Pete Holmes Talks Reclaiming Show Biz Magic Amidst An Unrecognizable New Landscape, Disappearance Of Talent Incubation & Learning From Younger Comics – Comedy Means Business Podcast

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Attention, fans: Pete Holmes has reached “cruising altitude.”

Twenty-five years into his stand-up career, Holmes has settled into a new rhythm as a performer. He no longer wants to be a “rock polisher,” he says, grinding out three to four sets a night, as he did for many years.

In the interest of preserving his love for the craft, “I look at comedy like a cactus at this point in my career: I try to water it just as little as possible,” he explains in today’s episode of our Comedy Means Business podcast. “I’m really trying to dial it in. How can I have as much of a normal life and be with my wife and daughter as much as I can…but still do comedy?”

Coming off the release of his special, Silly Silly Fun Boy, Holmes resides 90 minutes north of Los Angeles and explains that

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