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Published · transcript-backedDave Barry: belief
16 Aug 2017 Conversations with Tyler Dave Barry on Humor, Writing, and Life as a Florida Man
“I think that’s true, and this is not to dismiss religious . . . My dad was a religious person, and he was a funny guy.”
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- Dave Barry
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- 16 Aug 2017
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…So comedians tend to be atheists. I think that’s true, and this is not to dismiss religious . . . My dad was a religious person, and he was a funny guy. But generally, the two things . . . One tends to mitigate the other. And to be really edgy funny, it’s probably better if you don’t believe in anything good is coming. Is this why so many successful comedians have been Jewish in this country?…
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