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Todd Barry
American
Comedian
Born:
Mar 26
,
1964
Comedy
Go
Had
Me
People
You
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George Carlin
Groucho Marx
Milton Berle
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Steven Wright
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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.
Todd Barry
Experience
Too
Type
Classy
Am
Up
Celebrity
Personal
Personal Experience
Bring
I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate.
Todd Barry
Culture
About
Know
Pirate
Pirates
Much
Really
And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy.
Todd Barry
Joy
Laugh
Some
Make
Audience
Goal
Them
Really
Bring
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
Myself
Comedy
Year
Booked
Would
About
About A Year
Had
Road
Over
New
Least
Did
York
Moved
New York
Again
Then
Basically
I mean, I guess I realized subconsciously that this is what I should be doing before I realized it, consciously. Verbally, I don't think I had committed to it, even though I was driving everywhere, every night, just trying to get on stage.
Todd Barry
Before
Stage
Every
Think
Guess
Everywhere
Though
Had
Driving
Verbally
Doing
Subconsciously
Get
Trying
Committed
Just
Mean
Realized
Should
Even
Every Night
Night
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
Thought
Joke
Mine
Out
Logic
Some
About
Something
Pointing
Never
Had
Like
Make
Sort
Waiters
Error
Comment
Mean
Even
Right
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.
Todd Barry
Knowledge
People
Too Much
Thought
Too
Else
Montreal
About
Someone
Like
Importance
Know
Comedians
Comic
Understands
May
Much
Certain
Certain Things
Who
Things
I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires.
Todd Barry
Sometimes
Out
Write
Beforehand
Used
Things
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.
Todd Barry
Guess
Vocabulary
Without
Am
Than
Trying
Just
Interesting
Less
Now
Actually
Miller
I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be when I started.
Todd Barry
Thought
Nervous
Would
Would-Be
Started
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
Funny
People
Comedy
Try
Some People
Musical
Ways
Those
Characters
Would
Some
Variety
Call
Sort
Doing
Just
Being
Different
Being Funny
Sketch
Straight
Act
Show
Standup
Different Ways
Things
I'd rather send out a mass email then hang posters all over the place.
Todd Barry
Email
Out
Posters
Rather
Mass
Over
Send
Hang
Place
Then
If I'm at a party and someone puts on a Blues Brothers tape, I tend to go nuts.
Todd Barry
Party
Nuts
Brothers
Someone
Tend
Puts
Go
Tape
Blues
Blues Brothers
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.
Todd Barry
Me
You
Comedy
Seen
Cross
Variety
Features
David
Jon
Since
Well
Tastes
Show
Acts
Seasons
Wide
Wide Variety
Started
You always think you're better than you are in the beginning.
Todd Barry
You
Better
Beginning
Think
Always
Than
In The Beginning
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.
Todd Barry
Good
You
Better
Sometimes
Face
Others
Run
Maddening
Bad
Dinners
Some
Venues
Deal
Than
Front
Just
Being
Anywhere
Your
Full
Show
Served
It's cool to go to a place that has posters up and it's one night only. It feels more special.
Todd Barry
One-Night
Posters
More
Only
Feels
Go
Up
Place
Special
Cool
Night
I loved Australia. I was very successful there.
Todd Barry
Australia
Very
Loved
Successful
I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians.
Todd Barry
People
Say
Astronauts
Know
Comedians
Lot
Any
Want
Who
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