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WILL THEY LAUGH IN RUSSIA? How to Be Funny Anywhere with Comedy Expert John Vorhaus · Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show

• 0:00
  Welcome
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  to
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  Phil
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  and
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  Ted's
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  Sexy
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  Boomer
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  Show.
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  I'm
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  Ted
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  Bonnitt.
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  And
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  by
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  process
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  of
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  elimination.
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  Oh,
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  not
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  again.
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  No,
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  I'm
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  Phil
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  Proctor,
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  and
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  no,
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  I
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  haven't
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  eliminated.
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  Thank
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  you.
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  Thank
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  goodness.
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  Yeah.
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  And
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  I'm
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  just
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  fresh
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  back
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  from
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  visiting
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  my
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  cat
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  in
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  San
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  Diego,
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  so
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  I.
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  Feel
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  another
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  interesting
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  euphemism.
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  Yes.
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  All
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  right.
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  Let
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  our
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  audience
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  figure
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  that
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  one
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  out
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  for
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  themselves.
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  Good
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  to
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  see
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  you.
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  Yeah,
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  it's
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  good
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  to
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  be
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  seen.
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  One
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  of
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  the
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  things
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  we're
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  gonna
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  talk
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  about
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  today
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  really,
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  is
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  humor.
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  I
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  thought,
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  Phil,
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  that
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  maybe
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  it
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  would
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  be
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  a
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  good
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  idea
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  for
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  us
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  to
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  get
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  our
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  material
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  punched
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  up
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  a
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  little
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  bit.
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  You
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  know,
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  little.
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  Little
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  help.
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  See
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  the
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  doctor,
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  a
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  little
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  comedy
• 0:38
  consultant.
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  Yeah,
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  comedy
• 0:39
  consultant.
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  And
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  I
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  got
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  a
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  call
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  from
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  somebody
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  who
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  was
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  on
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  the
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  freeway
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  listening
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  to
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  the
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  show
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  last
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  week.
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  Yeah.
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  Turns
• 0:45
  out
• 0:45
  he's
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  a
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  comedy
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  consultant.
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  Oh,
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  really?
• 0:47
  Yeah,
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  with
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  K's.
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  Are
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  you
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  talking
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  about
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  this
• 0:50
  man
• 0:51
  who's.
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  Sitting
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  over
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  here
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  at
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  the
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  other
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  microphone,
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  John
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  Voorhouse?
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  He
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  actually
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  had
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  the
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  temerity
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  to
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  write
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  us
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  and
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  said,
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  hey,
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  that
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  was.
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  Can
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  I
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  be
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  on.
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  Who
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  knew
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  you'd
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  be
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  on
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  the
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  show
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  six
• 1:01
  days
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  later?
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  That's
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  wonderful.
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  It's
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  a
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  record.
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  Yeah.
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  It's
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  good
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  to
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  have
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  you
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  here,
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  John.
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  Thank
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  you.
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  It's.
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  It's
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  an
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  unspeakable
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  pleasure
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  to
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  be
• 1:08
  here.
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  Oh,
• 1:08
  no,
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  this
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  is
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  radio.
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  This
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  would
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  be
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  unspeakable.
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  It
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  can
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  be
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  unsightly.
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  Yes.
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  Yes.
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  It
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  can't
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  be
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  unspeakable.
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  Pretty
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  much
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  everywhere
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  I
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  go,
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  it
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  can
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  be
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  noisome,
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  really.
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  I'm
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  so
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  glad
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  you
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  called
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  us
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  because
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  you
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  are
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  a
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  fascinating
• 1:21
  guy.
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  I
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  have
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  two
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  pages
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  of
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  just
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  book
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  titles.
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  I
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  mean,
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  my
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  God,
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  you
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  wrote
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  15
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  books
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  on
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  poker.
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  Yeah,
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  so?
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  So.
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  And
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  you're
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  not.
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  I'll
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  raise
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  you.
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  You're
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  not
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  a
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  degenerate
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  gambler,
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  and
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  I'm.
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  Not
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  a
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  very
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  good
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  poker
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  player.
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  I'm
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  a
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  poster
• 1:35
  boy
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  for
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  the
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  concept
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  of
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  those
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  who
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  can't
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  do
• 1:37
  teach.
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  That's
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  of
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  a
• 1:40
  simplification,
• 1:41
  but
• 1:41
  I
• 1:41
  describe
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  myself
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  as
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  extremely
• 1:43
  self
• 1:43
  absorbed.
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  Like,
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  I'm
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  always
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  looking
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  at
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  myself
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  and
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  thinking
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  about
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  how
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  I
• 1:47
  problem
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  solve,
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  how
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  I
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  use
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  my
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  creativity.
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  And.
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  And
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  we
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  were
• 1:51
  talking
• 1:51
  earlier
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  about
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  your
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  gift
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  for
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  languages.
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  I
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  think
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  I
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  have
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  a
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  gift
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  for
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  understanding
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  my
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  process
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  and
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  turning
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  it
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  into
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  instructions
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  for
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  other
• 1:58
  people.
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  What
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  would
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  you
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  call
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  your
• 2:01
  course?
• 2:02
  People
• 2:02
  who
• 2:02
  know
• 2:02
  me
• 2:02
  know
• 2:03
  me
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  from
• 2:03
  my
• 2:03
  book,
• 2:03
  the
• 2:03
  Comic
• 2:04
  Toolbox,
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  how
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  to
• 2:05
  be
• 2:05
  funny
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  even
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  if
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  you're
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  not.
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  That's
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  why
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  we
• 2:08
  thought
• 2:08
  it
• 2:08
  would
• 2:08
  be
• 2:08
  a
• 2:08
  great
• 2:08
  idea
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  to
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  have
• 2:09
  John
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  on
• 2:09
  the
• 2:09
  show,
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  because
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  I
• 2:10
  read
• 2:10
  the
• 2:10
  book.
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  Lots
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  of
• 2:11
  good
• 2:12
  pointers
• 2:12
  on
• 2:12
  Comedy.
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  Yeah.
• 2:13
  Good.
• 2:14
  And
• 2:14
  I
• 2:14
  thought
• 2:14
  he
• 2:14
  could
• 2:14
  maybe
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  punch.
• 2:15
  Us
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  up
• 2:15
  a
• 2:15
  little
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  bit.
• 2:16
  Punch
• 2:16
  us
• 2:16
  up
• 2:16
  a
• 2:16
  little
• 2:16
  bit.
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  There
• 2:17
  is
• 2:17
  nothing
• 2:17
  I
• 2:17
  can
• 2:17
  teach
• 2:18
  you
• 2:18
  that
• 2:18
  you
• 2:18
  don't
• 2:18
  already
• 2:19
  know.
• 2:19
  At
• 2:20
  best
• 2:20
  I
• 2:20
  could
• 2:20
  say.
• 2:21
  Well,
• 2:22
  one
• 2:22
  guy
• 2:22
  in
• 2:22
  Australia
• 2:23
  once
• 2:23
  said,
• 2:23
  I
• 2:23
  feel
• 2:24
  like
• 2:24
  I've
• 2:24
  been
• 2:24
  a
• 2:25
  bird
• 2:25
  watcher
• 2:25
  all
• 2:25
  my
• 2:25
  life.
• 2:26
  And
• 2:26
  you've
• 2:26
  told
• 2:26
  me
• 2:26
  the
• 2:27
  names
• 2:27
  of
• 2:27
  the
• 2:27
  birds,
• 2:30
  but
• 2:30
  I
• 2:30
  learned
• 2:30
  from
• 2:30
  the
• 2:31
  best.
• 2:31
  Fireside
• 2:32
  Theater
• 2:32
  give
• 2:33
  you
• 2:33
  an
• 2:33
  example
• 2:33
  of
• 2:33
  that.
• 2:33
  I've
• 2:34
  heard
• 2:34
  of
• 2:34
  them.
• 2:34
  I'm
• 2:34
  sure
• 2:35
  you
• 2:35
  have.
• 2:35
  I've
• 2:35
  been
• 2:35
  thinking
• 2:35
  about
• 2:36
  this
• 2:36
  Beat
• 2:36
  the
• 2:37
  Reaper
• 2:37
  as
• 2:37
  an
• 2:37
  example.
• 2:38
  What
• 2:38
  do
• 2:39
  we
• 2:39
  have
• 2:39
  here?
• 2:39
  We
• 2:39
  have
• 2:40
  a
• 2:41
  game
• 2:41
  show
• 2:42
  mixed
• 2:43
  or
• 2:43
  conflated
• 2:44
  with
• 2:44
  a
• 2:44
  deadly
• 2:44
  disease.
• 2:45
  And
• 2:46
  so
• 2:46
  you've
• 2:46
  taken
• 2:47
  something
• 2:48
  that's
• 2:48
  comedy.
• 2:48
  Well,
• 2:49
  but
• 2:49
  it
• 2:49
  is
• 2:49
  comedy
• 2:50
  because
• 2:51
  deadly
• 2:51
  disease
• 2:51
  does
• 2:51
  not
• 2:52
  belong
• 2:52
  in
• 2:52
  a
• 2:52
  game
• 2:52
  show.
• 2:52
  It
• 2:53
  belongs
• 2:53
  in
• 2:53
  a
• 2:53
  hospital.
• 2:54
  Right.
• 2:54
  So
• 2:54
  the
• 2:55
  minute
• 2:55
  you
• 2:55
  take
• 2:55
  something
• 2:55
  out
• 2:56
  of
• 2:56
  the
• 2:56
  place
• 2:56
  it
• 2:56
  belongs
• 2:57
  and
• 2:57
  stick
• 2:57
  it
• 2:57
  into
• 2:58
  a
• 2:58
  place
• 2:58
  it
• 2:58
  doesn't
• 2:59
  belong,
• 2:59
  you're
• 3:00
  using
• 3:00
  a
• 3:00
  comic
• 3:00
  tool
• 3:01
  that
• 3:01
  I
• 3:01
  call
• 3:01
  clash
• 3:02
  of
• 3:02
  context.
• 3:02
  But
• 3:03
  mostly
• 3:03
  you're
• 3:03
  just
• 3:03
  giving
• 3:04
  yourself
• 3:04
  the
• 3:04
  opportunity
• 3:05
  to
• 3:05
  surf
• 3:06
  on
• 3:06
  the
• 3:06
  absurdity
• 3:06
  of
• 3:07
  that.
• 3:07
  Yeah.
• 3:07
  The
• 3:07
  book
• 3:08
  is
• 3:08
  a
• 3:08
  really
• 3:08
  interesting
• 3:09
  analytical
• 3:09
  approach
• 3:10
  to
• 3:10
  how
• 3:10
  you
• 3:10
  structure
• 3:11
  comedy.
• 3:11
  Yes.
• 3:11
  It
• 3:12
  was
• 3:12
  my
• 3:12
  goal
• 3:12
  to
• 3:13
  kill
• 3:13
  the
• 3:13
  frog
• 3:15
  slowly.
• 3:15
  No.
• 3:16
  You
• 3:16
  know,
• 3:16
  this
• 3:16
  expression,
• 3:17
  dissecting
• 3:18
  comedy
• 3:18
  is
• 3:18
  like.
• 3:19
  Or
• 3:19
  analyzing
• 3:20
  comedy
• 3:20
  is
• 3:20
  like
• 3:20
  dissecting
• 3:21
  a
• 3:21
  frog.
• 3:21
  You
• 3:21
  might
• 3:21
  learn
• 3:22
  a
• 3:22
  thing
• 3:22
  or
• 3:22
  two,
• 3:22
  but
• 3:23
  you're
• 3:23
  gonna
• 3:23
  kill
• 3:23
  the
• 3:23
  frog.
• 3:24
  So
• 3:26
  my
• 3:26
  whole
• 3:26
  approach
• 3:27
  is
• 3:27
  wholesale
• 3:28
  slaughter
• 3:28
  of
• 3:28
  frogs.
• 3:28
  Tow
• 3:29
  it
• 3:29
  away.
• 3:29
  One
• 3:30
  of
• 3:30
  the
• 3:30
  interesting
• 3:31
  jobs
• 3:31
  you
• 3:31
  had
• 3:31
  was
• 3:32
  to
• 3:32
  export
• 3:33
  comedy
• 3:34
  from
• 3:34
  the
• 3:34
  US
• 3:35
  and
• 3:35
  you
• 3:36
  were
• 3:36
  two
• 3:36
  other
• 3:36
  countries
• 3:37
  to
• 3:37
  other
• 3:37
  countries.
• 3:38
  You
• 3:38
  were
• 3:38
  brought
• 3:38
  in
• 3:38
  to
• 3:39
  do
• 3:39
  the
• 3:39
  Russian
• 3:39
  version
• 3:40
  of
• 3:40
  Married
• 3:40
  With
• 3:41
  Children.
• 3:41
  That's
• 3:42
  true.
• 3:42
  In
• 3:42
  2007
• 3:43
  and
• 3:43
  2008,
• 3:44
  I
• 3:44
  ran
• 3:44
  the
• 3:45
  writing
• 3:45
  staff
• 3:45
  of
• 3:45
  the
• 3:45
  Russian
• 3:46
  version
• 3:46
  of
• 3:46
  Married
• 3:46
  With
• 3:47
  Children.
• 3:47
  There's
• 3:48
  a
• 3:48
  lot
• 3:48
  to
• 3:48
  talk
• 3:48
  about
• 3:48
  here.
• 3:49
  It
• 3:49
  was
• 3:49
  a
• 3:49
  Sony
• 3:49
  project.
• 3:50
  Sony
• 3:50
  owned
• 3:50
  Married
• 3:51
  With
• 3:51
  Children.
• 3:51
  And
• 3:51
  they
• 3:51
  made
• 3:51
  a
• 3:52
  good
• 3:52
  living
• 3:52
  in
• 3:52
  those
• 3:52
  years
• 3:53
  selling
• 3:53
  their
• 3:53
  product
• 3:54
  to
• 3:54
  other
• 3:55
  countries
• 3:55
  for
• 3:55
  adaptation.
• 3:56
  Really?
• 3:56
  And
• 3:57
  then
• 3:57
  sending
• 3:57
  people
• 3:57
  like
• 3:57
  me
• 3:58
  around
• 3:58
  the
• 3:58
  world
• 3:58
  to
• 3:59
  guide
• 3:59
  writers
• 3:59
  through
• 3:59
  the
• 4:00
  adaptation.
• 4:01
  Wow.
• 4:01
  In
• 4:01
  a
• 4:02
  country
• 4:02
  or
• 4:02
  in
• 4:02
  a
• 4:03
  culture
• 4:03
  where
• 4:03
  there's
• 4:03
  not
• 4:03
  a
• 4:04
  lot
• 4:04
  of
• 4:04
  situation
• 4:04
  comedy,
• 4:05
  for
• 4:05
  example,
• 4:05
  and
• 4:06
  you
• 4:06
  showed
• 4:06
  nothing
• 4:07
  very
• 4:07
  funny.
• 4:07
  Nothing
• 4:07
  fun,
• 4:08
  really.
• 4:08
  No.
• 4:10
  In
• 4:11
  places
• 4:11
  like
• 4:11
  that,
• 4:12
  writers
• 4:12
  need
• 4:13
  to
• 4:13
  be
• 4:13
  trained.
• 4:13
  And
• 4:13
  it
• 4:14
  turns
• 4:14
  out
• 4:14
  if
• 4:14
  you
• 4:15
  give
• 4:15
  them
• 4:15
  the
• 4:16
  job
• 4:16
  of
• 4:16
  adapting
• 4:17
  existing
• 4:17
  shows
• 4:18
  based
• 4:19
  on
• 4:19
  scripts
• 4:19
  that
• 4:19
  have
• 4:20
  been
• 4:20
  well
• 4:20
  worked
• 4:20
  out
• 4:20
  and
• 4:21
  can
• 4:21
  be
• 4:21
  trusted,
• 4:21
  they
• 4:21
  can
• 4:22
  learn
• 4:22
  a
• 4:22
  lot
• 4:22
  that
• 4:23
  they
• 4:23
  can
• 4:23
  then
• 4:23
  apply
• 4:23
  to
• 4:24
  the
• 4:24
  creation
• 4:24
  of
• 4:24
  their
• 4:24
  own
• 4:25
  shows.
• 4:26
  So
• 4:26
  that
• 4:26
  was
• 4:26
  kind
• 4:26
  of
• 4:27
  the
• 4:27
  Sony
• 4:27
  model,
• 4:28
  and
• 4:28
  that's
• 4:28
  what
• 4:28
  I
• 4:28
  was
• 4:28
  doing.
• 4:29
  Exporting
• 4:30
  comedy,
• 4:30
  particularly.
• 4:31
  I
• 4:31
  mean,
• 4:31
  comedy
• 4:31
  has
• 4:31
  always
• 4:32
  been
• 4:32
  regarded
• 4:33
  as
• 4:33
  one
• 4:33
  of
• 4:33
  the
• 4:33
  hardest
• 4:34
  cultural
• 4:34
  exports
• 4:35
  because
• 4:35
  the
• 4:36
  references
• 4:36
  to
• 4:36
  comedy
• 4:37
  in
• 4:37
  one
• 4:37
  culture
• 4:38
  just
• 4:38
  do
• 4:38
  not
• 4:39
  make
• 4:39
  any
• 4:39
  sense
• 4:40
  in
• 4:40
  another
• 4:40
  culture.
• 4:41
  And
• 4:41
  wordplay
• 4:42
  as
• 4:42
  well.
• 4:42
  And
• 4:42
  God
• 4:42
  knows,
• 4:43
  Russia's
• 4:43
  so
• 4:43
  famous
• 4:44
  for
• 4:44
  being
• 4:44
  a
• 4:44
  hilarious
• 4:45
  place.
• 4:46
  So
• 4:46
  how
• 4:46
  do
• 4:46
  you
• 4:47
  take
• 4:47
  the
• 4:47
  sensibilities
• 4:48
  of
• 4:48
  something
• 4:48
  like
• 4:49
  Married
• 4:49
  with
• 4:49
  Children,
• 4:50
  which
• 4:50
  is
• 4:50
  really
• 4:51
  kind
• 4:51
  of
• 4:51
  the
• 4:51
  underbelly
• 4:52
  of
• 4:52
  American
• 4:52
  culture,
• 4:53
  in
• 4:53
  a
• 4:54
  sense,
• 4:54
  and
• 4:55
  make
• 4:55
  it
• 4:55
  work
• 4:55
  in
• 4:56
  a
• 4:56
  Russian
• 4:57
  social
• 4:57
  scape?
• 4:58
  The
• 4:58
  first
• 4:58
  thing
• 4:58
  you
• 4:59
  need
• 4:59
  to
• 4:59
  know
• 4:59
  is
• 5:00
  everywhere
• 5:00
  in
• 5:00
  the
• 5:01
  world
• 5:01
  where
• 5:01
  people
• 5:02
  know
• 5:02
  about
• 5:02
  Married
• 5:02
  With
• 5:02
  Children,
• 5:03
  they
• 5:04
  always
• 5:04
  identify
• 5:04
  with
• 5:05
  the
• 5:05
  show
• 5:05
  quite
• 5:05
  strongly.
• 5:06
  They
• 5:06
  always
• 5:06
  say
• 5:07
  that
• 5:07
  Al
• 5:07
  Bundy,
• 5:08
  he's
• 5:08
  just
• 5:08
  like
• 5:08
  us.
• 5:09
  So
• 5:09
  this
• 5:10
  tells
• 5:10
  us
• 5:10
  that
• 5:10
  the
• 5:10
  lovable
• 5:11
  loser
• 5:11
  is
• 5:11
  an
• 5:12
  archetype,
• 5:12
  and
• 5:12
  it's
• 5:13
  an
• 5:13
  archetype
• 5:13
  that
• 5:14
  transcends
• 5:14
  national
• 5:14
  borders.
• 5:15
  And
• 5:16
  especially
• 5:16
  in
• 5:17
  other
• 5:17
  countries
• 5:17
  where
• 5:17
  they
• 5:18
  have
• 5:18
  kind
• 5:18
  of
• 5:18
  a
• 5:19
  chip
• 5:19
  on
• 5:19
  their
• 5:19
  shoulder
• 5:20
  for
• 5:20
  one
• 5:20
  reason
• 5:20
  or
• 5:21
  another,
• 5:21
  this
• 5:21
  downtrodden
• 5:22
  feeling
• 5:23
  of
• 5:23
  Married
• 5:23
  with
• 5:23
  Children
• 5:23
  works
• 5:24
  quite
• 5:24
  well.
• 5:24
  Seinfeld,
• 5:25
  to
• 5:25
  give
• 5:25
  a
• 5:26
  contrary
• 5:26
  example,
• 5:27
  does
• 5:27
  not
• 5:27
  work
• 5:28
  well
• 5:28
  for
• 5:28
  adaptation
• 5:29
  because
• 5:29
  it's
• 5:29
  so
• 5:29
  idiomatic
• 5:30
  and
• 5:30
  so
• 5:31
  New
• 5:31
  York
• 5:32
  that
• 5:32
  it
• 5:32
  doesn't
• 5:32
  have
• 5:32
  the
• 5:33
  underlying
• 5:33
  emotion
• 5:34
  that
• 5:35
  makes
• 5:35
  it
• 5:35
  work
• 5:36
  universally.
• 5:37
  Now,
• 5:38
  as
• 5:38
  far
• 5:38
  as
• 5:38
  Russia's
• 5:39
  concerned,
• 5:41
  I
• 5:41
  don't
• 5:41
  even
• 5:42
  know
• 5:42
  where
• 5:42
  to
• 5:42
  begin
• 5:42
  with
• 5:42
  this.
• 5:43
  There
• 5:43
  are
• 5:43
  a
• 5:44
  lot
• 5:44
  of
• 5:44
  norms
• 5:44
  in
• 5:44
  Russia
• 5:45
  that
• 5:45
  are
• 5:45
  not
• 5:45
  my
• 5:45
  norms.
• 5:46
  And
• 5:47
  one
• 5:47
  of
• 5:47
  the
• 5:47
  things
• 5:47
  that
• 5:48
  challenged
• 5:48
  me
• 5:48
  when
• 5:48
  I
• 5:48
  was
• 5:49
  working
• 5:49
  there
• 5:49
  was
• 5:50
  they
• 5:50
  weren't
• 5:50
  afraid
• 5:51
  of
• 5:51
  slinging
• 5:52
  homophobic
• 5:52
  jokes,
• 5:53
  racist,
• 5:53
  sexist
• 5:54
  jokes.
• 5:54
  It
• 5:54
  was
• 5:54
  just
• 5:55
  the
• 5:55
  norm.
• 5:56
  I'm
• 5:56
  going
• 5:56
  to
• 5:56
  go
• 5:56
  for
• 5:56
  some
• 5:57
  Russian
• 5:57
  here.
• 5:58
  Feels
• 5:58
  so.
• 5:58
  So
• 5:59
  bear
• 5:59
  with
• 5:59
  me.
• 6:01
  One
• 6:01
  of
• 6:01
  my
• 6:01
  writers
• 6:01
  pitched
• 6:02
  a
• 6:02
  joke
• 6:02
  that
• 6:02
  was
• 6:02
  straight
• 6:02
  up
• 6:03
  homophobic.
• 6:04
  And
• 6:04
  I
• 6:04
  said,
• 6:05
  we
• 6:05
  can't
• 6:05
  do
• 6:05
  this
• 6:05
  joke.
• 6:07
  It's
• 6:07
  just.
• 6:07
  It's
• 6:08
  homophobic.
• 6:09
  What's
• 6:09
  the
• 6:09
  problem?
• 6:10
  Well,
• 6:10
  like,
• 6:10
  I'm
• 6:10
  Jewish.
• 6:11
  Would
• 6:11
  you
• 6:11
  make
• 6:11
  Jewish
• 6:12
  jokes
• 6:12
  to
• 6:12
  my
• 6:12
  face?
• 6:13
  And
• 6:13
  he
• 6:14
  said,
• 6:14
  as
• 6:14
  I'm
• 6:14
  sure
• 6:14
  you'll
• 6:15
  recognize,
• 6:15
  po
• 6:15
  che
• 6:16
  mun
• 6:16
  yet.
• 6:16
  Why
• 6:17
  not?
• 6:17
  Why
• 6:18
  not?
• 6:19
  Every
• 6:19
  culture
• 6:19
  has
• 6:20
  its
• 6:20
  own
• 6:20
  rules
• 6:21
  and
• 6:21
  its
• 6:21
  own
• 6:21
  norms.
• 6:23
  And
• 6:23
  my
• 6:23
  job
• 6:23
  is
• 6:24
  just.
• 6:24
  It's
• 6:24
  not
• 6:25
  to
• 6:25
  change
• 6:25
  the
• 6:25
  rules,
• 6:25
  but
• 6:26
  just
• 6:26
  to
• 6:26
  understand
• 6:26
  the
• 6:26
  rules
• 6:27
  and
• 6:27
  how
• 6:27
  to
• 6:27
  work
• 6:28
  within
• 6:28
  them.
• 6:28
  With
• 6:29
  the
• 6:29
  Russians,
• 6:29
  it
• 6:29
  was
• 6:30
  a
• 6:30
  particular
• 6:30
  challenge
• 6:31
  because
• 6:31
  the
• 6:32
  way
• 6:32
  that
• 6:32
  culture
• 6:32
  was
• 6:32
  built
• 6:33
  in
• 6:33
  the
• 6:33
  Communist
• 6:34
  times,
• 6:34
  there's
• 6:34
  no
• 6:35
  real
• 6:35
  reward
• 6:36
  for
• 6:36
  doing
• 6:37
  more
• 6:37
  than
• 6:37
  you
• 6:37
  have
• 6:37
  to
• 6:38
  do.
