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" I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires. "
Todd Barry
Things
Sometimes
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" Well, I have since seen you at Tinkle. It's a comedy show started by David Cross, me and Jon Benjamin. It features a wide variety of acts for all tastes and seasons. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I am the the type to have a personal experience with a celebrity, but I'm too classy to bring that up. "
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" People in New York love having roof parties. "
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People
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" My sister sometimes does a Todd Barry tribute act. "
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Tribute
Act
" I guess there seems to be clubs opening up again, which is strange. "
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Up
Again
" I did end up doing substitute teaching, but there's not a lot of teaching involved in that. "
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Up
Teaching
" I was probably just trying to be Dennis Miller, but without the vocabulary to actually be Dennis Miller. I guess I was just less interesting than I am now, if I am interesting at all. "
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I Am
Interesting
" I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work. "
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Flexibility
You
Work
" Some venues are better run than others. Sometimes it's just maddening to deal with full dinners being served in front of your face. You can have a good or bad show anywhere. "
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Run
You
" If you see me at a restaurant, blow me a kiss, wave, blow me another kiss, then walk five steps backward. "
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Wave
You
Walk
" I liked the koala, wallaby, and I chilled with a kangaroo a bit. There was a wombat that I quite enjoyed also. "
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Kangaroo
Quite
Liked
" I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. "
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Thanksgiving
Would
Love
" I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film. "
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Want
Film
Short
" I'm traveling the world, ripping rooms apart with my stupendous comedy. "
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World
Ripping
Traveling
" 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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People
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Driving
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Think
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" 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. "
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Joy
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Years
Time
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