1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:07,132 --> 00:00:08,258 - Whoops, sorry. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:10,760 - Oh, geeze. 5 00:00:10,802 --> 00:00:12,053 - What's this one called? 6 00:00:12,095 --> 00:00:13,596 - I lost my (indistinct). 7 00:00:15,181 --> 00:00:16,766 - Ridiculous. 8 00:00:16,808 --> 00:00:18,393 (group laughs) 9 00:00:18,435 --> 00:00:20,603 - We're healthy, but we're desperately unhappy. 10 00:00:20,645 --> 00:00:21,521 - Right, okay. 11 00:00:24,399 --> 00:00:26,067 - Orlando, are you going to do it? 12 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:27,277 - I guess. Oh yeah. 13 00:00:30,113 --> 00:00:32,741 - We must do our exercises. 14 00:00:32,782 --> 00:00:34,117 - Oh shoot. 15 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:35,410 What's this called? 16 00:00:35,452 --> 00:00:37,078 - Stretching the muscles. 17 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,414 - Stretching the muscles, okay great. 18 00:00:42,125 --> 00:00:44,127 Oh yeah, this is good, really important. 19 00:00:50,300 --> 00:00:52,385 - Now you have to sit down again, sorry. 20 00:00:52,427 --> 00:00:55,138 - Okay, sorry, Helen, you got to go back down. 21 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:56,056 - I gotta sit down? 22 00:00:56,097 --> 00:00:57,307 - Yes. - I just got up. 23 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:02,145 - Could you just say your name and how old you are? 24 00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:04,439 Ziggy Susser 71. 25 00:01:04,481 --> 00:01:08,943 - Barbara Bova 72, soon to be 73. 26 00:01:08,985 --> 00:01:10,945 - My name's Alix Elias. 27 00:01:10,987 --> 00:01:11,863 - And Richard Marshall. 28 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:13,239 She tells, she says to me- 29 00:01:13,281 --> 00:01:14,199 - Don't tell your age. 30 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,116 - Don't tell anybody. 31 00:01:15,158 --> 00:01:16,326 Don't tell your age. 32 00:01:16,368 --> 00:01:17,911 - Tom Padovano 66. 33 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:20,038 - Helaine Witt. 34 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,956 My age? 71. 35 00:01:21,998 --> 00:01:23,500 - [Jo] 71. - And a half. 36 00:01:23,541 --> 00:01:25,669 - Oh? - In the few months. 37 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:28,421 Like a kindergartner. 38 00:01:28,463 --> 00:01:30,298 - You could say, generally speaking. 39 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:31,257 - Yeah, generally speaking. 40 00:01:31,299 --> 00:01:32,550 - Generally speaking, a hundred. 41 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:37,347 - My name is Evana Lewis and I am 73 years old. 42 00:01:38,473 --> 00:01:41,184 - My name is Teresa Hommel and I'm 76. 43 00:01:41,226 --> 00:01:42,560 - And you are, you're wearing a mask. 44 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:44,062 - I'm wearing three masks. 45 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:48,900 - Hi, I'm Helen Yalof and I am, ew, 86 years old. 46 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:52,112 - My name is Nicki Cochrane. 47 00:01:52,153 --> 00:01:54,906 My date of birth is May 10th, 1938. 48 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:59,244 - My name is Bill Burke and I'm 68 years old. 49 00:01:59,285 --> 00:02:02,330 - Will you tell me your name and if you want to, 50 00:02:02,372 --> 00:02:03,540 you could tell me how old you are. 51 00:02:04,541 --> 00:02:06,418 (laughs) 52 00:02:06,459 --> 00:02:09,462 - I'm Rebecca Dole, I'm 75. 53 00:02:09,504 --> 00:02:12,841 - I'm Orlando Dole, not 75. 54 00:02:12,882 --> 00:02:14,592 - Lynne Fetch, I will be 71. 55 00:02:14,634 --> 00:02:16,511 And I'm still playing singles. 56 00:02:16,553 --> 00:02:18,013 How do you like them apples? 57 00:02:18,054 --> 00:02:20,015 - Oh, I'm Bibi Elvers. 58 00:02:20,056 --> 00:02:23,143 And am I comfortable saying my age? 59 00:02:23,184 --> 00:02:24,811 Of course, I'm proud of it. 60 00:02:24,853 --> 00:02:29,858 I'm 88 and a half and going strong. 61 00:02:30,650 --> 00:02:31,776 - So this is pretty much like 62 00:02:31,818 --> 00:02:33,069 the comedy workshop we do on Zoom 63 00:02:33,111 --> 00:02:34,571 but it's going to be in person. 64 00:02:35,905 --> 00:02:37,782 And we're gonna do some exercises to get material going 65 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:40,994 and then we'll do a show in four days. 66 00:02:41,036 --> 00:02:42,871 No big deal. 67 00:02:42,912 --> 00:02:45,874 We're going to do a quick just a roundup of ideas 68 00:02:45,915 --> 00:02:48,209 for what's the worst thing to have on a T-shirt? 69 00:02:48,251 --> 00:02:51,171 Bill. - Cream cheese. 70 00:02:51,212 --> 00:02:53,548 - I love me, not you. 71 00:02:53,590 --> 00:02:57,010 - A naked baby on a T-shirt trying to wee wee. 72 00:02:59,137 --> 00:03:02,682 - What? A naked baby on a T-shirt trying to shoot? 73 00:03:02,724 --> 00:03:06,311 - Holding his little wee-wee. (laughs) 74 00:03:06,353 --> 00:03:08,063 - [Jo] Yeah, that's a really bad T-shirt. 75 00:03:08,104 --> 00:03:10,065 - I saw this T-shirt yesterday 76 00:03:10,106 --> 00:03:11,608 Eat pussy, it's organic. 77 00:03:13,401 --> 00:03:14,319 - I couldn't hear. What was it? 78 00:03:14,361 --> 00:03:17,030 - Eat pussy, it's organic. 79 00:03:17,072 --> 00:03:17,906 - Eat what? 80 00:03:17,947 --> 00:03:19,449 - [Group] Pussy. 81 00:03:19,491 --> 00:03:22,911 - Come on Barbara, make her say it again. 82 00:03:22,952 --> 00:03:23,787 (group laughs) 83 00:03:23,828 --> 00:03:25,497 Everybody make her say it again. 84 00:03:26,623 --> 00:03:27,749 - [Jo] Did you have you done like 85 00:03:27,791 --> 00:03:29,834 performing arts or anything? - No. 86 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:32,170 - So, what got you to sign up for the class? 87 00:03:32,212 --> 00:03:33,880 - Oh, I saw that and I said right away, 88 00:03:33,922 --> 00:03:36,549 "I just, I would love to do that". 89 00:03:36,591 --> 00:03:38,093 - And you've never done it before? 90 00:03:38,134 --> 00:03:41,805 - No. In elementary school I was always the one 91 00:03:41,846 --> 00:03:46,768 who like laughed and said funny things. 92 00:03:46,810 --> 00:03:48,853 Got in trouble for laughing all the time. 93 00:03:50,355 --> 00:03:51,981 Once the teacher wrote "giggles" 94 00:03:52,023 --> 00:03:54,025 on my report card or whatever. 95 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:57,320 - So, what do you like about the comedy class? 96 00:03:57,362 --> 00:04:00,281 - I just like that we're all together. 97 00:04:00,323 --> 00:04:01,950 We all contribute. 98 00:04:01,991 --> 00:04:03,451 It's just fantastic. 99 00:04:03,493 --> 00:04:07,497 Sometimes I am so awed by the answers that people give. 100 00:04:07,539 --> 00:04:10,542 Really, they're fantastic. 101 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:12,877 I love those bar jokes, oh God. 102 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,046 - Who do you think would play you in a movie? 103 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:20,051 - (laughs) Oh, you know who just came into my mind? 104 00:04:21,386 --> 00:04:22,262 I don't know if it was because I thought of it 105 00:04:22,303 --> 00:04:24,055 or I just got it, Sandra Bullock. 106 00:04:27,308 --> 00:04:28,893 She funny? 107 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:31,855 - So what does everybody prefer if you had the choice 108 00:04:31,896 --> 00:04:35,275 food jokes or sex jokes? 109 00:04:35,316 --> 00:04:37,902 - Food, did you say food? - Yeah. 110 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:39,029 - Food. - Okay. 111 00:04:39,070 --> 00:04:39,904 - Sex. - [Jo] Okay. 112 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:42,115 - Food, - Food. 113 00:04:43,033 --> 00:04:44,242 - Sex. 114 00:04:44,284 --> 00:04:45,201 - [Jo] Orlando, you have not voted. 115 00:04:45,243 --> 00:04:47,287 - No, I go for sex jokes. 116 00:04:47,328 --> 00:04:49,456 - Barbara, you got one? 117 00:04:49,497 --> 00:04:51,249 - I got one a quick one 118 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:52,959 and then I need help with the second. 119 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:57,255 Two peanuts were in a bar, one was a salted. 120 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:58,381 - One was a what? - A salted. 121 00:04:58,423 --> 00:05:01,134 - Two penises? - Peanuts. Peanuts. 122 00:05:02,719 --> 00:05:07,098 - So, the other one is that if you get lox in the morning, 123 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:10,060 a pop will freeze you at night. 124 00:05:11,603 --> 00:05:16,399 Soda pop lox bagel in the morning freezer pop at night. 125 00:05:17,233 --> 00:05:18,568 I told you it needs work. 126 00:05:18,610 --> 00:05:20,362 - [Jo] (laughs) Okay. 127 00:05:20,403 --> 00:05:22,405 Well. Anybody has any anything to add 128 00:05:22,447 --> 00:05:24,157 about bagels and lox or freezer pops? 129 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:27,202 Oh well, I said, "I tried to push it up, to get the lip 130 00:05:27,243 --> 00:05:29,579 "but it went back down". 131 00:05:29,621 --> 00:05:30,789 - Oh that is good. 132 00:05:30,830 --> 00:05:32,791 That's how it's supposed to be. 133 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:33,792 - Whoa. 134 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:35,502 - The cook made a cheeseburger. 135 00:05:35,543 --> 00:05:37,295 I told him, "I needed a hamburger." 136 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:39,506 And he said, "Do something with the cheeseburger." 137 00:05:39,547 --> 00:05:40,840 So, I threw it at him. 138 00:05:40,882 --> 00:05:43,385 - Is that a glad to see me in your pocket? 139 00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:46,262 - Making sex on a Sunday is a bad choice. 140 00:05:46,304 --> 00:05:48,264 - Sex makes my hair curly. 141 00:05:48,306 --> 00:05:51,518 - A good pastrami sandwich is as good as an orgasm. 142 00:05:54,104 --> 00:05:55,605 - I worked for a few jobs, 143 00:05:55,647 --> 00:05:58,525 but my biggest, longest job was a social security. 144 00:05:58,566 --> 00:05:59,943 I was a claims representative. 145 00:05:59,984 --> 00:06:02,320 I interviewed people to see if they qualified 146 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,656 for like an SSI program, things like that. 147 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:06,866 And the best, the best story I have from work is 148 00:06:06,908 --> 00:06:09,411 that I interviewed a woman who told me she worked 149 00:06:09,452 --> 00:06:10,829 at a Whole Foods and I said, 150 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:12,664 "I used to go to the one on Houston Street. 151 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:14,165 I loved their bread pudding." 152 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:17,752 And she said, "Oh my God, I made their bread pudding". 