know

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<v Speaker 1>Amy and Dave are tight there. But when you do

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<v Speaker 1>a rule of three lists and you go Chappelle, Rock,

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<v Speaker 1>Amy Schumer is just a weird third, I wouldn't expect that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you could say we see k You could

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<v Speaker 1>throw in there for example. Anyway I digress. David Tel

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<v Speaker 1>said they've all played theaters and arenas, but they returned

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<v Speaker 1>to the Comedy Cellar because it's like putting on a

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable pair of pants, not shoes. Pants. I like to

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<v Speaker 1>go on last there because it's the hardest spot. Every

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<v Speaker 1>comic loves. The sound on the staff is awesome. If

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<v Speaker 1>I can make someone who works their laugh, then I

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<v Speaker 1>know it's a great joke. Because they hear so many.

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<v Speaker 1>Dave talked about being sober and said, I like to

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<v Speaker 1>work in the moment. The clearer you are, the better

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<v Speaker 1>you can think quicker. In my opinion, nobody's better at

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<v Speaker 1>working a crowd than David Tell. Dave says it's really

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<v Speaker 1>helped me focus, and I think my writing is a

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<v Speaker 1>little better now. Plus my performance has gone up a bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Because there's nothing to hide behind, you have to just

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<v Speaker 1>do it. News Day was curious, how did you develop

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<v Speaker 1>your signature look of baseball cap, gray hoodie and black

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<v Speaker 1>jacket that Tel said, I was broke, short, fat and bald,

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<v Speaker 1>so I figured these seem to work. It's what I

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<v Speaker 1>feel most comfortable, and plus I'm not really a looker. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Burr, what makes you laugh the hardest? That a

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<v Speaker 1>question from Variety, Bill said, authentic emotion. My favorite kind

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<v Speaker 1>of comedy is stuff that wouldn't be funny if it

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<v Speaker 1>weren't happened to me. A long time ago, I was

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<v Speaker 1>doing a set in New York City and I'm walking

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<v Speaker 1>up the street after my set, and the door to

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<v Speaker 1>this bar was open, and ten people spill out. There

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<v Speaker 1>are two guys squaring off, and neither of them wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to fight, but they had to act like they wanted to.

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<v Speaker 1>They're both terrified trying to get the other guy to

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<v Speaker 1>back down. Now, if you want these people, it's really scary.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing about it's funny. But if you're me on the

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<v Speaker 1>other side of the street watching it, it's hilarious. Bill Burtr,

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<v Speaker 1>what's the worst trend in comedy right now? Burr said,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't tell people how to do things, but I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I should be doing is making fun of

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<v Speaker 1>both sides. My job is not to pick side. You

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<v Speaker 1>come to see me because you want to forget about

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<v Speaker 1>your problems. Even if I do make fun of a politician,

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<v Speaker 1>I always make sure I get them both. If I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna make fun of CNN, I gotta make fun of

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<v Speaker 1>Fox and make fun of the whole thing because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't feel that politicians work for us. They work for

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<v Speaker 1>the super rich, and they're grossly underpaid, so they're open

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<v Speaker 1>to bribery. He gives regular people something to get mad at.

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<v Speaker 1>Like with these fires, people are blaming Governor Knwsom. It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't make a difference that was gonna happen the matter

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<v Speaker 1>who was governor. They were saying the fire was coming forever.

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<v Speaker 1>The right set of circumstances, there's nothing we can do.

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<v Speaker 1>Burr's gonna have a big march. He's got that Hulu

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<v Speaker 1>special and he will make his Broadway debut and Glengarry

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<v Speaker 1>Glenn Ross opposide Kieran Kulkan and Bob Odenkirk. Bur said,

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<v Speaker 1>a few of the guys from the cast, and the

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<v Speaker 1>ball breaking has already started, so I know it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be fun, right, he said, The idea to put you

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<v Speaker 1>three together's genius. Bur said, If it was a genius idea,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it didn't come for me. I got in

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<v Speaker 1>because Nathan Lane put in a word for me. Mass

