#48: Caroline Hirsch, Queen of Comedy

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

If you've ever heard of Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno or Chris Rock it's probably because of Caroline Hirsch. She is the founder and owner of Caroline's on Broadway, the renowned New York City comedy club that is famous for giving a start to some of the best comics in the industry and a staple for anyone trying to make it as a comedian. She is also the founder of the New York Comedy Festival and she created Stand Up for Heroes, a benefit for The Bob Woodruff Foundation. On this episode, Caroline gives us a look inside the comedy business, how she started Caroline's back in the 80s, her secrets to spotting talent and what it takes for a comedian to "kill" on stage. http://www.carolines.com/ Follow Caroline's on Broadway on Instagram and Twitter: @Carolineonbway Learn more about Stand Up For Heroes: http://sufh.bobwoodrufffoundation.org/ http://nycomedyfestival.com/ Want a chance to ask Rebecca your career questions? Send an email to [email protected] for a chance to ask Rebecca on an episode of No Limits! No Limits Entrepreneur of the week: Kelly Ehlers, CEO & Founder: Ideas That Evoke Learn more about Ideas That Evoke: http://www.ideasthatevoke.com/ Know someone who should be a featured ‘No Limits’ Entrepreneur? Send your nominations to [email protected] Like what we're doing? Leave a review! ----> http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0	Are you feeling limitless?
0:02.8	I hope so.
0:04.6	And if you're not, we're going to help because we're starting a new segment called Ask RJ,
0:10.0	where each week I'm going to be speaking with one of you, our listeners, on an episode of No Limits,
0:15.5	answering your career questions.
0:17.5	This is something that I'm always doing for friends, for people around the office, for my
0:21.7	family. So I thought, let's make it the No Limits family. Let's do this. For a chance to ask me
0:28.7	your questions on an episode of No Limits. Send us an email to No Limits with RJ podcast at gmail.com.
0:35.3	Again, that's No Limits with RJ podcast at gmail.com. And we're going to reach out to you.
0:40.8	And we're going to set it up and make it happen. All right. Now here's this week's episode.
0:49.2	It's probably the hardest art form to begin with. First, you need to write your material. You need to deliver it.
0:56.1	You have to have your own voice. You know, it takes a long time to get good at what you're doing.
1:00.6	You know, like people are an overnight success after 10 years of doing it.
1:04.9	From ABC, it's no limits.
1:08.2	I'm Rebecca Jarvis, and each week we're talking to the most bold and influential women
1:13.3	playing at the top of their game, trying to demystify success and what it really takes to get
1:19.4	there and all the trade-offs. Whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good
1:25.2	story, you're in the right place.
1:29.0	On today's show, she's the Queen of Comedy,
1:32.0	responsible for discovering some of the most successful and talented stand-ups in the industry.
1:37.2	Caroline Hirsch takes us inside the world of stand-up.
1:41.4	Caroline Hirsch, welcome to No Limits.
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