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RICK SHAPIRO
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Talkin' Comedy Day
Sep 1, 2013142 visitors
will durst
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WD
Stage· 134 messages
Sep 1, 2013
Rick Shapiro and WIll Durst talk all things comedy, Comedy Day and comedians.. Join in (50% will be in CAPS)...
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:00 PM
HEY
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will durst · 8:00 PM
hey shapiro. you there?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:00 PM
BEFORE WE GET TO COMEDY DAY TALK.. YOUR AN ADMIRABLE COMIC
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will durst · 8:00 PM
as are you, young man. what's going on?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:03 PM
THANKS ,WELL IVE BEEN WATCHING YOUR STUFF(YOU) AND I GET SO INCENSED ,ITS ABOUT TIME NOW THAT YOU WERE IN MY LITTLE CIRCLES HEARD ALL OVER THE WORLDAMD QUOTED N QUPTED N REQUOTED UNTIL YOUR KNOWLEDGE N TRUTH N AND
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will durst · 8:04 PM
yeah. me too. and it will be wonderful to see you at comedy day. which is coming up on the last sunday of summer. september 15. at golden gate park in SF. noon to five. 40 comics. of which you and i are two.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:04 PM
,I MEAN HUMANS ARE IN HUMAN WE NEED TO REALLY HEAR THE NICE WAY N COOL N FUNNY WAY YOU PUT IT ,THINGS, BUT THESE R THINGS THAT MEN SAY PEOPLE R TOO LIGHT ABOUT THESE SCUMBAG SMART IDIOTS
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:05 PM
YEAH CANT WAIT FOR THIS N THE OTHER COMICSN ITS OUTSODE SO ITLL BE INTERESTING THE EFFECT IT HAS ON THOSE WITH STROLLERS
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will durst · 8:06 PM
yeah. you know. i see tapes of myself from back when i was 30 and i'm so pissed. and i wonder, what the hell is he so pissed at? think i've mellowed out a bit lately. or maybe just realized its all a game. and i'm just watching the hypocrisy and
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will durst · 8:06 PM
stupidity whip back and forth like watching a tennis match.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:08 PM
YEAH I COULD USE SOME OF THAT ITS HARD TO RELAX N REALLY SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS,ALTHOUGH ITHAT SENTENCE ALONE IS PARADOXIXAL
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:08 PM
MY KEYBOARD IS LIL SCREWED UP
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will durst · 8:08 PM
its just a matter of keeping on keeping on. we can't let the bastards grind us down.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:10 PM
AMERICA NEEDS THE RAGE THE GUYS WHOS HOUSES R STOLEN THE HOUSEHUNTER WATCHERS REALITY SHOWS AMERICAN APPAREL POSTERS,I LIVE IN LA RIGHT NOW SO ITS HARD TO NOT PUNCH N PUKE
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:10 PM
I SAW ROCK MEDICINE IS SA SPONSOR
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:11 PM
I FIND THAT INTERESTING FOR COMEDY
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will durst · 8:11 PM
don't know how you can live down there. yes. i know that's where the cameras are plugged in. but i get road rage every single trip to the grocery store down there. its getting bad up here. of course up here is so expensive.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:12 PM
YEAH EVEN THE SIDEWALKS R GETTING CARPETTED
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:12 PM
IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE YOUR STUFF I GOTTA SAY AGAIN, NOONE ABSOLUTELY NOONE IS DOING THAT IN COMEDY OUT HERE
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will durst · 8:12 PM
the difference between the rich and the poor here is what stands out. incredibly fancy restaurants with homeless streaming past the front windows.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:13 PM
EXCEPT MAYBE OVERTON WHO I LOVE
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will durst · 8:13 PM
overton is the best. he's a guy who doesn't care. he's got a modicum of success so he can go onstage and dare tell the truth.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:14 PM
YHE CLASS CHASM IS SO CLEAR
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:14 PM
YEAHHH HE MATTERS N COMICS OTHER THAN HIM DONT REALIZE THERE IS SOOO MUCH MORE TO SAY N TOO REPEAT THE POINT IS POINT BLANK NECCESSARY!
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will durst · 8:16 PM
its hard to talk about the world situation at a club. the average age of a comedy club audience is 18- 35. always has been. is now. forever shall be. and our generation wanted anti authoritarian stuff. now, its like "yeah, and… what's your point?"
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:16 PM
HEARD YOU HAD A CHICKEN CROSSED THE ROAD JOKE CONTEST LAST YEAR ,,,WILL YOU DO IT AGAIN I HOPE??
