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Broken Comedians vs. Joe's Normal Upbringing

from Behind the Youtube (with Joe Santagato) · #52

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They discuss how comedians self-mythologize as damaged people, Joe's early filmmaking with a camcorder and Frankie, his family being funnier than him, and a joke about Joe accidentally killing a family during a livestream.

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13:38Most comedians are broken in some way, and comedy feels like it might fix them.
14:12Joe posts every Tuesday on one channel and day-to-day content on another, plus does multiple podcasts and videos weekly.
14:45Joe observes that everyone in stand-up comedy is broken for the most part.
15:22Comedians at open mics didn't like Joe because he's good-looking and successful—two negatives in comedy.
15:48Other comedians assumed Joe must have had no pain and nothing difficult happen to him.
15:59Comedians project the idea that they must be sad and unhappy to fit the stand-up mold.
16:10Joe says he's been through difficult things but doesn't talk about them.
16:22Tim jokes that Joe killed a family with his car, which Joe doesn't deny outright.
16:34Joe clarifies he was doing a YouTube live stream when he hit the family.

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