How Stand-Up Comedy Led To A Strange But Perfect Career For Dana Gould

It’s the morning after Dana Gould’s favorite holiday, Halloween, when he picks up the phone to speak with me from Los Angeles. He says one of the great perks of living in LA is that they know how to do Halloween.

The previous night, Gould had taken his two kids to the best trick-or-treating neighborhood, where old friend Tom Kenny, better known as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, lives. They ended up at special effects legend Rick Baker’s house, which he said had a display like a horror-themed Disneyland. And he got to participate in an annual staged reading of “Plan 9 from Outer Space” with a bunch of comedian friends.

“I love it,” he says. “Breaks my heart that it’s over.”

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How Stand-Up Comedy Led To A Strange But Perfect Career For Dana Gould