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" I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport. "
Todd Barry
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" People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people. "
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" I'm particularly proud of my reluctance to share my dreams with anyone. "
Todd Barry
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Dreams
Reluctance
" Only lately, like within the last few years, have I had people actually do an impression of me to me, which weirds me out to think of what they have picked up on, without ever realizing it myself. "
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" I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it. "
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Like
Thought
Know
" I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work. "
Todd Barry
Flexibility
You
Work
" It was actually 3 years between albums. That seems like a long time to me. "
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Long Time
Years
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" And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy. "
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Some
Laugh
Joy
" I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it. "
Todd Barry
Sick
Friends
Watching
" I've never been a TV junkie. I remember watching Letterman way back when he had a morning show. "
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Way
Never
" I'd rather send out a mass email then hang posters all over the place. "
Todd Barry
Hang
Send
Place
" There's people that are just in awe of what you do, and then there are people who just think it's garbage. And I think there are people who are just uncomfortable seeing someone have fun with their job. "
Todd Barry
Fun
Have Fun
Job
" I would call it a comedy variety show. We have some people just doing straight standup. We usually try to have one musical act of sort. So its just people being funny in different ways, not just sketch, not just standup, not just characters, all of those things. "
Todd Barry
Show
People
Try
" I guess there seems to be clubs opening up again, which is strange. "
Todd Barry
Opening
Up
Again
" I like pens. My writing is so amazing there's never a need to erase. "
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Amazing
Like
Writing
" There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake. "
Todd Barry
More
Comedy
Sake
" I mean, I guess I started during the comedy boom, so it was literally like, on Sunday you could decide you wanted to be a comic, and on Monday, you could be on stage. "
Todd Barry
Stage
You
Monday
" If I'm at a party and someone puts on a Blues Brothers tape, I tend to go nuts. "
Todd Barry
Someone
Blues
Go
" I mean, I've always had scattered interests, but I never went on stage to get an agent or anything like that. "
Todd Barry
Like
Stage
Never
" I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires. "
Todd Barry
Things
Sometimes
Out
" I did end up doing substitute teaching, but there's not a lot of teaching involved in that. "
Todd Barry
Involved
Up
Teaching
" I mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right. "
Todd Barry
Mean
Like
Logic
" I once sat next to Jim from Wild Kingdom on a flight from Atlanta. I find mentioning that opens a lot of doors. "
Todd Barry
Next
Wild
Flight
" Buddha, much like everyone else has good and bad days. "
Todd Barry
Bad Days
Bad
Good
" I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians. "
Todd Barry
Comedians
People
Know
" It's cool to go to a place that has posters up and it's one night only. It feels more special. "
Todd Barry
Special
Place
Cool
" I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. "
Todd Barry
Thanksgiving
Would
Love
" I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film. "
Todd Barry
Want
Film
Short
" I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have booked myself on the road for at least a year. "
Todd Barry
Did
Road
New York
" I am the the type to have a personal experience with a celebrity, but I'm too classy to bring that up. "
Todd Barry
I Am
Personal
Experience
" I liked the koala, wallaby, and I chilled with a kangaroo a bit. There was a wombat that I quite enjoyed also. "
Todd Barry
Kangaroo
Quite
Liked