Sam Tallent

Ron's done it.

Stand-up's a pretty good cheat code to travel and experience the authentic version of a place because you get to hang out with people from that place while you're there that weekend.

So, yeah, I did, like, every state in America by the time I was, like, 30 and then was like, well, maybe I'll go abroad.

And stand-up's so new in the rest of the world that it's like you feel like you're in the ground floor of like, all I can really approximate it to is the early days of hardcore, like punk rock, when Black Flag and Minutemen were out there.

And I feel like I'm doing shows like that when I go to Estonia or Bratislava.

And everyone's so happy to have you.

It's different because some of those, the more East you go into Europe, the more they watch it like theater.

But I remember I was in Hungary.

in Budapest and that show was awesome.

And it shouldn't have been.

The host went up and ate it and he was getting all sweaty up there and he had to take off his sweatshirt because he was bombing so hard.

God bless him.

But he comes off stage and he brings me on and he's like, it's hot up there, bro.

And then I went out there and I just made fun of him and the crowd was like, very good.

And then I killed over there, man.

Really?

Yeah, and I didn't think it was gonna be good because they were all stern-faced Europeans.

You don't walk out there and see people who look like they've smiled before, but I got them.

Yeah, Stockholm's fun.

You can take an hour and a half or two hours out of your day and not eat.