Daily Show Warmer-Upper Paul Mecurio Interview
Daily Show mainstay (former-writer, former-correspondent, long-time warm-up act) Paul Mecurio gave an interview with The Apiary recently. Topics covered include bloody napkins, investing, muffin-thievery, and the difference (or lack thereof) between the TDS studio audience and a comedy club crowd:
How does an audience for The Daily Show compare to that of a comedy club?
They are exactly the same. I live in New York City and work at a bunch
of NYC clubs on a regular basis–including The Comedy Cellar,
Carolines, The Comic Strip, Gotham, The Laugh Factory, and Stand-Up
NY–and the audiences in these clubs are generally pretty bright and
get the joke, just like The Daily Show crowd. Same holds true for
audiences across the country. I'd say the biggest difference is that in
a comedy club the audiences are there to laugh and have their complete
focus on the stage. A television audience can get a bit distracted by
the studio, the set, etc. and literally forget to laugh out loud so
they need to be reminded at the beginning to make sure they make
themselves a real part of the show.
The full interview can be read here.
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