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When those shows are good, they allow a comic to find their people and write for their audience.
For five years, Wyatt Cenac hosted one of the very best in New York Night Train.
As you might see in the clip below, it was Cenacs home.
Listen to the episode and read an excerpt from the transcript of the discussion below.
Tune in toGood Oneevery Monday onApple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
And I did not do it.
It becomes this weird gauntlet that you have to go through as a comedian.
And when uncomfortable conversations happen, they become even more magnified when theres one person.
Whether they want to or not, they bear the burden of it and bear the responsibility of it.
When I started doing stand-up, I would go do shows and the shows were so segregated.
When they introduced the woman, they would always say, Whos ready for a lady?
And there was Chopstick Comedy.
I think that seems like a dangerous little rabbit hole you send yourself down.
I spent a lot of time in Brooklyn as a kid.
Im reminded of moments of hanging out with my grandmother and my uncle in Prospect Park.
Or just going to the Fulton Mall.
When I was a kid, I loved really loud things.
My grandmother and I went to the Fulton Mall and I bought a three-piece suit that was paisley.
Paisley over the whole suit.
I was 6 and thought it was great.
But there are these full-circle moments whenever I go anywhere in Brooklyn.
For me, getting to spend as much time in it means a lot.
