1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Comedy Saved Me, and so when you watch a great 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: comic on stage, you might be seeing them in this 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: video and Netflix or whatever that bit that they're doing 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: and has taken usually a year plus to develop. 5 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 2: Welcome to another episode of the Comedy Saved Me Podcast. 6 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 2: I'm your host, Lynn Hoffman and Lucky Me. Today we 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: are thrilled to welcome renowned comedian, political satirist, is it 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 2: satirist or satirist? 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 3: Not sure? 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 2: And social commentator Jimmy Tingle. Now With a career spanning 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 2: stand up, television, radio, and film, Jimmy is known for 12 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 2: his sharp wit, insightful humor, and heartfelt storytelling. From his 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: appearances on everything from Oh Sixty Minutes to The Tonight 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 2: Show to his acclaimed one man shows and activism, Jimmy's 15 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 2: unique comedic voice has inspired and uplifted audiences nationwide, and 16 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 2: in this episode, so we'll explore how comedy has shaped 17 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: his life, provided resilience through challenges, and become a tool 18 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: for social change. Jimmy Tingle, the man, the myth, the legend, 19 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: is here with us today on Comedy Save Me. 20 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 3: Welcome to the show. It's so great to have you here. 21 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: So great to be here, Lynn, Thanks so much for having. 22 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 3: Me, Well, thank you for being had. 23 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 2: I know I don't have a lot of time with you, 24 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: so I want to start off with what first drew 25 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: you to comedy? Was it a television show? Was it 26 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 2: an album you listened to? 27 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 3: What was it? 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: Oh? Boy, probably the funniest stuff that we heard as 29 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: kids where we watched The Honeymooners with the whole family, 30 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: you know, back with Jackie Gleason and Ott Connie and 31 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: the June Taylor Dances. That was a great show on 32 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: Sunday nights. You know that. You know, as I get older, 33 00:01:54,480 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: more things like oh, the movie Lenny Lenny Bruce. But 34 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: Dustin Hoffman was really influential set it in that live 35 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: when it first came on the air, you know in 36 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: the early seventies, and you know, watching the Tonight Show 37 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: with Johnny and the people that he would have on. 38 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: Especially in college, we had sit around the dorms and 39 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: we'd watch like a Saturday Live and then of course 40 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: the Tonight Show with Johnny and all those guests that 41 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: they would have on. We just had a blast watching it. 42 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: It was you know, it was inspiring and yeah, so 43 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: what really got me into it though, is when the 44 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: a comedy club opened up in my hometown, to my 45 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: neighborhood in Cambridge. It was called the ding Ho. It 46 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: was a Chinese restaurant slash comedy club and it opened 47 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: up in Cambridge and it was like two blocks from 48 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: my house and they were having an open mic night. 49 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: And one of my friends from high school, Lenny Clark, 50 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: also a comedian. He was hosting an open mic night 51 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: on Wednesday nights. And I was interested in performing, but 52 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: I didn't have I didn't play an instrument. Really, I 53 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: didn't you know, sing, But comedy was something that you 54 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 1: could do just by basically talking and telling stories and 55 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: jokes and stuff. So that's that was really my first 56 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: intro into it, the open mic nights back in like 57 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: seventy nine, eighty eighty one. Yeah, that's when I first started. 58 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,839 Speaker 3: Wow. And it didn't take you long too. 59 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 2: I mean, what eighty eight was You end up on 60 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 2: the Carson Show, which is the pinnacle at that time. 61 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: But I need to know before that happened, when did 62 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: you realize it was more than just making people laugh? 63 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: Did you know that there was healing things involved there 64 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 2: going on? 65 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: Well? I knew that, you know, there were people like 66 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: George Colin and people like Richard Pryor. Of course, there 67 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: were big influences on everybody. And like I said, Lenny 68 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: Bruce and you know, Moresaul, those folks were using comedy laughing. 69 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: In the sixties and seventies, there was more true commentary 70 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: along with just the stand up component, you know. So 71 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: and my friend Barry Kremin's worked at the dingh as well. 72 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: He was the booker and the founder of the Dingho, 73 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: and he was doing political humor and I was just 74 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: talking about what was going on in the news. So 75 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: I knew that it could be it could be effective. Yeah, 76 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: there was. There was a track record of people who 77 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: admitted had used it effectively, from Will Rogers to Mark 78 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: Twain to like I said, Prior and Colin and Lenny 79 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: Bruce and Mortsol and all those folks, and of course 80 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: the Skitz and Saturday and that Live. You know, all 81 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: of those were talking about really what was going on, 82 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: uh in the in the society at the time, and 83 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: it was just it was funny and it was fun 84 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: to When I went to college, I studied sociology, political science, history, 85 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: you know, so it was fun to approach the comedy 86 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: with that kind of a background and that kind of 87 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: an insight because that because that's what I was studying 88 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: in school, and that's what I'm supposed to be learning about, 89 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: which I was very interested in, and it kind of 90 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: just translated into not always, but eventually it just evolved 91 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: into more social commentary and along with the laughs. 