WEBVTT - The Evolution of Stand-up Comedy

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<v Speaker 1>This is Bloomberg Business Week with Carol mess Error and

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Steneveek on Bloomberg Radio. Come laugh, make com laugh.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, everybody. Let's make them laugh and laugh a bit more.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I gotta say, it's not always easy, considering

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<v Speaker 2>the news flow and the stresses that are out there right. Economic,

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<v Speaker 2>personal are otherwise kind of love that from singing in

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<v Speaker 2>the rain.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, though, it's actually good to laugh.

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<v Speaker 3>I know.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So where is good for us? We are nerds,

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<v Speaker 2>But speak for yourself. The Mayo Clinic points out that

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to relieving stress, more giggles and gaffaws

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<v Speaker 2>are just what the doctor ordered, noting that a good

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<v Speaker 2>laugh has great short term effects. When you start to laugh,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't just lighten your load mentally, it actually induces

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<v Speaker 2>physical changes in your body, including stimulating your organs, soothing tension,

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<v Speaker 2>improving your immune system. So everybody in the control room,

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<v Speaker 2>you better be laughing no more.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I better go to the Comedy Festival. The seventeenth

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<v Speaker 1>annual New York Comedy Festival Yes about to.

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<v Speaker 2>Get underway in early November. A legend in the world

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<v Speaker 2>of comedy is with us today in our studio, Caroline Hirsch,

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<v Speaker 2>founder of Caroline's on Broadway. Of course you know that

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<v Speaker 2>she's here in our Bloomberg Interactive Brokers studio. Welcome, Welcome,

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<v Speaker 2>welcome back. How are you good?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm good. So we have quite the medicine for you.

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<v Speaker 3>The Comedy Festival.

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<v Speaker 1>My voice doesn't usually sound like this.

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<v Speaker 3>Festival number third, the twelfth we've extended this year. We're

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<v Speaker 3>ten days straight, probably about one hundred and fifty shows

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<v Speaker 3>still counting. We're still adding, we're still putting people together,

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<v Speaker 3>so still announcing new shows coming up, twenty two theater shows.

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<v Speaker 3>So we're very very happy, Carolyn.

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<v Speaker 2>I just had family in from Texas, and you know

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<v Speaker 2>what they did. They did a bunch of things around

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<v Speaker 2>New York. It was a short weekend. They went to

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<v Speaker 2>a comedy show. People want to experience things. How did

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<v Speaker 2>you guys think about that? Are you seeing increased demand

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<v Speaker 2>or a lot of demand coming out of the pandemic

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<v Speaker 2>of people just wanting to go to things like comedy shows.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think the general people want to go to

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<v Speaker 3>live events, and I think live events are like the

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<v Speaker 3>big thing right now. So look when we put tickets

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<v Speaker 3>on sale. We got a really really robust kind of

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<v Speaker 3>reaction to it. So ticket sales are really really good.

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<v Speaker 1>That's good.

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<v Speaker 3>It's good. It's good for New York.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay at Madison Square Garden.

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<v Speaker 3>Ok. Shane Gillis at Carnegie Hall, Mateo Lange and a

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<v Speaker 3>car Anthony just like all at Carnegie Hall. And you

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<v Speaker 3>know what happens that you know, people go to Carnegie

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<v Speaker 3>Hall and then they'll go to the restaurant across the street. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>So what we do is bring this stimulus to New

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<v Speaker 3>York City, which we're always happy to do, and we

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<v Speaker 3>have a lot of fun with doing it. And then

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<v Speaker 3>we have you know, we we have Britt Goldstein. Do

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<v Speaker 3>you know him from Ted Lasso? So he's doing three

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of him at the beach.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait can we all say what he says? Oh no,

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<v Speaker 2>we can't say.

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<v Speaker 3>That on air?

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<v Speaker 1>Can we You can? You can't, you can't show.