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<v Speaker 1>Live talk to Kathy Griffin. They ask Kathy how she

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<v Speaker 1>feels as a female comedian about the second Trump. Kathy's

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<v Speaker 1>answer quote, somebody's going to shoot me. Some lunatics are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get in there and shoot me on stage. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna be a mortar, which is my real dream.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, if I get shot, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>Then I want a long mortar period where they write

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<v Speaker 1>a DOCU series about me, and then young comedians are

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<v Speaker 1>seen crying at my bedside, and then you know, since

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<v Speaker 1>he says we're not gonna have elections anymore, just take

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<v Speaker 1>me out at that point. Unquote. That's an interesting quote there,

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<v Speaker 1>Kathy continued, let me tell you something, JD Vance isn't

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<v Speaker 1>going to be any better, so we need to be

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<v Speaker 1>worried about the whole line of succession. In fact, it

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<v Speaker 1>would feel safer with the cast of the series Succession

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<v Speaker 1>than our actual line of succession. Sorry, that's an obscure

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<v Speaker 1>reference of a now canceled series. But your readers will

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<v Speaker 1>get it if they're good in over sixty, which is

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<v Speaker 1>what I hope. Kathy then went on to praise newspaper

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<v Speaker 1>readers and said, let me tell you something, traditional media

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<v Speaker 1>still sells tickets. I can do fifty thousand fing podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>and those criminals have me sit there interviewing me for

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<v Speaker 1>two hours, and then you never know who's gonna see it.

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<v Speaker 1>You never know when it's gonna air. Good old newspapers.

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<v Speaker 1>I still do drivetime radio, morning radio, afternoon radio. Some

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<v Speaker 1>markets even have local TV. But look, I want a

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<v Speaker 1>little credit because I was literally on the no fly lists,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the international version of the No Fly List,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Five Eyes List, which is the terror watch list.

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<v Speaker 1>No comedian in history has ever been on those lists.

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<v Speaker 1>They were held so a different standard. I'm not putting

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<v Speaker 1>myself in the class of the great George Carlin or

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<v Speaker 1>the great Lenny Bruce, but even those guys were only

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<v Speaker 1>hassled by local PDE. I have the FEDS knocking at

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<v Speaker 1>my door multiple times a week, the Feds, and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't f around. They were dying to arrest me. They

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<v Speaker 1>were looking. They wanted to know if I had weapons.

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<v Speaker 1>They wanted to know if I had made travel plans,

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<v Speaker 1>like if I'm gonna fly to DC, waste that money,

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<v Speaker 1>climb over the fence of the White House with a machete,

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<v Speaker 1>look like Kathy Griffin, which unfortunately I still do, or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you convince a few people it was Reba, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'd hate to do that to Riba because I just

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<v Speaker 1>love her. And then they're supposed to believe that it's

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<v Speaker 1>broken to the White House and chopped his head off.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the fact that picture lives on is half

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<v Speaker 1>comical and half tragic. And that's where PTSD comes in.

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<v Speaker 1>The intersection of comedy and tragedy. Josh Wolff told the

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<v Speaker 1>Minneapolis Star Tribune how he was introduced to comedy. I

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<v Speaker 1>remember one of my brother's buddies had a cassette tap

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<v Speaker 1>of Vettie Murphy. We would hide in the basement and listening,

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<v Speaker 1>laughing uncontrollably. I didn't get all the jokes, but the

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<v Speaker 1>cadences were funny. One day, the Civics teacher had come

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<v Speaker 1>Park High School. Must have had a hangover, so he

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<v Speaker 1>just played Bill Cosby himself in class. I know Cosby's

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<v Speaker 1>name is tainted now, but back then I was an

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<v Speaker 1>au of his stand up. It was weird though even

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<v Speaker 1>as a kid, I thought I could do that. I

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<v Speaker 1>just knew this gift. I just didn't know as a

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<v Speaker 1>viable job. The Missoulian asked David Cross what it's been

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<v Speaker 1>like watching comedy evolve. Cross said, like all change everywhere,

