mainstream clubs had mainstream comedy. they didn t necessarily go for weird. so they started their own rooms with their own crowds. i m not telling stories for any kind of shock value or anything like that. i m just telling the story. the original stand-up from the late 70s was all setup punch line, setup punch line. that s all anybody was doing. and the alternative comedy scene was suddenly all of this personal storytelling. there s five kids in our family. i m the oldest and my brother who is the fourth child, got lung cancer. hold for laughs. and you can just be talking about what happened that day. like somebody come reading their diary. i didn t study theater for 12 years so i could say, rambo, no! they kind of free formed and more of a stream of consciousness. and that really caught on with audiences and created a whole new wave of comedians and women comedians. this alternative comedy scene was happening alongside the rise of women at saturday night
was suddenly all of this personal storytelling. there s five kids in our family. i m the oldest and my brother who is the fourth child, got lung cancer. hold for laughs. you could just be talking about what happened that day. like somebody come reading their diary. i didn t study theater for 12 years so i could say, rambo, no! they kind of free formed and more of a stream of consciousness. and that really caught on with audiences and created a whole new wave of comedians and women comedians. this alternative comedy scene was happening alongside the rise of women at saturday night live . that s it. that s it. you had molly shannon. simmer down now. and you had cheri oteri, ana gasteyer. i think we both assumed,
in the 90s club heyday, the clubs were so crowded, because everyone in the world thought, i m going to move to california or new york. i m going to do three funny minutes and then get my own sitcom like jerry seinfeld. that was the downside of that era. they just didn t really have room for me or the likes of me. who can start off the sex category other than, yes, you know it, miss kathy griffin! i m going to tell a story, i told once before only one before, it is not the time i [bleep] a midget. sorry that s another party. these are people that didn t have as much success in mainstream clubs, because mainstream clubs had mainstream comedy. they didn t necessarily go for weird. so they started their own rooms with their own crowds. i m not telling stories for any kind of shock value or anything like that. i m just telling the story. the original stand-up from the late 70s was all setup punch line, setup punch line. that s all anybody was doing. and the alternative comed
family. i m the oldest and my brother who is the fourth child, got lung cancer. hold for laughs. and you can just be talking about what happened that day. like somebody come reading their diary. i didn t study theater for 12 years so i could say, rambo, no! they kind of free formed and more of a stream of consciousness. and that really caught on with audiences and created a whole new wave of comedians and women comedians. this alternative comedy scene was happening alongside the rise of women at saturday night live . that s it. that s it. you had molly shannon. simmer down now. and you had had cheri oteri, ana gaeyer. i think a wboed, wrongly, that a baker of your generation might tend towards a drier, more crusty muffin. and tina fey was brought on as a writer. in 25 plus years of saturday night live, you are the first
everyone in the world thought, i m going to move to california or new york. i m going to do three funny minutes and then get my own sitcom like jerry seinfeld. that was the downside of that era. they just didn t really have room for me or the likes of me. who can start off the sex category other than, yes, you know it, miss kathy griffin! i m going to tell a story, i told is only once before, it is not the time tiny [ bleep ] midget. sorry, that s another party. these are people that didn t have as much success in mainstream clubs, because mainstream clubs had mainstream comedy. they didn t necessarily go for weird. so they started their own rooms with their own crowds. i m not telling stories for any kind of shock value or anything like that. i m just telling the story. the original stand-up from the late 70s was all setup punch line, setup punch line. that s all anybody was doing. and the alternative comedy scene was suddenly all of this personal storytelling. there s