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The Gist

Crazy Funny

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2014

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

When Amy Solomon was growing up in Chicago, she was obsessed with Gilda Radner. She wanted to be a comedian but worried she didn't have enough problems to talk about. For her Princeton senior thesis, Solomon explored the link between confessional comedy and mental health. In this special segment, Mike also speaks with comedians Sara Benincasa, Chris Gethard, and Gary Gulman about where they find balance. For the Spiel, the value of living through history. Get The Gist by email as soon as it's available: slate.com/GistEmail Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slate…id873667927?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:13.9

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0:30.1

It's Friday, August 8th, 2014 from Slate. It's the gist I might pass.

0:37.6

And now, a New Yorker with a complaint related to soup.

0:41.2

Okay, can you do it again, but this time it really hits soup.

0:44.8

And now, a New Yorker with a complaint related to soup.

0:49.3

That's all I need right now. You and your butt are not squash.

0:54.5

This has been a New Yorker with a complaint related to soup.

0:58.8

You know, I hope that was funny. If not funny, maybe perhaps the life will or something.

1:02.5

Something, let's say bordering in the realm of the humerus. Because we have a rather large

1:06.4

section today. It's about a 16-minute section. It's about comedy and mental illness.

1:10.8

But, you know, even though the first word is comedy, it's not funny. It's not funny per se.

1:15.4

You know, I could give a conventional joke. All right, I'll do so. You can tell this to kids too.

1:18.8

Guy walks into a bar. Here's a tiny voice. I like your tie.

1:22.5

Looks around. Bar tenders not saying anything. Again, I just like the cut of your jib.

1:27.9

Where is that coming from? Once more, here's someone say,

1:31.4

That's a very swaddling haircut.

1:34.2

Guy says, what's going on? Bar tenders says, don't mind that. Those are the peanuts. They're

1:38.4

complimentary. All right, thus making up for the lack of humor, but insight that you're all

1:45.9

here in our piece about comedians and mental illness. And in the spiel, I'll be talking about history,

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