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<v Speaker 2>We do say it a lot of the but go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>He's so great.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. And then we have you know, we we have

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<v Speaker 3>a big event which is Stand Up for Heroes kind

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<v Speaker 3>of opens up the festival this year on November sixth,

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<v Speaker 3>So we have Jimmy Carr there, Tracy Morgan, Rita Wilson

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<v Speaker 3>will be singing, Shane Gillis, Ronnie Chang, John Stewart who's

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<v Speaker 3>a constant there, and also Josh Grobin and John Mellencamp.

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<v Speaker 3>So that is quite a show.

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<v Speaker 1>Are they doing comedy? Are they singing?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? This thing?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay?

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<v Speaker 3>This that's oko.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you think about when you put it together?

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<v Speaker 2>Seventeen years and running? Talk to us about like how

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<v Speaker 2>it's evolved.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, it's nineteen years. Oh forgive me years and seventeen

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<v Speaker 3>years for the standard for heroes, but it's nineteen years.

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<v Speaker 3>Next year we're having a big, big blowout the twentieth

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<v Speaker 3>year in New York City. Wow. You know we start

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<v Speaker 3>the day after we finish year. We start for next year. Actually,

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<v Speaker 3>we're trying to secure venues ready for next year, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>our big shows at Madison Square Garden. So we do

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<v Speaker 3>that constantly.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's we don't often because we have a

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<v Speaker 1>global audience here on the program. Really yeah we do.

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<v Speaker 2>I had no idea that's some comedy for you wedding.

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<v Speaker 1>Looking into the control room, you see if you can

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<v Speaker 1>see they're not laughing in there.

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<v Speaker 2>I know to day job.

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<v Speaker 1>But we do, and we you know, we have a

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<v Speaker 1>national audience as well. So why are we talking about

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<v Speaker 1>something here in New York. Well, because a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people from all over the world and all over the

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<v Speaker 1>country come to this. Talk a little bit about who

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<v Speaker 1>this attracts and and sort of where New York is

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<v Speaker 1>right now in the comedy scene, because you know, there

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<v Speaker 1>are people who are saying, you know, okay, l A is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a classic place for comedy. You've got Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Rogan and Austin doing his thing, you know, trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make Austin comedy happen. Where do you stand on all this?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, you can never negate New York.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't take the New York a good New Yorker. No,

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<v Speaker 3>it's here, It's here, It's Here's where it starts. This

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<v Speaker 3>is where you get the creative juices. This is where

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<v Speaker 3>you get the ideas. They you know, the whole thing

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<v Speaker 3>with La was that, you know, which is not so

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<v Speaker 3>quite in fashion right now, is to go out there

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<v Speaker 3>to get your sitcom. That's that's not really happening anymore. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's happening the last five months without the writer's strike.

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<v Speaker 3>I can tell you that I guess they're about That's

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<v Speaker 3>a really.

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<v Speaker 2>Good point because you did see a lot of comics

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<v Speaker 2>for a long time, right, get a series and then

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<v Speaker 2>just move to television.

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<v Speaker 3>It's kind of not happening now, the touring that goes

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<v Speaker 3>on when you have a great special that's on TV,

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<v Speaker 3>you take that and you go on the road, and

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<v Speaker 3>that's your millions of dollars that these people, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>comedians are making on the road. When you're selling out

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<v Speaker 3>Beacon Theater's, Carnegie Hall, when you're selling out the Garden,

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<v Speaker 3>this is this is like this is big bucks, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's it's a big, big business for a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of people that have really, you know, made it and

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<v Speaker 3>are able to tour around the country.

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<v Speaker 2>Can we talk about the business of comedy? And I

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<v Speaker 2>think about you know, last December, your iconic club, right,

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<v Speaker 2>you did not renew your lease it's spot in Times Square.

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<v Speaker 2>How hard was that?