153 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:19,421 35 years at work and that's the most exciting thing 154 00:06:19,462 --> 00:06:20,922 that ever happened to me. 155 00:06:20,964 --> 00:06:23,633 Meeting a person who makes bread pudding at a Whole Foods. 156 00:06:23,675 --> 00:06:26,302 - Why did you decide to take this comedy class? 157 00:06:26,344 --> 00:06:28,346 - I've always been funny, like my whole life kind of, 158 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,682 but you know, never formally funny. 159 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:32,225 I would always crack people up, 160 00:06:32,267 --> 00:06:35,353 make jokes with friends or whatnot, but I never pursued it. 161 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:38,565 Like I thought of it, but I was too scared, you know. 162 00:06:38,606 --> 00:06:41,735 Like you really have to give up a lot to pursue it, 163 00:06:41,776 --> 00:06:43,653 to really make a career of it and everything. 164 00:06:43,695 --> 00:06:46,740 I used to have a dream to end up on TV, you know, 165 00:06:46,781 --> 00:06:48,324 like the big thing, you know, 166 00:06:48,366 --> 00:06:49,159 to be on the "Tonight Show" 167 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:50,785 blah, blah, blah. 168 00:06:51,953 --> 00:06:53,329 Umm, now I know that it'll never happen. 169 00:06:53,371 --> 00:06:55,040 You know, it it it's a fulfillment. 170 00:06:55,081 --> 00:06:59,085 It's part of me that I can tap into now. 171 00:06:59,127 --> 00:07:02,130 And it's great that I have that opportunity to do it. 172 00:07:02,172 --> 00:07:03,131 - Alix, you got one? 173 00:07:03,173 --> 00:07:04,341 Is it food or sex? 174 00:07:04,382 --> 00:07:07,802 - Well, I was trying to do both, 175 00:07:07,844 --> 00:07:10,930 but tomatoes having sex equals ketchup. 176 00:07:10,972 --> 00:07:12,182 [group Laughs] 177 00:07:12,223 --> 00:07:13,641 - Let's see, Lynn, you got one? 178 00:07:13,683 --> 00:07:17,312 - Is this okay from when Mayor Lindsay was mayor? 179 00:07:17,354 --> 00:07:18,813 That's when I heard it. 180 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:23,860 - I do have an encyclopedic memory for jokes. 181 00:07:24,694 --> 00:07:25,945 Something will trigger it off 182 00:07:25,987 --> 00:07:28,573 and it's just in the back in the Rolodex. 183 00:07:28,615 --> 00:07:30,575 - So, do you know what joke about a cat? 184 00:07:32,035 --> 00:07:34,454 - The one about the little boy goes to school and he's late. 185 00:07:34,496 --> 00:07:36,998 So, the teacher says, "Why are you late?" 186 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,833 He says, "I stopped to look at a dead cat 187 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:40,669 by the side of the road". 188 00:07:40,710 --> 00:07:43,004 She said, "Well, how'd, you know, it was dead?". 189 00:07:43,046 --> 00:07:45,548 He says, "I pissed in its ear and it didn't move". 190 00:07:45,590 --> 00:07:46,925 "You did what?" 191 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:50,053 "You know, I went psst and it didn't move". 192 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:51,346 - Dinosaurs. 193 00:07:51,388 --> 00:07:54,015 - Two dinosaurs were on the edge of a cliff 194 00:07:54,057 --> 00:07:58,395 and they see Noah's Ark sailing away with all the animals. 195 00:07:58,436 --> 00:08:01,106 So, one says to the other, "Oh, is that today?". 196 00:08:02,399 --> 00:08:04,693 - Can you tell me the dirtiest joke, you've heard? 197 00:08:04,734 --> 00:08:08,196 - The man goes to the doctor for his annual physical. 198 00:08:08,238 --> 00:08:10,448 And he says, "You know, you have to stop masturbating". 199 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:11,700 He goes, "Why?". 200 00:08:11,741 --> 00:08:13,910 He says, "Cause I'm trying to examine you.". 201 00:08:13,952 --> 00:08:16,162 (Jo Laughs) 202 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:24,045 - 30 wow. - Wow. 203 00:08:24,087 --> 00:08:27,298 - For other ways to describe dog feces. 204 00:08:28,299 --> 00:08:29,718 - Poodle noodles. 205 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:30,844 - [Jo] (laughs) Poodle noodles. 206 00:08:30,885 --> 00:08:32,345 - Oh that's cute. 207 00:08:32,387 --> 00:08:36,683 - Digestive ex-cremation. 208 00:08:36,725 --> 00:08:38,560 - Pet extrusions? 209 00:08:38,601 --> 00:08:39,686 - What to smell? 210 00:08:39,728 --> 00:08:41,730 - Autumn color display. 211 00:08:41,771 --> 00:08:43,648 - Think of something. 212 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:45,442 - Doggie gift? 213 00:08:45,483 --> 00:08:46,818 - Doggie do do do. 214 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:48,194 - We met as children. 215 00:08:48,236 --> 00:08:51,656 I was 12 and he was like 15. - 35. 216 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:54,701 (all laugh) 217 00:08:54,743 --> 00:08:56,286 - Our fathers were friends. 218 00:08:56,327 --> 00:08:58,121 - Our fathers were friends in college for God's sake. 219 00:08:58,163 --> 00:08:58,830 - In college. 220 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:00,081 - Isn't that crazy? 221 00:09:00,123 --> 00:09:01,291 - So, we both ended up being actors. 222 00:09:01,332 --> 00:09:03,001 And Richard found out through his father. 223 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:04,461 - My father called me and said, 224 00:09:04,502 --> 00:09:07,797 "Alix Elias is coming to New York to be an actress". 225 00:09:07,839 --> 00:09:10,925 - Anyway we ended up briefly dating at the time. 226 00:09:10,967 --> 00:09:12,594 Which was broken up by my evil roommate. 227 00:09:12,635 --> 00:09:13,595 I won't tell that story. 228 00:09:13,636 --> 00:09:14,429 - Don't tell that story. 229 00:09:14,471 --> 00:09:15,972 - Bad story. 230 00:09:16,014 --> 00:09:19,601 So, then we didn't see each other for about 25 or 30 years. 231 00:09:19,642 --> 00:09:22,228 And then we ran into each other at Jefferson Market. 232 00:09:22,270 --> 00:09:23,521 - Jefferson Market. 233 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,231 - And then so, he sneaked up behind me 234 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:28,401 in line and goosed me and I was so mad. 235 00:09:28,443 --> 00:09:29,235 - She wouldn't talk to me. 236 00:09:29,277 --> 00:09:30,111 - What is goosing? 237 00:09:30,153 --> 00:09:31,237 - Well, we were standing in line 238 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:33,031 and she wouldn't talk to me I went plbh. 239 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:35,784 - And the next day we ran into each other on 5th Avenue, 240 00:09:35,825 --> 00:09:37,077 right near where I live. - Right. 241 00:09:37,118 --> 00:09:38,787 - And he burst into tears. 242 00:09:38,828 --> 00:09:40,830 He was sobbing on 5th Avenue. 243 00:09:40,872 --> 00:09:45,001 So, we have not been separated since. 244 00:09:45,043 --> 00:09:46,378 It was kind of like-- 245 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:47,962 - And everyday I sob. 246 00:09:48,004 --> 00:09:50,382 It's like, same thing, you know? 247 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:52,342 She likes it and I don't care. 248 00:09:52,384 --> 00:09:54,302 - [Jo] Who here's single? 249 00:09:54,344 --> 00:09:55,178 Single. 250 00:09:55,220 --> 00:09:56,054 Who here's married? 251 00:09:57,681 --> 00:09:58,973 - We're married. 252 00:09:59,015 --> 00:10:00,809 - I'm married but I'm kind of single. 253 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:02,352 (Alix laughs). 254 00:10:02,394 --> 00:10:04,104 - Anyone have observations 255 00:10:04,145 --> 00:10:06,147 about being single or being married? 256 00:10:06,189 --> 00:10:07,065 What it's like? 257 00:10:07,107 --> 00:10:08,274 Yeah what is being single like? 258 00:10:08,316 --> 00:10:10,193 - It's you look at these guys and you say, 259 00:10:10,235 --> 00:10:12,946 "Do I want a Anthony Hopkins type or do you want 260 00:10:12,987 --> 00:10:17,409 a Harry Styles type?" 261 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:20,704 My father used to say, "I've been happily married 262 00:10:20,745 --> 00:10:23,790 for 30 years. 30 out of 50 ain't bad." 263 00:10:23,832 --> 00:10:25,125 - Any other observations 264 00:10:25,166 --> 00:10:27,502 about being married or being single? 265 00:10:27,544 --> 00:10:29,004 What it's like? 266 00:10:29,045 --> 00:10:31,548 - Well, I was never any good at dating or anything like that 267 00:10:31,589 --> 00:10:32,590 so I just um you know. 268 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:34,217 (phone ringing) 269 00:10:34,259 --> 00:10:35,802 - [Jo] I think we have somebody's cell phone ringing. 270 00:10:35,844 --> 00:10:37,262 - We have music here, coming? 271 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:38,138 - I hear that. 272 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:38,930 Is that me? 273 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:40,181 I think it's a hearing aid. 274 00:10:40,223 --> 00:10:41,558 - [Jo] No, I think it's a cell phone, maybe. 275 00:10:41,599 --> 00:10:43,435 - Oh, I hear it now. 276 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:45,270 - [Jo] We have a popular crowd. 277 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:46,896 - Rebecca. 278 00:10:46,938 --> 00:10:49,399 - Who would you say laughs more between the two of you? 279 00:10:49,441 --> 00:10:50,525 - I do. 280 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:52,569 (all laugh) 281 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:54,237 No sense of humor. 282 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:56,322 - That's what she's always laughing at everything. 283 00:10:56,364 --> 00:10:58,033 Becky, there's nothing to laugh about, you know. 284 00:10:58,074 --> 00:11:00,326 (Rebecca and Orlando laugh) 285 00:11:00,368 --> 00:11:02,662 - Do you remember your first date? 286 00:11:02,704 --> 00:11:05,165 - No. She needed someone to fix her... 287 00:11:05,206 --> 00:11:07,417 Handyman to fix her- - A loft bed. 288 00:11:07,459 --> 00:11:08,626 - A loft bed. 289 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:11,171 - You know, eventually he fixed it. 290 00:11:11,212 --> 00:11:13,673 And he told me a joke and it made me laugh. 291 00:11:13,715 --> 00:11:16,634 And that's when I fell in love with him.(laughs) 292 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:18,261 - Do you remember the joke? 293 00:11:18,303 --> 00:11:21,056 - He said, you know, "Was I still doing acting?" 294 00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:22,349 And I said, "Yeah, sometimes." 295 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:26,519 And he said, "Well, you know, I go to auditions, 296 00:11:26,561 --> 00:11:29,272 "but you know, they say, you know, you're too tall, 297 00:11:29,314 --> 00:11:31,983 "you're too short, you're too fat, you're too thin. 298 00:11:32,025 --> 00:11:34,152 "But what they really mean is you're too old." 299 00:11:34,194 --> 00:11:34,861 (Jo laughs) 300 00:11:34,903 --> 00:11:36,154 I started laughing. 