Tom Segura
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Podcast Appearances
Because there's so much pressure on a taping.
The week after you tape, you start to say things differently.
And sometimes you say a joke that you never said at that point and you're like,
I just wrote a 10 times better joke.
Just because you're in the structure of rehearsing it and sculpting it and in your head, by the time you go to stage, you've got the pause built in for when they're supposed to laugh.
And you also have... You think your punchline is the... That's the line.
And the week after you tape...
You relax where you don't feel the pressure, and your brain goes, how about instead of saying this, you say this, and you do, and you're like, that's way better.
That's way better.
How is it possible that someone like you who wanted to be an actor hasn't or doesn't watch 30 Rock or The Office?
How do you know that, man?
What kind of research do you guys do here?
Always Sunny.
How is it possible?
I think...
I've seen brief, obviously, you can't escape seeing things like that.
I think that as I kept working and touring in comedy,
I would, when I got home and I wanted to watch something, it's like the last thing I wanted to watch was more comedy.
I was just like, you know, I'm on the road.
I'm doing standup every night.