“Not everyone can be as successful a performer as myself, who gave 10 great performances the first time I ever did comedy, and then toiled in obscurity for years.” YearsFirstsSuccessfulComedyFirst TimePerformancesPerformersObscurityGreat Performance Author:Scott Aukerman
“I came into the 'Comedy Bang! Bang!' TV show with a level of confidence that I don't think I would've had if I hadn't been doing the podcast for three years already. I certainly had to figure out in those three years the sense of humor I wanted to do and the way to talk to celebrities without being incredibly intimidated by them.” IfsThinkingWayYearsShowsWantedThreeLevelsComedyFiguresTvsSense Of HumorThree YearsTv ShowsBangsIntimidated Author:Scott Aukerman
“So much of comedy is feeling comfortable with the point of view coming at you. So I understand it. There's people who I find hilarious now, but the first couple of times I saw 'em, I was like "What is this? I don't get it at all."” PeopleFirstsFeelingsViewsSawsComedyCoupleComfortablePoint Of ViewEms Author:Scott Aukerman
“I find I've always been judgmental about comedy (laughs) and it's hard to turn that off, really. But what constant exposure to live comedy does is it makes you give people a second chance.” PeopleGivingDoeHardTurnsChanceLaughingComedyConstantExposureSecond ChanceJudgmental Author:Scott Aukerman
“But the great thing about shows now is since we've been doing (Comedy Death Ray), they have lightened up on their booking policies a bit more and are booking somebody who isn't famous and who hasn't been around ten years. It's great to see people who've done our show - the first big show they've ever done - now they can play around town.” PeopleYearsFirstsDonePlayShowsBigsBitsComedyPolicyTenTownsGreat ThingsRays Author:Scott Aukerman
“I think shows that have more of a narrative and are about what's going to happen next, those need to wrap up as a complete story. But it's weird when a goofy comedy show needs to end.” ThinkingNeedsEndsStoriesShowsHappensNextComedyNarrativeWrapsGoofyComedy Shows Author:Scott Aukerman
“Endings of television shows are sometimes such depressing things. I think shows that have more of a narrative and are about what's going to happen next, those need to wrap up as a complete story. But it's weird when a goofy comedy show needs to end, and we knew it was going to be the end, and sometimes it's just better if a comedy show ends and goes away and they never had a series finale.” ThinkingSometimesComedyDepressingGoofy Author:Scott Aukerman
“Оf course you can only write comedy when you're smoking weed.” WritingComedySmokingWeed Author:Scott Aukerman
“When we came to the network, it was a very interesting time where Portlandia had just come on the air and had been very, very successful. I think people had Portlandia-sized expectations for Comedy Bang! Bang!, especially after the first episode was sampled by quite a large number of people. I remember getting the ratings after the first episode, and the network was over the moon about it. And then the second episode tanked so hard. Like, no one watched it. It was a resounding, "Hey, a bunch of people tried your show, and they all hate it!"” PeopleThinkingRememberHateInterestingSuccessfulComedyMoonExpectationsVery Interesting Author:Scott Aukerman
“It really was a unique experience to me to have a television show, Comedy Bang! Bang!, that I really cared about so much, and to know that it was the end, and know that that was the ending of it. We had a wrap party, and we thanked everybody. You don't get that a lot, especially in comedy.” PartyComedyUnique Author:Scott Aukerman
“Thank you for listening to Comedy Bang Bang! My name is Scott Aukerman and I will see you next week.” NextNamesComedyWeekListeningBangsNext Week Author:Scott Aukerman
“I probably could be a world-class screenwriter by now if I had spent the kind of work I devote on Comedy Death-Ray to that. But I do okay, in that regard. I mean, my stuff gets bought, so it's all right.” IfsWorldKindMeanStuffClassComedyOkayRegardRaysScreenwritersWorld Class Author:Scott Aukerman
