Hi, I'm Chris Hill. Welcome to a bonus episode of Market Foolery. If this is the first time you're listening, thanks for checking us out. Usually on this show, it's me talking with one of the analysts from the Motley Fool about news

from the world of business and investing in the stock market, and if you listen to some recent episodes,

you'll get a sense of what we typically do on this show.

If you are a long time listener, this is something a little different.

Definitely Motley.

It is a conversation with comedian Greg Fitzsimmons.

He was in Washington, D.C. last weekend doing some shows at a local club.

I went to his hotel on Saturday afternoon to talk with him.

He was very generous with his time and an absolute blast to talk

with. If you're unfamiliar with Greg, he is absolutely one of the most popular

comedians in America. He has played all over the country

for the past two decades. He's got specials on Netflix and Comedy Central.

He's won daytime Emmy Awards as a writer on the Ellen DeGeneres show. He's acted, he's done voice over work, he's pretty much done it all.

We talked about the business of comedy, how it has evolved over the years, the impact of Netflix on stand-up comedy, and a lot more.

We're running an edited version of this interview on the Motley Full Money Radio show this week,

but I wanted to share the full conversation.

It turns out that both of us were attending colleges in the city of Boston at the same time

in the 1980s, so that's where this conversation starts so here's me and

Greg Fitzsimmons. Well I wasn't really planning on going to college to be

honest after high school I took a year off with no plans to go to college and

I saved up some money I worked two jobs I was a cook at TGI Fridays at night

and then I was a caddy during the day at a country club I saved up four grand and then I went to Europe by myself for like six months.

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