Ep. 51 - Gaining Weight Ft. Joe Bates

Joe Bates is gaining traction in his comedy career, but he's also gaining weight. When we gain weight, the response it to try to hide the fact, but leaning into it is the first step to either doing something about it or accepting it. How can you lean into it? You can write jokes about it and make other people laugh, but if you're not a comedian, you CAN laugh at that, which is why Joe joins the podcast.

In this episode, we talk about:

-Joe Bates' album Joe Bates Joe Bates Joe Bates By Joe Bates / 

-How Joe kills everything he touches / 

-Joe’s bit on being too heavy to go horseback riding / 

-Channeling emotion onstage /

-Playing overly cocky while making yourself likable as a comedian / 

-Walking the line of being self-deprecating and making the audience feel bad for you / 

-His 7’10” uncle-ancestor / 

-Applying details from someone else’s story to your jokes / 

-Joe’s bit on getting a CPAP machine / 

-Being confident in insecurities / 

-Throwing in just enough absurdity to keep an audience on board / 

-Lying onstage, or amending reality, to improve a story / 

-Word choice / 

-The little things we do to try and hide being overweight / 

-Caring about other people’s opinions of your physical appearance / 

-Attaching new feelings to old jokes to discover new layers / 

And more!!!

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Produced by Golden Ox Studio | Music: Producedbyzip

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