Episode 046 JOKE THEORY PT. 1 – Harrison Greenbaum: “Is it true, is it new, is it you?”

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Let's Talk About Sets!

Jeff McBride & Harrison Tweed

68 episodes

9 months ago

The "science" and craft of stand-up comedy. A playful podcast by comics in NYC.

Hosted by comedians Jeff McBride and Harrison Tweed, the show geeks out over the enigma of stand-up comedy. Laugh and learn with us as we curate some of the best jokes of all time, dissect them, stare at the entrails, and divine their inner workings--all while exploring a "theme" about stand-up as a craft. It's as niche as a documentary about Renaissance oil painting brush bristles...but FUNNY!

If you nerd hard about comedy, or if you actually do stand-up, or ESPECIALLY if part of you has always thought you'd be great at it (but you never tried, you weenie!), then this is your next favorite podcast.

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Episode 046 JOKE THEORY PT. 1 – Harrison Greenbaum: “Is it true, is it new, is it you?”

Let's Talk About Sets!

1 hour 6 minutes 22 seconds

6 years ago

Episode 046 JOKE THEORY PT. 1 – Harrison Greenbaum: “Is it true, is it new, is it you?”

JOKE THEORY (PART 1)
The magically funny, wildly prolific, and hyper-analytical Comedy Cellar comic, Harrison Greenbaum, delivers a masterclass on JOKE THEORY! He's been doing comedy since he was 18 years old, and he wrote his Harvard psych thesis on stand-up! Harrison enthusiastically shares his favorite joke theories he's learned from others; and he generously outlines his own original theories. These are, truly, some of the best and most actionable approaches to jokes we've ever heard. Want to know why your joke doesn't work? Try his Three C's. What makes a joke worth telling AND laugh-inducing? Make sure it has both the Twist AND the Point. He talks about his dead-simple method of slimming down premises (which is forehead-smackingly brilliant), and he shares how he's always thinking in terms "audience processing time" to trim the fat off his jokes. And there's a lot more! His scientific approach to jokes gave us gem after gem of comedy craft. In this episode, part 1, we cover the theories. In part 2, we see them applied in his material.

ABOUT THE GUEST COMIC
Harrison Greenbaum been featured on America's Got Talent, Last Comic Standing, AXS.TV's Gotham Comedy Live, along with many other TV appearances. He's won numerous awards for his comedy, including the Andy Kaufman Award for creativity and originality in comedy, the Shorty Award from Comedy Central, and Best Emerging Comic from the New York Comedy Festival. He's got writing credits up the wazoo, performs in over 600 shows a year, and on top of all that, Harrison also saws doves in half and conjures flocks of women into the air as magic. Or something like that.

FEATURED BITS ON THIS EPISODE
- Emo Phillips - How God Works (1980)
- Harrison Greenbaum - America's Got Talent (2017)

HARRISON'S JOKE THEORY ARTICLES
http://harrisoncomedy-blog.tumblr.com/post/1005084660/the-secret-of-comedy-or-the-necktie-theory-of
http://harrisoncomedy-blog.tumblr.com/post/1353987057/why-we-laugh-or-joke-resonance-and-universal
http://harrisoncomedy-blog.tumblr.com/post/84849841005/the-twist-and-the-point-part-i-the-twist
http://harrisoncomedy-blog.tumblr.com/post/84940811000/the-twist-and-the-point-part-ii-the-point

And a huge thanks to to our guest, Harrison Greenbaum! What a mensch.

FOLLOW HARRISON GREENBAUM:
- INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/harrisoncomedy/
- TWITTER: https://twitter.com/harrisoncomedy
- FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/hrgreenbaum
- WEBSITE: http://www.harrisongreenbaum.com/

SEE HARRISON LIVE: http://www.harrisongreenbaum.com/tourdates.html
- The Dark Horse Comedy Club in NYC on Fri, January 25, 9:00pm – 10:30pm
- Gotham Comedy Club in NYC on Mon, January 28, 7:00pm – 8:45pm

CHECK OUT HIS MAGIC: http://www.harrisonmagic.com/

Special thanks to Emo Philips' weirdly perfect jokes.

And, forever and ever, you spice up our lives, Salt N' Peppa.

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CREDITS:
For this episode, our sometimes editor and executive producer, Bobbi Jeanne Misick, has our heartfelt gratitude. She's absolutely wonderful to work with--she's punctual, highly skilled, communicates clearly and with a great sense of humor,