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Speaker 1: with a very funny stand up comic and therapist. I
Speaker 1: have Matt Sharp joining me right now, and he's in Michigan,
Speaker 1: but he's going to be in Sioux Falls coming up
Speaker 1: on December twenty seventh. Now, Matt being a comic and
Speaker 1: a therapist, do those things usually go together?
Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely good, sir. It is fun to see people
Speaker 2: being able to find joy in life. So when I
Speaker 2: work with clients with depression, you know, anytime we can
Speaker 2: find a moment of levity or humor that we can
Speaker 2: bring some laughter out is always a positive thing. And
Speaker 2: there's actually a number of therapy intervention interventions that are
Speaker 2: designed to help clients laugh at some of their own symptoms.
Speaker 2: Not to make fun of them or not to diminish them,
Speaker 2: but when I can take a stressor or a source
Speaker 2: of anxiety and laugh at that a little bit and
Speaker 2: kind of see myself in a more human way, it's
Speaker 2: actually incredibly liberating. So yep, therapy and comedy go together
Speaker 2: all the time.
Speaker 1: Now I want to make sure that we let people
Speaker 1: know it's not like he's on stage going, oh you
Speaker 1: should hear about this one crazy dude that comes to
Speaker 1: my office. It's not that at all.
Speaker 2: No, not at all. I mean, those hippo fines are
Speaker 2: pretty pretty steep if you're talking about clients in public.
Speaker 2: But I reserve the right to make fun of people
Speaker 2: who should be in therapy and are not. They are
Speaker 2: fair game one percent.
Speaker 1: So a therapist and a stand up comic. But which
Speaker 1: one came first? Were you a therapist that started comedy
Speaker 1: or a comedian that started doing therapy.
Speaker 2: Well, on the one hand, professionally, as far as how
Speaker 2: I get paid, you know, therapy came first. But I've
Speaker 2: been interested in comedy and been laughing and listening to
Speaker 2: old comedy records that my parents had ever since I
Speaker 2: was in sixth grade. So I've always been enjoying comedy
Speaker 2: and telling funny stories and doing a lot of public
Speaker 2: speaking with a lot of comedy, all of those things.
Speaker 2: But as far as professionally stepping on stage with a mic,
Speaker 2: that therapy came first.
Speaker 1: I think it's a cool combination. Most comics I know
Speaker 1: actually should see a therapist. Now, I've never seen you
Speaker 1: do therapy, but i've seen you do comedy, and you
Speaker 1: do a great job. And I bet you're a good
Speaker 1: therapist because you're really easy to talk to.
Speaker 2: That is sort of one of the prerequisites for our profession.
Speaker 2: You know, if people are jerks, the really usually don't
Speaker 2: make good therapists.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I suppose if the therapy session is literally just
Speaker 1: you telling them, well found the problem, it's you, they
Speaker 1: probably wouldn't come back.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I live near I live near Grand Rapids, Michigan,
Speaker 2: and I will tell the joke occasionally that I want
Speaker 2: to move my practice to Grand Rapids because they have
Speaker 2: a section of Grand Rapids called Ghastly Village, which seems
Speaker 2: like a great place to do therapy. Sit there and
Speaker 2: tell people, yeah, it is your fault and charge them
Speaker 2: for that. So so far, I don't think that's gonna work,
Speaker 2: but that's kind of the goal at some point is
Speaker 2: to I'm totally kick.
Speaker 1: Or you could just try to convince him there is
Speaker 1: no problem. I don't know what you're talking about. There's
Speaker 1: no problem at all.
Speaker 2: No nothing's here, nothing to see here at all, So.
Speaker 1: That's hilarious again. Matt Sharp is a stand up comic.
Speaker 1: He's from Grand Rapids, Michigan. But he's going to be
Speaker 1: in Sue Falls on December twenty seventh, and I'm not
Speaker 1: going to skip over the twenty sixth. He and I
Speaker 1: get to work together in Royal, Iowa December twenty sixth,
Speaker 1: So if you have family or friends that live in
Speaker 1: that area, tell them to come out to that show.
Speaker 1: But again on Saturday, December twenty seventh in Sue Falls,
Speaker 1: South Dakota at the Ramata Conference Center. And I actually
Speaker 1: got a chance to see Matt perform there a little
Speaker 1: over a month ago. He was there with us, and
Speaker 1: again you only got to do like ten minutes. But
Speaker 1: you're a very, very funny guy, and I'm excited to
Speaker 1: work with you again.
