WEBVTT - Comedy Saved Me with a Boston Comedy Legend-Tony V

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<v Speaker 1>Comedy Saved Me. So I met a lot of these people,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, we just accepted each other for the

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<v Speaker 1>idiot Stanley Warren, and it just I can't tell you.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if we'd write a wrong but it

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<v Speaker 1>really did feel like like I was hit by a

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<v Speaker 1>lightning board.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Lynn Hoffman, and welcome to another edition of Comedy

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<v Speaker 2>Saved Me. Now, you may or may not know, but

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<v Speaker 2>I host another podcast called Music Saved Me, where we

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<v Speaker 2>uncover the healing powers of music with artists and musicians. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>Comedy Saved Me shines a light on the powerful forces

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<v Speaker 2>behind laughter and comedy. I should also say the healing

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<v Speaker 2>forces of laughter and comedy. Today, I'm so lucky to

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<v Speaker 2>be joined by Boston's own comedy legend, not just Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>though nationally. Tony v Now Tony started his stand up

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<v Speaker 2>career in the early eighties, and ultimately he would become

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<v Speaker 2>a veteran of the national comedy circuit at with becoming

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<v Speaker 2>a fixture on network television. Spending time in Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 2>and New York led to appearances on HBO Showtime, also

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<v Speaker 2>stints on sitcoms like A Little show called Seinfeld. In Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>common Tony's not just hysterically funny. He's also big on

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<v Speaker 2>giving back, and he's appeared in countless benefits and fundraisers

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<v Speaker 2>giving his time for the American Cancer Society, Children's Hospital,

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<v Speaker 2>the Boston Food Bank, and countless other great organizations.

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<v Speaker 1>Tony V.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Comedy Save Me. It's so great to have

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<v Speaker 2>you here, sweet lord.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard that Injurer I for bottle is me? Ye?

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<v Speaker 1>That does it like that? It was pretty ad. I

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<v Speaker 1>was fantastic. I was thinking as you were saying that,

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta go see this gun. He sounds great.

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<v Speaker 2>You're so humble, you really are, but that's what makes

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<v Speaker 2>you so awesome. And again, thank you for doing this

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<v Speaker 2>with us today because I know you're a busy guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, they put in a rule, but with no pants.

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<v Speaker 2>If people could only see right now, Tony, what was

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<v Speaker 2>the first moment that you knew you had a deep

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<v Speaker 2>connection with comedy?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, is this going way back? Now? Oh? This

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<v Speaker 1>goes yeah, this goes back, you know I uh uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Part of what you said about the giving

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<v Speaker 1>back and doing the uh the fundraisers and and and

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<v Speaker 1>raising money for charities and stuff goes back to I

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<v Speaker 1>started out as a social work. I was working in

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<v Speaker 1>the mental health field. And then one night I had

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<v Speaker 1>always enjoyed comedy, and then I put into uh the

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<v Speaker 1>old comedy connection back in the day, and I, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>how something hit you and you just go, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>my home's been here the whole time. This is you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And I found this this other group of lunatics who thought, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I did you know I in my family? I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I would. They used to say they found

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<v Speaker 1>me in the trash because I was not like any

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<v Speaker 1>but that they had. I have three siblings and I

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<v Speaker 1>was not like any one of them, you know. And

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<v Speaker 1>then I found this, uh, this motley crew of Canadians.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, Star Wars is too old of a

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<v Speaker 1>reference for people, but I don't know if you know

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<v Speaker 1>the Cantenas, the Canteenas scene, Yeah, and uh, I think

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<v Speaker 1>the quote is a more wretched hive of villainous scum

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<v Speaker 1>you'll find nowhere and in the universe. And I looked

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<v Speaker 1>around and I went, oh my god, these are this

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<v Speaker 1>is my tribe. I'm all they're at the Cantina. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm at the Cantina, and everything seems like it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be all right? Yeah, can you.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us some of those early influences and maybe some

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<v Speaker 2>of the people who were with you at the cantina

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<v Speaker 2>that may have helped bring this out within you?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean, woefully, there was Lenny Clark, and if

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<v Speaker 1>there was no uh, if there was no Lenny Clark,

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<v Speaker 1>there would be no Boston Common. And then there's a

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<v Speaker 1>fellow named Barry Krime, uh and then uh, Stephen Wright

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<v Speaker 1>came from that from that group, and then I became

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<v Speaker 1>very good friends with Popcat Gowaite, who went on to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, great Famish now the Director and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I met a lot of these people and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we just accepted each other for the for

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<v Speaker 1>the idiots that we were, and it just I can't

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<v Speaker 1>tell you. I don't know if it's right or wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>but it really did feel like like I was hit

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<v Speaker 1>by a lightning board, really, you know. Yeah, And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know that I was any good at first. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean I I sucked for a wrong time finding my voice,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, these guys stuck with me, and uh, then

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<v Speaker 1>it all just sort of this sort of happened. How

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<v Speaker 1>did you.

