Let's Talk About Sets!

Let's Talk About Sets!


Latest Episodes

Episode 038 WRONG – Mike Recine: “Like a rollercoaster that gets to the top & catches fire”
September 13, 2018

Conan alum Mike Recine is a national headliner & a hysterically twisted joke writer--the perfect guy to explore WRONG comedy. This hilariously earnest chat covers bits that are morally "wrong," factually incorrect,

Bonus Episode 009 – Back After The Burn
August 16, 2018

Jeff is off to Burning Man. We'll be back with our regular bi-weekly production schedule in the fall. - For more information about the coolest fucking thing I've ever participated in, see burningman.org.

Episode 037 COMMITMENT – Andrea Allan: “Ripping your chest open onstage”
August 02, 2018

Andrea Allan, an aggressive, crazy, "wild animal" of a comedian, joins us to chart COMMITMENT through stand-up comedy via bits by Doug Stanhope, Eddie Murphy, and Kurt Metzger. We have a blast in this very dirty episode exploring commitment to characte...

Bonus Episode 008 – Myq Kaplan “The joke stick is my tongue”
July 05, 2018

Happy 4th! Here's a GREAT mini-episode featuring the prolific linguistic genius, Myq Kaplan. Myq hilariously shares how he approaches presenting a minority opinion; and he gives in-depth explanations on both his process and attitude for generating new ...

Episode 036 WORD ECONOMY – Andy Sandford: “Hook, line, and thinker”
June 21, 2018

Nationally touring stand-up comedian & Aqua Teen Hunger Force alum, Andy Sandford, revs his writer's Prius to taut WORD ECONOMY. Levity is brevity, but word economy means more than that. We laugh and pick apart some great bits by Jeff Caldwell,

Episode 035 HECKLERS – Luke Touma: “Warm but jabbing”
June 07, 2018

Boston-forged comic Luke Touma tackles HECKLERS to explore why people heckle, different kinds of hecklers, and how to deal with them. What specific tactics, tricks, and attitudes work best? We talk about the instigator, the attention whore,

Episode 034 LIKABILITY – Kenny DeForest: “Own it…let it be it”
May 24, 2018

The all-too-likable and contagiously funny comic, Kenny DeForest (Seth Meyers, HBO's Crashing), joins us to discuss LIKABILITY. What makes a comic likable or not? How does that relate to authenticity, status, and confidence?

Episode 033 TRAGEDY – Doug Smith: “I’ll get a chunk of comedy outta this”
May 10, 2018

The brilliant storyteller and comedian Doug Smith explores the use of TRAGEDY in stand-up with us through a seminal bit by Patton Oswalt and a story Doug recently performed on Comedy Central's "This Is Not Happening."

Episode 032 TRUTH – Kaytlin Bailey: “We’re kids throwing shit at the emperor”
April 26, 2018

Storyteller extraordinaire Kaytlin Bailey opens the legs of her life to investigate the role of TRUTH in stand-up comedy. What kinds of truth are there, and what is the role of the comedian as it relates to telling the truth?

Announcement
April 12, 2018

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