Jim Norton
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I remember I was on stage one time at the cellar doing something it was just whatever I was just going from A to Z quickly and he just walked through and he went nice writing lazy and he was right I was fucking I'm lazy he never is lazy with his writing it's always it's never the easy road he doesn't do the audience's emotional work I just he's just great he's the best guy
That kind of annoys me. I don't like that he actually, you'll see a clip and you're like, wow, I really didn't know that. That's what he wants me to say. I hate him. I do, too. But the material is great. He's able to take these dry subjects. The Constitution is not a funny thing.
That kind of annoys me. I don't like that he actually, you'll see a clip and you're like, wow, I really didn't know that. That's what he wants me to say. I hate him. I do, too. But the material is great. He's able to take these dry subjects. The Constitution is not a funny thing.
That kind of annoys me. I don't like that he actually, you'll see a clip and you're like, wow, I really didn't know that. That's what he wants me to say. I hate him. I do, too. But the material is great. He's able to take these dry subjects. The Constitution is not a funny thing.
No, red state, blue state, those are not funny subjects, but he makes them hilarious.
No, red state, blue state, those are not funny subjects, but he makes them hilarious.
No, red state, blue state, those are not funny subjects, but he makes them hilarious.
and I was only a few years in you know it was like so cutting but it was the same kind of thing where I was like oh he's I'm being lazy like I haven't yeah he's telling you something he's fucking with you yeah but he's also such a great like no matter what he says you know it's coming from a place of a guy who's brilliant and I hate saying that because the word is thrown around too much yeah but I mean he really is fucking his mind Jeselnik has the ability to do that too like where like with Dave you never see the punchline coming again I have no idea where it's
and I was only a few years in you know it was like so cutting but it was the same kind of thing where I was like oh he's I'm being lazy like I haven't yeah he's telling you something he's fucking with you yeah but he's also such a great like no matter what he says you know it's coming from a place of a guy who's brilliant and I hate saying that because the word is thrown around too much yeah but I mean he really is fucking his mind Jeselnik has the ability to do that too like where like with Dave you never see the punchline coming again I have no idea where it's
and I was only a few years in you know it was like so cutting but it was the same kind of thing where I was like oh he's I'm being lazy like I haven't yeah he's telling you something he's fucking with you yeah but he's also such a great like no matter what he says you know it's coming from a place of a guy who's brilliant and I hate saying that because the word is thrown around too much yeah but I mean he really is fucking his mind Jeselnik has the ability to do that too like where like with Dave you never see the punchline coming again I have no idea where it's
you know we write jokes so you kind of know the fucking a b you never see it coming and it annoys me and jazz like even though he's got kind of like a cadence and a pace yeah and you have an idea of where it might be 90 of the time i still don't see yeah you just you predict you're like this is gonna be fucked up yeah or like and you try to guess which fucked up it'll be yeah but you don't always know
you know we write jokes so you kind of know the fucking a b you never see it coming and it annoys me and jazz like even though he's got kind of like a cadence and a pace yeah and you have an idea of where it might be 90 of the time i still don't see yeah you just you predict you're like this is gonna be fucked up yeah or like and you try to guess which fucked up it'll be yeah but you don't always know
you know we write jokes so you kind of know the fucking a b you never see it coming and it annoys me and jazz like even though he's got kind of like a cadence and a pace yeah and you have an idea of where it might be 90 of the time i still don't see yeah you just you predict you're like this is gonna be fucked up yeah or like and you try to guess which fucked up it'll be yeah but you don't always know
That's how I know I like, that's how I think somebody is good. I'm with colony. I never see it coming when I don't see it coming. I'm like, fuck.
That's how I know I like, that's how I think somebody is good. I'm with colony. I never see it coming when I don't see it coming. I'm like, fuck.
That's how I know I like, that's how I think somebody is good. I'm with colony. I never see it coming when I don't see it coming. I'm like, fuck.
Yeah. It's also, I can't watch guys. I don't want to watch guys who I wish I was doing what they're doing. I know. I know. Same. That guy's better. Yeah. It's upsetting. Do you get those, those like weird petty, I don't say jealousies, but those weird, like fuck, He's great, and I'm just never going to be that. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. It's also, I can't watch guys. I don't want to watch guys who I wish I was doing what they're doing. I know. I know. Same. That guy's better. Yeah. It's upsetting. Do you get those, those like weird petty, I don't say jealousies, but those weird, like fuck, He's great, and I'm just never going to be that. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. It's also, I can't watch guys. I don't want to watch guys who I wish I was doing what they're doing. I know. I know. Same. That guy's better. Yeah. It's upsetting. Do you get those, those like weird petty, I don't say jealousies, but those weird, like fuck, He's great, and I'm just never going to be that. Oh, yeah.
Right. At what point do we let go of... I'm going to, cause there's always that weird dream of being the best and being the one. At what point do we say like, yeah, I'm good at what I do, but I'm not, I'm not going to be that guy. And like, when does that happen?