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will durst · 8:16 PM
jokes. i love jokes. always wanted to do a show that was just jokes. a bunch of comedians. telling their favorite street jokes. maybe an audience contest.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:17 PM
WELL THE COUNTRY KNOWS ITS BEEN LIED TO THE AUDIENCE IS NOW ANGRIER THAN THE COMEDIAN N THEY R TOTALLY WILLING TO HEAR ALL IVE SEEN THEIR EYES
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:18 PM
THEIR FATHERS HOME WAS TAKEN
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:18 PM
THERES MORE
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:18 PM
FREDDIE MAC
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will durst · 8:18 PM
every generation of comics reflects its audience. and they want to push the edge of the envelope. and that edge now is language. porn jokes. rape jokes. stuff that was taboo. we are all pioneers. in our minds.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:18 PM
ITS ALL IN THE PAPERS N ON THEIR LIL APPS
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:19 PM
YES BUT WE ALSO SAW N INSIDE OURSELVES FROM MYSTICAL SPRINT UNEXPLAIABLE FEES TO WALL STREET
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will durst · 8:20 PM
re: jordan. yes. and yes. because you need that passion. but sometimes its hard to find the funny.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:20 PM
YOUNGER PEOPLRE R BEING EFFECTED N
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will durst · 8:20 PM
like during the bush administration. guys who had never done political stuff before. couldn't help themselves. it just spewed out.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:21 PM
IM FINDING IF YOU JUST REPEAT N YELL TO GET THEIR MINDS OFF THE DISTRACXTION OF THEIR TEXTING N DISTRACTED MODE,THE PUNCHLINE IF YOU NEED ONE REVEALS AIMS ITSLEF N IS FOUND N SPEWEDN ITS TRULY FUNNY
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:22 PM
WHEN THE DEVIL IS SEEN TAPDANCING NAKED YOU SEE THE DAMAGE N THE LAFFTER MATTERS MORE N WORKS!
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:23 PM
COULDDNT HELP THEEMSELVES ,EXACTLY
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will durst · 8:23 PM
funny is funny. everybody is different. carrot top is funny. what you have to do is be in the moment. the best guy i've seen do that is greg proops. he's honest. doesn't pander. makes the crowd come to him. and extremely funny.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:23 PM
GREGS GREATTTT WILL HE BE THERE??
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will durst · 8:24 PM
there are some subjects that are either too complicated to be funny. i remember the silverado loan scandal. could not get the audience to laugh. politicians? stealing money? who knew? and you can be too far ahead of the curve.
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will durst · 8:25 PM
no. unfortunately. proops is going to be somewhere far afield. paris maybe?
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will durst · 8:26 PM
that's where lewis black comes in. he makes the audience understand complicated subjects by couching them in terms everybody can understand. assholes versus cretins.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:26 PM
UNLESS THEY FUCKING LAFF AT IT IS KINDERGARTEN
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:26 PM
WE KNOW THAT WE LIVE THAT
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:27 PM
BUT ITS ALSO THE COMIC SPIRIT THAT IS SHOWN LIKE A WHIRLING DERVISH OR AS I
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:27 PM
LIKE TO CALL IT THE HUMOR OF MAN IN THE SITUATION
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will durst · 8:28 PM
its hard for the new generation of comics to do political stuff. the audience is in such a "what about me" kind of situation. unless you can boil the material down to how it affects individuals, its tough.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:29 PM
WELL YOU DONT COACH YOU POINT OUT N YOU INFORM N N YOU WERE BORN A HUMORIST SO ITS ALL THERE ONSTAGE
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will durst · 8:29 PM
and we all know how hard it is up there on stage. civilians have no idea. because our job is to make it look like no work at all. like its seamless.
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will durst · 8:30 PM
i respect every comic. its not easy making people laugh out loud on purpose against their will. and its an honorable goal.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:30 PM
BUT THATS WHAT BURNS ME HOW IT EFFECTS THE INDIVIDUAL,ME AS ONE O THOSE INDIVIDUALS,MY FATHER N FOR CITIZENS TO SAY THEY R CITIZENS...
