Ep. 30 Robbie “the Fire” Bernstein Discusses Stand-Up Comedy, Dealing With AOC, and the Coming Economic Crash
Bob brings on Robbie “the Fire” Bernstein, host of Run Your Mouth and junior host to Dave Smith on the popular libertarian podcast Part of the Problem. Bob and Robbie discuss the NYC stand-up comedy scene, and give a tutorial on jokes using some examples. Bob asks Robbie whether the mocking campaign against AOC might backfire, and then Robbie turns the tables by asking Bob about the coming economic crash.
Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:
- Robbie’s podcast Run Your Mouth, plus his show with Dave Smith, Part of the Problem.
- The three joke clips discussed: one, two, and three.
- Audience member at Porcfest trolls Bob, saves the scene.
- The trailer to the Billy Crystal movie, “Mr. Saturday Night.”
- Carlos Lara and Bob on the coming financial storms.
- Details on the May 10, 2019 seminar in Nashville on IBC and the coming crash.
- How you can contribute to the Bob Murphy Show.
The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.
About the author, Robert
Christian and economist, Chief Economist at infineo, and Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute.
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The failure of Robbie’s taliban joke is that he doesn’t make the setup funny enough. Contrast it to George Carlin’s bit from one of the earlier BMS episodes, where there was a great deal of setup required, but he starts cracking jokes during the setup stage, to get the audience to buy in to the later parts.
Regarding your discussion about gold and silver…and this may be a dumb question, but:
Why don’t libertarians talk about other metals and resources such as copper or iron? Copper and iron have practical and industrial uses. So why not invest in that?
I love The Fire, great episode!
The Aristocrats movie was actually created and directed by Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller. They’re also libertarians (although not super “hard core” libertarians).
In case it’s of interest: Hang on Sloopy got tangled up with the Ohio State University marching band in the late sixties and they’ve been playing it ever since. Every alumni knows the song and were no doubt singing along with you.
Ah, thanks! Here it is, for those curious.
Fun Fact: F. A. Hayek does stand up, now, too:
7 Minutes in Purgatory – Adam Lustick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt3JbxJ_Ddw