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Next up isJosh Johnson.
Describe your comedy in five words.Dani Rojas fromTed Lasso: Comedy is lifeeeeee.
Fortunately, they are also the things I am most proud of.
You also have basically brought all the awkwardness of a work meeting to a comedy show.
Should we talk to each other before the show starts?
(I know this is very specific.
It was my third Zoom show ever.
A woman walked in and broke up with her fiance very loudly who was watching the show.)
Who are some of your favorite comedians right now?
They all make me want to be ten times better.
Never lose sight of that.
Just like if you sat next to someone on the bus, how would you start that conversation?
How would you open yourself up to them?
How quickly would you do it?
Just because youre onstage and telling jokes, the way you approach people doesnt actually change.
Looking back at that, you might tell that showing up to bother strangers was my destiny.
Doing that with jokes and storytelling is my dream.
Funny is the goal.
Ironically, when you put funny first, all those things come along for the ride.
Its the funniest people that we find the most edgy, engaging, and interesting.
If youre a stand-up giving us your point of view without trying to be funny, youre just preaching.
Its just not stand-up.
