Susan Ware interview

Susan Ware is a comedian that I deeply admire ever since I was booked on the same show at Ireland's 32 in Van Nuys thanks to Tim McCray and Ian Ira Rousso. Susan's comedy is smart, succinct, witty and reminds me a lot like Mitch Hedberg. Susan is actually half-Syrian and a long time resident of North Hollywood. Susan loves Anthony Jeselnik, Maria Bamford, Steven Wright, Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton. She doesn't like younger comics doing sex jokes and talking about pronouns. Susan actually went through an Ice House comedy training program with Bobbie Oliver and apparently introduced Bobbie to the Tao building as a real estate person. She's originally from San Francisco. Susan gave us a lot of good advise on comedy and pauses. I learn a lot from Susan's pauses because literally she can do a 10 minute set and it will be more impactful just because of the well-timed pauses and you wouldn't even notice the 10 minutes passing by. She said she makes sure to say jokes aloud while practicing and editing like a ruthless person. Her original goal for moving to LA was to become a TV screenwriter which explains her writing skills. She's been doing comedy since she was 65 and now turning 81 this year. She doesn’t like Trump very much and calls him a narcissist. I honestly think Susan is one of the best comedians I ever met. Thank you so much for the visit, Susan! We ended up talking a lot about politics and shitting on Trump and ICE together lol. #terrybupodcast #losangeelscsomedyscene3