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Next up is Brian Bahe.
His face would get red and hed start yelling.
I didnt do it intending to be funny nor was I a troublemaker or class clown.
I just wrote it because it felt right to do in the moment.
He didnt see it and taught a good chunk of the day not realizing it was there.
When he did see it, he went into one of his rage spirals asking who wrote it.
No one said anything.
We laughed and laughed.
Then he left that on the whiteboard and went back to teaching.
What unscripted or reality series do you think youd excel at?
What archetype do you think youd be?I dont watch a ton of reality TV.
My archetype would be the liar/backstabber/betrayer.
I would be terrible at the physical challenges, but I would excel at the social game.
I come from a big family.
My mom is one of eight kids, and my dad is one of nine kids.
So my entire childhood, I was surrounded by countless cousins, aunts, and uncles.
I got really good at moving under the radar, listening in on conversations unnoticed, and trauma bonding.
Unfortunately, it was one of the only office jobs I actually liked.
I was doing social media for this nonprofit called IllumiNative.
I didnt realize until the end of the show that Oscar Isaac was in the audience.
Ive been enjoying jokes that are a slow build.
So thats how I have a go at approach joke-writing now.
Tell us everything about your worst show ever.
(This can involve venue, audience, other comedians on the lineup anything!
)I actually want to go on record that I like doing bad shows.
That is objectively funny.
It was a show with an all-queer lineup.
I took a train to Connecticut with two other comedians.
Then we got picked up and driven to some bar in a quaint-looking beach town.
I dont remember what time the show started, but it felt early because the sun was still out.
It was a pretty packed room.
I think I was first on the lineup after the host, and I was doing 20 minutes.
I followed it up with some questions: Do you know who Michael Barbaro is?
Do you listen toThe Daily?
Theyd heard of it.
Do they own guns?
But would I do that show again?
And then the audience would go nuts.
Living in New York and being gay, you encounter finance gays or just gays with money.
I found that to be so funny that he was dead serious about stocks.
Stocks and peoples interest in them are one of those things that I cant wrap my head around.
Like, I can understand murderers and why they murder.
That makes sense to me: They have this intense emotion or lack thereof and then they murder.
I think hes super-funny and just a great joke writer.
I think hes writing forThis Foolnow, which is a show I love.
Johan, if youre reading this, lets get coffee or something.
Also,Shawn Escarcigas(a.k.a.
@missladysalad) Instagram feed is slay mama house down boots.
I knew nepotism is a whole thing, especially after living in New York for almost nine years.
It feels like our fate is already sealed in a way.
And it cant just be someone who is exactly like that nepo baby.
Straight white guys cant just help non-nepo straight white guys.
Nepo babies need to seek out creatives doing things and telling stories that are completely unlike theirs.
Cut to me being evicted from Hollywood.
Any time Im asked what song I want to come out onstage to, its that song.
Its by Christina Milian.
Its message is timeless and still resonates today, especially in this cultural and political climate.
Im also shocked at how many people still know the words to it when it plays at a show.
She said that whatever artistic field it is youre pursuing, you gotta consume that art.
It sounds obvious, I know, but at the time it kinda blew my mind.
Ive applied that logic to comedy.
This doesnt mean I like everything.
[Matthew McConaughey voice] Things move and change while they stay the same.
Its always a white person who says that.
I usually mention that Im Indigenous pretty early in my sets.
I have a quick joke where I say my traditional Native American name is Chipotle Bathroom Code.
But I dont think thats what they actually want.
What they want to hear are jokes from an Indigenous perspective.
But the tea is that all of my jokes are from an Indigenous perspective.
A lot of people see Indigenous people as this exotic group.
Its about taking a specific experience and through jokes making it this universal, relatable thing to laugh at.
