Ray Ellin once had someone walk out of his show in tears after a bit about internet dating. They had a bad experience with internet dating and could not handle hearing a joke about it.
He feels bad about it. But also it is a comedy show.
Ray Ellin moved to New York to make it as a comedian. He could not afford an apartment so he slept in his grandmother's old Dodge, parked on 76th Street, eating $1.50 hummus and selling postal uniforms during the day.
He made it anyway. Full episode link in bio. ποΈ
Tom Cotter made it to the America's Got Talent finals, performed with Joan Rivers in one of her last national television appearances, and then had to turn down the biggest gig offers of his career because the contract meant Simon Cowell owned him for the next four months.
Tom Cotter did eight years on cruise ships. He performed through seasickness, rough seas and full Norwalk virus outbreaks. And when everyone else was too ill to perform, they always called the comedian. Full episode link in bio. ποΈ
Tom Cotter used to open every show with "good evening ladies and gentlemen." Then that became a hate crime for assuming someone's gender.
He is not bitter about it, he is hoping the pendulum swings back,where a comedian does not have to worry about the one person in the room.
People vomiting in the crowd. A heckler who tried to climb through the ropes to get him. A cancer benefit where the entire room was sobbing and someone said "please welcome Tom Cotter." 40 years of comedy. Tom Cotter has seen it all. Full episode link in bio. ποΈ
βIβm just peddling units of love. Thatβs what Iβm trying to do.β
Two Grammys, millions of listeners, sold out shows. Gregory Porter measures success differently. Full episode link in bio. ποΈ
@GregoryPorter is filled with love, grief, and pride when he reminisces about his late mother and brother. Both were instrumental in his pursuit of music, and their loss is still felt today.
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Just a few years into her career, @JiaoyingSummers performs at @NetflixIsAJoke tonight. "If the value I produce is my self-worth, and then I don't produce value, I don't see self-worth," the comedian said during her recent tour stop in #Amsterdam. https://t.co/qgIBU7SoC6