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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, Jenny Mack with your daily comedy news.

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<v Speaker 1>Jenny Mack, you never give any attention to Roywood Junior's

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<v Speaker 1>news show. Have I got news for you on CNN?

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<v Speaker 1>I know, and the CNN publicists put out so many

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<v Speaker 1>articles about it, and I've barely talked about it. The

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<v Speaker 1>La Times spoke to Roywood Junior. They talked about his

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<v Speaker 1>time playing sports in high school. He warmed the bench.

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<v Speaker 1>Roy said, your job as a bench of warmer is

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<v Speaker 1>to come up with the heckles against the other team.

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<v Speaker 1>I took pride in writing insults to hurl at other

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen year olds. If I could get the umpire to laugh,

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<v Speaker 1>that was like an applause break. If I got the

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<v Speaker 1>parents to laugh, that was the standing. Oh. Roy says,

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<v Speaker 1>We're a very interesting piece of real estate with this

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<v Speaker 1>new show. In between say a Jimmy Fallon and a

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<v Speaker 1>daily show, it's an opportunity to talk about the news,

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<v Speaker 1>but we get to season it for taste in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of the depth in which we want to go on

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<v Speaker 1>a particular topic. A sidebar here. The La Times writes,

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<v Speaker 1>as roy Wood said that sentence, he was alternating tips

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<v Speaker 1>of two smoothie. Is one a fruity pink, the other

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<v Speaker 1>a healthy green, fascinating. I might head over to the

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<v Speaker 1>smoothie place after I record this. They have this new

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<v Speaker 1>cinnamon smoothie that's so good. I might have to go

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<v Speaker 1>get one. Where he says, the burden of making the

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<v Speaker 1>argument every single time is not on my shoulders anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a chance to live within the jokes first, the opinions. Second.

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<v Speaker 1>The conversation turned to his time at The Daily Show,

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<v Speaker 1>and he said, the biggest thing I learned from watching

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<v Speaker 1>Trevor Noah's not to let anger pollute your sense of humor.

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<v Speaker 1>It's infuriating what's happening in America, But the moment you

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<v Speaker 1>allow yourself to be consumed by the anger, you lose

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<v Speaker 1>your ability to make fun of everything. I remember Trevor

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<v Speaker 1>allowing not anger, but compassion to drive his segment about

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<v Speaker 1>a police shooting. As I recall, there wasn't a single

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<v Speaker 1>joke in the first act. He just spoke sincerely to

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<v Speaker 1>the camera about where we are as a country. There

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<v Speaker 1>were so many moments where Trevor could have used the

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<v Speaker 1>pulpit to cuss America out, and he never did it,

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<v Speaker 1>but instead he used calmness as a more precise scalpel. Interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to use the word spin here. This isn't

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<v Speaker 1>the way I remember it, But the La Times rites.

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<v Speaker 1>When it became clear that one time front runner Hassan

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<v Speaker 1>Minhaj wasn't going to get the Daily Show job, Wood

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<v Speaker 1>started to worry that there was no plan for the

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Show as it headed into an election year. Roy says,

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<v Speaker 1>at that point, John Stewart coming back was not in

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<v Speaker 1>the conversation. For me, it felt like, well, what is

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<v Speaker 1>life going to be for me after the Daily Show?

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<v Speaker 1>If they picked somebody that doesn't want me it as

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<v Speaker 1>a correspondent, then what am I gonna do next year?

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm gonna have to eventually find a place to land,

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<v Speaker 1>I should just start that process now, all right? That

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<v Speaker 1>is fair. I think my point is that the La

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<v Speaker 1>Times left out the part where they weren't obviously not

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<v Speaker 1>considering Roy for the desk either. Amber Ruffin said, Roy

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<v Speaker 1>knows every current news story but also the history of them,

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<v Speaker 1>which is amazing to me. Even when you think, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>he's not gonna have the backstory on this, he does.

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<v Speaker 1>Roy has a kind of gravitas. He feels like he

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<v Speaker 1>belongs in the chair. He just feels like a dude

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<v Speaker 1>you might be hanging with around the grill at a barbecue,

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<v Speaker 1>Whereas on the jerkvase, who's gonna be like, do you

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<v Speaker 1>have impossible burgers? Roy Wood has been preparing for the

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<v Speaker 1>show by watching Steve Harvey host Family Feud. Why because

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<v Speaker 1>he's the king of hearing something ridiculous, pausing and reacting

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<v Speaker 1>to it, and then getting the game back on track.

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<v Speaker 1>He's keeping in open mind about the future and said

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<v Speaker 1>if the Daily Show called, I'm not gonna send them

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<v Speaker 1>a voicemail, but I am dating someone. The CNN press

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<v Speaker 1>team got Vulture to write about the show, Hey, Amber ruffin,

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<v Speaker 1>how did you wind up getting hired as one of

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<v Speaker 1>the team captains? Amber said, they had a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>us tests for it, and it was just the most

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<v Speaker 1>fun little reunion. It was everybody who's kind of in

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<v Speaker 1>this space, was all the late night people, the funny

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<v Speaker 1>news podcasters, the people who had late night shows. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>should be asking her pals to be on her team.