• 6:39
  And
• 6:39
  so
• 6:39
  I
• 6:39
  had
• 6:39
  writers
• 6:40
  who
• 6:40
  would
• 6:40
  come
• 6:40
  to
• 6:40
  me
• 6:41
  on
• 6:42
  a
• 6:42
  daily
• 6:42
  basis.
• 6:43
  They'd
• 6:43
  pitch
• 6:43
  me
• 6:43
  a
• 6:44
  joke,
• 6:44
  and
• 6:44
  I
• 6:44
  would
• 6:44
  say,
• 6:45
  I
• 6:45
  don't
• 6:45
  think
• 6:45
  that's
• 6:45
  a
• 6:46
  very
• 6:46
  funny
• 6:46
  joke.
• 6:47
  And
• 6:47
  they
• 6:47
  say,
• 6:47
  but
• 6:48
  it's
• 6:48
  funny
• 6:48
  in
• 6:48
  Russian.
• 6:50
  And
• 6:50
  at
• 6:50
  that
• 6:51
  point,
• 6:51
  I
• 6:51
  have
• 6:51
  three
• 6:52
  alternatives
• 6:53
  in
• 6:53
  front
• 6:53
  of
• 6:53
  me.
• 6:54
  One
• 6:54
  is,
• 6:55
  it's
• 6:55
  Legitimately
• 6:56
  funny
• 6:56
  in
• 6:56
  Russian.
• 6:57
  And
• 6:57
  I
• 6:57
  don't
• 6:57
  have
• 6:57
  the
• 6:58
  cultural
• 6:58
  context
• 6:58
  to
• 6:59
  get
• 6:59
  the
• 6:59
  joke.
• 6:59
  That's
• 7:00
  a
• 7:00
  possibility.
• 7:00
  The
• 7:01
  other
• 7:01
  is
• 7:01
  it's
• 7:01
  funny
• 7:02
  in
• 7:02
  Russian
• 7:02
  but
• 7:02
  it's
• 7:02
  lost
• 7:03
  in
• 7:03
  translation
• 7:03
  because
• 7:04
  this
• 7:04
  is
• 7:04
  all
• 7:04
  being
• 7:04
  done
• 7:05
  through
• 7:05
  translation.
• 7:06
  But
• 7:06
  the
• 7:07
  third
• 7:07
  possibility
• 7:07
  is
• 7:08
  it's
• 7:08
  not
• 7:08
  funny.
• 7:09
  The
• 7:09
  writer
• 7:09
  knows
• 7:10
  it's
• 7:10
  not
• 7:10
  funny
• 7:11
  and
• 7:11
  the
• 7:11
  writer
• 7:11
  is
• 7:12
  too
• 7:12
  lazy
• 7:12
  or
• 7:12
  scared
• 7:13
  to
• 7:13
  change
• 7:13
  it.
• 7:14
  And
• 7:14
  so
• 7:14
  then
• 7:15
  they
• 7:15
  hide
• 7:15
  behind
• 7:16
  what
• 7:16
  is
• 7:16
  funny
• 7:16
  in
• 7:17
  Russian.
• 7:17
  So
• 7:18
  my
• 7:18
  job
• 7:18
  as
• 7:18
  a
• 7:18
  consultant
• 7:19
  and
• 7:19
  a
• 7:19
  little
• 7:19
  bit
• 7:19
  of
• 7:19
  a
• 7:19
  psychologist
• 7:20
  is
• 7:21
  to
• 7:21
  figure
• 7:21
  out
• 7:21
  where
• 7:21
  is
• 7:22
  this
• 7:22
  writer
• 7:22
  at?
• 7:23
  How
• 7:23
  did
• 7:23
  you
• 7:24
  do
• 7:24
  that?
• 7:24
  Just
• 7:25
  got
• 7:25
  to
• 7:25
  know
• 7:25
  him.
• 7:26
  Drank
• 7:26
  a
• 7:26
  lot
• 7:26
  of
• 7:26
  vodka
• 7:29
  in
• 7:30
  Russia.
• 7:30
  I
• 7:30
  had
• 7:30
  more
• 7:30
  screaming
• 7:31
  arguments
• 7:32
  with
• 7:32
  writers
• 7:32
  than
• 7:33
  in
• 7:33
  any
• 7:33
  other
• 7:33
  place
• 7:33
  I've
• 7:34
  ever
• 7:34
  worked
• 7:34
  in
• 7:34
  the
• 7:34
  world.
• 7:35
  And
• 7:35
  always
• 7:35
  through
• 7:36
  translator.
• 7:37
  So
• 7:38
  that
• 7:38
  would
• 7:38
  be
• 7:38
  funny.
• 7:39
  My
• 7:40
  particular
• 7:40
  interpreter
• 7:41
  was
• 7:41
  maybe
• 7:41
  21,
• 7:42
  22
• 7:42
  years
• 7:42
  old,
• 7:43
  charming
• 7:43
  young
• 7:44
  lady,
• 7:44
  just
• 7:44
  out
• 7:44
  of
• 7:44
  language
• 7:45
  school.
• 7:46
  And
• 7:47
  she
• 7:47
  got
• 7:48
  a
• 7:48
  look
• 7:48
  at
• 7:48
  my
• 7:49
  psyche
• 7:50
  that
• 7:50
  nobody
• 7:51
  else
• 7:51
  in
• 7:51
  the
• 7:51
  world
• 7:51
  has.
• 7:52
  As
• 7:52
  I
• 7:52
  just
• 7:52
  tried
• 7:53
  to
• 7:53
  get
• 7:53
  through
• 7:53
  to
• 7:53
  these
• 7:54
  Russians.
• 7:54
  You
• 7:54
  can
• 7:55
  do
• 7:55
  more
• 7:55
  than
• 7:55
  the
• 7:55
  least
• 7:56
  you
• 7:56
  can
• 7:56
  do
• 7:56
  there.
• 7:57
  Yeah,
• 7:57
  they're
• 7:58
  never
• 7:58
  going
• 7:58
  to
• 7:58
  pay
• 7:58
  you.
• 7:59
  There's
• 7:59
  no
• 8:00
  reward
• 8:00
  for
• 8:00
  it
• 8:00
  except
• 8:00
  the
• 8:01
  reward
• 8:01
  that
• 8:01
  comes
• 8:01
  within.
• 8:02
  So
• 8:02
  if
• 8:03
  you
• 8:04
  give
• 8:04
  this
• 8:04
  job
• 8:05
  more
• 8:05
  than
• 8:05
  this
• 8:05
  job
• 8:06
  requires,
• 8:06
  it's
• 8:06
  going
• 8:07
  to
• 8:07
  pay
• 8:07
  dividends
• 8:07
  to
• 8:07
  you
• 8:08
  as
• 8:08
  a
• 8:08
  creative
• 8:08
  person
• 8:09
  your
• 8:09
  whole
• 8:09
  life
• 8:09
  long.
• 8:10
  But
• 8:10
  it
• 8:10
  starts
• 8:11
  with
• 8:12
  being
• 8:12
  clear
• 8:13
  eyed
• 8:13
  enough
• 8:13
  to
• 8:13
  look
• 8:14
  down
• 8:14
  the
• 8:14
  barrel
• 8:14
  of
• 8:14
  a
• 8:14
  joke
• 8:15
  and
• 8:15
  say,
• 8:15
  this
• 8:15
  isn't
• 8:15
  funny,
• 8:16
  I
• 8:16
  can
• 8:16
  do
• 8:16
  better.
• 8:17
  When
• 8:17
  you
• 8:17
  say
• 8:17
  they're
• 8:18
  not
• 8:18
  doing
• 8:18
  it
• 8:18
  for
• 8:18
  money,
• 8:19
  it's
• 8:19
  not
• 8:20
  like
• 8:20
  a
• 8:20
  Hollywood
• 8:20
  situation.
• 8:21
  I
• 8:21
  mean
• 8:22
  the
• 8:22
  money
• 8:22
  that
• 8:22
  they're
• 8:22
  getting
• 8:23
  is
• 8:23
  not
• 8:23
  Hollywood
• 8:24
  money,
• 8:24
  let's
• 8:24
  put
• 8:24
  it
• 8:25
  that
• 8:25
  way.
• 8:25
  But
• 8:25
  people
• 8:26
  in
• 8:26
  Hollywood
• 8:26
  aren't
• 8:26
  getting
• 8:27
  Hollywood
• 8:27
  money
• 8:27
  anymore.
• 8:28
  That's
• 8:29
  true
• 8:29
  too.
• 8:30
  As
• 8:30
  my
• 8:30
  17
• 8:31
  cent
• 8:31
  residual
• 8:31
  checks.
• 8:33
  Were
• 8:33
  there
• 8:33
  any
• 8:33
  Jewish
• 8:34
  writers?
• 8:35
  Yeah,
• 8:36
  yeah.
• 8:36
  Were
• 8:36
  they
• 8:37
  funny?
• 8:38
  Oppressed
• 8:38
  people
• 8:38
  are
• 8:39
  always
• 8:39
  funny
• 8:39
  because
• 8:39
  humor
• 8:40
  is
• 8:40
  a
• 8:40
  defense
• 8:40
  mechanism.
• 8:41
  There
• 8:41
  you
• 8:41
  go,
• 8:41
  there
• 8:42
  you
• 8:42
  go.
• 8:42
  That's
• 8:42
  why
• 8:42
  the
• 8:42
  Jews
• 8:43
  and
• 8:43
  Irish
• 8:43
  are
• 8:44
  funny
• 8:44
  and
• 8:44
  Germans
• 8:44
  are
• 8:45
  not.
• 8:46
  Can
• 8:47
  I
• 8:47
  tell
• 8:47
  you,
• 8:47
  can
• 8:47
  I
• 8:47
  tell
• 8:47
  you
• 8:48
  a
• 8:48
  funny
• 8:48
  German?
• 8:49
  Can
• 8:50
  you
• 8:50
  tell
• 8:50
  me
• 8:50
  a
• 8:50
  funny
• 8:51
  German
• 8:51
  joke?
• 8:51
  I
• 8:52
  don't
• 8:52
  think
• 8:52
  so.
• 8:52
  This
• 8:52
  is
• 8:53
  German.
• 8:53
  Back
• 8:53
  to
• 8:53
  Swiss.
• 8:54
  I'm
• 8:54
  going
• 8:54
  to
• 8:54
  mock
• 8:54
  both
• 8:54
  of
• 8:54
  these.
• 8:55
  Okay.
• 8:56
  So
• 8:56
  the
• 8:57
  first
• 8:57
  time
• 8:57
  I
• 8:57
  went
• 8:57
  to
• 8:57
  teach
• 8:57
  comedy
• 8:58
  writing
• 8:58
  in
• 8:58
  Germany,
• 8:59
  I
• 9:00
  sat
• 9:00
  down
• 9:00
  around
• 9:00
  table
• 9:01
  with
• 9:01
  a
• 9:01
  group
• 9:01
  of
• 9:01
  writers
• 9:01
  and
• 9:02
  I
• 9:02
  said,
• 9:02
  hey,
• 9:02
  you
• 9:02
  know,
• 9:02
  my,
• 9:03
  my
• 9:03
  friends,
• 9:03
  I
• 9:04
  told
• 9:04
  all
• 9:04
  my
• 9:04
  friends
• 9:04
  in
• 9:04
  Hollywood
• 9:05
  I
• 9:05
  was
• 9:05
  coming
• 9:05
  to
• 9:05
  Germany
• 9:06
  to
• 9:06
  teach
• 9:06
  comedy
• 9:06
  writing.
• 9:07
  They
• 9:07
  all
• 9:07
  thought
• 9:07
  that
• 9:07
  was
• 9:07
  pretty
• 9:08
  funny.
• 9:09
  Kl
• 9:09
  Klaas
• 9:09
  got
• 9:09
  a
• 9:09
  good
• 9:09
  laugh
• 9:10
  out
• 9:10
  of
• 9:10
  it.
• 9:10
  But
• 9:10
  this
• 9:10
  one
• 9:11
  kid
• 9:11
  leans
• 9:11
  forward,
• 9:12
  he
• 9:12
  puts
• 9:12
  his
• 9:12
  hands
• 9:12
  on
• 9:12
  the
• 9:13
  table.
• 9:13
  He
• 9:13
  says,
• 9:13
  these
• 9:14
  friends
• 9:14
  of
• 9:14
  yours,
• 9:14
  tell
• 9:15
  us
• 9:15
  their
• 9:15
  names.
• 9:18
  No,
• 9:18
  but
• 9:18
  he
• 9:18
  got
• 9:18
  it.
• 9:18
  He
• 9:19
  got
• 9:19
  it
• 9:19
  because
• 9:19
  comedy
• 9:20
  is
• 9:20
  truth
• 9:20
  and
• 9:20
  pain.
• 9:21
  And
• 9:21
  the
• 9:21
  truth
• 9:21
  and
• 9:21
  pain
• 9:22
  of
• 9:22
  that
• 9:22
  kid
• 9:22
  in
• 9:22
  that
• 9:23
  moment
• 9:23
  was
• 9:23
  he
• 9:24
  is
• 9:24
  tarred
• 9:24
  with
• 9:25
  Germany's
• 9:25
  past.
• 9:26
  And
• 9:26
  so
• 9:26
  the
• 9:26
  joke
• 9:27
  is
• 9:27
  a
• 9:27
  nod
• 9:28
  to
• 9:28
  the.
• 9:29
  The
• 9:29
  truth.
• 9:29
  Germany
• 9:30
  has
• 9:30
  a
• 9:30
  bad
• 9:30
  past.
• 9:31
  And
• 9:31
  the
• 9:31
  pain.
• 9:31
  I'm
• 9:32
  responsible
• 9:32
  for
• 9:32
  it,
• 9:32
  even
• 9:33
  though
• 9:33
  I'm
• 9:33
  not
• 9:33
  responsible
• 9:33
  for
• 9:33
  it.
• 9:34
  There's
• 9:34
  a
• 9:34
  classic
• 9:35
  story.
• 9:36
  They
• 9:37
  have
• 9:37
  a
• 9:37
  German
• 9:37
  magazine
• 9:38
  that
• 9:38
  came
• 9:38
  out
• 9:39
  after
• 9:39
  the
• 9:39
  war,
• 9:40
  and
• 9:40
  it's
• 9:40
  called
• 9:41
  Pardon,
• 9:43
  Pardon.
• 9:43
  The
• 9:44
  whole
• 9:44
  idea
• 9:44
  being,
• 9:45
  oh,
• 9:45
  excuse
• 9:46
  me,
• 9:47
  We
• 9:48
  Killed
• 9:48
  Some
• 9:48
  Jews.
• 9:49
  So
• 9:51
  really,
• 9:51
  it
• 9:51
  was
• 9:52
  that
• 9:52
  attitude
• 9:53
  toward
• 9:54
  comedy.
• 9:55
  I
• 9:55
  did
• 9:55
  an
• 9:55
  adaptation
• 9:56
  of
• 9:56
  the
• 9:56
  Golden
• 9:56
  Girls
• 9:57
  in
• 9:57
  Israel,
• 9:57
  and
• 9:58
  they
• 9:58
  took
• 9:58
  the
• 9:59
  old.
• 10:00
  The
• 10:00
  grandmother
• 10:00
  character
• 10:01
  and
• 10:01
  made
• 10:02
  her
• 10:02
  a
• 10:02
  Holocaust
• 10:03
  survivor.
• 10:03
  Yeah,
• 10:04
  yeah.
• 10:04
  And
• 10:05
  I
• 10:05
  said,
• 10:05
  how
• 10:05
  are
• 10:05
  you
• 10:06
  going
• 10:06
  to
• 10:06
  make
• 10:06
  the
• 10:06
  Holocaust
• 10:06
  funny?
• 10:07
  And
• 10:07
  I
• 10:07
  said,
• 10:07
  read
• 10:07
  this.
• 10:08
  And
• 10:08
  the
• 10:08
  joke
• 10:08
  was,
• 10:08
  they
• 10:09
  say
• 10:09
  to
• 10:09
  this
• 10:09
  old
• 10:09
  lady,
• 10:10
  grandma,
• 10:10
  is
• 10:10
  it
• 10:10
  true
• 10:10
  that
• 10:11
  you
• 10:11
  killed
• 10:11
  Nazis
• 10:12
  during
• 10:12
  the
• 10:12
  war?
• 10:12
  And
• 10:13
  she
• 10:13
  says,
• 10:13
  what?
• 10:13
  They
• 10:14
  started
• 10:14
  it.
• 10:17
  Do
• 10:17
  they
• 10:17
  have
• 10:18
  audience.
• 10:18
  Cannes
• 10:18
  laughter
• 10:19
  in
• 10:19
  each
• 10:19
  of
• 10:19
  these
• 10:19
  cultures?
• 10:20
  And
• 10:20
  does
• 10:21
  the
• 10:21
  Cannes
• 10:21
  laughter
• 10:21
  have
• 10:21
  accents?
• 10:22
  Yeah.
• 10:22
  Canned
• 10:22
  laughter
• 10:23
  is
• 10:23
  universally
• 10:23
  reviled
• 10:24
  around
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  world.
• 10:24
  They
• 10:25
  think
• 10:25
  it's
• 10:25
  forced
• 10:25
  and
• 10:26
  phony.
• 10:27
  Almost
• 10:27
  nobody
• 10:27
  likes
• 10:27
  it,
• 10:28
  but
• 10:28
  we
• 10:28
  know
• 10:28
  there's
• 10:28
  a
• 10:29
  physiological
• 10:29
  reason
• 10:29
  for
• 10:30
  it.
• 10:30
  People
• 10:30
  are
• 10:31
  more
• 10:31
  likely
• 10:31
  to
• 10:31
  laugh
• 10:31
  out
• 10:32
  loud
• 10:32
  if
• 10:32
  they
• 10:32
  hear
• 10:32
  other
• 10:33
  people
• 10:33
  laughing.
• 10:33
  That's
• 10:34
  right.
• 10:34
  That's
• 10:34
  right.
• 10:35
  I
• 10:35
  made
• 10:35
  a
• 10:35
  pilot
• 10:36
  in
• 10:36
  Romania
• 10:36
  like
• 10:37
  you
• 10:37
  do,
• 10:38
  and
• 10:38
  they
• 10:39
  didn't
• 10:39
  have
• 10:39
  a
• 10:40
  tradition
• 10:41
  of
• 10:41
  audiences.
• 10:43
  They
• 10:43
  went
• 10:43
  out
• 10:43
  on
• 10:44
  the
• 10:44
  street
• 10:44
  and
• 10:44
  just
• 10:44
  basically
• 10:45
  rounded
• 10:46
  up
• 10:46
  everyone
• 10:46
  they
• 10:46
  could
• 10:47
  find
• 10:47
  and
• 10:47
  said,
• 10:47
  we're
• 10:47
  going
• 10:47
  to
• 10:47
  pay
• 10:48
  you
• 10:48
  $5
• 10:48
  to
• 10:48
  sit
• 10:48
  in
• 10:49
  a
• 10:49
  room,
• 10:49
  watch
• 10:50
  this,
• 10:51
  and
• 10:51
  then
• 10:51
  laugh
• 10:52
  at
• 10:52
  it.
• 10:52
  But
• 10:53
  the
• 10:53
  production
• 10:54
  scheme
• 10:54
  was
• 10:55
  so
• 10:56
  narrow,
• 10:56
  let's
• 10:56
  say
• 10:57
  that
• 10:57
  they
• 10:57
  couldn't
• 10:57
  put
• 10:58
  the
• 10:58
  audience
• 10:58
  in
• 10:58
  the
• 10:59
  same
• 10:59
  room
• 10:59
  as
• 10:59
  the
• 10:59
  sets.
• 11:01
  So
• 11:01
  they
• 11:01
  ran
• 11:02
  a
• 11:02
  long
• 11:02
  cable
• 11:03
  from
• 11:04
  the
• 11:04
  sets
• 11:05
  down
• 11:05
  the
• 11:05
  hall
• 11:05
  to
• 11:06
  a
• 11:06
  room
• 11:06
  to
• 11:06
  a
• 11:06
  TV
• 11:07
  monitor,
• 11:07
  and
• 11:08
  the
• 11:08
  audience
• 11:08
  watched
• 11:09
  there
• 11:09
  and
• 11:09
  they
• 11:09
  mic'd
• 11:10
  them
• 11:10
  there.
• 11:10
  Yeah.
• 11:11
  Talk
• 11:11
  about
• 11:11
  separating
• 11:12
  people
• 11:12
  from
• 11:12
  the
• 11:12
  energy.
• 11:13
  Exactly.
• 11:14
  Wow.
• 11:14
  How'd
• 11:14
  that
• 11:14
  go?
• 11:15
  I
• 11:15
  was
• 11:15
  fine.
• 11:15
  Yeah.
• 11:16
  Yeah,
• 11:16
  I
• 11:16
  was
• 11:16
  fine.
• 11:16
  They
• 11:17
  didn't
• 11:17
  know
• 11:17
  any
• 11:17
  better.
• 11:17
  I
• 11:17
  mean,
• 11:18
  it
• 11:18
  was
• 11:19
  bootstrap
• 11:19
  kind
• 11:19
  of
• 11:20
  thing
• 11:20
  the
• 11:20
  studio
• 11:20
  really
• 11:20
  wasn't
• 11:21
  equipped
• 11:21
  with
• 11:22
  for
• 11:22
  what
• 11:22
  we
• 11:22
  were
• 11:22
  trying
• 11:22
  to
• 11:22
  do,
• 11:23
  so
• 11:23
  we
• 11:23
  just
• 11:23
  had
• 11:23
  to
• 11:23
  make
• 11:23
  a
• 11:24
  workaround
• 11:24
  for
• 11:24
  it.
• 11:25
  And
• 11:25
  nor
• 11:25
  did
• 11:25
  the
• 11:25
  actors
• 11:26
  expect
• 11:26
  audience
• 11:27
  participation
• 11:27
  because
• 11:28
  they'd
• 11:28
  never
• 11:28
  encountered.
• 11:28
  So
• 11:29
  what
• 11:29
  kind.
• 11:29
  These
• 11:29
  are
• 11:29
  interesting
• 11:30
  jobs.
• 11:30
  How
• 11:30
  long
• 11:30
  are
• 11:30
  you
• 11:30
  in
• 11:31
  for
• 11:31
  these
• 11:31
  gigs?
• 11:32
  I
• 11:32
  spent
• 11:32
  two
• 11:33
  winters
• 11:33
  in
• 11:34
  Russia.
• 11:34
  Oh,
• 11:34
  how.
• 11:35
  Two
• 11:35
  winters
• 11:35
  in
• 11:35
  Moscow.
• 11:36
  You
• 11:36
  know
• 11:36
  the
• 11:36
  expression
• 11:37
  winter
• 11:37
  wonderland?
• 11:38
  Yeah.
• 11:38
  It's
• 11:38
  just
• 11:38
  like
• 11:39
  that,
• 11:39
  but
• 11:39
  without
• 11:39
  the
• 11:39
  wonderland.
• 11:40
  Right.
• 11:42
  Harsh.
• 11:43
  Yep.
• 11:43
  I
• 11:43
  Was
• 11:43
  in
• 11:43
  Romania
• 11:44
  for
• 11:44
  four
• 11:44
  or
• 11:45
  five
• 11:45
  months.
• 11:45
  I
• 11:45
  did
• 11:45
  a
• 11:46
  six
• 11:46
  months
• 11:46
  in
• 11:46
  Australia,
• 11:48
  back
• 11:48
  and
• 11:48
  forth
• 11:49
  to
• 11:49
  New
• 11:49
  Zealand
• 11:49
  a
• 11:50
  bunch
• 11:50
  of
• 11:50
  times.
• 11:50
  And
• 11:50
  I
• 11:50
  made
• 11:50
  two
• 11:51
  shows
• 11:51
  in
• 11:51
  Nicaragua,
• 11:52
  where
• 11:52
  I
• 11:52
  was
• 11:52
  back
• 11:53
  and
• 11:53
  forth
• 11:53
  to
• 11:53
  Nicaragua
• 11:54
  a
• 11:54
  lot
• 11:54
  over
• 11:54
  the
• 11:54
  years.
• 11:55
  It's
• 11:55
  not
• 11:55
  necessary
• 11:56
  for
• 11:56
  me
• 11:56
  to
• 11:56
  stay.
• 11:57
  I
• 11:57
  love
• 11:57
  to
• 11:57
  stay.
• 11:57
  I
• 11:57
  love
• 11:58
  going
• 11:58
  to
• 11:58
  place,
• 11:58
  being
• 11:59
  in
• 11:59
  a
• 11:59
  place
• 11:59
  because
• 11:59
  it's
• 12:00
  so
• 12:00
  enriching
• 12:00
  for
• 12:00
  me.
• 12:01
  But
• 12:02
  a
• 12:02
  lot
• 12:02
  of
• 12:02
  the
• 12:02
  work
• 12:03
  that
• 12:03
  I
• 12:03
  do,
• 12:04
  I
• 12:04
  like
• 12:04
  to
• 12:04
  go
• 12:05
  in
• 12:05
  there
• 12:05
  and
• 12:05
  kind
• 12:05
  of
• 12:05
  plant
• 12:06
  the
• 12:06
  seeds.
