The Different Talents of YouTube Comedians

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I think YouTube is just different. And I would, I've never done it. But isn't YouTube harder in a way because you've got to pretend there's a live audience there? So it takes all the more effort, energy, dynamism. Like Chappelle, he has a talent. He can just talk for three hours. Doesn't have to be hitting punchlines. And people will just sit there and listen to him. It's megg, it's hypnotic. The only person I know who has that is maybe like Howard Stern. Somehow he can just talk and talk and talks and people will listen. And it's just a different talent,. On Twitter, why

Tyler sat down at Comedy Cellar with owner Noam Dworman to talk about the ever-changing stand-up comedy scene, including the perfect room temperature for stand-up, whether comedy can still shock us, the effect on YouTube and TikTok, the transformation of jokes into bits, the importance of tight seating, why he doesn’t charge higher prices for his shows, the differences between the LA and NYC scenes, whether good looks are an obstacle to success, the oldest comic act he still finds funny, how comedians have changed since he started running the Comedy Cellar in 2003, and what government regulations drive him crazy. They also talk about how 9/11 got Noam into trouble, his early career in music, the most underrated guitarist, why live music is dead in NYC, and what his plans are for expansion.

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Recorded March 15th, 2023.

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