Joel Kim Booster

a little bit more so it's a little bit less precise than i think like yeah there's like a little bit more script writing ways yeah improv yeah kind of oh that's so interesting because i do anybody who's seen my show like i do a lot of crowd work yeah um which is my one of my favorite things to do i've seen a lot of your crowd work on tiktok yeah and it wasn't posted by you someone else was clipping it well i love to hear that because i don't know how yeah

And yeah. And I think like the thing is about like this is like we are living in the moment where every comedian is posting crowd work clips like everybody's got to. And I understand that like it's a necessity.

And yeah. And I think like the thing is about like this is like we are living in the moment where every comedian is posting crowd work clips like everybody's got to. And I understand that like it's a necessity.

I'm very lucky that I did not come up in an age where I had to post content of myself doing stand up, whether it be a joke that you're burning for the Internet or crowd work that you're posting because you have to put out like a new clip every week and you don't want to burn that material. But I see a lot of crowd work where I'm like,

I'm very lucky that I did not come up in an age where I had to post content of myself doing stand up, whether it be a joke that you're burning for the Internet or crowd work that you're posting because you have to put out like a new clip every week and you don't want to burn that material. But I see a lot of crowd work where I'm like,

okay if the audience member that you're talking to is getting the bigger laugh and is being funnier than you are then you're posting an l on your timeline right now like even when i'm doing crowd work like i am in control i make sure that i'm saying the funny thing right you know in response to whatever they're saying exactly not like letting them be the interesting you working me at my show yeah no it's like and i like listen that has happened to me before too but i don't post it online

okay if the audience member that you're talking to is getting the bigger laugh and is being funnier than you are then you're posting an l on your timeline right now like even when i'm doing crowd work like i am in control i make sure that i'm saying the funny thing right you know in response to whatever they're saying exactly not like letting them be the interesting you working me at my show yeah no it's like and i like listen that has happened to me before too but i don't post it online

Nobody needs to know.

Nobody needs to know.

I have a lot of sympathy for comedians who need to do that. But I'm also like, baby, like, let's let's let's really examine the material.

I have a lot of sympathy for comedians who need to do that. But I'm also like, baby, like, let's let's let's really examine the material.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, and it's interesting, like talking. I mean, like we talked about it earlier, but it is a different skill set. Yeah. And I feel like I feel bad for a lot of these people who got came up doing front facing like comedy videos on Tick Tock.

Well, and it's interesting, like talking. I mean, like we talked about it earlier, but it is a different skill set. Yeah. And I feel like I feel bad for a lot of these people who got came up doing front facing like comedy videos on Tick Tock.

and now we're being asked or think it's expected of them to do stand up in tandem with that because the touring is really lucrative you know like it's a great way to you know to to get money doing what you love but it is like it's so different and i i recently was on a show where i was backstage and this very i found out like very big tiktoker was hosting the show and it was funny because he had no fucking clue who i was and i had no idea who he was

and now we're being asked or think it's expected of them to do stand up in tandem with that because the touring is really lucrative you know like it's a great way to you know to to get money doing what you love but it is like it's so different and i i recently was on a show where i was backstage and this very i found out like very big tiktoker was hosting the show and it was funny because he had no fucking clue who i was and i had no idea who he was

and um but he was like talking to me and he's like yeah this is the first time i've ever performed live in front of an audience and i was like oh that's interesting and of course he bombed and it was like how long was that it was like 15 20 minutes damn it was rough first time 20 minutes i know exactly and my thing was is like i didn't blame him i blame the producers i was like you should never have been put in this position in the first place right exactly because they don't understand i