Quotes By Todd Barry
I mean, I guess I started during the comedy boom, so it was literally like, on Sunday you could decide you wanted to be a comic, and on Monday, you could be on stage.
Todd Barry
People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people.
Todd Barry
I would call it a comedy variety show. We have some people just doing straight standup. We usually try to have one musical act of sort. So its just people being funny in different ways, not just sketch, not just standup, not just characters, all of those things.
Todd Barry
I must have done everything I had. You go through years where you go through everything you've ever written.
Todd Barry
I liked the koala, wallaby, and I chilled with a kangaroo a bit. There was a wombat that I quite enjoyed also.
Todd Barry
I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it.
Todd Barry
I was probably just trying to be Dennis Miller, but without the vocabulary to actually be Dennis Miller. I guess I was just less interesting than I am now, if I am interesting at all.
Todd Barry
You come there and hang out and have a drink before the show and eat, so it's not that brutal. It's only $6.
Todd Barry
I got access to a private tour of the zoo. I got to go in a cage with a koala, which I highly recommend.
Todd Barry
I've never been a TV junkie. I remember watching Letterman way back when he had a morning show.
Todd Barry
I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians.
Todd Barry
I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it.
Todd Barry
I did end up doing substitute teaching, but there's not a lot of teaching involved in that.
Todd Barry
I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport.
Todd Barry
I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film.
Todd Barry
Well, I have since seen you at Tinkle. It's a comedy show started by David Cross, me and Jon Benjamin. It features a wide variety of acts for all tastes and seasons.
Todd Barry
I mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right.
Todd Barry