• 12:06
  And
• 12:06
  then
• 12:06
  I
• 12:06
  can
• 12:07
  go
• 12:07
  home
• 12:07
  and
• 12:07
  do
• 12:07
  a
• 12:08
  lot
• 12:08
  of
• 12:08
  distance
• 12:08
  consulting,
• 12:09
  you
• 12:09
  know,
• 12:09
  edit
• 12:10
  scripts
• 12:10
  or
• 12:10
  stories
• 12:10
  and
• 12:11
  send
• 12:11
  them
• 12:11
  fascinating.
• 12:12
  Then
• 12:12
  drop
• 12:12
  in
• 12:12
  again
• 12:12
  and
• 12:13
  give
• 12:13
  them
• 12:13
  another
• 12:13
  jolt
• 12:14
  of
• 12:14
  energy.
• 12:14
  Did
• 12:15
  these
• 12:15
  separate
• 12:15
  cultures
• 12:15
  inform
• 12:16
  your
• 12:16
  comedic
• 12:17
  sensibilities
• 12:17
  so
• 12:18
  much?
• 12:18
  Because
• 12:19
  I
• 12:19
  realized,
• 12:19
  first
• 12:20
  of
• 12:20
  all,
• 12:20
  I
• 12:20
  never
• 12:20
  wanted
• 12:21
  to
• 12:21
  teach
• 12:21
  the
• 12:21
  American
• 12:22
  method.
• 12:22
  I
• 12:22
  don't
• 12:22
  know
• 12:22
  what
• 12:23
  the
• 12:23
  American
• 12:23
  method
• 12:24
  is
• 12:24
  necessarily,
• 12:25
  but
• 12:25
  I
• 12:25
  never
• 12:25
  wanted
• 12:25
  to
• 12:26
  be
• 12:26
  that
• 12:26
  kind
• 12:26
  of
• 12:26
  cultural
• 12:26
  imperialist.
• 12:27
  And
• 12:27
  so
• 12:28
  I
• 12:28
  was
• 12:28
  always
• 12:28
  at
• 12:28
  pains
• 12:28
  to
• 12:29
  point
• 12:29
  out,
• 12:29
  I'm
• 12:29
  not
• 12:29
  here
• 12:29
  to
• 12:30
  teach
• 12:30
  you
• 12:30
  how
• 12:30
  to
• 12:30
  do
• 12:30
  it
• 12:30
  like
• 12:31
  I
• 12:31
  do
• 12:31
  it.
• 12:31
  I'm
• 12:31
  here
• 12:31
  to
• 12:31
  help
• 12:31
  you
• 12:32
  figure
• 12:32
  out
• 12:32
  how
• 12:32
  to
• 12:32
  do
• 12:32
  it
• 12:33
  the
• 12:33
  best
• 12:33
  way
• 12:34
  that's
• 12:34
  right
• 12:34
  for
• 12:34
  you
• 12:34
  in
• 12:34
  its
• 12:35
  own
• 12:35
  culture.
• 12:36
  A
• 12:36
  comedic
• 12:36
  imperialist.
• 12:37
  I
• 12:38
  am
• 12:38
  an
• 12:38
  anti
• 12:38
  imperialist.
• 12:39
  Yeah,
• 12:39
  yeah.
• 12:40
  I'm
• 12:40
  a
• 12:40
  comedic
• 12:41
  anarchist.
• 12:42
  Yeah.
• 12:44
  Punchline
• 12:45
  before
• 12:45
  the
• 12:45
  setup.
• 12:46
  Let's
• 12:46
  try
• 12:46
  that.
• 12:47
  Blow
• 12:47
  their
• 12:48
  minds.
• 12:49
  But
• 12:49
  I
• 12:49
  learned
• 12:50
  that
• 12:50
  you
• 12:50
  can
• 12:51
  get
• 12:51
  a
• 12:51
  lot
• 12:51
  of
• 12:51
  information
• 12:52
  about
• 12:52
  culture
• 12:53
  just
• 12:54
  by
• 12:54
  listening
• 12:54
  to
• 12:54
  the
• 12:55
  jokes.
• 12:55
  And
• 12:55
  I
• 12:56
  do
• 12:56
  this
• 12:56
  a
• 12:56
  lot
• 12:56
  with
• 12:56
  classes.
• 12:57
  I
• 12:57
  just
• 12:57
  say,
• 12:57
  what
• 12:58
  are
• 12:58
  your
• 12:58
  jokes?
• 12:58
  Who
• 12:59
  do
• 12:59
  you
• 12:59
  tell
• 12:59
  jokes
• 12:59
  about?
• 13:00
  A
• 13:00
  lot
• 13:00
  of
• 13:00
  the
• 13:00
  jokes
• 13:01
  that
• 13:01
  you
• 13:01
  encounter
• 13:02
  are
• 13:02
  what
• 13:03
  we
• 13:03
  used
• 13:03
  to
• 13:03
  call
• 13:04
  Polish
• 13:04
  jokes.
• 13:04
  Not
• 13:05
  because
• 13:05
  of
• 13:05
  Polish
• 13:06
  people
• 13:06
  necessarily.
• 13:07
  In
• 13:07
  front
• 13:07
  of
• 13:07
  someone
• 13:08
  who
• 13:08
  is
• 13:08
  someone
• 13:08
  who
• 13:08
  is
• 13:09
  other
• 13:09
  than
• 13:09
  you,
• 13:10
  here's
• 13:10
  a
• 13:10
  joke
• 13:11
  for
• 13:11
  you.
• 13:11
  I
• 13:11
  learned
• 13:11
  this
• 13:11
  one
• 13:11
  in
• 13:12
  Nicaragua.
• 13:12
  It
• 13:12
  turns
• 13:12
  out
• 13:13
  that
• 13:13
  all
• 13:13
  over
• 13:13
  South
• 13:13
  America
• 13:14
  they
• 13:14
  tell
• 13:14
  tell
• 13:14
  the
• 13:14
  following
• 13:15
  joke.
• 13:15
  How
• 13:16
  did
• 13:16
  the
• 13:16
  Argentinian
• 13:17
  commit
• 13:17
  suicide?
• 13:19
  He
• 13:19
  climbed
• 13:20
  to
• 13:20
  the
• 13:20
  top
• 13:20
  of
• 13:20
  his
• 13:21
  ego
• 13:21
  and
• 13:21
  jumped
• 13:22
  off.
• 13:23
  The
• 13:24
  fall.
• 13:24
  Did
• 13:24
  not
• 13:24
  kill
• 13:25
  him.
• 13:25
  He
• 13:26
  died
• 13:26
  of
• 13:26
  starvation
• 13:27
  on
• 13:27
  the
• 13:27
  way
• 13:27
  down.
• 13:29
  So
• 13:30
  what's
• 13:30
  the
• 13:30
  piece
• 13:30
  of
• 13:30
  cultural
• 13:31
  information
• 13:31
  we
• 13:31
  extract
• 13:32
  from
• 13:32
  this?
• 13:32
  Again?
• 13:33
  Comic
• 13:33
  rule.
• 13:34
  The
• 13:34
  fundamental
• 13:34
  rule
• 13:34
  of
• 13:34
  comedy
• 13:35
  is
• 13:35
  truth
• 13:35
  and
• 13:35
  pain.
• 13:36
  So
• 13:36
  for
• 13:36
  people
• 13:36
  all
• 13:37
  over
• 13:37
  South
• 13:37
  America,
• 13:38
  the
• 13:38
  truth
• 13:38
  is
• 13:38
  Argentinians
• 13:39
  think
• 13:39
  they're
• 13:40
  better
• 13:40
  than
• 13:40
  us.
• 13:40
  And
• 13:41
  the
• 13:41
  pain
• 13:41
  is.
• 13:41
  There's
• 13:41
  nothing
• 13:42
  we
• 13:42
  can
• 13:42
  do
• 13:42
  about
• 13:42
  it
• 13:43
  except
• 13:43
  tell
• 13:43
  jokes.
• 13:44
  So
• 13:45
  I
• 13:45
  hearing
• 13:45
  this
• 13:46
  joke,
• 13:46
  I
• 13:46
  get
• 13:46
  a
• 13:46
  lot
• 13:47
  of
• 13:47
  information
• 13:47
  about
• 13:47
  how
• 13:47
  Argentinians
• 13:48
  are
• 13:48
  regarded
• 13:49
  by
• 13:49
  themselves
• 13:50
  and
• 13:50
  by
• 13:50
  other
• 13:50
  people.
• 13:51
  Now
• 13:51
  when
• 13:51
  I
• 13:51
  say
• 13:52
  truth
• 13:52
  and
• 13:52
  pain,
• 13:52
  it's
• 13:52
  not
• 13:52
  objective
• 13:53
  truth.
• 13:53
  It's
• 13:53
  not
• 13:54
  like
• 13:54
  reality.
• 13:55
  It's
• 13:55
  a
• 13:55
  commonly
• 13:56
  held
• 13:56
  understanding.
• 13:57
  Those
• 13:57
  People
• 13:57
  are
• 13:57
  stupid
• 13:58
  and
• 13:58
  we
• 13:58
  suffer.
• 13:58
  That's
• 13:59
  right.
• 13:59
  So
• 13:59
  comedy
• 13:59
  is
• 14:00
  a
• 14:00
  cultural
• 14:00
  shorthand.
• 14:01
  Sure.
• 14:02
  Yeah.
• 14:02
  In
• 14:03
  South
• 14:03
  Africa.
• 14:03
  I
• 14:04
  know
• 14:04
  you
• 14:04
  did
• 14:04
  some
• 14:05
  work
• 14:05
  there.
• 14:05
  Yeah,
• 14:05
  I
• 14:05
  was
• 14:06
  there
• 14:06
  last
• 14:06
  year.
• 14:06
  Well,
• 14:07
  they
• 14:07
  have
• 14:07
  Van
• 14:07
  der
• 14:07
  Meuven
• 14:08
  jokes.
• 14:09
  Have
• 14:09
  you
• 14:09
  heard
• 14:09
  any
• 14:10
  jokes?
• 14:11
  I
• 14:11
  roomed
• 14:12
  with
• 14:12
  Birgit
• 14:13
  Roberts,
• 14:13
  a
• 14:14
  South
• 14:14
  African,
• 14:14
  when
• 14:15
  I
• 14:15
  was
• 14:15
  at
• 14:15
  Yale
• 14:15
  and
• 14:16
  Nicholas
• 14:16
  Van
• 14:17
  der
• 14:17
  Meuven
• 14:18
  was
• 14:18
  down
• 14:19
  the
• 14:19
  hallway.
• 14:19
  It's
• 14:20
  a
• 14:20
  very
• 14:20
  common
• 14:20
  name.
• 14:21
  And
• 14:21
  so
• 14:22
  there
• 14:22
  are.
• 14:23
  Obviously,
• 14:24
  there's
• 14:24
  so
• 14:24
  many
• 14:24
  of
• 14:24
  them,
• 14:25
  there's
• 14:25
  bound
• 14:25
  to
• 14:26
  be
• 14:26
  a
• 14:26
  lot
• 14:26
  of
• 14:26
  stupid
• 14:27
  Vandemervas.
• 14:28
  So
• 14:28
  they
• 14:28
  became
• 14:28
  the
• 14:29
  butt
• 14:29
  of
• 14:29
  the
• 14:29
  joke.
• 14:29
  Of
• 14:30
  course,
• 14:30
  Nicholas
• 14:30
  Van
• 14:31
  der
• 14:31
  Merven
• 14:31
  became
• 14:31
  an
• 14:32
  atomic
• 14:32
  scientist
• 14:33
  and
• 14:33
  helped
• 14:34
  to
• 14:34
  develop
• 14:34
  carbon
• 14:35
  dating.
• 14:36
  But
• 14:36
  that's
• 14:36
  another
• 14:37
  story.
• 14:38
  Now
• 14:38
  that
• 14:38
  you've
• 14:39
  traveled
• 14:39
  the
• 14:39
  globe,
• 14:40
  so
• 14:40
  to
• 14:40
  speak,
• 14:40
  do
• 14:40
  you
• 14:41
  have
• 14:41
  a
• 14:41
  measurement
• 14:41
  of
• 14:42
  funnier
• 14:43
  and
• 14:43
  less
• 14:43
  funnier
• 14:44
  countries?
• 14:45
  It
• 14:46
  correlates
• 14:46
  to
• 14:46
  power.
• 14:48
  If
• 14:48
  your
• 14:48
  country
• 14:49
  is
• 14:50
  a
• 14:50
  boss
• 14:50
  country,
• 14:52
  then
• 14:52
  it's
• 14:53
  less
• 14:53
  likely
• 14:53
  to
• 14:53
  be
• 14:54
  sharply
• 14:55
  funny.
• 14:55
  When
• 14:56
  you
• 14:56
  say
• 14:56
  boss,
• 14:56
  boss
• 14:57
  country,
• 14:57
  an
• 14:57
  invader,
• 14:59
  it
• 14:59
  correlates.
• 15:00
  It's
• 15:00
  inversely
• 15:00
  proportionate.
• 15:01
  If
• 15:01
  your
• 15:02
  country
• 15:02
  invades
• 15:02
  other
• 15:02
  countries,
• 15:03
  you're
• 15:03
  less
• 15:03
  funny.
• 15:04
  If
• 15:04
  your
• 15:04
  country
• 15:05
  is
• 15:05
  invaded
• 15:05
  by
• 15:06
  other
• 15:06
  countries,
• 15:06
  you're
• 15:07
  more
• 15:07
  funny
• 15:07
  again
• 15:08
  because
• 15:09
  it's
• 15:09
  a
• 15:09
  defense
• 15:10
  mechanism.
• 15:10
  Interesting.
• 15:11
  Where
• 15:11
  did
• 15:11
  you
• 15:12
  find
• 15:12
  the
• 15:12
  funniest
• 15:12
  people?
• 15:13
  Boy,
• 15:13
  that's
• 15:13
  a
• 15:14
  great
• 15:14
  question.
• 15:15
  We're
• 15:16
  expecting
• 15:16
  a
• 15:16
  great
• 15:16
  answer.
• 15:16
  Yeah.
• 15:17
  I'm
• 15:18
  not
• 15:18
  gonna
• 15:18
  keep
• 15:19
  good
• 15:19
  old
• 15:19
  US
• 15:19
  Of
• 15:20
  A.
• 15:20
  My
• 15:20
  friend,
• 15:21
  because
• 15:21
  we're
• 15:21
  both
• 15:21
  an
• 15:21
  invading
• 15:22
  country
• 15:22
  and
• 15:22
  an
• 15:23
  invading
• 15:23
  country.
• 15:23
  Yeah,
• 15:24
  there
• 15:24
  you
• 15:24
  go.
• 15:27
  Sorry.
• 15:28
  Next
• 15:28
  answer.
• 15:28
  Best
• 15:29
  answer
• 15:29
  right
• 15:29
  here
• 15:29
  in
• 15:29
  this
• 15:29
  room.
• 15:30
  How
• 15:30
  can
• 15:30
  you
• 15:30
  be
• 15:31
  in
• 15:31
  two
• 15:31
  places
• 15:31
  at
• 15:31
  once?
• 15:32
  Not
• 15:32
  anywhere
• 15:32
  at
• 15:32
  all?
• 15:33
  That's
• 15:33
  us.
• 15:34
  Yeah.
• 15:34
  In
• 15:34
  your
• 15:34
  book
• 15:34
  Comedy
• 15:35
  Toolkit,
• 15:36
  this
• 15:36
  is
• 15:36
  how
• 15:36
  you
• 15:36
  break
• 15:36
  it
• 15:36
  down.
• 15:37
  Clash
• 15:37
  of
• 15:37
  context.
• 15:38
  Law
• 15:38
  of
• 15:38
  comic
• 15:38
  opposites.
• 15:39
  Telling
• 15:39
  the
• 15:40
  truth
• 15:40
  to
• 15:40
  comic
• 15:40
  effect.
• 15:41
  Telling
• 15:41
  a
• 15:42
  lie
• 15:42
  to
• 15:42
  comic
• 15:42
  effect.
• 15:43
  Center
• 15:44
  and
• 15:44
  eccentrics.
• 15:45
  Fish
• 15:45
  out
• 15:45
  of
• 15:45
  water.
• 15:45
  These
• 15:46
  are
• 15:46
  all
• 15:46
  situational
• 15:47
  setups.
• 15:48
  Right.
• 15:49
  Let's
• 15:49
  focus
• 15:49
  on
• 15:50
  comic
• 15:50
  opposites
• 15:51
  and
• 15:51
  fish
• 15:51
  out
• 15:51
  of
• 15:51
  water
• 15:52
  as
• 15:52
  two
• 15:52
  examples.
• 15:52
  Okay.
• 15:53
  If
• 15:53
  you're
• 15:54
  in
• 15:54
  need
• 15:54
  of
• 15:55
  creating
• 15:55
  a
• 15:55
  situation
• 15:55
  comedy
• 15:56
  or
• 15:56
  a
• 15:56
  comic
• 15:56
  story
• 15:57
  in
• 15:57
  a
• 15:57
  hurry,
• 15:58
  these
• 15:58
  are
• 15:58
  tool
• 15:58
  strategies
• 15:59
  you
• 15:59
  can
• 15:59
  use
• 15:59
  to
• 16:00
  get
• 16:00
  there
• 16:00
  instantly.
• 16:01
  Comic
• 16:01
  opposites.
• 16:02
  You
• 16:02
  just
• 16:02
  create
• 16:02
  a
• 16:02
  character,
• 16:03
  assign
• 16:03
  a
• 16:03
  character,
• 16:04
  point
• 16:04
  of
• 16:04
  view.
• 16:04
  I'm
• 16:04
  sure
• 16:05
  that
• 16:05
  you
• 16:05
  guys
• 16:05
  have
• 16:06
  exaggerated
• 16:06
  versions
• 16:07
  of
• 16:07
  yourself
• 16:07
  where
• 16:08
  you
• 16:08
  have
• 16:08
  comic
• 16:08
  arguments
• 16:09
  reflecting
• 16:09
  your
• 16:10
  point
• 16:10
  of
• 16:10
  view
• 16:10
  or
• 16:10
  your
• 16:10
  comic
• 16:11
  filter.
• 16:11
  You
• 16:11
  should
• 16:11
  see
• 16:12
  our
• 16:12
  mirrors
• 16:12
  at
• 16:12
  home.
• 16:14
  So
• 16:14
  you
• 16:14
  take
• 16:15
  a
• 16:15
  character,
• 16:15
  you
• 16:15
  give
• 16:15
  them
• 16:16
  a
• 16:16
  point
• 16:16
  of
• 16:16
  view.
• 16:16
  Liberal,
• 16:17
  let's
• 16:17
  say.
• 16:17
  Then
• 16:18
  you
• 16:18
  take
• 16:18
  another
• 16:18
  character,
• 16:19
  give
• 16:19
  them
• 16:19
  the
• 16:19
  opposite
• 16:20
  point
• 16:20
  of
• 16:20
  view.
• 16:20
  Conservative.
• 16:21
  Lash
• 16:22
  them
• 16:22
  together
• 16:22
  by
• 16:22
  circumstance.
• 16:23
  You
• 16:23
  have
• 16:24
  comic
• 16:24
  conflict.
• 16:25
  They're
• 16:25
  gonna
• 16:25
  fight
• 16:25
  all
• 16:26
  day
• 16:26
  over
• 16:26
  who
• 16:27
  gets
• 16:27
  to
• 16:27
  be
• 16:27
  right
• 16:27
  about
• 16:28
  their
• 16:28
  point
• 16:28
  of
• 16:28
  view.
• 16:29
  And
• 16:29
  if
• 16:29
  you
• 16:29
  look
• 16:29
  at
• 16:29
  situation
• 16:30
  comedy
• 16:30
  in
• 16:30
  particular,
• 16:31
  you're
• 16:31
  going
• 16:31
  to
• 16:32
  discover
• 16:32
  it's
• 16:32
  not
• 16:33
  at
• 16:33
  all
• 16:33
  about
• 16:33
  people
• 16:34
  trying
• 16:34
  to
• 16:34
  get
• 16:34
  things
• 16:35
  to
• 16:36
  make
• 16:36
  their
• 16:36
  lives
• 16:36
  better.
• 16:37
  It's
• 16:37
  all
• 16:37
  about
• 16:38
  people
• 16:38
  trying
• 16:38
  to
• 16:39
  prove
• 16:39
  to
• 16:39
  themselves
• 16:41
  that
• 16:41
  outer
• 16:41
  reality
• 16:42
  agrees
• 16:42
  with
• 16:43
  their
• 16:43
  own
• 16:43
  cherished
• 16:44
  beliefs.
• 16:44
  Well,
• 16:45
  that's
• 16:45
  a
• 16:45
  great
• 16:45
  understanding.
• 16:46
  That's
• 16:46
  really
• 16:46
  interesting.
• 16:47
  And
• 16:47
  when
• 16:48
  you
• 16:48
  know
• 16:48
  that,
• 16:49
  then
• 16:49
  you
• 16:49
  can
• 16:50
  go
• 16:51
  to
• 16:51
  Fish
• 16:51
  out
• 16:51
  of
• 16:51
  Water.
• 16:52
  If
• 16:52
  you
• 16:52
  know
• 16:52
  that,
• 16:52
  you
• 16:53
  can
• 16:53
  see
• 16:53
  the
• 16:53
  downfall
• 16:54
  of
• 16:54
  democracy.
• 16:54
  Yes,
• 16:55
  you
• 16:55
  can.
• 16:56
  Yes,
• 16:57
  you
• 16:57
  can.
• 16:57
  There's
• 16:57
  a
• 16:58
  successful
• 16:58
  novelist,
• 16:59
  he's
• 16:59
  written
• 17:00
  all
• 17:00
  of
• 17:00
  these
• 17:00
  novels.
• 17:01
  He
• 17:01
  decides
• 17:01
  to
• 17:02
  go
• 17:02
  to
• 17:03
  a
• 17:03
  small
• 17:03
  town
• 17:03
  and
• 17:03
  run
• 17:04
  a
• 17:04
  small
• 17:04
  town
• 17:04
  newspaper.
• 17:05
  This
• 17:06
  is
• 17:06
  a
• 17:06
  classic
• 17:06
  fish
• 17:07
  out
• 17:07
  of
• 17:07
  water
• 17:08
  type
• 17:08
  story
• 17:09
  because
• 17:09
  the
• 17:09
  character's
• 17:10
  normal
• 17:10
  state
• 17:11
  of
• 17:11
  being
• 17:11
  is
• 17:11
  famous
• 17:12
  writer
• 17:12
  in
• 17:13
  presumably
• 17:14
  urban
• 17:14
  areas.
• 17:15
  Now
• 17:15
  he's
• 17:15
  taking
• 17:15
  himself
• 17:16
  out
• 17:16
  of
• 17:16
  a
• 17:16
  place
• 17:16
  where
• 17:17
  he
• 17:17
  feels
• 17:17
  comfortable
• 17:18
  and
• 17:18
  putting
• 17:18
  himself
• 17:19
  in
• 17:19
  a
• 17:19
  place
• 17:19
  where
• 17:19
  he
• 17:20
  feels
• 17:20
  uncomfortable.
• 17:21
  But
• 17:21
  he's
• 17:22
  a
• 17:22
  bigger
• 17:22
  fish
• 17:22
  in
• 17:22
  a
• 17:23
  small
• 17:23
  pond.
• 17:23
  He's
• 17:23
  a
• 17:23
  bigger
• 17:23
  fish
• 17:23
  in
• 17:24
  a
• 17:24
  small
• 17:24
  pond.
• 17:24
  And
• 17:24
  he
• 17:24
  probably
• 17:25
  thinks
• 17:25
  it's
• 17:26
  going
• 17:26
  to
• 17:26
  be
• 17:26
  an
• 17:26
  easy
• 17:26
  win
• 17:27
  because
• 17:28
  he's
• 17:28
  a
• 17:28
  big
• 17:28
  fish
• 17:28
  in
• 17:28
  a
• 17:29
  small
• 17:29
  pond.
• 17:30
  He
• 17:30
  might
• 17:30
  even
• 17:30
  think,
• 17:31
  the
• 17:31
  only
• 17:31
  way
• 17:32
  I
• 17:32
  can
• 17:32
  make
• 17:32
  myself
• 17:33
  feel
• 17:33
  good
• 17:33
  about
• 17:33
  myself
• 17:34
  is
• 17:34
  to
• 17:34
  go
• 17:35
  there
• 17:35
  and
• 17:35
  win
• 17:36
  as
• 17:36
  the
• 17:36
  big
• 17:36
  fish
• 17:36
  in
• 17:37
  a
• 17:37
  small
• 17:37
  pond.
• 17:37
  Obviously,
• 17:38
  as
• 17:38
  the
• 17:38
  story
• 17:38
  unfolds,
• 17:39
  he
• 17:39
  discovers
• 17:39
  it's
• 17:40
  not
• 17:40
  as
• 17:40
  simple
• 17:40
  as
• 17:40
  that.
