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What Makes Us Laugh

What Makes Us Laugh

Di: GD Fenderson & Alan Katz
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Writer, performer and stand up comedian GD Fenderson and Movie/TV writer/producer A L Katz (HBO's Tales From The Crypt) discuss what makes them laugh personally and what makes us laugh culturally. What exactly do we even mean by "a sense of humor"? From the eureka moment of imagining a punch line to the business of selling it, just like its subtitle says, What Makes Us Laugh is a serious look at the craft of creating comedy.

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    THE BLURB: Though Kayleigh Weathers has been a therapist for a long time (she coaches queer folks on attachment styles and connecting with themselves), she's relatively new to standup comedy. That gives us a great POV on how someone with such a smart, distinctive voice, learns how to translate that into a standup routine. As you'll hear, Kayleigh was born Lesbian and raised Mormon (where the message was "pray the gay away"). That created more than enough internal conflict to power several standup careers. Comedy as very real therapy.


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    Please check out the whole family of great podcasts at Costard & Touchstone Productions. Your next podcast addiction is just a click away!

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    If you enjoy this podcast and want to sample more like it, please visit us at Costard & Touchstone.com


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