The Sporkful

Gary Gulman’s Ice Cream Joke Was A Cry For Help

02.26.2024 - By Dan Pashman and StitcherPlay

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Gary Gulman did so many food bits early in his stand-up career that he joked he was "a strictly food-based comic." But as his comedy started to evolve in new directions, the role of food in his act changed, too. Instead of observational humor, Gary now uses food in a more personal way — from talking about ice cream as a window into his clinical depression, to skewering income inequality through a discussion of Pop-Tarts.

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