#217 Crowd Work at Open Mics
Two Stand-Up Gals
Erica Spera and Teresa DeGaetano
4.8 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
E & T are back this week talking about how crowd work has taken over comedy, if you should practice crowd work at open mics, and reminiscing about the days they were open mic hustlers to the point of running their own. The gals also discuss a woman who married an AI chatbot, the viral "Is it embarrassing to have a boyfriend?" article, and how society reinforces that relationship milestones are an "accomplishment". The end of the episode features a Patreon Preview.
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| 0:28.0 | Because it's like, what if he's like, |
| 0:28.9 | I've been doing comedy four years. |
| 0:30.1 | You're so tempted to be like, |
| 0:31.0 | and still do end-bringers, interesting. |
| 0:32.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:33.4 | Like, interesting how you're still not getting paid to do it, |
| 0:36.0 | yet giving me advice. |
| 0:38.0 | Exactly. Like, interesting how you're still not getting paid to do it, yet giving me advice. I crush the show in Binghamton, New York. |
| 0:39.3 | I don't know if you've heard. |
| 0:40.6 | I don't know if you've heard, but I opened the show with a hot 25 in Binghamton, New York, |
| 0:45.5 | as fast as I fucking wanted. |
| 0:47.3 | And I woke up that crowd. |
| 0:49.8 | Wake up, everybody. |
| 0:51.3 | Wake up, everybody. Wake up. |
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