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<v Speaker 1>some of it's for the better, some for the worse.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad there are more opportunities for comedians to get

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<v Speaker 1>the work out there, but at the same time, I

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<v Speaker 1>think there's kind of a craft involved that's missing. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna learn your craft by doing stuff on TikTok

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<v Speaker 1>and then blowing up and then selling out arena. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just different. There's always gonna be that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But I certainly don't subscribe to the cancel culture. Bs

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<v Speaker 1>of all those millionaires wandering about how they can't say

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<v Speaker 1>things anymore, it's laughable. David Cross, what comics should we

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<v Speaker 1>be on the lookout for? Cross said, well, Sean Patton,

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<v Speaker 1>My opener is a brilliant comment, is great, fearless, clever,

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<v Speaker 1>Shane tour is, Robbie Hoffman. There's this kind of clown.

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<v Speaker 1>Natalie Palominez. Her shows are amazing and brilliant. Yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>highly agree. Jacqueline Novak and this girl Curly Marouli people

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<v Speaker 1>you might not have heard of, but they're all worth

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<v Speaker 1>checking out. New Citystage dot Com caught up with Jake Johanson,

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<v Speaker 1>who's been doing this for forty years now. He won

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<v Speaker 1>the eleventh annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition back in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty six. That spotlight got Bob Newhart to name

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<v Speaker 1>him as one of his favorite young comedians. That endorsement

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<v Speaker 1>was on Letterman. Jake remembers I think it was just

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<v Speaker 1>lucky because right from the beginning Dave enjoyed my stand

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<v Speaker 1>up and for me that era, Dave was the new

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<v Speaker 1>in nineteen eighty seven was just such a big deal

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<v Speaker 1>to be on it, you know, nineteen eighty seven Letterman.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I get to check with Mike, who hosts the

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<v Speaker 1>Letterman Pod. Mike for listening, hit me on the side.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like, you know, if we like really graph

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<v Speaker 1>out Letterman. I feel like the peak of Letterman was

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<v Speaker 1>before nineteen eighty seven. Peak Letterman to me is the

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<v Speaker 1>original ish, the very low key intro with all the

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<v Speaker 1>neon signs turning off. And I feel like by nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty seven we were onto the more show, busy open,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was already starting to become the earliest days

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<v Speaker 1>of estab Letterman, and we had left behind that early

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<v Speaker 1>early period of its twelve thirty nobody's watching I Digress.

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<v Speaker 1>Johanson said. I was on at least once a year,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes three times a year, all the way till he

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<v Speaker 1>stopped doing the show in twenty fourteen. It was an

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<v Speaker 1>amazing connection for me, and I was lucky to have

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<v Speaker 1>such a supportive fan in such a powerful position and

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes have me on for his birthday week because he

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<v Speaker 1>and I got to be on the show with Bob Newhart.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to meet him in person and thank him

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<v Speaker 1>for promoting me all those years ago. Chloe Hilliard was

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<v Speaker 1>on Vulture's list of comedians you should Know. They asked

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<v Speaker 1>her what comedy hill should die on, and she said,

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<v Speaker 1>stop what all the viral crowd work moments? It's giving harassment.

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<v Speaker 1>Setting up cameras and pointing at the audience sets off

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<v Speaker 1>a domino effect of bad behaviors in the comedy club.

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<v Speaker 1>The comedian isn't bringing their a game and is relying

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<v Speaker 1>on the audience to do the heavy lifting. The audience

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<v Speaker 1>gets entitled and expects to be the center of attention.

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<v Speaker 1>At the end of the experience, there's a one joker moment.

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<v Speaker 1>You walk away with the feeling of Wow, that was

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<v Speaker 1>an amazing experience. No one is retelling your crowd work

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<v Speaker 1>rift to their friends. Stop being lazy. Love it. I

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<v Speaker 1>why do you download all two thousand episodes of this

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<v Speaker 1>show so I can move up the rankings and Apple podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, in some ways pornbot's can be a good thing. No, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>see you