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The Gist

Comedy Week: Stand-Up Comedy

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, we're kicking off our week on the world of comedy by talking to three comedians about the state of stand-up comedy. Adam Ferrara, Aparna Nancherla, and Hari Kondabolu talk with Mike about the way they perform, how they interact with their audience and fans, and pushing boundaries in the art form. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following recording may contain explicit language.

0:02.8

I can't get more explicit than May.

0:05.6

Let's just say it may.

0:10.9

It's Monday, September 16th, 2019.

0:13.9

From Slated to the Gist I'm Mike Pasca,

0:16.1

and this is Comedy Week,

0:18.7

a week of consideration, exploration,

0:21.8

and perhaps limited enactment of comedy content.

0:25.9

Eby White once said discussing comedies

0:27.9

like dissecting a frog.

0:29.6

You may learn something, but the frog dies in the process.

0:32.8

Now if this were true, the iTunes charts

0:35.0

would look like the last scene in Magnolia.

0:37.1

Actually, what Eby White actually wrote was, quote,

0:43.1

humor can be dissected as a frog can,

0:47.1

but the thing dies in the process

0:49.3

and the innards are discouraging

0:51.6

to any but the pure scientific mind.

0:54.7

Well, we punched that up and rewrite.

0:56.2

And all this week, we offer to you,

0:59.1

our gist listeners, those amphibian innards,

1:02.7

those ribby guts, in future days,

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