Howdy Party People,
So as a lot of you know, I am a fan of Joe Rogan’s Podcast. This week he had two podcaster/comics on Francis Foster and Konstantin Kisin who hav a podcast Tiggernomics.
I found both fellows to be fairly interesting on how and why they run their show the way they do. I think it’s important to seek out conversations when there are people who don’t want those conversations to take place. There’s a problem with what I just said though. I didn’t name any one person shutting down conversations. Why? Mainly because I don’t know anyone who is trying to shut down a conversation. Maybe it’s my own imagination or the fact that I haven’t done anything worth censoring.
The point is, it got me thinking about terms like gatekeepers and such. This is where things get tricky. Are there gatekeepers? Yes of course there are, they’re called people who run the venues! Can those people decide on who they want and don’t want? Yes they can. Is this one thing new? Hell no, this is how things work and have worked in show business since it began. No my issue with the whole gatekeeper thing is not using that as an excuse not to work hard or even to work at all.
Ego is a fucker for sure. It can make me think they world is against me, how the odds are stacked against me, and other various types of bullshit. The truth is that my ego just wants me to do nothing. You would think I’d figure this out but I’m too distracted by my anger and angst. What a wonderful excuse to not do anything but be angry all day.
Oh and as far as censorship goes, since when was they a time where topics weren’t taboo? The topics may change but peoples emotions don’t. There will always be producers and show runners who don’t want to rock the boat and put out milktoast shows. Oh if you’re a show runner and that offends you let me say this-
You know what kind of lineup you’re subjecting your crowd to.
2. I probably don’t want to be on your show anyways.
However, just because I don’t like how they run things, doesn’t give me the right to not work hard at being the most authentic version of me that I can be on a stage. If there was a show runner that for some reason told me they don’t want my style of comedy, hell if every show runner told me that then I have to work harder on my act until it’s undeniable!
That’s where I’m at now, I want to put in more hours to writing and hitting mics because I don’t want to be an old open mixer bitching about how the world and comedy are against him.If you’ve been doing this as long as I have you’d know that comedy or even the world doesn’t owe you a damn thing no matter how long you’ve been at it.
Time to keep things real or be as real as I can,
Till next time Party People, keep on a chooglin!