The Comical Heathen Episode Two: Kevin Downey Jr

Today’s epsiode features my conversation with Kevin Downey Jr.  I was fortunate to catch Kevin right before he went on stage. We were at the Hollywood Casino in Mahoning Ohio, and that explains the background noise you hear. Because Kevin was soon to take the stage we had to keep it quick, so this interview is a littler shorter than most of the rest of them. Still, I was so excited to catch him for a few minutes.

A seasoned pro and dare I say world class joke-writer, you may know Kevin from his appearances on America’s Got Talent. Also, he has recently entered the rotation of guest panelists on FOX’s Red Eye, so he gives us some insight into what it’s like on that show. He also contradicts my premise about stand up comedy as a venue for religious push back since September 11^th, instead he thinks he has seen LESS religious satire in recent years, and I’ll let him explain why. He also tells us why he considers Doug Stanhope one of the best out there today. That is what you can expect to hear on this interview with Kevin Downey Jr.

 

Interesting Links:

Kevin Downey Jr's website:  http://www.kevindowneyjr.tv/

Goerge Carlin Way:  https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/nyregion/honoring-george-carlin-with-his-own-manhattan-block.html?_r=0

A link to the journal that contains the Gregory Paul article, "Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies: A First Look":  http://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/toc/2005.html

You can contact the Comical Heathen at:  comicalheathen@gmail.com