Mark Masters - Eric Shee

Eric Shee
In this episode Mark Masters talks to Eric Shee, a 17 year old comedian from Wyoming now in Denver, CO.
Mark drives Eric from Aurora to an open mic at Hodi’s in Ft. Collins, CO and they talk comedy, comedians, and stand up comics.
[Note: This episode ends abruptly because the camera battery ran out]
They discuss:
- 69 miles to Hodi’s
- Laramie Wyoming
- 5 hour round trips for 3 minutes of stage time
- Home at 2AM and high school the next day
- Summer camp talent show mic
- Ben Bryant
- Being under 18 and doing mics
- 3 times a week from Wyoming, Hodi’s, Colorado Room, Tune up or Voodoo
- Voodoo is one of the most professional mics
- In first year of comedy
- Favorite comedian is Norm Macdonald
- Mics that suck are dope
- Recording sets
- First mic thoughts
- Not Good Yet, the book
- Denver areas - Chinatown, Sketchy parts
- Storytelling
- Mark was at Eric’s 2nd open mic at Voodoo
- Getting roasted by host is good
- Eric hosts a mic at Kynga’s, Tuesday’s at 10:30PM
- Mutiny open mic, Jose Macall, mentor
- Take the bullet spot at open mics
- How to learn from a bad open mic room
- Mike Stanley, joke struggles after the first time you tell it
- The magic of comedy spontaneity
- Sammy Anzer, natural on stage, feedback
- Denver Comedy Underground - Irish Snug on Saturdays
- Brandt Tobler - Wyoming, This is Not Happening on Comedy Central
- Meeting a famous comic, fanboy
- Thick Skin show at Comedy Works
- David Leipzig, the hustler
- Andreas, your comedy class
- Laramie, WY not very diverse
- Go to college or full time comedy, that is the question
- Gap year after finishing high school early
- Parents
- Being a square
- Vail Comedy Show (www.vailcomedyshow.com)
- Eric guest spot in Vail experience
- Gabby Gutierrez
- Byron Graham
- Stephanie McHugh headliner, true professional with callbacks to other sets
- Show pay structure
- Walk up music, Riot! by Earl Sweatshirt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh7a5hfh7-Y)
- Church for weed show
- Eeland Stribling
- Writing style, on computer
- David Nihill - Do you talk funny
- Sebastian Maniscalco, book
- Jack Dorsey (Dick Costolo is the name I was trying to remember)
- Challenges for the mic
- Vail Comedy Show again
- Last thoughts about the mic
- Back from Hodi’s mic
- Bullet spot
- crowd work
- act-outs (set up vs. punch)
- forgetting material on stage
- Nick Nemeroff (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRb6HRxN-vg)
- Low key stage presence
- Comedic voice
- Story writing
- Nic Dean scuba story
- Sammy Pisciotta (Ft. Collins)
- Advice for first mic
- Enjoy yourself on stage
- Pictionary
- Crashing with Pete Holmes
- Gap between setup and punch (logical jump)
- Not a joke reasons
- Comedy goals
- Callbacks
- Robotic delivery
- Los Angeles
- Kill Tony
- One minute set
- Andrew Schultz, The Cellar
- Louis C.K.
- Gary Gulman, Norm Macdonald
- I have no Chappelle stories (not true anymore!)
- Hannibal Buress
- Joke stealing
- Parallel thinking
- Sam Kinnison
[battery dies in camera]
And much, much more. Strap in. This is a good one.
Brought to you by Not Good Yet, the book by Mark Masters. www.notgoodyet.com