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Gettin' Better with Ron Funches

#248 Closed Book with Todd Barry

Gettin' Better with Ron Funches

All Things Comedy

Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Health & Fitness

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Today I sit down with one of my favorite comedian, Todd Barry. We talk about his new special that is out on YouTube called Domestic Shorthair, his writing process, how I once accidentally stole his date at a party, his process for new material and how Todd is gettin’ better.

UPCOMING SHOWS

15 Sept 2023 Chicago, IL The Den

16 Sept 2023 Chicago, IL The Den

21 Sept Toronto, ON, Canada Royal Alexandria Theatre

22 Sept Toronto, ON, Canada Royal Alexandria Theatre

8 Oct San Francisco, CA. Cobb’s Comedy Club

24 Nov San Diego, CA American Comedy Co.

25 Nov San Diego, CA American Comedy Co.

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to the podcast. Thank you for watching it. Thank you for buying

0:27.9

my shoes. Puma Ron punches over footlocker.com. Thank you for coming see me on the road in Chicago.

0:33.3

Illinois is coming up as well as San Francisco, California. I will be in a new gig.

0:40.6

Laws of Vegas, Nevada coming see me at the wise guys comedy club there.

0:45.9

October 17th and 18th. I believe those are the dates, but you know me who I'll be you

0:51.5

got to go check. Ron punches.com. But if you live in Chicago, San Francisco, our

0:57.6

laws Vegas, go to Ron punches.com. Go get yourself some tickets also. I'll be in

1:02.6

La Braia that the La Braia improv if you're here in California and be ending the year up.

1:08.3

The Thanksgiving weekend in San Diego. At the American comedy club. So if you're here

1:15.0

in town for this Thanksgiving weekend, you're going to want to get away from your family.

1:19.2

Come and see me and my friends who I can get to come. I'm going to guess not Blair because

1:24.0

you'll probably be with her family. But we'll see who can come. See you there. Now let's

1:30.1

get to the show. Hi, it's me. It's Ron. Thank you. Hi, how are you? I hope you're feeling

1:36.7

strong. I hope you're feeling brave. Oh, and I hope you're feeling loved and you're

1:41.7

grateful for that love. I'm so grateful for all the love that I received this last week.

1:47.4

Going back to Portland, Oregon, the place that I started comedy, seeing so many friends

1:53.0

that I knew from the beginning of my comedy career, some of the comedians there, some

1:59.4

of people who I knew from even before I started comedy had some of my high school classmates

2:04.5

come out like Nicole and Emily. So good to see you guys. Thank you so much, Nicole. I

2:09.3

don't know you also listened to the pause or the double shot out for you. And it was

2:17.2

just exactly what I needed, especially while going through everything separation, going

2:22.0

through refocus in myself and my life to get back to people who were proud of me because

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