Dave Barry

But it was always like a humorous persona doing that. This is like pretty serious parts of it. I mean, part of – I talk at length about my humor career and the – The things my readers got me to do look like going to Orlando and that sort of thing. David, Dave, you have a thousand of those like, you know, where I was born and raised and how I went to school. I just still do this.

But it was always like a humorous persona doing that. This is like pretty serious parts of it. I mean, part of – I talk at length about my humor career and the – The things my readers got me to do look like going to Orlando and that sort of thing. David, Dave, you have a thousand of those like, you know, where I was born and raised and how I went to school. I just still do this.

I mean, the book hasn't come out yet, but I am worried about that. Well, they can edit out the boring stuff.

I mean, the book hasn't come out yet, but I am worried about that. Well, they can edit out the boring stuff.

Well, I'll tell you, I mean, the, the one, okay, this, um, name dropping here, but Steve Martin is a friend of mine.

Well, I'll tell you, I mean, the, the one, okay, this, um, name dropping here, but Steve Martin is a friend of mine.

Yeah. So I sent him the memoir to get a blurb cause that's what you do. And, um, And, you know, usually it's like pro forma. They write a blurb. Like Steve wrote one of my books by saying, I love it. I haven't read it, but I, you know, it's like, and he wasn't kidding. He hadn't read it, but, you know. He's written a few of those. He's been asked to write a few of those.

Yeah. So I sent him the memoir to get a blurb cause that's what you do. And, um, And, you know, usually it's like pro forma. They write a blurb. Like Steve wrote one of my books by saying, I love it. I haven't read it, but I, you know, it's like, and he wasn't kidding. He hadn't read it, but, you know. He's written a few of those. He's been asked to write a few of those.

Yeah, he knows about blurbs. So anyway, but in this case, he wrote me an email and said, I'm really liking this. Can I call you? And I go, yeah. And he called me up and said, I just want you to know I really like your memoir. And I'll tell you why I like it. Because you talk about how it works, how the humor works. And he said, and people really like to know stuff like that, like how.

Yeah, he knows about blurbs. So anyway, but in this case, he wrote me an email and said, I'm really liking this. Can I call you? And I go, yeah. And he called me up and said, I just want you to know I really like your memoir. And I'll tell you why I like it. Because you talk about how it works, how the humor works. And he said, and people really like to know stuff like that, like how.

So that gave me a lot of hope. If he liked it, then maybe other people will like it.

So that gave me a lot of hope. If he liked it, then maybe other people will like it.

That guy, he's amazing to me. He is a wildly successful entrepreneur. Still, he has a hit TV show now. He's older than I am. Not many people are older than I am. And he was by far the most successful stand-up comedian who ever lived. He was the first guy to ever do stadiums and stuff like that.

That guy, he's amazing to me. He is a wildly successful entrepreneur. Still, he has a hit TV show now. He's older than I am. Not many people are older than I am. And he was by far the most successful stand-up comedian who ever lived. He was the first guy to ever do stadiums and stuff like that.

threw it away just nope it's an amazing story he decided he didn't want to do the most successful stand-up career any of us have ever seen he just stopped and he said i'm gonna make movies now successful at movies art collects art very successful writes books anyway so yeah he's an amazing guy and you're right he i mean i don't know him intimately you know we're friends well you've written for him haven't you i have you wrote for the oscars yeah for him right yeah

threw it away just nope it's an amazing story he decided he didn't want to do the most successful stand-up career any of us have ever seen he just stopped and he said i'm gonna make movies now successful at movies art collects art very successful writes books anyway so yeah he's an amazing guy and you're right he i mean i don't know him intimately you know we're friends well you've written for him haven't you i have you wrote for the oscars yeah for him right yeah

which was really interesting. I mean, that was a, um, I was terrified, you know, cause I hadn't met him at that point. He had, he and I had corresponded for years, but I'd never met him. And I was quite surprised when he asked me to come, this is in 2003 when he was hosting the Oscars and he asked me to, to come write jokes for him.

which was really interesting. I mean, that was a, um, I was terrified, you know, cause I hadn't met him at that point. He had, he and I had corresponded for years, but I'd never met him. And I was quite surprised when he asked me to come, this is in 2003 when he was hosting the Oscars and he asked me to, to come write jokes for him.

And I had never written jokes for anybody but me, you know, I sit in a room and my name goes on it and, And so I got out there, and we're in this hotel room, conference room, and every single person besides Steve Martin and all the other people with Steve were all professional joke writers. I mean, the guys who wrote for the, Bruce Valanche was one of them, and John Max, who was.

And I had never written jokes for anybody but me, you know, I sit in a room and my name goes on it and, And so I got out there, and we're in this hotel room, conference room, and every single person besides Steve Martin and all the other people with Steve were all professional joke writers. I mean, the guys who wrote for the, Bruce Valanche was one of them, and John Max, who was.