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The Hilarious World of Depression

Gary Gulman Is a Brilliant Comedian and an Ineffective Offensive Lineman

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.84.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Although Gary Gulman has been a successful stand-up comedian for decades – with acclaimed specials, a loyal fan base, and appearances on all major late night shows – this was not his original plan. Gary is 6’6” and athletically gifted, he loved basketball, and had a full ride athletic scholarship to a Division 1 program. Problem is, he had no killer instinct. He had more of a comedian instinct. Hear Gary’s journey through a lifetime of deep depression, impossible standards, and some of the funniest and weirdest comedy out there today.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. Just wanted to thank you for listening to the show, for downloading it,

0:03.9

for your messages, all the support that we've been hearing from you.

0:07.8

Clinid effects everyone differently, and it's important to hear many different perspectives.

0:13.2

You've heard from people like Peter Segal and Margaret Cho and John Green and Will Wheaton,

0:19.1

all sorts of folks, people reaching out to each other defies the loneliness,

0:25.1

that depression that Clinid D thrives on. Your gift to the hilarious world of depression

0:29.8

can bring even more candid conversations to light. Do your part to support the show that you

0:36.3

love. To make your gift go to hilariousworld.org and click the donate button.

0:42.8

Is depression funny? The extremes of depression without embellishing the behavior that depression

0:51.6

causes is comical.

0:59.8

It's the hilarious world of depression. I'm John Moe. I've been doing this show for a while now,

1:27.8

and I've talked to a lot of people who more or less have their depression under control,

1:32.4

at least for now, thinking of people like Andy Richter from the Conan Show, who doesn't think of

1:37.4

his lifelong depression as cured, more like managed. Absolutely managed. It's a bad back that I've learned

1:44.8

to kind of cope with, deal with, exercises, medication, therapies, that I have just gotten

1:57.7

gotten to a workable level. Managed like a bad back is one of the more desirable outcomes for

2:03.6

depression. It doesn't always work out that way. Depression is a disease, and all cases are different.

2:10.0

Some are more severe. Gary Gullman has been a comedian for decades and has a great resume.

2:16.5

He's been on Letterman, Leno, Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan. He was a finalist on

2:22.4

last comic standing. He's put out numerous specials and albums, and he's very well regarded

2:27.7

among comedians, thought of highly by colleagues. Here's Gary in action. So, they say, did you find

2:34.5

everything you were looking for today at Trader Joe's and they mean it? I've followed up. I said,

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