• 17:41
  Presumably
• 17:41
  at
• 17:42
  the
• 17:42
  end
• 17:42
  of
• 17:42
  the
• 17:42
  story,
• 17:42
  he
• 17:42
  is
• 17:43
  transformed,
• 17:44
  which
• 17:44
  is
• 17:44
  another
• 17:45
  key
• 17:45
  word
• 17:45
  in
• 17:46
  comic
• 17:46
  storytelling,
• 17:47
  and
• 17:47
  discovers
• 17:47
  that
• 17:48
  it's
• 17:48
  not
• 17:48
  about
• 17:48
  being
• 17:48
  a
• 17:49
  big
• 17:49
  fish
• 17:49
  in
• 17:49
  a
• 17:49
  small
• 17:49
  pond
• 17:50
  or
• 17:50
  a
• 17:50
  small
• 17:50
  fish
• 17:50
  in
• 17:51
  being
• 17:51
  a
• 17:51
  big
• 17:51
  pond.
• 17:52
  It's
• 17:52
  about
• 17:53
  being
• 17:53
  who
• 17:53
  you
• 17:53
  are
• 17:53
  and
• 17:53
  feeling
• 17:54
  comfortable
• 17:54
  with
• 17:54
  that.
• 17:55
  You
• 17:55
  know,
• 17:55
  George
• 17:55
  Burns
• 17:56
  and
• 17:56
  Gracie
• 17:56
  Allen
• 17:57
  built
• 17:57
  an
• 17:57
  entire
• 17:57
  career
• 17:58
  on
• 17:58
  that
• 17:58
  basic
• 17:59
  idea
• 18:00
  that
• 18:00
  George
• 18:02
  is
• 18:02
  the
• 18:03
  smart
• 18:03
  guy
• 18:03
  and
• 18:04
  Gracie
• 18:04
  is,
• 18:04
  you
• 18:05
  know,
• 18:05
  his
• 18:05
  silly
• 18:06
  little
• 18:06
  wife,
• 18:06
  but
• 18:06
  she's
• 18:07
  speaking
• 18:08
  the
• 18:08
  truth
• 18:09
  all
• 18:09
  the
• 18:09
  time
• 18:10
  and
• 18:10
  knocking
• 18:11
  him
• 18:11
  off
• 18:11
  his
• 18:11
  pedestal.
• 18:12
  Green
• 18:12
  Acres,
• 18:12
  the
• 18:13
  situational
• 18:13
  comedy
• 18:13
  show,
• 18:14
  is
• 18:14
  a
• 18:14
  good
• 18:14
  example
• 18:14
  of
• 18:15
  that.
• 18:15
  Right.
• 18:15
  City
• 18:16
  people
• 18:16
  move
• 18:16
  to
• 18:16
  the
• 18:16
  country.
• 18:17
  Right.
• 18:17
  And
• 18:17
  Eddie
• 18:18
  Albert
• 18:18
  maintained
• 18:19
  his
• 18:19
  pomposity.
• 18:20
  That's
• 18:20
  right.
• 18:21
  And
• 18:21
  his
• 18:21
  wife,
• 18:22
  Eva
• 18:22
  Gabor
• 18:23
  was
• 18:24
  one.
• 18:24
  Of
• 18:24
  the
• 18:24
  guys,
• 18:25
  was
• 18:25
  more
• 18:25
  open,
• 18:26
  more
• 18:26
  willing,
• 18:27
  more
• 18:27
  open.
• 18:27
  Right.
• 18:27
  So
• 18:28
  you
• 18:28
  have
• 18:28
  open
• 18:28
  versus
• 18:28
  closed,
• 18:29
  high
• 18:29
  status
• 18:30
  versus
• 18:30
  low
• 18:30
  status.
• 18:31
  These
• 18:31
  are
• 18:31
  all
• 18:31
  common
• 18:32
  things.
• 18:32
  And
• 18:32
  by
• 18:32
  the
• 18:33
  way,
• 18:33
  Beverly
• 18:33
  Hillbillies,
• 18:34
  Yes,
• 18:34
  I
• 18:35
  always
• 18:35
  like
• 18:35
  to
• 18:35
  say
• 18:35
  that
• 18:36
  a
• 18:36
  joke
• 18:37
  or
• 18:37
  an
• 18:37
  idea
• 18:37
  is
• 18:38
  never
• 18:38
  only
• 18:38
  one.
• 18:39
  It's
• 18:39
  always
• 18:40
  at
• 18:40
  least
• 18:40
  two
• 18:40
  itself
• 18:41
  and
• 18:41
  its
• 18:41
  opposite.
• 18:43
  And
• 18:43
  Green
• 18:43
  Acres
• 18:44
  and
• 18:44
  Beverly
• 18:44
  Hillbillies,
• 18:45
  classic
• 18:45
  example
• 18:46
  of
• 18:46
  that.
• 18:46
  So
• 18:46
  let's
• 18:47
  contemporize
• 18:47
  it
• 18:47
  a
• 18:47
  little
• 18:47
  bit.
• 18:48
  Let's
• 18:48
  say
• 18:49
  modern
• 18:49
  day
• 18:49
  setup
• 18:51
  Convicted
• 18:52
  felon,
• 18:52
  con
• 18:53
  man,
• 18:54
  sex
• 18:54
  offender,
• 18:55
  becomes
• 18:55
  president
• 18:55
  of
• 18:56
  the
• 18:56
  United
• 18:56
  States
• 18:56
  twice.
• 18:57
  Well,
• 18:58
  first
• 18:58
  of
• 18:58
  all,
• 18:58
  that's
• 18:58
  completely
• 18:59
  unrealistic.
• 18:59
  I
• 18:59
  don't
• 19:00
  buy
• 19:00
  the
• 19:00
  premise.
• 19:01
  I
• 19:01
  mean,
• 19:01
  you're
• 19:01
  never
• 19:02
  gonna
• 19:02
  get
• 19:02
  people
• 19:02
  to
• 19:02
  believe
• 19:02
  that.
• 19:03
  I
• 19:03
  know.
• 19:03
  Yeah,
• 19:03
  true.
• 19:04
  But
• 19:04
  it
• 19:05
  won't
• 19:05
  be
• 19:05
  renewed.
• 19:07
  From
• 19:07
  your
• 19:07
  mouth
• 19:07
  to
• 19:07
  God's
• 19:08
  ears.
• 19:09
  It's
• 19:09
  an
• 19:09
  interesting
• 19:10
  dilemma
• 19:10
  because
• 19:11
  it's
• 19:11
  a
• 19:12
  rich
• 19:12
  vein
• 19:12
  of
• 19:12
  comedy,
• 19:13
  and
• 19:13
  the
• 19:13
  Knightley
• 19:13
  guys
• 19:14
  are
• 19:15
  mining
• 19:15
  it
• 19:15
  very
• 19:15
  well
• 19:16
  and
• 19:16
  in
• 19:16
  many
• 19:17
  ways,
• 19:18
  offering
• 19:18
  mass
• 19:19
  therapeutic
• 19:19
  benefit.
• 19:20
  True.
• 19:21
  When
• 19:21
  the
• 19:21
  writers
• 19:21
  strike
• 19:22
  happened
• 19:22
  last
• 19:22
  year,
• 19:23
  I
• 19:23
  was
• 19:23
  really
• 19:23
  having
• 19:23
  a
• 19:24
  difficult
• 19:24
  time
• 19:24
  not
• 19:25
  having
• 19:25
  that
• 19:25
  comic
• 19:26
  relief
• 19:26
  every
• 19:26
  night.
• 19:27
  I
• 19:27
  really
• 19:27
  missed
• 19:27
  those
• 19:27
  guys.
• 19:28
  Yeah.
• 19:28
  What's
• 19:29
  going
• 19:29
  on
• 19:29
  right
• 19:29
  now
• 19:30
  is
• 19:30
  so
• 19:31
  extreme
• 19:32
  that
• 19:33
  you
• 19:33
  have
• 19:33
  this
• 19:33
  level
• 19:34
  of
• 19:34
  exhaustion.
• 19:34
  It's
• 19:35
  just
• 19:35
  not
• 19:35
  funny
• 19:36
  anymore.
• 19:37
  But
• 19:37
  then
• 19:37
  you
• 19:37
  just
• 19:37
  still
• 19:38
  need
• 19:38
  the
• 19:38
  humor
• 19:38
  to
• 19:39
  vent
• 19:39
  it.
• 19:39
  How
• 19:39
  do
• 19:40
  you
• 19:40
  size
• 19:40
  that
• 19:40
  up
• 19:41
  as
• 19:41
  a
• 19:41
  comedy
• 19:41
  professor?
• 19:42
  Well,
• 19:43
  pulling
• 19:43
  the
• 19:43
  politics
• 19:44
  out
• 19:44
  of
• 19:44
  it.
• 19:44
  And
• 19:44
  this
• 19:45
  is
• 19:45
  the
• 19:45
  part
• 19:45
  that
• 19:45
  I'll
• 19:45
  look
• 19:46
  at.
• 19:47
  My
• 19:47
  latest
• 19:47
  book
• 19:48
  on
• 19:48
  comedy
• 19:48
  is
• 19:48
  called
• 19:49
  the
• 19:49
  Comedy
• 19:49
  Writer's
• 19:49
  Companion.
• 19:50
  And
• 19:50
  one
• 19:50
  of
• 19:50
  the
• 19:51
  things
• 19:51
  that
• 19:51
  I
• 19:51
  talk
• 19:51
  about
• 19:51
  there
• 19:52
  is
• 19:52
  comedy
• 19:53
  in
• 19:54
  broad
• 19:54
  strokes
• 19:54
  has
• 19:54
  two
• 19:55
  different
• 19:55
  kinds
• 19:55
  of
• 19:55
  power.
• 19:56
  The
• 19:56
  power
• 19:57
  to
• 19:57
  lift
• 19:57
  up
• 19:57
  or
• 19:58
  the
• 19:58
  power
• 19:58
  to
• 19:58
  knock
• 19:58
  down.
• 19:59
  Right.
• 19:59
  It
• 20:00
  uses
• 20:00
  the
• 20:00
  power
• 20:00
  to
• 20:01
  lift
• 20:01
  up
• 20:01
  when
• 20:01
  it
• 20:01
  makes
• 20:01
  people
• 20:02
  feel
• 20:02
  better
• 20:02
  about
• 20:03
  bad
• 20:03
  things.
• 20:04
  Death,
• 20:06
  politics,
• 20:06
  the
• 20:06
  world
• 20:07
  situation.
• 20:08
  It
• 20:08
  uses
• 20:09
  the
• 20:09
  power
• 20:09
  to
• 20:09
  knock
• 20:10
  down
• 20:10
  when
• 20:10
  it
• 20:10
  does
• 20:11
  the
• 20:11
  vital
• 20:11
  job
• 20:11
  of
• 20:12
  speaking
• 20:12
  truth
• 20:13
  to
• 20:13
  power.
• 20:14
  Being
• 20:14
  an
• 20:14
  iconoclast,
• 20:15
  destroying
• 20:16
  social
• 20:16
  structure
• 20:17
  for
• 20:17
  the
• 20:17
  sake
• 20:17
  of
• 20:17
  renewing
• 20:18
  social
• 20:18
  structure.
• 20:18
  And
• 20:19
  this
• 20:19
  is
• 20:19
  what
• 20:19
  Firesign
• 20:20
  did
• 20:20
  so
• 20:20
  well.
• 20:22
  We
• 20:22
  consider
• 20:22
  it
• 20:23
  a
• 20:23
  form
• 20:23
  of
• 20:23
  deprogramming.
• 20:24
  Also
• 20:25
  because
• 20:26
  of
• 20:26
  the
• 20:26
  effect
• 20:26
  of
• 20:27
  media.
• 20:28
  I
• 20:28
  always
• 20:28
  thought
• 20:28
  of
• 20:29
  ourselves
• 20:29
  as
• 20:29
  being
• 20:29
  co
• 20:30
  mediaans
• 20:32
  because
• 20:32
  we
• 20:32
  were
• 20:33
  inspired
• 20:33
  by
• 20:33
  the
• 20:34
  media
• 20:34
  to
• 20:36
  contradict
• 20:37
  the
• 20:37
  vision
• 20:38
  that
• 20:38
  was
• 20:38
  being
• 20:39
  forced
• 20:39
  upon
• 20:39
  us,
• 20:40
  it
• 20:40
  still
• 20:40
  is,
• 20:41
  frankly.
• 20:42
  So
• 20:42
  if
• 20:42
  you're
• 20:43
  coming
• 20:43
  up
• 20:43
  in
• 20:43
  comedy
• 20:44
  and
• 20:44
  you're
• 20:44
  engaging
• 20:45
  with
• 20:45
  this
• 20:45
  question,
• 20:46
  what's
• 20:47
  my
• 20:47
  voice?
• 20:47
  What
• 20:47
  am
• 20:48
  I
• 20:48
  allowed
• 20:48
  to
• 20:48
  say
• 20:48
  what
• 20:48
  I'm
• 20:49
  not
• 20:49
  allowed
• 20:49
  to
• 20:49
  say,
• 20:49
  which
• 20:50
  a
• 20:50
  lot
• 20:50
  of
• 20:50
  people
• 20:50
  are
• 20:50
  concerned
• 20:51
  with
• 20:51
  now?
• 20:51
  It
• 20:51
  has
• 20:52
  everything
• 20:52
  to
• 20:52
  do
• 20:52
  with
• 20:52
  knowing
• 20:53
  what
• 20:53
  your
• 20:53
  goal
• 20:54
  is
• 20:54
  for
• 20:54
  your
• 20:54
  power.
• 20:55
  I'm
• 20:55
  a
• 20:55
  lifter
• 20:56
  upper.
• 20:56
  I'm
• 20:56
  always
• 20:56
  using
• 20:57
  my
• 20:57
  comic
• 20:57
  power
• 20:57
  to
• 20:58
  make
• 20:58
  people
• 20:58
  feel
• 20:58
  better.
• 20:58
  That's
• 20:59
  just
• 20:59
  the
• 20:59
  way
• 20:59
  I
• 20:59
  am.
• 21:00
  So
• 21:00
  there
• 21:00
  are
• 21:00
  a
• 21:00
  lot
• 21:01
  of
• 21:01
  things
• 21:01
  that
• 21:01
  are
• 21:01
  allowed
• 21:01
  to
• 21:02
  me
• 21:02
  as
• 21:02
  a
• 21:02
  lifter
• 21:02
  upper,
• 21:03
  but
• 21:03
  there
• 21:03
  are
• 21:03
  a
• 21:03
  lot
• 21:03
  of
• 21:03
  things
• 21:03
  that
• 21:04
  are
• 21:04
  not
• 21:04
  allowed
• 21:04
  to
• 21:04
  me
• 21:05
  because
• 21:05
  it's
• 21:06
  not
• 21:06
  on
• 21:06
  brand
• 21:06
  for
• 21:07
  me
• 21:07
  to
• 21:07
  attack.
• 21:08
  On
• 21:09
  the
• 21:09
  other
• 21:09
  hand,
• 21:09
  there
• 21:09
  are
• 21:09
  plenty
• 21:10
  of
• 21:10
  comics
• 21:10
  for
• 21:10
  whom
• 21:11
  it
• 21:11
  is
• 21:11
  exactly
• 21:11
  on
• 21:11
  brand
• 21:12
  to
• 21:12
  attack.
• 21:12
  And
• 21:13
  by
• 21:13
  making
• 21:13
  it
• 21:14
  their
• 21:14
  brand,
• 21:14
  they
• 21:15
  give
• 21:15
  themselves
• 21:15
  much
• 21:16
  more
• 21:16
  freedom
• 21:17
  to
• 21:17
  say
• 21:18
  the
• 21:18
  things
• 21:18
  that
• 21:18
  the
• 21:19
  audience
• 21:19
  needs
• 21:19
  to
• 21:20
  hear
• 21:20
  that.
• 21:20
  The
• 21:21
  audience
• 21:21
  can't
• 21:21
  necessarily
• 21:22
  say
• 21:22
  for
• 21:22
  themselves.
• 21:23
  It
• 21:23
  empowers
• 21:23
  the
• 21:24
  audience,
• 21:24
  doesn't
• 21:24
  it?
• 21:24
  Yes.
• 21:25
  It's
• 21:25
  better
• 21:25
  if
• 21:25
  it's
• 21:26
  mixed
• 21:26
  with
• 21:26
  self
• 21:26
  effacement,
• 21:27
  so
• 21:28
  you
• 21:28
  don't
• 21:28
  come
• 21:28
  off
• 21:28
  as
• 21:28
  a
• 21:29
  judgmental
• 21:29
  egotist.
• 21:30
  In
• 21:30
  the
• 21:30
  postmodern
• 21:31
  world
• 21:31
  of
• 21:31
  comedy,
• 21:31
  there's
• 21:32
  a
• 21:32
  lot
• 21:32
  of
• 21:32
  discussion
• 21:32
  about
• 21:33
  punching
• 21:33
  up
• 21:33
  and
• 21:33
  punching
• 21:34
  down,
• 21:35
  and
• 21:35
  it
• 21:35
  has
• 21:35
  to
• 21:35
  do
• 21:36
  with
• 21:36
  self
• 21:36
  effacement.
• 21:37
  My
• 21:38
  experience
• 21:38
  of
• 21:38
  this
• 21:38
  is
• 21:39
  you
• 21:39
  can
• 21:39
  get
• 21:39
  away
• 21:39
  with
• 21:39
  almost
• 21:40
  anything.
• 21:40
  You
• 21:41
  can
• 21:41
  mock
• 21:41
  almost
• 21:41
  anything
• 21:42
  if
• 21:43
  you
• 21:43
  treat
• 21:43
  it
• 21:43
  with
• 21:43
  respect,
• 21:44
  if
• 21:44
  you
• 21:44
  honor
• 21:44
  the
• 21:45
  subject
• 21:45
  that
• 21:45
  you're
• 21:45
  mocking,
• 21:47
  and
• 21:47
  if
• 21:47
  you
• 21:48
  make
• 21:48
  yourself
• 21:49
  the
• 21:49
  target
• 21:49
  of
• 21:50
  the
• 21:50
  joke.
• 21:51
  Now,
• 21:51
  I
• 21:51
  learned
• 21:51
  this
• 21:52
  indirectly
• 21:53
  by
• 21:53
  watching
• 21:53
  Phil
• 21:54
  Rosenthal.
• 21:55
  He
• 21:55
  created
• 21:55
  Everybody
• 21:56
  Loves
• 21:56
  Raymond.
• 21:57
  And
• 21:57
  when
• 21:58
  I
• 21:58
  was
• 21:58
  in
• 21:58
  Russia
• 21:58
  doing
• 21:58
  Married
• 21:59
  With
• 21:59
  Children,
• 21:59
  he
• 21:59
  was
• 22:00
  in
• 22:00
  Russia
• 22:01
  doing
• 22:01
  the
• 22:01
  Russian
• 22:01
  version
• 22:02
  of
• 22:02
  Everybody
• 22:02
  Loves
• 22:03
  Raymond
• 22:03
  and
• 22:04
  shooting
• 22:04
  a
• 22:04
  documentary
• 22:05
  about
• 22:05
  the.
• 22:05
  Extreme,
• 22:05
  which
• 22:05
  is
• 22:05
  what
• 22:06
  Everybody
• 22:06
  Hates
• 22:06
  Raymond,
• 22:08
  you
• 22:08
  think?
• 22:08
  Yeah.
• 22:09
  And
• 22:10
  all
• 22:10
  of
• 22:10
  my
• 22:10
  Russian
• 22:10
  colleagues
• 22:11
  were
• 22:11
  afraid
• 22:11
  that
• 22:11
  he
• 22:11
  was
• 22:12
  going
• 22:12
  to
• 22:12
  make
• 22:12
  fun
• 22:12
  of
• 22:12
  them
• 22:12
  in
• 22:13
  the
• 22:13
  documentary.
• 22:13
  But
• 22:14
  it
• 22:14
  quickly
• 22:14
  became
• 22:15
  clear.
• 22:15
  And
• 22:15
  this
• 22:15
  is
• 22:16
  so
• 22:16
  smart.
• 22:16
  It
• 22:17
  was
• 22:17
  never
• 22:17
  about,
• 22:18
  the
• 22:18
  Russians
• 22:18
  are
• 22:19
  ridiculous.
• 22:19
  It
• 22:19
  was
• 22:20
  always
• 22:20
  about,
• 22:21
  I
• 22:21
  do
• 22:22
  not
• 22:22
  understand
• 22:23
  what
• 22:23
  I'm
• 22:23
  looking
• 22:23
  at.
• 22:24
  And
• 22:24
  because
• 22:25
  he
• 22:25
  turned
• 22:26
  the
• 22:26
  joke
• 22:26
  back
• 22:26
  on
• 22:27
  himself,
• 22:27
  I'm
• 22:27
  baffled
• 22:28
  by
• 22:28
  my
• 22:28
  environment.
• 22:29
  He
• 22:29
  could
• 22:29
  poke
• 22:30
  fun
• 22:30
  at
• 22:30
  the
• 22:30
  environment
• 22:31
  without
• 22:31
  making
• 22:32
  the
• 22:32
  people
• 22:33
  he
• 22:33
  was
• 22:33
  poking
• 22:34
  fun
• 22:34
  at
• 22:34
  feel
• 22:35
  attacked.
• 22:35
  Oh,
• 22:35
  that's
• 22:36
  smart.
• 22:36
  That's
• 22:36
  a
• 22:36
  gift.
• 22:37
  Yeah.
• 22:37
  Thinking
• 22:38
  about
• 22:38
  punching
• 22:38
  up,
• 22:38
  punching
• 22:39
  down.
• 22:39
  Examples
• 22:40
  of
• 22:40
  that.
• 22:40
  We
• 22:40
  talked
• 22:41
  about
• 22:41
  this
• 22:41
  earlier
• 22:41
  about
• 22:42
  Howard
• 22:42
  Stern
• 22:43
  as
• 22:43
  an
• 22:43
  example,
• 22:44
  at
• 22:44
  least
• 22:44
  in
• 22:44
  his
• 22:45
  prime,
• 22:45
  of
• 22:45
  punching
• 22:46
  down.
• 22:47
  And
• 22:47
  it
• 22:47
  was
• 22:47
  cruel
• 22:48
  at
• 22:48
  times,
• 22:48
  but
• 22:49
  people
• 22:49
  enjoyed
• 22:50
  it.
• 22:50
  And
• 22:51
  another
• 22:51
  good
• 22:51
  example
• 22:52
  of
• 22:52
  legit
• 22:53
  feel
• 22:53
  good,
• 22:53
  where
• 22:54
  it's
• 22:54
  actually
• 22:54
  very
• 22:55
  funny,
• 22:55
  which
• 22:56
  I've
• 22:56
  discovered
• 22:56
  recently,
• 22:56
  is
• 22:57
  Kim's
• 22:57
  Convenience.
• 22:58
  Oh,
• 22:58
  I
• 22:58
  love
• 22:58
  that
• 22:58
  show.
• 22:59
  I
• 22:59
  went
• 22:59
  to
• 22:59
  see
• 22:59
  the
• 23:00
  play,
• 23:00
  which
• 23:00
  was
• 23:01
  fantastic,
• 23:02
  and
• 23:02
  then
• 23:02
  I
• 23:02
  got
• 23:03
  into
• 23:03
  the
• 23:03
  TV
• 23:03
  show
• 23:03
  as
• 23:03
  a
• 23:04
  result.
• 23:04
  It's
• 23:05
  like
• 23:06
  when
• 23:06
  you
• 23:06
  have
• 23:06
  a
• 23:06
  rough
• 23:06
  day,
• 23:07
  not
• 23:07
  just
• 23:07
  personally,
• 23:08
  but
• 23:08
  just
• 23:08
  observing
• 23:09
  the
• 23:09
  world.
• 23:10
  Like,
• 23:10
  my
• 23:11
  wife
• 23:11
  and
• 23:11
  I
• 23:11
  would
• 23:11
  watch
• 23:12
  the
• 23:12
  news,
• 23:12
  and
• 23:12
  it's
• 23:12
  like,
• 23:13
  I
• 23:13
  need
• 23:13
  a
• 23:13
  Kim's
• 23:13
  Convenience.
• 23:14
  And
• 23:14
  you
• 23:14
  switch
• 23:15
  over
• 23:15
  to
• 23:15
  thank
• 23:15
  God.
• 23:15
  There's
• 23:16
  like
• 23:16
  60
• 23:16
  episodes.
• 23:16
  They're
• 23:17
  about
• 23:17
  20
• 23:17
  minutes
• 23:17
  long,
• 23:18
  and
• 23:18
  you
• 23:19
  just
• 23:19
  watch
• 23:19
  one
• 23:19
  and
• 23:20
  you
• 23:20
  feel
• 23:20
  good
• 23:21
  and
• 23:21
  you
• 23:21
  realize
• 23:22
  the
• 23:22
  power
• 23:22
  of
• 23:22
  comedy.
• 23:23
  Jackie
• 23:23
  Gleason
• 23:24
  show.
• 23:25
  One
• 23:25
  of
• 23:25
  the
• 23:25
  root
• 23:26
  situations,
• 23:27
  maybe
• 23:27
  even
• 23:28
  the
• 23:28
  invention
• 23:29
  of
• 23:29
  a
• 23:29
  particular
• 23:30
  kind
• 23:30
  of
• 23:30
  situation
• 23:31
  comedy
• 23:31
  with
• 23:32
  a
• 23:32
  live
• 23:32
  audience.
• 23:32
  Dom
• 23:33
  Calm.
• 23:33
  Yeah.
