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Standup Comedy
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The primary goal of a standup comedian is to be funny.
“the only goal of a comedian is to be funny”
The Adam Friedland Show · Mar 2024 · 1 episode · 249K views on this topic
Comedians should focus on the quality of their material and refrain from padding their specials with filler to reach a certain time limit.
“a lot of these people stretching out an hour but they only got 20 minutes of laughter so mind why don't you just put the 25 minutes of your laughter in there and have them want more than not want to than not want no more”
2 Bears, 1 Cave · Jul 2024 · 1 episode · 239K views on this topic
Charlie Puth claims that standup comedy is the most difficult and frightening profession.
“Well, standup I I think is the hardest job. It's the most scary I would say for sure.”
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 122K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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