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Why Are You Laughing?

The Rise & Rapid Fall of Dat Phan

Why Are You Laughing?

Blind Mike Project

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

5721 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Today Blind Mike and Craig look in to the brief rise, and very rapid fall of Dat Phan. Is this episode a personal vendetta? Sure, but nonetheless and important piece of comedy history.

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0:00.0

I don't really know how to start shows.

0:02.0

Come on now, don't start liking me now.

0:05.0

So yeah, I'm funny compared to, you know, well you'll see later.

0:10.0

I favor mehap!

0:11.0

I know a lot of fucking idiots.

0:13.0

I think a lot of shit is mean-spirited, just because it goes against what they believe.

0:16.0

But the relief of comedy is it take things that aren't funny and it allows us to laugh about them for an hour

0:21.8

We got a purple suit to buy in a gigantic coffin. Why are you laughing? Evening everybody. Welcome to

0:27.3

another episode of Why You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast. And today, I am pleased to introduce to you the brief rise and rapid fall of DatFam. So if you don't know who that is, I don't blame you.

0:39.4

And I'll just say, we typically cover legends and notable names and even the people like we did, you know, the rise and fall of Dane Cook.

0:47.2

But everyone knows who Dane Cook is.

0:49.1

This is a little more obscure.

0:51.1

I do think it's significant in the history of comedy because I think last

0:56.0

comic standing kind of at an interesting place in what they tried to do and how they failed at it

1:01.8

in some senses. So I do think this is, it fits the category of why you laughing. I do think it's a

1:09.3

history lesson in comedy, but let's just say it won't be on the final exam. This is more, if you listen to the

1:15.1

Blind Mike project, this is more of a personal vendetta. So a little out of the norm for a

1:22.2

why are you laughing episode, but I think we'll stick to our usual, you know, utmost

1:27.0

professionalism.

1:27.8

So hope you guys enjoy this.

1:30.0

Let me know in the comments what you think about it.

1:32.6

And we could do more episodes like this because I think in the near future,

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