And the goal really is to make the audience laugh, to bring them some joy. Todd Barry More Quotes by Todd Barry More Quotes From Todd Barry People in New York love having roof parties. Todd Barry party new-york people I like pens. My writing is so amazing there's never a need to erase Todd Barry erase writing needs I'd rather send out a mass email then hang posters all over the place Todd Barry posters email mass I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport. Todd Barry humankind love-and-respect sports If you see me at a restaurant, blow me a kiss, wave, blow me another kiss, then walk five steps backward. Todd Barry kiss-me kissing blow I've had shows where you think, "Is this going well? I can't tell," and then you say goodnight and you get this ovation. They're sorta like a theater audience. I've learned that much; that they're not always going to be doing backflips - but I'll never figure it out. Because sometimes you walk up there, and they're so excited, and then other times, it's just... But sometimes an audience is bad, and you can tell them they're bad, and that sort of breaks the ice a bit. Todd Barry excited sometimes thinking My sister sometimes does a Todd Barry tribute act. Todd Barry my-sister doe sometimes I like Cilantro, but you don't have to. Todd Barry If I'm at a party and someone puts on a Blues Brothers tape, I tend to go nuts. Todd Barry party brother nuts Comedy clubs are a bit more expensive. That's the problem with some of these places. But the flipside of that is, if you do too many shows for free or $5, then people don't understand why you can't fly to Milwaukee and do a show for a $3 cover. That won't even pay for my flight. Todd Barry flight comedy people The problem with a lot of comedy clubs is not that they are a comedy club; it's just the cheesy way they're presenting themselves. That's why a lot of people have a problem with them. If you're a relatively unknown comedian, you can play at a comedy club, you might play to hundreds of people every night. But if you try to make a concert event out of it, and try to play a rock club or something, where you might play to 10 people or no people. And the flipside of that is, that's also a great thing, to play to people who are your fans. Some people are too hard on the comedy clubs. Todd Barry cheesy night people There are certain things that are probably too mean. I don't particularly like fat jokes. Those kind of bother me. But I guess what I was trying to say is, if I said I would never laugh at this, you could probably dig around and find a situation where I did laugh. I try not to be a hypocrite with that one. I find when there's a controversy about someone saying something offensive, I usually take the angle of, "Well, I don't know if that was offensive; it just wasn't funny." I generally don't gasp, "Oh my God!" I think people have been getting raked over the coals lately. Todd Barry hypocrite mean thinking I think people have this "It can't hurt to ask" mentality, which is true on some level. I get comics like, "Hey, will you look at these videos of me on MySpace?" I was like, "Well, who's gonna benefit from that? What if I don't like you?" No, I'm gonna write to a stranger and say, "Hi. You like me, and I don't like you. And now I feel bad when I didn't need to feel bad, because you put me on the spot." Or like, "Can I open for you?" Well, I've never seen you work, so no. I certainly made awkward mistakes when I was starting out, and they're just trying to have a career. Todd Barry hurt mistake writing Sometimes they're all collectively thinking, "Wow, we're kinda a shitty audience," and then if you point it out, it's kinda like, "Hey, I know what's going on. We know what's going on up here. Or what's not going on. And I'm letting you know that I know. And now we can fix this." Todd Barry audience sometimes thinking I don't ban bloggers from my shows. I have a separate line: VIP seating for bloggers. Todd Barry I want a room that I can definitely pack out. I don't want to sweat that part, "Am I gonna have enough people?" So I usually pick like a hundred, a relatively small room. Also, I'm looser in a small room. I don't want to record an album in front of a thousand people, not that I could draw a thousand, but I just want a room that I can really work back to front. That's just a very comfortable place for me to be loose. Todd Barry enough people I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. Todd Barry chicken-nuggets chickens thanksgiving It was actually 3 years between albums. That seems like a long time to me Todd Barry albums long years There's people that are just in awe of what you do, and then there are people who just think it's garbage. And I think there are people who are just uncomfortable seeing someone have fun with their job Todd Barry fear fun jobs I liked the koala, wallaby, and I chilled with a kangaroo a bit. There was a wombat that I quite enjoyed also Todd Barry wombats koalas kangaroos