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<v Speaker 3>You know? I wanted to stay, and then there was

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<v Speaker 3>a part of me which did not want to stay

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<v Speaker 3>because of the way. And I don't want to put

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<v Speaker 3>down Time Square because I went there thirty years ago

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<v Speaker 3>to build it up and I was part of that,

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<v Speaker 3>the renovation of Times here and the renewal of Times Square,

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm not going to put it down. But things

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<v Speaker 3>were changing there. The city was changing there. I felt

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<v Speaker 3>that after COVID, the whole seascape there was changing. And

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<v Speaker 3>I said, let me step back. I own the brand.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to take the brand. I'm extending it through

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<v Speaker 3>the festival, and then we have other ideas where we're

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<v Speaker 3>going with that.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah, give us some of those other ideas.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, you know, we're taking the Carolines brand and

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<v Speaker 3>you know, kind of producing content and putting it out

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<v Speaker 3>there and specials and everything else that we do with

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<v Speaker 3>comedy on a grander scale.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it really was the end of an era

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<v Speaker 1>for you not to renew your leaves there.

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<v Speaker 3>Well. Yeah, I was lived thirty years in Times.

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<v Speaker 1>Square, so I mean Time Square changed a lot in

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<v Speaker 1>thirty years, and it changed a lot just in a

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<v Speaker 1>few years because of the pandemic. Talk to us a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit about the you know, what happened and the

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<v Speaker 1>decision making process, and the external factor is there too.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, So obviously I went to my landlord, I go, listen,

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<v Speaker 3>we need some relief here. You know, things have changed

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<v Speaker 3>a lot, so can you He goes, no, Actually, we

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<v Speaker 3>really want to raise the rent. So I said, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>but you know, there are so many repairs that have

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<v Speaker 3>to be done. I'm here for thirty years, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>air conditioning, electrical work, just things needed to be upgraded.

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<v Speaker 3>And he said, well, that's just what the deal is.

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<v Speaker 3>And I tried very hard to stay there, and then

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<v Speaker 3>I just said, well, I'm out of here now this

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<v Speaker 3>I'm done.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you have other things to do you? Did you

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<v Speaker 1>look for other physical spaces?

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<v Speaker 3>No? But I have to tell you that we had

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<v Speaker 3>so much press when we closed that so many real

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<v Speaker 3>estate developers called me and said I have spaces for

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<v Speaker 3>you and I will help you build it out.

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<v Speaker 2>So why didn't you do it?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we're in the I'm in the process of taking

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<v Speaker 3>it all in and deciding what the next big move in.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not it'll be four walls, but it'd be something

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<v Speaker 3>very different.

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<v Speaker 2>What a great field.

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<v Speaker 1>That is pretty cool?

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<v Speaker 2>Right? So this is like it to be continued. You'll

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<v Speaker 2>come back in like two months, three months, four weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>A hotel owner.

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<v Speaker 2>No, but that's a really good thing, you know, because

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<v Speaker 2>it's funny. We we look even around our environment and

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<v Speaker 2>the retailers that aren't here anymore, and I remember one

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<v Speaker 2>retailer leaving and he was a pottery barn or Williamson Noman.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, why are you guys leaving? This is a

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<v Speaker 2>great location. They're like, no, it's really expensive for us

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<v Speaker 2>to be here and we just can't afford it. And

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<v Speaker 2>I just think about, you know, whether it's businesses or

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<v Speaker 2>companies that have really been so much a part of

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<v Speaker 2>the NYC fabric and then all of a sudden they

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<v Speaker 2>just can't afford it.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's things crazy changed. Things have changed. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>we heard about Target closing, you know, so it's it's

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's it's bad. It's bad. But then again everything's

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<v Speaker 3>kind of shifted online. Things have changed, you know, thank

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<v Speaker 3>god we still have bergdofs here.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we changed cose new opportunities and like you say,

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<v Speaker 2>there's probably things obviously you can't talk about. But you

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<v Speaker 2>know when things when they talk to you know, when

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<v Speaker 2>you get lemons and make lemonade, like you find new opportunities.

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<v Speaker 2>Caroline is on the show right now. Can I ask

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<v Speaker 2>you what are you you find funny today? Are oh

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<v Speaker 2>my god, oh my god, we need laughter. What do

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<v Speaker 2>you find funny today? You know what it is?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, what I find funny is that it's almost

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<v Speaker 3>the point when a joke is it reaches the point

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<v Speaker 3>where it it is such a great joke that it

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<v Speaker 3>hits the point that it's almost politically not correct.

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<v Speaker 1>And those kind of shows want to talk about those.

