Interview: Comedian Shane Torres

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🗓️ 30 April 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Shane's career caught fire when he famously defended Guy Fieri (and his shirt flames) in a bit on 'Conan.' Now, he talks to Sam about life on the road, why political comedy is hard, and their shared Texas roots. Shane's debut comedy album is called 'Established 1981.' Email the show at [email protected]

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0:00.0	From NPR, I'm Sam Sanders. It's been a minute.
0:08.0	Today I want to talk about the funniest joke I have heard, or comedic bit I have heard,
0:13.5	in maybe the last few years. It is a long riff on Celebrity Chef Guy Fier.
0:19.0	People f*** it on that dude all the time. And as far as I can tell, all he ever did was follow his dreams.
0:30.0	That is the voice of Shane Torres. And this joke, his joke, became its own certifiable meme online.
0:37.0	There are bus feed articles about this thing.
0:40.0	Patton Oswald, himself a very big deal comic. He once said that Shane Torres' Guy Fiery joke is the one joke by another comic he wished he could steal.
0:50.0	Now the Guy Fiery joke has been in the world for a few years at this point.
0:55.0	But I just recently discovered Shane Torres.
0:57.0	Hi Shane, can you hear me?
0:59.0	Okay, can you hear me?
1:00.0	How goes it?
1:01.0	Not too bad, how about yourself?
1:02.0	I saw Shane at a comedy club called Largo in LA a few weeks ago.
1:06.0	And I don't usually go to comedy shows because I have no idea how to find the good ones.
1:11.0	But some friends set this up and I said, sure, whatever.
1:15.0	Not expecting anything.
1:18.0	That's the exact kind of enthusiasm we love as comedians for a show.
1:21.0	Shane exceeded my expectations.
1:24.0	As soon as the show was done, I began to try to book him on this show.
1:28.0	So Shane's at a point in his comedy career that we don't often get to hear about.
1:32.0	He is on the road almost 250 days a year.
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