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Exploring the gritty underbelly of the stand-up comedy scene in Los Angeles. | dG1fOGxXdDBnb2E2Rk0
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00:00thanks for coming out for comedy although I know you didn't come out for comedy you came out for
00:21booze and drugs oh yeah I always prefer the dive bar show for comedy it's just so raw and just so
00:29cool and so very intimate hey Charles you tall black mother I love you the most rewarding part
00:35for me the joy you feel when you make somebody laugh I came out of my apartment and there was
00:42a note taped to my door and it said you kept us all up last night with the sounds of your sex a lot
00:48of people think stand-up comedy is glamorous but the reality is it's a lot different than that
00:53because I only get laid like once a quarter and just be cheering me on hey Chad Ridgely my next
01:02door neighbor he made it a minute this time when you go into one of these hostile chaotic bars in LA
01:08people are not there to see comedy guys it could be worse it could be la la land it's fucking the
01:17scene on Wednesday nobody's ever seen somebody fucking pour their heart out and their art in
01:22the middle of fucking North Valley before my ex-girlfriend was a pervert she was like Eric I
01:27want you to choke me when we're having sex I just want you to grab me don't get me wrong I thought
01:33about choking her before the hard part is is having the perseverance to to keep doing the shows to keep
01:40doing the the bar shows people heckling you you know the mic's not working the lighting not good but
01:46that's wrong that's wrong comedy it's how you really know you're funny because you can make people that
01:51didn't expect it to laugh laugh what are you like retro 70s disco masturbation where nobody's listening
02:00and do it again comedy strips you of everything human it's one of the hardest things I've been
02:08homeless the only difference between me and the dude down under the bridge and the 405 breakdancing in
02:14a bumblebee suit with the ass cut out is that I know jokes you have to give it everything comedy
02:20man stand-up comedy is my family killing is better than sex on stage stand-up comedy was there for
02:25me I hate it when I'm on a blackout and being brilliant and that's what's going on guys I'm not
02:31gonna lie to you so the hardest part about doing bar shows is crowd control shut it down shut this
02:38snow you fucked up his show great he's going to jail tonight he disrespected the room I'm going to
02:50jail for a joke man this is nonsense hey did you hear the one about the two cops walking the bar
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