1130: Andrew Tarvin- The World's First Humor Engineer

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin talk with Andrew Tarvin all about humor and how to use it a work and beyond.

What was his first REAL job? (3:53)
The moment he knew he was onto something. (6:40)
Stand up with a message: How he became the ‘Corporate Humorist’ at work. (10:03)
How did his first stand up set go? (12:38)
“Operation Leave Corporate America” and the journey to his TEDx Talk viral moment. (14:55)
The BIG differences between what is appropriate on a comedy stage compared to a corporate setting. (20:44)
Why his material is always ‘Rated Mom’. (24:18)
How does he monetize what he does for a living? (28:33)
Why do we find things funny? (29:43)
The skill of humor: The 3 components needed to learn TODAY. (34:14)
What did he learn from going on 96 first dates?? (44:18)
Do comedians play an important role in society? (54:34)
Memes: A structured way to help people create humor. (59:11)
Can he point out someone who studies the art of comedy? (1:05:03)
What are his top comedians? (1:07:23)
The concept of the ‘Peak/End’ principle, using humor to get a specific result and finding ways to love what you do. (1:09:00)
The misconception of happiness. (1:17:00)

Featured Guest/People Mentioned

Andrew Tarvin (@drewtarvin) Instagram
Website
Hannah Gadsby (@hannah_gadsby) Instagram
Hasan Minhaj (@hasanminhaj) Instagram
Jim Gaffigan (@jimgaffigan) Instagram
Anthony Jeselnik (@anthony_jeselnik) Instagram
Eddie Izzard (@eddieizzard) Instagram

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.
0:06.0	Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	This is actually really surprising.
0:17.0	I was not ready for how fun this interview was going to be.
0:20.0	Every once in a while we get somebody that I find myself like completely captivated by what they have to say.
0:26.0	I thought this whole angle was already unique as it was.
0:30.0	Comedy and business, why is that important?
0:33.0	How could that be?
0:34.0	I love comedians. Why don't we bring more on?
0:36.0	I remember we saw this Ted Talk first and we were like,
0:40.0	oh, this is interesting.
0:41.0	This would be a cool conversation.
0:43.0	It was fun.
0:45.0	It was a lot of fun.
0:46.0	Yeah, he talks about how humor improves productivity.
0:49.0	His Ted Talk was about the skill of humor.
0:53.0	He literally talks about and breaks down because he's an intellectual.
0:56.0	That's what's great is that it's somebody who has taught himself to be funny.
1:02.0	He's an engineer.
1:03.0	He read all the books, which you don't hear a lot of comedians talk about.
1:06.0	In depth, in terms of all the formulas that are out there.
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