DELRAY BEACH – Sometimes it seems as though years ago, unbeknownst to anyone, Congress passed a law requiring all comedians to have podcasts.
It’s increasingly difficult these days to find a comedian who doesn’t have a podcast. Finding a good one proves a much tougher task.
John Rich of Barstool Sports, a self-admitted podcast aficionado, finds comedy podcasts to be so universally similar that he decided to create a generic comedy podcast episode, the transcript of which appears below.
Is it all that interesting? No. But that’s the point. To many comedy podcasts are formulaic, rendering themselves boring. Perhaps Rich’s effort will serve as a roadmap of what not to do on a comedy podcast.
Today’s Stand-Up Spotlight also includes Q&As with Lewis Black and E.J. Rogers, along with a feature on Jack Whitehall.
They are a good way to get the funny rolling on a Tuesday.
STAND-UP SPOTLIGHT
I Listened To The Podcasts of Every Stand-Up Comedian in the World and Combined Them All Into One
I spend way too much time listening to podcasts. Obviously, I consume every piece of content my Barstool Sports co-workers put out before anything else. But when I’m done with all of that, I typically listen to podcasts done by various stand-up comedians of the world.
Everyone’s podcast is special in it’s own way. They all have their things that make them unique. But there are a lot of similarities too. So hypothetically, if somebody asked me to write them a script that summed up a generic stand-up comedian’s podcast, it would go something like this.
Lewis Black is still angry, but he’s happy to see you
It’s important to be honest, and the stand-up comedian Lewis Black really “didn’t do well” during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, by his own account.
You remember: those early days of isolation starting in 2020 when people stayed away from each other, life migrated indoors and America got really, really weird. A lot of people are ready to forget and move on.
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Jack Whitehall: Settle Down
Just before the interval of his first tour in four years, Jack Whitehall confesses to always seeking any distraction to avoid having a serious conversation.
That realisation raises the possibility that in the second half the comic will challenge himself to start probing deeper subjects, especially given that the set-up of Settle Down is how, at 34, he is growing up and discarding trivial things as he prepares for fatherhood.
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Comedian EJ Rogers sets record straight on stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy may not be as easy as some might think, and Comedian EJ Rogers sets the record straight about what it takes to get in and stay in the game plus he chats with WJBF Digital about his journey in the world of making others laugh.
How did you get started in stand-up comedy?
Well, at first, there was a competition off of Washington Road at a place called Chevy’s. They had a competition every week. I went there a couple times, and I started getting better and better through the week. Over time, I kept running into great mentors like Cookie Hull, who introduced me and started taking me to certain places, and I just kept going ever since.
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