160. Rory Scovel Returns: How To Do 600 Minutes of Improvised Standup

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week Rory Scovel returns to the podcast with his review of how doing a year of completely improvised stand-up went. Mike and Rory dive into the creative process and their own fears on stage, why Rory is jealous of other comedians, and why someone being married to a comedian is hard because every day that comedian has a “presentation at work.” Plus, the two comics work out new jokes about brain bleeds and how to figure out where your daughter goes to school. Please Consider Donating To: World Central Kitchen

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0:00.0	Do you have any hacks for the work-life balance of being a comic and like a dad and a husband?
0:06.0	No. I don't even lie. Being here for 12 total nights. I get on Zoom and I'm like, you're on
0:14.4	FaceTime. We schedule Zoom. I'm going to FaceTime with the family and, babe, send the link.
0:20.1	I want to say good night. Click accept. Click accept. Babe, you have to make the family. And, uh, babe, send the link. I want to say good night.
0:21.1	Click accept.
0:22.5	Click accept.
0:23.8	Babe, you have to make the meeting more than 10 minutes.
0:26.0	She didn't click accept.
0:27.4	I sat there for an hour.
0:29.0	Yeah.
0:29.9	I have a life too.
0:31.1	It was me.
0:32.1	It was Doug.
0:33.7	There's all there's producers.
0:35.1	It was Tony and HR.
0:36.8	There's producers and stuff.
0:39.1	They're on it, too.
0:40.4	Just doing notes.
0:41.6	Why are their screens black?
0:43.1	There was an extras.
0:43.7	There was an extras coordinator.
0:46.0	There was a cinematographer.
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