92 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's funny you say that about college 93 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 2: because I studied, you know, journalism and broadcasting, but for 94 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 2: some reason, I felt like I need to know how 95 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 2: to talk to people, so I took my secondary was 96 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: abnormal psychology, and I like got no idea how well 97 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 2: that would help me in my life moving forward. 98 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: You're in the right field. 99 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 2: Can you share or remember a moment when comedy helped 100 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 2: you through a difficult time in your life? 101 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 3: Does anyone time stand out to you? 102 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean, well, we worked in bars, and you know, 103 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: I was a heavy drinker, and a friend of mine said, 104 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: if you have a quit drinking, you know, you could 105 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: do really well. You could do well in comedy. And 106 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: you know, that was very attractive to me, the idea 107 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: of actually being successful in this field. But as you know, 108 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: and there's you know, it's it's very difficult to fulfill 109 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,480 Speaker 1: your potential as a carmak or an actor or any field. 110 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: If you're a really heavy drinker at a young age, 111 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: it just is, it just is in the way. And 112 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: so it was in the way for me. It was 113 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: screwing up a lot of things in my life. So 114 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: that was the biggest thing. But when when he put 115 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: he connected this guy connected my comedy career to quitn't drinking, 116 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: that was like, that was like the magic bullet that 117 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: really got my attention and helped me to It helped 118 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: motivate me to really try very hard to quit drinking, 119 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: which I was able to do. So that was really 120 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: really good, with the help of a lot of other 121 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 1: people and you know, the higher power and everything else, 122 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: not just me. But so that was the comedy was 123 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: a real game changer like that because respect. 124 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 2: That's like an epiphany moment when someone says that to you. 125 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 3: What were you? How did you react initially? 126 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: Were you? 127 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 3: Were you offended? 128 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: It was so encouraged. No, I was encouraged. I was 129 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: encouraged because it's a very depressing substance. You know, if 130 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: you drink every day for an extended period of time, 131 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 1: you can't help. But being hungover all the time for 132 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: the end, hungover, I guess there's a form of depression. 133 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: So it was just it was kind of a darker time. 134 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: Even though I loved performing and being in the clubs 135 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: and the camaraderie and all the people that were around 136 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: and the audiences. That was a blast, but the hangovers 137 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: were a killer, you know. And and yeah, and so 138 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: it was like this reason, it was a really strong reason, 139 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: a strong motivation to try to make a real solid 140 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: effort to get sober. And so that's the path I 141 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: went down, and it's worked for the last thirty five years. 142 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: So so it was. But without the comedy, I don't 143 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: know if I would have got that incentive, you know 144 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: what I mean, I don't know if something else would 145 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: have caught my attention, maybe, but maybe not, you know. 146 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: So it was definitely a game changing. 147 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 2: Sounds like a great combination between a mentor someone who's 148 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 2: going to just say it straight shooter like it is 149 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 2: and what you love to do was like that perfect 150 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 2: storm that that. 151 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: Well he was a comic also, he was a comic, 152 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: and he said, you know, I'm in the business, and 153 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: you know, you're you're you're you're good you could be 154 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,960 Speaker 1: really good, you know, if you so that was that 155 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: was a big thing. 156 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 2: In what ways do you think humor can help people 157 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 2: cope with with adversity or trauma? 158 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 3: I mean, we're in the middle of a. 159 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 2: Horrible mental health crisis of epic proportions today. 160 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, how do you think that. 161 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: Well, I don't know if comedy alone can you know, 162 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: I don't know if comedy alone can you know, help people. 