rant · moment 21 of 25
Why the Woods Make Comedians Truer Versions of Themselves
from Bobby Kelly | The Tim Dillon Show #322 · #322
1 min
Bobby argues that stripping comedians of their usual environment and putting them in total darkness in the woods forces them to become real, unlike their curated podcast personas.
- Tim notes that Rogan gets the woods because it's his whole world, unlike most other comedians.
- Bringing regular people on a hike is one thing, but when you take comics out there it gets hilarious.
- When something unexpected happens in the woods—a sound, a presence—the comedy stops and comedians become real.
- Out in the woods, stripped down and exposed, comics still use their defense mechanisms, but the armor becomes genuine.