All Episodes

Mike Fixes Chris’s Five Minutes

Mick Napier: Improv Hacks for Stand-Up Comics

Be Likable Then They'll Laugh with Michael Palascak

A Post-Bomb Recovery Plan

So You Want to be a Comedy Club Host?

We Serve Only Bait and Switch

Blue Printing One Comic's Multiple Humor Heightening Devices

Comedy Coaching and Bit Blueprinting

Producing a Comedy Special with Michael Pasvar

Humor Blueprint Homework

Misdirection (Improving Your Set-Ups)

Traditional Stand-up vs Straight Act Out Comedy

Enhance Your Bits with Emotion (How the Pros Do It)

Diagramming Humor Heightening Devices

The Road to Headlining with CAIN

What Comics can Borrow from Improv with Brittany Taylor

Moving the Pen with Sean O’Brien

Crowd Work with Michael Halcomb

Two Hours of Funny, Every. Single. Day. With Pete Schwaba

How Comics Think While You Laugh (Inside the Comic's Brain)

What Makes an ‘Unlikely Scenario’ Funny? (And Why Comics Love It)

Comic Timing with Tim Alexander

Hook, Line, and Punchline: The Science of Bait and Switch

Hacking a Small Crowd

The "Excellent Choice" Effect: Stand-up Techniques for Public Speaking

Feel Something, Say Something: Turning Topics Into Premises Using Emotions

Hour A Day to Write Comedy? 12 Comics' Advice (part 2)

Work to the Top of Your Intelligence with Jimmy Shubert

The Business Side of Stand-Up

Marketing Your Comedy Brand with David Uribe

Comedy Competitions with Kenny Lee

Not Giving Up on a Bit with CAIN

Punch Lines and Cruise Ships with Brad Tassell

Find the Funny and Never be Annoyed: Payton Payne

Get Better at Comedy Faster with Paul Varghese

Being Yourself on Stage with Dwayne Kennedy

Blue Man Comedy with Jeffrey Nicholas Brown

Million Words Writing Challenge

Comedy as a Booker, Teacher, Mom and Comic: Magen King

Comedy Song Writing with Tim Cavanagh

Creating Distinct Voices with Darren McStay

Turning Topics into Premises

An Hour a Day to Write Jokes? Here's What the Pros Do (Advice from 12 Comedians)

Comedy Drills and Comedy Specials with Jake Vevera

Comedy on Cruises with Lenny Schmidt

Corporate Gigs and Comedy for the Troops with Nathan Timmel

Writing Comedy Monologues with Ben Alper

Mike's first set in 10 years and Book 3 Flexing Your Funny Muscle

Booking Talent with Dan Carlson

An Academic Look at Why Things are Funny: Benign Violation Theory with Dr. Caleb Warren

The Comic and Booker's Advice with Steph Clark

Restarting Stand-up; Copywriting and Comedy with Kevin Rogers

Improv in Acting with Dan Bakkedahl (aka Congressman Roger Furlong)

Developing bits, Doing the small things, and Dry Bar Specials with "The Dented Can" Dobie Maxwell

Chatting with the "Bad" Boy of Comedy: Tom Clark

What a Weak Premise Lacks

In the Writers Room at Key and Peele: Chatting with Rich Talarico

How to Get Booked as a New Comedian

Advice from Two Veteran Comedians: Part 2 with Adam Bloom

Finding Your Comic Genius with Adam Bloom

Handling Hecklers: "Buff your head for a nickel!"

Things I Learned in the First Year of Comedy I Didn't Know at the Start

Warming Up a Cold Crowd

Mistakes a New Comic Makes

10 Things a New Standup Comic Needs to Do

Heightening Bits with Sound Effects and by Overstating the Obvious

Expanding Your Bits with These Devices: Anthropomorphize, Contrast, Cut Back To

Bait and Switch, Cut Forward To, Funny Specifics (Deep Dive into Humor Heightening)

How to Heighten Your Bits

The Humor Blueprint

The Comedy Lens