@BehindTheJoke | Is current political chaos comedy gold or just plain depressing?
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"I guess I. I'm, I'm on the fence. I don't know what everybody else thinks. Like when the news literally makes me want to cry. I'm having a hard time finding the comedy in it. But I know that it's important to find the comedy in a. As a way to metabolize it. But I feel like even the late night hosts are struggling right now and they're just kind of, you know, outraged, which, who can blame them?"
6 Feb 2025
@BehindTheJoke | does stage time at clubs even matter anymore? or is our comedy destiny in the hands of vertical land of IG clipdom?
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"You know, it's scary to put a joke out there. It's never as funny for me as it is in the room, you know, but I've just ripped the band aid off and started doing it. And it actually is quite freeing because it's like saying, I don't, you know, come for me, whatever, trolls, all that stuff, or even just your peers, you know, wanting them to respect you."
6 Feb 2025
@BehindTheJoke | in LA where big club stage time is coveted and limited-how much energy should we put into making our own shows and opportunities?
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"So this one is near and dear to my heart, obviously, because I wrote it. Sorry. Week six of my cold. So fun. Or wait, this is seven. Dana and I produce a lot of comedy. She produces a weekly mic and a monthly show. And then she and I produce a monthly show at a pretty major club in Los Angeles, Kookaberra Lounge. And then I produce a monthly show called the Big D, which is a divorce matchmaking comedy show at Westside Comedy Theater."
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