• 23:34
  And
• 23:34
  he
• 23:34
  was,
• 23:34
  you
• 23:34
  know,
• 23:35
  a
• 23:35
  schlub
• 23:35
  and
• 23:36
  a
• 23:36
  loser,
• 23:36
  and
• 23:37
  yet
• 23:37
  he
• 23:37
  was
• 23:37
  crass
• 23:38
  and,
• 23:39
  you
• 23:39
  know,
• 23:39
  always
• 23:39
  punching
• 23:40
  down
• 23:40
  and
• 23:40
  everything,
• 23:41
  but
• 23:41
  he
• 23:41
  was
• 23:41
  sympathetic
• 23:43
  because
• 23:44
  everybody
• 23:45
  was
• 23:45
  stuck
• 23:46
  in
• 23:46
  the
• 23:46
  same
• 23:46
  boat.
• 23:46
  Sympathetic
• 23:47
  Loser.
• 23:48
  Yeah.
• 23:48
  Sympathetic
• 23:49
  loser.
• 23:49
  Well,
• 23:50
  it's
• 23:50
  that
• 23:50
  commonly
• 23:51
  held
• 23:51
  truth
• 23:51
  in
• 23:51
  pain.
• 23:52
  You
• 23:52
  know,
• 23:52
  it's
• 23:53
  1950s
• 23:53
  America,
• 23:54
  where
• 23:54
  your
• 23:54
  aspiration
• 23:55
  is
• 23:55
  to
• 23:55
  be
• 23:56
  a
• 23:56
  bus
• 23:56
  driver
• 23:57
  and
• 23:57
  hope
• 23:58
  that
• 23:58
  your
• 23:58
  family
• 23:58
  doesn't
• 23:58
  drive
• 23:59
  you
• 23:59
  too
• 23:59
  crazy.
• 23:59
  That's.
• 24:00
  So
• 24:00
  Kim's
• 24:01
  convenience
• 24:01
  is
• 24:01
  comfort
• 24:02
  food.
• 24:02
  Howard
• 24:02
  Stern
• 24:03
  is
• 24:03
  definitely
• 24:03
  not
• 24:04
  comfort
• 24:04
  food.
• 24:04
  Schitt's
• 24:05
  Creek.
• 24:05
  Schitt's
• 24:05
  Creek.
• 24:06
  And
• 24:06
  also,
• 24:06
  fish
• 24:07
  out
• 24:07
  of
• 24:07
  water.
• 24:07
  Yeah.
• 24:08
  So
• 24:09
  the
• 24:09
  only
• 24:09
  thing
• 24:10
  that
• 24:10
  I
• 24:10
  would
• 24:10
  caution
• 24:10
  is
• 24:11
  it's
• 24:11
  easy
• 24:11
  to
• 24:11
  make
• 24:11
  a
• 24:11
  value
• 24:12
  judgment
• 24:12
  somehow
• 24:13
  to
• 24:13
  say
• 24:14
  Kim's
• 24:14
  convenience
• 24:15
  because
• 24:15
  it's
• 24:15
  uplifting
• 24:16
  is
• 24:16
  better
• 24:16
  than
• 24:17
  Howard
• 24:17
  Stern
• 24:18
  because
• 24:18
  it's
• 24:18
  a.
• 24:20
  No,
• 24:20
  it's
• 24:21
  just
• 24:21
  a
• 24:21
  different
• 24:21
  flavor.
• 24:22
  It's
• 24:22
  different
• 24:22
  flavor.
• 24:22
  What
• 24:23
  is
• 24:23
  more
• 24:23
  effective
• 24:23
  right
• 24:24
  now
• 24:24
  in
• 24:24
  this
• 24:24
  environment?
• 24:25
  Again,
• 24:25
  going
• 24:26
  back
• 24:26
  to
• 24:26
  the
• 24:26
  therapeutic
• 24:27
  value
• 24:27
  of
• 24:27
  comedy,
• 24:28
  why
• 24:28
  people
• 24:28
  are
• 24:29
  attracted
• 24:29
  to.
• 24:29
  It,
• 24:29
  I
• 24:30
  got
• 24:30
  some
• 24:30
  bad
• 24:30
  news
• 24:30
  for
• 24:31
  you,
• 24:31
  Ted.
• 24:31
  Comedy's
• 24:32
  not
• 24:32
  going
• 24:32
  to
• 24:32
  win
• 24:32
  this
• 24:32
  war.
• 24:34
  And
• 24:35
  by
• 24:35
  war,
• 24:35
  I'm
• 24:35
  not
• 24:35
  talking
• 24:36
  about
• 24:36
  that
• 24:36
  war.
• 24:36
  I'm
• 24:36
  talking
• 24:36
  about
• 24:37
  the
• 24:37
  cultural
• 24:37
  war.
• 24:38
  The
• 24:38
  cultural
• 24:38
  war.
• 24:38
  Yeah.
• 24:40
  Well,
• 24:40
  you
• 24:40
  know,
• 24:40
  it's
• 24:40
  hard
• 24:40
  to
• 24:41
  be
• 24:41
  satirical
• 24:42
  in
• 24:42
  this
• 24:43
  age.
• 24:43
  How
• 24:43
  do
• 24:43
  you
• 24:43
  parody
• 24:44
  something
• 24:44
  like
• 24:44
  that?
• 24:44
  That
• 24:45
  is
• 24:45
  so
• 24:45
  outrageously.
• 24:47
  Yeah,
• 24:48
  shine
• 24:48
  a
• 24:48
  light
• 24:49
  on
• 24:49
  it.
• 24:49
  So
• 24:49
  where
• 24:49
  do
• 24:49
  you
• 24:49
  see
• 24:49
  the
• 24:49
  comic
• 24:50
  outcome
• 24:50
  of
• 24:50
  this
• 24:51
  episode?
• 24:53
  I
• 24:53
  hope
• 24:54
  for
• 24:54
  a
• 24:54
  return
• 24:54
  to
• 24:54
  normal,
• 24:55
  but
• 24:56
  somebody
• 24:56
  pointed
• 24:57
  out,
• 24:57
  I
• 24:57
  can't
• 24:57
  remember
• 24:58
  who
• 24:58
  it
• 24:58
  was.
• 24:59
  So
• 24:59
  many
• 24:59
  demons
• 25:00
  have
• 25:00
  been
• 25:00
  let
• 25:01
  out
• 25:01
  of
• 25:02
  the
• 25:02
  bottle.
• 25:02
  It's
• 25:02
  gonna
• 25:02
  be,
• 25:02
  how
• 25:03
  do
• 25:03
  you
• 25:03
  get
• 25:03
  them
• 25:03
  back
• 25:03
  in?
• 25:03
  How
• 25:03
  do
• 25:03
  you
• 25:04
  put
• 25:04
  them
• 25:04
  back
• 25:04
  in?
• 25:05
  What
• 25:06
  is
• 25:06
  now
• 25:06
  normal
• 25:07
  is
• 25:07
  not
• 25:07
  what
• 25:07
  it
• 25:07
  was
• 25:08
  before.
• 25:08
  Yeah,
• 25:09
  that's
• 25:09
  a
• 25:09
  very
• 25:10
  important
• 25:10
  point.
• 25:11
  And
• 25:11
  from
• 25:11
  a
• 25:11
  comedic
• 25:12
  sensibility,
• 25:13
  it
• 25:14
  makes
• 25:14
  it
• 25:14
  much
• 25:14
  harder
• 25:15
  to
• 25:15
  be
• 25:15
  funny.
• 25:16
  Well,
• 25:16
  it's
• 25:16
  like
• 25:16
  when
• 25:16
  you
• 25:17
  bomb
• 25:17
  a
• 25:17
  city,
• 25:17
  it's
• 25:17
  really.
• 25:18
  You
• 25:18
  can
• 25:18
  do
• 25:18
  that
• 25:18
  in
• 25:18
  a
• 25:18
  matter
• 25:18
  of
• 25:19
  minutes.
• 25:19
  If
• 25:19
  you
• 25:20
  bomb
• 25:20
  on
• 25:20
  the
• 25:20
  stage,
• 25:21
  you.
• 25:21
  Can
• 25:21
  do
• 25:21
  that
• 25:21
  in
• 25:21
  a
• 25:22
  matter
• 25:22
  of
• 25:22
  seconds.
• 25:23
  You're
• 25:23
  listening
• 25:24
  to
• 25:24
  Phil
• 25:24
  and
• 25:24
  Ted's
• 25:24
  Sexy
• 25:24
  Boomer
• 25:25
  Show.
• 25:25
  I'm
• 25:25
  Ted
• 25:25
  Bonnet.
• 25:26
  And
• 25:26
  I'm
• 25:26
  Phil
• 25:27
  Proctor.
• 25:27
  And
• 25:27
  our
• 25:27
  special
• 25:28
  lovely
• 25:28
  guest
• 25:28
  is
• 25:29
  John
• 25:29
  Voorhouse
• 25:30
  International's
• 25:31
  TV
• 25:31
  script
• 25:31
  doctor,
• 25:32
  teacher,
• 25:33
  author
• 25:33
  of
• 25:33
  the
• 25:33
  comedy
• 25:34
  writing
• 25:34
  classic
• 25:35
  the
• 25:35
  Comic
• 25:35
  Toolbox.
• 25:35
  How
• 25:36
  to
• 25:36
  be
• 25:36
  funny
• 25:36
  even
• 25:36
  if
• 25:36
  you're
• 25:36
  not.
• 25:37
  You
• 25:37
  have
• 25:37
  a
• 25:37
  more
• 25:37
  recent
• 25:37
  book
• 25:38
  out
• 25:38
  now.
• 25:38
  I
• 25:39
  think
• 25:39
  you're
• 25:39
  speaking
• 25:39
  of
• 25:39
  the
• 25:40
  Book
• 25:40
  of
• 25:40
  Practice.
• 25:40
  The
• 25:41
  Book
• 25:41
  of
• 25:41
  Practice.
• 25:42
  By
• 25:42
  the
• 25:42
  way,
• 25:42
  before
• 25:43
  I
• 25:43
  forget,
• 25:43
  I
• 25:43
  have
• 25:43
  to
• 25:43
  compliment
• 25:44
  you
• 25:44
  on
• 25:44
  one
• 25:44
  of
• 25:44
  the
• 25:44
  books
• 25:45
  you
• 25:45
  wrote
• 25:45
  on
• 25:45
  writing
• 25:45
  was
• 25:46
  like,
• 25:46
  how
• 25:46
  to
• 25:46
  write
• 25:46
  good.
• 25:47
  How
• 25:47
  to
• 25:47
  write
• 25:47
  good.
• 25:49
  I
• 25:49
  discovered
• 25:50
  that
• 25:50
  when
• 25:50
  I
• 25:50
  wrote
• 25:50
  the
• 25:50
  Comic
• 25:51
  Toolbox,
• 25:51
  and
• 25:51
  I
• 25:52
  came
• 25:52
  up
• 25:52
  with
• 25:52
  the
• 25:53
  subtitle
• 25:54
  how
• 25:54
  to
• 25:54
  be
• 25:54
  funny
• 25:55
  even
• 25:55
  if
• 25:55
  you're
• 25:55
  not.
• 25:55
  I
• 25:56
  didn't
• 25:56
  realize
• 25:56
  when
• 25:56
  I
• 25:56
  Came
• 25:57
  up
• 25:57
  with
• 25:57
  it.
• 25:57
  But
• 25:57
  that's
• 25:57
  magic,
• 25:58
  because
• 25:59
  people
• 25:59
  who
• 26:00
  want
• 26:00
  to
• 26:01
  write
• 26:01
  comedy
• 26:01
  are
• 26:02
  afraid
• 26:02
  that
• 26:02
  they're
• 26:02
  not
• 26:03
  funny.
• 26:03
  So
• 26:04
  if
• 26:04
  you
• 26:04
  tell
• 26:04
  them
• 26:04
  right
• 26:04
  there
• 26:05
  in
• 26:05
  the
• 26:05
  title,
• 26:05
  this
• 26:06
  is
• 26:06
  you,
• 26:07
  they
• 26:08
  trust
• 26:08
  you
• 26:08
  more.
• 26:09
  They
• 26:09
  feel
• 26:09
  like,
• 26:09
  oh,
• 26:10
  this
• 26:10
  guy
• 26:10
  gets
• 26:10
  me,
• 26:11
  understands
• 26:12
  me.
• 26:12
  But
• 26:12
  with
• 26:12
  the
• 26:13
  book
• 26:13
  of
• 26:13
  practice,
• 26:13
  what
• 26:13
  I
• 26:13
  had
• 26:13
  in
• 26:14
  mind
• 26:14
  was
• 26:15
  I
• 26:15
  know
• 26:15
  a
• 26:15
  lot
• 26:15
  about
• 26:15
  comedy
• 26:16
  and
• 26:16
  I
• 26:16
  know
• 26:16
  about
• 26:16
  what
• 26:17
  makes
• 26:17
  comedy
• 26:17
  work.
• 26:18
  And
• 26:18
  so
• 26:18
  I
• 26:19
  know
• 26:19
  what
• 26:19
  it
• 26:20
  means
• 26:20
  to
• 26:20
  build
• 26:20
  an
• 26:20
  effective
• 26:21
  practice
• 26:21
  of
• 26:21
  comedy.
• 26:22
  But
• 26:22
  what
• 26:23
  does
• 26:23
  it
• 26:23
  mean
• 26:23
  to
• 26:23
  build
• 26:23
  an
• 26:24
  effective
• 26:24
  practice
• 26:24
  of
• 26:25
  music
• 26:25
  or
• 26:25
  economics
• 26:26
  or
• 26:26
  sales
• 26:27
  or
• 26:27
  sports
• 26:27
  or
• 26:27
  relationships
• 26:28
  or
• 26:28
  anything
• 26:29
  else?
• 26:29
  And
• 26:29
  so
• 26:30
  I
• 26:30
  started
• 26:30
  looking
• 26:30
  for
• 26:30
  these
• 26:31
  defining
• 26:31
  principles
• 26:32
  of
• 26:32
  good
• 26:32
  practice.
• 26:33
  Like
• 26:34
  for
• 26:34
  example,
• 26:35
  many
• 26:36
  people
• 26:36
  in
• 26:36
  our
• 26:36
  line
• 26:37
  of
• 26:37
  work
• 26:37
  and
• 26:37
  in
• 26:37
  related
• 26:38
  line
• 26:38
  of
• 26:38
  work,
• 26:39
  lines
• 26:39
  of
• 26:39
  work,
• 26:39
  acting,
• 26:41
  art,
• 26:42
  music,
• 26:42
  they're
• 26:43
  focused
• 26:43
  on
• 26:43
  outcomes.
• 26:44
  They
• 26:45
  invest
• 26:45
  their
• 26:46
  effort
• 26:46
  in
• 26:47
  the
• 26:47
  hope
• 26:47
  of
• 26:47
  a
• 26:48
  positive
• 26:48
  outcome,
• 26:49
  which
• 26:50
  is
• 26:50
  not
• 26:50
  a
• 26:51
  very
• 26:51
  effective
• 26:51
  way
• 26:51
  to
• 26:51
  work
• 26:52
  because
• 26:52
  while
• 26:52
  you're
• 26:53
  doing
• 26:53
  the
• 26:53
  work,
• 26:53
  you
• 26:53
  don't
• 26:54
  know
• 26:54
  what
• 26:54
  the
• 26:54
  outcome
• 26:54
  is
• 26:55
  going
• 26:55
  to
• 26:55
  be.
• 26:56
  And
• 26:56
  fearing
• 26:57
  a
• 26:57
  bad
• 26:57
  outcome
• 26:58
  or
• 26:58
  hoping
• 26:58
  for
• 26:59
  a
• 26:59
  good
• 26:59
  outcome
• 26:59
  will
• 27:00
  keep
• 27:00
  you
• 27:00
  from
• 27:00
  working
• 27:00
  effectively
• 27:01
  there
• 27:01
  in
• 27:02
  the
• 27:02
  moment.
• 27:02
  So
• 27:02
  if
• 27:03
  you
• 27:03
  change
• 27:03
  your
• 27:04
  focus
• 27:05
  from
• 27:06
  product
• 27:07
  to
• 27:07
  process
• 27:08
  or
• 27:08
  from
• 27:09
  outcome
• 27:10
  to
• 27:10
  practice,
• 27:11
  then
• 27:11
  you
• 27:12
  can
• 27:12
  put
• 27:12
  yourself
• 27:12
  in
• 27:12
  a
• 27:13
  situation
• 27:13
  where
• 27:13
  there's
• 27:14
  no
• 27:14
  possibility
• 27:15
  of
• 27:15
  failure.
• 27:16
  Because
• 27:17
  if
• 27:17
  you
• 27:17
  are
• 27:17
  engaged
• 27:18
  in
• 27:18
  your
• 27:18
  practice,
• 27:19
  writing
• 27:20
  words,
• 27:20
  playing
• 27:20
  music,
• 27:21
  doing
• 27:21
  acting,
• 27:21
  painting,
• 27:22
  whatever,
• 27:22
  you're
• 27:23
  getting
• 27:23
  better.
• 27:23
  Whether
• 27:24
  you're
• 27:24
  creating
• 27:24
  good
• 27:24
  outcomes
• 27:25
  or
• 27:25
  not,
• 27:25
  you're
• 27:26
  gaining
• 27:26
  experience
• 27:27
  points
• 27:27
  like
• 27:27
  in
• 27:27
  a
• 27:27
  video
• 27:27
  game.
• 27:28
  You
• 27:28
  don't
• 27:28
  have
• 27:28
  to
• 27:28
  be
• 27:29
  perfect,
• 27:29
  you.
• 27:29
  Don't
• 27:29
  have
• 27:29
  to
• 27:30
  be.
• 27:30
  You
• 27:30
  don't
• 27:30
  even
• 27:30
  have
• 27:30
  to
• 27:30
  be
• 27:30
  particularly
• 27:31
  good.
• 27:31
  You
• 27:32
  just
• 27:32
  have
• 27:32
  to
• 27:32
  put
• 27:32
  in
• 27:33
  time,
• 27:34
  over
• 27:34
  time
• 27:35
  in
• 27:35
  order
• 27:35
  to
• 27:36
  build
• 27:36
  your
• 27:36
  practice.
• 27:37
  Because
• 27:37
  what
• 27:37
  everybody
• 27:38
  wants
• 27:38
  is
• 27:38
  the
• 27:38
  same
• 27:38
  thing,
• 27:39
  a
• 27:39
  self
• 27:40
  sustaining
• 27:40
  practice.
• 27:41
  And
• 27:41
  I
• 27:41
  mean
• 27:41
  self
• 27:41
  sustaining
• 27:42
  in
• 27:42
  two
• 27:42
  senses.
• 27:43
  One
• 27:43
  sense
• 27:43
  is
• 27:43
  the
• 27:44
  thing
• 27:44
  should
• 27:44
  make
• 27:44
  money,
• 27:45
  which
• 27:45
  would
• 27:46
  be
• 27:46
  great.
• 27:46
  But
• 27:46
  the
• 27:46
  other
• 27:47
  is
• 27:47
  so
• 27:48
  many
• 27:48
  creative
• 27:48
  practitioners
• 27:49
  come
• 27:49
  from
• 27:49
  a
• 27:50
  should
• 27:50
  point
• 27:50
  of
• 27:50
  view.
• 27:50
  I
• 27:51
  should
• 27:51
  be
• 27:51
  writing,
• 27:51
  I
• 27:51
  should
• 27:52
  be
• 27:52
  doing
• 27:52
  art.
• 27:53
  But
• 27:53
  if
• 27:53
  you
• 27:53
  have
• 27:53
  a
• 27:53
  practice
• 27:54
  that
• 27:54
  fulfills
• 27:54
  you,
• 27:55
  makes
• 27:55
  you
• 27:55
  feel
• 27:55
  good
• 27:55
  about
• 27:55
  what
• 27:56
  you're
• 27:56
  doing,
• 27:56
  then
• 27:56
  you'd
• 27:56
  have
• 27:57
  to
• 27:57
  never
• 27:57
  have
• 27:57
  to
• 27:57
  bring
• 27:57
  should
• 27:58
  to
• 27:58
  the
• 27:58
  table
• 27:59
  because
• 27:59
  you
• 28:00
  are
• 28:00
  where
• 28:00
  you
• 28:01
  want
• 28:01
  to
• 28:01
  be
• 28:02
  in
• 28:02
  your
• 28:02
  practice.
• 28:03
  Did
• 28:03
  you
• 28:03
  grow
• 28:03
  up
• 28:03
  in
• 28:03
  a
• 28:03
  funny
• 28:04
  family?
• 28:05
  I
• 28:05
  think
• 28:05
  I
• 28:05
  was
• 28:06
  the
• 28:06
  funny
• 28:06
  one
• 28:07
  as
• 28:07
  the
• 28:08
  youngest
• 28:08
  child.
• 28:08
  And
• 28:08
  I
• 28:09
  was
• 28:09
  the
• 28:09
  entertainer.
• 28:11
  My
• 28:11
  family
• 28:11
  was
• 28:11
  funny,
• 28:12
  but
• 28:12
  they
• 28:12
  used
• 28:12
  to
• 28:12
  tell
• 28:12
  this
• 28:13
  joke
• 28:13
  about
• 28:13
  me
• 28:13
  and
• 28:13
  I
• 28:13
  didn't
• 28:14
  realize
• 28:14
  the
• 28:14
  nuance
• 28:15
  of
• 28:15
  the
• 28:15
  joke
• 28:15
  for
• 28:15
  a
• 28:15
  long,
• 28:15
  long
• 28:16
  time.
• 28:16
  When
• 28:16
  I
• 28:17
  was
• 28:17
  a
• 28:17
  kid,
• 28:17
  I
• 28:17
  would
• 28:17
  tell
• 28:17
  jokes
• 28:18
  and
• 28:18
  my
• 28:18
  family
• 28:18
  would
• 28:18
  say
• 28:18
  to
• 28:19
  one
• 28:19
  another
• 28:19
  these
• 28:20
  words
• 28:20
  exactly,
• 28:20
  don't
• 28:21
  laugh
• 28:21
  at
• 28:21
  him.
• 28:21
  It
• 28:22
  just
• 28:22
  Eggs
• 28:22
  him
• 28:22
  on.
• 28:23
  Yeah,
• 28:23
  I've
• 28:23
  heard
• 28:23
  that
• 28:24
  before.
• 28:24
  Right.
• 28:24
  Which
• 28:24
  is
• 28:25
  true,
• 28:26
  but
• 28:26
  I
• 28:26
  didn't
• 28:26
  realize.
• 28:26
  I
• 28:27
  thought
• 28:27
  it
• 28:27
  was
• 28:27
  a
• 28:27
  term
• 28:27
  of
• 28:28
  endearment.
• 28:28
  Yes.
• 28:28
  But
• 28:29
  years
• 28:29
  later,
• 28:29
  I
• 28:29
  discovered
• 28:30
  it
• 28:30
  was
• 28:30
  a
• 28:30
  warning.
• 28:32
  Don't
• 28:33
  encourage
• 28:33
  them.
• 28:33
  Don't
• 28:34
  encourage
• 28:34
  them.
• 28:34
  Definitely
• 28:34
  don't
• 28:35
  encourage.
• 28:35
  I
• 28:35
  heard
• 28:36
  that.
• 28:36
  Yeah.
• 28:36
  But
• 28:36
  smart,
• 28:37
  clever.
• 28:37
  You
• 28:38
  know,
• 28:38
  nobody
• 28:38
  tells
• 28:38
  jokes
• 28:39
  anymore.
• 28:40
  My
• 28:40
  late
• 28:40
  wife's
• 28:41
  little
• 28:41
  sister
• 28:42
  Bonnie,
• 28:42
  she
• 28:43
  works
• 28:43
  as
• 28:43
  a
• 28:43
  bartender
• 28:44
  and
• 28:45
  one
• 28:45
  of
• 28:45
  the
• 28:46
  conversations
• 28:46
  we
• 28:46
  had
• 28:47
  was,
• 28:47
  do
• 28:47
  you
• 28:47
  hear
• 28:47
  any
• 28:48
  good
• 28:48
  jokes
• 28:48
  lately?
• 28:48
  Nobody
• 28:49
  tells
• 28:49
  jokes
• 28:49
  anymore.
• 28:50
  What
• 28:51
  happened?
• 28:52
  Is
• 28:52
  it
• 28:52
  declining
• 28:53
  literacy?
• 28:54
  I
• 28:54
  think
• 28:54
  it's
• 28:54
  declining
• 28:55
  oxygen
• 28:56
  levels.
• 28:56
  I
• 28:57
  think
• 28:57
  just
• 28:57
  people
• 28:57
  aren't
• 28:57
  getting
• 28:58
  enough
• 28:58
  oxygen
• 28:58
  in
• 28:58
  their
• 28:59
  brains
• 28:59
  anymore.
• 29:00
  I'm
• 29:00
  going
• 29:00
  for
• 29:00
  a
• 29:00
  joke
• 29:01
  and
• 29:01
  missing
• 29:01
  it
• 29:01
  by
• 29:01
  a
• 29:02
  mile.
• 29:02
  Rule
• 29:03
  of
• 29:03
  nine
• 29:03
  says
• 29:03
  the
• 29:03
  comic
• 29:04
  toolbox,
• 29:04
  for
• 29:04
  every
• 29:05
  10
• 29:05
  jokes
• 29:05
  you
• 29:05
  try,
• 29:06
  nine
• 29:06
  won't
• 29:06
  work.
• 29:07
  And
• 29:07
  that
• 29:07
  was
• 29:07
  one
• 29:08
  of
• 29:08
  the
• 29:08
  nine.
