American - Entertainer | September 27, 1963 -
I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.
Marc Maron
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In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was still special.
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The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming.
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It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time.
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Hopefully standup will become special again.
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Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do.
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When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.
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When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech and Chong records and all of the Richard Pryor records.
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I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me.
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I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened to Lenny Bruce but it's taken me years to put him into context historically and really get what he did.
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On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.
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As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible.
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