Ep. 73 - Bad Landlords Ft. Sarah Tollemache

You Can't Laugh At That

English - July 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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One of the biggest benefits of renting is that when something breaks or goes wrong, someone else fixes it at no cost to you. Meanwhile, one of the biggest detractors of renting is that when something breaks or goes wrong, you're at the mercy of your landlord.

Whether they blame you for the problem, keep you waiting for an unreasonable amount of time, or end up in your apartment without a head's up, having a bad landlord can make you feel powerless... so you've just got to laugh.

Sarah Tollemache once had a landlord like this, and not only has she found the funny in the frustration, she turned it into a hilarious bit that proves you CAN laugh at that.

Even on the first of the month.

In this episode, we talk about:

-If doing Zoom shows is worth it.

-The bit from Sarah’s album, Voluptuous Boy, about her landlord.

-Comparing living in New York City to camping.

-Sarah’s writing process.

-Thinking of jokes about inappropriate situations, like when Sarah joked about the Challenger disaster at 8 years old.

-Using humor and heightening a situation when you feel powerless.

-Turning microaggressions into material.

-Developing some empathy for the things landlords have to deal with.

-Making the unreasonable characters in your bits likable to punch up the humor.

-The difficulties of finding a place in New York and moving.

-Driving pet peeves.

-Paying rent on time.

-Landlords cutting corners when fixing little things like light switches and hot and plumbing.

-Mice.

-Weird roommates.

-Joke placement.

-Dealing with technical difficulties.

-The necessity of conflict for growth.

-Writing what you feel.

-The savages who flush their tampons.

-And more!!!

Learn more about Sarah at sarahtcomedy.com

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