Episode 1: Just Trying to Be Funny

Doubletake

WORLD Radio

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The story of a guy who’s trying to make it in the world of clean comedy—on his own terms, and in his own words. We get a backstage pass to Gutty’s Comedy Club in Indianapolis, Ind., where we’ll follow Brandon Young, punchline by punchline, as he tries to stay relevant in a world that’s leaving his language behind.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the very first episode of Double Take.
0:03.5	I'm Les Sillers.
0:05.1	We're a narrative podcast, journalism plus storytelling, informed by a biblical worldview.
0:10.6	We've got a great season coming up.
0:13.2	This first episode is called Just Trying to Be Funny.
0:16.5	Here it is.
0:21.8	Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
0:24.1	Welcome to Guddies.
0:25.5	Gutties is an Indianapolis, G-U-T-T-Y, apostrophe, S.
0:30.3	Oh, come on, you can do much, much better than that.
0:32.8	Are you guys ready to have some fun tonight?
0:36.7	Well, then help me welcome to the stage.
0:38.5	Here's comedian Brendan Young.
0:40.7	I am 41 years old.
0:42.8	I'm middle age.
0:44.0	My friends like, you are not middle age.
0:45.9	There is no way you're making it to 82.
0:48.6	Like 52 tops.
0:52.1	It's really all you got, isn't it?
0:56.0	Brandon's a big guy. He towers over most people.
0:58.0	He lives in San Diego and works for a truck hero selling aftermarket auto parts.
1:02.0	But when he clocks out, Brandon sits down in his bedroom and writes jokes.
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