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will durst · 8:30 PM
we are the fighter pilots of show business. a man and a microphone. the final frontier.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:30 PM
THEY CAN THEN SIT DOWN N LAFF KNOWING THAT THEY KNOW"
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:31 PM
BUT THE INDUSTRY IS STILL LIL CHICKEN HEARTS
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will durst · 8:32 PM
yeah. but the industry follows trends. i thought with the success of the daily show, that everybody would jump on the political humor bandwagon. and finally fx did with w. kamau bell.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:32 PM
N THE BEGGINNING WALKING TALKING FOCAL POINTS N SO IS THE AUDIENCE
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:32 PM
I CALLEM AUDIENCE LEADERS NOT MEMBERS
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:32 PM
THAT WAS SO GREAT WHAT YOU WROTEE
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will durst · 8:33 PM
think there's less than 20 full time political comics in the country. and six are the same as when i first moved to san fran in 1980. tingle. crimmins. weintraub. credico. blakeman. we're all still doing it because we have to.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:34 PM
OH WAIT TO HURL IS A GREAT IDEA HURL WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN TARGET STARBUCKS HURL SOEM TRUTH CAUSE THE ENVIROMMENT TO BE AFFECTED
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will durst · 8:34 PM
you're right. the environment is something we can all agree on. and would be a great entry for a political comic who needed an opening wedge.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:35 PM
WILL ANY OF THESE GUYS BE IN SF?
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will durst · 8:35 PM
what i used to do was generic stuff up front, just so they could get a handle on my humor and then slide into the political stuff.
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will durst · 8:36 PM
no. but we got johnny steele and joe klocek who are doing great political material thesedays. although both are more socio- political.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:36 PM
I WAS SICK FOR A YEAR SO MY MIND ACTUALLY WENT NUMB N I SEE THE CITIZEN HAS FUN BEING STIRRED UP THEY CANT STAND THE CONSTANT HUFFN PUFF OF THE AD AGENCY N "BANKS,ETC
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:37 PM
YEAHHH
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will durst · 8:37 PM
there's a lot of fat targets out there. and last year was a political comic's dream what with santorum and bachmann and gingrich. even pat robertson said the field of GOP candidates was too extreme. that can't be good.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:38 PM
ANY WEBSITES YOU READ ALOT?PLUS THE ONES YOU CONTRIBUTE TOO, WHAT ARE THER NAMES?
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will durst · 8:38 PM
it was important to have that shared reference of the republican primary. everybody knew about all the candidates. this year, its hard to do john boehner jokes.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:39 PM
YEAH BACHMAN WAS INFINITE IN HER BEING THE MUSE ITSELF
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will durst · 8:40 PM
read politico. the abc note. sf chronicle. nytimes. wsj. and contribute to buzzflash. huffington post. alternet. and am syndicated in papers around the country by cagle cartoons.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:40 PM
RIGHT , YOU CAN INFORM EM THEN SLAM BOEHNER!!THAT WOULD BE SO FUNNY FROM IMPRESSIONS TO FUCKING WITH HIS WORDS N CHOICES
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will durst · 8:40 PM
still have high hopes for 2016 and bachmann and palin and christie and maybe another bush. what the hell.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:41 PM
YEAH WHAT MOST COMICS DONT GET IS ITS NOT EVEN TOPICAL MTHEY DONT HAVE TO CLL IT THAT,,,
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:41 PM
ITS CAMUS THE PLAGUE
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:41 PM
THEYLL ALWAYS ALWAYS BE RIPE ,,,IN MOST CASES
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will durst · 8:42 PM
yeah. but the clubs and the networks don't want topical. it time dates the material. although, that's my favorite way to learn history. see what lenny bruce or will rogers had to say about a certain time.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:42 PM
WELL ACTUALLY NOT IN MOST CASES
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:43 PM
ALWAYS THERE R ALWAYS POINTS OF VIEW READY TO BE SKEWERED ,CONSUMERISM BLAND HYPNOTISM BLANK TRANCES N WE GET TO BREAK THRU THE VEIL
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:43 PM
M MIASMA
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will durst · 8:43 PM
also, you know what its like to write a killer joke. one with a punch, a kick and a tag. and a call back. and it just doesn't work anymore. for instance, my william howard taft material…
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:44 PM
HA!
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will durst · 8:44 PM
yeah. that's what bill hicks was so good at. he talked about the hucksters and liars and hypocrites.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:44 PM
BUT I WATCH YOU N I KNOW YOU N IT R TIMELESS
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will durst · 8:44 PM
ah yes. classic. enduring. timeless.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:44 PM
N THEN MORE SECRETS REVEALED IN THE LANDSCAPE ADD MORE OR ADJUSTS THE JOKE
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:45 PM
YOU R TIMELESS
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will durst · 8:45 PM
dream on big river. dream on. but thanks. you are too kind.
