The Infamous Andrew Schulz

Honestly with Bari Weiss

The Free Press

News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

There’s a tried-and-true playbook for comedians who want to make it big: hit the road, get in front of as many audiences as possible, and try to grab the attention of the TV executives who decide which comics are lucky enough to get a special. But Andrew Schulz and his generation of comics has something those guys didn’t: The internet. In 2018, one of Schulz’s self-published specials went to number one across Apple Music, Google Play and Amazon. That led to sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall and, eventually, a four-part series on Netflix. This summer, right as he was about to release his newest special with another big streamer, he was told he’d need to edit out some of his offensive jokes. Instead of censoring his work, he bought back the rights to the show and is going to release it on his website this weekend. We talk about why he feels so confident betting on himself, the state of comedy in an era of censoriousness, and why a healthy society needs people who are willing to be offensive. Check out his new special on July 17th at: https://theandrewschulz.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.1	Oh thank you so much that means the world. I really appreciate this guys.
0:33.4	And it's, and it's, it's Barry.
0:35.6	Yeah, like a Long Island dentist.
0:38.2	Like a... Not like the fancy city in Italy. But here's the thing.
0:44.0	There's no girl that's Barry.
0:45.0	What?
0:46.0	No, my name is literally Barry White.
0:48.0	I mean, that's who I know.
0:50.0	So...
0:51.0	Yes, you're the Jewish very white.
0:54.0	That's it.
0:55.0	Yeah, this is great.
0:57.0	We got it together, then.
1:00.0	Nobody but you. This is honestly and I am Barry White. Just kidding. It's just me. Barry Weiss and today we have something a little bit different.
1:25.3	Before I go on a quick warning to listeners. My guest today, the comedian
1:30.0	Andrew Schultz, plays blue. In other words, there's some f-boms in here and some jokes
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