#315 - COMEDY Magic 🎩

What if you could weave a spell with just your words, leaving people helpless with laughter? That's exactly what our guest does through the art of stand-up comedy. This week, we sit down with a passionate comedian who breaks down the fascinating mechanics behind making people laugh consistently. Discover how an analytical and mathematical approach to comedy sets them apart, and learn about the value of meticulously writing and preserving these comedic treasures over the years. This episode offers a glimpse into the intricate process of crafting jokes and the dedication required to hone this magical craft.

But there's more to our guest than just the world of comedy. Their background as a soldier and their commitment to wrestling and jujitsu add unique dimensions to their disciplined work ethic and balanced life. Find out how these different passions intersect in meaningful ways, shaping a well-rounded and driven individual. This heartfelt episode underscores the importance of pursuing multiple passions and how each can complement and enrich the other. Join us for an inspiring conversation that highlights the beauty of embracing and excelling in diverse facets of life.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

You know I love stand-up comedy so much and, truthfully to me, I believe that in a lot of ways, it's the closest thing to magic there is. So what if I told you, kind of like a magic spell, I could say a combination of certain words. They're so powerful, okay, without any control in your body, it's going to make you not just feel good but push a sound out of your body. Laughter is the only thing that can make you do that. You can make someone angry, you could do anything you want, but in the most beautiful way, laughing is the only thing that, with the correct words, you can do that. And I have not just the ability and the gift and more, but that's my passion. And the crazy part is, if I said, I'm going to do that consistently, that is amazing. That is what standup comedy is is it is making someone laugh consistently. And I'm very analytical and I'm very mathematical, okay, and I truly believe that anyone and I told some of this the other day could be a world-class stand-up comedian. What sets aside myself and those elite and in one group and a legitimate stand-up comedian from everyone else in the world is that most people, when something hilarious happens, okay, it might just be like a fleeting moment. The true stand-up comedian recognizes whether it's them that says it or someone else that says it, writes it down and uses it on stage.

Speaker 1: 1:58

Now, I've been writing for so much longer than I've been performing, so much longer than I've been performing, and I have I have, without exaggeration, probably close near over a thousand pages of story. No well, yeah, I'd say that's fair to say, because in the army I didn't really have an opportunity to go out and I wanted to really have an opportunity to go out and I wanted to. Um, so I've been writing jokes a lot longer than performing. But, um, I have like a whole library of different topics because maybe I'll hear something or I'll think of something or I'll do something and, um, I'll be writing comedy. And if I have something kind of like a, like a recipe, like you're eating right, I look in that genre of information that I'm talking about for that new material and I look at all my older stuff that I wrote from, however, many years ago, and a lot of times I find these like golden nuggets of great information, of stories, and I can tie them together and it's been such a blessing to really be organized. But, um, yeah, I was just thinking about that today. How it's beautiful and it's amazing and, um, it's, it's part of who I truly am.

Speaker 1: 3:18

You know, I mentioned to someone the other day that stand-up comedy is my greatest love, essentially in this entire world, and that's really true. But I believe that people are like Rubik's Cubes, meaning they have multiple different sides, because I'm also a soldier. That is my work ethic, that's who I am. Okay, I am without making an entire list, but I am passionate and beyond in all these different parts of my life and some of those parts of my life, I am unfulfilled because I haven't reached certain goals or whatever. Okay, but I, first off, I think it's amazing. Second off, to mention, I think that everybody, if you don't have one thing, you should find one thing, at least one.

Speaker 1: 4:23

It could be more. My other thing, for example, on another side of me, that keeps me in my regimented and strategical and hardworking work ethic mindset, is wrestling, and there's a slash in there with jujitsu, because, you know, warriors used to do this thing, where they would have an activity that they would do. It could be calligraphy, it could be art or sculpture, and these are guys that were professional soldiers hundreds of years ago, whatever right, and they would do something to take their mind off of the uh, problem solving and strategy and stuff like that, of whatever they were working on, so when they came back to war they would be more balanced. Well, the physical combat of wrestling and jujitsu and my warrior ethic and ethos and mentality and drive that pushes me, that is in my comedy, right, but that's also another side of me that I am beyond passionate about. But when it comes to the product that I am producing, okay, what is more important to me than anything else in this entire universe is my um, standup comedy, um.

Speaker 1: 5:47

However, what I refer to as the balance that I'm also in a different way, almost equally passionate about, but like slight, just bam, just directly behind it is um, is uh, wrestling, slash jujitsu, because that, that is my balance. That is what helps me to stop thinking about standup comedy and stuff. But getting on the equal um without being too redundant or losing you hopefully, um, being too redundant or losing you hopefully is my warrior life, my military work ethic. That is parallel, because it's the driving force that pushes me to be better and I use all the lessons learned and everything from serving the army and warriors of different ages and generations and stuff, to make the best version of myself every single day, and that's what I always push for. So comedy is magic. People have many sides and I can't wait to be the best version of myself. Every day you have the best day. This has been Joel Dunham. I'm out. Peace.