Podbit · 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
Daniel Tosh cracked the code on morning radio promotions: he did his tightest bits but presented them as genuine answers to interview questions. The hosts had no idea. The audience murdered. And unlike DJing or fake after-party stunts, it actually sold tickets.
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Picking up from the Tracy Morgan morning show discussion, Bert, Tom, and Ari dissect the genuine absurdity of comedy promotional morning show appearances. Tom recalls realizing almost nobody watching a 7 AM news show is actually going to buy a ticket, which led him to invent a fake DJ alter ego and fake after-parties just to generate clips. Bert adds that Sam Morril has mastered the modern version — going for genuinely hard jokes and using the horrified hosts as reaction content. [1] — Bert Kreischer "Daniel Tosh cracked the code on morning radio promotions: he did his tightest bits but presented them as genuine answers to interview quest…" 38:55 But the consensus gold standard is Daniel Tosh, who did tight stand-up material without signaling to the hosts that he was doing bits, turning what could be a throwaway promo into a proper performance. Ari briefly recounts returning from Ecuador and rediscovering the dissonance of New Jersey conservative morning radio.
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