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The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

215 - Ivan Aristeguieta

The Comedian's Comedian Podcast

Stuart Goldsmith

Jokes, Society & Culture, Widdicombe, Learn, Comedy, Performing Arts, Burr, How To, Carr, Acaster, Cope, Writing, Interview, Persona, Arts, In-depth

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2017

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Venezuelan Ivan is a comic powerhouse, with an intensely scientific approach underpinning his sensual performance. Self-taught by translating classic routines into Spanish, he's achieved a genuine mastery of the ingredients necessary for faultless joke structure; as soon as he starts outlining Louis CK's "foundational premise", you'll be hooked... 


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0:18.0

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0:21.2

So go and find Adam Bloom's book, Repeat. This is not an ad and I'm not

0:24.7

being remunerated. Or remunerated. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber.

0:42.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:46.0

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0:51.0

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1:07.0

This is a podcast from comedian podcast. Hello and welcome to the show I'm Stuart Gonnaise.

1:12.0

Hello and welcome to the show I'm Stuart Goldsmith and this is an

1:16.3

absolutely cracking episode with a fabulous Venezuelan comic currently resident in

1:22.2

Australia and someone who if you have

1:25.8

downloaded this not knowing his name and decided to take a chance on old

1:29.7

Papa Stews recommendation then you're in for an absolute treat. You will be rewarded with some

1:35.5

of the finest scientific analysis of comedy. This gentleman is someone who taught himself how to do stand-up comedy.

1:44.0

There's not really much stand-up in Venezuela, as you're about to hear, and he translated

1:49.2

some of the great routines, some classic Louis CK, Chris Rock routines and so forth, into Spanish, and in doing

1:56.0

so understood from a really internal level the structure and really just got all matrix on it.

2:03.0

So you're going to love this.

2:04.4

There is some, I mean, there's some really interesting,

2:06.8

very sad stuff about the political state in Venezuela.

2:10.1

And it's really fascinating to hear from a comic from a country that I don't know any other comedians from.

2:16.3

I think there's at least one other one working in America.

2:19.5

Maybe you could inform me about more.

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