Some comedy specials to check out over July 4

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Kalaroga Shark Media. Find me.
Oh, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily

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comedy news. Gqsked Jerry had the
Seinfeld finale bothered him all these years.

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Jerry said a little bit. Yeah, I don't believe in regret. I

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think it's arrogant to think you could
have done something different. You couldn't.

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That's why you did what you did. But me and Jeff Schaffer and Larry

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were standing around talking about TV finales
which we thought were great. I feel

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Madman was the greatest. A lot
of people like the Bob Newhart won,

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Mary Tyler Moore was okay. I
think mad Man was the greatest final moment

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of a series I've ever seen,
so satisfying, so funny. And they

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said that they had sat and watched
the Seinfeld finale trying to figure out what

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went wrong, and it was obvious
about that final scene leaving them all in

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the jail cell. I think we
were affected by some things. People had

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said that they were selfish or whatever, and looking back in it, I

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think they were great. I love
them. First of all, you're not

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doing comedy without self directed individuals.
There's an essential element of comedies in Shakespeare

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in Forever. You can't do comedy
without selfish people. That's what people relate

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to. Jerry talked about revealing very
little about himself. Jerry said, I

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do this one bit about I don't
have arguments to my wife. Now.

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When I say those things, the
audience knows that they can't be true,

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but they don't care because they want
to hear the joke. The great joy

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to me is I'm making this up, but let me see if I can

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make it sound like it makes sense
to me. That's what comedy is to

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me. They know I'm lying from
the first line, and they don't care.

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I always say, I don't want
to hear amusing anecdotes from your journal

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talk about something that couldn't possibly have
happened. That's what I want to hear.

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I just think, if you're a
comedian and you want to survive,

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your only flotation device in the oceanic
words of show business is real laughs.

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When you're young and cute and interesting
at twenty three or thirty three, a

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lot of things work when you're fifty
three. If you want people to get

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in their car and pay cash and
schlep into those seats, it's harder.

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I would just caution the next generation. If you want to do this your

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whole life, which every comedian does, make sure you're getting real laughs.

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GQ asked, Jerry, are you
saying the more confessional style of comedy is

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anti laugh Jerry said, no,
no, no, I'm saying I know

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a million comedians who's work dried up
at fifty three. You gotta be ready

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for that. Make sure you're working
to be ready for that. Forbes asked

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Brad Williams's surprised you about doing stand
up that you didn't know beforehand? Brad

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said, one of the surprising parts
about comedy is also one of the most

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beautiful. You can be Jerry Seinfeld, And the process is still the same,

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and the stages are still the same. Jerry still has to walk through

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the kitchen. He's a billionaire and
he hangs out in the same tiny green

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room that all the other comics do. Comedy humbles you, it keeps you

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humble. Forbes also caught up with
Billy Gardell. He's back out doing stand

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up after being a TV star for
a few years. Here he says,

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at the beginning it was terrifying because
I hadn't done it in like three years.

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Obviously, I took some time to
change my health, and I took

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some time off to rearrange the puzzle
pieces. You know, I lost one

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hundred and seventy three pounds and I
had to get used to this frame and

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what this body wanted to tell me. So it's been fun to explore that.

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Yeah, if you haven't seen a
picture of Billy Gardell, google him.

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You won't recognize him. He looks
great. The first show back was

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terrifying, But then I don't know, man, something happens when you get

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that connection with the audience. You
start to want more and more and more.

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And now I'm really having fun again. I can't believe I've gotten to

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do two hit TV shows. I
don't know who gets to do that.

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My wife says, I've got a
horseshoe in my butt. But the common

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thread in both those shows is that
love wins the day. Where the world

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is right now. I'm so proud
of that show. Bob Hart's Abashola all

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right, how as I keep the
weight off, I'm religious about it.

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I pack healthy stuff in my suitcase. When I get to a destination,

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my first trip is to get some
healthy snacks of the room. So I

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don't tempt myself. I find a
way to work out. I got a

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trainer who says there's always time in
the day. It just means you gotta

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get up an hour earlier or go
to bed an hour later. I've adapted

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that mantra man and finally learned it's
not torture to do this stuff. It

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took me until fifty two to figure
it out. I'll be fifty five in

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August, but I'm a big believer
that enlightenment doesn't care when you get there,

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as long as you arrive. I'm
learning to take care of myself and

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I'm finding joy in that. Maybe
he'll get me remotivated for someone who Humblebragg

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did the New York City Marathon.
I guess it's seven months ago now.

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I can't run two and a half
miles right now. It's just it's unbelievable.

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Don't turn fifty something, guys.
Billy Guardell talks about localization. I

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try to find something cool in each
city I go to. I tell my

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son this all the time. You
gotta go look for inspiration and it's not

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gonna knock on the door. You
gotta read. When I was in Kansas

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City, I went to jazz legend
Charlie Parkers gravesite in Saint Louis. They've

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got toasted Ravioli. In Philadelphia,
it's the Liberty bell Or Museums. And

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usually some kind of inspiration will come
from that. Other things he does.

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I'm a big vinyl guy. I'm
always adding to my record collection. I

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also like to mess with my car
a little bit. I'm a simple guy

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that way. When I got my
downtime, I'd try to cherish it at

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home. Eddie Murphy didn't think Beverly
Hills Cop was going to go well.

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He was twenty three years old in
nineteen eighty four. He went to the

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industry screening and said it didn't go
well. A lot of times at industry

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screenings, they don't laugh. I
thought the movie was going to be horrible.

