The Nervous Comic Podcast

As Tim explains, a common strategy among comedians is to introduce new material in the middle of their set. Hence our title for this episode, "The Middle of the Set Recordings".

Find out from Tim Kubasek why The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Comedy Writing by James Mendrinos is the perfect place to begin if you want to write comedy and how it is also useful if you are an experienced comedian and just want to up your game.

Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek talks to you about his favorite subject, comedy. This episode has some fun surprises in its format. In this episode: Are you funny "Are you funny? This is the overall question that hangs in the air when we go to a club or are doing a show. . . .It's a very hard question and it puts us under a lot of pressure. But hey, that's part of the game." - Tim Kubasek Winning over the audience "I always think of every audience as a new girlfriend that you have to impress in the time you're on stage. And that could be as short as ten to twenty minutes." - Tim Kubasek Drunk Crowds Tim coins a new term: "The third eye". Hecklers Humorous Road Stories Bombing Unexpected Pleasures of Playing Small Towns

In part 2 of this comedy interview (002, part 2), Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek talks to Elaine Elrod about his career in comedy. Listen to part 1 (002, part 1) first. Part 2 of the interview will be entertaining for all and especially encouraging and useful to anyone who wants to know how to become a stand up comedian. Tim starts off his advice by saying, "Get your thick skin ready." And he tells you just how to do that. This part of the interview has many humorous stories from Tim's career, including, you guessed it . . . the one about the onion rings.

In part 1 of this comedy interview (Episode 2, part 1), Canadian Stand Up comedian Tim Kubasek talks to Elaine Elrod about his career in comedy. Tim is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Listen to this new comedy download from The Nervous Comic comedy podcast. This is a live comedy recording of Canadian stand up comedian Tim Kubasek performing at The Comedy Factory in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This show will give you a taste of Tim's brand of funny, clean but definitely adult comedy.