The original novel, peter pan, by j m barry. I mean, how do you understand that book? It's a deeply weird book. And then how you and your co author, ridley pearson, modified peter pan. We were really naive. Neither one of us had really spent much time on jm barry. Both of us had been raised i the united states. That was our view of the peter pan story. Little did we know we were ow sticking a stick into a hornetsnest. Of british people, who verytake take their jam very, very seriously. They don't like a try o revise stor, right?
Though most know him first as a humor columnist, Dave Barry’s career has spanned many forms of media, including books, movies, TV, and music. Driving this relentless output, says Barry, is the constant worry he’ll find himself stuck in a rut — or worse — no longer funny. And do we even need professional comedians in an age where so many funny amateurs are readily available online?
Tyler and Dave discuss all these topics and more, including the weirdness of Peter Pan, what makes Florida special, how it felt to teach Roger McQuinn a lick on the guitar, and why business writing is so terrible.
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