Martha Coakley may have lost her bid for the Senate yesterday, but she can take solace in the fact that she's currently in the lead in Comedy Central's Stand-Up Showdown. Made you look! I'm totally bringing back made you look, guys. It's 2010, it's time. Anyway, Martha Coakley isn't competing in Stand-Up Showdown, but Dan Levy sure as hell is, and he's the subject of today's Boilerplate Interview.

Who are your biggest comedic influences?
Anyone with a killer knock knock joke.

When did you decide to become a comedian?
I decided that I should become a comedian after embarrassing my father for too many years during little league.

What was your worst gig?
That is a toss up. I’d say the time I got booed off stage in NYC by several Latinos after someone screamed out “I’m GONNA cut you!” Or when I had a college gig in North Dakota and after bombing in front of 8 students I got in my rental car during a blizzard and skidded into a ditch. I remember freezing, while listening to Michael Jackson, thinking I don't know what's worse – the show I just did, or that I'm going to die in North Dakota.

What was your best gig?
I opened for Dave Attell at the University of Niagra Falls in front of eight thousand students and that was awesome! However, because I was with Attell I was forced to take several shots and I don’t really remember what happened after that… but I still have a scar from the handcuffs.

If you weren't a comedian, what would you be doing?
Hardcore rapping. No doubt!

What's the funniest thing you've ever seen on the internet?
Wait, that I’ve masturbated to? Or just in general? Please repeat question.

What's the funniest thing you've ever seen in real life?
When my roommate ate four pot cookies without knowing they were pot cookies and FREAKED THE FUCK OUT. (He shaved for three hours, called me mommy, and watched Munich).

How do you think comedy will change in the coming years?
It will only happen over twitter.

What's your advice for someone just getting into comedy?
Do it over and over again until you're funny and don’t submit a tape to The Tonight Show until they figure out who the host is.