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I entered both Carolina’s Funniest Comic, and Port City’s Top Comic competitions! I’ve made it to round 2 of CFC and have made it to the finals of PCTC! These are my first comedy competitions and I’m havin a great time. Some of my best comedy friends have moved on with me and I’m looking forward to performing along side them in the coming weeks! Round 2 of CFC is on...

May 1st

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Following the Fear

In February I took a stand-up workshop with Comedian and Late Show with David Letterman Talent Coordinator Eddie Brill. He talked about how he likes to write on stage. In other words, saying what comes to mind, seeing what works, then refining it show after show. I thought that was an interesting way to approach the craft. I decided to start doing the same thing because I find that no matter how...

Apr 7th

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ZOMG! :0 I just texted what to who?

I often type out ideas for jokes into my phone. Unfortunately it’s not a smart phone and I don’t have a way to keep notes. So I start a text message to twitter, save it as a draft and usually copy the ideas to google docs at a later date. This usually works out well since I rarely tweet from my phone. This is an ass backwards way of keeping notes, but it works for me… scratch...

Feb 28th

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Stand-update! I was asked to open for Kumail Nanjiani’s Christmas Eve Eve show! I saw Kumail last year and thought he was amazing. I would never have guessed that I would get to do this! I had a really great time. I was also asked to be part of a Rooftop Comedy / Comedy Central Jokes.com showcase! This show will feature 15 comics doing 5 mins each. This show will be a lot of fun,...

Dec 28th

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Harold, Stand-up, and More or Less. So what’s been goin’ on? Haven’t posted in a while, got caught up on being a bum. But! some great things have happened since my last post! Since starting my improv journey at UCB NY and spending a year taking all the improv classes at DSI Comedy Theater ’ve finally accomplished a goal I set for myself. I auditioned and was placed on my...

Dec 28th

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Standin up at the Del Close Marathon While in NYC for the 12th annual Del Close Marathon, Jesse Jones gave me the opportunity to do some stand-up! There were some seasoned comics on the roster, so I felt great to be part of the show. Here’s the lineup from the evening. Jesse Jones Mark Normand Joe Larson Shane Smith Chelsea White Todd Montesi Aaron Kominos-Smith Jeremy Banks Justin...

Aug 4th

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iaskquestions asked: How do you find the most success brainstorming ideas for your standup jokes? Any particular methods that work?

Jul 13th

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Here’s a quick new joke I tried out at...

Jul 13th

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What happened at the first meeting of Fight Club?...

Jun 27th

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Expertise

How do I calculate my hours? Any time I rehearse, practice, or perform I log it. I was hoping I could include the hours I’ve spent over the years making people laugh but, according to wikipedia, that wouldn’t be fair. expertise… comes about through long periods of deliberate practice. So that’s what I will do. I will also record the hours I spend watching/analyzing...

Jun 10th

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Transitions! ¡Ay Dios Mio!

Last night during our Improv Slam post-mortem we were discussing the game we played called Serious Scene. I was called out for how I would leave/transition out of the scene. I would hang my head, hunch my shoulders and walk to the side of the stage. I’d been playing up the fact that I was “out” in a sad trombone way. It was explained that I should stay upbeat keep the energy...

Jun 6th

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PT Scarborough Is A Movie

Last night at DSI Comedy Theater I saw PT Scarborough Is A Movie. The show was amazing! Here’s a quick description of the show from DSI. Veteran improviser PT Scarborough does the unimaginable: completely overdubbing the soundtrack to a motion picture, live before your eyes. Based on films the audience has randomly chosen, PT takes to the stage by himself to spin whatever’s...

Jun 5th

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Here’s my set at Goodnights from last night....

Jun 3rd

Here’s just under 4 mins of me doing my...

Mar 18th

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I recently finished 2 standup classes at DSI Comedy Theater in Carrboro. I’ve performed two student shows there, but this was my first attempt at standup at another club. I was the first to go, and only had two minutes to knock out some jokes, but I think it went well. They told me I should come back next week which is exciting. I’m looking forward to seeing where this comedy stuff takes me. Even...

Feb 18th

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I recently finished my first standup class at the DSI Comedy Theater in Carrboro, NC. I’ve found the exploration and process of comedy writing to be enormously gratifying. My first show went really well, better than I could have hoped. The theater was packed for both the Stand Up 101, and 201 graduation shows. I’m sure years from now I’ll be extremely embarrassed about this video, but right now I...

Dec 11th

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Tofu: an essay on the state of stand-up and the... →

Great new blog post by comedian Joe Klocek.

Dec 11th

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Interesting story about the challenges of stand up...

Dec 11th