437 - Adam Bloom Returns
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
Nearly 12 years since his first appearance way back in episode 6, Adam Bloom joins us to celebrate the publication of his book “Finding Your Comic Genius” - an absolute treasure trove of his original and deeply technical comedy writing techniques. We talk about how his writing for and with huge comedians and celebrities over the years has honed his ability not just to write perfect punchlines, but also to share his knowledge with warmth and clarity.
It’s destined to be on every comedian’s bookshelf worldwide, and in this episode he shares some examples of its secrets including "balls and cubes", "see-saws", "balloon-pops" and much much more!
No extras from this one, you’ve got the whole lot, but check out the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for ad-free episodes, extra content from every show that has it, and much more - including exclusive Insiders Q&As plus the incredible “self-help for comedians” special with Amanda Donnet.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Finding-Your-Comic-Genius-depth/dp/B0CGWWWZPM
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Stu here just popping in before the show starts to let you know that my comedy special |
| 0:04.2 | I need you alive is now available at Stuart Goldsmith dot com |
| 0:08.1 | There's a link there where you can watch it on an breathtaking array of places for the rest of the month |
| 0:13.2 | Including the 800 pound gorilla website Amazon Prime in the UK and US X-Box |
| 0:17.8 | God knows how they do that as well as loads of other links to catch it on audio go to Stuart Goldsmith dot com and |
| 0:23.6 | Watch this show that I am staggeringly proud of and do watch it if you can because it's very pretty |
| 0:30.0 | Hello, and welcome to the show my name's Stuart Goldsmith. This is the comedian's comedian podcast and today |
| 0:50.4 | I'm talking to Adam Bloom who is returning to the show after an eye-watering 12 years |
| 0:56.4 | He was episode six I believe |
| 0:58.5 | Adam is back on the show an incredibly funny man and importantly he is here to talk to us about his new book |
| 1:04.6 | Finding your comic genius now. I've read some of it. I haven't read all of it. I |
| 1:10.2 | Cannot wait to read the rest of it. It is |
| 1:13.8 | It's a it is I'm gonna I'm gonna gush at him. I think I make him cry in this episode |
| 1:19.7 | Um, I can't tell you how much you read this book. This is not spawn calm. This is not me saying it in a paid way |
| 1:25.4 | But we've all read lots of books about comedy. This is a book about writing jokes and the specific |
| 1:31.8 | Techniques that Adam's been using for three decades and also |
| 1:35.6 | Sharing with people with whom he writes and curites for all sorts of famous comics and celebrities and what have you? |
| 1:40.7 | He's written for um, he is incredibly adept in this book at explaining |
| 1:46.4 | Techniques that you may even already be using but you don't know why there's so much stuff he talks about which is |
| 1:52.8 | Sort of it's almost instinctive and you might have noticed it or not and if you if you have he can help you do it better |
| 1:58.7 | And if you haven't he can tell you what you're doing and where you're going wrong |
| 2:02.0 | This this book has to be on your shelf if you're remotely interested in comedy writing |
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