South Beach Sessions - Todd Glass
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Hello and welcome. Look at who we have here, a fellow sweater. He is worried like I am that it's going to get too warm in here, but look at him. Todd Glass. This is someone that Jim Gaffigan says is the funniest person that he has ever met. That's high comedy. All the comedians say this guy is the comedian to love. You've been doing it now 45 years. When I say that, did you know you've been doing it 45 years? Because that's crazy.
Yeah, you know, it's the only time that I, you know, I don't, I mean, I don't talk about my age that much because it's, for me, I'm not talking about here. Just like personally, I don't try to make it a part of my act because it's not the most interesting thing about me. So, and also my insecurity of mentioning it. But I'm sort of proud that I've been doing that long. So recently when I realized that I will go, someone goes, how long have you been doing comedy? I go, 45 years. I started in high school. I started in 10th grade.
Well, I realized on my way to work the other day that I've been doing some form of this paid for, you know, writing sewage articles for the River Cities Gazette for almost 40 years. And it took me a back. I was a little bit surprised by it. So when I said that to you, I thought it would land in a certain way to say 45 years of stand up comedy. Generally, comedy, I can say, doesn't age well, like just generally it's hard. So to do it for 45 years is an achievement. It's reinventing yourself across decades.
Well, and, you know, you can if like if you don't if you have a big enough audience, you don't have to really grow because you have that audience. But, you know, no offense to myself when you're like me and it helps to have a new slew of people coming in. You know, I don't want to just talk about my act about. I mean, look, I don't want to insult any comedians that do this. And I'm not talking about some of this. Everyone can have, you know, remember we did this, remember we did that. That doesn't mean that's what I'm about to talk about. But when it's all, everything sucks today, music sucks today, comedy sucks today. Younger people don't want to come out and see you, which makes sense. So, you know, I've managed to I mean, offstage, I go with the times.
I'm not mad at change. I don't change because I have to. So it's helped me be relevant with a younger group of people, which, you know, I'm not going to lie. I like that. I like that. I would be aware if no younger comedians ever wanted to meet me or hang with me, I'd be like, yeah, they look at what I do.
How did Todd Glass get started in stand-up at age 15?
I don't want them to say like, oh, Todd Glass is a nice guy, but that act, whoosh. You know? So I've managed to change and grow, and I'm a different comedian than I was back then. And I remember once I said to my friend Gary Goldman, I go, when am I going to stop being embarrassed of my old work? He goes, hopefully never. I go, that's a good point. What do I want to do? I go, my best work was 10 years ago, you know? But I thought about it. I go, how many comedians are doing it? Because it makes me be on the up and up. Like, you know, one night me and my friends were sitting around. We're trying to name comedians that were older that were still, you know, funny. They exist.
It's hard, though.
Yeah, it is. But there are the guys. Gaffigan's one of them. Brian Regan is one of them, you know? There are guys, but it just... You know, it doesn't happen a lot.
Well, if the folks don't know, though, you've been doing it for 45 years because you started at a ridiculous age. Who has the confidence at what age were you, 14, 15, to get on a stage in Philadelphia?
I was 15. And long story very short, I didn't even know what a comedy club was. My friend goes, hey, there's this place called The Comedy Works in Philadelphia, in the city. And... We were going to go on a Saturday. In my head, for some reason, I remember this very clearly, I thought it would be college students telling jokes. Because if you weren't, you know, big, big act, like, you know, Rodney, or even back then, Jerry Seinfeld was, you know, you knew who Jerry Seinfeld was even back then.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–2:44
2
How did Todd Glass get started in stand-up at age 15?
2:44–21:06
3
What lessons did touring with music legends teach Todd about performing?
21:06–51:26
4
How has Todd kept his act fresh and connected to younger comedians?
51:26–52:34
5
What practical techniques did Todd adopt to tighten his comedy sets?
52:34–58:22
6
How does Todd view social media’s impact on comedy and discovering new talent?
58:22–1:06:09
Speakers
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