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A Real Humdinger

Paul Morrissey

Comedy Dynamics · 2018 · 50 min

Dry club comedy about nutritionists, bad math, and soup.

Visiting a nutritionist feels less like healthcare and more like Catholic confession for carbohydrates, an indignity Paul Morrissey delivers with the weary resignation of a man whose frame belongs in another century. Recorded in Provo, Utah for Dry Bar Comedy in 2018, the set caught the former sports anchor after a decade of road work and regular late-night sets for David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. The material stays clean without feeling sanitized, leaning on club-tested mechanics rather than shock value. He treats ordinary domestic embarrassments with steady deadpan confusion, arguing that advanced mathematics is make-believe that belongs at Hogwarts, questioning why soup is classified as a meal, and detailing what happens when his aging mother enters the New York City Marathon with no chance of winning.

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