A biography for Josh Gondelmanhasn’t been written yet.
“For many comedians, two common anxiety triggers include performing in front of family members and doing brand new material.”
“I appreciate how central religion is in the lives other people, but it has never resonated with me. I imagine this is how lots of people feel about things I love, like rap music or, it turns out, sports.”
“'The Big Lebowski''s soundtrack has had as much of an influence on me as the film itself. My favorite Bob Dylan song is 'The Man in Me,' which plays over the movie's opening credits as well as during the first dream sequence.”
“I think the term 'Twitter comedian' can seem like a pejorative because it's not a job, really, and there's such a low barrier for entry to get started.”
“Big romantic gestures are only as strong as the relationships they happen in.”
“A standup set ends on a buildup of tension and subsequent release for a big laugh.”
“The modern ease of catfishing has had the tangential effect of growing a cottage industry of websites offering the services of fake Internet girlfriends.”
“Honest doesn't necessarily mean unfiltered.”
“I don't consider myself a nerd; I consider myself a dork more. I'm closer to a dork, if anything, just because I'm not good at stuff. I'm more like a failed non-nerd.”
“Why is it okay to write a work of literary fiction where horrible, explicit things happen, where you can't write a book of humor where silly, explicit things are happening?”
“When you're hot, you stride confidently down the street, extending your form to hail a taxi to take you from place to place. My body is designed for squeezing into packed subway cars and apologizing to those whose feet I clumsily step on.”
“I love 'Another Round.' It's Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton's podcast that's through BuzzFeed, and they're real funny and really themselves. And I like it because it's very funny, but it's outside the realm of comedians talking about comedy.”
“My mom worked as an education director.”
“Sure, sometimes I get teased for being the guy who likes everything, but I don't think of myself as someone apart from this world.”
“I value niceness. But now, as a grown person, I value goodness above that. Because niceness doesn't change anything, and goodness changes things.”
“I like to see my parents, and they like it when I'm around.”
“Often, when I leave the house, I dress for comfort. On my better days, I shoot for 'matching.'”
“The thing they don't tell you about a Tough Mudder is that, for all the adrenaline pumping and barbed-wire-bicep-tattoo sporting, a lot of the day is fairly idyllic and contemplative. I hadn't spent so much time jogging through the woods in years - or ever.”
“I feel like, in Boston, I was a little too complacent. I could get on stage when I wanted. I didn't feel like I was pushing myself. I could get work in New England and not have to travel too much.”
“I tweeted that Tom Brady's politics are 'garbage,' which may have been hyperbolic.”