Hi!

Great meeting all of you yesterday, it was definitely fun for me and hope it was for you too.

As mentioned, here are some links you may find entertaining, and a couple of useful attachments (one of which is a bibliography of good books on standup comedy)

This is the Susan Rice video we watched: (Full version “Silver Alert” available on AppleTV+ and Amazon Prime)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9OM_-yaxO0

This is the Gary Gulman video that we didn’t watch:
https://play.hbomax.com/video/watch/c1f234d8-b564-410a-aed3-ae519a53e25e/02d07148-aeb8-4728-8b08-cecc487d9e9b
(requires HBO subscription)

For something different and more edgy - Conan writer Laurie Kilmartin (old friend, toured with her a bit in the late 1980’s)
https://lauriekilmartin.com/specials
(Laurie some years ago created a list of “transitions” for joke structure, it is one of the attachments)

For contrast - A really good “Millennial" comedian Bo Johnson (“six degrees" note:  Bo Johnson’s father is best friends with my former dentist in Shoreline WA hahaha)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJi339sOF4

The most streamed comedian ever (OVER 150 MILLION VIEWS!) and another old friend, another one who was “discovered” after decades of performing.  Just turned 70 Brad Upton
Opening act for Johnny Mathis and Grand Ol Opry regular
https://bradupton.com/

Josh Johnson, from The Daily Show and maybe the best young comedian working today
https://www.youtube.com/@JoshJohnsonComedy

My current most interesting comedian Des Bishop, very “New York” but dual citizen UK/USA and also speaks Mandarin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdlYHOmSpaM

For those of you who did not make the first class, a note that you are welcome to attend, there are no real prerequisites and you will be able to jump right in.

Also this is my email and my cell phone is 310-595-5000;  I am accessible as a resource for all of you throughout this class.

Thanks!

Ron