This is a trailer for the Comedy Saved Me episode with Jim Florentine which releases 7-7. Jim is known for his signature blend of comedy, his background in prank calls and his irreverent, unfiltered style of comedy. Your host Lynn Hoffman takes you behind the laughter and what motivated Jim to be a comedian.
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Episode Transcript
You know, rock stars get all the girls. The comedians don't.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
True coming up on Comedy Saved Me.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Jim Florentine, you know, girls, I want to got it.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Laughs makes me laugh, and then you make them laugh
for an hour and they come up to you go, Hi,
you were great.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Here's my husband on how it feels to make people laugh.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
It's amazing. It's the best feeling in the world.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Really.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Yeah, you can connect with a crowd and they like you.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
And then also like new jokes work, Like if you
have new material, you just can't wait to get on
stage and do it, and if it works, it's an
unbelievable feeling.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Agrees that comedy is great for the soul.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
I think so.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
A lot of people tell me after a show, you know,
people have a lot of cancer patients, you know, come
out like I just need to get out of the
house and laugh for an hour and a half to
get all whatever's going on. So I really think it is.
And for a comic for me to make the people
laugh too, it's a great a general rush, you know.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
It really is.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
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Speaker 1 (01:01):
You know, And I love that too, Just making people,
making people laugh,
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