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Eddie Brill

๐Ÿ‘ค Person
270 total appearances

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Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

But, you know, you find out this news, you got to go, you got to do the work. And it's actually beautiful. My sister had a lot of loss and, and I'm gulping because I have, you know, my sister died in 1997 and it just hurt so bad that she did. And it was, it was very interesting because when she had, you know, when she had passed away and, It's it, you know, took a lot out of me.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

So I learned after a while to celebrate the life as instead of mourning the loss. I, you know, it's it's funny because in this conversation about this, I was actually going somewhere else, but my brain took me over here. Yeah, it's an interesting life because you never know what's around the corner. You can't really plan. I mean, you can, but it's not always going to work out.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

So I learned after a while to celebrate the life as instead of mourning the loss. I, you know, it's it's funny because in this conversation about this, I was actually going somewhere else, but my brain took me over here. Yeah, it's an interesting life because you never know what's around the corner. You can't really plan. I mean, you can, but it's not always going to work out.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

So I learned after a while to celebrate the life as instead of mourning the loss. I, you know, it's it's funny because in this conversation about this, I was actually going somewhere else, but my brain took me over here. Yeah, it's an interesting life because you never know what's around the corner. You can't really plan. I mean, you can, but it's not always going to work out.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

So to be able to ad-lib, to be able to play in the moment, and to never take things so seriously... You know, like some jokes that I write are not politically correct, not mean, not mean spirited. It's just funny. And I can't spend my life trying to please everybody. Like people say to me, hey, you know, I saw Chappelle's special and I didn't like it.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

So to be able to ad-lib, to be able to play in the moment, and to never take things so seriously... You know, like some jokes that I write are not politically correct, not mean, not mean spirited. It's just funny. And I can't spend my life trying to please everybody. Like people say to me, hey, you know, I saw Chappelle's special and I didn't like it.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

So to be able to ad-lib, to be able to play in the moment, and to never take things so seriously... You know, like some jokes that I write are not politically correct, not mean, not mean spirited. It's just funny. And I can't spend my life trying to please everybody. Like people say to me, hey, you know, I saw Chappelle's special and I didn't like it.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

And I say to them, he's not here to please you. If you don't like Chappelle, who is one of the most talented comedians on the planet, if you don't like him, change the channel or go watch somebody else or complain about something else. Life's too short. Right. Boy, did I go all over the place on that one. I'll watch this later and go, what did I mean? Why did I bring my sister up to you?

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

And I say to them, he's not here to please you. If you don't like Chappelle, who is one of the most talented comedians on the planet, if you don't like him, change the channel or go watch somebody else or complain about something else. Life's too short. Right. Boy, did I go all over the place on that one. I'll watch this later and go, what did I mean? Why did I bring my sister up to you?

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

And I say to them, he's not here to please you. If you don't like Chappelle, who is one of the most talented comedians on the planet, if you don't like him, change the channel or go watch somebody else or complain about something else. Life's too short. Right. Boy, did I go all over the place on that one. I'll watch this later and go, what did I mean? Why did I bring my sister up to you?

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

You know, it's the, weirdly enough, it's as simple as it's who you know. When I was in, I lived in LA and New York for a while, and one of the guys I went to college with contacted me out there. I was broke. And he said, I'm working at this show called Saved by the Bell, and they need a warm-up comedian. And you'll make a thousand bucks or something. And I had like 35 cents in my pocket.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

You know, it's the, weirdly enough, it's as simple as it's who you know. When I was in, I lived in LA and New York for a while, and one of the guys I went to college with contacted me out there. I was broke. And he said, I'm working at this show called Saved by the Bell, and they need a warm-up comedian. And you'll make a thousand bucks or something. And I had like 35 cents in my pocket.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

You know, it's the, weirdly enough, it's as simple as it's who you know. When I was in, I lived in LA and New York for a while, and one of the guys I went to college with contacted me out there. I was broke. And he said, I'm working at this show called Saved by the Bell, and they need a warm-up comedian. And you'll make a thousand bucks or something. And I had like 35 cents in my pocket.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

And I said, yes, I'm a warm-up comedian. I never had done it before. And I had done it, and it was babysitting. It was just babysitting. The only the great thing about it was the money, of course, but so I can afford to live. But across the hall, literally, you know, a couple of feet across all was The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. That was great.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

And I said, yes, I'm a warm-up comedian. I never had done it before. And I had done it, and it was babysitting. It was just babysitting. The only the great thing about it was the money, of course, but so I can afford to live. But across the hall, literally, you know, a couple of feet across all was The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. That was great.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

And I said, yes, I'm a warm-up comedian. I never had done it before. And I had done it, and it was babysitting. It was just babysitting. The only the great thing about it was the money, of course, but so I can afford to live. But across the hall, literally, you know, a couple of feet across all was The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. That was great.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

But anyway, I did the warm up and it was a very hard job to do, but I did it and it was OK. And then I moved to New York and I got an offer to work at the Dana Carvey show to warm up the audience. Now, the Dana Carvey show was a really smart and funny show. And the it was too smart for American television. It was taken off after only a couple episodes.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

But anyway, I did the warm up and it was a very hard job to do, but I did it and it was OK. And then I moved to New York and I got an offer to work at the Dana Carvey show to warm up the audience. Now, the Dana Carvey show was a really smart and funny show. And the it was too smart for American television. It was taken off after only a couple episodes.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

But anyway, I did the warm up and it was a very hard job to do, but I did it and it was OK. And then I moved to New York and I got an offer to work at the Dana Carvey show to warm up the audience. Now, the Dana Carvey show was a really smart and funny show. And the it was too smart for American television. It was taken off after only a couple episodes.

Mick Unplugged
From Emerson to Letterman: Eddie Brill's Insights on Comedy

You know, Steve Carell and Robert Smigel and Louis C.K. And, you know, it was just all the best of the best. And the show only lasted a few episodes. So now Louis C.K. went over to the Letterman show to do some writing. Everyone dispersed into different shows. And Letterman approached the writers and said, do you know a comedian who we need a warm up comic?