381: Neal Brennan | Comedy's Triple Threat
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Neal Brennan (@nealbrennan) is a comedy writer/producer/director, co-creator of Chappelle's Show, host of the How Neal Feel podcast, and is featured in his own live standup solo show 3 Mics at Netflix.
What We Discuss with Neal Brennan:- How Neal's 3 Mics show came about, and the idea behind its three parts: one-liners, emotional stuff, and stand up.
- The comedy-writing process and how it mirrors real life.
- A mindset to get a more realistic handle on the potential outcome of a given project or situation.
- Tips on getting happy from a guy who's tried everything -- and why achievement can't be a substitute for happiness.
- When networking, remember Neal's sage words: "No one's going to help you in a way that's not beneficial to them."
- And so much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on the Jordan Harbinger Show. |
| 0:02.8 | You have to think pessimistically. |
| 0:05.0 | The reason things worked is because further upstream, |
| 0:09.2 | I and Dave were worried about whether it was going to work or not. |
| 0:12.5 | And we corrected it or we made it good. |
| 0:15.9 | There was a sketch we did and I was like, we don't have an ending. |
| 0:19.0 | And he was getting mad at me. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm like, dude, you can get mad at me all you want. |
| 0:22.0 | We don't have an ending. |
| 0:23.5 | Then we figured it out. |
| 0:24.7 | You know, as much as I was a pain in his ass, I was correct. |
| 0:32.9 | Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:35.0 | On the Jordan Harbinger Show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills |
| 0:38.5 | of the world's sharpest minds and most fascinating people. |
| 0:40.9 | In turn, there was them into practical advice that you can use to impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:46.0 | Our mission is to help you become a better informed, more critical thinker, |
| 0:50.1 | so you can get a much deeper understanding of how the world works |
| 0:53.0 | and make sense of what's really happening even inside your own brain. |
| 0:56.0 | If you're new to this show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, |
| 0:59.7 | athletes and authors, thinkers and performers, |
| 1:01.8 | as well as toolboxes for skills like negotiation, |
| 1:04.8 | body language, persuasion and more. |
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