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<v Speaker 3>Kind of jokes are brilliant to get to that line.

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<v Speaker 3>Make your point, but not go there.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember where we could say it's a joke people, So

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<v Speaker 2>you can still say that, No you can't.

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<v Speaker 3>It's tough.

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<v Speaker 1>Ye, it doesn't matter if you know Netflix staff walk

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<v Speaker 1>out over, you know your your special, You're still selling

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<v Speaker 1>out arenas across the country. I'm talking about Dave Chappelle here.

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<v Speaker 3>That's truth. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it tough for comics today though.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think so. I just think I just think

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<v Speaker 3>that they need to stay on a steady straight path,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think that they do realize that that things

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<v Speaker 3>could be offensive. And I think that Look, I've seen

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of male comics change a lot of stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>What they used to say, they wouldn't dare say that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, they get strangled by every woman in the audience.

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<v Speaker 3>But things have changed like that, and I think people are,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, mindful of other people like that like we

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<v Speaker 3>were just talking before I walked in here talking about

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<v Speaker 3>Don Rickles today. We said, oh my god, he couldn't

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<v Speaker 3>insult people like that today.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a good point.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a joke.

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<v Speaker 2>Don Rickles, d mart and all those guys like you.

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<v Speaker 1>Think self censorship is real.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it. I think it is. I think it is.

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<v Speaker 3>But but to a good self censorship not not anything

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<v Speaker 3>like I think it's good, but but it's that brilliant

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<v Speaker 3>joke that may cross the line but doesn't. And those

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<v Speaker 3>are the greatest.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are the still get away with stuff who can

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<v Speaker 2>really push it. Are there certainly?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Dave, Dave Schelle can, ali Wan Can. That's a

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<v Speaker 3>woman that can can hit that mark of not crossing

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<v Speaker 3>the line but cross on the line.

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<v Speaker 2>Going my turn, where you're going?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, go. I want to know your opinion, Caroline, about

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<v Speaker 1>the role of comedy clubs today. Given that there's YouTube,

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<v Speaker 1>there's TikTok. They are all these places where comedians, up

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<v Speaker 1>and coming comedians can post their content and build a

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<v Speaker 1>following there.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good thing. That's a good thing for clubs

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<v Speaker 3>because when they build the following, then they get booked

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<v Speaker 3>into the club and they make really nice money and

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<v Speaker 3>everybody's happy because they sell out. So it's also still

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<v Speaker 3>that live experience. People still want it. They want to

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<v Speaker 3>go in that room with you and me and all

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<v Speaker 3>laugh together. That's what they want. That's the thing about

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<v Speaker 3>what makes a joke, It's that the community is sitting

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<v Speaker 3>there saying, oh God, that happened to me too, and

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<v Speaker 3>you laugh. So it's all part of that live experience.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm seeing that with the festival as everything is.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, these everybody in the festival has a terrific

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<v Speaker 3>online following. I mean they millions of people.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a huge thing.

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<v Speaker 3>But they want to go out and see them. The

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<v Speaker 3>same thing that happened when years ago and you had

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<v Speaker 3>that great HBO special that built you up so that

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<v Speaker 3>when you toured around you would sell out, right, So

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<v Speaker 3>that's all money in the bank for the performers.

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<v Speaker 2>The nineteenth annually. How many festival this November. I'm giving

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<v Speaker 2>you a shameless plug. Hey, listen, take us back, because

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<v Speaker 2>you've been doing this a long time. Back in the

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<v Speaker 2>early eighties you began, i mean, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld,

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<v Speaker 2>Pee Herman, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Sandra Bernard, I know, Chris, right,

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<v Speaker 2>I know it breaks our heart right, Like these are

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<v Speaker 2>people that were funny like no other and changed I

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<v Speaker 2>think the way we see comedy, enjoy comedy. But in

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<v Speaker 2>the early day, is everyone funny out of the gate?

