How Comedy Works With Wende Curtis And Rick Kerns

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   The podcast is going on an indefinite hiatus. In this episode we review a years worth of comedic information and give you some more unique soundbites from our national touring headliners.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions! In this episode we have a bunch of great insight from a varied group of national touring headliners. We also answer fan questions and we have a little reveal for you listeners.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   In this weeks episode we have Deacon Gray back to explain what is the "Funny Final Four" and its history. We also discuss the landscape of Denver comedy as it's going through another change. we were lucky enough to get 2 stories from Rick and Deacon this week.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   In this episode we answer questions from listeners. We also have Dana Gould and Myq Kaplan sound bites on their writing process and what they wished they knew starting out in comedy. Story time is also provided by Dana but closing the podcast out is Monty Franklin's story about a crazy night with some comedy icons.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions! In this episode titled "Fuck Iowa" we delve into the mind of Denver Comedic Wizard Jordan Doll (Viceland, TruTV and Comedy Central)

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   In this episode we discuss the art of comedy roasts with Brent Gill and John Novosad. We also chat about the differences between the Los Angeles and New York comedy scenes.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   In this episode we answer some questions from our listeners about "Hecklers" and "Getting Booked." Also we have Matt Iseman (American Ninja Warrior & The Apprentice) along with Juston McKinney (Comedy Central Half Hour & Blue Collar Comedy "The Next Generation") sharing some advice and stories about the beast known as Hollywood.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   This week we have guest Steve "Mudflap" McGrew talk about his comedy journey from getting a Comedy Central special to his Country Music Award wins. We also get into the current climate of comedy and how it compares to the first comedy boom in the 80s.  

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   This week's podcast we get some great soundbites from Jackie Kashian (Netfilx), Rory Albanese (Comedy Central), and Brad Williams (Comedy Central). Check it out!

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions! This week we have Christopher Titus on the podcast. We discuss his writing process in depth and he shares with us what he wished he would have know coming up in comedy. He also tells us about his weirdest gig ever. Hope you enjoy!  

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions! In this episode we talk about Ben's comedy beginnings, his process and he shares an amazing story.  Being the election had just ended, talking about it was unavoidable. Hope you enjoy!

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions! This week we have master storyteller Dr. Kevin Fitzsgerald. He hands down has the best stories about the business. With over 30 years in the business Kevin has a multitude of legendary stories about working with The Rolling Stones, his ongoing Stand-Up career and the clinic he works at in which the Animal Planet TV show "Emergency Vets" was recorded. Enjoy the man, the myth, the legend Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions! In this episode we answer some questions about the business and where it's heading. We also listen to audio from comedy vet Jake Johannsen and magician Piff the Magic Dragon.  

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions! Newly crowned Comedy Works New Faces Contest Champion Janae Burris joins us for a chat about life, theater, and comedy.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   This week we have audio from Nate Bargatze, Monty Franklin and the Lucas Brothers tell an especially exciting story!

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   Adam Cayton Holland is our guest today having just finished up the 2nd season of TruTV's best new sitcom, "Those Who Can't." We talk about the show, Adam's new book deal and how coming up in Denver Comedy has shaped his comedy.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   Louis Johnson is a legend of Denver comedy and he's our guest on this episode. We talk everything from how he got his start in comedy, what his writing process is like and to cap it all off Louis has a great story about another Denver comedy legend.

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   We talk about the fact it's Comedy Work's 35th year showcasing top comedy talent and we have some great audio from national touring headliners Ron Funches, Phil Hanley and Bob Marley!

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   In this episode we answer some questions and have some great advice from "Daily Show" correspondent Ronny Chieng!    

How Comedy Works with Wende and Rick is a weekly podcast hosted by Wende Curtis, owner/CEO of Comedy Works Denver, and veteran comic/writer Rick Kerns. Tune in every Tuesday as Rick and Wende share stories and offer advice to knowledge-hungry young comics. Also you can reach us at HowComedyWorks@comedyworks.com or tweet us at @HowComedyWorks on Twitter with your comedy questions!   Chris Voth is a local Denver headliner and former member of season 2 of Last Comic Standing. He goes over the early beginnings of his career and how to make a living in the corporate comedy business.