Caroline Hirsch knows comedy. As the owner of Caroline’s On Broadway, she has seem some of the biggest names in the biz come through her doors, and her club is now associated with a New Talent program called Caroline’s School of Comedy. Classes are taught by Linda Smith (yeah, I’d never heard of her, either) and they teach up and coming comedians how to understand the business, hone their delivery, and sharpen their joke-writing skills.
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Check out Caroline’s website, and you’ll see that people like Tom Papa, Paul Rodriguez, Ed Lover, Christopher Titus, Gibert Goffried, and Jeff Garlin are slated to perform in August alone. Study up a little more, and you’ll learn that two young comedians who left the earth way too soon did some of their last gigs at Carolines (RIP Bill Hicks and Mitch Hedberg – you can still make me laugh out loud). Dig a little more, even, and you’ll learn that since it opened in 1993, Caroline’s has been host to Dave Attell, Elayne Boolser, Colin Quinn, Andrew Dice Clay, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, and more have performed at Caroline’s.
And now that you know all that, you can assume that this lady knows what she’s talking about.
The problem I have with this video is that it’s set up interview style, but the questions flash on the screen like a big flashy promotional video or something rather than someone asking Caroline the question. Wait a minute. Maybe that’s because this IS a promotional video. Either way, Caroline’s insights are valuable, even if she does come off a little cocky at the end. Worth a view, for sure if you are looking to become a successful comedian in your own right.
Just because I’m in charge, here are some comedy gems for you:
“I like an escalator because an escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. There would never be an ‘Escalator Out of Order’ sign. Only an ‘Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.’” Mitch Hedberg
“I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.” Mitch Hedberg
“My apartment is infested with koala bears. Its the cutest infestation ever. Much better than cockroaches. I turn the lights on and a bunch of koala bears scatter. I’m like, come back! I want to hold one of you, and feed you a leaf.” Mitch Hedberg
“I order the club sandwich all the time, but I’m not even a member, man. I don’t know how I get away with it.” Mitch Hedberg
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