David Marchese

We should end on that note.

Erotic art house.

I guess.

After the break, I talk to Bob again, and he tells me the problem he sees with some of today's most popular comedy.

Bob, thank you for talking to me again.

I appreciate it.

Yeah.

Something I was curious about is, you know, we talked a little about the beginnings of your career in the 90s with kind of what people called the alternative comedy scene.

Yeah.

And back then, I think it was pretty clear to people what...

alt-comedy was alternative to.

Sure.

You know, it was alternative to a kind of like slick, show-busy style of comedy that was sort of the dominant form of comedy at the time.

And I wonder, do you think there, as far as you can tell, is there any sort of alternative comedy now?

Like, what is the comedy that someone would be rebelling against right now?

Like Manosphere stuff?

Why do you not find the, what we're going to call manosphere comedy to be particularly interesting or funny?

Why do you think it's dissipating?

That's not necessarily the sense I get.

I think the distinction you're making about if a comedian or performer is saying something in sort of a performance context, that should change how we receive the thing they're saying.