301 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:40,533 We looked into each other's eyes and that was it. 302 00:11:41,659 --> 00:11:43,244 - I'm just going to say words. 303 00:11:43,286 --> 00:11:45,872 And you just say whether it's funny or not funny. 304 00:11:45,914 --> 00:11:48,667 By itself, okay? 305 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:50,001 Ready? 306 00:11:51,169 --> 00:11:52,087 Peanuts. 307 00:11:52,128 --> 00:11:53,505 - [Group] Funny. - And salt. 308 00:11:54,839 --> 00:11:56,841 - Okay, how about treadmills? 309 00:11:56,883 --> 00:11:58,468 - Not at all. 310 00:11:58,510 --> 00:11:59,844 - Very serious. 311 00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:01,221 - Gerbils? 312 00:12:01,262 --> 00:12:03,139 - Definitely funny. - Gerbils? 313 00:12:03,181 --> 00:12:04,349 - [Jo] Gerbils are funny? 314 00:12:04,391 --> 00:12:05,475 - With Richard Gere. 315 00:12:05,517 --> 00:12:08,019 I'm sorry. I can't help it. 316 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:09,479 - How about band-aids? 317 00:12:09,521 --> 00:12:11,481 - I loved them when I was a kid. 318 00:12:11,523 --> 00:12:14,359 I used to put them on all the time, I loved them. 319 00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:16,111 Really did. 320 00:12:16,152 --> 00:12:17,487 - And they were hilarious. 321 00:12:18,530 --> 00:12:19,280 - Pumpkins? 322 00:12:20,365 --> 00:12:21,574 - I don't think so. 323 00:12:21,616 --> 00:12:22,659 - Pumpkin's are not funny? 324 00:12:22,701 --> 00:12:24,327 - Neutral. - Pumpkins are neutral. 325 00:12:24,369 --> 00:12:25,120 - Neutral, yeah. 326 00:12:25,161 --> 00:12:26,371 - Okay what about ghosts? 327 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:27,539 - Goats? - Yes. 328 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:28,707 - Goats. - Ghosts. 329 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:29,874 - Goats. - Oh the greatest of all time. 330 00:12:29,916 --> 00:12:31,668 No, no ghosts. 331 00:12:31,710 --> 00:12:32,877 - Goats G-O-A-T-S? 332 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:33,795 - No ghosts. 333 00:12:33,837 --> 00:12:34,838 - Goats are funny. 334 00:12:34,879 --> 00:12:36,172 - Honey, have you seen my goat? 335 00:12:36,214 --> 00:12:37,924 - Okay, how about milk. 336 00:12:37,966 --> 00:12:39,175 Is milk funny? 337 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:42,470 - Milk is white. 338 00:12:43,805 --> 00:12:45,181 - I think what we're going to do right now is 339 00:12:45,223 --> 00:12:46,850 now, that you have your pen and paper, 340 00:12:46,891 --> 00:12:48,977 you're gonna write down three to five things 341 00:12:49,019 --> 00:12:50,895 that you think about every day. 342 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:53,398 Tequila, do you have a list of things you're thinking about? 343 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:54,899 - Do I get up now? 344 00:12:54,941 --> 00:12:59,195 Then do I go to the diet app on my phone? 345 00:12:59,237 --> 00:13:01,489 And the only other thing I can think of is 346 00:13:01,531 --> 00:13:05,452 do I kill those roaches with a sponge or my hand? 347 00:13:05,493 --> 00:13:07,037 (group moans) 348 00:13:07,078 --> 00:13:10,248 - So, you are, you are still working as a reporter? 349 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:11,833 - Yep. - And a photographer? 350 00:13:11,875 --> 00:13:13,168 - Yeah, I am. 351 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:14,294 - It's important to note that you are, 352 00:13:14,336 --> 00:13:17,589 I would say somewhat New York famous. 353 00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:18,840 - No. - [Jo] Yes. 354 00:13:18,882 --> 00:13:19,841 - No. - Yes. 355 00:13:19,883 --> 00:13:21,676 - In a very small circle. 356 00:13:21,718 --> 00:13:23,219 A very minute. 357 00:13:23,261 --> 00:13:24,846 - My dog Walker said, "You know, Tequila Minsky?" 358 00:13:24,888 --> 00:13:26,014 - But she doesn't know me. 359 00:13:26,056 --> 00:13:28,016 She just saw my byline. 360 00:13:28,058 --> 00:13:29,559 - That's fame. 361 00:13:29,601 --> 00:13:31,019 (Tequila laughs) 362 00:13:31,061 --> 00:13:32,354 You're famous. 363 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:36,232 - Renown, but not quite famous. 364 00:13:36,274 --> 00:13:38,026 - Do you have a plan for the show? 365 00:13:38,943 --> 00:13:40,695 - You know gripes. 366 00:13:40,737 --> 00:13:41,571 You have gripes? 367 00:13:44,699 --> 00:13:46,493 - Is my name Tequila Minsky? 368 00:13:48,453 --> 00:13:52,874 Well, life is a performance, but to be on this stage. 369 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:54,084 This is the stage? 370 00:13:54,125 --> 00:13:57,212 I don't, the performing doesn't bother me. 371 00:13:57,253 --> 00:14:00,173 It's like the material, having good material, 372 00:14:00,215 --> 00:14:04,386 my own good material that's what makes me extremely anxious. 373 00:14:04,427 --> 00:14:06,262 - Barbara what are your things you think about? 374 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:12,268 - I have walk Morgan, study, monkey yo-yo on YouTube, 375 00:14:12,310 --> 00:14:15,939 I love him and his family. Eating food 376 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:18,024 and feeling only good. 377 00:14:18,066 --> 00:14:19,818 - Okay, how about you Nicki? 378 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:25,031 - Every day I watch the colossal failure of our world 379 00:14:26,157 --> 00:14:30,161 become more and more irreparable. 380 00:14:31,329 --> 00:14:33,832 Every day, I wonder why ignorance rather 381 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:37,377 than its opposite is on the increase. 382 00:14:37,419 --> 00:14:40,755 Every day, I lose all hope for mankind. 383 00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:42,298 - Wow. 384 00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:46,594 Every day, I wonder when the world, as we know it, will end. 385 00:14:47,262 --> 00:14:47,929 - Thank you, Nicki. 386 00:14:47,971 --> 00:14:48,972 Thank you. 387 00:14:49,014 --> 00:14:49,806 (group laughs) 388 00:14:49,848 --> 00:14:51,057 - Quite uplifting. 389 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:55,937 - That's great, thank you. 390 00:14:55,979 --> 00:14:57,814 - I love comedy. 391 00:14:57,856 --> 00:14:59,315 It is a true gift. 392 00:14:59,357 --> 00:15:01,985 I think it's like taking medicine for your health. 393 00:15:02,027 --> 00:15:03,361 - What's the end goal? 394 00:15:03,403 --> 00:15:05,947 Do you want to make theater? 395 00:15:05,989 --> 00:15:07,699 Do you want to make comedy? 396 00:15:07,741 --> 00:15:09,159 - I just want to learn. 397 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,785 I thrive on edification. 398 00:15:10,827 --> 00:15:13,163 I have to learn a hundred new things every day. 399 00:15:13,204 --> 00:15:16,124 - You had mentioned that comedy is a gift. 400 00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:18,001 - Oh, absolute a gift. 401 00:15:18,043 --> 00:15:20,462 I know now, I know it sounds strange 402 00:15:20,503 --> 00:15:22,172 because I don't believe in rel... 403 00:15:22,213 --> 00:15:24,674 I would like to abolish all religions from the world 404 00:15:24,716 --> 00:15:26,426 and all gender from the... 405 00:15:26,468 --> 00:15:29,846 I think gender is such a terrible concept 406 00:15:29,888 --> 00:15:31,598 and it creates so much harm. 407 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:34,434 And you know, I dunno this human impulse 408 00:15:34,476 --> 00:15:36,644 to put us in boxes all the time. 409 00:15:36,686 --> 00:15:39,272 Now the Nazis were famous for that. 410 00:15:39,314 --> 00:15:43,068 By the way, I'm very, very obsessed with the Holocaust. 411 00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:45,195 You can't believe that it actually happened. 412 00:15:45,236 --> 00:15:46,613 You think that you're going to wake up 413 00:15:46,654 --> 00:15:48,698 from this nightmare that it never happened. 414 00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:50,533 Germany hasn't learned anything. 415 00:15:50,575 --> 00:15:51,910 Do you know what they're doing in Germany, now? 416 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,328 - Nicki, I just I think the question - 417 00:15:53,370 --> 00:15:54,954 - They're wiping out the hundred year old 418 00:15:54,996 --> 00:15:58,124 thousand year old villages to make way for coal mines. 419 00:15:58,166 --> 00:15:59,501 - It's awful. 420 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:01,753 But I think the question was if comedy is a gift. 421 00:16:01,795 --> 00:16:03,380 - Oh yes it is, yes. 422 00:16:04,839 --> 00:16:09,094 But I would like to be funny, but not in an artificial way. 423 00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:10,220 You know, genuinely funny. 424 00:16:10,261 --> 00:16:12,138 - I think that you are genuinely funny. 425 00:16:12,180 --> 00:16:13,390 - You do? - [Jo] Yeah. 426 00:16:13,431 --> 00:16:14,933 - Really? - [Jo] Yes. 427 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:16,267 - You're the first person who's ever told me that. 428 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:18,603 - Ziggy, what are your five things? 429 00:16:18,645 --> 00:16:20,647 - Well, I'm obsessed with my bird. 430 00:16:22,649 --> 00:16:23,525 So, where's the bird? 431 00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:25,193 Look, I don't know where he is. 432 00:16:25,235 --> 00:16:27,153 Does he have to poop? 433 00:16:27,195 --> 00:16:29,030 Did he eat enough? 434 00:16:29,072 --> 00:16:30,782 Does he want his head scratched? 435 00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:33,618 You know, what's the bird doing? 436 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,620 - [Jo] How do you get the bird to poop? 437 00:16:35,662 --> 00:16:37,789 - Well, I can tell when he's about to poop 438 00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:39,374 cause he starts to back up. 439 00:16:39,416 --> 00:16:41,918 So, I put my finger under his... 440 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,253 This is true. 441 00:16:43,294 --> 00:16:44,337 I put my finger under his stomach, 442 00:16:44,379 --> 00:16:45,880 he goes on my finger 443 00:16:45,922 --> 00:16:47,549 and I put him on the edge of the little garbage pail. 444 00:16:47,590 --> 00:16:48,842 And if he's facing the right way, 445 00:16:48,883 --> 00:16:50,385 the poop falls in the garbage pail. 446 00:16:50,427 --> 00:16:51,803 If he's not, it's outside. 447 00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:53,013 But at least it's getting close. 448 00:16:53,054 --> 00:16:54,514 - That's fantastic. 449 00:16:54,556 --> 00:16:57,392 You have such contact with such a closeness with your bird. 450 00:16:57,434 --> 00:16:58,601 - Okay, Bibi, how bout you? 451 00:16:58,643 --> 00:17:00,311 What are you things, you think about? 