The Importance of Beauty in Stand Up Comedy

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There haven't been that many truly beautiful women doing stand up comedy. I would not say that that's the reason. When you have real talent, you will make it. But among the people with super talent, I don't think it matters what they look like. And if you do stand up comedy for decades at a high level, but not the Louis C.K. level, but you're successful. You appear in your club all the time. How does that change a person? For 25 years, yeah.

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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