Recently, the Times caught up with the comedian to talk about his new hour of material, Gen Z discovering him through his old work on screen and his thoughts on how comedy has changed since he started making audiences laugh in the ‘90s.
Comedians are sorta known for being full of crap — typically in a funny way that shouldn’t be taken seriously when they're performing. For 30 years, Nick Swardson has pushed his level of absurdity to epic heights on stage — maybe a little too high sometimes . Pot-related brain farts aside, fans of Swardson’s raunchy bathroom jokes or any number of the quotable lines from “Reno 911” or movies like “Grandma’s Boy” know that his comedy relies on the ability to commit to the bit.
I was making no money, there was no internet, my family was poor, I was raised by a single mother for the most part. And it was like, we just had to do one-nighters in biker bars for $100 bucks. We had nothing! I always tell kids that and I feel like I'm a caveman talking about making fire. They’ll complain about things like, ‘Well, how do I do this? How do I do this?’ I tell them to get on YouTube and Instagram, make videos, make shorts, make an IG Reel and use that as a calling card.
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