Its kind of a medical miracle, what Mike Birbiglia has done.
No, not fathering a child after fertility doctors informed him my boys dont swim.
(A fact he notes resignedly, isnt surprising becauseIdont swim.)
Credit: Joan Marcus
Rather, he has miraculously breathed life into a catalogue of ancient comedy targets.
Only a fool or a savant would attempt to build an act from these chestnuts.
It concerns, if you havent already guessed, the transmogrification of a comedian into someones father.
Whats the most exciting thing abouthaving baby?
he recalls the instructor asking the parents-to-be.
One womans answer sets him off: I just want to see the world throughbabys eyes!
Laughs from pregnant lady food-cravings?
Still possible throughcomics eyes.
She also sounds super patient.)
This is hardly a spoiler it happens to everybody.
Who would believe them otherwise?A-