• 29:08
  That
• 29:08
  was
• 29:08
  Groucho
• 29:09
  Marx's
• 29:09
  philosophy.
• 29:10
  Society
• 29:10
  is
• 29:11
  changing
• 29:11
  drastically
• 29:12
  in
• 29:12
  terms
• 29:12
  of
• 29:13
  attention
• 29:13
  spans,
• 29:14
  information
• 29:15
  consumption.
• 29:15
  People
• 29:16
  are
• 29:16
  overwhelmed
• 29:17
  with
• 29:17
  information.
• 29:18
  It's
• 29:19
  hard
• 29:19
  to
• 29:19
  sit
• 29:19
  down
• 29:19
  with
• 29:19
  a
• 29:19
  book.
• 29:21
  So
• 29:21
  hard
• 29:21
  to
• 29:21
  sit
• 29:21
  down
• 29:21
  with
• 29:21
  a
• 29:22
  book.
• 29:22
  Sitting
• 29:22
  down
• 29:22
  with
• 29:22
  the
• 29:23
  newspaper
• 29:23
  every
• 29:24
  Sunday
• 29:24
  was
• 29:24
  a
• 29:24
  thing.
• 29:25
  Yeah.
• 29:25
  You
• 29:26
  didn't
• 29:26
  even
• 29:26
  intellectualize
• 29:27
  it.
• 29:27
  You
• 29:27
  would
• 29:27
  just
• 29:27
  do
• 29:27
  it.
• 29:28
  Just
• 29:28
  do
• 29:28
  it.
• 29:28
  It
• 29:29
  was
• 29:29
  comfort
• 29:29
  food.
• 29:29
  Right.
• 29:30
  And
• 29:30
  so
• 29:31
  much
• 29:31
  has
• 29:31
  changed
• 29:31
  in
• 29:32
  that
• 29:32
  respect.
• 29:33
  Yeah.
• 29:33
  I
• 29:34
  try
• 29:34
  to
• 29:34
  say
• 29:34
  of
• 29:35
  most
• 29:35
  things,
• 29:35
  it's
• 29:35
  not
• 29:35
  a
• 29:36
  good
• 29:36
  thing,
• 29:36
  it's
• 29:36
  not
• 29:36
  a
• 29:36
  bad
• 29:37
  thing.
• 29:37
  It's
• 29:37
  just
• 29:37
  a
• 29:37
  thing
• 29:38
  that
• 29:38
  is.
• 29:38
  Change
• 29:39
  is
• 29:39
  inevitable.
• 29:39
  But
• 29:40
  to
• 29:40
  your
• 29:40
  question
• 29:40
  about
• 29:40
  jokes,
• 29:41
  I
• 29:41
  think
• 29:41
  there's
• 29:41
  a
• 29:41
  better
• 29:41
  answer,
• 29:42
  and
• 29:42
  that
• 29:42
  is
• 29:42
  this
• 29:44
  stand
• 29:44
  up
• 29:44
  comedy.
• 29:45
  Comedy
• 29:45
  in
• 29:46
  general
• 29:46
  in
• 29:46
  the
• 29:46
  olden
• 29:47
  times
• 29:47
  was
• 29:47
  very
• 29:48
  joke
• 29:48
  driven.
• 29:49
  The
• 29:50
  expectation
• 29:50
  was,
• 29:51
  you're
• 29:51
  gonna
• 29:51
  see
• 29:54
  Milton
• 29:55
  Berle
• 29:56
  type
• 29:56
  comics.
• 29:58
  You
• 29:58
  look
• 29:58
  at
• 29:59
  Richard
• 29:59
  Pryor
• 30:00
  and
• 30:01
  you
• 30:01
  can
• 30:01
  see
• 30:01
  that
• 30:01
  his
• 30:02
  career
• 30:02
  had
• 30:02
  two
• 30:04
  distinct
• 30:04
  parts
• 30:05
  with
• 30:05
  a
• 30:05
  very
• 30:05
  fiery
• 30:06
  dividing
• 30:07
  line
• 30:07
  between
• 30:07
  them.
• 30:08
  Before
• 30:08
  he
• 30:08
  set
• 30:08
  himself
• 30:09
  on
• 30:09
  fire,
• 30:09
  he
• 30:09
  told
• 30:10
  jokes,
• 30:11
  set
• 30:11
  up,
• 30:11
  punchline
• 30:12
  jokes.
• 30:12
  When
• 30:12
  he
• 30:12
  was
• 30:12
  a
• 30:13
  straight
• 30:13
  comedian,
• 30:14
  stand
• 30:14
  up
• 30:14
  comic.
• 30:14
  That's
• 30:14
  right.
• 30:15
  When
• 30:15
  he
• 30:15
  came
• 30:15
  back
• 30:15
  from
• 30:16
  that
• 30:16
  fire
• 30:16
  and
• 30:17
  did
• 30:17
  Live
• 30:17
  on
• 30:18
  Sunset
• 30:19
  Strip,
• 30:20
  he
• 30:20
  just
• 30:20
  revealed
• 30:21
  himself
• 30:21
  completely.
• 30:22
  There
• 30:22
  was
• 30:22
  not
• 30:22
  a
• 30:22
  setup
• 30:23
  and
• 30:23
  punchline
• 30:24
  in
• 30:24
  it.
• 30:24
  It
• 30:24
  was
• 30:25
  just
• 30:25
  him
• 30:26
  sharing
• 30:26
  his
• 30:27
  truth
• 30:27
  and
• 30:27
  pain,
• 30:28
  which
• 30:28
  was
• 30:28
  shocking,
• 30:29
  but
• 30:29
  it
• 30:30
  created
• 30:30
  a
• 30:30
  whole
• 30:31
  new
• 30:31
  way
• 30:32
  of
• 30:32
  looking
• 30:32
  at
• 30:32
  comedy.
• 30:33
  So
• 30:33
  now
• 30:34
  when
• 30:34
  people
• 30:34
  go
• 30:34
  to
• 30:35
  see
• 30:35
  comedians,
• 30:36
  they
• 30:37
  expect
• 30:37
  not
• 30:38
  just
• 30:38
  laughs,
• 30:38
  but
• 30:39
  also
• 30:40
  the
• 30:40
  dark
• 30:40
  underbelly,
• 30:41
  the
• 30:42
  real
• 30:42
  truth
• 30:42
  of
• 30:43
  the
• 30:43
  comedian.
• 30:44
  So
• 30:44
  expectations
• 30:45
  have
• 30:45
  changed.
• 30:46
  You
• 30:46
  saw
• 30:46
  it
• 30:46
  in
• 30:46
  situation
• 30:47
  comedy
• 30:47
  too.
• 30:47
  When
• 30:48
  I
• 30:48
  was
• 30:48
  coming
• 30:48
  up,
• 30:48
  sitcoms
• 30:49
  were
• 30:49
  all
• 30:49
  standalone
• 30:50
  episodes.
• 30:50
  You
• 30:50
  know,
• 30:50
  they
• 30:51
  could
• 30:51
  all
• 30:51
  get
• 30:51
  run
• 30:52
  over
• 30:52
  by
• 30:52
  a
• 30:52
  truck
• 30:52
  this
• 30:53
  week,
• 30:53
  but
• 30:53
  next
• 30:53
  week
• 30:54
  it'll
• 30:54
  all
• 30:54
  be
• 30:54
  normal.
• 30:55
  And
• 30:56
  Friends
• 30:56
  comes
• 30:56
  along
• 30:56
  and
• 30:57
  says,
• 30:57
  hey,
• 30:57
  you
• 30:58
  Know
• 30:58
  what?
• 30:58
  The
• 30:58
  modern
• 30:58
  sitcom
• 30:59
  is
• 30:59
  both
• 30:59
  a
• 31:00
  comedy
• 31:00
  and
• 31:00
  a
• 31:00
  soap
• 31:01
  opera.
• 31:02
  And
• 31:02
  now
• 31:03
  you
• 31:03
  can't
• 31:03
  even
• 31:03
  contemplate
• 31:04
  making
• 31:04
  a
• 31:04
  sitcom
• 31:05
  that
• 31:06
  doesn't
• 31:06
  include
• 31:07
  a
• 31:07
  lot
• 31:07
  of
• 31:07
  narrative
• 31:08
  through
• 31:08
  life.
• 31:08
  Yeah.
• 31:08
  Like
• 31:08
  the
• 31:09
  Conners,
• 31:09
  like
• 31:10
  the
• 31:10
  Connors
• 31:10
  and.
• 31:11
  Our
• 31:11
  dear
• 31:11
  friend
• 31:11
  John
• 31:12
  Goodman.
• 31:12
  Because
• 31:12
  the
• 31:13
  audience's
• 31:13
  expectation
• 31:14
  has
• 31:14
  changed.
• 31:14
  You'd
• 31:15
  watch
• 31:15
  a
• 31:15
  sitcom
• 31:16
  again
• 31:17
  next
• 31:17
  week
• 31:18
  because
• 31:18
  it
• 31:18
  was
• 31:18
  funny.
• 31:19
  Right.
• 31:19
  And
• 31:19
  you
• 31:20
  wanted
• 31:20
  to
• 31:20
  see,
• 31:20
  oh,
• 31:20
  what's
• 31:20
  gonna,
• 31:21
  you
• 31:21
  know,
• 31:21
  what
• 31:21
  are
• 31:21
  we
• 31:22
  gonna
• 31:22
  laugh
• 31:22
  about
• 31:22
  next
• 31:22
  week?
• 31:23
  And
• 31:23
  now
• 31:23
  what
• 31:23
  you're
• 31:23
  saying
• 31:24
  is
• 31:24
  it's
• 31:24
  also.
• 31:25
  There's
• 31:25
  a
• 31:25
  cliffhanger
• 31:26
  element
• 31:26
  to
• 31:27
  it.
• 31:28
  I
• 31:28
  don't
• 31:28
  ever
• 31:29
  remember
• 31:29
  any
• 31:29
  introspection
• 31:30
  from
• 31:30
  Curly.
• 31:32
  And
• 31:32
  with
• 31:32
  the
• 31:33
  word
• 31:33
  introspection,
• 31:34
  you
• 31:34
  can
• 31:34
  really
• 31:34
  draw
• 31:35
  a
• 31:35
  line
• 31:36
  between
• 31:37
  what
• 31:37
  we
• 31:37
  might
• 31:38
  call
• 31:38
  smart
• 31:38
  comedies
• 31:38
  and
• 31:39
  dumb
• 31:39
  comedies
• 31:39
  or
• 31:39
  cartoons.
• 31:40
  Yeah.
• 31:41
  Characters
• 31:41
  in
• 31:41
  dumb
• 31:42
  comedies
• 31:42
  never
• 31:43
  doubt
• 31:43
  themselves.
• 31:44
  They
• 31:44
  never
• 31:44
  introspect.
• 31:45
  They
• 31:45
  don't
• 31:46
  have
• 31:46
  that
• 31:46
  level
• 31:46
  of
• 31:46
  inner
• 31:47
  conflict.
• 31:48
  And
• 31:48
  it
• 31:48
  doesn't
• 31:48
  have
• 31:48
  to
• 31:49
  be
• 31:49
  animation
• 31:49
  to
• 31:49
  be
• 31:49
  a
• 31:50
  cartoon.
• 31:50
  The
• 31:50
  early
• 31:50
  James
• 31:51
  Bond
• 31:51
  movies
• 31:51
  were
• 31:51
  like
• 31:52
  this.
• 31:52
  Bond
• 31:52
  never
• 31:52
  doubted
• 31:53
  his
• 31:53
  essential
• 31:54
  Bond
• 31:54
  ness.
• 31:55
  So
• 31:55
  essentially
• 31:56
  every
• 31:56
  Bond
• 31:57
  movie
• 31:57
  was
• 31:58
  just
• 31:58
  another
• 31:59
  standalone
• 32:00
  cartoon
• 32:01
  version
• 32:01
  of
• 32:01
  Bond
• 32:02
  being
• 32:02
  Bond
• 32:03
  superhero.
• 32:04
  But
• 32:04
  the
• 32:04
  minute
• 32:05
  the
• 32:05
  character
• 32:05
  starts
• 32:05
  to
• 32:06
  experience
• 32:06
  self
• 32:06
  doubt,
• 32:07
  the
• 32:08
  material
• 32:08
  gets
• 32:09
  much
• 32:09
  smarter
• 32:10
  and
• 32:10
  much
• 32:10
  more
• 32:11
  meaningful
• 32:12
  to
• 32:12
  the
• 32:12
  audience
• 32:12
  because
• 32:12
  they
• 32:13
  experience
• 32:13
  self
• 32:13
  doubt.
• 32:14
  Right.
• 32:15
  You
• 32:15
  asked
• 32:15
  earlier
• 32:16
  about
• 32:16
  culture
• 32:17
  in
• 32:17
  other
• 32:17
  countries
• 32:17
  and
• 32:18
  comedy.
• 32:18
  One
• 32:18
  of
• 32:18
  the
• 32:19
  things
• 32:19
  that
• 32:19
  I've
• 32:19
  experienced
• 32:20
  a
• 32:20
  lot
• 32:20
  is
• 32:21
  I'm
• 32:21
  working
• 32:22
  with
• 32:22
  writers
• 32:23
  who
• 32:24
  live
• 32:24
  in
• 32:24
  a
• 32:24
  country
• 32:25
  that's
• 32:25
  nothing
• 32:25
  like
• 32:26
  who
• 32:26
  they
• 32:26
  are
• 32:27
  because
• 32:27
  these
• 32:27
  are
• 32:27
  all
• 32:28
  sitcom
• 32:28
  freaks.
• 32:29
  That's
• 32:29
  why
• 32:29
  they're
• 32:30
  in
• 32:30
  classes
• 32:30
  with
• 32:30
  me,
• 32:30
  because
• 32:31
  they're
• 32:31
  comedy
• 32:31
  freaks.
• 32:32
  But
• 32:32
  people
• 32:32
  out
• 32:32
  there
• 32:33
  in
• 32:33
  their
• 32:34
  countries
• 32:34
  don't
• 32:34
  have
• 32:35
  the
• 32:35
  same
• 32:35
  comic
• 32:36
  vocabulary.
• 32:37
  So
• 32:37
  it
• 32:37
  often
• 32:37
  happens
• 32:38
  that
• 32:38
  the
• 32:38
  writers
• 32:38
  want
• 32:39
  to
• 32:39
  make
• 32:40
  sitcoms
• 32:40
  that
• 32:40
  are
• 32:41
  too
• 32:41
  advanced
• 32:41
  for
• 32:41
  the
• 32:42
  audience.
• 32:42
  And
• 32:43
  I
• 32:43
  tell
• 32:43
  them,
• 32:43
  you
• 32:43
  know,
• 32:43
  you're
• 32:43
  going
• 32:44
  to
• 32:44
  have
• 32:44
  to
• 32:44
  bring
• 32:44
  them
• 32:44
  along
• 32:44
  a
• 32:44
  little
• 32:45
  slowly,
• 32:45
  give
• 32:46
  them
• 32:46
  a
• 32:46
  straight
• 32:47
  up
• 32:47
  and
• 32:47
  down
• 32:47
  family
• 32:48
  sitcom,
• 32:49
  then
• 32:49
  give
• 32:49
  them
• 32:49
  a
• 32:49
  straight
• 32:50
  up
• 32:50
  and
• 32:50
  down
• 32:50
  office
• 32:51
  sitcom,
• 32:51
  and
• 32:52
  then
• 32:52
  you
• 32:52
  can
• 32:52
  start
• 32:52
  to
• 32:53
  take
• 32:53
  some
• 32:53
  chances.
• 32:53
  But
• 32:54
  you
• 32:54
  have
• 32:54
  to
• 32:54
  educate
• 32:55
  the
• 32:55
  audience
• 32:57
  to
• 32:57
  enjoy
• 32:58
  what
• 32:58
  they're
• 32:58
  seeing.
• 32:59
  And
• 32:59
  if
• 32:59
  you're
• 32:59
  too
• 33:00
  far
• 33:00
  out
• 33:00
  in
• 33:00
  front
• 33:00
  of
• 33:00
  them,
• 33:01
  you're
• 33:01
  never
• 33:01
  going
• 33:02
  to
• 33:02
  get
• 33:02
  them
• 33:02
  because
• 33:02
  they,
• 33:03
  they
• 33:03
  don't
• 33:03
  have
• 33:03
  anything
• 33:03
  to
• 33:03
  grab.
• 33:04
  Then
• 33:04
  you're
• 33:04
  fireside
• 33:04
  theater
• 33:05
  and
• 33:05
  you
• 33:05
  have
• 33:05
  a
• 33:06
  niche
• 33:06
  audience
• 33:07
  that
• 33:07
  supports
• 33:08
  you,
• 33:08
  but
• 33:08
  it's
• 33:09
  not
• 33:09
  a
• 33:09
  whole
• 33:09
  country.
• 33:10
  Well,
• 33:10
  let
• 33:10
  me
• 33:11
  ask
• 33:11
  you,
• 33:11
  if
• 33:12
  you
• 33:12
  had
• 33:13
  a
• 33:13
  choice
• 33:14
  between
• 33:14
  the
• 33:15
  lifelong
• 33:15
  devotion
• 33:16
  of
• 33:16
  your
• 33:16
  niche
• 33:17
  audience
• 33:18
  and
• 33:18
  broad
• 33:19
  popular
• 33:19
  appeal,
• 33:20
  which
• 33:20
  would
• 33:20
  you
• 33:21
  choose
• 33:21
  and
• 33:21
  why?
• 33:22
  Yes,
• 33:26
  believe
• 33:26
  me,
• 33:26
  that
• 33:26
  that
• 33:27
  is
• 33:27
  exactly
• 33:27
  my
• 33:28
  life.
• 33:29
  Because
• 33:29
  I
• 33:29
  had
• 33:29
  many
• 33:29
  opportunities
• 33:31
  during
• 33:31
  my
• 33:31
  life
• 33:32
  and
• 33:32
  my
• 33:32
  career
• 33:33
  to
• 33:33
  Go
• 33:34
  into
• 33:34
  the
• 33:34
  broad
• 33:35
  comedy
• 33:35
  aspect
• 33:36
  of
• 33:36
  it.
• 33:37
  And
• 33:37
  frankly,
• 33:38
  I
• 33:38
  did
• 33:38
  turn
• 33:39
  it
• 33:39
  down
• 33:40
  and
• 33:40
  stayed
• 33:41
  with
• 33:41
  the
• 33:41
  niche
• 33:42
  comedy
• 33:42
  because
• 33:43
  it
• 33:43
  was
• 33:43
  brighter
• 33:44
  and
• 33:44
  more
• 33:45
  uplifting
• 33:46
  and
• 33:46
  more
• 33:46
  uplifting
• 33:47
  for
• 33:47
  me.
• 33:47
  And
• 33:48
  I
• 33:48
  could
• 33:48
  do
• 33:48
  everything.
• 33:49
  I
• 33:50
  could
• 33:50
  sing,
• 33:50
  I
• 33:50
  could
• 33:50
  direct,
• 33:51
  I
• 33:51
  could
• 33:51
  act,
• 33:51
  I
• 33:52
  could
• 33:52
  produce,
• 33:52
  I
• 33:52
  could
• 33:53
  play
• 33:53
  with
• 33:53
  sound,
• 33:53
  I
• 33:54
  could
• 33:54
  tour,
• 33:55
  I
• 33:55
  could,
• 33:55
  you
• 33:55
  know,
• 33:55
  be
• 33:56
  on
• 33:56
  the
• 33:56
  radio
• 33:56
  and
• 33:57
  all
• 33:57
  the
• 33:57
  different
• 33:58
  media
• 33:58
  forms.
• 33:59
  And
• 33:59
  at
• 33:59
  the
• 33:59
  same
• 33:59
  time,
• 34:00
  I
• 34:00
  could
• 34:00
  play
• 34:01
  a
• 34:01
  guest
• 34:02
  artist
• 34:02
  on
• 34:03
  all
• 34:03
  in
• 34:03
  the
• 34:03
  Family,
• 34:04
  which
• 34:04
  satisfied
• 34:05
  me
• 34:06
  as
• 34:06
  an
• 34:06
  actor
• 34:06
  in
• 34:07
  another
• 34:07
  way.
• 34:07
  I
• 34:07
  could
• 34:07
  do
• 34:08
  Shakespeare.
• 34:09
  But
• 34:09
  in
• 34:10
  terms
• 34:10
  of
• 34:10
  reaching
• 34:11
  the
• 34:11
  widest
• 34:12
  audience,
• 34:13
  I
• 34:13
  never.
• 34:14
  I
• 34:14
  didn't
• 34:14
  go
• 34:14
  that
• 34:14
  route.
• 34:15
  It's
• 34:15
  an
• 34:15
  expensive
• 34:16
  choice
• 34:16
  to
• 34:16
  make.
• 34:18
  Listen,
• 34:18
  it's
• 34:18
  very
• 34:18
  interesting.
• 34:19
  It
• 34:19
  would
• 34:19
  be.
• 34:19
  It's
• 34:20
  confining
• 34:21
  to
• 34:21
  be
• 34:21
  like
• 34:22
  a
• 34:22
  superstar.
• 34:24
  And
• 34:24
  yet
• 34:24
  that's
• 34:25
  the
• 34:25
  maximum
• 34:26
  of
• 34:27
  your
• 34:27
  ability
• 34:28
  to
• 34:28
  reach
• 34:29
  a
• 34:29
  wide
• 34:30
  audience.
• 34:31
  Other
• 34:31
  than
• 34:32
  financially
• 34:32
  and
• 34:32
  the
• 34:32
  adulation,
• 34:33
  it's
• 34:33
  not
• 34:34
  much
• 34:34
  better.
• 34:35
  I
• 34:35
  do
• 34:35
  this
• 34:35
  from
• 34:36
  a
• 34:36
  deep,
• 34:36
  scientific
• 34:36
  perspective.
• 34:37
  I
• 34:37
  went
• 34:37
  to
• 34:37
  see
• 34:38
  MJ
• 34:38
  Michael
• 34:39
  Jackson
• 34:40
  at
• 34:41
  the
• 34:41
  Pantages
• 34:41
  this
• 34:41
  weekend,
• 34:42
  and
• 34:42
  it
• 34:42
  was
• 34:43
  fantastic,
• 34:43
  by
• 34:43
  the
• 34:43
  way.
• 34:44
  Music,
• 34:44
  dancing,
• 34:45
  the
• 34:45
  instrumentation.
• 34:46
  Did
• 34:46
  you
• 34:46
  like
• 34:46
  the
• 34:47
  trial
• 34:47
  scene?
• 34:48
  No,
• 34:49
  it
• 34:49
  ended
• 34:49
  just
• 34:49
  before
• 34:50
  that.
• 34:50
  But
• 34:51
  the
• 34:51
  through
• 34:51
  line
• 34:51
  they
• 34:51
  did
• 34:52
  get
• 34:52
  into
• 34:52
  was
• 34:53
  how
• 34:53
  he
• 34:54
  was
• 34:54
  trapped
• 34:54
  in
• 34:55
  his
• 34:55
  stardom.
• 34:56
  And
• 34:56
  he
• 34:56
  was
• 34:56
  always
• 34:57
  battling
• 34:57
  with
• 34:57
  his
• 34:58
  partners
• 34:59
  on
• 34:59
  Michael.
• 35:00
  We
• 35:00
  can't
• 35:00
  spend
• 35:00
  that
• 35:00
  kind
• 35:01
  of
• 35:01
  money
• 35:01
  for
• 35:01
  a
• 35:02
  toaster
• 35:02
  lift.
• 35:02
  It
• 35:03
  became
• 35:03
  a
• 35:03
  signature.
• 35:04
  He
• 35:04
  had
• 35:04
  this
• 35:05
  vision,
• 35:05
  but
• 35:05
  he
• 35:05
  had
• 35:05
  to
• 35:06
  always
• 35:06
  fight
• 35:06
  for
• 35:06
  it.
• 35:06
  But
• 35:06
  he
• 35:06
  was
• 35:07
  trapped
• 35:07
  in
• 35:07
  this.
• 35:07
  What's
• 35:07
  all
• 35:08
  toaster
• 35:08
  lift.
• 35:09
  Toaster
• 35:09
  lift
• 35:09
  is.
• 35:10
  I
• 35:10
  think
• 35:10
  it
• 35:10
  was
• 35:10
  Billie
• 35:11
  Jean
• 35:11
  or
• 35:11
  when
• 35:11
  he
• 35:11
  did
• 35:11
  the
• 35:11
  super
• 35:12
  bowl,
• 35:12
  there's
• 35:12
  a
• 35:13
  box,
• 35:13
  and
• 35:13
  all
• 35:13
  of
• 35:13
  a
• 35:14
  sudden
• 35:14
  he
• 35:14
  flies
• 35:15
  out
• 35:15
  of
• 35:15
  it
• 35:15
  like
• 35:15
  a
• 35:15
  toaster.
• 35:16
  Oh,
• 35:16
  really?
• 35:16
  It's
• 35:17
  a
• 35:17
  lift.
• 35:17
  That's
• 35:18
  why
• 35:18
  he's
• 35:18
  called
• 35:18
  a
• 35:18
  pop
• 35:18
  star.
• 35:19
  Yeah.
• 35:20
  Yeah.
• 35:22
  He
• 35:22
  just
• 35:22
  pops
• 35:23
  and
• 35:23
  lands.
