Comedy Is A Mental Illness Factory - Tom Sawyer

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Tom Sawyer, former owner and manager of the famous Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco, sits down with Bridget to discuss what it takes to make a career in stand up. They talk about how Tom got into the business, how he started booking and producing comedy shows, his tips for success to all bookers out there, what his biggest mistake as a comic was, how he built Cobb’s into the success it became, how to recognize that you won’t make it as a comic, the dysfunctional lifestyle, the truth about bombing, and his perspective on women in comedy. They also cover people who are intent on self-destruction, people who can handle the success the achieve or not, the dangers of comedy, his tips for a successful audition, why the audience is rooting for you, why you should always be evolving both as a person and as a comic, how he got into voice acting, the other careers that comedy can lead you to, and why comedy is on fire right now.

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0:00.0	This week we're excited to welcome comedian and voice actor Tom Sawyer.
0:04.5	To me, if society's putting up a line in the sand,
0:09.5	then your job is to figure out a way to get to that line without crossing it.
0:15.3	That's the challenge of Kami.
0:17.8	To me it's just another challenge.
0:19.7	If you're not up for the challenge old man, get out of the way and let the young the young guys you know because they'll figure it out they have
0:25.5	figured it out a number of them have but if you're over there going oh woke people are giving me a hard time
0:32.3	they're trying to cancel me boo-hoo you woke people are giving me a hard time.
0:32.6	They're trying to cancel me, boo-hoo.
0:34.9	You know, it's pathetic.
0:37.3	This is Walk-In's Welcome with Bridget Feticy.
0:40.0	I'm Bridget Fetticyicy and you are welcome.
0:43.0	You know the drill.
0:55.0	the drill.
0:56.0	Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friend, send smoke signals, whatever.
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