452 00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:02,605 - One of the things I think about is what time is it? 453 00:17:02,647 --> 00:17:07,152 "Where did I put" is a constant thing, no matter what 454 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:10,655 because I'm a hoarder in my apartment. 455 00:17:10,697 --> 00:17:12,782 It's beyond upside down. 456 00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:17,829 I have stuff going back to report cards. 457 00:17:19,664 --> 00:17:22,083 Hair that was removed from my head during 458 00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:24,294 some surgery 30 years ago. 459 00:17:24,336 --> 00:17:25,795 But I still have the hair. 460 00:17:25,837 --> 00:17:28,173 - When do you find yourself looking for this stuff? 461 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:29,966 (Bibi laughs) 462 00:17:30,008 --> 00:17:32,010 - So what do you think you're going to do for the show? 463 00:17:32,052 --> 00:17:34,471 - I thought I might bring 464 00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:37,807 a very limited number of actual items 465 00:17:37,849 --> 00:17:39,184 that I was telling you about. 466 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:42,437 My husband's knee bone 467 00:17:42,479 --> 00:17:46,024 when he had his total knee replacement. 468 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,317 They're not supposed to give it to you, 469 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,320 but he was, he was one who would never let go. 470 00:17:50,362 --> 00:17:51,321 He was lots of fun. 471 00:17:51,363 --> 00:17:52,489 He should be in this class. 472 00:17:52,530 --> 00:17:56,618 Well, he died two years ago. 473 00:17:56,659 --> 00:17:58,870 But other than that, he should be 474 00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:01,247 in your comedy workshop. 475 00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:02,582 - What makes you laugh? 476 00:18:02,624 --> 00:18:04,084 - Oh, just about anything. 477 00:18:04,125 --> 00:18:07,879 Because I love to see the funny in things for myself. 478 00:18:07,921 --> 00:18:09,005 - Do you just kind of... 479 00:18:09,047 --> 00:18:12,008 You just see humor in every day? 480 00:18:12,050 --> 00:18:15,845 - You know, you have to. 481 00:18:15,887 --> 00:18:18,807 In some ways it's a survival strategy. 482 00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:23,770 If you can't find humor in life, that's very sad. 483 00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:26,856 And you have been just great. 484 00:18:26,898 --> 00:18:31,861 And I envy your grandparents to have somebody, I'm serious. 485 00:18:31,903 --> 00:18:35,073 There's no decades between us, 486 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:36,408 even though there should be. 487 00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:39,077 But the decades don't exist when you're here. 488 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,706 And there's so many things you don't know about me. 489 00:18:42,747 --> 00:18:44,082 - Yeah? 490 00:18:44,124 --> 00:18:50,755 - Spent many, many years working, on site, digging 491 00:18:50,797 --> 00:18:55,885 for dinosaur bones and-- It's very serious stuff. 492 00:18:55,927 --> 00:18:57,971 - I understand, I just did not hear... 493 00:18:58,013 --> 00:18:59,639 I didn't expect you to say that. 494 00:18:59,681 --> 00:19:01,725 So what else, what else do I not know about you? 495 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:03,768 - Mammoth bones too. 496 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:05,895 In South Dakota, there is a huge place 497 00:19:05,937 --> 00:19:08,857 with lots of mammoth bones. 498 00:19:08,898 --> 00:19:11,192 - So, what we're going to do is we're going to break 499 00:19:11,234 --> 00:19:12,527 for lunch pretty soon. 500 00:19:12,569 --> 00:19:13,987 But what I want you to do is, 501 00:19:14,029 --> 00:19:16,740 so you have an assignment for this afternoon. 502 00:19:16,781 --> 00:19:21,786 You have to write a three to four line poem that rhymes. 503 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,831 - On any subject? 504 00:19:24,873 --> 00:19:26,249 - On any subject. 505 00:19:26,291 --> 00:19:29,085 It can be maybe inspired by what we talked about today. 506 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:30,378 If you want to do it all 507 00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:34,966 about grapefruits or intercourse or gerbils 508 00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:37,510 but a three to four line poem. 509 00:19:40,013 --> 00:19:41,306 - Gluten-free bagel, 510 00:19:41,348 --> 00:19:42,766 anybody want half of a gluten-free bagel? 511 00:19:42,807 --> 00:19:44,601 - I'll take half if you don't want it, thank you. 512 00:19:44,642 --> 00:19:48,021 - And help yourself to bagels or coffee or. 513 00:19:48,063 --> 00:19:49,564 Oh, you want just an egg. 514 00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:51,524 - A ham sandwich walks into a bar 515 00:19:51,566 --> 00:19:55,653 and the bartender says, "I'm sorry, you can't come in here". 516 00:19:55,695 --> 00:19:58,865 The sandwich says, "Why not?". 517 00:19:58,907 --> 00:20:01,868 "Cause didn't you see that sign on the door? 518 00:20:01,910 --> 00:20:05,288 "We don't serve food". 519 00:20:05,330 --> 00:20:06,956 (Jo laughs) Okay. 520 00:20:06,998 --> 00:20:08,291 - Thank you, Teresa. 521 00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:10,001 Thank you for sharing that with me. 522 00:20:10,043 --> 00:20:12,212 Beautiful. - But I didn't make it up. 523 00:20:12,253 --> 00:20:13,505 - It's okay. 524 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,632 - But I did laugh for at least 20 minutes. 525 00:20:15,674 --> 00:20:17,342 I'm very paranoid. - I understand. 526 00:20:17,384 --> 00:20:18,635 It's okay. 527 00:20:18,677 --> 00:20:21,596 - And I tape them because I don't want 528 00:20:21,638 --> 00:20:23,348 any COVID sneaking in the side. 529 00:20:24,516 --> 00:20:26,017 - Okay. Great. 530 00:20:26,059 --> 00:20:29,145 And what, what inspired you to take the comedy class? 531 00:20:29,187 --> 00:20:30,897 - I'm ready to laugh. 532 00:20:30,939 --> 00:20:35,527 - So, you weren't ready to laugh until. 533 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:37,654 - Well, I have, I was very serious. 534 00:20:37,696 --> 00:20:40,490 You know, I was very serious corporate trainer. 535 00:20:40,532 --> 00:20:41,825 - Until when? 536 00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:43,868 - Until the pandemic and I didn't have any work. 537 00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:45,328 - Really? 538 00:20:45,370 --> 00:20:47,664 You were very serious until the pandemic. 539 00:20:47,706 --> 00:20:49,082 - Yeah. 540 00:20:49,124 --> 00:20:52,502 And then I'm like, "Hey, let's have more fun here". 541 00:20:52,544 --> 00:20:54,587 - And then you signed up for a comedy class? 542 00:20:54,629 --> 00:20:56,589 - Immediately. Yes. 543 00:20:56,631 --> 00:20:59,843 - And do you think that you have a goal with comedy? 544 00:20:59,884 --> 00:21:02,303 - You know, I think people need to laugh more. 545 00:21:02,345 --> 00:21:04,055 I think I need to laugh more. 546 00:21:04,097 --> 00:21:06,391 I may be late, but it's not too late. 547 00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:09,060 - And this is veggie cream cheese? 548 00:21:09,102 --> 00:21:10,979 Oh, this is plain cream cheese. 549 00:21:11,021 --> 00:21:12,856 - This is lactose free cream cheese. 550 00:21:12,897 --> 00:21:15,358 - You're more inspired by Joan Rivers or... 551 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:16,651 - Yeah. - Joan Rivers? 552 00:21:16,693 --> 00:21:18,445 Yeah, because I used to listen in the eighties 553 00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:19,529 and channel her through me. 554 00:21:19,571 --> 00:21:21,698 Like, I would think like her 555 00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:24,242 and then I'd send jokes to her because she had an album. 556 00:21:24,284 --> 00:21:25,201 - You'd send jokes to her? 557 00:21:25,243 --> 00:21:26,286 She said them on Johnny Carson. 558 00:21:26,327 --> 00:21:27,078 I have a video. 559 00:21:28,204 --> 00:21:29,748 Of her telling two of my jokes. - Really? 560 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,000 - One bomb, she said it three times. 561 00:21:32,042 --> 00:21:35,712 - In the eighties, there was a song by Olivia Newton John. 562 00:21:35,754 --> 00:21:38,173 Let's get physical, physical. 563 00:21:38,214 --> 00:21:41,593 So, she comes out and she goes, "Today is income tax day. 564 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:44,721 "And my accountant is dancing around the office singing, 565 00:21:44,763 --> 00:21:48,224 "Let's get fiscal fiscal.", like fiscal year. 566 00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:49,351 - Let's get fiscal. 567 00:21:49,392 --> 00:21:50,268 Let's get fiscal fiscal. 568 00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:52,145 And then she said it again. 569 00:21:52,187 --> 00:21:53,938 - Let's get fiscal fiscal. 570 00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:56,483 - And then she said that the third time. 571 00:21:56,524 --> 00:21:58,193 - Let's get fiscal fiscal. 572 00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:02,155 - She was angry that they weren't laughing loud enough. 573 00:22:02,197 --> 00:22:05,408 More than that, she was just singing it three times. 574 00:22:05,450 --> 00:22:06,701 I thought it was gonna be a hot joke. 575 00:22:06,743 --> 00:22:08,536 - And what did you do before this? 576 00:22:08,578 --> 00:22:10,538 - Well, I'm a retired teacher. 577 00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:13,416 And now I dabble in stand up comedy. 578 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:15,293 - And what is your goal with comedy? 579 00:22:15,335 --> 00:22:16,753 - You know what my goal is? - What? 580 00:22:16,795 --> 00:22:20,423 - That I make people laugh. 581 00:22:20,465 --> 00:22:24,052 What I want is just to be so funny. 582 00:22:24,094 --> 00:22:27,138 - So, you've done comedy like for a long time. 583 00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:30,058 What do you think was one of the greatest days of your life? 584 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:34,270 - Oh the day I got a pink envelope from Joan Rivers. 585 00:22:34,312 --> 00:22:35,438 That was a thrill. 586 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:36,773 - What did it say? 587 00:22:36,815 --> 00:22:38,983 - These are the jokes we're buying from you. 588 00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:40,443 - How much did you get paid per joke? 589 00:22:40,485 --> 00:22:42,445 - Only $10, but let me defend her. 590 00:22:42,487 --> 00:22:44,030 Had to be brand new every day. 591 00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:46,658 Should she give everybody so much money 592 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:49,536 for five or 10 minutes worth of material? 