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<v Speaker 2>Stick going forward if you felt like you had a

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<v Speaker 2>particularly bad night or a bad show.

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<v Speaker 1>Every bad show. I would say, if I ever met

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<v Speaker 1>any one of these audience members get in my life,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want them to just to be their only

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<v Speaker 1>memory of me. You know. I didn't want to. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want them to go. It is the guy who

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<v Speaker 1>saw that night, he was all he fucked, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just I just kept at it, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I found a way to make it work. And I

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<v Speaker 1>and that then you could do open mic nights five, six,

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<v Speaker 1>eight a week sometime because it was it was new

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<v Speaker 1>and it was fresh in Boston. So I would go.

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<v Speaker 1>I would do multiple shows a night and work and

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<v Speaker 1>work at my crap, you know. Uh And my comedy

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<v Speaker 1>is a little bit different. It's not quite as uh

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<v Speaker 1>fighting as some of my contemporaries, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>So I had to find my own, my own way.

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<v Speaker 2>How would you describe your comedy?

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<v Speaker 1>It's you know, a little slice of life. It's uh it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Periodically during my show, I'll stop and go, jeez,

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<v Speaker 1>I wish these were jokes. Do you get this reaction? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Like recently, I was just this is just reason and

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<v Speaker 1>there's sort of offhandedly I said this to somebody you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just once in my life, just once I want my

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<v Speaker 1>GPS when I arrived somewhere to go. You know, Tony,

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<v Speaker 1>you were right, and I said it, just not thinking

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<v Speaker 1>it was funny. And then I was with a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of people and they started an hour and I go, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess that's a joke. And that's how I approached it.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you like making people laugh? I do. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's a little bit corny to say it

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<v Speaker 1>at this point, but you know when you hear people laugh,

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<v Speaker 1>when you can when you get touch a chord in

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<v Speaker 1>somebody and hit the note, that's a common a common experience.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you expand on that? Yeah, I can only explain

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<v Speaker 1>it this way. And my wife sometimes, you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in the dol gums, my wife will will look

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<v Speaker 1>at me and to go. You know, there's not many

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<v Speaker 1>people who get applause at their job. Nobody ever comes

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<v Speaker 1>over to the qu over go and gut. Oh, that

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<v Speaker 1>was the fantastic email. You're you're killing it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>so so so that immediate gratification for something built for

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<v Speaker 1>your work means a lot to me.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it's interesting that you say that, Tony, that

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<v Speaker 2>that when you're having you said, when you're sort of

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<v Speaker 2>in the doul drums, or when you're having a down day,

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<v Speaker 2>because when you think about comedians, the last thing you

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<v Speaker 2>think about is that they have a bad day, because

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<v Speaker 2>you think that they're constantly at work trying to find

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<v Speaker 2>ways to make you laugh, and how how could that

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<v Speaker 2>affect them?

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<v Speaker 1>So so you're real, oh yeah, I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we are humans despite it. You know, I get you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hearing a rule book or I'm getting caught from

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<v Speaker 1>back home. You know, one of the border is on

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<v Speaker 1>the stove went out, I got to work with toilet

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<v Speaker 1>take a leak over here. But books, you know, so

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<v Speaker 1>you still got to live. And every once in a

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<v Speaker 1>while it hits. You're like, okay, medians get aggravated too. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not all but I and it's nothing big. That's

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<v Speaker 1>this is my lot. Why I'd think I'm just gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be annoyed to debt, you know what I mean, It's

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<v Speaker 1>just gonna be little thing that just pick away at

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<v Speaker 1>me and they go, what finally, what finally killed Tony?

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<v Speaker 1>And they'll go, guy, he couldn't find an elastic band.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm curious, Tony.

