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Episode 1391 - Tommy Tiernan

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

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Who Gives You Permission to Do Comedy?

When he was a kid, Mark Martin "made people see things in a way that was... was palatable and manageable because it was funny" Who gave you permission to do what you're doing? Jews. I remember seeing Paul Reiser at the comic strip in New York on the same night Eddie Murphy dropped by. He played this kind of knee-length, bootwearing, rake,. who was seducing women and just kind of moving through society, right now around him and drinking. The fact that I've seen their work has given me permission to try what I want to do. It's one of those things where you kind of feel as if it's slightly unfair that I can

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