593 00:22:49,577 --> 00:22:51,037 - How much money would you pay for a joke? 594 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:54,165 - Hmm. I don't know, Jo that's... 595 00:22:54,207 --> 00:22:57,043 You're asking me really provocative challenging ques... 596 00:22:57,085 --> 00:22:59,713 Larry King, you shouldn't know from this. 597 00:22:59,754 --> 00:23:02,007 You should really hear Jo. 598 00:23:02,048 --> 00:23:03,383 These are, I don't know. 599 00:23:03,425 --> 00:23:04,968 I don't know. 600 00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:05,927 Rest in peace. 601 00:23:08,013 --> 00:23:11,599 How would you like to be in this head, Jo? (laughs) 602 00:23:13,268 --> 00:23:16,438 - I've never eaten yogurt with a fork before 603 00:23:16,479 --> 00:23:17,605 but there's no spoon. 604 00:23:18,857 --> 00:23:19,816 - Let me get you a spoon. 605 00:23:20,608 --> 00:23:23,695 - Okay, so are we ready? 606 00:23:23,737 --> 00:23:25,822 Evana, would you like to share your poem? 607 00:23:25,864 --> 00:23:26,906 - Sure. 608 00:23:26,948 --> 00:23:28,908 - Standing in the dark shadow, 609 00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:31,494 watching my reflection on the wall. 610 00:23:31,536 --> 00:23:33,455 As I gazed on my shadow, 611 00:23:33,496 --> 00:23:35,832 I thought, what a wonderful sight. 612 00:23:35,874 --> 00:23:38,335 Maybe I imagined the reflection, 613 00:23:38,376 --> 00:23:41,338 but to my surprise, I saw it again. 614 00:23:41,379 --> 00:23:45,800 What a wonderful sight to see as I step outside of my shade, 615 00:23:45,842 --> 00:23:48,261 I know it was great to be in that spot, 616 00:23:48,303 --> 00:23:51,014 but to my acknowledgement, 617 00:23:51,056 --> 00:23:53,725 it was reflection of my own self. 618 00:23:54,601 --> 00:23:56,019 - Wow. 619 00:23:56,061 --> 00:23:58,730 - Evana, where did this come from? 620 00:24:00,565 --> 00:24:03,693 You wrote that in like 30 seconds. 621 00:24:03,735 --> 00:24:06,363 What did you do before this, professionally? 622 00:24:06,404 --> 00:24:07,697 - Okay, I work for the 623 00:24:07,739 --> 00:24:11,534 New York City Human Resource Administration. 624 00:24:11,576 --> 00:24:13,286 - So, what do you do when you're not in this class? 625 00:24:13,328 --> 00:24:16,748 - I take a maybe about three or four classes a day on Zoom. 626 00:24:16,790 --> 00:24:18,291 - Three or four? - Everyday. 627 00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:25,465 - I take exercise, Tai-Chi, group session, yoga exercise. 628 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:30,637 And then, in the evening I be on prayer line with my church. 629 00:24:31,429 --> 00:24:32,555 You know, I do ministry. 630 00:24:32,597 --> 00:24:34,140 I preach. - You do? 631 00:24:34,182 --> 00:24:35,767 - Yes I do, I do preach. 632 00:24:36,851 --> 00:24:37,977 So, sometimes I maybe I'll sit down 633 00:24:38,019 --> 00:24:40,230 and write a little sermon. 634 00:24:40,271 --> 00:24:41,398 - Who makes you laugh? 635 00:24:41,439 --> 00:24:42,565 - You know, depends on, it. 636 00:24:42,607 --> 00:24:44,943 Could be anybody depends on what they say. 637 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:48,655 I love to laugh, you know because laughing is very good for you. 638 00:24:49,781 --> 00:24:52,033 - What, what is your laugh sound like? 639 00:24:52,075 --> 00:24:54,619 (Evana laughs) 640 00:24:57,163 --> 00:24:59,582 - Oh a laugh that make you feel so good? 641 00:24:59,624 --> 00:25:01,668 You know, it open up everything. 642 00:25:01,710 --> 00:25:03,837 - And what would you say is your outlook on life? 643 00:25:03,878 --> 00:25:07,590 - Well, my outlook is, I'm enjoying my retirement 644 00:25:07,632 --> 00:25:08,800 and I love it. 645 00:25:09,884 --> 00:25:11,094 I do what I want to do, 646 00:25:11,136 --> 00:25:12,512 get up when I want to get up, 647 00:25:12,554 --> 00:25:15,724 wear what I want to wear and I say what I want to say. 648 00:25:18,643 --> 00:25:22,063 - Evana. I, I I'm sorry that she went first. 649 00:25:22,105 --> 00:25:25,442 I'm sorry, but yeah, you really set the bar very high. 650 00:25:25,483 --> 00:25:26,276 Okay. Bill. 651 00:25:27,819 --> 00:25:29,404 - It gets easier now for everyone. 652 00:25:30,488 --> 00:25:31,448 - Set the bar low. 653 00:25:31,489 --> 00:25:32,782 - That bar was way up there, 654 00:25:32,824 --> 00:25:34,659 we gotta bring it back down to earth. 655 00:25:34,701 --> 00:25:36,119 - Thank you. 656 00:25:36,161 --> 00:25:38,913 - There was a whale who never failed during a gale. 657 00:25:38,955 --> 00:25:41,416 Wouldn't shut up about the holy grail. 658 00:25:41,458 --> 00:25:43,710 (group laughs) 659 00:25:43,752 --> 00:25:45,086 - Thank you, Bill. 660 00:25:45,128 --> 00:25:47,630 What did you do professionally before this? 661 00:25:47,672 --> 00:25:48,715 - Stagehand, I was a stagehand. 662 00:25:48,757 --> 00:25:50,216 Local One stagehand. 663 00:25:50,258 --> 00:25:51,926 - Did you do comedy before this class? 664 00:25:51,968 --> 00:25:52,969 - No. 665 00:25:53,011 --> 00:25:54,220 - Did you ever want to? 666 00:25:56,639 --> 00:25:58,141 - Sure. 667 00:25:58,183 --> 00:26:03,021 Yeah. It just never crossed my mind as a possibility. 668 00:26:03,688 --> 00:26:05,231 And then you came along. 669 00:26:05,273 --> 00:26:06,941 - And do you think like you have the same sense of humor 670 00:26:06,983 --> 00:26:08,651 as most of the people in the class? 671 00:26:08,693 --> 00:26:11,029 - I don't think we have the same sense of humor, 672 00:26:11,071 --> 00:26:15,200 but different people in the class do crack me up 673 00:26:15,241 --> 00:26:16,117 and are hilarious. 674 00:26:16,159 --> 00:26:20,205 Bibi is one who, who is so dry 675 00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:23,792 and if you're not paying attention, you're liable to miss it. 676 00:26:23,833 --> 00:26:25,710 But I think she's hilarious. 677 00:26:25,752 --> 00:26:27,504 - Does your wife think you're funny? 678 00:26:27,545 --> 00:26:29,089 - The question's kind of broad. 679 00:26:29,130 --> 00:26:30,382 (Jo laughs) 680 00:26:30,423 --> 00:26:31,466 - But is she coming to the show? 681 00:26:31,508 --> 00:26:32,676 - Yes. 682 00:26:32,717 --> 00:26:33,760 - Are you nervous for the show? 683 00:26:33,802 --> 00:26:35,011 - I'm scared to death. 684 00:26:35,053 --> 00:26:36,680 - Really? - Absolutely. 685 00:26:36,721 --> 00:26:38,181 - What are you scared of? 686 00:26:38,223 --> 00:26:41,351 - Never having done this in front of a live audience before. 687 00:26:41,393 --> 00:26:44,062 You're pretty vulnerable. 688 00:26:44,104 --> 00:26:48,274 And you know, just telling the joke is one thing, 689 00:26:48,316 --> 00:26:51,653 having them judge... 690 00:26:51,695 --> 00:26:53,655 Now throw in the lions. 691 00:26:53,697 --> 00:26:55,907 Yeah, okay. 692 00:26:55,949 --> 00:26:57,158 - Ziggy, you got one? 693 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:01,079 - As I trickle, I hold my pickle. 694 00:27:01,121 --> 00:27:04,541 I was circumcised with a sickle. 695 00:27:04,582 --> 00:27:06,459 I hope you're not fickle. 696 00:27:06,501 --> 00:27:08,628 - Okay, thank you so much. 697 00:27:08,670 --> 00:27:09,504 Okay, let's see. 698 00:27:09,546 --> 00:27:10,797 Nicki, you have one? 699 00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:15,760 - Ode to my best friend, Esteemed iPhone 8, 700 00:27:17,262 --> 00:27:21,182 ever present and ready to fulfill my limitless quest 701 00:27:22,017 --> 00:27:24,060 for unquenchable edification. 702 00:27:24,102 --> 00:27:28,064 All I can say in, grateful appreciation, is 703 00:27:28,106 --> 00:27:29,983 forever Merci Beaucoup. 704 00:27:31,943 --> 00:27:33,153 - And that was about your iPhone? 705 00:27:33,194 --> 00:27:34,362 - Yes. 706 00:27:34,404 --> 00:27:37,032 It's an ode to my iPhone, my best friend. 707 00:27:37,073 --> 00:27:38,616 - Can we see it one more time? 708 00:27:38,658 --> 00:27:41,077 - Oh, of course, I love it. 709 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:41,911 Richard. 710 00:27:41,953 --> 00:27:43,538 - The Lord is my shepherd. 711 00:27:43,580 --> 00:27:44,497 (group laughs) 712 00:27:44,539 --> 00:27:46,416 No, that's not right, I'm sorry. 713 00:27:46,458 --> 00:27:49,502 Today is hot and sweaty. 714 00:27:49,544 --> 00:27:52,005 My girlfriend's name is Betty. 715 00:27:53,381 --> 00:27:57,802 I'd like to get her clothes off, so she'd be cool and ready. 716 00:27:57,844 --> 00:27:59,763 (group laughs) 717 00:28:04,559 --> 00:28:07,187 So, you have some time, cause the show's on Friday, 718 00:28:07,228 --> 00:28:08,855 - Friday? - Friday. 719 00:28:08,897 --> 00:28:10,982 You have to do a three to four minute set. 720 00:28:11,024 --> 00:28:12,609 - That's a long time. 721 00:28:12,650 --> 00:28:14,903 - Is that based on what we said today or anything? 722 00:28:14,944 --> 00:28:16,071 - It could be anything. 723 00:28:16,112 --> 00:28:17,989 You can all do something for three minutes. 724 00:28:18,031 --> 00:28:19,866 - Like I said, if you're waiting for the laughs, 725 00:28:19,908 --> 00:28:21,117 it'll be a little more. 726 00:28:21,159 --> 00:28:22,327 - Lynne, might go over a little bit, 727 00:28:22,369 --> 00:28:24,454 but everyone else might go under. 728 00:28:24,496 --> 00:28:25,955 And who knows? 729 00:28:25,997 --> 00:28:28,083 So, think about the stuff that you came up with today. 730 00:28:28,124 --> 00:28:29,459 And also maybe things that you'd like to joke 731 00:28:29,501 --> 00:28:32,003 about in class, so far for the whole year. 732 00:28:32,045 --> 00:28:33,213 - Should it be cohesive? 733 00:28:33,254 --> 00:28:34,589 Or could it be things strung together 734 00:28:34,631 --> 00:28:35,882 or it should be...? 735 00:28:35,924 --> 00:28:39,219 - You know, you can always use the, "anyway". 736 00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:39,969 - Anyway. 737 00:28:40,011 --> 00:28:41,680 Okay. - Yeah. 738 00:28:41,721 --> 00:28:43,515 - Could I do a bar jokes? 739 00:28:43,556 --> 00:28:44,641 Walked into a bar? 740 00:28:44,683 --> 00:28:46,476 - Yes, definitely. 741 00:28:46,518 --> 00:28:48,144 - What's the set up gonna be? 742 00:28:48,186 --> 00:28:49,646 - A stage. - A real stage? 743 00:28:49,688 --> 00:28:51,773 - There's gonna be a microphone. 744 00:28:51,815 --> 00:28:53,983 - Like this? - Yeah. 745 00:28:54,025 --> 00:28:56,486 You guys are doing... this is great. 746 00:28:56,528 --> 00:28:57,654 And you did a great class. 747 00:28:57,696 --> 00:28:58,780 So, give it up for yourself. 748 00:28:58,822 --> 00:29:01,574 (group applause) 749 00:29:02,951 --> 00:29:05,078 - I'm gonna bring up an old show business joke. 750 00:29:06,371 --> 00:29:09,457 A fellow was complaining to his friend. He said, 751 00:29:09,499 --> 00:29:12,877 "Oh, I have this terrible job, terrible, terrible job". 