Ep. 45 - Grief Ft. Glen Tickle
Whether it's our jobs, our way of life, or we actually lost someone close to us, we've all had to cope with loss. Dealing with grief is an incredibly difficult task, and with emotions running high, sometimes all we can do is laugh. Comedian Glen Tickle released an entire album devoted to it, so we invited him onto the podcast to learn how he dealt with the experience of losing a brother, but how he turned it into nearly an hour of poignant, funny, and cathartic comedy.
I mean, how awkward is it when we have to figure out just the right thing to say to comfort someone else experiencing grief? We prove you CAN laugh at that.
In this episode, we talk with Glen about:
-If anyone in his family was mad that he made an entire comedy album based on the death of his brother.
-Glen's quarantine project, Jerk Magazine.
-Laurie Kilmartin's album about her dead dad.
-The conception of his album, "Good Grief: A Comedy About Loss And Being Bad At It."
-Stolen jokes / parallel thinking.
-Reincarnation.
-The weird things people will say to comfort you when you experience loss.
-How Glen worked out an entire hour about death to prepare for the album recording.
-Producing an album.
-Drawing crowds while touring as a little-known comedian.
-The inexperienced comedian's most frequent mistake.
-The Michael Richards incident.
-Similarities between delivering a eulogy and a wedding speech.
-The difference between telling jokes about your dead brother and hearing jokes about your dead son.
-Sneaking easter eggs and inside jokes into your bits.
-Feeling bad about doing comedy so soon after losing a loved one.
-Therapy.
-How comedians tend to handle the stages of grief differently.
-Was Glen's brother actually in the CIA?
-Stating cold, unfeeling facts to deal with grief.
-Is it okay to 'um' and 'uh' as a comedian?
-Why "I don't know what to say" might be the best thing to say to someone dealing with loss.
-And more!
Get Glen's album, "Good Grief:" https://amzn.to/3AMBp7G
Visit glentickle.com
Follow Glen on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok: @glentickle
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Produced by Golden Ox Studio | Music: Producedbyzip
