Comedian Anthony DeVito has a hilarious bit about his grandmother that takes down a whole generation's bigotry and resistance to change by... calling out the people who call it out?
His fresh perspective on the greatest generation, and old people in general, challenges our perceptions on their sensitivity to jokes about them and proves that you CAN laugh at the elderly.
We also talk about:
-Why The Rad Dudecast ended.
-Anthony’s new podcast, “Baseball Times” with Ken Burns.
-Canceling or leaning into "ageist" jokes.
-Where SNL lacks in diversity.
-Why people are resistant to laughing about the elderly.
-The benefit of having older voices in writers rooms.
-Old audiences that are fun jaded.
-Anthony’s bit about his grandmother from his album “Dream Occupation.”
-Fear of death and resistance to talking about it.
-The unfair expectation of holding the elderly to modern societal standards.
-Being able to hide the point of a bit.
-Loving your characters, even if the goal is for the audience to turn on them.
-Closing bits with platitudes, clichés, and quotes to disrupt the audience’s pattern detection.
-The fun you can have with a bit once you have the thesis down.
-Giving the audience breadcrumbs to get to big punchlines.
-Using simplicity to introduce characters while still giving the audience enough information to create an image.
-Taking creative liberties to make yourself part of the story you’re describing.
-And more!!!
Learn more about Anthony at anthonydevitocomedy.com
Buy Anthony's album: https://amzn.to/36eoTkc
Listen to Anthony's podcast (RIP), "The Rad Dudecast:" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVRLD8Bp9aIPnDDVWTxiOMA
Follow Anthony on social media:
Instagram: @comediananthonydevito
Twitter: @anthonydevito_
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