96B - David Cross "Clapping In the Usa" Exclusive Deleted Track from "It's Not Funny" (2014, Sub Pop)
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2014
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
David Cross asked me to distribute this never-before-heard deleted track from his 2014 album "It's Not Funny", featuring H. Jon Benjamin as the voice of God. The track was intended as the finale of the album but never included, as he explains in Episode 96 of "The Comedian's Comedian Podcast" - available at www.comedianscomedian.com
Purchase the original album at itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/david-cross/id15367333
Legal disclaimer: I, David Cross, (of this email address) of sound mind and body, do declare that this audio file, let's call it, "Clapping in the USA" is mine all mine. And I am happy to give it to Stuart to post on his podcast thing. Especially as I wilfully have no presence on Social Media. Yours in Christ, David
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| 0:18.0 | Hello, Stue here. This isn't an ad. This is me telling you that you have got to get hold of a copy of Adam Blooms book, Finding Your Comic Genius. It's just so great, and I want everyone to buy it for everyone else for Christmas. We discuss it in detail on episode 437 and at the time of recording this it has 66 5-star reviews out of 66 reviews on Amazon. |
| 0:21.2 | So go and find Adam Bloom's book, Repeat. This is not an ad and I'm not |
| 0:24.7 | being remunerated. Or remunerated. I can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in |
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| 0:50.0 | Check the Uber app. Hello there I'm Stuart Goldsmith and welcome to an exclusive from my comedians comedian |
| 1:03.4 | podcast a little while ago I interviewed David Cross for my show that aims to get to the |
| 1:07.7 | heart of the creative process of your favorite comics if you've not heard the |
| 1:10.9 | show before what I basically do is ask comedians how they write their jokes, |
| 1:14.0 | find out if they're secretly sad, and if they're not, I try to convince them that they are. |
| 1:18.0 | David was a brilliant guest, and he very kindly offered to let me release the following clip, |
| 1:22.0 | which is his intended |
| 1:22.8 | finale for his stand-up CD entitled It's Not Funny from 2004. It's a conversation |
| 1:28.2 | between David and the pre-recorded voice of H. John Benjamin, who many of you will know is the voice of Archer and the superb animated sitcom of the same name. |
| 1:36.0 | It was the planned ending bit for the whole CD. David was touring it for a year, and then his album label refused to release it but he's given it to me |
| 1:43.2 | and kindly allowed me to distribute it which I'm doing here with the |
| 1:45.8 | following permission this is an email from mr cross himself |
| 1:49.3 | i David cross of this email address of sound mind and body do declare that this audio file, let's call it |
| 1:54.8 | clapping in the USA is mine all mine and I'm happy to give it to Stuart to post on |
| 1:59.2 | his podcast thing especially as I willfully have no presence on social media. |
| 2:03.0 | Yours in Christ, David. |
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