Andrew, can you end with a family-friendly joke? This was a Louis C.K. joke that Seinfeld told when they were doing a conversation — comedians on comedians. The joke is something like: You know, going on vacation with the family, I put the kids in the car seats. I put my wife in the car. Put the coffees in the coffee holder. I put the bags in the back. I close the trunk. I close my wife’s door. I close the kids’ door. And when I’m walking from my wife’s door to my door, that’s my vacation.
I know exactly the joke you’re talking about. I think about it constantly. It’s so good, and at its core you could say quite mean. That’s the beauty of a joke. It allows us to access these darker thoughts and emotions that we have: He loves his family, but in that moment, they’re safe, and I don’t have to deal with them. We all have that feeling, and then we come back to reality. And that’s what would be awesome: If people get that these things that we’re saying — it’s just what we feel in that little moment, and then we step back.
— Andrew Schulz, “‘Podcast Bro,’ Might Be America’s Foremost Political Journalist.” Interviewed by David Marchese. (NY Times, June 21, 2025)
now, to have THIS as a podcast, wouldn’t that be marvellous?! 😉
good one Dave. Stay coooool,
Yes, it would be Something! You too Kiki.
kind of sensed that vibe as it built from the beginning. that’s what humor is, a chance to laugh at and air our darker impulses
Exactly Beth…
why do some people pretend they don’t have these same thoughts??! … (roll eyes). and what about that one guy that laughs just a little too loud and a little too long??! (stayed in the dark zone a few moments too many) — just as suspicious!!
Exactly Ren!
As, I read…two thoughts came to my mind, one who is dealing in Absolute & Overwhelm…with Assumption overlaid…
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