327 - Dante Nero: From Stripping to Comedy: How to Switch Careers

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2018

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Dante Nero was a male stripper for 10 years. And now he's a comedian. He was always intrigued by comedy. But before he went up on any stage, he made sure his fundamentals were impeccable. And that's key. This is what makes Dante Nero one of the greatest comedians still going 18 years later. Listen for your guide to the basic skills every comedian should know... Show Notes: The Beige Phillip Show - Dante's podcast Dantenero.com Movies and Shows Dante's appeared in: Fighting The Blacklist Ocean's 8 Power on Starz Fringe Eddie Murphy's Raw "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life" by Steve Martin Stand Up NY I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.6	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.6	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.4	I've seen you perform a lot and I've always thought each one was like I've never seen
0:19.0	you bomb.
0:20.0	The very first time I thought you were all crowd work and it was all hilarious.
0:23.3	Now I know there's a lot more structure in it that you have the spine and the crowd
0:27.1	works around it.
0:28.6	Think of it as you're painting a picture and you have a palette of different colors,
0:33.6	right?
0:34.6	But those palettes type of joke double entendre, lists misdirection.
0:39.5	But it's also tone is another set of colors.
0:43.4	Characters is another set of colors.
0:46.6	Crowd work is another set.
0:48.6	So there's people who understand comedy on a technical level and there's people who
0:52.9	are just funny individuals.
0:55.4	You have to be so equipped with all these micro skills and know which micro skills you
1:01.4	got to go to at the moment and has to happen instantaneously.
1:05.3	So how do you learn that?
1:13.6	Got Dante Nero here.
1:14.6	Dante's one of my favorite comedians.
1:16.3	Dante, how's it going?
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