752 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,171 "What is it?" 753 00:29:15,213 --> 00:29:17,590 "Well, I go behind the elephants in a circus 754 00:29:17,632 --> 00:29:22,470 "when they go around the circus ring and I sweep behind him. 755 00:29:22,512 --> 00:29:25,557 "And the dung falls all over me, all over my face, 756 00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:26,433 "all over my body. 757 00:29:26,474 --> 00:29:27,350 "It smells awful. 758 00:29:27,392 --> 00:29:28,560 "It smells terrible. 759 00:29:28,601 --> 00:29:30,103 "And even when I go home afterwards and shower, 760 00:29:30,145 --> 00:29:30,979 "it doesn't come off. 761 00:29:31,021 --> 00:29:32,689 "It doesn't come off." 762 00:29:32,731 --> 00:29:33,690 So his friend says, "Well, why don't 763 00:29:33,732 --> 00:29:35,608 "you just leave that job"? 764 00:29:35,650 --> 00:29:39,487 He says, "What, and leave show business?". 765 00:29:40,864 --> 00:29:43,324 When I used to do singing, I worked comedy into my act 766 00:29:43,366 --> 00:29:45,952 and to my introductions and so forth. 767 00:29:45,994 --> 00:29:48,788 And usually I got good at handling people, 768 00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:49,748 that would... 769 00:29:49,789 --> 00:29:51,541 What's the word? - Heckle? 770 00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:52,459 - Heckle you. 771 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:54,002 - Start singing. - What? 772 00:29:54,044 --> 00:29:55,086 - I'm gonna heckle you. 773 00:29:55,128 --> 00:29:56,254 You gotta shut me down. 774 00:29:56,296 --> 00:29:58,590 - Gotta sing and heckle heckle okay. 775 00:29:58,631 --> 00:30:02,260 *Toy balloon toy balloon* 776 00:30:02,302 --> 00:30:03,136 - You suck. 777 00:30:03,178 --> 00:30:06,681 *So, do you, my darling * 778 00:30:06,723 --> 00:30:11,436 * Why don't you come up and sing with me, my toy balloon* 779 00:30:11,478 --> 00:30:12,437 - That was so great. 780 00:30:12,479 --> 00:30:14,481 Thank you, Helen. - Thank you. 781 00:30:15,899 --> 00:30:17,192 - Wow, that was beautiful. 782 00:30:17,233 --> 00:30:18,151 - Good enough? Good enough? 783 00:30:18,193 --> 00:30:20,111 Well, I wrote the song. 784 00:30:20,153 --> 00:30:21,571 - When did you write it 785 00:30:21,613 --> 00:30:23,782 and are there other lyrics besides toy balloon? 786 00:30:23,823 --> 00:30:26,368 - It was one of my first songs I wrote. 787 00:30:26,409 --> 00:30:29,788 I did a play called Aladdin Lived in Brooklyn. 788 00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:31,414 And I stuck it in the play 789 00:30:31,456 --> 00:30:33,249 as the song with the princess song. 790 00:30:33,291 --> 00:30:34,501 - How's it go one more time? 791 00:30:34,542 --> 00:30:35,335 What's the chorus? 792 00:30:35,377 --> 00:30:38,672 *Toy balloon toy balloon * 793 00:30:38,713 --> 00:30:42,967 *Oh, come back and take me too * 794 00:30:43,009 --> 00:30:47,639 * With you I'd float my toy balloon * 795 00:30:47,681 --> 00:30:50,975 * Anywhere, but here * 796 00:30:55,647 --> 00:30:56,439 - [Jo] Come on down. 797 00:30:56,481 --> 00:30:57,107 Hi Elaine. 798 00:30:57,148 --> 00:30:57,982 - Here's the booze. 799 00:30:58,024 --> 00:30:58,858 I don't drink. 800 00:30:58,900 --> 00:30:59,943 - Rebecca, come sit. 801 00:30:59,984 --> 00:31:00,777 - Who else would like one? 802 00:31:00,819 --> 00:31:01,986 It's non alcoholic. 803 00:31:02,028 --> 00:31:03,196 It's also warm. 804 00:31:03,238 --> 00:31:05,031 - L'Chaim, everybody. 805 00:31:05,073 --> 00:31:08,118 - Break a leg everybody. 806 00:31:08,159 --> 00:31:09,285 What was the thing she said to you? 807 00:31:09,327 --> 00:31:11,037 "You got a pencil in your pocket, 808 00:31:11,079 --> 00:31:12,956 were you happy to see me?" is that the one? 809 00:31:12,997 --> 00:31:15,000 - Welcome everybody to the party bus. 810 00:31:15,041 --> 00:31:17,752 (group applause) 811 00:31:19,087 --> 00:31:21,423 We're gonna get pumped up. 812 00:31:21,464 --> 00:31:24,509 We got a show in about two and a half hours. 813 00:31:26,553 --> 00:31:27,303 Who can do a pump up? 814 00:31:27,345 --> 00:31:29,681 Who can pump everybody up? 815 00:31:29,723 --> 00:31:31,307 Yeah okay, go for it. 816 00:31:31,349 --> 00:31:34,102 - You can either meditate or take some Quaaludes and relax. 817 00:31:36,021 --> 00:31:38,398 - She said, "Do you have a pump up for us?". 818 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,985 - Oh, well I'd love some more champagne. 819 00:31:42,027 --> 00:31:44,487 - Evana, can you pump everybody up? 820 00:31:44,529 --> 00:31:47,657 - You could either keep your mouth shut or open it wide. 821 00:31:47,699 --> 00:31:49,284 (group laughs) 822 00:31:49,325 --> 00:31:50,660 - Tom, you gotta pump up? 823 00:31:50,702 --> 00:31:51,995 - We're going out there. 824 00:31:52,037 --> 00:31:53,705 We're gonna slay them with jokes. 825 00:31:53,747 --> 00:31:55,165 We're gonna kill them. 826 00:31:55,206 --> 00:31:57,167 Ain't gonna have nothing left. 827 00:31:57,208 --> 00:31:59,711 We're gonna lay them lying in the aisles laughing 828 00:31:59,753 --> 00:32:02,213 and gasping for air. 829 00:32:02,255 --> 00:32:03,840 - One two three, jokes! 830 00:32:03,882 --> 00:32:04,674 (group cheers) 831 00:32:04,716 --> 00:32:06,009 One two three, jokes! 832 00:32:06,051 --> 00:32:07,552 - [Group] One two three, jokes! 833 00:32:07,594 --> 00:32:10,013 - So, Tom, I couldn't help but notice 834 00:32:10,055 --> 00:32:12,057 that you were not at the class. 835 00:32:13,224 --> 00:32:14,851 Can you account for your whereabouts? 836 00:32:14,893 --> 00:32:17,103 - I was at my 9, 8:30 to 4:30 job. 837 00:32:17,145 --> 00:32:18,104 What's that? 838 00:32:18,146 --> 00:32:19,856 - That is HR. 839 00:32:19,898 --> 00:32:21,191 - You work in HR? - Yeah. 840 00:32:21,232 --> 00:32:24,361 And they don't know about my, this life. 841 00:32:24,402 --> 00:32:26,154 - They don't? - No. 842 00:32:26,196 --> 00:32:28,156 It's like seriously is a secret. 843 00:32:28,198 --> 00:32:29,407 - Wow. - Yeah. 844 00:32:29,449 --> 00:32:30,575 - Secret. - I know. 845 00:32:30,617 --> 00:32:31,826 - Well it's safe with me, I won't tell. 846 00:32:31,868 --> 00:32:33,370 - Thank you. 847 00:32:33,411 --> 00:32:35,288 - And so, so you're kind of at this other level though. 848 00:32:35,330 --> 00:32:37,290 You're, you're doing comedy. 849 00:32:37,332 --> 00:32:39,584 You've been doing comedy professionally for a long time. 850 00:32:39,626 --> 00:32:42,087 What does it feel like being in a group 851 00:32:42,128 --> 00:32:44,631 where these people are doing comedy maybe for the first time? 852 00:32:44,673 --> 00:32:46,383 - I realize this is not their background. 853 00:32:46,424 --> 00:32:47,717 They might've been professional people and all that. 854 00:32:47,759 --> 00:32:50,512 But it's one of the things I enjoy the most. 855 00:32:50,553 --> 00:32:52,263 Actually, when they give somebody their answer, they go, 856 00:32:52,305 --> 00:32:53,848 "Oh, what's going to happen next?" 857 00:32:54,933 --> 00:32:55,892 - Who would play you in a movie? 858 00:32:55,934 --> 00:32:57,227 - Al Pacino. 859 00:32:57,268 --> 00:32:58,895 - Who do you like to make laugh the most? 860 00:32:58,937 --> 00:33:00,271 - The senior citizens 861 00:33:00,313 --> 00:33:03,233 because they're not the usual comedy crowd. 862 00:33:03,274 --> 00:33:05,402 I think they take more of a liking to me. 863 00:33:05,443 --> 00:33:07,153 Well, a few don't and they throw things. 864 00:33:07,195 --> 00:33:08,488 But other than that. 865 00:33:08,530 --> 00:33:10,198 But then again, how far can they throw things, 866 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:11,449 you know, at that age? 867 00:33:11,491 --> 00:33:12,992 You know, I can't either. 868 00:33:13,034 --> 00:33:14,619 I'm not making fun of them, you know, I, you know. 869 00:33:14,661 --> 00:33:17,163 But anywhere I could get a laugh, I'm fine with. 870 00:33:17,205 --> 00:33:19,249 - Ah, I'm doing jokes. 871 00:33:19,290 --> 00:33:22,043 So you better get this party started. 872 00:33:22,085 --> 00:33:23,169 - [Jo] Helen, you got one? 873 00:33:23,211 --> 00:33:24,295 - This is a song I... 874 00:33:24,337 --> 00:33:25,839 My first song I wrote. 875 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,632 No, I wrote another song before that called 876 00:33:27,674 --> 00:33:28,842 Charlie Is My Love. 877 00:33:28,883 --> 00:33:33,096 *Toy balloon toy balloon * 878 00:33:33,138 --> 00:33:38,226 * As you float up in the air* 879 00:33:39,310 --> 00:33:41,813 * John, Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. * 880 00:33:41,855 --> 00:33:44,524 *His name is my name to* 881 00:33:44,566 --> 00:33:45,483 - God forbid. 882 00:33:46,609 --> 00:33:47,610 *When we go out* 883 00:33:47,652 --> 00:33:49,195 We're gonna get back to the theater, 884 00:33:49,237 --> 00:33:51,239 we're gonna do a tech rehearsal. 885 00:33:51,281 --> 00:33:53,324 And then we're going to do the show. 886 00:33:53,366 --> 00:33:55,744 And then, and, and then you guys have the rest 887 00:33:55,785 --> 00:33:59,873 of your nights to take the party bus, you know, around town. 888 00:34:00,957 --> 00:34:01,833 - What about lunch? 889 00:34:05,837 --> 00:34:07,464 - So, what you're gonna do is 890 00:34:07,505 --> 00:34:09,132 you're gonna, someone's gonna open the curtain 891 00:34:09,174 --> 00:34:10,967 when your name is called. 892 00:34:11,009 --> 00:34:13,094 You're gonna go through the curtain 893 00:34:13,136 --> 00:34:14,971 and you're going to grab this microphone. 894 00:34:15,013 --> 00:34:17,057 And this is my other joke. 895 00:34:17,098 --> 00:34:19,309 And it just became three minutes. 896 00:34:19,351 --> 00:34:20,602 Everybody see? 897 00:34:20,643 --> 00:34:22,354 Raise your hand if you see the red light. 898 00:34:22,395 --> 00:34:24,439 I'm just gonna announce you and then you'll come up. 899 00:34:24,481 --> 00:34:25,940 And if you need familiarity, 900 00:34:25,982 --> 00:34:27,984 if you're good on the mic don't worry about it. 901 00:34:28,026 --> 00:34:29,027 - I'd like to try. 902 00:34:29,069 --> 00:34:29,986 - Okay, we'll go in order. 903 00:34:30,028 --> 00:34:31,279 How about that? 904 00:34:31,321 --> 00:34:32,280 - I've never spoken in a mic before. 905 00:34:32,322 --> 00:34:33,531 Just speak into it? - Yeah. 906 00:34:34,908 --> 00:34:35,825 - Good evening. 907 00:34:35,867 --> 00:34:37,035 Good afternoon everybody. 908 00:34:37,077 --> 00:34:38,995 - Tom comes up to the stage. 909 00:34:39,037 --> 00:34:40,830 - Oh. - Thank you. 910 00:34:40,872 --> 00:34:41,664 - Smooth. 911 00:34:41,706 --> 00:34:42,540 - I'm Richard. 912 00:34:42,582 --> 00:34:44,501 And and a bar walked into... 913 00:34:44,542 --> 00:34:45,210 No wait. 914 00:34:45,251 --> 00:34:46,169 A guy walked into... 915 00:34:46,211 --> 00:34:48,088 A bartender went into the zoo. 916 00:34:48,129 --> 00:34:50,173 - Barbara Bova. 917 00:34:50,215 --> 00:34:52,175 - Yeah. Hi everyone. 