Comedian Matteo Lane Answers Stand-Up Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Comedian Matteo Lane joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about stand-up comedy. How do you learn to write funny jokes? Do you think a joke can go too far? Is there a secret to telling jokes well? How do you prepare for your first open mic? Why are some people just naturally funnier than others? Matteo covers all these topics and plenty more on Stand-Up Comedy support.

Matteo Lane's comedy cookbook Your Pasta Sucks is now available: https://matteolanecomedy.com/cookbook/

His upcoming comedy special The Al Dente Special premieres May 16th on Hulu.

0:00 Stand-Up Support
0:21 When do the jokes I write start being funny?
1:24 Becoming comfortable being uncomfortable
2:33 How far is too far with comedy?
3:00 Is there a joke delivery tutorial out there?
3:48 Audience participation
4:15 Authenticity
4:54 A weird laugh
5:29 The two drink minimum keeps the lights on
5:46 Does a comic need a web presence?
6:24 How long do I gotta do this til I get good?
7:20 The craft
8:04 Controlling your own laughter as a comic
8:39 That’s not the funny part…
9:28 This may or may not have happened
10:05 Tips for roasting
10:27 My first open mic
11:01 What kind of arch support are we talking about
11:20 Hey now
12:03 One liners
12:44 Dark humor vs. Actually You’re A Bad Person
12:53 Hecklers
14:04 Set openers
14:53 Some folks are just funny
15:53 Don’t steal
16:23 Ever just make the whole thing up on the spot?
17:00 Chat are we still doing open mics
18:11 The Stand-Up GOAT

Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan
Editor: Richard Trammell
Talent: Matteo Lane
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Talent Booker: Paige Garbarini
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim
Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

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