Cody Swindell

Cody discussed growing up poor enough to be jealous but not completely poor. He told a story about a friend bragging about being pushed down stairs by his dad because the family had two floors. True and well-written material.

• Family wasn't poor enough to be poor, just poor enough to be jealous of rich friends.
• Friend bragging about being pushed down stairs because family has two floors (stairs to brag about).

Cody's first stand-up contrasted conventional wisdom about following others with irony, jokes about avoiding crowded bars but doing it anyway, and accidental earthquake from someone's ass in a bar.

• If everyone jumps off bridge, would jump too—why trust shitty bridge
• Do things everyone does like crowded bars I hate, then woman's ass shakes drink
• Elevator mechanic job has its ups and downs