918 00:34:52,217 --> 00:34:53,760 - Ugh. - There you go. 919 00:34:53,802 --> 00:34:55,428 - Hello I'm Helen Yalof. 920 00:34:55,470 --> 00:34:58,807 - Okay, coming up to the stage next it's Evana Lewis. 921 00:35:00,308 --> 00:35:01,976 - Hello. My name is Evana Lewis. 922 00:35:02,018 --> 00:35:03,228 I love to dance. 923 00:35:03,269 --> 00:35:04,813 Is there any tables in this audience? 924 00:35:04,854 --> 00:35:05,855 - Okay. 925 00:35:05,897 --> 00:35:07,315 - Hello there. 926 00:35:07,357 --> 00:35:09,109 - New York New York wonderful town. 927 00:35:09,150 --> 00:35:10,193 - Thank you. 928 00:35:10,235 --> 00:35:12,404 - Yay. Hello everybody. 929 00:35:12,445 --> 00:35:14,489 Coming to our performance. 930 00:35:14,531 --> 00:35:15,740 - And then you just want to make sure 931 00:35:15,782 --> 00:35:17,242 that mic stays right in front of your mouth. 932 00:35:17,283 --> 00:35:18,868 - Oh. - Yeah. 933 00:35:18,910 --> 00:35:20,453 - Hello, mic. 934 00:35:20,495 --> 00:35:21,996 And hi, everybody else. 935 00:35:22,038 --> 00:35:24,791 I wanna thank you all for coming to my bar mitzvah. 936 00:35:24,833 --> 00:35:26,918 - I can say you're an actress and a singer? 937 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:31,923 - I actually am a producer, entertainer, playwright. 938 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:36,344 - You hate me. 939 00:35:36,386 --> 00:35:37,220 - I don't hate you. 940 00:35:37,262 --> 00:35:38,304 - Sometimes I hate you. 941 00:35:38,346 --> 00:35:39,431 - Sometimes you hate me. 942 00:35:39,472 --> 00:35:41,141 - That's so great. 943 00:35:41,182 --> 00:35:42,517 How'd you make this? 944 00:35:42,559 --> 00:35:44,144 - Wanting to be a playwright, 945 00:35:44,185 --> 00:35:46,062 my advice to you is to drop this for now 946 00:35:46,104 --> 00:35:47,397 and do something else. 947 00:35:47,439 --> 00:35:50,692 - Are you gonna be doing the curtain? 948 00:35:58,825 --> 00:36:01,578 (general chit chat) 949 00:36:01,619 --> 00:36:02,454 - Hi. 950 00:36:04,372 --> 00:36:06,624 - Blah blah blah blah blah. 951 00:36:09,919 --> 00:36:10,670 Honey. 952 00:36:10,712 --> 00:36:11,338 Okay okay. - Okay. 953 00:36:11,379 --> 00:36:12,714 - Okay okay. 954 00:36:18,303 --> 00:36:20,513 - Hi everybody. 955 00:36:20,555 --> 00:36:23,641 (audience applause) 956 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,105 Thank you all for being here. 957 00:36:29,147 --> 00:36:31,566 You're a beautiful crowd. 958 00:36:31,608 --> 00:36:34,027 These people are very odd. 959 00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:37,655 I don't think there's a regular one amongst them. 960 00:36:39,032 --> 00:36:41,951 Has anyone been to a 2:00 PM comedy show before? 961 00:36:41,993 --> 00:36:43,078 (audience laughs) 962 00:36:43,119 --> 00:36:44,037 Oh, you have. 963 00:36:44,079 --> 00:36:44,871 Okay, so you got the vibe. 964 00:36:44,913 --> 00:36:46,498 The vibe is nasty. 965 00:36:46,539 --> 00:36:50,043 I'm constantly shocked by what everybody says in this group. 966 00:36:51,670 --> 00:36:54,089 But I'm excited to start the show. 967 00:36:54,130 --> 00:36:55,674 (audience applause) 968 00:36:55,715 --> 00:36:56,883 - He's an incredible comedian. 969 00:36:56,925 --> 00:36:58,510 It's Tom Petavano. 970 00:37:00,261 --> 00:37:03,807 - I come from a poor family, but let me tell you something. 971 00:37:03,848 --> 00:37:08,853 Every night my mother had food on the table. 972 00:37:09,562 --> 00:37:11,147 I wish we had plates. 973 00:37:11,189 --> 00:37:13,525 (audience laughs) 974 00:37:13,566 --> 00:37:15,360 And then I'll never forget this saying, 975 00:37:15,402 --> 00:37:20,073 "Mommy, I wanted a toy truck for my birthday. 976 00:37:20,115 --> 00:37:23,326 "I didn't get one, I'm upset." 977 00:37:23,368 --> 00:37:26,663 She goes, "Shut up you're 40 years old." 978 00:37:26,705 --> 00:37:28,289 - I love getting older. 979 00:37:28,331 --> 00:37:30,166 You know, I'm losing my hair, 980 00:37:30,208 --> 00:37:31,626 but I know where it's going. 981 00:37:31,668 --> 00:37:33,670 It's going to my knuckles. 982 00:37:35,213 --> 00:37:36,464 I love getting older. 983 00:37:36,506 --> 00:37:39,676 You know, at Wendy's I get my coffee for free. 984 00:37:39,718 --> 00:37:41,344 Give it up for getting older. 985 00:37:41,386 --> 00:37:42,345 (audience applause) 986 00:37:42,387 --> 00:37:44,389 - My name is Helen Yalof. 987 00:37:45,765 --> 00:37:47,976 And if you ever meet me, you can remind me of that. 988 00:37:49,102 --> 00:37:51,688 Jo, are you sure the doors are locked, now? 989 00:37:53,773 --> 00:37:58,028 - I have been an aspiring actress for the past 15 years 990 00:37:58,069 --> 00:38:00,321 and I'm still aspiring, so. 991 00:38:00,363 --> 00:38:03,450 (audience applause) 992 00:38:04,784 --> 00:38:06,703 - This next comedian coming to the stage would like 993 00:38:06,745 --> 00:38:10,540 for me to tell you that she is a great dancer. 994 00:38:10,582 --> 00:38:12,584 Put your hands together for Evana Lewis. 995 00:38:13,752 --> 00:38:15,253 - So, I went into the dentist he said, 996 00:38:15,295 --> 00:38:16,796 "How are you doing Ms. Lewis?" 997 00:38:16,838 --> 00:38:20,800 I said, "Doc, can you give me implant instead 998 00:38:20,842 --> 00:38:22,719 of putting back my partial? 999 00:38:22,761 --> 00:38:25,263 He said, "No, you have to make an appointment". 1000 00:38:25,305 --> 00:38:27,640 "I was so disappointment". 1001 00:38:29,726 --> 00:38:32,103 - My boss ever sees this, I'm dead. 1002 00:38:32,145 --> 00:38:35,065 (audience applause) 1003 00:38:36,566 --> 00:38:37,525 Now I get to eat. 1004 00:38:38,985 --> 00:38:41,404 - You know, I had my thing under notes. 1005 00:38:41,446 --> 00:38:42,906 Now I can't find it. 1006 00:38:42,947 --> 00:38:44,616 It's called Justice. 1007 00:38:46,284 --> 00:38:48,244 Oh, you found it. 1008 00:38:48,286 --> 00:38:49,621 - Nicki Cochrane. 1009 00:38:49,662 --> 00:38:52,332 (audience applause) 1010 00:38:52,374 --> 00:38:54,084 - Well, good afternoon and welcome. 1011 00:38:54,125 --> 00:38:57,420 I'm so delighted that you all came to watch us. 1012 00:38:57,462 --> 00:39:00,090 There are people, millions of people 1013 00:39:00,131 --> 00:39:03,802 who say they believe every word of the Bible. 1014 00:39:03,843 --> 00:39:05,136 Okay, fine. 1015 00:39:05,178 --> 00:39:08,765 But then I want them to be logical and be aware 1016 00:39:08,807 --> 00:39:11,935 of the consequences of their belief. 1017 00:39:11,976 --> 00:39:14,979 The Bible says an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 1018 00:39:15,021 --> 00:39:18,274 So, I want you to follow those consequences. 1019 00:39:18,316 --> 00:39:21,277 The Bible advocates that. 1020 00:39:21,319 --> 00:39:25,323 Our legal system today has no connection to justice, 1021 00:39:25,365 --> 00:39:26,908 but in the ancient world, 1022 00:39:26,950 --> 00:39:30,453 they really, they really cared about justice. 1023 00:39:30,495 --> 00:39:33,289 - I was on a plane and I overheard 1024 00:39:33,331 --> 00:39:34,791 the conversation behind me. 1025 00:39:34,833 --> 00:39:38,586 It was a southern girl asking a northern girl, 1026 00:39:38,628 --> 00:39:40,296 "So, where you all from?". 1027 00:39:40,338 --> 00:39:42,173 And the snooty northern girl says, 1028 00:39:42,215 --> 00:39:44,801 "Well, I'm from a place where they know better than 1029 00:39:44,843 --> 00:39:47,679 to end the sentence in a preposition". 1030 00:39:47,721 --> 00:39:51,641 She goes, "So where are y'all from, bitch?" 1031 00:39:51,683 --> 00:39:54,102 (audience applause) 1032 00:39:54,144 --> 00:39:58,565 Actually, that was from Playboy magazine. 1033 00:39:58,606 --> 00:40:00,692 - Lynne, that was great. 1034 00:40:02,944 --> 00:40:04,487 - My mother, my mother was a saint. 1035 00:40:04,529 --> 00:40:06,865 I brought you inside and I raised you. 1036 00:40:06,906 --> 00:40:09,701 I fed you, you little son of a bitch. 1037 00:40:09,743 --> 00:40:12,620 - Oh, I can't say that. 1038 00:40:12,662 --> 00:40:15,457 - I mean you little shit ass. 1039 00:40:15,498 --> 00:40:17,208 Thank you. 1040 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:19,627 - That little shit ass. 1041 00:40:19,669 --> 00:40:21,504 Coming up next to the stage, 1042 00:40:21,546 --> 00:40:25,425 he's ridiculous but we love him. 1043 00:40:25,467 --> 00:40:29,179 It is Bill Burke everybody, Bill Burke. 1044 00:40:29,220 --> 00:40:30,347 - Oh my god. 1045 00:40:30,388 --> 00:40:33,308 (audience applause) 1046 00:40:36,770 --> 00:40:38,188 - My wife left me recently. 1047 00:40:42,108 --> 00:40:42,984 I was really sad. 1048 00:40:44,069 --> 00:40:44,903 I was depressed. 1049 00:40:46,404 --> 00:40:47,739 I went out and I bought a puppy. 1050 00:40:47,781 --> 00:40:49,699 I bought a new motorcycle. 1051 00:40:49,741 --> 00:40:51,868 Spent a lot of money on drugs and alcohol. 1052 00:40:52,994 --> 00:40:53,912 She's going to be really pissed 1053 00:40:53,953 --> 00:40:56,122 when she gets home from work. 1054 00:40:56,164 --> 00:40:59,042 (audience applause) 1055 00:41:00,585 --> 00:41:02,962 - My new thesaurus is terrible. 1056 00:41:03,004 --> 00:41:04,756 Not only that, it's terrible. 1057 00:41:08,176 --> 00:41:10,345 What's red and bad for your teeth? 1058 00:41:11,471 --> 00:41:12,389 A brick. 1059 00:41:12,430 --> 00:41:15,100 (audience laughs) 1060 00:41:15,141 --> 00:41:15,934 My name is Bill. 1061 00:41:15,975 --> 00:41:17,477 This has been my Ted Talk. 1062 00:41:17,519 --> 00:41:18,687 Thank you. 1063 00:41:18,728 --> 00:41:20,480 (audience applause) 1064 00:41:20,522 --> 00:41:21,898 - He's so naughty. 1065 00:41:24,150 --> 00:41:25,694 - It's just terrific. 1066 00:41:28,154 --> 00:41:30,073 - This next comedian coming to the stage. 1067 00:41:30,115 --> 00:41:33,368 She's the Seamus at her synagogue. 1068 00:41:33,410 --> 00:41:35,245 It is Barbara Bova. 1069 00:41:37,956 --> 00:41:41,334 - Two jumper cables walk in and the bartender says, 1070 00:41:41,376 --> 00:41:46,214 "Hey, you two, don't you start anything in here". 1071 00:41:46,256 --> 00:41:50,176 Julius Cesar walks in and he asks for a martinez. 1072 00:41:51,469 --> 00:41:54,556 The bartender says, "Don't you mean a martini?" 1073 00:41:54,597 --> 00:41:56,016 And he said, "No. 1074 00:41:56,057 --> 00:41:58,018 "If I would have wanted two, 1075 00:41:58,059 --> 00:41:59,853 "I would have asked for a double.". 1076 00:41:59,894 --> 00:42:03,732 - I was debating, how do I kill these cockroaches? 1077 00:42:03,773 --> 00:42:05,775 Do I use a sponge? 1078 00:42:05,817 --> 00:42:07,944 Or do I use my hand? 1079 00:42:07,986 --> 00:42:10,071 Now, yeah, I know it's disgusting. 1080 00:42:10,113 --> 00:42:12,365 I forgot to give the trigger warning. 1081 00:42:13,742 --> 00:42:15,118 - If I go for the sponge, 1082 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,370 it takes like one second to go for the sponge 1083 00:42:17,412 --> 00:42:18,788 before I go for the kill. 1084 00:42:18,830 --> 00:42:21,291 That one second is a really important second. 