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<v Speaker 3>Well you see, you know we were just talking about

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<v Speaker 3>Bill Maher So you know Bill started at my little

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<v Speaker 3>club on eighth Avenue. But of course you grow over

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<v Speaker 3>the years, Jerry Seinfeld, you grow over the years. Jay

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<v Speaker 3>Leno grow over the years. But Jay has always still

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<v Speaker 3>been this menshi guy.

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<v Speaker 1>What j tours like Ford is a week now probably.

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<v Speaker 3>Every weekend yea of doing something, you know, And so

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<v Speaker 3>Jerry's eifel you miss every weekend, He's probably somewhere doing

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<v Speaker 3>two or three shows back home again during the week

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<v Speaker 3>and that's really his life because he loves what he's doing.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you remember from these guys in the early days,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 3>We were all so new to it. It was like,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, when I opened Carolines, it was like the

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<v Speaker 3>first headliner club in New York City. It was like

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<v Speaker 3>a yuppie that word yuppie. We're going back to the

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<v Speaker 3>eighties yuppie nightclub that opened up. And it was the

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<v Speaker 3>day It was when David Letterman was at twelve thirty

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<v Speaker 3>at night. Jay Leno would be at my club and

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<v Speaker 3>he'd say like, oh, I'm appearing at Carolines. It gave

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<v Speaker 3>us this national play around the country, and that kind

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<v Speaker 3>of set up the club. And I remember, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>Paul Rubins Peewee Harmon bringing him to New York. I

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<v Speaker 3>have such fond memories of him. And you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't up until he was texting me on my birthday,

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<v Speaker 3>sending me birthday videos up until the end saying listen,

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<v Speaker 3>we need to FaceTime soon. Are you coming to LA.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not coming to New York. Didn't tell me he

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<v Speaker 3>wasn't feeling well, because I would. We would always, like

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<v Speaker 3>you know, text each other back and forth. And I

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<v Speaker 3>had no idea he was sick. But he brought a

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<v Speaker 3>show to New York. In New York Can they conceived

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<v Speaker 3>Pee Wee's Big Adventure. He was going to ride his

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<v Speaker 3>bike from LA to New York City with this unknown

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<v Speaker 3>director at that time, Tim Burton khunw But you know,

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<v Speaker 3>that's that's what Paul had. He had that creative part

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<v Speaker 3>of him. Those comedians that I worked with from the

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<v Speaker 3>beginning all went on. Look at Jerry and Larry David

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<v Speaker 3>show Seinfeld, Oh my god, earth shattering. You know we

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<v Speaker 3>still say we're just talking about it last night. I

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<v Speaker 3>still turn it on and see an episode I haven't seen.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, so I as make references to Seinfeld.

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen them all. I gotta tell you. Okay, so

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<v Speaker 1>we only have a minute left, Caroline, But comedians who

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<v Speaker 1>have made it love to say that in order for

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<v Speaker 1>comedian to make it, you've got a bomb. Give us

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<v Speaker 1>some stories of some prominent bombs that you've witnessed in

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<v Speaker 1>your pain.

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<v Speaker 3>How about Larry David and he would say, oh, it's

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<v Speaker 3>the audience, they're just terrible. And he didn't do that

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<v Speaker 3>well to twy that.

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<v Speaker 1>All over see, I can see the they're terrible.

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<v Speaker 3>They're terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta say. And what you've done for women comedians

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<v Speaker 2>right when they were just so far and few, and

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<v Speaker 2>just to see everyone out there today, it's incredible. You

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<v Speaker 2>are incredible. Come back anytime. Let us know the news.

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<v Speaker 2>If you land somewhere, okay, you can share it with us,

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<v Speaker 2>and good luck again. Remind us when the festival.

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<v Speaker 3>Is November third to the twelfth. Go to New York

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<v Speaker 3>Comedy festival dot com and you would be amazed to

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<v Speaker 3>see how many shows are listed there to go see

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<v Speaker 3>and have a great time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much, Good luck, be well, Caroline Hursh,

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<v Speaker 2>founder of Carolines of Course on Broadway. Here in our

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<v Speaker 2>Bloomberg Interactive Broker Studio, Carol Masser, Tim Stanevek. We're not funny,

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<v Speaker 2>but she is and her lineup. This is Bloemberg