Is There a Dark Side to Comedy?

Tom Shalu talks about his early days as a comedian and how he would constantly think about his heroes in comedy. He'd look at comics like George Carlin, Robin Williams and Louis CK they were all able to turn their dark personal struggles into brilliant comedy I envy their talent but I wouldn't want the dark personal struggles that went along with it okay? Tom Shalu: Everyone is a package deal you can't view one element of someone  you're playing a sort of mix and match game that doesn't exist in the real world here's one of life's little truths everyone is a packageDeal.