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will durst · 8:45 PM
and you. what about you? mister. when you getting up to the bay area here?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:46 PM
YES ,WITH FIRE N STEAM N INCREDIBLE NUANCES OF HIS PERSONALITYN FEELINGS
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will durst · 8:46 PM
and how long will you be slinging jokes/
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:47 PM
IM REALIZING IVE BEEN DOING CONSUMERISM N SURREAL SNEAKY STUFF BUT LAST NIGHT I WAS BLATANT AGAIN N IT FELT GREAT
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:47 PM
THE AUDIENCE WANTS YOU TO NOT JUST TALK BUT TO BURN ABOUT IT
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will durst · 8:47 PM
yeah. you right. when it works on stage. its better than anything. sex. drugs. bacon. eating bacon while high having sex even.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:48 PM
I ALSO LIKE CARROT TOP N LIKE THE GOGOOFINESS ASPECT ,JUST SO YA KNOW
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:48 PM
BACLN!!
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will durst · 8:48 PM
the audience wants many things. its what you choose to give them. as long as its refined to a simple character they can relate to.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:48 PM
FUCKING KEYBOARD!
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will durst · 8:49 PM
fucking keyboard is right.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:49 PM
IM COMIN UP THERE ON THE 14THN STAYIN OVERNIGHT
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:49 PM
GONNA DO COMEDY AS LONG AS WE BOTH,COMEDY N ME SHALLLIVE
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will durst · 8:50 PM
oh buddy. a surgical strike. that's great. then afterwards everybody eats and then wanders over to the punchline for a post comedy day bacchanal.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:51 PM
I CANT HELP BUT SAY I SEE SO MUCH GORGEOUS COMPLEXITY IN WHAT YOU DO N SIMPLICITY IS ALWAYS THERE WITH YOU YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH COMPLEXITY ABOUNDING,MY HUMBLE OPINION
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will durst · 8:51 PM
when i first started out. nobody did comedy for the $. there was none. we were all square pegs trying to climb out of round holes. it looks like its getting back to that.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:51 PM
POST COMEDY BACCHANAL? WHERE AND WHEN
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:52 PM
OHHH I WISH N I HOPE!
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will durst · 8:52 PM
naw. not really. just drinking and some going up on stage. really rather tame actually.
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will durst · 8:52 PM
what i admire about you, mr shapiro is your facility with words. you like the language and wield it well.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:52 PM
N LOTS OF AUD MEMBERS/LEADERS,,,SHOW ME THEIR FRUTRATION WITH HOW HOMOGENIZED ITS BECOME
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:53 PM
WOW THANKSSSSSSSS
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:53 PM
WE GOTS A FEW MINUTES LEFT TELL ME MORE ABOUT COMEDY OK?
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will durst · 8:53 PM
an interesting side note to comedy day this year. michael meehan will be using it as a backdrop to film a scene from his new movie. so, we'll all be extras.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:54 PM
COMEDY DAY I MEAN
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will durst · 8:54 PM
wish i knew more about comedy. just trying to earn a living at my chosen craft. always wanted to be a stand up. knew that from watching the comics on Carson.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:54 PM
REALLY THATS SO GREAT A REALM OF COMEDIANS RUNNIN AROUND IN A FILN! !!
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:55 PM
i MEANT TEEL ME MORE ABOUT COMEDY DAY BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME
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will durst · 8:55 PM
oh comedy day. well, this will be the 33rd. and i'm the only comic to have appeared at all of them. keeping my streak alive this year.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:55 PM
BUT ITS COOL READING WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US BOUT YOU DECIDING TO BE A COMEDIAN
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will durst · 8:55 PM
oh wait. my wife, debi has appeared at all of them. as an improvisor and a host. could get in a lot of trouble if i forgot to say that.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:55 PM
OR ALWAYS KNOWING
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will durst · 8:56 PM
what about you. when did you first start?
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:57 PM
LONG STORY BUT WHEN IREALIZED IVE BEEN DOING IT SINCE I WAS BORN ,I THINK THATS WHEN I BECAME MUCH UHHHH FUNNIER
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will durst · 8:58 PM
i was always the new kid. not the class clown, but the guy who tried to make the teacher laugh.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:58 PM
LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOUR WIFE DEBBIE SHE MUST BE INTRIGUING ,REALLY
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:58 PM
WOW , I BETTER START REEEEEDIN AGAIN!
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will durst · 8:59 PM
and same here with your wife tracy. thanks for hosting this thing mister. was fun. we'll see you round the digital pool.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:59 PM
SOOOO AMAZING TO CONNECT WITH YOU SEEE YOU IN SF!!!
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RICK SHAPIRO · 8:59 PM
★ Spotlighted from Barry Katzmann
“http://www.comedyday.org”
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will durst · 8:59 PM
bye everybody. thanks for joining us.
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RICK SHAPIRO · 9:00 PM
THANKSSS FROM HERE TOO !!!
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will durst · 9:00 PM
color me gone.