• 35:24
  And
• 35:24
  that
• 35:24
  was
• 35:24
  a
• 35:24
  big
• 35:25
  thing,
• 35:25
  of
• 35:25
  course,
• 35:25
  to
• 35:25
  this
• 35:26
  story
• 35:26
  is
• 35:26
  like
• 35:26
  how
• 35:26
  he
• 35:27
  fought
• 35:27
  for
• 35:27
  that,
• 35:27
  because
• 35:28
  he
• 35:28
  always
• 35:28
  knew
• 35:29
  he
• 35:29
  had
• 35:29
  a
• 35:29
  vision
• 35:30
  to
• 35:30
  push
• 35:30
  it
• 35:30
  a
• 35:30
  step
• 35:31
  further,
• 35:31
  because
• 35:31
  his
• 35:31
  fears,
• 35:32
  according
• 35:32
  to
• 35:32
  this
• 35:33
  story,
• 35:33
  was
• 35:33
  that
• 35:34
  it
• 35:34
  just
• 35:34
  takes
• 35:35
  one
• 35:35
  slip
• 35:35
  to
• 35:35
  fall
• 35:36
  all
• 35:36
  the
• 35:36
  way
• 35:36
  down
• 35:36
  the
• 35:36
  mountain.
• 35:38
  So
• 35:38
  he
• 35:38
  was
• 35:38
  always
• 35:38
  looking
• 35:38
  at
• 35:39
  that
• 35:39
  behind
• 35:39
  him.
• 35:40
  This
• 35:40
  idealization
• 35:40
  of
• 35:41
  being
• 35:41
  on
• 35:41
  the
• 35:41
  very
• 35:42
  top
• 35:42
  of
• 35:42
  the
• 35:42
  pyramid
• 35:43
  is
• 35:43
  probably
• 35:44
  not
• 35:44
  as
• 35:44
  sweet
• 35:44
  as
• 35:45
  you
• 35:45
  stir
• 35:45
  up
• 35:45
  a.
• 35:46
  Lot
• 35:46
  of
• 35:46
  thoughts
• 35:46
  within
• 35:46
  me
• 35:47
  because
• 35:48
  I
• 35:48
  had
• 35:48
  a
• 35:49
  brief
• 35:49
  flirtation
• 35:50
  with
• 35:50
  Stage,
• 35:50
  but
• 35:50
  it
• 35:50
  really
• 35:51
  wasn't
• 35:51
  my
• 35:51
  thing.
• 35:52
  And
• 35:52
  I
• 35:52
  always
• 35:53
  wonder,
• 35:53
  is
• 35:53
  it
• 35:53
  just
• 35:53
  because
• 35:54
  it
• 35:54
  wasn't
• 35:54
  good?
• 35:54
  I
• 35:54
  didn't
• 35:55
  have
• 35:55
  a
• 35:55
  taste
• 35:55
  for
• 35:55
  it.
• 35:55
  Didn't
• 35:56
  really
• 35:56
  like
• 35:56
  that
• 35:57
  buzz.
• 35:57
  Did
• 35:57
  you
• 35:58
  sit
• 35:58
  calm
• 35:58
  or
• 35:58
  acting?
• 35:59
  Stand
• 35:59
  up.
• 36:00
  Stand
• 36:00
  up.
• 36:00
  Right.
• 36:01
  But
• 36:03
  how
• 36:03
  can
• 36:03
  I
• 36:03
  put
• 36:03
  this?
• 36:04
  We
• 36:05
  are
• 36:05
  two
• 36:05
  People,
• 36:06
  we
• 36:06
  are
• 36:07
  our
• 36:07
  creative
• 36:07
  selves
• 36:08
  and
• 36:08
  our
• 36:08
  personal
• 36:08
  selves.
• 36:09
  And
• 36:10
  we're
• 36:10
  drawn,
• 36:12
  driven
• 36:12
  to
• 36:12
  creative
• 36:13
  expression,
• 36:14
  which
• 36:14
  will
• 36:14
  have
• 36:15
  consequences
• 36:15
  on
• 36:15
  our
• 36:16
  personal
• 36:16
  lives.
• 36:16
  Some
• 36:17
  which
• 36:17
  we
• 36:17
  control,
• 36:17
  some
• 36:18
  we
• 36:18
  can't
• 36:18
  control.
• 36:19
  If
• 36:19
  somebody
• 36:19
  had
• 36:20
  come
• 36:20
  along
• 36:20
  and
• 36:20
  said
• 36:20
  to
• 36:20
  me,
• 36:21
  at
• 36:21
  a
• 36:21
  certain
• 36:21
  point,
• 36:22
  you
• 36:22
  can
• 36:22
  now
• 36:23
  be
• 36:23
  famous,
• 36:23
  but
• 36:23
  if
• 36:24
  you're
• 36:24
  famous,
• 36:24
  you
• 36:24
  can't
• 36:25
  ever
• 36:25
  be
• 36:25
  unfamous,
• 36:27
  I'm
• 36:27
  not
• 36:28
  sure
• 36:28
  that
• 36:28
  I
• 36:28
  would
• 36:28
  be
• 36:28
  happy.
• 36:29
  We
• 36:29
  know
• 36:29
  some
• 36:29
  people
• 36:30
  who
• 36:30
  are
• 36:30
  very
• 36:30
  famous
• 36:30
  who
• 36:31
  are
• 36:31
  not
• 36:31
  very,
• 36:31
  very
• 36:31
  accurate.
• 36:31
  That's
• 36:32
  very
• 36:32
  true.
• 36:32
  But
• 36:33
  today,
• 36:33
  because
• 36:34
  of
• 36:34
  social
• 36:34
  media,
• 36:35
  you
• 36:35
  can
• 36:35
  be
• 36:35
  an
• 36:36
  influencer
• 36:37
  and
• 36:38
  attain,
• 36:38
  you
• 36:39
  know,
• 36:39
  your
• 36:39
  15
• 36:40
  minutes
• 36:40
  of
• 36:40
  fame
• 36:42
  and
• 36:42
  then
• 36:42
  do
• 36:42
  it
• 36:43
  what
• 36:43
  you
• 36:43
  will.
• 36:44
  And
• 36:44
  a
• 36:45
  lot
• 36:45
  of
• 36:45
  it
• 36:45
  is
• 36:45
  based
• 36:45
  on
• 36:46
  just
• 36:46
  your
• 36:47
  personality.
• 36:48
  That's
• 36:48
  what
• 36:48
  I
• 36:48
  loved
• 36:48
  about
• 36:48
  radio.
• 36:49
  We
• 36:49
  would
• 36:49
  do
• 36:50
  these
• 36:50
  comedy
• 36:50
  sketches
• 36:51
  in
• 36:51
  New
• 36:51
  York
• 36:51
  for
• 36:51
  10
• 36:51
  years
• 36:52
  as
• 36:52
  cartoon
• 36:52
  characters,
• 36:53
  essentially,
• 36:53
  because
• 36:53
  radio,
• 36:54
  you
• 36:54
  can
• 36:54
  do
• 36:54
  that.
• 36:55
  And
• 36:55
  the
• 36:55
  beauty
• 36:55
  of
• 36:55
  it
• 36:56
  was
• 36:56
  I
• 36:56
  could
• 36:56
  walk
• 36:56
  out
• 36:56
  of
• 36:57
  that
• 36:57
  building
• 36:57
  and
• 36:58
  no
• 36:58
  one
• 36:58
  knew
• 36:58
  who
• 36:58
  I
• 36:58
  was.
• 36:59
  And
• 36:59
  I
• 36:59
  did
• 36:59
  do
• 37:00
  some
• 37:00
  television
• 37:00
  comedy
• 37:01
  for
• 37:01
  a
• 37:01
  while.
• 37:02
  Went
• 37:02
  to
• 37:03
  about
• 37:03
  three
• 37:03
  quarters
• 37:04
  of
• 37:04
  a
• 37:04
  million
• 37:04
  homes
• 37:04
  in
• 37:04
  the
• 37:04
  New
• 37:05
  York,
• 37:05
  New
• 37:05
  Jersey
• 37:05
  area.
• 37:06
  And
• 37:06
  I
• 37:06
  started
• 37:07
  getting
• 37:07
  recognized
• 37:08
  at
• 37:08
  the
• 37:08
  supermarket
• 37:09
  and
• 37:09
  stopped
• 37:09
  in
• 37:09
  the
• 37:10
  street
• 37:10
  and
• 37:10
  at
• 37:10
  a
• 37:10
  nightclub.
• 37:11
  And
• 37:11
  the
• 37:11
  whole
• 37:11
  thing,
• 37:12
  it
• 37:12
  was
• 37:12
  terribly
• 37:13
  intrusive
• 37:14
  and
• 37:14
  it
• 37:14
  was
• 37:15
  irksome.
• 37:15
  And
• 37:16
  I
• 37:16
  decided
• 37:17
  then
• 37:17
  and
• 37:17
  there
• 37:17
  I
• 37:17
  made
• 37:17
  it.
• 37:18
  Not
• 37:18
  that
• 37:18
  I
• 37:18
  had
• 37:19
  the
• 37:19
  choice
• 37:19
  to
• 37:19
  make,
• 37:19
  but
• 37:19
  I
• 37:20
  made
• 37:20
  the
• 37:20
  decision
• 37:20
  at
• 37:20
  that
• 37:21
  point
• 37:21
  that
• 37:21
  it
• 37:22
  was
• 37:22
  like,
• 37:22
  I'll
• 37:22
  take
• 37:22
  the
• 37:23
  praise
• 37:23
  of
• 37:23
  my
• 37:23
  peers
• 37:25
  over
• 37:25
  the
• 37:26
  adulation
• 37:26
  of
• 37:27
  the
• 37:27
  masses.
• 37:27
  And
• 37:28
  that's
• 37:28
  one
• 37:28
  of
• 37:28
  the
• 37:28
  things
• 37:28
  that
• 37:28
  works
• 37:28
  for
• 37:29
  standup
• 37:30
  as
• 37:30
  well,
• 37:30
  because
• 37:30
  you
• 37:31
  are
• 37:31
  in
• 37:31
  a
• 37:31
  niche,
• 37:32
  a
• 37:32
  particular,
• 37:33
  and
• 37:33
  you
• 37:33
  can
• 37:34
  be
• 37:34
  very
• 37:34
  respected
• 37:35
  by
• 37:35
  all
• 37:35
  the
• 37:35
  other
• 37:36
  people
• 37:36
  who
• 37:36
  are
• 37:36
  doing
• 37:36
  standup.
• 37:37
  And
• 37:37
  of
• 37:38
  course,
• 37:38
  then
• 37:38
  you
• 37:38
  might
• 37:38
  be
• 37:39
  able
• 37:39
  to
• 37:39
  parlay
• 37:39
  it
• 37:39
  into
• 37:40
  a
• 37:40
  greater
• 37:40
  success,
• 37:41
  but
• 37:41
  it
• 37:41
  is
• 37:42
  a
• 37:42
  comfort
• 37:43
  food.
• 37:43
  Yeah.
• 37:43
  Just
• 37:44
  to
• 37:44
  play
• 37:44
  that
• 37:44
  back
• 37:44
  to
• 37:44
  you,
• 37:45
  I
• 37:45
  turned
• 37:45
  my
• 37:45
  back
• 37:46
  on
• 37:46
  fame.
• 37:46
  Not
• 37:47
  that
• 37:47
  fame
• 37:47
  ever
• 37:48
  offered
• 37:48
  an
• 37:48
  invitation.
• 37:49
  No,
• 37:50
  no.
• 37:52
  Let's
• 37:52
  not
• 37:52
  neglect
• 37:52
  the
• 37:53
  moment
• 37:53
  that
• 37:53
  we're
• 37:53
  in
• 37:53
  here,
• 37:53
  at
• 37:54
  least
• 37:54
  from
• 37:54
  my
• 37:54
  point
• 37:54
  of
• 37:55
  view,
• 37:56
  there
• 37:56
  is.
• 37:57
  Fame
• 37:57
  is
• 37:57
  on
• 37:57
  the
• 37:57
  table.
• 37:58
  I'm
• 37:59
  here
• 38:00
  in
• 38:00
  this
• 38:00
  heightened
• 38:01
  state
• 38:01
  of
• 38:01
  excitement
• 38:02
  because
• 38:02
  you're
• 38:03
  here
• 38:03
  and
• 38:03
  you're
• 38:03
  famous.
• 38:04
  Oh,
• 38:04
  I'm
• 38:05
  famous.
• 38:05
  Well,
• 38:06
  you're
• 38:06
  famous
• 38:06
  to
• 38:06
  me
• 38:06
  and
• 38:07
  you're
• 38:07
  famous.
• 38:07
  Sure.
• 38:08
  And
• 38:08
  I
• 38:09
  respect
• 38:09
  that
• 38:09
  and
• 38:09
  I
• 38:10
  love
• 38:10
  that.
• 38:10
  And
• 38:10
  I
• 38:10
  reached
• 38:11
  out
• 38:11
  to
• 38:11
  a
• 38:11
  lot
• 38:11
  of
• 38:11
  people
• 38:11
  and
• 38:11
  I
• 38:12
  said,
• 38:12
  I'm
• 38:12
  going
• 38:12
  on
• 38:12
  this
• 38:13
  show.
• 38:13
  And
• 38:13
  when
• 38:13
  I
• 38:13
  dropped
• 38:14
  your
• 38:14
  name,
• 38:15
  you
• 38:15
  know,
• 38:15
  my
• 38:15
  inbox,
• 38:16
  I
• 38:16
  mean,
• 38:16
  that's
• 38:16
  really
• 38:16
  nice.
• 38:17
  It's
• 38:17
  really
• 38:17
  comforting.
• 38:18
  But
• 38:18
  it's.
• 38:19
  I'll
• 38:19
  tell
• 38:19
  my
• 38:19
  banker.
• 38:20
  There's
• 38:20
  fame,
• 38:20
  there's
• 38:21
  Fame.
• 38:21
  And
• 38:21
  there's
• 38:21
  impact.
• 38:22
  Yes.
• 38:23
  Whatever
• 38:23
  your
• 38:23
  level
• 38:23
  of
• 38:23
  fame
• 38:24
  is,
• 38:24
  it's
• 38:25
  not
• 38:25
  correlated
• 38:25
  to
• 38:25
  your
• 38:26
  level
• 38:26
  of
• 38:26
  impact.
• 38:27
  Your
• 38:27
  level
• 38:28
  of
• 38:28
  impact.
• 38:28
  I
• 38:28
  don't
• 38:28
  have
• 38:28
  to
• 38:29
  tell
• 38:29
  you
• 38:29
  this.
• 38:29
  It's
• 38:29
  manifest.
• 38:30
  It's
• 38:30
  existed
• 38:31
  for
• 38:32
  as
• 38:32
  long
• 38:32
  as,
• 38:33
  you
• 38:33
  know,
• 38:34
  since
• 38:35
  I
• 38:35
  was
• 38:35
  15
• 38:35
  years
• 38:35
  old,
• 38:35
  I
• 38:36
  telling
• 38:36
  this
• 38:36
  story.
• 38:37
  15
• 38:37
  years
• 38:37
  old,
• 38:37
  I'm
• 38:38
  walking
• 38:38
  the
• 38:38
  halls
• 38:38
  in
• 38:38
  my
• 38:38
  high
• 38:39
  school.
• 38:39
  Girl
• 38:39
  in
• 38:40
  front
• 38:40
  of
• 38:40
  me
• 38:40
  falls
• 38:40
  down
• 38:40
  and
• 38:41
  I
• 38:41
  say,
• 38:41
  oh,
• 38:41
  she's
• 38:41
  no
• 38:41
  fun.
• 38:42
  She
• 38:42
  felt
• 38:42
  like
• 38:44
  kid
• 38:44
  walking
• 38:45
  the
• 38:45
  other
• 38:45
  way
• 38:46
  says,
• 38:46
  wait
• 38:47
  a
• 38:47
  minute,
• 38:47
  didn't
• 38:47
  I
• 38:47
  say
• 38:47
  that
• 38:47
  on
• 38:48
  the
• 38:48
  other
• 38:48
  side
• 38:48
  of
• 38:48
  the
• 38:48
  album?
• 38:50
  And
• 38:50
  we
• 38:50
  looked
• 38:50
  at
• 38:51
  each
• 38:51
  other
• 38:51
  and
• 38:51
  we
• 38:51
  just
• 38:51
  knew
• 38:52
  we're
• 38:52
  going
• 38:52
  to
• 38:52
  be
• 38:52
  friends
• 38:52
  forever.
• 38:54
  And
• 38:54
  Fire
• 38:54
  Sign
• 38:54
  fans
• 38:55
  in
• 38:55
  particular.
• 38:56
  And,
• 38:56
  you
• 38:56
  know,
• 38:56
  I'm
• 38:57
  here
• 38:57
  among
• 38:58
  you
• 38:58
  today
• 38:58
  not
• 38:59
  only
• 38:59
  to
• 38:59
  do
• 38:59
  a
• 38:59
  little
• 39:00
  star
• 39:00
  fornicating
• 39:01
  edited
• 39:02
  for
• 39:02
  radio.
• 39:02
  Thank
• 39:02
  you.
• 39:03
  But
• 39:04
  also
• 39:04
  to
• 39:04
  try
• 39:04
  to
• 39:05
  raise
• 39:05
  my
• 39:05
  profile
• 39:06
  by
• 39:06
  a
• 39:07
  tiny
• 39:07
  degree.
• 39:08
  So,
• 39:08
  you
• 39:09
  know,
• 39:09
  it's
• 39:09
  not
• 39:10
  that
• 39:10
  I'm
• 39:10
  not
• 39:10
  interested
• 39:11
  in.
• 39:11
  In
• 39:13
  more
• 39:13
  penetration
• 39:14
  into
• 39:14
  the
• 39:14
  public,
• 39:14
  especially
• 39:15
  as
• 39:15
  the
• 39:15
  years
• 39:16
  tick
• 39:16
  down.
• 39:16
  You
• 39:16
  know,
• 39:16
  we
• 39:17
  boomers,
• 39:17
  we're
• 39:17
  on
• 39:17
  the
• 39:18
  clock.
• 39:18
  Yeah.
• 39:21
  So
• 39:22
  I
• 39:22
  don't,
• 39:22
  I
• 39:22
  don't
• 39:22
  feel
• 39:23
  like
• 39:23
  I'm
• 39:23
  entirely
• 39:24
  blameless.
• 39:24
  That's
• 39:25
  not
• 39:25
  the
• 39:25
  right
• 39:25
  word.
• 39:25
  I
• 39:25
  don't
• 39:25
  feel
• 39:26
  like,
• 39:26
  I
• 39:26
  mean,
• 39:26
  we're.
• 39:26
  All
• 39:27
  still
• 39:27
  social
• 39:27
  climbers.
• 39:28
  Yeah.
• 39:28
  Even
• 39:29
  at
• 39:29
  this
• 39:29
  late
• 39:29
  date,
• 39:30
  which,
• 39:30
  you
• 39:31
  know,
• 39:31
  like
• 39:31
  why
• 39:33
  our
• 39:33
  climbing
• 39:34
  days
• 39:34
  are
• 39:34
  done,
• 39:34
  but
• 39:35
  not
• 39:35
  because.
• 39:36
  I
• 39:36
  don't
• 39:36
  know
• 39:36
  about
• 39:36
  you,
• 39:36
  but
• 39:37
  I'm
• 39:37
  struggling
• 39:37
  with
• 39:37
  retirement.
• 39:38
  I
• 39:38
  am
• 39:38
  doing
• 39:38
  a
• 39:38
  very
• 39:39
  bad
• 39:39
  job
• 39:39
  of
• 39:39
  being
• 39:39
  a
• 39:39
  retired
• 39:40
  person.
• 39:40
  Oh,
• 39:40
  yeah,
• 39:40
  you
• 39:40
  should
• 39:41
  just
• 39:41
  rotate
• 39:41
  your
• 39:41
  tires
• 39:42
  and
• 39:42
  keep
• 39:43
  going.
• 39:44
  I
• 39:44
  don't
• 39:44
  understand
• 39:44
  the
• 39:44
  concept.
• 39:45
  My
• 39:46
  parents
• 39:46
  went
• 39:46
  through
• 39:46
  it
• 39:46
  and
• 39:47
  I
• 39:47
  just
• 39:47
  didn't
• 39:47
  get
• 39:48
  it.
• 39:48
  No,
• 39:48
  we're
• 39:48
  not
• 39:48
  a
• 39:48
  retirement
• 39:49
  generation.
• 39:50
  No.
• 39:50
  But
• 39:50
  there's
• 39:51
  more
• 39:51
  to
• 39:51
  it
• 39:51
  than
• 39:51
  that.
• 39:52
  This
• 39:52
  is
• 39:52
  also
• 39:52
  from
• 39:53
  the
• 39:53
  book
• 39:53
  of
• 39:53
  practice.
• 39:54
  In
• 39:54
  my
• 39:54
  understanding,
• 39:55
  there's
• 39:55
  two
• 39:55
  kinds
• 39:56
  of
• 39:56
  people
• 39:56
  who
• 39:56
  define
• 39:56
  themselves
• 39:57
  as
• 39:57
  people
• 39:58
  of
• 39:58
  doing
• 39:59
  and
• 39:59
  people
• 39:59
  who
• 39:59
  define
• 40:00
  themselves
• 40:00
  as
• 40:00
  people
• 40:01
  of
• 40:01
  being.
• 40:02
  People
• 40:03
  of
• 40:03
  being
• 40:03
  are
• 40:04
  content
• 40:04
  just
• 40:05
  to
• 40:05
  be
• 40:05
  where
• 40:05
  they
• 40:06
  are.
• 40:06
  People
• 40:07
  of
• 40:07
  doing.
• 40:08
  Being
• 40:09
  cannot
• 40:09
  be
• 40:10
  content
• 40:10
  not
• 40:10
  doing.
• 40:11
  Because
• 40:11
  the
• 40:11
  only
• 40:11
  reason
• 40:12
  we
• 40:12
  ever
• 40:12
  feel
• 40:13
  good
• 40:13
  about
• 40:13
  ourselves
• 40:14
  is
• 40:14
  by
• 40:14
  measuring
• 40:15
  ourselves
• 40:15
  against
• 40:16
  our
• 40:16
  achievements.
• 40:16
  Right.
• 40:17
  You
• 40:17
  can
• 40:17
  see
• 40:17
  this
• 40:17
  distinction
• 40:18
  quite
• 40:18
  clearly
• 40:18
  in
• 40:19
  a
• 40:19
  supermarket
• 40:19
  checkout
• 40:20
  line.
• 40:21
  People
• 40:21
  of
• 40:21
  being,
• 40:21
  they're
• 40:22
  content
• 40:22
  to
• 40:22
  wait
• 40:22
  their
• 40:22
  turn.
• 40:24
  People
• 40:24
  of
• 40:25
  doing
• 40:25
  are
• 40:25
  falling
• 40:25
  behind
• 40:25
  in
• 40:26
  their
• 40:26
  existence,
• 40:26
  in
• 40:27
  the
• 40:27
  moment
• 40:27
  and
• 40:27
  going
• 40:28
  crazy.
• 40:28
  And
• 40:28
  my
• 40:29
  challenge
• 40:29
  as
• 40:29
  I
• 40:29
  stare
• 40:30
  down
• 40:30
  the
• 40:30
  barrel
• 40:30
  of
• 40:30
  retirement
• 40:31
  is
• 40:32
  I'm
• 40:32
  a
• 40:32
  person
• 40:32
  of
• 40:33
  doing
• 40:33
  a
• 40:33
  self
• 40:33
  described,
• 40:34
  self
• 40:34
  avowed
• 40:35
  and
• 40:35
  very
• 40:35
  happy.
• 40:37
  Now
• 40:37
  all
• 40:37
  of
• 40:37
  a
• 40:37
  sudden
• 40:37
  I'm
• 40:37
  supposed
• 40:38
  to
• 40:38
  change
• 40:38
  gears
• 40:38
  and
• 40:39
  do
• 40:39
  crossword
• 40:40
  puzzles
• 40:40
  or
• 40:41
  watch
• 40:41
  tv.
• 40:41
  But
• 40:41
  you're
• 40:42
  A
• 40:42
  writer
• 40:42
  so
• 40:43
  I
• 40:43
  can
• 40:43
  continue
• 40:43
  to
• 40:43
  write.
• 40:44
  So
• 40:45
  retirement
• 40:45
  isn't
• 40:45
  really.
• 40:46
  It's
• 40:46
  just
• 40:46
  maybe
• 40:46
  a
• 40:47
  change
• 40:47
  of
• 40:48
  focus.
• 40:48
  Really?
• 40:49
  Yes,
• 40:50
  but
• 40:50
  no.
• 40:50
  I
• 40:50
  mean,
• 40:50
  there
• 40:50
  is
• 40:51
  a
• 40:51
  mindset
• 40:51
  that.
• 40:52
  A
• 40:53
  change
• 40:53
  that
• 40:53
  takes
• 40:54
  place
• 40:55
  when,
• 40:55
  for
• 40:55
  example,
• 40:57
  your
• 40:57
  ambition
• 40:57
  or
• 40:58
  your
• 40:58
  desires
• 40:59
  write
• 40:59
  checks
• 40:59
  that
• 40:59
  your
• 41:00
  body
• 41:00
  can't
• 41:00
  cash.
