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A two-part conversation covering comedy craft, Hollywood survival, parenting, and why cool is a moving target.
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In this episode
- How comedy bits actually take shape through live performance
- Why chasing what is cool can work against you as an artist
- What the brutal give and take of Hollywood looks like from the inside
- How to think about marketing as a necessary part of creative work
About this episode
Patton Oswalt talks about life, love, parenting, fandom, art and comedy in an episode so great it had to be two! We talk about putting in the work to be an actor, and how comedy bits form on stage, and how dismissing bands for not being cool is a dangerous game since cool changes on a dime, we talk about the need to bring marketing into everything we do, we talk about blow hards demanding audiences, and the brutal give and take of Hollywood on all levels. We also talk “King of Queens”, “AP Bio”, Black Sabbath, sci-fi, finding your place in the world, coming up in the golden age of stand-up and much much more in this super-sized two part DBAWJK podcast.Bio:Patton Oswalt is a comic/actor/writer, but in alphabetical order.
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About Don't Be Alone with Jay Kogen
Don’t Be Alone with Jay Kogen is a comedy/advice podcast trying to fight the isolation of modern life. Each episode, Award winning TV writer/comedian/philosopher Jay Kogen has a conversation with a friend about how to solve the problems on Jay’s mind.
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