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Good One: A Show About Jokes

The first time I tolda joke that worked, I said, "My girlfriendis getting to the age...

The first time I told
a joke that worked, I said, "My girlfriend
is getting to the age "where she's thinking
about having kids, which is exciting 'cause we're
gonna have to break up." And I said,
"I don't want to have kids "until I'm sure
nothing else good can happen in my life." It was like
an inflection point

Full Transcript

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The first time I told a joke that worked, I said,
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"My girlfriend is getting to the age
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"where she's thinking about having kids,
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which is exciting 'cause we're gonna have to break up."
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And I said, "I don't want to have kids
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"until I'm sure nothing else good
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can happen in my life."
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It was like an inflection point.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:54
Uploaded
Apr 08, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Vox Media Studios,Vulture,Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions,Eddie Schmidt Productions,Universal Television Alternative Studio

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Movie Summary

An adaptation of the hit Vulture podcast, GOOD ONE: A Show About Jokes is an immersive look at the craft of comedy from the ground up and a unique snapshot of the intersection between process and personal. The first docu-special f...
Not because the joke is so great, - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:13
Not because the joke is so great,
Connected with a group of people in a room. - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:06
Connected with a group of people in a room.
Like, there was a feeling of like, - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:08
Like, there was a feeling of like,
In a way that, like, an observational joke - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:08
In a way that, like, an observational joke
I opened for George Lopez once, and I kind of, like, bombed. - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:06
I opened for George Lopez once, and I kind of, like, bombed.
But the thing that always struck me as really funny - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:09
But the thing that always struck me as really funny
* Run on, run on * - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:07
* Run on, run on *
And this is not a joke I would ever tell now, - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:12
And this is not a joke I would ever tell now,
I go backstage, and I say to George Lopez, - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:11
I go backstage, and I say to George Lopez,
"'Cause they love Oprah, - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:20
"'Cause they love Oprah,
Let's give it up for Mike Birbiglia. - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:05
Let's give it up for Mike Birbiglia.
- I've been really grateful to be able to do these shows - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:07
- I've been really grateful to be able to do these show...
[upbeat music] - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:12
[upbeat music]
The people that he's touched-- myself, Kroll, Mulaney-- - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:15
The people that he's touched-- myself, Kroll, Mulaney--
- My favorite comedians who are coming up, - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:10
- My favorite comedians who are coming up,
And usually, like, I love when their stories - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:08
And usually, like, I love when their stories
[upbeat music] - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:09
[upbeat music]
It was definitely during the pandemic, - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:08
It was definitely during the pandemic,
I started writing more about things - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:09
I started writing more about things
Which means she hears voices in her head - Good One: A Show About Jokes 00:06
Which means she hears voices in her head