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is changing so quickly—people forget about stories, new stories

come on. I do change it quite a bit during the tour, actually.

BROWN: Does it make you sad that there’s one night that they film

it, and that’s how it’ll be remembered?

RYAN: Yeah, actually. I do get a little bit of anxiety about that. Some

comics do two shows, so they’ll film the Friday and the Saturday in

the same outfit and then they cut it together, and that’ll be the

special. I think that’s smart. I know Chris Rock, for his special, had it

all over the world, so it’d be like “London! New York! Goodnight Abu

Dhabi!” The thing about stand-up comedy is that as soon as you say

something, it almost feels like it disappears, but once it’s recorded

forever, then it’s different. It gives you such impetus to write a new

show, because you always have to have new material. It can be

very liberating actually to film it, get it in the can, then go out and

write again, go back to the clubs and practice your material.

BROWN: Are you always writing?

RYAN: I just open up the notes app in my phone and I’ll make little

notes about things that I want to go back to later and see if I can

make something of. Right now, for example, are you into

Kardashians at all?

BROWN: No, but I am very aware of them.

RYAN: [laughs] Okay, you’re one of those people. Everyone’s aware

of them, and you either love them or you hate them. Khloe has a

show called out called Revenge Body, and she looks incredible. She’s

been in the gym a lot following her heartbreak and her split from her