David Marchese

Your dad was a comedian and a clown. Yeah. When you were growing up. Do you and he have any competitive feelings about comedy?

Your dad was a comedian and a clown. Yeah. When you were growing up. Do you and he have any competitive feelings about comedy?

You know, I ask just because, you know, it's not, I don't think it's uncommon for when fathers and sons go into the same or related lines of work for that to sometimes be emotionally complicated.

You know, I ask just because, you know, it's not, I don't think it's uncommon for when fathers and sons go into the same or related lines of work for that to sometimes be emotionally complicated.

You know, your dad grew up, you know, in pretty different circumstances than you grew up in. You know, sort of had a hard childhood. And then your daughter is then growing up in different circumstances than you grew up in. You know, she's just a lot, I assume, a lot more affluent.

You know, your dad grew up, you know, in pretty different circumstances than you grew up in. You know, sort of had a hard childhood. And then your daughter is then growing up in different circumstances than you grew up in. You know, she's just a lot, I assume, a lot more affluent.

Do you think about how your daughter understands, like, how or why her life and her childhood are so different than yours or her grandfather's?

Do you think about how your daughter understands, like, how or why her life and her childhood are so different than yours or her grandfather's?

A lot of Buffalo Bills gear.

A lot of Buffalo Bills gear.

You have been doing this a long time, but it's probably in the last six or seven years where you sort of changed actually how you look. Yes. You got a different haircut. You grew the beard and mustache, started dressing a little cooler. I think maybe you lost some weight. Yeah.

You have been doing this a long time, but it's probably in the last six or seven years where you sort of changed actually how you look. Yes. You got a different haircut. You grew the beard and mustache, started dressing a little cooler. I think maybe you lost some weight. Yeah.

Did the impetus to do that come from you or did a manager or agent say like, hey, if you want to get to the next level, we might want to think about making some changes? Yes.

Did the impetus to do that come from you or did a manager or agent say like, hey, if you want to get to the next level, we might want to think about making some changes? Yes.

Which is interesting to hear you say that because you don't think of the image that pops into the mind when one thinks of a comedian as not like a super fit guy.

Which is interesting to hear you say that because you don't think of the image that pops into the mind when one thinks of a comedian as not like a super fit guy.

I know you're working on a new hour of material. Can you share a joke or a section of it that you're feeling good about?

I know you're working on a new hour of material. Can you share a joke or a section of it that you're feeling good about?

You know, we're talking ahead of the publication of your book, Big Dumb Eyes. And, you know, you joke in the book about not being much of a reader. You know, the way you've put it is, you know, books, they just have too many words. And to help readers, you know, you threw in some blank pages in your own book.

You know, we're talking ahead of the publication of your book, Big Dumb Eyes. And, you know, you joke in the book about not being much of a reader. You know, the way you've put it is, you know, books, they just have too many words. And to help readers, you know, you threw in some blank pages in your own book.