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<v Speaker 1>No one's asking me who should be on the show.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have any control of who's on the show

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<v Speaker 1>or not, or else it'd be all my friends, which

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<v Speaker 1>I guess it would be fine. I don't even know

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<v Speaker 1>who's going to be on this Friday. They tape Friday

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<v Speaker 1>and at air Saturday. How's the show different than the

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<v Speaker 1>UK version? It's a little more game show. Esk gets

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<v Speaker 1>overflowing with punchlines, the goals to give your fastest answered

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<v Speaker 1>many times that's wrong or silly, and because we're all comedians,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very much like an improvised late night show that's

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<v Speaker 1>out behaves. We're spitting out punch lines at a teams

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<v Speaker 1>and sat down and thought through, which makes it more

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<v Speaker 1>fun and truer than your regular show. It'll be different

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<v Speaker 1>that the segments are way tighter than your run of

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<v Speaker 1>the mill British panel show. I think it's very segment

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<v Speaker 1>heavy and bit heavy, whereas the other panel shows can

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<v Speaker 1>get to yepping. How do you decide who wins? Roy

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<v Speaker 1>is deciding who gets points and he can be bought

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<v Speaker 1>before every show. It's on the whims of Roy. It's

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<v Speaker 1>how he's feeling. So yeah, I'm gonna bring him presents.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to win. Let's stay political for a second.

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<v Speaker 1>The Daily Beast spoke to Samuel Wiles. He does stand

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<v Speaker 1>up comedy in La and resembles jd Vance, and he

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<v Speaker 1>has started doing a jd Vance impression. Wile said, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>always kind of clocking guys with big round heads and

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<v Speaker 1>beards and media, the fact that we both have light

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<v Speaker 1>eyes and kind of high school teacher speaking voices. With

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<v Speaker 1>a bonus coincidence. He started doing his Vance impression on

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<v Speaker 1>TikTok on August seventh, while channeling jd Vance In a

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<v Speaker 1>recent video, he had Vance reading letters from constituents and said,

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<v Speaker 1>dear future VP Van s, a Haitian illegal broke into

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<v Speaker 1>my house and ate my dog between two slices of wonderbread.

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<v Speaker 1>He was wearing nothing but a cape and a sinister

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<v Speaker 1>top hat. He escaped on a skateboard powered by dark magic.

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<v Speaker 1>How does he come up with ideas? He thought about

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<v Speaker 1>how much I don't like JD Vance, but also how

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<v Speaker 1>awful would be to be him. I started writing down

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<v Speaker 1>stuff I thought he would say, because I thought I

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<v Speaker 1>could talk about it as stand up. But then I

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<v Speaker 1>wrote for like ninety minutes straight. It was so easy.

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<v Speaker 1>I read Hillbilly Eligi when it came out. I remember

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<v Speaker 1>liking it while I was reading it, then putting it

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<v Speaker 1>down and going, oh wait, what an a hole. Then

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<v Speaker 1>when he became an outright conservative media figure that it

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<v Speaker 1>seemed really logical. It'll never not be funny to me

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<v Speaker 1>that he's a huge fraud. No one likes him. He

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't even get the benefit of this weird lying. His

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<v Speaker 1>life would be so much easier if he could be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's so many layers that he can't have an

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<v Speaker 1>honest moment. Now part of what makes a good advance

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<v Speaker 1>impression mascara, He says, My fiance works in beauty and

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<v Speaker 1>did my eyeliner for the first round of videos, and

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<v Speaker 1>we both kind of realized it needed to look worse.

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<v Speaker 1>So now I just get the three dollars wet and

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<v Speaker 1>wild from Walgreens and mash it into my eyes on

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<v Speaker 1>my own. Shout out to Walgreens. Nick Swartzon spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>the eight hundred pound Gorilla, and he said, one of

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite stories is I did a performance arts center

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<v Speaker 1>and I show up backstage. It's about two thousand seats.

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<v Speaker 1>I look up the walls and big murals of the

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<v Speaker 1>Lion King and Phantom and Wicked, and I go to

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<v Speaker 1>the manager and I go, do you guys have comedy?

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<v Speaker 1>Here and he goes, oh, yeah, I have comedy. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>we had Lewis Black and I go, oh, no, do

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<v Speaker 1>you have security here? And he goes no, but we

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<v Speaker 1>have ushers. And I'm like, you don't understand. There's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a crapstorm coming in here. My fans are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be rowdy. And he's like, we'll be fine. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, now you don't understand what I'm saying to you.

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<v Speaker 1>The Nick Schwartz and crowd's gonna come in hot. And

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<v Speaker 1>he's like, I'm not worried about it. Okay, whatever we go.

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<v Speaker 1>I do my show. It's chaos. Girls got in a

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<v Speaker 1>fight in a balcony. This brawl. People are being insane.

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<v Speaker 1>It's super fun. I had a blast. And after the show,

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<v Speaker 1>I got back to my green room and the manager goes,

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<v Speaker 1>what the f And I'm like, yeah, I told you.

