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You can find out more about Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek at his main site: www.nervouscomic.com.

In part 2 of this comedy interview (002, part 2), Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek talks to Elaine Elrod about his career in comedy. Listen to part 1 (002, part 1) first.

Part 2 of the interview will be entertaining for all and especially encouraging and useful to anyone who wants to know how to become a stand up comedian. Tim starts off his advice by saying, “Get your thick skin ready.” And he tells you just how to do that. This part of the interview has many humorous stories from Tim’s career, including, you guessed it . . . the one about the onion rings.

“A stand up comedian can be witty, but I feel our job is to be funny.” – Tim Kubasek, Canadian Stand Up Comedian

Here are some of the aspects of doing stand up comedy that Tim reveals:

• The hardest part about doing stand up.
• How interacting with the audience, connecting to and being open to them can add magic to your act.
• How he develops his ideas and where his funny comedy ideas come from.
• Thoughts and tips about sensitive material.
• The difference between being funny and being witty.

Music excerpts featured in the podcast are from “Please Rock my House”
by Digitalitar
copyright 2013
Used with permission.

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You can find out more about Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek at his main site: www.nervouscomic.com.

In part 1 of this comedy interview (Episode 2, part 1), Canadian Stand Up comedian Tim Kubasek talks to Elaine Elrod about his career in comedy.

He tells us about his first comedy class, performing at Yuk Yuk’s and the Comedy Factory comedy clubs in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and about the journey to becoming a good stand up comedian, comedy books, and how to deal with bombing on stage. In addition, he describes what it is like to come up with new comedy material, how he got his moniker “The Nervous Comic” and how he prepares to perform.

He tells some humorous stories about doing stand up comedy for children. He talks about the biggest sin in comedy, stealing someone else’s material. And he explains how things that happen spontaneously on stage and in the audience can lead to new material. He speaks about the necessity for experimentation and sometimes failure when trying out and developing new material, and the heartache of losing your written material.

Finally, he talks about his influences, including the late Mike MacDonald, who he opened for at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium in Brandon, Manitoba.

Music excerpts featured in the podcast are from “Please Rock my House”
by Digitalitar
copyright 2013
Used with permission.