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<v Speaker 2>We were just talking about a bad day, and you

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<v Speaker 2>were saying that you know that it brings you a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of joy to make people laugh. Hey, what a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of comedians have told me through the years. And

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<v Speaker 2>I've never done an interview show like this with them,

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<v Speaker 2>but just in passing running into them through television and jobs,

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<v Speaker 2>that a lot of times there was some kind of

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<v Speaker 2>really horrible moments in their life that pushed them into

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<v Speaker 2>comedy or made them see like this epiphany you spoke

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<v Speaker 2>of when you just knew when it hate you did

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<v Speaker 2>anything like that happen to you as a kid or

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<v Speaker 2>growing up or at any point in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it was a middle child. Oh well that experience everything. Yeah, nobody,

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<v Speaker 1>nobody paid attention to me at all, you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>I sought attention. And I had two older siblings and

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<v Speaker 1>then a younger sibling that was you know, like five

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<v Speaker 1>or cent years on either side of me, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was the mistake and then my sister was

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<v Speaker 1>the try for the girl, which they got thirled about.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just sort of you know, running around going

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<v Speaker 1>hey day, hey I'm over here, you know that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of thing. So, you know, my parents were great, They

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<v Speaker 1>had good wong live my mother. Uh we had to

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<v Speaker 1>be ninety four. Good for her. Yeah, obviously died in

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<v Speaker 1>a skateboard accident. She was ninety four. She had never

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<v Speaker 1>been on a skateboard. I guess we could have said something,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't know if you know, but I do

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<v Speaker 2>host another podcast called Music Save Me. Who are some

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<v Speaker 2>of your favorite artists musically like comedy that has impacted

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<v Speaker 2>you during difficult times?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let me say this, and I think this is

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<v Speaker 1>true for a lot of comedians. H I if if

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<v Speaker 1>I could have done music, I wouldn't amused it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>there was something about me that wanted to perform. I

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<v Speaker 1>have no musical ability whatsoever. Interesting that being said, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>music became my religion and then, by extension, comedy after that.

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<v Speaker 1>The first time I you know, I'm a guy at

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<v Speaker 1>rock guy and that Bruce Springsteen is responsible for the

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<v Speaker 1>way I approached my work. I continue to listen to

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<v Speaker 1>him and be inspired by his work ethic and that's

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of thing, the approach I'd like to pay

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<v Speaker 1>in my work in comedy.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, that's fascinating. So it really was music that

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<v Speaker 2>initially got you.

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<v Speaker 1>That initially gave me that spar you know, seeing him.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I saw Springsteen perform in Boston to nineteen people,

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<v Speaker 1>and you would have thought he was in an arena.

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<v Speaker 1>He reads all on the stage. Yeah, it's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to nineteen people at the Cask and Flag in you know,

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen feet from Fenway Park. And I go, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>this guy you know, and and that stuped me forever. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why I was lady. Yeah. Musically, if the young

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<v Speaker 1>people are listening or whoever's listening in the modern age music,

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<v Speaker 1>there's the Beatles and everyone else. That's just the way

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<v Speaker 1>life the you gotta accept that. That and I hate

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<v Speaker 1>Billy Joel. Oh oh, I disliked Oh do I dare

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<v Speaker 1>ask why with a it's a passion that Tita's on psychotic.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never met the man. I just his music is insipid.

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<v Speaker 1>How about that? Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>The views that are expressed on this show are specifically

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<v Speaker 2>by the Gusts.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, you you. I take nothing away from me. He's

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<v Speaker 1>a very famous man. If book seemed to oil, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>just do not all. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>At least you're honest, and that's that's you get points

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<v Speaker 2>for honesty. Hey, Before we move on, just for my

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<v Speaker 2>my producer Bob, who edits all this together. I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to get that question out right for him so that

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't go too far. Is laughter the best medicine?

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<v Speaker 1>It seems like those epichs right up there right now,

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<v Speaker 1>uh Pamicella, I think was pretty good. Listen without getting

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<v Speaker 1>too into the weeds here. You know, the wall is

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<v Speaker 1>a bizarre place, and if you don't laugh at it,

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<v Speaker 1>it's gonna suck in, it's gonna it's gonna eat yet.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't think there's anything sacred. There should be

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<v Speaker 1>nothing that can't be joked about. I'm one of those guys.

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<v Speaker 1>My influence is comedy. Go back to uh fella by

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<v Speaker 1>the name of Lenny Bruce uh And then I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if that will rank, but you should look you.

