Noam Dworman on Stand-Up Comedy and Staying Open-Minded
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🗓️ 26 July 2023
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Tyler sat down at Comedy Cellar with owner Noam Dworman to talk about the ever-changing stand-up comedy scene, including the perfect room temperature for stand-up, whether comedy can still shock us, the effect on YouTube and TikTok, the transformation of jokes into bits, the importance of tight seating, why he doesn’t charge higher prices for his shows, the differences between the LA and NYC scenes, whether good looks are an obstacle to success, the oldest comic act he still finds funny, how comedians have changed since he started running the Comedy Cellar in 2003, and what government regulations drive him crazy. They also talk about how 9/11 got Noam into trouble, his early career in music, the most underrated guitarist, why live music is dead in NYC, and what his plans are for expansion.
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Recorded March 15th, 2023.
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| 0:00.0 | Conversations with Tyler is produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, |
| 0:09.4 | bridging the gap between academic ideas and real world problems. |
| 0:13.5 | Learn more at mercatis.org. |
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| 0:21.0 | ConversationsWithT Tyler.com. |
| 0:26.9 | Hello everyone and welcome back to Conversations with Tyler. |
| 0:30.4 | Today I'm here with my very good friend, |
| 0:32.5 | Nome Dwarman, in Comedy Seller. |
| 0:35.5 | Nome is owner, Amprisario and CEO of Comedy Seller. |
| 0:39.7 | Three places in New York, one in Las Vegas, |
| 0:42.6 | commonly considered America's leading comedy club. |
| 0:45.9 | Nome, welcome. |
| 0:47.1 | Hello Tyler, thank you very much for having me. |
| 0:49.5 | What is the perfect room temperature for comedy? |
| 0:52.6 | Ah, that's a great question. |
| 0:54.0 | The originator of the Comedy Seller, named Bill Grunfest, |
| 0:57.6 | this was a very important issue for him. |
| 1:00.0 | He felt that if it got warm, |
| 1:03.0 | this was a had a serious effect on how the comedians went over. |
| 1:07.2 | I think a little bit colder than comfortable |
| 1:10.6 | is what is best. |
| 1:12.2 | 70 maybe, something like that. |
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