How to Be a Good Comedian

Johnny Carson said something that blew my mind is in probably one of the only reasons I had the you know confidence or interest in starting a podcast. He would always say a B stand up joke is an age joke if you do it extemporaneously in a conversation right so there's no wasted joke and he taught me that. "I realized early on watching Bob Hope and George Burns they were like made it very clear it's not important to be the funniest comedian"

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