Episode #217: Paul Mecurio
by Paul Mecurio is seen every night by audiences of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as he warms them up before the CBS cameras turn on for …
Tag: crowd work
Audience interactions and crowd work gone awry: Is the customer always right?
Stand-up comedians need an audience to laugh at their jokes and pay for their services. Comedy clubs provide a direct conduit for both, and need …
Todd Barry awards a very special Walgreens, talks “Crowd Work” on Conan
Todd Barry returned to Conan on Monday night to perform stand-up and opened with some prepared material about a certain Walgreens in Chicago that deserves …
Todd Barry “The Crowd Work Tour,” a film special from Louis C.K., an interview via emails
Any comedian can claim a personal association with Louis C.K., and if you’re connected to any New York City stand-up on Facebook these days, then …
Todd Barry’s “The Crowd Work Tour” filmed as special to be released by Louis C.K.
For far too many stand-up comedians, crowd work is a crutch to lean against when you don’t have material. For far too many audience members, …
ABC’s “What Would You Do?”: The stand-up crowd work edition
ABC News has its own version of Candid Camera called What Would You Do?, hosted by John Quiñones. The series asks: “How would you respond …