Let's Talk About Sets!
Jeff McBride & Harrison Tweed
The "science" & craft of stand-up comedy. A playful podcast by comics in NYC.
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Sep 13, 2018 • 1h 34min
Episode 038 WRONG – Mike Recine: “Like a rollercoaster that gets to the top & catches fire”
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, or illogical using material from Dave Chappelle, Patrice O'Neal, Anthony Jeselnik, & Mike Recine himself.
Aug 16, 2018 • 55sec
Bonus Episode 009 – Back After The Burn
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.
Aug 2, 2018 • 1h 47min
Episode 037 COMMITMENT – Andrea Allan: “Ripping your chest open onstage”
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 character, to tone, to material, to act outs, and to oneself.
Jul 5, 2018 • 56min
Bonus Episode 008 – Myq Kaplan “The joke stick is my tongue”
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 material.
Jun 21, 2018 • 1h 35min
Episode 036 WORD ECONOMY – Andy Sandford: “Hook, line, and thinker”
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, Ellen Degeneres, and Steven Wright.
Jun 7, 2018 • 1h 35min
Episode 035 HECKLERS – Luke Touma: “Warm but jabbing”
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, the homophobe, the hater, the moral authority, the fact checker, and more. We share comedy war stories and have a blast listening to explosive heckler take-downs by Chris D'Elia, Joe Klocek, and Arj Barker. This episode was fun as fuck, and fuck is FUN.
May 24, 2018 • 1h 37min
Episode 034 LIKABILITY – Kenny DeForest: “Own it…let it be it”
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? And some great stuff from Patrice O'Neal, Eminem (!?), and Kenny himself.
May 10, 2018 • 1h 59min
Episode 033 TRAGEDY – Doug Smith: “I’ll get a chunk of comedy outta this”
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."
Apr 26, 2018 • 1h 49min
Episode 032 TRUTH – Kaytlin Bailey: “We’re kids throwing shit at the emperor”
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? We explore this and a lot more via bits by Ali Wong, Chris Rock, and Kaytlin herself.
Apr 12, 2018 • 58sec
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