"In fact, the only thing that can truly destroy a comedian – or any artist – is paying attention to benchmarks like “20” and “30” and “40”, or any new set of tens. Turning away from your age, and from the loss of life, is the deepest sort of fear and childishness. There’s nothing creepier than the new generation of twenty-somethings who act like giggly twelve year-olds. And there’s nothing sadder than someone over forty still acting like they’re home from college freshman year, trying to shock their parents over Thanksgiving dinner by declaring they’re an atheist."
Patton Oswalt is my favorite comedian because he's the funniest guy who stands on a stage with a microphone. Hands down. But he's also one of my favorite personas because he's just... smart. Well-read, observant, tuned in and just. fucking. smart.
Fuck you, Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia and all the other mundane, generic scam artists who pass themselves off as comedians. You're neither funny, nor smart.
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