You’re Not Funny

In this episode, Chris and Adam wear clothing before a live studio audience. Phew.

Chris and Adam explore anticomedy. Or ant-y comedy.

Chris just got back from a road trip, and wants to know if Adam has ever gone on tour. Inevitably this leads to tips about checking your room for bedbugs.

Chris talks about all sorts of comedy canon shows that he doesn’t really like, and Adam keeps bringing up nudity. It gets awkward.

Chris asks Adam to help him unpack his questions about why we would do such a thing. Why create? Why put your creations out before an audience? What level of audience is necessary to sustain the act of creation? What's the relationship between audience and creator? Is there anything worse than fame? Pretty sure we solved all those questions, tbh.

Adam emceed the talky bit of the Megaphonic party a few weeks ago, and so he and Chris discuss their approaches to helping audiences make it through the night.

Adam’s new sitcom is picked up by Netflix, while Chris’s Edinburgh show gets an unexpected award. Oh, wait, no. April Fools, dammit.

How do you open a show? What does the opening joke (or opening song) do?

Chris and Adam discuss the effects of alcohol, pot, and whatnot on performing (and on the rest of your life).

A scene can be made of friends, or it can be made of people who have no interest in being friends. We’re on Team Muppet.

Who are you when you’re onstage? Adam tells the tale of one comedian who developed his act in the worst possible way. [No, we’re not linking to him.]

Is a joke affected by the tools you write it with? Chris and Adam compare note[book]s.

Some people like puns, and other people are wrong.

Are comedy clubs the best place to perform comedy, and music clubs the best place to perform music? Adam and Chris compare notes.

Chris and Adam talk about first impressions, and how Adam started in comedy.

Coming soon! Chris thinks he could write comedy, if he tried. Adam has written comedy professionally, and he's not so sure.