Comedian Matteo Lane Answers Stand-Up Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Comedian Matteo Lane joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about stand-up comedy. How do you learn to write funny jokes? Do you think a joke can go too far? Is there a secret to telling jokes well? How do you prepare for your first open mic? Why are some people just naturally funnier than others? Matteo covers all these topics and plenty more on Stand-Up Comedy support.



Matteo Lane's comedy cookbook _Your Pasta Sucks_ is now available: https://matteolanecomedy.com/cookbook/



His upcoming comedy special _The Al Dente Special_ premieres May 16th on Hulu.



0:00 Stand-Up Support

0:21 When do the jokes I write start being funny?

1:24 Becoming comfortable being uncomfortable

2:33 How far is too far with comedy?

3:00 Is there a joke delivery tutorial out there?

3:48 Audience participation

4:15 Authenticity

4:54 A weird laugh

5:29 The two drink minimum keeps the lights on

5:46 Does a comic need a web presence?

6:24 How long do I gotta do this til I get good?

7:20 The craft

8:04 Controlling your own laughter as a comic

8:39 That’s not the funny part…

9:28 This may or may not have happened

10:05 Tips for roasting

10:27 My first open mic

11:01 What kind of arch support are we talking about

11:20 Hey now

12:03 One liners

12:44 Dark humor vs. Actually You’re A Bad Person

12:53 Hecklers

14:04 Set openers

14:53 Some folks are just funny

15:53 Don’t steal

16:23 Ever just make the whole thing up on the spot?

17:00 Chat are we still doing open mics

18:11 The Stand-Up GOAT



Director: Justin Wolfson

Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan

Editor: Richard Trammell

Talent: Matteo Lane

Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi

Associate Producer: Brandon White

Production Manager: Peter Brunette

Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark

Talent Booker: Paige Garbarini

Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss

Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino

Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola

Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin

Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim

Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi

Additional Editor: Jason Malizia

Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

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