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Raise the bridge

The other night I was listening to a podcast from a few years ago, an interview on Hot Breath! between Joel Byers and Jerry Corley, the “Joke Doctor.” I’ll link the footage below. In this discussion, Corley talks about meeting the late great George Carlin. At one point he asks Carlin for advice about how…

Verisimilitude

I don’t want to sound like a cranky old man. But if jokes can be inspired by things that are wrong, unjust, or stupid, then they can surely inspire blog posts. Nonetheless, I’m still going to refer to some shitty edgelord comedy. I’ve seen a lot of it lately, due in part to it’s prevalence…

Something to say

I need to start this with a disclaimer: I’m not here to name and shame or put shit on anyone. I’m not here to attack my peers, but I can’t discuss what I need to without referencing my own anecdote database. I genuinely like the other people in these stories even if my style and…

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About Me

Sean Cooper entered comedy late in life when his voracious need for approval from strangers finally became impossible to manage.

A self-confessed misanthrope and comedy geek, Sean’s hobbies include unsubscribing from email lists, eating his feelings, and mixing fancy cocktails to make his alcohol dependence look sophisticated and fun.

Sean insists it’s not all about the big money and glamour though; he uses comedy as a lens to make sense of an absurd and dysfunctional world.