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Something You Should Know - September 17 Comedian Addy Herman from Omaha at Billy Frogs on Thursday and at The Grain Bin on Friday · Something You Should Know!

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  Speaker 1: with the very funny Addy Herman. He's a stand-up comic
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  Speaker 1: out of Omaha. How you doing there, sir?
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  Speaker 2: I'm good, John. How about yourself?
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  Speaker 3: I am also good.
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  Speaker 1: We're excited to have you in Sioux Falls this week,
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  Speaker 1: and you're rolling up from the Omaha area. Is that
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  Speaker 1: where you're originally from, Addy, or where are you from?
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  Speaker 2: I'm from all over the place. I was born and
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  Speaker 2: raised in Arizona. and then started stand-up in Little Rock,
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  Speaker 2: Arkansas about five years ago, and then came to Omaha
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  Speaker 2: a little over three years ago to move on with
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  Speaker 2: the next stage of comedy.
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  Speaker 3: Very nice.
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  Speaker 1: And you do a fun podcast from Omaha, and you
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  Speaker 1: do a bunch of comedy in Omaha and all over
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  Speaker 1: the Midwest, and we're excited to have you in Sioux
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  Speaker 1: Falls this week.
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  Speaker 3: And have you been to Sioux Falls to do comedy before, Eddie?
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  Speaker 2: No, no. I believe this will be the most north
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  Speaker 2: I've ever gone in the country when I get to
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  Speaker 2: Sioux Falls.
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  Speaker 3: That is awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we are excited to have you at Billy Frogs
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  Speaker 1: tonight in Sioux Falls and then tomorrow night at the
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  Speaker 1: Grain Bin and a couple of different shows, a couple
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  Speaker 1: of different opportunities for people to see Addy Herman on
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  Speaker 1: stage doing his thing. And, Addy, let's talk about your
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  Speaker 1: style of humor. How would you describe what you do
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  Speaker 1: on stage as a stand-up comic?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I guess it depends which one of my ex-girlfriends
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  Speaker 2: you talk to. I've had my style described to me
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  Speaker 2: as relentless aggression before. I don't know if that's a
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  Speaker 2: good thing or not. But I like to engage the audience.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not too much of a crowd work person, per se.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to pick on people in the front
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  Speaker 2: row unless they want to be picked on. But really,
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  Speaker 2: I just like to tell jokes. I think that's the
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  Speaker 2: whole reason I got into this, to make people laugh.
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  Speaker 1: And is there a certain comic that you look up
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  Speaker 1: to and go, man, I think this comic is the funniest,
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  Speaker 1: and maybe that's the one that I could be compared
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  Speaker 1: to the most?
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  Speaker 3: Or is there not really a... A comic author that's
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  Speaker 3: kind of like an Andy Herman.
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  Speaker 2: I would say Living would probably be like a Dennis Miller.
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  Speaker 2: I really enjoyed his stuff early in my comedic shaping.
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  Speaker 2: And then, I mean, Robert Schimmel, of course, he's passed
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  Speaker 2: on years ago. But he's one of those that I really,
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  Speaker 2: really studied when I was writing.
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  Speaker 3: I love that.
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  Speaker 2: And I like his stuff.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I am excited.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, you know who he is.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm excited to see you tonight because here's the thing.
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  Speaker 1: I've not had a chance to see you in person.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen some videos. I know several people who've worked
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  Speaker 1: with you and your reputation precedes you. People that know you,
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  Speaker 1: love you. So I'm excited to see you tonight and
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow night. And here's the thing that's interesting. I have
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  Speaker 1: people that go, okay, I don't understand why you're having
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  Speaker 1: some of these comics on Thursday night for a free show.
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  Speaker 1: And then on a Friday night, I got to buy
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  Speaker 1: a ticket. Like, who's going to buy a ticket on
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  Speaker 1: Friday when I could just go see him on Thursday?
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  Speaker 1: And I'm like, here's the thing. Come and see him
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday then. Some people, Thursday works. For some people,
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  Speaker 1: Friday works. So we're also, here's the other thing that's cool.
