Episode 042 SELF-DEPRECATION – Jacob Williams: “That compliment really hurt my feelings”

Episode 042 SELF-DEPRECATION – Jacob Williams: “That compliment really hurt my feelings”

Author: Jeff McBride & Harrison Tweed November 12, 2018 Duration: 1:52:47
Jacob Williams (MTV's Wild 'N Out, Colbert, America's Got Talent, & a lot more) KILLED it in this episode! We absolutely could not stay on topic, and so what? This conversation was UNDENIABLY funny! Between all the goofing around, we hit every angle we could think of on SELF-DEPRECATION in stand-up comedy via bits by Adam Sandler, Demetri Martin, Tom Segura, David Cross, and Jacob Williams himself.

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