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Steven Wright Style of Comedy
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1:01:59 - 1:07:56 (05:57)

The Steven Wright style of comedy is probably the most difficult, with complete non sequiturs. Whether a comedian is funny or not depends on the material and the energy with the audience, as seen by how the jokes were not landing for five people but the audience still laughed and swayed back and forth.

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The speaker remembers a time when he was in the audience of a stand-up comedy show and fell in love with it, despite others not finding it as funny.
1:01:59 - 1:04:36 (02:37)
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Stand-up comedy
Summary

The speaker remembers a time when he was in the audience of a stand-up comedy show and fell in love with it, despite others not finding it as funny. He goes on to discuss how this experience influenced his decision to eventually perform stand-up comedy himself, but acknowledges the struggle of starting out.

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Steven Wright Style of Comedy
Episode
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Podcast
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The speaker suggests that to become funnier, one needs to be willing to examine their shortcomings, spend time with uncomfortable thoughts, and perhaps experiment with psychedelic drugs.
1:04:36 - 1:06:50 (02:14)
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Comedy
Summary

The speaker suggests that to become funnier, one needs to be willing to examine their shortcomings, spend time with uncomfortable thoughts, and perhaps experiment with psychedelic drugs.

Chapter
Steven Wright Style of Comedy
Episode
#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
In this podcast episode, Joe Rogan and his guest discuss the difficulty of doing stand-up comedy, with special emphasis on non sequitur style comedy like Steven Wright's.
1:06:50 - 1:07:56 (01:06)
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stand-up comedy
Summary

In this podcast episode, Joe Rogan and his guest discuss the difficulty of doing stand-up comedy, with special emphasis on non sequitur style comedy like Steven Wright's.

Chapter
Steven Wright Style of Comedy
Episode
#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast