Humor is one area where the enforcement of intellectual property law tends to be weak, or may be even non existent. So there are always issues or problems with comedians stealing jokes from other people. Do you think it works having an area such as humour were basically ip law isn't applied? Or is humor this public good that is actually underproduced because we don't have property rights and jokes? Well, it's not underproduced. There's te plenty of it out there. Too many people at theyre consuming, not seeng in too many different forms.
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