Chris Duffy

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468 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3d ago

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TED Talks Daily · Sunday Pick: Why you should try improv comedy (w/ Rick Andrews) | How to Be a Better Human · 19 Jul 2026 podcast

a young kid is they combine what we've been talking about, like that real presence in the moment because they just live in the moment.

But they also combine it with this silliness.

And I think it's not always intentional with a kid, but I think as an adult,

This is the other flip side of improv is the silliness and play that I love.

I mean, I was trying to think in preparation for this interview, what my first memory of you was.

And it was watching you perform at an improv festival.

I think it was in Boston.

And you were in anthropomorphized position.

a gumball machine and you were performing as the gumball machine and it was so silly and i just remember laughing so hard like truly tears coming down my cheeks as i was watching you be sometimes doing improv it's like it's like someone who like gets blackout drunk i don't remember what they did you're like if you say so

Well, also, you've done this like thousands of times.

Well, but this is what I mean.

It's like it was really fun, but it was also so silly.

Like you were in the moment pretending to be that.

But also, that's not something that like you could be very in the moment for your whole life and never pretend to be a gumball machine because there's a silliness there that is also like that.

Bringing that childlike play back into your life as an adult is also a big piece of this, too.

This is what I have trouble sometimes explaining to people who haven't done improv a lot or even people who are improvisers who just improvise in a different way than I do, is that I think the skill is really great.

And I think it builds these cool muscles of attention and playfulness and connectivity.

But to me, the thing that actually I really loved the most about improv and I like doing stand up, too.

I like doing all sorts of comedy.

But the thing that I love the most about improv was when you perform a lot with the same people.

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