Risking It All On Laughter with Andrew Stanley—Stand-Up Comedian

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

With the world looking increasingly dark, stand-up comedian Andrew Stanley is risking it all on laughter. What began as 5 minutes at an open mic has blossomed into a career built on an aggressive move: leaving his stable office job behind to tell jokes. He’s an inspiring, and hilarious, young man with insights on risk, the power of humor and how you can learn to be funnier.

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0:00.0	I do. My grandfather's a big Southern Baptist TV preacher.
0:04.0	My dad is a pastor, and I do this.
0:08.0	So they are just giddy about it.
0:11.0	I think this is just a more fun version of preaching.
0:14.0	I don't have to baptize anybody.
0:17.0	That's gross.
0:19.0	I'm not trying to get in a hot tub with some sinner.
0:23.6	I don't know where they've been.
0:27.6	They're washing it off.
0:28.6	I don't want it floating over to me.
0:31.6	I'm not trying to catch the reason they're here.
0:35.6	Especially during COVID.
0:40.1	I was like, I don't know when we're going to be able to safely baptize again.
0:43.4	Baptize somebody with a mask on that is water hoarding.
0:48.4	Technically, you got a really want salvation to be trying.
0:53.4	I thought all the churches were going to have to buy those carnival dump tanks. And then the pastor could just throw softball from 60 away to see who gets in heaven.
1:04.0	I think that's a better system. I think people start going back to church.
1:07.0	We have Falcons tickets for Sunday, but Patrick Stanley's pitching with salvation on the lines.
1:13.5	She didn't like we should go to that.
1:27.1	Welcome to the aggressive life.
1:30.1	You know, I think that if we want to be aggressive,
1:32.3	we're going to have to do things that people aren't willing to do.
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