The Seriousness of Being Funny w/ Tom Shadyac (Rebroadcast)
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Tom Shadyac will be our guest for a live recording at TPAC's Polk Theater as part of the Nashville Comedy Festival on April 18th, 2020! Click here for tickets!
This is a rebroadcast of RTN #34 with an update on Tom's work since we spoke with him in December of 2016.
Tom Shadyac has probably made you laugh. He was the youngest ever staff joke writer for Bob Hope and he directed some of the biggest comedy films in recent memory, including Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor. A lot of people would say Tom has "made it." Tom would disagree.
Tom joins Ben and Bob for a conversation about his life and the path that led him to abandon the pursuit of fame and material abundance to focus on helping others. He tells of his 11-year period of unemployment as he struggled to find success in the Los Angeles comedy scene, his relationship with Jim Carrey and how following his own passions led him to take a risk with Ace Ventura. Tom also talks of his approach to teaching film, and explains why he defines success as a state of mind. Other topics of conversation include the LA comedy scene, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Tom's deep commitment to the people of Memphis.
The Road to Now is part of the Osiris Podcast Network. This rebroadcast was edited by Gary Fletcher.
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