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<v Speaker 1>People are doing cocaine in the crowd. There's vomit everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Usher just didn't know what to do and I'm like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I told you. Literally said that. I called

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<v Speaker 1>my agent. I was like, maybe let's take a break

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<v Speaker 1>from the Performing Arts Center. Like what am I gonna do?

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<v Speaker 1>After the ballet slates has a big article on the

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<v Speaker 1>arts of clowning, a little too deep for me to

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<v Speaker 1>cover on this podcast, but a good read on Slate.

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<v Speaker 1>The part I'll highlight here is they spoke to Natalie Palomides,

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<v Speaker 1>who I think is fantastic, and the setup here was

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<v Speaker 1>about how clown performers dress, and they said Natalie, by contrast,

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<v Speaker 1>often isn't dressed in anything. In one of her more

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<v Speaker 1>shocking Bitsmedies takes the stage dressed like the little mermaid

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<v Speaker 1>looking for her true love. An audience member of volunzear

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<v Speaker 1>is to fill that role. Natalie locks them in an

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<v Speaker 1>aggressive tongue and make out, pulling their shirt over their

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<v Speaker 1>head with passionate post nuptial Gusto, writes Slates. Later, Balamedes

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<v Speaker 1>strips down completely and discovers that with the wonders of

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<v Speaker 1>m enjoying yourself, maybe she doesn't need true love after all.

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<v Speaker 1>She says, so much of the clowning in the modern

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<v Speaker 1>scene is naked and horny, and that's not part of

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<v Speaker 1>being a clown. Traditional clowning is supposed to be innocent, childlike,

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<v Speaker 1>and playful, and I'm frustrated that I've become an example

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<v Speaker 1>to do nudity, you have to earn it. She's anxious

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<v Speaker 1>that she might be bastardizing the form. She would rather

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<v Speaker 1>say that I was a physical character comedian. I think

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<v Speaker 1>more people on the outside started to refer to me

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<v Speaker 1>as a clown before I called myself one. One of

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<v Speaker 1>her friends made the case that clowning, just like any

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<v Speaker 1>form of art, is subject to reinvention and deconstruction. Deal

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<v Speaker 1>and went electric, Natalie, it might ditch your clothes in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of a show. Leslie Lao is one of

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<v Speaker 1>Vulture's comedians you should know and will know. Oh. When

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<v Speaker 1>they asked her if she were immortalized as a cartoon character,

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<v Speaker 1>what would her outfit be? Interesting question? Stylish ath leisure,

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<v Speaker 1>high waisted sweatpants, sports brawn a cool baggy vintage jacket,

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<v Speaker 1>sexy clean sneakers. Sounds like, uh, Pouci from The Simpsons,

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<v Speaker 1>didn't Pooci dress like that? What comedian's career trajectory would

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<v Speaker 1>you like to follow? Bill Burr? I want to do

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<v Speaker 1>stand up forever if you known for that first, and

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<v Speaker 1>be competitive with myself and see if it can be

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<v Speaker 1>better than it was there before. I want everything I

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<v Speaker 1>do outside of stand up writing, acting, podcasting, directing, voice over,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera. Tolign with my voice in comedic style. Worst

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<v Speaker 1>show ever. I recently did a show to college, so

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<v Speaker 1>beforehand I assumed it was for college students. That is

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<v Speaker 1>a good assumption. When I arrived, it was for a

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<v Speaker 1>summer camp of high school students touring the college decide

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<v Speaker 1>hated it and it was amazing. All right, what's your

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<v Speaker 1>If I start with the truth first, and I rant

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<v Speaker 1>experiment with earlier show times. Shows that start past nine

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<v Speaker 1>think that's awesome, She says. I also love the no

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<v Speaker 1>phones and shows policy. A stand up show is not

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<v Speaker 1>a concert. It's a time to listen and laugh. When

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<v Speaker 1>and block other people's view and filming our sets, you're

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<v Speaker 1>neither listening or laughing. Best comedy advice, Worst comedy advice. Best,

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<v Speaker 1>don't try to lead with being relatable. Just focus on

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<v Speaker 1>When I had my day job at Netflix, a few

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<v Speaker 1>comics would find out and tell me that I was

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<v Speaker 1>with someone on the stand up team and pitch myself

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<v Speaker 1>and get a special that way, I'm well aware that's

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<v Speaker 1>a backward, awkward and unprofessional strategy. These industry people have

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<v Speaker 1>to come to you. If the comics approach them, they'd

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<v Speaker 1>be a line of comics of the Netflix lobby waiting

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<v Speaker 1>to pitch themselves to creative executives every day. Just be

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<v Speaker 1>so good, funny, professional and special that someone who can

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<v Speaker 1>change your life will notice you and come to you.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is your comedy news for today. If you

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy the program, tell a friend about it. They might

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<v Speaker 1>like it too. You can share it on social media.

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<v Speaker 1>You can follow me on social media. It Twitter's at

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<v Speaker 1>dcnpod threads, seems to get a little more traction with

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<v Speaker 1>over there. If you would like to program without commercial interruption,

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<v Speaker 1>how that works. You have an awesome day, and I'll

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