Tom Segura

That wasn't- You're totally right.

And part of it too is-

I don't know if everybody thinks this way, but I think I'm a realist, is that part of why so many of us are doing theaters and arenas now is the landscape has changed.

It's not that we are all Mount Rushmore comedians.

I recognize that.

If I were the same guy doing the same thing and it was 1999, I would not be on the same trajectory selling tickets.

we live in this age of the internet where things are streaming, things are on YouTube.

People have more access to this, the talent pool of comedians.

Part of the reason like we're doing this is because so many more people are aware of you in because like the technology allows them to be aware of you.

Right.

It's not just, you got to be on the tonight show or even you got to be on Rogan.

You can have your own.

The podcast intimacy is an interesting one though, too, though, because like,

People feel like they know you.

And it might not be that they know your comedy, though they also know that.

But they feel like they know you because the podcasts are so intimate.

They do.

The podcasts play a huge role in it.

And to be honest, so does the streaming services.

Netflix in particular, which has been home for me for like 13 years, 12, 13 years, has