"After some de rigeur prefatory Carson Wentz Chat, we got right to the stuff that would make up most of the episode, which was a conversation about the business and practice of doing comedy that was frequently interrupted or derailed when one of us thought of something stupid or funny that we wanted to bring up. There's some substance in there about the hidden and less-hidden economics of comedy, how Instagram has upended every long-established aspect of that industry,"
"I guess this is true to some extent of every episode, but by cutting ourselves more or less free from sports this week we were able to drift towards and away from the subject of comedy-what would make big-ticket comedians who are already making MLB starter pitcher money go to Riyadh for a little more, the desperate backwardness and self-justifying worldview of our leading Truth To Power comics-more or less as the spirit moved us."
Someone assumes no one pays attention to them, which makes anxiety easier to manage and proves mostly accurate. A friend recommended Eli Yudin’s comedy special, which led to discussion and promotion. The episode centers on the business and practice of comedy, including hidden and explicit economics, Instagram’s disruption of industry norms, and the difficulties of self-funding and producing a candle-heavy special. The hosts frequently derail into absurd asides about inappropriate airport clothing, acting choices, and wealthy celebrities doing novelty commercials. The conversation moves freely between sports-free tangents and deeper questions about why top comedians accept high-paying controversial gigs.
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