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Razzle dazzle9/14/2023 ![]() ![]() And then when I say, “As long as it’s white,” the place goes nuts again. And when I say, “I do not care whether my daughter dances with a boy or a girl, I will do everything in my power to love her and support her,” the place goes nuts again. And by the way, I’m in Omaha telling this story, and when I say, “I think every kid should feel awesome 100 percent of the time,” the place goes nuts. ![]() These people take themselves so seriously. That is how I feel.” But there’s also an over-wokeness that happens in Los Angeles where it can get a tad bit tedious and so, if anything, I’m calling my hometown on their shit.Īnd obviously this was a fucking joke. ![]() I said, “I want every child in this world to feel 100 percent awesome 100 percent of the time and I’ll do whatever I can to make that happen. So, with that story, I wanted to be very clear about where I stand. I largely move away from politics just because I don’t know anything and because my job is to make you laugh. The most horrible thing you can say in the most awkward situation sometimes is the funniest, and if it makes one person laugh, for me, it’s always worth it. My take is always, “This is how I view the world, comedy first.” And I’ll always defend comedy. Where’s your comfort level as it relates to politics on stage? You tell another story about one of Ila’s school dances, which becomes a story about gender and “wokeness,” which is as close as you come to politics in this set. I literally said to someone after, “Grab a recording of that, that’s how I write this story.” Then she goes, “Mom solved the whole thing and then that old lady scared the shit outta Papa,” and the place just explodes. Georgia was just like, “We only brought you there to watch Papa loose his shit and you have a panic attack, Dad.” And I was like, “Oh that’s right.” She was like, “Don’t you remember, Papa threw Nana into a steamer trunk? You were probably too busy shitting your pants.” And the place is falling apart, just crying laughing listening to her say this stuff. I did the escape room with her and I had actually tried it on stage, but I was so far off from what really happened and why it was funny. The one that you tell in the special, I assume? She goes, “Dad, did you talk about the escape room?” Then she told the story on stage. I was stumped one night on stage, and Georgia called me randomly and I answered the call from stage, and the place went nuts. And when Georgia knew it was funny, then I knew it was funny. Suddenly, I was having a hard time coming up with material and I kept being like, “Why am I stumped?” And what it was was that Georgia and I would watch LeeAnn and Ila interact with us, and Georgia would highlight the stuff that was really, really funny. And I didn’t even realize it until she left for college. It’s so funny, baby.” And she goes, “Nah, I don’t like it.” This is the funniest thing anyone’s ever said in the fucking world.” I mean, there was a joke in the special that I pulled out that I offered her $10,000 for. But there were other parts of her growing up that she wasn’t comfortable with and she’d say to me, “This doesn’t go on stage.” I remember one time going, “I’ll give you $1,000. I mean, some of the funniest things she’s ever said, about her growing up, she was cool enough to let me talk about. And with that one, she went, “That’s a secret.” She’s always had the ability to say that to me. ” In the end, if I’m not mistaken, she only took out one. I said, “Let me tell ’em, if you don’t like ’em, we’ll take them out. I didn’t think it through, and so she definitely had final edit of that special and the jokes. Well, Ila Grace has become hyper-aware of making sure she’s represented the way she wants to be represented. Your whole family features prominently in the hour, and I’m curious to what extent they have input, and what those conversations were like before you go out on stage? And so I felt like I needed to find ways to show that and to show the fact that they bully me now. But what had happened was by the time I recorded it, Georgia was in college and Ila was driving. At first, I couldn’t figure out why I was running into such a roadblock with the hour. It’s funny, I’d started writing the material in January 2020 and then they grew up so much during the pandemic. I don’t know if I totally accomplished it, but that’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to give my girls a bit of a voice. You’re about to release your fifth special. He talked at length (and shirtless) about his daughters’ input as well as his comedy aspirations and his experiences in Hollywood. ![]() Heard' Review: Netflix Docuseries Is an Exercise in Futility ![]()
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