Speaker 2: Oh it's fun and what a great crowd. I mean
Speaker 2: it was a smaller bunch, but man, we had a
Speaker 2: great time and the other comics you had lined up
Speaker 2: for us. And we should probably tell people that these
Speaker 2: are clean comedy shows, so you can escape from your
Speaker 2: family or bring them with, whichever you prefer. We'll be
Speaker 2: in the PG to PG. Thirteen Content rating range. So
Speaker 2: it'll be a great time. You will need you will
Speaker 2: not need a shower or anything afterwards. We'll just have
Speaker 2: a great time laughing together and enjoying some time with
Speaker 2: family and friends.
Speaker 1: And here's the thing. I think it really works out
Speaker 1: nicely because people have friends visiting for Christmas. So if
Speaker 1: you're going to be, you know, entertaining people during Christmas,
Speaker 1: it's two days after Christmas and Sioux Falls one day
Speaker 1: after Christmas over in Royal, Iowa. So again, if this
Speaker 1: is the opportunity to say, hey, let's go out and
Speaker 1: do some fun stuff, or if you've been entertaining and
Speaker 1: you're going, oh, sorry, mom, we don't have enough tickets.
Speaker 1: We're going to have to just go and you guys
Speaker 1: stay here and take care of things at home.
Speaker 2: We'll be home.
Speaker 1: Don't stay up for us.
Speaker 2: And Mom, if you're listening to this, we'll sneak you
Speaker 2: a ticket if you want to show up. We're to
Speaker 2: all these fights again.
Speaker 1: Our guest today Matt Sharp. He is a therapist and
Speaker 1: a stand up comic and I get to work with
Speaker 1: him on December twenty sixth in Royal, Iowa. It's a
Speaker 1: really cool venue. It's called the Great Hall in Royal
Speaker 1: So again I'm only mentioning that here in Sioux Falls
Speaker 1: because I know people have family in you know, all
Speaker 1: over the place. But if you've got family there, if
Speaker 1: that show is easier to make it to come out
Speaker 1: on December twenty sixth, and if you are in the
Speaker 1: Sioux Falls area on December twenty seventh, that's Saturday, come
Speaker 1: and join us at the the Ramata Conference Center and
Speaker 1: Matt the stage is set up right now because they've
Speaker 1: got like a dueling piano show as well, and it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a little different. We're gonna be doing this
Speaker 1: like with the stage in the middle, with people all
Speaker 1: around us. I've never done a show like that.
Speaker 2: We will have a blast with this.
Speaker 1: Have you ever done a show like that where you're
Speaker 1: in the middle, nurse people surrounding you.
Speaker 2: Oh? Sure, absolutely, it's great fun. You kind of keep turning,
Speaker 2: make sure no one's trying to sneak up behind you,
Speaker 2: you know, to heckle you or anything. So no, this
Speaker 2: is gonna be a great night.
Speaker 1: I'm excited for it, but I also I'm a little
Speaker 1: concerned because with my horrible ADHD, I don't know where
Speaker 1: I'm going to be looking and that's gonna be concerning,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna have some fun. It'll be a darn
Speaker 1: good time. Two shows again, one in Iowa, so if
Speaker 1: it works better for you to come to that show.
Speaker 1: It's on Friday, December twenty sixth at the Great Hall
Speaker 1: in Royal, Iowa, and then the show and Sue Falls.
Speaker 1: There's also a silent auction in the room that same night,
Speaker 1: so we've got like a fundraiser going on and Sue Falls.
Speaker 1: It's at the Ramata Conference Center and I would love
Speaker 1: to have you join us on Saturday, December twenty seven.
Speaker 1: Matt Sharp is our guest. Matt, thanks for chatting with
Speaker 1: me again today.
Speaker 2: This is going to be a great night. I can't
Speaker 2: wait to see you. Can't wait to have a lot
Speaker 2: of fun laughing in Iowa and Sue Falls.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a whole lot of fun. If you'd
Speaker 1: like tickets to the show and Sue Falls, I've got
Speaker 1: a link to those tickets at Sue Fallscomedy dot com
Speaker 1: and you can buy a ticket for fifteen dollars or
Speaker 1: a pair of tickets for twenty five dollars. There's also
Speaker 1: a thing for a table, So if you want to
Speaker 1: bring a bunch of people, all of that at Sue
Speaker 1: Fallscomedy dot com. And again there's another another show in Royal,
Speaker 1: Iowa that's on Friday, December twenty sixth. I don't have
Speaker 1: that on the sux Falls Comedy page because it's far
Speaker 1: enough away from Sue Falls, but I do have a
Speaker 1: link on my personal Facebook page Facebook dot com slash
Speaker 1: Big John Small. I hope to see you at either
Speaker 1: one of those shows. I think there's gonna be a
Speaker 1: ton of fun again. All of the details at Facebook
Speaker 1: dot com slash Big John Small. Something something you should
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