Exclusive: Comedian Todd Barry answers dumb questions about his new promotion scheme
Comedian Todd Barry (pictured) has been seen and heard on so many cool film and TV thingys it makes me sleepy trying to boil down his career in this intro. So not gonna. And although he's now a succesful actor & V/O dude, you can still scope him doing standup comedy from coast to coast.
Wikipedia says Todd's all BFF with comedian Louis C.K., but somebody may need to change that to the past tense after Louis sees what Barry is promising potential audience members via posts on Facebook.
I asked him about his recent morally-suspect marketing tactics in an exclusive in-depth three-question interview. Enjoy!
You say if people come to your 9/8 show in St. Paul, MN you will make sure Louis C.K. leaves show business. Is this true?
I couldn't legally post it on Facebook if it wasn't true.
You say if people buy tix to your 9/7 show in Madison, WI you will give out Louis C.K.'s cell phone number. True?
Yes, and I encourage you to call him at all hours. He'll chat with each and every one of you.
If people want to see you in Kirkland, WA on 9/10 & 11 you say, "Use code 'save5' to save $5!!" What exactly does that does that have to do with Louis C.K.?
It doesn't. I wanted to "back off" from him a bit.
Susie's PS: Todd is performing tonight in the Catskills at some wild show at Kutsher's, a venue I thought was as dead and gone as Grossinger's (which I photographed a while back for a Dumb Spring Break feature).
Image: Photo by Francene Daveta