163 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure puts you in a better mood, that's for sure. 164 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: I think if people were doing you know, comedy around 165 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: mental health issues in maybe facilities or hospitals or two 166 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: people who were you know, had those issues, then they 167 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: maybe somebody who had their own mental health issues, you know, 168 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,079 Speaker 1: is doing comedy around those issues. That can definitely help. 169 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a common friend of mine, Gary Gullman, 170 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: who you know, had severe depression and talks about it 171 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: on stage and did a one person show about it 172 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: called The Great Depression. It's a great special, but he 173 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: addresses depression on stage, and I know that thousands of 174 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: people have reached out to him about that issue and 175 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: their personal challenges with that. So in that sense, it 176 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: can help. It can because you're communicating with people. The comedy, 177 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 1: you're communicating with people, but the laughter itself is it's 178 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: going to be more than laugh. It's got to be 179 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: the follow up and the work that is involved, whether 180 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: it's getting sober or whatever it is. You know, mental 181 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: health issues are getting help, you know, but it can 182 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: be a motivated because it's fun. It's fun to listen to, 183 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: it's fun to laugh at, and it's fun to know 184 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: that you're not alone. 185 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 2: Right there, right right there, It's fun to know you're 186 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 2: not alone. 187 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 3: I mean that, that's huge. 188 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, And because it's obviously a communication medium, you're telling people, 189 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: and he was doing that part of his story. I 190 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 1: do some of that in my in my shows and 191 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: people respond because, like you said, it is a it's 192 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: a national epidemic, the mental health issue, and so is 193 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: the addiction and the you know, whether it's alcohol or 194 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: drugs or whatever it is. 195 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 4: You know, you'll be right back with more of the 196 00:10:52,880 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 4: Comedy Save Me Podcast. Come back to the Comedy Saved 197 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 4: Me Podcast. 198 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you a bit about your 199 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 2: craft and your process. I want to say a few 200 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 2: years back, maybe in the two thousands, what do they 201 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 2: call them, the aughts now, or something. Yeah, the early 202 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 2: two thousand, I was fortunate enough to know someone who 203 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 2: took me to Joan Rivers at the cutting room where 204 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 2: I found out when I got there was this little 205 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 2: room in the back where she would test out all 206 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 2: her material and she would just put these big like 207 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 2: she'd write her jokes and throw them on the floor 208 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 2: so she could see them on the stage floor. 209 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 3: What you want? 210 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: I had no idea, That's what I was going to see. 211 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: What is your process about writing new material and testing 212 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 2: it out on your audiences, especially if you're dealing with 213 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 2: things you know of a serious or political topics where 214 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 2: you really have to be extra creative. 215 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: Well, I wish I was as organized as Joan Rivers, 216 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: and I have a little place to go with big 217 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 1: It's it's really trial and error. You know. You get 218 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: an idea, you write it down sometimes just in your head, 219 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: and you present it to people. And my process is 220 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: basically I'm much more of an oral I don't you know. 221 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: Some folks write it down in every word and it's 222 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: perfectly and they memorize it. And again, I'm just I've 223 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: never been that disciplined in that organized to write it 224 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: down to that extent. Although I'm a big fan of 225 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: people who do, and it's good to hear that that 226 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: Jo Homa was doing that. But I write a set list, 227 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: and I have ideas and I present them to a 228 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: live audience. And the thing is, you don't know really 229 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 1: if something's going to work until you do it. It's 230 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: the only way to tell. It sounds great on paper, right, 231 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: it sounds good on paper, but it depends on you know, 232 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: how the audience reacts, and also having a safe place 233 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 1: to do it, having places that you can do it, 234 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: because you have to fail. You have to fail, and 235 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: that's part of the process in terms of just presenting 236 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: new material. And that's that no one likes to fail. 237 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: Nobody likes to be in front of a bunch of 238 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 1: people with a great idea go and they do it 239 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: and nothing. It's like, it's embarrassing, happened, But it's part 240 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:14,679 Speaker 1: of the process. 241 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 2: Has that happened to you? And if it has, Oh, 242 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 2: how how do you handle that with an audience? 243 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: You just keep going, You just keep going. Yeah, yeah, 244 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: you keep going. These days, I record most of my 245 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 1: sets and I can listen to them and see what 246 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: worked and what didn't, and you know, it's got I've 247 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: gotten much better and much more disciplined as if you know, 248 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: evolved as a comic. But in the early days, you know, 249 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: the nobody was video video and everything, and nobody had 250 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: not everybody had, you know, a phone with a you know, 251 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 1: you couldn't just record yourself and your phone, so it 252 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 1: was much more memory. That's how it basically was for me, notebook, 253 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: trying to memorize it and remembering, well, how the audience reacted. 