Stephen Colbert: How “Breaking” on Stage Unlocked His Comedic Powers
The Great Creators with Guy Raz
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Is There a Way to Write a Joke Every Night?
i'm glad you noticed that, because my first exac a guy named ben carlin. For the first few months, he was john's exec and he come over to help us start the show. He would come up to the desk affer the first act, and he wold say, too many jokes. You can't keep this up. And i go, well, so far. And it only accelerated as the show went on. That character was so am unique. The writing, the jokes, the delivery was remarkable. But thet show was, there were so many jokes packed into like 30 seconds, that so many of them would just pass by. They would just fly
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