What Joey Diaz has said about Stand-up comedy craft

3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 25, 2026

Joey Diaz, Comedian and podcaster known for The Church of What's Happening Now, has been quoted on Stand-up comedy craft 3 times in 1 episode of This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, most recently on September 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Diaz says that despite hardships including jail, he would repeat his entire comedy career.
“including my jail sentence, the first 10 years of comedy and everything else that's happened the last 40 years, I would do it all over again”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #685 - Joey Diaz (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:11:37
Diaz says he has abandoned corporate comedy and no longer cares about being canceled, focusing only on being funny.
“I decided I'm going to do comedy, but it's not corporate comedy. It's 63, I don't give a fuck if I get canceled”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #685 - Joey Diaz (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:40:37
Diaz says he plans to go all out in comedy until he turns 65 and then reevaluate.
“I have an 18-month window until I turn 65, and that goal is to give it all out, balls out”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #685 - Joey Diaz (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:43:27

Episodes

#685 - Joey Diaz
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Sep 25, 2026 · 2 h 1 min
Theo Von and Joey Diaz talk in Asbury Park about Diaz's mother's death, raising his daughter, his move to New Jersey, Austin comedy plans, and sobriety.

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