254 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: That's really how it was in the early days for 255 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: me anyway. But I would record some of my sets, 256 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: not all of them, but you know, enough to enough 257 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: to remember how they worked and if they didn't work. 258 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, And did you ever have an issue with an 259 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 2: audience member or anyone that you had to kind of 260 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 2: handle live in the room. I'm just curious how you 261 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 2: would deal with that. 262 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean some people are better than others. 263 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: Some people talk to the audience and you know, want 264 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: to solicit back and forth, and that was never my style. 265 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: I just go up there and go this is what 266 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: I've been thinking about, boom, and just do it. And 267 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: occasionally people get upset or talk back or whatever. I 268 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: tend to ignore them more than engage with them. Honestly, 269 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: you know it's not it's my style. I don't want to. 270 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: I'm not. Nobody's there to hear that person hit what 271 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: I got to say and my comedy, and so that's 272 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: what I stick to pretty much. 273 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 3: That's incredible. 274 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 2: First of all, the fact that you don't write them 275 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 2: down and that it's from memory is amazing to me. 276 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: Well, you know, I write a set list like, this 277 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: is what I'm going to do here, This is what 278 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to do here. This will bullet points, Yeah, 279 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: bullet points exactly exactly, and and then and do the bits. 280 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: And a lot of them are tried and true, and 281 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: you know they're going to work because you've spente them 282 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: a hundred times. Other ones are new and the only 283 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: way to work it is to just keep saying it 284 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: and doing it. And I mean then you listen to 285 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: the tape and change the word here. Change is set 286 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: up there. So much of it is how you say it, 287 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: when you say it in the show. You know what 288 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: you open with, what you close with, which lines are 289 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: the funniest, How it builds. I mean, there's a lot 290 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: that goes into it. And so when you watch a 291 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: great comic on stage. You might be seeing them in 292 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: this video and Netflix or whatever that bit that they're 293 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: doing and has taken, you know, usually a year plus 294 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: to develop, and the only way to do it is 295 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: over and over and over again. 296 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, is there anything you're working on right now that 297 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 2: you want to test out on me? 298 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 3: I don't know why. 299 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 2: I just wanted to ask you that I want to 300 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,479 Speaker 2: be the first to hear something. 301 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: Not really, No, I don't have anything right now. 302 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 3: I just three on this. 303 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: Thank you for asking. 304 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 2: I've been told that I'm a good audience, so when 305 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 2: the urged strikes, call me anytime, I'm a good audience. 306 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 2: In what ways do you see comedy as a force 307 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 2: for social good and activism? Because I do know that 308 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 2: I saw and I'm pretty sure I saw this that 309 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 2: you literally ran for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, which I 310 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 2: think is amazing in and of itself. 311 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, thank you, and I did. And the reason 312 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: is is because going back to entertainment, entertainment like what 313 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: John stewartt did with the with the firefighters and getting 314 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: the treatment and the healthcare that they deserved the people 315 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: who were injured because of the chemicals, right, and getting 316 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: that and bringing that before Congress, and all the hard 317 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 1: work that went into that was the result of the 318 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: hard work behind the scenes. It wasn't the result of 319 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: the jokes necessarily, but his career as a comic and 320 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: the platform that he has allows him to draw attention 321 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: to these issues. But the real change is the people 322 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: in Congress writing you, writing the bills and enacting them 323 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: and motivating people and getting people on board to actually 324 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,199 Speaker 1: change the law. So it's a combination of both. The 325 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,719 Speaker 1: reason I ran for Lieutenant governor, one of the biggest 326 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: reasons was around the substance abuse issue in Massachusetts, and 327 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: I know that that comedy can do a certain amount. Again, 328 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: give you the platform, tell the jokes, reach the two 329 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: hundred people in front of you or how many people 330 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: are watching on television, But the real work is in 331 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: the legislature and in the public. You know, the public 332 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: awareness and the pressure on the legislature and the pressure 333 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 1: on the politicians, and that's where the real change comes. 334 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: Where whatever the issue is, you can have cultural awareness 335 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: through comedy and cultural awareness through entertainment. But entertainment by 336 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: itself is just a means to a lodger end. If 337 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,120 Speaker 1: you're trying to use it for those ends. For example, 338 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: I started an organization of social enterprise called Humor for Humanity, 339 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: and our mission statement is Humor for Humanity more than entertainment, 340 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 1: raising spirits, funds and awareness for nonprofits, charities and social causes. 