Jim Breuer: Fame, Anger, and Finding the Funny Again | TFATK Ep. 1157
The Fighter & The Kid
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4.2 • 17.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 129 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of The Fighter and The Kid, Bryan Callen sits down with comedian Jim Breuer for a wide-ranging conversation about stand-up, creativity, and life on the road. Jim talks about touring nonstop, stepping away from comedy, losing the anger that fueled his material, and why he no longer feels the need to chase relevance or belong to any group.
The episode dives into old-school comedy values, the fear of losing your audience, how culture and social media have changed stand-up, and why real creativity often comes from slowing down instead of forcing output. A thoughtful, funny conversation with one of comedy’s most recognizable voices. Get this episode and all future episodes AD FREE + 2 extended episodes, Fan Questions, exclusive behind the scenes content and more each month at https://www.patreon.com/tfatk
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, we did, because we back at it again. |
| 0:02.2 | It's the fighter and the kid. |
| 0:03.7 | This is really the fighter and the kid. |
| 0:06.9 | Come on, baby. |
| 0:08.3 | Where do you sell the best? |
| 0:12.1 | Right now, anywhere in the East Coast. |
| 0:17.2 | L.A. |
| 0:17.9 | How many tickets? |
| 0:18.7 | What kind of theaters are you selling? |
| 0:22.4 | Paramount. So what's that, 1,200? Yeah. It's good. They'll sell out. Thursday. I ain't worried about it. Massachusetts, |
| 0:27.8 | New Hampshire. That's huge. Atlantic City, no worries. How did you, how did you, was it just |
| 0:33.7 | you, you doing it online and staying relevant online? That's it. And how is your, and streaming? |
| 0:38.4 | I was thinking about streaming. |
| 0:39.6 | I stream every Tuesday on everything, although TikTok just fucking banned me. |
| 0:43.9 | It banned you. |
| 0:46.4 | All I said was I had Dr. McCullough on. |
| 0:51.5 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:52.7 | And I said the clip was, which was true, you know, my daughter and I went to Costa Rica, |
| 1:02.7 | which we did, and we both got sick. |
| 1:06.6 | Like I started calling it. |
| 1:07.5 | It was right, it was still at the end of COVID. |
| 1:09.2 | I'm like, fuck, we got to call him in. |
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