Larry Charles the comedy legend is here
Turned Out A Punk
Turned Out A Punk
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
Are you still scared of clowns? Well, you better not be because, king of comedy, Larry Charles has come to TOAP! Listen in as Damian sits down with the writer, director and producer of some of the biggest comedies ever to talk all things punk. From going to CB’s, to witnessing Andy Kaufman’s destructo art first hand, to blazin’ with a Fug, to Bob Dylan’s capacity for happiness, to working with Kanye before the fall, to the through line from Al Goldstein to Donald Trump and so much more! THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also, don’t miss Larry’s fantastic book: “Comedy Samurai: Forty Years Of Blood, Guts and Laughter”, available at your local bookstore now.
Watch Larry's series: "Larry Charles' Dangerous World Of Comedy", on Netflix now
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Hello and welcome to another edition of Turned Out of Punk. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm your host, Damien Abraham, and today on the show, my God, I can't believe what I'm saying this. Larry Charles |
| 0:39.5 | is here. Larry is someone that I've been a big fan of as you'll hear me kind of gush about in a |
| 0:45.3 | second on the show for many, many years. But someone I never thought I get a chance to sit down |
| 0:51.2 | and talk to like this and this kind of context. |
| 0:54.5 | I, to be honest, until I read his book and kind of dug into stuff a little bit deeper, |
| 1:00.2 | didn't even realize he was that much of a punk. |
| 1:03.3 | And I owed all to friend of the show, my co-host slash nemesis on the show at times, the great Chris Estrada for being the guy who kind of bridged the communication between Larry and I. |
| 1:19.1 | Not directly, of course, Chris would never do something that nice for me. |
| 1:22.0 | But through Larry being a fan of Chris and then seeing some clips that I posted on TikTok. |
| 1:27.5 | And anyway, here we are. |
| 1:29.7 | I implore you, go out there and watch. |
| 1:32.8 | I'm sure you've seen a lot of stuff Larry Charles has made, but go and watch his |
| 1:37.7 | Larry Charles's dangerous world of comedy. |
| 1:42.1 | I feel like that might be one of the most important things he's done. |
| 1:45.6 | Also, read his book because I think it puts a lot of his work into context. |
| 1:51.1 | Like, we talk about it. |
| 1:52.8 | Like, this is a, this is a very thoughtful person, a very compassionate person. |
| 1:58.1 | So when I have a lot of respect for, and once again, you're going to hear me gush about them in a second. I do a lot of gushing on this episode. I'm going to warn you in advance. |
| 2:05.5 | But I feel like it's because I got a lot of respect for Larry. And as you know, if you've |
| 2:11.3 | listened to the show a lot, I got a lot of respect for people that keep those journeys that |
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