Oz Pearlman
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It's happiness. And you're not lying about the premise, which is the premise is I'm starting from the jump. I'm not psychic. I'm not supernatural. People ask me, is this like a talent or is it a gift? And I think it's similar. Well, yeah. I mean, you've got to have some sort of thing in you to be a good comedian or a good musician or anything like that. You can work on it and get better.
It's happiness. And you're not lying about the premise, which is the premise is I'm starting from the jump. I'm not psychic. I'm not supernatural. People ask me, is this like a talent or is it a gift? And I think it's similar. Well, yeah. I mean, you've got to have some sort of thing in you to be a good comedian or a good musician or anything like that. You can work on it and get better.
It's happiness. And you're not lying about the premise, which is the premise is I'm starting from the jump. I'm not psychic. I'm not supernatural. People ask me, is this like a talent or is it a gift? And I think it's similar. Well, yeah. I mean, you've got to have some sort of thing in you to be a good comedian or a good musician or anything like that. You can work on it and get better.
But I'm never going to the NBA. You know what I'm saying? That's right. You have to have some attributes.
But I'm never going to the NBA. You know what I'm saying? That's right. You have to have some attributes.
But I'm never going to the NBA. You know what I'm saying? That's right. You have to have some attributes.
Maybe it was like watching my folks. Maybe there was a lot of weird stuff. I was very good at math as a kid, like unusually good at math. And I would do weird stuff. Like I count steps every time I knew every step in every place I ever went to, like some rain man stuff. And when I would go, this is from the time I was like six, we go to little Caesars. I'll never forget.
Maybe it was like watching my folks. Maybe there was a lot of weird stuff. I was very good at math as a kid, like unusually good at math. And I would do weird stuff. Like I count steps every time I knew every step in every place I ever went to, like some rain man stuff. And when I would go, this is from the time I was like six, we go to little Caesars. I'll never forget.
Maybe it was like watching my folks. Maybe there was a lot of weird stuff. I was very good at math as a kid, like unusually good at math. And I would do weird stuff. Like I count steps every time I knew every step in every place I ever went to, like some rain man stuff. And when I would go, this is from the time I was like six, we go to little Caesars. I'll never forget.
I lived in Metro Detroit and before they rang up the food, I knew the percentage tax it would be. So when they did it, I would instantly say before I'd look and I know what my mom was going to tell me, you're going to get $16 and 18 cents. How did you know that and change? And it was like a weird, it was like a weird thing that I got very good at. And I think the boom dopamine hit dopamine hit.
I lived in Metro Detroit and before they rang up the food, I knew the percentage tax it would be. So when they did it, I would instantly say before I'd look and I know what my mom was going to tell me, you're going to get $16 and 18 cents. How did you know that and change? And it was like a weird, it was like a weird thing that I got very good at. And I think the boom dopamine hit dopamine hit.
I lived in Metro Detroit and before they rang up the food, I knew the percentage tax it would be. So when they did it, I would instantly say before I'd look and I know what my mom was going to tell me, you're going to get $16 and 18 cents. How did you know that and change? And it was like a weird, it was like a weird thing that I got very good at. And I think the boom dopamine hit dopamine hit.
They would like that. And so it's ingrained where I was good at. Again, people become the Joker because there's some sort of dark thing in there. Not everybody, but typically there's some, I don't want to say trauma, but But you're not going to be funny or amazing unless something happened in your life where you have a reason to be entertaining. Right.
They would like that. And so it's ingrained where I was good at. Again, people become the Joker because there's some sort of dark thing in there. Not everybody, but typically there's some, I don't want to say trauma, but But you're not going to be funny or amazing unless something happened in your life where you have a reason to be entertaining. Right.
They would like that. And so it's ingrained where I was good at. Again, people become the Joker because there's some sort of dark thing in there. Not everybody, but typically there's some, I don't want to say trauma, but But you're not going to be funny or amazing unless something happened in your life where you have a reason to be entertaining. Right.
And so I think there's points in time where I could take people's minds off things. And this was a great way to do it. And also magic. People don't get to know you. They get to know the character, the performer. So you get that nice little separation, which I learned at a young age was really like how to make rejection, fear of rejection, fear of failure. Most people, that's their number one fear.
And so I think there's points in time where I could take people's minds off things. And this was a great way to do it. And also magic. People don't get to know you. They get to know the character, the performer. So you get that nice little separation, which I learned at a young age was really like how to make rejection, fear of rejection, fear of failure. Most people, that's their number one fear.
And so I think there's points in time where I could take people's minds off things. And this was a great way to do it. And also magic. People don't get to know you. They get to know the character, the performer. So you get that nice little separation, which I learned at a young age was really like how to make rejection, fear of rejection, fear of failure. Most people, that's their number one fear.
And I learned at 14 how to make that gone, like eliminate that entirely.