It has long been said that all comedians want to be rock stars. But I think that it's the other way around. I'll go as far as to say that everyone wants to be a comedian. If you really sit back and think about it, every time someone is on stage, a talk show or whatever they always end up trying to be funny. Whether it's playing some stupid game with Fallon or telling some wacky story about how their kid said "Damn it" in front of The Queen, people in front of other people want to be funny because being funny seems to coincide with being like-able. I also feel like everyone is a comedian in their own way. Even if it's just to your wife or the guy you sit by at work, if you make them laugh you're technically their comedian.
Sep 30, 2020
24 min
The truth of the matter is that comedy can not be taught and anyone who tells you different is a swindler and a rascal! The only "comedy class" is to do it. The only way you can learn is by doing it and paying some random dude a hundred and fifty dollars to teach you is never going to work. When I started out my mentor was comedian Bob Zany. Bob gave me a piece of advice that changed my life. He said "You have to choose what advice you take and what advice you don't." That is the most perfect piece of advice anyone could give you. Meaning, no matter what someone else thinks you should do or what is best for you, YOU still have to be the one to carve the path.
Sep 4, 2020
23 min
I've discovered that I'm not really good at like, anything. I mean there's things that I know how to do and there's things that I'm kind of good at, but I've never taken the time to learn how to get really good at something. Like for instance, I can kinda sorta play the guitar...but not really. Over the years there has been times where I think "Let's learn how to to play this fucking thing." But then two days later I always give up. And I think that's because there's no reason for me to actually learn. I don't like doing things that there is no "reward" for doing them. Like I'm never going to be in a band or even play guitar in public. So why should I torture myself trying to learn it? I believe that stand-up comedy is the only thing that gives me what I desire, instant gratification. I think of a joke, say it and boom laughs. I don't always get that with other things. Also, I'm amazed with actors, comedic actors, who create a character that is so good that it becomes a separate person from them. Meaning that the actor knows exactly how the character thinks, and would respond to any situation. I've never really enjoyed acting. It's always too much work for very little reward. Ah! look at that, we've circled back to the whole instant gratification thing!
Aug 27, 2020
35 min
Okay, so yeah this podcast is pretty erratic. But hey I haven't had electricity in eight days! Some real Amish Paradise type shit up in here! A really bad storm hit my home town about a week ago and basically destroyed it and things are kinda starting to get back to normal now...sort of...Probably not for the people who lost like the roof to their house and shit. But I'm sure other people are getting their shit straightened out. Anyway I talk about George Carlin's transitional period during the majority of the 1980's and what propelled him into his next phase after that. There's some other shit in there too but I have no idea what all I talked about.
Aug 19, 2020
31 min
Alright look, I started out this year feeling like I was getting on the right foot in my comedy career, I felt like I was getting to a place where I was getting closer to where I wanted to be. But I'm afraid that after all this (and everyone knows what I mean by this..but if you don't...pick up a news paper...or I guess a phone and look at Google News....I'm talking about the Corona Virus) I won't be able to catch back up and get enough momentum to be where I want to be. Also adults are fucking boring as shit! Just do whatever you want and don't worry about what your neighbors have!
Jun 29, 2020
33 min
They're going to take South Park off of Hulu and it pisses me off. I'm annoyed that they keep moving shit around to new streaming services making it impossible to keep up and have all your favorite shit in one spot without having to subscribe to two hundred different services.Also, there is a lot of stand-up content being created. Is that good or bad for comedians? What does it do to comedians? How does that changes comedians?
Jun 11, 2020
34 min
To be consider a comedian in the year 2020, it is required that you have a podcast. So here is my contribution. We are doing this podcast my way. No pressure. No specific schedule,rules, or limitations and just talking about whatever the fuck.For this episode the fuck we are talking about is George Carlin. George Carlin went through 4 major changes in his career, the 1960's Mainstream Comedian, the 1970's Counter Cultural Hippy, the 1980's Transitional Period and the 90's-2008 Social Commentator Elderly Carlin. We will discuss each of these in due time but in this episode we will be talking about, what I consider to be his most influential period, The Counter Cultural Carlin of the 1970's. During this time he helped to change stand-up forever and in created an entire new context for comedy. Also, I think a good burp is much more satisfying than a good fart.
Jun 4, 2020
27 min