Colin Quinn's Coronavirus Drive-In Special

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

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Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with the Comics’ Comic, Colin Quinn. Colin is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He’s best known for being an SNL cast member in the late 90s where he also anchored Weekend Update, with other credits including roles in the films Trainwreck and Grown Ups. In today’s episode, Jesse and Colin break down a joke from Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Show, which is exactly what it sounds like: a comedy show in a parking lot, as part of our new normal. It’s part stand up special and part documentary, about shooting a special during a pandemic. They also chat about Colin’s new book Overstated, in which he roasts each and everyone one of the 50 united states. You can watch Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Show on HBO Max. You can watch Colin’s last three standup specials on Netflix. Buy Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States, wherever you buy books. Follow Colin on twitter and instagram. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:35.4	comes on to play a clip of one of their jokes and then discusses how they wrote it
1:38.8	and how it fits into what they're trying to do with their comedy. This week's
1:42.4	guest is Colin Quinn.
1:44.7	You know, Colin holds a special place in my little comedy heart. First, he's just, he's so smart about comedy and how he talks about it and how it should be used and what makes good comedy what makes not interesting comedy.
2:02.0	But more so from 2002 to 2004 he hosted a show called
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