Thank You For Coming To Hattiesburg: One Comedian's Tour Of Not-quite-the-biggest Cities In The World

  • Author: Todd Barry
  • Narrator: Todd Barry
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 5:27:32
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Synopsis

“With this charming, sardonic debut, stand up comedian and actor Todd Barry makes readers laugh as hard as the audiences at his shows” (Publishers Weekly) in this hilarious book of travel essays from his time on tour in the US, Canada, and Israel.

Hello. It’s Todd Barry. Yes, the massively famous comedian. I have billions of fans all over the world, so I do my fair share of touring. While I love doing shows in the big cities (New York, Philadelphia), I also enjoy a good secondary market (Ithaca, Bethlehem). Performing in these smaller places can be great because not all entertainers stop there on tour; they don’t expect to see you. They’re appreciative. They say things like “Thank you for coming to Hattiesburg” as much as they say “Nice show.” And almost every town has their version of a hipster coffee shop, so I can get in my comfort zone.

My original plan was to book one secondary market show in all fifty states, in about a year, but that idea was funnier than anything in my act. So, instead of all fifty states in a year, my agent booked multiple shows in a lot of states, plus Israel and Canada.

Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg is part tour diary, part travel guide, and part memoir (Yes, memoir. Just like the thing presidents and former child stars get to write). Follow me on my journey of small clubs, and the occasional big amphitheater. Watch me make a promoter clean the dressing room toilet in Connecticut, see me stare at beached turtles in Maui, and see how I react when Lars from Metallica shows up to see me at a rec center in Northern California.

I’d love to tell you more, but I need to go book a flight to Evansville, Indiana.

Chapters

  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 21 April 16

    Duration: 07min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 22 April 18

    Duration: 03min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 23 April 19

    Duration: 04min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 24 April 30

    Duration: 07min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 25 May 8

    Duration: 05min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 26 May 21

    Duration: 07min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 27 May 22

    Duration: 02min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 28 June 3

    Duration: 07min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 29 June 18

    Duration: 07min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 30 June 20

    Duration: 05min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 31 July 17

    Duration: 06min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 32 July 19

    Duration: 03min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 33 July 23

    Duration: 04min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 34 July 26

    Duration: 03min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 35 September 4

    Duration: 03min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 36 September 5

    Duration: 02min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 37 September 11

    Duration: 06min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 38 September 12

    Duration: 05min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 39 September 16

    Duration: 05min
  • ThankYouForComingToHattiesburg 40 September 17

    Duration: 04min
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