As a professional comedian, you're competing against the funniest moment of each amuter. So if i watch stephen colbert report to me, it's funny, he's not as funny as that moment by robert kelly. But canold guis like louis c k and david chapel are still creating their own humor. They play a different role. Or how do you see that? I don't know. There just seems to be this huge appetite for more funny. You can just go on the internet, make a funny video, and sometimes that will produce fantastic results for you.
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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Recorded April 21st, 2017 Other ways to connect