Episode Description
Alan Bromwell
In this episode Mark Masters talks to Alan Bromwell, a 6 year comedian on the Comedy Works pro list based in Denver, CO.
Mark drives Alan from Castle Rock to a ticketed show at Carter Payne in Colorado Springs, CO and they talk comedy, comedians, and stand up comics.
They discuss:
- driving to a show, guest spot driving
- six years comedy
- on the pro list, paid to perform at Comedy Works
- worked 2.5 years unpaid
- Almost Famous, 10 minute host spots Sundays and Wednesdays (sometimes Saturdays), 7 minute spots
- Dana Gould, Joey Diaz (blacklisted), Pete Holmes
- Joey Diaz stories
- Not paid host spots at Comedy Works for double show nights you get 20 minutes stage time and perform in front of sold out show
- First mic was Lion’s Lair (Roger Norquist, Sam Tallent)
- Alan was missing teeth
- Time travel advice first mic - warning
- The Improv, Future Legends (like NTN but no more)
- “Boulder kids”: Codey Spiker, Jacob Rupp, Alan and Harry
- Tonight’s show at former church, Carter Payne, co-headlining with ShaNae Ross
- Goals: have fun, work out new material (7 minutes in middle), connections
- 3-4 shows and 3-4 mics a week
- Sold out Comedy Works South show, Chad Daniels, 450 people
- Casino shows
- Comedy Works Entertainment gigs
- PG-13 material, “light R”, nobody knows what that is
- Alan is a provocateur, a troll, a curmudgeon
- Corporate gigs pay well
- Cruise ship comedy
- Tobias Livingston tour to Oregon
- Aaron Maslow
- Not Good Yet, the book
- Wende Curtis
- List for spots comes out on Wednesdays by email, sign up is in person
- Better paying gig cancellations
- Worst gig story
- Merch talk
- Full time comedian for 2-3 years, open mic is helpful income, not glamorous
- Animal sex bit timeline, 6 months at mic, then into shows
- Writing process, handwritten then computer
- Social media discussion, YouTube
- Kallan Reese in the Vail Daily
[Show]
- Did Mark get a spot?
- Alan challenge review
- Thick Skin
- Contest material, keep it short
- Reviewing video
- Listening to sets to see what works
- Hippieman (John Novosad) is a big listener to sets
- Robin Williams on listening to sets
- The trap of listening to your material
- Alan’s album on Bandcamp
- Venue discussion, lighting, crowd
- Austin Brinker (Matt Gabriel) hosts
- Comedy Central Up Next showcase
- Filmed projects for Netflix, Nice & Naughty
- Sammy Anzer
- Burning material that is filmed
- Joke theft, Carlos Mencia, Louis CK, Dane Cook, Amy Schumer, Patrice O’Neill
- David Cross, Maria Bamford Comedy Death Ray comedy album
- Archetypes and local comedy thievery
- Immitation and starting out in comedy
- Gratifying to see a stolen Hedberg joke bomb at an open mic
- Crazy open mic stories, homeless and down on their luck rappers
- Ambush comedy at the Karaoke bar, “stage time’s stage time”
- Not getting paid / stiffed, harder in the time of the internet
- Good show and venue, Buttermilk Boys
- Palmer Lake shows, Sterling, Colorado Springs
- Ben Kronberg had a show in Castle Rock
- AlanBromwell on Twitter and Instagram
- Alan is doing a show at Laugh Lines comedy club in Boulder soon
And much, much more. Strap in. This is a good one.
Brought to you by Not Good Yet, the book by Mark Masters. www.notgoodyet.com
In this episode Mark Masters talks to Alan Bromwell, a 6 year comedian on the Comedy Works pro list based in Denver, CO.
Mark drives Alan from Castle Rock to a ticketed show at Carter Payne in Colorado Springs, CO and they talk comedy, comedians, and stand up comics.
They discuss:
- driving to a show, guest spot driving
- six years comedy
- on the pro list, paid to perform at Comedy Works
- worked 2.5 years unpaid
- Almost Famous, 10 minute host spots Sundays and Wednesdays (sometimes Saturdays), 7 minute spots
- Dana Gould, Joey Diaz (blacklisted), Pete Holmes
- Joey Diaz stories
- Not paid host spots at Comedy Works for double show nights you get 20 minutes stage time and perform in front of sold out show
- First mic was Lion’s Lair (Roger Norquist, Sam Tallent)
- Alan was missing teeth
- Time travel advice first mic - warning
- The Improv, Future Legends (like NTN but no more)
- “Boulder kids”: Codey Spiker, Jacob Rupp, Alan and Harry
- Tonight’s show at former church, Carter Payne, co-headlining with ShaNae Ross
- Goals: have fun, work out new material (7 minutes in middle), connections
- 3-4 shows and 3-4 mics a week
- Sold out Comedy Works South show, Chad Daniels, 450 people
- Casino shows
- Comedy Works Entertainment gigs
- PG-13 material, “light R”, nobody knows what that is
- Alan is a provocateur, a troll, a curmudgeon
- Corporate gigs pay well
- Cruise ship comedy
- Tobias Livingston tour to Oregon
- Aaron Maslow
- Not Good Yet, the book
- Wende Curtis
- List for spots comes out on Wednesdays by email, sign up is in person
- Better paying gig cancellations
- Worst gig story
- Merch talk
- Full time comedian for 2-3 years, open mic is helpful income, not glamorous
- Animal sex bit timeline, 6 months at mic, then into shows
- Writing process, handwritten then computer
- Social media discussion, YouTube
- Kallan Reese in the Vail Daily
[Show]
- Did Mark get a spot?
- Alan challenge review
- Thick Skin
- Contest material, keep it short
- Reviewing video
- Listening to sets to see what works
- Hippieman (John Novosad) is a big listener to sets
- Robin Williams on listening to sets
- The trap of listening to your material
- Alan’s album on Bandcamp
- Venue discussion, lighting, crowd
- Austin Brinker (Matt Gabriel) hosts
- Comedy Central Up Next showcase
- Filmed projects for Netflix, Nice & Naughty
- Sammy Anzer
- Burning material that is filmed
- Joke theft, Carlos Mencia, Louis CK, Dane Cook, Amy Schumer, Patrice O’Neill
- David Cross, Maria Bamford Comedy Death Ray comedy album
- Archetypes and local comedy thievery
- Immitation and starting out in comedy
- Gratifying to see a stolen Hedberg joke bomb at an open mic
- Crazy open mic stories, homeless and down on their luck rappers
- Ambush comedy at the Karaoke bar, “stage time’s stage time”
- Not getting paid / stiffed, harder in the time of the internet
- Good show and venue, Buttermilk Boys
- Palmer Lake shows, Sterling, Colorado Springs
- Ben Kronberg had a show in Castle Rock
- AlanBromwell on Twitter and Instagram
- Alan is doing a show at Laugh Lines comedy club in Boulder soon
And much, much more. Strap in. This is a good one.
Brought to you by Not Good Yet, the book by Mark Masters. www.notgoodyet.com