Comedy Saved Me Trailer for upcoming episode with Jimmy Tingle

Join host Lynn Hoffman for this upcoming episode with one of the legends of the Boston Comedy Scene, Jimmy Tingle. Lynn takes you behind the career of a comedy giant.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Find out why he got the last name jingle.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
That is my real name.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
It's legendary comedian, writer, actor, activist, and entrepreneur Jimmy Tingle.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
For Free, Ladies and Gentlemen For Free.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
Jimmy talks about life.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
You don't know really if something's going to work until
you do it. Comedy, you have to fail, and that's
part of the process in terms of just presenting new material.
And that's no one likes to fail. Nobody likes to
be in front of a bunch of people with a
great idea and they do it and nothing. It's like,
it's embarrassing.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
And the power of laughter.

Speaker 3 (00:35):
It's empowering to think of something. I have an idea
and present it to people and you get an immediate
reaction and you're like.

Speaker 4 (00:43):
That was a good idea. Oh, all these people like that.
I want to do that again.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Comedy saved me. A Buzznight Media Productions podcast about the
power of comedy, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
It can be a motivator because it's fun.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
It's fun to listen to, it's fun to laugh fat,
and it's fun to know that you're not alone.