Seinfeld asked Godfrey, “How long have you been doing comedy?” At the time, his answer was 9 years. And Seinfeld said back, “That’s your age in comedy.” And it’s true for most skills. Or any pursuit. It’s not true for riding your bike because we all started young and a lot of us haven’t cared to step on a bike in 10 years. But if you’re trying to perfect a skill and become a master at something, then years dedicated = your age.
This perspective has helped me in more ways than one. And I wrote about it on my site (I write about all of my podcasts.) You can read it here, jamesaltucher.com/podcast.
Enjoy the show. And thanks
Show Notes:
“Regular Black” (http://www.sho.com/titles/3432466/godfrey-regular-black) (Godfrey’s special on ShowTime)
Seinfeld’s joke that people would rather be in the coffin then giving the eulogy
Soul Plane (http://amazon.com)
Zoolander
Adam Sandler
Eddie Murphy
Saturday Night Live (http://amazon.com)
"On Writing" (http://amazon.com) by Stephen King
Jim Gaffigan
Comedian (http://amazon.com) (Jerry Seinfeld’s documentary)
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Jackie Gleason
Johnny Carson
Jonathan Winters
Mantan Moreland
Pigmeat Markham
Slappy White
Timmie Rogers
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Laurel and Hardy
Steven Wright (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ciHpT4WuM%20) (Godfrey’s example for a guy who demonstrates “energy” on stage)
Tony Robbins - NLP (here’s a training video on it) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANY8-_kqCZQ)
Jean Perret (famous comedy writer) - he talks about “the law of 3’s”
Godfrey’s yoga bit on “Just For Laughs”
Comedy Cellar
David Attell (Godfrey says he’s one of the funniest comedians living)
Colin Quinn
Dave Chappelle
Mitch Fatel
Mitch Hedberg
RoseAnne
Bill Cosby (in “The Cosby Show”) (http://amazon.com)
Tim Allen (“Home Improvement (http://amazon.com) ” “Last Man Standing (http://amazon.com) ”)
Ray Romano (http://amazon.com) (in “Everybody Loves Raymond”)
Kevin James (http://amazon.com) (in “The King of Queens”)
The Chappele Show (http://amazon.com)
Kevin Hart
Dane Cook
Steve Harvey (Family Feud, The Steve Harvey Show (http://amazon.com) , The Big Shots)
Black Panther (in theaters now)
Marlene Dietrich
Greta Garbo
Robert Mitchum
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
King Bach (https://www.instagram.com/kingbach/?hl=en)
My interview with Amanda Cerny
Zach Galifianakis (in “Between Two Ferns (http://www.funnyordie.com/between_two_ferns) ”)
Greg Giraldo
Patrice O'Neal
Bernie Mac
Collin Quinn
I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. (https://jamesaltucher.com/2018/03/godfrey/?utm_source=libsyn&utm_medium=podcast&utm_term=03062018&utm_content=&utm_campaign=godfrey)
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