Ep 22: Justin Torres with Al Franken’s Stuart Smalley

Wherever you are, stop! Take a look in the mirror and say, “You’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and dog gonnit, people like me.” That’s what Al Franken’s most memoriable SNL character Stuart Smalley would want you to do. He’d also want you to listen to New York improv extraordinaire Justin Torres as he embraces the heaviness of the pandemic on our community. In this episode, Justin takes us back to the 90s to talk about not appriorate homophobia in comedy while embracing all that’s amazing about Stuart Smalley. Lots of self love, lots of introspection, and lots of technical choppiness (sorry). A very, very, very thoughtful episode waits for you.

“He would build a gingerbread house for all the gingerbread men who didn’t make it.” ~ Justin

Published by Matt Alspaugh

Matt is a podcaster and improviser with Coldtowne Radio in Austin. He's also a sports/pop culture op-ed writer on Medium. Matt loves baseball, pizza, bike rides, coffee, and everything about San Diego. He lives with his with Maryann and their dog Rockford J. Montana just outside of Austin.

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