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<v Speaker 1>He basically died till we could do it with doing

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<v Speaker 1>and enjoy It's Carl and took up batmantle, and then

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<v Speaker 1>Richard Fryer and it goes that way. And then I

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<v Speaker 1>give a lot of props to Robert Klein. Bill Burke

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<v Speaker 1>currently is a big friend as a friend of mine.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually opened for mit Fenway Park a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. There's a throw line there that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that's my set of bility.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they broke all the barriers. Well, it's interesting you

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<v Speaker 2>say that. Do you think because one of my best

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<v Speaker 2>friends is like that. His comedy is like everything's funny.

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<v Speaker 2>There is nothing that can't be funny, you know, even

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<v Speaker 2>if you do something and then at the bottom, what

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<v Speaker 2>too soon?

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<v Speaker 1>You know?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, but do you think that if more people

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<v Speaker 2>had the ability to laugh at themselves that the world

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<v Speaker 2>would be a better place.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's an odd question, no, no, clear, it's

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, none of us asked to be here. It's

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<v Speaker 1>an absurd it's an absurd place, you know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>If if you stop the thing about all the tragedy

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<v Speaker 1>and and and bad things in the world, they would

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<v Speaker 1>just consume you and you would he would sit you

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<v Speaker 1>know with just like that, you know, like a going

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<v Speaker 1>through your head. You wouldn't be able to think. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>So if you don't laugh at it, you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>get called out a lot from you know, being morbid

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<v Speaker 1>about stuff, because when you make fun of someone who've died,

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<v Speaker 1>say right, and they go, oh too soon and point

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<v Speaker 1>it out. You know, they're no more dead today than

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<v Speaker 1>they are going to be one hundred years from there's

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<v Speaker 1>no degrees of death, you know what I mean. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to change anything now. I'm not reverenced

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<v Speaker 1>that reverend about my my own demise. I I have

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<v Speaker 1>one laughing question, and uh, I want my entire funeral

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<v Speaker 1>procession to drive through a car wash. Are you serious? Yeah? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Why that's funny you We've all been in funeral processions, right, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Every car has to follow the one in front of it,

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<v Speaker 1>no questions asked. True, so that by the time car

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<v Speaker 1>eight to ten gets up to the front of the line,

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<v Speaker 1>the hearse will be coming out and summer grieving. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>have to look at someone else in a car and go,

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<v Speaker 1>are we going to a car wash? And then I

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<v Speaker 1>know one of my friends and I hope he I

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<v Speaker 1>hope he paid for the undercarriage. Greets. Don't forget the tires,

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<v Speaker 1>the wheel bright the wheel Yeah, you gotta get some

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<v Speaker 1>wheel bright on there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Tony, what do we do? We have a specific

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<v Speaker 2>car wash in mind, just in case you know, well.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm uh, I'm I'm a monthly member of

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<v Speaker 1>the executive car washing and around Boston. Okay, so they

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<v Speaker 1>get if someone's in my car. They can get to

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<v Speaker 1>wash for free. Oh my god, may so pre pay.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll prepay.

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<v Speaker 2>Good for you that you do that, though I do

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<v Speaker 2>have some friends that do that. I always wonder I

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<v Speaker 2>don't You don't know a lot of people that prepay

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<v Speaker 2>for car washes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah I do. I do. I can go get my

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<v Speaker 1>car washed four five times a month by want. That's great.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you do it twenty bucks? Do you?

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<v Speaker 2>Does it bother you when people try to be funny

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<v Speaker 2>when they talk to you just because you're a comedian.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you know, funny's funny. When people try to r it,

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<v Speaker 1>I go like, all right, all right, let's fake, let's

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<v Speaker 1>dial it back, let's leave it to the profession. It's

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<v Speaker 1>sim it down.

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<v Speaker 2>So you mentioned something tony up in front that you

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<v Speaker 2>were a social worker, which I find fascinating because I've

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<v Speaker 2>met a lot of people and who want to give

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<v Speaker 2>back in society that didn't always start out in the

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<v Speaker 2>jobs they have Like you.

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<v Speaker 1>Are a comedian.

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<v Speaker 2>In nineteen eighty two, your high pressure job was a

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<v Speaker 2>case worker for the Somerville Health Center.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I work with a Somerville cambandge mental health set.

