Comedy
Comedian Claims Estonia Had First Generation of Stand-Up After Soviet Collapse
Theo Von
#659 - Ari Matti
What was said
"We were the first generation of comedians. Open mics would have hundreds of people. In Estonia. Yeah, open mics, literally people squeezing in just to see this new art form. No one's ever made an airplane joke. I'm going to do a fucking 12-minute closer. That would be so hacky here, but it's the first time anyone's talked about this."
Ari Matti revealed that he was part of Estonia's first generation of stand-up comedians following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. He described explosive interest in the art form, with hundreds attending open mics to witness uncensored comedy for the first time, and noted that material considered hacky in the West was revolutionary in post-Soviet Estonia.
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- #659 - Ari Matti
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