- Facts: the journalist's five "w's" and "h"
- Written sketch of your character
- Additional Publicity
- Publicity photo
- Audio and
video
After you've set it up, finally landing the interview: the close-before-the-close
Controlling what newspaper & magazine interviewers quote
- Biography
- Joke Sheet
- Interview with any reporter: do this as a planned comedy performance
You are not obligated to answer any question asked
Radio interviews:
Controlling your delivery to say what you mean to say
How electronic media differ from live performance
- "Dead Air"
- It's just joke-joke-joke!!!
Suppose a paranoid DJ asks you not to be funny?
- Nutty interviewers: their true value to you
- Standards: clubs vs. media
Set up lines during interviews
Turning interviewer questions to your advantage!!!
Typical "Dumb" Interviewer Questions: answer with jokes!!!
When to Play to:
Only the Host vs. Only the Listening Audience
Things the interviewer wants from you before the show
- Interviewers have different personal interviewing styles
- Format: one piece of paper that will help the DJ/Host
Handling any interviewer's expected & unexpected questions
- Play to the people who count: the thousands listening to this broadcast!
Example: "Jokes
for Radio Show"
- Automatically memorizing an interview act
HOMEWORK you do, or die on-the-air
- Advanced drill
Without any hesitation whatsoever
- Only write using specific joke forms
Unlike live performance, now all laughs must come 90% from the writing
- Ideal panel set for your first time being interviewed on
"The Tonight Show" or "Late Show with David Letterman"
Tape the whole show!!!
Before every broadcast, to get yourself up to the tempo: do this
What TV requires beyond radio interviews: keep selling your persona, even when the other guy is talking!
Good Answers to Tough
Questions: form to copy & fill out
How to Get Lots of
Practice Doing Broadcast Interviews
. . .
. . . Without Ever
Having to Leave Your House
If you have "call-waiting," then you must defeat it
How to tape call-in interviews when outside their signal
Letters-to-the-editor
Finding time to do everything
Techniques that can help get your anecdotes across in the short amount of air-time you have to make your point
- The Volcano
The best talk show guest in the history of television
- Callback jokes
- Getting propelled onto the stage
- Word Stitching,
- Defending yourself
Summary
- Interviewing is the supreme test of comic technique
- Talk show hosting is a wide-open field for comics
- Local TV cable access
- Hosting slot on "America's
Talking"
Private Comedy Library--
- Pre-requisites: order
Jim's home study materials, plus annual fee
- How to borrow
Library card: form to copy & fill out
- List of books relevant to doing Interviews
- Sample newspaper interviews
- Audio
- "How to" audio
- Examples of successful Interviews
- Video
Handling the problem interviewer who gets nervous and interrupts
your jokes
Related ORGANIZED
COMEDY Audio/Workbooks in Jim's home study series
- Spontaneity
- Writing to always end on the punch word within joke forms,
joke formats and premise routines for interview situations
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