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Making Stand-Up More Sensitive

Posted on September 13, 2017 by nwilson

Audrey Carleton writes in an Opinion piece for McGill Tribune.com (9/4/2017) that audiences and comics should be more sensitive, not less.  Carleton begins with...

Humor Theories/Stand-Up Comedy/Theories About Audiences

Sense of Humor (soh) and Insult Comedy

Posted on September 12, 2017 by nwilson

Daniel Wickberg, in his book, The Sense of Humor, talks about the importance of having one. In Western culture, it has only been since the mid-eighteen hundreds...

Cases and Current Events/Comics Talking Shop/Stand-Up Comedy

Jason Goliath and Jeannie D Talk About Stories and Laughing

Posted on August 31, 2017 by nwilson

Nontando Mposo of IOL interviewed South African media personality Jeannie D and stand-up Jason Goliath about their upcoming episode of “Celebs Stand Up...

Cases and Current Events/Comics Talking Shop/Stand-Up Comedy

Dustin Wood’s Truth

Posted on August 6, 2017 by nwilson

Danielle Jester interviewed budding comic Dustin Wood for siskiyoudaily.com (7/27/2017), he begins with a discussion of himself as a type of truth teller, at le...

Cases and Current Events/Comics in the News/Stand-Up Comedy

Joel McHale Wants to Make Trump Laugh

Posted on August 5, 2017 by nwilson

In an interview with  Joel McHale of foxnews.com (7/25/2017), Blanche Johnson talks about “making an audience laugh” in a different way: BJ: Joel McHale&#...

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