• 41:01
  I
• 41:01
  don't
• 41:01
  know
• 41:01
  if
• 41:01
  you're
• 41:02
  familiar
• 41:02
  with
• 41:02
  the
• 41:02
  sport
• 41:02
  of
• 41:02
  Ultimate
• 41:03
  Frisbee.
• 41:04
  Yes.
• 41:05
  Shout
• 41:05
  out
• 41:05
  to
• 41:05
  my
• 41:05
  peeps
• 41:06
  at
• 41:06
  Slacker
• 41:06
  Wednesday.
• 41:08
  We
• 41:08
  play
• 41:08
  every
• 41:08
  Wednesday
• 41:09
  at
• 41:09
  noon,
• 41:09
  and
• 41:09
  our
• 41:09
  motto
• 41:10
  is
• 41:10
  it
• 41:10
  works
• 41:10
  because
• 41:11
  you
• 41:11
  don't.
• 41:13
  But
• 41:13
  I've
• 41:13
  been
• 41:13
  playing
• 41:14
  ultimate
• 41:14
  for
• 41:14
  as
• 41:14
  long
• 41:14
  as
• 41:15
  I've
• 41:15
  been
• 41:15
  enjoying
• 41:15
  Firestine
• 41:16
  Theater.
• 41:16
  What
• 41:16
  a
• 41:17
  great
• 41:17
  way
• 41:17
  to
• 41:17
  stay
• 41:17
  in
• 41:17
  shape.
• 41:17
  It's
• 41:18
  a
• 41:18
  great
• 41:18
  way
• 41:18
  to
• 41:18
  stay
• 41:18
  in
• 41:19
  shape,
• 41:19
  but
• 41:19
  two
• 41:19
  rotator
• 41:20
  cuff
• 41:20
  surgeries
• 41:20
  later.
• 41:21
  And,
• 41:21
  well,
• 41:22
  you
• 41:22
  got
• 41:22
  to.
• 41:22
  You
• 41:22
  got
• 41:22
  to
• 41:23
  learn
• 41:23
  to
• 41:23
  catch
• 41:23
  them
• 41:23
  with
• 41:23
  your.
• 41:23
  Yeah.
• 41:24
  In
• 41:24
  my
• 41:24
  mouth.
• 41:24
  Yes.
• 41:24
  Yeah.
• 41:24
  Watch
• 41:25
  your
• 41:25
  dogs,
• 41:25
  you
• 41:26
  know?
• 41:26
  Yeah.
• 41:27
  So
• 41:27
  you're
• 41:28
  throwing
• 41:28
  hardball
• 41:28
  Frisbees.
• 41:29
  Yeah.
• 41:29
  Well,
• 41:31
  kind
• 41:31
  of
• 41:31
  a
• 41:31
  dumbass.
• 41:32
  But
• 41:33
  I'm
• 41:33
  determined
• 41:34
  not
• 41:34
  to
• 41:34
  let
• 41:34
  go
• 41:35
  of
• 41:35
  that,
• 41:35
  because
• 41:35
  to
• 41:36
  let
• 41:36
  go
• 41:36
  of
• 41:36
  it
• 41:37
  is
• 41:37
  to,
• 41:38
  I
• 41:39
  don't
• 41:39
  know,
• 41:39
  admit
• 41:39
  to
• 41:39
  something
• 41:39
  I'm
• 41:40
  not
• 41:40
  prepared
• 41:40
  to
• 41:40
  admit.
• 41:40
  Well,
• 41:40
  jumping
• 41:41
  out
• 41:41
  of
• 41:41
  the
• 41:41
  stream,
• 41:41
  so
• 41:42
  to
• 41:42
  speak.
• 41:42
  I
• 41:42
  think
• 41:42
  about
• 41:43
  the
• 41:43
  bottom
• 41:43
  line
• 41:44
  of
• 41:44
  what
• 41:44
  I'm
• 41:44
  interested
• 41:44
  in
• 41:45
  maintaining
• 41:46
  other
• 41:46
  than
• 41:46
  my
• 41:46
  health,
• 41:47
  is
• 41:48
  relevance.
• 41:49
  Sure.
• 41:49
  I,
• 41:49
  of
• 41:50
  course,
• 41:50
  have
• 41:50
  a
• 41:50
  different
• 41:50
  challenge
• 41:51
  because
• 41:51
  of
• 41:51
  my
• 41:52
  eyesight.
• 41:53
  I
• 41:53
  have
• 41:53
  macular
• 41:53
  degeneration.
• 41:55
  It
• 41:55
  prevents
• 41:55
  me
• 41:56
  from
• 41:56
  doing
• 41:56
  Planet
• 41:56
  Proctor,
• 41:58
  which
• 41:58
  was
• 41:58
  something
• 41:58
  I
• 41:58
  would
• 41:59
  type
• 41:59
  up
• 41:59
  on
• 41:59
  the
• 41:59
  computer.
• 42:00
  And
• 42:00
  then
• 42:01
  I
• 42:01
  had
• 42:01
  a
• 42:01
  wonderful
• 42:01
  graphic
• 42:02
  artist
• 42:02
  who
• 42:02
  brought
• 42:03
  it
• 42:03
  to
• 42:03
  life.
• 42:03
  And
• 42:04
  I
• 42:04
  did
• 42:04
  it
• 42:04
  for
• 42:04
  over
• 42:04
  20
• 42:05
  years.
• 42:05
  But
• 42:06
  at
• 42:06
  a
• 42:06
  certain
• 42:06
  point,
• 42:06
  it's
• 42:07
  too
• 42:07
  difficult.
• 42:08
  I
• 42:08
  can't
• 42:09
  see
• 42:09
  it.
• 42:09
  I
• 42:09
  can't
• 42:10
  do
• 42:10
  it
• 42:10
  anymore.
• 42:10
  And
• 42:11
  yet
• 42:11
  I
• 42:11
  want
• 42:11
  to
• 42:11
  figure
• 42:11
  out
• 42:12
  a
• 42:12
  way
• 42:12
  to
• 42:12
  it
• 42:13
  to
• 42:13
  continue
• 42:14
  the
• 42:14
  spirit
• 42:15
  of
• 42:15
  it.
• 42:15
  And
• 42:15
  Ted
• 42:16
  was
• 42:16
  suggesting
• 42:17
  since
• 42:17
  we
• 42:17
  started
• 42:17
  doing
• 42:18
  a
• 42:18
  newsletter
• 42:19
  that
• 42:19
  perhaps
• 42:20
  I
• 42:20
  can
• 42:20
  do
• 42:20
  a
• 42:21
  version
• 42:21
  of
• 42:22
  the
• 42:22
  Planet
• 42:22
  is
• 42:22
  called
• 42:23
  Phil.
• 42:23
  I'm
• 42:23
  glad
• 42:23
  you
• 42:23
  brought
• 42:23
  that
• 42:23
  up.
• 42:24
  Check
• 42:24
  this
• 42:24
  out.
• 42:24
  Oh,
• 42:24
  my
• 42:25
  God,
• 42:25
  it's
• 42:25
  a
• 42:25
  shirt.
• 42:26
  Look
• 42:26
  at
• 42:26
  that.
• 42:26
  Huh?
• 42:26
  It's.
• 42:27
  It
• 42:27
  says
• 42:27
  sexy.
• 42:28
  Ladies
• 42:28
  and
• 42:28
  gentlemen.
• 42:28
  You
• 42:29
  can't
• 42:29
  see
• 42:29
  this,
• 42:29
  but
• 42:29
  I
• 42:30
  hold.
• 42:30
  It
• 42:30
  up
• 42:30
  to
• 42:30
  the
• 42:30
  microphone.
• 42:31
  Sexy
• 42:31
  Boomer
• 42:32
  T
• 42:32
  shirt.
• 42:32
  Oh.
• 42:33
  Can
• 42:33
  people
• 42:34
  buy
• 42:34
  these
• 42:34
  if
• 42:35
  they.
• 42:35
  I
• 42:35
  think
• 42:36
  so.
• 42:36
  I
• 42:36
  had
• 42:37
  money.
• 42:37
  What
• 42:37
  a
• 42:37
  wonderful
• 42:38
  gift.
• 42:38
  We
• 42:38
  were
• 42:38
  just
• 42:39
  doing
• 42:39
  some
• 42:39
  tests
• 42:39
  and
• 42:40
  seeing
• 42:40
  what
• 42:40
  would
• 42:40
  look
• 42:41
  good,
• 42:41
  and
• 42:42
  I
• 42:42
  thought
• 42:42
  these
• 42:42
  would
• 42:42
  be
• 42:43
  great.
• 42:43
  And
• 42:43
  of
• 42:43
  course,
• 42:44
  I
• 42:44
  ordered
• 42:45
  the
• 42:45
  wrong
• 42:45
  shirt.
• 42:46
  These
• 42:46
  are
• 42:46
  the
• 42:46
  backs
• 42:47
  of
• 42:47
  the
• 42:47
  shirt.
• 42:49
  But
• 42:50
  this
• 42:50
  is.
• 42:50
  Well,
• 42:50
  we
• 42:50
  can
• 42:50
  wear
• 42:51
  it
• 42:51
  backwards.
• 42:51
  Nobody
• 42:52
  would
• 42:52
  know.
• 42:52
  And
• 42:52
  we
• 42:52
  have
• 42:52
  a
• 42:53
  bumper
• 42:53
  stickers,
• 42:53
  too.
• 42:54
  We
• 42:54
  have
• 42:55
  merch,
• 42:55
  Phil.
• 42:56
  Merch.
• 42:57
  That
• 42:57
  means
• 42:57
  we
• 42:57
  must
• 42:57
  be
• 42:58
  Successful
• 42:59
  to
• 42:59
  get
• 42:59
  rich.
• 42:59
  A
• 43:00
  dollar.
• 43:00
  Pretend
• 43:01
  to
• 43:01
  be
• 43:01
  successful.
• 43:01
  I.
• 43:02
  I
• 43:02
  wanted
• 43:02
  to
• 43:02
  look
• 43:02
  at
• 43:02
  the
• 43:02
  shirt
• 43:03
  because
• 43:03
  I
• 43:03
  was
• 43:03
  certain
• 43:03
  it
• 43:04
  was
• 43:04
  going
• 43:04
  to
• 43:04
  be
• 43:04
  100%
• 43:05
  cotton.
• 43:05
  This
• 43:05
  is
• 43:06
  another
• 43:06
  thing
• 43:06
  that's
• 43:06
  different
• 43:07
  about
• 43:07
  our
• 43:07
  generation.
• 43:08
  We
• 43:08
  value
• 43:09
  cotton.
• 43:09
  Do
• 43:10
  you
• 43:10
  know
• 43:10
  how
• 43:10
  little
• 43:10
  kids
• 43:11
  of
• 43:11
  today
• 43:11
  value
• 43:12
  cotton?
• 43:12
  No.
• 43:12
  No.
• 43:13
  And
• 43:13
  I
• 43:13
  haven't
• 43:13
  thought
• 43:13
  about
• 43:13
  it.
• 43:14
  They
• 43:15
  never
• 43:15
  think
• 43:15
  about
• 43:15
  it.
• 43:16
  Unless
• 43:16
  it's
• 43:17
  oxy
• 43:17
  cotton.
• 43:17
  Oh.
• 43:18
  Unless.
• 43:19
  Hey,
• 43:19
  John,
• 43:20
  Question.
• 43:21
  Are
• 43:21
  we
• 43:21
  safely
• 43:22
  beyond
• 43:22
  political
• 43:22
  correctness?
• 43:24
  No.
• 43:26
  Thinking
• 43:26
  about
• 43:26
  myself
• 43:27
  as
• 43:27
  I'm
• 43:27
  old,
• 43:28
  it's
• 43:29
  okay
• 43:29
  for
• 43:29
  me
• 43:30
  to
• 43:30
  make
• 43:30
  jokes
• 43:31
  about
• 43:31
  not
• 43:32
  being
• 43:32
  woke.
• 43:33
  It's
• 43:33
  not
• 43:34
  okay
• 43:34
  for
• 43:34
  me
• 43:34
  not
• 43:35
  to
• 43:35
  be
• 43:35
  woke.
• 43:36
  In
• 43:37
  other
• 43:37
  words,
• 43:37
  it's
• 43:37
  okay
• 43:38
  for
• 43:38
  me
• 43:38
  to
• 43:38
  act
• 43:38
  like
• 43:38
  a
• 43:39
  clueless
• 43:39
  old
• 43:39
  man.
• 43:40
  It's
• 43:40
  not
• 43:40
  okay
• 43:41
  for
• 43:41
  me
• 43:41
  to
• 43:41
  be
• 43:41
  a
• 43:42
  clueless
• 43:42
  old
• 43:42
  man.
• 43:43
  And
• 43:43
  I
• 43:43
  think
• 43:44
  that
• 43:44
  that
• 43:44
  has
• 43:44
  a
• 43:45
  lot
• 43:45
  to
• 43:45
  do
• 43:45
  with
• 43:45
  what
• 43:46
  political
• 43:46
  correctness
• 43:47
  is
• 43:47
  all
• 43:47
  about.
• 43:47
  Political
• 43:48
  correctness
• 43:48
  is
• 43:49
  just
• 43:49
  a
• 43:49
  way
• 43:49
  of
• 43:49
  saying,
• 43:49
  do
• 43:50
  you
• 43:50
  respect
• 43:50
  your
• 43:50
  fellow
• 43:51
  man?
• 43:51
  Do
• 43:52
  you
• 43:53
  honor
• 43:53
  and
• 43:54
  love
• 43:54
  and
• 43:55
  care
• 43:55
  about
• 43:56
  the
• 43:56
  people
• 43:56
  around
• 43:56
  you,
• 43:57
  the
• 43:57
  differences?
• 43:57
  And
• 43:58
  if
• 43:58
  you
• 43:58
  don't,
• 43:59
  then
• 44:00
  people
• 44:00
  who
• 44:00
  have
• 44:01
  the
• 44:01
  power
• 44:01
  to
• 44:02
  be
• 44:02
  against
• 44:02
  you
• 44:03
  will
• 44:03
  try
• 44:03
  to
• 44:03
  be
• 44:03
  against
• 44:03
  you.
• 44:04
  Maybe
• 44:04
  that
• 44:04
  will
• 44:04
  come
• 44:04
  back
• 44:05
  and
• 44:05
  be
• 44:05
  restored
• 44:06
  after
• 44:06
  this
• 44:07
  era
• 44:07
  passes.
• 44:09
  Because
• 44:09
  when
• 44:09
  you
• 44:10
  have
• 44:10
  it
• 44:10
  coming
• 44:10
  from
• 44:10
  the
• 44:10
  top,
• 44:11
  when
• 44:11
  you
• 44:12
  have
• 44:12
  really
• 44:12
  hateful,
• 44:13
  nasty
• 44:14
  dishonesty
• 44:15
  coming
• 44:15
  from
• 44:16
  the
• 44:16
  very
• 44:16
  top,
• 44:16
  it's
• 44:17
  a
• 44:17
  poor
• 44:17
  reflection.
• 44:17
  Demonization.
• 44:18
  Yeah,
• 44:19
  right.
• 44:19
  And
• 44:19
  it
• 44:20
  gives
• 44:20
  people
• 44:21
  the
• 44:21
  green
• 44:21
  light
• 44:21
  to
• 44:22
  relate
• 44:22
  to
• 44:22
  their
• 44:23
  lower
• 44:23
  selves.
• 44:24
  I
• 44:25
  hope
• 44:25
  it
• 44:25
  doesn't
• 44:25
  come
• 44:25
  back
• 44:25
  in
• 44:25
  the
• 44:26
  form
• 44:26
  of
• 44:26
  political
• 44:26
  correctness.
• 44:27
  I
• 44:27
  would
• 44:27
  offer
• 44:27
  this.
• 44:28
  If
• 44:29
  you
• 44:29
  are
• 44:29
  politically
• 44:30
  incorrect
• 44:30
  in
• 44:30
  this
• 44:30
  day
• 44:31
  and
• 44:31
  age,
• 44:31
  you
• 44:31
  risk
• 44:31
  being
• 44:32
  canceled.
• 44:33
  If
• 44:33
  you're
• 44:34
  politically
• 44:34
  correct
• 44:34
  in
• 44:34
  1963
• 44:36
  and
• 44:36
  you're
• 44:36
  Lenny
• 44:37
  Bruce,
• 44:37
  you
• 44:37
  risk
• 44:38
  going
• 44:38
  to
• 44:38
  jail.
• 44:39
  So
• 44:40
  political
• 44:40
  correctness
• 44:41
  is.
• 44:43
  It's
• 44:43
  not
• 44:44
  new.
• 44:44
  It's
• 44:45
  just
• 44:45
  different.
• 44:45
  What
• 44:46
  was
• 44:46
  politically
• 44:46
  incorrect
• 44:47
  in
• 44:47
  the
• 44:48
  past
• 44:48
  was
• 44:48
  politically
• 44:49
  incorrect
• 44:49
  because
• 44:49
  it
• 44:50
  was
• 44:50
  too
• 44:50
  liberal.
• 44:51
  Now
• 44:52
  what's
• 44:52
  politically
• 44:53
  incorrect
• 44:53
  is
• 44:54
  politically
• 44:54
  incorrect
• 44:55
  because
• 44:55
  it's
• 44:55
  too
• 44:55
  reactionary.
• 44:57
  There
• 44:57
  are
• 44:57
  two
• 44:57
  sides
• 44:57
  of
• 44:57
  the
• 44:58
  same
• 44:58
  coin.
• 44:58
  The
• 44:58
  pendulum
• 44:59
  will
• 44:59
  always
• 44:59
  swing.
• 45:00
  I
• 45:00
  don't
• 45:00
  see
• 45:01
  people
• 45:01
  being
• 45:01
  thrown
• 45:02
  in
• 45:02
  jail
• 45:02
  for
• 45:02
  telling
• 45:03
  politically
• 45:03
  incorrect
• 45:03
  jokes
• 45:04
  in
• 45:04
  20.
• 45:04
  Ah,
• 45:04
  but
• 45:05
  they
• 45:05
  might
• 45:05
  be
• 45:05
  taken
• 45:05
  off
• 45:06
  the
• 45:06
  air.
• 45:06
  They
• 45:07
  might
• 45:07
  be
• 45:07
  taken
• 45:07
  off
• 45:07
  the
• 45:07
  air,
• 45:08
  but
• 45:09
  would
• 45:09
  they
• 45:09
  be
• 45:10
  charged
• 45:10
  with
• 45:10
  obscenity
• 45:11
  like
• 45:11
  Lenny
• 45:11
  Bruce
• 45:12
  was?
• 45:12
  Likely
• 45:13
  not.
• 45:13
  So
• 45:15
  things
• 45:15
  change.
• 45:15
  Things
• 45:16
  are
• 45:16
  different.
• 45:17
  There's
• 45:17
  so
• 45:17
  much
• 45:18
  noise
• 45:18
  out
• 45:18
  there
• 45:19
  that
• 45:19
  it's
• 45:19
  hard
• 45:19
  to
• 45:19
  make
• 45:20
  enough
• 45:20
  noise
• 45:20
  to
• 45:21
  call
• 45:21
  any
• 45:21
  attention
• 45:21
  to
• 45:22
  yourself.
• 45:22
  You
• 45:22
  know,
• 45:23
  to
• 45:23
  be
• 45:23
  big
• 45:23
  enough
• 45:23
  to
• 45:24
  get
• 45:24
  politically
• 45:25
  incorrect
• 45:25
  and
• 45:25
  get
• 45:26
  canceled
• 45:27
  unless
• 45:27
  you
• 45:28
  already
• 45:28
  have
• 45:28
  a
• 45:28
  level
• 45:28
  of
• 45:28
  fame
• 45:29
  to
• 45:29
  begin
• 45:29
  with.
• 45:30
  Cancel
• 45:30
  culture
• 45:31
  seems
• 45:31
  to
• 45:31
  be
• 45:31
  somewhat
• 45:33
  on
• 45:33
  the
• 45:33
  dying
• 45:33
  vine
• 45:33
  too,
• 45:34
  because
• 45:34
  a
• 45:34
  lot
• 45:34
  of
• 45:34
  people
• 45:34
  are
• 45:35
  doing
• 45:35
  some
• 45:35
  things
• 45:35
  that
• 45:36
  they're
• 45:36
  not
• 45:36
  getting
• 45:36
  canceled
• 45:37
  for.
• 45:37
  Well,
• 45:37
  maybe.
• 45:38
  Yeah,
• 45:38
  maybe.
• 45:38
  We
• 45:38
  live
• 45:39
  in
• 45:39
  a
• 45:39
  post
• 45:39
  cancelled
• 45:40
  world
• 45:40
  where
• 45:41
  the
• 45:41
  understanding
• 45:42
  is
• 45:42
  you
• 45:42
  got
• 45:42
  an
• 45:43
  opinion,
• 45:44
  whatever
• 45:44
  your
• 45:44
  opinion
• 45:45
  is,
• 45:45
  it's
• 45:45
  not
• 45:45
  as
• 45:46
  outrageous
• 45:46
  as
• 45:46
  some
• 45:46
  of
• 45:47
  the
• 45:47
  other
• 45:47
  opinions.
• 45:47
  That
• 45:47
  is
• 45:48
  exactly
• 45:48
  what
• 45:49
  has
• 45:49
  happened.
• 45:50
  You
• 45:50
  know,
• 45:50
  everybody
• 45:51
  is
• 45:51
  entitled
• 45:51
  to
• 45:52
  their
• 45:52
  opinions
• 45:52
  and
• 45:52
  everybody's
• 45:53
  opinion
• 45:53
  is
• 45:54
  as
• 45:54
  correct
• 45:54
  as
• 45:55
  everybody
• 45:55
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• 45:55
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• 45:56
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• 45:56
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• 45:56
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• 45:56
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• 45:57
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• 45:57
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• 45:57
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• 45:58
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• 45:59
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• 45:59
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• 45:59
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• 46:00
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• 46:00
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• 46:01
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• 46:02
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• 46:04
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• 46:04
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• 46:07
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• 46:07
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• 46:08
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• 46:08
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• 46:09
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• 46:09
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• 46:10
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• 46:10
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• 46:11
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• 46:12
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• 46:12
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• 46:12
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• 46:13
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• 46:13
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• 46:13
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• 46:14
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• 46:14
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• 46:14
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• 46:14
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• 46:15
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• 46:15
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• 46:15
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• 46:16
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• 46:16
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• 46:17
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• 46:17
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• 46:17
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• 46:17
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• 46:17
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• 46:17
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• 46:18
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• 46:18
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• 46:19
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• 46:19
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• 46:20
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• 46:21
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• 46:22
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• 46:23
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• 46:23
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• 46:24
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• 46:24
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• 46:24
  cloak
• 46:24
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• 46:24
  comedy.
• 46:25
  Why?
• 46:26
  Because
• 46:26
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• 46:26
  so
• 46:26
  hard
• 46:27
  to
• 46:27
  think
• 46:27
  about
• 46:27
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• 46:28
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• 46:28
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• 46:29
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• 46:30
  you
• 46:30
  are
• 46:30
  laughing.
• 46:31
  And
• 46:31
  it's
• 46:31
  not
• 46:31
  just
• 46:31
  death.
• 46:32
  It's
• 46:32
  a
• 46:33
  career
• 46:33
  opportunity.
• 46:34
  Sex.
• 46:35
  Haven't
• 46:35
  had
• 46:35
  sex
• 46:35
  in
• 46:36
  a
• 46:36
  year.
• 46:36
  Oh,
• 46:36
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• 46:37
  No,
• 46:37
  Married.
• 46:39
  So
• 46:39
  what's
• 46:40
  the
• 46:40
  truth
• 46:40
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• 46:40
  pain
• 46:40
  there?
• 46:41
  Married
• 46:41
  people
• 46:41
  don't
• 46:41
  have
• 46:41
  as
• 46:42
  much
• 46:42
  sex
• 46:42
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• 46:42
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• 46:42
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• 46:43
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• 46:43
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• 46:43
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• 46:43
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• 46:43
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• 46:43
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• 46:44
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• 46:44
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• 46:44
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• 46:45
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• 46:45
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• 46:45
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• 46:45
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• 46:45
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• 46:45
  And
• 46:47
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• 46:47
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• 46:47
  comedy
• 46:48
  is
• 46:48
  such
• 46:48
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• 46:48
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• 46:48
  part
• 46:49
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• 46:49
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• 46:49
  human
• 46:49
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• 46:50
  It
• 46:50
  is.
• 46:50
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• 46:50
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• 46:51
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• 46:51
  it
• 46:51
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• 46:51
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• 46:51
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• 46:52
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• 46:52
  you
• 46:53
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• 46:53
  hard
• 46:53
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• 46:54
  you'd
• 46:54
  cry.
• 46:55
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• 46:57
  I
• 46:57
  don't
• 46:57
  know
• 46:58
  what
• 46:58
  it
• 46:58
  means,
• 46:58
  but
• 46:59
  it's
• 46:59
  good.
• 46:59
  It's
• 46:59
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• 46:59
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• 47:00
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• 47:00
  we
• 47:00
  have,
• 47:01
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• 47:02
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• 47:02
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• 47:03
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• 47:03
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• 47:03
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• 47:04
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• 47:04
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• 47:04
  of
• 47:05
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• 47:06
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• 47:06
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• 47:06
  joke.
• 47:07
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• 47:08
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• 47:09
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• 47:09
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• 47:09
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• 47:10
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• 47:12
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• 47:26
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• 47:30
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• 47:31
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• 47:31
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• 47:32
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