341 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,199 Speaker 1: Our mission is your mission Humor for Humanity, humor and 342 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,640 Speaker 1: helping humor in healing, humor and hope. Ha ha ha. 343 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,160 Speaker 1: And because of this organization, what I do is I 344 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 1: I love comedy. I try to use not every night, 345 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: but a lot of the time I'm using. I'm doing 346 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: fundraisers basically for non profits, and I EMC and I 347 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: perform and I can do the auctions and help raise money. 348 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: And we've raised a lot of money over the last 349 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 1: ten fifteen years for organizations. So it's not the comedy. 350 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,719 Speaker 1: The comedy is one component of the fundraiser, but the 351 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: fundraiser and the nonprofit that's doing the work, whether it's 352 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: around you know, child development or subst abuse, or rehabs 353 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: or treatment centers are any of that type of thing. 354 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: It's the people on the ground doing the work in 355 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: the trenches that are really changing things. But the comedy 356 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: is a great gift and a great entree into that 357 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: In terms of an entertaining component to do our attention 358 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: to that particular issue in that particular nonprofit. So that's 359 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 1: been a lot of fun doing that. 360 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 3: What better way? Did you enjoy the process at all? 361 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:00,199 Speaker 3: Or was it? 362 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,440 Speaker 2: Was it more grueling than you thought it would be 363 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 2: even though you bring such money purpose? 364 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 3: Yeah? 365 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, oh the process is pretty grueling. Did I enjoy it? 366 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: I loved meeting the people. I loved, you know, being 367 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: on the stump. I don't know if I enjoyed it 368 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: as much as I enjoyed doing the Humor for Humanity, 369 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: Because the Humor for Humanity, I just have more freedom. 370 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: There's direct there's the direct effect with the with the nonprofits. 371 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: And if they raise you know, one hundred thousand dollars, 372 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 1: it's a big deal. You know, it's especially the smaller 373 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: one to some of the events we've done. I've raised 374 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 1: a lot of money for large hospitals. They've raised you know, 375 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: a million where I was the MC and the auctioneer. 376 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: But most of them are on the smaller end of 377 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: you know, moderate nonprofits, and they have they don't they 378 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: have budgets aren't huge. So fifty thousand dollars here and 379 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars there or twenty thousand dollars here. 380 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: That's a big deal and it helps them so and 381 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: that's what I like to do. 382 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 4: Well. 383 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 2: I think it's amazing, and I also think it's so 384 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 2: selfless of you to have had the cajones to do it. 385 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 3: To begin with. 386 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 2: Like, you know, I really I really applaud your efforts 387 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 2: on that, and I think it's amazing because basically, at 388 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: the core, you just want to help others, and I 389 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 2: think that's such an amazing thing. 390 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, but running for office is like that's that's a job. 391 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: And in the human humidity is a job too. I mean, 392 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's part of my business, is what I do. 393 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: But it serves the most purposes like a public servants. 394 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 1: You know, people get paid for running for well, if 395 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: you get elected, you get a salary. And same thing 396 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: with humor for humanity. But it's the it's way, your 397 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: passion is. That's how people come up with material. Usually 398 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 1: what are they passionate about? And that's what you see 399 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: them talking about on stage or on TV. You know, 400 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: what are they passion what? What motivates you to write 401 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: material or come up with this or even want to 402 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 1: be in public talking about it. 403 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 2: Well, speaking of passion. Looking back, now that you have 404 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 2: a little bit of a hindsight, how would you say 405 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 2: comedy has changed you as a person or shaped you 406 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:15,479 Speaker 2: as a person? 407 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 1: Well, it gives you a great sense of it's empowering. 408 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: It's empowering to think of something. I have an idea 409 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 1: and present it to people and you get an immediate 410 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: reaction and like that was a good idea. All these 411 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: people like that. I want to do that again, you know, 412 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 1: And so it builds it can when you you know, 413 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: the more you do it and the more successful you become, 414 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: it builds confidence. It builds a sense of that you 415 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: can do things. You can you have You're not powerless 416 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: in the world. You have a voice. People listen, people 417 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: enjoy it. You can make a living at it. And 418 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 1: so in that respect, it's been pretty amazing because I 419 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 1: never thought I would be doing this when I was 420 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: growing up. You know, there was it wasn't as common 421 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: as it is now. You know, so well. 422 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 3: Everyone has a studio at their house now. 423 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: Exactly exactly so. But it's I mean, I was able 424 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 1: to go back to school, I was able to run 425 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: for office, I was able to do a lot of 426 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: different things in my life. Travel all over the world. 