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I was with director John Landis and
he was like, no, it's

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great. I thought they hated it. Then I went and I saw it

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with a real audience, and I
saw the real reaction to it. But

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the very first time, it was
scary. Beverly Hills Cop axl F on

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Netflix July third. They might even
make a fifth movie, Murphy said,

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they're developing it. If it comes
together, we'll be doing another one.

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However, the latest film took a
toll on his body. I messed my

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knee up before the movie started.
I didn't mess my knee up doing a

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stunt. I mess my knee up
sleeping. When you're getting your sixties,

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you get miss your body up just
sleeping. I hear you the only times

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really likes Jim Norton's podcast sword Fight. Jim says, we have the typical

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married stuff and people can respond the
way they want to. But the podcast

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is accurate, it's truthful, and
we're not trying to put masks on to

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pretend. The best way to get
people to change how trans people are viewed

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is to interact with trans people so
they can realize, oh, hey,

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they're just like everyone else. She
laughs at weird things and wants to do

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stuff at eleven at night when she
knows I have to work in the morning,

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so it's like having a child.
Nikki said, I also think Jim's

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friends know this is for real,
and I think they can tell that Jim

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is very serious about this relationship.
In my eyes, what a man Jim

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Norton is to take me to comedy
clubs around all these men. When I'm

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from another world and foreign, you
do get looked at a little differently.

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But what a man he is.
I mean people might look at him as

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a little feminine or a little sub
in a way, but you're such a

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man, Jim says, you see
what marriage life is like. She makes

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me feel really good. Do you
see what a man is? He's a

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trans icon. Sure, the whole
world thinks he's a fruit and a sub

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and a bottom, but I'm telling
you what a man. My guest on

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tomorrow's podcast is Emily Catalano. She's
got a new album out today. It's

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called Hey Hey. Also comes available
pressed on limited edition vinyl with a gorgeous

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matt finished jacket designed by Yo Nil. Emily Catalano's Hey out today on the

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Blonde Medicine label, and I'll speak
with her tomorrow. It's more of a

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twenty minute John interviews the comedians.
If you're looking for one of these one

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hour epics that I've handed in the
last few weekends, it's not that.

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John Christ will tape his next special
tonights at Gas South Theater in Atlanta.

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Law Smith spoke to Creative Loafing Tampa
Bay. Law is making a comedy special

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quote unquote, Finally, law Smith
says, I squandered previous album deals,

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made excuses like my divorced drama taking
up all my ram space for years,

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been fourteen years in comedy without any
asset to show for it. I turned

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forty on June twenty fifth, and
it gives me something on the calendar to

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either net up or shut up.
He'll be at the Gimmick tonight and Sunday,

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where he'll be taping his first special
over two nights. It might wind

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up being called Sunny State for Shady
People, or maybe not. He hasn't

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finalized the title yet, but the
main topic is all set Florida and tim

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Bah. Smith said, My argument
is that Florida is the most American state.

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It's the f ups that important here
to start a second life that make

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the Florida Man news. Smith also
hosts a podcast called Sweat Equity that contains

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comedic elements, but is also focused
on small business and entrepreneurial advice and strategies.

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As for the tapings, law says, I wanted to keep it local

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because Tampa Bay has amazing underrated talent. Go see him tonight at Vick gimmick.

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British comedian Ted Robbins is related to
Paul McCartney. Yes that Paul McCartney.

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Robin's late mother was Paul McCartney's first
cousin. He told the Chattabis podcast

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that having such a huge star in
the family has not been easy for everyone.

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He says, Paul and my mom
are first cousins. You know when

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people do the who's the most famous
person on your phone? Well that's mister

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McCartney. In some ways, it's
a great thing, and for some members

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of our family I won't name names, it's kind of screwed their lives up

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a little bit because you're compared,
you know what I mean, Paul McCartney

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and all that you've become a dentist
great. Robbins thinks that's particularly true for

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Paul McCartney's younger brother, Mike,
who as a musician and goes by the

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name Mike McGear. I think Mike
is brother who's the loveiest lot of men

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and talented, but his fears on
his gravestone here lies Paul McCartney's brother.

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Robbins also claims Paul McCartney's nineteen seventy
song Teddy Boy was written about him.

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You know, he wrote a song
called Teddy Boy, which was on his

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first solo album called McCartney and you
know it goes this is the story of

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a boy named ted and it was
sort of inspired by me. Hm.

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The Washington Post has been looking at
the DC comedy scene. They spoke with

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Shelley Kim, who has been performing
since high school in southern California. She

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describes herself as proud husband and father. No, I didn't mess up.

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How do you describe your comedic style, Shelley Kim? Shelley says, when

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I'm starting out, I was described
as deadpan, but I learned I was

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deadpan because I was mumbling a lot. I've really worked on my inflection since

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then. My comedy is much more
accessible and most importantly audible. But who

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knows what my style will be in
the future. Maybe I'll be using puppets.

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Tell us about a time you bombed, She says, Oh gosh,

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one time someone played cricket sounds from
their phone. I still shudder when I

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hear crickets at night. Do you
have a day job. Let me know

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if you're hiring. What's your appreciate
routine? I mount the first few words

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of my set, over and over. It's more of a nervous tick than

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a routine. I'm doing my best
and not to be a mumbler again.

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What else should we know about you? Let me know if you're hiring hilarious.

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And that is your comedy news for
today. All right, Emily Catillano.

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Tomorrow, a normal episode on Sunday. See you then,