Paul Mecurio | Comedian, Former Wall Street Investment Banker and Lawyer

The Watercooler

Watercooler Podcast

Comedy

4.3 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Paul Mecurio tells his unique story of leaving a six-figure job on Wall Street to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. He recalls sneaking away from work to perform at dive bars, writing jokes during conference meetings, and adapting to the lifestyle changes that came with his decisions. And most importantly, he talks about dealing with the fears and doubts that plagued him during the transition from leaving a life that made him money to one that makes him happy. Host: Chris Laxamana ChrisLaxamana.com

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0:00.0	This week on for crying out loud.
0:04.4	You know that was just a different time.
0:06.2	It was a different time.
0:07.2	It was a different time.
0:08.2	That was like 1985 and I was, me and my friend were flashing truckers.
0:12.1	Oh yeah. And I had big old boobs.
0:15.0	My children refer to boobs now as behoobas.
0:18.0	I don't know why.
0:19.0	But I had big old behoobas because it was pre my breast reduction surgery and my I'm with my friend who has no
0:26.5	boobs like she's the flattest flat you've ever seen so pancakes and then watermelons next to each other. We were flashing truckers.
0:35.9	We would literally like write messages. I guess we didn't think there'd be any serial killer truckers
0:40.4	out to kill us.
0:41.4	Nobody's going to kill you,
0:42.8	or rape you, follow you to your motel?
0:44.2	I mean, I don't know how naive we were.
0:46.0	I know.
0:47.0	And at one point, we had nowhere to stay
0:48.0	and couldn't afford another motel
0:50.0	so we slept at the side of the road.
0:52.0	Oh my God.
0:53.0	What are we thinking about?
0:55.0	Oh my God.
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