South Beach Sessions - Sebastian Maniscalco
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How did Sebastian Maniscalco transition from waiting tables to comedy?
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Hello and welcome to South Beach Sessions. You know I like talking to the stand-up comedians and very few are better than this guy. He's been doing it a long time and I'm a big fan of his. He's got a new special out, It Ain't Right, November 21st on Hulu. You're still out here doing it. You're still out here crushing it. Sebastian Maniscalco with us. So where are you right now with the grind of the comedy tour? Are you still every bit as hungry as you have been because you're now also an Academy Award winning film person?
uh well i got three shows left from the tour and then i'm off for a long period of time because after these tours and i just need time to a like recharge reset and then you know live life a little bit so i could extract material from life so It's been a grind, but we're coming to an end here within the next two weeks. I've got three more shows, all at casinos, and then I've got the holidays off. I'm going to spend it with my family. I'm going to be out in Florida for Thanksgiving and then Christmas here in Los Angeles.
What challenges has Sebastian faced during his comedy career?
I should tell the people, SebastianLive.com is where you go if you want tickets and tour dates. Is it the same for you as it's always been in terms of the grind of the comedy tour? Because When you say you have to recharge and go back to living life so you can have material for the next tour, you've been on this particular treadmill for a long time.
Yeah, so it has definitely gotten harder as the years progress because the way I look at it is my material has to be greater to or equal to whatever the hell you saw the last time I was in town. And if that dips, I feel like audience leaves and goes, geez. Similar to sports. Don't got it no more. You know, I'm not going to pay a hard ticket price, see a guy who's not at the top of his game. So as life progresses, as my career progresses, it becomes harder and harder for me to come up with material that is because I don't want to go out there and just. Half asset, you know, just for the sake of going on a tour. I want to go out there and give people because the way I look at it, it is a business. People spend harder money to come out and see you perform.
They get a babysitter. They park the car.
How does Sebastian recharge and find new material for his comedy?
They make a night of it. And I want them people to leave saying, wow, can't wait till he comes back. I want to take friends and family.
The pressure of that, though, would be pretty extraordinary, I would think, to have to feel like you have to continue to top yourself when, generally speaking, I think I can say this, comedy doesn't age well. It doesn't seem to have affected you very much, but most people aren't doing this into their 60s, 70s, and 80s well. Not that you're that age yet.
Listen, I hope I am able to perform well. You know, in my 60s, 70s and 80s, I'd love to do that. But, you know, hey, my act is very physical. I'm moving around a lot. I don't know who's going to come out when I'm 80 years old and I could barely get to the stage.
But you're saying you'd still love to do it then, huh? Like you love it that way so much that it's something that you can envision wanting that deep into your life.
When I don't do comedy, I'm not in a good mood, put it that way. So this is very therapeutic for me to go up there.
What role does humor play in Sebastian's personal life?
Like I just had a fight with my wife yesterday and how I deal with that is I make comedy out of it. So I can't wait to get to a comedy club this week to present that. Actually, I'm going to I'm going to be in. Boston this week doing a charity event, but there I will maybe sprinkle some of the argument material in to see if it goes. So the way I look at these things, whatever happens that's traumatic in my life, whether it be whatever, a disagreement with your wife, a death, an illness, I try to make humor out of it. It's how I grew up. I come from a family that We were laughing at funerals. You know I'm saying it was like it's the only way we could cope with the Disaster of what had happened was to find a morsel of humor in it So yeah, I find that this definitely is my career, but also helps me kind of filter a lot of things that happen in my life
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Sebastian Maniscalco transition from waiting tables to comedy?
0:04–1:35
2
What challenges has Sebastian faced during his comedy career?
1:35–2:43
3
How does Sebastian recharge and find new material for his comedy?
2:43–3:45
4
What role does humor play in Sebastian's personal life?
3:45–5:05
5
How has Sebastian's upbringing influenced his comedic style?
5:05–5:56
6
What lessons did Sebastian learn from his early days in comedy?
5:56–6:54
7
How does Sebastian balance family life with his comedy career?
6:54–7:59
8
What can audiences expect from Sebastian's new special, 'It Ain't Right'?
7:59–1:11:30
Speakers
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