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<v Speaker 2>There there's nothing more giving of yourself in your job especially,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>It was very streadful because I work with families and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they were often abused children, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we had to make decisions to keep kids safe and

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<v Speaker 1>take them out of the environment who was and I

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<v Speaker 1>dealt with some really damaged people. And you know, that's

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<v Speaker 1>how excited I would go to comedy club. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>when I say it was new, it was like six

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<v Speaker 1>months the comedy scene when I started. So I would

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<v Speaker 1>go to would read that thinking and as I said,

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<v Speaker 1>I always enjoyed comedy, you know. And then one day

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<v Speaker 1>and then she didn't show up. They asked me to

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<v Speaker 1>introduce people, and I was.

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<v Speaker 2>Now since then, obviously you're helping people. Before when you

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<v Speaker 2>make people left, you're helping them, whether you did it

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<v Speaker 2>for that reason or not. Have you always wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>make people happy or entertain or help people.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think I've always seen the you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>downside of the world, and if you can, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>make somebody's way a little bit easier. Anyway, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's useful and has a purpose. And there's also the

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<v Speaker 1>dark side of me. I had my moments with partying,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, some questionable ways of ripping. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if I get hit by a truck, I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>be coming out of Children's Touch Gill Benefit. Yo, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I get some points for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Atn't you got a lot of points in my book,

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<v Speaker 2>But not just because you're from Boston and I'm from

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<v Speaker 2>Boston too.

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<v Speaker 1>Where did you go up?

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<v Speaker 2>My first ten years was Waltham, Massachusetts, and then Newton

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<v Speaker 2>until I'm left town Newton, And I did a little

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston because my boyfriend at the time lived right downtown,

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<v Speaker 2>so I got a little taste to living in the city.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, listen, Boston when you travel, you find

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<v Speaker 1>us out. Boston goes from Boston into Vermont in the

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<v Speaker 1>north and then as far as Rhode Island south, so anywhere,

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<v Speaker 1>and people gone from Boston you go, oh, you're from Boston.

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<v Speaker 1>No oh yeah, chulm me. I go, okay, close enough,

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<v Speaker 1>close enough, yeah as well. Yeah, you're right. You could

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<v Speaker 1>be from Springfield and you're still from Boston. From Boston, yeah, people, no,

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<v Speaker 1>do you do you believe comedy has healing powers? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it might be a little bit of a stretch in general,

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<v Speaker 1>but I also have had people come up to me

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<v Speaker 1>after shows and go. You know, I was in a

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<v Speaker 1>really bad move for some reason, I decided to come

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<v Speaker 1>to a comedy show, and I feel much better now.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think there is something cathartic about comedy. You

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<v Speaker 1>know that that that abandonment of your mental faculties has

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<v Speaker 1>got to be good for something else. It's a forty

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<v Speaker 1>five minute distraction from your terrible life.

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<v Speaker 2>No, And you know it's funny you say that. We

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<v Speaker 2>just had a neuroscientist on the Music Saved to Me

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<v Speaker 2>podcast and he literally said that something does happen in

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<v Speaker 2>your brain with the vibration and rhythm of music, And

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<v Speaker 2>so all I can think of was maybe comedy and laughter,

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<v Speaker 2>that that vibration of laughter or the exhalation of the air,

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<v Speaker 2>and that may act we be therapeutic.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, when you can get somebody your

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<v Speaker 1>lab uncontrollably, that's that's as good as it gets.

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<v Speaker 2>To me.

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<v Speaker 1>If I can get somebody that the past beer to

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<v Speaker 1>their nose, I think that it's the best thing that

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<v Speaker 1>can ever happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Tony, You're really just amazing and I'm so grateful

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<v Speaker 2>that I got a chance to take some of your

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<v Speaker 2>time away from your vacation. Although it's a working vacation

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<v Speaker 2>because in Aruba they have a club that you perform at.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that right? Yes, a ruber Raysed comedy club. Awesome resort.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a great club and even when I'm not here,

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<v Speaker 1>it's worth going to. And you know, I have to

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<v Speaker 1>get back to smoking a cigards in the sun. That's right.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you do a little more of that for me too.

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<v Speaker 1>I will do as much of it as you needed.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate that. Work on that tan. Don't forget to

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<v Speaker 2>flip in thirty minutes. Thanks so much for coming on.

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<v Speaker 2>He save me, Tony V. Check him out. He's amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>And even if you're not in a rub because he'll

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<v Speaker 2>be back up in Boston before you know it and

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<v Speaker 2>around the world. M