Kyle Cease Plans High-Fives

As you're probably aware, stand-up Kyle Cease's latest Comedy Central special, Weirder. Blacker. Dimpler., will be airing this Saturday night at 11pm EST. To mark the occasion, the comedy aficionados over at Punchline Magazine have a new interview up today with the renowned slow-clapper. Here's a bit where they discuss preparing for a big show:

So Weirder, Blacker, Dimpler, is finally coming out (Oct. 13 at 11pm on Comedy Central). What was it like preparing for your first one-hour special?
You
know, I’ve gone with friends when they were going to do a big show like
Leno or something, and we’ll be in the green room and they’ll actually
just be staring at the ground, pacing and be like, ‘Don’t talk to me!’
I try to just be in the moment and live for now. So I could have been
like, ‘Oh my God, there’s cameras out there. What if I screw it up?’
But no, I look at it is as, ‘There’s cameras out there, you know, I’m
gonna party.’

That’s funny you
say that because I remember from where I was sitting during the taping
I could see you and your friends backstage high-fiving and jumping
around and getting stoked for the show.
That’s awesome that
you could see that. That’s exactly what I mean by trying to just enjoy
every moment that I’m in. When I’m going to get on stage, I’m not
thinking about how well the set is going to do or what if it doesn’t go
right. I’m thinking, hey, I’m going high five that guy before I get on
stage, or I’m going to go over and talk to that person.

I just
felt really ready to get out there and rock it. My manager would see
that I have no set list and think I’m not ready but my mind was more
ready because I could get out there and be loose and be able to riff
with the audience and be able to come up with jokes on the spot.

For more, check out Kyle Cease: A Familiar Face.

Previously: Kyle Cease – Dad Gab