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How To Win Portland’s Funniest Person

How To Write Stand-up ComedyApril 18, 2019961Views 0Likes 2Comments

It's time once again for all the comedians in town plus the funny guy from Toast Masters to try to impress a group of local DJs. If you're interested in summitting that particular mountain so you can have a mediocre regional credit, then you're in luck. I've developed a foolproof system which I will provide…

Not Invited Back 2019

Published WritingJanuary 3, 2019495Views 23Likes 0Comments

It's my annual column for the Portland Mercury of things I would like removed from Portland in the upcoming year. In truth it's just a list of jokes, some local some not so much. This is probably the best one I've done. Read it now!

Organizing and Managing Jokes

How To Write Stand-up ComedyDecember 26, 20183KViews 3Likes 1Comment

How I use technology to make standup easier.

I won a thing!

NewsJuly 19, 2018554Views 0Likes 0Comments

I won Portland's Funniest Person and am now officially the king of Portland comedy. I'm so shocked and humbled and also uncomfortable in this robe/tiara combination. Thank you to everybody who came out and supported me through my years of competing. I'll try to be a benevolent leader.

The Life Cycle of a Joke

How To Write Stand-up ComedyJuly 10, 20181KViews 0Likes 0Comments

The process of editing a joke is a series of guess-and-check experiments that you run on audiences. I try something on stage and if it doesn't get a perfect reaction, I go home and tweak something, then retest it. To illustrate the process, I've gone back through the version history of one of my jokes…

I Make Fun of Everybody Disequally

How To Write Stand-up ComedyMay 18, 2018379Views 0Likes 0Comments

New blog post I wrote about how much I hate it when people say they make fun of everybody equally. Man I hate that. Read it now on Medium!

Reno News & Review Profile

NewsApril 13, 2018342Views 0Likes 0Comments

My hometown alt-weekly wrote a great profile about me for my upcoming shows & workshop. Really excited to do comedy in Reno for the first time. "Know Joke" -- Reno News & Review profile, 4.12.18

College Comedy Workshops

NewsFebruary 15, 2018453Views 0Likes 0Comments

I teach a variety of stand-up classes and workshops, including at colleges and universities around the country. If you have a college improv or stand-up group and you'd like to learn more about writing and performing standup, check out my college comedy workshops page.

My Annual Mercury Cover Story is Up

NewsDecember 29, 2017380Views 0Likes 0Comments

Each year the Portland Mercury lets me write the first cover story of the year, a list of complaints and grievances from the past 12 months. This year the news was bumming me out, so I opted for an aggressively un-topical list. I think you'll enjoy it! Read it here or grab a copy, they just…