1085 00:42:21,332 --> 00:42:23,543 You could lose ground in that one second. 1086 00:42:23,585 --> 00:42:25,879 Oh my God I'm dead. 1087 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,089 - The world is crazy, you know. 1088 00:42:28,131 --> 00:42:29,883 No one knows what's happening anymore. 1089 00:42:29,924 --> 00:42:32,385 You know, everybody's done sending. 1090 00:42:32,427 --> 00:42:33,970 Nobody in the woods, you know, 1091 00:42:34,012 --> 00:42:35,680 who is going, who is coming. 1092 00:42:35,722 --> 00:42:40,852 And then everything goes, but it's great, you know. (laughs) 1093 00:42:42,270 --> 00:42:44,481 Cause I don't know where I'm going or coming either, so. 1094 00:42:44,522 --> 00:42:46,232 (audience applause) 1095 00:42:46,274 --> 00:42:47,317 - Orlando Dole 1096 00:42:48,693 --> 00:42:51,279 - If you asked me to describe my figure, 1097 00:42:51,321 --> 00:42:54,115 I wouldn't say that I was an apple or a pear. 1098 00:42:54,157 --> 00:42:57,494 I'd say I was a soft boiled egg with breasts and... 1099 00:42:57,535 --> 00:42:59,204 (audience laughs) 1100 00:42:59,245 --> 00:43:02,832 Say you're on a date with a guy you don't know. 1101 00:43:02,874 --> 00:43:05,877 This is what he expects you to be wearing. Okay? 1102 00:43:05,919 --> 00:43:07,212 I mean, look at this. 1103 00:43:07,253 --> 00:43:09,255 These are what I actually am wearing. 1104 00:43:09,297 --> 00:43:12,509 No, I'll show you. 1105 00:43:12,550 --> 00:43:13,885 They're great. They're good. 1106 00:43:13,927 --> 00:43:17,055 (audience applause) 1107 00:43:18,473 --> 00:43:20,058 - Alix Elias! 1108 00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:24,646 - They liked you a lot. 1109 00:43:24,688 --> 00:43:25,939 - They liked you too. 1110 00:43:25,980 --> 00:43:27,524 - This next comedian would like you to know 1111 00:43:27,565 --> 00:43:30,110 that she's been retired for 30 years 1112 00:43:30,151 --> 00:43:31,945 and she's never been busier. 1113 00:43:32,987 --> 00:43:35,073 The one and only Bibi Elvers. 1114 00:43:40,578 --> 00:43:41,788 - I am a hoarder. 1115 00:43:41,830 --> 00:43:44,541 And I don't know how to get rid of my stuff. 1116 00:43:44,582 --> 00:43:47,293 And I can never find anything. 1117 00:43:47,335 --> 00:43:48,753 This is just some. 1118 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:55,135 My favorite, absolute favorite toy, when I was a kid 1119 00:43:55,176 --> 00:43:58,096 when I was very young, is this. 1120 00:43:58,138 --> 00:43:59,931 And he has a little zipper pocket. 1121 00:44:00,724 --> 00:44:02,267 His name is Dog Do. 1122 00:44:03,810 --> 00:44:05,270 I didn't speak English at the time 1123 00:44:05,311 --> 00:44:09,524 but I had heard a few words and Dog Do sounded just right. 1124 00:44:09,566 --> 00:44:13,069 When, when my husband was having his knee replaced, 1125 00:44:13,111 --> 00:44:18,742 he begged the doctor to give him his real bone 1126 00:44:18,783 --> 00:44:19,868 after the operation. 1127 00:44:20,952 --> 00:44:22,245 Well, they're not allowed to do that, 1128 00:44:22,287 --> 00:44:24,581 but he was a very persistent man, my husband was. 1129 00:44:24,622 --> 00:44:27,792 And that's what this is. 1130 00:44:30,045 --> 00:44:31,421 These are his bones. 1131 00:44:34,049 --> 00:44:35,967 Then there was my head surgery. 1132 00:44:38,470 --> 00:44:41,139 Oh, I can't find it. 1133 00:44:46,686 --> 00:44:49,856 Well, I'll finish down here. 1134 00:44:49,898 --> 00:44:50,774 I'm fine. 1135 00:44:50,815 --> 00:44:53,902 (audience applause) 1136 00:44:55,195 --> 00:44:56,821 Two days after the surgery-- 1137 00:44:58,823 --> 00:45:01,868 (audience applause) 1138 00:45:04,746 --> 00:45:08,541 This was on my bed table. 1139 00:45:08,583 --> 00:45:10,377 And what it is is the hair 1140 00:45:10,418 --> 00:45:15,131 that they had shaved off me 30 years ago. 1141 00:45:15,173 --> 00:45:18,551 I think, I think I'm a little bit lighter now. 1142 00:45:21,221 --> 00:45:23,014 Thanks for being so wonderful. 1143 00:45:23,056 --> 00:45:26,184 (audience applause) 1144 00:45:32,649 --> 00:45:33,608 - Bibi Elvers 1145 00:45:34,693 --> 00:45:36,736 A true, a true champion. 1146 00:45:36,778 --> 00:45:38,947 Incredible. 1147 00:45:38,988 --> 00:45:40,448 - Was that on purpose? 1148 00:45:40,490 --> 00:45:41,366 - What? 1149 00:45:41,408 --> 00:45:42,659 - Were you falling on purpose? 1150 00:45:42,701 --> 00:45:45,328 - Put your hands together for Ziggy Susser. 1151 00:45:45,370 --> 00:45:48,498 (audience applause) 1152 00:45:48,540 --> 00:45:50,333 Are you okay? - I'm fine. 1153 00:45:50,375 --> 00:45:52,002 It was an absolutely soft landing. 1154 00:45:52,043 --> 00:45:54,546 - We have a pet bird at home, a small parrot. 1155 00:45:54,587 --> 00:45:55,797 We called him Charlie. 1156 00:45:55,839 --> 00:45:57,841 Bout a year ago, 1157 00:45:57,882 --> 00:45:59,342 my wife was getting up off the couch 1158 00:45:59,384 --> 00:46:01,344 and she accidentally stepped on him, 1159 00:46:01,386 --> 00:46:03,388 flattened him out like a pancake. 1160 00:46:03,430 --> 00:46:06,349 He was okay but they brought me to the vet 1161 00:46:06,391 --> 00:46:08,935 and she said, "He doesn't have any brain damage . 1162 00:46:08,977 --> 00:46:10,145 "He doesn't have any broken bones". 1163 00:46:10,186 --> 00:46:11,396 I said, "How do you know?". 1164 00:46:11,438 --> 00:46:12,772 She said, "He answered all our questions." 1165 00:46:12,814 --> 00:46:14,774 "We asked him who brought you here?". 1166 00:46:14,816 --> 00:46:17,444 He said, "Big foot". 1167 00:46:17,485 --> 00:46:19,696 We asked him, "How did the universe start?". 1168 00:46:19,738 --> 00:46:22,157 He said, "Big bang". 1169 00:46:22,198 --> 00:46:24,034 We asked him who's your favorite character 1170 00:46:24,075 --> 00:46:25,577 on Sesame Street?". 1171 00:46:25,618 --> 00:46:27,328 He said, "Cookie Monster". 1172 00:46:29,664 --> 00:46:31,666 I thought he would say Big Bird too. 1173 00:46:33,126 --> 00:46:34,044 I'm Ziggy Susser. 1174 00:46:34,085 --> 00:46:35,545 Thanks, you've been great. 1175 00:46:35,587 --> 00:46:38,506 (audience applause) 1176 00:46:40,050 --> 00:46:42,177 - Ziggy Susser everybody. 1177 00:46:42,218 --> 00:46:43,803 - Okay and if you could just give 1178 00:46:43,845 --> 00:46:46,890 a big round of applause to everybody you saw tonight. 1179 00:46:46,931 --> 00:46:48,725 If we could see everybody take a bow. 1180 00:46:48,767 --> 00:46:54,689 (audience applause) 1181 00:46:57,817 --> 00:47:02,697 (light piano music) 1182 00:47:09,621 --> 00:47:12,374 I just wanted to say how great everybody was. 1183 00:47:12,415 --> 00:47:15,043 And it was really a great experience working with you. 1184 00:47:15,085 --> 00:47:16,252 And I just wanted to give everybody 1185 00:47:16,294 --> 00:47:18,421 a rose like we're on The Bachelor. Ok? 1186 00:47:18,463 --> 00:47:20,465 - Wonderful. 1187 00:47:23,259 --> 00:47:26,388 - Where did they wire the mic? 1188 00:47:26,429 --> 00:47:27,764 - They did not. 1189 00:47:27,806 --> 00:47:30,308 - Honey. I'll see you at home. 1190 00:47:31,476 --> 00:47:32,936 - How would you like some pictures 1191 00:47:32,977 --> 00:47:35,021 from the back showing all the seats? 1192 00:47:35,063 --> 00:47:36,064 - But it's empty. 1193 00:47:36,106 --> 00:47:37,399 Even though it's empty? 1194 00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:38,900 - But it shows you how many seats were here. 1195 00:47:38,942 --> 00:47:40,193 It's still cool. 1196 00:47:41,653 --> 00:47:43,655 - Did you guys help each other write your sets 1197 00:47:43,697 --> 00:47:44,698 or did you write them yourselves? 1198 00:47:44,739 --> 00:47:45,782 - We sort of fought over it. 1199 00:47:45,824 --> 00:47:46,991 We had a fight? 1200 00:47:49,035 --> 00:47:50,787 - I think we're doing a group photo. 1201 00:47:50,829 --> 00:47:51,663 - Oh that'd be great. 1202 00:47:51,705 --> 00:47:53,164 I'd like to be in that. 1203 00:47:54,290 --> 00:47:55,583 - I think what would be Kind of funny is if 1204 00:47:55,625 --> 00:47:57,669 you lied down in the front, you know what I mean, 1205 00:47:57,711 --> 00:47:59,713 with the rose maybe. 1206 00:47:59,754 --> 00:48:00,547 Exactly. 1207 00:48:01,923 --> 00:48:06,511 - When I get up in the morning, you smile, you laugh 1208 00:48:06,553 --> 00:48:08,722 because that's a beginning of the day 1209 00:48:08,763 --> 00:48:10,306 and that will help you go through the day. 1210 00:48:10,348 --> 00:48:13,184 Because the start off with that energy in you 1211 00:48:14,144 --> 00:48:15,645 and that laugh. 1212 00:48:15,687 --> 00:48:17,689 And then you go on to share it with someone else. 1213 00:48:17,731 --> 00:48:18,773 And you keep them happy. 1214 00:48:20,191 --> 00:48:21,401 It doesn't matter they might have a bad day, 1215 00:48:21,443 --> 00:48:23,903 but you give them a joke and they start laughing. 1216 00:48:23,945 --> 00:48:25,321 You feel good. 1217 00:48:26,698 --> 00:48:31,327 Laughter it's like food you put in your body. 1218 00:48:32,162 --> 00:48:35,040 It keeps you going. 1219 00:48:35,081 --> 00:48:36,666 It energize you. 1220 00:48:36,708 --> 00:48:37,751 It keep you happy. 1221 00:48:39,085 --> 00:48:40,837 And you know that you go through the day, 1222 00:48:40,879 --> 00:48:44,132 it's love and joy. 1223 00:48:45,508 --> 00:48:47,719 You're not supposed to let anybody take away your joy, 1224 00:48:47,761 --> 00:48:49,387 just keep on smiling. 1225 00:48:52,891 --> 00:48:53,683 I love it. 1226 00:48:57,604 --> 00:48:59,147 - I'm gonna ask you to finish the joke. 1227 00:48:59,189 --> 00:49:01,191 Guy walks into a bar. 1228 00:49:01,232 --> 00:49:02,942 - And he's not an alcoholic. 1229 00:49:02,984 --> 00:49:04,194 They throw him out. 1230 00:49:04,235 --> 00:49:08,406 - Say, "I want a tequila on the rocks". 1231 00:49:08,448 --> 00:49:10,408 - A guy walks into the bar, 1232 00:49:11,534 --> 00:49:13,286 "Have you seen my friend Phoebe?" 1233 00:49:13,328 --> 00:49:15,497 "Phoebe who's to hell's Phoebe. 1234 00:49:15,538 --> 00:49:18,708 "That's what I like to know where the hell is Phoebe?" 1235 00:49:18,750 --> 00:49:19,709 - That's a joke? 1236 00:49:19,751 --> 00:49:20,293 - No, that's not exactly. 1237 00:49:20,335 --> 00:49:21,461 That's not it. 1238 00:49:21,503 --> 00:49:24,089 - He ordered a beer on the rocks 1239 00:49:24,130 --> 00:49:26,132 and the bartender said, "You're not old enough. 1240 00:49:26,174 --> 00:49:28,134 "And besides we don't have any." 1241 00:49:28,176 --> 00:49:29,886 - Two friends are sitting on a bus. 1242 00:49:29,928 --> 00:49:30,804 - One throws up. 1243 00:49:33,306 --> 00:49:36,643 - Two friends are sitting on a bus and... 1244 00:49:36,685 --> 00:49:41,898 - One says, move to the rear and the other leaves. 1245 00:49:41,940 --> 00:49:42,857 - Then what happens? 1246 00:49:44,067 --> 00:49:46,069 - That's a good question. 1247 00:49:46,111 --> 00:49:48,279 - Two friends are sitting on a bus. 1248 00:49:48,321 --> 00:49:49,072 - And they didn't pay their fare. 1249 00:49:49,114 --> 00:49:49,989 They're thrown off. 1250 00:49:50,031 --> 00:49:52,450 (Jo laughs)