96A - David Cross (2 of 2)

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2014

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In the second part of our conversation, standup and comic actor David Cross explores offence, outrage and sensitivity. We also talk about his work on Arrested Development and Mr Show, and dig into his process, his struggle to write jokes, and how to regard an audience as a living breathing thing...

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1:07.0	This is a podcast from comedian pod- This is the Comedians comedian pod- Hello and welcome to the show. podcast.
1:16.0	Hello and welcome to the show, I'm Stuart Goldsmith. And today I'm bringing you the second part of my conversation with stand-up comic and comedy actor David Cross.
1:21.0	You might want to download the first part to get some context on this one but if you haven't done that you can
1:26.3	probably charge straight in keep listening for details of the exclusive
1:30.0	extra content from David's CD it's not Funny that he mentioned last week that is now
1:34.8	exclusively available via this podcast. It's sort of you can think of it like a hidden
1:38.5	track. If you remember we also talked about David's early material, his anger and how it manifests in his comedy and his life,
1:45.0	and now we're straight back into discussing offense and outrage.
1:49.0	Here's David Cross. cross. people. I think that's a less, that seems to me from my listening of American phrases.
2:05.0	That's an old phrase.
2:07.0	Yes, that's an old, uh, that's what, I had an old bit about Bush electrocuting retarded people.
2:14.0	Okay.
2:15.0	That's from my stand-up that's not in that thing.
2:16.6	That's like old old old old old, old, like one of the first things when I said, you wouldn't have heard it.
2:20.6	It's one of the first things where I started to shift into more of that
2:25.0	stuff. In response to your question from earlier, it was in early, that, the first Bush, I think that was a reference to that and that was a real thing where he did
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