The Lou Perez Podcast - Larry Sharpe

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Education, Business, Comedy, Self-improvement, News, Politics

4.6 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r I always have fun talking with my friend Larry Sharpe of The Sharpe Way. On this episode, I come to him for advice on how to get my child to put/keep his pants on and insights into how bad New York really is, who’s behind the migrant crisis and the homeless industrial complex, and just how much money can be made off of human suffering. While others are looking to be the next 600-pound influencer, “quiet quitting” or “showing their independence” (that’s when you get a job but choose not to show up on the first day of work), I’m pushing the Flashdance career path: Be a dancer but also be a welder—and always be a creator. Check out my short story "Paul's Ghost" in Nothing Sacred from Heresy Press and Skyhorse Publishing. Catch me on tour, opening for the brilliant Scott Thompson. (Dates Below) Tickets here: https://newscottlandland.com/live-events Buffalo, NY - May 20 Cleveland, OH - May 21 Pittsburgh, PA - May 22 Toronto, CA - May 24 Boston, MA - May 28 Ogunquit, ME - May 30 Stamford, CT - May 31 NYC, NY - June 1 Philadelphia, PA - June 3 Alexandria, VA - June 4 Atlanta, GA - June 10 I’ve been rocking XX-XY Athletics wares. WORK OUT, SPEAK OUT! You can get 20% off your purchase of the perfect burpee gear with promo code LOU20. https://www.xx-xyathletics.com/?sca_ref=7113152.ifIMaKpCG3ZfUHH4 Support me at www.substack.com/@louperez Join my newsletter www.TheLouPerez.com Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-lou-perez.../id1535032081 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/.../2b7d4d.../the-lou-perez-podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I’m currently on tour with Scott Thompson. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.1	Hey guys, welcome back to the Lou Perez podcast on The Lions of Liberty Network.
0:45.0	I'm your host, Lou Perez, and today I'm still happy to be joined by an old friend of mine.
0:50.3	He's the host of the Sharp Way, Mr. Larry Sharp.
0:54.5	It is true, and Sharpway is with an E.
0:57.1	The E makes it special.
0:58.2	Without the E, what value would it have?
1:00.9	The E is what makes it special.
1:02.1	You know, right from the start, once Larry was born, like, they were already thinking about marketing.
1:07.5	They were already thinking of branding.
1:09.4	They're like, how are we going to brand this kid
1:11.7	to do it so perfectly? Well, the first, this is a true story, though. I wasn't always the most
1:19.3	popular Larry Sharp. There was a wrestler from the 70s called Pretty Boy Larry Sharp. He used to actually,
1:25.4	I'm not joking, but that wasn't his name. He made his name Larry Sharp. Like, why would you make your name Larry Sharp. He used to actually, I'm not joking, but that wasn't his name. He made
1:28.9	his name Larry Sharp. Like, why would you make your name Larry Sharp? He was actually like Larry Wheel or
1:34.2	something like that. He was like, I'm going to change my name when I wrestle to Larry Sharp because
1:38.4	that's a way better name. Now, good for me, sad for him. He passed away in 2018. And when he, and when he died in 2018, I became the most popular Larry Sharp in the country.
1:48.5	So rest in peace, Larry Wheel slash Sharp.
1:51.8	The king is here.
1:53.5	Well, Larry, I think you played the long game.
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