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Michael Che Wants ‘SNL’ to Do Less Political Cold Opens, but ‘I Know How Our Bread Is Buttered’ (www.thewrap.com)
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[–] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've legitimately come to love crowd work, it really showcases how quick-witted the comedian is and tends to be unique material. A well-written set is still great but to see a genuinely funny person just riffing with the crowd is watching a type of brilliance at work and I love it.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    They tend to push out crowd work clips on socials because it means their followers who've seen all their clips and decide to buy tickets aren't just going to hear material they've already seen online. That said, some comedians are just doing "crowd work specials" (Matteo Lane comes to mind) where it's purely a crowd work hour and those seem to sell out. Times a changing.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago

    One of the first people I really noticed getting popular specifically for crowd work was Stavvy, who's based and funny as fuck. Imagine my surprise when I went to see him live and there wasn't a single bit of crowd work, his opener did a little bit but he didn't work the crowd at all. It was still a great show and he's hilarious.

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