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  Speaker 1: So many times, somebody will come to the show on
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  Speaker 1: Thursday night at Billy Frog's. and they'll see a comic there,
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  Speaker 1: and then they'll tell their friends how great that comic was,
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  Speaker 1: and then they can go together on Friday. So come
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  Speaker 1: out tonight, get a preview tonight, and then bring your
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  Speaker 1: friends tomorrow night. And you can also win tickets for
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow night. So even if you say, hey, I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to buy a ticket, well, better register to win
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  Speaker 1: because I give away some tickets too. But I'm just
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  Speaker 1: excited to have more opportunity for comedy in Sioux Falls,
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  Speaker 1: South Dakota. And again, we had one of your coworkers
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  Speaker 1: last week on the podcast with you, Clem Jamison. And
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  Speaker 1: we had very, very happy folks that had a chance
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  Speaker 1: to see Clem last Friday. It sounds like he did
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  Speaker 1: a great job.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. Clem is one of my favorite people to
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  Speaker 2: work with. We've been friends for years and colleagues for
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  Speaker 2: about the same. And just watching him develop has been
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  Speaker 2: a real treat. And I'm excited to see the folks tonight.
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to it.
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  Speaker 3: Me too.
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  Speaker 1: Again, tonight at 730 at Billy Frog's. And I tell
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  Speaker 1: people all the time, get there early. So you can
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  Speaker 1: get a good seat because there's seating is limited at
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  Speaker 1: Billy Frogs. That's the other difference between Billy Frogs and
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  Speaker 1: the grain bin. There's a lot more seating at the
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  Speaker 1: grain bin, but tonight limited seating. So get there early,
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  Speaker 1: come early, have lunch or not lunch, have dinner.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, you can have lunch. That would be getting there
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  Speaker 3: very early.
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  Speaker 2: Sure. Hang out in the parking lot.
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  Speaker 3: Come tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Have your, have your dinner there at like seven o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: The show starts promptly at seven 30. And then again, tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: same thing. Doors open at seven o'clock on Friday and,
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  Speaker 1: And the show starts at 7.30. And then tomorrow night,
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  Speaker 1: after the show, there's a thing called the Late Night
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  Speaker 1: Open Mic. And you can stick around for that as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's been a whole lot of fun. And that's an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for some comics to try new material. But also,
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  Speaker 1: we've had so many people, Addie, that are trying comedy
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  Speaker 1: for the first time where they're like, you know, I've
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  Speaker 1: always wanted to do this. And I'm going to get
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  Speaker 1: up and try it. And they've been doing that on
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  Speaker 1: the late night open mic. Do you get out and
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  Speaker 1: do open mics much anymore, Andy?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I try to as much as possible. I've gotten
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  Speaker 2: to this point now to where I'm running a lot
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  Speaker 2: of local shows to where I host quite a bit.
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  Speaker 2: But going to an open mic is always important because
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  Speaker 2: you want to get a fresh perspective on either new
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  Speaker 2: stuff or stuff that you've worked out before.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And the thing that I like about an open mic
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  Speaker 1: is watching the progression of a joke. So I'll have
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  Speaker 1: a comic, they'll get up and they'll tell a joke
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  Speaker 1: and it's funny. But then the next week they change
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  Speaker 1: it 20% and it's maybe 50% funnier. And then the
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  Speaker 1: next week they change it like another 20% and now
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  Speaker 1: it's like 100% funnier. And I just think it's really
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  Speaker 1: cool to see the evolution of that joke go from
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  Speaker 1: this to this to this. And, you know, that's what
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  Speaker 1: an open mic is for. and I love this late-night
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  Speaker 1: open mic. It's just got a different feel than a
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  Speaker 1: lot of other open mics because a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: time we have an audience there too because a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people stick around.
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  Speaker 3: They're like, oh, okay, well, let's just stay and watch
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  Speaker 3: this next thing as well.
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  Speaker 1: So if you have the opportunity, Addy, to stick around
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow night and be a part of that, we'd love
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  Speaker 1: for you to do that as well.
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  Speaker 3: You don't have to, but if you want to, you can.
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  Speaker 2: You know, John, you talked me into it. I think
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  Speaker 2: I will. All right.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I will see you tonight and tomorrow night. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for taking the time to chat, man.
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  Speaker 2: Of course. See you tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Again, Addy Herman. He's a very, very funny comic from
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  Speaker 1: the Omaha, Nebraska area. He'll be rolling up tonight at
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  Speaker 1: Billy Frog's 730 show. Tomorrow night at the Grain Bin,
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  Speaker 1: 730 show. You can find all of the details and
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  Speaker 1: you can win a pair of tickets for tomorrow night
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  Speaker 1: at SiouxFallsComedy.com.