"Does Comedy Have To Be Funny?" Panel

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

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Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This week, Good One host Jesse David Fox traveled to the west coast to host a panel for the USC Comedy Festival that investigates the modern philosophical question: does comedy have to be funny? Featuring Comics Niles Abston, Jena Friedman, Alyssa Limperis, Christina Catherine Martinez, and Moses Storm. Watch their specials! Niles's is on his Youtube, Jena and Alyssa's are on Peacock, and Christina's should drop later this year. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Good One, a podcast about jokes.
0:13.2	I'm your host, Jesse David Fox.
0:15.4	This week we have not a standard 101 interview, but a panel I hosted a little while ago for
0:20.9	USC Film School's 6th Annual Comedy Festival.
0:24.2	My guest for convenience, Moses Storm, Christina Catherine Martinez, Alyssa Limparis, Jennifer
0:28.6	Freeman and Niles Absin, all comics who have filmed and or released stand-up specials
0:33.2	recently that try to do more and be more than a traditional stand-up special.
0:37.7	I'd recommend checking them all out.
0:39.2	Moses is on Ischbio Max, a listen-genre on Peacock, Niles is on his YouTube, Christina should
0:44.2	come out later this year.
0:46.2	The title of the event was Does Comedy Need to Be Funny.
0:49.6	It's an inflammatory title, which I did not come up with, but honestly that was not the
0:53.5	question I tried to answer with the panel.
0:55.9	I was just trying to show how different comedians think about what funny means and the
1:00.0	different ways one can work in pursuit of it.
1:02.8	It was a fun, heady time that I hope you enjoy as much as I did.
1:06.8	So here is Moses Storm, Christina Catherine Martinez, Alyssa Limparis, Jennifer Freeman
1:11.0	and Niles Absin.
1:13.0	Hi, everybody.
1:17.6	Hi.
1:18.6	Hi.
1:19.6	Hi.
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