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Mike Birbiglia’s recent hour special “What I Should Have Said Was Nothing” was a milestone for the stand-up in more ways than one. Not only was it his first hour special, but it marked his transition into becoming a storyteller, as described in this recent interview with him. Here’s a preview of the special, with Mike relating the awkwardness of playing in a celebrity golf tournament.
“What I Should Have Said Was Nothing” comes to DVD on April 8th.
Hard alcohol is the only thing you put in your body that actually comes with a story. It’s like, “You want some tequila?” “No dude, that last time I had that...”
Doesn’t happen with anything else. “You want some jelly beans?” “No. The last time I had jelly beans I ended up with my pants around my ankles, face down in the wall. Seriously dude, I can’t even smell the black ones. Just get ‘em out of here?”




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Like Steven Wright, but with a stoner attidude.
Patrice O'Neal speaks honestly from his gut, sometimes in a way that's too much even for a festival crowd.
Two different comics with a similar joke, with a wrinkle - both were performed in the same year.
The album title pulled from a page of the late comic's notebooks. Plus: a different page from Mitch's notebook.
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If you abstained from watching the cattle call rounds, here's the video catch-up.
My story about the late comic, including a wonderful bit of audio that I treasure.
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