Trevor Wallace

I'm like, why aren't you a tree yet?

And I'm getting mad at myself because I'm not giving it time to find its audience, time to grow.

Stand-up comedy is the best form of entertainment, and it's hands down for that reason.

If stand-up, you got a response the same way the algorithm did, it would be like one person would laugh, and then 30 people would laugh, and then two, and then 100, and then a week later, someone's like, ta-ha!

Like, it's so delayed that it almost takes the excitement out of it.

That's why stand-up is so great, because trying a new bit, you immediately know, like...

That's good, that's bad.

And then you get a pop on it, you go, boom, add it to the repertoire.

And then you do it on a second show and it doesn't get as good of a laugh.

And you go, ooh, was this like a first, you know, was this a first bit kind of luck type thing?

But then you're obsessed and you're fascinated.

Oh, what did I do on the first show?

You listen to the audio back.

What did I do on the first show that was different than the second show?

Let me try it on the third show.

And that's where I get super like, kind of like you were talking about with the mark sub where you keep trying and tweaking and you go, it worked on this show.

So I know it is funny for effect.

Where do I find the funny?

And then that's when I start doing like editing in my head.

I go, well, you know, this three minute bit really is just a big payoff at the end.