How Steve Martin & Nate Bargatze "make the audience play catch up"
Why you should roll over jokes.
Me on the radio promoting my show in Narrowsburg, NY on October 18 (tickets).
Change your tempo. Roll over jokes. Don’t wait for the laugh. Be uneven. And I found that unevenness gets the audience attention. They can’t look away because they’re going to miss it. Blow past the joke. Don’t stand there and wait. Make the audience play catch up.
One comic who does a great job at this is Nate Bargatze. For example…
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