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19. I Won a Stand-Up Comedy Competition… Then Slowly Lost My Sense of Humor
What happens when you win a stand-up comedy competition… and then slowly lose your sense of humor?
In this solo episode of Laugh or Death, I'm sharing the story behind the two framed comedy posters hanging in my studio. They're from two stand-up competitions I won 23 years apart.
But honestly, this episode isn't really about winning.
It's about everything that happened in between.
When I was 23, I was in graduate school, stressed out, overworked, and taking life way too seriously. Comedy became one of the things that helped me get through it. I tried stand-up for the first time at a house…
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