427 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: It broadens your perspective. You meet new people, uh, you know, 428 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: get to live in New York and LA at different times, 429 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: and travel and so it's broadened my perspective of the 430 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: world tremendously, especially trying to keep up with politics on 431 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: what's going on in the world. That it's kind of 432 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 1: like your job, you know, and. 433 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 3: Your exact job. 434 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 2: How does that feel to you, though, when when you've 435 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,479 Speaker 2: made a difference in someone else's life. 436 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: Oh, it's great. It's a great feeling. It's a great feeling, 437 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 1: you know. I was on the I did a show 438 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: last night, and one of the things is, you know, 439 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: I have my own political opinions, and I'm on the 440 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 1: Democratic side of the ile generally speaking, that's I've been 441 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: a lifelong Democrat. But I say in the audience, I 442 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: say to the Trump supporters, I said, you guys won, 443 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 1: Let's see what happens. And I tell a story about 444 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: how to react after your side of the ile losers, 445 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: and and my friends. I have friends that are the 446 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: Trump is They you know, they that's the that's what 447 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: they like, and that's what they voted for. And I 448 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: said how am I going to react to these guys? 449 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: And I said, how about just saying congratulations? So when 450 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: I saw them, I just said, hey, man, you guys 451 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: you won. Congratulations. Two on two occasions, this guy lit up. 452 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: He goes, Jimmy, thank you. I appreciate it. And our 453 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: kind of relationship went to a different level because he 454 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:00,400 Speaker 1: felt heard, he felt respected, and he felt like it's 455 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,719 Speaker 1: like having a good game, a hot fought, you know, 456 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,959 Speaker 1: basketball game or sporting events. Yeah, you shake hands and 457 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: you're you know, good game, man, you guys won. It 458 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: got three hits. Good for you. I mean, that's how 459 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: it was. And it did that on a couple of occasions. 460 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 1: It was just it put the relationship on a different level. 461 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: So it's not a big thing, and it's not even 462 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: so much of a comedy thing, but you're affecting somebody 463 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: the way you act off stage as well as on stage, 464 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: and that's really effective. And of course, when you when 465 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: you do something that changes people or helps them with 466 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 1: whatever it is the mental illness issues or the recovery issues, 467 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: or raising money for their charity or their school, or 468 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: we did one for the school down the street and 469 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: they raised a lot of money. They were thrilled. They 470 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: were thrilled the relatively small nonprofit and they were just 471 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: a static over it, you know. And it wasn't even 472 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: millions of dollars. It was a fair amount of money 473 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: for that school and it meant a lot to them. 474 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: And it's like, you're actually putting your ideas and your 475 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: actions where you're I mean, you're putting your actions where 476 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: your ideas are and where your values. And comedies allowed 477 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 1: me to do that, whether it's the jokes or off 478 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 1: stage or in the service of the performance for something 479 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: other than yourself purely. 480 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 2: Well, Jimmy Tingle, leading by example literally and figuratively. I 481 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 2: love I love all that you are doing, and I 482 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 2: love that you stop by to share that with us, 483 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 2: because I think it's important. Your angle on life in 484 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 2: general is such a great and unique take that people 485 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 2: need to hear more of it. 486 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: I think, well, thank you, it's very kind of you. 487 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: Just say Lynn, I appreciate it. 488 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 2: Thank you, And before you go the real quickly, are 489 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 2: there any projects that you're working on besides what we 490 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 2: discussed and what's next where people can see you all 491 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 2: that fun stuff? 492 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: Sure? Well, I have a film out. It's called Jimmy 493 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,360 Speaker 1: Tingle The Radical Middle Why would a comedian run for office? 494 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: It's on my website Jimmy Tingle dot com so people 495 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 1: can watch that for free, ladies and gentlemen for free. 496 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: And on my website, I have all my show dates 497 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 1: coming up. I'm gonna be a Mortha's Vineyard and Nantucket 498 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: in August and cartul At Center for the Arts and 499 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: on the second and shows in September and all for 500 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: the rest of the year. So Jimmy Tingle dot com. 501 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: You can follow me on Instagram at Jimmy Tingle humor 502 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: get some funny clips up there. I think you'll get 503 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: a big kick out of But thanks again for having 504 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 1: me Lynn, And they can always find me there and 505 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 1: sign up on my newsletter and I'll keep you in 506 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: touch and informed about what we're doing. 507 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, find out why he got the last name Tingle, 508 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 3: That is. 509 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: My real name. 510 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 3: That's awesome. Thank you so much for being on a Comiday. 511 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:56,199 Speaker 1: Thank you